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Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
MISS COFFIN KNOWS IT NOW
Closing of the Exposition Brought
Home to Her In . Rather
FOrcible Way.

Miss Viola Conn, secretary OF the civil
service board. and among whose other duties
is the caring for newspaper postage. has
not had her troubles ended because the ex
position has closed Its gates. During the
progress OF that enterprise she had great
piles Of mail to handle on which there were
improper addresses, lack OF postage and
other errors amounting to violations Of the
postal laws, which detained the mail at this
office and required the writing Of thousands
Of information cards to the parties to whom
tho mail was addressed.
A large per cent Of this work was done
away with when the exposition closed, but
her tribulations received fresh impetus
when two large sacks of papers and maga-
sines were turned over to her yesterday
which had been addressed to the Department
Of Publicity OF the exposition. The purpose
for which these papers had been sent dur
Ing the summer was at an end and as the
Department OF Publicity ID closing up ito
affairs Il has no further use for the papers,
which should have been discontinued when
the gates Of the exposition closed.
It will now be Miss Cofhn's duty to notify
each OF the publishers Of the many Journals
that their paper Is no longer taken from
the office and she will also have to make .
COPY Of each of these notices. II this
ended tho transaction It would not be so
bad, but experience shows that In majority
Of cases 1t will require from two to half
dozen notices before the matter is attended
to by the publisher at fault.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30

statements, acknowledged that he had e1S,-
2s6A less In the treasury than the tax col
lections amounted to. This shortage Was
never made good out OF the other funds OF
the city. but inasmuoh 40 the books showed
that taxes TO that amount had been paid.
the cash balance was treated a. II 1t
contained this SIS, 1904, and warrants we're
drawn against this sum and are outstanding.
Later on an additional shortage Of SSS.31722
was discovered, but as the books did not
show that tax collections to this latter
amount were ever received, that sum was
not included in the cash balance. but was
charged up to profit and loss to all intents
and purposes.
But now City Comptroller westberg in.
sists that the S1S,a96.44 shortage must be In
some way made good. He contends that II
must properly come out Of the S35,000 paid
In by the Bolln bondsmen. inasmuch as that
sum was Intended to make good the ex-
treasurer's shortage. Unless this Is done,
the comptroller informs the council he will
draw q warrant for the amount against the
1899 levy.
II the sum is taken out OF the Bolln
bondsmen payment, a balance Of only
16,703.56 will be left In the
fund. Out of this has already been ap-
propriated $500 for the entertainment OF
President Mckinley, and q week or so ago
the council appropriated an additional S12.
700 for the use Of the Board Of Public Works
for street work done in the past and other
work to be done between now and the first
Of next year. II all this money should be
expended there will remain In the fund Just
$2,500 on January 1 next.
The council expects to make good this
appropriation for street work with money
that is to come from the railroads In salts
| faction OF viaduct claims. n the committee
that has the collection OF these claims in
charge makes as much p sgress as It has ir
the past. however, It will be a long time be.
fore the appropriation Is made good. The
| committee has held one meeting since last
July. when It was appointed. That meet.
ing occurred couple Of weeks ago and die
| absolutely nothing. No meeting has beer
held since.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
SENDS KEYS THE PRESIDENT
Mayor MOOres Forwards to MIR. Mo-
kinley . Memento of Omaha
Hospitality.

Mayor Moores had forwarded to President
Mckinley pair Of the gilded keys OF the
city which he presented to the conventions
and distinguished visitors who came to the
city last summer. The presidential keys
are after the same model as the others, but
they are more handsomely decorated and
somewhat larger. being about a foot and a
half In length. Upon one are printed the
words Omaha welcomes the President"
and on the other the date, October 70.
1898" The keys are bound together with
handsome red. white and blue ribbons.
II did not think that President Mckinley
would have cared for the keys" says Mayor
Moores, "and therefore did not present him
with a pair when he was here. When he
visited my office. however. he caught sight
Of couple Of pairs that proposed to give
to conventions and expressed himself greatly
pleased with them as the means Of express
ing our hospitality to our visitors I consid-
cred. therefore. that 1t would be a nice little
compliment for the city to present the presi-
dent with q pair"
During the summer Mayor Moores pre-
sented almost 100 OF these keys to Omaha
visitors.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
Postal PARCELS Service.

The question OF assisting IN inducing the
United States government to inaugurute {
more elaborate and inexpensive postal parcel
service is being considered by the executive
committee Of the Commercial club. The
matter was introduced by communication
from the various commercial organizations
Of Detroit. which have united In memorial
to congress on the subject. This was &C.
companed by printed matter which H.
Illustrated the lack Of utility Of the present
system as compared with those In European
countries. The charge for carrying pound
parcel by mail In this county Is 16 cents. a.
compared with cents in Great Britain.
The rate on larger packages Is even higher
in comparison. The matter was briefly dis.
cussed and referred to a special COMMITTEES
consisting OF Euclid Martin, J. =. UT and
d. e. Thompson.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
EXPERIMENTAL Low RATE BONDS.

City's new Issue Of short-Time Secur-
itics to Draw Four Fer Cent.
Omaha taxpayers and citizens will watch
with considerable interest the success OF an
attempt that IL about to be made to hoat
city short-time bonds at per cent-the
lowest rate Of interest on bonds Of this
character ever offered in the history OF the
city. II success attends this venture
Omaha will again have occasion to shake
evidence of the excellent position 1t holds
In the financial market OF the world. =
The trial Is to be made with bonds that
will be issued In the sum Of $41 900 to pay
for special improvements made during the
last few months. They will be dated De-
cember I, and will run from one to ten
years, or an average Of between six and
seven years. Under ordinary circumstances
these bonds would have paid AZ per cent
interest short-time bonds having borne tha,
rate for some time past. The saving In in
terest will be about $500, but what will
be considered as Of greater Importance is
that precedent will be established which
In the future will permit Omaha short time
bonds to be issued at the same rate Of in
terest.
This financial move Is being engineered
by Deputy City Treasurer Fead and Coun-
| Gilman Burkley, chairman Of the council
committee on finance. Two reasons have in
duenced them in trying the experiment. One
| Is that Of late Omaha short time bonds have
| brought In handsome premiums. The other
| 10 that two or three communications have
been received from bond-paying firms, which
have led them to believe that Omaha short
time 1 per cents could be iloated - easily
| ~.
/ "Of course we do not expect to get any
| large premium" says Deputy City Treas
urer Fead. "As a matter Of fact the pre-
MUM will probably be only a nominal sum.
The Importance Of floating the bonds as
Il will lie In the precedent that
will be established for the future
that will enable the city to dispose Of bonds
at the same rate hereafter. 1t will be a
remarkable evidence Of the financial stand
ing Of Omaha that will rebound to Its
greater credit In eastern financial circles"
Omaha Is the only city in this part Of the
country or west Of here that has foated
short time ~, and " It succeeds In floating
Is It will gain q still higher position over
its competing communities. st. Paul and
Minneapolis both pay per cent on their
obligations running for short time, while
Kansas City pays the same rate and even
5h per cent. Denver issues 6s.
II have not the slightest doubt that we
can dispose OF 4s and II we do Omaha will,
| as Q consequence, raise Its position in the
financial markets notch or two further
above It's competitors" is Councilman Burk-
ley's opinion Of the new move.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
But II 10 dangerous.

But II 10 dangerous.
II people could be made to realize the
danger OF neglecting q cold, how much
suffering, both mentally and bodily
might be prevented.
The n newspapers publish daily accounts
of some of our most noted men,--men
of education and wealth, and of all pro-
fessions who have passed out of this life
with some disease that commenced with
a''littlc cold" that was allowed to have
Its run.
And thousands are suffering to-day
from some form of affection of the
throat and lungs, resulting from cold.
The whole nation is grieved to-day by
the announcement in the morning papers
that Que of our most popular actors has
been obliged to cancel an engagement,--
one that was paying him over So. 600
per night.
I refer to the highly esteemed and
honored Joseph Jefferson, who caught
cold, "only a little coldw q week ago.
Probably like many others, he thought
Il was only cold; would wear off. The
result Is, he is suffering to-day from
Bronchial trouble, and he has been
obliged to cancel his engagement.
All of this unfortunate ending might
have been avoided with few doses of
DR.. Hilton's Specific No. 3, taken at the
inception of the cold.
! will stake my reputation as physi.
clan, that had Mr.. Jefferson taken the
No. ;, as directed, It would have cured
the cold, and that before this time, or
within six days after taking the cold, he
would have been able to have resumed
his work.
How many will take warning and cure
the little coldi
DR.. Hilton's Specific No. Is the
FIRST remedy ever offered to the pub
lie to cure cold, the grip and other Ills
that so often follow. and PREVENTS
PNEUMONIA, and IT Is the ONLY
remedy to-day that will do 1t.
Over a MILLION bottles have been
sold since 1891. What better testimoni.
al could You have as to the efficacy of
this remedyl
Oh, that cold and cough! Why en-
dure 1t, when DIR. Hilton's Specific No.
3will cure iti
II your druggist doesn't have No. ., send % cts.
H postage strmps, or nancy order. TO pr; q. w.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
w1p1xG OUT THE poLLN PAYMENT.

City Comptroller Westberg Demand1
Portion OF the Sum.
City Comptroller Westberg IL calling the
attention OF the council to little financial
problem, which, II solved according to his
suggestion, will subtract $1S,29644 from the
total OF the Bolln bondsmen fund. This sum.
together with the amounts that have been
appropriated out Of the fund for street i'm
provements until the first of the year. will
render the fund almost invisible. On jan
uary 1, 1899, the fund will have dwindled
down from the $35, 900 paid by the Bolln
bondsmen to no more than $4,000.
The city comptroller points out that before
the stupendous shortage Of Bolln was dis
covered Bolrn himself, in one Of his monthly
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
Mortality Statistics.

The following births and deaths were 70.
ported to the health commissioner during
the twenty-four hours ending at noon yes
terday:
Births-A. H. Edwards. 1910 California
boy: John English, 1922 Indiana avenue
boy; Edwin Lucas, 1908 Locust, girl; Nels
Petersen. 1011 North Twenty third, boy.
Deaths-Baby Miller, GAL North Twenty.
seventh avenue, days; Thomas Bone. 22l1
California, 65 years; Mary Dansiger, S2s
South Nineteenth, 5s years; Henry A. Allen.
spach, COZ North Seventeenth, 20 years;
Robert l.. johnson, 22l4 South Tenth. 81
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
m HERE is no longer any need to fear col

him in partaking Of hot bird and and cold
bottle at a prominent hotel. When the
physician came out Of his trance few hours
after the ladies left he discovered they
had taken $50 from him. He had the police
hunt them up and arrest them. They gave
the names Of DOT Rogers and Mary Lam.
son. Both tearfully denied the larceny Of
the money. They are confined In the women's
cells at the city jail.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30

A millionaire confessed the secret Of hii
success in two words-hard work. He sale
he put In the best part Of his life gaining
dollars and losing health, and now he is put
ting In the other half In spending dollars Il
get back health. Nothing equals Hostetter'I
Stomach Bitters for restoring health to the
overtired body and brain. It gets at thi
starting point--the stomach--and overcomei
nervousness. sleeplessness. dyspepsia and
INDIGESTION.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
REEFToN, New Zealand.

I am very pleased to state that since
took the agency Of Chamberlain's medicines
the sale has been very large. more especially
OF the Cough Remedy. In two years ] have
sold more OF this particular remedy than of
all other makes for the previous fve years.
AS to its efficacy. have been informed by
scores Of persons Of the good results they
have received from " and know its value
from the use Of 1t In my own household. It
Is 60 pleasant to take that We have to place
the bottle beyond the reach Of the children.
y. J. SCANTLEBURY,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30

Another bad bill has made Its appearance.
This one is Of the 81 denomination and pur-
ports to be treasury note OF the series Of
1891. 1t 10 printed from zinc plates on
two pieces Of Japanese paper. with silk
threads scattered between. The bill car
riss the portrait Of Mcpherson. poorly exc
cuted. The counterfeit looks as though It
was printed on Job press. the poorest kind
of ink being used.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
showed the |

Showed the Doctor . Good Time.
DR.. Jamison a physician whose residence
could not be learned, became acquainted
with two dashing, handsome women Of the
east end Of the city and invited them to aid
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
Juvenile Literature.


One Of the most prolific writer's Of books
for boys Is James Otis. It may surprise
many Of his readers to learn that he should
have Kaler added to his name to make It
complete, he having adopted bis first two
names as q nom de plume which has be-
come very popular. Mr.. Otis was born in
what is now Winterport, Me-, and his hrst
writing appeared in the Boston Journal In
1862. In 1870 he secured an editorial posi-
ton on Frank Leslie's Boys and Girls, but
continued the work which ne had been doing
for several years on the New York Sun and
Telegram. After about seven years as a
newspaper man" In New York, during
which time he wrote the perkins Letters" :"
which are still remembered by many, he be-
came a special correspondent Of the Boston
Globe. Mr. Otis lives near Portland, Me.
He spends his summers in the woods with
horses and dogs. living In tents. In this
fashion he has Travelled over the entire
northern portions Of Maine and New Hamp-
shire. Among his latest works fresh from
"when Israel Putnam Served the King"
Estes & Lauriat, Boston.
with the Black Prince" a story Of the
fourteenth century, by william o. stoddard.
Ia an elegant work geographically. 1t ia q
story OF adventure and OF battle, but It IL
also an informing presentation OF life In
England and some phases Of iKe In France
In the fourteenth century. The hero is as
ISOLATED with the Black Prince at Crecy and
elsewhere. Mr.. stoddard has done his best
work in this story. and the absorbing inter-
est Of his stirring historical romance will
appeal to all young readers. d. Appleton 4
Co., New York. Price, $3.50.
"The Story Of Little Jane and Me-" by
Ne, Is q tale OF children, written for chill
dren, but We think that mature readers will
enjoy It fully Al much as little folks 1t
differs absolutely from the self-conscious
chronicles Of the ordinary children Of hc-
tion. but It 10 full Of humor and some OF
the stories are remarkably clever. AZ anus
Ing as Il 10 true to life ID the story OF two
little girls who were taken TO hear Jenny
Lind sing and who became so deeply en-
crossed In their story books that they failed
to notice when the great artist gave her
songs. And when the storm at homo over
their carelessness passed away they were
Just as proud Of having been to the concert
as though they had heard the Swedish night
ingale sing. The book 10 full OF good things.
and It 10 10 prettily bound that 1t will make
q good holiday present. Houghton, Mimin
4 Co., Boston. Price. 81.
Britain's Army.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30

When you ask for De Wits Witch Hazel
ealve don't accept counterfeit or imitation
There are more cases Of piles cured by this
than all others combined.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup cures coughs and
colds. Mothers, keep this wonderful remedy
handy for the children. rs cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30
Britain's Army.

A work that In 4 certain sense may b
regarded % very timely y "Socil Life u
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30

"A Hand Book for Trustees" by Augustus
Peabody Loring, is practical book on
practical subject; general, not local, In its
application and essential to every one in
tcrested in trust estates. While only an oc-
casional great estate was left in trust per-
haps the technical law books on the subject
were enough. This is no longer the case
The number Of trustees increases every year
and a reliable work covering the questions
liable to be brought up will doubtless be ap-
preciated. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Cloth, $3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-30

A little book that will doubtless fnd many
readers by reason Of the name and fame Of
the author Ia entitled "Stories In Light and
Shadow" by Bret Harte. 1t is a collection
Of seven short tales. four OF them Cali
fornian and the others laid In Europe. One
Of the best Of the Californian stories is "see
Yup." shrewd Chinese. who inveigled q
syndicate into buying a worthless mine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-14
TREASURY GOLD.
The ENDLESS Chain" Has Ceased to
RevOlve- land the Nation
Is Secure,

The United States treasury holds
$lSl, 100000 net in gold, and new sup
files have been coming by every steam
er from Europe. Our gold reserve is
row larger than at any other period
during the last nine years. The Amer
lean Economist contrasts this condition
of the treasury with that which was OBJ
servable in 1895, the year of the Nene-
zuelan crisis. Then the net gold in
the treasury was $G3,2G2,260, and we
were exporting gold to Europe in pay
nent of an adverse balance of trade at
the rate of 100000 day. Then Mr..
Cieveland's endless chain" was in full
operation, and its buckets constantly
were carrying gold abroad or deposit
ing it in American secret boards.
There was confidence neither in the
tariff nor in the currency, nor in any
feature of the financial policy of the
government. The national pulse was
panicky, agriculture was depressed,
and manufacturing enterprises showed
hardly semblance of life. All classes
were dispirited and many family felt
the pangs of hunger.
Now the "endless chain" has ceased
to revolve. confidence in the financial
policy of the government is unbound
ell, and, but for the event of war, which
necessarily must diminish imports,
there would be a steadily increasing
surplus from tariff revenue. The crisis
OF war has found the nation in condi-
ton of financial readiness which is un-
paralleled in history. Had war con-
fronted us while we were under such
financial and industrial conditions as
prevailed during the Cleveland admin
istration the prospect would have been
alarming.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-14
DRIFT OF OPINION.

tyThirty odd years ago the soldiers
of Uncle Sam were paid in deprecated
money. This time they will be paid in
the equivalent of gold.-Iowa State Reg
lister.
DFinancial pundits who called gold
the unpatriotic metal were wrong in
their premises. 1t is doing its full
share in backing up Uncle Sam.-St.
Louis e-Democrat.
vNow that the public begins to see
the details of President McKinley's
course in the Spanish-Cuban matter,
the action of those who have been
making attacks upon him and his adj
visers because of what they assumed
was an unwarranted delay is reacting
in his favor. 1t is now clearly seen
that every minute Of time occupied
since the destruction of the Maine has
been judiciously and wisely utilized in
preparing for war. II has been the con-
slant cry of men in congress-and out
Of it--for years that the country was
entirely unprepared for war, and it is
not surprising that when the president
and his cabinet found the necessity for
entering upon war they recognized
the Importance of preparing the coun-
try for II as far as possible. The re-
salt is seen in the conditions which
now exist, especially II they are con-
trIsted with those OF 60 days ago.--Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-14
THE JOLLY AMER.
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One of the Most Original of
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-14
ENEMIES IN CONGRESS.
Partisans Who Place Political Adj
vantage before Pa
triotfsm.

More dangerous, perhaps, at this time
than any Spanish feet or flotlla are the
senators and representatives in con-
gress who propose to hold up, IL they
can, all war measures of finance or tax
alton that are not shaped according to
their various political and financial
theories.
The man to give the signal for this at
tack from within the lines was Senator
Allen, of Nebraska. The signal APP
peared in resolution which Mr.. Allen
introduced in the senate:
THAT in the opinion of the senate no cir
cmstances can arise in the relations OF the
United States of America and the kingdom
of Spain that Will warrant an increase of
the interest-bonded Indebtedness OF this
government, or that will In any manner
interfere In the reform of the financial af-
fairs of the United States on lines laid
down In the national peoples party plat
form of July, 1896"
1t is not from the extreme populists
CT the Allen stripe that embarrassment
to the administration and the national
interests is chiefly to ne apprehended.
Of course there is no danger that con-
gress will undertake to prosecute the
war exclusively upon the lines laid
down in the populist platform of 1896.
But the disposition to use the present
opportunity to enforce or promote
crank ideas or pet notions or fractional
or partisan theories is already manifest
in bills introduced since Allen led the
way with his impudent resolution; in
come tax bills, inheritance tax bills, sill
yer standard and silver bond PROPOSE
tions, greenback measures, and so on
in great variety. They are all present.
ed as war measures, and they are all
intended TO complicate the war ques-
ton with the issues that entered into.
tho hstSprcsidentia canvass, and werei
theraletermined for four years, ut least,
by the result of the election,
Let it be understood in advance that
any attempt in any quarter to embar-
rass the administration and imperil the
nations cause for the sake of this or
that financial theory is n crime against
patriotism sure to be visited heavily
with public Indignation. The only is
sue now is with Spain.-N. Y. Sun.