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TIIE OMATTA DAIIY BET. SATtTHPAT, NOVEMBER 29. 1002 WILL PENSION ITS OLD MEN Uri.n F&c'fic Will Adopt 8jrtem for Em ployes Fint of Year. PATTERNED AFTER ILLINOIS CENTRAL rrpa In rreirtnte HtraoiT Be twtn Emplrfi end Employ" and Incidentally to Aid la Solving Labor 4)neatlea. A pension ystem for the employee ef th compsny go Into effect on the Union F cilia Jnuirjr 1. 1903. The ystem hss been ferfected and the rules and refutation!, which are compiled In book form, have re ceived the alt-nature of President Horace O. Burt. With the possible exception of some printing nothing remains to be done but place the system la effect, yet It was said at the president's office this morning that no forms I statement would be made regarding the details of the proposition just now. Tensioning employes may still be eonsld rred an Innovation among railroads. It la a departure which but few roads hare fol lowed, yet even In Ita experimental stage has attained a degree of popularity which Insures Its more general adoption. The rnnsylvanl and the Illinois Central both have this system In effect, the Pennsylvania being thn first to adopt It. The Illinois, Central's aystem, by those who have studied It, has been generally co.iimended as a moat liberal one. It Is rfgarded much more liberal In Ha pro visions to Its employes than that of the I'enny'vsnla. It Is understood the I'nlon Pacific's system Is patterned after that of the Illinois Central. To be eligible under the Illinois Central's system of pensions an employe must have first been In the service of the company ten years or longer. Then If he has reached the ago of 70 he "must be retired." There Is no option about this. But he may be re tired at 65, either by the voluntary action of the company or upon hla own application, which must be favorably acted on by the board of pensions. Incapacity from Service. Incapacity from active service la the de termining factor In such cases. The words "In service" refer not only to the main lines of the company, but to any proprietary line, and so wide Is the latitude toward the employes that If one be employed on a line which later may fall Ipto the possession of the Illinois Central he will be Just as eligi ble to pension aa though he had spent the entire ten years of his service on the main line. For Instance, If a man, say 68 years .of age, baa been at work eight years on some road which the Union Pacific may buy, he would get his pension when be be camo 70 years of age Just the same as though he had spent all his ten years on the Union Pacific. This, at least, la the rule on the Illinois Central and, assuming that the report la correct that the Union Paclflo has practically followed out the same system, It will be the rule there. The rate of pension doubtless will be 1 per cent of the average monthly pay which the applicant baa received for the ten years last prior to his retirement, multiplied by the number of years he has been la the company's employ. This Is con sidered very liberal allowance., What amount of pension fund the Union Paclflo has or will set aside is not known at thla time. The Illinois Central road originally act aalde $250,000 when its aystem went Into effect July 1. 1901, and provided- for the appropriation of $100,000 each year there after or aa much more as the demands of the Institution warranted. One Inexorable rule Is that In no case ahall a pension be assigned. The fundamental principle of the pensioning system la to cultivate cloaor mutual relation between employer and era ploye and It Is the purpose that this bond of union ahall aurvlv the retirement of the employe from active service. These ends would be utterly defeated, it Is held, were the assignment of pensions tolerated. The Illinois Central agreea that Its pensioned employes can engage' In other business If they desire, but cannot re-engage In the service of the company and this rule la expected to obtain with the Union Pacific Board of Peaslona. The management and control of the pen sion department will be rested In a board of pensions whoso headquarters will be in Omaha and whoso transactions will be sub Joct to the approval of the president. la the case of the Union Paclflo, aa with all other reads, thla ayatem of pensioning aged and Incapacitated employes will, It is urged, work wonder In the way of tem porising the labor situation. For In stance, before the strike In the Union Pa clflo shops broke out last June there were many old men at work there whose day of effective usefulness had passed and the disposition of whom became a problem to the company. If these men were arbi trarily discharged 11 would forthwith In volve the company in a fight with the union to which they belonged, and yet certain officials did actually complain that these men were not able to earn a fair day's pay and were a dead load on the company. Some of them had been in the service of the Union Pacific for thirty year. It was held, on the other hand, that to turn them out now after they had spent their strength and energy for 'the company would be wrong, and. there the matter hung. The charge has been mada more than one that this strike, which was In the nature of a lockout, waa pre cipitated -as a mean of thinning out the shop rank. At any rate It 1 believed this pension system will furnish adequate solu tion for thl problem should It arise again. The Union Paolflo ha Anally decided that The Illustrated Bee WITHOUT ANY RIVALS In It field. The) Illus trated Bee maintain the high standard set by Itself, and each week goes out to It resder the handsomest and most complete newspaper magaitns printed In the wesc. No pain or expense I pared to achieve the result and the end 1 worthy of the effort. It la tb design always to give The Bee patron only the best in the way of timely article illustrated In the most ac ceptable manner. No other weatern newspaper pretends to do what The Bee ha been doing In thl way for the last three year. DUCK HUNTCIS and all who ha? over known the Joy th come from Intimate association with a good gun and a good dog and om good fellows, will appreciate the frontispiece of the coming number of The Illustrated Bee. It I an actual photograph of on of the mishap that bring discomfort to, adding some what to the sest thereby, the duck i, hunter. In addition, there la a full page of pictures taken In the field, at the camp, on the river, and else , where, showing the hunter of wild fowl In his glory. The Bee never printed better picture than these. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION is a name familiar to most Americans, but very few are In any way familiar with the workings of this greatest of all t centers of sclentljlo Investigation, while still fewer know that it waa founded by an 'Englishman. A spe cial article telle much of interest about the Institution and the national museum that is managed in connec tion therewith. Its operations and Investigations are of Immense import to the people, and the fact that It has a popular as well as sclentlfio mis sion makes it doubly interesting. Il lustrations are from photographs made for the article. vylSE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL has a ' ' new home, and Is now well lo cated in comfortable quarters. This neweat of Omaha's Institutions for the car and treatment of afflicted humanity Is described in a special article, which tells about its origin, Its management, : Its equipment, and Us prospects. Illustrations are from photographs made by a staff artist, showing interior and exterior views of the hospital, the wards, operating room and the like. SWISS HOTELS AND THE TRUST is the topio of Mr. Frank O. Carpen ter's weekly letter. In It he tell of how the hostelries of th Alps are now-conducted and points out what an Inviting Held for trust operations they afford. Some peculiar features of the management-of the business of . the hotels, as well aa other arrange ments of life In SwIUerland, will at . tract attention. They are told In Mr. Carpenter's most entertaining manner. Illustrations are from pho tographs made in Switzerland. OTHER FEATURES of the number are many and attractive. None of the regular departments have been overlooked, and nothing has been slighted. The paper will be found complete in every particular, and of the best. If you are not now a subscriber you should order it from your newsdealer today. The Illustrated Bee e iiner-out from whom we guard our spoons"' . Lord Macaulay ' Those thus satirically apostro- ( fihixed would have been doub y tempted had the spoons been of Gorham "Silver to admirably fashioned that to see them is to covet. Yet so moder ate in price are these masterpieces of the sil versmith's art that they are within everybody's reach. To make sure, that you get Gorham silver insist on seeing the trade-mark, v All reepeasibls i Jewelee keep st the damage to Its property by firs Wednes day night is something less than $15,000, all of which Is, of course, covered by th com pany's Insurance. An official, summing up the matter, said: 'The loss would have been much greater had it not been that the old building col lapsed, burying beneath It ruin moat of th content, which were .not Inflammable material. Thl checked the potentiality of th flame and prevented them from reach Ing th degree of heat they otherwise would. It did not oven get hot enough to melt th babbit metal we had stored in that house and that metal Is partly composed of lead Of course th greater part of the contents, which were of bard metallic substance, are unhurt. "As ' to the exact origin of the fir w have not determined with sufficient cer tainty to speak now. There was s chance tor accidental Are from within th building; that much Is certain. What little heat th building got waa from steam; It had no stove or furnaces about It, no lighting planta. no fire whatever lnsld and there Is no foundation for th theory that the fir originated from within, through accident, if at all. The Ore might easily have been started from under the floor of th build ing on th east side. Vndoubtedly It did tart on the east side. It look a if there 1 where the torch waa applied." Illtaola Cent mi s Fast Train. Beginning December T the Illinois Central will have a fast train between Chicago and New Orleans with direct connection with Omaha. This will give thl city a new eon nectlon with the gulf. The fast train, which I to. be of splendid equipment, will leav Chlcag one morning at 10 o'clock and arg Ive In New Orleans th next morning at 7:40. Limited No. t from Omaha, leav ing this city at T:50 p. m.. will reach Chi cago at 1:30 In the morning, Just a half hour before the departure of th train for the southern metropolis, giving ample time, therefor, for easy connection. Th Cen tral ha it track doubled between Chicago and New Orleana a part of th way and is working on th balance. SMOOTH TR1CR FOR PARDON City Prisoner at County Jail Attempt! to Work" Major Moore j. SEEKS CLEMENCY ON THANKSGIVING DAY Write Borrowfal Tale to His Honor, Taet Telephone Menace Disclose Fact that 8lrk Wife la Only Myth. William Cook use beautiful language. strong drink, evsslve method and his lachrymal glands with equal readlnee nd eclat. In fact, William Is a versatile gentleman whom it la profitable to meet and subsequently to keep an ey on. He ell encyclopedias. For some daya William has been In the county Jail trying te get back to where he was before he forgot the bartender' name. He went to the bastlle at the urgent solicitation of one Louis Berks, police magistrate, who Invited him to stay fifteen daya. Time has dragged for Wil liam. The conglomeration of heterongenoua element haa palled upon hla sensitive or ganism and hi nature I in revolt against longer association with them. He appre ciate how Impossible Is toe promulgation of an Involuntary fraternlxlng by the mere encouraging of a relation of Juxtaposition nd he determined upon the employment of some expedient which should accomplish the severance of the galling bands of restraint. Or, In other words, he didn't like th crowd and mad up hi mind to got out Has to Plead Something. Tear ago the legislative body of the commonwealth of Nebraska sanctioned and placed upon the statutes a command that no Jail prisoner should send to the outer world a communication not previously In spected and approved by the custodian of the establishment. William Cook pleads Ignorance of the existence of such stipula tion. William has to plead something, be cause he resorted to th expedient the other day and has gotten Into trouble. Among the callers at the Jail is a young woman who Is there to teach and to be taught. William gave her her first lesson. As she stood st his cell door tear came to his eyes; not Just one or two little. sparkling drops, but a torrent of good, adult tears that appeared as the waste water from a grief-drowned soul and that moved the girl to pity. She wanted to know what she could do to make his sad heart happier and this modern Job Trotter finally consented to tell her that he had a note he wished delivered to Mayor Moores. The girl delivered it. Prisoner's Clever Letter. The note follows: null, ft I mil. ft., wvj. ... .ft v vft .,,.. Esteemed Executive The ours of an in herited and Insatiable thirst has caused mv detention in this repugnant but neces sary inatitutlon. I have no deeire to com plain of that which is the reward of my own Indiscretion nor to seek evasion of the punishment Imposed, though it wounds. nut, sir, my wire is aying i our nome in Plattsmouth and our little daughter is the only one in attendance upon her, so far as I have been able to ascertain, between the I calls of our physician. For me to remain through the seven remaining aays or my fifteen days' sentence Is -perhaps to mlsa the opportunity of a last word with the only one who haa had the charity and the courm to remain true during these recent years of my descent. I pray the exercise I on your pari or mai executive clemency whlnh may enable me to see her before she goes. More I cannot write; more I need not I write. Truly, WILLIAM COOK. Thanksgiving morning found the mayor In a charitable mood. It also found him reading and re-reading William Cook's let ter. Under the -circumstances he consid ered that a pardon and mileage to Flatts- mouth was the very least any mayor could give on a day of thanksgiving. But to make certain of his premises he telephoned to the Jail for further information concern ing Mr. Cook and for latest advices from Mrs. Cook and that's what undid William. Jailer Flynn. Takes m Bead. Jailer Flynn, knowing William to be el bachelor, called the latter to his bosom and they had a heart to heart talk, in which William denied writing the letter, but eventually, when confronted by a fellow prisoner who had acted aa amanuensis, con fessed to dictating it. He was promptly as signed to the dingiest eorner of the dingiest department, and as he was leaving the Jailer asked: "What did you wsnt to try a trick like that for?" "For the same reason that the burglar went to the Jewelry store, waa the Instant and suave anawer. "And what wa that?" "To gain time." said William Cook, with that ready amile which Is another feature of the versatility of this exceedingly versa tile gentleman. DEATH OF AN OMAHA PIONEER Jok a Jamea Monell, s Realdeat of Omaha for Forty-Five Years, Passes Away. zv ' " v' - . f Ttlave the WaterW I Boiling sl Double boiler like this is better it n)W : " im,-..f ffS-fy'ffth Ul 1 When you. have bought the best quality and flavor, make the most of it. Cook it right and get the full luxury of a Quaker Oats breakfast. A simple matter just as easy as the other way. Have the water boiling;. Salt to taste. To two and one-quarter parts freshly boiling water stir in slowly one part of Quaker Oats. . Boil 20 minutes and serve hot, a rich, nut-flavored breakfast to tempt the palate of a King. Serve hot. No food, meat or cereal,-fad food or natural food, will give so much strength, nutriment and satisfaction as 20 minutes' cooking in your own kitchen will get from it- m 1 Mir f$s .V v Lmo ""N,,. It puts its whole strength straight into , - J& your system more than enough reserve strength. ' ' . ' v ROTHENBERG & SCHL SS, KANSAS CITY, DISTRIBUTORS. John Jamea Menell, who died at hi home on Dodge atreet at an early hour. Fri day morning, was one of the early settlers of Omaha. He waa born la New. York October 8, 1837. When he was 20 years old he earn west with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert C. Monell. Except for a few years' residence In Council Bluffs and a short time spent In the far west, he lived In Omaha from 1857 continuously. In 1871 he married the only daughter of Dr. N. D. Lawrence of Council Bluffs and for the last sixteen years the family horn haa been at 1025 Dodge ' atreet. He haa not been in active business for the last twenty year or more, but prior to that time he, with various partners, ran the leading book atore of Omaha. For the last two or three years he has been an Invalid. Mr. Monell was a man of broad culture and a great lover of literature and art. He possessed one of the best selected 11 braiies In Omaha and hla leisure time was passed with his books. His wife survives him. Ths funeral will be held at the resi dence Sunday afternoon st i o'clock. The burial will be private In Falrview cem etery. Council Bluffs. Friends are tt- quested not to send flowers. M'INTOSH MUST FIGHT HARD Attoraey Fla.es lilaaeelf lavolved as Defeadaat la Case Which lavolves 91S.OOO. Allen, who decamped, and from the latter ascertain more about the conduct of Attor ney Epperson of Clay Center, who, Mcin tosh Implies, .has been acting for him and 'double-crossing" htm by serving Allen at the same time. Allen's wife states that ahe is receiving letters from her husband and sending him letters, but doesn't know where he la. GIVES SMALL OWNERS SHOW Board of Rrllew Decides Not to Have Its Time Monopolised by Few. Members of the Board of Review de cided yesterday that hereafter the large real estate companies and the agents rep resenting large property intereats would not be permitted to monopolise the time of the board to the exclusion of the small property owner. That the latter may have more of a chance It was agreed that In the future a time limit bo sot on these rep resentative' of large holders. The hearing of Herman Kountxe before the board was ended yesterday. A few slight reduc tions were agreed upon by the board, but not so as to materially change the total appraisement of $1,800,000 as handed In by Commissioner Fleming. Beginning next week the board will de vote the mornings only to the bearing of complaints and the afternoons will be re served for reviewing the assessments made by Mr. Fleming and to hearing only people who are cited by the board. Tell This to Ivor Wit. ISlectrlc Bitters cure female complaints. surely and saftly; dispell headaches, bark- achea, nervousness or no pay. 60c. For sale by Kuhn A Co. Beats All Ita Rkvala. No salve, lotloa, balm or ell can com pare with Bucklen's Arnica Salve for heal ing. It kills pain. Cures or no pay. !5o For sale by Kuhn a Co. The new kind of General Arthur 'cigars will pleas yes If you care tor good dg&r. In Judge Estelle' court yesterday Attor- rey J. H. Mcintosh wa arguing for a continuance in the case of August Bpiedel against htm, the Union Selling company, th Peru Plow company and the Rock Island Plow company. The case promises to be a hard-fought one when It get to trial, aa Spledel asks Judgment for $10,000, tb value of a stock attached and sold by th defendants and also tor $5,000 damages. Tb atock waa at Clay Center, Neb., and waa bought by Bpiedel from W. W. Allen, a debtor of th companies which are now th defendant and which attached on th ground that th sale by Allen to 8pledel wa fraudulent. Attorney Mcintosh, a counsel through th attachment proceed ings. And himself a defendant now and ask tb continuance until can trace out clue he now ha te th herabout of Railway !totea and Personals. The K'irllnrton will put twenty-four trains a day into service on Its electric road between Uvadwooa ana ia iny. a. u., Monday, running them forty minutes apart. Thla Inrreaxe In aervtie has been necessi tated by the heavy turreaae In patronage. Thcae changes and appointments are an nounced by the American K-frtgerator Tranttlt company In circulars sviit from the heiuliiuartf ra at St. L.oui to the Missouri Paclflo office here: R. B. Chaae. from Dal laa, Tex., to Detroit, aa traveling agent to succeed W. W. Buffam: M. 8. Robinson, southwestern agent at Dallas, to succeed Mr. Chaae; J. If. Kerr, traffic manager at Bt. LxhiIb; Charles O'Hara, superintendent at Bt. Louts, to succeed Mr. Kerr; W. L. Kendall, traveling dairy agent at Cedar Rapids. Ia.. to succeed N. D. Tower, who is promoted to the general agency at Kan sas City. All these changea become ef fective December 1. DRUG CLERK IS IN TROUBLE Aceased of Having; Stolen Seventy Dol lars from Store of Former Employer. H. E. Knight appeared before Judge Berka yesterday accused of having stolen $70 from the Kuhn Drug company. He pleaded not guilty and waived preliminary examination and was held to the district court, bail being fixed at $800. Knight was formerly a clerk for the drug company and was arrested on Wednesday last. It is charged that he broke Into the store at night and took the money from the cash drawer. Many Bdnratore Sleet. BALTIMORE. Nov. 28. The Association of College and Preparatory Schools of the middle states and Maryland convened Us sixteenth annual sesilon today in McCoy hall, Johns Hopkins university. More than 250 educators, many of them very promi nent, were in the hall when the meeting was called to order. President Ira Remaen of Johns Hopkins university delivered an address of welcome. A GROUND FLOOR ROOM will be vacated on January 1, 1903, in THE BEE BUILDING Apply for terms to n. C. PETERS & CO., Ground Floor. Visit New Knaland Mills. NEW TORK, Nov. 2$. Alfred Mosely. the English economist and retired capital- ! 1st, who has been studying Industrial con- i dltlona in this country, accompanied by a j party of British representatives of labor j interests, returned to New York last night. Bom of Mr. Mosely'a party atarted today for New England to vlblt the mills. Mr. Rrnne la III. MEMPHIS. Tenn,. Nov. 2. Mrs. Brune, ; the actreas, Is seriously 111 of typhoid fever.' In thla city. Figprune Cereal A delicious Cereal Coffee made of choice California figs tni prunes end grain absolutely free from artificial natter. BOLD BY ALL GROCERS, S DON'T BE ARHftnnWTHISUEIHSTODI Ara You Suffering? Rsad Our Cuarantta THE MILL nEDlCAL CO. hereby offers U lortlt $100 (or or 'ui of Srphllta. RhMlaa r tnr Impurities of th nio4. Kldntr Ji4 LtMT troublM that w ctanot cur In to dara froaa ta tine of taking th taae. no matter of how Ions atooSles we ara aa oalt:ve of a cure with our traatmaat that wo ara vlllttig for you to aopoalt your anoney Im anr tank, ta b pals to us when ou ara abaolutalf area. Our aura ara wllhln th raach ot all. If feu will oslr acarrt th svpoitunltj. 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