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Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

There appears to be a very marked d.
vergence Of opinion among men in he
public eye %,oncernlug the most pressing
needs of the country. General CorbIn
declared at the Cleveland banquet Sat
urday night that the mos: imperative
need Of the country is a most efficient
army staff. Secretary Shaw declared
at the Chicago banquet Saturday that
the most crying want Of the country is
a more elastic currency.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

The shorthand writer's of Omaha are
forming an organization with a view to
membership in the American Federation
Of Labor. Presumably the pothook
performers see in a shorthand union a
short cut to Official jobs for all with
short hours and long wages.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

It's an Ill wind that blows nobody
good. The high price Of fuel hereabouts
has made the demand for ready-heated
apartments take precedence over the de-
mand for Ordinary houses for which the
tenant pays the coal bill and carries out
the ashes. 1t will take a smart tenant
however, to keep ahead OF the landlord
very long.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22
shallow Device Exposed.
Chicago Chronicle.

The ancient and truthful saying that fig
ures can't lie. but liars can figure, Is re-
ceiying demonstration in the testimony Of
fered by the coal trust before the strike
commission. The device OF erediting to
one maj earnings which we're in fact di-
Vided mon two. three or four men is In
g~euious enough, but IL hardly does credit
to the divine grace claimed BY Baer and
bis salnted associated
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Leslie's Weekly commehds Governor
Odell for relieving the people Of New
York from difect taxation by raising all
needed state revenue from the taxes
levied on the franchises Of public utility
corporations and follows 10 its euloRy
Of the governor by urging that he rec
ommend In his forthcoming message to
the New York legislature a higher excise
tax on liquor dealers, the proceeds to be
set apart for the projected enlargement
of the Erie canal. This is by no means a
bad idea. High license in New York
is not as high as it is in Nebraska, Min
nesota and other states Of the west, and
it would be in accord with the eternal
fitness of things to pump the excess of
water out of the whisky and beer into
the Erie canal to float the western sur
plus of grain to the Atlantic seaboard
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Members of the Douglas delegation
say they are waiting to hear what their
constituents want in the way of local
legislation and their constituents are
waiting for a chance to tell them what
they want. Better try to get together.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Minneapolis Journal.

Mr.. Miller. general trafic manager Of
the Burlington, says that Mrf Hill may
have made suggestions once In awhile with
regard TO rates and other details more or
less important In connection with the OPP
GRAFTON OF that road. There Is an old
motto TO the effect that "a wink is as good
as a nod TO a blind horse" For blind
horse read trafhc manager OF the Bur-
lfnUfou a..
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

1t win be up to the school board to
say just how Dig the next city tax rate
will be-. The mayor and council are
strictly limited by the charter in the
amounts they can ask of the taxpayers.
while the school board has a practically
free rein.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22
Soothing Eject of Time
Post

N~dsnInkUOn TOsI.
Mr.. Foraker wants to appropriate $780,
900 to mark the graves OF the confederates
who died in northern prisons. This. con-
ing from the gentleman who had somewhat
Of a controversy with Mr.. Cleveland con-
corning sons confederate flags Adjutant
General Drumm desired to return. is quite
a handsome and pleasing desire.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

After having half emptied the peniten-
tiary, Nebraska's great ~pardoner will
recommend to the legislature the ereaS
ton Of a state board Of pardons to put
brakes on the exercise of executive
clemency by his successor.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

1t will be a wonder Of wonders II the
Venezuelan mixup is not seized upon by
some freak congressman for a notoriety-
breeding speech. Such an opening is
not likely to get away.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Omaha's business directory is already
promised several important additions
for the year 1908. Like the crowded
street car, this business directory can
always make room for one more.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

If this keeps up there will soon be
enough former members of the St Louis
house Of delegates in the Missouri state
prison to call a meeting to order there
with a Quorum present.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Those railroad tax bureaucrats will
have to do something soon in the name
and authority of the railroads Of Ne
braska TO remind the public that they
are still on the payroll.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22
shirt sleeve Diplomacy.

BaTtlmore American.
Mr.. Balfour's assertion that when you
take vessels and establish a blockade you
have a state OF war Is one Of those bril-
liant flashes OF common sense which occa-
sionally makes a comet-like streak across
diplomatic discussions. .
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Proposals for new brooms will be
opened by the Board Of County Com
missioners on New Years day. The old
reform brooms are pretty badly worn.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22
Letting the wool Grow.

Philadelphia Record.
All is cheerful in Wall street and the
shorn lambs are very quiet. It will be nee
essary to rest a while until the Silly crea-
lures shall have grown a new fleece.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

No chance for a senatorial deadlock
in the coming Nebraska legislature.
For which Lincoln hotel keepers are
duly sorry.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22
who wouldn't Dig For Itf

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The isthmian canal commissioner are
paid $1,000 a month each. With such a
salary as this they ought to be required
to do a fair share, Of the digging.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Congress would surely be overworked
II 1t did not take a full two weeks lay
off for the holidays.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22
Limit OF Endurnnce.
Chicago Reeord-Herald.

Chicago Record-Herald.
An elevator MAJ In one OF the Chicago
stores has been driven insane by the ques-
lions Of the Christmas shoppers. Even an
elevator man can't stand everything.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Plenty of time yet for a blizzard to
blow in ahead of Santa Claus.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

and the Navy department replies: Garry
out your proposed holiday itinerary. Merry
Christmas!' The war lords are at liberty
to read between the lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Perhaps that Union Pacific strike set
Element will come in with the new
years good resolutions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

The merchant who advertises is the
merchant who is enterprizing and up-to-
date. Remember this when engaged in
your holiday shopping.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22
LAUGHING GAS.

Washington Star: "An 1 want is q little
pin money" said young Mrs. Washington.
II know II, my dear" answered her hus-
band; but don't you use anything but diA-
mond pins?"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Cleveland Plain Dealer; THAT Mrs. Blk
Ter SCENE to consider herself a very clever
wCman.'
Yes, she's one OF these women who be-
lieve all their husbands tell them"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Philadelphia Press: Lawyer-I have ar
ranged to secure your release in time for
the Christmas holidays.
Convict-0! say, couldn't you make II
New Year instead? Thatll let me out OF
all this Christmas shopping.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

New York Times: Your face seems
very familiar to me-" remarked the man
with the red necktie as he slapped the
stranger on the back.
Indeed" replied the stranger. Now,
it's your manner that seems familiar to
me-"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S..
George y. Tzschuck. secretary of This
Bee Publishing Company. being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies OF The ally Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of November, 1909, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Chicago Tribune: He-Funny thing about
multiplication and addition. You may
multiply nothing by a hundred, but it's still
nothing; while II you add a hundred, it's
different.
She-But there are exceptions. For in
stance you might take the dowdy sort OF
girl and add a hundred-dollar hat 10 her.
but she'd still look like 80 cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Philadelphia Press: His wife has treas
ured all the letters he wrote to her when
he was counting her; keeps them by her all
the time"
Gracious! She doesn't read them over,
does she?'
mo, but she threatens TO read them to
him whenever he gets obstreperous."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Philadelphia Press: 81 WISH said Jacks
wife, that you'd telephone to Jack today,
and ask him IL he thought I'd mind II you
were to dine with US tonight"
But you know ] can't dine with you"
replied Miss Peachlson-Kreme. whats
your idea, anyway"
~ asked him today to get q hair cut and
a shave and spruce up a bit. but he said
he was too huaX.n
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

Cleveland Plain Dealer: II have asked
my wife a dozen times what she wants for
Christmas. And every time she tells me she
doesn't want anything"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

'If / didn't get her a half-dozen presents
t least she wouldn't speak to me for a
month";"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

The man who is ever ready to bet on
anything. a sort OF n-Watch-Me Gates
on a small scale, said suddenly to a group
of members Of the Mug House club in
Harlem: 'I1l bet a case OF ketchup to a
bottle OF curry powder that there isn't a
man in the party that can name the de-
nominations Of United States paper
money" All lost. M all were abashedl
when he mentioned 81, 81. IS, $40, $40. $50,
800. $500. 1900. 5000 and $4,000. Most
men are unaecustomed to handling notes
above 500 and few ever saw one OF SO, zoo.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-22

q
Subscribed in my presence ard sworn to
before me this goth day or November, A d.
1902. NJ. B. HUNGATE.
(SeaD Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
RUMoRS OF LABOR TROUBLE
Hold Carriers Union May Have GrIev-
ance Regarding Work on
New Shops.

Rumors Of trouble between the Hod Car
riers' union and the contractors for the
new Union Pacific shops have been heard
In labor circles for a day or two and It
has been said that It might eliminate In
a strike of the building trades. A member
Of the Bricklayers' union, the one most
directly interested aside from the hod car
riers, said:
The trouble originates over something
outside OF the control Of the unions and it
seems dlflcult to see how the bricklayers
can be involved, even though the hod car
riers should not secure their demands.
From what l can understand, the terms of
the contract between the railroad and the
contractors provide that the railroad COM
pany shall furnish all of the unskilled labor
required. paying this labor and receiving
credit upon the amount involved in the
contract. 1t is now said that the company
will use this unskilled labor to do the work
usually done by the hod carriers and
plasterers' and bricklayers' helpers.
Il do not think that the Bricklayers'
union, under these circumstances, can afford
to make trouble for the contractor, who
Will employ union labor where he employees
any. The brick will lave to be laid BY
members OF the Omaha union, as there are
not enough workrnen of the other kind 10
get the work done. This is going to be a
busy year and In order to have the work
done on time no trouble can be. permitted.
The BricklayereF union Is conservative and
cannot afford o)rmske trouble where Il
can possibly be avoided"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
FoRBEARANCE OF AMERICANS
Major MiIsap Speaks of of
United states Soldiers in
Trying Times.

Major John Milsap, general secretary Of
the Salvation army for Iowa and Nebraska,
who recently returned from the Philippine
islands, where he spent over a year in re-
hgious work, referring yesterday to his
experience said:
That which impresses me most in con-
nection with my experience in and about
Manila, aside from the interesting and
valuable results OF. Salvation army work
there, Is the view. so many people take
OF the attitude OF the American govern
ment In the Philippines. OF course, / am
opposed to wars among nations, but l must
say the policy OF the United States there
Is deserving Of support and approval OF
all men. The forbearance of the American
soldiers with respect to the Filipinos dur
ing the trying and exciting scenes attend
ing the capture Of Manila and afterward
excited my admiration and respect. The
situation was for a long time not generally
accurately understood, but since then the
country has become informed in detail OF
the conditions obtaining there and the diff
nculties attending the establishment of gen.
eral peace. Time is an important element
In problems OF this kind. where ignorance
SO generally prevails. l believe this gov
eminent could not have adopted a differ
emit policy and / further believe the ma
tivcs will. as they become better informed,
recognize this fact, and also that their
condition now Is im~measurably better than
1t was and will improve as time goes by"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
MAY CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Project to mark the T~vventy-Fifth
Year of Public LiBrary's
Existence.

At the last meeting OF the library board
the question was brought up Of a celebration
to mark the twenty-hfth anniversary Of the
founding Of the Omaha Public library as a
city Institution. For some years previous
to 1877 a subscription library had been
maintained in the city by a private a~ssocis-
ton, and the state legislature that year
passed a Law enabling the city to take the
management Of the affair under municipal
control. This was lone In August Of that
year.
The matter went no further than a sug-
gestion at the last meeting. but It was
agreed that the occasion should be used
to bring the people into closer touch with
the Institution and that a reception might
be held at the building during one or two
days, when visitors would be shown through
the library and be made acquainted with it's
work and treasures.
The. Nebraska State Library association
Will hold its next meeting in Omaha, and
a member OF the board said that the two
events could probably be united, the cele-
bration OF the quarter-centenary being
made coincident with the meeting Of the
state organization. This could easily be
done, as during the months Of June, July
and August occur anniversaries Of three
steps taken in the organization of the
library as a public institution, anyone of
which could be observed. In this case all
interested In library work in the states
Of Nebraska and Iowa would be invited and
the occasion would take on more than local
importance.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
MCCARTHY BUYS THE DRINKS
Costs Him Seventeen Dollars to
square Joke Sprung IN
Variety Theater.

Eugene Mccarthy has been making money
out in Wyoming and came to Omaha the
other day with a willingness to spend some
OF 1t. He got the opportunity sooner thar
he expected. Out around Casper, where
be comes from, It is correct form to buy
a drink every time your name Is spoken, and
sheep man to speak up promptly on such
occasions.
Mccarthy went to a local theater, where
a pair of Irish comedians were earning
their bread and pretsels BY the sweat OF
their jaws. One OF them was supposed to
be named Mccarthy. but the real Mccarthy
out In front didn't know thai Neither did
he know that the other member Of the team
says the same old things night after night.
Finally, this comedian, following his SEIZED
ule, waved his hand before him and
shouted: Mccarthy. the drinks are on
youi"
The mar from Wyoming was on his fee,
before he had time to think what he
was about. and called back;
II don't know yez, but II they're on me
I'll buy thiml What will yea takef''
When Mccarthy got back to the Mer-
chants hotel that night It cost him Just q
little over SIT. to prove to his friends thai
he fully appreciated hat the joke was OF
him.
Mr. Mccarthy. II may be related IN,
cidentally. went to Casper eight years age
without a thing on earth. but an unpleasant
memory Of Cincinnati. Today he own
10000 sheep and a bank account that is lust!
and growing.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
BIG WEEK FOR THE J0BBERS
Secretary UT Says All Records Were
Broken Daring Last six
Days.

Last week was a record breaker in the
history Of the wholesale markets Of Omaha.
The last OF the spring excursions of the
Jobbers' association was on In full blast
and buyers came from every state and terri
tory between the Mississippi river and the
Rocky mountains north OF Arkansas. o
e. UT, secretary of the association. said:
IF this crowd had come a year ago we
could not have handled 1t. There would
not have been material enough in the city
to have supplied the demand Buyers who
have patroniEed Chicago and st. Louis ex-
clusively in years past have come to Omaha
and purchased their entire line. The work
Of the joint agent of the railroads here
shows hat during the week more people
came than during two weeks last year, and
these people were all buyers. Many stopped
over last year on their return from Chi
cago to see what Omaha had to offer. This
year these same persons came to buy in
this city.
1T is impossible to estimate the total
business lone by the different jobbers dur
ing the week. as many purchasers did not
come near the secretary OF the association,
but IL is safe TO say that the total was In
excess Of any two weeks ever experienced
in the Omaha wholesale district"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
BANQUET TO COLONEL WILSON
Friends Of Retiring Army Omcer Give
Him Surprise at Omsha
Club.

Saturday evening at the Omaha club q
number Of friends gave Colonel David B..
Wilson. u. S. A., who will retire under
the age limit Wednesday, a surprise In
the way OF a complimentary banquet. About
a dozen Of his intimate associates In civil
and military life assembled at the club and
brought the colonel into the dining room
under false pretense. After the feast, o. G..
Redick, as spokesman for the banqueters,
presented the colonel with a loving cup OF
silver, upon which as handles are mounted
the horns Of a buck skillfully done In the
same metal. Several short talks we're
made, to which the colonel responded in a
happy vein.
Colonel Wilson has been stationed at
Omaha for more than q year. He came as
chief commissary of the Department Of the
Missouri and remained In that position
until Major Niskern was assigned to that
duty, when he became Inspector general.
Colonel Wilson lie now lieutenant colonel
Of the Twenty-hfth regiment, an organiza-
tion with which he has been identified
since its organization. He entered the army
from civil life during the civil war. He
has a record for seniority which Is hard to
equal. For a dozen years he was the senior
1rst-lieutenant of the army, ten years Of
which he was adjutant Of the regiment.
Then followed almost as many years when
he was senior captain. The Spanish war
made advancement more rapid and he was
a major for only a comparatively short
time. having been made lieutenant colonel
since his arrival In this department. Dur
Ing the Spanish war he was detailed TO duty
In the commissary department, which posi-
tion he retained until recently.
Colonel Wilson is the principal owner Of
q state bank at Laurel. Neb.. and owns a
large tract Of land in the same county,
which has been divided into farms. He
will reside in Sioux City, which is only a
few miles from his Nebraska property, and
has secured a home at Eleventh and Pierce
streets in that city to which he will remove
In a week or two.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
SAYS HIS WIFE HAS TEMPER
Life IL n Burden TO
Him.

William P. Taylor will file in district
court today a petition for divorce from
Lena Taylor and in that petition he al
leges things that tend to convince the
casual reader that Lena Is an individual to
be held In awe and fear. He a1hrms that
she is extremely cruel. that she has slapped
his face and hat she has otherwise de-
ported herself in a way which he strangely
designates as "tantaliEing." Still worse, he
AYERS that one day when he came into
Omaha on business he was detained some
hours by matters OF Importance and that
when he returned to the family domicile
he discovered that the woman who wal
pledged to love. honor. obey and cook for
him had packed the furniture and moved
Il be knew not where. William AYERS thai
they were married at Florence. November
s5. 1900. and have q daughter. Edna Jeral-
din Taylor.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
ABOUT MRS. HOUGHToN'S cow
So Much Legal Proceeding over
Bovine that II Named
obligation"

Judge Vinsonhaler of the county court Is
about to be called upon to decide VINO owns
the COW that Mrs. Emma D.. Houghton OF
2413 Capitol avenue had before John W.
Cooper and Justice Of the Peace Foster at
tached Il.
To those unfamiliar with the cows his
tory there IL nothing extraordinary about
her. Her waist measure is about the same
as other cows, her manicuring Is nothing
TO boast Of and 1t has even been suspected
that she is knock-kneed. But her name Is
Litigation" and she has been responsible
for all kinds Of legal papers being served
within the last few weeks.
The trouble, It is said. started when Mrs.
Houghton stumbled over a brace at the
carnival grounds during the last Ak-Sar-
Ben festivities. Foster and Cooper, who
were boarding at her home, undertook to
get damages for her by means of the usual
legal negotiations with the city. The city
went TO the Ak-Sar-Ben managers. And
the Ak-sar-Ben managers went straight to
Mrs. Houghton. But of this latter fact, the
attorneys say they were not made cogniz-
ant. They grew suspicious only when some
new furniture arrived at the Houghton
home Then they, too, went to their land
lady. They wished to know II the matter
had been compromised without their sane
tion and Mrs. Houghton told them that she
had $500 cash, as an evidence Of the ac-
curacy of their guess. They suggested that
attorneys do not negotiate for nothing, and
she suggested that the weather was as
profitable a topic Of conversation. as they
could take up at that particular time.
The men OF law felt piqued, went into
court and when she confessed judgment In
the sum Of 3125, they sent a constable clear
out to the county line to waylay a man who
was bringing Mrs. Houghton's COW home
from a visit with relatives In Washington
county. The constable attached the GOV
for the amount of the fees alleged to be
due Foster and Cooper. But Mrs. Houghton
has a daughter, Essie. who knows a thing
or two or three herself. and she claimed
the COW as her own, and succeeded in re.
plevining 1t. The meek-eyed dairy ad-
junct is back in Washington county again
and the title to her Is what Judge Vinson-
haler Is to decide.
Bot that is not the end Of the litigation
Foster and Cooper ave also instituted
suit against Walter Jardine, as a member
Of the Ak-sar-Ben board, alleging that he
owes them damages In the sum Of SYST
for inducing Mrs. Houghton to break hei
nominal contract with them. This also 1.
to come before the county Judge for set.
! Element,