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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-02
NAMES WATER COMMISSIONER
Board Selects A. O KOsuig as First
Incumbent Of New Position.
FULL LEGAL SALARY is NOT ALLOWED
Committee IL Appointed co Look for
an Engineer Suitable TO Act as
Appraiser I'm Contemplated
Purchase of Plant.

Arnold G. Koenig, an hydraulic engineer,
with an office in Omaha, was appointed the
first secretary-commissioner OF the new
water board yesterday afternoon. His
salary will be S25 a month and he will begin
upon such duties az present themselves ht
once. Whether his ~incumbency will be
permanent members of the board declined
to say, 1t being stated merely that under
the law any appointee may be removed
without cause within a year from his APP
pointment, After the board had elected
the secretary-commissioner he was sent for
and was closeted some time with the board
members. He was the only man who made
a formal application for the place.
The meeting Of the board yesterday after
noon was its first regular session. Guy o.
Barton was absent on account Of Illness,
but the other FIVE members we're present.
They discussed matters In executive session
for an hour and then admitted two reporters
and transacted the regular business In q
few minutes.
Aside from appointing the commissioner,
Chairman Boyd and Member Barton were
named as a committee to ind an engineer
suitable for an appraiser for the water
works plant and report back to the board.
This was done upon the motion Of Mr..
Mahoney. Mr.. Koenig was elected by ball
lot, the vote being unanimous.
Sketch of Mr.. KOentE.
COMMISSIONS Koenlg is a young man, who
was born and raised in Grand Island, Neb.
where his father, Henry A. Koenig, former
state treasurer and banker, resides. The
commissioner was educated at technical
schools in st. Louis, at Cornell university
and in Germany. He has served as city
engineer of Grand Island and has been con-
nected with the building Of water plants in
several smaller cities Of the state. He has
one brother in Omaha, w. II. Koenig, treas
urer for Thomas Fitzpatrick & Co.
lnasmuch as the city council has not met
since the water board completed its organi-
cation, notification to appoint an appraiser
has not been received by the latter. This
suits the board, which does not wish to be
hurried in this matter, although the state
ment is made by the members that they are
anxious to proceed as rapidly as possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-02

Greyfeld, 11s Csullivam. 10 to l.. second;
The Miller, 100 (Wetson), Is to /, third.
Time: 1:82h.
Sixth race, six furlongs. selling: Hahn
Rult, l4 CSheehan), 5 to 5, won; H.. M. Brat
tian, l2 CkellyJ, . to I second; Muresco,
l3 (JRcksonl. 4 20 !, third Time: 1:l6H.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-02
Petersen Gets n Prize.

Mayor Moores' address was heartily ap-
plauded and he was followed in a short ad-
dress by Mr.. r. r. Hall, representing the
Computing Weight Scale company OF Day.
ton, o. Mr.. Hall presented to the union the
latest designs Of their scales and tickets
were issued to all members Of the union
present to draw for the scales. Justus
Peterson Of 1921 North Twenty-fourth
street held the lucky number and was
awarded the scales.
The remainder Of the evening was given
over to the discussion of refreshments, and
the affair closed about II, O'clock ..-.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-02
swedes the better Dowlers.

WAHOO. Neb., April d-(SpeciaI)-The
Swedish bowling team defeated the Amer
lean team three games las evening In the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-02
SWEDES
with the BowIerr.

The Regulars beat the Irregulars last
night on the Western alleys five successive
games OF tenpins. Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-02
March Stamp sales.

"Wednesday afternoon Postmaster Etter
forwarded TO Washington a report OF the
stamp sales for the month OF March. The
total sales Of stamps amounted to Se.1b5.11.
This includes the sales at the branch once
at the Exchange. In comparison with March.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
ELECTIONS.

While there are various other elections
to be held tomorrow, the eyes Of the
people throughout the country are fixed
Maryland and the municipal contest in
New York. all of which contain elements
of national interest. The proximity of
Ohio n the nature of the contest going
on there bring hat fight a little nearer
home to the people Of Indiana than any
had any national character or national
issues at present. it might be fairer to say
that Tom Johnson and his socialistic prop
uganda do not represent it. but since the
party has no generally acknowledged
tenets it Is reasonable to suppose that
johnson represents 1T as nearly as any
thing or anybody. His platform as ex-
pressed in his speeches is a mixture of
Organism and Henry George theories. with
even a stronger tendency toward socialism
than was shown by the author of Progress
and Poverty" A strong effort was made
by the Zimmerman following in Ohio to
bring the Democratic party back to the
old-line footing, but it failed utterly, and
the socialism OF Johnson Is in full control.
Undoubtedly the policies OF the Demo-
cratic party in the Nation hinge very
closely on the result. 1t is a minority
party in Ohio. II 1t should fail the re
organizing element in the party at large
would be somewhat encouraged. but If it
should succeed nothing could prevent the
party from taking a still further plunge
along the line of socialism, and one Tom
Johnson would be the most prominent
| aspirant for the presidential nomination.
Ii Maryland interest is given to the con-
test by the fact hat the prestige of Arthur
Pue German is somewhat at stake. The
Democratic '-'reorganizers" naturally look
to German for leadership. and. if things go
! we'll with him in his own State. he will be
| the head and front OF the fight against
| Johnson and Bryan within the party. But,
II he should fail. the effort to brine thu
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

of the laying Of the cornerstone of the new
Putnam county courthouse was by no means
overlooked by the politicians of the Fifth
district. Prominent men in both parties
were there TO make the most OF the opp0r-
tunities for a little quiet log rolling and
there were numerous conferences before,
during and after the ceremonies. Among
the Republicans largely in evidence We're
Representative Z. s. Holiday, OF Brazil;
Senator James 5. Barcus, OF Terre Haute,
Howard Maxwell, of Rockville, n Julian
State committee from that district. AS
Greencastle Is the home of Ben 4. Corwin,
one of the candidates for the Republican
nomination for reporter OF the supreme
Court, OF course, he, too, availed himself
of the chance and did a little work for
Corwin.
Representative Holiday wants to be re-
nominated next year and there seems to be
a disposition on the part or many Repuoii-
cans OF the. district to give him the nomi-
nation without a contest. He has had 10
make two hard fights 10 secure the nomi-
nation and several have expressed the opin-
ion that he ought to be given one nominal
ton without a struggle. After that. they
say, let the field be an open one again.
Senator Barcus, who has been one OF Mr.,
Holidays opponents in the past, Is suS-
pected of harboring aspirations for next
year, but he has not indicated publicly
whether he will be a candidate. 1t is hao
on reliable authority that If Senator Barcus
enters the fight Howard Maxwell, OF Parke
county, will also be a candidate, and the
contest will be a repetition of the lively af-
fair Of last year. If Barcus stays out Max
well will also give Holiday a clear field.
Julian Hogate, the district committeeman
is also a candidate for reelection and it is
not probable that he will have opposition.
No one has been suggested as a candidate
against him and, indeed, there has been nc
intimation that anyone would Xix to see
him retired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

ing out OF a social or political agitation
1t requires considerable stretch of con-
struction to make an assault by a tenant
on a landlord a political offense within
the sense which must nave been
entertained by the trainers of the
extradition treaty. Under this construc-
ton a moonshine distiIler who should
kill a United States revenue officer and fee
to England could resist surrender to the
American authorities on the ground that
his offense was a political one within the
meaning OF the extradition treaty. How
ever. the language of the treaty is sus-
ceptible of the construction given it by the
commissioner. and this view was supported
by ingenious argument The British gov
eminent is very persistent in enforcing the
claims of justice, and 1T is by no means
certain that this decision will end the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

1t is not for the Journal to judge as to
the motives behind the raiding the Toomey
poolroom, though there is much reason to
believe they were largely personal and po-
litical. but the manner of the raid is open
to criticism. 1t is very rare that the police
have to be criticised for the manner in
which they perform a public duty, but some
features of their action in this case are
clearly censurable. There was no occasion
for the wholesale arrest of every person
around or rear the place, including
strangers who had not even been inside
the poolroom, nor was there any necessity
for making a show of clubs and telling
people TO keep their mouths shut" These
actions must have been prompted by per-
emptory orders given in a vindictive spirit.
The place could nave been closed without
introducing these features and the persons
legally under arrest could have been taken
to police headquarters without calling in
the services Of the patrol wagon. The
whole affair savors of a desire to create a
sensation by playing to the galleries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

to trying to find out the age of Mary's
sister Ann.-Shelbyville Republican.
There seems to be a misunderstanding as
TO whether the Connecticut judge called
Mr.. Bryan a liar or a lawyer. In either
instance. however, the judge, being human,
may haYe been Observation-Disclosures Cour-
Ter.
The pastor of the First Baptist Church
says he will soon begin a series of sermons
on isms in religion, and will ~inaugurate the
series with one on "Elijah III. or Baalam
IL! Humor in the pulpit is not all dead.
Fort Wayne News.
The Ohio Republicans will by their votes
next Tuesday make certain the return of
Senator Hanna TO the United States Senate.
The Indiana Republicans next year VIII
confer a like honor upon Senator Beveridge>
-Middletown News.
Democratic leaders in this district are
smacking their lips in anticipation of a royal
rumpus in the Republican district conven-
ton. There will be a tussel, but no rumpus;
plenty OF sparring. but no body blows or
sore sp~ots.-Starke County Republican.
The co-eds of Butler University Of this
State are learning bad manners. They par
ticipated in a class riot Thursday. These
riots are bad enough among boys, but when
girls participate it takes a certain degree
OF bloom of the whole sex.-Elkhart Re
view.
The Republicans of Kentucky are enthu-
siastic over the prospect of carrying the
State at the election next month. However,
IL will be easier to get the necessary votes
in the box to carry it than it will be TO get
them counted after they are n.-Lafayette
Journal.
Some Of the Republican papers Of this
district are making a mistake in accepting
as reliable the political paragraphs OF Dem
cratic exchanges. 1t might be well TO free
! themselves OF the habit before the cam
paign opens, or their readers are likely to
absorb a great deal of mislnformatlon
which will result in Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
The reported candidacy OF William Ran
dolph Hearst for the supreme office in the
land may be regarded as a grapevine"
No doubt it would become very popular
If the said Hearst could buy up all the
newspapers in America and convert them
into 'yellows." Even then the sovereign
people might fail to take the matter seri-
ously.-Madison Courier.
Br'er Dowie in a burst of candor admits
that he holds the balance of political pow.
er in Chicago and that elections there &c
as he bids the pendulum swing. Hereafter
Elijah III should bring his prophetic Wis.
ion to a little finer focus on the future and
discover what kind of an administrator
he is going to shake out of the box before
he does it.-Fort Wayne Sentinel.
Yellow Willie Hearst has given the coun.
try to understand that he will get busy dur.
ing his first term in Congress. He is go
ing to accomplish things. 1t may be, how.
ever. that after the lad has gone against
Speaker Cannon'S heavy line for a few
times without perceptible gain he Will no,
be so blissfully confident of his ability tC
make a touchdown.-Terre Haute Tribune
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Suppress the gambling rooms by all
means. but let the job be thorough. Don't
say that some rooms may operate and that
others may not.-Muncie Times.
Visitors in Indianapolis don't seem to no.
tice much difference in the atmosphere since
the recent election. and yet what a change
there was to be.-Marion Chronicle.
II Perry Heath Will not be the secretary
of the national Republican committee. the
man for the place is Captain Harry s. New.
now the committeeman from this State
Fort Wayne News.
Ex-Governor Pattison is on record as be-
lieving the Democrats will carry Pennsyl-
vania at the next election. II he cannot
make a better guess than that he would do
himself more credit by devoting his time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
whatsver inyestigation NAV show as

Whatever investigation ma show as to
phe OF Saturday there can be no doubt but
the fast running OF the passenger train
within the city limits was a contributory
cause The distance from Lafayette TO
Indianapolis is sixty-four miles and the
train left Lafayette at s O'Clock a. m. with
order 10 reach here at 9:47. To do this it
must nave run at the rate of about thirty
i've miles an hour without stops. The con-
ducfor a y the train was ten minutes late
1T the city limits and thinks that after be-
ing slowed down somewhat it may have
been running twenty miles an hour. Even
that would be greatly in excess or the legal
limit Of speed: but IL the train was ten
minutes late II was probably running con-
stderably faster than twenty miles an hour
The legal rate OF speed within the city
limits. liked by an ordinance OF 1852, Is five
miles an hour. The fact that the ordi-
nance has been violated every day for
|nany years does not alter the fact that 1t
is stin the law. II the Inflated train had
slowed down at the city limits to five miles
an hour the accident probably would not
have occurred. Other causes. as failure to
deliver or obey train dispatcher's orders,
may have contributed TO the accident. but
The high rate OF speed at which the train
wss running was q main factor In its fatal
resr,tA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
THE PRESIDENTS PROSPECTS.
A Democratic View of the Political
Situation.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
The Washington experts in national pol
itics are observing that the President has
lost a good deal of strength in the South,
partly for reasons highly creditable to him;
he has consulted with a good many new
men ard less than they would like with the
old professional Republican politicians,
white and black. of that section, who never
have to deliver the goods" because OF the
invincible Democratic majorities and who,
therefore, have no sense of responsibility
and who maintain themselves in great
measure by the trade in convention dele
gates. The Southern delegates will consti-
tute nearly q third of the national conven-
ton and they are believed TO be very much
under the control OF Senator Hanna, who
would certainly prefer some one else to Mr..
Roosevelt. but may not use his strength
against him.
The Endorsements of the President thus
far have little value, though they have
some. The election OF delegates has not
taken place yet and Ii Is the delegates and
not the resolutions or the year before that
count. Some Of the senator's who are none
too friendly TO the President will not run
the risk of antagonizing his supporters
till they shall have been reelected. so that
it will be the latter part of the winter be-
fore open opposition 10 MI. Roosevelt could
be looked for.
In the absence of any other prominent
and popular Republican the probability is
very strong that Mr.: Roosevelt will be
nominated. A man OF anything like Mr..
Biaine's personal popularity would make
Mr.. Roosevelts nomination impossible, just
as Mr.. Blaine made the nomination of Mr..
Arthur, a really stronger. though less noisy
man, impossible. No such man has APP
peared.
This is TO the advantage of the Demo-
cratic party, in spite OF the fact that Mr..
Blaine was not elected I'm 1884. Mr.. Roose-
Welt Is the strongest candidate for the NOM
nation on account of the weakness OF
others. But after his nomination he will be
far from the strongest candidate for cleo
ton that the party might have named. Men
who do not evoke the applause OF the crowd
as the President does command the public
confidence much more fully. and II the Re-
publican party shall nominate for the first
time a man who reached the White House
through the death OF his predecessor. the
Democratic party ought not 20 find IL very
dihicult to maintain an unbroken tradition
In our politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

This is a bad time TO discuss the annex
the Alaskan boundary decision has gone
against them, but two Americans have re-
Gently expressed views on the subject.
Mr.. Carnegie says identity Of language
makes identity of peoples, and that Can
ada ought to join the United States some
what as Scotland did England. This prob
ably hints at a kin Of forced marriage.
The other American who has expressed
himself on the subject is Mr.. Algernon
Sartoris, late captain In the United States
army and a grandson of Gen. u. S. Grant.
Up in Ontario a few days ago he took the
risk of counting a mob by declaring in a
communication to a local paper that Can
ada is by right. and always has been, a
part OF the United States, and ought to be
annexed Immediately. In an interview re-
iterating and defending his view he said
1t is a matter of history that Gen. U. S.
Grant. my grandfather, thought the same
thing. When he was President Senator
Sumner, of Massachusetts,, chairman of
the foreign relations committee of the Sen
ate, suggested to my grandfather that he
order Great Britain to remove her flag
from the American continent, as was done
in the case of the French empire. He
replied: That would mean war, and ]
want peace"
If the foregoing is a matter Of history ii
has been kept very quiet. Senate Sumner
was not regarded as a hlibuster, nor much
Of a ~jingoist, and considering his determined
opposition to President Grants plan for &C.
curing San Domingo. it is not very likely
he suggested the seizure of Canada.
Young Mr.. Sartoris failed to cite any au.
thority for this alleged matter Of history
and the probability is it was a case OF
talking too much. The acquisition of Can
ada has been a favorite topic OF discussion
among American jingoists for a long time
but the contamination does not seem any
nearer now than it was a hundred years
ago. 1t will never come to pass until three
important parties come to an agreement
on the subject-the United States, Great
Britain n Canada-and the likelihood oil
such agreement is very remote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

party back to where it stood when Cleve-
land was elected would. in all probability.
in Ohio and Maryland viii be read and
interpreted together, as determining the
lines of battle and leadership of the Demo-
cratic party in 1904.
In New York city the fight is the old one
of good citizenship OF all parties against
the Tammany machine The only party
interest in the matter lies in the posi-
bility that Tammany may return to power,
when it would Immediately become more
of a power in the national councils of the
Democracy than it has ever been in the
past.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

The decision OF United States Commits
sionss Moores on the Lynchehaun extradi-
tion Is that the onenss for which Lynche-
harn was tried and convicted under
British law was q political onense. and
therefore n not an extraditable one under
the treaty. This sets the defendant free
- far as the commissioner has power to
20 80 The question as 10 what consti-
tutss a political offense within the mean
ing OF the extradition treaty has been con-
sidersd by lawyers a close one. and proved
70 Be the turning point in the case. The
Journal has bean and Is still or opinion
that In in~ternat.ona parlance a political
snsnss means an orense against a nation.
. government or the head OF q government,
and not merely a common-law crime grow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

A Reader Of the Hour
Met tho Writer Of the Week,
Where Critics OF the Minute
Formed an influential clique;
HE has STYLE" they said, and power:
And his treatment is unique"
So the Reader Of the Hour
Bought the Novel of the Week,
And he made his friends begin 1t;
And he still delights to speak
OF THE Hovel'-
That great Novel;
(Which the very drug stores seID
And he likewise likes to tell
That he knows the author well.
He has style. and native power"
Says the Reader OF the Hour.
And his treatment is unique"
Life
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
Big Puff Ball.

Warren Review.
Chauncey Musselman, carrier on rural
route No. 1, brought to town Monday the
largest fungus We lave ever seen. 1t is
a puff ball." Of the same variety, appar-
entity, as those that are usually found about
the size of a PERSONS fist. This one, how
ever, is big as a pumpkin" 1t measures
three feet in circumference and weight six
pounds Chauncey would like to make be-
lieve ii is a Kansas mushroom and that they
grow there big as q wash tub, but his pota-
to story about Kansas has put the boys on
their guard and none of them have applied
for slices out of this mushroom.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
His Preference.

Washington Star.
That man is a great thinker" was the adj
miring comment.
YES" answered Senator Sorghum, despair
ingly. but 1 have noticed that these very studi-
Gus people aren't successful in business. What
you want to be nowadays is not a great thinker.
but q good guesser.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

Mr.. Chamberlain's campaign Of educa-
ton has made such progress that British
free-traders are anxious to postpone a gen.
eral election as long as possible in the hope
that there may be a reaction. On the other
hand, Mr.. Chamberlain is confident hat
the longer the election is postponed the
tronger his cause Will be. The new issue
seems to be destroying old party lines in
Great Britain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02
Warning to Giddy Youths.
Valparaiso vidette.

Valparaiso Vidette.
The young people who have been putting
tick-tacks on inspecting peoples doors and
soaring them out of a years growth are
having the care free time of their youth.
but remember there is a day coming when
you will be old and perhaps hop out of bed
and have the life frightened out OF you by
some young people as care free as you are
now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-02

st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Mrs. Van Tassel is going to dabble In Stocks
well, she should make an ideal broker"
"Why so?'
Because she is married. and none Of the other
brokers would dare squeeze her."