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18 TIIE 03rAHA DAILT BEEt BUNDAT, MAT 24, li03. PROPERTIES MANAGED. W. FARNAM SMITH & CO. Manage Esta'3? and Other Prope rties Act as RECEIVER. EXECUTOR, GUARDIAN AND TRUSTEE for coRPonvnoNS, firms. INDIVIDUALS. and 1'ncal agents of CORPORATIONS. 1320 Farnam.St. . Tel. 1064. iriioLTTEmxn. FETERSON St Lundberg. 115 8. 17th. TL L-23i8. 20 GATE CITY Upholstering Co.. woven wire snrlngs tightened. Tel. B-2075. 1703 St. Mary s ve. M 168 IAILWAY TIME CAllLt. ISIOS STATIOX 1IITII AKD MARC Y. Inlon Pacific. Overlnnd Limited , The Fast Mall California Express... V settle Exprei Eastern Ex press .... The Atlantic Express Leave. Arrive. ..a :4U um a 7:60 pm a pm ..a 4:20 pm ..U: pm a e::u pm a 7:30 am The Colorado Special. ..a 7:10 am a 1:40 am Chicago Bpeclni a 3:40 am Lincoln, Beatrice and Stromsburg Express. . b 4:00 pm bl2:60 pm North Platte Local a 8:00 am a 6:15 pm Urahd Island Local. ...b 6:30 pm b 9:36 am Wabash. St. Louis "Cannon Ball" Express a 6:66 pm a 8:20 am St. Louis Local, Coun cil Bluffs a 9:16 am al0:30 pm Chicago. Mtlwaakee at St. Paal. Chicago Daylight a 7:45 am all:15 pm Chicago Fast express.. a 6:46 pm a U:4u pm Chicago Limited a 8:06 pm a 7:60 am Des Moines Express. ...a i:4 am a 1:40 pm Chicago, hock Imlaud 4c Paclnc. i EAST. Chicago Daylight L t d. a 6:00 am a :46 am Chicago Daylignt Local. a 7:00 am a 9:36 pm Chicago Express bll:lo am a 6:36 pm Led Moines Express. ...a 4:30 pm bll:o0 am Chicago Fust express.. a 6:36 pm a 1:3b pm WEST. Rocky Mountain ii u.a 8:60 pra a 4:65 am Lincoln, Colo, opi'lngs, Denver, Pueblo ana West a 1:20 pm a 6:00 pm Colo., Texas, CaL and Oklahoma Flyer a 6:40 pm al2;40 pm Illinois Central. Chicago Express a 7:35 am a 6:10 pra Chicago, Minneapolis A. St. l'aul LlmiitrU a 7 60 pm a 8:06 am Minneapolis fc tit. Paul Express b 7:35 am b!0:36 pm Chicago Local 10:35 am Chicago Express al0:36 am ChlvasTO at Iortn western. "The Northwestern Line, Fast Chicago .a 3:40 am a 7:00 am .a 3:00 pm a 3:30 am .a 6:10 am a 1:30 pm .a 7:36 am al0:26 pm .a 8:W am all:10 nm Mall Local Sioux City.. Daylight St. l'aul Daylight Chicago Local cnicago ,.all:30 am a 6:10 pm l.al Cerinr RaDldS.... 6:10 Dm Limited Chicago a 8:16 pm a 9:16 am Local Carroll o 4:U0 pm a 9:60 am Fast Chicago a 5:60 pm a 3:46 pm Fast St. Paul a 8:10 pm a 8:16 am Fast Mall M a 2:40 pm Local Sioux City b 4:00 pm b 9:50 am Norfolk and BonestetL.a 7:15 am al0:36 am Lincoln & Long Pine. .b 7:16 am bl0:35 am Missouri Pacific. St. Louis Express nl0:00 am a 8:25 pm K. C. and St. L. Ex....al0:W pm a t:16 am WEBSTER DEFOT-iaill WEBSTER. Chicago A Northwestern, Nebraska and Wyoming; Division. Leave. Arrive. Biark Hills, Deadwood, Lead, Hot Springs... a 8:00 pm a 6:00 pm Wyoming, Casper and Douglas ..V d 3:00 pm 6:C0 pm HesUngs. York, David City, Superior, Geneva, Exeter and Seward. ..b 3:00 pm b 5:00 pm Missouri Pacific. Nebraska Local, Via Weeping Water b 4:10 pm al0:25 am Chlcsa-o, Vt. Paal, Minneapolis at Omaha. Twin City Passenger... a 6:S0 am a 1:10 pm Eloux City Passenger.. a 2:00 pm all:.0am Oakland Local b 6:6 pm b 8:46 am a Daily, b Dally except Sunday, d Daily except haturday. a Daily dxcept Monuay. BCRLINGTOJI aTATiO.-10TH MASON Burlington A Missouri River. Leave. Arrive. Wymore, Beatrice ana Lincoln a 8:60 am bl2:05 pm Nebraska Express a 8:50 , i; p Denver Limited a 4:lo pm a 8:46 am Black Hills and Puget Sound Express all;10 pm a 3:10 pm Colorado Vestieulei ' Flyer a 3:10 pm Lincoln Fast Mall b 3:53 pm a 9;o3 am f rook and Blatts- mouth b 3:20 pm bl0:35 am Bellevue & Padno Jet.. a 7:60 pm a 8:2 am Bellevue Pact no Jet. .a 3:60 am Chicago, Burlington at Quincr. Chloogo Special a 7:00 am a 15 pm Chicago VeBtlbuled Ex.. a 4:00 pm a 7:45 am Chicago jocat Chicago Limited Fast Mall Kansas City, St. Sinn's. Kansas City Day Ex. a 9:18 am allKIO nm ,.a 8:0a pm a 7:46 am a 3:40 pm Joseph V Conncll ..a 9:15 am a 6:05 pm St. Louis Flyer... .a o:iu pm au:ut am Kansas City Night Ex..al0:30 pm a 6:16 am STEAMSHIPS. ANCHOR UNa V. a. UAlt - fTlAaiUIrl KSW YORK. LOKDONDERRT AND GLASGOW, KBW YORK. OIDRaItaK AND MAFUSO. uparlor secoramodattoa., BxMllsnt Culalns. Taa Comfort at ruHuim Caralully Cenaldand. 8 Ins is r Houad Trip TUaata '.aauad bat waa a Naw York sad ScoUia, SnsMah, Irtau and all principal oanllnaalal voiuu at auractlva rates, bens for Book of Tours. For tlckala or inri inlurniallos assly le aaf local asani ot ur Ancnor i,m sr to HENDERSON BROS., Oea'l AsanU. Chicago, IIL Folk Will Ask for Rehearta. ST. LOUIS. May 23.-Clrcult Attorney Folk will apply to the supreme court for a rehearing In the cases of Julius Lehmann and Harry Faulkner, former members of the house of delegates, convicted of perjury and sentenced to the penitentiary, which were reversed and remanded for new trial. He will base his argument on the ground that no technicality Justifying an adverse ruling existed, and that a blunder waa made In Interpreting the instructions of the TUB REALTY MARKET. INSTRUMENTS placed on record Satur day. May 23: Warrnaty Deeds. Edward Newton and wife to Addle M. Greevey, undlvty lot 8, block 6, Dwlght L.'a add $ H. R. Penney and wife to F. H. Wood land, a 70 feet lots 9 and 10, block 6. West End add F. H. Woodland to Flora W. Penney, same Joseph Goldsmith and wife to O. W. Loomia, w 86 feet lot 10, Himebaugh 43 Place W. T. Graham et al to Mary J. Allen, lot 20. block 6, Druid Hill Frank Harris to W. H. Russell, lot 8. block 8. Jetters 2d add: lot 4. block 1. Grammerry nark ; a 1 feet of n 176 feet lot 62. 8. E. Rogers' add; lot 11. W. A. Redlck's add L. E. Wilson and wife to H. T. Fel lers, lot 13, block 3. Bemls park Joseph Bulanek and wife to John Vid lak and wife, lot 3, block 3. Arbor , Place 4.260 630 1 3.000 690 1.. Abbott, all property of aald com pany except 8 tracts previously sold,. 60,000 4fcalt t'lalna Deeds. Addle M. Greevey and husband to M. J. Greevey, undlvH lot 8, block 5, Dwight sV L.'s add... J Omaha and Farmers' Loan and Truet company et al o Ktherine A. Free born, outiot so. DIOCSB J -TV ivw. Florence Katherlne A. Freeborn to D. W. Mer- row. outlots 183 and 185, Florence.... J. N. Wright to Clarlnda J. Wright, n 80 feet lot 10. block 21, South Oinsha National Bank of Commerce to C. B. Keller, undlv 8J-135ths of sH Uxlot 16 la 83-15-13 Deeds. ak.4r Amairlrsn Fire Insurance I 150 1 m,unv. lot L block W6. Omaha.... 11.000 Total amount t transfer fTLOa THE EEARNEY OF SOCIALISM Speihr of Eidlcal Itmi Reaches ths End of His Fop. VARIEGATED CAREER OF WALTER YR00MAN Divorce Proceedings Throws Light On the Life of a Visionary and the Financial Losses ol His Donee. Recent dispatches announced the bars fact that the wife of Walter Vrooman, visionary and socialistic speller, who ad vanced him 1126,000 to ptomote his schemes, has begun proceedings for divorce In the courts at Trenton, Mo. Kansas City papers are more liberal in dressing the event, and give Vroomnn's career columns of space without exhausting the subject. The Star says: It Is scarcely a year since Walter Vroo man, fresh from England, came to Kansas City and began spending money so freely that it astonished people who had known him only a few years before as a roving socialist, who made his way from town to town, lecturing upon dry goods boxes on street corners. Hounded by the police everywhere because of his anarchistic talk, this man returned to western Missouri with seemingly unlimited capital. He bought lavishly at the town of Trenton, Mo. In Kansas City he bought stores right and left, paying thousands upon thdkisandn of dollars in cash. At Baltimore avenue and Eleventh street he had a huge tent with flags flying and a band playing and a doxen orators beside himself to talk co-operation to the masses. It was his band, and by day It paraded the streets. Paid Fine Salnries. He had large offices in the Century build ing, and hired men at fine salaries. He declared that his mission was to uplift hu manity and put the world upon a co-operative basis. In less than six months he spent 8250,000. It was the money of a Baltimore heiress, whom he married. She was a woman with dreams for the betterment of humanity. She saw in Vrooman the man whose mis sion it was to make her dreams come true. She married him, and gave him half her fortune to put his scheme to work. She knows now, she says that Vrooman was anything but a savior of humanity; that he was commonest clay, wise In the art of deception. She hates him as ve hemently as once she adored him, and she must have loved him well to have given him so much money. It Is not because of the loss of her money that Mrs. Vrooman Is so bitter. It is because of other alleged acts of his which wronged not only her, but others. For the last week Walter Vrooman has been In retirement somewhere near Wyan dotte. His wife, Mrs. Annie Vrooman, and her brother. William A. Grafflln of Balti more, were at the Baltimore hotel In this city. Walter Voorman, It Is said, out of money, begged an Interview with her. She refused to see him. He will ge no more money from her. She has yet 8600,000, and her brother is worth 32,000,000, but they are done with schemes for uplifting humanity and they are done with Vrooman. Has m Glib Tongue. Vrooman's capital through life has been a glib tongue and a real or pretended long ing to better humanity. He originated In Kansas. His father, Hiram P. Vrooman, was the greenback candidate for governor In 1880. When he was 16 years old Walter traveled to New York and back to San Francisco, making his way on freight trains. He has boasted since that he lived for a week upon raw wheat Upon these trips young Vrooman gave phrenological readings and talked social ism. Arriving In town he would mount a box, declare that he was a phrenologist and Invite some one to come up and have his head examined. By this means he picked up a living. But his real mission was to talk socialism, and It smacked so strongly of anarchy that he was put In Jail In Ottawa, Parsons, and Ft. Scott, Kan. In Kansas City Chief Spears yanked htm from a box on the market square because. It is said, he was preaching anarchy. Vrooman next began preaching. He waa pastor of a Congragatlonal church la Kan sas City, Kan. ' Later he took the stump In Maryland to help defeat Senator Gorman. In that campaign he met Misa Anne Graffln. an heiress, a woman of culture and refine ment. She became Infatuated with him and married him. Her father had been on of the wealthiest men of Baltimore, whose estate had been left to his son WlUlam as trustee. Miss Graffln's share of the In come was 81.600 a month. This entire In come she gave to her husband for the furtherance of his socialistic and oo-oper- attve schemes. After More Money. He told her, It Is said, he must have the principal as well as the Income, and In duced her to go to law to hare her brother removed from the trusteeship of the estate. For five years the case was In court, snd Mrs. Vrooman won. She came at ones into possession of three quarters of a million dollars. Walter, it is said, demanded half of It She gave him one third of It, and with that he came to Trenton and Kansas City and started his People's trust that became famous all over the country. It went to pieces last fall, but Vrooman saved all investors In It from financial loss. Before It went to the wall he bought up all the stock. His wife was the only loser. Early In January of this year Vrooman went to New York to live. There his wife learned, she says, of how hs had deceived her. She came into possession of letters that had passed between Vrooman and a person who, It Is claimed, had gone WNew York with him and had returned later to Kansas City. It Is alleged that Vrooman left his wife in New York and came to Kansas City five weeks ago to see this per son. Mrs. Vrooman began an Investigation, and being In great distress of mind she went to her brother In Baltimore and laid the matter before him. He and his sister came to Kansas City laat week and re talned Trimble, Braley Simpson, attor neys, to draw up and file a suit for di vorce. Has Other Tronhles. Vrooman's troubles ars not alone with his wife. She has refused to give him another dollar and this is embarrassing, because others are pressing him hard for settlement because of his dealings with them. Walter Vrooman waa hardly 14 when he waa given permission by T. V. Powderly to organise Knights of Labor lodges. In the Knights ot Labor strike of 1886, when Martin Irons ruled things in the southwest Vrooman was arrested for mak ing incendiary speeches and was the causa of at least ons riot at Parsons, Kan. Later he spoke on the old market square In Kan sas City. The papers called him the "Boy Anarchist." He made all of his speeches with his Bible In one hand, endeavoring to rove bis views by quotations from the Scriptures. Later he became tamer aud was a Congregatlonallst minister In charge of a church In Kanaas City, Kan. The next movement to catch htm waa Bel la my ism. and to tha east he went and founded the first Nationalist society. But Bellamy did not last long and Vrooman had a year or two of rest. In which h found time to marry Miss Grafflln of Balti more. Hit Chief Mission. Vrooman's philosophy of Ufa Is that man chief mission upon earth la to propagate his species. He holds that man can only live again In his children: that the only eternal life Is that which his descendants live, therefore It Is man's duty to be as many times a father as It Is possible for him to be. H asked a friend recently: "How many children have jou?,4v "I have six," answered the msn. "Oh, then you will live forever," said Vrooman. "Your life wilt never cease so long as ons of your descendants Is alive." Vrooman contends he has hypnotic power, and many of those who have watched his career believe that he has. He has already done some extraordinary things. His estab lishment of a Ruskln school In the sedate college town of Oxford, England, waa one. Ills power over audiences Is great. His as surance Is simply astonishing. He ex claimed to a friend: This experience has been like a new birth to me. I will come out of It better equipped mentally than ever to go on with the great work of co-operation for all men." ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM Indianapolis has made elaborate prep arations for entertaining the biennial ses sion of the head camp of the Modern Wood men of America, which convenes in that city on June 16. The camp will be In ses sion a week and It ia expected that the ttendance of delegates and visitors will be fully 76,000. The convention promises to be one of the most Important In the history of the society and will be watched with great Interest not bnly by the mem bership, but by members of other fraternal societies, as the Modern Woodmen Is the largest fraternal beneficiary society In the United States, having a membership of about 725,000, with over a billion dollars of Insurance In force. Nebraska has 44,000 members, while In Douglas county there are 4,100 members. Interest centers on the election of officers and action on the report of the committee appointed at the last meeting of the head camp In St. Paul, Minn., to recommend a change In the rates of the society. This committee's report recommends the natural premium, or "step-rate," and has been un der discussion by the members for the laat year and a half, among whom it has found few friends. The plan provides very low rates for the members in the early ages, which gradually Increase year by year un til In the older ages It becomes very high. The state camp meetings, which were held throughout the jurisdiction a short time ago, have practically sounded tha death knell ot the report, as almost without ex ception the delegates selected to the head camp have been instructed to oppose the plan. However, it seems certain something will be done toward Increasing the assess ment rates of the society, the plan seeming to have the most supporters being an In crease In the present table of rales of 25 to 30 per cent Hon. W. A. Northcott, lieutenant gov ernor of Illinois, who is now serving his sixth term as head of the society, has pos itively declined to stand for re-election. The two leading candidates for the position are A. R. Talbot of Lincoln, Neb., and J. Johnson of Peabody, Kan., and judging from the results of the different state camp meetings the Nebraskan has consid erably the best of the race, his supporters claiming that his election Is now practically assured. Head Clerk C. W. Hawes will undoubtedly be re-elected, while for the other offices there will be a lively , tussle. M. Chllchrlst of Omaha wants to be a member of the board of auditors, but his chances seem to hinge on the outcome of Talbot's campaign, as It la not considered likely that Nebraska can secure two head officers. The encampment of the drill teams or foresters" of the society, which will be held in connection with the head camp meeting, will be on an elaborate scale. It is expected that 10,000 uniformed men will be In camp and there will be competitive drills for prises aggregating several thou sand dollars. Schools of Instruction will also be held. The teams of camps 120 snd 1464 of this city will attend, and Lincoln will send three teams. Several hundred members of the order throughout the state will spend the week in Indianapolis dur ing the head camp's session. Union Pacific council. Royal Arcanum, has made preparation for a memorial ser vice to be held at Kountse Memorial church Sunday, May 8, at 8:45 p. m. Tha committee having the matter In charge consists of Judge Irving F. Baxter, C. A. Grlmmell, Rev. T. J. Maekay and Howard Bruner. An Invitation has been extended to members of other councils to Join In the observance of the day. Clan Gordon No. 63, Order of "Scottish Clans, met Tuesday erening In regular session with a big crowd present. Clans man Alex Gavin from Portland, Ore., was visiting and received a royal welcome, A. Troup making the address In highest style. Royal Deputy Clansman Thomas Falconer was elected delegate to the Royal Clan convention In Cleveland, O., In Aug ust,1 the secretary being chosen alternate. Everybody was In good spirits and Wil liam Kennedy recited two pieces, and still there were cries for more. R. G. Watson sang in splendid form as he has discovered a new voice tonic. Clansmen Britain, Mc Donald, Hobbs, Falconer, Lindsay and others entertained. The regular review of Omaha tent No. 75 of the Knights of th Macca bees was held Thursday evening and despite the rain a large num ber of the sir knights were present Three candidates were Initiated Into member ship and seven applications were balloted on and the applicants elected to member ship and Instructed t6 be present for Initiation at the next regular re-si ew. The regular routine bualness of the tent was passed and the tent adjourned and the hall surrendered to the use of a joint com mlttee from all the tents and hives of Omaha and South Omaha, a meeting of which had been called for the purpose of making arrangements for Memorial Day services. Ths Ladles of the Mac cabees committee members furnished very pleasant surprise ( In the way of rerresnments wnicn were well received by the knights. Mecca court. Tribe of Ben Hut, had ths pleasure of entertaining members from Chicago and Missouri Valley at their meet' Ing a week ago. Several candidates were Initiated and the evening made pleasant by music and speeches. The Ben Hur Glee club will meet every Monday evening at 933 North Twenty-fourth street. All mem bers Interested In singing are Invited to be present Sogar Market. . NEW YORK, May 23.-StTGAR Raw steady; reAnlng. 3 3-16c; centrifugal, M teat, 8 ll-loc: molasses susar. 3c. Refined, firm 9. 4.30c: No! 10. 4 26c; No. 1L 4 t0c; No. li 4.16c: Ifo. 13. 4 10c; rio. 14. .(Oc. I'onrec t loners' A, 4.70c; mould A, 6.10c; cut loaf, 6.46c; cruKhed, 6.46c; powdered, 4.96c; granu lated. 4. Sc: cubes, 6.10c. MOLASSES Steady; New Orleans open kettle, gorni to choice, najwe. EN W ORLEANS. May 28 SUGAR Dull open kettle. 2S&S 7-16c: open kettle, cen- trifuxsl. swq3c: centnrugsi white, 4c yellow. H?r4c: seconds, 81u3c. MOLASSES Open kettle, nominal, li) !4r: centrifugal, efTlnc; syrup, nominal, 1 624c, Toledo Seed Market. TOLEDO. Mav !1 SEED?lover. dull firm: October. 16 46; No. 8, 16.46; rejected, hi.26C.0; N. B. Q., S.M. FOLLY OF SPARING THE ROD Hew York Teachers Hold Stem Yeasnres Necessary for Refractory Pupils. PERSONAL INFLUENCE FAILS TO IMPRESS The Good Old Way of Enforcing Obleae Shonld Do Restored Aro School Children Overworked t "Give us back ths rod" is ths cry of the male principals of the public schools of New York City. At a recent meeting of the principals a report was adopted recom mending corporal punishment as the most effective means of Impressing refractory pupils with the Importance of obedience and good behavior. The report says in part: "The subject of discipline, which In our opinion is of the moat vital Importance to the welfare of our publlo school system. calls most urgently for a modification of the laws governing It; for It Is our belief, based on observation and experience ex tending over a number of years, that the means at our command for disciplining the unruly pupils of our publlo schools are In adequate. We, therefore, beg leave to sub mit: I. We are In accord with the general eplrlt of the laws governing punishments of refractory pupils; at the same time we must confess that there are children In our public schools, upon whom the prevailing method of discipline has not the corrective influence It Is Intended to have. "II. We feel Justified In recommending for these pupils sterner measures, for the fol lowing reasons: "L Every child, no matter how perverse he Is, has the right to demand of us, as the chief element of his future welfare, that ws train him to a wholesome respect for law. Training implies power to enforce obedi ence. "1 The child's right Is our duty, from which we are not absolved by the mere plea of sentiment. "It is unjust repeatedly to subject the well behaved children to the contaminating influence of one or two of their classmates, for each act of disobedience or of unseemly behavior leaves Its Impress upon the minds and characters of the? youthful observers of It. The unruly children of the class, taking advantage of the limitations upon the pow ers of the teachers, waste the time of other pupils, make class management a difficult task and in many Instances conduct them selves toward teachers In a manner that would not be tolerated outside of a public school building. "We would, therefore, respectfully recom mend that any pupil who, upon trial by the proper authorities, is adjudged unamen able to the prevailing method of discipline. shall thereafter be deemed subject, to cor poral punishment to be administered by the principal or by some teacher designated by him. In regard to truancy. It is our experi ence that the past operation of the law has been Ineffective and that under It the evil has Increased rather than diminished. Radical Remedy. "A very small proportion of the truants are admitted to the truant school and ot these very few are reformed. The small proportion of committals has left many cases wholly unchecked and these have, by example, so Infected others that the num ber of truants has been constantly Increas ing. The period of restraint Is generally less than that during which the habit of truancy was being acquired and this has proved Insufficient to prevent a relapse. Moreover, the mere recruiting of the ranks of truancy from those who are not strong enough to withstand temptation Is not the final or the worst result Familiarised with the unpunished violation of one law, the truants in our schools too often becomo violators of others, finally appearing at th bar of the criminal court. "To remedy these defects we submit: '1. That a sufficient number of attend ance officers should be provided to admit of the prompt Investigation of every case reported. 3. That the entire magisterial powers In cases of truancy should be lodged with tha district superintendents, who should have power 'To commit for a hearing on charges by the principal or other person. To commit after a hearing with or with out the parental consent. To compel the attendance of parents at hearings. To fine parents who neglect their duties under the law. But the minimum fine should be less than at present 3. That permanent provision should be made for the accommodation of 1,600 tru ants, and that the existing institutions of correction should be used aa a temporary resource to supply ths present or any fu ture deficiencies." School Children Overworked. A committee of the Philadelphia Board of Education is Investigating the charge that the pupils of the publlo schools are being overworked. Commenting on the charge the Philadelphia Inquirer says: Tha Inquirer speaks with knowledge when- It says that the statements alleged In tha protest are true, at least measurably, so far as it has come within our observa tion, and we are willing to believe that nothing less than the truth has been stated. There la a call for reform and we are quite aware that It will require much wisdom to direct such changes as ought to be made. "What the public feels is that ths schools ars not at present accomplishing aa much as they should for ths children committed to their care. We do not mean to say that much good is not being done; ws believe that great ends are being measurably ac complished; but he Is blind who thinks that Just now we ars doing what we should and this In spite ot the fact that our schools are held up as a model In many parts of the country. It Is never wise to be satisfied with human effort and at present there Is much that Is far from satisfactory, though ws feel that those In charge are willing to do the best they can. 'Publlo school children are now asked to do too much both in amount and In char acter. They ars required to do an amount of 'home work' which is beyond the neces sltles of the occasion, and which is often a distinct loss mentally and physically to the child. Formerly It was said that there waa too much of book teaching In the schools; now there is entirely too little. We are at tempting to do ths Impossible, and this re quires extraordinary and improper means. Thirty years ago the child went to the publlo schools provided with books and was Instructed In reading, writing, arithmetic. geography and grammar, with at the last some teaching of history. It was claimed that memory was made the only test and that results attained were unsatisfying. This may have been the case in spite of the fact that every successful man of 40 today went through that process. 'Then csme the changes which have r duced ths art of teaching to the methods of tha German universities. Ths teacher Is reaulred to do moot of the work. There are constant lectures and blackboard demon stratlons with books practically discarded except for home use. Tns child comes home with a lot of tasks, in which the willing parent endeavors to help the child He soon finds out thst his methods those In which he was schooled and by which he has achieved success are antiquated and will not be accepted. The psychological method so much vaunted la alone received by the teacher and the parent is In despair. Tha pupil Is Judged hot aleoe by what he knows, but by the method which he sr- arrlves at certain conclusions. "It appeara that there la a sort of rivalry among school principals to accomplish cer tain results, and every energy Is bent o that end. New methods, new teachers, new theories are In the ascendant and if tne child does not reach up to them, so much the worse for the child. We believe that this system Is utterly destructive of the principle for which the schools were founded. It Is true that each teacher Is given two or three times the amount of work she ought to be called upon to per form, and that makes the situation all the worse since the standards are established by those who do not have any Intimate relation with actual teaching. The old system had Its manifold defects, but we are far fross being convinced that the pres ent system Is an Improvement on It. It la time for a most radical chana-e In the methods employed, so that our chil dren may have a chance to grow physically and mentally In directions which stimulate In stead of oppressing, as Is the case at present. Morally, the problem still remains In the home." TABLE AKD KITCHEN Menn. FREAKtfAKT. Fresh Fruit Salad. Cereal. Cream. Asparagus Omelet. Bacon. . 'Cucumbers. Boston Brown Bread. Coffee. DINNER. , . Clear Soup. Fried Spring Chicken. Asparagus. Stuffed Potatoes. Tomato Mayonnaise. Cheese. ya f era StrawDerry Shortcake. Cream. Coffee. SUPPER, cream Fresh Mushrooms on Toast. f.rpfd. Nut" and F, Sandwiches. Cottage Cheese. Soft Gingerbread. Tea. Recipes. Sautes of Asparagus Tons in Break oft all the tender part from small green shoots of asparagus, wash well and cut Into small pieces and cook in hnnino- salted water until tender but not soft; then drain and cool in a colander. A short tlmo before serving melt half a cup of butter In a saute pan, put In the asparagus, add a little salt, pepper, sugar and nutmege; set over a gooa nre and heat well, turning over care fully so as not to break the pieces, then turn Into a deep heated dish and serve at once. Asparagus In Cream-Wash and trim a bunch of green asparagus, cut Into small pieces; cover with boiling water and blanch ror aDout three minutes. Then pour off the water and drain asparagus well. Put into another saucepan with a little warm water. a, aoiespooniui or butter, teaspoon ful of sugar and a large slice of onion. Set over the fire, where it will simmer slowly for half an hour; remove the onion and add a cup of cream thickened with one teg: sea son to taste with pepper and salt and serve. Asparagus a la Ftlburg-Take some larera white ssparagua, scrape, wash and tie evenly in bunches, cutting oft ends of the stalks. Cook until tender, but not snfr n. broken; take out and lay in a cloth and place where It will drain but keep hot When dry arrange In layers on a heated dish, heads one way, and grate gruy-re cneeae between each layer. Pour half a cup of hot, slightly browned butter over It and serve. Asparagus, Pompadour Scrape and trim off the tough ends of the stalks; cover with salted boiling water and cook until tender but crisp. Then drain and cut into two-Inch lengths and place In a cloth to drain, but not cool. Make a sauce with two tablespoonfuls of butter, yolk of an egg, quarter of a cup of vinegar, three- fourths of a cup of stock or hot water, salt and pepper to taste. Arrange the aspara gus on a dish and pour the sauce over It and serve. The tips may be boiled separ ately and used as a border around the dish. Asparagus in Ambush Take one quart of tops cut from green asparagus, boll about fifteen minutes and drain In a cloth, keeping It hot Take stale plain rolls and carefully cut off the tops, scoop out the crumb and set the shells In the oven to dry. Put a pint of milk in a double-boiler to scald and thicken with four eggs well beaten. When It thickens stir in two level tablespoonfuls of butter and salt and pep per to taste. Lay the asparagus In this and when hot fill Into the shells; replace the tops, set in the oven for a few minutes and serve. EDUCATIONAL NOTES. Prof. T. F. Hunt, dean of the fnlWe of Agriculture of the Ohio State university, has accepted the professorship of agronomy In the College of Agriculture of Cornell university. Mrs. Emma Stuckman of Nnnnnee Tn has taught school for fifty-two years, hav ing begun teaching when she waa 14, and expects to enter upon another term next ttepiemoer. The school authorities of New Jersev are in a quandary because so many teachers o to other states to draw higher salaries. )f course. It would never occur to New Jersey ,to pay more money. An official report shows that at the end of last year there were In Japan nlnetv seven agricultural schools, six. fishery schools, twenty-eight technical schools. fifty commercial schools, seven mercantile schools and sixty-two industrial schools. Dr. Arthur Gordon Webster, professor of physics at Clark university and president of the American Physical society, was elected a member of the National Academy of Science at its recent session at Wash ington. Dr. Jacob H. Hollander, associate pro fessor of economics at the Johns Hopkins university, has declined the appointment by the government to go aa a special rep resentative of the United States to the Philippines for the purpose of supervising the establishment Ol tne gold currency system there. The centennial anniversary of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson will be cele brated at Harvard college, It la hoped, on May 25 by the laying of the cornerstone of Emerson hall. Only 310,000 is now needed to complete the fund necessary to start the work and it is thought that this win be forthcoming before the date named. The village of Jasper, N. Y., la to be the seat ot a new educational institution known as the McKlnley Memorial college. It will be operated somewhat after the plan of Tuskegee Normal Institute. Its object Is to furnish an opportunity to young men and women to obtain a college education by working their way. The college will be interdenominational. Principal Story recently said before a meeting at the Glasgow university that Andrew Carnegie's gifts to Scotch educa tional Institutions have "dried up the local springs of generosity." While In the, past It was easy tor mm to collect more man 8300,000 for the university, now it is diffi cult for him to get 315,000. He says Mr. Carnegie's munificence has scared away other givers ot lesser wealth. A new department has been established at the University of Chicago, which will be called the department of geography. It will Include not only physical geography, but also commercial geography, and at the head of it has been piocei rrot. Itouin 1. Salisbury, dean of the School of Science in the university. Prof. John Paul Goorle of the Wharton School of Science In the University of Pennsylvania has accepted an assistant professorship in the depart ment It Is Interesting to note the popularity of the domestic science branch of education aa shown by the demand for teachers of this kind of science. Teachers' college of New York, which supplies much of the demand, has at present more than twice as many applicants ror instructors in a meatic science as the college can meet with Its present Inadequate facilities. Mint Caroline Phelps Stokes has given i.0"0 with which to endow a scholarship, which falls In with the desire of the dean to facilitate the work in this field. Dr. Rus sell hones to provide a special building in domestic science and domestic art, and for tills purpose requires about 1300,000 to erect J m buiidiog and employ new Instructors. CONDITION OF OMAILVS TRADE Volume of Business Last Wee of Normal Proportions for Time of Tear. PRICES FIRM, WITH SEVERAL ADVANCES With Seasonnble Weather from This Time on Wholesalers Anticipate a Brink Spot Bnslness ia All Summer Lines. Omaha Jobbers snd mnnufneturers report business for lust week as being of normal proportions for the time of year. The warmer weather of the latter part of the week had a very beneficial effect upon spot business and with normal weuther from this time on a lively trade Is anticipated. According to traveling men who have re cently returned from their territories, trade Is no longer being diverted to other mar kets because of the strikes. Merchants out through the country have been advised that so far as the Jobbers snd manufac turers are concerned the strikes are at an end and goods are being shipped and received the same as usual. Trade In the country Is also of very satisfactory propor tions and retailers' stocks of summer goods are going to pieces nt a rapid rate. The lack of warm weather up to last week of course had a tendency to hold back the demand, but no complaint from that score is looked for from this time on. Fall orders are still being placed very freely and it may safely be said that prac tically every Jobber and manufacturer In the city has a better lino of advance or ders than ever before at this season of the year. The scarcity of desirable goods and also the tendency toward higher prices Is doubtless responsible In a large measure for the large number of orders that have been booked. Owing to Improved trade rmdltlona In the country Jobbers report collections bet ter than they have been for some time past. In regard to market conditions It may be said that outside of the line of grocers there have not been many fluctuations. The general tendency, however, is upward and values seem to be on a very firm foun dation, with no prospect of any weakness for some time to come. Rice Still Advancing. The rice market is still going up and those who nre posted say that the supply available before the new crop comes on the market is far below the average re quirements for this time of the year. With two months or two months and a half of active trade nearly the entire supply would be cleaned up. It Is reported that specu lators have recently gone into the market and bought up practically all of the avail able supplv of the low-grade rices, such ns are used in the Cuban and Porto Bican trade. This takes out of the market be tween 2,000.000 and 3.000,000 pounds. Taking these facts into consideration Jobbers say that prices must keep on advancing until the new crop arrives. In the canned goods line Interest seems to center around spot corn, owing to ad vances which have placed the market v1 cents above the lowest point. Spot corn Is moving out very freely and at good prices, and it is thought that the market will be well cleaned up by the time the new pack arrives. Tomatoes, both spots and futures, owing to the drouth prevail ing in many sections of the east, and especially In New York, are in a very strong position. , Dried fruits of all kinds are more firmly held than they were a week ago and it looks as though the supply of prunes and apricots would be exhausted and with but a small carry-over of peaches. There has been no change In the tea situation since last report. The advance reported Is still being maintained and the opinion among local buyers Is that the market Is up to stay and that still higher prices will prevail. The sugar market Is In practically the same position It was a week ago, no change In refined having taken place. Raws, how ever, are being quoted very firm and re fineries are taking orders subject to delay in shipment of certain grades. The cheese market is a little easier, but the supply Is not as liberal as might be expected, owing to the cold, backward spring. Lower prices, however, are pre dicted for this week. The bean market has advanced 6 to 10 cents and stocks are well cleaned up in "Regarding the condition of trade local Jobbers say that they had a big demand last week, and fully as heavy as they could expect for this time of the year. All their orders were shipped with the UBual prompt ness. Hluher Prices for Cotton Goods. Trade with Omaha dry goods Jobbers last week was much better than the week be fore. The warmer weather brought In a nice lot of sizing up orders so that jobbers were kept busy with spot business. Trav eling men also met with good success In landing advance orders for later shipment and it Is reported that many deairable lines are already sold up. Merchants have bought earlier and more freely this year for fall delivery than ever betore, as the better class of merchants are aware of the strike situation In .the east and realize that nt-nrinrtinn has been ereatly curtailed this season, and that the outlook for a shortage of goods Is very favorable. The market for raw cotton continues to soar und manufacturing of many well known lines of goods have shut down on account of the high price of cotton. Ad vance of t'Sc have been made on well known lines" of ticks ot ftifi'ac on leading lines of bleached goods. Brown goods are also strong, but no quotable changes have taken place during the week under review. An advance of Vic on cotton twine and lc on carpet warp also went into effect last week. Hardware About the Same.' . . . ln 4,C aKniit Tne naraware ninrnai m , jun, the same position It was a week ago. The ... . ....r,l.i a m.ntlnn la only cnHiigw m mn. ...... an advance in wire cu 'i !" dred square feet. Other lines are being ti i i. l t arA Via iranArnl market Is in 1,1 1 1 J I J1 liciu a,u ' ' ' - - . a very strong position. Trade with local hardware jobbers Is Just about of normal proportions for this time of year. They are not being exactly rushed with orders, but still they are en joying a good steady demand. Better Demand for Leather Goods. The warmer weather of last week stimu lated the demand for low shoes to quite an extent and Jobbers were busy all the week filling sizing up orders. The heavy rains also helped to improve the demand for high shoes SO that an ciaHses oi icainer goods moved out very freely. Jobbers are preparing for a lively trade from this time on aa traveling men report retailers' stocks as being pretty well broken. There Is some aemana tor summer weigm rubbers, but of course trade is not rushing in that line. Fruits nnd Produce. The suoDly of strawberries was rather light last week owing to the fact that the Arkansas crop was exhausted and it was a The Most Charming and Dainty LUNCHEONS are served with sum 'BED WSxvlAT BISCUIT pAkfe In social emergencies or for tamily dependence you cannot afford to to be without this substantial and dainty food. It can be pre pared quickly withthe fruits or preserves at hand. Bend for rTha Vital QnaaUoo"lrM THE NATURAL FOOD CO, Riarars rails. 1L Y. little too early for Missouri berries. Heavy shipments, however, are expected from Missouri this week unless the rains have damsgyl the cron. lemons moved more freely fiist week, but prices did not change to any extent. White and black California cherries are arriving freely and are sell. Ing at 8160 per 10-lb box. Tho supply of fresh vegetables was much heavier last week and as a result the ten dency of prices was decidedly downward. The market on old potatoes, however. Is a little firmer, good stock selling at 4fry50c. Kggs have been about steady all the week, but owing to the warmer weather the loss off Is much greater. Poultry is also selling In about the same notches ns It was a week bro. Butter is If anything a little firmer, although grass stock Is begin nlrg to appear. The demand though hss been very liberal so that prices have held up in good shape. ( Cotton Market. NEW YORK, May 23. COTTON The subsiding tendency of speculation here yesterday was reflected In Liverpool this morning where price conditions were nar row, that market closing unchanged to 1 points lower. With the weather again favorable, port receipts still running heavy and accounts from the dry goods trade no more favorable, the market Influences apparently favored the bears. The mar ket opened at a decline of .Vtf3 points on the list generally, while May, still domi nated by Its speculative position, was 6 points higher. Trading was very quiet and there seemed little disposition to sell at the decline. Aftei a brief Interval of irregularity the bull Madera bought moder ately and rallied prices to about last night's final.' During the later trading, prices continued to show a generally upward ten dency under supporting orders and some European buying, while warehouses re ported southern business on the advance. Speculation continued quiet, however. July sold up to 11.50c; August to 10.72c and September to 9.84o. Toward the close there was a little more activity and July was bid up to 11.15c. Then the Hat turned easier under realizing, but was finally very steady, net SlilS points higher on all months except May, which closed 10 points lower. The sales were estimated at 75,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, May 2S COTTON-Fu-tures quiet and steady. May ll.R3o bid; June, n.&jil2.00c: July, 12.18'12.22c; Aug ust, U6.Vnll.Btic; September, 9.9V(i9 97c; Oc tober, 9.2M9.29c; November, 9.10(ii912c; De cember, 9.104f9.11c. Spot, quiet and steady. Sales, 3U0; ordinary, 9 7-hic; good or dinary, 9 15-ltic; low middling, 10 11-lrte; middling, 11 7-16e; good middling. ll'c; middling fair, 12 9-16c; receipts 1.7:8; stock, 83.5M. ST. LOUIS. May 23.-COTTON-Flrm, un changed. Middling, HVc; sales, 123 bales. Receipts, 5H0 bales; shipments, 690 bales Stock. 12.617 bales. .LIVERPOOL, May 23 COTTON-Spol 3ulet; prices 2 points lower: American mid ling fair. ti.St'xt; good middling. 6.44d; mid dling, 6.28d; low middling. 4.08d: good or dinary, 5.84d; ordinary. 6.64d. The sales ot the day were 5,000 bales of which 600 wer for speculation and export and included 4,500 American. Receipts 14,000 bales, In. eluding 13.100 American. Futures opened steady and closed quiet and steady. Amer ican middling, g. o. c. May, 6. Old - May and June, 6.98(fi5.93d: June and July. B.96d; July and August. 6.92d; August-September, 6.77dj September-October, 6.3Tw?r5 3d ; October-November. 6.60d: November-December, 4.95d; December, 4.85d; January-February, 4.92L Oil and Rosin. OIL CITY. May 23.-OIL Credit balances, 81.50: certificates, no bids. Receipts, 117,. 270 bbls., average 85,014 bhls.; runs, 79.52 bills., average 78,694 bbls. Shipments, Lima, 68,058 bbls., average 70,372 bbls.; runs, Lima, 63, W0 bbls., average 6,544 bbls. SAVANNAH, May iM OIL Quote: Tur- Eentlne, firm at 61c. Rosin, firm; A, B, C, , 81.65; E, 81.70; F, 81.75; G, 11.80; H. 82.40; I, 83.05; K, 83.10; M, 83.20; N, 83.26; WG, 83.36; WW, 83.65. NEW YORK. May 23 OIL-Cottonseed, dull; prime crude, nominal; yellow, 42(8 43c. Petroleum, steady; refined New York, 89.56; Philadelphia nnd Baltimore, 88.60; In bulk. 85.60. Rosin, steady; strained, common t good, 82.O0ft2.05. Turpentine, firm, 63Vi54o. Dry Goods Market. NEW TORK, May 23.-DRY GOODS-A good many buyers have left the market after having purchased conservative bills of merchandise. It is generally admitted they have not covered their requirements for the fall, but conditions have led them to pursue a conservative policy. Prices are firmer, with an advancing tendency. Job bers have not been especially active, Minneapolis Wheat, Floor nnd Bran. MINNEAPOLIS, May 23. WHEAT Cash nc; July, TiW&T! 6-Rc; September, 68 6-8c. On track No. 1 hard, 81c; No. 1 northern, T9c; No. 2 northern, 78cj No. 3 -northern, 76S4S78e. FLOUR Firm, first patents, 84.10iff4.30; second patents, 84.004.10; first clears, 82 9Crt3.00; second clears, 82.452.60. BRAN In bulk, 81236. Coffee Market. NEW YORK. May 23. COFFEE Fu tures opened quiet at a partial decline of 4 points under continued full receipts and light liquidation, closing dull on that basis, with total sales reported at 6,250 bags. Including June at 3.75c; July, 3 86c; De cember. 4.60c; April, 4.80c. Spot, Rio quiet; No. 7, 6Vic; mild quiet. Exports and Imports nt New York. NEW YORK. May 23. Total imports of merchandise and dry goods at the port of New York for this week were valued at 810, i24,9r5. Total Imports of specie at tho port of New York for this week were 8116.587 sil ver and 847,830 gold. Total exports of specie from the port of New York for this week were 8586,018 silver and 83.607,204 gold. St. Joseph Live Stock Market. ST. JOSEPH. May 83. CATTLE Re ceipts, 144 head: steady. HOGS Receipts, 4.3J9 head: weak to lV4e lower; light and light mixel, 660364 2!4; medium and heavy, tj.2 (BtJ.iJ.Vt; bulk, it.io 6.30; pigs, $5.2f5.75. SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, none. Milwaukee Grain Market. MILWAUKEE, May 23 WHEAT Firm; No. I northern, &3ijg.S4c; No. 2 northern, S-V-'iSSe; July, 73?c. HYB Firm; No. 1, 63Hc BARLEY Dull; No. Z. 59c; sample, 48 61 Vic CORN July, 44re, nominal. Duluth Grnlr. Market. DULUTH, May 23. WHEAT To arrive. No. 1 hard, 7Sc; No. 1 northern, 76ci May, No. 1 northern, 78c; July, 7S!ac OATS May, 34c. Bank Clearings. OMAHA, Neb., May 23. Bank clearings iur me wees, enuing touay were: 1903. 1912. Monday .... Tuesday ... Wednesday Thursday ., Friday Saturday ,, Totals .. Increase ... ....$1,5S3.2.37 81.2o9.S03.nj .... 1.336.S 49 1.131,039.16 .... 1,322,018.16 .... l,2t3.fi?9.2S .... 1.12-i,0r.S 91 .... 1.24U6I.8I l,02o.0i7.9i 1,1S8,130.J 1.144.812.56 1.199.GO6.0U 87,827,724.26 t6.98.169.34 8928.654.91 a3EN PT r awr JHT- sy-uaaa.T. P-! ". i.
