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1 Tl!F, .QMA11A. DAILY BE& FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROBEWATER. VICTOR nOSEWATER. EDITOR. Enter at Omaha postoffloe aa aacond claas matter. riirt Tvu-uirn BT CARRIER. I haiir IZ Evening Fe (without Sunday). pr w" ,Si ! Evening Bee (with Sunday). tr w,; '',!': Anareaa complaint of irreiru mr.i-- Ibery to City Circulating Department. OFFICES. Omaha Tha flee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffe 10 pearl Street. Chicago 1M0 Vnlty Building. .,,AlKm New tork-lBrtl Home Life Ins. iulWB- Washington 5n Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should ha addressed: Oman He. Editorial Department. . REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or po"' payable to Tha Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment or mall accounts. Personal check", exoept on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not aecepiea. THE REE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCUt-ATlON. fli.t. x-.v. r..ia County, aa: r. . - . anii manager of The Re Publishing company, peMg "u'7, worn, says that the actual number ' ot fuii ana complete coplea of The uauy. Kvenlng and Sunday Pea printed during tna month of December, 1!08, waa aa follows. I SLS70 17 3'70 I ao,9o ,.. 81,610 4 81,710 I ,.. 81,700 Sl.StO II 31,760 II 81,760 10 38,670 11 31,680 T I I 81,880 88,080 30,680 IB 31,750 88,180 33,090 31,680 11 11 14 81,690 II 38,170 II.... 30.400 TotaU 868,380 Leaa unsold and returned coplea.. 8,341 Net total 673,146 Dally average 81,31 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, Oaneral Manager. Subscribed In my bresence and eworn to oerore ma una mat day or December, lyua. (Seal.) M. B HUNGATE, Notary Public WHBI OUT OF TOWN. Sabserlbers lea via tha rllT Ifia porarlly ahoald hay The Be mailed to then. Addreaa will ha ehaaged aa oftea aa repeated. si. Senator Dryden Is having trouble in securing' a renewal of his political life Insurance policy. Henry James has a new novel reaiy for publication, as soon as it can be translated Into English. ( Difference 14 their political affili ations win save the country from a Tillman and Foraker ticket In 1908. The incident will not ba .considered closed until Mr. Dooley takes a whack at Governor Swettenham of 'Jamaica. g The Minnesota courts claim to have f discovered that Jim Hill's stock 3 watering tanks were not affected by 4 the recent blizzard. . o rrrr - t The Dry Goods Magazine predicts i that mankind will soon.be wearing pa ll per clothes. That will teach people to go In when it rains. Cleveland is planning to have the hair of the boys In the public schools cut at the public expense. Just another method of shaving the public. Railroad men who. are using the Panama canal as a stepping stone to better jobs will not complain at the delay In construction of the great waterway. Senator Hopkins of Illinois threat ens to talk the river and harbor bill to death. He la apparently anxious to be known as the Senator Tom Carter of Illinois. m wnue tne cables state that many M mules were killed by the earthquake ijj at Kingston, there la evidence that aj one of the breed escaped and lived to tB bray over It. f , U One ot the talesmen In i. . Thaw w, case Informed the court that he had of expressed an opinion, but had not formed one. That man waa cut out t for a diplomat. Mark Twain is complaining bitterly because ha has an attack ot the gout. It Is evidently the Inherited kind, aa the average man Is proud of an at tack of acquired gout According to Judge Gaynor of New York the public owns the railroads. In some rural sections the public still goes down to tha depot every after noon to see its train go by. The deadlock in the Rhode Island legislature would Indicate that Senator Aldrlch Is either Indifferent to the se lection of his colleague or Is leas a boss than he has been supposed. The duchess of Marlborough has given her husband $100,000 a year to get rid of htm. Nothing but lack ot the money prevents many other women from following her example. I All advices from Washington seem to agree that Senator-elect Brown made a favorable impression upon his future colleagues. Mr. Brown Is surely die- appointing those . or the back-firing line. The test suit to determine the con stitutionality of the amendments cre- m atlng the state railway commission voted on at the last election would ex cite no apprehension except for the j fact that the lawyer member of the M new commission Insists ou appearing ; la court as oe of the legal represen ts ; jailvca on his go4ej of the case. D,y r generally suspected, but the mass of DaiiV r and Sunday, ona year evidence now turned over to congress SurV.r07nn;Wr::::::::::::"-"-' and the Department of Justice going - TVTT rl Ikl I 31,800 30,860 81,710 II 31,600 II 18,180 17 81,770 It 31,810 it 31.680 10.: 30,800 II 31,810 THK SOFT COAL COXfTlRACY The report of the" Interstate Com merce commisaion b invf'wauon ui the railroads and the bituminous coal Industry opens up a new vlata of pros ecutions under the commerce and anti trust laws. That both those laws had been extensively disregarded was long uitntnitlK and wholesale vlo- ceed all' expectations. The monotony of the resul The monotony of the results or these Investigations, revealing now outrageously unfair have been the practices of the carrier corpora tions, ought not to be? permitted to tire the public of their vast signifi cance, because the struggle to destroy these abuses has yet to be fought to a finish. Bituminous coal Is a commod ity fundamental In our Industrial sys tem. The commission's report mar shals an ominous , array " of proofs that the carrier corporations, Instead of performing their, legitimate func tion of transporting: this article of prime necessity and universal con sumption, have for ten years been In a conspiracy to prevent competition and restrain trade In it. In addition lo running the whole gamut of subsid iary or related abuses. All the big trunk lines are impli cated in this showing, covering prac tically every ton of soft coal mined east of Chicago and far south of the Ohio river. The commission has, with apparent thoroughness, executed the Joint resolution of congress Ordering It to develop the main facts In the con duct and relations of th carrier cor porations and the coal, Industry. All the detailed evidence Is now avail able for the Department of Justice, which will surely find In them basis for a series of far-reaching prosecu tions and remedial proceedings. . . BOOrS CANADtAK SVCCEfS. By all accounts Secretary Root has repeated In his "purely social" visit to Canada the remarkable success that marked his tour ot the South Amer ican capitals. The fiction of social pur pose was not necessary; since Canada comDrlses Independent states, and the real object could be frankly avowed The disguise, indeed, was little more than formal before tho secretary started for Ottawa, and It was prac tically dropped soon after his arrival. The vital point is to establish on both sides of the 3,000-mile line sep aratlng the two peoples conviction of the necessity of thorough adjustment of relations on a friendly basis. Both countries are young, vigorous, am bltlous, self-conscious and conscious of enormous future development. MU' tual concession 1b obviously IndispenS' able if their paramount 'common in terests are to be promoted as they should bei All this has been thrown Into the foreground by the secretary's tactful policy' and by the responsive spirit in which he has been received. It Is apparent, too, that the secre tary's intercourse has gone far deeper and dealt with particularly timely mat ters, of which there are many of the utmost importance pending between the two countries. The view generally accepted in both it warranted that the first great step has been taken toward conclusive disposal of long standing and Irritating questions, and partlcu larly of trade relations, on a more lib eral and satisfactory' basis. At least a better mutual knowledge has been directly acquired of the maximum con cessions possible on the . main ques tions, and that Is a great advantage. For though the process must yet be formally through the London govern ment as the sovereign, still the Ca nadlans, If they are assured of sub stantially direct dealing In their own interest, will certainly be disposed to go farther and to accept the result more readily. What Is equally Important, the Brit ish government must have been in formed in advance of the real char acter and purpose of these inter changes. There appears thus a dlspo sltlon on all hands to dispose of the long accumulation of unsettled bus! ness and difficulties between the two great next-door English speaking na tlons In the new world, and to do it with an eye to their growing perma I nent common Interests. yO BONDS FOB CVBRClt T KX PESHF.S One ot the charter amendments pending at Lincoln proposes to give the mayor - and council of Oinuha power by unanimous vote to Issue bonds and use the proceeds for the payment of current expenses ot the city government. This strikes us a a most vicious proposition If enacted Into Jaw it would vest with . officials who spend thP-smoney authority to keep on con stantly Increasing the city's debt with out any responsibility to the taxpay ers. It would enable theru to unload upon a future generation the cost of running the machinery ot city govern ment, which should be met out of the current revenues of . the municipal treasury. -) ' ;. ' There Is some reason tor issuing bonds to pay for erecting buildings, laying pavement and other perma nent Improvements because the, bene fits of those Improvements will be I spread over a long number pf f years, but to Issue bonds for running but to issue Donas lor running ex penses would make, those who are to come after ui pay for something from which they can derive no benefit. The practical working of such a change in the charter tan be . easily forecasted. The requirement ot a unanimous rote ot the council to Issue such bonds would bemo bar, partic ularly In years just preceding muni cipal election. In. order to curry pub lic favor and make record for a low tax rate the mayor and council could TIIE OMAIIA be counted on regularly to reduce the tat levy even below what legitimate demands would warrant and to fill out' the funds by selling; bonds so as to make a big showing of work accom plished. The bonded debt of the city would be Increased year after year and never reduced, while the assets to offset the Increasing liabilities would secure no Increment beyond that ac cruing from the natural growth of the city. It is always a safe plan for every governmental organization to pay aa It goes and to cut its garment accord ing to its cloth. No authority should be lodged anywhere to issue bonds to defray current city expenses. aoVKRSQB MAOOOX S DA SO K R. Notwithstanding the remarkable record he has made as governor of Cuba under the second American 'oc cupation, giving apparently perfect satisfaction to the authorities at Wash- ngton, latest advices from Havana in dicate that our distinguished fellow Nebraskan,' Charles E. Magoon, is In danger of. forfeiting the respect and confidence of the native Cubans. It must be difficult, of course, for a man of his temperament and training to remember constantly that he is living n Havana and not in Lincoln, but his reputation appears to be menaced by his failure to keep that fact continu ally in mind. The governor's first slip came when fire broke out In the governor's palace the other night. The fire department responded promptly, an unusual thing in Cuba, only to be rendered helpless by the sight that met them. Clad In pinky pajamas, Governor Magoon was wielding an axe asainst the partition behind which crossed electric wires had otarted the blaze. He had an elec tlon day sweat up and was cursing his servants without resort to the Spanish language, giving orders and then ex ecuting them himself while the aston ished natives gaped. The members of the fire department, uniformed like a lot of Georgia colonels at a governor's ball, simply. refused, or at least failed, to be of service. They could not bring themselves to associate, even at a fire, with an official who so far forgot the rules of Cuban etiquette as to appear at a fire In pink pajamas. Abas Don Carlos Magoon unless he should apol ogize or offer an acceptable explana tlon. The outraged firemen returned to quarters and the governor returned to bed. Instead of explaining. Governor Ma' goon the following night added a straw that nearly fractured the Cuban camel's spine by ordering a raid of a cock fight, In which the police gath ered in such patriots as General Jose Miguel Gomez, pfesldential candidate of the liberal party; General Mon- teagudo, General Pino Guerra, and ex Congressman Mendlpta. All Havana was aroused. The'-patrtote gathered In front of the cljar stores and loudly voiced their protests. It had come to a pretty pass, they insisted, if the reg ular army of Cuba could not invite i friend into an alley and bet. a few piasters on. the merits of their game cocks. It were well, perhaps, for -them that the hollowness of the Gringo's promises had been so early ascer tained. Instead of guaranteeing peace to the island and offices to the patriots it was evidently the purpose of The Second Army of Occupation to rob the ragged and rugged patriots of their heaven-authorized entertainment and undermine the very foundation of Cu ban Independence. Clearly here was ground for another revolution. Governor Magoon's friends will anx iously await developments, with the hope that he may, by the exercise of wise diplomacy, re-establish himself in the good graces ot the Cubans whose dignity he has so grossly outraged. HARD TI.VKS FOB LOBBYISTS' The professional lobbyists are not prospering in a single one of the two score states whose legislatures are now sitting. They are everywhere not only tinder a cloud, but under a ban. In many Instances the legislatures promptly undertook measures of a more or less drastic character for ban ishing or limiting mischievous lobby influence. Such measures cover a'wide range of method, but are Identical In purpose as a response to a command ing public opinion that professional lobbying Is disreputable and perilous to free government. The similarity of the tactics of the professional gangs that have so long infested the state capitols at this sea son is suggestive, since all make pre tense of injured innocence, of the "right of petition," etc., which, how ever, deceives nobody. The difference between honest effort to enlighten leg islators or to represent legitimate In terests claiming attention and that sys tematic and expert conspiracy organ ized to befool and corrupt the law makers Into betrayal of the public Is mountain broad, and high, and has aroused the people throughout the country to action for their own pro tection. It does not appear that any state, no matter how it may have been hereto fore victimized by professional lobby machinations. Is disposed to deny fair hearing to any proper Interest, or even to those corporations that have been the grossest offenders. Dut an Invln clbledetermlnatIon la manifest to make all interests come out into the open so they may be known for what they are and their purposes judged on their merits. Necessarily there can be no place In this proceas for the mer cenary experts whose business It Is to play upon the weaknesses, the suscept ibilities and the baser element In leg islatures. ' A material general change for the better is also apparent, although of courae uo oue imagines that profej- DAILY BEE: MONDAY, . JANUARY 28, 1907. sional Jobby work has been wholly abolished. Dut in all the legislature the field for the lobbyist's 'activity has been Immensely narrowed. His very presence arouses suspicion and It Is no longer safe to have dealings or to be seen with him. And his potency will steadily wane when the fact becomes fixed that his employment to promote any proposal Is sure to excite antago nism to it rather than to win it friends. A Lincoln architect has Suddenly discovered that the east wing ot the state house is In such a decrepit con dition that it is liable to. suffer a par alytic stroke at any moment of the day or night. The only wtiy to cure the patient Is to have a prescription filled at once for $20,000 worth of repairs. The strange thing about the diagnosis is that it leaves out of account the im perative necessity of building a new capltol building at an outlay of a mil lion or two million dollars. But per haps that is to be the second chapter. Iowa law-makers are waking up to the fact that the railroads In their state, like the railroads in Nebraska, have been almost wholly escaping their Just shares of municipal taxes through the loophole of pretended dis tribution of terminal values. The railroads have been working their tax- shirking game In every state where they have been able to pull the wool i over the eyes or the people. 7 ne fight for terminal taxation started and waged in Nebraska is sure to have Its effects far beyond state lines. The National Educational associa tion will hold its meeting next summer in Ix8 Angeles. This means that many delegations of distinguished educators will pass through Omaha on their way to or from the convention. Omaha should not let the opportunity pass to secure stop-over privileges on the con vention tickets and to take care of those who may accept the Invitation to break their journey here. A bill to make five years' practice at the bar a pre-requlsite qualification for a judge on .the district bench has gone the way' of the bill to require county judges to be lawyers. Why should we Insist on having legal talent for Judgeships of inferior tribunals when we have a supreme court of real lawyers to correct any mistakes they may make through Ignorance of the law? From the personnel of some of the "antl-anttexatlonlats" it is fair to as sume that the chief objection to wip ing out the imaginary line separating Omaha from South Omaha lies in the danger that it might also wipe out the line of demarcation lUh agreement of certain coal, lumber and building supply houses not. at- Invade . each other's territory. rvjy-HWv; ... Another prize fight has been pulled off In Omaha under the gnlse of a ten round boxing contest.., The last one resulted in a knockotit before the ten rounds were completed,' while the pres ent exhibition was declared a draw. These are simply little reminders lest we forget that Omaha has a cowboy mayor. ' I ' - The Kansas City stock yards people thought they turned a neat trick when they located their yards right on the line between the two states of Missouri and Kansas. It turns out that they simply laid the foundation for an ex cuse for two legislatures to swoop down on them at one and the same time. Certain sensitive Kentucklans have taken down their mail boxes rather than receive mall at the hands of a colored letter carrier. The' seriousness of the matter is mitigated by the fact that the mall of persons of that kind can not be very Important, anyway. "If the president Is satisfied with the Foraker resolution on the Browns ville affair, I will not interfere," says Senator Bacon of Georgia. Imagination halts at picturing what might have happened if Senator Bacon had de cided to interfere. . i The Ice man does not know whether to smllo or frown at the weather man these days.- The recollection of a short Ice supply at high prices almost overshadows the Joy oj a full crop at moderate prices. i Steps to lllahrr Jobs. Indianapolis Newa. . Eventually It may turn out that the larger Panama canal Joba are quite aa good atepplng stones to Important and remuner ative positions aa ara the cabinet portfolios. Kuel of the future, Washington Post. Congressmen from the northwest could help thslr constituents to lay by a supply of fuel for neat winter by sending them their full quota of Congressional Records and public documents. A Jersey Traaredy. New York Sun. i , The , Hon. John Fairfield Dryden la chained to his rock. Will nobody releaas him? Murt he be devoured by the Colbylte monsters? It la the nnidert sight alnra Andromedn; and that lady had a man friend" to rearua her. , n'le" Too Nnnrroni to Mrsllss Baltimore News. When Secretary Root waa askej by Canadian Interviewer whether qJt-s'lons of Internationa! lnt.-r.-st had beon dUe isad i without saying, rare..,, -noum uav. con iturin. v.i. r,.nfn,.. i.k .h .j . i, I trol of their children. It is essential to the Canadian government, "lie repllud: Vt talk.d of a ereat minr thinui." Thla - seitlon will be received v.it'i fu'l fjlth arid credit. . Smooth MUer. Sprlntfl. Id HerubJican. Mr. Rwl'i Ottawa fi-'lcjiles were m irked by the skill which be dla;i!uys in all of his diplomatic utterances. Id this faculty of exact and appropriate utterance he s ems to have been surpas-M-d by none of bis mor. recent predecc-st-ors. John Hay could not say things more decorous':' :'iid W a ir.oter aroear&r.ca of ainccra and uni t I cuDviciUm. TIPS O THE I.EOHUUHB. South Omaha IVmocrat: The members of thla leguintur aeem to ba railroad craiy. Carleton leader: The Ipglalnture aeema to be ateadlly grinding away, with a Arm determination to carry out at leaat moat of the reforms demanded by tha people laat fall. Friend Telegraph: Tha legislature aeema to be aettina- down to biielncea and we believe, that every pledge made their con Mltuenta will be redeemed before that body adjourns. Rnahville Recorder: Tha World-Herald iwma anxious that all reform U'glalatlon promised by the legislature ahall be a failure. If we "have the altuatlon aiaid up right, the republican rlat'orm will not only be carried out, but the World-Herald will be wonderfully aurprlaed and d.aap polnted. Plarca Call: If the present legislature falls to redeem the republican pledgee of laat fall thla session then tha Call will advocate turning tha whole blnmed bunl nese over to the democrat two years from now and give them a try at It It will go further and advocate the election of demo cratic members to the legislature. Grand Island Independent: The Ne braska legislature will probably reiterate fhe demand of this state for the adoption by congress of an amendment to the con stitution calling for the election of United Statea aenatora by a popular vote. It prob aBly Isn't necessary, but tha demand can not be made too often nor too strongly. Albion News: If the farmers don't get what they want from the present legist ' ow" f"uU- 7 ! fA.kea. a-mAfa In ih hrtUBA Anil fteVeTl i. ...v.- Dre- In the senate. The lawyers uauany pre dominate In numbers In tha legislative halls, but they only number nineteen In both branchea of the present legislature. Nellgh Leader: Nebraaka'a legislature promises well In the fultlllment of all promises made In the republican atata platform. A large amount of preliminary work haa been done, many bllla Introduced and referred to committees for report that will bring results before very long. Lobby ists are no longer given a cordial welcome at the atate capltol, but every Intereat will be given a respectful hearing by the com mittees. . Nebraska City Tribune: The atate legla luture haa repudiated the "mill levy" Idea sprung by the Lancaster people, who are always on the alert to get their hands In the state treasury . up to the elbow, and had figured thla aa an "eaay" way to do It The people are entitled to know Just what Is appropriated In money for the various eml-prlvate schemes that interest special localities and the defeat of the "mill levy'; Idea will , enable them to do this. Kearney Hub: The measures adopted by the Nebraska legislature to shut out and keen out the professional lobby have boen pretty effective thus far and will doubtlesa continue to do tha business during tho remainder of the session. Legislative halls must of necessity be lonely without the lobbyist; and the quietude of the senate chamber, , of representative hall and the rotundas must at times be painful after the busi and bustle of the Llndell hotel, for Instance. St. Paul Republican: Both housea ot the legislature are waatlng valuable time on the lobby problem. No power on earth can prevent a free American citizen from performing the functions of a lobbyist, and It Is lsposslble to distinguish officially be tween the corrupt agent and the free ana untrammelled adviser." All the lcglalatora can do la to bar the gentry from the floor of the house and senate and turn a deaf ear to their " pleadings elsewhere. Any further action would be buncombe- pure and "simple. .-.'. . .i Alnsworth Star-Journal: Our people are not very well pleased with " the Outlines nf the nmnosed new judicial district. It takea 1ft Brown. Keya Paha, Rock. Holt, Boyd. Wheeler, Garfield, Loup and Blaine. That make a very compact district so far as the geographical phase of the queatlon la concerned, but think how a Judge would ever get over hta territory. Just take look at the way the railroad run ai"! 'u will aee how very Impractical the plan Is. It la as bad aa tha days of George Wash ington, when railroads were an unknown quantity. It would be tha rankest Injustice to Inflict such a district on these people. rnlumbua Journal: Much of the newa from the legislature Indicates that the law makers are endeavoring to write good measures for the people. Borne prospective atatutea are to compel the telephone com panics to connect with other companiea at the aame point; child labor law; terminal taxation of railroad property for municipal a maximum freight rate; to compel freight trains to carry passen gers; to prevent the enjoining of railroad taxes until the taxes have been paid; to lnveat the railway commission with power to regulate railroad and telephone rntea to prevent discrimination between localities by making lower prlcea in ravor or one. Columbua Telegram (dem.): In the late campaign the republican leaders promised the. people that If a republican legislature ahould be elected a law would be passed to drive the paid lobbyists away from tho state capltol. Well, the fake reformer! had a chance to redeem that promise last Wednesday. Senator Patrick's anti-lobby bllL which waa right In line with repub lican promises, came up for consideration And what do you suppose the republican aenate did with that bill? Passed It, of course. Not much! Seventeen republican senators voted against the bill and killed It deader than Governor Mlckey'a political nnunaru. Score victory number one for fake reform. Beatrice Sun: In, the enactment of child labor law the legislature should exer. else a little care or it will promote an abuse greater than the evil legislate against. There la nothing more degrading to the human race thun Idleness. The child had better be encouraged to habits of Industry in tender years than to be raised In Idleness. We see the effects of Idleness on every street corner. Every evening we aee young hoodlums amcklng cigarettes on the corners when they should be at home. A law making work aa well as education compulaory would not be a bad thing. In thla aection of the country there Is much more danger from the habit of Idlenesa than from overwork. Drastic measures' are necessary to protect children from the sweat shops of the east, but I there are very few who are hurt by over I work here In Nebraska, especially In tha I smaller towns and rural districts. I Fremont Tribune: Borne kind of a law ! prohibiting the working of children of sua in the detriment of their health. ! theli education and their morals la de manded In Nebraska and should ba passed hud enforced In every state cf the union. But that a law prohibiting these evil and not giving rise to others of a serious nature must be oiw Kklllfuliy drafted goe welfare of the young that they be taught 1 the lesson of Industry. It Is best physi cally for them that they have rufflclint exercise to develop their cons'lttitlor.a In proper manner. Hut It Is a crime and shame- upon civilization that the little on" at a dell 'ale ag sh.iuld be sent down Into mines, confined In factories with unsanitary surroundings and denied opportunities f ir education. And fanners are as pro-.e as ether people to work, their clilldreu at too ' severe labor at a tender age. Tie bill before the legislature is to correct these things. When it la ao drafted as to do so without working other injuries It sl.oull b speedily passed. . . The Auditor of Pablic Acoaats ofvH3braskr KxamVncSy counts and verifies tho securities and lodger luspets, in pludin registered" bonds, 'mortgages, loans to policy -holders, notes, cash and deposits in bank and deposits with the State of Nebraska, and certifies all correct. Also examines the annual statement, including income, disbursements, lodger assets and re- .a. a Mi 1 A .1 sources, and certiiies an correct, official seal. Three-Quarters of a Million Dollars Assets. The Official- Certificate : : BANKERS RESERVE LIFE COMPANY ' OMAHA, NEBRASKA Ledger. Cah and Bnnk Ualance,' Iec. - - IM'OMK HI IU.W IMH """I. v Premiums Collected , Interest Iteoclved on Invested Securities Premium Paid In Advance and Policy Total .". . . . . .'. DISIU KSKMKNTS DI To Tollcy Holders: ., :For Claims by Death., v. Dividends Paid Surrender Values, Premium Notes Total Paid Policy Holders State License. Fees and Taxes lie-Insurance Premiums Paid Other Companies. . 0,481. HO Medical Examinations and Inspections. Salaries, Officers and Employes Rent, Advertising, Printing and Postage. 10,800.11 Exchange, Express, Freight, 'Phone and tel... 2.110.00 Legal, Office and' Investment EK'iisc. ....... 2,331. 74' Agency and Renewal Collection Expense 11,380.20 Commissions and Compensation Mgrs. and Agts. 147,000.80 All other Disbursements ': LEDGER ASSETS DECEMBER 81, lOOOV ? Invested as Follows: ". '. Registered County, Municipal and School Itonds. $323,285.20 First Mortgage Loans on Improved Real Estate. 274,100.00 i . Loans to Policy Holders on Policies In Force. . . 72,220.47 ; ' Renewal Premium Notes .-. . 35,171.03 Cash In Office . 03.52 (sh in Ranks to Credit, of Company. . , 5iJ.714.OH .. ' Agents' Debit RaUnces .' . 203 . 43 758,703 . 79 Total v . $1,080,050.20 .,. RESOURCES DECEMRER 81, 1000. ; , Registered County, Municipal and School Ifcmds. $323,285. 20 - First Mortgage Loans on Improved Renl Estate. 274,100.00 Loans to Policy Holders on Policies In Force. ; . 72,226.47 : . ' Renewal Premium Notes 35.171.03 - ' ; Cash In Of .'ice t .-. .-. 63.52 Cash in Ranks to Credit of Company 53,714.08 Accrued Interest on Securities 0,004.10 ,' Premiums in Process of Collection and Deferred. 7,221.35 A (rents' Debit Kolanees ; . . 20:1. 43 Furniture and Fixtures..;...,..... , 8,818.38 . i ' ' . ' Gross Assets ". . . r $ 778,807. 5 ' ASSETS NOT ADMITTED. I'remlums Paid in Advance. .$ ' I;520.23 . . Furniture and Fixtures 3,818.38 5,347.61 Total Admitted Assets $ 773,45fj.aj LIABILITIES DECEMBER 31, 1000. . .. Net Mean Reserve on all Policies In force com- f puted oh the Actuaries' Table of Mortality.. ' ' ,' with 4 per-rent Interest $614,800.00 . . ., Death Losses Reported or Unpaid., ..NONE SURPLUS,' Assigned and t'nasslgned. ........ . 158,653.05 "'- ' : : :. ' " '"' . '. " v i j- ' ' - -t r -total : . h r r.': ? -,.".lvr?j-.H? tr;V. -e.iuU iifiTJM5 -i W B. M. Searle, Jr., Auditor Public Accounts. J. L.' Pierce, Insurance Deputy STATE OF NEBRASKA INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. Auditor's Office, Lincoln. THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That the foregoing statement of the Bankers Reserve Life Company of Omaha. Nebraska, including income, disbursements, ledger assets and resources, as shown by the books of the Company December 31st, 1906. have been carefully examined and found correct by the State Ex aminers of Nebraska. ... WI.TNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official seal to be affixed at the City of Lincoln, this 12th day of January. A. D. 1907. E. M. SEARLE, Jr.,- Auditor of Public Accouhta. " ' (SEAL) JOHN L. -PIERCE,- ' Insurance Deputy. WESTERN POLICIES FOR WESTERN PEOPLE GUARANTEED BY WESTERN SECURITIES HAS BECOME A FIXED PRINCIPLE. BASCOM H. ROBISON, President. PEIISOXAL NOTES. Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas rivals ex-Governor Mickey as a lover of freedom. He acored a record of 1,77 penitentiary convicts turned loose In two years. Governor 8wettenhB,m la described aa 61 yeara old, with the physical energy and vigor of a man of 80," and it might -have been added: "With the cubbishness of a boy of 10." ' Mr. Carnegie Is reported to be willing to put up lJooo,ooo for a ten-year lease of life. Strange to' say, no guarantee company Jumped at the risk. Father Time Isn't say. ing a word.' The correspondent of a .aouthern paper which encourages originality of expression wrote:, "The .oily Aldrlch, the nifty Knox and the suave Ppooner will lick I he fighting Foriiker to a nnish." In Massachusetts It haa been held un lawful to shoe a fire department horse on Sunday. Perhaps th1 learned Judge has no prorwrty that a Sunday conflagration would be calculated ta damige. Senator Tillman la not the only man who haa unt failed aa a humorist. A newly married husband of UloomftVld, N. J., ven tured to perpetrate soma Jokes about his bride's cooking, and she had him arrested. Few men have had the expnrlenra of John McOrogan, who died this week n Paterson at the age of 84. He waa hange.t by confederate euerlllna over forty year.! ago, but waa cut down In time to live to a ripe old age. "Senator Foraker did r.ot gnawer a single point I made," declared Senator I.odge to a friend after tha recent Ixxlge-Foraker claah. "That's easy," said Foraker, hear ing of Lodge's remark: "Lcdg didn't make any polnta.". t'hasttftua the- Coast It at loa. Washington Post The lawmakers of tu4ay may be aa greaf aa those who framed tha constitution, and there may be Just aa much patriotism to enlighten and inform this ability. liut It Is a question whether tha publl:- reposes enough oonf.deuce la the palrlcUxm and legal ability of Ita lawmakers to chargi them with the duty of "Improving'' on the work of Hamilton. Madison and their vol leug'iK. Aa fur "changing conditions," there is no- change in (lie fundamentals of Juat'ta. truth and right. Jor ehsuld there he any change. In the fundamental struc ture of tha government. If the reformera who htvuker for a change In the constitu tion would turn their energies t j the Im provement of ab'.isas, which cin bo cured by strict and honert adherence to the con stitution, they would dlavver that there U a good de.l ot vltoiily left in that old In sirvrattev i- - ana nuacues ins signature uu 31, 1005, .. ' $ 5O0.407.B1 570,558, SH $1,080,05029 '. f -$ 327,202.56 $510,412. .5 S!M,65.40 frees. . . . RINO YKAK lOOfl. 43.SOO.OO 37.575. Ht 22.P25.31 , $103,201.12 6,458.27 ....... 0,850. 17 24,O00.'5O 3,527.27 TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR, "Mrs. Nuritch expected wheivshe brought her daughter out she d be quite a aoclety ' bud. but the aoclety leaders took no notlca of her at all." ,- vAh; nlrr'el ner hope" In tha bud, ehf Philadelphia press. 'The Massnchusetts Board of Health wanta the barbers to wash their handa more frequently. Good idea, len't ttT" "Oursa so. Hut I never notice my bar ber s hands. It's enough for me to know that he eata onions.1' Cleveland "plain , Dealer. "See here. That horse you sold m runs away, kicks, bites, strikes snd tries to tear down the stable, at night. Von told me that If I got him once f wouldn't part with him for $1,0U0." "Well, you won t." Philadelphia In quirer. "Your speech elicited ' great applause. ' said the friend. "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "It'g remarkable to see how eaay It la to elicit three cheers from a man who wouldn't give S3 to the campaign fun.!." Washington Star. Mrs. Griggs So you managed to get to the bargain counter for me. Did you sea anything real cheap there? Grig Yes; I caught a glimpse of my self in a mirror. lioston Transcript. The Study club waa reading about Con stnntlne, and had come to the clrcumstanca of his having a thousand- oopka. "Will Mrs. I'ltra-Mural." said tha leader of the day. "kindly tell us what she Infers from this?" "Why.'' said Mrs. t'ltra-Mural. 'lt would ncer.i that the emperor (oust bay Uved in very remote suburb, or elae ha didn't possiss the despotic power we have some times HuppoHed." Iuck. ' . TOMMY'S COMPLAINT.' Puck. . I'atliers got the frh-alr erase, and mother's got It, too. And I don't know If I ran' stand thla bloomln' winter through: We haven't any furnace fire, 'cause father aays as where A fire Ir- unhealthy, so we warm with hlg hot air. He geta up early ev'ry morn' an' thaws out both the cats. . And then goes up In our arare room an' dues some acrobats; The winders are left ut all night, an' In tho moriiin', gosh! I have t"r crack the Wm up in tha pitcher wlii'n 1 waah. ' ',, An' mother, too, she's Just as' bud, she walka from t till 4. And then cooua hack en' nulls at aome- thlif hantfln' on the door, And tlie.i she tikes a hiy. iong breath It a one o' her boar irlcka -And dixon't breathe till she kaa counted up ler nir ely-elx. We live r.n malted shr;'1n's and shredded door mats, too. An' I can't ii e. my appetite It's lust aa . gwtol ut r.ew, -, An' so I'm om' to grandma's house, whr I can s!eep and stuff, Till' mother-getx tier lungs Vllcd U9 agf - y gels a IX trruulL - - 4