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Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

Chicago's experience with the acquisi.
ton Of street railways reminds us very
much Of omaha's experience with the
acquisition Of the water works. In both
cities the lawyers are reaping a golden
harvest, while the people are waiting for
developments
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
On the BenniaEton's RON.
Oakland Tribune.

The Bennington was small ship. yet
its muster roll bears remarkable testimony
to the homogeneity OF the American people.
II has enlisted men from some thirty
states. the majority Of them inland. Every
southern state except two contributed TO
the crew. and oddly enough only two OF the
six New England states. formerly the
great recruiting GROUND for auE navy, had
man aboard
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

By raising the assessments OF personal
property BY several million dollars the
State Board Of Equalization is not hurt.
ing the railroads. The higher all other
classes Of property Is assessed the lower
win be the forced contributions OF the
railroads to the aggregate sum required
for maintaining state and county gov.
ernments.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

Now that It is semi-ofnclaIly an
nounced that both Komura and Witte
dictated the terms OF their appointment
as peace plenipotentiaries the public win
have more hope OF seeing an agreement
reached.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

II the United States government is to
prevent the Civilized" Indians from
paying taxes for the support Of the state
and county governments it should at
least set aside money to pay court ex-
penses occasioned by these wards of
the government.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
Interest in Crop Report.

MIIWaukee WISCONSIN,.
People who have suggested the abolition
Of government crop reporting do not rep
resent the majority Of the Dealers to say
nothing Of the vast farming community,
which has a very material concern in the
crop condition and outlook throughout the
United States but which could not main
tain private statisticians to report upon
the subject, as the spectators did before
the government took the matter into it's
hands for the benefit of the whole people.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

II scip Dundy can be induced to come
back to Omaha and take charge of the
Auditorium for year or two his name
will be inscribed on the roll as omaha's
public benefactor.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

Major Gillette, the man selected from
the regular army to report upon Phila.
aelphia's water system, Is the officer
WHO probed the Savannah scandal re-
suiung In the conviction OF Captain Car.
ter and the hight Of Greene and Gaynor.
II Is possible the major viii consider
mat work light before he untangles the
Quaker CITY snArl
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

The statement by the division head of
the society OF railway mail clerks that
he could not tell how certain funds were
expended and retain his position, would
indicate that there are people who still
think that the offense is In being discov-
cred,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

The discovery OF graft I'm the plant
bureau Of the Agricultural department
is suggestive OF graft In the annual dis
tribution Of garden sass, and incident
ally it also suggests a cause for part Of
the large deficit in the receipts in the
Postofice department
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
why Havana Smiles.

New York World.
curious feature Of the present proceed
ings is the declaration Of a quarantine by
Havana against New Orleans. OF old the
Cuban city was an annual hotbed of fever.
It's present healthfulness and assurance are
the results of the efficient work in SANTA
ton promoted in the half dozen years since
the American occupation.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

A muttny on the part OF a few Pan
ANA police has been suppressed. In the
old days OF the isthmus this would have
been heralded to the world as .'revolu-
ton" nipped in the bud
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

From the action Of southern towns 1t
would appear that the mosquito theory
of the spread OF yellow fever is believed
only while the disease is in another coun-
try.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
Basis for Guesswork.

The war, 1t is said, costs Japan 100000
day. 1t began about year and half
ago. BY putting two and two together,
Russia ought to be able to get some idea
OF the size OF the loan 1t will have to ne
gotiate
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

When the new city charter appears in
book form 1t is to be hoped it will be a
better job than the chapter as it appears
in the volume of session laws.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

Omaha is to receive visit from the
Interstate Commerce commission at an
early day, which indicates that Omaha
is attracting some attention as a grain
market.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

Secretary Wilson seems resolved that
che only grating permitted in the Agri-
cultural department shall be in the hor-
ticultural branch.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
Must sound the Depths.
Chicago Record-Heraid.

OHiCdBo heCOru-tteral0.
II the job is to be done by the investi-
eating committee of the New York legis-
lature 1t must be done thoroughly. other
wise the real work will remain for fur
Their investigation under federal auspices.
Sooner or later the very bottom must be
sounded. The millions OF policy holders
will not forget. They will not become
quiescent so long as part of the work is
still unsccompushed.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

dead letter. The greatest trouble to be
encountered by the trust busters is not
the lack Of laws, but the lack OF ofacials
endowed with sufficient backbone and
integrity to enforce them.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
Federal Regulation FeasibIe.

INV NWIN NTIIVIINiIIs
New Zealand met the extortions OF the
Insurance companies by going into the life
Insurance business as a function Nof the
state. Perhaps now that the right Of the
United States to compel reasonable rail-
road rates is established Il may be pos
sible for the federal government to secure
authority to regulate insurance rates as
we'll
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

After all, John T. Gathers has rem
dered this city invaluable services in
bringing his suit against the municipal
authorities. The testimony has thor
oughly exploded those well-defned ru-
mOrs that small army Of roustabouts
and vagabonds had been placed upon
the municipal payroll during the last
municipal campaign for no other purpose
than to vote for the machine candidates
at the republican primaries. That story
was good enough Morgan, but had not
the slightest foundation in fact. While
there may have been a technical viola
ton Of the provisions of the charter of
1903 that had gone into effect only Il
few days previously, requiring the names
of all persons employed in street clean
ing to be submitted to ( council by
the Board of Public Works and con-
flrmed before they were eligible to do
work, no testimony bearing out the as
sertion that hundreds of men. had been
placed on the payroll who performed no
work has been produced, but, on the con-
trary, 1t has been shown that every en-
ploye was made to earn his wages by
labor on the streets.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

The valuation of taxable property in
the city Of Lincoln is sadly out of joint
with the boosted population census re-
Gently taken in that city.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

subsoribers leaving the city tsm-
pOrnrily should have The Bee
mailed to them. IL IL better than
. daily letter from home. Adj
dress will be changed as often a.
requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
what MIsht ne spared.


The talk OF doing away with life insur-
ance agents Is interesting. But the aver
age policy holder would rather see some OF
the men dispensed with who draw much
larger salaries and who do not come
around with good stories and psssable
cigars.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

The report that Prince Ferdinand Of
Roumania has resolved to declare his In
dependence Of Turkey August gives
the war correspondent another chance
for a job.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

1t is to be hoped that while the Ben
nington investigation will be rigid, it
will be elastic enough to cover all the
facts.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
PAU Morton. Pittnnn..
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
At his own request Paul Morton's salary
has been cut. He will have to worry along
somehow on only $4,000 a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

College executives may prepare to
make another touch The use of kerr
osene at New Orleans is unprecedented.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

II the members Of the Zionist congress
do their lighting before they begin the
work of colonization the real colonists
may have more peaceful time.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

The French naval authorities have de-
termined to put armor on some OF their
new torpedo-boat destroyers. The expert
ment will be made in the case of two OF
the fifteen boats which are to be laid down
this year. Nothing Of the kind has been
attempted before in the French navy. Tho
armor is to be from III inches to inches
In thickness, and to cover all the vital
parts. It is calculated that this will be
sufficient to give protection from projec-
tiles Of LS5-inch and 224-inch guns at any
distance, and from projectiles OF S-inch
guns fired at a distance OF from 1000 to
5000 yards. The two boats will each have
a displacement Of 40 tons, against the
$50 tons Of the unarmored boats. The
speed will be twenty-five knots, against
twenty-seven; but the new craft will be
steadier and probably will be almost II
not quite as fast as the other boats in a
heavy sea.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
FLrAs ron THE rOL1cT HOLDER.
WAITING for the Next.

And the policy holders Of the other big
eastern life Insurance companies are won
dering what will pop out when their lids
are removed. The time is come for
showdown all around
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

That clock with its $1,000 ticks should
be kept in good repair for future use.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

Some Of the suggestions and recon-
mendations embodied in the annual re-
port of Fire Chief Campion of Chicago
might be pro6tably digested by the mu-
nicipal authorities of Omaha. The Chi
cago fire chief suggests among other
things that fire escapes be placed on all
public and private school buildings and
hospitals; that balcony fire escapes be
placed on all buildings above two storiOs
used for hotel purposes and that bureau
Of combustibles be established to regu-
late the storing and handling of explo-
sives and infammable material Omaha
may not require bureau OF combusti-
bles, but 1t should by all means have one
or more inspectors of explosives and
places where explosive materials are
stored, and the first step in that direction
must be taken by the enactment Of an
ordinance establishing the requisite regu-
latiOns.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

The Chicago Bar association has de-
clared war against lawless constables-
genuine and bogus-which, like the anti
graft epidemic, may spread over the
country. 1t appears that constabulary
functions are being exercised in Chicago
not merely by men who have a right to
wear a star beneath their coat, but also
by individuals who formerly were con-
stables and continue to act as a mere
matter of habit, and also because they
are enabled by personating a constable
to extract involuntary contributions from
people who do not know better To put
an end to this abuse the Chicago Bar
association has opened a campaign
against predatory and lawless men who
are over-reaching their authority as con-
stables and men who are playing con-
stable without having any authority.
There are doubtless other cities where a
similar movement would not be out of
order.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29
!. s! OF cIRcUL ,,,1,

c. c. RosEwATER,
Secretary.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 7th day Of July, 1896.
(Seal.) NJ. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

lie Is entitled to such information as the
proposed plan would furnish will not be
seriously questioned.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

yes" said the crooked legislator, I'm
opposed to the bill at present but Ia
change my mind for, say $1,000"
"Indeed!' replied the lobbyist, ct don't
doubt that such an exchange would ben
eft you. Your mind doesn't appear TO be
worth that much. "-Philadelphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

.Klnd-hearted Woman-Come back at Z
o'clock tonight. .'
Beggar-ImpossibIe madam. 1 belong
to the union and they don't allow us to
work overtime.-Meggendorf Batter.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

at doesn't seem TO do much good 20 ar
rest either the chauffeur or owner OF
speeding automobile"
We'll, wouldn't 1t be good idea II the
police made a change and arrested the
odor2 That at least would be a public
benefit Town Topics
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

Nell-Isnt she a peculiar girl7 She
wouldn't look at him when he was rich
but now, after he's lost all his money, she
accepts him.
Belle-Well, you know how crazy every
woman is to get anything that's reduced
Catholic Standard and Times -
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

Wigwag-Why do you insist upon carry
ing your shirt home from the laundry In
stead of having II sent?
Harduppe-So that folks will know I
have two.-Philadelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

REALLY, deacon" said Rev Mr.. Cooley,
you'd better take something for that
cold"
Thanks" said Deacon Slye, absent
mindedly, IT don't care II I-er-that is
I'm thinking of taking a little quinine."--
Philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

JOHNNY jest can't remember them
blamed hist'ry dates. How do you do Il,
Bill2
Bill / It's dead easy. why, IL it's 1904,
when de Giants beat de Athletics is to 4
Council Bluffs Nonparell 80, .t.. 80 -
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

IT see" said the old colored deacon.
'dey gwlneter have a 'clipse er de sun?5
Dat what dey say"
Yes; en- bow merciful of Providence
Ter yer put shadder over It In dis hoS
weatherF'-Atlanta Constitution.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-29

o. these family escutcheonsn thePe's SO
much talk about. Every swell house seems
to have one wonder what It is
Mr.. Nuritch-Oh, / guess ''escutcheon', 20
list Eyetalian fur skeleton. "-Philadelph
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
GOVERNORS cFFlcE RoneED.
Thief Goes Through the Desk of Gov
ernor Terrell.


Atlanta, March ESPECIALLY
Terrelrs office in the capitol was bur-
glarized a few nights ago, but the matter
has been kept very quiet in the hope that
the thief might be caught. However, he
has not again put in an appearance. and
it is believed that he is discouraged parti-
cularly with 1.-THE small amount of the
loot obtained.
The burglar got into the governors Of
flee by prying up a window opening into
an ante-room which had not been latched.
The door between the ante-room and the
governors office is always left OPEN and
the governor never locks his desk
The thief confined his operations en-
tirely to the ante-room and the governors
private office, as he was probably aware
of the night watchmen who are always
on duty in the capitol lobby He went
through almost every drawer in these
two rooms and from one of them extract
ed about a dollars worth &C postage
stamps He also took he governors
gold-bowed glasses which had been left
lying on his desk.
Next to the drawer from which the
stamps were taken was another drawer
containing about IS worth of stamps, but
strangely enough the thief neglected this
and the stamps were found all right the
next morning. Practically all hope of
catching him has now been abandoned
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
M. s. GLASS DIES.
Was One of Jasper's oIdes' and Most
Prominent citizehJ.

Jasper, March 16.-(Special)-M S..
Glass, one of Jasper's oldest citizens,
died at his home in this city yesterday
after an illness Of several months. Mr..
Glass was a native of Georgia, but had
been a citizen Of Jasper for about two
years. He was at one time one of the
largest merchants in the city. The re-
mains were inferred in Oak Hill GENE
terry this morning, the funeral services
being conducted by the Rev..J. s. Robert
son of the Methodist church.
DR.. ]. s. Thaxton Of Pratt City has
sold to the Premium Coal company tho
mining property which he has been de-
veloping at Saragossa, about ten miles
north of Jasper on the Northern Ala
bama railway. 1t is reported that the
new company will at once begin extern
sive developments OF the new property.
and will commence putting out coal with
in a short while The COMPANY will have
about 16O acres of the finest coal land in
Walker county.
walker county will have another rural
free delivery route within few days.
making the second to be established in
the county. The new route will make a
circuit covering a very populous district.
Powellville being its northern terminal
An examination for carriers will be held
in a short while There are several APP
plicants for the position. 1t is thought
that several more routes will be estab-
lished very soon. -.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
CHANGES IN BANKS.
J. w. McEIreath Resigns Position as
Cashier at Admission.

Anniston March 16.-(Special)-J. w.
McElreath, who resigned the position of
cashier of the City National bank to be-
come vice president and director of the
Admission National bank, will assume his
new duties as soon as his successor Is
INDICTED into the position he leaves Mr..
McElreath is in every way fitted for the
new position and will make a good addi-
ton to the excellent board of directors.
His change caused surprise among his
friends, as 1t was not lsnown that he
was contemplating such action. However,
the change comes as a promotion and he
will make the AnnistoA National an eff
cient and capable officer.
Frank Leigh, teller and assistant
cashier of the City National will also go
to the Admission National bank Mr..
Leigh will be in charge of individual ac-
counts and the savings department of
the bank He is a capable young man
and will fill the new position with ac-
curacy and integrity. Frank Johnston
will leave shortly for Gadsden, where
he will be with Amory Quinn in the fur
mace company. Mr.. Johnston has been
bookkeeper for the Admission National.
At meeting of the board of directors
Of the City National bank last night,
James Keith. Jr. was elected cashier to
succeed J. w. McElreath, resigned, and
IT. L. Carter was elected as assistant
cashier to succeed Frank Leigh. resigned.
Mr.. Keith was also added to the board
of directors of the bank. The City Ma
tional bank Is to be congratulated upon
securing the services of Mr.. Keith He is
at present secretary and treasurer of the
Woodstock Cotton mills. one of the
largest mills Of this section, and he is
widely known as conservative, capa-
Bile business man,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
MARRIAGE IN cULLMAN.
cuIman Tribune Is Installing a New
Typesettlng Machine.

Cullman. March 6-(Special. MIR.
weer married at the First Baptist church
last evening in the presence of large
number of friends and aequaintances.
Rev. J. f. Reeves performed the cere-
mony. Mr.. Halbrooks is a well known
and popular young man of Culam and
Miss Travis is the handsome and accom-
plished daughter of Capt. b. M. Travis.
deputy official in the Alabama state
penitentiary department. whose home is
at Cullman The wedding was very
pretty one. The ceremony occurred just
after the close of prayer meeting.
Hewlett Brothers, editors and proprie-
tors of the Cullman Tribune, have re-
ceived and are installing a new typeset-
ting machine. This is the first typeset-
ting machine for Cullman and the Trib-
une deserves credit for it's progressive
ness. About a month ago the Tribune
put in a new and improved press and a
folder. The Tribune is one of the best
weekly papers in the state and with in
stalation of this new and improved ma
chinery bids fair to still further extend
it's field of usefulness. Cullman has cause
to feel proud of its two progressive news
papers The Tribune has very handsome
and convenient offices in the German
Bank building.
Cullman county circuit court will con-
vene next Monday. The civil docket will
engage the court for the first week after
which the criminal docket will be taken
up The business before the court is
very heavy and will likely keep it in ses-
sion for two or three weeks. County
court, which meets in regular term next
Monday, will be adjourned on account OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
PRESIDENT DENIES
THE MANY RUMORS
HENRY S. CUMMINGS, coLoRED,
WILL NOT BE APPOINTED TO
THE POSITION OF COLLECTOR
IN BALTIMORE.

Washington, March 16--( SpeciaL)-Re-
ports have recently become SO persistent
In Maryland republican circles that 1T
was the intention of the President to APP
point Henry S. Cummings, the negro
who seconded his nomination at Chicago,
to the collectorship in Baltimore that
the President found 1t necessary today
to Issue a denial from the White House.
The Maryland republicans are accord
ingly jubiant that one of the biggest
places in the state is to go to a white
man, though they are still uneasy over
his political complexion as the President
recently named an Independent for the
postmastership.
The Maryland republicans received the
idea that the President would select in
each of the northern states the negro
who had done the best work in the
interest of the republican party and give
him a good federal position.
While Cummings will not get the col
lectorship 1t is understood that he will
be appointed to a lucrative federal po-
sition within the year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
WOMAN sTRuc!, BY CAR.
Is So Badly Mangled She VIII Prob.
ably Not Recover.

Columbus, Ga, March 16. ESPECIALLY
While crossing Fifteenth street on Sec
ond avenue in semi-intoxicated condi-
ton late this afternoon. Lizzie Bullard.
white woman 50 years old. was run
into by a street car and knocked down.
The front trucks passed over her and
she was horribly mangled. Her body was
pinioned beneath a rod and the car had to
be raised before she could be rescued. A
leg and an arm are broken and she is so
terribly mangled that it is thought she
will die before morning, The woman
started to CROSS the track directly in front
of the car.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
WILL TEACH FlLIPINos.
Governor Wright Wants Plan Tried of
Starting Reform School.

ithaca, N. Y, March 16.-F. R.
George, manager of the George Junior
Republic at Freeville, n. Y, has been
approached by Governor Wright of
the Philippine Islands with the view
of establishing reform school for
Filipino boys at Camp Gregg, Luzon
Island, recently abandoned as an army
post.
Governor Wrigh. desires to conduct
the proposed school along the lines of
the institution at Freeville. where
hayward children are taught to be
good citizens, take courses In manual
training and are self-governed. Mr.
George has about decided to undertake
the mission and will collect a number
of former citizens in the Freeville Re
public who will be placed at the head
of different departments of the Phil
ippine institution l. the plan is ma
teriali7ed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-17
POOLE is OPTIMISTIC.
Thinks Acrsade VIII BE Cut Down
SO 1-3 Per Cent.

Atlanta. March 15-(Special.) -Commis-
soner of Agriculture o. B. Stevens yes-
terday had a conversation by long dis
lance telephone with Commissioner of
Agriculture r. X. Poole of Alabama, at
Montgomery.
commissioner Poole informed me-"
saiC Colonel Stevens, that the cotton
acreage In Alabama Is going to be cut
down 80 1-3 per cent this season, which Is
undoubtedly an extraordinary reduction.
There was no doubt he said that the Ala
bama planters were in full accord with
the movement started in New Orleans.
and they are going to carry 1t out for
all it is worth. The sale of fertilizer tags
in Alabama, Commissioner Poole said was
reduced in January and February, as
compared with the same months of last
year, 26Is per cent, and there is every in
dication in that state of greatly reduced
crop"
Colonel Stevens thinks that the Georgia
acreage will be reduced fully % per cent.
and the sale of fertilizers has already
fallen off to the same extent IL not just
little more.