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Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
GOOD ROADS FOR NEW YORK.
Increased Interest Results in Big
Appropriations.

The great Empire state has been wofully
deficient in one respect, says Harpers
Weekly. Its public highways and thorough
fares have not kept pace with other i'm
p~rovements of the time, and are today in
such condition that q tour from New York
to Buffalo. or in fact, between any two given
points. Is a feat not to be lightly under
taken by the man who rides or drives.
Until recently there has also been great
apathy on the part Of the very class that
Is most affected. But within the last year
or so the farmers Of the state have evinced
an interest In the subject that shows, more
plainly than anything else, the cumulative
effect OF the columns and columns OF read
ing matter that have been printed by lead
Ing journals.
The state Of New York about ave years
ago passed 3 law called the Higbie-Arm-
strong law. which provided that the state
would aid the counties and towns in build
ing and improving highways under the SUI
pervision Of the state engineer and sur
veyor. The state agreed to pay one-hal
the cost II the counties would pay So per
cent and the towns 10 per cent. Under
this law the appropriations have been as
follows on the part OF the state; In 1898,
$50, 900; 1888, $4,000; 1900. $4,000; 1901,
SAT-, 900.
This year. 1904. in the supply bill. $780,
600 has been set apart for good roads. II is
hoped that this sum will be increased to
81. 00O,0 900. The great advance made in the
appropriations under this bill shows the in
creased interest In this subject In this
state. The state engineer and surveyor re-
ported that under the Higbie- Armstrong bill
on January 1 last the counties had applill
to the state TO improve slightly over 1900
miles OF road; that hfty-nine miles had
been built; that 100 miles were under con-
tract aud that the counties and towns had
completed arrangements for building 2sl
miles, having appropriated $500 900 for this
purpose. II is because Of this large appro-
p~riation on the part of the counties and
towns that the state is urged to apprOpri-
ate 81. OO0. 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
COLLECTING MENU CARDS
Director of Comidie Franchise Has
Many from state Dinners in
the EIysee.

Copyright, 19O2. by Press Publishing Col
PARIS, April 20.-(New York World Ca
blegram-speoial Telegram.)-Among the
distinguished collectors Of menu cards in
Paris is no less a person than the director
OF the Coincide Franchise, NJ. Jules Clartie.
Possessing an intimate friend at the Palais
de LElysee, he has had the good luck to
garner in the notable menu cards aocruing
from the fetes given in recent times by
NJ. Loubet to royal guests. II appears
that the honor Of the introduction OF the
nrst illustrated menu card is given to
Nine. Carnot, who commanded It on the
occasion OF the exposition OF 1889 in Paris.
Before that time the monogram or coat
of-arms Of the presiding officers Of the
republic alone figured. NJ. Theirs refrained
even from allowing his initials TO figure
on 1t. The car of Russia and Queen
Wilhelmina have, It appears, found the
French menu cards much to their taste,
for they have carried them away with
them. But the kings OF Greece and Bel
GUM and the shah OF Persia have left
theirs on the table.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
MAN. AND WHAT'S SAID OF HIM
Rev. Hatch breaches of Reputation
and Character

Rev. Frederick A. Hatch OF Plymouth
Congregational church. Sunday morning.
took for his text the quotation from Genesis.
II heard said Of thee speaking on the
theme Reputation and Character" In part
he said:
Reputation is what is said Of a man;
character Is what a man Is. The reputa-
tion is often obtained by little merit and
must be little deserving" says Shakes
peare. Reputation is the ornament Of q
house. Character is the substantial corner
stone and underplnning.
"a good name Is Of value, but in the ef-
fort to get a good name every man 10
opposed by envy, pride and malice. Three
glib-tongued women and one idle man will
blast the best reputation Of any man In
the city. Reputation to be fair must not
be q one-sided judgment. II one has an
II reputation remember there are other
sides before you Judge OF accept judgment.
II one has a good reputation believe that.
Goodness Is not SO abundant that we can
afford to dilute Il.
"A man who has just died led a reputa-
A man who has just died had a reputs-
tion on two continents. but scores OF OBJ
seure home missionaries have left q more
permanent Imprint than Talmage. An even
Ing newspaper comments upon the cad trag.
edy o; an actress life. sent to death
by unkind gossip. Yet the newspapers are
quite as apt as others to forget to recall
the unklnd things said to and about polit-
ical and other opponents.
Napoleon was said to ne worth 0.00t
men on the battlefield. George Washington
has been worth more thar his twenty-five
years service Tor the young republic. A
good character cannot but leave its i'm.
press. for character is the indellible mark
Personal energy builds bridges and spans
the continent with railroass; II evokes fac.
tories and POUNDS cities. but personal ensrEy
is merely the value that character gives Il
these things. The character that has worth
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
FIGURES FOR The BOWLERS
Statistics Of the Season Which Closed
Last Week.
ROLL or HONOR A LONG ONE THIS YEAR
Nineteen Men show Up with an Aver
q Of Better Than 300 for Each
Contest During the
season.

The bowling season Of 1902, which the
Omaha team won by such a handsome lead
over all competitors, is now a part Of the
alley archives, and all that remains for the
bowler is to con in fond retrospection the
scores that he and his mates made.
In this connection it is germane to an
nounce that a bowling season of eighty
four games. such as the one just ended,
will not again obtain in Omaha. This is
the latest decision Of the bowlers, who
have decided that one of forty-two games
is plenty lone enough.
Hereafter it i planned to have two sea-
sons, with two championships, one a fall
session, the other in the spring. This is
in order that the interest may be better
maintained. With such a long run some
Of the teams fall so far behind that they
lose all chance, and so give up hope.
NJ. 2. Forscutt, assistant secretary OF the
Omaha Bowling league, has completed the
score resume Of the entire season for all
teams and players. Taking fret the teams,
their status may be represented in two
tables, as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
MISTAKES OF THE MrLLIoNAIREs.
rev. Herring Thinks ROchefeIIer and
Rhodes Erred.

At the First Congregation church, Sunday
morning. the pastor. Rev. Hubert c. Her
ring. preached on the subject, Carnegie
Libraries and Rhodes Scholarships" The
text was: with all thy getting. get I'M
derstanding."
The text especially applies to this age.
with its struggling for material wealth, f."
said the pastor. I'VE think we understand
the things that are now going on about US.
the history that Is now being made, but
we are mistaken; we are too close to a..
Only the campaign orator knows these
things. and I'll not assume to that degree
OF omniscience.
Among the rich men who have been de-
voting their millions to the public good
nsre Of late there Is a wonderful agreement.
OF the Sos, 900. 900 which In the United states
during the last few years has been given TO
the public. by far the larger part has been
used IN endowing educational institutions.
This shows the trend of the times. II Il
toward the production OF trained men and
disciplined minds. The so-called successfuS
men, the Rockafellers, the ~Stanfords, the
C~arneeies, have diagnosed the ills OF the
age, and have written their prescription,
which says. You need education
And this, in a way. is a noble object. 1t
BODIES good for the future. Instead Of build
ing up great family estates, these men pre-
fer to perpetuate their names in another
and better way. But, after all, there is al
moet as much to fear as TO commend In
this course. II 1 were to send my sons to
one Of the great universities I would tell
them carefully to study the life Of the
founder that they might avoid being like
Him. l regard such men as warnings, not
as examples. When l read their articles in
the magazines on how to succeed they
make me III. l do not think they have sue
ceeded. These men have not touched with
helpful hands the precise problems which
God has laid at their door. They have not
taught the people how TO live together in
unity and love. They have said nothing on
the subject of how TO allay the discomfort
of labor. or how to secure purer government
In state and city. On the contrary they
have made governmental functions to serve
their private ends. The spirit Of brother
hood lie the indispensable principle for
which we are striving, and IL these Ma
poleons of finance had devoted their mill
lions to its advancement I would stand be-
fore them with uncovered head and greet
them as benegactors OF their race. AS 1t
is. | cannot say that they have correctly
diagnosed our particular ailment."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
ENGLISH ~BRICKLAYERs.
An American Contractor Surprised
Them with Strenuous work.

J. c. Stewart OF Plttsburg has startled
Englishmen engaged in the building trade
by getting a fair and full days work out
Of the bricklsyers whom he employed on
the works Of the British Westinghouse
company at Manchester.
Mr.. Stewart secured the contract 20 erect
the buildings, which are thoroughly Ameri-
can in design, and took to England with
him five expert mechanics to act as fore
men. He discovered, however, as soon as
work commenced that English bricklayers
had a law among themselves not to lay
more than $50 bricks a day, IL working for
private parties, OF $50 bricks II on public
works. After a day or two at this rate he
called the men from their work ana made
a speech to them, saying that he expected
every man employed by him to lay 1880
bricks in his day of nine hours, and added
that IL they would not do that he would
send to America for his bricklayers. The
men naturally grumbled, and said the task
set was an impossibility, but after Mr..
Stewart and his American foremen had
taught them a few Yankee tricks, they I'M
| dertook the work and performed II easily.
Then, as a reward. Mr.. Stewart raised their
pay 4 cents an hour. The result is that the
Bullulukb NtI0 hhl1hGu IN n tAMN ~ -
for England that the American contractor
is the most-talked- about mar In the indus
trial world today. One newspaper grows
enthusiastic about him in this way:
"Mr. Stewart is an engineer by profession
and, judging by the Importance and scope
OF his operations, he is to the constructing
engineers OF America what Sir John Arid
is to those of Great Britain. He builds
bridges. dams, LOCKS. docks, hotels. manu-
factories, canals and railroads with equal
facility. He has a record for getting things
done in time, and is likely soon to stir up
our master builders and contractors as much
as he has already stirred up our men.
1T is noteworthy that his first contract
in England-the Westinghouse works-was
co-existent with his first visit 10 this coun-
try. In carrying It out he has not only
made a record unparalleled here, but has
also given proof that the British workman
can do as much and ae we'll and in as little
time as the American. II you pay hin well
and know how to manage him. Mr.. Stewart
returns to America at the end Of April, on
the expiration of his contract with the
Westinghouse company, but we have prob
ably not heard the last OF him here"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
WOMAN REVEALS OLD CRIME
Informs officers Her Husband Killed g
Little Girl Two Years Ago,
MAN coNFESsEs WHEN CONFRONTED
Family. who witnessed the Crime,
> Forced to Keep silence Regard
inH II During Inter-
VeninR Time.

WELLINGTON, Kan. April 2O.-Joha
Cummings, a farmer living near Portland.
in this county. was arrested today. charged
With the murder OF Anna Dishman. aged u
years, Of Arkansas City. Kan, who worked
in his family as a domestic. The crime was
committed August Is. 1899. and II was wit
messed by Cummings wife and two sons,
who have been compelled to maintain Sc
crecy In regard to the matter.
The girl in some way angered Cummings,
who struck her on the head with a broom
stick. She was without medical attention
and died at the end OF Ave days from the
effects OF the blow. Cummings concealed
the body in a strawstack and later buried
II. Conscious-stricken for her part in the
affair, Mrs. Cummings recently told the
county attorney the details Of the murder.
and today Cummings confessed. He will
plead guilty TO granddaughter in the second
degree. Cummings is As years old, pros
porous and has borne a good reputation up
to this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
o W FRENCH FURNITURE
November 10 show Wares TO
Paris Visitors.

Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS. April 2O.-(New York World Ca
blegram-special Telegram. 1.-The syndicate
Chamber Of Furniture will organize an ex-
position to be held from July rs TO November
30. The grand palais Of the exposition has
already been granted to them for that pur-
pose by the minister Of public instruction
and fine arts. The object OF the exposi-
tion will be TO demonstrate to the French
and foreigners visiting Paris the progress
made in the manufacture and artistic deco
ration OF furniture. Everything pertain
ing to interior decorating will be admitted.
and the funds a~ccruing from entrance fees
will be given to the professional schools Of
furniture.
In order to make the exposition par
t~ieularly attractive an orchestra OF nifty
musicians will be engaged to play every
day. likewise in order to attract a crowd.
it will be advertised by means Of artistic
posters.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
jerks CHAMPIONS WOMAN
Presbyterian Divine Says Society Depends
Upon Her.
URGES THAT SHE ENLARGE HER SPHERE
Condders that care of he Heme
Need Not and shouId Not
OeeuPy All Her
Time.

Woman never had given TO her a greater
work than when God gave her to the keep
ing Of the home. Some give to man q SUI
perior place and he is the head Of the home.
but woman is the center and holds the key
to the secret Of success or failure" said
Rev. Edward Hart jerks in his sermon on
the Cares and Duties Of Woman" at the
First Presbyterian church. Sunday morning.
Rev. jerks based his remarks on the
Hives OF Martha and Mary as told In me
tenth chapter OF Luke. on Martha's devo-
tion to home duties and Mary's worship Of
Christ.
while Martha and Mary we're women Of
. high type and both were full Of grace,
j believe IL l we're to ask the women Of
this congregation who 1t was they thought
most Of, they would say Martha, because
her time was occupied In attending to the
duties OF the home.
We should know that woman IL not in
ferior. She does not enter the home to
work. but men and women are linked to-
sether in the home for a higher purpose.
n the home was TO be made by one who
could measure virtue by her ability to
work, w would marry washerwomen and
cooks. but we demand other qualities than
ability TO brew and. spin. for home is the
most sacred spot on earth and In II we see
our ideals. Women are our bright angels
that stand in our pathway keeping US from
evil and when we leave the home we leave
our hearts there. The cares OF the women
In the home are many and her responsible
ties heavy. but these cares fall into In
significance when compared to the sweeter
things which belong to the woman's life in
the home.
She drives out squalor and puts In neat
ness. she brings in elevating things and
more sacred duty than this. Women can
also make home a most disagreeable place,
but the husband is also responsible for
this. He comes home with a load OF
trouble. tells of his failures In business or
politics, and Of things that have gone wrong;
the wife tells Of the wrong doings Of the
children, the neighborhood scandal; the
loads Of both are laid on the table and
both have a double load to carry. To make
the ideal home man should be more sym
pathetic. take more interest in the max
ing Of a home, and bring strength and love
into IL. A sympathy can exist between
husband and wife without making the loads
of care double.
But the care Of the home is not all the
duty OF woman. she should go into the
world and associate with men and women,
giving them her ideas for the betterment
OF the world in bringing people closer to
God. She should tell her ideals TO society
and make society better"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
OLEO IN HOUSE WEDNESDAY
Senate Amended Bill to Meet Friend and
Foe on That Day.
ANTl-ASARcHlsT BILL TO CONE UP
Measure More Stringent Than Bill
Passed by senate TO occupy Lat
ter Part of Week with
Representatives.

WASHINGTON, April 2o.-House forecast:
The early part OF the coming week in the
house Of representatives will be devoted TO
routine business, with a prospect that some
important general legislation will be taken
up during the latter part Of the week.
Tomorrow will be devoted to District of
Columbia business, Tuesday to war claims
and Wednesday to the oleomargarine bill,
which was amended by the senate. During
the remaining days Of the week 1t is prac-
tically settled that the anti-anarchist bill
Of Chairman Hay Of the judiciary committee
will be considered. The measure lie much
more stringent than the anarchist bill
passed by the senate.
Plans also are on foot for considering
the omnibus public building bill during the
latter days Of the week. This measure has
not yet been reported from the house COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds, but
will probably be completed early next week
so hat It can be taken up later In the week.
Beyond this no exact program has been ar
ranged.
Two appropriation bills, the agricultural
and naval bills. are about ready and may
be brought in at any time, and the military
academy appropriation bill is on the cal
endar.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
LITTLE ONES GET ATTENTION
Society Formed 20 See that They Get
Better Care and More
Healthy Food.

Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS. April 2O.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram .)-Paris inter-
ests itself particularly in its children just
now, and is making efforts in different di-
~reetions that they may have better care and
nourishment. The question Of the quality
Of milk delivered at the hospitals and else
where, was the principle topic among doc
tors and ph~ilanthropists for awhile, and
now a society for the protection of babies
cared for by wet nurses has been formed.
One of its chief organizers is NJ. Brleux, au-
thor Of Les Avaries," a drama that was
the talk Of Paris. and which treated in a
dramatic way one side Of this very ques-
ton.
1t is the object OF the society to con-
c~entrate the forces Of all those interested
in childhood and the amelioration of its
lot.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
SM0THERS THE OMAHA BOYS
siOux City High school Keeps Up It's
Record as Indicated
Bail Nine.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 2O-(special Tele-
gram. THE Omaha High school base ball
team met defeat at the hands Of the team
from the Sioux City High school here
today by the one-sided score of u to 2. The
game was played at Woodland park before
a large crowd OF enthusiastic rooters. 1t
was an interesting contest, no%twithstand-
ing it's one-sidedness, and the visitors put
up a game fight throughout the nine in
nings. Lowell of the Omaha team put up a
steady game in the box, but received very
poor support, both the infield and the out
field being responsible for a number Of
tpsitry he f,ins syasnse o Sro in s1oIIE DoSs rag
their team work was of a high order. The
result OF this game is a step toward the
solution Of the question of the Champsln-
ship of Iowa and Nebraska. The Sioux City
team has not been defeated for two years.
Everett Sweeley, the Michigan foot ball
the score:
Sioux City ..........O 9sOOs o ia
Omaha .............0 0 0 0 0 0 ! l O. 2
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
ABOLISH LITERARY SCHOOLS
Review Writer Says individually IL
the Present R~eIEnInE
characteristics.

Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS. April 2O.-(New York World
Cablegram-special Telegram. )-AccordiRg
to a writer in the Partisan Review, the
characteristic Of contemporary French litera-
ture is the doing away with all schools.
Naturally. 1t is much influenced by the
writers Of the past. their %tenets. their
style, but Il limits itself to no formula or
mannerism. To quote the words OF the
writer:
n convention, no arbitrary and arti-
fetal rule restrains personality or original
ity or prevails over the free manifestation
Of the most diverse te~mperments."
According to him, the day Of dogmatism
in French drama, poetry and romance Is
over.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
CROSSING THE DIVIDE.
Thoughts Suggested by the Experi-
ence of Secretary Hay in Rockies.

In his after-dinner speech at the ban
quet OF the Omar Khayam club, says the
New York Tribune, John Hay told Of an
experience OF his while crossing the Great
Divide. At dawn one morning. while the
divide, he heard a guide quote. "'Tis but
q tent where takes his one days rest. . ."
as he stood looking over the valleys at his
feet. Irving Clark. a civil engineer who
has spent much of his life In the Rockies
and In Mexico. recalled the anecdote re-
Gently at the sturtevant house. 81 can
not honestly say that l ever heard any
one quoting from Omar In the mountains
where / have been" he said, but l can
truly say that l myself never have such
wide thoughts, such vivid and. ] may say.
pure imaginative pictures, anywhere as In
the wild districts where my work takes
me. And the same thing is true Of most
Of the men / have met, both engineers
and miners. / have been thinking Of IL
lately as / have walked about this city.
/ have seen many men who have all they
want Of this worlds goods. who have fine
houses and servants and luxury, many who
have no need to work at all. in fact. Money
Is spent freely in the search for pleasure.
OF an evening II seems as IL the whole town
were cut after enjoyment. care-free. But
in the midst OF 1t / long 70 be back In the
great outdoors. out on the silence Of the
frontier. To work hard for q living. to
sleep under the stars much Of the time.
to have little to spend and lees chance
to spend II, to know what an appetite
means and to dwell always In sight OF the
skyline; that is the life Of a civil engi-
neer. / wonder that more young men DO
not adopt II. Perhaps It lie not an ideal
that appeals to twenty, but to forty the
appeal 10 strong.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-21
DIR. CONLEY LIKES GRANTS METHOD
He Proposes that Christianity Accept
Only unconditional Surrender.

Only UncOnditIOnaI surrender.
A decided stand against promoting the
projected universal house Of prayer in
Washington was taken by DR.. J. w. Conley
in his Sunday morning sermon at the First
Baptist church on Opportunities and Ad-
versaTies."
lie considered compromise one Of the ad-
versaries Of religion and argued for the
Observation-Disclosures spirit in
Christian conquest. saying:
II believe the twentieth century will see
the ~erandest struggle ever known in the re-
lisious arena, Christianity battling against
all the old forms. with their dark super
~stitions and shrewd leaders. The conquest
will not be easy nor short, but It must be
made that Christ may rule over all.
II hear much nowadays about the
heather being as we'll of unconverted as
converted. and hear II urged that he be let
alone. How can you reconcile such a posi-
ton With the religion Of the Christ? It
couldn't be done in the hrst days Of the
Pantheon, when it was proposed to put
Christ with the other gods and IT can't be
done now. We say, as the prosecuted Chris
tians said, that Christ must rule all and be
over all, for lie Is everything or nothing.
"Christianity's conquest Is just beginning.
The old religions realize this and are arm
ing for a death struggle. We are face to
face with great opposition. but let's tight It
out along this line"