Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 06, 1906, Page 6, Image 6
THK OMAHA DAILY HKK: SATURDAY, JAXUAKY . . KW. The Omaha Daily Dee B. ROB EW AT ER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN1NO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bmi (without Sunday), on year Dally Be anil Bunday. on year Illustrated Bee, on year flundny Bw, on year Saturday Bee. one year 2.W 230 ISO DELIVERED BT CARRIER . Pally Bee (lnrludln Sunday) per week.. ITc Dally Bee (without Sunday), ler week. .Ke Evening Be (without Punday). per week, to Evening Bee, (with Sunday), per week...lo.; Sunday Be, per ropy 06 ddra romplainta of Irregularltlee In de livery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omaha Otv Hall Hulldlng. Council BIuITb-10 pearl Street. Chicago 1M0 Unltv Building. New Tork im Home Life Ina. Building. Washington Sol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating- to new and ed itorial matter ahould b addreaacd: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Ram't by draft, eipreaa or poatal order, payable to The Bee PubliAhtng Company. Only 2-cent tamp a received aa payment of mall accounts. Pergonal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, is : C. C. Rosowater, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, being uly worn, saya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dullv, Morning, Evening and Sunday Boe printed during the month of December. 1906. was as fol low!: i ni.4o l a ai,To t otrM 4 31.5.TO ai.TNo f 81,81H T .. JU.ISO I aiMxt zijhho io ao.iso n 31, (MO It 81.7MO II 31.MAO 14 Sl.SUO it ai.rao J 7 ao.oao is 8i.nao 19 fll.TTO JO Xt.220 a a-i,30 22 iM.lOO SJ.... ai.owo 4 3O,50 2S 3I.7SO 26 BJ.210 27 aa.oio 2g a-.txK 2 31.H-IO so sa,io 31 t,150 i au.Tio Total 8a.MO Lea unsold copies io.moS Net total sales Dally average 31,348 C. C. ROSEWATEll. SocrtLiry. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this Slat day of December. 1S06. (Seal) M. U. Ht'NUATB, Notary Public. WHEN OIT OF TOWS, abaerlbcra leaving; the city tem porarily ahonld have The Ilea mailed ta them. It la better thaa a dally letter from home. Ad dress trill be (hanged aa oftea as requested. Junt now it i not a luck of money to more Uie crops tbut troubles Nebiunka farmers but cars to haul tbc crops. Those republicans of lown who are ' ftlliug themselves "rrogressive" would le safer leaders if they could tell to what point they desire to proceed. The Indian may always he an Iudiun, ns Mr. Leupp suys, but let us hope that he will not always be left to the tender mercies of land grabbers and grafters. Now that there Is u laud scandal in North Itakota Walter Wellmau may be warranted in placing the North pole in a safety deposit vault If he succeeds in finding it. The revolution in Santo Domingo has collapsed; the troops have dispersed to the tropical Jungle and resumed their gorilla habits while waiting for the next revolution. Just a might have been predicted, the railroads have concluded to modify the new order of things by the issue of mileage tickets to inimical tourists In stead of passes. A loud demaud for India rublwr cur rency comes from Wall street as a sure preventive of finuueial earthquakes, but the eountry at large refuses to be se riously alarmed. Armed with a gavel mude out of South American snake wood, our brand new police Judge will be in a position to cure hoboes who come to visit him with snakes in their boots. When LaFollette eutered the senate chamber arm in arm with Spooner the spectacle recalled Jonathan and David, but they did not fall upon each other's necks to weep for Joy. Perhaps Admiral Itojestvensky de sired to assist the conservative unionists in their campaign in Great Britain when he wrote the letter which Russia has so far failed to denounce. Since the supreme court has said that corporuuoiiB must ne assessed as "go lug concerns" assessors need not be so careful to figure out the value of every stick of timber that carries a wire. The decision of certain railroads to not observe the "no pass" agreement probably means that they have secured the promises tbey feared they would not get when the agreement was made, White House guards should not Iks re quired to 'apologize for ejecting a trou blesome woman even if her brother does , have to be consulted before the purse I string are opened for the war depart- ir.put. State Auditor Searle has put a damper on one of the most profitable industries In Nebraska by turning down a Tork county nimrod who claimed to have killed thirteen gray wolves and insisted upon receiving a bounty of $5 per scalp. Champ Clark says that the democrats lu the bouse will support the adminis tration'! Philippine bill but to hear true democratic opinion on the subject the nation must wait until Senator Morgan discusses the question. Since the supreme court has decided tliHt Governor Bailey of Kansas had no right to pay his grocery bills out of the state funds the former official baa returned the money to the state treas ury, setting an example which might well be followed la Nebraska. STATIC Lnift.ATVRKS. I Thirteen state legislature will meet In regular or eclal session thi numlh and some of them have more than or dinarily important work to do. That of New York 1 expected to pas a law for the better regulation and siiperviloii of life Insurance companies, a matter in which the whole country N interested. We have already rioted the earnest recommendation of Mich legislation by the governor of New York and no doubt Is entertained that the legislature will1 respond to the overwhelming public de mand for a radical change In the exist ing law. The Pennsylvania legislature meets In special session and is expected to legislate In the Interest of needed re forms. In fu!f the legislature may ac complish little beyond making the neces sary appropriations for carrying on the state government, owing to the fact that the republicans and democrats are a tie in the senate, an Independent having the deciding vote, while In the Louse the republicans have only three more mem ikts than the democrats and there are two Independents. Consequently there Is not much probability of general legis lation. The work of the Maryland legislature promises to have an Interest beyond that state, especially in Its political bearing, the expectation being that it will mark the beginning of the end of the rule of Oortuan. In Iowa It Is pre sumed that the primary election law will come up for discussion and will cause a sharp contest. The legislature of Rhode Island, Kentucky, Mississippi, Iowa and Virginia will choose succes sors to United States Senators Wet more, Blackburn, McLanrln, Iolliver and Martin. Judge I'aytiter will succeed Blackburn and Senator Pollivcr will succeed himself. The probability is that loth Wet more and Mcliurln will be their own successors and Martin is likely to be chosen In Virginia. Ballot reform will be an Issue In New Y"ork, Pennsyl vania and Maryland, while agitation for a corrupt practice act Is active In Mas sachusetts, Pennsylvania and Maryland. It la probable that In most, If not all, of these bodies the subject of a revision of the state insurance laws will receive attention. The governor of Kentucky has referred to the matter in his mes sage and doubtless it. will not be ig nored in other states. What Is reason ably to be expected is a general move ment In the Interest of needed political reforms In the several states, for every where the tendency In this direction is Very strong. The legislature that will command the widest Interest Is that of the Empire state, with particular refer ence to what It may do regarding the Insurance companies. TBK riKAXClAL S1TVAT1UX. A distinctly prosperous und satisfac tory condition Is the statement In regard to the national treasury at the opening of the new calendar year. The deficit, it is true, still amounts to a substantial figure, but it is less than ut the close of the last fiscal year and will probably be further reduced before the end of the current fiscal yean The relation be tween income and outgo has recently Improved and is expected to continue to improve unless unlooked for financial conditions should arise. It Is noted that lu December the net surplus was in round numbers $5,0(0,000. There will doubtless be a deficit for the present month, but it is not likely to offset the gain for the pre ceding month, which was considerably larger than had been expected. So far as the general business of the country is concerned there is reason to think that the revenues of the government will increase, but what effect money market conditions may have upon the treasury situation is a matter of uncer tainty. It Is pointed out that this is the least satisfactory feature of present treasury conditions. The note of alarm sounded by Mr. Schlff, in his address before the New York Chamber of Com merce, the effect of which was immedi ately manifested in the Stock exchange, is likely to have a much wider Influence. When the head of a great banking house, speaking to the foremost commercial body In the country, deliberately de clares bis conviction that there is dan ger of a panic more disastrous in its consequences than the country has ever known, there is very likely to be cre ated a more or less general feeling of alarm in financial and business circles The difficulty pointed out by Mr. Schlff is the inelastic currency system. He urges that this must be corrected If we are to avoid o panic, but he does not approve of the correction lieing made in the way recommended by the secre tary of the treasury. Here we have another Illustration of the divergent views of financiers on the question of an elastic currency. The proposition of Secretary Shaw, for example, is not acceptable to the bankers because it in volves a tax of 5 or 0 per cent on emer gency circulation. Mr. Schlff 's idea is that banks be permitted to issue circu lation on commercial paper, which it is hardly jswsible Mill ever be allowed. Taking into consideration the general prosperity, the strong basis upon which that prosperity rets. and -the excellent condition of the national treasury, we are inclined to think that there is no imminent danger of a financial panic. The situation reccutly brought alout by . excessive siteculatiou has, indeed, ap peared grave and gave some reason for apprehension, but It has not as yet had any detrimental effect upon legitimate business and perhaps will not have. So far as the demaud for a more elastic currency system is concerned, there is little probability of its being met while those who make it are unable to agree upon a plan. An investigation into the affairs of a local fire insurance company by inspec tors representing three states is said to have been eminently satisfactory to both the lnsunuict Inspectors and the company, but in these day of search light Inquiries investigations that are not conducted In public: anil kept before the public do not satisfy the public. Most of the investigations that have been carried oil in this fashion dur ing the past have proved a delusion and a snare as was shown by the re cent insurance Inquiry conducted by the New York state legislative committee. "HAT AHWT THK ISTERESTt Judge Vinsonhaler has turned over to his successor the trust funds thnt were In his hands at the close of his term, but he has not turned over the Interest on the funds deiosited In tne county court during the past six years. When he was a candidate for a third term Mr. Vinsonhaler publicly pledged that he would turn in all the interest on the trust funds that would come Into his possession, but this promise he seems to have forgotten. Under the statutes of N'ebruska the county Judges of Doug las county are entitled to an Income of !f2.oHi a year, but they have no more right to pocket interest on the funds entrusted to their care and keeping than has the county treasurer. Whether the amount of Interest collected by Judge Vinsonhaler within the past six years amounts to $100 or flO.OOt) Is im material. The principle Is Just the same. Kvery penny of Interest collected by him should have been turned into the county treasury or to the rightful heirs of es tates that were in settlement In the pro bate court or to the corporations that were compelled to deposit appraisement money whenever they acquired lands by eminent domain condemnation. In the course of the last six years these deposits must have amounted to several hundred thousand dollars. It Is not presumable that funds In the custody of the county judge were kept. Idle in the court house vaults or left on deposit in banks without drawing Interest. The question Is, Why should not proper restitution be made, now that the judge has made a final settlement with the county, and he should also be re quired to make a final settlement with all whom it may concern. Representative Hogg of Colorado has introduced an interstate commerce reg ulation bill, said to be framed on the lines proposed by Judge Grosscup of Chicago. The bill provides for the nbo'I tlou of the present Interstate Commerce commission and the creation of a trans portation commission of three, to be vested with all the powers of the pres ent commission. What there is to be gained by abolishing the present com mission of five, which has had the benefit of long years of experience, by substituting a commission of1 three new men is not conceivable, except upon the theory that unless the president ap points three "safe" men, the senate would refuse to confirm and the com mission would be up in the air. To a man up a tree it looks as if the Colo rado statesman is simply trying to side step while making his constituents be lieve that he has devised the only effec tive plan of railway regulation. The only loss the city will sustain by reason of the proceedings to prevent the merger of the city and county treas uries, at least up to the middle of May, Is the expense entailed by maintaining a separate staff of clerks In the dry treasurer's office. Under the new char ter Treasurer Hennings would have drawn his full pay up to the expiration of his term in May, and in all proba bility the supreme court will render a decision concerning the validity of the merger act within the next sixty "days. At the same time the attempt to block the consolidation of the city and county treasuries, which was designed to effect a saving as well as greater convenience for taxpayers, will scarcely meet with popular approval. The uew county Judge has promised many reforms in the conduct of his office. The first of these should be the publicity of every transaction Involving the expenditure, disbursement and de posit of trust funds. The next should bo the abolition of the marriage certifi cate graft and performance of functions that rightfully belong to ministers of the gospel. The county judge receives a liberal salary and his clerks are en titled to fair pay, but there is no valid reason why he should exact from one to five dollars from exuberant bridegrooms for a dime chromo as a perquisite of office, or accept as perquisites of bis office contributions for performing mar riage ceremonies at private homes. The itinerary of Admiral Sigsbee, which takes his squadron near Morocco at the time the conference Is to con vene, is said to be causing comment In Europe. If Uncle Sam must keep his ships at home until there are no inter national difficulties In Europe there Is little use In spending much money on the avy. While the railnstds are always against the Interstate Commerce com inisslou the Interstate Commerce com mission does not always decide against the railroads. Witness the decision in favor of the Illinois Central and Mobile & Ohio Railroad companies Just ren dered by the commission in a St Louis case. Just now there is more business for federal Judges, marshals and attorneys In the semi-arid grazing land districts of Nebraska than there is in the old settlements along the Missouri river, and the pressure is growing from day to day, as the special inspectors proceed cn their roundup. Great Britain is said not to be ex cited over the relations between France add Germany. The United States also feels that the time Is not ripe for war s the nations must forget the result of the last contest lwfore engaging In the gnino where the winner Is a loser. The suggestion that midshipmen lie requii-ed to stay in the navy for five year after gradiifitloii will hardly Im prove the personnel of that branch of the service as unwilling officers can sel dom be depended upon to lead effective crew. ...... oa ropnll aa a Knocker. Chicago Rrord-II"rald. John A. MrCall. B. B. Odell, jt., ami J. C. 8. Blackburn will probably admit that vox poptill's hm-king abllltb-s iivrY un Impaired. Preliminaries to Work. Baltimore American. Now they are irolng to ald brass band to the equipment for the. entertainment of the laborers at Panama. Nothing seems to have been omitted from the calculations so far except the work on the cannl. A Sew Year Discovery. Kansas City Journal. After much profound studv the scientists of the Agricultural department at Waah Inirton have made an Important discovery. They have found that barbed wire fences rust because they are exposed to the rain. Valuable Time Wasted. Boston Transcript. A western statistic-Inn figures that peo ple who wear spectacles lose In the course of twenty-five years some thirty-two' days eight hours aa the result of the hnblt of taking off and putting on the glasses. It remains for some one to figure how much time is lost In preparing and reading this sort of statistics. A Cheerless Orarle. Boston Clobe. According to President Siliurnian, this "Is a generation which lias no fear of God before Its eyes; It fears no hell; It fears nothing but the criminal court, the peni tentiary and the acalTpld. To escape these ugly avengers of ftivll society is Its only categorical imperative, the only law with which' Its Sinai thunders." Somebody ought to give President Schurman a good dyspepsia remedy and- brighten up his out look. Sore Slitn of Prosperity. New York Mall. Last year the people spent 12.66 per capita on, diamonds alone. That, to be sure, would not represent a heavy expendi ture for Jewelry, but the purchase of dia monds Is not, like that of beef or sugar, or, unfortunately, that of boer and spirits, a thing In which the mass of the people participate. Only the few possess, the bril liants. They represent surplusage; they arc purely a decorative feature of the national life. Yet nothing, after all, could better gauge the national prosperity than the ex penditure for these gewgaws. Private Cars aa Common Carriers. Philadelphia Record. In consequence of the overruling- of the demurrers tiled by the defendants In the government's private car rebate cases pond ing In the United States circuit court at Madlnon, Wis., the question involved will have to be determined by juries cn their merits. It la true that the contention of the defendants that private car companies are not common carriers la a question of law; but the Judicial determination of this question will depend in large measure upon the facts disclosed and found' by the trial Juries. The court was evidently not con vinced by this cock-sureness of defendants' counsel that a Common carrier ceases to be a common carrier wrien he employs vehicles of peculiar construction, and lias them hauled by the motive power belonging to another carrier. ',o1 Newcomer la the Literary Set. Chicago .Chronicle. The word "bully" has aa fine a Uncage as auy in Webster's dictionary, which gives as its forbears: bulderjaam, buller bak. bullerbrook, buldervaar, bule and buhle. The word "bull" 1 not in it at all. Even Shakespeare says, "Bless Mice, bully doctor," without dreaming of any impro priety. If President Roosevelt uses the word "bully" because it is racy of the noil and is the language of the common people he la to be commended. The government of which he is the head is a government of tho people, by the people and fur the peo ple, and everything about It ought to be democratic, phraseology and all. Its di plomacy should be shirtsleeve diplomacy and Its language should bo the lingo of the masses. All hail and welcome the "bully" Into the literary set! , , PEnSOXAl SiOTES. "Converted, convinced and contrite cor porations" Is the way a clUef burgess in Pennsylvania refers to them. The retirement of Chief Justice Nott of the Court of Claims takes out of active service the laat Judge holding a commission from President Lincoln. A British speculator who found out that "everything he sold went up, everything he bought went faown," thanked Heaven that nothing could go side lie. Thomas Hardy, though a frequent visitor to London, still makes his home in Dor cheater, near which he waa born and where he haa lived almost his entire life. He Is said to be quite indifferent to the social fame that his successful novel writing brings. Perry Belmont, formerly a congressman from New York, has leased a handsome residence in Washington, where he and Mrs. Belmont will live for a time. While there he will make special efforts on be half of the movement for publicity in re gard to contributions for politlcal'campalgn purposes. He tias secured the co-operallon of many well known men in thla cause. The recent International meeting of dan cing masters at Paris had scant patience with those modern bridegrooms who shirk the traditional swallow-tail garment of Continental weddings and stand frock coated before the altar a "heart rending" apectacle, as one of the dancing masters pathetically described it. Doubtless it Is this heart-rending element that made the assembly further declare that the frock coat might properly be worn at funerals. A ICIDr:T WITH A MORAL. Somervllle Journal. St. Peter, Hitting at the gate, a stranger saw one day Approaching In a sort of careless, free and easy way. He held him up when he came near, and deftly put him through The keen examination that he'll some day try on you. The stranger answered promptly all the questions that were asked. Like a man who all his life has in the miles of favor baxked. And all went well until at last, with just a little cough, Bt. peter asked: "You've always had your sidewalk shoveled off?'' The stranger fluahed. and paused a bit before he made reply. Then Hushed again, and then, disturbed, lie stammered: "Well. I" "Enough," Bt. Peter aighed. "You've made a aud mistake. 1 fear. Tou really have no right at all to lie applying here. You can't come in! (let out of thla! The future's rightly black For him who left a trap and snare to break his neighbor a back! The rule Is strict. l uless you always hoveled off the snow And aprinkeled ashes on the ice YOUR PLACU 18 DOWN BELOW! 1 OTIIKR l,MH THIS OIKS. Since the war the public budget of Spain, though Increased by i.).(iO. has every year shown a surplus (Ill.tw.oSn In 1!MV The treasury has repaid to the Bank of Spain and lu the tobacco monopoly about $:(, nou.tun. without contracting any foreign loan, but simply out of the surplus and tho treasury bonds taken by Spanish Investors, at a rate nf 4 and 3 per cent per annum. Hesldes tills. Spaniards have Invested since the war tsi.nno.ena In a nierchant marlnp. ttfi.Oo.O'W In constructing sugar factories. li;i.(t,0i in Installation of industries of all kinds namely, electric plants and develop ment of mines. Notwithstanding the enor mous cost of the Cuban Insurrection and the American war. all debts hAve been reg ularly paid, and the Cuban debt has been taken over by Spain. The exterior and In terior debts are now capitallxed at 4 per cent on the European markets. The rail ways. Imperfect as they may be in their construction and equipment, have seen their gross earnings Increase by 50 per cent In the last ten years. The gold premium, from Hi per cent during the American war and so per cent after the peace, haa dropped to 27 per cent, and would now stand even lower If It were not for the failure of the last two crops In wheat and fruit, which hnve tem porarily retarded the further Improvement of the currency. It is a long time since there has lieen such a stir In tho British navy as has lieen caused by the severe "minute" Issued by the Admiralty In connection with the recent stranding of the steam repair ship Alliance In Tetuan bay. Practically It censures everybody concerned from the commanding admiral down. After the mishap the eon. nuinder of the .Alliance was tried on a charge of negligence before a court martial at Gibraltar and acquitted. Now the lords of the Admiralty express regret that the rominander-ln-chlef. Admiral May a very distinguished officer should have selected for the Alliance a berth which was known to be unsafe during an easterly gale. Next, they censure the captain for using too short a cable, and for being unready to weigh anchor at a moment's notice. Then they comment severely upon the fact that other ships of the squadron were equally unpre pared, and therefore unable to go to the Alliance assistance. Finally, they proceed to scold all the watch officers of the Al liance very roundly, and to announce their determination to supersede them. The cap tain of tho Alliance also la relieved of his command. So general a censure has not been distributed In the British navy for years. In his recent talk with a representative of the Paris Figaro the well known Knglish statesman, Sir Charles Dilke, said that British foreign policy at present reposes on England's friendship with the United States and France. England's relations with Germany, he says, are less cordial, but offer no element of Immediate danger. The efforts to bring about an understanding with Russia have been delayed by existing circumstances. He hopes that any agree ment between England and Russia aa to Persian trade and railways will be followed by an International settlement of the Baghdad railway question. Involving the restoring by Irrigation of the fabulous old time fertility of Mesopotamia and the main tenance of Turkish sovereignty in Asia Minor. The whole affair, he thinks, ought to be Intrusted to an International com mission consisting of the representatives of Germany, England, Russia and France. As to Russia's international position In conse quence of the war. Sir Charles Dilke thinks It has been Improved, for now every one admits that it Is a necessity for Europe. For the moment, he discerns no immediate danger for peace. The chief peril lies In the rival ambitions of Austria and Italy in Albania, but the relations between these powers, he says, are better than they were last year. The Balkan question Is no more dangerous today than it has been for a generation, and the breakup of the Austro Hungarian empire is still in the future. The Danish "high school" was the out come of a recent period in Dan I h history when the nation passed throtir.li i crucial period of trouble, loss and humiliation, when its lnnguttge and even its nationality were threatened from without, and when It seemed for a time as if even Its Intellectual and spiritual independence might be de stroyed or absorbed. During such periods, when "tho reproof of chance" lay heavy on one of tho smaller nations, the true proof of its men and women was tested to the utmost, and Denmark at this crisis in its history was not found wanting. After the storm had passed and the province of Schleswig-Holhteln had been wrested from the nation, Orotwig and other patriots conceived and carried out the "high school" scheme, and succeeded Anally in attracting to these schools all that was best and moat aspiratlonal in the life of the peas antry and people. The aim of the teacher waa not so much to Inpart knowledge as to stimulate the reflective powers, so aa to arouse In the minds of their pupils thoughts on the value and purpose of life. The new British aliens statute, which was paused ut tho laat session of Parliament, und which went into effect yesterday, is In many respects a copy of our own. Known criminals and paupers are not to be allowed to land, and our "likely to become a public charge" provision has been borrowed. But in one respect the British law goes further than our own. It la flatly required that the Immigrant shall have at least 16, while our law allow entry without any stipulated sum provided It appears to the satisfaction of the inspectors that the immigrant will be able to maintain himself or be main tained by relatives and friends. This British regulation a similar one hat often been proposed here lias the merit of easy ad ministration. ' The Prussian statistical department liuS Just publlahed some instructive particulars relating to suicides in the country during the past year. While the aggregate number of suicides has decreased omewhat, the number of women who put an end to their own lives seems to be on the increase. Tho percentage of women suicides has risen from 19.6 of the whole number In Wl to 22.5. It is suggested by some German writers who have discussed the subject that If women continue to take part In the strugg'.e for life, and enter on new occupations, the number of them who commit suicide must he expected to Increase. The official statis tics assign no ruuse for nearly one-fifth of the total number of suicides. Temporary insanity causes one-fourth, the deaths of 111 per cent are attributed to sorrow, 8 per cent to remorse, shame and the stings of conscience, and nearly 10 per cent to the ravages of alcohol. Sl'ftKY (.KMS. Ruffon Witttr llev ye swore off fin any thing yit? Sayniold Storey You tnsultin' scoundrel' Ther' ain't nuthln' I need to swear off from! Chicago Tribune. Your grandfather said: "H is in the Iwrn." Your father said: "It Is in the stable." Your daughter says: "I: la in the garage, " Bomervllle Journal. "I can t understand how that young law yer lives. I've never heard of him having a client." "You haven't? Why. he is one of the lieople who hel)ed to break old Illggersnn will. He doesn't need clients." Chicago Record-Herald. Tommy (looking over the nevs columns of the paper) Paw, what a "holding com pany ?" Mr. Tucker It's the company that hold. Tommv. For further partlculara consult your older sister, who what are yu look- The Auditor of Public Accounts of Nebraska ExainiiH'n. counts and verifies the securities mid ledger assets, in cluding registered bonds, mortgages, loans to policy holders, notes, cash and deposits in bank and deposits with the State of Nebraska, and certifies all correct, and attaches his signature and official seal. A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF ASSETS The Official Certificate BANKERS RESERYE LIFE COMPANY OMAHA, NEBRASKA STATEMENT OF NET LEDGER ASSETS, DEC. 31, 1905: Registered County, Municipal and School Bonds $209,787.70 First Mortgage Loans on Improved Real Estate 146,900.00 Loans to Policy Holders on policies in force 51,796.53 Bill Receivable 33,126.68 Cash on hand in office 339.69 Cash in Banks to credit of Company 61,168.19 $503,118.79 BALANCES IN DEPOSITORY BANKS DEO. 31, 1905: First National Bank, Omaha, Neb $13,938.92 Merchants National Bank, Omaha, Neb . . 13,143.98 Nebraska National Bank, Omaha, Neb. . . 2,599.73 U. S. National Bank, Omaha, Neb 13,151.74 First National Bank, Tekamah, Neb.... 4,348.02 Omaha National Bank, Omaha, FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS ON IMPROVED REAL Estate on deposit with the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Ne braska for the protection Holders, December 31, 1905 E. M. Searle, Jr., -T. L. Pierce, Auditor of Public Accounts. Insurance Deputy. stfATE OF NEBRASKA, Insurance Department, Auditor's Office, , Lincoln. THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That the foregoing schedule of se curities and ledger assets of the Bankers Reserve Life Company of Omaha, Nebraska, including bonds, mortgages, loans to policy holders, notes, cash and deposits in bank and deposits -with thy State of Nebraska, have been carefully examined, counted, veri fied and found correct by me. IN "WITNESS "WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused rav official seal to be affixed, at the City of Lincoln, this 3d day of January, 1900. E. M. SEARLE, .III., Auditor of Public Accounts. (Seal) JOHN L. PIERCE, Insurance Deputy. ml. - Oi.i. DuVilin j. ne o bate auuiuui wi wvii - requested to examine, verify and certify the Annual Statement of the company for the year ending December 31, 1905. WESTERN POLICIES FOR WESTERN PEOPLE GUARANTEED BY WESTERN SECURITIES HAS BECOME A FIXED PRINCIPLE. BASCOM H. ROBISON, President. Browning, King & Co 0UG1NAT0IS AND SOLE MAKEtS Of BALf SUES IN CLOTHING. Clothing Reductions This is -the season of the year when nearly every clothing house will be after you Some will offer you honest values, others will we won't name it. BUT HEBE we give you an opportunity to get at a reduced price THE BEST CLOTHING THE COUNTRY AFFORDS SUITS OVERCOATS TROUSERS Men's, boys' and children's clothing will come under the Cut Price Rule. There's lots of winter ahead, and anything you buy will be a profitable investment for next sea son as well. r Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. Broadway ! S2a Strt NEW In furloun about. B.Tlha?-l'liiiu Tri bune. 'Your brown bread l ell.nl. IJflia.-' aid tli' mlHtr. "' Uli uu 1 obit-el to making it." "Yf'm" replied the nrw crvant. I like o 'make brown bread, fur I bm I have to be no particular then to waMi m handa- '-'i'ladelpliia Prcaii. 'WIihi do yu think of my liiatorieul novel?" BMked the author. 'It i an arhleven.ent." answered the ehllly rritic. "You have al latt uo eedvd Neb.... 13,985.80 $61,168.19 of Policy '. $100,900 00 Annnnrtta tf MpVim slrn. ViaS bftfiTI 01V5AIIA NEB. YORK Faetary, taaaar qa-rf- In almwiiiK lht iliin.ii nuiv l.e trang-i than nuiii. "- Wattling-ion Htar. Ilaynor IHd you have a good time Nw Yeur'a eve?" Kliyne (bathing bin head) Beat ever! l:a nor What did you do? 8hyn"-l haven't the remoteat Idea. C'bi ruao Tribune. ' Ma'lani. i make me look Ilka a hlooiuiriK idiot.'' "Hlr. 1 emplnilli uUy deny the reaponaibil It y.' Cleveland I'lain Dealer. V