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Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
THE TROUBLE IN sERvIA.

49,
Whether suicide or homicide, no one knows
which,
Hence the trouble at Belgrade is somewhat
a IniX.
But one thing Is sure that Alexandroyitch
And his Queen Draga are both out OF NIX,
rs is their premier Jim Markovitch.
From the best information Mike Schicko-
vics,
With the aid Of his pal. oil vlickovics,
Wished TO right the wrongs OF Colonel
Naumovics,
And with the help Of the regiment Sixth,
Commanded by Colonel Mischics,
Went 20 the palace of the ObrenoVitch,
Began shooting at them without the least
Thereby ~extinsuishing Drasa and A1x-
androvitch.
Immediately there followed Colonel DAM
Who was appointed project vice Major
Nilosaliveics.
They then hailed as king Alex K~aragsorge-
All Of which is confirmed by Doc Petro-
witch,
And is furthermore approved by Minister
~AVakumoVics,
Kalievics, stojan Protics, AIanzokvics.
Michin and VelickoVics,
And the distinguished Ljubomir schioko-
N. B,Eobituaries are in order in rhythmic
For Draga, Alex. Markovitch.
LunJeviza. Milcovitch,
and Palovttch,
Tudorovics, Petrovttch,
And with his guards Cap. Falovttoh.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

And nov it is announced with due
solemnity and decorum that the Omaha
Thomson-H Houston company has con-
Guided to abandon the proposed ex-
penditure of 100000 for the enlarge
ment of its power plant by reason of the
alluring prospect Of the completion of
the Fremont power canal within the
next steen months. The announcement
stimulates the suspicion that the Ken
yonized project was thrown upon the
~stereopticon screen to distract popular
attention from the orderly retreat Of the
T.. H. manager.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

over in Illinois the chief justice of
the supreme court has been visited with
a vote of censure by his colleagues be-
u he filed a dissenting opinion in a
case in advance Of the recording of the
majority opinion, and the publication of
the dissenting document on the eve Of the
judicial election seems to have affected
the result in n of the districts. The
gist of the censure is that the action of
the offending chief justice was a polit-
ical coup, and therefore unprofessional.
1t would be IN interesting puzzle to try
to guess whether the premature promul-
cation of a judicial decision for political
effect on an impending election would
call forth such severe criticism from
bench and bar If it occurred in another
state-in Nebraska, for example.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
MIX in the Canal Cocoanut.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

cleveland ram Dealer.
1t is well that Uncle Sam has two strings
to his isthmian canal bow. II the negotia-
lions with Colombia fall through a deal
can be made for the Nicaragua route.
This alternative comes more to the fore
as Colombia continues to spar for time
over ratifying the canal treaty.
The milk in the cocoanut lies in the fact
that certain Colombians hin they see a
chance for their government to pocket S4o,-
900. 900 or more, instead of the smaller sum
agreed upon in the pending treaty. Ac-
cording to the terms of the extension the
canal must be completed in 1905. Failing
that, Colombia would succeed to the French
company's rights and privileges and be at
liberty to dispose of them as it saw At.
With a rich and eager purchaser at its
elbow It is easy to see how this argument
appeals to a country whose normal condi-
ton is bankruptcy.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

The prospective invasion Of Fremont
and Elkhorn territory by the Burlington
is not likely to seriously interfere with
the passenger travel over the Union
Pacific or Elkhorn roads between Ere
mont and Omaha. That the average
passenger wants to reach his destination
by the shortest route is exemplifed by
the heavy passenger transit over the
Burlington short cut between Omaha
and Lincoln in preference to the Union
Pacific long haul between Omaha and
Lincoln by way of Wahoo.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

According to the standard fire tables
compiled for the year 1903, the number
OF fires in the United States for the
twelve-month period ending January 1,
1903, was 76,625, as compared with So
379 for the year preceding. The number
of risks burned was 103, 715, against
III, 1913 in 1901; the value of property
destroyed $161,4SS,255 and the insurance
paid 1914, 5,045. By percentage COM
PARSONS the fires were 1888 per cent of
the record of the year before, the risks
burned 92.S5 per cent, the values 92.72
per cent and the insurance paid S8.44
per cent. The information at hand does
not give the total of premiums collected,
but it is safe to say that the per cent
would be an increase over the previous
years figure because the rates were
raised by p%retense that the losses of
1901 made recoupment imperative. In
other words, the amounts paid out to
policy holders by the fire companies last
year were less by nearly 10 per cent
than the amounts paid the year before,
but no move has been made to restore
the old rates of premiums to the scale
before the increase. If the policy hold
ers are to be mulcted to make good the
losses of bad years, why should they
not have a good claim to relief whe1
the annual summary shows a good year
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

The suggestion is made that the eX-
ample Of frequent tours of the country
by the president to keep i'm touch with
formation of changing conditions in diff
ferent sections should be followed. on a
smaller scale, OF course, by the gov
errors OF the different states within their
respective boundaries. 1t never hurts a
public officer to see with his W eyes
and hear with his own ears what is
going on under his jurisdiction, but the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Occasional demands for a straight
ticket on a straight platform are not
very numerous as yet among the Ne
braska populists, but still just numer-
u enough to make it risky to call the
populist state convention at a time and
place separate and distinct from the
democratic state convention. Separate
conventions might result in two sets of
candidates for every office instead Of
two nominations of the same candidates
for each office.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Down at Lincoln the stage has been
reached where the local franchised cor
porations whose assessment for city tax
alton has been brought up with a sharp
turn are complaining against the under
assessment of tax-shirking business
firms and individuals. If they will only
keep it up back and forth an approach
to reasonably equitable taxation may
be secured.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Grover Cleveland evidently thinks he
can get~more satisfaction out of acting
as amicus curia at Princeton than Of
being the whole thing at the University
of Virginia.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

While inviting bids for asphalt re-
pairs, presumably for streets where the
pavement guaranty has expired, it might
not be out of place to remind the con-
tractors to put in a few patches on the
streets where the guaranty still runs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

People who figured OF a slump in the
yield Of corn in the corn belt states on
count of the overplenteous rains are
likely to be fooled. No one should over
look the recuperative powers of the soil
in the western prairie states.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

comparatively small territory included
within even our largest states makes
the necessity Of such trips Of observa-
ton far less urgent Sometimes it might
not be a bad idea for our state execu-
tives to make tours Of inspection in other
states to learn and profit by the more
advanced methods Of dealing with pub
lie affairs there in vogue.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

For every walking delegate who ac-
cepts brides to betray his people there
must be some employer to pay the
brides. Bride taking and bribe giving
are equally condemned by law-abiding
citizenship.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Shamrock III is entitled to a warm
welcome because cold comfort is all it
is likely to get out of the races with
Reliance.& s4 A&8R#@& 8 3
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
several shades better.
MiRnaannlis Journal

NIHIICdPUHo JUUII IuA.
At my rate turbulent South America is
some degrees better than Servia. They
have their bloody revolutions down there,
but they are not in the habit of removing
Objectionable governments by brutal, whole
sale and cowardly massacre,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
( e Lively Now.
New York Tribune.

New Iork Iribune.
All over the a the college commence
ments are awhirl, and the sweet boy gradu-
ates are standing with reluctant feet. un-
certain whether they shall found Libraries
or empires.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Now that the teamsters' strike has
been called of, you can get all the haul
ing lone you want, If you have anything
TO haul
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
National Humiliation.
Kansas CITY Times.

KANSAS City Times.
Chinese pirates la kidnapped an Ameri-
can inc ask only 5000 ransom for his de-
livery. Now, why should any American be
down from $4,000, even by pirates?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

representatives OF Andrew Carnegie have
leased q tract of forty. four acres of ground
In the suburbs Of New York for a country
residence. IT tract ndjoins old Fort
Washington and possesses great historic
interest. 1t was the neutral ground for n
time during the revolutionary war upon
which Americans under Washington and
the British under Lord CORVALLIS met with
out fear of battle or any other kind of
troubles. Their gathering place was a
wayside tavern kept by the famous Becky
Flanders. There British and American
soldiers met and clinked glasses in apparent
friendship.
tt foundation walls of the old tavern
are there today at the four corners. Near
by a noted massacre of American soldiers
occurred one night. The British stole I'm
upon them, and none was left to tell the
tale. Their bodies were buried in a trench.
Repeated efforts AVE been made to locate
the exact spot of burial, and this week re-
newed efforts have been started with a view
OF erecting a monumen to the men who
crossed the great divide without having
been given a chance for their lives. 1t was
at the Flanders Inn where the American
cocktail, now known the world over, had
its birth. Living In the neighborhood of the
~FNhA W0o al 6hBlSuuldu WHO was a great
fancier of game chickens. Becky Flanders
whole soul leaned TO the American side,
and she invariably insisted that she would
some day have at least a brace of the En-
glshman's game cocks upon her table as
a feast for American soldiers. This she ac-
complished. History does not account for
how she obtained possession. But get them
she did. She had a big party Of American
soldiers about her table and three game
cocks roasted. One of the fowls was served
with three feathers sticking to its tail. The
significance of this was to show that they
were game cocks, and the American soldiers
present naturally tumbled to where they
came from. Just as the roasted cocks were
served there came on the table an appetiz-
ing drink for all. and for which the Flan-
ders tavern was noted. When the soldiers
saw what was before them one of their
number arose, plucked the tail feathers
from the cock, placed them in his beverage,
and as all arose he said: Let's drink to
the American cocktail" The soldiers, feel
ing almost as good over the turn of affairs
as though a big battle had been won, drank
standing and with three cheers. Thus the
American cocktail was born. Thus, too,
there was engendered bad feelings, from
which resulted the cruel massacre at the
dead OF night, when the gallant American
soldiers gave UP their lives.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Omaha bank c~learings manage to show
up in the weekly comparative table in
good healthy form.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
Apportioning the peviIment.

=" IIIISUUIB DISVdIOHs
President ELEPHANT blames the 3o-cent ad-
vance in the price of GOAL upon "the devil
ishness of the miners" The other 20 cents,
we infer, is attributable to the deviltry of
the operators. p o g.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

It's a trihe early to discuss in any seri-
BUSINESS the effect of a British protective
tariff upon the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Just to be in style South Omaha's
mayor and council are INDUCING in a
little deadlock of their own.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Flag day today. Respect for the flag
is one Of the ingredients of patriotism.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

The campaign for tax reform should
go right on without a summer vacation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
rI.e Ncw Courtship.

Time was, before The SSe Of Tin.
Ere woman took 10 hIidge or Euchre,
When IL was doomed a deadly sin
To sully o with tloIghts of Lucre.
are the good old roles and now
The lines Tin Walkers pnrnse) mutantur;
Our Sirls in every lovers VOW
Detect the possible L2vantcr;
Each careless fragment you indite,
The simplest ode, The merest sonnet
They keep IL light In black and white
And clasp a business label on il.
-IOndon Punch.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
sTATEMENT or CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County SIS:
George Il. T~zschuck, 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 1909 WAC as folloWs:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
nipples on d Current OF Life In the
MetropoIIs

Things do move in Greater New York at
all hours OF the day n night. Yet the
sleep some. And when they sleep
theirs is the real INDEPENDENTLY the
policemen. SO sound is their sleep that
burglars carried on a safe weighing 400
pounds from a fiat in that division Of
Brooklyn called williamsburg, end not a
mortal soul stirred to give an alarm. the
safe was supposed to contain $1,000 in cash,
but the owner by mere chance placed that
sum in his partners strong box. The safe
movers realized $50 on the job.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
LAUGHING

Gildeck-What l told Hobbs is a close
political secret. He won't give it away.
Swifter-Not he; he'll sell 1t to the Apo
sition-Yonker's Statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Il never knew a man who was hurt by
newspaper publications except men who
should nav been hurt was the just com
ment made by Chief Justice Fitzsimmons of
the New York City court, in an interview with
reference to the absurd libel law recently
put upon the statute books of Pennsyl-
vania. Il believe added Judge Fitzsim-
mons, that one reason why our nation has
risen is that our public men have been sub
ioct to criticism. Such watchful criticism
tends TO make public servants careful, and
where they do their duty thoroughly they
should acquit themselves satisfactorily. In
the judges opinion all questions of libel
and Islander may be safely left to the ordi-
nary juTies and courts of justice under the
general law applying to such o~ffenses, no
special and extraordinary statute, such as
that enacted in Pennsylvania, being needed.
This is undoubtedly the commonsense view
Of the situation, comments Leslie's Weekly.
1t is altogether too late in the day for at
tempts to muzzle the freedom of the press,
and laws framed for that purpose are dead
as soon as born. In Russia and Turkey they
can do such things, but not in America.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

leo cream pushcarts are found in New
York to a greater extent than in any other
town. They penetrate to the remotest cor
ners of the city, but congregate chiefly in
the crowded tenement districts and in the
business regions, where the office and mes
senger boys form a steady and consistent
purchasing public.
There is one man who has perambulated
for years in the neighborhood Of Printing
House square,, reports the Sun, and is well
known to the boys of that congested re-
gion. In the height Of the season he makes
an average daily sale Of eighty quarts. He
Is a plutocrat.
An average man will take in $3.50 or IS a
day. Half of this must go for cream, leav-
ing him wages of 50 or $3.50 a day. Some
Of the men rent their carts for 81 or S1.5O +,
week., buying their cream where they
choose or making it themselves. Others get
the use OF the pvShcarts free from the men
Of whom they buy their cream.
The greatest part Of the cream sold IN
this way is made on Mulberry street. One
establishment there keeps twenty push
carts busy, each selling forty or fifty quarts
a day besides supplying soda fountains
innumernble. It has a mechanical appara-
tus capable OF freezing thirty quarts at n
time, and the proprietor's wife, a blue-eyed
little woman from north italy, was very
anxious that the visitor should Inspect the
cleanliness of the f~reezers and utensils.
Just plain, ordinary condensed milk. re-
duced with water and favored with sugar
and extract-that is pushcart ice cream.
And as the water is used in the proportion
Of two to one, the East Side boy did not
take any startling amount of nourishment
into his stomach for his 1-cent dinner. Just
a nlouthful of favored ice water; that is
what goes over the little red cart for a
cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Ten billions of pins are made In this
country every year and still the young
men will not keep away.-Somerville Jour
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Mistress hope you'll suit. I've had
eleven cooks in the last three months.
~Cook-That's nothing. | have had twice
as many places.-Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

Gildeck-What l told Hobbs is a elose
political secret. He won't give il away.
Swifter-Not he; he'll sell 1t to the Apo
sition-Yonker's Statesman.
Ten billions of pins are made In this
country every year and still the young
men will not keep away.-SomeTville Jour
nal. -..r $40 ..s~- a>-.. gEffe .~asfz1ffI
Mistress hope you'll suit. I've had
eleven cooks in the last three months.
C~ook-That's nothing. l have had twice
as many places.-Detroit Free Press.
Il tried the plan of thinking twice be,
work"
'No?"
Well hardly. Why, by the time I'd
a finish. Chicago Post.
1T amt no hgger of speech" COM
mented the livery stable philosopher, that
justice is blind. Nothin' happens to the
that sells It or the guy that buys IL for
his little boy, but the kid, who don't
know no better, gifts the punishment, that's
comm, to all the others. Chicago Trib-
Inc.
Tess-I hear you're engaged to Mr.. slim.
~Jess-That's true.
T~ess-They tell me he's a pretty sharp
Jess--He is. especially about the knees,
but their sharpness doesn't bother me, for
he always puts a cushion on them for me,
Philadelphia Press.
There's wan .ucky thing about work"
said Mr.. Dolan.
What's that?' inquired Mr.. Rafferty,.
The fact that It's a greddeal easier to
fur that beautiful provision In nature
we'd all be dead wild :ndusthry. '-Washing-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

WELL hardly. Why, by the time I'd
thought twice my wife had me roasted to
q finish. Chicago Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15

II tried the plan of thinking twice be-
fore speaking" he said, but it didn't
work"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-03

Mr.. Hugh Egerton of Louisburg Fell Under a
Moving Train.

Mr.. Hugh Egerton, of Louisburg met
with a serious accident at Ridgeway
yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock, as
he was attempting to board the SeabOard
Air Line train, due in this city at 4 p. m.
He was on the train coming south and
when it reached RidgeWay he got eff to
speak to a friend, who was standing
some distance from the cars. Before he
was aware OF it the train pulled out and
when he attempted to catch the end of
the rear car his hand slipped and he
fell with one leg under the car and it
was terribly crushed. Physicians were
at once summoned and all medical atten-
ton possible was given him until the
S. A. L. special came along and he was
brought to Raleigh and carried to Rex
Hospital. DR.. Rogers was summoned
and it was found necessary to amputate
the leg just above the ankle. DR.. Har-
ris, Of Henderson, accompanied MI.
Egerton to Raleigh. The many friends
of Mr.. Egerton will be panied to learn
of his misfortune, but will be glad to
know the injury was not greater. Last
night at II o'clock he was resting easy
and suffering little pain.
Mr.. Egerton was in. this city Wednes-
day and left yesterday morning on the
11:10 train.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-03
DEATH OF THE MOST FAMOUS
NORTH ,CAROLINIAN.

The Associated Press dispatches bring
the news of the death of DR.. Richard j.
Calling, the famous inventor Of the
Calling gun. He had lived to a ripe old
age and his name was known throughout
the world.
Dr.. Calling was a native of Gates or
Hartford county, North Carolina, the
latter we believe. He went North as a
young man and first lived in Indiana.
He was living there when the Calling
gun gave him worldwide reputation. At
forwards he moved to Connecticut and a
short time ago invented an improved
pillow, thus turning from death-dealirg
gun to plows, illustrating in his own life
the fiulfillment Of scripture.
DR.. Calling visited North Carolina
some years ago and spoke at the Inter-
State Exposition. He was the guest
while here of his old friend, the lamented
and accomplished gentleman, Pulaski
Cowper, Esq. He greatly enjoyed his re-
turn to his native State. He contributed
a very interesting article to these col
umns upon his delight in the progress
time had wrought in North Carolina.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-03
TIE ROANOKE ISLAND CELEBRA-
TON CHARTER.

The charter was introduced in the
Blount, of Washington. AS amended from
its first design, the main feature of the
bill now is to establish on Roanoke
Island "an Institution Of Scientific In
v~estigation and Instruction in
Grafton Of Sir Walter Raleigh and his
efforts to c~olonize America"
The sciences to be specially promoted
and taught are navigation and ship
building, meteorology, fish culture, the
protection OF aquatic birds and animals,
and, indeed all which may be useful in
gaining wealth from the sea. The agita-
ton for this institution is expected to
unite the people of Eastern North Caro-
lima in the demand for the proposed
inland waterway and a great sea-wall
and harbor at Morehead City, the proba-
bio terminus of the waterway.
The general government will be asked
to appropriate two hundred and fifty
thousand ($25O, OO0) for this institution
anu the Ce1eDIdtiOH, WHICH Will " utlu
at it's Inauguration and contingent on
obtaining this sum, the State will be
asked to give fifty thousand $3.50, 000) to
the same end. AS a condition precedent
to any appropriations, ten thousand
($10, OOO) dollars must be raised by the
private friends Of the enterprise within
the next five years. This sum is expected
to be spent in promoting and laying
plans for the enterprise and interesting
the Anglo-Saxon race in it's success,
a distinguished member Of which, a citi-
zen of Great Britain, will be asked to de-
liver an address on the island next sum-
mer. The people of Eastern North Car
DINA having shaken themselves Free
from the menace of negro domination,
are beginning to organize and discuss
ways and means to develop that wonder
fully favored section.
They have seized onto the one event in
our history, in which the world is begin
ming to take great interest. The truth
is %dawning upon mankind that the great
raleigh used ROanOke island as a 1OOt-
hold of his race for five years, by which
was ultimately recovered a continent from
the grasp of Spaniards.
It is a great enterprise to wCrtnily cele-
brate this mighty undertaking, but there
is little doubt that the people of North
Carolina will one day do it, and do il
right, and it seems to be reserved for the
Legislature by worthy recognition al
this time, and taking advantage of the
wide spread notice that has been at
tracted to it, to place it among the things
which may be counted on within the next
decade.