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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEEt WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1002. The DMAi i a Daily Bee, B. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally He (without Bunday), On Tear.W.OO lMilv ind Hundav. Una Year W Illustrated Bee, una Year I eunaay wee, una near a-v fiaturriav Ona Year 1 0 Twentieth Ceiitu'y Farmer. One Year. LU I pally Baa ( wit ht Sunday), pr copy.. le L4ly baa (without Bunday par wee..Uc WV.t.. iiveninf ia iwithout Bunday), per weekiuc Evening .Bee (Including ttunaayj, pr weak ...... 16c Complaint of lrreularttiea In delivery ahould be addressed to Cliy Circulation ipartmant. OmCEB. Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha city iiaii Building, Twen-ty-rtfih and M street. Council Bluff 10 -earl Street. Chlcaso lati) Unity Building. New Jork Temple Court. Washington 6ul Fourteenth B treat. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and editorial matter ahouid be auaresaed: Omaha Bee, Eoltorial Department. Bualr.ee letter and remittance should I be adarea.ed: 'ihe Be fubU.wni Com- I pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft,- exprea or poital order, eayaole to 'in Bee PuDllahtng Company, 'my a-cent stampa accepted in payment of , mall aevwunt. t-arsonat chacka, except on fcmaha or aaatern axenange, not accepted. 'Itihi BEi rUBLlHttlttk COii.fA.tiX. STATEMENT OB CIRCULATION. Lata ot Nebraska, Dougiaa County, a : George B laechuok, secretary of 'in Be Publishing Company, being duly a worn, ay that the actual number ot full and complete copla ol The Daily, Morning, .Evening and bunday Bee priuiod uuring ui mouu ot April, iinu. waa a leuows; 1 2U.5UO IS. 1 liU.UttV 2,WO 4 UU.B10 XUfilMt au.Tno J 110,010 m,umo itv.uiv M... ai,45o u ite,sio 12 U0.4TO U UU.SIO 14. ao.oso 14 St0,48O IT.... U.... IS.... 21..., 12.... ..28.B40 ..ra.sso ..MO.o&u ""u'-S!! ..D,OtH u si,soo M sit,ao 26 m,4u K a,5o 27 , 2s UU,ntH) 2 aO.OHO to ao.aao Total '. ch,45 Lm unold and r.turned coplaa... 1O.10T Nat total tale 87u,tt3M JJt dally v,rttJQj:,g',2acijyC,T Cobacrtbed In my preaenc and iworn to betor m this uU day of April, CSeal) M. B. H UNGATE. Notary Public The members of the State Board of Equalization now have an opportunity to tell the supreme court why. If a tight la to be waged on the bis cuit trust we suppose doughnuts will be the most appropriate ammunition. Having reached the Injunction stage, the war of Lancaster county repub lican factions may be said to be on In earnest The strike of the anthracite coal mln- era has already screwed up the price of bituminous coal. It's all ill wind that blows nobody good. - i Reports from all over Nebraska are most promising for crop prospects. The Nebraska farmer will ride on the frout eat If favorable conditions bold out It is noticeable Jhat while we occa sionally add to the number of republics that make up the nations of the world, the monarchies show no Increase In number. Cuba would be haDnv if it could have guaranty that all Its future governors would be as energetic and watchful of Ita Interests as General Wood, now re-1 tiring from duty In that island. I Those Jacksonlan Insurgents propose ,to have a hearing before consenting to Ibe made the victims of a political -water cure. Colonel Bryan's essay on .The Philosophy of Bolting" should be called Into requisition. I A Massachusetts woman js coming to Nebraska to be married to a man she has never met She can reaasure her-1 elf that she Is taking no greater I chances In the wedlock lottery than la her prospective husband. I If legal loopholes enable Nebraska railroads to escape paying taxes on the most valuable part of their property we might aa well know now aa later. If not the railroads should pay their taxes on the same basis as other people. Douglas county populists are volun teering to write the platform on which their state ticket Is to be planted. Presumably they have , selected this exacting task ; because there are not enough of them to do anything else. Henry Vatterson will remain in ed- ltorlal charge of the Courier-Journal notwithstanding the change In the ownerehlp of that property and plctur- esque warnings against the menace of the dread man on horseback will con- tlnue to flow from his pen. The news comes by pipe line to the local pppocratlc organ all the way from Washington that both Nebraska sen- ators are known to be favorable' to the renomination of our non-resident con- gressinan. But the successor to Our Dave will be nominated here at home and not In Washington. For the firs v year after the preaent charter was enacted the tax levy was 24 mills. While this rate would not raise sufficient Tevepue to tueet the cur rent demands for city and achool gov ernment for the coming year, the tax payers of Omaha have a right to de mand that the levy for 1002 should not exceed the amount absolutely necessary to meet the loweat estimate of current expenses. The selection of Xorria Brown to be recommended to the coming republican .r,.i,.n .ir. man la a recognition of the vounaer ele- ment of the party, which will doubt- less appreciate the compliment. The vonna rennbllcana of Nebraaka could have no more capable spokesman or one more certain to come fully up to tha tlga. expectations ot the delegatea ta ti convention, - - IDEAL KOVITT lit RAILROAD TAXATION. Pr. William B. Ely of University flaee, who claims to bare grappled with the problem of railroad assessment, ventures through the Lincoln Journal to assure the taxpayers of Nebraska that "a dispassionate consideration of the subject ought to ron t! nee any fair- minded man that the assessment of Ne- t,rs.ka railroads Just made is as good approximate to Ideal equity a. 1. possible." nr. Ely ha. reached this conclusion - an examination of the records of , vt w v several counties in the state, which he fhmt thl, ..pn,pnf varies "RT" ,now lnal lnc assessment tutipb all the way from one-thirteenth to one twentieth of actual value. Taking the tate altogether, Dr. Ely Insists he is entirely on the safe side In assuming the assessment to average one-thirteenth of actual market value, although In his judgment one-twentieth would probably be nearer the truth. Taking one- thirteenth as the average assessed val- uatlon makes the following Summary . . . -. .i,, KohmWi'i rail roads: ' ' ' Per Mile. Union PaclOe 1127.400 Burlington MUaourl 117.540 MUaourt Pacltte UO.000 Chicago, Rock Island Pacific 60.600 Omaha Soutnweatern S4.6O0 Fremont, Elkborn aV MIourl Valley. 46,800 Tout actual valu ot all rail roads $346,664,696 This aggregate Dr. Ely computes to be the valuation of the "tangible, visible, material properties of the railroads," and while he admits that "the fran- cbises have real value which perhaps are quite equal to that of their material property," he excuses their exemption .u- iroin taxatiou ou me gruuuu tuui me statute for the assessment of railroads contains no provision for assessing their Invisible property In tbelr franchises." The trouble with Dr. Ely Is that his mathematics are not as good as his sur gery. In his calculations be seems un- wllllnelv to adont the IokIc of the State Roard of Enualizatlon. which enter- talned the confused notion that 15 per cent and one-fifteenth are the one and the same thing, when as a matter of fact there Is as much difference aa be tween a horse chestnut and a chestnut horse. One-fifteenth, instead of being 15 per cent, la less than 7 per cent There is not a single county In Ne braska that lists property at 7 per cent or anything near it. Only one county out of the ninety goes as low aa 10 per cent, and the average will range from one-sixth to one-seventh, Instead of from one-thirteenth to one-twentieth. The Union Pacific Is now assessed at $0,800 per mile. If this represents one seventh of the value of its tangible property Ita actual value would be $68,600 per mile. But the return of the Union Pacific is for 1,020 miles, while the assessment at $9,800 la on only 467 miles of Its main line, while the re mainder of Ita mileage la assessed at $3,500 per mile. Where does the Ideal equity come In? The same discrepancies between Dr. Ely's estimate and the real thing are found throughout his computations, Take, - for example, the Fremont Elk- born ft Missouri Valley railroad, which he values on a standard of $40,800 per mile. At one-seventh of that amount the assessment would be $8,685 per mile, but It Is assessed at only $3,500 a ms. m 18U it was assessed at aa.uuu P m,le and that assessment seemed to be satisfactory to the managers of the road. The assumption that the ranchlses of the railroads are not to be assessed lor taxation because the statute makes no special provision Is In flat contradiction to the express provision or tne statute, which requires the roads to return with their list of tangible property an ex MMt of their capitalization In stocks and bonds as well as their earnings. If the assessment was Intended to cover only the tangible or material property it would not matter to the state board what they were capitalised for or what they were earning, any more than It would concern the assessor how much rent a man gets from tenanta or how muen the liveryman gets for the hire of his horses, GOVKRNMCBT SHIPBUILDING. After much discussion the bouse of representatives adopted an amendment to the naval appropriation bill which provides that one battleship, one armored cruiser and one gunboat shall be constructed . In government navy yards. This action has been urged by the labor unions of the country and by others who believe that the govern ment should employ Ita navy yards lu building Ita war ships. Instead of nialn- talnlng the yards simply for the pur- pose of making repairs. ' The' govern- ment Investment in navy yards Is about $100,000,000 and the annual cost of maintaining the yards Is $10,000,000 and all the work now done In tbein Is repair- lug, the annual cost of which la stated to be about $4,000,000. while It is of course necessary to haVe navy yards, -it has appeared to many that under existing conditions there Is a great waste of public money and that these government plants, being I wey equipped for the building of ehlps, ought to be utilised by the government in constructing some of the war ves sels. An advocate of thia policy said In the bouae of representatives a few days ago: "It haa been estimated that the United States has up to the present time spent nearly $100,000,000 In the .equipment of ita navy yards and prac tically the only use' to which they are now put Is to keep Ita vessel In repair. What an enormous Investment and what a pitifully amall return. Statistics show that It costs over $10,000,000 annually run our navy yards to enable them to a " work. What DUBiness man of ordinary intelligence could , permit such condl ts continue? It to a wanton wa.te ot public money for .which there Is no exeuee." On the other hand It Is con tended that the building of sblpa by the government will be more expensive than their conatructlon in private shin- I yards, chiefly. lor the., reaaoa mat ernment employes work only eight I hours a day, while those In private I yards work nine and ten hours. I Another objection made to government construction la that the work wouia unexampled prosperity spread over xe probably not be so well done as In prl- braska with the presidency of McKln- vate yards. It waa also urged that con- structlon would be much slower In the government than In private yards. This reasoning against government con- structlon, however, had little Influence on the house and doubtless will not have much tinon the nubile Most neonle will be unable to see why as I good work cannot be done in the navy varda as In the private shipyards, or why ships cannot be constructed very nearly If not quite as rapidly in the former aa In the latter. At any rate the difference of a few months In the time of constructing a battleship would not be a serious matter. The house acted wisely In providing that three of the jnew war vessels authorized In the naval appropriation bill shall be constructed in tne navy rards. Let the experiment be given a fair trial, the work of this kind that has been done by the government not being sufficient to determine whether or not the building of naval vessels In govern- ment yards Is good policy. J-VTaTRSrATX LAW AMKSDMtSTa. There appears to be small probability of anything being done at the present session of congress to strengthen tne Interstate commerce law. Chairman Knapp of the commission has submit ted a report to the chairman of the senate committee on Interstate com- c - rivtn. In vhlph bp ar- merce, otruui .a.u-, a-ues for the Corliss-Nelson, a measure that la vigorously opposed by the rail- roads. It is stated that Senator El- kins Is making a strong effort to ascer tain the views of railway managers on his bill, but It seems to be difficult to elicit definite responses. The senate committee on interstate commerce, It Is announced, will shortly begin the hear ings upon the proposed amendment of the interstate commerce act begin nlna- with the members of tne com- mission and continuing with such rail- way representatives as may be dlspoaed way represeniauv a t " to give the committee their opinions. It may be very well to have these hearings, but at this late date m tne pftalon they cause delay that may pre- elude action on the proposed amend ments. And It would seem that they are not necessary to the enlightenment of congress, which certainly ought to be -m.i-Jntl well Informed regarding bo the public opinion on the question of .amending the law and the views or most railway managers. The demand tnr atremrthenlntr the Interstate com- merce has an overwhelming pub- tin aiinrmrt and the necessity for It has been moat conclusively demon-1 strated. With few exceptions the rail- -.ia rioair that the law shall remain I tt, ,. ,,. ah-ii be amended ao aa it is,, unless it snail pe amenoeu as to. legalize pooling. The proposed hearings are not likely to tnrow ny new light upon the situation. ! qskbral lcvnard wood. The name of General Leonard Wood will be forever associated with the Cuban republic and will alwayf be beld I . k ho Tw.nl a of that country, iu , . " Mtitiii1a who have just attested their gratitude for what he has done. W acconi- nil shed a great work In the Island and I " . . a. -a I mnlA a most honorable record. Wnen ... 0 . fi.naral Wood the war wltH Spain came General Wood was a surgeon in we army, w into the war aa a colonel of the' rough an1 when the American OCCU- . . , -.-a- tmv. Dation commenced he. waa maae gov- ernor of the province of Santiago. ;l in this position he disclosed uncommon .rfmthi.titiv ahllltv and commended , ,u. .n- .Ilk. nf mmseii w w the CUDans ana me .nwuiw - thorltles. When a successor to Gen- era! Brooke at Havana waa to ; be chosen there was no thought of any one but Wood. The ability had shown at Santiago greatly Impressed President McKinley, public sentiment in thia country favored bis selection r.,r.n neonle wanted him. ouu a,u7 x v- ar " r .11 tha nnnfldfirnS. riaiVMed 111 I A, - . ,-lM,1Ull viaiAn, him waa Juatlfled Is familiar history, It may fairly be said that ne aimosi recreated Cuba. It was : a great tbsk that waa devolved upon Mm. ne i ti nln demand and was w na ruuai s - r . . . jk Mm th la. able lo aay m uCi...wu, - land that it Is free rrom an coiuub'uu. diseases, that facilities for education are more general than ever before, that nubile order prevails throughout the public oroer i;vaii country and that everything Det"u' for efficiently carrying pn the now gov- srnment haa been provided. For tms most meritorious work General Wooa s reward Is a brigadier generalship in tne regular army and no one will auest,on that he deserves it. Of all who were connected with the freeing ana regeu eratlon of Cuba, none achieved more hnohl distinction than uneri UUMVtav'v Leonard Wood. TT . , Many commentators are discussing in seriousness or levity recent rulings or various Judges to the effect that a wife . ri.,ht t nroteot herself against " . . . .w -. an abusive nusnana even to tlv"v of uaina- firearme if necessary. If this right belongs to the wife, It follows, or course, that it belongs equally to tne ....k. h nnrht to be Drivlleged to MUOUauU) "MV " realst when an augry wife comes at him with a rolling pin or a tea kettle. Where la the courageous Judge who will deliver an edict In favor of the poor . . . henpecked husband? ". ' 77T,,. iu. The most conservative estimate of the value of railroad property In Omana. represented by depots, depot grounds -n terminal facilitlea. that have been . . . ..0 .nnrataement dumped into the general appraisement of railroad assessment witnoui uo iu a ripple on the surface, la from $7,OU0, 000 to $10,000,000. If this property were taxed for Ita due proportion for were taxea lor in ' ' munklpal Uxatlon the city tax levy could readily be reduced by 2 mills and Doaalbly by 8 mill. ... . . XOO Blie BCiluVt piwiuouureu Un current bait year will exceed la amount the highest recorded aisiriDU' tlon. When the school apportionment went up under fusion administration every suggestion that It was due to the lay waa resented as detracting rrom the credit of the fusion politicians. Inasmuch as the school funds are now under republican tare, the prosperity explanation will doubtless be more warmly received by our fusion friends. "itn me rcpuniaii, u or tne agree- ment of the Chicago Ouialm lines not to compete wiin one ouoiner in speed. passengers may get the beuetit of some of the Improvements In roadbed and equipment niaae Dy ail me ranroaae. There la no good reason why the time between Omaha and Chicago should ex- ceed twelve hours on the longest route for the fast trains. It can be cut lower than that, but under present conditions a twelve hour run would be perfectly o.iuic miuuui, uirHius w or sarety in any way. Expert Oplaloa. Washington Post. Me. r1vl n A l.an.d tin th tfttfcal jav t0 th MUBi ob,erv,ng that th, et trust bit off more than it could chew. And Mr. Cleveland is quite an authority oa chewing. , Preparing; for Emerf eaclet, Philadelphia Record. It baa been decided that the house of representatives at Washington shall have a medicine case, with emergency drugs, and a case of instruments for minor surgical operations. Occasionally a member, aa employe or a visitor suddenly becomea ill, whl,e there (( phvilcuini fcmon, the member, thev da not narrv medicines. Then, too, the Tillman-McLaurln affair In the senate suggests that the personal col llslona ot members may become violent enough to require medical or surgical at tention. Thai World Do Move. Chicago Chronicle, A' Chicago Judge not long ago advised women who were beaten by their husbands to protect themselves with firearms, It ne cessary, and a New York Judge has just decided that a lady may with propriety hammer her husband with a poker and not b" deemed guilty of cruelty. Thua have we advanced from the time when, under declared that a husband was rlviieited -modicum castitinem ad. blbere," provided the chaatleement waa In fllcted with a stick of no greater thickness than two thumbs. The world do move. Polly of Overaenaltlveaess. , Success. Oversensitive people are usually very nQe grained, highly organised and Intelll 'become SST con! ,cienUous workers. Thl falling tor It la a falling, and a very eerloua one, too ia an exaggerated form of self-consciousness. enureiy uinereni irom egotism or conceit, causes self to loom up In suca large proportions on the mental retina aa 10 overshadow everything else. The vie tlm ot It feels . that, wherever he goae, whatever he does, he la the center of ob ervatlon. and . that all eyea. all thoughta tocllKejt ,, nim Ma ,.,,., ,h.. pMpis are oritlcUIng his movements and hla person, and making fun at his expense wnea, in jeallty, ,they are not thinking of hla,-and. perhaps) did not see him. Trapping of Two Crook. Springfield .Republican, The kidnaping of Oaynor and Greene at Quebec by United State detective la much enjoyed by our people. Those precious raa- M1"' WDO are, wanted In Georgia for trial cha eo..-,,..- ,nd fraud .gatn.t th6. united State government In connec- Hon with the Oberlln M. Carter case, had " counuj-uiui vinuaiiy comeasmg H J Ik. ' a ax. J a ii a i the,r sullt and safe, aa they thought, In th-lp Quebeo bad ,ntolenUy wlgglea their fingers from their noses at Uncle Bam, taunting him with inability to catch them. The kidnaping consists simply In getting the men to Montreal, where It is ..." ,. ... ... . , . ta 8U(n t0 tte queat for extradition than those of Quebec Whether the extradition la accomplished or not the experience Gay- nor nd Greene have now had with the 1InltM. i.iti,.. m .k. les Impudent There ought to be law enough In the extradition treaties of America and Oreat Britain to bring them to Justice. FRODDI.tG THE COAL TRUST. Washington Pot: Eventually the coal I consumer will b driven to organisation and atruggl will assume the ahape ot i rriartarlaa I lum-mpuiw journal. .io uiortcuv cuu afforu CM6 wher. a Um ot compuiory arbitration might be defended i by the most cogent argument, namely, tha wen neing or tne puDiic. nansas uuy journal: ii is said mat ue . ... neuonai administration is directing its at to th(1 .nthr.c,t. ..., ,nd ... the 4ttorney geBeral may conclude to in atltute proceedings against It. If the antl trust law can be made affective In any case It certainly ought to be applicable to this monopoly, which fills all the condition necessary to constitute a harmful and vlcl0Ui truit It be jae to refresh I tho memories ot our free trade friends tot mere is not ana nan t Been any tariff "" consumer, it will be observed, are put ex- acUy ,n pM,ton of th. buy'er of pt,,. i 0r revenue tumpi from the national gov ernment. They can bay nowhere else, and - - I New York have put themselves, o far as anthraCta coal ,nc,.d. in tha i-t I position of a government. As respects this necessary of llf they have a monopoly ilk a-".umm. I service. Such ar aom of the results of . r..i ,. ,.,,.- --.mi,., th cerUjiy , worthr of consideration, and I most serious consideration, oa th face ot Springfield Republican: Of th total I a . aatVaa.lta ..1 amountlnf to ,bout 64 0O0 0O0 ton. th. three iUteg of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey consume about 6fi per cent, or S5.000.000 tons. Th Nw England etate l ia pr cam, or a mua over e.uw.vw I cant, or (,600,000 ton. Canada and ' th .annoo I tong Yars ago anthraciu coal waa ex I tenilvaly used In manufacturing and trans porutlon. but now such use is largely con I Oned to district no mora ramot from tha fleMj m,U(, ,re(i th, eonaumptloa of hard - 1 Coal im almost entirely confined to th stove and furnaces la th dwelling of th pp'"- a suspension o. pri m summer a.aso. accordingly, will not dl- ..,llh,.iri., t an ar..t 1 ,-tentl except in th country adjacent to I th mine, and bltumlnoua coal will ba avauauia iuara M aiaawiiara. auri.a v 1 1 - 4. 1 .w . , . . . . I ioa awn coat auoar wouia tmu wvra aarloua from aa Industrial standpoint than thU u th hard oej mao. Live Nebraska Towns Broken Bow Custer Broken Bow 1 the county seat of Cutr county, one of the Urgent counties In the tate. It 1 near the center of the county and nearly In the geographical center of the state. The town site was platted In June, 18S2, and in the following fall elec- tlon waa designated aa the county teU. The town waa without railroad accommo- people and fully 75 per cent of the popu datlons until August, 186, when the B. & latlon of the county, which 1 about 20,000, M. was built through. The greater growth waa made within the four year following the advent of the railroad and has ever Ince held Ita reputation of being the largest and moat Important city In Ccn- tra! Nebraska. The hard time of 1S94 and 18 ft 5 gave It quite' a setback, when the population and business were materially diminished. Since 1S96 the population and business of the city has steadily increased. We question whether there I a city In the state ot Its population that la "ependent wholly upon an agricultural district for its support that doea anywhere near the business of Broken Bow. The present population of the town will reach fully 1.600, over two hundred other la located in the center of the bust more than when the census was taken In nesa part ot the city. It la well set In 1000. It hits more than alxty business . graaa and trees and 1 the pride of the houses, besides lawyers, doctor and real - city, estate office). All of these house are en- A amall stream courses through the elty Joying good trade and are doing a pros- perous buslnesa. In the last few years better dwelling and bualneashousea have taken the place of the pioneer buildings, and today the city can boast of some aa fine buslnesa blocks and residence build- ings aa can be found In any city of the tate with double Ita population. Broken Bow has four exclusive dry goods stores, three general stores, tour exclusive grocery stores, three drug stores, three Jewelers, two millinery stores, four hard ware and furniture stores, one harness hop, two second-hand stores, one ex clusive clothing store, four blacksmith shops, one wagon shop, two Implement store, one windmill and tank factory, one marble worka, three meat markets, two egg, butter and poultry dealers, three banks, three hotels, one candy factory, seven restaurant and boardlnghouses, one tin and repair ship, three printing offices, two cigar factories, six real estate firms. one abstract office, two Insurance offices. one book and muslo store, three dressmak era' establishments, one tailor shop, two billiard halls, two shoe shops, eight feed, livery and breeding barns, two photograph galleries, two paint ahops, three barber shops, one bakery, two grain elevators, two lumber yards, one large flouring mill, two feed mills, two dentists. United Staves land office. Two large achool buildings, one In the north, the other In the south part ot the city, provide for the achool accommoda- tlon of nearly 600 achool children and a BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes anal Incident Sketched on the Spot. Considerable Interest haa been caused by the action of congress In ordering th print ing in facsimile of 6,000 copies of what la known aa "Jefferson'a Bible." Thia la one of the Jeffersonlan worka purchased by the national government and the so- called bible la the only one that has not been reprinted. The book, which Is a col lection of the teachings of Christ, waa originally bought for $400 by the National museum and 1 kept under lock and key. It la a duodecimo volume of eighty-two double pages, or 164 pages, though Jefferson paged only the left-hand page. He used four testaments In aa many languages. On I the left-band page he pasted the clippings In two columns, first In Greek and Latin. On the right-hand he put the French and the English version, making four finely printed columns la Greek, Latin, French and English. There are marglnlal notes In Jefferson'a own handwriting, with a table in front giving the pages and citing the chapters and verses from which the clip pings are taken. He omitted everything ot a miraculous nature, confining the clippings to the teaching of Jesus. In the concluding verse ot the work, ac cording to Representative Lacey, who haa made a atudy of the volume, Jefferson com bined two verses, as follows: John. xlx:42: There they laid Jesus. Matthew, xxvil:60: and rolled a areat stone to tha door of the sepulcher. and departed. Jefferson, being a free-thinker, burled Jesus forever In the grave and gave no hope ot "the resurrection and the life." Ex-Senator Manderaon of Nebraaka has not lost the art of story telling, says the Washington Post, and, being In Washington to look after the Interest of the sugar beet grower, he spend soma time at the cap ltol, where hi company In the cloak room la always sought. Yesterday General Man deraon made thl contribution to the sym posium: "Some years ago," he eald, "I had oc casion to make a trip across the plains and we camped out aa we went along. The first night out I watched a cowboy cooking sup per. I waa quite Interested, not only be cause I waa hungry, but also because I Imagined that the cowboy was lorae 'finely educated fellow, who knew how to enjoy good eating and who would cook to per fection. The cupper, however, was almply vile. It could not be eaten. There was plenty of good stuff, but It had been spoiled. " 'William,' I said to the man, 'what are your quallflcatlona for cooking?' " 'I haven't any,' waa tn frank reply. 'I simply have a awo'.urn leg and I can't ride.' " The atatement waa printed a few days ago that the action or Bpeaaer Henderson in trying to get Secretary Shaw to mak th speaker' private secretary,- Julian Richards, flrat aaauitant eecretary ot the treasury, was a crafty move on the speak er's part to promote hla own preBiaentiai boom for 1904. Secretary Shaw waa asked about It and aald Berlously: I regret to say that Henderson caa never be president. I have known him long ana like him well, but I must cay In all serious ness that Dav can never be president." . Secretary Shaw and Speaker Henderson both come from Iowa and th visitor scented a row between the two. Mr. Bhaw talked this way for two mlnutea. It looked aa if he and the speaker had parted company for good. Then the secretary said: "I'll tall you th reason In strict con fidence. Speaker Henderson wsa bora la Scotland." Some 800 Ideal berths fur ambitious young Americana will be worth studying for and atudylne for hard. In the event that Sana- tor Lodg succeeds In reorganizing the consular service and putting It on a per manent life tenur basis, a he I now en deavoring to do. H proposes to dlvld our various consular offloaa Into ten uni form gradea, ranging from consul general of th first-class, with a salary of f 10.000 a rear, to consul of th sixth class, receiving 11,800 a year. Applicant must be between th, ajres of 21 and 8S and muat pas an ex amination tn French. German or Spaaiah; also In various commercial subjecta. Life positions ar to be made of tha consular berths. STeet aad small, which have been emptied aad reflllad since the adminlstra- County's Capital. moot excellent High school. Seven church building, representing as many different denomination, via.: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian. Christian, United Brethren, Episcopalian and Catholic. All except the latter have resident pastor. The town and vicinity are English speaking are native Amerlrana. The town has a splendid opera bouse, a largely attended business and normal college, a state ml- Utla company, an excellent brass band and several large fraternal societies and In ou ranee orders, . among which are the Masons, Odd Fellows, Workmen, Woodmen, Modern Brotherhood of America, Ben Hur, Foresters and Bankers' unions. We nave a moat excellent local telephone system that extenda to the several towns of ths county, many neighborhoods, and Into the counties of Sherman, Valley Blaine, Loup and' Logan. Two parks adorn the city, one which la provided with a small artificial laks. The from west- to east, which, by mean ot dama, provides aa abundance of Ice for the summer season. A large per cent of the people own their homes and a number of them tha ' buildings In which they do business. Wa have no old empty dwell lnga. but on the other hand a number of office rooms .are occupied by families for want ot more dwellings. Good house are constantly in demand.- The city draws trade from a long distance In every dire tlon. The stock markets are exceptionally good aa a rule, which materially helps the trade and makes Broken Bow one of the best stock and grain shipping points on the B. ft M. Four passenger trains, two each way, dally affords ample accom- modatlona for mall and the traveling pub lic. Farming and atockralalng la the great Industry of the vicinity, with hogs and cattle largely on the lncreaee. The corn crop was generally good In this vi cinity last year, and with the high price for corn, hogs and cattle our farmers are on the high road of prosperity, and aa a rule the price of city and farm property are on the Increase. Only the location of the railroad division here, which la con- fldently expected In the near future, la needed to make Broken Bow the best town in the state for its slse. It Is atrlctly a temperance town. It baa not had a licensed saloon for three year and the . Increased population la made up from substantial clt- liens from the farms and other places who desire to locate here to educate their ehll- areD tree from the town of saloon vice. D. M. AMSBERRT. tlon of Washington at the will of changing administrations. "Such a reorganised establishment will offer Ita personnel ths delights snd ad vantages of foreign travel," says the Brooklyn Eagle. "Anyone ripening In the service will have seen pretty much all ot the world. Many 'congressmen recognise the necessity for reform, and It now seems to be only a question of time before the necessary legislation which tha State de partment, the varloua chambers of com merce and boards of trade are aaktng for will be passed. What these patrons of the reform want la a lifetime of usefulness, storing up experience as potential energy for Uncle Sam'a benefit. Today a man In the service loses hla Job aa soon aa hla ap prenticeship haa been served." A man named Jobnaon was a candidate for a consulship and the Iowa delegation were backing him for' the place. Tbey finally found a vacancy to which the presi dent promised to appoint their candidate. Thereupon' Mr. Johnson went to the State department to undergo the usual examlna tlon aa to his fitness. He had no trouble until he reached the sixth question: "How many Hessians came to thia coun try to fight for the English?" Johnson didn't know, but he did not pro pose to be left entirely. This Is what he wrote for an answer:. "A great many more than ever went back." Everybody knows that the late Repre sentative Amos Cummlngs used to be a printer. When the New York Sun moved Into Its new building years ago, relates the Wash ington Post, the compositors were lined up before "time" waa called. Each man grabbed hla case and filed out In proces sion from th old to the new office. On the top of each "cap case" waa a pair of old shoes, In which the typo had shuffled about In working hours through untold years. The aggregation of mangled foot wear made a hit with the people outside and waa th talk of New York for a day. The humor of the thing struck Cum mlngs, and every old printer will appreci ate the line which Cummlnga dashed oft to meet the occasion: Dear to the heart of the soldier bi honor. And dear to the heart ot th drunkard hla booze, . But nothing compared to th love of the printer, , , . The foot-weary printer for a pair of old shoes. i The coekroache haunt them where'er b may plant them. They're half-filled with type, display type and news, . A He may never wear them, but miles he will carry them, . . And throw up hi "sit" ere he'll part from those shoe. SPEAKING AS WE DO, Day after daj, about our clothing, we may hare neglected our hats especially the straw variety largest, best and most com plete shown in Omaha beautiful braids and shapes. Genuine Panama Hat -Porto Rico Panama Hat French Palm, Milan, Split, etc., $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 and up to $6.00. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. nS llccx, tilantvacr. FEB.SOH AI NOTES. Thorns A. Morris, th first brigadier gen. oral appointed from Indiana in the civil war, la still living In Indianapolis at thl age of 90. The latest quotation for a seat In ths New York Stork exchange I T5.000, yet ome raav purchase at that price who wouldn't buy a seat In church at a thou sandth part of the sum. David McLean Parry of Indianapolis, pres. Ident ot the National Association of Manu facturers, waa born on a farm near Pitts burg. He rises at B:S0 a. m. and la at hli office deck at :45 every morning. The Cook County (111.) Democracy has invited David B. Hill to attend Ita annual picnic on June 7 aa the guest of honor. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland haa ac cepted an Invitation to be present. It Is understood thst the president will designate Adjutant Oeneral H. C. Corbln and General Wood aa representative of thia government to wltnesa th military maneuver In Europe during tha coming summer. A new mechanical genius has appeared in Chicago, tho claims to have evolved a horseless, dustles street sweepar. The ma chine la to be run by a gasolln motor and he eays that a system of fans, which operat with suction tubes, will take up all tha dust. Don Proepero Colenna, th mayor of Rome, who will. It Is aald. soon visit Amer ica. Is the twelfth prince of Sonnlno and younger brother of Prince Antonio Colonna, twelfth prince of the name and head of the famoua family, Don Proapero waa born In I860. Kansaa City utter a loud protest against the assertion of a shoe drummer that more number eight women' shoes are aold there than In any town In the country. The rude alander originated In a typo graphical blunder. The figure ahouid have been eighteen. Congressman Mahon of Pennsylvania rose to a auestlon of personal privilege a day or two ago and In the course ot his re marks aald that the men who had been circulating a certain report about him had hearts "as black aa th aoot In the Inner most flue of hell." Th town of South Elgin. III., has a Ore chief only 19 year old Edward Tracey by name. Two year ago he aaved the live of two person who were caught In a burning building and. Mayor Doxey has Just ap pointed "lilm chief In recognition of hla bravery and efficiency at that time. About the time Frank R. Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger?" waa at the height of Ita vogue and when the author- waa being deluged dally with letters asking for an answer to the question, he was entertained at dinner by a literary woman whom he numbered among hla warmest frtenda. She had ices molded in two shape a lady and a tiger. "Now, Mr. Stockton," said he, "which will you have a lady or a tiger?" Without a moment' hesitation the author replied: "Both, If you please." POINTED REMARKS. Detroit Freo Press: "Pullem, the dentlt ought to make a good poker player." hy?" "He drawa and fills so well." Chicago Tribune: "What started the fuse at the milkmen's ball?" "Some blamed fool asked one of the men If he had brought hi pumpa along." Phlledalphla Press: Mis Roman tlrju The foreign nobility, having nothing to do, must lead awfully monotonous lives. Miss Peppey Yes, I notice those that come over here never seem to have any change. Washington Star: "Have yen a good ear (or music?" asked the Inquisitive- guest. "No," answered Mr. Cumrox, ."but I am " not unpopular In artistic circles. My ear may be deficient, but I have a good pocket book for music." . Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Our daughter has at last met her fate, my dear." "How do you know?" "She received several letters from her admirer this morning, but his was the only one she didn't fumigate and sterilize." Bomervllle Journal: Banks I wouldn't marry the best woman in the world. Blnks You couldn't. She married me thirteen years ago. Ohio State Journal: "Think of the pa tience Job had," said the' mother to her small son who had a boll on his neck. "Job was covered with bolls." "Gee whls," exclaimed tho offspring, " "you oughtn't f blame him far havln' lots ov pashence; he needed It." Chicago Post: "He" an exceedingly gal lant and sensible young man. I heard mm say that a man is aa old as he feels and a woman" "Oh. thafa ancient!" Walt till I'm through. And that a woman 1b half as old aa ah look." Philadelphia Record: "Now,-then," ald tha heavy villain, "having perfected our conspiracy, we must take care, that It doesn't leak out." "Why not let the plot thlckenf" sug gested the low comedian from his place of concealment. TWENTY YEARS AFTER. Bomervllle Journal. This lock of dark hair, curling, soft and brown, Be how It twines around my finger now Affectionately, with clinging clasp, A mute reminder of a youthful vow. Tied with a dainty bow of ribbon blue. What thronging memories It call to mind! Ah, if th futur we could only see But youth, and youth In love, 1 alway blind. How soft and fine It curling tendril are! Bweet Kate no, come to think, her hair set Kate I w. Il.hl. Could it have been her little cousin Nell Who gave It to me that October night? No. Nell's waa auburn. I remember now. Waa this from Fan. or Dot, or Evelyn? Or was It Grace who clipped It off? By Jove, I wonder who the deuce It could have been! $5.00 to $12.00 $2.00 to $4.50 r.
