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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
TEE APPREHENDED STRIKES,

Today, It has been understood, would
witness the Inauguration of strikes by
organized labor in all the large cities
Of the country. 1t appears likely that
strikes will be less general than appre-
hended. New York advices state that
employers and employees there for once
are of the same mind in desiring TO
avoid any interruption of work this
year and several of the largest building
trades have been granted their de-
mands. Doubtless the other trades in
this line will get what they ask or come
to satisfactory terms with the en-
ployers. so that no new difficulties with
labor are expected in that city. Re
ports from other eastern points are
hardly less reassuring and indeed It
appears TO be quite generally the case
that employers are disposed to follow
the example OF those in New York and
grant the demands OF labor where
these are shown to be fair and reason,
able.
The deliberation that has been glve1
to this matter has evidently had the
result Of creating very generally con
servatiye sentiment Both intelligent
workingmen and the employers Of labO
appreciate the fact that widespread
conflicts would be most disastrous I,
every kind OF business and would Civ,
a severe check to the prosperity an,
progress of the country. There is con
sequently greater willingness on bot
sides to reach an amlcable arrangemen
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Of differences. This is a disposition
which should be earnestly encouraged.
AS was said by Senator Hanna there
is always a neutral ground, a neutral
position where the great forces Of labor
and capital can meet and at least con-
slider the situation. The tendency to
find this ground which is being mani
tested is a fact in the present situation
which is highly reassuring.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

league committee whose assessments
had been raised and endorsed his com
petltor, @. o. Lobeck. For this measly
course no explanation has yet been
offered and can not be given unless we
assume that in their zeal for Benson
the tax reform members of the exchange
have sacrificed and traded away Hunter
to appease the wrath of the corporations
and mercantile tax beaters.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

The managers Of the American Can
company are very much perplexed over
the problem how to pay seven per cent
on 81, 100000 of preferred stock. That
is precisely the problem that will con-
front other concerns that have guar
anteed dividends or fixed incomes ON
super-inhated stocks and bonds.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Good roads, the trolley and the rural
free delivery are all steps in the same
direction. Coupled with the farm tele-
phone they will completely revolu-
tionize farm life before the first quarter
of the twentieth century has expired.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Startling Innovation.
BaltImore American.

Baltimore American.
The police commissioner OF New York
is a very remarkable man. He declined
an invitation to address a political meet
ing on the ground that as he had issued or
ders to the force under his command to
keep out OF politics 1t was his duty to set
them the example. Such consistency is
novel enough to touch on the revOlu-
tIonarv
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
silence hest becomes Hin,
Indianapolis Journal.

General Tyner expresses astonishment
that the postmaster general and other high
officials should have acted as they did in
his case, and thinks they have lost their
heads. This is probably because he has
lost his-a humiliation he might have
avoided II he had not acted on bad advice
and permitted members of his family to
compromise him before the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Under the law recently enacted
county funds may be loaned out at two
per cent per annum, but that permission
is not by any means to be construed as
a prohibition of accepting as high a
rate of interest as any responsible bank
is willing to pay. Douglas county treas
ury deposits have been farmed out for
years without yielding any income to
the county under pretense that the law
did not authorize the deposit of these
funds at n lower rate than three per
cent Now that the limit is reduced to
the rate that is being paid by the banks
on city deposits taxpayers have a right
to insist that the funds shall earn some
interest for the county.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Members of the original steel trust
syndicate have received 200 per cent
profit on their original investment and
the bulk of this enormous profit has
either been wrung out Of the earnings
Of labor or out of water coined into
gold. In the end the consumer pays the
freight.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

The question that presents itself to
every taxpayer of Omaha is not whom
he would like to have voted for, but
who among the candidates stands any
chance Of election and who will be in
fiuenced least by corporations and con-
tractors.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
one RestfuI sunday.
Baltimore American.

President Roosevelt went to church; lis
tened to a sermon, rode fifteen miles on
horseback against a high wind. talked to a
bunch Of people at a soldiers home-and
yet they persist in saying he spent a rest
fui Sunday
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Putting 1t on the Clouds.
San Francisco Call.

san FTdnCIsCO OdII
The Southern Pacific company seems to
have won the palm for the invention OF the
most extraordinary excuse to evade respon-
sibility for a train wreck. In a suit for
damages recently tried the company won
the case by accusing cloudburst and fixing
blame upon II.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

1t is not true that Mr.. Benson is a
confirmed tax-shirker. He paid $7.05
into the city treasury in personal taxes
last year and would be willing to guar
antee double that amount for a war
ranty deed to the Office Of mayor
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Fen Commandments Reamrmed
Brooklvn Eagle.

Judge Grosscup's decision is not revolu-
tionary. II merely comes at a revolutionary
time. There cannot be any serious danger
to business or to national PROSPERITY in the
reafirmation OF the ten commandments in
a courthouse, with penalties attached. That
is all the rebate decision amounts to. We
are not so rotten that the enforcement OF
plain honesty and fairness between men Is
EoinE 70 unset u
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Republicans afflicted with conscien-
tious compunctions about voting for
Mayor Moores should remember that a
vote for Benson is half vote for
Howell
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

The Doodle investigation at Spring
field partakes very much of the char
acteristics of the BARLEY investigation
at Lincoln. The investigators appear to
be trying hard to find nothing.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Unless the building contractors and the
workingmen engaged in the building
trades arbitrate their differences pretty
soon Omaha will experience a killing
frost In midsummer
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
strange scarcity of water.

A locomotive combine has been formed In
Great Britain embracing works that en-
ploy 1000 men and turn out 600 locomotives
year. And its capital stock is only $10.-
OOo, 900! There must be a severe drouth
over there.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

In his latest lecture at Hampton, Va,
at the Industrial institute, Booker
Washington hits the nail on the head
when he declares: "The negro is
seeking no social equality. The
negro is as proud of his own race
as the white man is of his race.
believe 1t is the duty of the white
people to try to get insight into the
domestic, business, moral and religious
life of the negro and this they can do
without introducing the bugbear of
social equality. 1 believe the white
people of this country have about begun
to realize that they can't get rid of the
negro. The negro is not going to
colonize; he is not going to die out and
you can't bury him. You've got him
here and the best thing you can do for
him is to make him a decent, self-re-
specting, honest American citizen"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

The democratic barn stormers point
with pride to their platform, but they
have not been able to point with pride
to their candidate for mayor.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Perfah the ThouEht.

Chicago Record-Herald.
when the kings Of England and Italy met
they kissed each other four times. Let
us hope there is nothing to the theory
that germs may be carried In whlskers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

When the corporations have 1t in for
anybody the corporation lawyers and
the corporation strikers have 1t in for
him also,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

BY Legislative blunder the number
of Justice courts In Lincoln will In
crease from two to three, which is Just
three too many.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Nay Day has come and organized
labor and organized capital are again
face to face.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
SMILING LINES.

'Jane, do you believe In predestination?"
NO, sab, l don't b'lieve in none o. dem
new-fangled breakfuss foods no sah."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The BrOker-Don't you hnd 1T easier to
shave some men than others?
The Barber-Yes; don't you?-Yonkers
Statesman.
"Ts glad TO see all dis here philanthropy
goin' on" said Uncle Eben, but reckon
IT'S ,gwinter be a good while befo' you sees
does at a base ball game. ."-Washington
Look, papa! The duke has brought hisl
"Teil him to go ahead and play 1t. J
don't mind the noise."-Brooklyn Life.
You take orders from both the colonel
You You know Gr man can't nj rs serve % two masteTs?' %
Yes, ye kin, boss, You Jist do what de
missus tells ye, an you'll git along all
right. Chicago Tribune.
That's a queer design you have in the
corner of your billhead,' said Slopay
tailor.
''Well. yes. it's forget-me- mot. t."-Phils,N
delphia Press.
'T don't have any luck at ALL" ErOwled
You didn't get caught when you broke
into that last bank, did you?"
had been there ahead Of me."-Chicago
Post.
Grace-Why, Ethel! How could you tell
all the news In Mary's letter so soon? You
haven't even read IL.
Ethel-Well, you see, dear, I read the
postscript frst.-Yonkers Statesman.
''You told me HIbbs was an accumulated
musician. He says he doesn't play any in
strument whatever"
He's a musician, just the same He un-
derstands music, and can tell good music
from bad. Can't a man be a good theoloRian
without being preacherP'-Chicago Trib-
une.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
siEnincant Ominnion.
Brooklyn Eagle,

Senator Morgan says that the democratic
party's principles have received the IN
dorsement Of the country. He did not say
when.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
sTATnMENr OF CIRcULATIoN.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, sS.;
George b. Tzschuck, secretary OF The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly. sworn.
says that the actual number Of full ana
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed curing the
month Of March. 1908. was as followa:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
ROUND ABOUT NEW york.
RippIes on the Current of Life in the
Metropolis.

The best dressed men in New York are
the wall streeters There is one young
member Of the Stock exchange who is ia
nous for his clothes He has a wardrobe
in his private once and changes his suit
three times a dsy--at 10, at noon and at
3 o'clock A busy session on the floor will
wreck any suit. Most Of the brokers wear
an old ONCE coat in the sbuhie and tur-
moil, and there is scarcely an active mem
Der but has an extra pair Of trousers to
put on after the close OF business. Scores
Of little tailors in the financial district
make a good living pressing trousers at
so cents a pair.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

'lJane, do you believe In predestination?"
mo, sab, don't b'lieve in none o. dem
new-fangled breakfuss foods, no sah."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

City engineers in the various depart
ments, reports the Times, have become in
volved during the last two weeks In dis
cussion as to whether New York City has
the longest continuously paved street Of
any city in the United States Some en-
gineers said that Broad street, Philadel-
phia, held the record, and others that Della
ware avenue in Buffalo. leading out to Ton
awands, was the longest continuously
paved street in the country. Some people
think that Broadway is the longest street
in the United States continuously paved"
said Engineer N. p. Lewis OF the Board Of
Estimate. From the standpoint Of length
Broadway ia one Of the longest streets
since the names OF sections in the Bronx
have been changed Broadway at the pres
ent time extends from the Battery to the
city line. There is a break in the pave
ment Of about half mile. In few years
the breaks in the pavement will be filled in,
and then there can be no discussion as to
New York's right to claim the longest con-
tinuously paved street in this country. New
York will then have a street fifteen miles
in length from the Battery through the
boroughs' OF Manhattan and the Bronx up
to the city line. Broadway became the
longest street in the country by the change
in the name Of the Boulevard to Broadway,
and also the change in the name OF Kings
Bridge road to Broadway"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

The Broker-Dont you find It easier to
shave some men than others?
The Barber-Yes; don't you?-Yonkers
Statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

rs glad to, see all dis here philanthropy
It's gwinter be a good while befo YOU sees
as big a crowd at free library as you
does at base ball game. e."-Washington
Star
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

A young man who was born on ranch
and who, while getting his education in the
east, has turned westward again every
summer and has thus maintained a fine,
strong physique, recently danced with a
young woman OF some two hundred pounds,
in a village not far west of Railway,
reports the Evening Post. He noticed that
the dancing was uphill work, and, when 1t
was over, sank into a chair in the incipient
stages Of exhaustion. The young woman
looked thoughtfully across the shining sur
face Of the fioor and threw a glance of in
yestigation at the corner where the punch
bowl stood.
Doesn't It strike you that the floor is
very sticky tonight7" she inquired.
The young man gallantly denied thinking
so.
"It seems so to me-" the young woman
observed Then she looked down at her
foot, protruding from q silken hounce, and
exclaimed:
Why I've got my rubbers on"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Uncle Russell Sage gave Wall street an
other surprise this week by appearing in
the district in brand new suit Of store
clothes and hat. II was only a short time
ago that the aged financier whirled into the
street with a clinker-built auto, letting his
annual pass on the Manhattan elevated go
to waste in his pocket. These Alcibiadian
feats OF extravaganza are causing no little
comment on the street, where Mr.. Sage has
always been regarded as a fairly economi-
cal man. Mr.. sage's last suit, bought two
years ago, was had at bargain in a
Broadway store. He saw Il in window
marked s1o.5O and admired it greatly. He
did not buy at once, but waited until the
early June days waned into August, when
It was marked down to 1878. Then he
Jumped in and bought It for cash.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Mrs. Barbara Morgan, colored woman,
who weighs several hundred pounds, when
she has had occasion to pass from her
room into the public hall, on West
Twenty-sixth street, she has always man
aged 1t by going sideways. Her oil stove
was overturned last Monday morning, and
to save her life, Mrs. Morgan broke for
the door. In her haste she forgot, and
approached the opening full fronted. The
result was that she was wedged In the
casing, and could not move.
The firemen pulled from in 'front.' the
furniture was burning in the rear. "Dars
niger in trouble here" the victim
shouted. To save her life, hose was
turned upon her, until she could be pried
out by the use OF couple OF boards.
Mrs. Morgan is looking for an apartment
with folding doors.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

At a meeting Of the creditors Of the Led
ger Monthly, held last Monday, at which
nearly ali those interested were repre-
sented, the concern was sold to j. II. Sic
bert, who publishes periodical known as
Every Month. Gustav S. Dorwin, secretary
Of the Ledger company, said that the trans
fer of the property had been made, and
the Every Month owners we're now In pos
session Of the Ledger. The price is said
to have been se,0O0 The liabilities are, in
round figures, about $4,000. One of the
creditors who was present at the sale said
afterward that there had been only two
offers for the property, the one from Mr..
Slebert and another Of $2,500 "It was that
or bankruptcy added the disconsolate
creditor, $50 we agreed on the sale, al
though it won't pay 10 cents on the dollar
Of our claims. The payment was to be
81, 900 in cash and 5000 within three days. v
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Look, papa! The duke has brought hi,
coronet."
Tell him to go ahead and play 1t.
don't mind the noise."-Brooklyn Life.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

That's n queer design you have in the
corner of your billhead," said Slopay
ITS merely little flower" replied the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Grace-Why, Ethel! How could you tell
all the news In Mary's letter so soon? You
haven't even read IL.
Ethel-Well. you see, dear, / read the
postscript flrst-Yonkers Statesman
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
p. RosBwATER, EDITOR.

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Think that's APPROPRIATED"
well. yes. it's forget-me-not"-Phila ~
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-08
BENSON SCHOOLHOUSE

Benson Schoolhouse, Jan. o.
We'll, Christmas is over and we
ought to thank the Lord We are
living AMI able TO celebrate the
birthday ofour Saviour. The new
year has come in and each one
should begin now and see il we
can't live better this year than we
did last year.
Grandma Terry, who has been
sick for some months, is improv.
ing.
The musical and social at Prof
I. A. Clouds was enjoyed by a
number of our boys and girls.
Jesse Bullock and sister Of Steep
Hollow, attended the musical at
Prof. Clouds.
Mr.. Floyd Todd has about fin
ished making syrup. Mr.. Todd
has made several acres Of cane into
syrup, thus showing that a man
can keep busy during the fall end
a part of the winter and make
money il he will plant cane.
Mr.. John Franklin Woolley and
brother, Calvin, and Henry Crosby
Of Tyler county, spent the holidays
with relatives here.
Success TO the Eagle.
Sly Will.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-08
Cat. Of Ancient Egypt.

BY some persons the popularity OF
the cat In Egypt has been attributed
TO the fact that the animal was yalu-
able In Kidding the palaces Of rats aud
mice and also In hunting fowls There
are several paintings In the British
museum. executed by ancient Egyp-
tlan artists representing Egyptian
sportsmen In boats on the river Nile.
accompanied 10y large cats. sitting on
their launches In the stern. Other
pictures show the cats swimming with
birds In their mouths after the manner
Of retriever dogs These pictures have
greatly perplcxed modern nnturallsts
because the cat OF today has q strong
aversion To water. and IL IL difficult To
reconcile such different traits even aft.
or the lapse Of thousands ot years.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-08
APHORISMS.

Liberality consists rather In giving
seasonably than much.-Cicero.
Labor Is the divine law Of our exist
ence: repose is desertion and suicide
MaZzlnl
Unbecoming forwarlness oftener pro
ceeds from ignorance than impudence
-Guyllle.
Kindness II language the dumb can
speak and the deaf can hear aud under.
stand -Bovee.
Every one complains Of the badness Of
his memory. but nobody OF his judg.
Rochefoucauld
lie who has no inclination to learn
more will be- very apt TO think that he
knows enough. Powell.
II Is not what he has or even what he
does which expresses the worth OF n
man, but what be is-Amiel.
Most people would succeed In small
things II they were not troubled with
great Rmbltions.-L ongfellow.
Justice is the Insurance we have on
our lives and property. and obedience Is
the premium we pay for it-Penn.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-08
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT.

The entertainment for the bene.
fit of Villa Maria Acad my at the
opera house To- igh' will begin
promptly a. 8 o'clock. A splen-
did musical program Of instru-
mental and vocal numbers will be
given, with the piano. violins and
mandolins. The ladies taking
part will be Mrs. 7. X. Lawrence,
Miss Porter, Miss Hettie Smith,
Miss Leila OFT, Mrs. John X Da.
Wis, Miss Wakefield, Miss viii.
liams, Misses Stevens, Lusk, Van
Wormer and Pickett.
Rev. Father James NJ. Kirwin,
the intellectual and eloquent
young priest of Galveston, will
lecture on "Glimpses Here and
There in Europe"
Admission so cents. Present
tickets at the door.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-08
BRITISH ANSWER.
Reply to President Castro's Latest FRO
posai Received by secretary Hay.

Reply TO President Castro's Latest FRO
po,ai Received by secretary HAY.
Washington, Jan 7.-Secretary Hay
has received the British answer to
President Castro's last proposal rela.
tive 20 arbitration. II is assumed that
the British note reflects the views OF
the German government. as the allies
have been acting In harmony so far.
The note Is interlCcutory, but In sub.
stance states that II Venezuela wishes
n conference with a view 10 submitting
the difference between the two coun.
tries to arbitration Great Britain viii
accede. The conditions attached vary
slightly from the original British prop
osition. but in the judgment Of officials
here the differences between the allies
and Venezuela In respect 10 arbitra
ton are much diminished, and there
Is warrant for the expectation that
the case will now surely 90 20 The
Hague The next step Is a reply from
President Castro.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-08
DSHEHHH aaa1a1@
~ ~ Neighboring Communities *
ESlSSHEHHH H2Sa3ae1
EBeNEZtR

Ebenezer, Texas, Jan. 5, 1903
As | have seen nothing from this
part of the world for some time,
thought / would write few dots.
Mrs. NJ. Il. Carroll, d. b. Car.
roll aud Allen Skains of this place
returned hoiue last week after h
hlee weeks visit to Mississippi
and Alabama.
Miss Nora Skains, of Heorne, u
visiting her brother at this place.
Mr.. Carl Jones, OF Reliance, wac
pleasant visitor To our cOmmu
NIFTY last sunday evening.
Miss Katie DAVIS, of Zurich,
Madison county, is here visiting
relatives aud friends.
Mr.. A. Moore and family of thi,
place, visited IN Robertson county
the past week.
1had Meredith and sister, Ml--
Florence, visited relatives and
friends in Madison and Grimes
counties Saturday and sunday.
Mrs. Edna Carroll and Master
Robert, OF Zurich, Madison ooun.
a., returned home sunday after
visiting relatives aud friends here
aud at Flckey.
b a. Hugshins went to Kurten
saturday.
Mr. aud Mrs. Spoyetl and daugh.
ter attended church at Kurlen last
Sunday.
Several from this place attended
the dance at Mr.. Ebb Lloyd's last
Tuesday night. A good time was
y happy new year to all, is the
wish Of Snow Drop"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-01-08
COTTONW

Cottonwood, Tex, Jan. j.-The
health OF this community is very
good at present
The Blanton school house caught
on fire Friday morning, but after
ABOUT thirty minutes Of hard work
u was put out. There was not
much damage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis were the
gue,ty OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley yes.
trrdly.
Mcssrs. Marvin Elliott and Ellie
Francis visited at Edge Saturday
aud sunday.
The entertainment at the resi-.
dcuoe of DR.. Gnce Friday night
Was success.
Miss Mae Nicol of Bryan re-.
turned home Saturday aitera two
weeks visit in1his vacinity.
Mr. Henry Locke returned Ia
Ia the Allen Academy yesterday
otter spending the holidays at
nome.
Misses Mary Scott and Eula
Elliott went 10 Tabor Sunday.
The school children laid aside
Christmas last Monday and was
willing to study az before.
Correspondent.