Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 22, 1894, Page 13

THE PROBLEM OF GOOD ROADS Discussed by Hon, James A, Beaver, Ex- Governor of Pennsylvania, UNDER COUNTY OR STATE CONTROL In the Way- Education of - Practical Suggestions trom an Acknowledged Authority the Subject. Bome DiMcunltie The coad problem Is far from a satisfac- tory solution. In fact very few of the many factors entering Into the problem have been successfully solved. As we read of representatives of the executive and legls- lative branches of the national government and of the governors of three of our most populous, wealthy and Influential states a sembling for the purpose of inspecting the practical operations of state ald furnished to some of the municipalities within the state for the construction of good roads, it would seem as if a great stride had been made in the right direction, To some ex- tent this is true, but the friends of road fmprovement have, to a large extent, been confined to public officlals who, by reason of their relations to the people, were com- pelled to give attention and careful con- sideration to the subject. We must not forget that, whilst these persons occupy high official positions, they are, neverthe- less, the gervants of the people Any great movement or any needed reform must nec. essarily move slowly, when the servant in- structs the master and when he attempts to move in any direction in opposition to or in advance of the power which controls him. If the people were moving and the officials following, there would be more hope of an early and successful solution of the great problom THE FACTOR OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT. It will be understood from what has been said that the one gr of the problem of ment. factor in the solution ood roads Is public senti- Whenever the masses of our people can be brought to think upon this subject properly and can have their thoughts awakened to the importance of the subject 80 as to beget a desire for better things, w will secure them, and not before. As a gen- eral thing the people will get whatever they want. We are not likely to secure what they do not want. The first step therefore, is to awaken a desire for what they ought to have. The resuit will follow desire. The Inspection of the practical results secured by state ald offered by New Jersey to any locality availing itselt of her offer made by the secretary of agriculture, ac- companfed by representatives of the legisla- tive branch of the government with the o ernors of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, will do good. The good accomplished, however, will be largely because of -the atten- tion which such a visit and inspection will attract. It will cause our people to think upon the subject, and careful thought and common sense consideration must inevitably lead to right conclusions upon this subject. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY. The average citizen becomes quickly sensi- tive whencver the subject of taxation is broached. Nothing so quickly puts him in an attitude of defiance or antagonism as a_proposition to Impose a new tax or to <hange the amount or mode of imposing and collecting an old one. Here lies one of the chief difficulties In the way of securing road Improvement. If we were starting the question afresh, with the knowledge and experience which wo have gained in the past, it would be comparatively easy, but when you propose to increase local ta: tion for road purposes or to chauge the mode of collecting an amount equal to what has heretofore been levied, in other words, ‘when you propose to require the ordinary citizen who has ‘“‘worked out” his tax for many years to pay a like amount in cash, you then place him at once in an attitude of opposition and deflance. Our newor states will find much less diM- culty in dealing with this subject than those which have been building roads upon laws which related to primitive conditions for 100 years or more. As we travel In the newer states we arc surprised at the number and character of their school buildings, and we are apt to disparage the older sfates as we compare them with the newer ones, but it Is well to remember that the new states begin where the old ones leave off. Their people carry with them info thelr new homes the best results attained in their former homes. They have nothing to undo. They begin upon new foundations, and as a result their building is apparently in advance of what has been reached in the older set tlements. This Is so doubtless in the matter of public roads. It is equally true as to road legislation. If the legislation in the several ntates within the last five years relating to 7 this subject be examined, it will be apparent that the newer states have a decided ad- vantage over the older ones in providing for the construction and maintenance of road The state of Washington, called the Penn- sylvania of the west, has enacted at least three practical and effective road laws sinc 1890. The state of Pennsylyania has becn all that time vainly endeavoring to secure such changes In existing laws as will enable the advocates of good roads to make a start in the direction of reform and improvement. NO GROUNDS FOR DISCOURAGEMENT. Meager and unsatisfactory net results must not discourage the advocates of good roads. The greater the obstacles in the way of progress the greater the necessity for ac- tivity and carnestness and continued dis- cussion. Real reform is proverbially slow. It 18 reached only by and through earnest and continuous agitation. This agitation is to be carried on in such a way as to reach the great mass of our reading and think- ng people. The medium through which it is to be carried on Is the county nowspaper. It we could enlist in the cause of road re- form every oditor of evry county news- paper in the United States and could imbue him with practical ideas upon the subject, the battle would be half won. The difficulty In accomplishing such a result is two-fold. First, the average editor is the follower rather than the leader of public sentiment, and secondly, discusslon and experience have not gone so far as to determine deflnitely what are the best results at which to aim, and what are the best methods through which those results are to be reached. OUNTY OR STATE CONTROL. The friends of road reform are not agreed as to the authority which shall control the laying out and construction of public high- ways. There are disadvantages in the township or town system which prevails in many of our older states. There are less but still serious cbjections to county control It would seem as if the state could more easily and more effectually carry into prac- teal effect a uniform system, but, when the machinery for carrying such a system into effoct is outlined, it becomes so cumbersome 1 expensive that the average legislator is Wppalled, hesitates and then despairs. It is a comparatively easy matier to pro- vide roads in populous, wealthy districts, where land s occupled by suburban resi- fents and is worth $1,000 per acre, as is the ease In some of the counties in many of our aates, immediately adjoining the larger pities. The people In these soctions really flesire good roads. A fair tax upon the value of thelr property will secure them. They are ready not only to pay such a tax willingly, but are quite willing to contribute voluntarily toward the road fund when prac- tical results are apparent. The conditions are entirely difforent, you come (o a farming community where land Is worth $50 an acre and where the burden of taxation for county, poor and Behool purposes is as large as the ordinary farmer can bear, but even in such a com- munity the conditions are more favorable than when you go into an undeveloped re- glon where population is sparse, where the country is mountainous, where the grades wro steep and taxable property reaches the minimum, How will you make a general law to reach throe communities whose Interests are so Miverse and apparently so irreconcilable? It s very plain that town or county control cannot apply with equal force and effect to #lireo such localities where the value of taxa- ble property and the physical features of the tountry are so diverse. Or, face another diffoulty, How will you provide by state leglslation for a uniform system of roads, Where In most sections of the state good when road material Is abundant and in some coun- ties of It searcely a stone can be found? The first step in securing better rosults I8 taken when we clearly apprehend fliculties which confront us. The this article fs, therefore, to bring clearly to the minds of the friends of road reform the difficulties which confront them in reaching a practical solution of the problem. When these are fully and clearly appre- honded, a great step has been gained and the atiention of all who are interested in the subject will be turned toward the com mon_standpoint which can be occupled by all friends of the movement and from which the difficulties which confront them can be met and mastered. A COMMON GROUND OF ACTION. What s this common ground? How shall we meet the difficulties which have been herein suggested? It would seem, with the short experience of the state of New Jersey under her well-considered act of April 14, 1891, as amended Ma 1802, that connty control, supplen by state aid, will meet the difficulties which exist in most of our older states, at least such as have been enumerated herein County control of the laying out of the roads seems to be essential to any well considered sys- the tem of highways communicating with principal cities, towns and villages the i1 state ald would enable the wealthier communities to come to the help of those less able to bear the burdens of well con- structed and well maintained roads The visit of the secretary of agriculture and the governors of ‘neighboring states alluded: to in the beginning of this article was made for the purpose of secing the practical results of New Jersey's legislation. It the impressions gained by this visit could reach the public In a form easily accessible to all our people much would be gained in the direction of Imparting informatioon in a form which would be more attractive and at the same time mora practical than the publication of the laws under which the work inspected was un- dertaken and carried forward. Tt is hoped that such information will reach the public at an early day in such a form as to carry with it the fmpression which ought to be made thereb JAMES A. BEAVER. pupand Whooping €ough. “I have three children who are subject to croup, and have found that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure them quicker than anything else T can get. It you do not be- lieve that this remedy will cute the croup, do as I did, try it, and you will soon be con- vinced. ~R. M. Chatman, Dewey, n. Whooping cough 1s also deprived of all dan- gerous consequences when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is freely given. There Is nothing equal to it for either of these ail- ments ~ For salo by drugglsts. MATTERS IN DISTRICT COURT. Decls'on Postponed — Dan Asked for False Arrest. It was anticipated that there would be a ripple of excitement in Judge Ferguson's court upon the calling of the Macdonald arbage case, which has been on the dock- ots for some weeks, but instead, there was not a word from the lawyers, and the whole matter is disposed of until next Saturday, at which time it is probable that the deci- sion will be handed down upon the applica- tion for the restraining order asked by Henry Coombes and other plaintiffs. Yester: the attorneys representing Alexander Macdonald filed a demurrer to the petition of the plaintiffs, alleging that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, after which the case was submitted without argument . The G. H. Hammond company has brought suit against the Chicago & Northwestern and the Baltimore & Ohlo Railroad com- panies in an action to recover the sum of $274, alleging that something like one year ago it shipped a consignment of meat over these lines, and that by neglect of the de- Garbage ages fendants the meat was allowed to spoil while in transit. In the Ramicclotti will case the taking of testimony was concluded yesterday and the attorneys commenced making their argu- ments for the purpose of aiding Judge Bax- ter in arriving at the conclusion as to whether or not Mary Ramicciottl was in her right mind at the time of the execution of the will bequeathing all of the property to the adopted child. The estate of Sylvia E. McKinney has been settled and the administrator has been dis- charged. Final set{lement has been made estate of Willlam Ripple, deceased. In the probate court the will of the late Rachel Williams was admitted to probate to- day. In the criminal section of the district court several men were arraigned and all pleaded not guilty. Frank Webber was accused of having burglarized the house of Willlam Edge and stolen a couple of gold watches. The charge against Martin Miller was that he had put Frank Riback in fear and while in this condition had taken $7 from his per- son. Henry Haub, as bailee, was accused of the crime of appropriating $50, the property of the American National Exchange bank. Nelson Allen, a young man, was charged with having assaulted Gee Wo, and with force and arms compelled him to give up 35 cents, all of the money which he had. Sult has been brought by R. C. Dun for the purpose of recovering $5,000 alleged damages from Miles Mitchell and James Austin. The plaintift in the sult alleges that during the afternoon of March 5 he went down to South Omala to visit a friend; that while he was sittting in a public room on the second floor of the bullding at 2422 N street, without any warrant or authority of law the defendants arrested him and dragged him away to prison, where he was kept for several hours. While in the city bastile of South Omaha the plaintift alleges that he was placed in a flithy cell, where he was compelled to associ- ate with wicked men and disreputable char- acters, including tramps and burglars. By reason of this imprisonment, notwithstanding the fact that he was discharged by order of the mayor, the plaintiff avers that he has been brought into public scandal and disgrace and that his reputation has been shattered beyond all hope of repair, - COURTLAND BEACH. Improvements that Aro on Foot for the Coming Season. Manager Grifith of Courtland beach has opened an office in room 319 First Na- tional bank building, and thus early is receiving letters from every direction con- taining offers from owners of all sorts of attractions, who are auxious to open at the beach. It is the intention of the management to construct a pony track, with Shetland ponies under saddle and’ with little carts for the use of ladies and children; a nice music shell, with o small stage and dress- ing rooms, is also contemplated, to be ercoted between the pavilion and the lake, facing the pavilion. Several deer will bé added, and perhaps one or two buffalo. The grounds will be thoroughly lighted by eleotricity, the work of stringlig the wires having already begun. Manager Griflith says that car accommodations (his se ample and that the handling crowds will be perfect ments In this direction will be made, in the the motor son will be f the immense and the Iast Omaha Street Car company, under the management of Mr. De Long, has al ready done considerable grading for new tracks, A number of new cars have been ordered and will arrive in due time for the opening of Omaha’s popular resort The management 15 already conferring with the different raflroads »ntering Omaha with @ view of obtair’ . low excursion rates to the beach, and hopes that the fact that large excursions came to Omaha last season and the interest that was mani throughout the state will cause the ro to start their excursions as soon as hot weather sets in i An Excellent Medicine. Our druggists sell a preparation for rheu- matism that has performed some remark- able oures. Frank Shepardson, an engineer on the Southern Pacific rallway who resides at Los Angeles, Cal, was troubled with rheumatism for & long time. He was treated by several physiclans, also visited the Hot Springs, but recelved no permanent relief until he used Chumberlain's Paln Balm, which is the medicine referred to above. He says it (s the best medicine in the world for rheumati Stealing from a Church. A complaint was filed yesterday against Elmer Johnson, arrested as a suspiclous character, charging him with grand lar- ceny. Siturday night Johnson broke into the Park Avenue Methodist church by smashing the door with an ax. He had the sten- ographer's typewriter ready to Carry away when the colored janitor saw him. Rev. W. P. Murrav, pastor of the church, filed the complalat. THE OMAII\ I)AIIY BEE BURNED T0 DEATH IN BED Towa Man Perishes in the Lee Hotel Fire at Bouth Omabha. WAS J. E. SMITH OF MISSOURI VALLEY Had Come to Meot His Wife Returning from the West—Another Guest Jumps and Breaks a og- Other Magle City News. The Leo hotel, Twenty-sixth street, be- tween N and O street: was almost con- sumed by fire at 3:30 o'clock yesterday morn- ing with fatal results. J. E. Smith of Mis- sourl Valley, Ta., was burned to death and C. L. Moline of Ceresco, Saunders county, had a leg broken. The fire was evidently of incendiary origin. The building belongs to J. H. Blake. Miss J. J. Johnson fs proprietress and owns the turniture of the hotel, and J. P, Haller owns the bar and fixtures Fire was first discovered about 11 o'clock by the night watch, Byron Sweezy, who was playing cards with W. E. Munroe, Fred Rudiger and D. B. Luke. These men at once went to the cellar and found an old bod tick on fire, They put the fire out and thoroughly saturated the tick with water, While yet at the card table at 3:30 o' in the morning one of them mentioned th thought he smelt smoke and on going to the rear door found a volume of smoke coming out of the cellar from the northwest corner of the house, followed almost instantly by a huge volume'of flames. The men at once rushed to the dormitories to awaken the inmates of the hou The wildest excitement prevailed among the inmates. On the second floor a score of persons crowded to the windows and little observatory porches, while one man, Daniel Johnson, got on the roof at the northeast corner, almost smothering with smoke and paintully close to the flames. A rope was thrown to Mr. Johnson, but he could find no way to fasten it. Then an ax was sent up and he cut a fastening place, and after the rope was attached and tested he dropped to the ground, just in time to escape being swallowed up by a huge volume of flames. In the meantime the fire companies ar- rived and those on the Twenty-s front were taken down on ladders, but not a minute too soon. C. L. Moline of Ceresco, Saunders county, Neb., jumped from the roof to the ground in the rear of the building, a distance of about forty feet, and suffered a compound fracture of the right thigh. A surgeon at once reduced the fracture, as soon as the injured man could be removed to a suitable place. Later wan, the charred remains of a afterwards ascertained to be J. E. Smith of Missouri _ Valley, la, was found in room No. 27. The hands and forearms are burned off, the liead burned to a crisp and the feet burned off. A purse containing $5.40 and a re- ceipt to J. E. Smith, dated Missouri Valley, a pocket knife and some small trinkets were found, fully identifying him as the man who had registered as J. E. Smith, Missouri Valle,, who had been assigned to room No. A sad story is connected with Mr. Smith's awful death. His wife has been in Cali- fornia for her health and Friday, expeet- ing her home, he came to Council Bluffs and then to Omaha to meet her, but learning of the trouble in the running of trains at this point, he came here, thinking his wife might get off here. Not finding her he went to bed, never to awake. The bullding was valued at from $2,500 to $3,500, and was Insured for $2,000. The fur- niture was worth $600 and was insured for as much. The bar fixtures and contents were worth about $1,000, and were insured for $400. Captain Michael Markeson of No. 2 fell one story and was Injured. The fire companies were prompt and ex- ceedingly efiicient, having five streams on the building in an incredibly short space of time. The building is almost destroyed, only the frame work being left. A HARTIGAN ANSWERS “FRATERNAL’’ In reply to an article in last Sunday’s Bee signed “Fraternal,” Mr. F. E. Hartlgan makes the following repl: I notice in last Sunday’s issue of The Bee that our assessment friend, who signs him- selt “Fraternal,” takes exceptions to my comparisons of the permanency and cost of assessment and old line insurance. In his article he maintains that the average cost of a prosperous assessment association is suf- flcent to provide permanent protection and the fixed rates of old line companies are ex- cessive. To prove his assertions he uses the stock arguments of the advocates of assess- mentism. They seem plausible to the per- son unfamiliar with the principles of life in- surance, but as soon as you attempt to ana- Iyzo them you discover their fallacy. He says: “If the average of the member- ship of any organization can be kept at a certain figure the cost of insurance will re- main the same.” But it cannot be kept a certain figure. Take 1,000 men at age 35 represents 35,000 nine die during the year; 991 sur- e a year older, or 36 years. The must take in 991 new members at 94 yoars 0. bring.the avarage base o be years. The second year there are 1,982 men and elghtzen die, 1,964 survive and be- come 36 years old. In order to reduce the average to 35 years 1962 members must be “taken in” at 34, making the membership 924, The sixth year it would require 60,- 000, the seventh year 111,000 new men at 34 to hold the average age at 35 years. On this basis there are not enough men, women and children in the state of Nebraska to hold the average of the Ancient Order of United Workmen at 35 years for six years. Our friend further states: “From 1,000 men at 35 nine die, hence $3 paid into the beneflt fund by each of the 1,000 will pay the beueficiary $1,000." According to this propo- sitfon $1,000,000 is to be paid out in install- ments of $9,000 per year, which would re- quire 111 years. The men are 35 to start with, 50 the last ones would be 146 years old when they died. This plan of insurance would do in the days of Methuseleh, but not fn our present age. Our friend quotes from the New York in- surance report of 1892 to prove that the cost of carrying $1,000 insurance for thirty years has been $19.23 and that the companies hold a reserve of about $220 for each $1,000 in- surance in force, and that this reserve rep- esents the amount collected in excess of what was necessary. The majority of old and their combined age years; line insurance now In force as written during the past twenty years. From any number of well selected risks about 20 per cent dle durlng the first twenty years, after that the mortality rate increnses rapldly and the reserve iy created for the purpose of meeting the increased death rate which comes from old age. When the city of Omaha fssues bonds, it at once creates a sinking fund with which to pay the bonds when they become due. When an old line company issues a policy it at once creates a reserve with which to discharge its obligations to its policy holders th or at the termination of the policy. The reserve on each policy, together with future premiums and interest, will enable the company to pay the face of the policy at the end of the average expectancy of the insured. Here Is where old line insurance differs from assessment. The old line company has the money in its possession to mest Its claims. The assessment assoclation has it —to get; it passes the hat, while the old line company goes to its vault. When a normal death rate is reached the hat Is passed frequently for large amounts, then tho assessment association takes its place among the departed. In 1891 twenty old line companies in England pald out about $6,000,000 more than they collected in that year. It thoy did not have a reserve th would have been compelled to do what as sessment assoclations do when they reach a normal death rate—go out of business. Our friend makes the following state- ment, which Is as novel as it is new. He says: “It is a fact that every policy as it 1s canceled loses all interest in this fund (reserve) and the company has only to can cel its policies to have title to the money."” From this statemont only one of two con clusions can be reached, viz.: That the 1894 SUNDAY,! APRIL 22, his power state I8 pr comprising it only nes the ball mc Omaha Gua Rifles expre m favor of be held next man who made the stdtement never read an old line policy, or heids stating something which he knows to be untrue, The policles now being fssued by old line companies are specific contracts by which the compar binds itself to do eerthin things as fc To pay the face of theipolicy at death if the premiums are paid as agreed; It the holder fails to pay the premlin after two or three years, or cancels his policy for any reason he Is given back all he has paid the com- pany in excess of tha, expense of carrying his risk. It the cash is,not given a_paid-up policy for its equivalént is given. 1If a re- serve 18 not necessary the laws of the various states would not be: Mkely to demand It, neither would they employ insurance com- missioners to compel the companies to main- 1zation COUN' Will Not Pr The count lar weekly tain a reserve according to legal roquire- | tee of the whole, to which had been re- ments. This reserve 14 hased on tho aver- | forrad tho bids for paving. The committes, age Law of ot Nl e rates | however, had not completed its labors and the law of gravitation. If old line rates | was given more time in which to tabulate are excessive the best business men all over | 4uq figure out the lowest bidders on several the world would not be IL!I_ ng old line in- kinds of material b L0 all know there 1s o good | “Chairman Stenberg, who had heen ap- Ansessment_assoclations and hond com. | POIfited a speclal committec to adjust the . & * ] Iy institutions which matter of account between Adam Snyder, the panfes are the on ex-trensurer, and the county of Douglas, re- promise to return $1,000 for the average pay- ment of about $400. The Insur: Should a ported that Snyder and ey s | purpose of ’ to do Fou ? and | ¢0 World asks the insurance company lite inim where death I3 caused by suicic We are not going into a proceeds to say ures, He said that an export had carefully moral dissertation on the decay of rellgion | gong gyer the books, checking up all of the among men, or the retrogression in morals, | {078 OVPE SHE GEEEE CORCTTAE B OF 08 ot but certain it Is that life is less valued by 4 - : bl bR ¥ | there was due from Mr. Snyder the sum of individuals than formerly, and that it is [ ¢ his: feport was approved, after becoming quite the fashion to pay debts and provide for dependants at the expense of life insurance companies, Where a case of well developed insanity ending in suicide is shown the loss is a just claim on the com- 1y, but these cases are rare and the new which Mr. which was papers in con referred to t 5 otic 8 A the county attorney, taking the necessary | T ool br "sorme 'siher | 8teps to bring about a settiement of the excH should fnvalidate any cla claim. i ‘.',';‘\’\““r"ll"l“',‘i"“ vadn M panT ll,;“:'..ki,.lé The William Carr claim for balance due one's own 1ife and It Is unjust to expect the | o0 the grading of South Thirteenth street % was disposed of by the county attorney ( life insurance company to reimburse a man's creditors or family for his cowardice being instruc & VeraIBE e IE161000s PR USPaA By HE county and in favor of Carr for the sum mT]«'n.-‘ (h’“v,m\{,r GkSE T iunlyfir“-.;’"fi of $500, in full of demands. At one time e A T not. satisfactory ''to. the | Carr claimed $3,600 from the county, but onnecticut Mutual Life. The company has today he offered to accept $500 and square asked for a new trial, with the view, no | all accounts. Gitits 6t CARPYIREALHE. Gans e appea The demand of the Burlington and the ‘.!.."'."r"" ot carrylng the case to the appeal | p 0 fifind railroads for the swearing in The Anclent Order of United Workmen | Of deputies in this city to protect their Guide of St. Paul pertinently remarks: | broperty from being destroyed by mob vio- “While the agitation of proper medical exam- | lence was laid upon the table. The com- inations is open why not talk a little about ssioners held that there was no emer- the habitual heavy smoker? Many a man is rejected by the regular life insurance com- | action. panies for the Inordinate use of tobacco. The 8. L Examiners should be as carcful about the | Ing and ste excessive use of tobacco as about the in- | pital was s Pope agrees Craven Ch ordered sent infirm soldie temperate use of aleoholic stimulant General Agent Hodges of the New England Mutual Life Insurance company at Minne- apolis was in the city last week. From present indications Omaha is soon to have another military organization, in the form of a signal corps mounted on bi- Name and a cycles. The movement is headed by a West Pointer, and rmer memby of the 1 'Stites Signal corps. Adjutant Gen- iage of Nebraska was in conference at | Gussic Millard ‘hotel last evening with the | David ders of the project, and is doing all in | Anna Swanson are (o be taken towards & permanent organ- Pose belng to hear the report of the commit- this_purpose, committee should act in geney that would justify them in taking such The following marriage licenses were Is- sued yesterda 'I‘Wl"VTY PAGES, to get the corps started Thn\ pared to equip A signal corpd | thirty members, and at present s a competent leader to start sving. Captaing Mul the rds and Scharff of the Thurston s themselvevs as being heartily t. A meeting is to | At which steps the moveme Friday evening, S - TY COMMISSIONERS. ovide Deputies to Protect Rall- rond Property y commissioners held the regu- meeting yesterd the pur- he had been unable to get Mr. his bondsmen together for the finding out what they prn[m.n-d! ir meetings had been appointed but all of them were fail- Livesey offered a resolution | adopted. It provided that all inection with the case should be | hie committee on finance, which conjunction with | cted to confess judgment for the Pope claim of $4,000 for plumb- m fixtures at the county hos- ettled by paying $2,334, which to aceept in full of all demands. pamberlain, an old soldier, was to the state home for aged and rs. Marriage ddress. n, Omaha. Omaha.. It is a pleasure to make note of a book whose publishers have taken such pains to more than fulfill the promises in their prospectus.”’—Public Ledger, Philadélphia. e 1 The iutel igent reader, with this book for his guide, may form a muc&i‘ fairer opinion of the war, its lead:rs, and its b tles than those who fought in its fiells or who lived through the troublous times, reading the news day ty day.— Public Ledger, Philadel- phia, Told by Generals. 02 The Century War Book is what no other War Book is—a record of the and the events that led up to it—zold &y those who engineered it from start to finish. [ Its contributors number almost the greatest generals, admirals, and other officers on both sides of the conflict, M= lts articles are not in any sense garbled reprints of the hypothetical writ- ings of timorous correspondents published in the none too scrupulous illustrated news- papers of thirty odd years ago. Gitbert Gaul, John A. Elder, A. €. Redwood, T. de Thulstrup, R. F. Zogbaum, A.R Waud, W. Taber, Harry Fenn, Alfred Brennan, Joseph Peanell, 3. A Fraser, of America, g ek, oo Wetis, " © of Gardner and Brady Ueorge tlbson, 2 W (about 6,000, the righ . D. Woodward, . J. Burns, Qeorge W, Reed, Fred Schell, E. J. Meeker, = W.T. Trego, Winslow Homer, Admiral Walke, J. 0. Davidson, purchased by the Cen Co.), and in greater mea Scott, Tort e a4 Jujiag Seot by original sketches Wk e, | belonging to its W. L. She K 2 a ¢ S Theo. R. l|1)'1"vi-, LIS DRAREION 0L WA U n, tributors and to the War Department, =g The Century War Book is the only authoritative ‘history of the civil war has been or can now be written, of the foremost illustrators who were as- sisted in a measure by the original war photographs | . to use same having been It was begun noue too soon mor prosecuted noue too rapidly, for the officers who contributed to it and the veterans whose heroism it cele- brates, and who are most deeply luterested in it, are rapidly passing away —Zimes-Star, Cine cinnati, CONTRIBUTORS: General Grant, General \hvrm:m war all | Lew Waiiace, JacobD. Cox, G, T. Beauregard, James Longstree Montgomery C.Melgs John Pope, Joseph B. Johnston, H. W. Slocum, D. H. Hil), Henry J. Hunt, 0.0 Howard, J. . Walker, Franz Sigel, Stephen . Lee, Julln Gibbon, Jnmes H. Witson, Adam Badrau, E. Tl Law, J. S, lu“c"flll- Basil W. 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Any 4 of these coupons, with 10 cants, or number of this bk, FOR CITY READERS—Bring ooupons, ¢ the oftice of The Onaha Bas, whe 2 will be ready next week, and therealtor parts v FOR OUT-OF-TOWN READERS—\ ment, Omaha Bee, coupons and 10 cents in eoin. the number of the part desived; (2) your name close the necessary coupons and 10 cants. The sent, post-paid, to your adiress of this paper will be found a War Book Coupon, 4 of these The whole "8 you can obtain Part No. 1. with ten cents, entitle work will be come vors; & new part will be daily until the series is entitles you to any issue )gether with 10 cents, to Part No. || kly. will follow we ail to War Book Depart- I particular t> (1) state und! Tall addvesns hrite: part you request will be THE MORSE (0. GRANDEST 7-DAY SALE, COM- MENCING MONDAY MORNING AT 8:30. The Grandest Bar- gain Sale of the Year. Bargains thoroughly true to WEBSTER'S definition, 1. e.: GAINFUL TRANSACTION. The word bargains as commonly used sug- gests musty, stale, anclent, out-of-date goods. As we use it the application is to fresh and worth goods at extremely LOW PRICES. JACKETS AND CAPES— Monday at 8:30 a. m. we start the grand soven-day sale on capes and jackets at prices certainly 35 per cent less than the same garments can be matched for, A call early secures first choice. FIRST OFF One lot of jackets made up in all the styles from an assortment of fine all wool in all in the colors. Equal to any $12.00 jacket city. Price Monday morning, $7.48. SHCOND OFFER— One lot of jackets, only one or two of a kind, a sample line of nov- elties, and are equal to any $16.00 you ever saw. Monday morning and until sold, $9.98. THIRD OFFER— Children’s and misses’ reefer jackets, made trimmed with braid, This from all wool material, equal to any $4.00 garment In town. sale, $2.08, FOURTH OF "ER— Children’s reefer jackets, trimmed with pearl buttons, umbrella back, and equal to any $2.50 garment in town, sizes 4 to 12 years. This sale, $1.48. FIFTH OFFER— One lot of fine silk walsts in navy and black that you cannot match for less than §4.00. This sale for $2.98. One lot of silk waists, colors, brown, red, blue and black, $5.00. This sale for $3.48. LADIES CAPES— that sell everywhere for All wool for $1.98; try and match them for $3.00. All wool for $2.28; $3.50. All wool for $3.28; try and match them for $4.75. All wool for $3.98; try and match them for $5.00. try and match them for All wool for $4.48; try and match them for $6.00. All wool for $4.98; try and match them for $6.50. All wool for $7.48; try and match them for $10.00. All wool for $8.48; try and match them for $12.00. All wool for $9.98; try and match them for $15.00. SHIRT WAISTS— One lot at 26c; try and match them for 10c. Ono lot at 35c; try and match them for 50c. One lot at 50c; try and match them for 75e. One lot at 76e; try and match them for $1.00. Ono ot at 9%; try and mateh them for ;l?uo lot at $1.18; try and match them for ey skirrs— One case of ladies’ fast black sateen skirts that sell for $1.00 each. Monday morning and until sold, 50c. FROM 8:30 TO 12, Monday morning from 8:30 to 12, noon, your selection from any of our trimmed hats that have been selling for $2.60 and $3.60 in our millinery department for 98c. Special low prices on all millinery goods for this week. CARPETS, MATTINGS AND RUGS. Special sale for several days in our carpet and curtain department on 4th floor. Best axminster carpet that sells for $1.76 a yard, this week for $1.00 per yard. Several patterns of best wilton carpets that sells everywhere for $2.50 a yard, price for this sale, $1.50. Chenille portiers HALF PRICE, Lace curtains, one-third their cost, 50-Inch muslins at half value, 50 madras at halt value, 50-inch point de esprit at half value, B0-inch silkoline at half value. 50-inch China silk at half value, MEN'S FURNISHINGS. Seamless hose, 10¢; pairs for 25c. Fast black hose, 15¢; 2 pairs for 2Ge. Lisle thread hose, regular 3bc hose, 20c, or 3 pairs for 50c. Your choice of any of our 50¢ hose for 35c pair, or 3 pairs for $1.00. $1.00 unlaundred shirts for 69c. 76 unlaundred shirts for 49c. Negligee shirts, 2 collars with each shirt, good value at $1.50, for this sa $L.00 60c balbriggan underwear, 23c. T5e balbriggan underwear, 60 $1.00 oxford ribbed underwear, 76c, All linen collars, 10¢; 3 for 25e. All linen cuffs, 15¢; # pairs for 25e. for BOYS CLOTHING Wo clothe the boys with THE LIT CAPTAIN and THE LITTLE GOVERNOR made of all wool cheviots and cas with double seat and double knees, rranted not to rip. The Little will sell this weck for $3.98 The Little Governor we will sell this week for $1.95. Boys' oxtra pants, such as you pay $1.00 for, at this sale only 76¢ All wool blue Junior sults, sizes from 3 to 8 years, price for this sale $2.50. 200 wool suits that have sold for $5.00 and They ar sime: 1 are w aptain we $6.00; your choice for $2.68 at 8:30 a.m One caso of boys' cambric walnts h o you pay 26 for, until sold at 19¢ each This grand seven-day sale commences Monday THE MORSE DRY GOODS (0, 16th and Farnam Ets, morning at 8:30 sharp. THE MORSE (0, Commencing Monday Morn- ing at 8:30 0’Clock. Bargains that Will Make the Sale Live in Your Memory—SOUND, SOLID, IMPRESSIVE, MATCH- LESS BAR Come with great expoctations and you will have them more than realized. Agaln we will & e that throng of cager buyers marvel- ing how we can do it. Come. Come Monday at 8:30 and you will stay all day. SILKS. Seven days salo on silks. Wo place om sale Monday at 8:30 an elegant line of China and other silks, which we bought for cash. The manufacturer, knowing we had the largest silk business In the west and could use the quantity, offered them to us at & large discount, and we, knowing that our customers must realize the oxceptional values, bought the entire lot. You can not afford to miss this sale. We have space for only a few pickings from the lots. A fine line of China dress silks, in color- ings and patterns that will please, at 19 a yard. of finer China Anotber lot dress silks, and you would think them cheap at Goc, for this sale 35c. 24-inch Japanese silks. These are beautl- tul goods, quality the finest and designs tha prettiest manufactured, to sell for $1.25; price for this sale, 73c a yard. These goods will not stay with us long, although we have a quantity of them. 100 designs in wash silks, warranted fast colors, regular 75¢ goods, for 49c. 27-inch natural Pongee; this quality fs always retailed at 76c; our price is 50c a yard. Colored faille francais . a fine, soft finished weave, all pure silk, regular $1.26 goods, our price 97c. 27-inch black China silk. Compare this with any you have seen at $1.00. You buy from the Morse Dry Goods Co. at 59c. Mories at $1.25, a full line of colors, also black, they are $1.75 goods, a line of colored sateens such as you pay 75c for, at this sale 39¢. Duchesse sateens, all sill, regular $1.26 goods for 7he. A tull line of novelty silks at 75c. RIBHONS. All silkc ribbons for 1c yard, all silk satin and gros grain. Number 5 and 7, 3c a yard. Number 9 and 12, 8c a yard. Number 16 and 22, 11c a yard. A lot of all silic moire, number 16, regulay 26¢ yard for 12c yard. HOSIERY. Ladles' fast black hose fic a pair. Ladies' fast black, scamless hose, 12%4c. Ladies' fast black’boot pattern hose, 2 fos 26c. Ladies’ extra fine black hose, three-thread toe and heel, Z5c. Ladies extra fine lisle hoe, 35c or 3 pairs for $1.00. Ladies’ opera length hose in tan and fast colors, 86c a pair. sLades” fino cotton vests 100 cach, 3 for 25¢. gpadies’ long sleeved, extra fine cotton vests e Ladies’ and arm, 35c, neat designs, fine lisle vests, silk finish neck for $1.00. CHINAWARE. A 15c_cream cream pitcher for 8c. ')NA §1.50 decorated china salad howl for 98c. A $5.00 bouquet lamp with shade for $2.19, Axsl.m) beautiful new style vase lamp for $2.00 decorated vase lamp for S§0c. A 20c¢ glass lamp complete for 19c. A $1.00 Christy saw blade knives, 3 for 6o, A 25 new decorated oyster howl for 150, A 20c decorated bread and butter plate for 10c. $1 in set, s berry dishes for 10c, gallon glass piteher for 19c, ine china dinner plat arge white slop jar for 98c. $1.00 odd’decorated slop jars for $1.98; $9.00 English porcelain” decorated dinner set for $5.95. $10.00 100-piece dinner set for $6.49. NOTIONS, ETC. Silver trays 10c; slipper pin_cushions 10c; mirrors 25c; treasure boxes 25c; trays 200, 2oc, dGe; frames 26c, 36c, 60c, 75¢ and $1.00; key holders 45c, SOAPS, Oat Meal Gc; Apple Blossom 150; Cuticura weet Violet 15¢; m of Cucumber Pears uncented 10¢; vaseline e, UM ES, Lilac Blossoms, Tube Rose, Lilly of the Valley, May Bells, Violet, Marie Stuart, Heleotrope, Crab Avple Blossom, all on spes cial sale a BASEME 9-4 bloached sheeting at 15c. -inch pillow case muslin 9¢. 4-4 oxtra heavy muslin 4%c. Turkey red damask 15%c. Outing flannel e All of our T¥%c and 8t4¢ calicos for Ge. India linen and checked nainsook, 4140, s ginghams, 4% ch sateens, 1% cloth, & new suiting, 7te. t black sateens, 1lc. NT COUNTER 4-quart milk puns, be. Carter's best ink, b Egg beater, 4-quart pudding pan, be. Fine roll toflet paper, 6o, Glass jelly dish, 5e. Pie ting, be. Jelly calo tins, e, Tin dippers, Large wire ladle Kte., Ete Kt 10 CE 8-quart milk pans, 10, 6-quart pudding pan, 10¢ Medicated toilat paper, 10c. Good feather dusters, 10c. Good blacking brushes, 10e. Large, heavy serub brushes, 10¢. Tollot paper cablnots, 10c. Loaf bread pans, 10e. Sponge cake pans, 10c. Rolling pins, 10¢ Fine steel kitchen knives, 10c. Asbestos stove mats, 10¢ te., Bte., Ete., Bte,, Ete,, Bte Come, come and bring with you all the money you can lay hands on. During this alo wo Wil give tio” groatost values ever given in Ani THE MORSE DRY G0ODS CO. 16th and Farnam Sts.