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CAsT-orF CLOTHING.

If y,u want the highest price for
your ola clothing and shoes, try ]. C.
Netzger. 21s Main street PHONE
SLACK 269,. 1900.
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Four-room house. car service, city
water. good DOW barn, shed. garden
truck. 800; $3.50 down, balance
terms; must be sold this week, owner
leaving town. Mrs. A. H. Davies,
III Lee street. 1916.
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TWO SNAPS

$500 buys good fve-room house
close in. lawn, shade trees: s20e
down. balance $40 monthly.
$500 buys five-room house, On Col,
lege avenue. close In: terms.
Pacific Coast Realty Co.. BH Howard
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Three-room house and lot. GA Spot
ford avenue. by owner. 1856
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SNAP

5000 for . nice nav businssn
property. paying IL per cent ana c.
b made 70 pay ~ Don't ovsriosn
this If you are looking fer .. =.
vsstmenk !.
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& 325-For a fine lot on graded street
close in; street car and bicycle
path; bargain.
$l7O0-Buys a corner lot and Groom
house; also large new barn,
which with 500 can be made to
bring $50 a month. This is
close in and a snap.
5 650-A house and corner lot near
Sprague avenue; also barn and
water.
sllO0-For a new 4-room house on
Boone avenue. A bargain.
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xURNMKED ROOMS.

Nicely furnished rooms. single and
housekeeping: bath. Fourth floor
Marion block Tel Re- e71. Tran
eientG. 1920.
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w. z. STEPHENS
1s-1s xassase 1aeek apesa.A 49,,
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.

Rainier-Grand. Mrs. J. c. Stewart.
8 roprietress. The finest furnished
rooms in the city: baths. sim Riv-
erside. between Post and Lincoln.
Phone Black 205. ITO.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
Personal NOTES.

The Chicago police raided ten get-rich-
quick concerns last week. What a strenu-
Gus Job, this keeping the fool and his
money together.
Paris is preparing a royal welcome for
King Edward, but it is pretty certain that
he won't have as good time as on some Of
his former visits.
whether the door is kept open or closed
it seems to be pretty generally agreed
among shrewd observers that Adam Zad
will manage to steal the horse.
Count Montesduiou says the American
business man appreciates the beautiful as
he himself does. What is more beautiful
than IS ticket to $1.25 conference" on
art?
United States Senator Daniel OF Virginia
said in a recent speech at Baltimore that
the nineteenth century produced five SOL
diers to whom the world has given the title
of great-Napoleon, wellington, Won
Moltke, Grant and Robert f. Lee.
On Monday last Joseph Jefferson, the
veteran actor, visited the grave OF his ia
ther, Joseph Jefferson, in Magnolia ceme-
terry, Mobile, Ala, and left a bunch Of
roses upon It. The elder Jefferson fell a
victim to the yellow fever during the cpl
demio Of 1912
Joseph Chamberlain, who is regarded by
many Engllshmen as one Of the cleverest
politicians IN Europe, owes much OF his
success in public life to the fact that he
has splendid capacity as business man.
He is thus able to bring to bear on ques-
tIons Of high national or international inn
portance the trained mind and clear per-
! eeption Of a man Of affairs.
"They all look up to J. p Morgan down
here" said Wall street broker, land any
one Of us would break our neck to get a
tip from him, but no one loves him. There
is not a man who would not 90 up against
him and break him II he could. Not be-
cause they have anything against Mr.. Nor
gan, but that's the spirit that rules In Wall
street First, do up the public; second, dc
up each other"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01


The campaign of deception and i'm
posture is to eliminate Saturday by the
general distribution of unsolicited ad-
vice and corporation sample ballots pre-
pared in the name of the alleged Mu-
nicipal League of Omaha, which has not
had a tangible existence for years and
is made up of about a bakers dozen of
business men politicians. 1t is a matter
Of notoriety that the committee, which
embodies about all there is left of the
Municipal league, agreed to disagree
and that the circulars to be sent out
were prepared by the rump of the com.
mittee for the rump candidate of the
republican convention with a populist
label, ...t
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
POLITICS MAKES srRANee BED

The Real Estate exchange, which
might. have rendered Omaha invaluable
service in continuing the legitimate and
laudable campaign for equitable taxa
ton, is ina fair way of being split and
coming to pieces in it's vainglorious and
futile attempt to boom Erastus Benson
into the mayors office. In their en-
thusiasm the Bensonian members of the
exchange seem to be oblivious OF the
fact that they have put themselves in an
unenyiable light before the community
by entering into an alliance with the tax
shirking corporations and tax-shirking
jobbers who are arrayed against Moores
from selfish motives under false pre-
tehses and incidentally are trying to
punish the men who have brought relief
to the great majority Of Omaha tax
payers by equalizing the assessments
between the corporations and the home
owners.
In the battle for tax reform waged by
the exchange last year Erastus Benson
was not even a igurehead. He was
distrusted by the men who were in the
forefront Of that battle and took no
active part either on the tax committee
before the Board Of Review, before the
council or in the public arena.
The very fact that the mainstay of Mr.
Benson outside of the exchange are the
allied corporations, who are furnishing
the sinews of war and all the merce
naries at their command to assist the
Benson boom, shows clearly that the
enemies which the exchange made in its
tax reform campaign have put that body
in position to club itself to death.
The Real Estate exchange Bensonitei
have not only played into the hands o.
the corporate tax-shirkers and dis
gruntled jobbers whose assessments haC
been raised by the Board Of Review, bu
are also exhibiting a lack of appreciation
Of the services rendered by Mr.. William
Hunter as a member of the Board o
: Review. Mr., Hunter stood up courage
ously and manfully against all tn
pressure OF the corporations and jobber
} to sustain the tax committee Of the eN
change in its efforts. but instead @
recommending Hunter TO the voters IN
/ Bensonian exchange members hav
I Joined with members OF the Municipl
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
OUR DETENsELEss ISLANDS.

Attention is called to the defenseless
condition Of the Philippines in the re-
port of General Miles, who renews the
recommendation he made soon after
the naval victory at Manila that at
least one strategic position be fortified
beyond the possibility of capture by
any foreign feet or fleets. There is
no immediate danger Of the kind which
General Miles urges precaution against,
but his suggestion is manifestly sound
and it is to be presumed the matter
will receive attention from the next
congress. Military experts both here
and abroad have pointed out that in the
event of war between the United States
and a European naval power the archi-
pelago would be a vulnerable point and
would doubtless receive the early at
tention Of the enemy. This seems an
entirely reasonable view and should i'm
press itself upon congress,
1t is not necessary to go into an ex-
tensive system Of Notifications in the
islands, but the Importance of having
at least one strategic position strongly
fortified is perfectly obvious and as the
work will require considerable time it
should be begun without unnecessary
delay. The fOrtifications at Manila are
said to be in very good condition and
with a few changes and additions will
be adequate. Equally strong works at
some other strategic point would prob.
ably be sufficient for the security of
the islands against foreign power and
moreover would be valuable as a pro
lection to American sovereignty there.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
rHE MILES REPuRr

Any effort to discredit the national
administration through the report OF
General Miles regarding his investiga-
tions in the Philippines will have no
effect with fair-minded men. 1t must
of course be admitted that some of the
statements of the report are of a Sc
rious nature, showing that there have
been in the army in the philippines
men who were unworthy to wear the
American uniform, but IL is not shown
that there has been any laxity either at
Manila or in Washington in properly
dealing with those who have wantonly
violated the laws of civilized warfare.
1t is a well-attested fact that officers who
have been charged with cruelty or other
wrongs have been subjected to court
martial and punished II convicted. Pos
sibly some have escaped detection. Per
haps, also, there has in some instances
been too great leniency on the part of
courts-martial. But we are not aware
of any case where charges have been
made that the military authorities have
declined or failed to make an investiga-
ton.
AS to the statements of General Miles
they are made, as he himself confesses,
on hearsay and without any proof to
substantiate them. He obtained them
mainly from Filipinos, who in most
instances failed to put their charges
In writing. This is not the sort of testi-
mony which the American people will
be disposed to accept as justifying a
sweeping condemnation of the army in
the Philippines. The reply to the re-
port made by Judge Advocate General
Davis must convince anybody open to
conviction that no effort has been spared
in the matter of investigating charges
against military Officers. Even now in
vestigations are in progress as to
charges made long ago and IL they are
found to have a substantial basis 'it is
not to be doubted that the officers
against whom they are made will be
tried and If convicted will be punished
1t would seem that no rational person
could believe that President Roosevelt
or Secretary Root would shield any
officer of the army who was known to
have committed cruelties and barbara
ties such as General Miles speaks Of
The president and secretary of war are
unquestionably as solicitous as any one
can be for the good name and honor
of the army. Not even General Miles
himself is more anxious to preserve the
fame Of the American soldiers 1t may
be said, also, that Governor Taft ant
his associates in the civil government
Of the Philippines are the last men whC
should be suspected of blinking at out
RACES Of the nature stated in the Milei
report. 1t is simple Justice to thos,
men to believe that If they were awar,
of such outrages they would not hest
tate to denounce them and bring then
to the attention of the military authori
ties. The national administration ha
done its duty in the Philippines an,
\ will not suffer in the respect Of fair
minded people from what is said in tn
report of General Miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

With two or three honorable excep-
lions the federal office holders of Omaha
exhibit the same indifference with re-
gard to the success OF their party in the
municipal campaign that they did IN the
campaign Of 1900. when the republican
national committee had to set apart a
special fund for persuading disgruntled
federal Office holders to vote the repub-
lican legislative ticket so as to insure
the election Of two republican United
States senators.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
coon RIppANCE.
A Few Pointed Remarks ON the
PittsburE weddinR.
MInneapolls Journal.

Minneapolis Journal
II there is anything that VIII tempt =
sober. soft spoken American citizen TO wish
for temporary control OF plethoric vocabu-
larry OF spithets and expletives 1t is such
an affair as that Yarmouth -Thaw wedding
in Pittsburg.
Here is an American girl Of beauty
wealth and good position who has maoly
thrown herself away on miserable scion
Of a wornout and leached aristocracy,
wretched parasite, dependent, unprincipieo'
a low music hall singer. greedy dowry
hunter, who for all his pauperfsm declined
TO marry the girl II she brought him only
$50, 900 a year
There are ugly but quite believabie re-
ports that this despieable matrimonial
fortune hunter who could not get his foot
into thousands Of American homes actually
delayed the wedding for half an hour while
he haggled over few more pieces of gold
as the price OF his consent to marry the
Thaw girl. The whole contemplate barter
and sale is enough to make every American
blush.
The only bright side Of this revolving
AFFAIR is the reluctance of Miss Thaws
mother to consent to the accursed alliance,
but that reluctance is bemished by her
final consent to add 1000 a year to satisfy
the greed of this misnamed nobleman who
would not take the girl and $4,000.
There is, however, this consolation; Miss
Thaw for all her millions must be an un-
worthy daughter OF America, II she is
willing to mate with such a noble remnant
as the earl Of Yarmouth. With his 100000
year the earl will probably take her and
himself out of the United States and stay
out. and by that double riddance the country
will be bettered.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
TOO MUCH PROSPERITY.
Like His Brother with the Paleface
Poor Lo Can't stand 1t.

Chicago Record-Herald.
Sad news comes from Oklahoma, Wnere
an investigation Of the condition OF LoI the
door Indian has recently been made by
representative of the government. IL ap-
pears that the Indians Of Oklahoma are SUI
fering from too much prosperity. Ten OF
twelve years ago they were busy and happy
They owned land, each head of family
had a pony or two, few dogs, pigs chick
ems and other necessities Of life, and the
DAYS came and went with pleasing II
somewhat monotonous regularity.
Today the noble red men OF Oklahoma ap-
pear to be rapidly going to the bad. Their
land has turned out to be valuable ana
they are leasing 1t to white men at high
prices. The result is that the Indians are
no longer forced to work for living and
they are rapidly falling into habits OF idle
ness and vice. The report Of the commits
sioner who has been looking into the mat
ter says:
From habits of industry and thrift these
Indians, or most Of them, have become
idlers and vagrants on the face OF the
earth. The best friends Of the indians are
those who are in favor of compelling them
to work. Work Is the salvation OF these
Indians and their only salvation. The leas-
ing of lands has proved to be great calam-
ity for a majority Of them. 1t would be
thousand times better for them II the leas-
ing of lands was prevented and the prop
osition presented to them fatly to work Or
starve.'
This will probably be discouraging to peo-
pie who have longed to raise the Indian UP
to nobler and better things; but does II,
after all, indicate that the red man Is es-
sentially different from his white brother!
Is the Indian the only one who can't
broaden out and progress in idleness?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

President Roosevelt should ne Needed
in Omaha.
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
The sentiments regarding the proper
relations of capital and labor uttered by
President Roosevelt at Omaha were ap-
plauded by a large audience He pleaded
with capitalists and workinsmen to deal
with matters which interest them both
free from arrogance on the one side and
devoid of envy on the other He scored
the demagogue who endeavors to excite
class hatred as the worst enemy Of the class
whose champion he pretends to be. He
said-and no one will dispute it-that "in
the long run and as a whole we are going
to go up together or go down together" !"
and hence the necessity for honesty and
common sense in dealings between capital
and labor, whose interests are so mex
trlcably interviewer.
1t is said that the presidents theme was
suggested to him by citizens Of Omaha,
who hope words coming from his lips in
behalf of industrial peace will serve to
avert the Industrial strife which It is feared
will begin in that city May !. There are
apprehensions OF a number OF strikes on
that day and Of stormy times. II is to be
hoped that the presidents remarks Will
have a good influence. They were cheered
by those who heard them, and their wis
dom will not be questioned by those who
read them. It is to be feared that not all
the men who should be influenced by the
presidents advice will pay attention to It.
There will probably be some employers
and also some workingmen who will re-
fuse to listen to good advice, even when
1t comes from president OF the United
States. Even IL the Omaha papers act on
the suggestion Of the president, and print
for the instruction OF their readers the
concluding portion of the report Of the
anthracite strike commission-which GER
tainly makes excellent reading-labor men
who have formulated demands and en-
pIoyers who have refused to accede to them
may fail to read the report, and II they dc
read 1t may decline to admit that 1t lays
down a rule Of action for them.
The president has done all he can dc
in the premises. 1t devolves now on the
municipal authorities Of Omaha, the busi-
ness men, and all good citizens who are
interested in the preservation OF indus
trial peace to take the matter into theiI
hands and make united effort to pre-
vent damaging strikes or to settle then
speedily. The whole community will b'
affected by the threatened strikes. j
should do something besides asking the
president for kindly word. 1t shoult
make concerted effort to reconcile loca
capital and local labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
IN MAY.

John Burroughs in the May Century.
When grosbeaks show a damask rose
Amid the cherry blossoms white,
And early robins nests disclose
To loving eyes a joyous sight;
When columbines like living Goals
Are cleaning 'gainst the lichened rocks.
And at the foot OF messy boles
Are young anemones In docks;
When ginger-root beneath twin leaves
Conceals its dusky floral bell
And snowy orchid shyly weaves
In humid nook its fragrant spell;
When dandelions coin OF gold
Anew is minted on the lawn,
And maple trees their fringe unfold,
While waTblers storm the groves at dawn,
When these and more greet eye and ear,
Then strike thy tasks and come away;
II is the jOy-month OF the year,
And onward sweeps the tide OF May.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

Remember that citizens who failed
to register last November must present
themselves for registration at their re-
spective voting districts next Satur-
day. This also includes the citizens
who registered this spring for the pri-
maries, but were not registered last fall,
or were not entitled to vote at last falls
election. The registration of this class
Of citizens at the primary election does
not count at the general election this
spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
OUR PROSPERITY PERMANENT.
Not a Note of Psssimism Heard Any
where in the Land.
Kansas CITY Journal


where in the Land.
Kansas City Journal
"I have been studying the statistics Of
our commerce for twenty years, and have
never known the time In which they indi-
Gated q greater activity in agriculture and
manufacturing, or In any Of the producing
industries, than at present. So says o.
P. Austin, chief OF the Bureau OF Statis-
tics OF the Treasury department. His con-
clusions as to all indications pointing to
a continued prosperity In this country are
fully supported by every authority that has
considered the matter,
Railroad men, bankers, farmers, manu-
facturers and wholesalers in all the large
business centers appear even more san
guine than the statisticians. There is not
a note OF pessimism anywhere In the land.
The facts are in accord with all these
cheerful predictions.
Exports for the twelve months ending
with March amounted to s114.OOO,OOO. Cot
ton and grain exports have greatly in
creased over last years figures. Exports
Of iron and steel, however, have slightly
declined, but the authorities hnd in this
fact a striking evidence of prosperity, In
that the home demand for these staples
has increased and 10 greater than the out
put Of all the foundries and factories
working more days in the year than ever
before.
II the we'll known axiom Of pSlitica
economy be true, that prosperity is indi-
Gated by the oonsumptiye capacity OF Z
nation, then this increased use Of hom'
products, together with the tremendoui
revenues Of government from custom dutiei
far in excess Of previous years, Is posi-
tive proof that the prosperity Of the United
j States has come to stay.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01
BIZ CALM, GENTLEMEN.
Barons of wntered stock AEitated
and Irritated.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press
Whether the gods intend TO destroy the
coal road operators who are under investi-
cation by the Interstate Commerce COM
mission in New York is another question,
but these gentlemen of position and anu
ence have certainly been made mad. II is
sure that from the point Of view taken
by all those of their class they are IN
hard lines. The Sherman law, which wasl
so long ridiouled as a dead letter, has sud
denly been given a mighty significance.
The law can control the trusts and they
are in a feverish state of agitation.
Heaven forbid that any wrong should be
done the barons who water stock, wear
lightly the requirements OF law, pay divi-
dends and employ labor as they need 1t.
We would not take one jot or little from
their Importance in the .upbuilding OF the
nation or the carrying out OF the general
scheme Of salvation. Our chief regret is
that they appear to be losing their grip.
upon the dignity about which they have so
long hedged themselves, breaking forth
with the intensity Of language and temper
that all the traditions of monopoly and re-
spectability concede to the fshwife. Only
day or two ago one OF the attorneys for
the road had a premature explosion OF
wrath that kicked like rusty nusket, and
now President Baer. holding a power of
attorney from the Ruler of the Universe,
has broken forth to. tell men that he is
tired Of their lying. ;r
1t is sad state of affairs and one that
appeals to the sympathy OF all good Chris
tians. Men who have devoted their lives
to the benehcent work of stripping other
people of all riches that might prevent
their entering the kingdom Of heaven are
entitled to more consideration than Mr..
Baer and associates are receiving. Never
theless, who shall say that they have not
their rewardH In some brighter and better
day, perhaps, their names will shine glori-
ously in the Wall street martyrology.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

And now we are to have an astron-
omy trust with all the star gazers and
sky prospectOrs of the world under one
general management with a view to
making explorations OF the heavens a
systematic business in which every
member of the trust will be given an
assignment instead Of promiscuously
rowing about in universal space. trying
to discover new worlds and watching
for the appearance Of long tailed and
short tailed comets
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-01

The democratic state press is taking
a very active interest in the Omaha
municipal campaign, not because Howell
stands for reform, home rule and cor
porate restriction, but because his cleo
tion would give the democrats a power
full foothold in Douglas county and make
sure Of the election of seven democratic
judges this fan and a full democratic
delegation to the legislature next year.