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Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
The RU.Ine,. GIRL. vacation.

The business girl OF the present day does
things differently from her sister of some
years ago.
Formerly months vacation at the sea-
side OF mountains meant to the average
girl three months of strict economy and
self denial to make up for It when she re-
turned In the fall.
The up-to-date girl is more resourceful.
She makes her vacation pay for itself, in
part. at least.
bright young stenographer OF Philadel-
phia, who has seen practically all the
points Of interest in the United States, has
done so without paying out dollar OF the
money earned In the office.
Early in her career she made 1t a rule
that her regular source of income would
be used for nothing save her living ex-
penses. The remainder was TO be put away
for the proverbial ''rainy day." and she
has kept to her resolve, but she takes her
annual vacations. nevertheless.
Last fall she returned home rosy-cheeked
and refreshed from a two months vaca-
ton. Her board and room had cost her
nothing, she had enjoyed most delightful
season Of boating, bathing and summer
festivities, besides having the sum of $50
to be added to her vacation fund for next
summer.
This is how It was done Early in the
spring she wrote to the leading hotel, CIV
ing references, and offered 10 do their cor
Tespondence and print the menus for her
| board and room, to which the manager
! readily assented She took her typewriter
| with her and was given desk room in the
| lobby. She was also accorded the priv
ilege Of doing as much stenOgraphio work
! for the guests as she was able TO secure,
and that was considerable. A card over
her desk stated her hours were from 9 a, m.
| to 3 p. m. and her patrons governed them
selves accordingly.
The work for the hotel was not heavy
and took but little Of her time.
During the remaining working hours she
attended to the correspondence of the bust
ness men and commercial travellers who
stopped at the hotel. After 3 o'clock her
time was her own to do with as she liked
OF course she was accurate and rapid, OF
she could not have disposed Of the work
as quickly as she did.
She had all the time for recreation and
| enjoyment that she needed, for, after all
It is more often change Of scene and en-
vironment that we need rather than a COM
plete cessation OF daily employment When
her time was up she was asked 10 recon-
! mend a successor which she did, the hote
closing early In the fall
Experienced stenographers are almost
sure OF finding employment at summer OF
health resorts.
In those Of the west the season is usually
limited to a few months, but those Of the
south and east are open the year round
and ofrer a pleasant and profitable field fol
the girl who desires an agreeable change
a chance 10 improve her health and at the
same time earn a very comfortable salary
Certain It is that nowhere else are sucl
high prices paid for stenographic work.
| II is not uncommon for a competent
stenographer at one OF the places 10 max,
from so to 80 per day, and that without
! any great eXertion. Her income Is really
only limited By her endurance and tn,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
Growth of the vacation Habit.

The vacation season is again full upon
us, and to the tired city dweller there is
nothing more delightful than the mental
contemplation of limpid lakes placid rivers,
purling brooks, whispering leaves and snow
topped mountains. Despite numerous and
sundry references to him who said there
is nothing new under the sun, there Is
something new, and that is the vacation
habit. 1t has developed naturally. through
necessity. In former years business men
and socially exhausted women took vaca-
tions only when nature demanded re-
cuperation. Nowadays people take vaca-
tions 10 ward of this very condition. It
has been found far better 70 rest before
ultimate exhaustion than to relinquish the
daily routine only when It is imperatlvely
demanded.
There are still many stern business men
who look upon the vacation habit as "all
foolishness'" They argue that they never
had vacations when they were boys, and
they can't see why people Of today should
spend time and money gadding about in
search OF new scenes and impressions. But
these same stern business men do not re-
alize that times have changed since the
days when they themselves were young
In former years most OF the young clerks
ana embroyo merchant princes came to the
cities from farms, already endowed with
iron constitutions which suficed 10 carry
them through the battle OF their careers
Today the pace is swifter and the physi-
cal and mental strains upon men and
women are greater than ever before.
From the standpoint Of an economical
! conservation Of utility the employers OF
today should be kindly disposed toward
those who depend upon them for a Httls
rest and for few days IN all the year
/ that they may call their own. In sum
mer business is dull, and for that reason
most business establishments may without
loss Of gain allow their employees vaes,
lions. But more important than this II
the fact that an employe who Is shown
such consideration will spend a week OF
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
Plant of the Brook Trout.

ivan SWlIt In the Independent.
In the silvery rivers of Dawn
or the hundreds of ages ago
A motherhood mothered the spawn
And gave us OF freedom to grow.
We lay on the golden bars
And laughed at the witless fly;
We looked on the sun and the stars,
And they came to US out of the sky.
We drank of the spears of the rain
And wheeled in the storm-dogs ring;
We knew of no peril or pain,
Nor feared we wandering thing.
The Maker of water and land
stood watch of our Joy of the pool;
But we fell to the rod and the hand,
And our faith was the fate of the fool.
Barbed were the wings OF the flies,
And meshes were laid to deceive.
The manners Of man were lies
That fish could never believe.
He came as a nature-priest,
With book-and with hook and gun
But the lover OF beauty was least
And the slaughter OF fish was funl
He cast our children ashore
For the greed of the bitterns beak;
And he caught to his need and more
Pursuing from creek to creek.
And thus were we led and decoyed
In shallow and pool and bar
And thus was our faith destroyed
In mortal and sun and star!
We cherish our gift Of life,
And keep from the reach Of men
Till wiser in ways of strife
But man will be wiser then!
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

rockers, low chairs, and at least one round
table with a shelf underneath give the
porch an air of practical restfulness not
to be obtained otherwise. One OF the most
delightful porches 1 ever saw had great
double seated green reed swing-like
sofa hung up-suspended at one end. The
cords, of course, were fastened to the
ceiling, and 1t took up much less room
than hammock would have done. Prairie
grass furniture is peculiarly suited to the
porch and If, in addition to the round
table, o utility box footstool can be ac-
commodated somewhere, the furniture will
be complete.
Rugs are very seldom necessary, but
there cannot be too many cushions. The
new Thread and Thrum" cushions, whose
woven covers remind one Of the old rag
carpet days, are very quaint and pretty.
few "donts'' in conclusion.
Don't have jardineres on the floor wait
ing to trip the unwary visitor.
Don't have rustic baskets banging from
the ceiling ready to bump the heads or
catch in the hats of your guests.
Don't have anything on the porch that is
merely ornamental without having rhyme
or reason to account for its presence.
Don't have more furniture than can be
kept well busted, as nothing is more an
noying than to ruin frock with dust from
ones hostess porch chairs,
Most important Of all, don't after hav-
ing made the porch a haven Of rest and
beauty, worry lest some vandal may
scratch the paint, or disarrange the sofa
cushions Better a thousand times return
to the old days Of blistered paint and gen.
eral dreariness than turn the porch into
that horror OF horrors-a best parlor."
Life was made to enjoy; so were porches.
Let us make the most of both, and having
done so, enjoy them to the best OF our
ability.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

reason that he is close to the mayor and
supported the latters appointments.
Plan TO Beat the MAYOR.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

Oscar ]. Pickard, Douglas.
Peter Hofeldt, Chicago.
Il. A. Calelly, Benson.
s. Arion Lewis, Dundee,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

number of hours she is willing to devote
to the work each day. However, 1t must
be remembered that she should have a good
general knowledge Of most terms and topics
Of the day. as in the practice Of general
stenography she will be required to write
letters pertaining to practically every class
of business. When once sure Of her ground
she need have no fear as to her ability to
make the most of her time wherever she
may cast her lot, be 1t north, east south
or west
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
OLD MINER ENDS HIS LIFE
Places Head on stick of Giant Pow
der and Lights the
Fuse.

ROUBATx, s. D.. June So.-(Speeiai Tele-
gram.) -sivert Oelson, prosperous rancher
living in the vicinity Of Roubaix. last even
ing took a horrible way OF leaving the
world. Dependent over continued illness
and financial losses, he made a pillow OF
a stick Of giant powder, lit the fuse and
was blown into eternity. He was an old
resident of the Hills and heavily inter-
etsed in valuable mining property in the
Elk creek and Benchmark districts. He
leaves a wife and hve grown children.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

two away from business and return better
equipped to render valuable service to his
employer. The clerk who is given vaca-
ton feels a renewed loyalty to his en-
ployer. 1t is a recognition that the en-
ploye is something more than mere ma
chine. Vacations are a blessing to those
who give them as well as to those who re-
ceive them. Everyone should make an at
tempt to get out Of the rut by going some
where and seeing things that will freshen
the mind and the body for the period or
renewed toil.-Kansas City Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
INVOICE OF CITY PROPERTY
Complete Inventory Ordered by jack
son TO Determine Value of
Each piece

Chairman Jackson of the city appralsing
board has ordered complete inventory Of
city property in order that the board may
settle on the value Of each piece. The law
requires report of this character an
nuully, but for years 1t has not be done,
principally because no abstract Of city
property has been made complete. Tax
Clerk Peterson of the engineering depart
ment has been asked TO finish the job
started by Abstracter Wood Hartley who
says he now has too much other work TO
tackle It.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

The board reseinded its recent action
placing George II. Hill, deputy sheriff. on
the general fund salary list and directed
the sheriff to pay him out of the fees of
the office.
Assessor Reeds salary roll for deputy
assessors, amounting to 1901 was allowed.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

1t developed that the plan to turn down
the mayor as a delegate to the state con-
vention and leave him at home instead of
letting him demonstrate how great he was
at home, is directed as well at his APP
pointees and particular friends. The mayor
did not deny that the fight had reached a
boiling point.
81 think II will be a dificult thing to
defeat me-" said he. mot because l could
not be beaten, but because the rotation
ballot makes 1t difficult not to elect one
man out Of 1O4. To do IT a thorough
organization must be in line for a positive
slate of sixty-six names"
The Dahlman people say II they get to
Lincoln they will do precious little to ad-
vance the senatorial longings Of Hitch
cock, who in this fight is declared TO be
working under cover and through con-
fidential lieutenants.
Ill -I,NA
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01
reads like this:


II. s. Daniel c. o. Lobeck
Arthur l.. Anderson James c. Dahlman
Joseph NJ. Roucek Edward Walsh
John A. Rine w. S. Shoemaker
S. ]. Potter Ed p Smith
Otto ]. Baumann G. NJ Hitchcock
Thomas j. Flynn James p English
]. c. Donahoe c. G. Cunningham
Louis ]. Patti John NJ. Gilchrist
s. j. Rothwell c. e. Kelpin
ID. c. Rowden w. T. Canada
u. j. O'Brien Il. e. Howell
DR., A, H. Nipple Lee Bridges
John II. Bennett j. j. Monks
Harry &c. Burnam John Reagan
Jeff w Bedford DR.. r. p. Jensen
Alma Jackson Otto Steuben
p, Mostyn c. II. Withheld
A. n. Frick ]. w Woodrough
John l.. Neble A. H. Rawitzer
Alb Waggoner William Butt
]. 7. Butler John A Bennewitz
John w. Zellers + A. BrcadWell
John c. Drexel w. G. Billiard
Ed p. Bergman A. b. Mcconnell
Robert L. Wolfe r. OKeeffe
l. J, Dunn Robert Hall
George Holmes A. NJ. Gallagher
George Rogers II G. Richmond
A. A. AFTER II. B. Fleharty
r. F. Williams Thomas Hector
Oscar J. Pickard, Douglas.
Peter Hofelht Chicago.
Il. A. Calelly, Benson,
S. Arion Lewis, Dundee
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18

company who. by reason Of being on the
finance committee OF the company. obtains
knowledge Of financial transactions from
which he can profit commits no act within
the criminal law by using for his own benefit
such information.
The instances in which officers or trustees
Of the Mutual participated in synd ioates
in which the company did not participate
but from which it did buy securities do not
come within the law, according TO Mr..
Jerome. There was no criminal statute
forbidding officers or trustees of an in
surance company buying property from or
selling property to the company with which
they were connected.
of course Mr. Jerome adds, "if such
participations were given to the officers or
trustees as a consideration for inducingthem
to procure the company to buy securities
it would be within the statute. But there
is no evidence other than the mere transac-
ton, itself and this for the reasons Just set
forth is insufficient to prove the commits
sion of a crime"
Mr.. Jerome has started on his investiga-
ton Of the New York Life, assisted by
Assistant District Attorney Kresel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18

1t is alleged that these men induced
foreigners to go South to secure work in
the pitch n turpentine camps, where
they were reduced to a condition border
ing upon slavery. Mrs. QHAokenbos be-
came so much interested In these GASES
that she made a visit to ths tIrpsntine
camps to investigate them.
1t is thought that toe Go-unnssnt's
interest in these peonags eases. which
necessarily dealt with the turpentine camps
may have led TO the rumor that the turpen-
tine companies themselves were TO be
investigated. In view of the frightful dis
closures that resulted from Mrs. Quacken-
boss Investigations il is considered a.
not at all improbable that the Attorney
General at Washington nay have decided
to proceed against the turpentine manu-
f~acturers. though the local United States
authorities know nothing definite about
the matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
TURPENTINE CAMP PEONAGE.
Nothing known Here or an Antitrust
Processing to Follow.

So far as could be learned yesterday
the rumor that the United States Attorney
Of this district is about to proceed against
the t%urpentine trusts q the South is with
out foundation.
1t is not improbable that the rumor had
it's origin in the fact that the United States
Attorney-General in Washington recently
appointed Mrs. Mary Grace Quackenbos
a woman lawyer of this city, as a special
assistant United States Attorney to prose-
cute a number Of peonage cases, indict-
ments for which were recently returned
against proprietors OF employment agencies
in this city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
Voting Machines Favor Republican,. Say
BayOnne Democrats.

An effort will be made by the Bayonne
Democratic Club to do away with voting
machines in that city. The members OF
the next Legislature from Hudson county,
and they are all Democrats. will be asked
to Use their efforts to have a bill passed
abolishing the Use Of machines and restor-
ing the Australian ballot system. 1t is
declared that the machines nave disfran-
chised many Democrats who were unable
to learn how to operate them. In the two
years the machines have been used in
Bayonne the city e Republican.
The Washington times., 1906-12-18

check being made payable 10 the order
of " s Stevenson. There were present
at the time this check was paid 5.
Imura, q. Sugihara, and some members,
so Imura said Of the bank, probably
clerks The balance Of $3.50 agreed upon
was TO have been paid on Monday, Oc-
tOber .. bUt the man Stevenson did uot
call for the money. and / was informed
that it had not been paid up 10 the time
of my departure from san Francisco
The boycott stopped with the payment
.Of the money
All of the restaurant keepers united
ia stating that their business had fallen
or at least tWo-thirds during the pc
riod Of the boycott.
There have been q number Of boycOtts
Of white restaurants i'm san Francisco,
/ Oakland. and other cities ln California
In the past i've or six years growing
out Of labor disputes These boycotts
have been maintained for weeks at a
time and during their maintenance
/ threats have been made and acts OF
violence have been committed. Plckets
have been stationed in front of the res
taurant and the names even OF custom
Srs entering the restaurant have been
| taken down and reported.
Action by the Police
saw the chief of police. as also II
/ II. Colby, captain OF police in charge OF
the district in which most Of the Jap
! dHF7F Tt1tdu dufuHL5 are lOfdtFus anu y sts
informed by both or these OFFICERS thai
| as soon as their attention was called
70 the disturbances on Third street, Of
hcers were detailed at each of the Jap
anese restaurants at each meal hour
and that the officers were instructed
10 arrest II any violation Of the law was
committed. and that after the officers
were so stationed there were no distur-
Dances OF violations Of the law
The chief OF police assured me that
every effort would be made by him tI
protect the japanese restaurants in San
Francisco. and that all violatOrs of the
, law would be promptly arrested and
punished. The acting mayor of Sau
Francisco also assured me that ne
would cooperate with the police depart
ment Of the city. and would see that
everything possible was done TO protect
japanese subjects and prevent viola
tiOus OF law
am satisfied. from Inquiries made
/ by me and from statements made "a
me by the japanese restaurant keepers
that the throwing Of stones and break
ing OF windows was not done by The
men piCketiug the restaurants but by
young men and boys who had gathered
In front of the restaurants as soon as
the boycott was instituted
The Washington times., 1906-12-18
FEELING IN LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

''TO SEND PROTEST TO LABOR
UNIONS-EXCLUSION LEAGUE
COMPLAINS THAT WHITE
MEN EAT III JAPANESE
RESTAURANTS.
The executive board of the japanese
and Korean Exclusion League at the
meeting held Saturday evening listened
10 complaints that many wage-earners,
labOrers, and mechanics, patronize
Japanese restaurants. while eating
houses conducted by white persons are
as easy OF access and more inviting
than those OF the MOngOlians. ScCTc-
tary Yoell was Instructed to cOmmuni-
cate with all central labor bodies in
This city. informing them OF that state
Of affaiTs-apprizing them OF the fact
that among the patrons of Japarese
restaurants are supposed to be men
who hold membership IN unions aTilI-
ated with central bodies
The league requests the councils 10
urge upon all affiliated unions 10 en-
force the penalties imposed by their
laws for patTonizing Japanese or Chi
nese- The league also offers 10 supply
proof OF the naErant violations com
planned Of, and proposes TO have the Of
tenders photographed in order to sub
NIT copies Of the photographs 10 the
central councils and through them 10
their affiliated unions. In this way the
league hopes to accomplish a double
purpose-to deter union men from pa
trOniziuE Asiastics or establish the fact
that the offenders are not union men,
and thus refute what is said 70 be e
persistent SANDER against union men<
THE attention Of councils and unions
Is also 10 be directed 20 the fact that
many berries sold Ina San Francisco are
grown and shipped TO market by Japan
esc and Chinese. and wage-earners are
60 be cautioned against the danger OF
the health and that OF their families
! In eating berries picked and packed by
mclean and unhealthy Asjastics.
THE plans for holding a series OF mas.
meetings ia coast and interior towns ir
California We're discussed at length, bat
| final arrangements We're deferred Until
/ the project shall be approved By the
league. which viii hold its next couven-
tlon on Sunday. July /"
'Most Effective Boycott"
( As a matter of fact. a most effective
/ boycott was maintained against nearly
I all of the Japanese restaurants located
! iu SAP Francisco for Il period OF at leas
/ three weeks. PickeIs were stationed IL
/ front of these restaurants, and every
/ effort was made to prevent people from
patrOniZing them. AT times stones Wer,
/ thrown and windows broken. and in ont
. or two instances the proprietors of tht
/ restaurants were struck by these stones
{ 1 personally interviewed the restaurant
! keepers and took down their statements
! George SugihaTa, restaurant keeper
. FE- 0. .fF.l arr 4
/ colt commenced on October 9 and con
The Washington times., 1906-12-18

tinued until October p, that on the first
day the boycotters distributed match
boxes on which was written white men
and women. patrOniZc your own racei'
that at about noon Of the second day a
large number Of men came 70 his place
of business ana asked the people who
were about TO enter his restaurant not
10 DatToniZe the japanese restaurants
that customers attempting TO enter his
place Of business were sometimes re-
strained by force. and that blows were
also struck; that on or about the 10th
or 18th Of the month the bOycotters came
three times a day-mornings noon, and
evening; that sometimes they threw
bricks and stones into his place, that
one of the walters asked them the rea-
son why they did these things, and they
replied, ASK the policeman, that II
was very seldom that q policeman was
seen on the scene that ne complained
10 the policeman on The beat. that some
times the policeman spoke 10 the boy
cotters and appeared 10 be friendly with
them. that whenever policeman ap-
peared who was unfriendly 90 the boy
cotters the boycOtters left. that on one
occasion when ne asked the bOycOIters
how long they intended 10 keep up the
boycott they replied. 'Jn nth the end
until the japanese give up their busi-
ness. pack uD their goods. and return 10
the place whence they came
Paid SI0O-BOyCOtL Un.
Mr.. Sugihara said that there was an
agreement to pay the boycotters for the
purpose Of declaring the boycott OF.
that all the facts were known 10 s.
ImUra, president OF the japanese union,
and that the proposition 10 pay cash
to the Cooks and Walters Union was
made by Mr. Imura. representing tle
japanese union, and that t.= aiaouut 70
, be paid was $50, JuaL Ae. suBiAara. did
not know the name OF LAe person II
whom the money was 20 ug paid, that
lac was present on October - or -9.
when SlOJ OF the $500 was paid. tHat He
saw the money paid that J.
was paid by Imura. as pres!-
dent OF the japanese union, that he atd
NOT know the name OF the man To whom
. the money WAS paid. but would TccJE-
uize him II he saw him again.
The windows o. the Golden Gate res
tauraut II. Sugiyama- proprietor, -
Third street, were broken ON October !.
OF IS Mr. SugIyamd stated that when
ever any customers left his place lhe
DoyCoiJers threw stones at them. and
struck them as we'll that his customers
were all white people. that u was inl-
possible FOR him TO stand al the Casa
register near his window. as they
broke His windows. that one OF -At
tones struck him on the side. that OF
: FIe first day OF the boycott He Went Cd
The japanese consul and applied FOR as
sistanCe and that the consul said he
: would write y letter 10 the chief Of po-
/ lice. that on the second ddy he wenI
I To police headquarters. at the corner ol
Z Pine and I4arkin streets: that he did nc'
remember the name OF the officer whom
I he saw but that he was directed by Jha
officer 10 20 10 the southern station
| that three or four days after his Nisi