AMERICA'S CREAT WAR CAME
Ktj Will Try to BnrprU tba TorU and
Capture Them.
NEWSPAPERS AS RECOGNIZED FACTORS
Hew Easjlaasl Coast mm Lea Islaaa
Will Be, aa Esteat,
lader Martial Law
fot Weeks.
Never In the history of the United States
have there been found joint naval and
military maneuvers on a scale even dis
tantlr approaching those scheduled fot Oils
month. And for the flret time In th history
of the world there wtlrbe recognise a new
and Important factor In war tha ttwi paper
world. Tha newspapers will ba considered
aa enemies; tha fleets must brat them If
they can. Tha government doea not detlra
that tha newspapers shall not try to get
tha news; Indeed, tha authorlttea want
tham to try In every way possible. But
they want thtlr ships and men to prevent
tham from getting It.
80, In one way, this mimic war will ba
real. It will ba a mimic war for tha poe
aaaalon of tha coast and an actual war
against tha reportara, wboaa dispatch boats
will ba treated aa enemlea' scouts to ba
avoided or captured. Secretary Moody re
gards this as a vary Important part of the
maneuvers. Ha desires to find out just how
ecret the movements of a fleet may ba kept
In time of actual war and ha realises that
If tha movements of fleet can be 'con
cealed from newspaper men bent on finding
them out, they can be concealed from any
body. Just what plan has been adopted to
prevent the newspapers from getting In
formation meant to be aecret the secre
tary won't tell, but It Is known that a care
ful and elaborate scheme has been pre
pared and the experiences of the Spanish
war have been drawn on In formulating It.
If any Information meant to be secret Is
obtained by the newspaper men, the meth
ods by which It was obtained will be care
fully and fully reported to the department,
and after the maneuvers are over such In
stances will be studied with a view of de
vising a satlefactory preventive of similar
occurrences In case of actual war.
. . , Kewapasiera aa Enemies.
It was proved With the little affair with
Spatn that newspapers were not only fao
tora of civilization, but factors of war. For
tha first time In tha history of the world
great fleets went out to make history, sc.
eompanied by a great fleet bearing the men
who were to write It. It was realised sud
denly that the future naval commander
could not regard the newspaper dispatch
boat as a negligible quantity. Bo In these
most up-to-date maneuvers planned by the
Navy department the newspapera have bad
a place assigned to them.
The strategy of each of the two opposing
commanders will be directed to out-maneuvering
the hostile fleet and the newspaper
forces, and the strategy of the newspaper
forcea will aim at out-maneuvering both
fleets. It will be a pretty and most interest
ing contest, entirely new to warfare. The
department has refused to give out even a
general sketch, of the maneuvers, but the
first pirt 5 ttt uiueuver, whlcn will be
purely naval, will consist of the attempt of
a fleet, auppoaedly hostile, to elude a fleet
watohlng to Intercept It and effect a land
ing on the coaat. In all probability at some
point between Martha's Vineyard and the
eastern entrance to Long Island sound. The
opposing commanders will not know, except
la a general way, just what veasels com
pose the fleet against wheh they art' oper
ating, and some very startling surprises
may fta sprung upon them by .the managers
of tha maneuvers. Borne naval officers would
not be surprised If the European sqnadron
or the South Atlantic fleet, or both, should
. suddenly apptar ea the coaat. For all any
body knows, ships from one or both of these
squadrons may now be on tbelr way to New
England waters.
All the available ships of the North
' Atlantic squadron will be employed
battleships, cruisers and gunboats, as well
as a fleet 'of fifteen torpedo boats and
twelve torpedo boat destroyers. All along
the coast, piercing searchlight, some of
100,000-csndle power, have been established
to search with their Dsry eyea at night
for the coming of the hostile fleet. Wire
less telegraphy will be thoroughly tested
during the maneuvers aa to the practic
ability of using It under war eondttlons
for communicating between the different
vessels. Many novel and modern appli
ances will be experimented with, and la
all respects theN present maneuvers will be
. tha most up-to-date affairs of the kind
aver attempted.
Expense Not Considered.
. The question of cost Is not to enter Into
the matter. The object is to have the
maneuvers comprehensive and thorough, no
'.matter what It coats, for It Is believed
that the results will justify the ex pep -dlture,
however great It may be.
Coal will be an Important Item of ex
pense. A battleship of the Oregon class
burns seventy-five tons of coal at a apeed
of eleven or twelve knots, and the amount
burned rises rapidly for every knot above
that. One of the faat cruisers burns about
100 tons a day ordinarily, and twice that
at high apeed, and coal coata the govern
ment about i a ton. Though a good deal
of the target practice will ba done with
the economical eubcallber, a considerable
portion of It will be done with full serv
ice cbargee and aervlce projectiles. To Are
ne of the big turret guns on a battleship
with full service charge and regular pro-
Jectlle eosta from (500 to IitOO each time.
Torpedo bosta, owing to their forced
draught, are great eaters of coaj, and
' the coat of flrlng ships' guns, even though
they may ant ba tha great turret gups,
la eonslderabla. So It will be seen that
the coat of ths maneuvers will mount up.
It Is generally believed by naval officers
that the objective point of the ships de
tailed to repreaent the hostile fleet Is
Newport. That port la a great strategle
point In Mr. Moody's war, juat as It was
la the revolutionary war.
and? Hook I'altkely.
Of couraa, it la entirely possible that
a fleet may appear off New York suddenly
by way of Baady Hook. But that Is not
likely. For an attack oa J":ndy Hook
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eould not be anything except a bombard
ment, and there would be no opportunity
for much nsval maneuvrtng, although It
would possibly be good "war" for the hoa
tlle fleet to attempt to draw the defending
fleet by making at least a demonstration
off the Hook.
But It Is generally conceded by naval
as well as army men that the Sandy Hook
approach to New York Is practically Im
pregnable. The works might conceivably
by demolished by a steady, concentrated,
overwhelming Are of long duration from
a mighty fleet. But that would not be
maneuvrlng; It would simply be pounding.
And even If Bandy Hook were demolished
and taken, there would be the aame fight
to make all over again, for the hostile fleet
could barely steam past tbs Hook before
It would And Itself In a tone of Are from
the two huge forts of Wadsworth and
Hamilton, either one of which la powerful
enough to fight a whole navy alone.
But a hostile fleet In pore'esston of New
port would be able to make that place a
bsse of operation for an invading army
moving to tha west on New York through
Cincinnati to take tha city In tbe rear,
moving around Ita eastern defenses and
coming In out of reach of Ita southern ones
Ani, of course. New York, the "queen of the
western waves," would be the objective
point In a campaign of Invasion. Hostile
expeditions sent out from Newport would
paralyze tbe Industries of the wealthy and
populous New England states. Massa
chusetta and Rhode Island, with their
great cotton and woolen manufactories, and
Connecticut, with Its textile Industries and
its manufactures of arms and ammunition,
would be unprotected before the Invader.
The outer line of New York's defenses,
which He at the eastern entrance of the
sound, would be shorn of Hs usefulness,
and such of them as are on the mainland
would probably be taken In the rear and
captured' New England Is largely almost
entirely eupplled with coal by long tows
which night and day crawl up the coast. A
hostile Aeet In possession of Newport would
be able to stop all this traffic end reduce
New England to dependence upon the single
existing coal railroad for Us supply of fuel.
Probable Plan of Attack.
A hostile fleet could hardly hope to make
a successful direct attack on the defenses
at the eastern entrance of Long Island
sound; still less on those which guard the
entrance to New York Harbor by way of
Bandy Hook. To seize Newport and make It
tbe base for land operations evidently would
b the most practicable plan of a cam
paign of Invasion. Tbe section of coast on
which the supposedly hostile fleet a those
maneuvers Is descending Is guarded by great
modern forts, either recently built and
armed or recently supplied with new and
powerful batteries.
In Buzzard's bay, Fort Rodman defends
the barbor of New Bedford, the entrance of
Narragansett bay Is defended by Fort
Adams at Newport, and Fort Wetherlll,
which looke to It across the narrow en
trance to the harbor, and by Fort Greblc
on Dutch Island, situated where the wes
ern entrance to the bay la narrowest. Then
coma the forta which form tbe outer line
of the defenses of New York to the east
ward. This group of powerful defensive
works lies about thirty miles to the west
ward of Newport and consists of Fort
Mansfield at Watch bill. Fort H. O. Wright
on Fisher's Island, Fort Michte on Oivll
Island, Fort Terry on Plum Island, and rort
Trumbull on New London harbor.
Whether the hostile fleet. If It eludes
the opposing squadron, will attempt to
take the defenses of Newport by a frontal
attack or will try to effect a landing some
where on tbe adjacent coast and take the
forts In reverse, Is one of the questions
to be answered by the attackers. If It
eludes the. fleet on the lookout for It the
commander of the hostile squadron can do
whichever bis judgment dictates. His prob
lem Is to give the slip to the defending fleet
and so to manage that the newspaper fleet
ahall not discover his approach and give
notice of bis whereabouts until be has
struck bis blow, twq rather difficult propo
sitions. Yet, when we remember the success of
Cervera In masking bis movements, tbe
question does not seem Incapable of solu
tion. Vineyard sound offers every Induce
ment for a call from a hostile fleet, for it Is
entirely undefended, and from Vineyard
haven (the old Holmes' hole) the great
tide of commerce which continually passes
through Nantucket and Vineyard sounds
and out over the shoals could be held at
tbe Invader's mercy. It will be remem
bered that during the civil war a con
federate cruiser ran Into Vineyard haven,
destroyed all the shipping In the neighbor
hood and got off to sea again scott free.
. Vital Problems to Solve.
There are all sorts of possibilities In
that atrip of coast from Martha's Vine
yard to Montauk, and when this year's
maneuvera are over and the reaulta
summed up we shall know a great deal
about them. Tbe question which the
maneuvers are to work out are questions
of vital and national Importance affecting
every part of tbe country. This attack
la not an attack on New York alone, but
on all Its sister cities, great and small.
Indeed on every hamlet. For tbe great
market of the west la In the east, through
the east to other countries, and the key
of tbe east seems to be about Newport.
The second part of the maneuver, while
not calling for the display of strategic j
skill as the first part, will be more speo
tacular and noisy, and will simulate the
conditions of actual combat. After the
boatlle fleet has succeeded or tailed In Its
attempt to evade the fleet on ths watch
for It and effects landing on the coast,
the two fleets will combine to form one
great naval force and attempt to captere
some of the forla wltbia the field of opera
tions. The torts will be defended by tbe
army and the militia of tbe adjacent ststes.
and will be assisted by a few small vessels ,
supposed to have escaped the annihilation
of the rest of tbe American fleet. All tbe
orts mentioned have been supplied with
great quantities of blank ammunition.
Mine fields have been laid out to cover tbe
channels, and every other defensive pre
caution haa been taken.
The commanders of the forta will not
know which of them Is to ba attacked until
the hostile fleet appeara before them, the
object being to take the place by surprise.
And la this part of the maneuvera the news
paper forces will play a part also, as the at
tempt must be made by the fleet to prevent
CAN BE CURED
THE OMAITA DAILY 11EE SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1002.
Wildcat
A great deal of paper capital Is being
put Into Insurance companies. Fire Insur
ance seems to be the favorite among the
promoters, owing to the unusual demanl
for Indemnity created by the retirement
and reinsurance of so many prominent
companies during the last year, and the re
duction of lines on the part of those that
have remained In the Held.
Owners of Urge lines have not been able
to get as much Insurance aa they needed,
after exhausting all legitimate resources,
and their willingness to "take chances"
has given the Insurance schemer his oppor
tunity. Since the first of the year, reports the
Chicago Tribune, thirty-eeven fire Insur
ance companies have been projected, not
counting the numerous Lloyds which have
sprung up, of which Chlcsgo alone Is re
sponsible for a dozen, with still others In
process of organisation. But life Insur
ance, too. Is prosperous, although It has
not the excuse that the demand exceeds tbe
upply. Fourteen life insurance companies
have reached various stages of promotion
since the first of the year.
In addition there ara four fraternal
orders based on legel reserve plans, four
surety companies, and as many casualty
compsnles. Beside theae there have been
scores of fraternal orders with hlgh
souodlng names, and other variations of
the assessment idea.
Practically all these fire Insurance com
panies are still on paper, and most of
them will never get to the stage of ac
tually putting1 up more money than may be
required for organization purpose. Most
of them owe their origin to the Increases
In fire insurance rates thst have been
made so generally by the stock companies
this year.
The favorite argument of the men who
are making a fight against what they re
gard as an unjustifiable increase In rates
Is that they will start a company of their
Liquor Joints in Maine
If the spirit of Nee.1 Dow Is cognizant of
human events In his beloved state of Maine,
how It muBt grieve over the sudden death
of Rev. Samuel F. Pearson, the parson
sheriff of Cumberland county, embracing
the city of Portland. Rev. Pearson was
an ardent prohibitionist, and nothing in
life gave him greater delight than smash
ing kegs, cans and bottles of booze. His
seal In the cause of prohibition, which has
been a statutory burlesque in Maine for
forty years, prompted some practical jokers
to secure his nomination for sheriff, and by
an unexpected twist of political machines
he was elected.
As soon as the parson-sheriff took
tbe oath of office he set about
making the prohibition law a sober
reality. It was no small Job to root out
of the city of Portland all the secret joints
where liquor was aold, but he succeeded
to a remarkable degree. Some of the
liivtuoua ujjiuj'tl by iue veuuera uf boost
were common In Iowa a dozen years ago.
Borne elaborate lmprovementa In western
methods were discovered and ruthlessly
smashed.
Under the parson-sheriff's administration
a great deal has been heard about "bides"
In tbe city or Portland. The first one of any
consequence found after the sheriff's force
was Installed was In the stable of one of
the biggest liquor wholesalers In Portland.
He was believed to be having large ship
ments delivered ' semi-weekly, but the of
ficers were puzzled over the question of
where be kept It stored. By a little de
tective work they learned tbe secret. Back
ing out his span lot horses, tbey touched a
secret spring and the whole floor of the
double stall rose, disclosing a capacious
storeroom, filled with barrels, kegs and
Jugs of every description.
.One dsy member of the sheriff's force
received word from a raided rumseller
that the "bide" of tbe Fore street saloon
was over a clothing store In the adjoining
news from being carried ashore by them
which will give the commander of any fort
an Inkling of the direction In which the
bostile squadron Is moving. Bhips will try
to run by the forts In the dark, and such
torpedo boats as are supposed to ba left for
the purpose of defense will try to steal out
and torpedo the approaching vessels. When
a warship Is discovered the forts will open
on It and it will reply. Umpires stationed
on tbe forts will signal by rockets when a
ship is in a concentrated fire which It could
not withstand if the shots from the forts
were real ones and It will be declared out
of action. The same thing will be done
when a suppositious mine is exploded upon
a ship, and, in short, all the conditions of
actual warfare will be simulated as nearly
as possible. The portion of the army not
uaad as garrison for the forts will be held
In rtadlncei at some strategic point to strike
wherever tbe enemy may appear. This will
Involve the working out of many practical
problems In rapid transportation.
Tbe Spanish war was the first war In the
history ot the world in "which the news
papers played any important part in naval
operations. In that war the press dispatch
boats were regularly documented by - the
secretary of the navy and provided wltb
permission to follow the fleets and generally
to cruise wherever they pleased within the
sphere of operations.
Censorship Dsrlag the War.
It would bava been Impossible to have
maintained any secrecy whatever as to
naval movements had not a rigid censor
ship been established. At every American
port from which dispatches could be sen);
there was a censor and there was a censor
at the end ot every cable, who took care
ot what was sent from foreign ports. No
attempt to conceal operations from the
newspaper men was made, but they were
not allowed to aend what tbey knew to their
papers. In tbe present maneuvers more
attention will be paid to preventing tbe
newspaper men from obtaining Information
than In preventing them from sending it
after tbey have It, though In some cases
that may be done, too.
Many were tbe expedients to which the
men wltb tbe aewspaper fleet resorted
during tbe war with Spain in order to get
the best ot the censor, but In most cases
these expedients, though ingenious, did not
succeed. It should be said that the malls
and tha express aervlce were censored as
well aa the telegraph during the Spanish
war, and that rigidly. No one knew of the
censorship of tbe express until a reporter
at Tampa, having bad his dispatches held
op by telegraph and mail, sent a package
ot manuscript by expresa. When he thought
bis package was well oa Its way to New
York be boasted to some of his fellow cor
respondents of how be bad outwitted the
censors Just at that moment Lieutenant
Brady came up and courteously banded him
back bis manuacrlpt. which had been cap
tured by one of the lieutenant's men before
It got to Savannah. One man at Key West,
when the fleet sailed to bombard Baa Juan,
sent a d is pa ten saying; "Fleet sailed 'tor
Havana." Being a bit of false news, he
thought tbe censor would pasa it. Later I
Insurance
own, carry their own risks and "keep the
profits at home." The Ineurance men.
cheerfully advise thrro to go ahead.
There are a number of "specialty" In
surance companies which are pronounced
all right, among which are the Oraln
Dealers' National Mutual Fire, organized
In Chicago last week by elevator owners,
who Insist that their rates are too high,
and which has secured one of the most
expert grain Insurance men In the west
for Ita manager; the Lumber Fire and
Marine of New York, organized by tbe
lumbermen; the Southern Manufacturers'
Mutual cf South Carolina, floated by the
cotton mill men, and the company which
the independent cottonseed oil men of the
south are organizing.
But the great majority of the new fire
Insurance concerns, some of them already
doing a large business, has little back of
them. Insurance men are viewing the mul
tiplication of Lloyds with alarm, and pre
dict a crash when once they start to col
lapsing which will recall the similar Lloyds
craze of ten years ago, which led to tho
prohibition of any more charters to such In
stitutions by New York state.
In Illinois such companies are absolutely
without restriction. Ail that Is necessary
Is for a few men to allow the use of their
names aa "underwriters," and with a man
ager with power of attorney to algn for the
underwriters, and a stock of policies, the
Lloyds Is ready for business. The state
throws rigid restrictions around, stock In
surance companies, but the constitution
guarantees to every Individual the right to
Insure property If he wants to and can
find anyone who will take his guarantee.
The Lloyds contend they are merely an
aggregation of individuals and that there
Is no law that can touch them. The Illinois
Insurance department has gone over the
question carefully, snd admits that Its
hands are tied. There have been so many
complaints, however, that It realizes the
necessity for some measure of regulation
building. Two nights deputies watched In
vain. The third night they were rewarded
by seeing a load of beer backed up in
front of the hallway entrance between the
saloon and clothing store and apparently
carried upstairs by some mysterious
process.
Next morning the whole force of liquor
deputies, aided by one of the civil deputies,
worked two hours with axes, crowbars and
Jimmies before they located the "hide." Tbe
process of disposing of the barrels was to
run them Into the saloon and with a wind
lass hoist them to the second story, then
run them along the floor through a big hole
that had been cut in the solid wall separat
ing the two buildings and then into a secret
chamber whose entrance was covered by
wall sheathing. This chamber floor was
lined with mattresses and there was. a pile
of extra mattresses for use on the floor be
tween the hiding place and the saloon ele
vator to prevcut iusltliig, Qoisd and scarring
the floor when moving barrels In or out.
The hole in the wall was Ingeniously closed
on each side by a steel door, over which
sheathing was laid.
After finding the beer and whisky barrels
that were on tap the deputies followed the
upply pipes along by tearing up floors.
The two pipes connected with a chimney
and through that ran into the saloon nnder
a false floor. An Improvised triple shutoft
arrangement In the middle faucet completed
the scheme. An outlay of 12,600 went to
cmash when the sheriff and his men ripped
up that bar and carried off the piece con
taining the row of faucets.
Those faucets constituted one of tbe most
Interesting of the prohibition sheriff's ex
hibits. With It were several copper tanks
his deputies dug out of hotel and saloon
walls; a triangular piece of flooring from a
tenement bouse parlor, which operated on
hinges and concealed a storeroom for
whisky; a boarding house bed, which was
used as a hiding place for whisky bottles; a
cradle In which was found, underneath a
he came back and handed In a message,
"Make Havana smoke," using a code word
which had been agreed upon between him
self and his telegraph editor.
"Ob," said the censor, looking at the
message, "perhaps you would better make
tbe correction yourself," and be banded
blm back his first dispatch,' which bad not
been put on tbe wires; nor was It.
All sorts of codes were arranged, but
none of them worked successfully, though
one man did. get through from Key West
on Important piece of news by telegraphing
his wife, a purely imaginary person, to kiss
a purely Imaginary baby for him. Some
times a man would file a number of seem
ingly harmless telegrams which." however,
could be understood by his telegraph edi
tor. The censor would receive them smil
ingly and at night band him back the whole
bunch. Meantime the newspaper man's
office might be abusing blm violently by
cable st great expense and length for not
sending any news. One man got a tabooed
piece of Information to his paper by going
by train from Tampa to Savannah and tele
graphing there to his editor, personally, at
his house address that he bad "shipped
blm 100 boxes of Havana cigars," with
some details of their quality and price, all
of which was translated by the use of a
code by the editor into an interesting story.
He did not repeat tbe exploit, however, for
somehow his action became known to the
government and after that there waa a
censorship established at Savannah and for
that and another successful operation of the
sort the correspondent was temporarily for
bidden entirely to use the telegraph.
One Co mm a niter's Threat.
One naval commander was so enraged at
finding that a correspondent had sent a
cable dispatch aaylng that the Aeet bad
passed a certain point in tbe West Indies
that he summoned tbe newspaper man on
board his ship, where be rated blm soundly
before all hands, ordering him not to bring
his dispatch boat near the fleet again on
the penalty of being fired upon and declared
In a passion that he bad a good mind to
order up a file of marines and shoot tbe
delinquent. Yet the man waa not only
doing what bis paper had aent him out to
do and what the secretary of the navy bad
allowed him to Join the fleet to do; the
dereliction. If there was any, was at tbe
New York end of tbe cable, where tbe gov
ernment should have confiscated the dis
patch If it were objectionable.
When the fleet of transports was ready
to sail from Tampa all news from that
place was shut off. Washington gave out
a dispatch saying that the fleet had al
ready sailed, and the wires were kept hot
with the scornful words of Irate editors,
berating their men for not having sent
them news of such an important event.
The fleet was still la the bay and did not
sail for two days afterward, but all that
the censor would allow to go out, la
response to the entreaties of the news
paper men to be allowed to "juere them
selves" with their offices, was only the
single sentence: "Censor absolutely re
fusee to pass any news pertaining to tbe
fleet." But the censors and the news
paper mea got along well together and
Paper Capital Put up
by Promoters.
for surh concerns, and the department 1
preparing a bill to be presented to the leg
islature this winter which will give It auch
power.
There are a few Lloyds that have good
men back of them, are well managed, and
take In enough to nay their losses and ex
penses, with a little profit for the under
writers. But this Is true of only a few
concerns.
It they ever pay any losses It Is only be
cause they hope to get enough advertising
out of It to get It all back, and much more
besides, In extra premiums. One was
started here a few months ago with ten
underwriters, of whom three bad taken ad
vantage of the bankruptcy act In the last
few years, while several of the others were
Judgment proof.
Another which began business a fortnight
ego never has given out Its list of under
writers, and tbe manager says he does
not know who they are, and does not care,
so long as he can sell policies without them,
on the name of tbe concern. He admitted
that it had begun Issuing policies when
bla concern bad only three anonymous un
derwrlters, tbe ultimate number to be fit'
teen or twenty.
And yet such concerns are able to sell
their policies, and some of them are taking
In thousands of dollsrs a month. They
work largely by mall, spreading their cir
culars In sections where there have been
rate Increases, and offering to write busi
ness which the regular companies fight shy
of, and at reduced rates.
There are plenty of people who will buy
anything, so long as It Is cheap, and from
these the bogus Lloyds reap a rich harvest.
If the Insured ever bas a loss, and the man
ager cannot figure out that it would be to
his advantage to pay ft, the property owner
finds, If he Is not shut out by the manifold
clauses of a cunningly devised policy, that
to get anything he must sue each of the
underwriters Individually, only to find In
the end that tbey are judgment proof.
Methods Employed to Evade
Prohibition.
baby whose mother wss tenderly caring for
him, three quarts of sealed liquors;
gamblers' layouts and peddlers' outfits
galore.
The most remarkable article In the ex
hibit was the "body can," a tin tank of
crescent shape, which will hold a gallon.
A stout cord attached to two small handles
at the top went over the neck of the
wearer and the can would so closely fit the
chest of a boy or slim man that, covered
by an overcoat, It readily escaped detec
tion. On Center street, Portland, a short thor
oughfare which prior to the parson-sheriff's
administration had fourteen open saloons,
all within 600 feet of a public school house,
is a three-story building which Is honey
combed with discovered "hides." On the
lower floor Is a saloon where, when the
sheriffs deputies are off tbe scent, an oc
taaluiial uf fuutiu grade whisky can
be gulped down. The two upper floors for
merly comprised a tenement, but It has
been abandoned because of the officers'
frequent calls.
One "hide" was under tbe parlor floor,
another in the front hall, a third under
tho attic stairs. The rear wall of one of
tbe attlo clothes presses was one day dis
covered to bo a trifle shaky and after a
long hunt the officers found a secret spring,
the pushing of which swung the whole
wall on a pair of center hinges, showing a
liquor storeroom, big enough to bold bait
a dosen cases of beer and kegs of whisky.
A big family bible, on top of a stand In
a chamber of a Pleasant street tenement
bouse, was moved by the officers In their
search. One of them noticed that the book
oovers were badly thumb marked and he
thought he detected a slight odor of whisky
thereon. He lifted tbe little table, pounded
with his jimmy, struck a loose board, and,
lifting a trap door, saw a chest of whisky
bottles whose finding cost the tenant a
fine of $100.
matched their wits against each other. In
all probability, the beat of good feeling
will exist between the parties concerned
In the war on the newspapers and the
with the utmoet friendliness. So, also, In
navy during this year's maneuvers.
The First Asttomoblle.
Tbe claim that tbe first automobile used
in America was made In 1884 Is being dis
puted by an Inventor who claims the cor
rect date should be 18M. While there may
be some doubt as to tbe correct data of the
first automobile, there Is no disputing tbe
fact that HoBtetter's Stomach Bitters, the
famous family medicine, was first Intro
duced about fifty years ago, and during
those years it baa never failed to cure
inaomnla, dyspepsia. Indigestion and con
stipation. Give It a trial.
RELIGIOUS.
Rev. Dr. Thomas Kennedy of Philadel
phia, rector of the American college in
Rome, has sailed for this country, the prin
cipal object of his vlsTl being to secure
funds for enlarging the college property.
A memorial book In memory of the late
Archbishop Corrlgan Is being complied by
the Cathedral Literary association of New
lork. It will include the sermons preached
by Archbishop Kyan and Bishop McQuald.
The army and navy department of the
Young Men s Christian association of New
York has Just received two gifts, $l,uu0
each, for the erection of buildings st Forts
Hancock and Monroe. The donors are T 8
Gladding and Miss Helen Miller Gould.
The yearly expenditure of the Vatican
In Italy and abroad amounts. It ie stated
to H.0iO,(aio. the greatest fraction coming
from the Peter's pence, which alone gives
an average of ll,4w,000. more than half of
which la contributed by the United States.
The city of New York Is building three
chapels for the benefit of prisoners. In the
new city prison now building on the site of
the old Tombs will-be two chapels, one for
Protestants and one for Roman Catholics
'ihe new chape! on Blackwell's Island will
serve for both Catholics and Protestants.
The largest center of the Roman Catholic
church In America is the archdiocese of
I. -O V -"..w m nit Krcfiniucese
w ui . w'"' n rsumaiea (.atnollc pop-
uiai in ig Bxy, nearly
ly
- "? o iiiu- in me united
States, while Its numbers surpass those of
all the moat crowded renters of Italv In
cluding Rome, Naples or Milan.
At the seventh International conference'
of the Red Cross, held recently at 8t
Petersburg. Russia, there were present
Russian generals, German court officials
English admirals, Swiss Jurists, American
surgeon generals, with many represents,
tlves of other powers, and foremost of all
an American woman Clara Barton. '
On the eastern shore of the Turkish pen
insula of the Khakldlde is a settlement of
Greek friars. The brotherhood houses It
self In a ship painted black, bearing at Its
prow a white cross, and lodging over eighty
monks. The ship Is fitted with a beauti
fully decorated chapel, containing richly
Jewelled Images of the saints. The crew
consists wholly of monks. Voyages are
made from one holy site to another.
A Hspelees Worlallna;.
Washington Star: "I hope your motto
Is 'Down with the trusts!' " said ths ear
nest friend.
"Well," answered Senstor Sorghum, "my
noo with referice to trusts is something
like that."
"There should be no temporizing. Down
with 'em!"
"Yes," answered Mr. Borgbum, sooth
ingly; "cash down." .
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Excoptio nally
Law Rates
Every Day
Every day during the months of Septem
ber and October, 190J, tha Vatom Paalae
will sell One-Way Bottlers' Tickets at the
following rates:
Frosa Mlssoari IMvert
30.00 Ogden snd Bait Lake.
Butte and Helena.
22.00 Spokane.
2S.OO Portland mnA
? a.
Francisco, Los
and many other
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r, uM,uik points.
City Ticket Offloe,
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If You Want the Best
In looking at offices In different build
rental agent can give an office Is to say that
Building. It may be In soma respecta, but
Tne tee auuaing is one of tbe only
Omsha. The Bee Building Is the only building
elevator aervlce. The Dee Building furnishes
dltlonai cost. Tbe Bee Building Is kspt alean, aot aome ut tba time, but all at tba
time.
Keep tbee points In mind when looking for an ffl, and you will take aaa at
those listed below, If you are wise. ,
List of vacant rooms in
The Bee
Ground Floor.
Rental
Per Uonthv
ROOM Hi ltxU feet Faces Seventeenth street and haa windows along taa
alley. Tnis Is a large, light room, and the rental price tncludee beat,
light, water ana Janitor service. It bas an entrance both oa Tbe Bee
building Court and Seventeenth street Jrrlc Sa,H
First
gl'ITB 101 1 There la no finer office suite
Just on the riant hana ot me sreat
urge windows looking upon tbe tro
ironis on c arnam street, one room
Durglar-prool vault, marble mantel'
frescoed to suit tenant
ROOM loai This room Is Just at the bead
It would be a very desirable orbce
tractor. Tbe floor space Is IszU fee
Third Floor.
BOOM BOH: This room Is SlxS feet and Is very conveniently located near ths
elevator. A sign on tbs door can bs readily seen In stepping oft toe ele
vator 1 riea ri oa
ROOM aaa: This room la llxli feet and will be divided to suit -- '
This room la particularly adauled for aome eonearn na.fn. !... i .
space and la a decidedly handsome
truun anu wmuviii uvKins vui upon
ana winaows loosing out upon
large burglar-proof vault, bard wood floors and Is one of tba choicest offi
ces In tbe building Pries ;
Fourth
tOOM 401:
1 401: 15x11 feet. This room Is neat
baa a larse burglar-proof vault and
and irr Ilia nricm fiirnl.hu
- - rj - -
Fifth
nisi on: mis is a very large room, l.xU feet. It faces west, but la ver
light and well ventlleted. It Is very seldom that aoace of this slse U of
fered In Tbs Bee Building. It eould be used to advaatage by asms arm
emp oylng a large numb.r of clsrke, or requiring large floor spece-a
wholesale Jeweler, or manufacturer s sgent, who would like to be Ina
fireproof building, or It will be divided to suit the tenant. Fries asaOJ
ROOM 621: This room faceo the court and le 18xU feet. It bas a burglar-proof
vault, and as it Is near ihe telegraph office and oa the same floor with a
number of grain firms. It would be a particular good room for a srala
firm deairlng first-class accommodation ,.. " 7. Fries WaM
c? ! 1 1 .
oiAin
BUTE 61 0: This consists of two rooms,
large burglar-proof vault, have been
b.re any business or professional
,n" two
R. C. PKTHHS & CO.,
Rental Afents.
IT
Reductions on
Runabouts
and
Stanhopes
Finest assortment of
Depot Wagons,
Stanhopes,
Surncs,
Phaetons,
Business Wagons
in Omaha.
Automobtles-ntOaeoliae, Steam a at
Electrio, carried In stock.
Bicycles a special red actios) mm
everything.
Angeles, Ban Diss
California points.
rates from ln-
aarnam at.
ail
TILL CURED. 20 Vtau utakjuii,
V
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wssees FREE sassettseias jatssis Iresasses Pass, fkMa see Btssaass ef ffc
Recta; slse IM s.it llau. trasflM s Hum f aema Of tto Missus li carai
T "J "J'.'Ti l?V Mil !. 5" fweWt Skstr seem sa sffHkattse.
PR8. THORNTON MINOR, 2o Oak L, Masses CNTale.
lnga, tba greatest praise tha awaer aw
it la "as good aa an office la Tha 9m
It can not be In every respect.
two absolutely fireproof efflea buildings la
having all alght aad all day Buaday
eleclrto light aad water wltboat ad
Build in
Floor.
In Omaha tban this ma It ta looated
maroie stairway, and baa unusually
ni entrance way 01 tne ouualng. M
la 11x13 and tbe other axis. It has a.
piece, hardwood floors, and will ba
sTice 7e.a
of the main stairway oa tbe Bret floor,
tor some real estate man er oon-
Fries mm
office, having an eatranoe faolna tee
eevsnteenth street. It baa a very
ocv.Qi.cnm street. It lias a v.rv
M.
Floor.
to tbe elevator and faces court. It
i wall v.ntiiat.i . .IXJ u-tV
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KVhviuujwui UWM
..Price m.M
Floor.
tee
noor.
both WtxUSi. Each of them bas a
newly decoreted and are rooms
man may be oomlortable. Fries tot
-CkVCs
Uround Floor,
Bee Butldlnr