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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
Plain People Doing the Trusts.

@N0 ivy SN0As
Mr.. Bryan's plain people continue to be
the prey Of the trusts and of Wall street
capitalists in general. Some of them have
much influence, and they are sorely
tempted by the financiers to sell their stock
for big fees or other other consideration
Pettigrew long ago accepted a fee of some
thing like $500, 900 from President Hill. the
same Hill who since then organized the
now famous Northern Securities merger.
Mr.. Moses c. Wetmore continues to bleed
the trusts for large considerations in the
way of removing competition. Senator
Stone has not been above accepting a good
fee for his crusade against alum, in which
a trust was the prime mover. Ex-Governor
Hogg is rapidly becoming embarrassingly
wealthy, and now comes the news that
Mr.. Bailey of Texas, the plain person who
once refused to wear a ''spiketail" in Wash
ington, has been paid 5000, 900 for promot-
Ing the interests Of big concerns Just re-
Gently financed in New York. II Mr.. Bryan
sticks to the old platforms he will have to
get new lfeutenants to talk to the victims
of the octopua. t'
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougars last educa-
tional campaign in Nebraska does not
seem to have been quite as profitable
as she had anticipated unless she acts
upon the recommendation of Judge
Waters Of Lancaster county and brings
individual suit against the 10000 pop.
ulists for whose benefit she stumped
the state in the national campaign of
1900.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The old political law firm of T.. j., Ma
honey and Constantine J.. Smyth is not
as far apart as 1t would seem at first
blush. Mahoney has declared for Ben
son aud Smyth has declared for How
ell, but as two gold democrat votes for
Benson are equal to one silver democrat
vote for Howell, the ultimate object is
visible without a telescope.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The State Board Of Assessment for
1908 will convene in the very neal
future to assess the railroads of Ne
braska for the coming year, and it is to
be hoped that it will not be necessary
for any citizen to make an appeal to
the board to assess the franchises Of
those corporations as we'll as their
tangible property. 1t may not, however,
be out Of place for The Bee to Jog the
memory of the state assessors to recall
the fact that Nebraska's forced con-
tribution to the railroads in the shape
Of freight and passenger tolls aggre-
gated $31,641, 1888 for the year 1901, and
will at the lowest estimate exceed $35.
100000 for the fiscal year 1923,
Whether the State Board of Assess
ment will be disposed to take these fig
ures as the basis Of the franchise value
Of the roads when it makes the assess
ment remains to be seen.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The local democratic organ is at great
pains to point out the inconsistency of
The Bee in charging that all the fran
chised corporations and railroad cor
porations are booming Erastus A. Ben
son, while Ed. Howell is their preferred
choice for mayor. There is nothing in
consistent In that, however. The cor
poration politicians are not fools. They
know that Omaha is a republican city
and Howelrs election can only be
brought about by turning republicans
away from Moores either directly to
Howell or indirectly to Benson. In
other words, they know that two re-
publican votes thrown to Benson are
equal to one vote cast for Howell. and
Howell being very unpalatable to the
republican faction opposed to Moores,
they are using Benson as a stalking,
horse in order to elect Howell.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

When a public officer gets mixed up
with boodlers in Missouri he is indicted
and sent to the pen, but in Nebraska he
very rarely has any trouble in getting
a vlndication from the court and an
endorsement from political conventions.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The prince of Wales is not coming to
view the st. Louis exposition, but the
st. Louis exposition will be held on
schedule time just the same as If the
prince had consented to exhibit himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

In his latest effuslon the boomer can
didate for mayor declares himself most
emphatically in favor of an ordinance
that would prohibit lying. Why not
begin with the Benson red letter fakery?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

1t is to be hoped that the Omaha Bust
ness Mems association will do some
calm thinking on its w account be-
fore it sends its ultimatum to the labor
unions.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

any tendency to hinder the bureau in its
labors, although the commissioner has had
little time TO probe for corporation secrets.
AS a repository Of free-to-all information,
hitherto widely scattered, the bureau prom
ises to be a great success, whatever its
luck may be in getting inside views Of
present corporation business.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Mr.. Benson wants it understood that
his tour among the Third ward beer
halls was forced upon him in order to
disprove the o~utrageously false report
that he is a prohibitionist.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
COAL FREIGHT RATES.
Anthracite Made TO Yield Large Rev
ehue for Coal Roads.

Philadelphia Record.
II freight rates on anthracite we're not
Investigated by the strike commission be-
cause the subject lay outside the problem
submitted to 1t. But It has been raised
before the Interstate Commerce commission
by Mr.. Hearst. owner Of the New York
Journal, and some interesting facts ought
to be disclosed.
Most Of the anthracite is mined, and all
that comes eastward is hauled, by a few
railroad companies, and 1t Is not surprising
that there is little or no competition.
There may be a good reason for charging
more for hauling anthracite than for haul
ing soft coal, but the difference ought not
to be great, and 1t lie impossible to believe
that there lie any justification for charging
more for carrying anthracite than for haul
ing general merchandise. Yet the last re-
port of the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern Railroad company shows the following
charges in cents per ton per mile for haul
ing coal and for hauling general merchan-
diae.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

There is a slumbering volcano beneath
the Illinois state capitol that is liable TO
break out any hour and engulf the legis-
lative boodlers and Doodle distributors
connected with the municipal franchise
scandal in one common grave.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

You can't make a silk purse out of a
sow's ear. A copy of the red letter fake
printed on satin is not likely to impress
President Roosevelt as a metropolitan
newspaper.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Fell into a manure pile while in a splr-
ituous condition from over-indulgence in
corn extract" hat was the record signed
by DR.. William Walter Winchester, house
surgeon of a New York hospital in the case
of a man brought. there for treatment.
After examining the patient another sur
geon made this brief and practical addi-
tional addition to the registers Drunk,
fractured thigh"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The chief difference that the British
workingmen who came to this country to
compare their condition with ours unani-
mously agree upon is that there is less
liquor consumed by our working classes
than is the case abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
A striking Dinerence.

Philadelphia Record.
Mr.. Bryan can keep himself before the
public only by attacking Mr.. Cleveland. Mr..
Bryan was defeated twice and Mr.. Cleve-
land was elected twice, and hence the fury
of the Nebraskan.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The bond propositions to be submitted
to the voters are for public improve
ments demanded by Omaha's growth.
People who believe in progress will vote
for them,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
Springfield Republican

The corporation bureau of the new De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor is already
at work compiling data by gathering all
state laws. and the reports Of all investiga-
lions withing thirty years relating to this
subject. Thus far no corporation has shown
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

A recruiting office for young boomers
is to be opened where they will be init
ated into the mysteries of getting rich
quick on the installment plan.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Pound the tom-tom! Sound the tim
brel for the spontaneous boomer candi-
late who proposes to administer the af-
fairs of Omaha on the installment plan.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The Thomson-H Houston Electric Light
company can safely trust Mr.. Wright.
He is a safe man for the corporations.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The liquor dealers of the Eastern district
have decided that pints must go, and that
in the future or after May 1, on which date
the increase in the liquor tax goes into
effect, beer will be sold at the rate Of
two and one-half pounds for 10 cents.
Whisky or wine will not be dispensed at
less than 10 cents a glass and cheese, a
product on which 1t is thought Governor
Odell's upstate adherents grow rich, will
be banished from all free lunch counters.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Baltimore American.
Since the presidents advocacy OF large
families the wife OF a New York wheel
wright has given birth to triplets. Some
people can't take a Joke at all.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

General Tyner pleads indiscretion or
the part of his wife. Only another case
of Adam.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Now that Governor Mickey has named
the South Omaha police commission, we
shall see what we shall see.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

whats the good of 'bucking' against
the Wall street game, when an ordinary
broker can afford to pay $4,000 for a sign
to catch suckers?" said one who had
"bucked" In vain to another who was seek
ing advice. They were standin In front
Of a Broadway skyscraper, on either side
Of the entrance to which were enormous
bronze signs of brokerage firms. Two thou
sand dollars would not begin to cover the
expense of certain signs in the financial
district. They are bigger and finer than
the most costly historical tablets.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Last year the charge per ton-mile on
coal was IS per cent more than on general
merchandise, though coal is carried in bulk.
The average receipts per ton-mile Of va
rious railroads in 1901 were as follows. &C
cording to tables prepared by the editor of
Poor's Manual:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Ak-Sar-Ben greets Americas chief
magistrate.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Brooklyn is getting on in the world. In
1902 more than forty miles of modern pave
ments were put under contract, while the
total of the previous four years was less
than thirty-eight, and the average price a
square yard for asphalt paving was reduced
from $2.S3 in 1901 to $1.79 in the year fol-
lowing. Brooklyn now has ass miles of
paved streets, a larger number than the
Borough of Manhattan includes, and forty
seven miles CT cobblestone roadways IN
Kings county were relaid in 1902.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State NJ Nebraska, Douglas County, S.
George b.. Tzschuck, secretary OF me ~
says that the actual number OF iull anu
complete copies of The Daily, Mornlns,
Evening and sunday Bee printed durlnB inc
month OF March, 1908, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
PASSING

What DO men do when they get in the
why, they do corporations, my son.
Yonkers Statesman.
Percy-Miss sweetly. do you Ill yos
could be happy with a man like MOI
too much like youHComic Cuts, Detroit
Free Press.
Sir, you look like an optimist. You have
a happy countenance. Lend me a collar"
MY friend, do you know why ! look
happy7 It's because l haven't any wealth
to bother me."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ut Is a great mistake, Mabel. to trihe
by encouraging someone else.
We'll, he's a little slow, Auntie. 1 think
he needs a pacemaker Puck.
IAN you people of this congregation"
said the self-willed minister. ARE entirely
SAh! yes" replied the mild member nov
as Dear Brethren. "-Phiiadelphia Press.
1T don't wonder she attracted your atten-
ton. She's the most magnincently dressed
young woman here
Who's that common looking old dufer
that came with herr"
"Oh, he's her father. All he's good for Is
to pay her biIA"-Chicaso Tribune.
81 never lost a client" asserted the
II suppose not" returned the envious
n%eighbor. when you get a man who is In
trouble you steer him from one scrape to
another so that he has no chance to break
away."-Chicago Post.
An eastern clergyman solmenly informs
us that the times are out Of Joint.
It's O good thing the butcher shops are
not-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
VIVA is success?"
Success Is the art Of making such an
impression that in time people will pay
you for just looking wise. "-Chicago Post.
Lin connected" said the ex-teiephone
girl the first Monday morning after she
was married, when she was all ready to
the washing out.-Somerville Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

ut Is q great mistake, Mabel, to trihe
with the affections of a man who loves you
by encouraging someone else"
We'll, he's a little slow, Auntie. / think
he needs a pacemaker. "-Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

pop?"
why. they do corporations, my ON
Yonkers Statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Sir, you look like an optimist. You have
a happy c~ountenance. Len me a COLLAR"
MY friend, do you know why ] look
It's because l haven't any wealth
to bother me. ''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

A young woman of New York has sold
for $500 the tip of her nose and thereby
disfgured herself for life. 1t is said she
Is a chorus girl In a Broadway production.
Dr.. e. P. Robinson removed the tip of her
nose Tuesday and transplanted it imme-
dlately to a woman patient.
1T was a successful grating operation"
said DR.. Robinson today. 1T will leave a
scar for a time, but 1 think 1t will wear
away gradually" DR.. Robinson's patient,
who is a countess and prominent In society
here, as we'll as abroad, met with an &C
cident while automobiling in New Jersey,
In which a part Of the 1eshy portion Of
her nose was torn away marring her
beauty. "
Since inserting an advertisement a week
ago the doctor has received hundreds Of
letters. One writer saidi
IT can't let you have the tip of my nose
for $500, but I will let you have 1t for
IS, 900. 1 need that much to complete my
musical education"
Another woman, a widow, wrote:
"You can have my whole nose for $500 II
you want It,"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
a client" asserted the

An eastern clergyman solmenly Informs
us that the times are out Of joint.
It's q good thing the butcher shops are
not-CleVeland Plain Dealer,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

The Lackawanns's earnings on coal in
1901, per ton-mile, exceeded the earnings
on their general business Of the Pennsyl-
vania, New York Central, Chicago & North
western, the Chesapeake & Ohio. and the
general average of all leading roads Of the
country. including transcontinental lines.
which traverse long stretches Of country
that afford little business. The very low
earnings Of the Chesapeake g. Ohio are due
to the large amount of soft coal hauled by.
chat road at extremely low rates. Anthra-
cite is the aristocrat OF freights; It travels
hrst- class.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27

Percy-Miss Sweetly. DO you think zoe
could be happy with a man like MOI
Miss Sweetly-Weu, perhaps-if he wasn't
too much like youEComic Cuts, Detroit
Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
nouNp Anour NEW YoRK.
RippIes on the Current ~ Life In the
Metropolis.

Htpnlea On the current OF bthe IN thS
Metropolis.
The horsey function given in New York
a few weeks ago by the extravagsnt son
OF a Chicago promoter Of gas mergers has
been rlvalled in a different way by Mrs.
Arthur b. Proal at Sherry's. The hostess
and thirty-nve women friends dined in a
room shaped like a huge egg. Outside the
she'll was a farm where live chickens,
ducks and geese made q ~roundelay, where
rabbits hoped and the original spring lamb
bleated, as though in pastures green. Pigs
and lambs and guinea pigs roamed at will
about the foreground, and occasionally a
creature went up the incline and viewed the
company which had assembled within the
monstrous she'll.
Mrs. Proal had intended the function as
a farewell to city life. for many Of those
who were her guests shortly will go to
their country homes.
Everywhere in the great ballroom was
the country. The walls Of gilt had disap-
peared and the one or two mirrors which
remained u%nobscured served as vistas.
Around the outer walls Of the apartment
were scenes representing fields and pas
lures. The guests saw a farmland, clad
in blue o~veralls and a Jumper hurry across
the scene, followed by a flock of geese.
When Luigi and Achilles Porto disem-
barked from a transatlantic liner one day
last week they had hidden about their per-
sons something like $4,000 worth of jewelry.
They had several trunks, and although an
inspector went through them carefully he
failed to discover any dutiable articles, and
the brothers prepared to leave the pier.
All this time Timothy Donohue, famous
as a customs sleuth, was sJrolling up and
down the pier looking intently at the new
arrivals. He jostled against Luigi Porzio
felt a humble of suspicious bumps in the
mans clothing as he did so, and then or
dered the brothers to accompany him 10
be searched. This is what he found on
them:
Ninety-nine watches.
Four diamond earrings.
W. diamond and pearl earrings.
One sapphire and diamond brooch.
Four diamond and pearl brooches.
One pearl and diamond bracelet,
One opal watch charm.
Two fancy paper cutters.
Each man wore under his shirt a waist
coat Of muslin, in each OF which were about
fifty pockets. In each pocket, save one In
the vest Of Achilles, was found a fine
watch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

Philip Mann in on the lock out
for a farm, and Mary is 81 smiles.
Christian Voelkel who was report
ed to have he small pox il recov-
Iering.
There will be pie supper Al ~
Rising Sun school Nov % Ever,
body invited. Lets 60, Pete, and
have a time.
The family Of Christian Schnarr
who have been having diptheria,
are ali improving.
The Lennon schools, which have
been closed for several days on ac-
count Of diptheria, have opened
again.
Harley Harker and Miss Laura
Ward were married the other day.
Misses Helen and Title Rudolph
were the guests Of Miss Mary
Brown, Sunday.
Corn husking is about over with
in this locality. UNo.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
DisasterOus Wrecks.

Carelessness is responsible for many a
railway wreck and the same causes are
making human wrecks OF sufferers
from Throat and Lung Troubles. But
since the advent of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, even the worst cases can be cured
and hopeless resignation is no longer
necessary. Mrs. Louis Cragg, of Dorch.
ter, Mass, is enc of many whose life
was saved by DR.. Kings New Discovery
This great remedy 10 guaranteed for al
Throat and Lung diseases by NJ. Fried
man, druggist. Price soc and 81. Tria
bottles free.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

s@Some Of the country share
holders in the new butter factory
think the shut down Of the factory
for six months, is the beginning Of
game Of "freeze out" for some Of
them. The Chicago Building Co.
guaranteed il would pay 5 per cent
on the investment the first year i
properly managed, and some thinl
that company are the instigators 0
the shut down, in order that it b
released from its guarantee. Farm
ers who brought milk to it averaged
about $3.50 per cow per month fc
the milk, and the factory had de
mand for more butter than it coul'
supply, showing that farmers wh'
prepared for it, and kept 20 COW
could make it pay we'll.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
~Leo Soluble this week me

~Leo Soluble this week NOV
ed for Joseph Gerber the old house
on the corner of 9Th and Clay ST.,
to Gerber's lot on 4th street, west of
Clay. Mr.. Gerber will fix it up for
renting, and Mr.. James Written
has rented it when completed for .
residence. Mr.. Gerber bought the
part Of lot on which it stood for
81 200, and will build a business
house there. 1t ought to be q good
b'ick house, as it's a good location.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
WThere was an enthusiast

TThere was an enthusiastic
meeting Of citizens in favor Of the
extension Of the Southern Ry. to
French Lick at the court house on
Monday right last. Probably hall
of the business firms in the town
were represented. The meeting was
called to order by w. 4. Cox, who
made a short address, stating that
the Soutl ern only asked the right Of
way. and that the tax asked for, il
voted. was 10 be used only in secur-
ing the right Of way. He also de-
picted the advantages to the people
generally that the extension would
bring, in giving them better north
ern connection for shipments.
Then John r. Huther was elected
Chairman, and Capt. p. J. Kunkel
s. c,eiary. The chair called for an
expression Of opinion BY those pres
ent. and responses were made by
A. B. Krempp, M. A. Sweeney, A.
Kline, G. $. Fry, W. J. Kuebler,
Joe. Friedman, ST., John Gramels-
pacher, and several Others, all in Ia
vor oi the tax. Mr. @. said The
southern had approved the last sur
yey, running eouth Of the present
track, and through the center OF ths
long warehouse from jackson (
Mill street, crossing the street NORTH
Of Pa,oka bridge at the same poin'
a. the present Mossman switch. \.
The meeting then adjourned unit
Dec. 2, WHEN il will re-assemble {
listen 10 Mr.. III. b. Spencer, Of 81
Louis, Gen. Manager Of the western
! division Of the road.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
A Scientific Discovery,

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ed to rest and heal. kodol Dyspepsii
Cure digests what you eat and enables
the stomach and digestive organs t
transform all food into rich, red blood
Sold by Nj. Friedman.