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TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1903. 5 COOPERATIVE HOME BUILDING T.-o ,f. m "or the Twelfth Annual Meeting oi the Nebraska Bute League, IXV.EW OF THE LEAGUE'S ACTIVITY nopals of the lew Law GoTrnlii Installment larrilmril Cora pnnlra I'roKmi ( Co Operation In the Stat. The twelfth annual meeting of the Ne braska State League of Local Building and Loan asnnclatlons will be held at Wahoo on Thursday, the 21st Inst. An extended prnpram has been arranged for the occa sion. In addition to the routine business of the league, papers will be read by Hon. C. F. Bentley of Grand Island. Hon. E. Boyse, secretary of the state banking board; Judge 8. H. Sornborirer of Wahoo; O. M. Nattlnger. Omaha; R. M. Qlllan. Auburn, T. J. Fltrmorrls. Omaha; A. Truesdell. Fremont; O. H. Ollmore, Omaha, and D. H. Christie, Omaha. The names are those of the ablest and most energetic men engaged In promot ing co-operation In Nebraska. They are experienced and progressive men, and the topics chosen for discussion are of Imme diate Interest to officers and members of associations. "The present great growth and development of our state," says Secre- tary Bryson, "calls for better and more liberal systems of transacting business, and this calls for a like Improvement In the plans and methods of loan and building as sociations. The purpose of theso annual meetings Is to compare methods and ex perlences, and thus remedy any defect shown to exist. Work of the League. The state league has been In existence scarcely eleven years and has in that time accomplished a vast amount of good. It la doubtful If any other organisation of such limited membership has contributed as ef- fectively to the welfare of the people of the state. The claim Is a pretty strong one, but It Is susceptible of proof. It Is lm possible to measure the value of the league's work In dollars and cents, but the work It performed laid the foundation for the prosperity which Nebraska associations enjoy today. When the league came into existence in September, 1892, the state was overrun with hawkers of wild-cat securities Issued by associations In other states. A law In tended to restrict their operations and pro tect Investors was on the statute books but the law did not enforce Itself. The league undertook to give the law effect and succeeded, and thereby saved the po- pie of the state from loss In the subse quent wreck of foreign associations. Next the league gave some attention to numer cnl bond companies and assisted In run nlnpr them to cover. It was Instrumental In securing the amended law of 1899, pro viding additional safeguards for sharehold era. It helped to educate association of- fleers and bring about Improved business methods, the effect of which was to place associations on the highway of prosperity and strengthen them In public confidence. Control of Installment Coneerna. A move of immeasurable value on the part of the lengue was the exposure of the do- ceptlve schemes of home co-operative com pnnles which drifted into Nebraska from Missouri eighteen months ago. The pro- ceedlngs Instituted by Attorney General Prout ending with the decision of the state supreme court pronouncing the scheme a lottery practically ended their existence in Nebraska ' and furnished a precedent for other states similarly afflicted. To remedy the defects In existing law which that ac tlon developed, a bill was drafted by Pres ldent Bentley and after revision by Attor- ney General Prout and other lawyers was Introduced In the last legislature, was passed almost unanimously, and was ap proved by the governor. The law provides that every association other than those already organised under the laws of the state, which collects money for its mem tiers "by means of stated Installments or payments to be held. Invested or disbursed by the association, whether the money so contributed Is pnld for In shares In such association, or Is held by the asso ciation for investment or accumulation for the benefit of the contributors, or as an advance on merchandise, or as prop- erty of any kind, to be delivered In the future, or la held by the association to be .j disbursed among the contributors, or any I of them. In accordance with any agreed I jilm or scheme, and whether the. rela- tlon of the contributor to the association ba , that of member, shareholder, vendee, cred itor or beneficiary of a trust,'? whether In corporated, unincorporated or a copartner ship organised In this or any other state or territory, or an Individual, offering to do business of the character described. Is designated an Installment Investment com pany. j. The auditor of public accounts, the state treasurer and the attorney general, con- .muting the state banking board, are given power to iasue certificates of ap- proval. But before such certificate shall Issue the Installment Investment company must file with the board a written state ment of Its business plan, copies of the constitution and bylaws, copies of the cort tract which It proposes to make with con tributors, an Itemised account of Its finan cial condition, the amount of Its property and liabilities, and such other information aa the board may require. All such papers must be verified under oath by the officers, Foreign Installment companies are required to file annually the papers named. If the board finds that the proposed plan of busi ness and contracts are fair and equitable, a certificate of approval shall Issue. If not fair and equitable the board shall withhold approval. Penalty r Violation. If any company or agent atteYnpts to transact business without a certificate of approval both principal and agent are liable on conviction to a fine. not exceeding 11.000 or thirty days in the county Jail, or both, at the discretion of the trial court. . Installment companies organised In this state are required to make annual reports for the fiscal year ending June SO. Both the local and the foreign companies ap proved by the board are subject to ex amination at least once a year by the state back examiner, and no changes proposed . by officers of such companies in constltu- tlon. bylaws or contracts beconje effective until submitted to and approved by the state banking board. Installment investment companies already doing business In the sUte are given until If you could buy office supplies from a wholes sale house, you would think you had "a private snap" wouldn't you? But that is-just what you can do. We'll sell you bottle of Ink or a box of pena at the same price aa stationery stores pay wholesale bouses by the g-roes. Qtflof tupplit and stationery retailed at wboUttU price. EMrftke attets tm lee sfflce. OMAHA PRINTING CO..t5:&LnUt ,TCU.,$;. October 1, ISnj, to comply with the law. With the exception of the section de scribing ths character of the business sub ject to its provisions, the new law Is sub stantlally a copy of the present law gov erning bullulng and loan associations. In drafting and procuring the passage of the act the league confidently believes It has rendered a distinct service to small Investors. Association Progress. The recent observance of the twentieth nnlversary of the founding of the Omaha ssoclatlon calls attention to the history of the co-operative movement In the state. The Idea drifted from Philadelphia to North Flatte In 1S7S, where the first association was organised, March I of that year. Adam Ferguson, a Plilladelphlan, since dead, was the leading spirit of the movement and mong the shareholders was Guy C. Barton of Omaha and J. H. McConnell, formerly of Omaha, Its first president. The association ceased to exist with the maturity of the rst series, but was reorganized later and Is still doing a thriving business at the old stand. The second association, named the Equitable, was organised at Grand Island In 18S1. Two years later the movement took root In Omaha, Although twenty-seven years have passed since the parent associa tion was founded, the movement did not gather much strength until the later 'IsOs, so that about fifteen years represents Its period of development. The first statistics compiled by the state were for the year 112, when the total assets amounted to 12,402,600 and 41,186 shares In force. Assets on June 30, 102, were 14,764,200. From eighty-six associations In 1894 the number has fallen to fifty-eight, but the business of the less number Is double that of the greater, while the number of shares In force has swelled to 130,000. To show how effective the associations are In promoting home ownership, the state reports show that for the years 1896, 1897 and 1898 1,722 persons procured homestead loans and 964 persons built homes of their own. In subsequent years similar statistics were, unfortunately, omitted from the re ports. Assuming that the ratio for the years named continued through the later years, the total for six and one-half years would be 6,847 homesteads acquired by pur chase and 3,800 new homes built with as soclatlon money. STANDARD OIL AND INSPECTOR Former Official States His Version of Some Recent Con troversies. OMAHA, May 9. To the Editor of The Bee: I see some newspaper discussion as to what part the Standard Oil company took In my displacement from the office of oil Inspector, and In the appointment of my successor. Perhaps it Is Just as well to give to the public the facts aa I have them. I was anxious during the legislative ses sion to secure the passage of a new law raising the standard of oils In this state. The governor professed to be equally anx ious for the passage of the bill. After we had got the bill through one house, I learned that Ed Church, one of my depu ties, was working against the bill, and that he waa often In conference with the oil agents on the matter. Acting on this In formation I addressed the following offi cial letter to the governor: "I wish to Inform you that Deputy Oil Inspector Ed. Church has been working and talking against the bill framed by this department calling for a better grade of oils for our state. It Is apparent that he Is conspiring with the representatives of the oil companies to defeat this measure. and Is using arguments prepared by them. It seems to me that in this he Is showing disloyalty to this department and to the best Interests of the state and that It would be for the good of the service to call for his resignation. I await your pleasure In the consideration of this matter. Respect fully yours, JAMES E. HAYS." For several days I waited the pleasure of the governor In this matter. In the mean time, . by hard work we succeeded In get ting the new law through the legislature, and It received the executive signature on the 10th day of April. Deputy Church re mained In office, however. After the bill had been signed I notified the oil agents of the fact, and of the new test required. They answered my letter and gave me a list of all cars In transit before the passage of the law. My letter to them was dated April 14th, and the reply of John B. Ruth, manager, which I have In my poasession, la dated April 18. He ac knowledged that thereafter all oil shipped to this state should show the 112 test under the new law. About the 26th of the same month , the controversy arose as to the receipt of cars of oil at Blue Hilt and other points. This oil did not come up to the test as required under the new law, and I promptly ordered that It be condemned. This brought about a hasty visit from the Omaha manager of the oil company to the governor, on the 28th, and I was sent for to come to the governor's office. At this conference the governor, In the presence of Manager Ruth, requested me to accept the condemned oil. Ruth had' ex plained that It had been shipped before the passage of the bill. I told them that this was not correct, that the oil waa shipped over a week after the passage of the bill that It was Illegal In teat, and that I could not accept It. I then went away, leaving the governor and Manager Ruth together. In less than an hour I received Information that Ed. Church had been selected to sue ceed me as chief oil Inspector. Under the supervision of the new chief deputy the condemned oil was promptly ac cepted, under the fiction that It had been shipped before the passage of the new law However, I have before me a copy of the notice of shipment of the Blue Hill oil, which shows for Itself. It reads as follows "Omaha, April 22. 1903. Agent Stan dard Oil company, Blue Hill. Dear Sir Enclosed find bill of lading U. T. L. car No. 4004, containing 6.984 gallons perfection oil, shipped from Whiting. Ind., to your station order date April 21. Please have railroad agent data and sign one copy of this bill, etc. Tours truly, "JOHN B. RUTH, Manager. These letters speak for themselves, and are proof positive that my contention wa right In trying to protect the state In the rejection of the Illegal oil. They also prove that when a chief deputy' has been ap pointed to O. K. the oil brought Into thl state, the managers of the Standard Ot company are pretty securely tn the sad die, and there Is little to expect from that direction in the enforcement of the new law. J. E. HATS. CAST-OFFS OF A BIG CITY Things Which are Thrown Into the Rubbish Pile Only U Eiie Again. WASTE DOES NOT GO TO WASTE (alter City Garbage Converted Into weet-Smelllnaj Roan and Other Articles How the Transfer nation Is Wrought. A rake of soap and a bucket ot garbage those two things are surely different from one another, opposed to one another. In a superlative degree. For the cake of soaps Is pure, sweet-smelling, an agent that makes for cleanliness; the bucket of garbage Is Impure and foul. And h'ince It Is almost Impossible to believe thit out of garbage soap Is made. But this wonderful transformation is ac complished by the American Product com pany, the garbage foundry of Philadelphia. Here, last year, 279,333 tons of garbage were converted and the product Is now traveling about the world In the shape of soap, oil, fuel and fertlllxer. It is Inter esting to visit the converting plant. Inter- Ing to see refuted there the maxim that a silk purse may not be made out ot a sow's ear. The buildings are on the river, and the garbage It brought to them on scows. From the dock out to the scows a line of conveyors extends. The conveyors are' steel troughs. Blades are attached to them at right angles. The garbage Is thrown upon the troughs, and, by aa end less chain process, It Is carried quickly forward to the boilers, or digesters. Cooklnar the Garbage. These are vertical steel cylinders, 6ViH feet tn slie, that stand In rows, upright. Each cylinder has a capacity of ten tons, and Into each, by means of a sliding door arrangement, the garbage falls from the conveyors. Before a digester la charged Wbter to a depth ot three or four feet Is admitted Into It. Then, after the garbage has been put In, the machino Is shut up and a cooking begins that lasts tor eight hours. As the cooking progresses the tem perature Increases. The boiler pressure is from ninety to 100 pounds. The cooked garbage has an appearance very different from the green. Its odor la now gone and it has taken on a uolfortn brown hue. It passes Into receiving tanks iiu, feet lone. 12 feet wide and 7 feet deep. .The tanks have bottoms that slopo to the center, and at the center there Is an opening, through which the garbage Is dlscharsed UDon presses. The cresses stand side by side and are worked by means of huge ecrews. In them the garbage Is placed and they give to iv a nressure of 100 oounda to the square incu This powerful treatment squeexes out of It 11 Its oil. The oil is caugnt in traps, w tanks, underneath. The solid matter passes upon cars to a drying room. The driers are horizontal steel cylinders, and in these h tankace for the solid garbage now nas that name la stirred by means ot revolving cylinders while It dries. At the end of this process It runs forth automatically upon ennvevors to the screens. The screens are rotary, and the screenea tankage, a tobacco-colored, coarse powder, basted and sold as fertiliser, it maaes an excellent fertilizer, and on the market It fetches a good price. The tallinge from the screens the stuff, that Is to say, that la too coarse to pass through the porfora Hons is made Into fuel. These tailings supply part of the power that runs the plant. The llauld that the pressea extract our in the pressing process falls Into tanka, Here, by cooling, the grease ana water sep. arate. and the greare a oiaca. suostanca of the thickness of molasses Is taken oat and barrelled. The water remaining la pumped Into filtering tanks, and now more crease is obtained rrom it ny sximming. Still, however, there Is a substance of value In this water, and evaporation extracts it. This final substance is called "stick," and It Is mixed with tanksge. The mixture gives fertilizer of a much better quality than the ordinary tankage. Made Into Sonp In jGermany. The transformation into soap of the black grease drawn from the garbage doea not ake place In America, but in Germany, The grease la shipped to Oermany, and there It Is changed Into soap and other marketable products. America, In the per fect utilisation ot wastes. Is behind Oer many. Bo tar as America goes, nowever, In this work its methods are as sanitary and as economical aa those of any country In the world. But garbage Is only one portion of the waste of Philadelphia. Another, and great portion. Is the waste from the slaughter he uses. Take, for example, the case of a 1.200-pound steers. Thla animal yields TOO pounds of meat. The remaining 600 pounds used to be thrown away, now all of It Is used. The horns are cut off close to the head, and of their pith glue la made, while they themselves, taking, aa they do. a high polish, make aa excellent substitute for the tortoise shell. Their tips make mouth pieces for tobaoco pipes. The bones, polished, look like Ivory, and serve tor the handles ot knives and tooth brushes. The bone scraps become fertlllxer. The hoofs become glue end gelatine. The hide, of course, becomes leather. The hair Is converted Into felt for hsts, while the hair of the tatl becomes the costly commodity krown aa "curled hair." The blood makes a finishing substance that Is applied to leather, and the fat becomes oleomargarine, buttertne and glycerine. How Rifi Are Born Aealn. The rags of the city all the old clothes. shirts, stockings, pantaloons and what not that are annually thrown away these rags become ehoddy. After, by devious ways. they have come to the shoddy dealer they are laid out upon great tables, and women sort them, dividing them Into gradea, ac cording to the percentage ot pure wool that they contain. After their separation into uniform grades the rags are cut up and put into machines with big. comb-Uke teeth that shred them, reconverting them Into the original wool that they were made from. This wool, after being thoroughly washed. Is like new wool from a sheep's back, only It has shorter hairs In It It has shorter stsple and, furthermore, It lacks elasticity; It Is less strong. - Shoddy is never new wool, but it figures, all the same, tn cloth manufacturing to a large percentage. There are many shoddy mills in the world. Large fortunes are Invested tn the shoddy busi ness. A great waste converter is the dump boss. There are a number ot dump bosses la the neighborhood of League Island. These men live In dumping grounds, and the owners of the grounds pay them small salaries for seeing to It that refuse la dumped upon the land to the beat ad vantage for seeing to It that the land ts leveled by the dumpago as It should be. The dump bosses make the greater part of their living by sorting the dumpage and selling It. For certain sorts ot bottles they get 1 and cents apiece. Old shoes, no matter how dilapidated they may be, bring a good price. Tin cana are ot great value. Even broken glass will sell. The broken glass Is ground up, melted In furnaces Into a paate and pressed Into artificial stones that are used by builders. Tin cans are sufficiently valuable to fetch $t a load. There ts a factory near New York that oonverts tin cans. They are melted first and the solder la extracted from them this aolder brings over 10 cents a pouni. Then the cans themselves are unrolled an ordinary tomato can (Us nearly one square foot ot tin and are made Into aheets for roofing. Coal dust wss for a long time a waste. but It Is now a food fuel. It Is made Into briquettes that burn. - Sawdust also was a waste tn the past, but It la mixed now with clay and made Into building bricks. and, mingled with glue and other sub stances,' It becomes an artificial wood. Sawdust, again, mixed with tar and pressed Into bricks, makes a fuel much used by gas plants. Munich, the bavarian town that la noted for Its beer, la noted also for tts excel lent treatment of town waste. This waste, which averages (00 tons a day, Is first dis infected and then screened through screens of great coarseness. What will not pass through the screens runs on an endless belt past a long line of women, who seg regate the bottles, the Iron and the raga. The bottles and rags are sold, the Iron Is converted Into vitriol, the dust, mixed with dried blood, saltpetre and phosphoric acid, makes a fertiliser and the rest ot this waste ts burned. Philadelphia Rec ord. HOW TO TREAT A REPORTER Way Shoalea't the Pnblle Be Schooled ns to the News Seek er's nights t One of the leading reportera In this city. writes Victor Smith In the New York Press, was Introduced to a Wall street broker, a man of no considerable consequence, but much puffed up with his success as aa elgbths-and-quarters go-between. . The In troducer had neglected to mention that bo was a reporter and the conversation waa general. Later on the Identity of the gentleman waa exposed, whereupon the broker threw up his hands, exclaiming: "Good God! A reporter! I'm ruined. Why didn't you say so before you Introduced him?" The situation was slightly strained. The reporter said quietly: "Don't let that worry you. In the first place, I am not here for news, Ideas or auggeattons. In the sec ond, what you know Is not worth publish ing. In' the third, nobody outside of this office ever heard of you; therefore, what you might say would be of no newspaper Interest. In the fourth, I carry more Wall street secrets In my memory than you ever dreamed of secrets of big men and great Institutions. You are perfectly safe. Good morning." In less than two months that broker. frightened so badly, sent a friend to the re porter, begging him to mention an affair In which be personally was deeply Inter ested. He is one of a numerous class af fecting to be holler than reporters until needing a write-up, then groveling. Suc cessful men In public life, almost without exception, rely upon the reporter as a step ping stone to high office. They will take him Into tbelr confidence, steer him safely between the devil and the deep sea. help mm to earn nis salary by loading him up with news, and Incidentally prosper their own cause. A combination of reporters couia ruin any man In this country. Own ers oi papers, editors-ln-chlef, managing editors and city editors cannot poislbly get in so ciose toucn with the average man as can the reporters, the office representa tives, whom they send out to hunt for facts in the market place, the pslace, the hovel. me prison, tne church, the wide, wide world. I should like to propose a high eehnnt tor the education of all men on the sub ject of "How to Treat a Reporter." It would end all friction. Let the publlo first understand that the reporter ts Douna to nave tne news at all risks. If ne cannot get It at first hand he will take It at second, or third or tenth. He Is not going back to his editor with a hangdog look and say he has failed. Never! He will fake first and take chances of being caught or vindicated. On reputable pa pers, If caught faking, be soon loses his Job. No reporter In his right senses wants to raae. He wants the truth every time men wny niae itT Why Insult him? Why Increase his labors a thousand-fold? Why koep him out on the still hunt at night when by treating him In a common, sensi ble manner you could set him right in a seconq ana nave early copy for the com posing room? Many persons look down on reporters as If they were inferior creatures. They forget that ninety-nine times In one hnn. dred the newsgatherers are of higher caste man tnose rrom whom they seek Informs tlon. Reporters are not looking for any ming gooa SDOut people, for the publlo would never stop to read It. They want all the bad about men and women the can dig out. and It la the bad things about dbo. peopie tnat make the newsoanera in terestlng. Through long mingling with the evil classes reporters become contaminate and It must not be wondered at it there soouia no an occasional fall from rrare do not know any reporters who are !. and I do know some who are devil with painted wings, but take them all In all, they r mi lwsi sei or renows in the world working like mad for their cmnlonr. spending liberally, living merrily and ever eager to ao a favor and forget It, DOGS OUTRUN AUTOMOBILE ChnnaTeors avre Attacked and Terribly Injnred by Fnrlons Animals. NEW TORK. May 9-After a wild race of a mile with two ferocious bulldogs Horace Munger, a student and well known athlete at Columbia university, and Harry Arnold, while speeding tn an automobile near Mllburne, N. J., today were over taken by the animals and terribly Injured. . Only for the presence of mind and cour age of James Dixon, an aged gate tender, both the young men probably would have been fatally Injured. While the fierce ani mals were tearing their victims Dixon rusnea up 10 mem ana with a revolver klllea one outright and drove the other away. HOMINY MILLS ARE BLOWN UP Boiler Explodes, Carrying; Death to One and Injnry to Seven Others. INDIANAPOLIS. May S.-A large boiler in the Indianapolis hominy mills blew ud ims evening, wrecking the engine room. killing Charles Bowers, a fireman, and injuring seven others. Ernest Sheldon, a nreman, is probably fatally injured. Bowers' body was literally cooked by the escaping steam. The tall smoke stack of the plant fell a moment after the explosion. RAISE MUCH MISSION CASH Baptists riedce 9280,000 In Evenlnat to Spread Gospel Amoi( Heathen. SAVANNAH. Ga.. May .-The Southern Baptist convention devoted most of the day to missionary matters. It was pro posed that the sum for foreign mission work this year should be not less tha $260,000. After the call was made $280,000 was quickly pledged by the various state organisations. Card front Mr. Wrlht. OMAHA, May T.-To the Editor of The Bee: Tour statement In tonight'a issue of Tha Bee that C. 8. Lobingler Is an ppllcant for assistant city attorney la an entire mistake, lie baa made no such appiica- C. C. WRlflm, Test for Yourself the Wonderful Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It To Prove What Swamp-Root, the World-Famous Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy. Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of The Bee May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail. ym4k, Mil... A imMm1 Vl HUGO HUT T. mVWl AST. CHfEF.HENDERSON. M CAPT. FRASER. UjJ I wrote to Dr. Kilmer & Co., nt Blng hamtou, X. Y., for a free sample bottle ot Swamp-Root, aud Its effect upou rue waa ao noticeable tbat I bought a sup ply, and after taking a few bottles of Bwamp-Root I had entirely recovered, and in six months I became the man you aee me now. I had kidney trouble, aggravated by bladder trouble. Was obliged to pass water often day and ntght; had backache and war run down generally. A few bottles of thla rem edy did more for me than a dozen phyal clana could. 2223 Vine Bt Philadelphia (Pa.) Fire Dep't If you are sick or "feel badly," begin taking the famous new discovery, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon aa your kidneys are well they will help all the other organs to health. A trial will convince anyone. Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for many kinds of diseases, and If permitted to confine much suffering, with fatal results are sure to follow. Kidney trouble Irritates the nerves, makes you dlxxy, restless, sleepless and irritable. Makes you psas water often during the day and obliges you to get up many times during the night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheuma EDITORIAL NOTICE-Swamp-Root, the great Kidney, Liver and Bladder remedy, ts so remarkably eucenefu! that a special arrangement has been made by which all of our readers who have not already tried It may have a sample bottle sent absolutely free by mail. Also a book telling all about kidney and bladder troubles and containing many of the thousands upon thousands of te"monirl letters received from men and women cured by Swsmp-Root. In writing, be ure snd mention reading this generous offer In The Omaha Sunday Bee when sending your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton, N. T. If you are alr-ady convinced that Swamp-Root Is what you need, you can purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at the drug stores everywhere. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root and the address, Blnghamton, N. T., on every bottle. LEE CONFESSES BRIBERY Oires Folk Written Rtatement Concerning Missouri Boodle Oases. ADMITS RECEIVING A THOUSAND DOLLARS Former Lteetenaot Governor Makes Cleaa Breast, Telling; All He Knows of Crooked Work In Legislature. BT. LOUIS. May 9. Former Lieutenant Governor Lee's statement detailing hla knowledge of Doodling tn the state legis lature was presented to Circuit Attorney Folk toda Several startling assertions are made but throughout the greater part of It the former lieutenant adopts a moral ising tone, pointing out the causes and re sults of the condition that exists. In a general way he charges several men with being- corruptlonists. "I do not ask, neither do I expect sym pathy for any mistakes I may have made," he begins and then goes on to tell of his connection with alum baking powder legis lation. He says he was given $10,000 to distrlbutu among seven senators. Of this amount he retained $1,000. Hla direct knowledge of Doodling In the general assembly, he declares, related to the legislative session of 1901 entirely, and that only in connection with baking powder measures. Police ure Indleted. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., May .- The grand Jury returned indictments today against Chief of Police Vincent King and Detective Joel Atkinson, charging each In Can't sleep can't eat will make him a new man aain. provided he follows the direc tions carefully. They can be carried in the vest pocket without inconvenience, and if the directions are followed, one box, (l-00) is almost sure to bring a complete recovery. In extreme cases, three boxes, a complete course, will make old men younf again, with all the vigor and strength of youth. Leading druggists in all large cities sell them. For sale in Omaha by Sherttlatl & McCOtltiell DlUg COe, Btth east Sees Mail orders filled. Curative Properties I am a firm believer la that wonder ful remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root It's a great medicine when a man la not feeling well; after exposure or loes of sleep and irregular meals. It la also a great medicine to tone tip and regulate a man. There is such a pleasant taate to It and It seems to go light to the spot. I use It and recommend It. There la more Swamp-Root used by Kansas City Bre men than any other medicine twice over. Tours truly, Assistant Chief. Kansas City (Kansas) Fire Dep't seven counts for suffering the escape of a prisoner. Both men are charged with aiding oon fldenre men and bunco, men who are aald le have been plying their trade on the rail roads between Pueblo and Denver. POLICE RELEASE CZOLGOSZ Murderer's Brother Goes Free with . Strong- Official Testi monial. LOS ANGELES, Cel., May . John Czolgoss, brother of the assassin of Presi dent McKlnley. waa released today. The police are convinced that he Is a peaceable. law-abiding young man. In order to avoid notority Czolgoss will continue under an assumed name. A Fable IlrouKht Down to Date, Once there was a little girl, who was al ways saying naughty things, and a wise fairy cast an enchantment upon her, so that each time she spoke noxious lizards, snakes, toads and other reptiles seemed to leap from her mouth. And there was another little girl who was always saying nice things, and the same wise fairy so wove her spells that diamonds and rubles and money fell from the girl's mouth when she would talk. And what became of these girls? The first one was engaged by an astute dime museum manager and became fabu lously rich. The second was gobbled up by a trust that made her talk herself to death. Judge. Boy Is Severely Beaten. D. P. Pitman of 624 South Thirty-first street was arrested last night, charged with mayhem, and Mrs. Pitman was also taken In charge for being drunk and dis orderly. It is asserted that Pitman and others who were drinking In Reddick's grove set upon 16-yenx-old Arthur A. Smith The man who sits at his desk all day and sometimes late Into the night who is full of an ambition to work all of the time, or is forced to do so to keep abreast of his competitors often finds himself becoming- absent minded and unable to con centrate hla mind ujhu his work having the ambition and the love of work without the courare to prosecute it. His nervous system i beginning to break down. lie will be an old man before his time unless he takes good care of himself right now. Four little pills each day, one at a time, after each meal and at bedtime taken from a box of Gray's rruKraa aai.t of Swamp-Root I cheerfully give my endorsement to Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root which I sin cerely believe, from my own experience, stands at the head of all known cura tives for kidney,, liver nnd bladder troubles. My own cure and also my personal ob servation during years of service In the Toledo fire department have convinced me that Swamp-Root la a medicine of wonderful merit. I have seen many who had been pronounced incurable speedily restored to health by Swamp- Root Tours respectfully. No. 1 Engine House. Toledo (Ohio) Fire Department tism, gravel, catarrh of the bladder, pain or dull ache In the back, joints and muscles; makes your head ache and back ache, causes Indigestion, stomach and liver trouble; you get a sallow, yellow complexion, makes you feel as though you had heart trouble; you may have plenty of ambition, but no strength, get weak and wests awsr. 8wamp-Root Is pleasant to take and Is used In the leading hospitals, recommended by physicians in their private practice and Is taken by doctors themselves, because they recognize In It the greatest and most successful remedy that science has ever been able to compound. of 1734 Dodge street, a newspaper carrier, and beat the boy unmercifully, lacerating his nose and thumb and biting an er nearly loose from his head. - roe's MSS. Fetches Ulat Price . PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. May 9. The hitherto unpublished acrostics to Elisabeth, Edgar Allen Poe's favorite cousin, have been sold here, together with the original draft by the poet of "For Annie," the lines of which Poe himself declared to be the "best I over have written." for $776. (salts Business to Dodge Taxes. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May . The Western Insurance company, with headquarters it! Louisville, will go out of business, avowedly owing to oppressive taxation. The busi ness of the company, amounting to $2,300,ii00 In fire policies exclusively, will be rein sured in some other company. Penn'a Letters Bell Hlh. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. May 9.-Twenty-seven letters from William Penn'a volum inous correspondence have been sold at auction here for an aggregate sum ot $2,882.50. Yale Ontrows Navy. ANNAPOLIS, May 9. In a prettily con tested race the second Yale crew won from the Navy'a elght-oar crew today by three lengths In their two-mile race on the Sev ern. Time Yale, 10:46; Navy, 11:00. Bonthern Epitaphs. William E. Curtis reports a couple ot southern epitaphs, recent additions to his collection. One of them, on the tombstone of a Tennessee farmer who died very sud denly, reads as follows: All his virtues now allowing. Sudden did his life work cease. He haa passed from pain and ploughing To a harvest that Is peace. Another one, in Rlngold, Ala., reads: He left this world st sixty-eight. This world so sad and dim. He boldly entered heaven's gate And shut It after him. TrO rl TT