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The Omaw;a Sunday Bee. PART ONE NEWS SECTION WEATHER FORECAST. l'Aars 1 to for Nebrsks-Partly rlmirtv. For own-Tart lv cloudy; warmer. For went her report ace putt 3- VOL. XXXVIII NO. 4.5. OMAHA, S0NOov ultNING, APRIL 11, 1U00-SIX SECTI0XS-T1IIRTY-SIX PAGES SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SENATE TARIFF 1JILL READY Committee on Finance Will Report the Payne Bill Tuesday Morninj. ,'CERTAN SCHEDULES RESERVED Among Them Are Hides, Steel Rails and Crude Oil. IMPORTANT CHANGES ARE MADE House Basic Rates Extended to Re lated Articles. GLOVES. HOSIERY AND WOOLENS Committer Will Reenmmend That ntnaley Hates on These Articles Br RetainedWork on Pro posed Tariff Barean. "WASHINGTON, April M.-Th senate tariff bill, ao fur a ratea are concerned. ' completed tonight, hut It was noted that In making a report Chairman Aldrlch will announce a rcHcrvatlon on certain Im portant achediilca for future action. These reservation will Include hides, steel rails, wood pulp and crude petroleum. Chairman Aldrlch asserted tonight that the senate committee had made a more general revision of rate than was done by the house committee on ways and means and that reductions In schedules had been mnde on a fur greater number of article!. This did net, mean tliat there would be a reduction of revenues, but that there would be recommended a. bona fide revision downward of the tariff. The great number of changes which will be recommended are duo largely to the fact that while the Payno bill revised ratce on certain basic articles, the revision did not extend to related articles. For lnnsnce, lead ore was reduced In the Payne bill and several manufactures of lend ore remain unchanged. The senate committee made general reductions on these manufactures In harmony with the reduction on the unworked material. Similar changes were made In many other schedules, which will account for the many amendments that will tie presented In the senate. . Hides nnd Steel RalU. Id the report which will be made to the senate, hides will go on the free llHt as provided by the Payne bill, but tho ques tion of fixing a rate In accordance with the sentiment of the senate, as expressed through a canvass taken by western sena tors, will bo taken up In the near future. A similar condition will he reported on steel rails. The Payne ratea are 13.92 per ton, which la one-half the existing 'rate. The committee waa Impressed with tho arguments made by the steel manu facturers that this rate should be in creased, but It la known that considerable opposition to such action will be mani fested In the senate. This Item will be discussed later by the committee and the Indications are that It will be recommended for an Increase to about S4.'J per ton. Wood Pnlp and Crude Oil. No decision has been reached on the subject of wood pulp and this fact will be announced by Snnator Aldrlch when lie reports the bill. The same la true of crude petroleum, which the house put on the free list against the protest of the leaders In that body. It Is likely that the senate will be given an opportunity to vote on this article. The duties on lumber also promts to occasion debate In the senate and, wlille no change from the Payne hill will be recommended, it la believed a numlier of amendments will be offered on the floor of the senate. After a long discussion of the rote on bituminous coal the senate committee to day decided to recommend a reduction from 67 cents to 40 cents per ton In view of the action of the committee yesterday in strik ing out the reciprocity clause. The Payne Mil includes slack, or culm coal, at the same rate as was fixed for bituminous con I, Increasing the duty on this product from 15 cents to 7 cents. The senate com mittee has decided to restore the Dlngley rate of 13 rents per ton. (loves and Hosiery. ' Protests made by heair importers of gloves and hosiery against the Increase made by the Pyne bill over tho existing IMngley rates, which protests wero added to by the position taken by hundreds of, women throughout the country. Induced the senate committee to agree to recommend the continuance of the Dlngley ratea. The existing rates on woolen, which were ma terially decreased by the Payne bill, will be recommended by the senate committee. Specific duties will be recommended throughout on silks of all kinds, the specific duty being a trifle above the combined ad valorem and specific duties now collected under the Dlngley act. This action Is taken In order to meet probable severe competi tion wltli Japan silks, which every year re coming In larger quantities at a con stantly decreasing cost of manufacture. The deniHiul for long staple cotton, which omes into competition with Egyptian cot ten used In the manufacture of mercerised silk goods has been denied by the senate committee. This action was taken on the ground that the staple raised on the sea Islands off South Carolina and Florida now brings a high price in the American mar ket and for the further reason that It would be difficult to Kve like protection to cotton raised in certain parts of Tcxms and Mississippi, which Is of comparatively long staple. Will Report Hill Taeaday. Present Indications arc that the commit tee will report the bill to the senate on Tuesday next. The majority members of the committee will be In sesaton sll day tomorrow, going over the amendments agreed upon In order to guard against possible errors. A meeting of the full coin mltlec has been called for 10 o'clock Mon Uuy and tho portion of the bill carrying ratea will be presented to the democratic members at that time. The administrative features of the bill. In all probability, will not be reported for another week or more. These features will be the subject of careful consideration by tha entire committee and It Is thought their adoption by the senate may be brought about without opposition. Something of the proposed tariff bureau, aliliii has been the object of a great deal of study. teamed tonight, although plans for the establishment of such a bu reau will not be completed until other ad ministrative featurca of tha bill are ready AConUuued ou &oonl iNfcge Snag Boat Will Give Relief to Decatur People Government Boat Ordered to Help Raise Ferry Boat and Help Out Citizens-Cripples Numbered. From Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April 10-(Speclal Tele. giam.)-i-Ths government snaghoat has been ordered to give relief If possible to cltlaens of Decatur, Neb., who are said to be much Inconvenienced gecause the ferryboat that furnishes them with supplies has gone to the bottom of the "Big Muddy." At the request of Senator Burkett the engineering office of the War department issued orders for the government craft to go to their re lief. It seems that when the Ice broke on . i. . i. . , . ' ..i7 riYti iim icrryDoai was crushed in floating Ice and sank. It was ths sole conveyance of freight for Decatur, which Is some fifteen miles from Onawa, la., their shipping point. The freight depot there Is said to be crowded with goods due and needed at Decatur. Decatur Is In the north cast part of Burt county on the west bank of the Missouri river. Some time ago Senator Burkett asked the Postofflce department for certain changes In tha rural route from Prltchard to Dun ning. He has Just been advised by the second assistant postmaster general that the contract has been awarded for desired service between these points with a sched ule requiring the carrier to start from Dun ning and travel between Dunning and Ran kin on the outward trip, as patrons wanted. The Interstate Commerce commission to day rendered a decision against the Chi cago, Milwaukee at St. Paul Railroad com pany In the case of the complaint of tho Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing com pany and awarded the complainant com pany reparation in the sum of $200. The Farley A Loetscher Manufacturing company complained that the defendant railroad company's rate of 19 cents per 100 pounds for transportation of doors In car loads from Dubuque, la., to Sioux Falls, S. D., la unreasonable. The senate today again adopted Senator Burkett s amendment to the census bill, which provides for the enumeration of all children under the age of 16 years who are ruptured, crippled or deformed. The amend ment Is Identical wtlh that Incorporated In a similar bill by the senate at the last session of congress, but which was elim inated by conferees from the two branches. Two Caught With Spurious Money Accused Men Say They Learned Counterfeiting From Book Bor rowed From Public Library. KANSAS CITT, April W-Caught In tho act of weighing injurious citta which they had manufactured, two men giving their names aa John F. Burns of West field. Mass., and Charles Adams of Byrecuae, N. Y., were arrested here today. A complete counterfeiter's outfit was recovered. At the polioe station Burns and Adams said they were out of work and had no funds. They had secured a book from the public library, they said, and with this as a guide, proceeded to coin money. They disclaimed any plan to pass the coins. The coins seised by the police were quarters and halves, made of lead, and a very fair Imitation. Dog's Barking Saves Children Three Little Girls Locked in Closet Are Rescued Through Faith ful Tet. BAT CITY. Mich., April 10.-Thts after noon three little girls, for whom search had been going on since late yesterday after noon, were found In tho closet of a nearby vacant house, where they had been for twenty hours. They had gone there to play and the door, which had a spring lock, blew closed. making them prisoners. Neighbors were attracted by the barking of a faithful dog, which had followed the prisoners Into the house. PROHIB LAW IS HARD HIT Alabama Coirt Holds storage Section of "tate-Wld l.nw Is In eonat national. MOBILE, 'Ala., April 10,-One of tho strongest sections of the state prohibitory law was declared unconstitutional today by Justice Mayfleld at Montgomery. The sections knocked out prohibited the storing or possession of liquor in any building or apartment which was Inhabited. Under this ruling the hotel and case men, whose places were raided a few days sgo by prohibition detectives with search warrants, have brought suit to set aside the seizures. Heir to Throne of Holland Is Expected Coming Week TIIK HAGUE. April in. The birth of an heir to the throne of Holland la con fidently epected the coming week, and if all goes well the outburst of popular enthusiasm will be such as has seldom been witnessed amon the placid lutcli. There has been no royal birth in the Netherlands since that of Queen Will helmina herself, twenty -seven years ago. Thrice before since the marriage of '.'Little Wilheltnina." aa the Hollanders affectionately call the queen, have the hopes of the country been raised, only to be dahed. The constant fear of the Dutch haa been that the House of Orange would die out with a childless sovereign and tnat Holland would pass under the rule of a German prince and would thereby possi bly become a German vassal state. This partly accounts for the extraordinary eagerneaa with which ths event Is awaited In every town and village In the Nether lands. Demonstration on a large scale have been arranged, and ' proceaslous. concorts and fetes will be held all over the country. The school children have been given a week's holiday and general amnesty wlw be proclaimed for certain classes of prison ers. Guns already are in position on the CENSUS BILL IS PASSED Appointments Are To Be Made Under Regulation Mad by Civil Service Commission. ATTEMPT TO AMEND MEASURE Effort to Have Places Distributed by Congressmen Has Scant Support. BALLET DENOUNCES PRESIDENT Texas Senator Says Mr. Taft Is Try ing- to Dictate to Congress. SPIRITED REPLY BY MR. LODGE Man From Bay State aye Classified Service Is Regarded aa Im provement Everywhere Oat alde at Congress. WASHINGTON, April 10. The bill to provide for the taking of the next cen sus was passed by the senate today in a form which, it is understood, will meet the views of the president regarding ap pointments for census work under regu lations by the Civil Service commission. Efforts by some senators to allow these appointments to be made upon recom mendation of senators and representa tives without examination received but slight support. The Interesting feature was a speech by Mr. BBalley, who said It waa reported that If the bill aa passed did not provide for appointments under the civil service the president would veto It and added that If any such 'threat" were made it would stir up severe criticism of the president. Asserting that he had heard It reported that President Taft would veto the pend ing census bill If it did not provide for placing the appointments of census em ployes under the Civil Service commis sion. Senator Bailey In a speech on the bill today declared that If the president "had thus early In his administration undertaken to coerce congress be would find that the experience of the last seven years waa a holiday with what the next four years woul be." Among other things, Mr. Bailey said: "I am one of the man who sincerely hope the president of the United States will dis tinguish himself in his great office. I hope his administration will be an unmixed blessing to all the people, but I do not hesi tate to say that no man ever had a less desirable preparation for it than the pres ent occupant of that high office. He went fmm the bench, where the tendency la to ward a cerlitin kind of tyranny. There Is scarcely a federal Judge In the United States of twenty years' service who has not become arbitrary. Irritable, and some times tyrannical. 1 do not mean that this experience wduld corrupt htm In tha sense of making him venal, but 1t tends-to cor rupt him in the sense that teaches him to oppose his will against all obstacles." Denounces Civil Service. These remarks followed a general de nunciation' by Senator Bailey of the civil service law. which, he declared, he had op posed for twenty years as "a humbug: and a pretense. He stated that former Presi dent Roosevelt had not hesitated to appoint men tp public office within the classified system upon his own Judgment and with out examination, which, he said, was not justified by any law. Instead of appoint ments being made by political bosses, they are now, he said, made by departmental bosses. If there was to be a boss he pre ferred a political boss." Mr. Bailey said he had heard that a cer tain member of a legislature had Introduced a resolution framed In laudatory language In relation to the former president and that later he had had this resolution taken to Mr. Roosevelt with a request that he bo given a flaoe and that he was appointed without examination to a position paying 17 a day. "If any senator doubts that story," aaid Mr. Bailey, "let him ask Senator Scott of West Virginia whether It la true." Lodge Defends Prealdcnt. Senator Lodge, In reply, said the civil service was Incomparably superior, to the spoils system. Mr. Lodge said no attempt had been made by congress to pass the census bill over President Roosevelt's veto, for the reason that It could not be done. He declared It waa evident that every where except In congress It was recognised that the classified service waa an Improve ment over what went before. Mr. Lodge said he did not assume to speak for President Taft and that any mem ber of congress could Judge for himself what the president would be likely to do In the event the bill was passed with tho spoils system Included. "It Is well to remember," he. said, "that we are sending this bill to a president whose views on the airbject of classified service have been expressed In executive decisions on numerous occasions. It Is my belief that he favors the classified service." parade ground here for the firing of a salute on the announcement of the birth One hundred and one rounds will be ftred for the birth of a prince, and fifty-one tor a prlncesa. Heralds, accompanied by trumpeters In costumes of the Slxteentn century will proclaim the advent of a prince or princess of Orange In all quarters of the city. The health of the queen has been excel lent. Dr. Kouwer, an eminent gynecologist, in addition to tha qieen's regular physi cian, la In constant attendance. Ths queen s apartments are situated at the back of the palace, overlooking a nulct, old-world garden. A spite of six rooms has been prepared for the Infant by the queen herself and In these have been Installed seme ancient cradles of tha house of Nassau, of wonderful workmanship. AH, Iiowever, have been discarded In favor or a homely wooden Dutch cradle, which will be used ordinarily, while on state occas slona, the baby will occupy a beautiful crada which was made at Tha Hague school of laework. where two score women instructors and pupils worked many months in prodjcing tne lace for this cradle. Two rooms ate literally filled with costly presents which hava been sent for ths royal baby from every citjp and hamlet la the Netherlands. Wmmm$m& ill! . r? $ h r1 "Alas, that spring should vanish with the rose! That love's sweet scented manuscript should close, From the Philadelphia Inquirer. NO SUSPENSION OF MINING President Lewis Issues Statement for Mine Workers. CHARGES COMBINE OF OWNERS Saya Operators Are Fixing; Price of Coal Wlthoat Any Objection Being Offered ta Action. PHILADELPHIA, Aprn 10.-The officials of the United Mine Workers of the anthra cite districts of Pennsylvania today ap pointed a committee to draw up a-policy to be pursued by the miners' The com mittee Is composed of President Lewis and the district presidents and secretaries of the United Mine Workers. The miners say that so far as they are concerned there will be no suspension of mining. President Lewis Issued a statement this afternoon giving a resume of the mine workers' side of the controversy. "It Is said that the operators hava granted a concession," states Mr. Ixwls. "Thla I cannot understand, as tho operators refuse to agree to restore the wages of those men which had been reduced during the last three years In direct violation of the award of the strike commission. "The operatora' representatives refused likewise to permit the miners' representa tivs to sign any proposition on behaJf or the United Mine Workers of the anthracite region. "Greot stress has been given to the strike commission's award of the operators In Stating that the award did not provide for the signing of any agreement with the United Mine Workers and that for this reason they refused to enter Into contract relations with the United Mine oWrkera of the anthracite region. "As a matter of fact the strike commis sion not only believed that an agreement Should be made with the mine workers, through their organization, but recom mended a form of agreement which Is a matter of record. "It seems the strike commission's award Is to be made the instrument of depriving the anthracite mine workora of every right that wage earnine and citizens of this country should enjoy according to the laws of the land. "No one questions the right of the mine owners to organise. No one haa denied them the right to fix the selling price of coal. No one haa Interfered and, so far oa we know, even attempted to interfere in their right to sell anthracite coal at such a price aa they decide upon from month to month. "That they have a perfect organization is evident from the fact that they can Issue orders at any time to advance or reduce the selling price of coal, and that ordor is quite unilonn in its application. Even now it Is reported that they have notified their aelling agents not to contract for large tonnage." Gorge at .Msgars Falls. NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y.. April 10-The Ice Jam In the Niagara gorge continues and between this city and lwiston the water has risen forty feet above normal. When asked how he made his money a certain rich man once replied: I buy my straw hats in the winter time. If you want to pick up a bar gain in an automobile, the time to do so is before the beason begins. You will find on the want-ad page, under the head "Automobiles" a number of machines, which have been uaed, offered for sale. These are worth investigating. Taggart's Resort at French Lick is Under Fire Governor Marshall of Indiana Orders Investigation of Report that Gambling is Carried On. INDTANAPOU8. Ind.. April la-Oov-ernor Marshall, before leaving for a trip to New York, has Instructed tho prosecut ing attorney for Orange and Washington counties to Investigate tha reports of gambling at French Lie!:, and If he finds them true, to proceed against tho pro prietors of the gantec Under the direction of Governor Hanly, the present governor's republican predecessor, the games at French Lick were raided. It la alleged they hava been re-opened In elaborate gambling rooms, which are crowded every evening by fashionably dressed men and women, who play roulette, faro and stud poker. The gambling rooms. It Is reported tp the governor, are In a small hotel Just outside the land limits described In the charters of the West Bed on and French Lick hotels. Thomas Taggart, former chairman of the national democratic committee. Is owner of tha latter reanrt. Governor Marshall Is a democrat. Missouri Roads Will Fight Suit Officials of Eighteen Defendants in Two-Cent Fare Case Decide to Resist Injunction. 8T. LOUIS, April 10,-That the railroads of Missouri have mnde all possible con cessions to the state authorities In the matter of passenger ratea and will resist the Injunction suit filed Thursday In 8t. Louis, was the gist of an announcement made today at ths close of the first session of a gathering of executive officials of ths eighteen systems interested. RATE BILLIN MISSOURI House Orders Rug roused Mruirt to Allow Commission to Fix Fare. JBFFBRSON CITY. Mo., April 10.-An-other phase of the passenger situation In thla state was emphasised In the house of representatives of the general assembly today, when that body by an unanimous vote ordered engrossed the bill giving the stata railroad commissioners authority to fix passenger fares. The emasure was made a special order for Tuesday after noon, when it will be placed on its final passage. Hides Clause in New Bill May Work Against Factories WASHINGTON, April 10,-The intricacies of the Payne tariff bill, which passed the house yesterday, and complications which may result from lis er.actment into law, are illustrated by the hides and leather schedules. In connection with the maximum and minimum provisions of the new bill a peculiar situation Is presented. The bill places hides on the free list, with a re taliatory provision for a duty of SO per cent ad valorem on hides coming from countries which do not give the United States the benefit of their most favored nation clause. The duty on sole leather, aa now In the bill, la 6 per cent ad valorem. Ths maximum duty provided for sola leather Is 30 per cent of the duty In addi tion, which makes It ( per cent ad valorem. It is coitsndsd that the inequality be tween tha maximum duties on hides and sole leather is so great that it will seriously affect tha American tanners. It was pointed out that Venesuela, for Instant, would find It to Its advantage to have the maximum rates of duty in the Payne bill apply against Its products, in order to encourage It tanning Industry. Whlla Ks hides would not find aa large a market on account f 4aj3)er cant duty, iaoterlaa The nigtlngRle that In the branches sang Ah, whence, and whither flown again, who knows! HASKELL BILLS ARE VOID Judge Marshall Quashes Land In dictments on Technicality. END NOT YET, SAYS S. R. RUSH Omaha Attorney Declares He Will Present the t'hararea the Grand Jnry Now la Session. TULSA. Okl.. April 10-Governor Charles N. Haskell, Oklahoma's first chief execu tive, and the six other prominent Okla homans indicted by the federal grand Jury charged with fraud In Muskogee town lots, will not have to stand trial. The motion of the defendant to quash the indictments waa upheld here today by Judge John A. Marshall of Utah in the United States court 1 The court In Its decision, which wss very lengthy, quashed the Indictments on the ground that they were returned hv a vrmr, Jury composed of twenty-three men under ma reoerai taw, instead or by a Jury of sixteen, as provided for by the Arkansas law, which waa held to be in force in old Indian Territory by federal enactment at the time when the alleged frauds were com mitted. Sylvester Rush, special assistant attnrnev general, who worked up the cases for the government, stated jfter the opinion was handed down today that he would again present the matter to the urnnrt i,m. .,,k mlttlng it without delay to the body now In session. Prominent Defendant Freed. The defendants affected by today's de cision besides Governor Haskell are: Clarence W. Turner, Muskogee, 65, pro prietor of a hardware company, former member of the city council. He was born in Cleveland, O. 1 Walter R. Katon, Muskogee, a native of Kansas, but resided In Lima, O.. and Has tings, Neb., before coming to Oklahoma In l&t. William T. Hutchings, aged 46. lawyer, real estate dealer. F. B. Severs of Muskogee and Okmulgee Okl.. aged 7t; a Creek cltlien by adoption by tlie Creek council; engaged In mercantile business: formerly a member of the Mus kogee city council. A. Z. English, aged 41 years', son-in-law of P. B. Severs, lawyer, capitalist, manager Muskogee Title and Truat comiany. Jesse Hill of Muskogee, aged 38 years. He waa Indicted Jointly with English and Severs. Indictments Returned by Rash. The aggregate wealth of the seven men Is said to be over I2,0fl0,onr. The Indict ments against them numbered thirteen and thoy wera returned at Muskogee after a lengthy grand Jury Investigation conducted by Sylvester Rush of Omaha, witnesses (Continued on Second Page.) for tanning the hides and exporting the aole leather to the United States would have an advantage over the American manufacturers, whose hides would cost more on account of tha maximum duty, without a similar increase In the amount of protection on sole leather. NEW RAILWAY MAIlTblVISlOlt' Territory Will l.rlude Alaska and the Paelnr Worthiest States. WASHINGTON, April 10.-Potmaster General Hitchcock has signed an order creating on July 1. next, the Thirteenth division of railway mall service, with headquarters at Seattle. Wash. The new division Includes Mpntsna, Idaho, Oregon Washington and Alaska. It was carved out of territory comprising the Eighth division, exoept Montana, which was part of tha Tenth. An additional division super intendent and assistant superintendent will be appointed. The re-aduatmeit particularly gives Alaska headquarters In Seattle In stead of San Francisco and almplifies the arrangement of schedule to meet the ..w-UiUlauw.nMu ox tnat rapidix grow. . DAYLIGHT DILL H1TSW0KKERS Fifteen Hundred Men Employed in Nebraska Saloons Will Lose Jobs July 1. WORKING FORCES MUST BE CUT Sixteen Hundred Saloons Average Three Men Each. STATISTICS OF THE BUSINESS Brewers Have Ten Million Invested in Their Plants. RETAILERS ARE ALSO IN DEEP IteTterr of the Bnslneas In Nebraska that Will rraetlrally ' Have t Be Rearranged to Meet New Conditions. Saloons la Sfsbraska, estimated, l.SOO. Investment in same, including llosnst, $3,000,000. Saloon lloensss Issued In Omaha, 151, in cluding brewers and wholesalers. XarcsV msnt aside from license, 9375,000. Breweries In the state, tsn; Investment, $10,000,000. People engag-ed about saloons, 5,600 1 to be let out, 1,500. "You voted for Shallenberger. didn't you?" waa the half Inquiry and half asser tion directed at a bald-headed bartender by a person In a mend to have some fun et the expense of a back-bar chemist. "No, sir. I did not; I give you my word of tirwior on that. I'm from Missouri, all right; but the brains of the country Is In the repub lican party, and the business of the coun try trusts that party and no other. I vote the straight republican ticket." After the Inquirer had caught his breath, he said heartily: "Blessed tt I don't admire your nerve. Moat of these kickers claim they voted for Shally, Just to get even with Sheldon." "Well. I didn't," said the bald-headed one, "for I always mougtvt tnat eneiaon was right In Insisting that the Slocumb law waa tho bet of its kind In the United States, and If his advice had been taken the Shallenberger shouters in thla busi ness wouldn't have been given such a kick, In the shin as they got. At that, the only kick I have coming is that I will probably be thrown out of work and hava to go somewhere else and hunt a Job, in the meantime leaving the family here until I find one." Thla Is a grist pf an actual conversation. and the bartender hit off the thought that Is worrying many a man In his line in Nebraska today, "What to do after tho first of July, next?" Large N amber of Jolts Vanish. There are cloeo to 1,C0 saloons In the state, at Uils time, and the number wh not reduced by recent town elections. Each of these places has an average of three employes, even In Lincoln, where the day light rule haa been In force for a year. So It follows that 1.800 to 1,600 men. bar tenders and porters, will be out of work Just aa soon as the new law becomea opera tive. Many of those are married men. In a great many instances one bartender and one porter will be let out. Thla will be truo whether the proprietor has been In the habit of "standing a watch" or not, be cause the 'hours from seven in the morning to eight at night are not extreme for one watch, with an hour or two off at noon. Wages of bartenders averages SfiO t I7S a month, some getting more than $75 and few, except in very small towns, getting loss than SfiO. Porters In the cities get J8 to 112 a week. In Omaha there Bte a score or more of outlying saloons that will be compelled 10 close, throwing all hands out of a Job. These saloons have been enjoying a quiet morning trade, before 7, and a more or lcKs steady trade after supper until closing time. Their day trade will not be strong enough to keep them running. Just how many of theso outlying places will close no one is willing to estimate. Law Will Affeet Omaha Most. Of the brewers' and hotelmen's end Gott lieb Stori perhaps gave a fair view when he said: "I am not prepared to say that tho law will hurt the state; but I do be lieve that It will hurt Omaha. It puts our city in the peculiar position of being a metropolis, without one of the commonest conveniences of a large city. Several of the cafes and hotels of Omaha have Invested very largo sums of money, and their repu tation is widespread. Under the operation ef the new law they are bound to loi largely. Investments are carefully figured on future possibilities, but here Is a de preciation of earning power that no one could foresee, and the effect will be In jurious In the cases of men who have In vested heavily with the Slocumb law in mind. "As to the brewers, with their 110,000.000 Investment, they can probably manage l get along. There are no saloons owned by brewers any more, and it may be that the casa beer trade, supplying families, will increase; yet no one can say Just how that factor will develop." Investments In Saloons. Henry Keating, secretary of the Retail Liquor Dealers' association of Nebraska, Is authority for the tttaternent that prob- . ably thirty or more of the saloons in the slate represent an outlay of 5,Ono or hotter. The rest, he estimates, will average Sl.mo for fixtures and equipment. This would make, an Investment of 1. 500,000 at least. License money paid will foot up over an other Sl.500.0ii0. for In Lincoln and some other places the license cobts $1,500. Where aaloons aro located In communi ties depending on the surrounding farm ing country. It is difficult lo foretell the outcome, but it is considered doubtful if they can pay $1,000 and live, when closed at 8 o'clock eveiy night tn the week. Some men who have given the subject study, assert that the buttle and rase trade Is sure to thow a heavy increase in such communities, ispniully where the foreign clement Is numerous, and the isolated saloons may thus recoup themselves. Breweries In Nebraska number ten, lo cated In Omaha, South Omaha, Fremont, Hastings, Nebtaska City and Wllher. Be siiiea these, about all the large breweries of other cities have branches In tne state, including agents of Milwaukee, St. i"aiil, St. Iritis, lacrosse, Chicago Kansas City and HI. Joseph breweries. US I Licenses In This Cennty. In Omaha 2fil lieemea have been Issued, to retailers, w huh salnr liquor dealers and brewers. In South Omaha last year eighty Uaenaea wcr Issued. The &xt time of '