Nebraska Newspapers

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TUri HKK: OMAHA. WKDXKSDAY.- APRIL 2. 1900
Tim Omaha" Daily Bee.
rOt'NDKD BT EDWARD ROSEWATIR.
VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OT CTRCTJUATIOK.
State ef Nebraska, Dougla County,
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Publishing company, ilns Tduly aworn, ys
tnet tne actual number of fun ana tompw;
coplce of The Dally. Morning. Evening, and
Sunday Pee printed during the month of
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Laa unsold and returned ooplea. . 10,291
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OEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and swore te
before me tbl lat day at April, 190
M. P. WALKER.
(Seal) Notary Public
WHBH OUT OF TOWlf.
SebeertVers leevlaat elt
. perartly. sala sieve Tke Bee
mailed te Iheaa. Addreae will a
eeeatcew as aftea aa ras.
No penalty for planting trees even
after Arbor day has come and gone.
Spring would be much more popular
it It would return to form and cease
Its strenuous ways.
A big bunch of political street clean
ers is a sign not of clean streets, but
of an approaching city election.
' What a democratic administration
has accomplished for Omaha is rep
resented by a vacancy in the city
treasury; - ' '
Chinese officeholders are not., per
mitted to vole. What a picnic this
must be for the man who Is out alid
wants to get In. -
Reports from Africa are to the effect
mother lions and blppopotaraal tell
their babies Roosevelt will get them if
'.hey are not good.
Tho school and college athlete la
having his day and he should improve
his opportunity, for ere long he must
(ive way to the sweet girl graduate.
A New Yorker who embezzled $10
pleaded gulfty and went to prison at
ante. The amount taken was not
enough to hire a lawyer tovget him
out.
That blank space which represented
what Mayor Jim had. done during his
three years In the city hall will have
lo be amended to Include those letters
to Maj'bray. . .
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There Is. one satisfaction in all this
Turkish turmoil. The poets will have
a hard time finding aaythlng to rhyme
with those namea the telegraph wires
are bringing us. n
The faculty of a Denver college is
out on a strike against a reduction in
salary. This would appear to be the
last step In modernizing higher edu
cational institutions. .'.'-
It required a month and two days to
count the cash In the New York sub
treasury. The count disclosed 1154,
852,769.75. - Your Uncle Samuel lacks
considerable of being broke.
A Battle Creek man beat the plane
playing record and after completing
his task was rushed to a sanitarium.
On arrival he found the institution
crowded with his neighbors.
Thw' dvaioCTatlc counrilmen are
promising all aorta of things In case
they are re-elected. Everything they
promise, however, could be delivered
vrlght now. if they were so disposed.
Why not do it how?
Missouri had to wait for a repub
lican legislature to secure an anti-pass
btlV - States which still cling to democracy;-If
they desire to get abreast with
modern ideas, shduld take notice and
follow the lead of Missouri. ,
Faliview, 8. D., has attracted atten
tion to Itself .by prohibiting the play
ing of base ball within the city limits.
It la a safe guess that Young America
will be found over the line putting
them over where the cries of "slide"
will not disturb their elders.
Castro is reported to have left his
fortune burled in the back yard at
Caracas, which accounts for bis great
desire to return to his native land. If
ie will only furnish diagram of the
financial cemetery there are doubtless
plenty of people "ho will alttud to the
dlsmtertueut for him.
Belief for Shippers.
Gradually, but surely. tft relations
of shippers and the carriers and the
rights of each are being: erolred under
the rulings of the Interstate Commerce
commission and the courts. One of
the moat perplexing hat been that of
the recourse the shipper had when
rates were found to be unjust. The
elapsed time between the making of a
rate and the determination of Its Just
ness Is necessarily considerable and In
the meantime, If the contention of
the Shipper Is sustained, large sums
hare been extorted from him. The
commission has decided that when a
rate Is determined to be excessive all
amounts orer and above a fair rate
must be refunded whether paid under
protest or not.
This decision does not cure the dis
turbance to business as between points
where there may have been discrim
ination, but It goes a long way toward
meeting the equities of the situation.
States, by legislation, have sought to
go farther by preventing the Ignoring
of commission and statutory rates
pending a court decision on their rea
sonableness, but with no success. The
. . . , . ,v i.
ruling 01 me coranneeiun w... mi
stance rests on a different proposition
of law, recognizing that the shipper
has no choice about accepting the rate
temporarily, and that, therefore, he Is
entitled to be reimbursed when It Is
found excessive, whereas the roads
would have no recourse so far as It
related to goods already carried In
case a rate was subsequently held non
remunerative, It being impracticable
to bring action against a multitude of
shippers.
Honest differences of opinion will
always exist between shippers and
railroad officials regarding what co-r
stitutes Just and reasonable rates, but
In the past the reasonableness of a
charge has not always been Its meas
ure, but rather the question has been
determined en what the traffic would
bear. The certainty of having to re
fund excess charges will cause railroad
traffic men to be chary of putting this
class of rates into effect. A refund
order on any considerable amount of
traffic after the earnings had been dis
tributed in dividends and otherwise
would be an embarrassing feature,
which the msnagers of roads are not
likely to court by establishing rates
about which there is genuine doubt,
or, as sometimes occurs, absolute cer
tainty of their holdup character.
This decision, while In line with
others previously rendered, goes much
farther than Its predecessors and is
likely to prove a landmark In, railroad
rate regulation.
Boosting 'South Dakota.
An unsuccessful effort was made at
the last session of the legislature of
South Dakota to induce that body to
make an appropriation for the purpose
of presenting .the advantages of . the
state to prospective settlers. Organ
ized commercial bodies-of South Da
kota, .however,""' are raising-? a
fund to carry on the work. The build
ing of new railroad lines into unde
veloped portions of the state has
opened up large tracts hitherto given
over to the cattle ranges and even in
the older settled sections there Is
much unimproved land which Is soon
to be made productive.
Omaha as a neighbor and bene
ficiary in large measure of the trade
of that aection has an Interest in the
success of the enterprise and will re
joice at the arrival of the day whea
every tillable tract of South Dakota
land will be under the plow. In the
rush to newer and better advertised
sections the opportunities of Bouth Da
kota have been overlooked In (recent
years by. settlers, but the advertising
given to the opening of Indian lands
has directed attention that way, and
now is an opportune time for our
nelchbors to the north to push the
good work along and settle up the va
cant places.
Nebraska Mortgage Statistics.
The statistics of - Nebraska niort
gages present some Interesting fea
turea. As compared with the previous
year, so far as the fsrms are con
cerned. the record shows an Increaae
of t4,84S.27 In the reduction of the
mortgage debt and also a decrease of
sbout ft, 000, 000 in the amount filed
As during both of these years the
farmers were prosperous and had no
reason for going in debt to meet ex
penses, the mortgsges, with compara
lively few exceptions, represented the
unpaid portion of the purchase price
ef landa. The decreaae in the amount
of mortgages filed would indicate
therefore, that the high price of Ne
braska lands had in a measure
checked the buying for the sake of in
creasing the holdings of landholders
while the payments demonstrate th
soil has been doing Its part to lift th
debts existing. The figures also indl
cate the Third and 8lxth congressioaal
districts are at present the scenes of
greatest activity in real estate.
City property snows Just the re
verse condition to fsrm realty. All
of the six congressional districts of the
state- show aa excess of mortgages
filed over those released, which is a
reflection, not only of the activity of
urban real estate, but of the greet
amount of building which Is now being
done not only in Omaha, but In every
city and village of the state. From
practically every city comes the report
there has never before been so much
building as in the past year and In
prospect for the present. ' As in. all
comparatively young communities, this
la In a large measure being done on
borrowed cspital, but with the record
of profitable Investment in the past
there la every ground for believing
the Income will extinguish the debt.
Unfortunately the statistics of chat
tel mortgages filed and released do not
In any way reflect the conditions of the
state. It Is and always hss been noto
rious that only a small portion of the
rhattel mortgages filed are ever re
leased when paid, and particularly is
this true of the vest number which In
dividually represent small amounts,
but in the aggregate mount up to an
immense sum. They are given ss a
rule by people lacking in business ex
perience, who, when the debt Is csn
celled, mske no effortto clear the title
to their property by hsving it relessed
of record. Good Judges have often ex
pressed the opinion that the paid sad
nrelessed chattel mortgages of the
state in the aggregate would amount
to a greater sum thsn the entire value
f the personal property of the stste
if all the old records were compiled.
That such a condition of affairs Is a
great drawback to the state is
acknowledged, but neither penalties
nor any other means yet tried have
been able to correct the evil of fall-
res to release chattel mortgages
hen paid.
Helgren for City Comptroller.
The republicans present to the ve.t-
rs of Omaha as their candidate for
the responsible office of city comptrol
ler John 8. Helgren, an expert ' ac
countant of tried experience, fully
qualified to perform the duties.
Mr. Helgren is a steady, reliable
man, who by reason of his previous
employment in the city treasurer's
office and in the office of the county
comptroller, hss had an insight into
the- methods of bookkeeping and ac
counting for public institutions and
the checking of public offices that
would make him perfectly familiar
with what is required of the city comp
troller. Mr. Helgren is also representative
of that class of our citizenship of
Swedish birth or descent who consti
tute an important and substantial ele
ment of the community , and should
ave recognition in the management
f our municipal affairs.
The comptroller's office, In particu
lar, is one In which an occasional new
hand at the helm is most desirable. It
Is time for a change and no mistake
will be made by electing Mr. Helgren
city comptroller.
False Expectations.
The whole procedure for acquiring
the water works by compulsory pur
chase, as engineered by the marooned
mariner, has been built up on a suc
cession of false expectations.
When the compulsory purchase act
was passed in 1903 the people of
Omaha were led to believe that they
would get title to and possession of
the water plant within six months.
Needless to say that six years have
elapsed, while the Water board, In
stead of fighting to get possession of
the plant, Is now In court trying to
avoid getting possession of It.
When the compulsory purchase act
was passed the pe6ple were led to be
lieve that the water works could be
bought within the $3,000,000, for
which bonds had already been voted,
and that at the worst a few hundred
thousand dollars more might be
needed to take In the outlying areas.
But when the appraisers' award came
In it was for $6,263,295.49.
The people were led to believe that
the courts would reject the appraise
ment without giving it the slightest
consideration, but instead the federal
court of appeals approved it, leaving
our only hope In' the United States su
nreme court, where the case Is now
pending.
The people were led to believe that
the water rates could be reduced at
once without waiting to complete the
purchase and the Water bosrd at two
different times issued schedules of re
duced rates, but the courts refused to
uphold them and water consumers are
paying now the same rates they did
before.
The people were led to believe that
the city could evade payment of Its
hydrant rental bills and that we could
have our fire protection without pay
ing for it, but the courts, likewise,
knocked this expectation In the head.
The people were led to believe that
the Water board was In earnest when
It hired experts to make plana for the
construction of a new water plant and
insisted that a better water works than
what we now have could be built for
less than $4,000,000, but nothing
whatever haa come of it.
The people were led to believe that
the Water board would never give
countenance or consent to the $6,263,
295.49 appraisement, denounced as
fraudulent and excessive, until a court
order from the highest Judicial tribu
nal should require it to do so. But
now the Water board is asking the
people to vote a bond Issue of $6,500,
000 to pay the company all the ap
praisers awarded without waiting for
the court decision and knowing that
paying that price will prevent any re
lief to the people in either taxes or
water rates.
With such a record of false expecta
tions conjured up to deceive them, la
It any wonder the people of Omaha are
skeptical about the boasts of the wster
bond boosters?
Mayor Jim is trying to make -political
capital out of the fact that he
headed the delegation to Llucoln to
ask Governor Shailenberger to veto
the lid-closing law. Perhaps if Mayor
Jim bad stayed at home the governor
might have looked with mere favor
upon the Omaha protest. Better try
voting for Mayor Jim to stay home.
Why all this fuss about the regular
party nominees for the offices of city
engineer and Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners? It wss only accident
that the charter bill making these posi
tions elective passed, after the time for
Howard's Compliments to the W.-H.
Columbus
to the Tele-
If there might be granted
gram this morning a Her nee to employ a
bit of slang, we ahould Inatantly sugseet
tff the Omaha World-Herald the advice:
"Forget it.''
We gTant that the emotional and hysteri
cal official organ of the brewery, atock
yards and atraet railway syndicatea In
Omaha baa made gallant fight In recent
daya In behalf of the Intereata which It
represents. We grant that the able editor
of the Stockyarda aupplement displayed
marveloua Ingenuity In the work of hiding
from the public eye that clause which the
stock yard and street railway people did
not want the public eye to behold In the
Donahoe bill. We grant that the hysterical
editorials of our metropolitan friend were
enough to scare any ordinary governor
Into a veto of the daylight saloon bill, aa
demanded by the brewery combine. But
granting all thin, we still feet Impelled to
urge our editorial mentor .to "forget It."
These, remarks are made neceseary hy
the recent vicious attack of the Omaha
Stockyards' newepaper upon Governor
Bhallenberger. The attack was brought
out by a grapevine report from Beatrice,
alleging that In a public addresa the gov
ernor had referred allghtlngly to those
people who were transported down to Lin
coln on the brewery combine special train
transported there to make the governor
afraid to sign the daylight saloon bill. All
ha grief now displayed bv the brewery
combine newapaper Is due to the fact that
primary filings had gone by. If the
charter remains unchanged three years
hence candldatea for these positions
will all be nominated at the regular
party primaries and go on the ticket
under the party label as a matter of
course. There Is no more reason for
petition candidates for these offices
this year than there will be three years
hence.
We are glad to note that the late
Governor Poynter leaves an estate
of fair proportions, so that those de
pendent on him will be measurably
provided for.' This Is assurance that
ex-Governor Poynter was not com
pelled to sacrifice his material com
fort to serve the people of this state
as chief executive.
The railroads are arranging their
passenger train schedules out of
Omaha with a view to increasing busi
ness by accommodating the traveling
public. This is one place where the
interests of the railroads and of Omaha
are completely harmonious.
Removing some of the "Keep off
the grass" signs would help popularize
the parks. Parks run on the "look
but you musn't touch" plan lack a lot
of filling their place in city life.
Patten aa n "Philanthropist."
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Neverthelesa, vhen we find people , in
sisting that Patten Is a philanthropist we
are able to -draw an Inferenoe as to which
side of the market they were on, and
whether they realized on their profits at the
psychological moment.
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Ok the JOfkaat for Win us.
Boston-Herald.
Preatdent Eliot has always had the high
est alms. Nowj.lf he can succeed In mak
ing the child so happy In school that he
wants vacation to be over, It will be time
to look behind ' the youngster's shoulder
for sprouting wings.
Redacinar the L.lat.
Cleveland Plain Iealer.
Bryan says the mere fact that Secretary
of War Dickinson voted for him does not
make hint a good democrat. The Nebraskan
appears to believe' there are even fewer
democrats in the country than returns from
the last election Indicated.
Facilities for Caaveraatloa.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
It la said that there are 1,500.000 telephones
In the world and that 7,000,000 of them are
in America and only 2.000,000 in Europe. And
yet there are people who declare Ameri
cana are deficient in conversational powers
because of tbelr failure to cultivate the
talking habit.
New
Uaffland jaUlu Etpasd,
Boston Transcript.
The milling Industries In New England
are showing evidence of material pros
pertty, thirty-seven concerns planning new
construction In vs'-lous forms, which will
mean an aggregate outlay Of nearly $.'0.-
000,000. The amounts range from SZOO.OOo io
13,000.000 for the various structures.
ORGANIZATION I FARMING.
It May Drlnar About Jiew Kra la
Aarlcallare.
Charles Dillon, In the Outlook.
Organisation la about to assure the
farmer a larger ahare in the returns of
his labor and a smaller proportion for tin
commission broker. Modern invention t:
making easier the labor of th field, an1
the churning and -eshlng thst made pal
faces and weary backs and arms In th'
homes. It will take time to make mer
take advantage of all these blessings foi
themselves and their, families, but the
eventually will do It. 1 he children, rc
turning from the state universities or thi
colleges, sre the hope of the future, foi
they take to the homes new Ideea; Id. nr.
that may be antagonistic to the old folk
perhaps, but ldess of much value that art
to run the fsrms In the nest decade or
two. The girls, brightened by their course
of domestic science, are telling thel
mothers of better ways to do tilings; they
sre insisting on system in women's work
sc that time msy be given to self-lniprove-
ment snd to social plessurea Instead of
making life a dreary round of toll.
Farming- In the next generation or au
will be more and moist scientific; the sgrl
cultural colleges are bringing that about
here properly conducted. Modern meth
oda of cultivation will mean smaller acre
age anJ larger yields, with Improved qua!
Ity of product. As the value of lend In
cresses fsrm communities will become the
rule--that Is to-tsy, farmers will hold
smaller properties from which the profit
will exceed those now realized by hap
hasard cultivation of large tracts, where
weeds est up the earth's food. Scientific
farming, aa It must some day come to be
will put farm families into groups, and
that will mean the woman's emancipation
Farmers will live In towns .or cities an
o to their fields ss a business, Just a
any business nit a or skilled laborer no
gaea to his work. It la so todsy in several
parte of North America. Ona such com
munily is New Cambria, Saline county
Kansas, where one may see the farmers
starting out every morning for their fields.
leaving fsmillea thst aie happy mi eon
tented because they are near one another
and permitted to indulge tUe bumaa apirit
of gTcgsrtoujnef
Telegram.
the governor
refused to be frightened.
Suppose Governor Shailenberger had
yielded to the Intimidating delegation which
went to IJncoln on the brewery combine
special. Why. If he had been the kind
of coward thoee fellows wanted him to
be, every Inane of the World'Merald would
now contain double-column laudations of
the coward who would how to the dictates
of those asme Influences which control the
editorial policy of the World-Herald aa ab
solutely as a MlHsourlsn controls his own
coon dog.
It grieves us to observe the trend of
Nebraska's only metropolitan dally demo
cratic newspaper toward the embattled en
campment of the Cracker trust, and kind
red evil encampments. The Telegram has
been accused y this same World-Herald
on charge of breeding discord In the dem
ocratic ranks, and all because we refused
to see virtue In a stock ysrds ' senator,
godliness In the brewery trust, or sanctlfl
cation In the cracker trust. But we enter
tain no sentiments of evil dealre In the
direction of the Omaha World-Herald. Our
prayer Is thst the gods may be able to
divorce our Omaha editorial friend from
the company of the commercial harlots
with which he l now awhorlng.
And If the gods shall refuse to grVit
the divorce, It will still he our provinVe
--aye, our privilege, our pleaaure and our
'luty tp borrow a bit of uncouth conetrne
Hon and say to the frayed and frassled
Omaha ortcan of the criminal combinations:
"Forget lt:M
Army Gossip
Matters of Interest Oa and. Baek
ef the Firing X,laa (Massed from
tke Arsay aad Havy Boalsier.
The paymaster general of the army has
passed upon the queetiun of the enlistment
period of an enlistnd man of the army who
terved aa a commissioned officer of Philip
pine Scouts from July 1. 1901, to April 7,
1909, resigning to become post r-omnilssiry
serves nt. The soldier on April 7 completed
continuous service of ten years, five
months and twelve days, embracing a
period of time equivalent to more than
three full enlistment periods, but less thsn
four such periods. It Is hflld that upon re
enlistment on April , the man should be
viewed ss constructively taking up the
thread of the fourth continuous enlistment
period. Crediting him with one additional
enlistment period for his re-enllsted pay
status. It Is held by the rsj-master general
that upon re-enlistment on April 9 the sol
dier entered upon his fifth ' enlistment
period.
A new army remount depot will be estab
lished at Fcrt Keogh. Mont., In accordance
with a recommendation of General J. H.
Aleshlre, quartermaster general of thn
army. It has been found that the first
depot established at Fort Reno has pro
duced excellent results In furnishing the
army with suitable animals, and General
Aleshlre proposes to extend the system
The new depot, which will be in operation
by the first of July, Is situated In the cen
ter of a horse raising district, from which
many it the best anlmsls have hitherto
hoen obtained. The depot at Fort Keogh
will be In charge of Captain Harold P.
Howard, Fourteenth cavalry, nowVon duty
at Fort Walla Walla. Wash., The quarter
master general has In view a further In
vestigation of the horses of Virginia In the
hope' of obtaining 'from thst section ani
mals which are adapted for' mintsry pur-
poses. He hss requested the detail, for
the purposo of acquiring this Information.
of Captain Camper H. Conrad, jr.. Third
cavalry, now on duty at Fort Clark, Tex.
It is exceedingly fitting and perfectly con
sistent for Senator Martin N. Johnson to
uggest to President Taft that he show
preference in promotion" to those officers
of the army and navy who "abstain from
alcoholic liquors," because Senator John
son takes pride In the fact that lie la the
uthor of the first anti-canteen law. Mr.
Taft haa given no inclination that he will
adopt the suggestion. Of course, the exer-
ise of of presidential authority or discre
tion Is exceedingly limited In the matter
the promotion of the commissioned per
sonnel of the military-naval establishment
nd there will probably be no more atten
tion paid in the future than there has
been In the past to th personal habits of
officers who are the object of presidential
onsideratlon for any reaaon whatever;
hat Is to say, there will be quite as much
consideration paid to the habits and per
sonal character of officers aa there has
been hitherto.
The secretary of the navy haa had occa
sion this week to request Information con
cerning reports which have reached him
of the mayor of Medina, O., and the Judge
f a local court In Dee Moines, la. Those
tfflcials, It is reported to the Navy depart
ment, suspended sentence In the case of
otithful culprits, one charged with petty
larceny and the other with foraery. Dro-
vlded the accused young men would enlist
In the navy. In both cases th recruiting
officers discovered the purpose and were
able to block the plan. In the case of the
offender at Medina the recruiting officer
at Cleveland discovered from the records
hat the young man had served in the
isvy. In which he had a bad record, si.
hough this was covered up by the pro-
luctlon of a forged honorable discharge
I'lie Navy department will await Infor
mation from the Medina mayor and thi
n-i Moines Judge before writing the sharp
etters which those officials deserve to Te
elve on account of their misconception ot
he purpose of the nava.1 aervlce. It Is re
narKuuie tn.it at tnis late day tnere are
m-n of Intelligence In official position any
where who think an enlistment In the naval
service will serve the purpose of protect
ng society from culprits and may be sub
ttltuted for a sentence of Imprisolnmert.
Th appoinlmenta which have been an
ruHinced at the White House of general
offlcera of the army In anticipation of the
vacancies In th grade of major general and
brigadier general by virtue of th retire
ment of Brigadier General J. B. Kerr ou
May IS and Major General John F. Weston
on November 11 will be received with
tlsfactlon. Considerable Interest at
t ached to th appointment of a brigadier
general upon the retirement of General
Kerr as affording a chance of determining
President Taft's policy in the matter of
selection In military advancement. Th
offles who were Indicated for appoint
ment Colonel Jacob A. Augur. Tenth cav
airy-. Colonel M P. Maua. Twentieth In
fantry; Colonel J. G. D. Knight, corp. of
engineers, and Brigadier -General W. H
Carter repreaented the factor of seniority
which will be appreciated. Th untimely
death of Colonel Augur at Manila on th
day following th announcement of his
appointment I th ooraalon of regret
throughout the army. He waa an officer
with a apiandia rerora in war and paao
and waa a fine example of th true soldier.
It wss such as he who have been deprived
ot the recognition for duty well performed
snd for ixnerlencc gained In th military
iiofesuun.
Cream 1
u Wsx!Mwj Jj
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A pure grape cream of
tartar powder. Its fame
is world-wide. No alum,'
no phosphatic acid.
There is never a ques
tion as to the absolute
purity and healthful
ness of the food it raises.
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PERSONAL NOTES
Some New York smugglers have of
fered $380,000 as a compromise settlement
for an attempt to bring In ITiS.OOO worth
of Paris gowns without paying the duty.
Mr. Harriman Is going abroad under or
ders, to get away from his business In
terests. It will be possible for him to
travel In Europe without passing over one
of his own railroads.
Lieutenant Calvin P. Titus. Fourteenth
Vnited States Infantry, who as a bugler,
was the first man over the walls of Peking
when the American troops relieved the lega
tion from the Doxtr scige In 1900, will
turn chaplain.
Colonel Isaac Taylor, the coneelver ot the
lakes-to-gulf deep water way Idea, died
at Peoria. III., at the age of 74 years from
an attack of heart failure, brought on by
overexertion In the recent city campaign.
Colonel Taylor was then elected assessor.
Mrs. ..Hannah Boone Wilson, grandnlece
of the famous hunter and frontiersman,
Daniel Boone, recently died at her home
In Portland, Ore., after a brief Illness. In
the death of Mrs. Wilson the passing Is
marked of one of two direct descendants
of Boone.-
Hamilton Holt, one of the editors of the
New Tork Independent, was born In Brook
lyn, and Js a graduate of Yale. Yet when
offered a glass of buttermilk by E. W.
Howe, In Atchison. Kan., he aald ha had
never heard' of buttermilk and did not know
what Is was. .
Mrs. .Rose R.. Jameson .of Colorado has
applied for appointment aa district water
commissioner in Pueblo county. The board
of county commissioners certified her ap
plication and Governor. .Shafroth. though
expressing his surprise, declared that there
aeemed to be no good reason why a woman
should not have the office, and he prom
ised to give her application proper nensld-
rallon. Mrs. Jameson Is a widow, runs
her awn ranch and supports tier two small
children and her aged mother.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"We will teach thoee trusts a thing or
wo.' said the statesman.
Don't do It," answered Senator Sor
ghum; "my observation la that tho trusts
never learn anything new without making
a source or runner prom.- vvaahlna-
ton Star.
The detective found one thin which
threw a light on hla character."
"What was that?"
"A dark lantern." New York Times.
The Girl tin grand stand) "They oall that
man a pitcher, do they? Why don't they
call him a thrower?"
The Fan "Well, when he throws a came
they do." Chicago Tribune.
"You've been struck twice hy lightning?
thought lightning never struck twice in
the same piece."
It dnesn t. so far aa I know. I waa in a
different place when I was hit the second
time.- Chicago Tr.bune.
Brown Green Is going to Europe for his
seaitn.
Whit So? How did he lose his health?
Brown Esrnlng the price of a trio to
Europe. Chicago ews.
Milkman Our cows are all blooded stock
Customer 1 believe you. Rlueblooded.
If one may Judge hy the appearance ef
the milk. Cleveland leader.
Haa the son you sent away to college
got his degree yet?"
I should say so. wny. he wrote last
week that the faculty had called hlra In and
given him the third degree. That boy's
ambitious." Philadelphia ledger.
Grandmother.
Why la th
baby
father
ao
hariDV ?
Nurse, on, ma motner a no
are
coming.
Grandmother. I don t aee them 7
Nurse. Nor I. ma'am. But h child's
nose Is very keen. He smells the automo
bile, ma am. Harper's Weekly.
SALT SULPHUR WATER
also the "Crystal Lithium" water from
Excelsior Springs, Mo., In 6-gallon
sealed Jugs.
h-gsllon Jug Crystal I.ltnla water. .a
5-gallon jug 8alt-Sulphur water $2.25
Buy at either store. We sell over 100
kinds mineral water.
Stierman&McCQncslI Drug Co.
Sixteenth and Dodge St.
Owl Drug Co.
Sixteenth and llarney Sta.
Spring Anaiannint-
1000
W a mmw alapUylac a moat com
plete U f foralga mmmm fr
spring a4 suaiaer waar.
To- Mrty luioa t avsilad, as
H wyl atJare aa eaawrtMHv f , -tJ
Is nwssr ( ahastr
W IsapeK la -lgU sett lengths."
aA a watt oaitaot 4uoa44.
A a order p4c bow ana a Selrv
e4 at your aonvBloca
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INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES
Baltimore American.
They are thronging the walks of the tltlo
msrt. . i
Our young girls, fresh, and fair,
With their girlhood bright and their trust
tpg hearts.
And free from sverv csr.
The tsrnlsh which lies on titles old
They sue in it no snare, .
For they look for love and happiness
When they put on their gold's repair.
Then comes the quick awakening.
In the lands across the sea.
Of the gold that's all and th. heart's that
naught. , ' . .
And the glided misery.
The highborn contempt for' plebtan wives, ;
Till the blood In the veins born fre.
Grows hot with the sordid title sals
And rebels at indignity.
But still they come and th. ranks are
swelled.
Spite of lesson and woe and ban.
The easer wish for titled name .
They aeem but to Spread and fan:
But some day our gtrle wlH wiser grow,
And American bounds will scan,
For a husband, learning the beat of mat
I not a name but a MAN,
COMMOTION
H THE
iiOSPESTOElE
Mr. IIoppc. reports that in
thirty-six years of picture
business he has never seen
such enthusiastic crowds of '
picture buyers as filled his
store yesterday.
Xo 6tore in the "country can
boast of such beautiful water
colors, such chc-ice oil paint
ings by famous artists, such
rare artist proof etchings,
as well as multitudes of the
very best in reproduced prints
and such a complete line of, tho
choicest framed pictures.
When such: a store- holds
such a price Smashing sale it
is bound to cause commotion
in the art trade. Both large
and small dealers, buyers for
hotels, clubs, . schools and
homes, all flocked to thc
Hospe store and combined to
make yesterday the greatest
day the art business has ever
seen in the west. ', ; - .y.
Tomorrow .5,000 new; pic
tures, comprising regular
stock and salesman's samples,
ranging in price from $2.00 to
$15.00, will be sold in the bar
gain square on the third floor
at 19c, 49c, 78o, 08c and $1.98,
to be sold at one-tenth to one
twentieth' of ' the publisher's
prices. ' ' . .
Is it any wonder all Omaha
in beautifying their homes!
-You cannot imagine such bar
gains unions you actually see
them. . You should look over
the Hospe stock, even though
you do not cafe to purchase.
A. ESQSPE 00.
1513 Douglas Street.
Quckert
c Don aid,
117 SeoUi FlflecBtk Street
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