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Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

The assignment of all the fusion
members Of the state senate to the
committee on mines and mining may
be intended as a practical joke, but
If we should some morning wake up
with the announcement that a rich
placer bed or a heavy vein of coal has
been struck somewhere in Nebraska
the committee might find itself in 20.
sition to turn the Joke.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12
REPRESENTATIVE Weayer's hi

Representative Weaver's bill for the
punishment of persons making loud
and unusual noises In the vicinity OF
any private residence in the night sea-
son Is a direct stab at the megaphOne
fends In the Midway. The noises they
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

1t would be something out of the
ordinary should not some member Of
the legislature introduce Mt least one
bill to prevent bulls from running at
large.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

The jangle over rules in the lower
house Of the legislature reminds us Of
the adage that it is a poor rule that
won't work both ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

CHICHXO IIWtS-ffeTaIu.
There Is no purer, more wholesome or
more nutritious food product in the world
than American canned beef.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

Projectors Of the st. Louis exposition
can come to Omaha and learn just how
a big show of that kind Is successfully
conducted.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

Detroit Journals: do you understand the
motive Of Mendelssohn's songs without
well, I suppose nobody was writing
coon dialect in Mendelssohn's time"
Cincinnati ENQUIRER: You really don't
mean to tell me you don't consider Ritem
a genius?' asked the office loafer.
said ITh ,be is srJ just what ] It1 mean to tell you.
to see his stun as 1t comes in-sometimes
with as many as three words misspelled in
one poem
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Bigsbee II a
terribly melodramatic fellow, isn't he7 He
said he'd drain. his hearts blood for the
why. I guess 30. Bigsby is agent for a
drain and sewer pipe concern"
Somerville Journals: When a young woman
can describe to you the necktie that a
young man wore the week before hat
young man is in peril.
indianapolis Journal: "And when I pro-
posed to her she turned all the colors Of
How can you make such a ridiculous
assertion?"
A the colors at once. II you have not
forgotten your high school lessons. you
ought to know make white"
buy a parrot. How much is this one
WORTH"
Five DOLLARS
"Great Scott! That's simply robbery.
Can he talk?"
mo, SIR"
"Tll take him.
Detroit Journal: at beats ALL" remarked
the Human Ostrich, 'how people stare At
that India Rubber Man. Rubber, forsooth!
The rubber is all in their eyer
The Sutherland Sister had sold but one
photograph tonight; but her spirits were as
tuoyant as ever.
INC, some of 1t must be in their necks!"
size replied. naiyely.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

While the present legislature is max
ing a record for new bills the man with
the printing contract smiles compla-
GENTLY
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

The principal business of every leg
islature is TO repeal Or amend laws
enacted by its predecessor.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

tState of Nebraska, Douglas County,. S.:
I George B. T%zschuck, secretary of The Bee
tPublishing company, being duly sworn,
tsays that the actual number Of full and
fccmplete copies Of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee, printed during
the month OF December. 1898, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

Net total sales .73O, Goa
Net daily average .............. 1851
GEORGE b. TZSCHUCK.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this S1st day of December, 1898.
(Seal.) N. =. FELL, Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

Somerville Journal: When a young woman
can describe to you the necktie that a
young man wore the week before that
young man Is in peril.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12
LIGHT AND BREEZY.

Detroit Journal: DO you understand the
motive. Of Mendelss ohn's songs without
words"
well. I suppose nobody was writing
coon dialect in Mendelssohn's time"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

Cleveland Plain Dealer: 'Bigsbee h a
terribly melodramatic fellow, isn't he2 He
It,"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

OFF1CES
Omaha: The Bee Building.
South Omaha: City Hall building,
rwenty-hfth and N streets.
Council Bluffs: 10 Pearl Street.
Chicago: Stock Exchange Building.
I, New York: Temple Court.
- Washington: sol Fourteenth street.
~ CORRESPONDENTS.
I" Communications relating to news and
seditorial matter should be addressed! 10
skhe Editor.
BUSINESS LETTERS.
4, Business letters and remittances should
be addressed to The Bee Publishing Com.
tpany. Omaha. Drafts. checks. express and
ppostoffice money orders to be made payable
ito the order of the company.
THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-12

why. I guess 20. Bigsby is agent for q
drain and sewer pipe concern"
Evening star., 1899-02-09
CUBAN POSTAL AFFAIRS.
Com omission Has Returned and VIII
Prepare Its Report.

The post office commission which went to
Cuba TO investigate the postal conditions of
the island returned Tuesday. This COM
mission left Washing ton December IA, under
instructions from the Postmaster General
To look into the posta. facilities of the
island and report any improvements which
in its judgment would improve conditions
During the absence of the commission the
entire island was visited and a mass Of i'm
Portant information gathered This will
shortly be embodied in a report to Post
master General Smith. The members of the
comm. .ssiDD included A w. Machen, chair
man; VI. Masien. y. w. Bingham. NJ. e.
FOsnss and NJ \. Macdonald. secretary.
Ar. J. NJ. Masten was seen by reporter
Of The Star He said since the ad-
vent OF the 'ritet States postal authorities
in the island there had been a material i'm
prDVement in postal matters. MAJOR Rath-
bone. the director Of posts, had inauSurdted
up-to-'iate methods The first thing of i'm
p"r;ance he did was to abolish the system
of collecting fee Of :, cents on each piece
OF rail matter delivered. The law, II seems,
PERMITS a charge of 3 cents, but the car
Iier charges : cents, and il has been paid
p without protest 1t is from these cOllec-
Ji,ns the carriers have heretofore heeu
paid Major ltathbone discontinued TINS
on the ist of January, and now the car
TlrTS are paid regular salaries, which is an
Improvement hailed alike by receiver and
C@fTieT.
Mr.. Masten said the commission visited
every province and carefully Investigated
the postal facilities Most Of the business
of the .Sand. however, Is dOre in Havana
MatauZas and Santa Clara provinces The
peOp.e throughout the island, he says, seem
generally satisfied with American rule.
There is no doubt about the improved con-
ditions everywhere a late report of Cen
eral Ludlow showed a decrease in the death
rate for January over the same month of
last year Of 20 per cent Referring to the
post Office building at Havana he said it
was very filthy place, totaly unfit for
carrying on the business Of the post office.
Major RatEboEe was looking around even
now for better building. There was not
much smallpox in Havana. and people do
not seem scared Of the disease. Our SOL
diCrs seem Co1tented. The population of
the island is Increasing every day. EXiled
CutaDs are coming bacE and thousands of
visitors come 10 the is and with every boat
Referring to the carriers he said they We're
not uniformed. All spoke Span sh. and did
their work urCCnp!ainirgly. They made
two trips day usually but every time
boat arrived they made extra trip.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
EPIDEMIC OF SPOTTED FEVER.
feopie in Green River District, Ken
tucky. DYING Rapidiy


letter to the Lexington, Ky, Daily
Leader from MorgantOwn, the county seat
or Butler county, on the Green river in the
western part of Kentucky, fifteen miles
from any railroad, says an epidemic of
spotted fever, or spinal meningitis. is rag
ing there, old and young dying rapidly. 1t
is impossible to estimate how many have
died, and there is no one to report the true
condition 1t is known that there are no
longer any collins in the place to bury the
dead The people panic stricken and
are fleeing in all directions 1t is reported
that there are now only a few left to
nurse those who are stricken and are help
less.
The female seminary, as well as the pub
lie school, is closed, and the pupils all hur-
rled away to their respective homes. The
physicians have been doing heroic work
but seem powerless to check the disease
Attorney General Taylor whose home is
at Morgantown, and Circuit Judge Settles
went there from Frankfort on boat via
Bowling Green, last Sunday to open court
on Monday, but they found the country in
such panic that they did not leave the
term of court had been Indefinitely post
poned.
Many people escaped from the place on
this boat, which stopped only a few min
utes at The MorgantoWn wharf. Morgan
town is u place of 100 inhabitants. stu
ated on bill, and has been considered very
healthy. Several large saw mills are To-
Gated there, and the theory is that the de-
caying sawdust started the epidemic.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
LAND TAX IN PORTO RICO.
Details of the Order Recently Issued
by Gen. Henry.

Assistant Secretary of War Meikle-
john las made public General Henry $
recent order relative 10 the taxation
upon landed property in Porto Rico.
General Henry also performs an important
work in classifying the lands according to
soil and location This classification will
doubtless be welcomed as "A guide to pro-
posed investors in Porto FZicau lands
The order issued by General Henry is de-
signed 20 remedy the evil due TO unjust APP
pJrtiunments And any variation of this
order or excess Of taxation under ii will.
upon being reported. result in the punish
-nent OF the offending parties. The assess
ment OF taxes upon lands is made in ac-
coriGnce with The various CIVILIZATIONS ex-
istirg N The island and the quality OF the
land taxed. In accordance with the varf-
Gus cu.tiva;ions there will De taxes on cane
lands. coffee lands, tobacco lands. pasture
lands. minor produce lands and forest lands.
IN accordance with the qualify of the land
there viii bn taxes Of The irst. second and
third classes. The first class comprises the
best lands. the second class The next best,
and IN" fhiri CilsS the poorest
On all lands OF the first class there viii
ne a tax Of so cents per acre: on all lands
of the second class. a tax Of ~ cents per
acre: on all lands Of the third class. tax
of l. cents per acre. Each municipal cor
prra'iou Is ordered 20 appoint a classifying
commission. which win select suhcommfs-
>iouS in the different dist rictS of each town.
ship. these Su0eOmmiS iSsi0rS 10 report TO
the classi' wing commission on the class of
l-ns!s in ;heir respective districts.
Evening star., 1899-02-09

List of the General and STAFF
Officers,


A list of the general and staff officers
on duty in the Philippines, prepared at the
War Department, is of interest at this
time. They as follows:
Major Generals E. s. Otis, military gov
ernor; Thomas NJ. Anderson and Arthur
Macarthur.
Brigadier Genel ais M. p. Miller COM
manding the troops at Iloilo Ii. G. OTIS
r. p. Hughes, Samuel Ovenshine, Irving
Hale, Charles King.
Lieutenant Colonel T. H. Barry. Major
Putnam b. Strong and Captains Der c.
Cabell and S. S. SaXton, all assistant ad-
jutant generals.
Major J. S Mallory, inspector general
Lieutenant Colonel E. II. Crowder, judge
advocate.
Lieutenant Colonel j. w. Pope Majors
S. r. Jones and c. A. Devoi Captains c.
c. Walcutt, A. w. Kimbau and C. C. Saw
telie, jr., all IN the quartermaster's depart
ment.
Captain ]. ]. Bradley, on special duty.
Lieutenant Colonel d. L. Brainard,
Majors S. y. Cioman and R. II. Fitzhugh,
CAPTAIN S. B. Bootes. Major William H.
Anderson, Captain S. M. Mlliken. c. d.
Coudert, Captain C. R. Krauthoff all of
the commissary department.
Captain j. B. Handy, on the staff of
General King; Captain j. f. Evans, on
duty in connection with levying duties,
H. W. Cardwell, F. S. Bourns, William
o. Owen, William D. Crosby E r. Norris,
S. o. l.. Potter, G. II. Penrose and G. F.
Shields, all surgeons, with the rank of
major.
H. C. Fitzgerald John Demeritt T. D.
Keleher. VIM. b. Rochester, jr, William
G. Gambrill. VIM. b. Schoeld J. NJ Sears,
Theodore Sternberg, all majors and addi-
tiona1 paymasters.
Lieut.. Col. C. l.. Potter and Major J. f.
Bell of the Engineer Corps. Lieut. Col. r.
f. Thompson, Captains E. A. McKenna, E.
Russell, G. E. Lawrence, 2. j. Perkins
VIM. w. Chance and G. H. Tily; First
Lieuts. F. H. Bailey, VIM. o. Bailey. A. ].
Rudd. c. E. Kilbourne and w. c. Cannon
and Second Lieut. c. II. Gordon, all of the
Signal Service.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AETERNOON.

CHANCERY SALE of VALUABLE IMPROVED
sfdkEs aNp sf,NS rhEisEs EE alSk SEMnEEb REIn
se2i s9ii,S eoS, S97. COZ AND glI PENNsYLvASiA
yEESH sa sl aavshs ssHnFRES xSb FRS Il Az xP
THE NORTnMEST CORNER OF SIXTH
By ,, decree of the Supreme Court of the District
g ssr rIusstA THE 4aifs'sfsff siSfh T DAY ." or
ss ,:ssI s 3: gisT:si s's
nss nupbsTsd respectively eos so5 s'V se7 eoo
Each of said lots viii be sold subject to. and
easS @sn rad the Fht Of ~ way the south feet Of
g sgd ths ws depts sh Of Of Is s The south
faa ssr rSh Of a Way n T. s wed BY q
District of Columbia '' VI INV
pAanS Aad On FRIDAY; ;.aa THE TENTH pay OF FEB,
| O'CLOCK PM, the undersigned win affer for sale
at puhlir auction. In front Of the premises the
by the depth thereof Of original lot No i2. In
square s6a. improved by residence No. is Sixth
said lot p In square 500, beginning at a point on
the east line Of Sixth street i4IG feet north
north the line of said street I4a4 feete thenee
east W feet to the rear line of said lot: thence
feet to the place of beginning. improved by resi-.
'rnef And o No. MSN6AY S 6tssh Tr I1Sst
FEBRUARY. A. ID; 1890. AT FOUR O'CLOCK p
NJ. the undersigned will sell public auction in
front of the premises. part of lots numbered AMI
20, in SQUIRE $40; being the east 81 feet one q,
inch of original lot numbered l. and the soufb
fourteen feet OF original lot 20. beginning for said
part OF lot 90 at the southeast OF said lot
aud running thence north TIE line of said lot
fourteen feet; thence west seventy five feet one
inch: thence south fourteen feet: thence .nst
seVenty-hve feet one inch. to the plnce of begin.
ming, together with the improvements thereon
Terms of sale: One~third of the purchase money
in cash and the balance in equal inst allments
payable In one and two years from day OF sale
with SIX per cent interest. payable mi-apuu.IIr
secured by deed Of trust upon the properly soj.i
r ali cash. at the option of the purchaser ~
conveyanclng, recording and revenue STAMPS at the
cost of the purchaser. A deposit OF two hundred
dollars Will he required at the time of sale upon
each lot sold. Terms of sale to he complied with
within fifteen days from the day of sale
JOSEPH ]. DARLINGTON
40 9Th street,
LEON TOBRINER,
Equity building
Trustees.
DUNC3NSON BROS, AuctfnDeers taof-dSds
Evening star., 1899-02-09

Co. Oregon, ny health was very poor. had
been troubled or aDou. eight years with female
disels-- dO-tCrSd with good physicians but
Obtalued no rSlcf 50 wrote 10 the Worlds Dis
pcus1Ty Medical Association and was advised
10 take Dr. Pi~rce's Favcrite Prescription aud
Golden Medical Discovery 1 did So and am
happy 10 say r1y health began to improve and
did my WORK up 10 the last. and felt splendid.
&" I got along finely during confinement and
have the bcalthieSt baby ever saw. When lie
was three months old he weighed eighteen
pounds: he Is now seven months old and weighs
twcuty-four pounds. I can say I have had no
return of my old troubles l thank YOU very
much for the good you have done me-
Any woman may write to DIR. R. v.
Pierce, OF Buffalo, n. ", statement of
her case, which will be considered in abb
solute confidence by this physician who
stands among the foremost specialists of
the century in the treatment of women's
diseases. He will send her in a plain,
sealed envelope) sound, sensible, valua-
bic advice free of all charge
DR.. Pierce's great thousand-page, i'll
Illustrated Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser will be sent free, paper-bound for
2I one-Cent stamps, to pay the cost of
mailing only, OF cloth bound for 81
staLIpS.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
pUNcAN-oN BROS. AuCTiuXEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE CT IMPROVED REAL ES-
TATE. No CGO ACKER STREET NORTH
EAST.
BY virtue of , cerr1ir deed Of tr-st to US dated
1851 folio 2G6 ct seq Of The land records of the
District Of Coumbia aud NJ th, request Of tho
lariy secured l1' til ). We, she uudeI gne trls-
tees. VII sell. at pullc HGcii,n, in 'front.' II the
FEBRUARY. AID. 1S9. AT HsLF-PAST FOUR
o CLOCK PM. the following described land and
premises, situate In the city of Washington in
the District Columbia. aud signated ms ana
square SCI pc plat recorded IN I-!ber Is folio
45. II the recor;s 4 the Office of the surveyor of
the District Of Colrabia. the said lot having a
frontage Acker street of I6 feet and a depfh of
story brick dwelling house.
Terms Of -: Dne-tfird Of the purchase money
TO be paid in cash and the balance In two equal
instaIlments. payable in and TWO years with
annually from lay of sale. secured hy deed Of
trust upon the property sold. al cash, az the
option Of the purchase. A deposit Of Slo0 will be
required Of The purchaser at ihr time of sale All
conveyancinG. recording STAMPS and natariaI fees
at the cost Of the purchase Terms II sale 10 be
complied with within ten days f!um day OF gale
otherwise the trustees the right 10 resell
the property at the risk and of the defauling
purchaser, after five days adyerris isement.
MAHL0N ASHFORD. Trustee.
CONSTANTINE II WV ,AfSON Trustee
Address, 47O La. ave. NV
NATHT WILSON Attorney fsr party secured
No. 622-624 + st. NV ia25-d&ds
yTHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED UNTIL
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY Fol FIFTEENTH. 1899 at
QUARTER-PAST THREE O'CLOCK PM. at the
same place.
MAHLON ASHFORD.
CONSTANTINE IL. WILLIAMSON,
NATH'L WILSON. Attorney for party secured
feS-dts
Evening star., 1899-02-09
Young Tai Entitled to Admission

Solicitor General Richards has rendered
an opinion in the case of a Chinese restau-
Iant keeper named Young Tai, in which II
is recitedsthat in 1893 the Treasury Depart
ment held that Chinese persons who are
proprietors of restaurants in this country
are not laooreFs WITHIN the meaning of the
exclusion act, and hence after leaving this
country may not re-enter 1t. In November
1898, in view of several decisions by the
courts on the question. contrary view wa
taken and the ruling of the department was
changed accordingly. The question at issue
is whether Young Tai, who left the United
States while the former ruling was in force.
is now entitled TO land. Mr.. Richards holds
That he Is.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
AUCTION SALES.
UMURftoN
WALLER II. WILLIAMS d CO., AUCTIoNEERS
CHANCERY SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY IN
ANACQSIIA

by virtue Of a decree Of the Supreme Court Of
the District OF Columbia. passed In equity cause
No Iuoi3, Joseph Miller ct al. Geuige 4. NH
ler .t al. the undersigned trustee win sell at pub
lie auction, In 1font OF the premises, FRIDAY,
fEbhUAhf TENTH, 1889, AT -FOUR 0'Ci OCk
IN. Edwin u. Hay, trustees. subdivision of lots
eighty iour ts4t, eighty 1885, eighty tsS, and
eignty seven to.i. IN secticn twenty-six t26 IN
Ahacostla, ID C.. the same being improved by
ttaule dwelling houses
Terms OF sale: One-third In cash, and the bal
Hnee III one AUG two years ttum date OF sale, for
which the notes Of the purchaser must be given
with Interest. payable semi annually at th. rate
Of siS per ceptum per anI-um until paid and Sc
cured by deed OF trust on the property Sold all
cash, at the purchasers option. A deposit OF SlUu
Wili he required at time Of sale on each lot All
conseyancing. acknowledging and recording at pur-
chaser : cost III the terms VI sale are not coFn-
Piled with In fifteen days from day of sale the
trustee reserves the right 10 resell at the risk
and cost OF the defaultlng purchaser. after three
days lublic notice. EDWIN B. HAY. Trustee
tel-d&ds 1I25 New York ave.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
CARNEGiE's OFFER TO ATLANTA.
Will Give S1OG.G0O for Library Under
Certain Con,litions

Andrew Carnegie has offered the CITY of
Atlanta 100000 for free public library.
the conditions being that the city furnish
the site and devote 5000 a year to the
maintenance of the institution.
The tender was made through the Young
Mems Library ASSOCIATE ton, one of its d-
rectors. W. NJ Kelly, having brought the
matter to Mr.. Carnegie's attention some time
ago. The library association will appoint a
committee to lay the matter before the city
council at its next meeting.
Mr.. Aaron French of Pittsburg, who re-
Gently gave $10,00O to the Georgia School of
Technology, IS expected at Atlanta next
month al the opening of the school and has
invited Mr.. Carnegie to accompany him.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
FITCH, FOX & BROWN,
REAL. ESTATE BRoHERS.
LOG q STREET Y "
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE TNIAIrROyED
REAL ESTATE ON MASSACHUSETTS, AVE
ME NORTHEAST


TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE UN1MrRoyED
REAL ESTATE ON MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Me NORTHEAST
BY virtue of certain deed of trust bearing
date May - 1896. and recorded In Liber No. 2l3I
folio ia ct Seq. Of the land records of the bis
secured thereby, we Will sell, public auction. in
front OF the premises. TUESDAY. JANUARY
JHIRI 1-tlRSf, 4. ID. 1899. At A QUARTER
fASf fttR oCl&RK Pm. the following de
scrihed real estate. situate In the city Of Wash
inEton. District CT Columbia. Ia wit: Lot number
ed icrty-fix ti6l. In John F. 0lInstead and B. II
Warner. trustees. subdivision Of lots In square
numbered seven hundred aud twenty three t1o3l as
ler plat recorded in Lber IA. folio 1852 Of the rec
ords Of the office Of the surveyor of the District Of
Coli mhia
Terms of sale One-third of the purchase money
and expenses Of sale 10 he paid in cash balance IN
one and tHD. years with interest AT six tf3 per
cent Per aHRum. pa! able sem! annually secured by
oeeu ol nnSt On tht property sold. ~ all cash at
the option Of the purchaser \ deposit of 5000 will
I've complied with within ten days or the proparty
VIII be resold al the risk ard OF the sefault-
ing purchaser. All conveyancug and revenue
stamps TO be at purchasers cost.
GEO W. BROWN
H /. EtS'r Tr-,staes
DUNCANSON BROS. AUCTI0NEERS jal9-eots
gyTHE AROvE S,Ir - POSTPONED rNTII.
MONDAY FEBRUARY SMITH. 1883 AT A QUAR-
TER OF FIVE O'CLOCK PM, on account of the
weather. GEO. W. BROWN
fel-d&ds l.. RUST. Trustees
GETfE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED on AC-
count Of the weather. until FRIDAY, FERIttARl
TENTH. 1889 AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM. at the
same place.
GEO. W BROWN.
- II. L. RUST, Trustees
DCNCANSoN BROS. Auctioneers fcG-d&ds