Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1903, Page 7

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AFEAIRS AT SOUTH ummi o “i NIGHT LUNCH WAGOAS TO PAY LICENSE Fuzeral of Former Maycr Sloane Atte by Larze Conzourse Mayor Kouatsky is Inclined to Pro- tect Restaurant Proprietors Whe ¥ Rent and Tases— Magle City Gosslp, The tuneral of Willlam G mayor ot South Omaha Martin's church at 2 afternoon. On account ©of the deceased and be Sloane, former held at St Wednesday | prominence was univer was o'clock of the ause he sally respected and liked by all who knew | him, the church was crowd Bishop Willlams of Omaha cond services and his assistant Jan Wise, rector of St. Martin's. The usual Episcopal service.was read and the remains were placed In a heavy casket and interred at Laurel Hill cemetery. Members of Knoxall council of the Royal Arcanum escorted the body from the house At Twenty-fifth and I streets to the church | and thence to the cemetery. During the services the city offices were closed and the citv officials attended 1n a body As the deceased was the first postmaster in South Omaha, the present postmaster Colonel Etter, made a request that all car- riers attend and the result was that fou teen carriers, headed by the postmaster, marched from the church to Q in front of the hearse bearing the remalns Following the letter carriers came about forty ‘members of the Royal Arcanum and then the city officials, the ministers and pall bearers in carriages. The pall bearers were: A. J. Caughey, Howard Meyers, F. A. Broadwell, F. A. Cressey, Charles Grifith and Ed Johnston. On account of the condition of the weather only briet services were held at the grave. Night 1 Mayor Koutsky sald yesterday that he | had learned by investigaticn that the night lunch wagons were not paying a license. In fact these wagons have mot paid any money into the city treasury for some months. The mayor proposes to have the city attorney draft an ordinance providing for the payment of a yearly license amounting to mot fess than 325. In case there s any opposition to this the lunch | wagons will be compelled to cease opera- tions. The mayor says that the city needs the money. Keepers of night restaurants are complaining all of the time about t night wagons. They say that they pay rent for buildings, while the wagons stand on street corners and secure the trade. Mayor Koutsky says that he believes in help' g those who pay taxes here and therefore he will start & crusade against the night lench ‘wagons Bullding Association ted the street nch Wagons, Election, The South Omaha Loan and Building aa- sociation announce the following election of officers: W. P. Aakine, president; P. Mitchell, vice president; James J. Fitzger- ald, secretary; F. J. Moriarty, treasurer; A. H. Murdock, attorney. The directors of the assoclation are: E. L. Howe, W. P. Adkins, P. Mitchell, F. M. Smith, J. E. Bateman, J. H. Loechner, P. S. Sheehy, R. C. Walker and J. E. O"Hern German-Amerie: Democratic Club, These officers have clected by the Ger- man-American Democratic club of South Omaha; F. J. Frietag, presldent; George Rahn, vice president; Paul Wetzel, treas- A. F. Mertens, secretary; E. Elster, assistant secretary; Henry Geest, sergeant- at-arms. Regular meetings of the club will be held on the fourth Sunday of cach month. A constfution and bylaws were adopted and plans were made for the epring campalgn. Clubh Elects Ofcers. The South Omaha olub met Tuesday night and eclected officers for the ensuing year. There was a goodly attendance cf | members and following _the election a Junch was served and cigars passed around These officers were elected: Bruce McCul- Noch, president: B. A. Wells, vice presi- dent; J. H. Brady, secretary; Walter Slata treasurer. Colonel J. B. Watkins was | elected a member of the executive com- mittee, Over Fifty Cars Short. Reports at the yard offices last night showed that the packers were short over fity refrigerator cars for the day’s busi- ness. Instead of caliing for coal just now | the packers are calling for refrigerator cars. Enough coal is coming In now to keep the plants running frem da~ to day, but the matter of curs for the shipment of packing house preducts is what {3 caus- ing the packing managers to send in appli- cations for membership in the *“Don‘t Worry" club. Unless tkere is a bunch of cars here soon the da'ly output from South | Omaha will fall off considerably. It I | stated that the refrigerator cars are belng sidetracked for the transportation of coal trains. Still Ralsing Money. The members of the local lodges of the Anclent Order of United Workmen are still after money and at a meeting of lodge No. 66, held Tuesday night over $1,000! for the temple was pledged. Work on the second story of the temple is naw golng on and it is stated that ‘f wsod weather prevails the roo? of the bwilding will be on within two weeks. Membecs of the order evince considerable interest in the work as it progresses and the opinion KEEP 1T BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE sbraska Railroad Assessments—What They Have Been— What They Are—What They Should Be. Assessment for 1802, 749,285.00 840,755.00 04,400.00 147,875.00 142,050.00 740,721.00 176,050.00 244,405.00 657,127.00 R3N,082.00 227,870.00 6,030.00 563,550.00 438,418.00 725.402.00 832,042.00 181,600.00 254,055.00 288,525.00 569,025.00 County. Adams Antelope .. Diatne . Hox Batte.... wn Bafale Durt ... 28,50 107.00 as.21 50,90 184.27 12418 47.30 2.01 12T 0.82 119.09 Noone Hatler . ass cdar he herey heyenne lay .. olfax . nming “uster akota Dawson Dowes Deuel . Dixon . Dodge .. Douglas ...... Dundy Fillmore .. Franklin ... Frontier " Gage ... Garfield . iosper Grant . Greeley Hall . Hamilton Harlan Hayes tteheook . Holt .. Hooker . Howard ... Jefterson Johnwon Kearney Keith Kimball Knox 00.70 20.53 45.45 81.80 106.92 41.54 127.80 4024 8213 oz.ar 158.94 471 20.81 30.80 51.85 74.00 6.3 #1058 12.50 4n.10 77.02 80.18 01.29 105.83 58.40 70.81 4178 a8.15 27.06 200.94 105.35 58.46 8,33 32.94 78,07 140.22 112,14 B7.10 43.85 45.30 59.30 0716 21.48 50.46 79.80 23.12 205,500,60 218,155.00 564,368.50 761,004.00 10 751,400.00 205,008.00 128,520.00 258,400.00 760,710.00 16,485.00 £3,320.00 108,115.00 100,805.00 504,768.50 820,368.00 245,012.00 87,770.00 208,388,00 77,075.00 105,630.00 873,145.00 503,194.00 275,130.00 297,744.00 465,612.60 Lancaster Lincoln . Madison Merrick Nance . Nemaha Nuckoll Otoe .. Pawnee . Perking . Phelps Plerce Platte Polk . Red Willow. Richardson Roek ...t Saline . Sarpy Saunders Scotts Blufr. Soward Sheridan Sherman Stoux . 1,198,447.00 540,333.00 281,603.00 BRS,767.00 162,730.00 862,670.00 596,828.00 532,185.00 800,024.00 176,400.00 181,560.00 283,600.00 582,574.00 04,870.00 217,070.00 866,000.00 115,600.00 567,017.00 006,713.00 498,748.00 412,700.00 330,415.00 220,035.00 217,950.00 114,900.00 454,130.00 116,550.00 #4,400.00 164,255.00 267,000.00 227,700.00 814,837.00 11,760.00 443,622.00 Stanton . Thayer Thoma: Thurston . Valley Washington Wayne .. Webster Wheeler .. York .e.ee Tota! .. A Average assessment per mi Fairly assessed, would be...... $29,319,631.00 e mssessment per mile, 18 1902, What Assessment Should Pe. # 1,284,396.11 205,402.50 55,200.0¢ 145,660.00 189,228.75 1,858,764.75 241,288.71 652,405.10 1,052,712.50 1,141,147.00 245,833.50 55,440.00 Assessment for 1002, 682,621.00 Mile 132.07 72.37 18.40 4v.52 28.50 108.10 as.21 50.99 184.27 124.34 47.30 18,48 112.71 184.45 120.96 150,404.00 102,924.00 049,324.00 183,092.00 181,485.00 204,780.00 55,440.00 405,756.00 609,266.00 645,510.10 272,494.00 144,688.00 807,108.80 263,022.00 408,801.50 1,080,016.40 77444841 408,300.40 28840 470,226.00 325,528.80 1,214,446.00 45,308.75 525,566.40 214,085.88 45,025,806 067,865.52 THZ,322.8¢ 34,183.53 627,878.48 96,390.00 208,018, 2,529,730.27 12,510.00 42,490.00 92,670.00 308,471.60 1,046,549.71 1,108,249.51 710,832.00 47,770.00 639,252.98 810,080.25 00,540.00 1,270,354.20 1,101,201.79 901,062.52 467,300.44 815,452.80 T11,164.40 157,466.78 2,820,812.11 1,201,586.80 167,187.33 1,022,156.28 717,401.60 085,5620.44 775,076.13 1,843,535.55 878,098.95 131,650.00 136,479.19 244,472.32 1,316,560.25 336,070.92 641,261.20 1,185,582.45 106,030.00 945,772,353 £82,663.75 1,015,534.63 120,150.00 343,018.84 206,585.00 400,465.60 108,1580,00 110,779.02 0334,040.08 20.70 56.07 R1.80 107.00 41.54 127.80 a6, 202,248.00 231,546.00 022.00 745,531.80 186, D.00 620,024.50 185,661.00 110,848.50 262,207.00 763,042.00 12,076.80 71,863.50 106,020.00 161,851.40 450,570.00 289,657.00 317,976.50 87,770.00 104,070.00 267,282.00 258,280.00 855,509.00 406,896.00 B64,858.00 120,824.00 1,205,807.20 25,604.50 215,099.00 518,018.40 118,790.00 228.16 105.35 58.46 os.33 33.04 78.67 120,00 112.20 87.10 369,377,00 151,282.50 156,767.00 206,620.00 465,698.00 76,645.00 200,673.00 401,097.00 #3,232.00 527.873.20 581,679.00 547,501.80 £8,110.00 332,680.00 271,842.00 188,852.80 170,542.00 85,960.00 415,504.50 118,220.00 87,776.00 146,044.40 239,600.00 216,508.00 287,853.50 10,214.40 453,202.00 .30 59,92 10,080.00 630,710.08 $20,580,002.70 $52,803,092.55 #$5,307.66 4,061.57 9,222.14 The figures above presented are carefully compiled from reports of the auditor, the bulletins issued by authority of the rallroads and the reports to their stockholders published within the past., yeai These documents afford conclusive proof that the aggregato true value of railroads In Nebraska based on net earnings. after deducting operating expenses, betterments and taxes pald, exceeds $312,000,000. An inspection of the table herewith presented shows just how much each county bas lost by gradual reduction of the rallroad ass the aggregate apportionment of railroad assessments the aggregate, assessment should be if the railroads were assessed at one-sixth of their value based on net earnings. 1902 and what that have not reported net earnings, entire raliroad mileage in the state, property. which constitute less is based upon ment within the past ten yeas to each county for the year The appralsement of railroads than one-sixth of the their tangible the value of is expressed that the auditorium will b open to the public not later than May 1. | Negro Boy Hurt. George Brown, colored, fell from one of | the foors of the new Workmen temple Tuesday night and euffered a fracture of his left arm. Dr. Slabaugh was called to the city jall where the injuries were at- tended to. After the arm had been placed in splints the boy was sent to his home « Defer not till to-mor- row to be wise "’ —Congreve If you would make practical application of the dramatist’s aphorism, consult ygurjeweler to-day concerning Gorham Silver and he will tell you that true wisdom prompts itsimmediate purchase. Not otherwise can you be certain of acquiring the very best silver- ware at-the most mod- erate price. The Gor- ham trade-mark, tb be found on every genuine piece, ensures these twin qualities. ™ THeports at Twenty-seventh and L streets. At the time of the accident the lad was plcking up kindling wood and in some way fell from a scaffold Brown Park Overcrowded e been made to Superintend ent McLean that the Brown park school is ovorcrowded. In order to relieve this con gestion the president has been authorized by the board to rent an additional room if he sees fit. President Miller sald yesterday that he is nov; casting about for a suitable room, but intended saving the expense to the board if it was possible to do so Magle City Gossip. Denna Allbery has gone to Avoc look after business interests. EJ Burke, Twenty-third and F streets suffering from an attack of the quinsy Mrs. 8. Danfelson, Twenty-fourth and F streets. entertained the New Century club yesterday afternoon. Mark Beetham is lald up with a severe attack of rheumatism at his home, 1415 North Twenty-fith street Albert Morrow, who was injured at Omaha packing plant a few d doing nicely and will soon be out ‘The notice of the death of Mrs. Poe Rick- abaugh, formerly a resident of South Omaha, was recelved here yesterday The Maccabees will give a dance and soclal at the hall, Thirty-elghth and Q streets, on the evening of January 31 E. Walsh of the Armour force, who re. sides at Twenty-first and T streets, Is rapidly recovering from un attack of pneu- monta There will be a joint installation of of- cers of the Maccabee Omaha, this evening. Officers from the lodges in Omaha, Council Bluffs and South Omaha will attend. » An unidentified man. of medium height and welght. about 28 years oid, and Appar- ently a railroad laborer entered the saloon of Johnson & Larsen at a late hour last night, and in & few minutes fell down un- consclous. Pollce Doctors Hahn and Mick workea over him for two hours and then bad him conveyed to the Clarkson hospital He bad not regained consclousnces at 3.3 is the s Down Unconsclous. at_Washington hall. § this morning, but was thought to be in a better general condition. LOCAL BREVITIES. Harry B. Huston sues for divorce from Margaret, alleging abandonment. Thay pers married in Kansas City September 8, 1597. to the Union Pacific rallroad, Walter Rich ards was acrested Wednesday afternoon by one of the company's special officers. He will be held on a charge of petit larceny Elias Willlamson, a Sioux Indian lad, who ran away from one of the westen Indlan schools detained in the matron's partment the city jall until money eived from his relatives to permit return to them ram has b Donahue 1s is him t A n recetyed from the New Orleans authorities in which he 1s asked to reply whether W. H. Feeney ls wanted here on any charge. The chief will not ask for the return of the prisoner James Meade wandered into the station Wednesday afternoon and latd down in the prisoners” “bull pen njoy a rt snooze. He was discovered by Conductor Fahey, and whi be held fc raignment this morning James L. Comstock, street. was taken to the day afternoon by by Chief police ar- & at 2515 Reese city jall Wednes- Sergeant Hudson and Detective Mitchell. Comstock is sald to be mentally unsound and charges of insanity will be preferred against him. John B. O-borne Is suing the Cudahy Packing company because he had to have the thumb ol his right hand amputated 15, 1%i. He alleges that he tell against a 1€volving beef saw because a plank in the platform under him gave way Macfarland and May ha pearance for Abner Travis in the sults flled against him as surety on bonds of two prisoners who decamped. and have also filed demurrers in the cases against Garnett C. Porter and Fred M. Hans, alleging that entered ap- | the petitions therein do not sfate a cause of action. Ida Johuson, alias “Cocaine Annie was sent from this city to the penitentiary for having relieved of 3145, was released from the prison yes- terday’ morning and wandered back to Omaha. She was arrested during the day by Detectives Donahue and Heltfeld. who think she 18 clever enough to be kept be- hind the bars while she is in town Major John R. Lynch lectures at the Young Men's Christian assoclation hall to- night’ on “Cuba _and _the Cubans. The lecture fis for the benefit of the Church of St. Philp the Dea- and 18 given under the auspices the Worthington Lyceum, the literary soctety of the church. Major Lynch w stationed for three years in Cuba, and as an officer in the United States urmy had | exceptional opportunities for studying the | people of that country, who Lincoln a vietim | shows | quentiy | the laat | for some time. While walking away with junk belonging | trol | | available supply | high_school after an accident at the plant on September | of Education OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS With economy some question the practiced in public schoole not a few and teachers have taken to themselves, o to speak an estimate of the schools with a can be donme, and as a result them are proud of t record that it can hardly be improved u view of their the school care must ot all for proves. abroad the to of as conduct the of the principals the matter home and have used in sy supplies th view to curtailing the mo and n. A re- system and an ot property certainly the painstaking thetr ins comm to commend approval care that it This is especlally true regarding (he books. The generally soiled and dilapidated condition of some of the books indicate it is true, that they bave had hard and even careless use, but & comparison readily these to be exceptional, while the books that are in poor condition are chiefly those that have been in use for a number text to | years, 1t is estimated by o ordinary text book should last for eigh years and tae supplementary readers and books twice that length of time, she basing her estimute upon what has beeh done in her own building, which includes children from the middle and some of the poorer claeses. In her building strict account is kept, of everything, the being fre- inspected. In many of the build ings the books are issued to the pupils by number, a record being kept of their hold- ers and weekly inspection of them being made. In many buildings, too, the books are covered with cloth heavy paper covers, each pupil being responsible for the bogks he is using, and with few ex- ceptions all of the new books issued during years have had this kind ot care, and when a child careless of the school's property he is given the old books until he sh yooks few yws signe of im- | provement, and so the care of these things has become a matter of with the children. In at least four buildings of the city and doubtless many others there are sets of supplementary readers that have been in use for deven years, These books are and have been used by two amd three classes every day and are surprisingly free ftrom soll and wholly free from markings the rubbing of their covers, evidently the result of stacking, and the loosening of the binding, which is slight considering thetr use, being their chief signs of wear. Thes books are nmot yet half worn out. When each class has finished using them they are counted and taken to the next room, and at night are again.counted and left in the principal's office, The eame care is things. Though a large proportion of the every day work above the fifth grade being done with pen and ink, it has been estimated by a number of principals that the children average one pen in three weeks, schools using them a month and over, the majority keeping a record, in thoir copybooks, of the dates when they have had new pens. This is also true of the other writing and drawing materials used and of everything else, in fact, to an extent that indicates that whatever ex- travagance there may be in furnishing sup- plies to the schools it ecan only in excep- tional cases be charged to the principals and teachers. As to the necessity of sup. plementary readers, the teachers are prac tically united in considering them essen- tial s well as desirable, and as they are in closest touch with thé schools, their ex- perience and unity on‘this subject should have welght. In speswiog of the supplies, one of the principats''“said: “Supposing they do cost a few hundred dollars, it is the taxpayer's ghildren thaf are getting the benefit of it, and every cent of the benefit, too—that is, after these materials reach the schocl bufldings—and we teachers fortunately canmot- be ' criticised for any- thing only the care of these things after they come to us. The furnishing of ma terials. means, nothing to the teacher but additional care and trouble, so our inter- est is not a selfish one, but, as tha prin. cipal sees this matter, the item of books would mean a heavy, and in many cases imposaible, expense, to mapy familles if they had them to furnish, while the child would lose one of the most valuable les. sons of his life—the lesson of regard and consideration of other people's property and, incidentally, of his own, for we find that the average child comes to us with little notion of caring for things, even th things that are his own It has been estimated by United States Commissioner of Education Harris that the average salary of men teachers of the city elementary and high schools of the coun- try s $47.55 while that of women teachers is $39.17 some Walter Burwell of Omaha writes the Bos- ton Traveler as follows The changes of program at sity of Chicago, a tepresentative type of Western university, from co-education to separate classes, which ~will take effeot Janaary 1 next, marks the beginning of a reaction In the direction of good the Univer- the public schools all over the west. Co- education in many sections has actually put a premium on Ignorance by shutting the door of opportunity to young men who destred to make teaching their profession in life. In several parts of the west It Is impossible for men get positions (no matter how well educated) in the public schools. This state affalrs has existed and the natural result has been to cause a marked decrease in the number of young men who continued their studies sh all the grades to final g1 aduation high school. Take Omaha an example; this policy of discrimina- tion against young men who desire secare an appointment in the primary or grammar grades has been in fogce for many years. Various well defined influences » been at work which caused this stat chief among them being the 'he superintendents have v been in politics, hence were jealous of male teachers becoming more popular supplanting him in his position. The Woman's club was another minister infi erce. And the school directos, many of whom had female relatives in’ the schools, were afrald that their chances of promo- tion might be interfered with It men were appointed is_hard to define exactly what has led up to the present condition but the result’is that with 4% teachers the pay roll there are not fifteen mer There are two principalships out of forty held by men, nnd about & dozen are teach ing in the high schcols and grades. This is whet co-education has done for munity. Tt is intere » note that when the bq pointing men to positions in th des It cut off the of male te r the and today we see Board lamenting the difficiity in men for teachers ir [ ally any It ers 1 the securing competent that department. Sound co-educatior templates no such unbalanced system; if we had it, there would be malntained u classified list for each sex, and as va es oceurred appointments from each would be made, as the United States civil servi IEBIC COMPANY'S EXTRAC OF BEEF * principal that the | 1s disposed to be | exercleed with other | sense | which It fs to b2 hoped will be followed in | ° | 53 JANUARY 29, 1903, feel | i | sen Washingt co here to discuss | the present system D. C. There fs not the general effect of in boys, but it is a well known fact that many such do not get | along with™ female insiructors, and many drop out of school for that cause. Parents who can afford the double taxation, send their b military academies and oth | private and those less able to the financial expense of such a see thelr sons grow up half e nled by an unnatural system of an educa- tion to which all are entitled |OUTPUT OF PACKING HOUSES De in va schools Considerable rease in Marketing d with CIN NATI, Jan. gram.)—Price Current been some falling off in | hogs. The total western packing for the week is 495,000, compared with 545,000 the preceding week and 555,000 last year. Since November 1 the total is 000, against 5,793,000 a year ago. Promiment places compare as follows ~(Special Tele- says: There has the marketing of 1901 2,615,000 1,000,000 650,000 503,000 615,000 “hicago Kansax C1 OMAHA 8t. Louls St. Joseph { Inatanapolis Milwaukee | Cincin | Ottumw, Z Cedar Rapids | Stoux City | 8t. Paul E Ora-Timer in Hills. | | HOT SPRINGS, S. D., Jan. 28.—(Speclal.) | —H. H. Williams, better known to all the ! oldtimers as Hank Williams, died at the Soldiers’ home of heart failure, the result |of & general breaking down. Hank was about 66 years of age and had experienced |a varied life. He was a veteran of the elvil war and drew a pension of $8 per | month. He went to Montana in 1866 and came to the Hills in 1876 -as one of the pilots on the old six-horse coach. He leaves a sop in Boston, and a brother fn Waldo, Fla. Hank was a generous, whole- souled man and his death is deeply re- gretted Henry Ritterbush. BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 28.—(Special Tel- egram.—Henry Ritterbush, aged 78, liv- ing near h died suddenly this after- noon. He was in the habit of making daily { trips to the creek on his farm and as he | remained away longer than usual, a search [Wwas instituted. The old gentleman was found dylng on the creck bank, in an un- consclous condition, with his feet in the He was taken home, where he dled | without regaining consciousness. Death | was due to heart failure. i Prof. J. M. Wilson, CHEYENN Wyo., Jan clal Telegram.)—J. M merly state engineer of died at 4 gclock this morning at Berke ley, Cal., of kidney trouble. The remains will be t to Hastings, Neb., for burial daughter. He was at leaves a of his death in the employ of the and also profes agricultural department . sor of irrigation of ersity of Call tornta water. | 28.—(Spe- Wilson, for- Nebraska, the time Jan ZAD, S.gP Austin McDop of the Alder Creek Mining comcpany's mine Yellow creek, dicd pneumonia. He was old-timer in Black Hills. A few years ago he he stock-rais ing busi and ranch near | Alliance which stocked ne iy of the an went purchased he had Calvin, Neb. M Mary BEATRICE Mrs. Mary C: daughter, Mrs. yesterday, he and re neral be from the late s Neb., Jan Ivin died at the Dr. McCleery, death being 1a grippe omorrow o of deceased Newman Grove. (Special.)— home of ber in this due to old age The fu- 10 o’clock attack of held hon will at master Neb. Postmaster NEWMAN GROV Jun. | clal Telegr dall died | He known in Omahi The ~(8pe- G. W. Ran- evening at 7 o'clock, aged prominent 0dd Fellow, well and throughout the state. held Saturday after- m.) he funeral wi Mrx. Hobert Whiley, BEATRICE Mrs. R all The erda Neb. Whiley Jan Harbine died at Harris' santiarium Monday ains were taken to Harbin Whiley years husband and two chil- ert & Mrs leaves her age and dren. was PA Jan. 25.—Robert composer of ““The Chimes and similar operas, is dead. Planguett, of Do not be talked into using any other than Cook's Imperial Extra bealtbful wine in the world. e Most For sale by sll drg’i;t_-n. city | Special.)— of | the Normandy™ Acts Gently; Acts Pleasar\tlyg Acts Bcr\eficially: Actsitruly as-a.Laxative. Syrup of Figs appeals to the cultured and the well-informed and to the healthy, because its come ponent parts are simple and wholesome and be- cause it acts without disturbing the natural func- tions, as itis wholly quality or substance. free from every objectionable In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but tt virtues of medicinal Syrup of Figs are obtained from an excellent combination of plants known to be medici ly laxative and to act most beneficially. To get its beneficial effects—buy the L ¥ 7 genuine— Louisville, Ky.',.r\ Al P MINERS ACCUSE OPERATORS Wish Baer and Colleagues Oalled to Fix Famine Responsibility. ALLEGE OWNERS RESTRICT COAL OUTPUT Strike Comminsion Takes Request Inty Consideration and May Order Raflroad Presidents to Give Evidence. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28.—The alleged limitation of production was again di cussed before the coal strike commission toduy. The matter was brought up by Mr. Darrow for the miners, who requested the commission to summon the presidents of the coal-carrying roads as witnesses. The demand resulted in a lengthy discus- | slon. between Judge Gray, Mr. Dickson and Mr. Darrow; finally Judge Gray sald the commission would consider the matter and if they regarded the issue as being beforo them they would grant the miners' request. Counsel for the miners also announcd that he had received numerous letters from large operators and governors of states in | the bituminous coal regions and desired to bave representatives of those districts glvo evidence concerning trade agreements. I1f this could not be done he wanted to read the letters in question. The chairman said the subject was being considered by the commission. Says Operators Limit Output. In asking the commission to request the attendance of the coal road presidents, Mr. Darrow said: There has been evidence offered here, on the part of the operators, designed to she that the miners have limited production in the last year. We belleve the fact to be that the coal Toads have placed a limit on production for years. S0 long as this charge {s made fo this commission for the purpose of Influencing its decision 1 want to examine the presidents of the s 50 that we may ascertain the exact situation. “Do you clalm,” said Judge Gray, “that there has been a limitation by the presi- dents of the coal roads other than the lim- itation that the dewand of the market creates? Of course there s a natural lim- itation. It would be a most lamentable waste to keep on mining coal for which there was no demand Continuing, he sald the deposit of hard coal should be conserved for the benefit of those who come after, and a wasteful, com- petitive output was & serious thing. He 1d not know but what in some crude way the consolidation of interests had tended to a more economic management of “this storehouse that Providence has given us in this region.” Mr. Darrow sald fn reply: “I do not see that anybody could intelligently consider this case without considering that ques tion. But this is the aspect. 1 say it is unfair to charge up o the miners that they have been restricting the output when it hae been done by somebody else. The operator has the right to conserve the coal fleld, so has the mine worker, Gnd be has the same right to his family and those who are to after him as has the mine operator. my part, I have mever believed that reasonable limitation of work tion was a bad thing. All | that it is unfair to charge us with a lim- | itation of production over a series of years land say the miners do not earn more | money because they are lazy and have | been limiting the supply, when, In fact, | the operators have done it."” | “The only question I have | | in adverse conserve himself and | come | For | manufactured by the oRYiAfiG SRup co, Cal, New York,N.Y. e fifty cents per. bottle, criticlsm,” sald Judge Gray, “'ls this: Take & contract miner; he can limit his own hours of labor. The question is whether the man who wants to work four or five hours should limit the man who wants to work elght or nine," *“Under, our present (heory regarding the rights of property,” responded Mr. Dar- row, “where a man has & right to own a coal mine he has a perfect right to work twenty-four hours a day with all the men he sees fit. Now the other operators come in, and because they own rallroads or bes cause they are stronger, they say: ‘No, you can only mine coal three days a week, or elght hours a day, or whatever 1f is' The cases are parallel whether this pros hibition is imposed by the miners or the operators.” Try to Prepare for Strike. Mr. Dickson said the position of the operators was that during the year 1901 and down to the strike the output was re- stricted so that it was impossible to fill the storage places. All the companies of Iate years had been going to large ex- pense to store coal at their terminal points. { The coming of tho strike was foreseen and the companies tried to get the coal in advance, but dfd not succeed in dong so. “The great difficulty in the control of the anthracite trade,” continued Mr., Dick~ son, “Is that the market will not take it regularly and cqually throughout the year." Judge Gray expressed the opinion that if the operators charged the miners with restricting the output to the disadvant of the public, the latter should be al- lowed to show that it was not them so much as the operators. “Assuming the question is tween operators and miners,” sald Mr. Darrow, “have the operators any more right to say ‘You shall not restrict the number of cars you load” than the miners have to say ‘We will only load six cars? " Judge Gray admitted the proposition was the same. “Then,” said Mr. Darrow, “has one op- erator the right to say it to another?" “No, sir, I don’t think he has,” replied the chalrman, and added that he did not believe the commission had glven the ques- tion of resiriction eny serious thought Mr. Darrow then asked the commission to request Messrs. Bacr, Harris, Thom and Truesdale to testify concerning tho questions under discussion. 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