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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
WILL TRY

The recent strike of teamsters In Chi
cago, which was characterized by n
great deal Of violence, appears to have
convinced the employers concerned Of
the expediency Of resorting to arbitra-
ton in future controversies. The asso-
citation of employers of teamsters pro-
pose to organize a board to which dis
putes hereafter will be submitted and
the packers are reported to be In SYM
patty with the movement OF course
the organization of teamsters, which has
demonstrated that It is a pretty formid-
able body, will have representation on
the proposed board.
This movement, the outcome of one
Of the severest strike lessons Chicago
has known, will If wisely and judi
ciously managed undoubtedly have good
results. The grave mistake made by
the packers was IN refusing to recog-
nize the representatives of the associa-
ton Of teamsters, the idea being that
they could break up the union. Had
they realized in the first place, what
uOuDlltSb LuCy III" uhuOA oluhhB Nhhb lhC
task Of suppressing organized labor is
an exceedingly difficult and hazardous
one and been disposed to submit the
dispute to arbitration, there is no doubt
an amicable agreement could have been
reached, to the advantage of all par
ties. 1t is we'll that the experience has
had the effect of convincing the en-
ployers that the wise and prudent policy
is to arbitrate in the case Of controver-
sizes with employees, for it will rarely
happen that such a course when fairly
and honestly followed, will fail to have
a satisfactory result. Every movement
for arbitration in disputes between en-
ployers and employees is to be welcomed
and encouraged.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

ct suffered for months with
troubles peculiar to women which
gradually broke down my health and
my very life. I vas nearly insane
with pain at times, and no human
skill I consulted in Milwaukee could
bring me relief.
"My attention was called TO Lydia
u. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound !; the hrst bottle brought re-
lief, and the second bottle IN absolute
cure. could not believe 1t myself,
and felt sure ID was only temporary,
but blessed fact, ! have nov been well
for a year, enjoy the best of health,
and cannot in words express my graf.
itude. Sincerely yours, SADIE E. Koch,
I24 10th St., Milwaukee, Wis."-$5ooo
forfeit If GbOUs testnoaiai Is not genuine.
Such unquestionsble. testimony
proves the power Of Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound o
diseases of women.
Women should remember that
they are privileged to consult
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.p
abOut their illness. entirely free.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
Assessed Rail-
Grand

These figures speak for themselves.
They show a shrinkage Of $10,331, 10000
in the grand assessment roll from 1890
to 1901. Inasmuch as the railroad prop
erty is presumed to represent Is per
cent of the total property Of the state,
the sh~rinkage in the assessment of rail-
roads should have been 81, 1885, which
is more thar offset by the increased
railroad mileage valued for assessment
purposes at 81. s71,6O0 but the s%hrinkage
in the railroad assessment from 1890 to
1901 was $3,431, ASSOC, exclusive of the
increased value Of its extensions.
More striking still is the discrepancy
between the grand assessment roll for
1900 and 1901 and the railroad assess
ment in those two years. While there
was an Increase over the preceding year
in the grand assessment roll Of $2,601,-
500. O4, the increase of the railroad as
sessment was only $75,996.49. If, as the
| railroad tax adjusters claim, the rail-
roads pay Is per cent of the taxes of the
state, the increase in the assessment Of
railroads for 1901 should have been over
100000 instead of $76,996.49. AS a
matter Of fact, the increase of $75,o90.49
does not even fully cover the Increased
value by reason of extensions. In other
words, while the railroad assessment for
1901 was not increased a penny, the as
sessment OF all other classes of property
was increased by nearly $S,O00,Oo0.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

They came back Inundated and angry.
1t so happened that for several years there
has been a paragraph in the naval appro-
priation bill granting a 4 per cent bonus
on contracts obtained by Pacific coast ship
builders because of the increased cost Of
material there. In other words, each Pa
cihc coast shipbuilder who had a govern
ment contract was paid S104 for every 800
the shipbuilders In the east we're paid.
When that bill came up In the house this
year this provision was In It, but some
member on the democratic side suggested
that 1t was time to stop giving bonuses to
the SCOTS Of San Francisco, and not a
member Of the naval affairs committee rose
to say a word In favor OF keeping the bonus
in the bill. 1t was stricken out. Foss and
Dayton remembered what happened to
them In San Francisco.
Senator Depew was riding to the capitol
on an F street car when a very deaf
woman, who sat next to him, asked him
some questions about Washington and then
apologized for being deaf.
why don't you try electricity" sym
pathetically suggested the senator.
well" said the woman. II was struck
by lightning last summer, but 1 don't see
that 1t did me any good"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
PERSONAL NOTES.

Joaquin Miller says Bret Harte was al
ways disgusted with his Heather Chinee"
glory and always begged his friends never
to mention 1t.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson is in St.
Louis, inspecting work that has been In
progress for three years on the investiga-
tion Of the causes and remedies for decay
In lumber.
Georges Leagues, the French minister Of
public instruction, having reformed French
spelling and syntax by of1cial decree, is
going to issue an oficial French grammar,
which will be the only one used in French
schools.
DR.. Charles F. Rand, who is accepted as
being the first volunteer for the civil war,
is still living in Washington. He was also
the first soldier to win the congressional
medal for honor for distinguished gall
lantry In action.
Daniel G.. Reid, the Wall street magnate,
who is said to be worth about $25, 900, 900,
is building a splendid residence at his old
home, Richmond, Ind, In which place he
was born some forty-four years ago. He
began life as a grocery boy in the store of
a man whose son, W. B. Leeds, Is now his
partner in numerous vast enterprises.
P. D. Harrison Of Manchester, N. H., is
compiling a history Of battiefags OF this
country. especially Of those carried in what
he incidentally calls THE Brothers Quar-
rel" in 1875. He finds that the number
of flags now in the custody OF southern
states is much less than those preserved
by the northern commonwealths. but he is
DESTROYS OF making a complete list Of them
all.
Members OF the Washington smart set
are already discussing the advent Of
Michael Herbert as British ambassador to
succeed the late Lord Pauncefote. The new
ambassadors station In Washington, It Is
supposed. will advance the prestige OF the
Vanderbilts IN the social set and thus at
tract the members OF that family and their
immediate friends to Washington next win
ter, as Mrs. Herbert's sister Is the wife
Of young Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Mr.. Shaw. secretary of the treasury, as
tonishes New Workers whenever he makes
one Of his trips to that town. The iowa
man has a way OF dropping In without an
nouncement beforehand and with no frills
after he reaches there. He goes from once
to once in search of information he desires
and there is no brass band accompaniment
to his travels. The oficial who attempts
to entangle him in red tape hnds It sud
denly cut and discovers hat the secretary
can get down to the merits Of the case
with true Mississippi valley directness.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
soPHIsrRIEs OF UNCLE BILL

L. o. Reese in San Francisco Bulletin.
Got to arguin' last night,
Men Uncle Bill:
Been al It still!
Was pervided wit a hump
Fer a heas' observatory!
(Never heerd o. such a chump
AS Uncle Bid
pigs has got a squirmy tall"
SOS when storms comes BLOWN round
EN- ft to kill,
They can wrap then Is,p v 9Trl yrt tails
An then go to sleep an let -, N
The dad-burn tornado blown"
(That Uncle BillD
''Cats is skeered o. water. tool"
Says Uncle Bill,
"'Caus their hide shrinks when it's wetFN
"An' a pore cat would feel awful
Worried, I'm a-tellin' you'll
If his skin was shrunk so tight ne
Couldn't wink his eye nor mewP
Says Uncle Bill.
''Flies is always wantin' hghtl'
watch the next one that comes round"
Says Uncle Bill.
IAN you'll see him rub together
Them there little fists o. his
Braggin' that Of all the house flies
He's the biggest hy lat Isl"
Says uncle Bill.
Have to gum it. all their life!"
Says Uncle Bill.
ever see a hen a-scratchin'
An a-peckin' in the dust?
She's a-huntin' fer her false teeth
Bound to find EN-. too, or bust!"
(Oh, Uncle Bid
'Lightnin' bugs is coward bugsi"
Says Uncle Bill,
Like some little boys / knowP'
Says Uncle Bill.
"'Fraid to sleep without a CANDLE
Them there little freely sonsl"
OF I'd a-had a rotten 'tater
To a-soaked 1t, sure as guns,
At Uncle Bid
Sometimes amt so mighty sure
Bout Uncle Bill;
Sort o. 'spicion he's a Josh
My Uncle Bill;
II he isn't, what dye think
H~onest-'bout that rusty nail
An the pig, an bout his fool
Funny little squiriny tail2
B'lieve Uncle Bill?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
r4n FALSE cRYor MILlTARIsM.

Referring to the order reducing the
army, the Baltimore News finds in II
a r~efutation of the charge made by the
democrats in the last presidential cam
paign that the republican party intended
to create a great standing army to main
tain the party in power and TO overawe
the people in the interest of the money
power. 1t recalls the reckless declara-
lions OF the democratic leaders In that
campaign that It was the purpose OF
the republican party TO have an army
OF 100000 men, that fortresses would
be erected In the neighborhood of every
great city and that militarism would
stalk through the land.
1.-The republicans have been in for two
and a half years" remarks the News,
"since those prophecies were spread
about the land, and nobody has yet seen
the walls OF those fortresses arising,
nor have the streets or the environs of
our great cities been made any more
familiar with the sight of bluecoat or
khaki than they were In 1890. or 1880,
or 1870. or 1860. And now We have
President Roosevelt's order. under
which, within a few months, the army,
already far below the size it had at the
time OF the campaign OF 1909. is 70
undergo a further reduction OF 10000
men" This does not look. u Balti'
more contemporary adds. as II any deep
laid plot was hain& entertained for the
| va a.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Star chamber sessions in legislative
bodies are not in ~consonance with the
spirit Of representative government. The
people have a right to know whether
their representatives represent or mis-
represent them. This applies to legisla-
lures, city councils, school boards and
all other representative bodies. A man
who travels the straight road was never
known to be lost. A man who wants to
perform his duty fearlessly and honestly
has no need of doing business behind
closed doors OF screening his actions be-
hind secret ballots.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
Gracious Act of a King.
T. Philadelphia Record.

? y FHIIdueIpHd FteCUTu-
King EDWARD has not forgotten the host
ess Of the White House who entertained
him when he visited this country over
forty years ago. The especial invitation
to the coronation which has been extended
to Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson, who, as the
niece Of James Buchanan, was the mistress
Of the presidential mansion In 1860, was a
graceful act. IT'S but a tribe, but It is
the observance Of such which makes up the
whole art of good manners; and good man
ners are promotive Of good feeling between
nations as between individuals.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
nrrrNn TIE MnnrK

For more than twenty years the rail-
roads OF Nebraska have controlled the
state boards that assess their property.
whether the boards were republican or
%popocratic. Whatever valuation has
been placed upon the railroad property
by state boards in the past has been
lone by and with the aid and consent
Of the railroads. At every session of the
State Board Of Equalization the railroad
attorneys and railroad tax adjusters
have been present to enlighten, instruct
and assist the board In reaching conclu-
sions satisfactory to the corporations.
They have never failed TO impress upon
them the claims the railroads have upon
Nebraska for generous treatment In the
assessment of their properties. In no
instance, so far as can be ascertained,
have the franchises of the railroads
been considered as part Of their taxable
assets.
And now the tax adjusters of the rail-
roads declare and advertise to the world
that the railroads of Nebraska have
been assessed altogether too high and
they try to prove by figures that do not
lie" that Nebraska railroads have paid
more taxes than should justly have been
levied upon them and far in excess Of
the tax burden imposed upon them In
other states.
II this is really true, 1t is high time
for Nebraska to refund to the overtaxed
railroads the money they have taken
from them in excess Of just valuation.
For example: In 1890 the railroads Of
Nebraska, with a mileage Of 5,323 miles,
we're assessed sos 5 ,221.05. With over
400 miles of increased mileage, worth
1871, 800, at the standard average for
1900 of $4,679 per mile, the total rail-
way assessment for 1900 was $26,346,-
1850. Deducting from this the $1,S71,-
800, representing the value of the In
creased mileage, the relative assessment
for 1900 as compared with 1890 would
have been $24,475, 135, or $5,379,0S6 less
than the assessed valuation of the roads
ten years previously. If the railroad as
sessment of 1900 was equitable and just
IL Is MANIFEST I0dL tue dSSSsbulSuL VI
1890 was outrageously unjust and excess
sive and, therefore, the railroads of Ne
braska have a just claim against Ne
braska for the excess Of ASSIGNMENT
amounting to $5,379,0s6, and all the way
from three to five million dollars more to
make up the excessive tax levies for'the
five years succeeding 1890.
If Injustice has been done the rail-
roads, as is claimed by the tax adtuster
bureau, then the wrong should be
righted as soon as possible. The money
o~verpaid into the state and county
treasures for the ten years previous to
1890 should be refunded to them. If
there is not sufficient money in the treas
ury to do this now a special refunding
bill should be passed by the next legis-
lature. In the meantime we submit to
the studious attention Of the railroad
tax bureau the following figures, which
| do not lie, because they are engraved
upon the books of the state auditor:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
Good Pair to Draw To.
St. Louis ~GIobe-Democrat.

bt. Louis GloDe-DemocraC
A remarkable sentence occurred in the
speech OF the chairman Of the democratic
state convention in Indiana. 1t was this,
In reference to the Boer cause: There
would have been no recruiting or supply
station maintained by monarchy in the land
Of Washington n Lincoln had William
Jennings Bryan or Grover Cleveland been
president of the United States" The coup
ling Of the names of Cleveland and Bryan
in a democratic convention with a view OF
getting a round Of applause is new. Per-
haps the next thing will be a financial
grafton from Grover, with Bryan holding
his hat,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

And now 1t transpires that the re-
ported interview with Senator Willard.
in which he was represented as favoring
harmony between the ~contending cor
poratlons for the purpose OF nominating
"a governor satisfactory to all. is a pure
hgment of imagination. The Bee learns
from reliable authority that the senator
disclaims any such views, and on the
contrary. expresses himself in favor OF
candidates for governor. as well as AN
didates for all other state ofices, who
viii fairly and honestly protect every
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

The promotion OF General John G..
Bates. commanding the Department of
the Missouri, to the rank of major gen.
eral is a merited recognition OF valiant
and distinguished service rendered in
two wars. General Bates entered the
regular army in 1851, was brigadier gen
eral OF volunteers In the wal for the
liberation Of Cuba and was with Shafter
at Santiago. His service in the Philip
pines received the highest commentator
OF the commanding Ofhcers from General
Otis 70 Chaneas
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

II the tax bureau OF the railroads,
which is now issuing daily bulletins to
the people of Nebraska, would only give
us a few more figures we will presently
become convinced that the railroads
have been outrageously imposed upon
by their own boards and should be ex-
empt from taxation altogether.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

II the South Omaha Board of Review
will do it's duty fearlessly the South
Omaha tax levy for 1902 will go down
from % mills to 25 mills. Instead Of an
assessment of 100000 South Omaha
should have an assessment of from
100000 to $5.OO0,OOo. According to
the official census returns the value of
the South Omaha packing house plants
alone exceeds SIS, 100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
Another Passing Graft.

minneapolis Tribune.
The Pullman conductors are asking for a
raise. They cant live on their salaries
and the tips have fallen of sadly of late.
1t took the travelling public a long time
to arrive at the conclusion that the Pull
man company was fully able to pay It's own
employees, but this action Of the conductors
would seem to indicate that that conclu-
sion had been reached by a good many
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Congressman Thompson of Alabama
proposes to bury all of the dead presl-
dents, except George Washington. at the
national cemetery at Arlington. Why
the line is drawn at Washington is not
explained IN the bill. He certainly
would find himself in good company at
Arlington should he be transferred from
Mount Vernon.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
Lingering Pinch of War.
Philadelphia Ledger.

IIIuUtIpNId DNUBVI'
The magnitude Of the war against the
Beers is strongly shown in the statement
of the British chancellor of the exchequer,
that merely to wind 1t up and return the
British troops to their homes and the sur
viving Beers to their farms will cost $780,
900 900. In comparison with this, the $780,
000, 900 we paid Spain for the goodwill she
did not have in the Philippines seems
trihinR,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

1t goes without saying that no teacher
In the public schools Of Omaha desires
to take an enforced vacation, even If
half-fare tickets-of-leave were furnished
by the school board.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

While the Beers and Britons, who
made the peace compact, are frater-
mixing, the Beers who arranged for the
surrender and the Beers who have been
surrendered do not speak as they pass
On the streets of B~elfontaine.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

The Board Of Education has sus-
pended its rules for the benefit of the
three married teachers with husband at
tachments, but 1t appears to be inclined
to draw the line at teachers with pre-
Yious engagements.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Several of the very pertinent questions
propounded to Congressman MERGERS
champion still remain unanswered, be-
u the magniloquent debater is not
q mind reader.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Now that Governor jefferson Davis of
Arkansas has been taken back into the
Baptist church his excellency will take
to water more steadily than before he
was overtaken by the disagreeable in
cident.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

A reduction Of thirteen points in
Omaha fire insurance rates may not be
within reach this summer, but a reduc-
ton of four or five points seems practi-
cable,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

In the minds of the southern leaders
republican presidents become great and
good only when they die. Senator Nor
gan's encomlums on President Mckinley
are b fair sample.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
GIorifyinR June Days.


The longest days In the year are the
most agreeable when June is gracious. Life
In the open air is the life best worth liv-
ing, and this lie the month in which to get
the choicest experiences Of such life-a
month without peer. As James Russell
Lowell wrote, Then, II ever, come perfect
days"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
Democracy Savior in sight.

BTOOkIyU EdBle VubHI.J
And so Grover Cleveland is to speak to
the Ttlden club over in Manhattan, and to
tell them and the rest OF the democratic
party what they should do. There are
those who would not be surprised II Grover
Cleveland should again date his letters
from Washington, d. G.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

When the Omaha jobbers p~etitioned
for the removal of the sky parlor market
they did not realize that they were STALL
ing the proposed fire engine house.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

The republicans of Nebraska cannot
afford to renominate a treasurer who
has, directly or indirectly, specialized In
public funds.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Three red hats have been bestowed
by Pope Leo within the last forty-eight
hours, but not one of them is labeled
for America.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
Hot Weather Diversion.

Baltimore American.
Just as the Boer troubles seemed to be
settled there arises a hot discussion as to
whether or not their defeat was a victory.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Senator Quay still appears to have a
drm grip on the Pennsylvania republican
machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
Another Boost for bee.

Kansas City journal.
tn Boer farms are to be restocked with
American cattle. Gadzooksi And only
SIS, 900, 900 allowed for the purposei
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

The republicans of Sarpy county think
Mercer has had enough.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Philadelphia Catholic Standard: Mark
ley-You've owed me $50 for two years
now. Don't you think it's about time you
liquidated that debit
Reconnaissance. I'll buy you a drink,
II that's what you mean.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Now 1t is up to the South Omaha
Board Of Review.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION

state OF Nebraska. Douglas County, S.:
George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
furnishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
Eompiete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month OF May. 1902. was az follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Chicago Post: eyes. I think the gov
eminent should own and operate all trans
"Do you think the sleeping car porters
would permit it?"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

interest n represent the a and file
Of the party"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
MILWAUKEE, PEOPLE
Could Hardly Believe It. A
Prominent Woman Saved From
Death by Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DrAB Mas. PnKHAMs-I suppose =
large number OF people who read Of
my remarkable cure viii hardly believe
IT, had ] not experienced Il myself, 1
know that I should not
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

somerville Journals: A man never real
ICES what a complicated game base ball
really is until he has tried to explain 1t to
a woman.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11
POINTED

Chicago Tribune: TITS diff'runt with a
Volcano" reflected Uncle Eph'm. 1T kin
cough its whole blame head on an still
keep on coughin'."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-11

Detroit Free Press: 81 never heard of
such e-xtraVagance," exclaimed Mrs. Nc
Bride to her husband.
What the matter now?"
Mrs. Fosdick has given. a beefsteak din
ner to sixteen guests. Think or IT.
Washington Star: "You have not kept
your promisel' exclaimed the reprovtng
friend.
That's true" answered Senator Sor-
ghum placidly, ''but 1t might be worse.
Some of my promises may be broke, but
I'm not"