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Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
"war hound to Come
indianapolis Journal.

In delivering the diplomas 70 the gradual
ing class at West Point the secretary Of
war said: Before you leave the army,
young men, according to all precedents in
our history. you will be engaged in another
war, II is bound TO come. and will come "
The secretary spoke from history. which
shows that We have had a war about every
twenty-five years. What will cause 1t, from
what quarter 1t will come, or who our an
tagonist will be are matters for conjecture.
but the secretary was doubtless right when
he said 1T - bound TO come"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
AN UNSATISFACTORY EXHIBIT.

The financial exhibit of the Board of
Education will be a disappointment to
the rank and file of Omaha taxpayers
who have entertained the hope that the
management. of our schools would be
conducted more strictly on business
principles. The rule of every well con-
Quoted business concern is to cut its
coat according to its cloth. In other
words, to regulate it's outgo according
to it's income. That old and approved
rule, it would seem, has been discarded
by the school board.
With a most lavish income at its dis
posal, the board continues to fall behind
in it's balances, increasing the deficit,
which on June 1, 1903, aggregated $123,-
6S4.79. A detailed comparison of this
years balance sheet with that of the
preceding year shows an aggregate pay
roll for 1908 Of $3.50, ,S46.74, as against
$3.50, ,029.19, or an apparent reduction of
50, 1925. The cut on the pay roll
amounts to $4,411.S0 in teachers sal
aries, while the pay of janitors was in
creased by $1,9S6 and the pay of sal
aried officers increased by $4S3.35. The
reduction is apparent only because three
weeks salary will be paid the teachers
this June as compared with only two
weeks salary last June.
The trivial saving in the pay roll of
1908 is Offset by a very material in
crease in other directions, notably in the
interest and exchange account, which
for the year 1908 aggregated $30,671 .OG,
as against $26,7S6.46 for the preceding
year. That increase evidently repre-
sents the increased interest on outstand
ing warrants, which on June 1, 1903
aggregated $234,2S4.21. and have since
been materially increased.
In view of the fact that the school
board has the taxing power in its owr
hands, which it has exercised in the tax
levy to meet the estimates based on the
disbursements of the preceding year, the
deficit of $123,OO0 seems almost mex
plicable.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Chicago Methodist preachers suggest
that all the prosecuted Jews Of the
world be reinstated in possession OF
Palestine as the solution Of the present
problem. The Methodlsts are ready to
take up this plan just at a time when
the Zionists, previously promoting II, are
ready to abandon the project. There
is about as much prospect for re-
establishing the Jews in Palestine as
there is for transplanting the Methodists
to the same place.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
A NATIONAL NECESSITY.
Storage Reservoirs as n Preventive
of Flood.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Ptttsburg Dispatch.
The government officials In charge OF the
reclamation policy authorized by the recent
irrigation law hope to include within the
scope OF their work plans which will pre-
vent the recurrence Of the disastrous floods
in the Mississippi valleys Storage reser-
voirs, not only at the heads Of streams, but
at all points where rain drainage can be i'm
pounded, will permit the diffusion OF the
surplus water for the irrigation OF millions
of acres of land In Wyoming. Colorado
Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas The
irrigation project will thus be doubly ad-
vantageous. in retaining the arid lands
and in preventing the destruction OF life
and property II this policy is supple
mented with the Improvement OF the navi-
gable rivers so as TO AFFORD a deep chan
mel instead OF relying upon the levee sys-
TEN. which has proved so unsatisfactory
and unsafe. the floods OF 1903 may be re-
membered as marking the first step in a
great national undertaking which will bene-
nj not only those populous valleys but the
whole west. and, in fact, the entire coun-
try.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Land Commissioner Follmer has done
something no other state officer has done
in turning back into the treasury $1,000
out Of $1,000 appropriated by the 1901
legislature to cover the expenses Of the
State Board of Educational Lands and
Funds. Mr.. Follmer is entitled to big
credit mark for introducing such bust
ness methods in the transaction of that
part of the state business which de-
wolves upon him.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
Heated Remarks. of the Barons
Philadelnhia Record

u
Mr.. ELEPHANTS statement that II is the
"deviltry'' OF the miners that makes coal
expensive shows disposition to enter into
competition with Mr.. Parry OF the National
Association of Manufacturers. in the en-
ployment of reckless language. 1t was
shown last year that the increase in the
price of coal was greater than the increase
in the wages of the men, and It has not
yet been shown that there is wage In
crease SUFFICIENT to Justify the announced
addition of so cents TO the price of coal.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
weak spots In Brave Men.

Kansas City Journal
1t Is related of a Missouri engineer at
Atchison that he does not hesitate to drive
his machine at full speed through the
blackest storm at night with washouts al
around him, but that he is afraid to go
home alone in the dark. II someone is
not at the roundhouse to go with him he
sits there till daylight. 1t is the old story
Of every man having his own peculiar fears.
There is in Topeka a doctor who will cut
a man 10 pieces and smile the while. He
is an old soldier and often faced the can
mons mouth. But he will betray the most
abiect terror IL one OF the harmless little
elm tree worms happen to drop on his
person.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

The striking brieklayers. or rather
what there are left Of the striking brick
layers, in Omaha have returned to
work Had the eontending parties got
ten together on terms of give and take
at the beginning Of the trouble the ex-
odus OF bricklayers from Omaha would
not have occurred and a full compile
ment OF workmen would now be on
deck to finish up the work I'm progress.
The same is true with reference to sew
eral branches OF skilled mechanics, so
that the building operations viii have to
limp along short handed all around
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

In his address TO the Saengerfest at
Baltimore President Roosevelt expressed
the wish that there might be societies
and associations everywhere in this
country for the cultivation of music,
both vocal and instrumental. The presi-
dent evidently thinks that music Is clrs
good thing of which we cannot have too
much
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

their points OF destination. Under such
circumstances the statistics must be in
large part unreliable because the FIRST
destination OF an immigrant is not al
ways bis ultimate destination. Thou
sands upon thousands of the newcomers
stop a short while in the east before
making their way out west. 1t will
hardly be safe to draw conclusions from
these immigration tables.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
WHITFIELD TO A POINT.

honesty is de bes' policy, an den seems
puffickly willin' to give delr neighbor a
monopoly of it's advantages. ."-Washington
Star,
TITS an eight-hogr day for about every
employers" And why not for them Y7
Because. II they had been content with an
ceeded in becoming employers. Chicago
Post.
Tess-Graciousl You're az cross as two
Jess-No wonder That's what 1 had
calling on me last night.
Tess-What?
Jess-Two sticks.-Philadelphia Press.
air with tremulous distress. Your neigh
Dor next door seems to have delicate ear
for music" said the visitor. II don't know
ANYTHING about her delicate ear" said the
affilicted householder. What bothers me is
her powerful hands. Plain
Dealer.
you are from Boomtown are your
said the passenger in the skull cap. well,
doesn't seem to have been any distress
caused there by the floods"
IN tSs asy the Ss
been under water for more'n a week,
b bgoshl"-Chicago Tribune.
TO be a great inventor or somethin'," said
Farmer Corntossel
What signs has he shown7'' inquired his
wife.
'I had a long talk with him last night
That boy KIN make you believe more things
that amt so than anybody I ever saw
Washington Star.
What's up. old man? I never saw you
look so haggard."
"The steenth bank is up; that's what's
up; And my deposits gone up with IT."
"oh! wouldn't let a thing like that
upset me-"
I'm not upset; merely lost my balance"
philadelphia Press.
How about the golden ruler" he asked.
"I wouldn't advance you a cent on II"
answered Isaacs, the pawnbroker."-Chi-
cago Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

The Sitka Indians are said to be TAX
ing advantage of the brisk demand for
sealskins by raising the price of their
catch more than double. Time was
when the Indians would trade their
most valuable furs for a yard Of red
calico and a half dozen, small mirrors.
And yet some people insist that the
Indians are showing no evidence of
benehting by contact with civilization.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

According to the report of the school
board meeting in the popocratic organ
"Mr. Mcintosh secured the scalps of the
janitors at the Webster and Leaven-
worth schools" This is the way civil
service is enforced for the janitors of
the public schools in Omaha at the
hands of the reform" element in the
school management
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Jim Hills son declares that there is
no need of dissolving the Northern
Securities company, even If the cases
now pending in the courts all go against
It. In that event there will be no need
either of maintaining the Northern
Securities company.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

'The six-period system at the high
school is not half SO hard on the teach
ers as is the ridiculous unit system.
Abolish the unit system farce and the
teachers will have no difficulty in stand
ing up under six periods OF teaching,
which really gives them only five hours
of classroom work daily.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Omaha is not the only city in America
that has perpetually to wrestle with the
franchised corporations to protect its
rights to self-government and enforce
equitable taxation. In this respect Dem
yer is very much worse off than Omaha.
After years of agitation Denver secured
a constitutional amendment granting
the right TO make its own charters with
out interference from legislatures or
governors. The amendment contem-
plated as a preliminary to home rule
the election of twenty-one taxpaying
citizens to frame the charter to be sub
mitted for ratification to the voters next
winter The election Of members Of the
charter committee took place two weeks
ago. but the corporations sought to pre-
vent the canvass and declaration of the
result, which was in favor of the civic
ticket against the tickets set up by the
corporations with partisan conventions
packed in their interest The Colorado
court OF appeals has finally ordered the
canvassing board to proceed with its
work and the count Of the votes cast
at the election on June 3 is now in prog
ress. The effect of this decision is sum-
married. by the Denver News in the fol-
lowing paragraph:
Since the corporation-ridden council can
canvass no returns and defy the people. the
pI eparation OF a charter will proceed with
vigor, and soon under the benign privi-
leges OF the home rule amendment the
people OF Denver will come into their own
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

When Nebraska was afflicted by
drouth it showed a disposition to help
itself by appropriating a liberal relief
fund out of the state treasury, even
though it had to stretch the constitution
to do 1t, Kansas can hardly afford not
to do as much for its food victims.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

More people appear to have been
drowned by the cloudburst in Oregon
than lost their lives in all the floods in
Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. 1t is not
the amount Of water so much as the
way it is precipitated that determines
the damage.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

The new Chinese minister has been
formally received by the president. 1t
will take some time yet, however, to get
his publicity bureau in as good working
order as that which was maintained by
his predecessor, Minister WI.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
Commissioners Mcponald is to be

Commissioner Mcdonald is to be COM
mended for striking blow at super
numeraries, but 1t is to be hoped the
work of purging the county pay roll
will not be confined TO one or two pic
nters who have done work that should
be performed by principals instead of
suhstitltes
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
Yindication Of Nerve.
Rrnokixn Eagle,

bTuOkIyht LdBIe'
, A man who can come from California
to be operated upon for appendicitis in
New York and who appoints the hour for
operation and the date for his departure
on a pleasure trip to Europe. in one order
must either have a strong constitution or
considerable courage. E. H. Hartman did
exactly that, and the fact may indicate
or vindieate his nerve in railroad under
takings
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
Pass 1t Up.
iCncinnati Enquirer.

IOHCIIHdU LIIQUIIVI'
The cosmic lessons of nature should be
the decalogue of national living and doing"
This from Senator Beveridge of Indiana.
What does a man who can Sling English"
like that want with little thing like the
vice presidency?"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Lincoln has compromised with its tax
shirking franchised corporations on their
tax assessments. Evidently a lot Of
Lincoln people who are in the same
boat prefer to keep it dark.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Having no other government to recog-
nize, nothing is left for the powers to
do but to recognize King Peter as soon
as he is duly installed in the royal office.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Several eminent Missourians must
have been in hiding from the supreme
court of that state when it was hunting
for signs of tobacco trust.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
SEEMING RIGHT AND BEING RIGHT
An Incident of civil war Time with
n Moral

MORAL
American Investments.
In 1853 when Jay Cooke was carrying out
important financial functions for the gov
ernment through the then secretary of the
treasury, Salmon p. Chase, the later or
dered OF the house OF Cooke 300 shares of
Philadelphia & Erie railroad stock, expect
ing to pay for II out of the proceeds OF a
farm in Ohio. which he was about TO sell
Circumstances came preventing the sale
and the order was countermanded where
upon Cooke wrote inclosing his check for
A20o. saying that the stock had advanced
In price and that the remittance represented
the profit. Chase wasn't very wealthy and
II was temptation TO accept the situation.
but he returned the check. saying; "It is
essential for me to be right as we'll as TO
seem right and to seem right as we'll TO
be right" How many public oficials, etc,
etc, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

The west half of the Union Pacific
bridge has been returned for county as
sessment at $4,000, which multiplied
by six, the ratio fixed in Douglas county
for the assessment of all classes of
property, represents an estimated actual
Union Pacific bridge, which is worth no
more than the west half, is assessed in
Pottawattamie county, Iowa, for $780,
600, which multiplied by four the ratio
equal to 100000. Both of these assess
ments are out of all proportion to the
true value of the bridge, which with
approaches could not be replaced for
less than $1,OOO,00O, but why the valua-
ton of the west half of that structure, ly-
ing within the state of Nebraska, should
be considered worth a quarter of mill
lion less than the east half has not yet
been made clear by the railroad bureau.
AS a matter of fact. the west half Of
the Union Pacific bridge was assessed
by the Nebraska State Board of Equal
ization for $1,633. Some mysterious
reason, probably the apprehension of a
test case in the federal courts, recon
ciled the railroad company to a county
assessment for $4,000, but when it
came to the city assessment, which on
the basis of $4,000 would have been
equal to $15O,O0O, the railroad lawyers
I :.
the bridge should be taxed for munich
pal purposes only at mileage rates fixed
! by the state board.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17
No Enemies to Forgive.

Chicago Chronicle.
Servian methods of dealing with political
opponents recall the anecdote of the his
toric character whop on his deathbed. was
exhorted by his confessor to forgive his
enemies. II have none" was the COM
Portable reply; they are all dead"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

The state labor commissioner of Iowa
has given out some figures purporting
to show the source OF immigration into
that state during the past year as COM
pared with preceding years for FIVE
years, based ON data collected by the
national immigration bureau in the
answers by incoming immigrants as to
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

sTATEMENT OF CALCULATIONS
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS:
George b. Tzschuck, secretary Of The bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn;
says that the actual number OF tull ana
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF Nav. lala was follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

An odd time-saving device has recently
come to the notice OF the patrons of one
OF the large department stores OF New
York City. This is an envelope enclosing
the monthly bill. and, save for one feature
is like the rest OF it's kind; that part OF the
envelope upon which custom requires the
writing OF the address is cur away in a long
ellipse. Pasted from the inside and tight
as a drum-head over the opening is a
piece OF tough. transparent paper. It Is,
in effect. an envelope with a window in II.
The time-saving arises from the fact that
the envelope is not addressed at all, but
the bill, bearing near the top the Gus
TONER'S name and address. is so folded that
when placed in the envelope the name and
address will appear behind the window.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

A mysterious stranger we'll dressed and
correct In Sartorial get-up, has been play
ing angel" to the human waits Of New
York. Every night between II and midnight
he appears in Bryant park and distributes
silver dollars among the tramps who crowd
the benches there. once or twice he gave
away over 100 OF these coins. 1T will do
them more good than It is doing me-" he
said to a policeman whom he asked to ac-
company him. The trRmps have been null
tiplying so fast that the stranger is ex-
pected to stop his lavish distribution as
suddenly as II was begun.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Tess-Graciousl You're az cross as two
sticks this morning.
Jess-No wonder. That's what 1 had
calling on me last night.
Tess-What?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-17

Some men," said Uncle Eben, Says dat
honesty Is de bes' policy, an den seems
pufickly willin to give delr neighbor a
monopoly of It's advantages. ."-Washington
Star,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-18
THE KINGS HEAD COOK.
He Receives a Salary of 2ooo Pounds
 Sterling a Year.

From the London Tit Bits.
 King Edwards cook enjoys a salary of a2OOo, about the same as a lieutenant general in the army or an admiral of the fleet It is more than many bishops get, and the keeper of the British museum has to be content with far less. M. Menager. whose reputation is second to none as a chief, Is about 40 years old and a native of southern France This autocrat of the kings kitchen does not sleep under the kings roof. but has his private residence in street not very far away
 With the kings breakfast he has noth- ing to do an artist could not be expected to produce three masterpieces in one day. So, at about II o'clock, the prince of chefs eteps into a hanson and Is driven to Buckir gham palace. There in a large sunny kitchen, overlooking the lawns, he receives the luncheon carte. drawn up By Lord Farquhar, and his work begins. First of all he orders what will be required, and the master of the kitchen sees that all the articles come in. checks each item. and then sends the account to Sir Nigel l<ingseote, the paymaster, who writes out check In payment
 After luncheon is served NJ. Menager re- tires once more to reappear at o'clock when Ine great event Ol ftHt udy-tlis preparation for dinner--commences. That over, fine artist is free for the evening" It is worth noting that he owes his en- viable post solely to hard work and genius, for the cook, like the poet is born, not made. An additional interest attaches to this culinary autocrat because of the encouragement Ee gives to women cooks.
 It has always been said that women can not attain to great heights cooks and creators of. dishes, and that, Just as they fail to excel in music, poetry and painting, they fail also in the higher myst cries of cooking. 1t is very interest ing to learn, on the testimony of the kings cook, that this is no longer true, however, true it may have been formerly. M. Menager Is the first chef to admit that women have any talent in this di- rection, and says that his women assist ants do contrive great works for which he, as chef, gets the credit. For this generous concession women ought to feel very grateful. for. coming from such a high quarter, 1t will undoubtedly do much to remove the popular notion as to women's lack of creative capacity In che Kitchen. And, further M. Menager says that there are renowned kitchens in Lon don which have frequently served up dinners to bis royal master and are con trolled entirely by women cooks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-18
THE FATAL FANS.
Gift to America Secured by Mrs.
 DrexeI From the Vatican.

From the New York Tribune.
 After years of Diplomatic effort Mrs Joseph Drexel, widow of the former part her of J. Pierpont Morgan, has at last succeeded in securing from the pope the famous S-foot fans of the vatican and has brought these trophies in triumph to America. They will be presented to the American people and placed on exhi- bition in the museum of Pennsylvania university.
 Visitors to the vatican will remember these gorgeous emblems of imperial au- thority. No papal procession was com plete without them. When the pope was carried Into the audience chamber or took part in any of the festivities of the church. the fans were always In evil dence, either carried aloft by a favored pair of noble guardsmen or allowed to rest against the papal throne.
 Years ago Mrs. Drexe saw these fans and coveted them. Almost any favor asked by this charitable woman would have been readily granted by the pope, but the fans were regarded as too closely associated with the history of the church to be allowed to leave the vatican. They had been familiar features of Ro- man Catholic celebrations since the days of Plus TX, and were hallowed by too many memories lightly to be relingushed. even at the request of so good friend to the church as Mrs. Drexel
 Mrs. Drexel was disappointed, but not beaten. Year after year, when visiting Europe, she had audience of the pope and renewed her plea for the fans, and at last Leo XIII. gave a reluctant consent to. the splendid symbols being carried off by Mrs Drexel. In return the vatican was presented with another pair of fans, even more gorgeous than the old ones, al- though lacking the historical interest If those secured by Mrs Drexel.
 The fans are splendid creations. The spread is formed of superb ostrich plumes tipped with peacock feathers On the sticks, or what would be the sticks in an ordinary fan, are the papal arms, worked on a crimson field in heavy gold, the crown studded with rubies and em- erafds. The embossed poles that support the great fans when carried aloft are of crimson velvet. At the base of the fans an inscription in Latin records the fact that the presentation was made in com memoration of Pope Plus TX, having occupied the papal throne for quarter of a century. rt
 The fars are at present In the eases in.which they were carefully packed fer shipment from Rome A special case will be prepared for their reception in the museum of the University of Pennsyl- vania. where they will be exhibited side by side with the priceless fan made by the Queen of Italy and presented to Mir. Drexel. rHz