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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples ON the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.

Ripplea on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.
A writer in the Saturday Evening Post
tells how money is burned in New York
and how quickly fortunes are made in the
big city outside Of Wall street. .Easy
comes. easy goes" as the saying is, is
aptly illustrated by one Incident related.
A woman passing a show window in the
shopping district saw, a gown that struck
her fancy, In. seven and a half minutes
she had purchased the gown and was about
to enter her. carriage, when she bethought
herself to ask the price.
Seventeen hundred dollars" sweetly
answered the saleswoman.
The purchaser hesitated q moment and
replied, "All right; be sure, and get 1t
around early" The whole transaction
occupied barely ten minutes.
1t is the era OF burning money, says the
writer. There are bonfres on every cor
ner of Fifth avenue, from twenty third
street to Forty-second, and they are being
fed with greenbacks at a rate hat would
have made the Nancients, fabled for their
luxury, stare and write themselves down
~novices. This dress transaction that l have
attempted to describe is simply an Incl
dent, and q very small and unimportant
one; an incident that is repeating itself
in scores Of shops every day. almost every
hour Of every day. In the jewelers., the
florists, the .furnisher's; everywhere 1t is
the same. Ask any tradesman In the
fashionable district which Hes along Fifth
avenue, and, If he knows you well enough.
he will tell you that his sales have in
creased so per cent during the last
eighteen months and that his prices have
gone up in proportion.
On a nasty, rainy morning / was stand
ing in a jewelers. store on Fifth avenue.
The place was about eighteen feet wide and
something like twenty-five feet deep. II
would not have made more than a fair
sized bedroom in the home OF a prosperous
country merchant. Business was evidently
dull. i
Trade isn't rushing2% 1 suggested to the
proprietor.
"oh, no; not this morning" he answered
cheerfully; "the ladies are not fond OF com
ing out in wet weather even in carriages
"And expenses go onr' .
Eyes, but who minds expenses when times
are what they are todayI We pay an an
nual rental of 1000 for this place. A few
years ago Il would have gone begging n
So, 900. At this moment. II l should indicate
to the landlord that l consider the rent toe
high. OF that I am In any way displeased,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Chief of Police Donahue's dance cen
sorship has already resulted in bringing
down on one recaleitrant "A fine OF gen
erous proportions. A quick step into the
police court and a lock step into Jail
beats the cakewalk all hollow and
leaves the Chicago glide limping behind.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

The Chinese government has dis
missed a large number of professors
from the imperial universities on the
ground that the money is needed for
the elementary schools. John China
man may be behind the times on some
things, but he certainly hits on a good
idea once in a while.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Fort Crook is put down on the list of
army stations as a permanent post for
the accommodation OF twelve infantry
companies. Fort Crook has not been
utilized to its full capacity since the
war with Spain was concluded. When
the troops come TO be permanently as
signed regard for their comfort will
give Fort Crook a full quota.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

A British subject has obtained a judg-
ment for SANDER against a member of
Parliament on account of language used
in debate In the House OF Commons. If
members Of congress in this country
were similarly liable many of the sky
rocket speeches made would lack much
of their present ginger.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13
Hard ID Tor Issues.
r-ndlanapolis Journal.

IHuihIidpUfIS -JOuHH""
Senator Jones, chairman OF the demo-
cratic national committee, is quoted as ay-
ing that the paramount issue Of the demo-
cratic party for the next few years will be
anti-imperialism, because this is the only
issue on which the party can be united. A
party is In hard lines when It can only be
united In opposition to the growth OF the
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13
Senatorial Inconsistency.
San Francisco Call.

Sdu rTdhcAsCo Coh
While some OF the senators have been
very indignant about the alleged press CEN
sorship at Manila, they exercise a very
rigid censorship over the Congressional
Record so far as their own proceedings
are concerned. and most Of the really lively
parts OF their debates are never published.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

II anyone imagines that the people of
Nebraska are not awake to the fact that
their interests are vitality concerned in
the ~land-leasing bills pending in con
gress. the avalanche OF expressions and
letters on the subject from all parts OF
the state should disillusion him.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Ak-Sar-Ben has organized himself into
his usual committees in preparation for
his 1902 function. Ak-Sar-Ben can give
King Edward and Prince Henry both
cards and spades for their royal dispor-
tatlons.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

The Egyptian government announces
that full international postal service is
now effective to Khartoum, Fashoda
and twenty-five other places in the Sou
dan. Progress in this direction affords
one of the best illustrations how the
darkest places in the world are being
opened to civilization.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

The Kansas City Commercial club is
again trying to cut into Omaha's trade
territory by sending an excursion party
of Kansas City business men through
southern Nebraska for the purpose of
cementing commercial relations. What
is the Omaha Commercial club going to
do ahoi1t IT 2 fat ttr
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Western banks are said to have con-
tributed $lO,OO0,o 900 TO the loanabie funds
in New York within the past week.
Conditions have changed wonderfully
within the past few years. for Il has not
been long since the west was a chronic
borrower.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

The British press expresses the hope
that the new alliance between that eoun-
try and Japan will have the support Of
the United States. Morally. this country
is likely to support the compact. as It
has repeatedly declared against any at
tack upon the integrity OF China, but
when 1t comes to alliances this country
a As coy a. a blushing maiden
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

"A man who cannot accomplish some
thing for humanity right here in Omaha
cannot accomplish anything anywhere"
declares an eminent visiting lecturer.
This hits the nail ON the head.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

When a ball player steals a base the
crowd cheers, but when Jerry Mccarthy
quit base stealing and appropriated some
diamonds they sent him to the peniten-
tiary. Queer world this.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

The Chinese consul at San Francisco
is buying a large number of fine race
horses and will trx for a reputation on
the track. If the limit in the fan tan
game is too low to allow him to get rid
of his money the race track may be de-
pended on to help him out of his diff
Guilty. s gcr Sc
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Thieves broke into the Office of an
iowa democratic weekly and stole forty
pages Of editorial manuscript. The
weight of the matter would indicate that
the robber must have used a wagon to
carry of his plumber.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

II there is no other way of settling the
differences between European nations as
10 which was the real friend Of the
United States during and before the
wa with Spain, The Hague tribunal
might be called in to arbitrate the dis
~..,fo M
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

II the advance agents of st. Paul's
auditorium have not learned all they
want to know about erecting such build
ings on their first trip to Omaha, they
are cordially invited to come again
later.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

The head of the family now has forty
days of retrenchment in which to ac-
cumulate a sinking fund to llquidate the
new Easter hat.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

The internal war inside the local Boer
relief, organization may give an opening
for friendly Intervention without going
all the way to South Africa.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13
Dreams
Chicaro Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
DR.. e. Benjamin Andrews is sure there
will be a war between the United States
and Russia before long. h doctor, we
fear, has been eating too much pie again.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13
An Easy Proposition.

Cincinnati commercial.
Adlai Stevenson insists that the demo-
cratic party must present q united front.
AS the front Of the party is all bust. the
thing oughtn't to be SO difncult as might
he imagined.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Prof. George Gum of Lexington has
gone to the Philippines. This is the type
of weapon which will ultimately settle
the Philippine question.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

or that 1 desire to r~eiinduish my lease, he
would rent it over my head inside Of an
hour at an increase Of anywhere from 10 TO
SO per cent. II IL practically impossible to
find q street store location on Firm avenue
today and even the upper doors are held at
figures that would make country people
stare A building wtth a twenty-nve-foot
front will bring, In a years rent for a sin
gle upper story, more money than one
would get for the outright sale Of the or
binary store property In many cities. II is
simply a question OF what landlords have
the conscience to ask. would-be tenants
are clamoring at their doorsteps."
There. is a piece OF unimproved property
near Thirty-second street, on Fifth avenue,
on witch stands an old fashaoued dwelling
house, one Of the few that remain in that
section. Il has a frontage of twenty-five
feet and q depth Of less than a hundred.
It is owned by a wealthy tailor, who bought
Il some years ago on speculation fcr $4,000.
Today he holds Il at S200.000 He has de-
clined an offer OF $4,000 a year for ground
rent. or more than $500 a front foot. He
wants $4,000, and he will get IL and in
addition will get a rental equal TO 10 per
cent per anRum for all improvements. AZ
the old building will have to be torn down
and a new one erected for business pur-
poses. at an expense OF perhaps $4,000, this
means that the property will bring, in
rents, when improved. 31s 1000 . year under
q ten-years' lease, or an assured income
Of $3.50, 600 on an Investment Of less than
$4,000. a-N-,
That is the way fortunes are being made
in New York real estate. And the boom is
by no means confined 20 Fifth avenue. Il
extends through oil the side streets. and Is
even stronger on certain sections Of Broad
way than 1t Is IN the district I have men
toned. A conservative estimate shows
that the property from Twepty-third street
to Forty-seventh street, between Filth ave-
nue. and Seventh avenue. has enhanced in
value, within the last year, over $50, 900. 600.
This is not nere paper valuation. Rents
are being collected in proportion Pur-
chasers stand ready with good gold to snap
up every parcel that comes into the mar
ket, and the fortunate holders. who are not
inclined to sell, are besieged by a horde
OF agents, the great majority Of whom have
standing offers OF cash. It Is an ordinary
occurrence for a man owning a twenty-five
foot lot in this district to raise the price
$1,000 over night Two thousand dollars a
front foot is asked for property on the
side streets, In fair locations, and So, 900
a front foot is asked and givenS for parcels
located in particularly choice spots, as,
for example. on broadway about Herald
Square at Twenty-fourth street. and Long
acre Square at Forty-fourth street
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13
srATEMENr OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b. TEschuck. secretary Of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly SWornI
complete copies of The Daily Mornlnes
Evening and Sunday Bee printed durmg
the month OF January, 1907, was as toi-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13
IN A r MOOD.

New York Sun: II was one Of the earliest
subscribers to your fund and here you are
asking me to subscribe again"
well he who gives quickly gives twice.
you know"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

philadelphia Record: "I am at the door
coming in."~ -
A right" responded the meek man,
put you had better wipe. your feet on the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Judge: England" said the gentleman
who was leaving a well-dehned trail of his
country"
.'Tha may all be true" interrupted the
gentleman with the chin w~hiskers, "but
America ts the fathersin-law country all
right enou z
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Chicago Tribune: IT can say" observed
Uncle Allen Sparks: that I t.approye en-
ever think what a difference IL might have
made in the history of the world IL Adam
had had alchew OF tobacco in his mouth
fruit p, 49, rg-r "a 49, tSAS-SH
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13


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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Philadelphia Press: ''For two cents
cried the policeman, ansrily.Y "Td pull you
Good thing you said two" replied the
pad man, coolly, for n copper wouldn't
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Philadelphia Bulletin; Edith-I would
never marry a profane man, would you?
Mary-Mm-well, | wouldn't want to
marry one who didn't swear by me-.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-13

Philadelphia Press: "Failed7 WHY. I
thought he was getting into the very
strongest financial clique in the street"
80 he did. but 1t seems It got Into him"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
ANOTHER LECTURE AT The NORMAL.
Mr.. Harmed and His Microscope Furnish
Interesting and Entertaining In
structiOn to the Pupils.

Mr.. Harmed and His Microscope Furnish
Interesting and Entertaining In
structiOn to the Pupils.
A new feature was introduced into
the Normal School last Friday in the
form of a very interesting and highly
instructive lecture upon Science" as
revealed with the aid of the com
pound microscope.
DIR. J. E. Harmed, who delivered
the address, deserves great praise for
the entertaining and scholarly man
ner in which he initiated the students
into the realm of a world quite un-
known to great many present, en-
abling them not only to hear with the
ear but to see with the eye, and in
shilling into them a desire to learn
more and more of the mysteries and
beauties of nature.
For the benefit of the physiology
class he exhibited the corpuscles of
the blood, the fatal germs of tuber-
culosis and the blood of the frog;
for those interested in entomology,
the tongue, wing, eve and foot of the
common house fly, the beautiful
blending of the butterfly's wings and
the dreaded proboscis of the honey
bee; while for those whose tastes ran
along the line of botany he showed
the pteris, beautiful specimen of the
fern plant; the stem of the pond lily
and the pollen of the morning glory
One of the most beautiful fields of
science, that of capitalization, was
represented by crystals of salt and
bicromate of potash; also poem,
The Village Blacksmith, written
by our beloved Longfellow upon
space the size of pins head.
A vote of thanks was extended to
Mr.. Harmed and cordial invitation
to return, for of all the interesting
lectures during the normal none have
been more instructive than the one
spoken of. By it the pupils learned
there is a world of wonder about us;
that we may visit it if will, and that
it lies close to us hidden in every lit
tie plant and insect. We have only
to stretch out our hand and touch
them with the wand of inquiry and
they will answer us and reveal the
forces which govern them.
Prof. Dewitt has been untiring in
his efforts to make this year the most
interesting and beneficial to the
teachers of Garrett county and one
of the many evidences of his success
is the increasing interest of the citi-
zens of Oakland in the school. d.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22
Pacific Coast without Change.

In new Pullman ordinary" sleepers,
wide vestibuled and with every mod
ern convenience, in charge of compe-
tent agents, from Cincinnati and Chi
cago, via Louisville, New Orleans,
Houston, San Antonio, Ell Paso and
Los Angeles to San Francisco. Rates
for berths less than half of cost in
regular sleepers. For free descriptive
matter and full particulars, address
E. A. RICHTER, Travelling Passen-
ger Agent, Illinois Central Railroad,
S12 Park Building, Pittsburgh, Pa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-22

Subscribe for THEREPUBLICAN.
Evening star., 1902-03-25
MR.. MITCHELL'S PROGRAM.
President of Miners Union Will
Invoke Arbitration.

SiiAMoKIN. Pa. March 25.-President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers said
today that he has decided for the present
not to announce the names of the fourteen
NEIL selected to seek the aid OF the Civic
Federation in securing an amicable settle
ment of the differences between the mine
workers and the operators. 1t is no; at all
certain that this committee Will have oc-
cason to visit New York on a peace mis-
sion.
The program as now prepared provides for
a preliminary conference in New York be-
tween National President NJ tchelI the three
district pres -ients and the concliation com
mittee of the Civic Federation. An effort
Will bc made by these committees to ar
range meeting between the operators and
the mine workers committee of fourteen
Should the operators decline to meet the
committee there Will be necessity for its
members to visit New York. In any event
the four presidents Will report the result
of their efforts to the district executive
boarus before further action is taken.
Evening star., 1902-03-25
CREDITED WITH 13 WIVES.
C. G. Nelson, However, Says he Has
Onlv Three

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 25.-Christian
c. Nelson, railroad contractor and horse
man, alleged to have thirteen wives, Is In
Jail here on the charge of bigamy. having
Just been brought In from San Antonio.
Texas where he was arrested a few days
ago. Nelson will be tried In St. Joseph
because one Of the women most active In
hi" prosecution was married to him in this
city last September. This bride Was Mrs.
Mary A. Parker of Plattsburg, Mo. Mel
sor admits having three wives. but says
the other ten are mytha.
He is said to be wanted for bigamy In
Chicago, San Francisco, Des Moines. New
York, ST. Paul, Sumter, &C, ana Conway,
Ark His preliminary trial will be held
here before the same Justice of the peace
who solemnized his marriage with Mrs
Parker in September.
DEs MONIES. Iowa, March 25.-Mrs
Dorothy Harvey, residing In Lake Park.
this city, claims to be one OF the alleged
thirteen wives Of Christian Nelson. who Is
now under arrest at St. Joseph on q charge
Of bigamy. Nelson Wooed and wen her
just year ago. She was a widow forty
five years old. She says Nelson represented
to her that he was a wealthy horseman
and desired to take her to his big stock
farm In the east. To accommodate him
she sold her home, worth $1,000, for half
this sum and entrusted the money to him.
He departed, ostensibly to buy a span OF
horses, and was never again heard from.
Evening star., 1902-03-25
CITIZENS FIGHT FOR TRANSFERS
Hard-to-Hand Conflicts on Chicago
Traction Lines.

CHICAGO, March 2..-The citizens Of the
south end of Austin engaged the employees
of the Union and Consolidated Traction
Companies hand to hand in the fight for
universal transfers. which Judge Ball has
decided must he given.
Eighteen men, headed by W. f.. Golden
u druggist. rode back and forth on the West
Madison street lines, demanding transfers
from the trolley to the cable and back
again. They We're refused. had been cX-
pected. and the efforts of the street car
crews to eject them from the ears resulted
in two pitched battles. which tied up both
lines for some time. In the fight Golden s
back was sprained and he was otherwise
injured. None of the others was seriously
hurt. A large number of suits against the
companies are expected as one of the re-
suits Of the fight.
Evening star., 1902-03-25
PEACE ENJOYS AT woLvE HoEK
Impression That They Will Advise
General Surrender

-NOLNE HoEK, Orange River Colony,
Monday. March 2i.-The train having on
board acting President Schalk- Burger and
his parry. passed this place, on its way to
kroonstad yesterday. The Transvaal gov
ernment officials We're accompanied by Cap
tain Marker, Lord kitchcner's aid -de-camp
and five other members Of the staff of the
British commander-in-chief in South Africa.
The impression here is that the Transvaal-
erS favor a general surrender of the Boer
forces.
AMSTERDAM, March 81. Abraham
Fischer, the BOer delegate. in an interview
TODAY gives variety of reasons why the
Beers in the field should be in a mood to
continue the war rather than accept terms
less advantageous than those previously de-
manded The latest report from President
. Stein. received under date Of February ID
says:
Last year We fought hopefully: now we
are fighting with confidence not 10 the bit
ter end, but to happy end
The Boer forces have plenty Of everything
except clothing.
Evening star., 1902-03-25
SWITZERLAND AND THE SEA.
Two Projects to Connect the Two
Reported.

Two projects to connect Switzerland with
the North sea have been brought to the at
tention Of the State Department in rep )rt
form United States Consul Clifford at Basel.
made public at the State Department this
morning.
A young Swiss engineer named Geipke
proposes to accomplish the connection by
rendering the Rhine river. which flows from
Basel directly into the North sea. navigable
for freight steamers at all seasons by reg
ulating It's water level. Beginning at the
German frontier near Basel, he suggests
the construction OF fourteen dams. provided
with suitable locks. for the passage of ves-
sells. and with sluices for driving turbines
for the production of electrical power 1t
is estimated that the project would require
10000 600 to carry 1t to completion and
that the turbines would yield from 100. 600
to 10000 horsepower, which could be util-
lied by Industrial establishments In Alsace
and in the grand duchy OF Baden. The
length Of the route would be 800 miles
from Basel to Amsterdam-the latter being
the nearest port on the North sea-
The other scheme involves the construc-
ton Of single dam on the Rhine. In Swiss
territory and the connection OF Basel with
the famous Rhine Rhone canal. a branch OF
which enters the Rhine four miles below
that city.