THE OMAHA DAILY 1JEE: MONDAY, MATCCII 10, 1903.
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(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:
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t ,to ar ai,io
7 ff.AAO 21 l,TO
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unnold an-1 returned eopia 0t
Nat total ! 4.OW
Net averaua Ml ,
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ButrtirTlb! I m pren ni worn to
h.fora ma thia 2itn dir of Fhriiry .A. i.
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(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."
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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apart of school life.
should be a part of home
of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
