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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
SKlLLFUL PIECE OF TRlCKERY
Counterfeit silver Dollar Containing
More Pure Metal Than
Genuine Coin.

See that silver dollar?" remarked Cap
tain John Webb, handing a silver coin of
that denomination TO a reporter for The
Bee for examination only. well, that
dollar has exactly the right weight. is
made of genuine silver. but is a counterfeit
nevertheless. BY comparing it with law
full coin an ordinary individual would not
detect its spuriousness. The stamping and
milling is almost perfect. but by a closer
examination you will detect 1t has
slightly disbed appearance, wherein the
genuine coin appears perfectly fat This
dished appearance is on both sides of the
counterfeit There is actually more silver
In the counterfeit coin than in the genuine,
as the counterfeiters have not yet been
able to produce an exact counterfeit of
the alloy put in the genuine for coinage
purposes. Possibly the reason for the
dished appearance of the counterfeit is that
the die is struck while the metal is hot or
warm wherein the genuine coin is struck
by the dies while the metal is
cold. II is not yet definitely known
where these coins are made but 1t is
thought that they are manufactured in
Mexico. This individual coin was recov-
cred Thursday from a bank at Council
BUNS. have not learned that any more
of them are in circulation. There may be
a number Of them, but their spuriousness
would not be detected until they reached a
bank and were handled by experts"
Captain Webb recovered counterfeit $50
gold piece from one of the Council Bluffs
banks Thursday, The coin was found on
the street by a boy and turned over TO the
bank. The coin evidently had been car
ried as a pocket piece and was worn al
most smooth, the die markings just being
barely discernible The coin was of
poor quality Of alloy OF brass and nickel
and had not apparently ever been put into
circulation
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
ASPHALT PLANT BIG PROFIT
Municipal Machine VIII Pay for Itself
I'm One Year and
Half.

In compiling report on the operations
OF the municipal asphalt plant for the first
year City Engineer Rosewater finds the
plant will pay for itself in year and
half by reason of money saved under the
old plan of letting asphalt paving repairs
by contract. After deducting IS per cent
for depreciation insurance and repairs, the
net cost OF repairs per yard for the first
years operation is found TO be less than
10 cents. The gross cost. without deducting
the amounts paid by corporations and In
dividuals to replace having destroyed was
under 81. The contract prices used to
range about s1.25 a square yard.
The report is not yet complete. II VIII
show the result Of the plants operation
in detail
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
WARE MOTION NOT YET FILED
Request for New Trial May Not he
Made for Two Weeks
More.

The motion for new trial In the case
of Rev George q. Ware recently con-
victed of conspiracy in FRAUDULENT land I'll
ing I'm Hooker county has not yet been
submitted to the United States district
court. II was learned Thursday evening
the probabilities are the motion may not
be filed for two weeks In the meanwhile
DIR. Ware is stin out under 5000 bonds
and judgment is suspended until the de-
PENDANTS attorneys ind time 70 perfect
the motion for a new trial.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10

the county board that these coun-
ties would have to be placed in the same
class with the smaller counties, in which
no population limit was fixed. This would
have reduced salaries to 5000 for the treas
urer and $500 each for the sheriff and
county clerk. The court held that coun-
ties having more than $4,000 inhabitants
should be governed by the old law.
1t was one of the contentious that the
legislature intended to fix another class
including these two large counties, but
failed through oversight to do So
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10

first and second floors. The three rooms
on the first floor will be used for Office,
reading and social room and a coat and
supply room. The gymnasium on the top
floor, which is 12Sx32, will be divided so as
to provide for boys department. Dress
ing and bath rooms also will be provided
Secretary Wade hopes to occupy the base
ment and gymnasium of the new building
by September / and the entire building by
January /.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
Mortality statistic..

The following births and deaths have
been reported TO the Board OF Health dur
ing the twenty-our hours ending al noon
Friday:
Births-George Yerns. 24l4 Erskine. boy:
Alonzo Lindsey 2S3S Harvey. girl
Deaths-Sarah A. Dickinson, 2s23 ST
Mary's avenue. y; Greer Hair, 4l9 South
Twentieth, n; Mary Johnson. la0S South
Twentieth; Henry Brown. South Omaha,
So; Barbara Briggs, Thirteenth and Mason,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10

and had to pay this special fee-that if no
companies from Nebraska were affected by
the law, then in that case no tax should
be levied on the Massachusetts company
doing business in Nebraska. So, for twen-
ty-live years or more no attempt was made
to enforce that clause in our original law
This law by the way, was considered in
the senate only four days and had but
very little consideration in the house.
Now, as u result of a new inter3reta-
ton of this law the state of Nebraska is
going 10 levy tax upon a few companies
doing business in this state amounting to
$4,000. Some of the companies may. with
draw in preference to paying the tax.
Every one of them ought to withdraw. 1t
is not generally understood by the people
of Nebraska that we have several large
manufacturing interests here and COM
mercial interests right here in Omaha that
cannot secure Insurance enough to give
them the protection they want. so. there is
very great demand for good insurance
companies.
Breckenridge Is InvincIbIc.
r.. w. Breckenridge of this city is now
in Washington. 1 understand that Thurs
day he made an argument before senate
committee on the question OF insurance be-
points of his argument which seems to
be invincible. What the people need more
than anything else is national control of
insurance companies-that they shall be
controlled the same as national banks, SUBJ
jected to national laws-no one cares how
severe they may be, so there will be but
one set of laws to govern these companies.
To-day there are forty-eight different
copies of insurance laws to which the COM
panies are subjected. There are forty
eight states with a full equipped corps of
grafters to examine insurance companies
at $50 a, day per man and expenses. This
graft has amounted in one year to over
$4,000. Who bears the burden? The
policy holders, the men who are investing
In insurance the men who are paying the
premium for life insurance have their divi-
dends cut down by the fact that millions
OF dollars have to be paid to the different
state organizations for state supervision,
which give no protection TO the policy hold
ers or any benefits whatever"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
Entertaining I'm Enemy.

Don't entertain chronic. running sore
or wound. Cure IL with Bucklen's Arnica
salve. &c; guaranteed For sale by sher-
man a. Mcconnell Drug co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
81. Cyr Not GUILTY.

little before p. M yesterday
against David 81. Cyr. a Wlnnebago In
dian, charged with the theft OF land allot-
ment records from the Winnebago agency
brought In verdict OF not guilty.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
HILL TO BUILD In MONTANA
Will Run Line o. Burlington from Billings
to Great Falls.
FORMS JUNCTION With GREAT NORTHERN
Road VIII Traverse Rich Coal Lands,
Opening Territory Not
Now Tapped by Any
other Railway.

The Burlington will build during the
coming summer from Billings north TO
junction with the Great Northern at
Great Falls. This will make a total of
20 miles of new road which the Burlington
is to build in Montana, and will traverse
one of the richest and untouched portions
OF the state. 1t will open a large coal field
east of Great Falls and a good mining
country in the mountains. The Burlington
already has acquired large tracts of valua-
BILE coal lands and branches will be built
from the main line into these deposits. 1t
Is said the contract for most of the work
has been let to the firm of Guthrie & Co.
OF st. Paul. which has sublet large Dor
tons OF the work The road will traverse
part OF Yellowstone county, all of Fergus
county and part of Cascade county. The
right-of-way is just being secured In the
section north of Billings and 1t is thought
this will be secured at a nominal cost, for
every land owner in the section over which
the road will traverse is jubilant over the
fact that road will be built Most of
the route is over the range country aad
the recompense will be small even if the
owners desire pay at all.
Hartman Into Pueblo.
Colorado Springs is all worked up over
the prospects of the Union Pacific building
from Kit Carson TO Pueblo. This would
give the Hartman lines an entrance into
Pueblo as well as an eastern outlet for
the proposed Arizona and Colorado line,
subsidiary of the Southern Pacific which
II is planned to extend from Salt Lake City
10 Durango, where the new coal fields were
recently bought by Mr.. Hartman Colo
RADIO Springs is of sufficient size that the
builders might we'll AFFORD to diverge
triie to include that town on the new
line. The Union Pacific would then secure
direct connection with the Cripple Creek
district as we'll as with Pueblo, the most
important freight point in Colorado. This
would also put he summer resorts on a
Hartman line and be an incentive TO tour
lists travel
Hartman also is building feeders in Cali
fornia. Al the same time he is trying to
prevent ]. ]. Hill from building into Port
land, along the north bank of the Columbia
river, and also making desperate fight to
prevent George ]. Goulds Western Pacific
from getting the desirable terminals IL is
after on the Oakland water front To
strengthen his position on the coast he has
authorized the construction OF line from
connection with the Mount Shasta line
at Natron, Ore, easterly into oregon. and
also several branch lines in Oregon and
California. These branches will aggregate
about 400 miles and, including equipment
Will cost about ,LOo0OOo Part Of the Har-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
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Red Cross Evaporated Cream, made in Colorado, the
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10 Green Trading Stamps with pound package schepps
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121Ac Broekport Corn SC 10c Gelatine, pkg. SC
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
Original Law of 1878.

I'm our original law Of 1873. copied from
the New York and Wisconsin law. there is
reciprocal tax clause that was construed
to mean Il should not be applied except
I'm cases where our companies were com
Dslled 10 pay the tax. That would mean
1oere our companies had applied to DO
0nkness In Massachusetts,. for instance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10
PALMER ON RECIPROCAL TAX
Says All Companies Affected Ought to
Withdraw From State.
CITES NEED OF GOO, N INSURANCE. IN OMAHA
Takes Issue with Judge Letton, Who
Holds Insurance is Not Commerce,
Quoting Federal Court De-
cision ms support.

Postmaster II. f. Palmer of the insurance
firm Ct II. L. Palmer Son & Co. was asked
Friday morning as to his views relative to
the reciprocal tax law pertaining to insur-
ance, the constitutionallty of which has
Just been affirmed by the Nebraska su.
preme court. He said
II note Judge Letton says the business OF
insurance Is not commerce He inherits
that idea from an old decision Of the SUI
prcme court, Paul against Virginia, made a
quarter OF a century ago, He Is pot aware,
! presume, the United States supreme court
has practically reversed itself on that ques-
tion. and latcly-wthin the last twelve
lnonths-decided q case to the effect that
insurance is commerce, and 1t certainly is
interstate commerce and has been for years
Companies organized in New York are do
ing business in every state in the union,
Our business people and our farmers,
everybody is compelled TO buy insurance,
and largely from foreign corporations. for
the reason that our capitalists have other
channels for investment, and, considering
the experience OF the last thirty or forty
years, are not inclined to invest In insur-
ance stock. II is too hazardous an invest
ment for a profitable return.
Rest for the Least.
'The main proposition with us all and
with everybody who buys fire insurance is
Ia gee as good quality of insurance az pos
sible at the lowest price possible. 1t stands
TO reason then that the companies should
not be burdened with unjust taxation. The
cost of doing business is charged up against
the premium receipts OF each and every
state. II IL is found the premiums are too
little 70 meet the expense, rates are in
creased and the burden falls upon the
buyer of course.
This reciprocal tax business is not well
understood For instance Massachusetts
has law calling for or per cent straight
tax upon foreign companies doing business
In that state. This reciprocal tax. as IL is
called, is for the license fee and practically
for the largest share OF the burden OF
taxation for any company from a sister
state that seeks TO do business In Massa-
ehusetts. Now, we have no companies or
gained in Nebraska that are asking to do
business in Massachusetts or that care to
enter the state; but Massachusetts, has
companies here, and We are glad 10 have
them because we need them.
Original Law of 1878.
I'm our original law Of 1873, copied from
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-10

riman purchase last year of 204,000 tons
of steel rails is intended for these lines.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-01-13
MR.. BROUSSARD SPEAKS ON
PHILIPPINE TARIFF.

Washington, D. O., Jan. 12.-Im-
after the House convened
today Representative Broussard took
the floor and spoke at some length on
the Philippines tariff bill, with part
ocular reference to the relation of
that measure to the sugar industry of
Louisiana He dwelt on the technical
features of the case such as the exist
ing differentials and showeT7that a
further reduction in the Philippines
tariff as proposed would benefit NOBODY
but the sugar trust, which would be
enabled to get portion of its raw
supply cheaper than at present.
Mr.. Broussard said it would not
benefit the consumer, who would be
compelled to pay as much or more for
his sugar as at present and it would
do serious and wholly unjustifiable
injury to an agricultural industry of
great Importance to parts Of the
South 70 ~
His argument was a careful and
convincing pne throughout and was
given close attention on the Demo
cratic side. Among those who followed
the speech closely was Senator Foster
ami all the members of the Louisiana
delegation in the house. "
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-01-13

In an interview with Hon. LeDouz
K. Smith in the Picayune of last Tues.
day, he was quoted as saying that
Hons. r. r. Broussard and Walter J.
Burke would be candidates for Gov.
ernor from the Third District, but
that no announcement had been made.
The reporter evidently misquoted Mr..
Smith as regards Mr.. Burke, as that
gentleman has no aspirations in that
direction, although his host of friends
throughout tire State would be pleased
to have him become a candidate, be-
lieving that he possesses the abilities
in an eminent degree to fill that very
important Office Mr.. Broussard would
also fill the bill. and IL two Iberians
should be before the convention or
we feel confident one Ibe-
rian would be successful.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-01-13

"The old French aristocracy dies
with me-" cried the Princess de
Valmont recently on her deathbed.
She was a bitter old soul who, born
of long line of uncontaminated
ancestors and married to a noble of
equally superfne strain, had,
through her husbands death in
financial difficulties, to marry her
five children to "abominable per-
sons" of high character, but with
the blight of trade or industry in
their blood. Her list years were
made mournful to her by this pitt
full descent, and just before her
grandiose last utterance, looking
with bitter smile at her children
and grandchildren in tears round
her deathbed, she broke the silence
in the following terrible reflection:
awe have here" counting on her
fingers, Representatives of car
riages making, wholesale grocery,
confectionery, coal mining and the
stock exchange-and all grated on
the old tree of the De Valmonts. "
States.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-01-13
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WATER
WORKS PLANT.

In glancing over an article in the
last issue of our esteemed contempor-
airy the Iberian, we notice that he
gives considerable light upon the
question of probable darkness of the
town consequent upon the breaking
down of tie Electric Light and Water
Works Plant, property of the City.
After an elaborate argument showing
the illegality of the present Board,
who are serving while awaiting the
action of the Court in trying an in
junction whole gist of the mat
ter Is contained in the following
From this standpoint it is but rea-
sonable that the City Council will
hesitate to place extensions, material
improvements, or extensive repairs in
the hands of an illegally constituted
Board of Management.
In other words because the Council
have been enjoined from ousting the
present "illegally constituted Board"
they refuse to countenance or support
it, and the plant which cost the tax
payers of this town such large
amount of money must be allowed to
run down, because useless or defective
for want of additions or repairs.
Why this action upon the part of our
City Fathers? Why cannot the repairs
and additions necessary be given at
once; II the Court declares the present
incumbent illegal, the City will have
its plant in good order to turn over
to its new appointees. If the Court
decides in favor of present incumbents
theCity cannot longer withhold its sup
port but must do all things necessary,
which entail longer expense by delay,
and meanwhile the public, those who
pay, are the sufferers, and who have
to endure the inconvenience, and
dangers, consequent upon the darkness
that may ensue or the absence of pump
ing power in case Of fire. The ques-
ti0n 10 not one Of legal or illegal
Board. but is, "shall we have protec-
tion from fire and darkness. No
charge OF incompetency can be
brought against the present Board
for they are all practical men. Mr..
Geo. w. Dallas is already in charge
Of o plant of the Iberia Cypress Go.
which has offered relief to our City
water works In more instances than
one, by reason of connections with our
City mains and who is now our only
protection in case of fire should the
City plant be disabled. The situa-
ton is alarming and should not be
temporized with, hut should at once
receive prompt and effective attention
and petty predjudice, or peanut poll
tics should not endanger the peoples
interest.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1906-01-13
CROP NOTES.

The weather the past week has been
mixed as usual, two bright sunny DAYS
were Monday and Tuesday, with crisp
North winds. Wednesday brought in
cold drizzling rains, most uncomforta.
BILE and unpleasant. These first two
weeks of the New Year are no i'm
provement over the last, and if the
record is to be repeated, the outlook
is most discouraging. Most of our
Central Sugar Factories have closed
down having passed the last cane.
There are still running Morbihan and
Orange Grove factories, whose supply
of cane will last some two weeks.
The windrowed cane has kept we'll, be-
ing plump, and sweet and giving good
results in sugar. Morbihan will break
all records by grinding about As 600
tons of cane, IL 900 of which came
from Keystone which had the misfor-
tune to lose it's sugar house early in
November. Orange Grove will grind
80, 900 tons and will about reach
the record Of last year. Prices
being about 8 per cent lower, the
of profit was of course small,
yet had it not been for the royal sugar
cane, our people would be in a bad fix
for cotton and corn and
peas were almost a failure, even rice
that requires so much water was not
a good crop. Therefore we think it
the part of wisdom for our people to
always have part of their land in
cane, as il is never a failure, though
1T times it may be a short crop, yet it
,an stand a greater vsriety of weather
han any Of our staple crops. This
las been bad year for our gardeners.
he continued wet weather being very
detrimental to truck growing. But
we have much to be
for, let us grid up our loins
md to work again, knowing that He
yho rules the universe has promised
eed time and harvest.