Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 01, 1903, Page 6, Image 6
THE OMAHA DAILY - l!I?Et Fill DAY, MAY 1, 1003. 0 The Omailv Daily Bee. B. ROdEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally 1m (without Sunday), On Year..MO0 Inlly I.ea snd Sunday, One Year Illustrated Use, One Year j-J Sunday Bee, One Year f Bturday Bee. One Tear J-jJ Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIED. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... to Illy Bee (without Sunday), per week...lio Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week..I7o fcunday Bee, per copy JO Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week So livening- Bee (Including Sunday), Pr week 100 Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICE9. Omaha The Bee Building. . South Omaha-oty Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluffs iO pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York 232S Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Pub"lng Company. Only t-cent stamps accepted In payment ot mall accounts. Personal checks, except oil Omaha, or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, fata nf K'.hr. . V TVinlaa County. SO.! George B. Tssc.huck, secretary of The Be Publishing Company, being duly, sworn, Sava that the ai-tuaf number of full ana eomnleta nna of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of March. l0t. was as follows TUB MILKS BtrvRT. Any effort to discredit the national administration through the report of General Miles regarding bis investiga tions In the Philippines rlll have no effect with fair-minded men. It must of course be admitted that some of the statements of the report are of a se rious nature, showing that there hnve been in the army in the Philippines men who were unworthy to wenr the American uniform, but It Is not shown that there has been any laxity either at Manila or In Washington In properly dealing with those who have wantonly violated the lawa of civilised warfare. It Is a well-attested fact that officers who have been charged with cruelty or other wrongs have been subjected to court- martial and punished if convicted. Pos sibly some hnve escaped detection. Per haps, also, there has In some Instances been too great leniency on the part of courts-martial. But we are not aware of any case where' charges have been 1 29,3 IS (SleBlO tttesseeae(i31730 4 u.eio I.... Bl1M 6e.aejftaeAla0OO( . T 81,600 (.. TO si.eoo 10 si, wo U.,. w.. 61, 7SO II 81,720 IS...' 81.TB0 It S1.70O U .8S.530 U. 81.S40 Total 11 81.TOO U Sl.TBO II 81,680 JO. 81,40 XI 81.B60 X2 89,21V 2. 88JM 14 81,640 81,810 26 81.T40 17 81.TTO 31 S1.U70 tt .....2,0O0 8) 81,20 U .81,700 .070,008 unsold and returned copies... lo,481 Net total sales..... 09,814 Net average sales BO.WJO GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me mis mat day ot Marco, a. - Uut. M. B. HUNGATB, ISesX) Notary PubUo. May Day has come and organised labor and organized capital are again face to face. When the corporations have it In for anybody the corporation lawyers and the corporation strikers have It In for him also. By a legislative blunder the number of Justice courts In Lincoln will In crease from two to three, which la Just three too many. . The democratic barn stormers point with pride to their platform, but they hare notbeen able to point with pride to their candidate for mayor. Republicans afflicted with conscien tious compunctions about voting for Mayor Moores should remember that a vote for Benson la half a vote for IIowelL K Unless the building contractors and the worfclngmen engaged in-' the building trades arbitrate their differences pretty soon Omaha will experience a killing frost In mld-aummer. The boodle Investigation at Spring- field partakes very much of the char acteristics of the Bartley investigation at Lincoln. The investigators appear to be trying hard to find nothing. of inferences. This Is a disposition which should be earnestly encouraged. As was said by Senator Hanna there is always a neutral ground, a neutral league committee whose assessments bad been raised and endorsed bis com petitor, C. O. Lobeck. For this measly course no explanation has yet been position where the great forces of labor offered and can not be given unless we and capital can meet and at least con sider the situation. The tendency to find this ground which Is being mani fested Is a fact In the present situation which Is highly reassuring. assume that In their seal for Benson the tax reform members of the exchange have sacrificed and traded away Hunter to appease the wrath of the corporations and mercantile tax beaters. WRY DO TIF orrOSK MUOBtSt All the corporations opposed Frank B. Moores In the republican primaries and all the corporations have Joined hands to defeat him at the election next Tuesday. It goes without saying that the - corporations never- oppose a man who is willing to do their bidding. They are arrayed against Moores because he has resisted co.porate pressure and will not take bis orders from the corporation managers. The Burlington raiiroaa, ror example, has opposed Moores because he signed the ordinance granting the made that the military authorities have right to the Northwestern Railroad com- declined or failed to make an Investlga- pany to extend Its tracks Into the Job bing district, thus destroying the monopoly of railroad trackage which the Burlington had for many years enjoyed. This action on the part of Moores was clearly In the Interest of Omaha, and especially of Omaha manufacturers and Omaha wholesale dealers. But while Moores has Incurred the everlasting enmity of the Burlington he has failed to Inspire gratitude or local patriotism among the Jobbers who have Joined handa with the Burlington In Its des perate effort to down Moores and elect Howell by projecting Stalking Horse Benson Into the campaign. Whether the Missouri Pacific has any thing In cohimon with the Burlington on switching grievances Is not discernible, but Its general manager la openly shout ing for Boomer Benson when he must know that Benson has no more chance of being elected mayor than he has of being struck by lightning In mid-winter. While there is no community - of Interest In terminal privileges between the Union Pacific and the Burlington, tlon. As to the statements of General Miles they are made, as he himself confesses, on hearsay and without any proof to substantiate them. lie obtained them mainly from Filipinos, who In most Instances failed to put their charges In writing. This Is not the sort of testi mony which the American people will be disposed to accept as justifying a sweeping condemnation of the army In the Philippines. The, reply to the re port made by Judge Advocate General Davis must convince anybody open to conviction that no effort has been spared In the matter of Investigating charges against military (Officers. Even now in vestigations are In" progress as to charges made long ago and If they are found to have a substantial basts -it Is not to be donbted that the officers against whom they are made Will be tried and If convicted Will be punished. It would seem that no rational person could believe that President Roosevelt or Secretary Root would shield any In his latest lecture at Hampton, Vs., at the Industrial institute, Booker Washington hits the nail on the head when be declares: "The negro Is seeking no social equality. The negro Is as proud of his own race as the white man is of his race. I believe it Is the duty of the white people to try to get Insight Into the domestic, buHlness, moral and religious life of the negro and this they can do without Introducing the bugbear of social equality. I believe the white people of this country have about begun to realize that they can't get rid of the negro. The necro Is not going to colonize; he is not going to die out and tnln Broadway is the longest street ROt'ND ABOtT SEW YORK. Ripples en the Cnrrent f Mfe I" Metropolis. The best dressed men In New York are the Wall streeters. There Is one young member of the stock exchange who Is fa mous for bis clothes. He has a wardrobe In his private office and changes his suit three times day at 10, at noon and at t o'clock. A busy session on the Boor will wreck any suit. Most ot the brokers wear an old office coat in the shuffle and tur moil, and there Is scarcely an active mem ber but has an extra pair ot trousers to put on after the close ot business. Scores of little tailors In the financial district make a good living pressing trousers at 60 cents a pair. City engineers in the various depart ments, reports the Times, have become In volved during the last two weeks In a dis cussion as to whether New York city has the longest continuously paved street of any" city In the United Ststes. Some en gineers said that Broad street, Philadel phia, held the record, and others that Dela ware avenue In Buffalo, leading out to Ton- awanda, was the longest continuously paved street In the country. "Some people yon can't bury him. You've got him here and the best thing you can do for him Is to make him a decent, self-re specting, honest American citizen." Under the law. recently enacted county funds may be loaned out at two per cent per annum, but that permission Is not by any means to be construed as a prohibition of accenting as high a rate of Interest as any responsible bank Is willing to pay. Douglas county treas ury dopoplts have been farmed out for years without yielding any Income to the county under pretense that the law did not authorize the deposit of these funds at a lower rate than three per cent Now that the limit Is reduced to the rate that is being paid by the banks on city deposits taxpayers have a right to Insist that the funds shall earn some Interest for the county. said Engineer N. P. Lewis of the Board of Estimate. "From the standpoint of length Broadway Is one of the longest streets since the names of sections In the Bronx have been changed. Broadway at the pres ent time extends from the Battery to the city line. There is a break in the pave ment of about half a mile. In a few years the breaks in the pavement will be filled In, and then there can be no discussion as to New York's right to claim the longest con tinuously paved street In this country. New York will then have a street fifteen miles in length from the Battery through the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx up to the city line. Broadway became the longest street In the country by the change In the name of the Boulevard to Broadway, and also the change In the name ot King's Bridge road to Broadway." At a meeting ot the creditors ot the Led ger Monthly, held last Monday, at which nearly all those Interested were repre sented, the concern was sold to J. H. Ble- bert, who publishes a periodical known as ine campaign of deception and im- f the Leda-er oomoany. said that the trans- should do something BETTER GET TOtiKTIIEH, President Roosevelt Shoal Re Heeded In Omaha. Chicago Tribune. The sentiments regarding the proper relations of capital aud labor uttered by President Roosevelt at Omaha wero ap plauded by a large audience. He pleaded with capitalists and worklngmen to deal with matters which Interest thern both free from arrogance on tho one side and devoid ot envy on the other. He scored the demagogue who endeavors to excite class hatred as the wo rot enemy of the clans whose champion he pretends to be. He said and no one will dispute It that "In the long run and as a whole we are going to go up together, or go down together," and hence the necessity for honesty and common sense In dealings between capital and labor, whose interests are so Inex tricably Interwoven. It Is said that the president's theme was suggested to him by cltliens ot Omaha, who hope words coming from his Hps In behalf of industrial peace will serve to avert the Industrial strife which it Is feared will begin In that city May 1. There are apprehensions of a number of strikes on that day and of stormy times. It Is to be hoped that the president's remarks will have a good Influence. They were cheered by those who heard them, and their wis dom will not be questioned by those who read them. It Is to be feared that not all the men who should be Influenced by the president's advice will pay attention to It. There will probably be some employers and also some . worklngmen who will re fuse to listen to good advice, even when It comes from a president of the United States. Even if the Omaha papers act on the suggestion of the president, and print for the Instruction of their readers the concluding portion of the report of the anthracite strike commission which cer tainly makes excellent reading labor men who have formulated demands and em ployers who have refused to accede to them may fall to read the report, and If they do read It may decline to admit that It lays down a rule of action for them. The president has done all he can do in the premises. It devolves now on the municipal authorities of Omaha, the busi ness men, and all good citizens who are Interested In the preservation of indus trial peace to take the matter Into their hands and make a united effort to pre vent damaging strikes or to settle them speedily. The whoje community will be affected bv the threatened strikes. It besides asking the GOOD RinDAJCK. th A revr Pouted Remarks IMttanara: Wddla. i Minneapolis Journal. J If there is anything that will tempt a sober, soft spoken American cltlsen to wish for temporary control ot a plethoric vocabu lary of oplthets and expletives It Is such an affair as that Yarmouth-Thaw wedding In Pittsburg. Here Is an Amerieaa girl at beauty, wealth and good position who has madly thrown herself away on a miserable scion . of a woruout and leached aristocracy, a wretched parasite, dependent, unprincipled. T a low muslo hall singer, a greedy dowry J hunter, who for all his pauperism declined to marry the girl If she brought mm omy $80,000 a year. There are ugly but quite believable re ports that this despicable matrimonial fortune hunter who could not get his foot Into thousands Of American homes actually delayed the wedding for half an hour while he haggled over a few more pieces of gold as the price of bis consent to marry the Thaw girl. The whole contemptible barter and sale Is enough to make every American blush. The only bright side of this revolting affair Is the reluctance of Miss Thaw a mother to consent to the accursed alliance, but that reluctance Is blemished by her final consent to add $70,000 a year to satisfy the greed ot this misnamed nobleman who would not take the girl and $30,000. There Is, however, this consolation: Miss Thaw for all her millions must be an un worthy daughter ot America, If she Is willing to mate with such a noble remnant as the earl of Yarmouth. With his $100,000 a year the earl will probably take her and himself out of the United Ststes and stay out, and by that double riddance the country will bo bettered. DOBture la to rnlmlnntu Rntnrrinv hv ih . v.. ha hean made, and nrealdent for a kindly word. It ehouid - - mrj --- I l t-U U ll V,VI I j " ' , . g. . . - , general distribution of unsolicited ha ierT Month owners were now In noe- make a concerted effort to reconcile local - I O - wwb, av MWU va ' - DV I IV 1 1 v va uu- I " - - 1 , . . officer of the army who was known to there Is a sympathetic feeling between jTlce and corporation sample ballots pre- e,0 of the Ledger. The price is said capital ana iqcbi ipor, have committed cruelties and barbarl- that corporation and all the other rail- pared in the name of the alleged Mu- Uound' fibres "abHut SoM.'on.' the TOO MUCH P ties such as General Miles speaks of. I roads against Moores because Moores The president and secretary of war are Is held primarily responsible for the unquestionably as solicitous as any one I raise in the assessment of the railroads can be for the good name and honor 1 from $206,000 to more than $25,000,000, of the army. Not even General Miles I The Intense hostility of the franchlsed nlclpal League of Omaha, which has not had a tangible existence for years and Is made up of about a baker's dozen of business men politicians. It Is a matter of notoriety that the committee, which himself Is more anxious to preserve the corporations to Mayor Moores is due to embodies about all there Is left of the fame of the American soldiers. It may be said, also, that Governor Taft and bis associates In the civil government of the Philippines are the last men who should be suspected of blinking at out rages of the nature stated In the Miles report It Is simple Justice to those men to believe that If they were aware of such outrages they would not hesi tate to denounce them and bring them to the attention of the military authori ties. The national administration has done Its duty In the Philippines and will not suffer In the resnect of falr- the position Moores has taken In favor of municipal ownership, cheaper light and power and reduced telephone tolls. The Thomson-Houston electric lighting monopoly is opposing Moores and favor ing Howell because Moores Insists that the . city of Omaha shall own and operate Its own electric lighting plant and because he exerted his Influence in favor of the submission of the ordinance granting a franchise for. the proposed electric power canal. The telephone monopoly Is opposed to Municipal league, agreed to disagree and that the circulars to be sent out were prepared by the rump of the com mittee for the rump candidate of the republican convention with a populist label. ,, round figures, about $30, creditors who was present at the sale said afterward that there had been only two offers for the property, the -one from Mr. Siebert and another ot $2,500. "It was that or bankruptcy," added the disconsolate creditor, "so we agreed on the sale, al though It won't pay 10 cents on the dollar of our claims. The payment waa to be $1,000 In cash and $5,000 within three da,ys." Mrs. Barbara Morgan, a colored woman, who weighs several hundred pounds, when Remember that citizens who failed to register last November must present themselves for registration at their re spective yotlng districts next Satur day. This also,, includes the citizens who registered this spring for the prl- Moores because he has shown a disDo-1 mnrles, but were not registered last fall, minded people from what Is said In the Sitlon to respond to public sentiment that or were not entitled to vote at last fall's . - . ... .1,- - .... I rru ' L :' , x . i . . . . report or uenerai Miles. I aemanas competition ana a reduction of telephone tolls. The street railway and our DErBNSKLESS islands. gas company, which are practically Attention Is called to the defenseless I under one management, have made corn- condition of the Philippines in the re-1 mon canse with the, electric lighting election. The registration of this class of citizens at the primary election does not count at the. general election this spring. monopoly and telephone' monopoly against Moores because be has stood up for Omaha rather than for the cor porations and has committed himself to a policy tbey regard as Inimical to their Interests. If the water works company It Is not true that Mr. Benson Is a confirmed tax-shirker. He paid $7.05 Into the city treasury In personal taxes last year and would be willing to guar antee doubje that amount for a war ranty deed to the office of mayor. Good roads, the trolley and the rural free delivery are all steps in the same direction. Coupled with the farm tele phone they will completely revolu tionize farm life before the first quarter of the twentieth century has expired. ' port of General Miles, who renews the recommendation be made soon after the naval victory at Manila that at least one strategic position be fortified beyond the possibility of capture by any foreign fleet or fleets. 'There Is no Immediate danger of the kind which General but his and will receive attention from the next forced the Issue between themselves and congress. Military experts both here the people, so that It Is no longer a ques- and abroad have pointed out that In the I tlon of parties or men, but a question of event of war between the United States whether Omaha shall govern Itself or and a European naval power the archl- whether Its people shall submit to cor pelago would be a vulnerable point and I porate domination. would doubtless receive the early at- The democratic state press Is taking a very active Interest In the Omaha municipal campaign, not because Howell stands for reform, home rule and cor porate restriction, but because his elec tion would give the democrats a power- PROSPKRITY. in. Brother wttfc tbe Palefaee Poor Lo Can't Std It. Chicago Record-Herald. Sad news comes from Oklahoma, where an Investigation of the condition of Lot the poor Indian has recently been made by a renreaentatlve of the government. It ap pears that the Indians of Oklahoma are suf fering from too much prosperity. Ten or twelve years ago they were nusy and happy. Thor owned land, each head or a lamny she has had occasion to pass from her had a pony or two, a few dogs, pigs, cnica room Into the public hall, on West ena and other necessities ot life. a"l the Twenty-sixth street, she has always man- days came and went with a pleasing, It aged It by going sideways. Her oil stove somewhat monotonous regularity, was overturned last Monday morning, and Today the noble red men of Oklahoma ap- to save her life, Mrs. Morgan broke for vtMT t0 be rapidly oing to tha bad. Their the door. Ia her haste she forgot, and jana has turned out to be valuable and approached the opening full fronted. The they are leasing It to whit men at high result was that she was wedged in the prces. The result Is that the Indians are casing, and could aot'move. , 1 n0 longer forced to work for a living and The firemen pulled from in front; tne i the .r. ranidlv falling Into habits oi iaie- furnlture was burning In the rear. "Dars .... and vloe. The report of the commis sioner who has been lookipg Into the mat ter says: ' ' "Prom habits of Industry and tnim jnese Indians, or most of them, have become Idlers and vagrants on the face ot the earth. The heat friends of the Indians are those who are ia favor ot compelling them to work. Work la the salvation ot these Indians and their only salvation. The leas- the district In a brand new suit of store ing 0f lands has proved to be a great calam clothes and hat. It was only a short time ity for a majority of them. It would be a ago that the aged financier whirled Into the thousand times better for them If the leas- street with a clinker-built auto, letting bis I ing of lands was prevented and the prop annual pass on the Manhattan elevated go oeltion presented to them flatly to work er to waste in bis pocket. These Alcibiadian I starve." a nigger in trouble here," tne victim shouted. To save her life, a hose was turned upon her, until she could be pried out by (he use of a couple ot boards. Mrs. Morgan Is looking for an apartment with folding doors.' Uncle Russel Sage gave Wall street an other surprise this week by appearing In BIS CALM, GEXTLEMEN. Barons of 'Watered Stock Agitated sisid Irritated. . . Detroit Free Press. Whether the gods Intend to destroy the coal road operators who are under Investi gation by the Interstst Commerce com mission in New York Is another question, but those gentlemen of position and afflu ence have certainly been made mad. It Is sure that from the potnt ' of view taken by all those of their class they are In' hard lines. ' The Sherman law, which wsk so long ridiculed as a dead letter, has eudT-1 denly been given a mighty significance. The law can control the trusts and they are In a feverish state of agitation. Heaven forbid that any wrong should be done the barons who water atock, wear lightly tho requirements ot law, pay divi dends and employ labor as they need It. We would not take one Jot or tittle from their Importance In the - upbuilding ot the nation or the carrying out of the general scheme of salvation. Our chief regret Is that tbey appear to be losing their grip, Unnn thA A t im It, ahntif whlrh the tiavM an long hedged themselves, breaking forth with the intensity of language and temper that all the traditions of monopoly and re-' spectability concede to the fishwife. Only a day or two ago one ot the attorneys for the road had a premature explosion ot wrath that kicked like a rusty musket, and now President Bair, holding a power of attorney from the Ruler of the Universe, has broken forth to. tell men that he is tired, ot their lying. '. ., It Is a sad state of nffalrs and one that appeals to the sympathy of all good Chris tians. Men who have, devoted their lives to the beneficent work of stripping other people of all riches that might prevent their entering the kingdom ot heaven are entitled to, . more - consideration, than Mr. Baer and associates' re receiving. Never theless, who shall say that. they have not their reward? In some brighter and better day, perhaps, their names will shine glori ously In the Wall street maj-tyrology. did not expect to go out of business It 'Ul foothold m Dou8Ia county and make feats of extravagance are causing no little This' will probably be discouraging to peo Miles urges precaution against, also would be booming Benson In the . . OL e,ecuon 01 Kren aemocratlc comment on tne street, wnere r. sage nas p,e( who have longea " .. . .. -I. . . . nudges this ran and a full democratic I always neen regaraea as a lainy economi-i to notiier ana Deuer iumik". suggestion Is manifestly sound Interest of Howell. . . " " u IUU emocrauc ' t,.i,f ,J ,,... ,w .h red man i es- It is to be presumed the matter The allied corporations have thus aeleaUon to the legislature next year. -eara ,:. wai had at a bargain in a sentlally' different from hie white brother? lcmlfleamt Omission. Brooklyn Eagle. Senator Morgan says that the democratlo party's principles have received the In dorsement ot the country. , He did sot say when. POLITICS MARKS 8TRA.HQI BtD-FKLLOHS. The Real Estate exchange, which might, have rendered Omaha Invaluable service In continuing the legitimate and laudable campaign for equitable taxa- tentlon of the enemy. This seems an entirely reasonable view and should im press Itself upon congress. It Is not necessary to go Into an ex tensive system of fortifications In the Islands, but the Importance of having The question that presents Itself to at ,east on strategic position strongly tion ia jn a far way 0f being split and every taxpayer of Omaha Is not whom fortified Is perfectly obvious and as the J coming to pieces in Its vainglorious and he would like to have voted for, but worK wm "Quire considerable time It futile attempt to boom Erastus Benson anouia oe negun witnout unnecessary delay. The fortifications at Manila are said to be In very good condition and with a few changes a fid additions will be adequate. Equally strong works at some other strategic point would prob- Perlak tno Thomffht Chicago Record-Herald. When the kings of England and Italy met they kissed each other four times. Let us hope there la nothing to the theory that germs may be carried In whiskers. who among the candidates stands any chance of election and who will be In fluenced least by corporations and con tractors. into the mayor's office. In their en- thnelasm the Bensonlan members of the exchange seem to be oblivious of the fact that they have put themselves In an unenviable light before the community by entering Into an alliance with the tax- one Restful Snnday. Baltimore American. President Roosevelt went to church; lis tened to a sermon, rode fifteen miles on horseback against a high wind, talked to a bunch ot people at a soldiers' home and yet they persist la saylnge spent a rest- iui sunaay. Members of the original steel trust syndicate have received 200 per cent ably be sufficient for the security of shirking corporations and tax-shirking profit on their original Investment and the Islands against a foreign power and I jobbers who are arrayed against Moores the bulk ot this enormous profit has either been wrong out of the earnings of labor or out of water coined Into gold. In the end the consumer pays the freight The managers of the American Can company are very much perplexed over I the problem how to pay seven per cent on $41,000,000 of preferred stock. That Is precisely the problem that will con- rront otner concerns that nave guar anteed dividends or fixed Incomes on super-lnflate4 stocks and bonds. v ltn two or tnree Honorable excep tions the federal office holders of Omaha exhibit the same Indifference with re gard to the success of their party In the municipal campaign that they did lu the campaign of 1900, when the republican national committee had to set apart a special fund for persuading disgruntled federal office holders to vote the repub lican legislative ticket; so as to Insure the election of two republican United States senators. And now we are to have an astron omy trust with all the star gazers and eky prospectors of the world under one general management, with a yiew to making explorations of the heavens a systematic business In which every member of the trust will be given an assignment Instead of promiscuously roving about In universal space, trying to discover new worlds and watching for the appearance of long tailed and short tailed comets. moreover wguia oe valuable as a pro tection to American sovereignty there. SUM AFPRtBlXDID STR1KKS. Today, It has been understood, would witness the Inauguration of strikes by organized labor In all the largo cities of the country. It appears likely that strikes will be less general than appre hended. New York advices state that employers and employes there for once are of the same mind In desiring to avoid any Interruption of work this year and several of the largest building trades have been granted their de mands. Doubtless the other trades in this line will get what they ask or come to satisfactory terms with the em ployers, so that no new difficulties with labor are expected in that city. Re ports from other .eastern points are hardly less reassuring and indeed it appears to be quite generally the case that employers are disponed to follow the example of those In New York and grant the demanda of labor, where these are shown to be fair and reason able. The deliberation that has been given to this matter has evidently had the result of creating very generally a con servative sentiment Both Intelligent worklngmen and the employers of labor appreciate the fact that widespread conflicts would be most disastrous to every kind of business and would give a severe check to the proxperlty and progress of the country. There Is con sequently greater willingness on both sides to reach an amicable arrangement from selfish motives under false pre tenses and incidentally are trying to puulsh the men who have brought relief to the great majority of Omaha tax payers by equalizing the assessments between the corporations and the home owners. ' In the battle for tax reform waged by the exchange last year Erastus Benson was not even a figurehead, lie was distrusted by the men "who were In the forefront of that battle and took no active part either on the tax committee before the Board of Review, before the council or In the public arena. The very fact that the mainstay of Mr. Reason, outside of the exchange are the allied corporations, who are furnishing the sinews of war and all the merce naries at their command to assist 'the Benson boom, shows clearly that the enemies which the exchange made In its tax reforpj campaign have put that body In position to club Itself to death. The Real Estate exchange Bensonltes have not only played Into the hands of the corporate tax-shirkers and dis gruntled jobbers whose assessments had been raised by the Board of Review, but are also exhibiting a lack of appreciation of the services rendered by Mr. William Hunter as a member of the Board of Review. Mr. Hunter stood up courage ously aud manfully against all the pressure of the corporations and jobbers to sustain the tax committee of the ex change In Its efforts, but Instead of recommeudlng Hunter to the voters the Bensonlan exchange menitters have Joined wllh members of the Municipal Stranaro Scarcity ot Water. Chicago Post. A locomotive combine has been formed In Great Britain embracing works that em ploy 7,000 men and turn out 600 locomotlvss a yesr. And Its capital stock la only $10, 000,000! There must be a severe drouth over there. Broadway store. ' He saw It In a window marked 110.60 and admired It greatly. He did not buy at once, but waited until the early June days waned Into August, when It was marked down to 18.73. Then he Jumped la and bought It for cash. A young man who was born on a ranch and who, while getting his education In the east, has turned westward again every summer and baa thus maintained a fine, strong physique, recently danced with a young woman of some two hundred pounds, in a village not far west ot Rahway, reports the Evening Post. He noticed that the danelng was uphill work, and, when It was over, sank Into a chair In the Incipient stages ot exhauation. The young woman looked thoughtfully across the shining sur face of the floor and threw a glance of In vestigation at the corner where the punch bowl stood. "Doesn't It strike you that the floor Is very sticky tonight?" she inquired. The young man gallantly denied thinking so. 'It seems so to me," the young woman observed. Then she looked down at her foot, protruding from a silken flounce, and exclaimed: "Why! I've got my rubbers on!" Pnttlne; It on tho Clonda. San Francisco Call. . The Southern Pacific company seems to have won the palm for the Invention ot the most extraordinary excuse to evade respon sibility for a train wreck. In a suit for dsmagea recently tried ths company won the case by accusing a cloudburst and fixing blame upon It. n Startling Innovation. Baltimore American. The police commissioner of New York Is a very remarkable man. He declined an Invitation to address a political meet ing on the ground that as be had Issued or ders to the force under his command to keep out ot politics It was but duty to set them ths exsmple. Such consistency novel enough to touch on the revolu tionary. Silence Beat Becomes Him. Indianaoolla Journal. General Tyner expresses astonishment that the postmaster general and other high officials should have acted aa tbey did In his case, and thinks they have lost their heada. This Is probably because be has lost his a humiliation be might have avoided if he had not acted on bad advice and permitted members of his family to compromise him before the public. Ten Contmnndnicnta Heafflraacd Brooklyn Eagle. Judge Grosscup'a decision Is not revolu tionary. It merely comes at a revolutionary time. There cannot be any serious danger to business or to national prosperity In the reaffirmation of the ten commandments In a courthouse, with peosltles attached. That la all the rebate decision amounts te. We are not ao rotten that the enforcement of plain honesty and fairness between ms Is going te iuet ua OVR PBOSPERITV PERMASEJtT. Not a Note ot Pessimism Heard Any where In the Last. Kansas City Journal. 'I have been studying ths statistics of our commerce tor twenty yesrs, and I havs never known the time ia which they Indl eated a greater activity in agriculture and manufacturing, or In any of the producing Industries, than at present."- Bo says O. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau of Statls tics ot the Treasury department. His con elusions aa to all indications pointing to a continued prosperity in this country are fully supported by every authority that bas considered the matter. Railroad men, bankers, farmers, manu facturers and wholesalers In all the large business centers appear even more san ulna than the statisticians. There is not a note of pessimism anywhere in the land The facts sre In accord with all these cheerful predictions. Exports for the twelve months ending wlthMarch amounted to $114,000,000. Cot ton and grain exports bave greatly In creased over last year's figures. Exports of Iron and steel, however, have slightly declined, but tho authorities And in Ibis fact a striking evidence ot prosperity. In that ths horns demand tor these staples has Increased and la greater tbaa the out put of all the foundries and factories working more days In the yesr tbsn ever before. If tbe well known axiom of political economy be true, thst prosperity Is Indi cated by the consumptive capacity ot a nation, then this Incressed use of home products, together with the tremendous revenues of government from custom duties far in excesa of previous years. Is a posi tive proof that tks prosperity of ths United States has come te star. Is the Indian the only one wno can & broaden out and progress In Idleness? PERSONAL ROTES. The Chicago police raided ten get-rlch- qulck concerns last week. What a strenu ous Job, this keeping the fool and his money together. Paris Is preparing a royal welcome for King Edward, but It Is pretty certain that be won't have aa good a time aa on soma ot bis former visits. Whether the door is kept open or closed it seems to be pretty generally agreea among shrewd observers that Adam Zad will manage to steal the horse. Count Montesflulou says the American business man appreciates the ' beautiful as he himself does. Whst Is more beautiful than a $5 ticket to a $1.25 "conference" on art? t'nlted Statea Senator Daniel ot Virginia said in a recent speech at Baltimore mat the nineteenth century produced Ave aol dlers to whom the world bas given the title of great Napoleon, Wellington, Von MoUke, Grant and Robert E. Lee. On Monday last Joseph Jefferson, the veteran af tor, visited the grave of bis fa ther, Joseph Jefferson, in Magnolia ceme tery, Mobile, Ala., and left a bunch of roses upon tt. The elder Jefferson fell a victim to the yellow fever during the epl demlo Of 1842. Joseph Chamberlain, who is regarded by many Englishmen as one ot the cleverest politicians In Europe, owes much of his success In publlo life to the fact that be has splendid capacity as a business man. He is thus able to bring to besr on ques tions ot high national or International Im portance the trained mind and clear per ception of a man of affairs. "They all look up to J. P. Morgan down here," asld a Wall atreet broker, "and any one ot us would break our neck to get a tip from him, but no one loves bim. There Is not a msn who would not go up against him snd break bim If he could. Not be cause they bave anything against Mr. Mor gan, but that's the spirit that rules In Wall street. First, do up the public; second, do up each other." SMILING LINES. do you believe In predestination?" I don't b'lleve In none o dem foods, no san.' !Jane, "No. sah new-fangled breakfuea Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Broker Don't you find It easier to shave some men than others? The Barber Yes; don't you? Tonkers Statesman. "I'e glad to see all dla here philanthropy goln' on." said Uncle Eben, "but I reckon it's gwlnter be a good while befo' you sees aa big a crowd at a free library as you does at a base ball game." Washington Star. "Ixok, papa! The duke has brought h coronet." "Tell htm to m ahead and rilav it. don't mind the noise." Brooklyn Life. "You take orders from both the colonel and Mrs. Allaore, do you, Gabriel? Don't you know a man can't nerve two masters?" "Ym. V kin hnia Vnn imt Ha . V. . a mlnsuH tells ye, an you'll git along all right." Chicago Tribune. ths '1 iisA "That's a queer deitlgn you have In corner of your billhead," said Slopay. "It's merely a little flower," replied tailor. "Think that's appropriate?" "Well, yes. It's a forget-me-not." Phils aeipuia tr ress. "I don't have any luck at all," growled the burglar. "Yoj didn't get caught when you broke Into that Ust bank, did vvj?" "No; I didn't get caught, but the rashler had been there ahead of me." Chicago Post. Grace Why, Hthel? How could you tell all the news In Mary's letter so soon? You haven't even read It. Ethel Well, you see. dear, I read the postscript flrat. Yonkers Statesman. "You told me Hlbbs was an accomplished musician. He says he doesn't play any In strument whatever." "He's a musician, just the same. He un derstands muxlc, and can tell good music from bad. Can't a man be a good theologian without being a preacher?" Chicago Tribune. IN MAY. John Burroughs In the May Century. When grosbeaks show a damank rose Amid the cherry blossom white. And early robins nests dlaclnse To loving eyes a joyous sight; Whert columbines like living rnals Are gleaming 'gainst the llchened rocks. And at the foot of mossy boles Are young anemones In flocks; When gtnger-root beneath twin leaves Conceals Its duoky floral bell. And showy orchid shyly weaves ' In humid nook Its fragrant spell; When dandelion's coin of gold Anew Is minted on tha la.wn. And maple trees their fringe unfold. While warblers storm the groves at dawn When these and more greet eye and ear, Then strike thy tasks and come away; It la the Joy-month of tha year, And onward sweeps tbe tide of Msy, Waltham Watches They are carried all over the world. 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