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sUR-TREAsURY TRANSACTIONS.

THURSDAY.
Paid by Sub Treasury TO banks ........ 3s2s5 900
Paid by banks to sub Treasury. ......... 2si0O0O
49,
Gain TO banks on days transactions. S47S. 900
RINCR FRIDAY LAST.
Paid by Sub Treasury 10 banks SO. 5000
Paid by banks to Sub Treasury ....... 81 OS4 900
Loss TO banks .,,..., ... 81 S56, 900
Gain to banks for same period previous
week Observation-Disclosures. 5000 900
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COMMERCIAL.

Cotton Closes I.ower-Heayy Realizing In
All Markets-New Orleans and Local
Bulls Big Sellers-Cablcs Disappolnt.
ing-Weather GOod-Grain Higher
Leading Western Operators Buying
Coffee Reconsideration Firmer
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AMERICAN EAPRESs COMPANY

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY.
semi Annual Dividend OF Three is O0 dollars
PER share has been declared payable In New York,
Juy J. ism, 70 the Shareholders Of record at the
cloee o. business May 20 1905 also an extra DvI.
dsed OF One $500 Dollar per Share out Of the
eAsnAss OF the Company from its lnves,me nis
Nsw Fork. Nay 10, ipos.
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chicago CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT.

WARRINGTON. NAV rs. The statement OF the
receipts and expenditures OF the Treasury shows:
This dap This month, Fiscal near,
Receipts b5i 29& S2l fS' G34 $tss l0o las
Expenditures. l.+>o,ooo 22.7olooo 153,7so.s5s
Surplus ........, s75.2ai .sl.l07 368 ssI 3i2.csO
'Dehcit.
The receipts from customs to day were: S78O, 1884:
from internal revenue saas,,lS miscellaneous.
: 3t2: national bank notes received for rcdcmp
tlon. Ss8l 4sa.
The cash statement of the United States Treasurer
tor Na, 2 Sh
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Wheat was a fraction higher owing 10 smaller
Argentina shipments, irmer English cables,
stronger outside n,aricts foreign buying. reports
that Armour and pntten were good buyers al the
West. an indsposi ton TO sell on account OF the
fear Of manipulation. rumors OF food export a.
ceptanccs vorable crur reports from the South
west. wnere FeSsian fy was said TO be doing con
siderable damage, favored BY the recent heavy
rains In that region. and covering OF shorts The
weather was favorable. being fair In most sections
with higher temperatures and still warmer weather
predicted, and at one time prices reacted on reaik.
Ing. nut bears were nervous and indspostd 10
take the aggressive and later on covering caused
another upturn The Argentina shipmehs were
less 900 bush. against 3lSi.0oO last week and
504 00o last year: since an s. SS<. MO against
"A. ?9e. oOn In the same time last year. Engllsh
markets rose Il to NJ. while Paris was nchanEed
10 10 confines lower Tho exports for the week.
according 10 Brddarsn's. were A,Oo7 eos hush.
against 3.2oi $50 last week and b,t72oSi last year
thus inr this season. ies cnn 1850 against ALSO 30,
thus far last year.
This Modern Afuer said: Little change u any
for the better IA noted In the condition OF winter
wheat. In the sections where the plant has shown
i connnsd principally to central ana SOW, heIa
TO Missouri, outside OF the southwestern portion
Of the state. In the entire Southwest. Including
Kansas, the Territories and Texas, tho prospects
arc excellent. and In Nebraska the outlook 70 good
There are no complaints OF consequence elsewhere.
except California. where rain b badly needed" Chi
caeo received "a cars. Of which were contract
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New York Stock Exchange Sales. May IL.

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THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
General Oll.Ct. RrOnd Street Station.

NATHAN S. BEARDSLfF
FRANK p. McDERMOTT
kecrr crs OF the Nationa! Salt Company.
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RAILROAD AVID OTHER SHARES,

Total sales o. bonds tpar valuei. 81 .nO.io
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

cannot be removed after the first year
except for cause by less than a vote Of
two-thirds Of the full board.
There are other holes in that water
works skinner which should be
plugged before the bill passes the house.
The bill grants authority to the water
commission to operate ten miles beyond
the corporate limits of Omaha at its
discretion. but nowhere does the bill
make provision for accountability TO
South Omaha in collecting water rents,
planting hydrants or extending water
mains. That omission alone insures
sufficient litigation to complicate the ne
gotiations and acquisition of the water
works for months If not for years.
The safe plan for the house of rep
resentatives would be to indefinitely
postpone the bill or to recommit it to
its parent for reconstruction on the
lines of home rule and popular sover-
eighty.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
NOTES.

No member Of congress is so successful
in keeping his views out Of the papers as
Senator Allison of Iowa.
Pullman sleeping cars are now numbered
instead of named. The breakfast foods
have copyrighted all of the pretty names.
Adrian c. Arson, the we'll known base
ball captain, is a candidate for city treas
urer of Chicago on the democratic ticket.
European countries are complaining Of
the increased number OF old maids. Next
to grass widows the old maids now con-
stitute the largest part OF the old world
population.
Chicago has at last found a legitimate
reason for civilized mans settling in its
nelghborhood. The death rate for 1902 has
reached the low water mark Of 1888. Pure
water and hard work did it.
Andrew Langdon. president Of the Buff
falo IN. " Historical society, has pre-
sented to that city a copy OF the bronze
statue Of David. by Michael Angelo, which
will be erected In one of Buffalo's parks.
Five American ambassadors to foreign
courts are graduates OF Harvard. They are
Joseph H. Choate, Horace Porter, Charlie
magne Tower, George Won L. Meyer, Bel
lamy Storer, who represent the United
States respectively at London, Paris, st.
Petersburg, Rome and Vienna.
A ms sive and costly monument to mark
the last resting place OF Bret Harte has
just been erected in Frimley church yard,
Surrey, England. His grave is in the north
eastern part of the church yard and around
1t have been planted a number OF young
FIR trees. The monument consists OF a mas
sive slab Of white granite. Weighing two
and a half tons, on which is placed a block
of Aberdeen granite, sIoping upward in the
form of a cross. Simplicity itself is the
inscriptions: Bret Harte. Aug. %, 1897:
Harvest" .ta.sN f. gng
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
CINDERELLA ON SKATES.


Minna Irving In New York Times.
In a worn satin hood and a shabby old
cloak
m a dress that had long been outgrown.
Apart from the girls In their feathers and
She quietly skated alone.
They laughed at the quaint little figure
And passed her with glances of scorn,
Till she darted away like a swallow thQA
cleaves
The Infinite blue OF the morn.
As swift as an arrow she gracefully sped
Ger the smooth, shining floor Of the lake,
Leaving crosses and stars. and the lines
of her name
On the glittering ice I'm her wake.
The scant wooden skirt in its shortness
revealed
The trimmest Of fairylike feet,
And the, Embroidered hood was a frame
for her face
Tha was as pink as a rose and as sweet.
The lads as they looke left the circle of
girls
To follow the faded blue hood,
And the tallest came forward to walk with
her home,
Through the hadows and snow OF tho
wood.
He welded the lass. and in sabIes and silks
She rides in her carriage today,
But she tenderly treasures a blue quilted
hood,
with a moth-eaten border of gray.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

why should the school board make a
supplementary coal contract when the
regular contractors are obligated by
their agreement to supply all the coal
needed at the prices bid or to stand
the difference? The ordinary procedure
where a contractor fails to live up to
his contract is to procure the goods on
the open market and hold him for the
excess over. his figure. If the school
boards contract is not drawn so as to
be binding, it is high time to get an at
torney to draw up forms that will stick.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
NO RErRoAorlyr EXTENSION.

The state association of county com-
missioners has endorsed the proposed
enactment of a law extending to -four
years the term of office Of county clerk.
county treasurer, county surveyor,
county commissioner, county supervisor,
county Judge and sheriff. In other
words, the legislature will be invoked
and pressed hard TO grant a retroactive
extension of terms to all the county
officers In the state, excepting alone
county attorneys, justices of the peace
and assessors.
On broad gauge lines all back-action
legislation is pernicious and vicious.
When the people elect an officer for a
fixed term, he is entitled to serve out
his term, If he behaves, but he has no
rightful claim to a back-dOOr extension
by legislative enactment. With the ex-
ceptiOn of county and city ~treasurers.
all municipal and county officers are
eligible to as many terms as the people
are disposed to give them. The people
rarely turn down a good officer for a
second term, and often re-elect county
and city officers a third or ever a fourth
time If they are exceptionally COM
petent and efficient.
The only plausible excuse for the
retroactive extension is that it would
reduce election expenses and improve
the breed of Office holders, but inasmuch
as the state constitution requires one
general election every year. we fail TO
see where any saving can be effected by
retroactive extension. The proposition
TO change twO-year terms into fouryemr
terms for the sake of Increased eff
cheney by reason of experience is more
than Offset by the disadvantage Of re-
tanning an incompetent, shiftless or dis
reputable official for -four years when
under the present system he can be got
rid Of in two years.
Good men in public office are soon
found out and the people always appre.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
blow AT DIVORCES MILLS.
DskOts's ThrivinE Industry sets II
I'm the Neck.
chicago Inter ocean.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
The United states supreme courts de-
cIsion in the Andrews CAGE would eeem "a
have dealt an indirect but severe blow te
the divorce mills Of South Dakota and
some other states.
The contest arose over Massachusetts
property bequeathed by Charles II. An
drews ito the wife OF my son, Charles S.
Andrews" Annie Andrews, the second
wife, and Kate II. Andrews. the alleged
divorced wife, claimed the estate.
The Massachusetts courts held that since
Charles 8. Andrews had gone to South
Dakota merely to get rid of mis- wife. the
courts there never obtained jurisdiction
over this citizen OF Massachusetts, and
that Kate II. Andrews was never divorced
at all. and was the heir OF her husbands
father.
The United States supreme court sweep
lngly affirmed the exclusive control OF the
states over the marriages and divorces
OF their citizens. No temporary change OF
residence for the purpose Of eyading a
states laws, It held, could deprive the
state Of that control, t,. t9
1t also held that the Federal constitu-
ton was in no way involved, for the rea-
son that congress never had been given
power to regulate marriage and divorce.
Hence the agitation for a national mar
rage and divorce law is evidently futile,
since a constitutional amendment would
first be required. o
States which disbelieve in easy divorce
can evidently make the DEGREES of the
South Dakota and other divorce mills prac-
tically worthless TO their citizens. Under
the Andrews decision It is open to either
party to such a divorce to attack its
validity at any time in any state from
which the other party may have tempo
rarily emigrated to secure the decree.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

There is no question that the labelling
of Nebraska in the Biographies of
twenty years ago as "the great Amerl-
can desert" retarded its settlement. And
the constant advertising Of semi-arid
regions where it takes twenty acres to
feed one animal is equally subversive to
population expansion. The truth Is that
only a comparatively small part Of west
ern and northwestern Nebraska is semi
arid to that degree, but it will be diff
cult to get possible immigrants to look
into the subject that closely.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
rRAr BouNpARY QUESTION.

In the national house of representa-
tives on Tuesday. during the debate on
an appropriation bill. a democratic rep
resentative took occasion to discuss the
Alaskan boundary question and to de-
nounce the course of the State depart
ment as a cowardly surrender. He
charged that the United States had
truckled to Great Britain in the matter
of the boundary dispute and stigmatlzed
as p~usillanimous the provisional ar
rangement entered into by our govern
ment with the British government.
There are a great many who enter
tain this view, but it is erroneous and
unjust. AS a matter of fact there has
been no surrender of American territory
in Alaska and 1t is safe to say there
will not be. When the Anglo-American
commission failed to reach a decision on
this question or to agree upon arbitra-
ton, and the situation in Alaska became
so acute as to threaten very serious
trouble, the matter was taken up by
the American and British governments.
The diplomatic negotiations resulted in
an agreement by which the existing
status was to be maintained tempo
rarily, or pending a final adjustment,
which 1t was understood would be
sought at the earliest time practicable.
In this our government yielded no part
of the American claim and made no
surrender of territory. 1t pursued a
conciliatory course, as the circumstances
called for, but there was no trucking to
Great E-itain. 1t would have beer an
easy thing at that time to have aggra-
waited the dispute, but we think every
one who is capable of taking a fair and
reasonable view of the question must
conclude that the course pursued was
the wiser one, as it is not to be doubted
time will demonstrate. Before that
agreement a collision in Alaska between
Americans and Canadians was i'm
minent. There was a very bitter feel
ing on both sides and a very grave con-
dition of affairs. Since the agreement
peace has prevailed and there has beer
very little complaint. Meanwhile our
government has been prosecuting in
vestigations with reference to the
boundary line, with results generally
tending to more strongly confirm It's
claims.
In the course of the house debate a
New York representative expressed the
opinion that there was no doubt of the
title Of the United States to the dis
puted territory. We know Of no Ameri-
can, certainly none in public life, who
doubts it. Secretary Hay, who carried
IN the negotiations by which the exist
ing arrangement was effected, undoubt-
edly believes that our dtle TO the dis
puted territory is good. The present
administration, there is no question, SO
regards it and no one need have any
fear that it will favor the surrender OF
a single foot Of American territory in
Alaska.
This question ought to be finally
settled and disposed of in the neal
future. While not at present a source
Of irritation, it may become so at any
time, therefore it should be removed
from controversy. The course Of oul
government in regard to the dispute ha.
been conservative and conciliatory, but
never trucking.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

1t is much easier to create new offices
than to abolish old ones. The proposed
creation of the Office of matron of the
penitentiary is simply another attempt
to create a sinecure for somebody's sis
ter, cousin or aunt. There have never
been ten female convicts in the Ne
braska penitentiary at any one time and
none so tender as to require the care Of
a special matron.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
Divorce industry checked.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The decision OF the United States Su-
preme court again upholding the divorce
law Of any state in regard to residents of
that state is very encouraging. A Massa-
chusetts citizen who went to South Da-
kota and remained there six months to OBJ
tain a divorce, and who married again,
died and his second wife claimed the right
to administer the estate. The supreme
court decides that she was not his wife, as
the laws OF Massachusetts,, in which state
he lived, did not recognize the divorce as
legal. That is satisfactory in every way,
as it upholds the Massachusetts courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

1t is proposed for the city of Lincoln
to take the school board out Of politics
by vesting the appointment of members
in a commission named by the mayor.
1t is noteworthy that the idea that nom
partisanship can be secured only by de-
stroying home rule and turning the local
government oversto the governor has
not yet permeatedtt the state capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor scenes and sketched
on the spot.

Minor scenes and sketched
on the Spot.
Senator Vest signalizes his approaching
retirement from public life by rendering to
the library of the University of Missouri a
bound copy Of every public document which
has come to him during his twenty-four
years in the senate. The gift will embrace
900 volumes OF the most valuable %publiea-
lions Issued by the government in that
time. In the collection is a complete set OF
the Congressional Records. from the be-
ginning of the government until this time,
the earlier numbers being now out OF print,
and many historical, scientific, agricultural
and books upon other subjects, many OF
which cannot now be purchased anywhere
'"While / had the right TO sell these
books" said Mr.. Vest, II do not hin it
proper, after my term OF Office expires, to
appropriate to myself the proceeds Of such
sale, as the intention Of the act Of con-
gress was TO furnish senators and repre-
sentatives with information which would
enable them to legislate properly. Under
the circumstances / thought the most APP
propriate disposition of these volumes was
TO donate them to the State University OF
Missouri. where 1900 young Missourians
can obtain from them a complete history
Of our government and its workings"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

If the belated passengers of the ocean
liner st. Louis succeed in securing dam
ages from the owners for failure to
make the passage promptly, it will open
up the same question with reference
to delayed railway passengers where
the railroad has no reasonable excuse
for not keeping schedule time. What's
law for the steamship will be law for
the passenger train.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

No haste seems to be manifested to
have that inventory Of property belong
ing to county, city and school district
made. An inventory with proper
records and checks might be an OBJ
stacle to the loaning of grading ma
chimes, school books, stationery, chairs
and desks belonging to the taxpayers to
special friends Of the authorities in
charge,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

Manager Kenyon Of the South Omaha
stock yards and managers Of stock
yards in other Missouri river cities are
wasting a great deal OF valuable time
In reciting the wrongs to which ship
pers and communities are being sub
jected on the part Of railroads by
reason OF their anxiety to get the long
haul from points west Of the Missouri
70 Chicago. The Interstate Commerce
commission win listen patiently to their
tale Of woe. but there it will end in
smoke. The commission does not have
as much power TO enforce its findings as
= justice OF the peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
TRAGEDIES OF THE RAIL.
Killing Apparatus of steam Roads
working Overtime.
New York World.

9 4OAh WIN
Accident Bulletin No. 5, Just issued at
Washington, shows that in the three
months ending last September 26S persons
were killed and 2,6lS injured in train acct
dents on the railroads of this country. In
the first quarter of 1902 the corresponding
dead numbered PIP and the injured 2.111.
For the last three months in 1901 there was
a death roll Of pa and the injured were
2,0S9.
These returns. which come from the In
~terstate Commerce commission, do not In
elude victims Of accidents other than train
wrecks. These multiply by three or four
the death totals quoted. For instance, the
grand totals in the quarter ending with
September last were S45 killed and l1,i6z
injured.
The lesson OF these figures is plain. Care
ful conduct and safety provisions do not
keep pace with expansion In our great car
rieT systems.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

Representative Fitzgerald Of New York
had the pleasure Of escorting a bride and
bridegroom-"two constituents Of mine"
as he designated ~them-about the city the
other day. They had come TO Washington
on a wedding trip from Brooklyn, and were
DESTROYS Of seeing all the sights, After the
rounds had been made Mr.. Fitzgerald threw
out his chest with some pride that he could
make such an oner, and then remarked with
careless reeklessness: IF you would like
TO see the president OF the United States /
will take you TO the White House and in
troduce you. Not the slightest interest
was awakened by this oner. The bride
looked at the bridegroom with a quizzieal
expression OF indifference, and the BRIDE
groom waved the oner aside with a doubtful
shake OF his head. W don't know who
the president is" he declared In the broken
English Of . NOrsemRn. but We would
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

President Eliot of Harvard insists that
before long none but educated men will
rule the government. 1t ~behooyes us
all. then. to get into the educated
classes, and with universal education in
free public schools there is no reason
why such a rule should bar any one
Ont
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
Finest in the world.
Chicago Chronicle.

That grand old patriot Gin'ral Grosvenor
asseverates with emphasis that our con-
sular officials are the finest in the world.
From the g~in'ral's point of view this is
probably true, since, according to Con-
gresham Slayden, our consular representa-
tives abroad can drink more whisky, man
for man, than the agents Of any effete
despotism on the map.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

ciate and are willing to reward honest
service wen done, but they reserve to
themselves the right to extend the term
Of any man they deem worthy and re-
tire any man whose service is not sat
isfaCtOrv.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

The legislative committee on revenue
and taxation win soon grapple with the
question whether wireless telegraph
lines should be assessed by the state
board of assessors.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

The Postofiee department will make
an allowance for horse feed for the
mounted letter carriers at Lincoln.
Wonder If it would pay for fuel and
repairs IL the carriers discarded horse
locomotion for automobile transporta-
Ainn
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23

II is said that enforcing the law for
the removal OF the fences Illegally
erected on the public domain in the
cattle raising district would work a
hardship dlsproportionate to the benefits
that would accrue to the public. The non
enforcement Of the law to which the
Illegal fencing of the lands is due is
what has worked the hardship.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-23
From Frying Pan to Fire.
Minneapolis journal.

After all, why shouldn't the cattlemen
put up packing houses and sell the finished
product to the public? They have the
cattle and the hogs and they have the
capital. II they can make the prices right
the public will patronize their 1900, 900, 900
combine in preference to the little $500, 0OO.-
900 beef trust. The consumer may be jump
ing out Of one trust into another, but the
lntermission Of fair prices will be worth
while