Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 15, 1902, Page 6

- TR e . Ty 6 ‘THE OMAHA DA]LY BEE. — — B IIOSF}WATLK EDKTO!L leususn E\'LRY MORNING. C——— - ¢ JERME OF 8UBSCRIPTION. Bee (without Sunday), One Y e and Sunday, One Year. One Year. r—rp-! r 8323383 B eth Century Farmer, One Year. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. y Bee (without Sunday), v-r t‘ap{.. B«\ (without Bunday 13¢ le‘ (lncludln‘ !undl’). P‘r wonk 170 y), per Bee umludlnl Sunaay). lPmm- ‘of ' Wrreguiarities in delivery Eoul be addressed to City Clrculation OP‘F(CEI gmahaThe Bee Bullding. Bouth Omaha. t}' Hlll uflding, Twen- fy-Afth and M s ‘Councll Bluflb—-)o P!ll‘l Street. Chlc.’ 01640 Unity Building. ork—Temple Court. { ‘ashington—601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlclllon- relating to news and itorial should be addressed: tment. ER! 8. Busiess letters and remittances should ressed: The Bee Publishing Com- ¥s O Y REMITTANCES. lhmn by dr-tl express or tal nraar. able to The Bee Publ .Mn‘:” Compan ‘ 2-cent -umrm cerlod in payment cl 5" S --,{mggg“ ch-:kl. -:upt on (3 COHP Y, BTA’ CIRCULATION. Btate of las hhlllgl' Couhpuy says sotual number of full and mpiote oo:h- The Dal PEEE s napmapmye ss::nu:uuus:::: Total . . Ses8 unsold and returned cop! Net total rales. et daily ave ” Y .‘JDORGE B. TZS(‘HLCK Bubsaribed in my presence and sworn to wn me this 30th day of April, A. D. (Seal, M. B. HUNGATE, ! Notary Publle, This is the time when rain counts for the farmer, and the more of it the better. The city council and the city attorney m to be playing ping pong with the nion Pacific foundry matter. If our visiting photographers don't patch what they want with their cam- eras, all they have to do Is to ask for it. arEn——— That new market house has gotten to the stage where plans have been sub- mitted to a council committee. This is progress. Just to show that it is still in the businéss, Mount Vesuvius 18 giving an exhibition on a &mall scale of its old- time versatility. | | The discussion of branch banks at the bankers' convention suggests this re- wised version: When bankers disagree who shall decide? President Sam came to the conclusion as gracefully as possible that his room was preferred to his company. For this he deserves credit. S Having finished gassing over the gas mssessment, the lawyers in the tax case will take to spouting when they get to the water works valuation. Erp—— Uhele Sam can feed the world, If nec- essary, to say nothing of feeding the wictims of the . volcanic destruction “wrought in the West Indian Islands. —— Thé recently broken flour trust has re- organized. It must have Injected a pupply of water and produced paste strong enough to stick it together again. L . ——— The Fair estate has finally been or- dered to be distributed among the heirs. Dead mfllionaires whose estates have beon hung up In the courts may live in hope. ———we—— *If the weather man's promise of more rain holds good that deficlency of rainfall | registered during the dry spell of last month will yet be wiped put and & surplus recorded. E——— The two houses of the Danish legisla- gure are in deadlock over the proposition to' sell the Danish West Indles to the United States. American legislatures evidently have no movnopoly on deadlock combinations. et In the work of beautifying Omaha the Ruture as well as the present should be kept in view. Ouly it done right will swhat s done now endare for the greater Omaha of the future without having to be done over. ey e—— , The federal grand jury in session in Indianapolis s busying {itself with an inquiry into the methods of the heef packers at that point. ‘The federal grapd jury in session at Omaha prefers to devote itself to poor white meu who \give bad whisky to good Indians. Psepio throughout the whole clvilized world will be glad to know that Queen Wilkeimine has progressed so far on the rond to recovery from her recent {llness that the health bulletins issued by ber physiclans have been discontin- ued. Bhe will have the wishes of all for her speedy convalescence. The constitution of Nebraska ex- provides that taxes shall be as- ‘in this state so that every per- son shall pay in proportion to bis prop- franchises, but the franchises mecwm VOLOCANOKS AND THE CANAL, The volcanio and selsmic activity n the region through which it is proposed to construct an isthmian eanal is nat- urally being refi to as showing the inexpediency of selecting that route and has undoubtedly very much strengths ened the sentiment against the Nica: ragua canal. The first evidence of these disturbances was several weeks ago, when an earthquake in Guatemala killed a number of people and destroged a considerable amount of property. A late dispatch from Guadalajara, Mex- ico, reports the threatéened eruption of the Colima volcano, the danger being regarded as so serious as to cause ces- sation of the work of constructing the extensien of the Mexican Central rall- road, the route of which will probably have to be changed. There is a lesson in this . which should not be lightly regarded in con- nectlon with the question of construct- ing an isthmian canal. The region in which this volcanic activity is observed is pre-eminently an area of crustal wenkness and frequent earth move- ments and dislocations. Guatemala Oity was destroyed seven times, Car- tago, in Costa Rica, four times, and Salvador, the capltal of the like named republio, ten times in the course of the nineteenth century. The town of Rivas, situated at the precise location of the western outlet from Lake Niearagua of the proposed canal, was demolished in 1844 by an earthquake, which also wrecked Greytown, at the proposed Atlantic entrance, The llability of this region to selemic disturbance is briefly considered in the report of the Isthmian Canal commission, but with less seri- ousness than is now given the matter by recent occurrences. In selecting a route the possible danger from earth- quakes or volcanic' eruptions should certalnly be consfdered, and this must have great weight against the Nica- ragua route. — GOVERNMENT DEPUSITS, The recent selection of national banks as depositaries for government funds has caused some discussion as to the expediency of the policy of distributing these funds in a great number of small outlying banks of small capitalization. It appears that the secretary of the treasury has pre‘erred those banks which have not been retiring circula- tion, as was done very largely while the government was buying bonds, with the result, of course, that the purpose of the treasury to assist the business interests of the country was to an ex- tent nullified. Secretary S8haw has felt disposed to teach such banks a lesson and we are inclined to think that he Is right in the matter and that the effect will be good. At all events we cannot see that any harm is likely to resuilt from the course he has taken. There is noticed a disposition to crit- clse Secretary Shaw as being too much In sympathy with the ideas of those, as an eastern paper expresses It, who are disposed to antagonize the “financial Interests” of the country to be able to lay their point of view wholly aside in his dealings with treas- ury problems. This simply means that the present secretary of the treasury is not in the control of the eastern bank- ers and is able to consider the general interest independent of what those bankers may think or desire, which is Just the position that a secretary of the treasury should take. It will dissatisfy bankers whose influence at Washington is curtailed, but there is no danger that the Interests of the public will suffer from it. AS TO BRANCH BANKS. The divergent views on the question of providing for the establishment of branch banks were set forth at the opening session of the convention of bankers at Kansas City. Mr. Horace ‘White of New York, arguing in favor of branch banks, sald that the system would reduce the expense of banking, to the advantage of customers in the form of lower rates of interest, would tend to uniform Interest rates, would extend to small places the security as- sured by the strength of the parent in- stitution and would afford facilities for communicating knowledge of the rela- tive needs of business in the different localities. Mr. Henry W. Yates op- posed the establishment of branch banks, asserting that the proposed legis- lation for this purpose would result in the extinguishment of the existing pa- tional banking system and the creation in its place of another system. He re- garded the American banking system, notwithstanding admitted imperfections, as the best In the world and expressed the opluion that if the proposed legisla- tion should be adopted the harmonlous relations that now exist in our banking world would be destroyed, the existenee of our present organized banks threat- ened and the consequences would not only be disastrous to the banks, but a national calamity. There is no doubt that Mr. Yates voiced the opinion of a large majority of national bankers throughout the courtry. It is predicted thet at the &p- proaching annual meeting of the Ameri- can Bankers' assoclation the sentiment of the members will be shown to be | overwhelmingly against branch banks. This is fairly to be Inferred from the expression of opinion at a recent meet- ing iu New York of the coumcll of the assoclation, when & canvass of the bankers present revealed a large ma- jority opposed to branch banking. Bankers generally realize that some- thing should be done to secure a more elastic currency and especlally to pro- wvide a safety valve In times of shock or panic, but there s a wide difference of opinion as to how it shall be brought about. The fact appears to be that the advocates of branch banks consth tute & very small @inority of bankers and so long as this is the case there will be little chance of legislation authoris- ing branch banks. v B i U S T ments in favor of branch banking, as assuring advantages to the public, must be admitted to have much force, There is,merit in the contention that under ex- isting conditions the diffusion of capital and credit is not so free as it probably would be with branch banking. The claim that the public might be benefited in the matter of Interest rates is also worthy of consideration, since this ap- pears to have been the experience of other countries having branch banking, Canada In particular. 1f, however, these advantages are to be secured only through the practical extinguishment of the existing banking system, which has certainly done great service In promot- ing national progress and prosperity, the people will be slow to consent to the proposed change. The question is one of very considerable interest to the busi- ness public as well as to those engaged in banking and should receive careful consideration from commercial bodles. THREE-SHIFT POLICE ORGANIZATION. Chiet of Police Donahue has returned from the national convention of the chiefs of police enthusiastic in his ad- vocacy of a reorganization of our police force on the three-shift plan, by which the patrolmen will relleve one another dally at the expiration of elght hours’ duty. Chlef Donahue advances various arguments in support of the proposed change, principally as viewed from the standpoint of the police, and these reasons carry more or less welght. From the standpoint of the public, and especlally of the taxpayers, how- ever, the question of a three-shift police organization is chiefly one of finance. The question {s simply, Can the change be made without additional expense? Or, It additional expense is Involved, will it be justified by the improved etli- clency of the service? Another feature which must not be overlooked Is the fact that the charter limits absolutely the amount of money which can be appropriated for police purposes each year, and the margin be- tween that figure and the amounts ap- propriated during the last few years is comparatively ‘small. So far as ma- terially increasing the police fund levy 18 concerned, we do not belleve the tax- payers who are now engaged in a de- termined fight to reduce the tax rate are disposed to encourage it. Yet It is only fair to say that while Omaha spends a great deal more money on its fire department every year than it does on its police force, In almost all of the large cities of the country the conditions are completely reversed, with the police numbering half again as many as the firemen. A better balauce between the two departments should unquestionably be struck in Omaha, but without increasing the burden on the taxpayers. WANTED--A JACKSONIAN SPOKESMAN. The World-Herald comes to the front with a distinct disclaimer that the mem- bers of the Jacksonian club, who have put themselves vigorously upon record against further funeral rites over the corpse of free silver, are proper spokes- men for the club. It insists that the real sentiment of the Jacksonlans Is re- flected by the office holders and ex-office holders, who still swear fealty to free colnage and favor flaunting the Kansas City platform plank at the front of every party declaration. The Jackson- fans are Indeed In a sorry plight, with a surplus of spokesmen, yet suffering from the fact that they are all discred- ited. Even the World-Herald, If we re- member correctly, labors under the ban of a resolution once inscribed on the records of tlfe club, denouncing that pa- per as undemocratic and denying to it the right to attempt to speak for demo- crats. Only one thing remains for the Jacksonians to set themselves right— they must create a new office of master of the megaphone and select some one with & stentorian volce to proclaim au- thoritatively to the world just where they are at. CE——— In filling the vacant superintendency at the Kearney reform school Governor Savage should realize the importance of the position. This institution I8 en- trusted with the care and safe keeping of a class of young boys whose future usefulness as citizens depends entirely upon the training they receive there. Having already manifested lawless tendencies, these boys must be set upon the path of rightdoing to prevent them from becoming pests of soclety, Many of them have had no home influence to guide them, but subject to proper re- straining influenceg can be regcued from the influences of previous bad environ- ments. Such work requires abliity of a high order, which should be the first prerequisite to consideration by the gov- ernor. e lowa will print 1 pamphlet form for geueral distribution the detailed returns of the lowa raflroads to the state board that fixes rallway assessments so that the people of the state may study them and verify them. Im Nebraska most of the railroads make no detalled state- ments at all, while those that are made are practically inaccessible to the pub- lic, the only figures printed in the auditor's reports being the totals of mileage and valuation distributed by counties, which affords no data for ac- curate comparison. If it pays lowa to print all the returns upon which its rail- way assessments are made, it would also pay Nebraska to follow the same plan. —————— We are hardly willing to believe the report that former Senator Pettigrew of Bouth Dakota has purchased an interest in a gold mine in southern California. Pettigrew’s devotion to free silver would never permit him to contaminate him- self with an investment that might make bim a goldbug. Se—m—g— People familiar with the grewth of Omaha since its earlier days can see & noticeable trend of the center of busi- ness further westward. When the eity was firet laid out its founders had no THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, reach out toward the hills that then surrounded it, but those hills have been razed to the ground and the busiest cor- ners are now where the steepest hills used to be. The most sagacious observ- ers, moreover, agree that the westward movement will continue for the retall trade, while the lower area will be given over more and more exclusively to the Jobbing district. —— It is stated that Judge Baker, who formerly presided over the criminal branch of the district court, disagrees with Judge Baxter, his successor on that bench, on the question of the legal- ity of the indictments brought by the late grand jury. The grand jury was an expessive plece of machinery, and since there is a question as to the val- jdity of its action, It Is to be regretted that the point at issue was not taken up to the supreme court for a final ruling. —e It is reported that J. Plerpont Morgan is going to Spain to arrange details of his shipping combine and pick up any little bargains that may be lying around loose. The king of Spain will do well to nail down his crown. em—— Exceptions to Every Rule. Cleveland Leader. Because one in a thousand of the Ameri- can soldlers may be brutal proves noth- fng. It is the army as a whole which should be comsidered. Your Uncle ekeeper. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Havana and Santlago are boasting that they are the cleanest and healthiest cities in the world. Uncle S8am has proved him- gelf to be an excellent housekeeper. Notables Carrying the Banner. Washington Post. President Tiresias Simon Sam has joined President Jimenez in carrying the banner and Haytl is now executive headless. Be- tween the earthquakes and the revolutions the countries to the south of us are having more than their usual amount of strenu- osity. Here's Your Mos, Chicago Inter Ocean. There is a feeling down east that if Grover Cleveland’s health should continue to improve at Ite present rate another opportunity will be afforded those who do not love him for the enemies he has made to discuss the third term question all over again. A eremce in the Morning. Washington Star. It is now hinted that the coal operators resent Mr. Hanna's efforts to mediate as political interference with private business. Political interference is all right enough when it comes to twisting a tariff so as to glve a particular branch of trade an undue advantage. Unnecessaries of Life. Washington Star. Since the Beef trust was organized sclen- tists have insisted that meat is not essen- tlal to a healthful dlet. If the laundry trust becomes aggressive it may becowe nec ry to point out that the collar-an habit is merely one of the decorative ac- companiments, of a highly developed civil- ization. Appalling Forces of Nature, Indlanapolis News. The whole world is awed by the tre- mendous disaster In the West Indles. Not since the earthquake that destroyed Lisbon has the western world known anything comparable to the Martinique horror. The suddenness and completeness of the havoc make it additionally impressive. In the presence of the forces of nature, how futile are all men's efforts and how weak and puny are all their works. But the heart of the world is touched dnd ald to the sur- vivors will be Instant and gemerous. Mixing Historical Dates. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. It is rather odd that Senator Vest as well as Senator Tillman put that Lincoln- Stephens Hampton roads peace conference in 1864, as the report of their speeches in the Congressional Record does. It took place in February, 1865, which makes the stupldity of Jefferson Davis in standing out for the recognitfon of the confederacy by Lincoln all the more marked. Appomattox was only a little over two months away, and yet Davis had the effrontery to demand independence when the resistance that he and his supporters had been making to the national authority for four years was on tho point of collapse. In the entire history of the American republic there is not another instance of blindness and madness quite 8o striking as Davis' failure to see, right on the eve of Lee's surreader, the smash-up for his side which every one of his advis- ers saw. Beginnings of Arbor Day. New_York Mail and Express. Now comes the Country Gentleman, the best and most interesting of the agricul- tural weekles, and bowls over the accepted account of the late J. Sterling Morton's in- vention of Arbor day. The Country Gentle- man calls attention to the fact that it proposed an Arbor day in 1856 and urged the project repeatedly in that year and in 1887, whereas Mr. Morton never interested himself in the matter until 1872, It is ad- mitted, however, that he did more than any other man or agency to bring about the actual observance of the day. He may truly be sald to have been the father of Arbor day, though the Country Gentleman sets up what appears to be a perfectly valid claim to being its grandfather. Morton did an excellent work in this matter. There is glory enough in it for both the Nebraskan and our venerable and dignified agricultural contemporary of Albany, ENLARGING NATIONAL PARK, fon of the Boundaries lowstone. | Minneapolis Journal. The proposition to extend the limits of Yellowstone National park to such an ex- tent as nearly to double the area of the park should be enacted into law without delay. The area of the park is mow 3,313 square miles and the proposed additions comprise 3,254 square miles. With the exception of a small plece that is desired on the northwest corner of the park in Montans, and a still smaller plece to be taken from Idaho, all of the required land, both on the south and west, lies in Wyo- ming. Fortunately, all except the Montana plece ls within forest reservations, so that, with the exception of & few claims, the government has the title to the land. More- over, the organie act of Wyoming reserved the right of the federal government to en- large Yellowstone park, so that there will be no question of conflict of state and national sovereignty. The strips of land required are those to which the game protected in the park drifts, at certaln scasons of the year, and is killed in great numbers by poachers, who pay Do respect to state game laws. It is asserted that unless the limits of the park are extended to enclose these feoding grounds it is only & question of & few years when the park that the business centés rould ever will 20 longer hava bulialoss, alk-or T I —— MAY 15, 1902. Live Nebraska Towns WAHOO—Thrifty and Patriotic. Natural location has much to do with directing attention to a city, and when coupled with an energetic class of citizens makes that place a desirable one in which to live. That s the condition of Wahoo, the county seat of Saunders, a progressive city that has passed the 3,000 mark in pop- ulation. The many beautiful homes with well-kept lawns and numerous shade trees cannot be excelled by any city of the same size in the state. Fine store build- ings, with tastily arranged show windows, cement crossings and blocks of cement walks give the business portion of Wahoo an up-to-date appearance. An imposing op- era house that would do credit to a place of twice the size of Wahoo; a fine city hall buflding, in which is located the council chamber, police judge's office, an elegantly turnished hall for the fire boys, room for hook and ladder, two hose carts and a lock-up. We have a splendid system of water works and an electric light plant. The echool advantages of Wahoo are ex- cellent. We have 712 children enrolled and fourteen teachers employed. The schoole are very ably conducted and our citizens take a great pride in everything connected with them. In addition to our public schools we have located here the Luther academy, & Christlan institution owned and controlled by the Nebraska conference of the Augustana synod. It is ably managed and has an attendance of about 125 stu- dents from varfous parts of Nebraska and western Iowa. The conference has decided to complete the main bullding at a cost of PERSONAL NOTES. It Semator Tillman wishes a democratic audience he should deliver his next ora- tion in the cloak room. Consul General Evans may find his ex- perience with applicants in the pension office useful in dealing with stranded Americans in London. Congressman Sulzer was busy writing at his deek the other day when a republican colleague came over and asked him to go to the ball game. “Sorry I can’t joln you. Fact is I am too busy playing the other national game.' Charles Uhtof, one of the eleven men who survived the massacre of Company C, Ninth United States infantry, in the Philip- pine islands, has reached his St. Louls home. He was stabbed seven times, and bas a bolo knife which was run through shoulder as a souvenir of the occa- slon. A small boy went to church alone last Sunday and heard a sermon on the character and deeds of the strong man of Israel. He came home much disgusted. “I didn’t like the sermon for a cent,” he sald. “It was all about Samson, not a word about Dewey or Roosevelt or Funston or Bob Evans or any of the other fellows.” This is a recently expressed opinion of Congressman Littlefleld of Maine: “If it were not for the newspapers the jobs which would go through congrees are terrible to contemplate. If there were no newspapers at all I don't belleve I would be willing to trust myself alone in the house of repre- sentatives for fifteen minutes.” The friends of Bronson Howard, the play- wright, are much concerned over his condi- tion. He is now In the south of France with his wife and is nearly helpless from a nervous disease, which first came upon him last winter while he was in Egypt. ‘Though his mind and his body, other tham his nerves, are sound, the nervous afflic- tion keeps him confined to his room and much of the time to his bed. Mr. Howard is the author of a long list of play Senator Spooner of Wisconsin is be- leved to be worth about $260,000 and it is understood that he does not want any more, though, being am able corporation lawyer, he could easily make & handsome income and leave present capital to accumulate. The senator says that if he should pile up a fortune for his sons, who are steady, industrious, ambitious young men, they might be spoiled by a desire to spend it, 8o he prefers things as they are. “LEST WE FORGET.” Deserved Tribute to a Gallant and Patriotic French General Chicago Tribune. By the end of this month the city of Washington will have a statue of Jean Baptiste Rochambeau. When that statue is unveiled the American nation, acting through its government, will be present to acknowledge its obligations to the gallant French al and to pay part of its debt of gratitude. It ls a most commendable characteristic of the people of this country that they have always been willing to ac- knowledge such obligations and to pay such debts to the last farthing. Seldom does one hear any attempt to depreciate the services of those Buropeans, aliens by blood but kindred by eentiment, who fought shoulder to shoulder with the continentals. Steuben, Kosciuska, De Kalb, Lafayette, Rochambeau and the rest of that glorious company of strangers have had no reason to complain of the forgetfulness of repub- les. The United States will never cease to bear it cleerly in mind that there were Frenchmen under Rochambeau as well as Americane under Washington at the surren- der of Yorktown In 1781, and that Corn- wallls ylelded to the allied arms of France and the revolted colonies. In fact, the his- tory of the whole Yorktown campalgn is bound up inextricably with the exploits of the foreign commanders. It was Lafayette, “that boy,” as Cornwallis called him, who led the British general a merry dance acrose the rivers and through the marshes of Vir- ginia till the invading troops were ready to rest their weary virtue on that tongue of land which they left only as prisoners. It was Rochambeau whose troops made it possible for Waehington to keep Cornwallls cooped up. Finally, it was De Grasse who beat off the British fleet under Graves and prevented the escape of the British army by It is true, of course, that what De Graase 4id he did in the ordinary execution of his ordinary duties. He was not a vol- unteer. He was ordered by his government to proceed to America and to assist the armies of Washington and Rochambeau in every way possible. It may be said, there~ fore, that with him it was all in the day's work. It must not be forgotten, however, that it was & move of his which perhaps made Yorktown inevitable. While Wash- ington and Rochambeau were sparring with Clinton in the country about New York, he sent them a letter in which he said he was golng down to the Chesapeake, and hoped that they would be able to use him at once. After this letter the march to Yorktown could hardly be deferred. It began immediately. Its result was inde- pendence. 1t, therefore, there is to be a monument to Rochambeau, might ¢ not be well to homor De Grasse in the same way? It was the French army and the French navy to- gother that assisted Washington. The one without the other might have been useless. Their commanders deserve an equal meas- ure of praise. And in these days, when in the United Stat %0 large to suggest & possible danger of national hys- teria, there could be no better discipline than & glance back upon the days when things were exceedingly small, and when the help of forelgn countries was by no 10 be desplsed. from $15,000 to $20,000 and the money for that purpose is now being ralsed by the young, energetio president, Rev. 0. J. Johnson. The religlous denominations are represented by the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational, Episcopal, Lutheran, CathoMe, Reformed Presbyte- rian and Free Methodist socleties. The civic societies are numerous and all seem to be flourishing. Company I, First regt- ment of Nebraska Natlonal Guard, is lo- cated here. Wahoo has branches of three rallroads, the B. & M.. Union Pacific and Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley, with eight passenger and six freight trains dally, af- fording excellent accommodations. Be- sides Wahoo fhere are fifteen towne In the county, all having direct rallroad con- nections with the county seat. The Bell Telephone company has been in operation Kere for several years, main- taining an exchange with over 100 patrons, with connéction¥ with all the towns in the county. An independent company has re- cently been organized here under the name of the Golden Rod Telephone company and will be in operation in a few days, starting in with over 100 subscribers. It is the fa- tention of thie company to connect with the farmers of the county. It charges $1 for resideate ‘phone and $1.50 for business *phone. The citizens of Wahoo are an enterpris- ing, progressive class and belleve in pat- ronizing home institutions. T. J. PICKETT, ———————————————————— ] ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropolis. A _little “shop talk™ is relished now and then, especially when it relates to some other shop. To the uninitiated the manner in ‘which reporters work up hair-raising storles without a fact to hitch on is a source of wonderment. But there are tricka in this craft as im others, which have thelr greatest development in New York. Bome weeks ago & reporter was handed $10 by the managing editor with Instructions to find and give it to a man genuinely in need of it and write up the incident on a ““four slug” bas! It was not an uncommon assignment, as every reporter knows, exs cepting in this case the bill given the re- porter was about one-half the size of what managing editors usually peel off thelr robust rolls and toss to the unfortunate. The reporter found the task a difficult one He could pot find any one genalnely in need of $10, leaving himself out of the running. He did not dare return to the shop and confess failure. In his perplexity he bumped against a friend and Iinduced him to hold the money. Back to the office he dashed and wrote up a story of a man in pitiful need. It was a charming social study, but very sad. The city editor next afternoon praised him; it was “the finest story of the day.” He added: “Already several men have stopped in to leave checks vand here Is a 350 bill the chief himaelt Just dropped on my desk for the poor man. You cash these checks and take all the money. to him and write something about the relief #t will afford to him. . moment—here’s another $25—why, it's from the ehief again; you see what an impres- slon you've made!"” Taking the money, the young reporter hesitated, fumbled it. ““Well?"" Ingired the city editor. Then the young reporter had to give the account of the hunt for-a needy man, After looking out the window a long time the eclty editor sald: “‘Of course, you are indefinitely suspended. I ought to devise some torture for you lso. You might,” he concluded, rising, pleture to yourself what feelings the 014 Man will have—that kindly old chief, to whom I must return this $75—when he hears that he was cheated by a fake in his own newspaper!” Broadway at noon, in the lower section, re- lates the Evening Post, reminds one of & country town at circus time. Psople are out for a brief airisz, and the smallest fea- tures of the promenade interest them. O day last week it was a tribe of Indlans, freshly and elaborately painted, from the departing Wild West show. A whole elec- tric car was chartered for them on the Journey northward, and the promena: stopped to see them get aboard, and to think over the strange juxtaposition—In- a _War paint apd-feathers and deer- skin ln a yéllow Broadway car. Of couree seen servive In the American navy, ant thess mef have beem particularly to the fore In showing their resentment agsinet the gloating Italians. A great many of the “Dago’’ class of New York Utallans re- jolced with an expeeding avmt joy over the plight of the young American officers in the Venetlan prison, and they wers mightily impudent in expressing their sratification, hurrahiag over the fact that the Americans ware being repaid for thelr treatment of the participants in the Mafia outrages in New Orleans some years ago. But there bappen to ba stool-pigeons among the Itallans of New York, as well as among all of the other allen races, and these stool-pigeons told the New York copa the names of the “Dagoes” who were cale~ brating with the most particular joyful- ness the predicament of the American naval officers in Venfoe. After theea joyful ones the police went with & stick that dldn't have to be sharp for the purpose it served, and it is probable that mowe rejoicing Ital- ians were marked up with the clubs of New York cops last week than had suffered that treatment for the entire preceding year. The pollce clubbed the Itallan push-cart fruit peddlers all over the town to keep them on the move, they made the plaster- of-paris image manufacturers sorry that they had ever clapped eye upon the statue of Liberty, they mussed up the proprie- tors of Itallan peanut stalls until they were unrecognizable for “reslating arrest after being informed that they were cumbering street corners,” and, in geperal, they made the lives of the gloating “‘Dagoes” more than miserable, In & niche in the outér wall of the Re- formed Church of Flatbush, at.Church and Flatbush avenues, was unveiled Sunday afternoon, April 27, a bronze tabletin com- memoration of the first church erected on that site by the order of Governor Stuy- vesant in 1654. The tablet {s erected'by the Boclety of the Colonial Daughters of the Beventeenth Century and was designed by J. Woodley Gosling. For more than two ecenturies the old church has been a historio landmark and for nearly 250 years there has been con~ tinuous presching om that spot. The first church built on the site was a frame struct« ure erected in 1654. This edifice gave way in 1698 to a stone one, which nearly a century later was burned. In 1706 the pres. ent bullding was erected with the stone from the walle of the second clurch. Adjolning the church 18 the old grave- rd, where sleep many of fhe heroes of the arly wars of the country and nearly all of those who fell at the battle of Long Island. For many years no interments have been made there for fear of disturbing the bones of the {llustrious dead. In erecting this tablet the Daughters of the Beventeenth Century have only made the beginning in a work they f{ntend to carry forward on patriotlo lines, They have planned to erect many other tablets and monuments on the historic sites of colonial times. LINES TO A SMILE, Detroit Free PIIII' “I cannot accept your invitation to dine,” the absent-minded editor wrote, “for lack of space. Washington, !l‘r' "A heap o' men,” said Eben, Uncle €0 onseifish dat dey kee Torebber {alkin "Dout whAL YAithuh To) orter do, 'stld o* Jumptn’ in an’ gettin’ do glory deirse'fs.” Indlanapolls Ne“: Bhe-Oh! what do you call these men who run automobiles? He—] ly, I'm too much of a gentleman to tell you. Bomerville Journ Don’t laugh at ths thin girl who wears two pairs of stockin when she goes out on her bloycle. Bhe does what she can—and angels cnuld do ne more. Philadelphta. Pri “Yes, I've been traveling in the west” remarked the cyclone. “I tried to travel incog, but It was no “No g0 echo answered. “No. Even the houses tumbled to me." Chicago Tribune: “Yes, sald the con- ductor, “I remember it ‘very well. That was in 1897, the year of the big fire. “What big fire?” asked the other man. “Don’t you recollect? Twenty-nine f ’lflwldon our line were bounced for knock- ng do ‘Washin, tnn Star: “Do you think that titled suitor's affections are sincere?’ ‘“Yes,” answered r. Cumrox, ‘‘to som extent his affections. are undoubtedly sin cere. I never knew a man Who loved money more devotedly than he does. Philadelphia Record “Do tal, rhnr. retrot Well, ho has urhed many a 1's head." ‘But he 18 neither handsome nor rich.” 1 know that. fLrom ‘Then how did-he turn 18> heads?” Vith his preparations, He manufactures hair bleach. —_—— THE SNOWS OF YESTERDAY, the -bucks were firat to enter; they took all the seats, and the squaws stood and were shaken about on the rear platform. From the remarks of the promenaders It might have been inferred that New Yorkers have different manners toward their women folk. On another day the speclal interest was this:, Petroleum had leaked from some- where and. had. ignited and was running down Cortlandt street in a thin stream like a rope afire. On .angther day the cynosure waa a lttle goat, white, with a long beard, tangling everybody in the leash with which he was held, but making progress through the crowd as gteadily as an automobile. Those walkipg ahead, back toward him, were es- peclally quick to grant him right of way. The Itallans of New. York have been hustled about and “hot-footed” with great enthusiasm and earnestness by the cops of Manhdttan ever since snnouncement was made in the papers of the excessive penal- ties visited by the Venlce authorities upon the young' officérs of the U. 8. 8. Chicago who were caught in that cafe brawl. A 800d many of the New York policemen have Justin Huntley McCarth Francis Villon's Foem, J1f I Were Kingst I wonder in what Isie of Bliss Avollo breathes ambrosial alr, bRk A, ndymion s ads t! ez Yo [hetea oonge o wn W And ‘Pan lies piping In his laire Where are the ods of yesterday? Say where the t Semiramis Sleeps in a rose-| leo Illr‘.l yellow hllr'5 ex: and ] The wind has blnwn 'Jl:m ufl]«r:'". And Red-beard of the lron chadr, ‘Whete are the dreams of yesterday? Where does the Queen of Herod kiss, eauty bare; hodope and Tomyris, And 1 Sappho and Catapasne fare, uenevere, the world's despair, Tos Sind hos Dios e el away, And Helen, fairest of the falr, Where are the girls of ymmhyr Alas! for lovers: e wiod ‘oas Bidrs. tham ol away, In vain we seek them here and there, Where are the enows of yesterday? 30 "PHONES. _RING UP 137. Jozg, & HARNEY_'STS. OMAHA. Thursday Morning Sales MAIN FLOOR. Wash Dress Goods French Lawns, fancy colors handsome designs, 20c good per yard.. ‘White Lawn Indfs Linen 10c Oc and Dimity Remnants; values 18¢c to 25c per yard, at. Short Calico Romn-nl- A mountain >f them, at, per Women’s Wash Waists 300 dozen just from Separate Skirts In pique, duck, denim and Tlmrsd-y Mornlnu the factory, worth 80, hup Mnen, full stock, up h-on Imported Chambray Rem’s The best 15c goods loc Corset Sale We will pile up on the counter Thurs- day morning the bandsomest lot of new Batiete and Open Net Corsets ever offered in this city at lees than 18c 760, all to be sold B civennninns Sales (Second l"loor) White Wash Waists Finest Indian Linen, tucked yoke and fine embroidery trimming, we'll mateh them with any $1.26 nm7sc in the market, sizes 32 to 44, no lmit at, for Commencement We igvite inspection of our stock of India Linen, Dimity and other fine white wash for trimming such dresses. Every of lace has been lmported THS SEASON, Puasaaiocing the laieet Aad best aifies. MAIN FLOOR. v