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1 INQUIRING INTO THE COST Cercxntrcial Olnb Wants, to Emw About TcUpbost Eats. COMPARLS NOTES WITH OTHER CITIES Committee Will lip Apiinliitrd lo Make AiTfumrj- I in eMiKntlon Nctr Member Are Taken Jntu lb Cluli. Telephone charge In Omaha are to be the subject of an investigation by the Com mercial club with a view ol ascertalnln; whether cr not the price charged hero tor service It reasonable as compared with those charged in other cities. The execu tive committee of the club so decided at Its meeting yesterday. The subject came up when a letter vao read by the secretory of the club trom C. H. Judson of the Twin City Telephone company of St. Paul and Mlnne' apolls. The writer declared that he under stood that there was a movement on foot in Omaha to secure cheaper telephone service and If no he wanted to be counted In It. He pointed out the equipment of the Plant of his company In tbo twin cities and aald that It was now operating 2,2t0 tele phones theie. It hopes and expects to have S.000 by spring, when It expects a battle royal to take place, but Mr. Judton did not specify with whom It was stated in the committee that for merly telephones were furnished Omaha business houses for $5 per 'phone per month, but now a charge of 17.10 a month Is made for -phones on a metallic circuit, while no business telephones can be secured except upon a metallic circuit. It was stated that metallic circuit 'phones are furnished In St. Paul and Minneapolis for 12.50 and 3 per month. After brief discussion the subject was re ferred to a committee of three members yet to be appointed, for investigation and re port. -Tr Club Member. II. B. Peters and Edward M. Fairfield weer elected to membership In the club. Secretary L'tt called attention to delays experienced by Jobbers of this city in the delivery of freights shipped to points in Iowa, suggesting that he be authorized to get out ft book for the use of Jobbers telling them Just when freights can be shipped each day over the various lines and the times at which they ought to be delivered at the various points, to the end that Job bers might obviate delays by persistent work with railway officials. He was di rected to get out such a book. Y. W. Umttted called attention to the ten days' outing to be given the poor women and children of Omaha by the Salvation Army, saying that Senator Millard has agreed to take the matter up with the War department with a view of securing the use of Port Omaha. He said that $200 ha been raised and that $250 more will be needed, and suggested that members take the con tribution lists and allow their employes to put down small amounts In aid of the funds. -He circulated lists among the members toi that end. MiiXMcll Talk Irrigation. George H. Maxwell, the noted Irrigation exponent, outlined the plan of organiza tion pursued in Los Angeles, where a com mittee of 25P of the most prominent busl- ncss men has taken hold of the project and will push It every way possible, among others by interesting every eastern firm with which they do business. He said that the time has come for more positive and crystallized action thnn has yet been taken. The national irrigation association stands for three things Just now. Ono Is an appropriation of $2f0.000 a year for geological surveys and the preparation of estimates and plans for construction of storage' reservoirs. The second Is an ap propriation for the construction of a reser- voir at some point yet to be selected on the head waters of the Missouri river. Third, the passage of the Hansbrough-New-lAnds bill Introduced at the Ian session of congress, providing for the reclamation of arid government lands by means of reservoirs and the recoupment of the gov ernment by the rales of the lands re claimed. This would prevent the feeling In the east that the people of that section were being taxed for the Improvement of the west. He thought that If the work Is organized In Omaha. Kansas City, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago as It Is in Los Angeles It would bring an enormous Influence to bear. All that he asked was that the plan of organization be endorsed by the club, which was done by the adoption of a motlcn by C. H. Pickens. Mr. Maxwell will go to Chicago on Wednesday, but will return In two cr three days and begin the work of organiza tion. Tornadoes The destructive tornado which desolated a portion of the Keya Paha valley in north ern Nebraska last week mado quite a con tribution to the list of freakish capers which Invariably characterize straight and rotary blows. Four horsis wcie. drawn Into the vortex of the storm, thrown against the ground feet foremost several times, each contact making sets of post holes, and )ct the animals were not seri ously Injured. A cat had Its tall shaved to the hide, but the hair on Its body was not disturbed by the mower. A teaspoon that Sew with the gale was bent double. Many 'ilmllar Incidents of the storm are relatot', some of which tax credulity, yet so common are they in the history of tor nadoes as to leave no room for doubting their correctness. In nn Iowa town, two year ago, a piece of one-Inch board was driven endwise through tbo trunk of a tree and nearby a stove shovel was embedded in a tree stump. Four years ago the most remarkable of Kansas freaks took place near Sallna. A baldbeaded man, while run ning for shelttT from tornad.o, was struck by what proved to be a woman's hair with such force that the ends were driven Into his faee, neck and crown of his head, se curing a luxuriant crop of hair which restoratives'1 failed to produce in the pre ceding ten years. This story was uni versally scouted, but the fortunate Kansan secured photographs of himself before and after taking and confounded tho doubting Thomases, Five parlor chairs were lifted by the tornado from the Kardell house wreck st Rcdburt. Minn., In 1E17, and placed in a row uninjured at tho rear of the lot. Every thing else was crushed to pieces beneath tho sandstone. The tornado at Klrkvllle, Mo., latt year played some strange pranks. A 2-year-old child was carried 400 feet from Its home, which was destroyed and some of the Inmates hurt, but the child was not Injured, The residence of J. T. Coonfleld was picked up and carried over 100 feet and dumped against a hill, though not completely wrecked, Coonfleld ahj family going with It. All were badly shaken up, but none of them was much Injured, The Webster family of three were carried a greater distance, their csttagi was destroyed In its flight, but none of the lmnates was badly hurt. John McCall, holding on to a tree at tho verge of the tornado's track to save himself from being swtpt into the air, caught a 12-year-old boy as he came down out of the sky. The biy, whose same was John Oebgardt, was carried from his house, two blocks away, the bouse was leveled to the ground, but INCREASE ISVERY LIGHT Totnl Airrd Valnntlou of Douiiln Connt)' Tmnlilf Property. The total assessed valuation of taxable property in Douglas county as returned by the precinct assessor this year is J21. 8r2.261.08. The total for the country pre cinct were published several day ago, but It wa not until noon yesterday that Tax Clerk Solomon completed hi figures for the city wards. The valuations as returned by tho assessors last year and this year are as follow: 1S00. 1901. First ward UJ 1.016,879 Of. l.O'j.S1! J4 Second ward 1,J:U27 C5 1.3M.7C7 16 Third ward B.V70.001 20 6.2C.7:6 07 Fourth ward 2,6(6,121 00 2.014.3JS CO rifth ward 1,1'.22S S 1,234, ".Sif M Sixth wird 1.330.144 W l.Kl.SM '0 Seventh ward 3.K6.1R9 1.41S.2S3 97 Eighth ward l,:wi,57o 0) l.S7:.25 0. N'lnth ward 1,015,034 EC 1,707,757 59 Total city 116,576.097 00 J17.372 M2 91 S. Om. and country. 4.147.737 CI 4,Em.72 5 Total county $21,326,031 64 r-1,92,2Cl 03 Thb Board of Equalisation latt year In creased valuation!, to the. extent of J41P, 939, making the total equalized assessment $21,745,973. The total of the valuations re turned by the assessors this year Is only JHC.2&8 In excess of the revised total for last year. Ten years ago the total assessed valu ation of taxable property in Douglas county was $25,737,091. The assessed valuation of the shares of stock of th banks In Douglas county Is as follows: Omaha Banks 1930. 1901. First National .....M3.O0O S3.2M Nebraska National 49.2JS 50.15$ Merchant' National t.S.2."i9 GT..O01 Omaha National .134,139 337,015 t'nlon National 41.301 41.931 Vnited Stateo National ,. M.Ml rs.M Commercial National..... 50.252 41.34S South Omaha Banks Packers' National 16.244 17.723 South Omaha National 35,032 5S,4fi2 South Omahn Savings 1M Union Stock Yard. National.. 50,427 D5.:iX Country Banks Mangold & Olandt 1,924 J.BSS German Bank of Millard 1.M7 . 1.76 State Bank of Elkhorn 3,03(1 2.119 Valley State bank..... SS2 1.S40 Returns have not yet been made from the National Bank of Commerce and the Omaha Loan and Trust Company Savings bank. SUN GOD STRIVES FoTrECORD High Score fnr Thirty Jntie Bill Klr to lie Ilroken Mercury Mount Ditcher 12!sei lie re. The sun god girded up his loins yesterday morning and went after a record. The mer cury had reached 97 degrees on Monday and the high mark for thirty Junes was only 98. The weather ofllce promised a cool breeze from the west which would ameliorate the lot of earth dwellers, but In some way tapped the wrong keg and Instead of Zephyrus out came Auster, the hot, dry wind from the south. The weather olUclnls admitted that It was very warm. At 8 o'clock the score stood at 07. with gocd hope of going higher. There is less prospect of a drop In mercury than there was Monday, Observer Welsh rays, and no change Is probable for twenty four hours or longer. Humanity should not consider Itself abused, however, as the humidity common In the Ohio valley and lake region Is not felt here. WATERMELONS ON MARKET Carload of I.ulon Fruit from Tcaa I Offered In Oninuu. Watermelons made their debut In Omaha yesterday. A carload of Texas melons was offered on tho local market and found a ready sale at $6 per dozen. The melon were of excellent quality and did not suffer In shipping. Arkansas melons are due In two or three weeks. Next week will prob ably brlns large quantities of melons from the far south Into the market. Nebraska melons do not come Into the market until the middle of August, about the tame time Rocky Ford and other Colo rado points begin to flood the melon mar ket. Set en Venr In lied. "Will wonders ever cease" Inquire of the friends of Mis. L. Pease of Lawrence, Kan. They knew she had been unable to leave her bed In seven years on account of kidney and liver trouble, nervous prostra tion and general debility; but, "Three bot tles of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk," the writes, "and In three months I felt like a new person," Women suffering from hsdache, backache, nervousness, sleepless nosz, melancholy, fainting and dizzy spells will find It a priceless bletMng. Try It. Sat isfaction is guaranteed by Kuhn & Co., only 50c. Freakish Work he was not hurt. Edward Kellogg, lying flat on the ground to escape the storm, was picked up, carried 200 feet across houses and trees and dropped Into a pond, whose water was sucked up Just as he struck It, and he was left, covered with mud, but otherwise in sound physical and mental shape. In Bola township, Itlley county, Kantas, In 1R89, the house cf Robert Reed was lifted as easily as a feather and without at flrit cracking a timber. So quickly was It dont that before Mr. Reed, who wa's within, knew of his danger, the house bad risen to a height of twenty-five feet or more. The house being then enveloped In darkness and not knowing what had happened, he started for the door, thinking In time to make on escape, when, instead of stepping out upon the ground, as ho expected, ho It'll the above named distance, Injuring himself severely. Persons who watched the progress of the tornado along thts portion of Its track state that the demoniacal fury of the cloud was appalling; whirling with most frightful rapldty, the intense black column would at times seem to level the whole blufl as It disappeared from view within the rolling mast of darkness. The eastern bank, covered with a luxurious gTowth of timber, would, as the cloud moved along, successfully emerge from Its awful baptism swept clean to the soil. While this ter rible manifestation was going on along the stream, westward over the valley a dis tance of sixty rods only a gentle wind was experienced. The Dclphos (Kas.) tornado of May 30, H9C, started In Saline county, Kansas. On the farm of Peter Bock masses of lpe as large as a man's head fell to the ground, breaking into pieces. One measured thir teen Inches in circumference another fif teen Inches. T. W. Carter took refuge in V strawstack which was scattered In every direction, leaving him to the mercy of the storm which lifted him how high be does not Know. While In the air be came in con tact with the tall or mane of a horse, whlcn he grasped, but was torn from it, coming down to the earth with hat In one hand and hair In the other. This statement is fully substantiated. The horse belonged to Mr. Kline of Belolt and had been hitched near the barn a few moments before the tornado. The wagon was never found and the horse was killed. Mr. Carter was slightly Injured. Chickens were stripped of their feathers and carried miles away. The St. Louis tornado. May 27, 1S96, per formed many strange capera. Henry Col- THE OMAHA DALLY BEEt WEDKESDAY, UNCLE SAM WILL TRADE BACK Fedira.1 GtTerantnt Standi Sttdj to B detm Doctmtatirj Stamp. CERTAIN FORMALITIES ARE TO BE OBSERVED llnnk mid Stationer Mutt lie Bonn Klile Owner of Mninji Xrtrly Aitiiolnteil Collector of llev enue ltevleit the Ground. J. E. Houtz, collector of Internal revenue, has received a ruling from Commissioner J. , erkcs in regard to the redemption of documentary stamps after July 1. The circular sets forth that banks or stationers cannot act a agents for the presentation of claims fcr their customrs, but my purchase I imprinted stamps which they had prevl ously secured and sold. As the bona fide owners thereof they may present claims In their own names for the redemption of such stamps without regard to the number pur chased from each customer. In presenting claims for the redemption of stamp a number of formalities will have to be gone through with by the applicant, In all cases where claims are made by banks or stationers for the redemption of stamps thus purchased it will be necessary. In addition to evidence now required In (up port of claims, for each claim to be accom panied by a certificate duly signed by the party from whom the stamps were pur chased, setting forth the absolute sale and transfer of said stamps to the claimant. Urttill Mut He (ilven. A schedule must also be prepared by the claimant showing as to tho stamps pur chased from each customer, the name of the person from whom the stamps wtre bought, the date of order upon which they were Im printed, In whose favor tho order was is sued, the name of thv collector who Issued them and of the contractor who Imprinted the stamps and the number of stamps con tained therein. Any number of purchases may be covered by one claim, but each lot of stamps pur chased from a customer should be wrapped separately and the package so marked that It can be identified on the schedule and by the certificate of sale, and all the stamps covered by one claim should be placed to gether In one package and be marked for Identification and forwarded as In other cases. A'o Immediate ClianKf Impend. Elmer B. Stephenson of Lincoln, who will succeed J. E. Houtz us Internal revenue collector July 1, Is In the city preparing to take charge of the ofllce and assume the discharge of Its duties next Monday. "I know nothing as yet about prospective changes In the forco employed. I am not contemplating any immediate changes, and will not know much on that subject myself until I become familiar with the workings of the office. Efficiency In the conduct of the work is to be tho watchword and aim. It after I have taken hold of the office I find that the machinery rubs anywhere 1 shall not hesitate to make sue hanges as may be calculated to make It .un smoothly. "There Is no scarcity of good material from which to make selections to fill any places needing filling. Something like 200 applications are on file from parties who want places. I believe there are ten people In the office besides the collector and a messenger, who draws a small salary. The chief deputy, I understand, draws SI. 800 a year, the cashier $1,600 nnd the other clerks ricelve salaries running belcw those figures down to $1,000. Two of the clerks, I am told, are under the civil service. Thcro are also Beven division deputy collectors located at different points la the district who get $1,200 each. There are seventeen gaugcrs and storekeepers who are, I un de i stand, under the civil service. I am not really sure that I am right about the num ber and salaries of employes, as I have not looked Into that matter very closely yet. But I know that 1 have not yet definitely decided upon a single change." Mr. Stephenson was among the many who were at the Omaha National bank during the morning to see Senator Millard, who had Just arrived from the cast. AS GOOD AS DRAWN BLINDS Von ii r Sinn Paints n Street Lamp to Shut Out Public Gnsr. Frank Elsworth. an eligible young man of progressive Ideas, painted one side of the gasoline street lamp so that the front porch of his girl's house out on North Nineteenth street would be shrouded in gloom. Thcro was a hammock on the frost Several Remark able Specimens. line was standing In a saloon In East St. Louis, with a glass of liquor In his band. Suddenly the roof fell In, he was tumid over twice or thrice and landed on his feet with the glass still In his hand and halt of the liquor still In It. He quaffed the liquor with relish, as his collarbone had been broken in the crash and he needed the stimulant. A paperhanEer was decorating the walls of a saloon opposite the Four Courts, when the front of the restaurant blew In and scattered debris through the house and Stewart fled to the cellar. When his two assistants decided to follow him a few minutes later they were convulsed with laughter at observing him stretched prone upon his back in the damp cellar, the water reaching nearly above his arms, with two heavy stones across his breast, which be had placed there to prevent the wind from blowing him away. In South St. Louis there was a house whose entire north wall was torn out save a support under one of the windows and the window itself. The frame wa not dam aged and not one of the pants of glass was broken. A bed with Its mattress In place was thrown from a houfe on Missouri avenue to the center of Lafayette park. Two pil lows fell not far from It. but they were cot the pillows belonging to this particular bed. A mlddleaged German mechanic was walking along the railroad tracks eait of Twelfth street. Just after the storm, be moaning the loss of his little daughter. An other child, who was with him, found a bonnet that was recognized as belonging to the missing girl. The father thought that It was conclusive evidence that his other youngster was lost, when the little one ran up end shouted that she wanted to get In the bouse, boeause It was getting too wet for her. The Irony of fate wa never more forcibly illustrated than In the case of a dwelling house located on South Broadway, the en tire front of which wa swept away, leav ing the interior with furniture exposed to the elements. The furniture and bedding were piled In a confused mass upon each floor, while upon the rear wall of the second-story bedroom was the legend, "Good Luck." Two young women who were on a Fourth street cable car at the time of the atorm were entirely denuded. They left the car stark naked and were cared for In a house nearby. porch, but, unfortunately, no climbing vines to shield the occupants from the vulgar gaze of passersby So he got a bucket of paint and a stepladder, and the broad efful gence trom the lamp was changed to a goblin green obscurity. This would havt worked all right had It not been for the protest of the man next door, one O. T. Franklin, who, as he ex plained it to the city prosecutor yester day, "paid his taxes for that street lamp and didn't propose to have It snuffed out to promote the love affair of bis neighbor's daughter. He wanted the young man ar rested for defacing city property. Modera tlon was advised and the citizen , with a grievance finally agreed that It would be better to have a heart to heart talk with the offender before filing a formal charge against him. CAPTURE HIM IN CHICAGO Clmer Holme of PlnttMiioutu 3Int Stnnd Trlnl for Perjury. Word was received by the police yesterday trom nattimoum to the effect that Elmer Holmes, wanted there on a charge of per jury, had been arrested In Chicago and that an officer with requisition papers had been tent to bring him back. Holmes has an extensive police record in Omaha. Three months ago he was arrested here, charged with stealing several hundred dollars' worth of brass from. Burlington rolling stock, but he made a strong fight in police court, and, through the testimony of friends, was discharged. From here he went to Plattsmouth, where he was soon arrested on the same kind of complaint. Several witnesses from Omahi, among them "Hank" Dlsbrough, a waiter In Moore's restaurant, were sent to Platts mouth to testify In hi behalf. They es tablished an alibi for him and again be escaped Justice. After Holme and all the other witnesses for the defense had dropped out of sight DUbrough openly bragged that It was upon his "fake" tes timony that Holmes was discharged. He was arrested, tried for perjury end sen tenced to tho penitentiary. Since then the police authorities of Plattsmouth have been searching for Holmes with a view to prosecuting him on the same charge. GASOLINE STARTS A FIRE Uarly Momlnfr Illnre Sllclitlr Dam hkc DoiiKln Street Clitnr Store. Ignition of gasoline is given as the cause of a fire in a Uory-and-a-half frame building at 1320 Douglas street, occupied by Mary Turner a a cigar and news stand. At 6:05 yesterday morning a neighbor saw a flash of fire through a side window of the building and an Instant later heard a loud explosion. He at once turned in an alarm. When the department arrived the Games had made considerable headway, but were soon extinguished. The damage, which will amount to about $100, was fully covered by Insurance. Early In the morning of April 24 this same building was discovered to be on fire and this time rats and matches were ascribed as the cause. FENCE LEADS TO TROUBLE Charlra Sent Snrnn Oat Pence War rant In Police Court Agalnat Xelclibora. Charles Segl, 4029 Decatur street, has sworn out a peace warrant in Justice Altstadt's court against his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Murray, who live on an adjoining lot, alleging that he has reason to believe they will, -kill his wife and chil dren. Tho trouble arose. Mr. Segl says, as the result of his building a fence between the two lots and denying to the Murrays the privileges of his well and pump. Since then he says they have been throwing brickbats, beer bottles and other bric-a-brac at his family. The lack of energy you feel, the back ache and a run down condition generally, all mean kidney disorder. Foley's Kidney Cure will restore your strength and vigor by making the kidney well. Take no substi tute. Seasonable Fashions 38 Tucked Walat 32 to 40 In. bust. Woman's Vutfced Uaui, :o. SB42, to Bs Made with or Without the Fitted Lining All white waists are not alone exceedingly popular, but are almost universally be coming as well, 'ihe ery charming ex ample illustrated comblnrb crepe de ch:ne with guipure lace and Is made over a fitted lining, but the deslgu is equally well suited to such fabrics as batiste, madrak lawn, Swiss muslin, mull and the like, which can be made without the lining and to become washable In fact as well as name. The foundation Is cut in four pieces and 1 fitted by means of tingle bust darts, shoulder and underarm seams. On It are arranged the portions of the waist proper. The back Is laid In three groups of tucks that extend to the waist line, where they are drawn together to give a tapering effect The fronts Include five groups of tucks, two of which fall free at about mid way of their length, to form solft, graceful folds as the waist approaches the belt. The sleeves are cut after the latest model, with deep cuffs nnd tucked over por tions that form puffs at the lower edge. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size 4 yards of material 21 inches wide, 2V4 yards 22 inches wide, or 2 yards 44 Inches wide will bo required, with 4H yards of insertion and 1 yard of edging to trim as Illustrated, The pattern 2842 Is cut In sizes for a 22, 54, SC, 38 and 40-lnch bust measure. For the accommodation cf The Bet' readers these pattern, which usually retail at from 25 to 00 cents, will be furnished at a nominal price, 10 cent, which cover all expense. In order to get any pattern enclose 10 cent, give number and cams of pattern wanted and bust measure. Al low about ten days from date of your letter befor berlnnlng to look for the pattern. Addresi Pattern Department. Oaiah. Be. JUKE 2U, 1901. NEW BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FrtiB Vohtti of Vm by a WU Iiowa Nibruka Writtr. TRIBULATIONS OF A REAL PRINCESS Storj- of Earn Calne Untr rtalntnu Story by Chnrle K. Lnh Home Tlit.ncul Picture of London LlfeXetherlnntla Itotnnnce. Isabel Richer could not ! ..i,4 . better or more appropriate name for her mue volume of verse than the one which appears on the title page, "When Love Is King." This is the second volume of poetry published by Mrs. Riehev. h. flrot having appeared some three or more year ago under the title "A Harp of the West." Tho first volume met with a mot favor able reception, to which cause is doubtless due this favor of a second volume, which gives promise of bringing the writer still greater praise. There Is something about Mrs. Rlchey's verse that appeals strongly to the reader, in the first plac, the language Is simple and direct, and clmre all, natural, while through the whole thir Is a vein of human sympathy and love that appeals directly to the heart. Hen. J. Sterling Morton contributes a preface to the present volume which describes so Justly its merits that one can not do bet ter than quoto a portion of it. He says' "The following volume Is replete with good teacntngs and the best and highest aspira tions. It plants thoughts as others plant trees nnd they are beautiful, pure and use ful. It is a satisfaction, after nearly half a century's residence in Nebraska, to tee the transmutation of prairies to human borne and to behold groves and orchards, foliage, flower and fruit where the Indian and his commissariat, the buffalo wan dered when the vast plains were firit opened up to the white race for homes In 1&E4. But tho change In Intellectual conditions has not been less marvelous, nor tbe de velopment of the mental resources of the state less satisfactory. The author of this volume is n western product. Her life has been close to nature, which has made It possible for her to write naturally and feelingly. And In the principal poem of the volume, 'When Love Is Ktng,' she has with tenderness and pathos sketched a righteous example and taught a proper veneration for tho law of heredity that Inexorable edict that like produces like, which every thoughtful man or woman must read with Intense pleasure. The volume Is an honor to Nebraska. It Is only the beginning of a career for Its gifted and conscientious author." George F. Lasher, Philadelphia, Publisher. It Is not often that a book written by an anonymous author goes to press with Its third edition before the book is even pub lished. This has been the remarkable record of "The Tribulations of a Princess," which Harper & Brothers have Just Issued. Whether the Interest In the book has been caused by the mysterious unknown character of the writer, or by the fact that this au thor had already written the popular 'Martyrdom of an Empress," or by the uni versal fascination exerted upon people gen erally by, accounts of the Inner life of royalties, It would be difficult to determine. 'The Tribulations of a Prlncese" Is an au tobiography, told in the style of a romance. The adventures of a spirited woman of quality are charmingly related, and the reader has the additional satisfaction of knowing that It 1 all true. The volume Is richly bound, and contains a number of In teresting portraits of the royal personages with whom the princess waa Intimately acquainted, Harper & Brothers, New York. Joseph Sharts, a young lawyer of Cin cinnati, makes his debut In literature with tbe publication of "Ezra Calne." It is dif ferent from most of the novels of the day Inasmuch as It Is a study of a state of mind rather than of a sequence of adven tures. There Is a kind of brooding horror over the book which makes one think Inevitably of Poe, and somthlng of the grim fascination of his masterful work has crept Into this tale of a later day. It Is a strong work In many ways and Is well worth read ing. The cover design Is both unique and artistic. Herbert S. Stone, Chicago. "The Autocrats," a new novel by Charles IC Lush, has Just made Its appearance. This unusual story Is full of the atmos phere of western enterprise and energy, making a dramatic incident of a combina tion of politicians and capitalists to secure a street railway franchise In a western city. prominent character In the book Is a powerful and capable man who Is a master hand at the manipulation of city councils, but tbo game be Is playing for Is not only the coveted charter, but tbe United States senate. It Is the most life-like picture in fiction of the modern trust, tbe financial promoter and the group of men that always surround him bankers, promoters, news paper men and hangers-on. A charming love story runs through the whole tale. Boubleday, Pago & Co., New York. Price, $1.50. "Home Thoughts" is a compilation of es says originally published In the New York Evening Post, over the signature "C." Tbe modestly simple title hardly suggests a Just appreciation of their analytic and philosophic depth, the comprehensiveness of their field, or tbe exquisite chtrm and 'Ig nlty of its treatment. Through their web of serious and lotty thought run golden threads of fancy, womanly tendernesb and gcmle humor, but not one blemish of flip pancy or stain of cynicism Is to be found and In all tbe long series none Is dull or uninteresting, Wise counsel Is offered to parents la "A Neglected Subject of Educa tion" and "My Son's Wife and My Daugh ter's Husband;" tender sympathetic feeling Is shown in the charming study "After the Wedding;" the practical sense and sage ad vice about the "Living Up to the Wedding Presents" should shod a light upon the path of all young couples, and "The Home lessnets of Certain Married Women" Is worthy of earnest consideration. Other es says equally Instructive are: "The Lady of the House," "The Eldest Born," "Disa greeable Children," "Tho Unconquerable Ego," "Children as Our Judges," "Tho Snare of Useless Regret," "Wive as Part ner" and "The Etiquette of Family Life." A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. "The Inheritors" Is by Joseph Conrad, au thor of "Lord Jim," and Ford M. Hueffer. It Is a novel which gives a brilliant analysis and picture of London life on the Intriguing and wire-pulling side. It is an expose, in a way, of the successful charletans In the political and Journalistic world, and It has gotten at the center of things In London with remarkable accuracy. Tbe parties In volved are scattered among dozens of big Journalists, scores of "new men" and hun dreds of "solid men," and yet the novel has the great merit of focusing all these ele ments and gives In a remarkable set of scenes the atmosphere of tbe Journalistic and semi-society sets of modern Londoners. It Is full of the modern life that most nov- BOOKS RfTlrnsi am tfcln Pase east he ka4 of as, W can also faralak mny back nubllahed. Barkilow Bros,' "Bookshm," 1(1X11 Karnaat Kb '1'koa aau. In the SchliU brewerv vou are cooling p.pcs, over which the hot beer dnps. 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SENATOR MILLARD AT HOME Httnm from Eiitirn Trip aid Decline to Tilt REFERS CALLERS TOOTHER INVESTORS Scuntor, Hon ever, Tncltlr Admits Hint Some Kind of Scheme I I'ciMllriK nuil Full Detail Mni' lie Ultcii Soon. Senator Millard returned yesterday mort lug from his visit to New York, where, it U understood, he has been, along wKh the heads of several local corporation con sulting over the proposition for extensive consolidation. The senator preserves the same discreet silence as hae the other gentlemen who were in New York at the same time concerning the resuit of the meeting. Unlike Mr. Nash of the electric lighting company, however, ho did not attempt to specifically deny that he bad been east on the business indicated. "I can tell you absolutely nothing about consolidation," said tbe senator. "I am 6orry that I can't, but Mr. Murphy, Mr. Nash or Mr. Wells may be able to give, you something." When It wa suggested that Mr. Nash had denied that ho was In New York on that business, Senator Millard hedged little, remarking: "O, Is that c: I thought ho was. I knew he was In New York, and as he Is president of tho elec tric light company I thought he was thero on that business." Thereupon Senator Millard froze up and declined absolutely to Eay anything fur ther. Nathan W. Wells and W. V. Morse, who have been east with the gcntlemea named, have returned, but have not dis closed nnythlng as to the result of the New York meeting. D. H. Goodrich, secretary of the Omaha Street Railway company, professes to know nothing nbout the matter. "The whole thing la In the air yet, as tar as I know," said Mr. Goodrich, "and the published re ports indicating that consolidation has been effected are all rot as far as I have been Informed." President Murphy of the street railway company Is not accessible to reporters. -l Sep 185 i