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THE OMAHA DAILY 1JEE: MONDAY, MATCCII 10, 1903. The tMAHA Daily Ule. -i-.r.asv r.v m r t, s" X t tT f i M r - . e . . 4 SI . t A ' a mS S. irvlsr. -"Wl . . ' I. 1 ' 1 l.iVl Iitil'rrn r'.w.. i-r Hinds y f'. ne Tsr JMnir.-lay lies, fm T"f Twentieth, f.Vn r nry Krmr, 'm Ttr. JfsIIt Fe fwt'ho'it Hindsy), pr nli-f l fwho-it Hmdavt. fr wee...U i.a.l f: ,rvfl-lli-.g -mJav, pf week..!.". rinrty ffee. ar copy r.vnir g f:e (wlfjwif flindsyi. Pr wek Kver.tr.g e inri'lln H-jrxUy). tr wees 'v 'omplln' of Ircg ila rifles in delivery should hi addressed f CI' Circulation L psr f mer.r. offices. Omaha TT f- Building, fv.-i-h Omaha '.'it v Hail funding. Twenty-fifth anf M Hfrf Council HlHffa-iO -er1 ,rret. cti.i agi-- r. Cnlfv K'rtMin. New York F'ark F:.v n M d r.g. Washington s'd Fourteenth Street. CORR F.fl 'ON I K NC K. f:w,m uilftk.Ti!i relating tn news and sdt r,r!m maiw jh'.iM he (i1f H ; Omaha Krti'onil I xpo rtmer, f. FtKMITTANCKS Tmlf by drfr, express rr postal order, to The F Puoil.shlng Company, (mly 2-r-nf. stamps accepted In payment of mail nrrnnnln. f-ror,i I rher.,, except on Oman r es-tem exrhang-s, rot accepted. THr! RKK rtJKI.ISHlNa f OMF'ANT fIT ATTTVFCNT OF CTaCT;T,ATIO.V. flMte of Ken, Tomt'.a County. s : fr,rr H Tsschurk, ecrfry of The Pee Fuhilshlr.g'. Company, helr.g duly sworn, nay that the urtnal numher of tull ni comp' r.opl of Tlia rall7, Mirnln. KvTi1n an') 3in1r Ti prlnt4 d irlnit tna month of ritirijary, waa aa followi: 1 ,..3.ltO 15 223 2 ...Xtt,KW 1 JHJMO a jio. 17 io I anwo is ai,4fo 1 30.100 1 MAM t ,to ar ai,io 7 ff.AAO 21 l,TO I ,..g!IJK 22 2WS ao.410 23 1ft :.. Jl-Xt 24 ain n ,. 2S aiswi 12 Tut,w n aijtao u jto.fno 27 at,wo h 3.S7 a ai,tto Total unnold an-1 returned eopia 0t Nat total ! 4.OW Net averaua Ml , OKOWJK B. TZMCUCC'K. ButrtirTlb! I m pren ni worn to h.fora ma thia 2itn dir of Fhriiry .A. i. li. U. ULiNOATS., (al ) Notary Pubilo. Th r" of Nebraik have asked for bread, and the lojrlalatore nponls by a ahower of tnn-.a. Up to 5ate the work of the Omaha dlf Ration to thft U'ulaUtare may Ni unmmartxl principally an effort to "get even." . VI When eotinrllmen who are np for re etertlon Vtrln to explain tbetr record it may be taken for granted that their record neod.a explaining. Nebraska Hryanltea will hare to be lfa noisy In protesting their fealty to Bryan or the reorganize down east will think they really have them scared, g !! 'MM Th public library board erlncea a disposition to cot 1U farment to'fit the clotb fnrnlshed It by the city council. fMber branches of the city government will do well to emulate the example. Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago has carried the democratic primaries there for his candidacy for a fourth term practical! without opposition. The Chi cago republican battle cry Is "Three times and out!" If the railroads of Nebraska have tx en paying all the taxes they ought to pay, what need of revenue revision at ull? Certainly the farmers, business men and small home owners have been paying all that Is due from them. Omaha was greatly disappointed last fall In not being able to entertain res ident Koosevelt, but It will try to make up for lost time with a warmth of cor diality If the president puts Omaha on his Itinerary for fats forthcoming spring tour. Tlie Ttrrens land title project, to ex ploit which Nebraaka paid the bill for a special Junketing commission, seems to have been lost In the shuffle. Even the commissioners seem to have lost Interest In It since thejr cashed in their pay checks. Discoveries have been inndo In Ne braska from time to time of coal mines as well as gold mines, of smoking vol canoes ss well ns spouting oil wells, but up to date the best paying Nebraska mine Is the one that plants the yellow corn In the spring and gathers In the golden ears In the fall. It's only a Question of time till the governments of Omaha, South Omaha and Douglas county will be merged In part if not lu whole. There Is do ne cessity of wasting the taxpayers' money In maintaining duplicate offices that can be more eflblcntly managed under one head. When the taxpayers fufly realize what the cost of separate machinery of government la. they will unite to en force a demand fur consolidation. Karly In the preliminary campaign for the cotigresnlonal nomination last year The liee declared In so many words that Isvld II. Alercer wss demanding a rcnomlnatlon pot with any hope or ex pcctatlon of being elected, but for the purpose of using 1ih prestige so gotten as the basis of a vuUrn to federal ap point inent afUT Us defeat The com so of Mr. Mercer could not have been mure accurately outlined. There Is not a city nor town In Ne brauku (hut Is not being cheated out of taxes It should have from the railroads by the pretended distribution of term tial values. The ieoplti of the Interior towns ure beginning to have their eyes opened.' AM they have to do to convince then Kflvi-s tliHt the so-called "Omaha hciiif " U aa much for their benefit as for the benefit of Omaha Is to look up the facts and figures tearing on tb"lr owu loon I nil nut ion, and to rememlx-r that every dollar of municipal tsxes evaded by the rnllrouds munt be paid by the owners of the other proin-rty In the town, , , F.y ?reemnt made In th annate last w-fk the treaty wtr.h Colombia will b roted on tomorrow and there appears to be no doubt of It ratification. Tod.ir amendments that mar be offered 1 oiK'd red srxl a limit has bra pi.-fed on rue tim of jii-he9 on rnenl men's. Aftr all amendments shall hare been diapoaed of two hours will lie al lowed for Bnrll debate, dfvlded equally between the supporters and op ponents of the treaty. It U not probable that any amendment which may 1 pro posal will be adopted, since that would be tantamount to an Invitation to Col ombia to rJt the treaty. There Is al ready some opposition to it In that country. The Colombian vle presld-nt la reported as saying that some of the politicians rf'il.J'ect to the literpretatlon which the United States places npon certain terms of the convention, while there Is a feeling against thU conntry growing out of the action of our gov ernment In connection with Insurgent hostilities on the Isthmus. In view of this sentiment amendment of the treaty, particularly In the matter of more strongly and fnlly defining American control would be extremely likely to can.se Its rejecfioa by Odomhia. This being weft understood the assurance Is that It will 1 ratified without any change. Consideration of the Cnban reciprocity treaty will promptly follow action on the canal convention. That treaty &a been ratified by the Cuban senate and Indications seem to be favorable to !ts rsttiflcjiilon at Washington. It Is pro posed to add a provision reqnlrlng the approval of the house of represent tivas before the treaty can take effect, the ground f ir this being that. It Is really legislation affecting the tariff and thcr-s fore cannot be adopted constitution lly without the consent of the .Vtie. Hhonld this be done It Is possible that President Koosevelt would call an extra session of the house of representative!. If is the contention of most members cf the home that as to treaties of this character the approval of that body Is necessary, but most senators do not en dorse this view. However, a concession may lie made to It In the present case. At all events the prospe.t Is that the business for which the senate was called la peejnl session will soon be dis posed of. THOU LAKt.t TO TlOF.WATKR. The legislature of New York has un der consideration a bill for canal Im provement calling for an expenditure of $l01,000,0Xr, and Its passage is probable. Hils measure proposes the construction of a waterway connecting the lakes with th seaboard which will accom modate large vessels, or In oth-r words a ship canal. The subject has been un der discussion In that state for years. Several million dollars were appropri ated a few vctrs ago for the Improve ment of the Erie canal, bnt what was clone proved of no great value and served to strengthen conviction that nothing short of a ship canal will en able the port of New York to retain Its comnwrce. Within the Inst few years a considerable amount of trade has been diverted from that to other ports and the people -of the state of New York have been forced to realize that some thing must be done to check this, If It be possible to check It. Referring to the Increase In the ex ports of leading domestic products for the month of February, which amounted to more than $20.00,0)0 over 1 lie same month last year, the New York Journal of Commerce points ont that Bnltlmnre, New Orleans and (lalveston shared more largely In this Increase than New York. The gain of the Gulf ports has leen partly due to congestion on the rail roads to the east, which also doubtless caused some diversion of trade to the Canada route. That paper declares that "nothing can counteract the growing dl version of the grain traffic to the Gulf and the 8t Iawrence but an adequate waterway from the great lakes to the Hudson river. This would not have dl rect effect In the winter months, bnt the large provision It would Induce for handling export trade would tend to hold It the year round. The railroads would have to keep ot their facilities for handling and the terminals would help draw the traffic." Western producers have a very direct Interest In the projected ship canal. Its construction would be lmiwrtant to them both In the marketing of their products, which has been much delayed the pres ent season, and In keeping freight charges within reasonable bounds dur Ing a large part of the year. THt PROBLKM t'OJVr0,Tf.vtt OMAHA It Is an oix-n secret that almost ns many people have moved uway from Ouialia within the pust two years is have located In Omaha during the same period. The most Indubitable proof of that fact Is furnished by the attendance In our public schools, which Is now practically the same ss It. wss two years ago. A city caunot very long stand still any more than a buHlness house. It either moves forward or falls buck ward. Omaha must either do something de clslve within the next twelve months to keep up with the procession or prepare for Inevitable rcactlou ami retrogres slon. This Is the situation thut con fronts It and should be seriously con sidered by every man and woman luer cstcd In Its progress nyd prosperity. Otnuha would doubtlcas liu Ix-uellti d grifitly by the construction of auhurban electric motor lines over the various roads leading to the villages and towns within a radius of MO miles, but elec tric suburban lines will not supply Omuha's greatest want cheaper power and cheaper fuel, which are so csscn tlal to the enlargement of Its Industrial growth. SI earn rnllroads and electric railroads rloiie do not make a grest city. '1'lie backlofu of great population centers are mills and factories that give steady t-u.ployiuent to working men and working women. Th great . problem that Oj.sha must solve In the near fa- nre Is, how to lacresse Its manufactur ing facilities that will Induce serersl thousand skilled and nnskined bread winners to locate permanently In this city. While fmnsha Is an Important d;s- tributing center and Its facilities for reaching Its trale territory are scarcely surpassed by those of any other Inland western city, Omaha lamentably lacks the most esaent.Ii-'l factor of Industrial expansion cheap power. The recent, extraordinary rrowth of Indianapolis is ilw to natural gas and an abundant supply of low-priced bi- umlaoiis fuel. Minneapolis owes Its npremacj as an Industrial center to wafer power h.iraesed to Its great flouring mills and reconverted into elec tricity for illuminating and manufac turing purpose. Kansas City enjoys great advantage over Omaha In the matter of cheap cft, which Is being mined almost In front of Its door. What Is true of these cities la true of nearly every othr growing town In America whether Inland or on the At lantic or Pacific seaboards. Manifestly Omaha's futnre depends npon Its ability to solve the cheap power problem. The opportunity for solving It has been pre sented, but the perverse and supremely selfish Interference of corporate inter ests ha blocked the way through the snbservleney of members of the city council, who refuse to submit the prop osition to the people at the coming elec tion. , If these, agencies succeed the pros pect of any material improvement in Omaha for the next year or two Is very dubious. blXRZOARDiyr THt LAW. It appears that for years the southern railroads have refused to publish their rates on freight shipped to and from the sea1oard. All efforts by the Interstate Commerce commission to compel them to publish and maintain these tariffs have failed. The Commission claims to have sufficient proof that under the cover of this secrecy there Is no end of discrimination In the rates In favor of ertain shipper. The commissioners also say that the secret charges afford a means for exacting unjust rates from shippers In sections of the country where there are limited transportation facilities, but It has never been felt that the law wan explicit enough to warrant taking these cases Into court. It Is proposed to Institute proceedings. under the recently enacted law, against o'ij of the roads that has Ignored p.ist orders of the commission in regard to g'ving pnblleity to lta rstes a.id to push the proceedings so that a Judicial de cision may be had as soon as iossible. This .insurance of aggressive action on the part of the commission Is most vel- come and can hardly fi.II to hr.ve good results. It Is even probable that the railroads which have ignored the com mission's ciders may see the expedient of Immediately complying with them and thereby avoid prosecution. Republican members of tbe legisla ture who expect to Justify themselves with the people In voting against the taxation of railroads In proportion to the known value of their tangible prop erty and franchises because the fuslon Ists In tbe legislature are voting for snch taxation will discover before they arc much older that their course will not meet with the approval of the repul- llcan rank and file. If every democrat and populist In the legislature should rote for any measure that is right and Just the republicans cannot afford to vote against It merely because the dem ocrats or populists vote for It As a matter of fact the people of Nebraska regardless of party are a unit In favor of equitable railroad taxation Inst as the railroads are a unit In favor of the undervaluation of their property. Journalistic mind-readers are com mon, but It has remained for a Lincoln newspaper to produce a Journalistic sec ond-sight medium. To make his de scription of the legal execution at the state prison Friday more graphic, the reporter undertakes to tell how tbe murderer would have looked In the final moments had the black cap been re moved and his features exposed to view. To quote a bit of his fantastic language: Tha point of thn cap rested 1aunMI nn one side, the bead was twlntei) by thtt fatal knot until It turned upward at an uu natursl angle like that of a deformed dwarf making a sickly grimace for the pleasure of s company. The cap added to thn clown- Isn poiture and covered what one might (marine to be the grin of a murderer who thoutfj i be bad cheated death. Llncolu certainly offers too small a field for tills Journalistic prodigy. When young Mr. Morsman was a can didate for the legislature he took pains to assure the friends of equitable taxa tion that, barring his known relations to the telephone company, he would enter the legislature absolutely free from all obligations to and entanglements with the railroads or any other corporations. Y'et Mr. Morsman made a speech In favor of the Thompson amendment to the revenue bill, and his declaration that the railroads have puid more than tbir share of taxes during the past ten years would seem to contradict Mr. Morsmon's ante election pledges. This Is only another case of Ix fore titklng snd after taking. It emphasizes the fact that It, Is not safe to send a cor poration lawyer to the legislature to make laws for the people. Omaha gets an lncreuse In clerical force at the postofnYe as well as promo tion of some of Its clerks as a result of the rearrangement tinder the new poHt office appropriation. Defects In local service have been charged up to Inude quate office help, aucMhe patrons ought then-fore to share In the lieneflts of the Improved conditions. i .... . The Nebraska bonne of represents Uvea Is made up of 100 members and 51 ineintsTS constitute a working tua Jorlty. This explains why just CI votes were plunked down for the railroad company amendment to the revenue bllL John N. Baldwin ma be reckless In his distribution of pnses; he may tie profuse with rainbow promises of brilliant political futures; he may be extravaznt la bis expenditure for leg islative Wrshmenta, but John N. Bald win does not waste any substance on nvn he does not ned. Jnst 51 Is what he wanted snd he bad them. Th fction of the Treasury d"pirt ment dispensing with the women in spectors recently attached to the immi gration bureau may be expected to arouse a vigorous protest from the woman sriTms agitators, who will In sist that the women would have lien retained on the payroll if they only had votes to contribute to tbe support of po litical parties. No matter what repre sentations may be made that the work of lnjctlon is not suitable for women or that the women Inspectors have not given satisfactory service, It will make no difference. Iown In Missouri a special grand Jury will Investigate ths charges of attempted bribery In the legislature. The usual system of tracing down such charges is through a legislative Investigating com mittee, which seldom rinds any ditfi cnlty In awarding Itself a clean bill of health. Wlyther an Inquiry by a grand Jury comped of men who are not members of the legislature will 1m? any more effective remains to be seen. Should grand Jury sessions on legisla tive bribery produce tangible results In Mls-url other states may acquire the habit Caiae and Effect. St. Loula Globe-Democrat. The American lee trust loat money last year. Probably It had too much watered stock. Forbearance Appreciated. Chicago Tribune. With a forbearance worthy of all pralae the Missouri river has refrained thus far from butting in. Remains Wide Opea. Philadelphia North American. It may be that the national senate will change the rules to limit debate. The shutting of the mouth there baa been an open question for years. Any Old Job Goes. Boa ton Transcript. Six good men have turned up at Wash ington who are willing to catch snakes for the government at fifty the month. Now this seems absurdly Inadequate compensa tion, considering tbe riaka of the occupa tion; why. It la hardly aumclent to keep a man In anake-blte cure. Tempting aa Psrlr Front. Cincinnati Enquirer. Judge Parker's boom ia in danger of getting out of breath before It reaches the last lap. The payers are printing pic tures of the members of the Judge's fam ily. This is so extremely sdvanced stage ot the presidential- vegetation and there Is liability to many freata between bow and the summer of 104. Expansion of Itallroad Capital. Springflaidb .Republican. ' -The Pennsylvania Railroad company, with Its authorized addition of $150,000,000 to an existing capital stock of I2.'Q,000,000. la certainly a great corporation great enough to have caused world-wide remark three or four years sgo. But the existence ot tbe United States Steel corporation, with Its stock capital of over $1,000,000,000, still keeps tbe Pennsylvania corporation in a secondary place, notwithstanding lu pres ent rapid expansion and vaatly expensive schemes of Improvement which have been planned. In extent of mileage, aa well aa in magnitude of traffic, the Pennsylvania continues to be the first of railroad cor porations; but tbe Rock Island company ia in tbs way of aurpaealng It in point of mileage. With the projected acquisition of the St. Louis A San Francisco, with nearly S.000 mllea of road, the flock Island com pany will control something like 18,000 miles. PERSONAL SOTKS. One of New York's get-rlcb-qulckers will now have a year in prison to think up new schemes to make people think he can show them how they can live without working. President VfacLcan of the State univer sity of Iowa, when In Washington during the holidays, extended an Invitation to Senator Hsar of Massachusetts to deliver the commencement addreas at the univer sity. Tbs senator recently accepted this Invitation. Parke Godwin, the veteran editor, and a son-in-law of William Cullcn Bryant, has Just celebrated his eighty-seventh birthday. He resldea tbe greatt-r part of the year at the former home of the poet Koslyn, Ixng Island. Still disbursing the wealth of. the late Dr. Thomas W. Evana! The celebrated American dentist appears to have left al most ss much gold to his heirs as In the courae of his busy professional experience be ever packed Into the teeth of royalty. Senator Depew is now more firmly ea tahllshed than ever in his right to be railed "silver-tongued." Capltalista who heard the senator tell at a dinner of a miner who asked him to "grub-stake" a claim In California took tbe tip and In vested. The claim has Just been sold tot $1,600,000. Next In sire to New Hampshire's legisla ture, which has 417 members, Is Connect! cut's, with 279. The Massachusetts legisla ture has 277 members, Georgia 219 and Illi nois 201. Tbe pay of members of tbe New Hampshire legislature is $200 a year, ex clusive of mileage, and $3 a day for attend ance at a special session, the limit of which Is fifteen days. Tbs owners of 35,000 tons of anthracite coal, tied up in the Erie basin In New York tried to sell it at $1.50 per too on Satur day, and were unable to do so. All thia coal Is said to have cost the buyers between $! snd $10 per ton snd a single firm ia said to have lost $100,000 in its attempt to fleece the public during the past winter. Soon after her marriage to Napoleon III Emprers Eugenie began to collect and Tie Important lettera from sovereigns, states men, aoldlera and other men of note. She ilso gathered a great many souvenirs of Marie Antoinette. Before the siege of Paris she had much of ibis property sent out of France and now baa In ber posses sion materials for many interesting vol ume) of inside court history. Twenty-six German til lea are worn by American girls who have married ab.-oad snd twenty English peerages. There sre three French duchwsea sod nvs French countesses of American birth. Seventeen Italian noblemen and six "Russians of title' have laid their coronets at the feet of American bridea. Holland haa two baro nessea, American born; Bivarla, one rotin- tess, and the sovereign urine of Monaco doses tas Hat ROlsD ASOIT EW lORK. Ripples n the Carre at mt lit In the MetrsrsMtlln. Marriages performed In the city ball ef New Tork la the futurs sre tn have so srrhitectaral Imt'aMen of ehnva-Iike sur roundings. Heretofore ths ceremony Ucked tha dignity and solemnity which ssually goes with the anion. Tbe marriage room waa commonplace In appearance sal equip mentbars benches running arouad ths walls snd a mil top dsk as Its sole oraa ment. Amid such unconventional rif- roundlnxs the second epoch In human life aa performed, oftentimes witnessed by the mocking hablfnes of the city hsll. A change for the better hxa been ordered, to the plans for remodeling ths building the srchltect has provided a marriage bureau, which will resemble la some degree s ca thedral crypt. It Is to have nimerotis massive pillars, supporting aa arched roof. and a raised marble dais. Behind this the wall has been curved so as to resemble ths embrasure of a church chancel. And to carry out hta idea of supplying a marriage bureau which will have to some degree ths sppearance of a chapel, it will even have a table resembling an altar table placed within the curved wall at the rear of the platform. A new line of Industry has been prollt bly worked by Jacob Hoffman. He could have made a large sum. doubtless, tf ths laws of New York had not been In his way. He has been Interrupted by a three years' erm In the state's prison. His specialty was widows who were feel ing wealthy by the collection of Insurance npon the lives of their recent husbands. Jacob had an Insinuating way snd began the wooing of the woman before he hinted at the money. There were twenty-seven of these In the court room on the day he was tried, each ready to tell what she knew. Each of the company glared St the other twenty-six. snd then they all gjsred st Hoffman. He made acquaintance throngh a marriage broker, who doea a thriving business on ths east side. This gentlemsn keepa books after the manner of a real estate agent. He has hearts, sffectlons. conjugal happi ness for sale Instead of land; that Is ths only difference. He Is called upon by a man who wants a wife. A bill of psrtlculsrs Is ssked fur snd entered npon his books. A woman desires to be mated. What snd who shall he be? She describes her Ideal. He ia entered. In moat of these eases one essential quail oration goes down. The party of the other part must have money. or there can be no trade. A commission Is charged In every case. Hoffman came back so often that the agent must have suspected something or decided that his client was a hard man to suit. In every case he wanted widows. No matter what might be the claims of a spinster specified In the books shs mads no sppeal to his fancy. In each of the twenty-six cases he had borrowed money, in greater or lesser sums. from the woman. He finally wooed Mrs. Kummlsky, snd with such success that he got into trouble. One day he said to her: Well, goodbye. It's to the river I'm going." She urged him snd he explained. H wss In debt, snd unless he paid up he would go to Jail. How much must you hsve?" shs asked. Two hundred dollars." But he compro mised on $S5, snd the poor woman pawned some of her furniture to get it for him. The Judge said he was glad to sentence him. "You sre tbe meanest man ever brought Into this court," he said. And each of the swindled widows looked ss If It would do her heart good to say Amen!" Two pretty girls from Illinois have taken Wall street Into camp with the newest get-rich-qulck scheme. They hall from Champaign, but their name Is Forest- Marie, aged 18. and Belle, 20. Bright and early on a recent morning they began to canvsss the brokers' offices with tickets entitling the bearer to "one shine" st the Eagle Tonsorlal Parlor. Tbe street, after It recoered from the shock, fell to this proposition with promptness snd sssldulty. By closing time Marie snd Belle said they had sold 1.000 tickets, snd exhibited the coin In evidence. By this token the s);1rls have undertaken to polish 1,000 pairs of boots, beginning next Mondsy morning. ith their own bands. Wall street went home in some doubt as to whether the shines would really be forthcoming or It had played the come-along to a couple of fair female farmers. The doubt still stands, but, in either event. Wall street will never squeal, especially ss It claims to have had value received for its $100 in the form of a new game Imparted by two really pretty girls. Only a few weeks sgo, you may remember, a veiled woman appeared on the Wall street curb with a sbine box aid timidly asked for business. But after a few obviously painful minutes abe yielded to the entreaties of a man and disappeared with him in a cab. It appeared she was only winning a bet. Whether Belle sad Marie got their idea from this Incident may neve? be known. They say they came here for work, looked la vain for thre weeks snd then conceived tbe shins scheme. Also they say It Is the very best they know, so far. The courts of New York have bravely taken up a question too long left unset tled, and in their conclusions, tbe gentle men of the mortuary trade do not have tbe better of It. The question Is: How much has an undertaker, who has been told in a general wsy to go shead and "do tbe proper thing," a right to charge for his services? Tbe Judge who has gone over a bill, cut out $25 the undertaker bad charged for his own Bttendance. Tbe reason was tbst ths party to whom the services were rendered should not be made to pay a business man for running his own business. Tbe next item was a charge of $25 for flowers or dered by a friend of the deceased. Tbe court held that It this friend wished to send flowers, she should pay for them. Nor did the Judge consent to $10 for the use of a casket which the undertaker had brought along and laid down by the grave. It was not needed In tbe first place, and in tbe second the charge was excessive. MY9TEIUOIS COAL SIHPI.IS. Sadden Isrovrrlsg of Vast Heaps of lllack Diamonds. J'lillnlcllihla North American. One of the objections urged by the oper stors to reduction of tbe number of hours in . miner's workday waa that the amount of ccai mined under (he proposed condl tion would not be sufficient to supply the market demand. It Is but a few weeks siuce tbe operators also were denouncing the miners with much virulence for their alleged unwillingness to co-operate In re lieving the fuel famine and asserting tbat the shortage of coal was dm mainly to their refusal to work overtime. Now tbe supply of coal In storsge ysrds Is so great that collieries lu tbe Schuylkill region sre reducing the working time to a three-quarter day. Tbe irresistible infer ence is that the sinter shorisge was exag gerated, if not created for the double pur pose of punishing tbe public for sympathis ing wilh tbe strikers snd enabling specu laiors in coal to Oil Ibelr own pockets snd the coffers of lb combine. It Is remarkable tbst s surplua should appear so early in ths season ss tbe result of tbe refusal of mine workers to respond to Mitchell's request that they exert tbeio- sslvsa to rtlisvs publi distress. THAT BaRTLET CIOR HOI. Pswaee Press: The Bartley "cigar box" is emitting soma smoke. Norfolk Press: Jos Bartlsy It st home to the people who want to borrow meney, but not to legislative committees that want him to tell where he got It. Broken Bow Republican : The ssuch talked ofetgar boa" of ex-Stat Treasurer Bartley now under Investigation by a com mutes of the house at f-.is writing has the arpearao.ee of being a myth. Crt Vlderte-Hrld It Is pretty late la ths day to eramtna that "dr box " Bartley has been oat long enougk to have "smoked" np the entire contents, snd the Investigation is so haxy that it will end la smoke. Nelson Gaxette: It doesn't m-arter so much who haa that historic cigar box. but. the taxpayers of Nebraska are Interesrel In knowing what became of ths money entrusted to Bartley and whether any of it can be recovered. Wlaner FTeo Press: The letter of Mr. favage in which he stated that he would show up the contents of the clgsr box waa a Joke says his then privsts secretary. The whole political course of the esf.seme-1 governor was A hog Jeat. Elm Creek Beacon: Now ts It posalb'e that the pardoa of Joseph S. Bartley Is void. Tlie sea! oo the document ts not ths proper one, snd the secretary ot stats has not signed it. Ths matter la la charge of the "elgsr box" committee for Investiga tion. Taylor Clarion: Tbe legislature has ap pointed a committee to "investigate that Bartley cigar box." Some people are al ways wanting to "Investigate" something, but In this caso no one will "kick" provided they knock the bottom clear out and do a good Job of cleaning np. But, ws opln. if there Is snythlng "in If some one will wish they were not "la It." Wiastde Tribune: And now It Is said there sever was a Bartley cigar box. This will make one Edward Roaewater writhe in sgony to think that Savage has triads game of him. but Rosy's misery will be more than offset by the relief It will give a whole lot of fellows with borrowed stats money who really thought there was a 1 cigar box lurking around ready to expose them. a . Howell Journal: Ex-State Treasurer Bartley la said to be making a good liv ing st the present time In loaning money. Of course it Is needless to say that his capital was stolen from tbe stats. , Tbs republican governor who pardoned Bartley said that when he gained his liberty ha would at ones commence putting back ths funds hs had stolen, but np to data he has shows no Inclination to do so. Holdrege Cttlxen: A Bartley investiga tion committee has been appointed by ths house to And ont snout ths contents of that cigar box we have beard so much about ever since the Bartley defalcation occurred. The people for a long time have wanted to know something about ths mystery con nected with this matter. Tbs investigation may fill a long felt want and It may be a farce. Walt tor the outcoms with pa tience. Elm Crsek Beacon: And Bartley a com mutes is after that matter red hot and la getting In shape to find out something. Bartley was very brave a few weeks ago, oven defiant. Now bs Is In Chicago or some other good where. And Savage, who sprung the cigar box threat Is on ths other side of tbe continent. The committee baa plenty of witnesses, though, to gst many of the facta of ths ease, perhaps to tho bottom. Wayns Herald: The committee appointed to Investigate the Bartley "cigar box" story have discovered that ths "cigar box" deal is a myth,, that Hoieomb.- tbe father of It. claims that he had coined tbe ex pression when telling the story of cheek ing Bartley up. The examination thus isr has not disclosed the whereabouts of the lost cash nor the contents of ths mythical cigar box. An effort has been made to get Bartley and Savage before the com mittee, but so fsr all efforts have been of no avail. Scrlbner News: A fact emphasized by ths sttempt to prove tbe Bartley affair la the legislature this week Is that the pardoa of the defaulting ex-treasurer was unconsti tutional, as far as ex-Governor Bsvsge Is concerned. Men throughout, ths stats who had been his beneficiaries were compelled to chose between ths alternative of bring ing about his release or being exposed. They naturally preferred the former course. Bartley, in keeping affairs In relation to his defalcation a profound secret and slyly evading the lair laid for Mm by a legis lative investigating committee. Is merely keeping his end ot tbe bargain. Mead Advocate: Joe Bartley has a little box that's full of stolen "dough," and every place that Bartley goes that box is sure to go. He tskes It when bs goes to bed snd when hs goes to sup, and "I doa't think that hs intends to ever dlwy up. For Joe's aa awful slippery cuss, a rascal, too, no doubt, and where he keeps that lit tle box will never be found out. Unless, some day, when conscience smites or death 'er Joseph stesls, and hs at soms un guarded time Its hiding plscs reveals. That box will never see tbs light sad none will ever know who helped to cover up ths steal and shsred the swsg with Joe. North Platte Tribune: Ex-Stats Treas urer Hill sppesred before the legislative Investigating committee ths other day and under oath declared tbat when be turnel the office over to Joe Bartley there were no I. O. U.'s; tbst the funds were In cash or in tbs shape of bank deposits. This itstement will tend to disprove tbe theory tbat prior to Bartley taking the office ot treasurer the former treasurers bad been passing down from one to soother a lot of yySyA I Caught mi . II P ! I!l!fc lllllJI iSe II I rlntrips. wft feet, enldc: nloht rmiphs. w.w. the croup And it life to keep on hand a bottle Just one dose at bedtime, when the cold is threatened, will stef all future trouble. We wish you would ask your doctor if he knows anything better for colds, coughs, bronchitis, weak throats and lungs. Thnesiuai 2Sc, wt., ti.t. j. t ni ca, uii. us. " 1 bave used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral in my family for eight years, and I know nothing could be better for the coughs and coWa of children." Mrs. H. Brymer, Shelby, Ala. worthless pspr sutrosed to represent state funds, sad Bartley. being st th snd ef ths string ehen ths nffi. s p.ied into the hands of a treasurer of a d'.!Ternr. political party Jni eonll therefore not ps on ths worthless paper, had to suffer fir 'he care lessness cr crime sf his predecessors. Mr. Hill s statement makes It quits plain tht the defatcsMcns which turned .ap at ths end of Bartiey's term were of h:s own making, blit ws far one believs that hs wss ths pliant tool of friends who wanted a whack at tLe state funis anl got them. CSsppell Rear'ster: It wss generally sup posed" when The Bee wss agltatrng ths Bartley elssr box Investigation that the Investigation. If ever stfempted. woaM bs a farce and that no good would result to the peopte ef the srate. But It begins to look now that the committee 'means b'wl esn. and an Investigating fever pervades tbs cspltol. Meaerve sad Cfitefer are to be called to account for mlsappmrrtnttno of state funds. Secretary of State Mirsh Is asked to explain why hs pal4 nnregscn iMc prices tor sup-plies sad where some of the valuable carpets Is that was pur chased for the stats with stats money. The populists, not to be outdone, prrpos to bring Impesrhment ptoceedlngs against ex Secretary Porter If hs does not "put It bsrfc." A thorough sweeping without psr tlsllfy' to republics, democrat! er pop ulist corners would ts doubt roosea up a good many cobwebs. Columbus Tetegrsra: The legislature haa sppolnted a special committee to lift ths lid oa that famous Bartley "efgsr-bot." which Is supposed to rentata ths itti Mils of the bankers snd politicians wne bor rowed stats money from ex-Tresjnrer Bart ley. Bartley snd Governor Savsg knew which wsy the wind wss blowing, sad both left the stsie before the date of the firt meeting of the committee. The Investiga tion will be farcical, but If should Dot bs so. The people of the stste sre entitled to know the names of Bartiey's jirtners In crime. It ts noticeable- thst some very prominent bankers snd politicians sre Jnst now slmost sweating coal oil. so fearf-tl sre they that their connection wfth th-- Bartley shortage wfil be disclosed. These men are not all republican politicians At least three prominent so-called fuslonlsts" sre on Cneesy street. A democratic thff as oo better than a republican tfitef. The Telegram hopes the rnvestlgation mar bring the names ef ths thieve to ths surface. W confess there Is not much foundation for the hope. A Ceaahlas) that Failed. Ftinadelphla. Press. The "Elklns law appears to be a mnch wiser measure than many of ths railroad managers thought It to Toe when It passed congress. It haa Just saved ths govern ment a Isrga sum la the transportation of military and naval parties between Chicago and the Pacific coast. : Before ths passage of the bill aa agreement ot "understand ing"" wss la process of formation amonf western rsllroads as to ths rates to t charged tho government for this work. The Elklns law scared some ef tbe rail roads out ef the "arrangement," and as a result the bids are away below existing prices, less thsn one-half. These low bids followed the supreme court decision, wtiirh Indirectly affirmed the eoturtitutloasMty ot the law. PAgfTXO JESTS). The Youth You any a terrible " trial awaits me. Ttell me what It Is. Fortune Teller Pre pars for the worst, young man. The cards say you will marry a girl who ts a cooking school graduate. Chicago Maws. Esther I suppose you would call the B re writers a perfect match. They always act like a pair of lovers).- - Constance Why, tbey are quarrelsome more than half ths time. .,. Esther That's what t " mean. Boston Transcript- - . . - v . Tho longer I live," sighed the sage, "and ths more I learn the more firmly am I convinced that I know absolutely nothing." "I could have told you that twenty-five years ago," said his wife, "but I knew it would be of no use." Chicago Tribune. "Miss Boxiey," began ths young poli tician, "er Maude, I love you. 1 " "Oh, this is so sudden," she exclaimed. "But surely you must bave gruessed. I have been calling here so much of late." "Ah, yes, but since you are a politician I thought your visits were without sig nificance.' "Philadelphia Press. "I hope," said the girl's mother, aftsr th young millionaire had departed, "tbat you gave him proper encouragement." "Oh, yes." she replied. "I totd Mm I was engaged to a man who was craxy to xaeary me ths minute he got throegb college. Chicago Record-Herald. The old gentleman steadily regarded him. '.'Well," he said, "It Is evident that my daughter did not pick you out for your personal attractions. Hence I must con clude that you have some practical points that are of value. Take her my boy, she's yours." Cleveland flaln Dealer. Urs. De Style One of those eggs 1 bought here this morning had a chicken in it. Grocer Veil, madam, dit you oxahpeet to find a mocking plrd In It? New York Sun. She What would you think of a tax oa bachelors? He Ob, pshaw! den't we save to buy wedding- presents? PRIltO FLOWERS. Martha Day Fenner In Ths Outlook. The Spring: will bring another flowsr. Yea, one of richer hue. Dame Nature knows no meager dower. When Spring would wed with yea The garden of your last-year love Is killed by droutn-anct waste: Remorse has set a Lllght abovs The gate, then fled In baate. The flower of richer hue will btoonj. Yea. flaunt Its color rare. A cri!-im blotch uon the gtooin Thai .'. ir lingers there. Your Mji-yeur love mil l-jok. and grieve To see the flower apart. Then turn with allent trvid and lsuve The garden of your h-srt. in the shower! Damp - - -ww., , -?" a apart of school life. should be a part of home of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.