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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1902)
v (5 The omaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Kl.; til i:Syro.rVar...:::.: :r Illustrated wee, one tear I . v .... .. i m Bumity liei. One Year... Baturiiay Hee, One lr twentieth Century Farmer, One Year. iVKIIKIi lir CAKH1EK. i-o Dally Bee twitnout Sunday), per copy.. 2c laii ilee (without bunuay), per weea-.tiic Vmny Hee (.including Bunuay), per week. lie Hiiii..uv 4 ' i.r fitiv OC Kvenmg rtee (.without HundHyi. per week.luc Jivening lite (Including Bunaay, per k 1C VUmi'lHIUIS UI II IVRUItll lilt D si. . - - - , should ,te addressed to (uy Circulation De- jiartmciu. OFFICES cimhaTi, Bn Muiidinir. Bouth Omana-Clty Mali building, Twen- Couiicll WluBa lu rearl fitreet. Chicago isw Unity uul'uinn. New xork Temple Court. .Washington ul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ditorlal matter shuulu be addressed; Imiaha Boo, Editorial D paxtment. ui'Bivirua t . wr'ri'.Rrt Business letters and remittances should be aduressed: Tho Bee Publishing Com- bany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, &n.e.t .tba1niVacc;u;;lid1n,aSre jnau accounts, personal cnecas, excepi on a Quba. It WBS further Said In adVO (Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. I 7" " Itlti H.bi riitSLiLBlllM CUUrAfll. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. tate 01 Nebraska, .uougias uuni, I ueorse o. Tischuck. secretary 01 ip mm i ."Vh'tTtCi:; urn'oer'fuTrand establishment of the government and .standing arrived at between the man complete copies of The Daily. Morning, particularly by the legislation refunding "S n railway company and the JSvenlng and, Sunday Bee printed, during . .JZ rltv orernmPTit. While the concessions the mouth or March, iVJi. waa aa 10110 w. 1 I ...ao,tTO a vu.Ttio S U.43to 4 ai,T70 i .u;iu ai,6io 1 XW,S!IO I Stt,4AU XU.70O 10 SlU.SuU II 21), BOO U 2U.37U U sm,4o 14 2t9,MO JS VO.ttTO ma uik uaa 17 .R3 18 'f30 "::::::::: ' iii..Biol 22 13. Z?. .'KUI, I Yi .6;""""!!!a,ooo 2 2!!'.!!!!!!!!!wi840 30 iiiMwo l-" MMo TotaV'1'.T.V.V. tH,4ao Lss unsold and returned copies.... ,tOT Nat total sales .wT,oi3 i i -IT I QKO. b'tzsCHUCK. Subscribed in mv presence and sworn to 1 before m. this 31st'day of March. A. D. I QEOROE KA6MUB8EN, leeai.j notary -uoiia 1 Those hot SOUth W ndS mar Mow some life Into populism, which has been pray- lug for another Installment of calamltv 1 lo these manv davs. K No more record-breaking speed on the Xlurllngton, but some more record tireaklug free advertising by Its enter prising advance agent of prosperity. General Chaffee will substitute dis cretion In making war upon the Moros for smokeless powder and Mauser bul lets. What effect the new tactics will Jiave remains problematical. The price of dressed sheep has ad vanced within the past forty-eight hours, but undressed sheep still roam about .without paying the . slightest attention to the raise in the price of fodder. President Roosevelt has shown him self capable of disciplining little ' gen erals as well as big generals. Four iweeks ago It was Miles. Now Funs ton has come In for his reprimand. Butter has gone up 0 cents a pound in the New York market within the last week and mutton only 1 cent a pound. What Is the matter with the Beef trust? Vhy can't It keep pace with the dah-y Combine? Bt. Iulsls conirratulatlno- itself nnon -1 , ... . I pi ueiug quiie su warm as me large toOUis in the Missouri valley, but Just been about iuo.uuu.uuu Dusuein mm legUlinate development of our tremeu wal until the middle of July, when St than has been supposed. Another doyg energy nd tne industrial revolution t....i has a full Invoice of resrtrlar bumper wheat crop this year with aver- . , . t ahmit b the introduction of scorchers. The spreme court has reversed Kef- e'ree KyaV decision and issued a man- damns toVthe city council to reconvene as a board r uquuiizauon. v nai a sav- Jng of time una uruam mere couia nave been if tlf rerereo naa only been a Wind reudtV- Tlie 8Urg.f i ""J ouginaw iMicn.j I...... .. A. A. Y M 1 sa t v I college buspitai nave successfully w . . 1 rafted t uoff "Ion a hu- man uetd- Whether the man will thank the doctors ror tne jou wnen he re- covers or v neiuer ne win nark at tneua tenia" to lie seen. ifhe worst hus not yet been told about tuu better than the fanners of the corn Bky.g.raper office buildings, the depart me Beef trust The Omaha Retail Oro- wuo it may confidently be as- ment 6toreg and colossal manufacturing cers' association has dwlded to hold a 8Ulu0d will do their share toward se- plantg win the AVorld-Herald tell us ppeciui meeuug 10 couipei me reiauers making a price on standard brands of soap below wnat Jt costs the grocers to luy , it to discontinue the practice. t n-oiurags The high price of lumber and the mod erate price of brick would seem to Jus tify the council ln extending the fire limit A city built of brick and stone makes a more favorable Impression vpou Investors than a wooden-constructed city, no matter how stylish and (irnumeutul the frame structures may be. The South Omaha poutoon bridgu has gone out of business and will be carted down to riattsiuouth to relieve the ferry company front dodging sandbanks ln the Pig Muddy. Whether the South Omaha pontoon is to be supplied by the self erecting and self-suiixrtlug, electric, political drawbridge, has not yet trans pired. Accordiug to latest cable advices the crlce of beef has advanced several cents pound ln the Ixmdou market. In spite Of the fact that beef la not a protected commodity lu CJrest Britain and the Canadian, Mexican, Australian and Ar- Eentiue cattle shippers are competing WHQ me Anierii'anB in me xinusn mar - ket without let or hindrance. At the ame time the pilcy of silver has gone down lower than tt ever has at anv eriod since the crime of 1873. Why I reciprocal exchange of products, leav can't lesf on the hoof or lu the cask lug out all the conditions Imposed by keep pacs with silver I PROPOSED REBATE TO CCBA. Senator Dietrich's bill, providing for a trade arrangement lietween Cuba and the United States under which, during a period of five years, a percentage of the duties on imports from the island shall be turned over to the Cuban gov- ernment to be used in certain specked wn v. s nimilnr lu character to the proposition submitted to the conference of house republicans, though differing in details. The plan proposed In the house was to collect full duties and pay back 20 per ceut thereof, while the Dietrich bill provides for returning to the Cuban government 40 per cent of ... . I 1 . - . , .,....!.., the duties the first year and reducing tue IwrtpntaK, tlle succeeding years. In return for this Cuba shall make liberal taHff gi,,,,,, to tne fnlted States. It wus urgel iu snpiort of the house 1 proposition that it would afford relief both to the government and the people of Cuba, make certain that Cuba and her people alone would be the bencfl clariew, secure reciprocal trade couces- slous from Cuba and discharge every ouHKatton assumed by this country B " ., . . uuder the provision of the treaty of rarls, the Flatt amendment and by our intervention to secure the independence C1CJ OE Ue pUUl Ul IV HUU1U uut lUjum m flianumcra hit dnmestic Industry or " . . , A tUmt. preveut ItS 1UI Ull l ut'invuirub M.UU tun. -7 ; ; .l.it wn. austauiea DT nreceaem since we autics couociea on me prouucis 01 ruiw 1 Rico and the Philippine Islands. These rpnamm m,lv eouallv to the bill Intro- duced by Senator Dietrich. Tho i.m.e remibllcan leniprs. how- ovpr did not reirnrd the nronosltion with favor and It was' not strongly pressed - v . fw nHvocntes. It was oblected t0 n9 being both unconstitutional and lm- practical. It Is possible that In the senate a different view will be taken of the matter, though the attitude ot a majority of tlie house republicans In regard to it Is very likely to exert an Influence with the senate republicans, Regarded from a purely practical point nf tt !.- It Ih certnlnlv entitled to con- .iH.flnn It would nlace In the hands ... .i i or -uau goveiuuaruw u OUuu come of millions of dollars, the expendl- . ... . I mo - ' - 1 and the support of schools would be of h. n.iKnn tu.nnl aa a wuoie, whereas a tariff concession of 20 inHoxi anv nmmint would oit- th. ...r ,.ra onri annnorter. and of mUe if any benefit to the masses of ..I latr. nilKAUTn iltOPM H f lu" , V rCha it wmVh wise we must assist Cuba it would seem wise and Just that all interests, instead of .v,l,1 ol,o In lnlnr thla UUe IVW I The bill passed by the house Is soon auo uiu iuoocv. to be taken up by the senate committee on Cuban relations, which will frame a metVBUre for submission to a caucus of remibllcan senators. Doubtless the committee or the caucus will give con sideration to Senator Dietrich's measure. GOOD VORXCROP KSSKNTIAL. flolol rlror nf th Nw York Bun remark, that the essential require- ment for the continuance of prosperity a good corn crop this year. There I is plenty of wheat in the country and crops of both winter and spring wheat "U818 ! Zel 5 t6 Wlirai "'' " ' j 1.1, ..Tt l,a- nHf l... I wut w u come known through the publication of the renaiis renort of 1000." says this writer, "tuai ior me ia8l luc grain area of the country has been un- derestlmated by between 20,000,000 and 'that for the last few years the 30,000,000 acres and that the quantity ..!,,!) ,,m.lnrw1 vonr after Tear has I VL " , - age crops in Europe would mean very low prices ior wneai m mi "tarl - the farmer would derive much less ben- cflt from the fact than from a smaller crop gold at higher prices. Destruc tlon of the corn crop tnis year, in view 0f the similar disaster last year anu the high prices for food prooucis en- tailed thereby, would be. of course, a irreat misfortune. Indeed, we ought to . .a. i. V I xl I bave a corn crop so Dig mat an tue uiu . . aud granaries could be filled ana we ici again supply the magnincent ror- eign demand for the staple that we have created." There Is no doubt of the great nn- portance to the general welfare or a ffnnd corn crop and none unuersuum ..,. an abundant crop, witn me in- centiVe afforded by existing conditions tbere g reason to expect that the corn area tUia year y, not be reduced, but Jn &n probabllity considerably increasea. COVSTKRVailmg scoar DCTT. it i th. nninlnn of Chairman Tayne and others of the ways and means com- mittee that the amendment to the house bill removing the differential duty on refined sugar includes the countervail- Hitv m mntrnr Imnortod from CO 11 11 tiles which pay an export bounty. This 1UK noiut seems not to have been thought Of untll after the passage of the bill, but undoubtedly It will lie considered by the senate committee when the measure is taken up aud If It shall appear that the effect Is to remove the countervail ing duty the amendment will probably tie eliminated, since to retain it in in present form would certainly result In Europe sending to tbe American niar- ket an amount of refined sugar nat would have a depressing effoct upon I prices, necessarily to the detriment of the domestic industry The best Informed Washington corre- spondents express the belief that the house bill is not likely to come out of I . 1 iu wuum tvumm form. There has been tain umoug re publican senators of amending the I measure so as to simply provide for a I the house bill relating, to tne enactment THE OMAHA DAILY BEK: TIIUHSDAY, of Immigration, anti-contract labor laws and the like. It is said, however, that the elimination of the amendment re lating to rcflnpd sugnr would undoubt edly arouse bitter antagonism and that the house would insist upon adhering to Its action. Still it seems improbable that the house republicans would do this If they should be convinced that the effect of, the amendment Is to remove the countervailing duty. At all events the point raised by Chairman I'ayne is manifestly important and will undoubt edly receive due consideration In the senate. rTIO." TACiriC MAXAOERS SHOULD MEET TBE iSSUE FRAXKLY. The controversy between the city of Omaha and the Union Tacinc Railway company over the closing of Its foundry is for many reasons deplorable. For more than a quarter of a century Omaha and the Union Pacific were kept at loggerheads over the failure of the railway company to live up to the or iginal compact with the city by which It acquired valuable right-of-way for terminal and depot grounds on condition that It would maintain Its terminals and machine shops at Omaha. When the recent contract between the city of Omaha and the Union Faclflc was consummated our citizens congratu lated themselves orer the settlement of tha. ,mlMhh under. "...v-.. -" " maae to me union t acinc compa.., were largely In Its favor, the community made to tne union racinc was gratified over the prospective en largement of the shops with the assur nce that the reversionary clause m tne contract afforded a guaranty for their future maintenance, The closing down of the foundry Is 7 naturally regarded as an exhibi- tlon of bad faith and a breach of the spirit. If not the letter, of the contract Public sentiment is practically unani mous in support of the action taken by the mayor and council In requesting that the foundry be reopened at an I early day. The city of Omaha does not cl"lm the r,ht to d,otatc how mliD? moulders shall be employed or What - wages tne union racme snail pay to us foundrrmen. but tne city aoes claim tne , . . ,, i.u ii r'Ql ro -UIO"T rmlr.Z " OUIigaumja u.uu me uu.u ikiuc PHny ha8 assumed In the recent settle- It seems to us that there Is no use In parleying over the Issue with lawyers, Mr- John N- Ewln Is a very learned an1 nlAnnnrf lo rrror TTIa fnrm fl 1 uu .v,. sv presentation of the Union Pacific side ,lrlu,c ""t""'"1 k "l C . 1 1 .11. a.,MMmA aa,ii4 .e "" l" . nn n nn In Omaha his argument " 7 has little or no weight The shortest cut to an amicable un derstanding Is through a conference be tween the Union Pacific managers and the city authorities. In which the whole subject should be discussed frankly and .1.1 .... If nKnn1r.nmanf "". J "T " , Ik 01 luo " "-"W"!"-' luc Union Pacific managers before the om- ..a . J Jf - "'"-.iTaZ with the other departments of their ma ui .1 r,. hl. rlnt hnnro,- " it will be of advantatv to have more " Accordlng t0 the World-Herald. The B hM recelyed ,tg n8truct,onl! out. . -flmnIo. nInn Plfttln to . slw1(1niT nanaed front . ..... it land now assumes mat trusts are we taboMaTlng machines and centering of . . If t th w-orld nBfl f-k( th. tpouhle to con. uU tfae pubi,8hed proceedlng8 of the Cnicag0 conference on trusts, held In 100()( be mlght have di8COVered tnat the of The Bee made Uie f0n0wina deoiaratlon ln h,8 ttddress before that ronferenee: we are confronted with nroblems itenerated by the Indus ... evolution 0f the nineteenth ceu 1 - tury Tbe trust u but the outgrowth f nalurai conditions. The trend of modero civilization Is toward centraliza tlon and concentration. This tendeuc Jg Btrikingiy exhibited in the congestion of popuiatlon In large ciUes. the building n,flmlrinth hotels and tenement blocks, , what way or to what extent the re utterances of The Bee have varied frolu tbe vlewg of tu expressed at the Chicago conference on trusts two yearg ag0? Tne city council nas annexed one mum block on capiioi avenue ror me new market house, but the market gardeners will proDaDiy continue to ao nusiueas m the old stand until the mossbacks who own property on both sides of Capitol I , I mougn to raise tue money to uuuu a respeciauie umran auru iu V.ii trous from wind, sun and rain. The report that the Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs mines art to be merged with a capitalization of 00, UO0.UUO will create no excitement. It Is Just as easy to capitalize a hole ln the earth in Colorado for millions as It Is to capitalise a hole ln the earth that gushes greasy water down ln Texas for millions. Reesrs Looks that Way. Detroit Free Press. The Mississippi river steamboat Is be iteved to be the most successful thing m the way of a -retrap that was ever la- I linian. Hnr4eat Blow of All. 8t. Louts Globe-Democrat. Juat ' think! ot bear labeled "Made la America." as an Item ot news from Ger many. Tbe seven kecs presetted la New York to tbe sailors of the Imperial yacht I t, duUM uuotuuiag'U) -W ea reacting a German port. They must be pprehenslve on the continent that Amerl- an beer will become aa popular as Ameri can shoes. The Senate) aa Mnnaalns Editor. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The Impression that the house has fallen Into the habit of sending Its bills to the senate to be edited has been greatly treDgthened by recent events. Tito Things Look Alike. Detroit Free Tress. Solemn announcement Is made that cop per dividends are being reduced. It Is just aa necessary for public enlightenment to tate that the harvesting of Ice has been bandoned until some time next winter. Tonch the Bolton, Ben. Atlanta Constitution. Pr. E. Benjamin Andrews refuses to produce his Russo-Japanese war for pub lic inspection. He may not have yet gotten it wired so It will perform without hitch every time be presses the button. Hot Hunt for the Delusion, Indianapolis Journal. The declaration of Mr. Carnegie to a eraduatlne- class that "wealth la a delusion and a snare" is not a new doctrine, and I Mr. Carnegie's experience will not prevent the mass of humanltv from aneklnr t ha iriim. n (ha I . u vt uu uu.uw.vb. I What We Are Comln To. Indianapolis News. M. E. Inralls thinks that If the nollcv I of railroad merging keeps up the railroads of the country will soon be under the con- trol of one man, which will mean govern- ment ownership. Grant bis premise and you can depend on tbe conclusion. The people can be trusted In the last extremity to defend themselves. Snsar from Corn. Philadelphia Ledger. A company with a capital of $3,000,000 has Just been formed which Intends to erect a plant somewhere In the western corn belt which will convert 20,000 bushels of corn a day Into sugar, glucese, grape sugar aad syrup. Coming as it does simultaneously with the complaint of the beet sugar people that their business will be ruined by the re moval of the sugar differential, this news b of double interest. It means a market for the corn crop, and also an abundant supply of sugar, beeta or no beets. Iron Hole of Pence. Saturday Evening Post. 'No senator In debate shall, directly or Indirectly, by any form of words lmDute to another senator or to other senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a senator. No senator in debate aball refer offensively to any state of the union." This new senatorial rule la on result of the McLaurln-Tlllman episode in that august- body. It Is all right, of course, but It Is going to hurt the circulation of the Congressional Record in Its efforts to eomnete with the yellow Journals. Room for Another Roar. New York Sun. Here Is another Octopus. The Omahas and Wlnnebagos, Indian tribes of Nebraska, held a meeting on their reservation last week and formed a amivenlp triit. rii-Aa Thunder, a specialist la bows and arrows and the leadlnv financier nf the Wlnn.hirn. was elected president. Green Rainbow and Prairie Chicken and John A. Logan were the Philistine flock, who holds lortn ai rasi elected directors. The trust proposes to Aurora when not delivering "lovely preach advance prices for Indian souvenirs and all menta" elsewhere. As plain Elbert Hub kinds of Indian goods manufactured by bard he Is defendant ln a case at court in them. And In Nebraska, too! SECRET OF OHIO'S GREATNESS. whence. Comes the Strenarth and Sonoroslti- of Buckeye Sons, Cleveland Plain Dealer. The secret ot Ohio's greatness appears to be out at laat. Tbe Buckeye state leads all the other commonwealths of the country in the production of onions, both ln acreage and ln the actual crop. For years Ohio has been prominent as a producer of men of strength In national affairs. It has Uken from Virginia the title of "Mother of Presl- dents." and ln congress today Ohio's sons ,n hlg defenB,t Hubbard raised the quea stand at the head, both aa representatives ., . ,,, ,hliitv , , no a week. Wood- or tneir own state and as representatives of l"lc" l" wu,cu lucr uYO removea. mo uuiuu ixinj uv rvBjiuuBiuio jor mis loJ(turlng tOUTS. a greater degree than might be suspected. This succulent vegetable possesses great value, not only as a nutritious food, but a medicine. In the first place, It contains ulphur, which la good for tbe blood, and those who eat It are likely to have clear neaaa ana a vigorousj circmauon. inese Hubbard must aubmlt to examination un are the foundation of Strong manhood and ne admlUed In writing, to be used In womanhood. Then, again, the onion accel- the trla, of the Mtlon, that since January, crates expectoration, and tnat Helps to at- gent iuo luuu nuiua guuB iv uuim lav uaauei of the body. Furthermore, the onion strengthens the "wind," and that may ac count for the predominance sf Ohio politi cians. It la unfortunate, perhaps, that tbe secret Should have been given away In a report or tne census oureau on tne production 01 TfgVUIUlDI IB lVV, DUUlfl VU1CT UIKJ now go to the front ln the production ot onions and put Ohio in the ahade. Never theless the proud sons of the Buckeye stats will be gratified by knowing the source of their power, and It Is to be presumed that the consumption of onions will Increase, It may be permissible even to change the old saw and make It read, "la onion there Is strength." VIRTIES OF A LIGHT LUNCH. An American Characteristic Urates Its Worth. Philadelphia Press. Demon. A great many people feel they have done their whole duty by sound hygiene when they denounce the "quick lunch" of tbe American business world" as the sum of all gastronomic Iniquities. But Insofar as the quick lunch Is a light lunch, and It usually la this. It may be a blessing in disguise, In fact, an observing foreigner lays much ot the acuteness and bualness energy of Americans to the fact that for tbe most part the American business and professional man eata llehtlv. even if hurrledlv. anil drinks but little at tbe mid meal. Hence hla mind la clear, be is not sluggish and be Is able to do s good deal between 1 o'clock and 6. As a contrail th fnrelrn observer mon. tlons tbe heavy mid-day eating habits of certain Eurooean countries, notably Ger many, and to that be attributes tbe lethargy that Is calling for all the highest efforts of the best minds to countersct. Ia this he is In harmony with an American specialist who, in decrying a beavy mid-day meal, said tbat: "The dsn of eating a heavv meal at noon and returning to work almost directly from the dinner table explains the prevalence of dvsnensla In countries not enioylng tbe lonr afternoon recess of the tropics." Since the light lunch and tbe aulck lunch do not fit In with tbis criticism) those who have blamed our national dya- pepsla on the "busy man's bite" ha better look a little further Into ths matter. Perhana w. An too much, aa certain dietetic soeclallsta tell us. but it looks If we were slowlv aDDroilmatlng. the eoun try over, to an ideal dietetic system, for Americans, which makes tbe lunch tbe slightest meal and the evening meal tbe most substantial meal of the day. what ever It may be called. And It ths quick lunch of tbe bualness world has had any effect In thla direction It Is not ths un mixed, avll soma daclara It to h. APKIIj at, l'.KH!. Live Nebraska Towns Tekamah A Hive of Industry. Situated midway between tbe cities of Omaha and Sioux City Is the city of Tekamah. with a population of 2.000 souls. It has Justly acquired the reputation of being one ot the best commercial points In this part of tbe Btate. all branches of ln- dustrlea doing a profitable, business here. The city hits an excellent water system, the water being pumped from a flowing well Into a reservoir on a hill 175 feet above the business portion of the town. Klre pro- tectlon is afforded by two volunteer hose companies and a hook and ladder company. Shipping facilities are accommodated by two modern elevators with a total capacity of 125,000 bushels. The Glasson electric plant furnishes the city with commercial and domestic lights. Tekamah. for resi dence purposes, is admirably located on a plateau ln tbe Missouri valley, nestling against the hills on tbe west and north as a background. There are shade trees every where, giving the appearance lu summer of a veritable forest. Some of the prin. clpal advantages are that it is located be- tween Omaha and Sioux City, two of the imlMt MmmtrMil centers in the west, .u. eki c. i...i Min..nAii a. UUUU IUD V Ull ..J, 111. 4 aui, w.iuuvav.w n.h. r.n..v ,hirh frnih eirBllent ,,.,.v, .,' ,nA ,i. .h thrH Dassencer and mall trains per day each ... .11 .nn.nUnr. that, enuld h. ri.iri k. th. trviin nuhllo. T.i.m.h 1. ih. i.n,mt nf Burt, one 0f the beet agricultural counties In Ne- braska. It has a splendid system of (traded schools, the High school building, erected In 1900, costing over $25,000. The various religious denominations are represented by the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Eplaeopals. Advents, Christians and Catholic societies, all of whom have their own church edifice. Clvlo societies flourish here, the stronger ones being the Masonic, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America, Woodmen of the World and HOVJTIJ AHOIT KW YOIIK. Rlpplea on the Current of l.lfe In metropolis. An Inquisitive New York policeman, pos sessing a thirst for knowledge and otner things, watched with solemn and curious eyes an uncommon display of mourning crepe on the side doors ot saloons during nn of the recent "dry" Sundays. "Of course," says the policeman, "my impres- slon was that thoee doora probably led to some apartment above, so that when I saw a number of men going In through the door I did not suspect for a minute that they were going ln there to get a drink. When I went to bed Sunday night I got to thinking about that crepe and decided to lnvestlaate the following morning. I went to the saloons where I had seen the crepe and found the mourning emblems gone. Going ln at several of the aide doors, J found that In every case they led only into the rear room of the saloon. The proprie tors ot the places told me I must have dreamed about the crepe." A strangely startling tale comes from the I interior ot the state, well calculated to shock admirers ,of Fra tMoerius. pasior 01 which a friend of the family seeks to com pel him to pay for the care of a child. Way land H. Woodworth of Buffalo, the plaintiff, sued Hubbard and Miss Alice Moore. Wood- worth's sister, for $3,500. Woodworm claimed that Hubbard and Miss Moore lived together about 1894 and that In that year they brpught to him to keep a cnua 01 which they confessed parentage. Hubbard. Woodworth alleged, agreed to pay at least $5 a week for the child's board. ,h. , wiilrf nav $10 wees u nM woodworth as whenever he could. Woodworth eays Hub v.r ,,, ... . fpw months only, but the WoOQWOrtha eupported the child until last ..,mm then hean action. wort pointed to Hubbard's publishing business, the Roycroft shop, and bis lec- A few days ago Woodworth's lawyer ob tained an order requiring Hubbard to ap pear before Lawyer Van Peyna to be ex amined prior to the trial. Hubbard's lawyer moved to vacate this order, but the court aenled tne motion and decided that 189B n9 h en able to pay $10 a week for the care of the child. Mr. Hubbard after a few days' considera tion notified the attorney who appeared for Woodworth that he would admit that he was able to pay $10 a week for the board of a cha tnu8 evading aa examination which wgs to nftve been he)d tort H. B. Van 1 pej-na A "beggar trust" Is the latest develop ment ln metropolitan life In New York. The disclosure was made In tbe Yorkvllle court and surprised even the police and charity organizations, who are supposed to know all about these matters. This co operative company or "beggars' trust" bad regularly elected officers and was or ganized as if it were doing a legitimate business. By a decision of Magistrate Pool the "trust" has been dissolved and tbe officials are serving sentences of six months ln the workhouse. Tbe headquarters of the organization waa at 180 Forsyth street, in a rear tenement, which was Inhabited prln- I cipally by members ot the company. The president was Andrew Anderson. Earl Wll I Hams was secretary, Cbarlee Truck general manager, and Thomas Boylan sergeant, 1 The arrest came about through the efforts of Michael C. Hartlgan, who has made a study of the ways of tbe beggar class, Thero were articles of agreement under which tbe "trust" waa organized and tbe rules were followed by the members. Any deviation waa submitted to an "arbitrator," who Imnosed a fine. Beggars of all de scrlptlona were made to order at tbe head quarters and a man who was apparently without legs or crippled one day the next might be posing aa a person who had lost Ihnth arms ln a railway accident or be blind - 1 Whenever any of Its members were sr rested their fines were paid from a fund provided for tbat purpose, it is tne nrsi Instance in New York which has become known where such an organization baa been I formed and carried out A little girl was trying to get her smaller brother across the rushing stream of I Broadway. She bad the small cnap last by one hand. Hla other hand clasped bis ragged Jacket, as If for courage and sup Dort. Twloe they tried to start across, I relates the Mall and Express, and twlcs retreated to tbe sidewalk. Then the girl looked about for help. She let several I unnromlslDX people pass her. Then she as saw a shuffling, limping, half-witted-look - I ing aegro boy draw near. She aaw some- tblng in bis face that wasn't appareut to I anybody but a child. "Please, won't you help me n my brother - 1 'eroet the street?" she asked with confi denes. The negro smiled charmingly. I genuine, lovely look came over his dirty - I face 1 "Come OB. aid!" Mid, aolilog th Anclrnt Order of Unltea woramen. u Ornnd Army of the Republic ana womru Kelief corps have a stron organisation and their own ball, company n. m Second regiment. Nebraska National Guard, Is also located here. The territory tributary comprise! both valley and tableland. Corn, cattle na hogs are staple productions, while wheat, eats and barley yield excellent crops. Wild hay In abundance la yet to be Had on ids bottom lands. Clover and airaira ana omrr tame grasses are successfully grown sna yield mtinincently. Appies ana irun ui kinds produce an abundant crop. Tnt sou is very fertile and always receives sum rlent rainfall to mature crops, in oracr to substantiate the commercial Importance of Tekamah we append the following sta tistics, takea from the books of the sta tion agent, showing the amount shipped out and received for the six months last past, beginning October 1, 1901, and ending April 1, 1902. There were shipped out 1.417 car loads, 275 of which were live stock, during the same time t83 cars ot mercnancuse were received by our merchants. This Is the best shipping point on the line Of the Northwestern between Omaha and Sioux City, and according to railroad men tne ..... atatlon at this place does twice the volume of business of any town located along the line. Tekamah a prospects were never brighter than now. A larger volume of building than ever before and other sub stantlal Improvements are being carried on. Much lumber and building material is being purchased by tne larmera oereaooui. iu spring, tor tne erection 01 new nou -uu barns. Our bank deposits are larger than ever Deiore, mowing iui our uuu.i is in an excellent financial condition. What we need is more gooa iarmers 10 vuj uur lan.Ia, where it is ceriamiy cneaper iuu elsewhere, quality ot soil, amount ot yield and market facilities considered. J. R- SUTHERLAND. small boy by the hand, and plunged among the cars and horses, tbe two In tow line behind him. They van on without looking around, and he returned singing with African placidity. "Everybody's awful good to me!" rFRSOMAI. NOTES. John Francis Gabb and Lulu 9llence wen married ln Bt. Louts last week. i The memory of the British General War ren would be sweeter had be made Bplot kop his Bunker Hill. ' Ferdinand Schumacher, who started tie first factory for the manufacture ot ceral foods, celebrated bis eightieth birthday ,n Akron, O., this week. Dr. Boris Londonier, at present in Sn Francisco, Is considering the establlshmtit of a Russian newspaper In the UnlKd States. The paper will probably make its appearance soon, and under the name of the Russian Courier. i A Milwaukee paper, referring to Oman's matrimonial bureau. Intimates that It lias interesting and useful to a city as a csl of nltro-glycerine attached to a runaway ro eery wagon on block pavements. In oher words, matches hsvo an explosive teadacy. Robert Sharkey, who has been appotted naval officer of the port of New Yorkjbe- longs to a family, the members of whlclare doing quite well in the way of public cOce. Six ot them are getting paid by the tax payers, the combined salaries footlnj up $14,700. Governor Crane of Massachusetts has signed ths bill awarding a medal to Very man from bis state who went out 1 re sponse to President Lincoln's first cat for troops. The pen with which he sign the bill baa been presented to President erce, of tbe "minute men of '61." Emlllen Renou, who died last wk In France at the age of 87, was the olfst of French meteorologists In active wrk, if not the oldest in the world. Since (78 he bad been the director of the St. Matr ob servatory. In 1852 be was one of th; foun ders of the French Meteorology soity. The Austrian army has an sctlveteneral who is 95 years old. This Is Field larshal Lieutenant Baron Schwartx-MeillK who has been an officer seventy-four yirs ant fifty years a general. He la one of ve offi cers still alive who marched w i their luggage on their backs from Le erg to Naples. Senator Vest, whose magnificent ulogy of the late Wade Hampton, closed with a quotation from Tennyson, is said tloutrank any of his colleagues In famllialty with American and English poetry. Is com mand ot quotations Is simply an- ing and ln addition he Is a classical schol of high attainment. Colonel Ernest C. Stahl of Tree n, N. J., Is known to secret society I ple sll over the land. He belongs to ti ity-elght different organizations snd ha traveled from one end of the country tofhe other on business connected with one olne other of them. The colonel owns a t-oaperous newspaper published In the stfe capital of New Jersey. Lord Ampthtll, governor of Malas, India, who Is a big man physically, is paid a somewhat left-banded compllmesthe other day by the good people of akcallty ln southern India which rejoices lithe name of Kumbakonam. At the ralltr station on his arrival a Jail-made carped as spread for him to alight upon which bis the fig ure of an elephant and under line legend Good morning. Jumbo!" wov Into the fabric. fll aa mm aiaa Du riik This Windy Veather. one of our "Crusl - Hats at $1.0O, $1.50 and $2.00 srrmld be the proper tblng wear light in weight, comfortable, can ho worn ln all weatl s or be carried In pocket when traveling a half dozen dl(T it colors to select from and in different '' dimensions to su ill builds and styles of men and a splen did assortment o ips at 50c and up to $2.25 and of course "bats" lots of tl i and at reasonable prices $2.00, $2.00, $3.00 and $3.50. Ho GlGing Fits Liko Ours. Exclusi Clothiers and Furnishers. C S. Wilcox, launder. WHO Hllt.a Till: WAtlvM Paltlmore American: Morgan hns ai rled throueh hU ocean Rteamehtp deal and the time may yet come when ho will get an option on the ware. Kanraa City Star: Tbo nw cxean steamer trust I to be rapltalUed at "about $150,000.noo. Before Morgan's .tay a few million dollars more or less maile. somn difference to a corporation. Boston Globe! As a matter of cours, this new "dear rannot, for souie littls time at least. Interfere with the subsidy arrangement mado by the British govern ment with various steamship lines, y which that government holds tho privlle of chartering any of thrir ships in case war should break out Hut how the com of such a gigantic doe! as this now out lined would have surprised and startled the fathers! Chicago News: The organization of th ew steamship combination is simply a striking illustration of the fact that the American merchant marine can he built up and maintained without artificial sup port levied on the entire public for the benefit of a few. It tends to confirm the impression that in trying to secure sun eidles and legislation permitting unrc restrtcted control of both steamship and railway transportation the intereeted capi talists have been seeking to benefit them selves by means of Illegitimately Increased profits. Philadelphia Record: Probably the best argument that could possibly be put forth against the grant of government ship sub sidies has been made by the capitalists who bave been buying steamship lines right and left, organizing a $lfi0,000.000 combine under a New Jersey charter and making arrangements to fix rates of carrying freights and passengers to suit themselves. When the shipping business offers such Inducements to wholesale Investment there Is apparently small need of governmental coaxing. II RIO 10 .V CHAFF. Philadelphia Catholic Standard: Miss Kulcner You can always tell a woman whn hna enjoyed the benefits of higher educa tion. Mr. Crnbbe Not much! Ton can't toll ner anything; she thinks she knows it all. Pittsburg Chronicle: "How Is It." de manded the angry stockholder, "that our gold mine has stopped work?" "I believe It isn't in the vein for It." replied the promoter, coolly. Washington Star: "Why do people enloy dialect stories so much 7" ..v1 suppose," answered Miss Cayenne, that a great, many persons rind a certain satisfaction in discovering somebody, even in Action, whose grammar Is more deficient than their own." Philadelphia Press: "I believe the neigh bors are saying he Indulges hla wife too much." "No, you misunderstand. It Isn't as bad as that. They're merely saying hu Indulges too much.'' Chicago Post: "There has been nn awful lot of talk about "plain duty.' What does It all mean?" "That depends upon who uses the phrase. One a 'plain duty,' according to his own idea, Is what he wants to do, and, ac cording to the Ideas of others, it s what he doexn't want to do." Baltimore News: "Yes. Mr. flwlftbolnh baa gone to the country for a rest. Tim doctor says he has been doing: too much brain work." "Brain work! Why, I didn't know he was a brain worker. "Sure. He wore himself out trying to remember every morning what occurred the night before." Washington Star: "t am afraid." swld the high-browed bard, "that my poetry will never attract public attention." "Cheer up " said the loyal companion. "Maybe you 11 get appointed to ofilre one of these days, and then everybody will talk about your poetry." Baltimore American: "Those Rlclifokes next door are too mean fur anything." commented the wife. "What have they done now?" "Well, I don't mind their having a ban quet if they like. That is their own busi ness. But why should they have the de livery wagon come to the front door so that the whole street can see that they are going to have beefsteak, butter anil eggs?" PI.AY BAM.. James Barton Adams In Denver Post.. "Play ball." The old cry echoes o'er the peaceful vale of Valley creek, ami from the bleachers comes a roar hs rows of rooters spring a leak! The bat. ter grasps the willow club, the pitcher strikes an attitude, the catcher glveH his hands a rub, the umpire stands with koen eyes glued upon the pliiv; the bnll has gone, and once again the season's on! "Way up the telegraphic pole the eager small boy perch high, and In th fence each knotty hole and they ar many framea an eye, The score cant merchant's voice rings out. the vol through all the winter dumb, the pra nut venders loudly shout, the kid pro claims his chewing gum, and that same cushion man Is there to save our pantalettes from wear. The knocker with hla nri u ths kicker with hla mulish kick, the talker airaer wun nis mulish kick, the talke with his bally talk upon tne seats u files are thick. The larilxa in ihl smart attire, enthusiasm in their eyes, are there In beviea to admire and laul the players to the skies, and trank their dainty hands when one of hand some tlgure makes a run. The old excuses now are fed to bosses from employes' lip: The grandma on ber dying bed. tho wife at home down with, la grippe. That dying grandma will b spied beside her grandson KiitinK there, the sick wife by her huhand's side, and how those frauds will blunh and stare to cati h their old employ ers' eyes lit up with half-amused sur prise ! The game Is on, the aeaann's here, the stricken ball cuts through the air, the batters fan the atmosphere, the run ners 'round the baaea tear, the umpire calls the striken and balls, puts run ners out when they are in, nor heeds "."fl" ansry siiualla that thev will kill him sure aa hIii! The sea son s here, the same eld muss, and on the seats the same old us.
