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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

state OF Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
george u. Tzschuck, secretary OF The Bee
fuolisninB Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number Of fun and
Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF FEBRUARY. 1872. was as folloMsi
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

Philadelphia Record: This seems to be
a lawless town." remarked the stranger.
"Lawless!" echoed Hattlesnake Pete.
wall, now, we hey lynch law an mob
law an civil law. No, pardner. l wouldn't
call this q lawless town"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

Richmond Dispatch: This system of BIZ
partisan boards is something comparatively
new in municipal government. isn't it?"
Yes. You see. in the olden times you
couldn't buy partisans as easily as you
can today"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
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Daily Bee and Sunday, One Near........ 500
Illustrated Bee, one ear..............' 2.VJ
sunday Bee, one e E.W
Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year. lO
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Daily Bee without sunday, per copy. &c
Daily Bee without sunday, per week: ...Zc
Daily Bee Including Sunday, per week. lie
Evening Bee without Sunday, per week lOo
Evening Bee Including Sunday) per.
week o sl0c
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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31
CHAPTER 1.

A man with unsteady legs and buzzing
brain lost $500 in a saloon and was
taken to the city jail until he could
sober up. The saloon was closed by the
police and the bartender placed behind
iron bars.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

Senator Hanna gave a dinner last satur-
day night at the Arlington to the Gridiron
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

Chicago Tribune: 81 am afraid we shall
grapher said. "You moved your head a
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

Boston Transcript; why did you leave
your last placer
ut was SO dull" replied the maid. THE
master and mistress agreed perfectly. ana
never a thing came up for the servants TO
gossip about"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

A TALL OF WOE IN THREE CHAPTERS
An awful. awful tale has been un
folded by the double-headed DAILY Vel
low" of these parts.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

II did 1t on purpose replied the sitter.
the dog In her lap. II want to
make Il plain That F1do Is the principal
in the picture"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31

Philadelphia Press: II wonder" said the
clerk. that the star boarder does not
against having TO carve those tough
foasts, even II he Is laying siege to the
heart of our wealthy landlady."
"Perhabs," suggested the insurance man,
''he is willing TO encounter any obstacle
while he is carving his way to fortune
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nsss Of the hour At which tbs performance
" over. This season the entr' actee have
been longer than ever, although the stage
management s rule vastly improved.
home and during the present season some
OF the operas have lasted much later. So
there is more excuse for leaving early
than for arriving after the first act l. over.
+. q. Latham, Maurice Grau's assistant,
Re hs. snsEested that the shorter operas:
and La Traviata.' should lie begun at $40
In order that the audience might arrive
on time. But there il the likelihood that
even with this concession the arrivals
would be as late as ever.
This year the direction has begun
sort Of educational propaganda for the
subscribers which is certain to have some
good results. On the programme thero
Is synopsis Of the plot when possible.
The idea Is TO interest the public in the
dramatic side Of the opera.
The plots Of the Wagner operas are gem
orally known. Walter Damrosch and II
host Of Others have lsctured about them
and explained them until there Is no excuse
Tor the man or woman who is Ignorant on
the subject of the Wat ner operas. But
Rossini. Mozart and Puccini, so the au..
diences at the Metropolitan are puzzled
by such operas OF intrigue as I'll Barbiere
di Seviglia. lie Nozze de- Figaro" and
other comedies In which one cannot UNDER
stand the story and the emotions merely
by watching the action. Aida -LAf-
ricaine' and similar operas may be
understood more or less merely by watch
ing the movements OF the singers. One
can recognize by their acting such ele-
mentary feelings as love, hat red and similaR
emotions. But Ia La Robcme, for instance,
knowledge of the plot il quite necessary.
A knowled ,e Of the librettos of the opera
will do more toward bringing the audience
early to the theatre and keeping il late than
anvthing else in he world. SO Charles
Meltyer's new departure may have a LAST
ing effect on New York Operag0ers.
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Finally, when asked 10 do so by the Mayor
or the Board of Aldermen, as 1t Is frequently
the commissi m must pass upon all de-
signs Of mum ,ipal buildings, bridges,
approaches, gates, fences, lamps or any
other structures placed upon public land
and any arches or other structures which
are the property OF individuals or corpora
tons and which extend over or upon any
street, park or any. other public place.
In all cases the commissions disap-
proval Of plans is final and all that can be
done is TO try a new SGT. or drop the project
in hand altogether, Proceeding without
the commissions approval means that the
contractor will work Tor nothing.
For instance, II the designs for public
81 rlicture costing several millions Of dollars
should be dsapproved by the commission
and the contractor should proceed to carry
them out, or il he should omit TO submit
the plans to the commission. the payment
Of any money to him under his contract
would be illegal. and any city official doing
so would be guilty OF Incorporating
funds
II is bv ex"rc sing this power Of veto
that the commission is heDing to beautify
tho CITY. II kent the Soldiers and Sailors
Monument Committee marching about for
site for tina, monument, disappearing one
after another until the appropriate spot
on Riverside Drive, IN which its beauty is
10 we'll displaved, was chosen,
II killed recently the project for ex-
tending the old Tweed County Court House
to within few feet of the City Hall. to the
utter ruin OF the park around, u has kept
numberless inappropriate monuments and
structures OF various kinds from being
erected in the Plaza To the detriment OF
the whole scheme OF Central Park.
Maybe. some day, n project will be
launched TO move the chubby statue OF
a goo-goo eyed Burns having III and the
remarkable figure Of FitA Greene Halleck
after having one, from the Mall in Central
Park, and then the commission will steadily
disapprove new sites for them until they
are shunted away into some quiet corner
where they won't be missed.
The Gov statue has been moved out OF
its old station in A4,o p are under ~
str o. subway cons uctio0. Mayb,
ther''ll be a less conspicuous nook for
that too
In the opinion Of the art commissioners
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report, soon to be submit ed, the suggestion
OF the principal other unofficial bodies tn
terested in making New York a beautiful
place to live in.
The commission came int being will the
formation OF the Greater City. Its powers
Of v 10 were extensive, but II had neither
Iunos nor quarters for the performance Of a
great amount OF work. II held meetings
wherever 1t was convenient and it's records
were kept by a volunteer secretary.
Two years ago, when the Legislature gave
power TO the cities OF the first class TO spend
not more than SO 600 year IN the purchase
Of works of art produced by citizens Of the
United States. IL provided that the mGni'.:pal
art commissions in such cities should do
the purchasing Then with this year.
came INTO effect the revised c artcr which
extended the powers OF the commission and
left II with tie sole say-so as TO what the
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OLD AFRICAN GOLD MINES.
Evidences Of Extensive Operations Carried
on Many Years Age.
From the rou,h's Comprnioa

Rhodesia, or British Zamhesia ranks
among the chief gold-bcaring countries OF
the world. The ancients mined and carried
away enormous quantities Of the precious
metal. b,it under the scientific mining systems
Of the present day their operations viii bs
greatly surpassed. In the recently published
work on the Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia,'
the authors, Messrs, Hall and Neal. cndeavor
70 discover who the ancients were and WHITTIER
the gold went.
Perhaps Phodesia was the ancient land
of Ophir, the land OF the mysterious King
Solomons mines. but I'll" theory Is strongly
'omhated by some invcsti gators. The an
Gent gold workings are the basis OF modern
workings For every ten square mites OF
Rhodesia there was one ancient mine. that IL,
there are S.oo0 old holes which means that
a sturendous wealth was dug out of the
earth before the DAYS OF Cecil Rhodes Much
OF this wealth must have gone to tn. npr.h
and east; il WIS probably wrought into tho
crown Of the Q i~en of Shcba and filed tho
Golfers ri Solomon.
The ancient smelling furnaces are sim
easy TO recognize, They are sunk into tho
door, The furnace blowpipcs are made ~
the finest granite-powdcr cement. ard tho
noz,les Of the blowpip~s are covered with
spla.hss Of gold Tho Innings of the hole,
are covered with sp"cks of cold. Wbsn
the first lining became worn ~ 'he heat,
n fresh lining of cement OF an eS,cllcp,
quality. which has outln stcd time, WI,
sm.ared round on ton OF the old lining Ono
cCn take an old l,ning. split of the myers
With knife and ind gold spla shes IN abs rs.
ancr.
Apparently the ancients wn.t,d gold Inv.
,shly, Gold has been found IN lar 60 tl,,untl.
ties IN the form cf pellets ~ lnr ~ us huck.
shot In the vicinity Of tho furnaces and also
thrown away on the debris beans ont side Of
tho old buildings
Tie tools OF the nrccnt workers whic,
have 40 far been discovered includ" q small
sonpstone hsn.mst and hVrn,-h;ne >,onos
or WnteT-worn rock. to which GOLD AIN adj
heres. There are evidences hat tho nnricut&
carried on an extensive industry ~ the nIant,-
tnc'urc OF gold ornaments and utensils,
Thrty-flve thousand dollars worth OF gold
ornaments have hsen taken W tho last Ave
years from The ruins Of Ma labrlal nd slopA
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The most remarks able evidence Of artistic
merit In public buildings unGer the lew
system OF supervision is to be seen in
the sculptu es for the in, erior II the
new Hall Of Records in Chambers street 4.
which. when it il opened, will be one of the
most beautifully decorated buildings in
tn, city.
Four Of these sculptures recently ap-
PROVED by the at G mmssion represent
the S asons Winter is shown with his
long beard blowing In the wind. S ring, a
woman's figure raising nor MAJ le from
her h ad as II awakening S miner with Ian
guild mien ana Aut umn crowned with fruit
a d corn. These TOUR figures have been
gel. orally admired by the few who have
seen them as samples Of what can be done
under proper supervision in the way OF
municipal decorat ion.
As ali example Of what can be expecte ed
in more elal crate buLdi Is still, the plans
for he new G llege Of tie City Of New York.
whioh We" approved by the commission
only asst T Iesday. have oeen greatly adj
mired. Mhen the college il ill on It's new
site on Morningside Heights 4 will be one
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themselves, though. It 10 not In the num-
Der Of inartistio and inappropriate plans
they have condemned that their usefulness
has been best shown. 20 much as In the fact
that the commission exists'at all and has
a veto power. They believe that the mere
fact that plans for public structures must
now 60 before q committee OF art experts
has led to raising the standard Of artistic
merit In New York.
Many others who are not experts believe
seen in the public structures. big and little.
erected here in the last ycar or two. The
new public uhs are declared TO be model
struct ures OF their kind. Little things
Ike the electric light standard reproduced
mere and soon to be generally placed
as artistic models in any other city in the
world.
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" was not engaged In the hi slness Of liquor
dealer The court In this opinion has over
ridden the decisions OF the Supreme Court OF
Iowa
The packages OF liquor were sent nv n liquor
house ~ Dallas. III to parties at Birmingham.
q ID TIE cXp;oss company was indicted
tis q verfmen' tllmij & title MAS trans
f".rri Ia tie company when it received
{. o u. packages. Judge McPherson In his
opinion says:
The only quest ion to be onsdered In the
case is where and by whom thu liquor was sold
II in Illinois. the court Is without jurisdiction
II by the Dallas company In Iowa, then the
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grand jury has erred In ma :nins .he defenda nj
in the indictment. Did the Adams Express
company carry on the business of liquor dealer
In Iowa.
exact carrying charges In advance or IL
may waive prepayment OF such charges in
which event u has lien on such merchandise,
consis 80 removes the lien In such eases
the carrier has no interest or profit In the
ceives no commission for the sale OF the
liquor
Judge Mcpherson holds that the title TO
the liquors passed from the Dallas compa ny
TO the consigDees when they we're deposited
IN the express oflce at Dallas.
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Of the handsomest of the city's buildings.
and it's fine situation will increase its
beauties.
Every one OF the group OF buildings to
comprise the college has been 40 treated
that II adds beauty to the whole The
power house would pass for cathedral
In comparison with such structures built
on the plan on which they used TO be made.
Caution is necessary, of course, to insure
that the buildings shall not be remarkable
only for their beauty since they have been
erected for use, but the laymen on the
commission. who are neither artists nor
sculptors nor archit ects. see 10 that.
In the present year 40 lar the Art Com
mission has passed upon ff,y-five sets Of
plans for different structures. II has now
Under consideration the decorations for
the Williamsburg Bridge and plans for The
embcllishment Of several important build
ings, Yet it was august Aug. last before the
commission had an ONCE OF us own. ~
mitted for nally to the MAYOR by the COM
mission. In it yoi,A De Wit Warner. the
,nissnn sums up the record of what has
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gxpress Company Carrying Liquor Not
Dealer,
From n. Dies Moines Rooster

From the Des Noints R.0isier
KEoKUK, Ia. Dec, 90 Judge Mcpherson
of the Federal Court handed down to-day an
opinion In the case of the United states vs.
the Adams Express Company, in which the cor
poration was indicted for carrying on the bust
ness Of a retail liquor dealer without having
maid the special tax as required b. law The
FEDERAL Court in its opinion holds that the
express company Is only an agent ofthe VEN
ders In carrying liquors and collecting and
returning the money.
~ tbs express company did not sell liquors
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MAKING THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT THE ART COMMISSION rs
DOING FOR NEW YORK.
Ne More MonstrOsities In Buildings and
Statues Coming In TO Jolt the Nerves
q Artistic Foiks-Stcady lmprON ement
IN the Quality Of New structures.

Statues C0mlng In to Jolt the Nerves
q Artistie Foiks-Stcady lmprO, ement
In the Quality Of New structures.
AE-w Yorker who il sensitive about artis-
&c nAtters was passing through t.ty Hall
Park few days ago He cast severe
and dlsa pproving glance over the late Mr..
Twsed's twelvc-millior- dollar c )unty Court
House, and said:
Thank Heaven, we can never again have
foisted upon this city such monsr rosty a.
that
And why notr' was asked
Because" said the sensitive New Yorker,
we have Municipal Art Commission
whose business it is to prevent the ctys
money being spent in outraging the senses
Of its citizens
II II not everybody whose feelings are so
badly jolted by the marble Court II )use.
now mellowed by time and softened by
its Int y adornment of ciinging vines. Many
have never heard of or have forgotten the
millions Of public money put in it and few
cara now. Besides that. there are more
cases Of artistic sinfulne.s among the city's
Possessions.
But IL il true that the city is rapidly
getting rid of its public eyesores and that
the public money is not being spent in
acquiring any more And the credit for this
can be laid to the Municipal Art Com
mission.
The commission il now four or five years
old and its powers have been extended until
II 10 an important institution in the city
government. But a. nobody can point to
any single building or work Of art aud say
The Municipal Art Commission designed
this, or The Arr Commission gave the city
that, a great many people who read about
it's objections to this or that undertaking
ask at times What has the commission
ever done in the way of beautifying the
city1
Those who are versed in such things
agree that the commission has done a great
deak even if the Bolivar statue does still
des@crate Central Park and other monst rosi-
ties Of long standing still trespass upon the
city's hospitality But VIVA, the commission
has done is general rather than particular.
and negative rather than positive.
For instance, the stree I signs we are getting
by slow degrees in the principal paris Of
the city, lift hadn't been tor the commission.
might have been lkc this
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and the president of the Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Scio,ces, one painter, one
sculptor, and one architect and three other
members, none of whom can be a member OF
anv profess on in the fine arts. None Of
them is plid for his serv ce..
No work OF art can become the property
of the city unless the Municipal Art Com
mission approves it, and also approves the
site suggested for it, No work Of art in
the city's possession can be moved without
permission OF the commission. Besides
this. the commission has power to disap.
prove the plans for any building erected
by the city at a greater cost than a million
dollars, and unless such plans are approved
by the commission, payments on the
contract are illegal.
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been done by saving;
while a major.
jty of the plans
have been approved
as submitted. in q
number OF instah-
ces the commission
h as disapproved
In part or in whole
In most instances
amended plans have
sen submitted;
in others such are
being perfected. and
without excep; lon
these show a marked
Improvement. con-
O fred in as such by
the original design
ers. The commits
sion fsels. therefore,
that its work has
been successful In
securing a higher
est hetic standard
for city structures.
Tho require ment
OF the Charter that
approval 90 secured
before structures
could be erect ed
and the knowledge
upon the part OF
the designers tina,
plans would not be
approved which did
not possess artist ic
mort have also had
an indirect effect.
Those intending
to submit designs TO
the commission have
naturally been desir-
Gus that their plans
should be Of such
merit asto command
approval without
amendment. Con-
sequently greater
care is being taken
in the preparation
81 cicsigiis,i.-n ever
basl1a m hp eas..
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-04
GOOD MINE
Coal Mine at Five Fingers
 Capable of Big Output

E. w. Reynolds, miner who has been working In Mlller's coal mine at Five Fingers mushed over the trail, vesterdsy and is stopping at the Mlzpah. Mr. Rey- holds says that the tunnel enters the vein on the river bank and goes through three feet of coal which lays in blanket at an eighteen degree slope. The tunnel has been driven one hundred and eightv-three feet and at the end the blanket Is four feet thick. Four miners are working double shift to drive two hundred feet more SO that large crew may be put on In the spring to make a big output. One eon' tract that Is already made calls for 6.ooo tons.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-04
MAGPIES
Intellectual Program for
 Meeting of February. =.

Response to roll eall-Nimes Of towns of Alaska.
 Current Toples-Jullet Tanner.
 History.
 [. Paper on ketchikan-Heen C. Reed. 2. Paper on Wrangel-Anna D. OtE- mer.
 !. Paper on Juneau Martha B. Keller
 Review.
 4. In what wear and what point dli the trst white mn land in Al'ska?
 Geographv.
 IN ame the largest river flowing into the Alexander Archipelago. ?. N me the most important bays. straits and channels of this group of islands. !. Where Is Sentinel island and why Is it attracting such attention at the present tlmel
 4. What Is the highest mountain of the Alex lndsr Archipellgo1
 The MaepIes club will meet at the resi- dence of Mrs. Milllken on Sth street on Saturday Feb. 8. at o'clock D. m. Mrs. N. B. Clemenger has charge ot the subscription list of club literary natter such as "Coueet English;" "Club Woman" &e. Selections haN c been made by members for club use and home reading All members, wishing to subscribe will please call at the residence of N. B. Clem- enger on or before the 18th of February and leave price of subscription.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-04
INLAND WEATHER
Photographic Advioes of Climatic Conditions From Interior Points.

Skagwav, Feb. }, - The following is the weather report for points between here and Dawson at Sa. m:
 Skagway-Light snow, wind, 2S above White HorSe-Cloudy, calm, 10 above. Lower LaBarge-Cloudv, calm. 10 above Shesley-Cloudv, wind 3 above. Telegraph Creek-Light snow, ealmi mild Nal<ina-Snowlng strong wind. O. Nlhln-Cloudy, wind O. Pike Rlver-Snowlng, calm, above. Atlin- Showing, calm, G above. Five Fingers-Cloudy, calm, I2 below. Stewart-Cloudv, calm, SS below. Ogilvle-Cloudy, calm 10 below. Selw yn-Cloudy. calm 22 below. Dawson Cloudy. IS below. Biz Sllmon-Cloudy. calm, below.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-04
WERE FROM BELGIUM
Party of rhree Arrivo on Farallon
 Bound for Dawson.

On the Fdrallon Sunday was party Of three direct from Belgium and bound for Dawson, The three were just five weeks en route to Skagwav and lost several days in New York, Chicago and Seattle. They left yesterday morning for White Horse thence to Dawson. Those in the party were Mir. and Mrs. Louis Duplaine and Miss Duplaine.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-04
A Fine Line of Groceries.

Special reduction on all holiday goods: We have in stock all the latest packs oi canned fruits, preserves, jams and JellleS:. New crop oranges and nuts. Lots oi candy; cluster rasins; best butter and eggs for the least monty, of any place In town.
 Navel oranges 2s 10 soc per doz' Mixed nuts IS 10 25c per 10. Fresh eggs l5e per doz.
 Yakima butter 3se per 10. Jams and jelles 75 to BOG, ;, Remember we are always well stocked and can supply vtur wants on short notice.
 FRANKS GROCERY,
 Cor. State and Ninth.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-04
UP STAIRS
Recorder and Clerk of Court
 In New Office

Mrs. Mcclellan, clerk of ths U. 5. dls- trct court and recorder for Skagwav dis trict, Is now established In her brand new office, up stairs in the court house.
 Commissioner Rogers is still occupying his quarters on the lower floor, and will remain there until the construction of the iail obliges him to move to the other side of the hall.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-02-04
Sprnined Ankle

As basket ball gladiator Charley De- succa Is hors de combat. At a practice game yesterday, he sprsined two of the ligIments in his leg. He Is about but his limb Is in splnts.