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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

other peoples estates, and as such 1t oc-
cupies a position OF intimate relationship
to the rest OF the country, the position Of
high responsibility. Nowher else In the
country is money handled with less loss
through dishonesty. Nowhere else has the
spoken promise and oral agreement a
greater binding force. Nowhere else should
there be a larger degree Of fidelity to
trusts, Of strict professional honor and OF
greater obedience to law. for every tran
saction Of Wall street, every security dealt
in and every trade consummated there.
would be valueless unless It had behind 1t
the supremacy Of law and order.-Wal
Street Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
ReadinE i'm BED neneaciaI.

Reading In bed, like most Injuries. can
be overdone; in fact, there seems to be
only one excuse for this fascinating way
Of ending the day. Certain people find
that their worries accumulate In their
brains after bedtime; their nerves are at
AZ work trying to solve problems that
should have been left behind in the city.
Going to bed with the brain in such q
the thoughts, hearing nothing and seeing
nothing In the darkness imagination has
full sway and hours Of wakefulness may
be the result. Such a man, we think, will
find half an hours reading In bed a great
help.
and position OF the light so that Without
Pickering II shines oveF-the shoulder and
directly on to the page that much mahBned
habit OF reading in bed has sometimes a
very beneficial effect on a tired and over
wakeful brain.-Family Doctor.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
NEGROES IN CIVIL SERVICE
More and More of Them Entering
Government Employ.
WASHINGTON SHOWS A CHANGE
Conditions that Enable Negroes 20
win Against white Men In Com
petitive Observation-Disclosures
Question I'm Departments.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The first co.,
ored girl to be employed in the govern
ment bureau OF engraving. and printing
was appointed under President Harrison
about seventeen years ago. To-day more
than 200 colored girls are employed in that
bureau.
The number Of negroes holding govern
ment Jobs in washington in 1892 was 2,Ss7.
In 1907 there were 2,7S of them; that Is,
an increase OF just about 1914 per cent. In
the same period the increase in the number
Of white employees in Washington was only
about 0 per cent.
The number OF negroes taking the civil
service examinations IL constantly increas-
ing. Comparatively well educated negroes
are perfectly willing. indeed glad, 10 take
minor clerkships under the government,
places which do not appeal to white men OF
ability for the simple reason that the white
man can do better.
The consequence is that the most capable
OF the negroes compete with whites Of at
best only mediocre ability. Naturally the
colored man often comes out ahead In the
examination and when that happens there
is nothing to prevent his getting the ap-
pointment. In Washington one government
employe in every nine is colored. And the
proportion is constantly growing larger.
The negroes have one very sufficient an
swer to any grumbling on their
success in securing appointments. They
say: 1--WE don't owe anybody any thanks.
We take the same examinations that the
white folks do. II they don't want US TO
get the Jobs let them put up a better
showing in the examination"
All OF which is perfectly true. The
trouble lies in the condition already pointed
out-that the best brains of the colored
people are contented with what the best
brains Of the whites don't want. AS more
and more negroes are educated the num-
Der that will turn to government employ
ment as the one field where they are on an
absolute Industrial equality with white
workers is bound to go on increasing.
Most of the negro employees at the cap
ital fill minor places. They are laborers
or messengers, watchmen. elevator men
and so on. Seventy-five per cent Of them
receive less than 500 each a year.
But there are 22 OF them in the District
receiving more than $1,000 a year, and some
of them get a good deal more than that.
Ralph w. Tyler, auditor for the navy. at a
salary OF $4,000, is a colored man. So are
William T. Vernon. register OF the treasury
at $4,000; Cyrus F.. Adams, assistant regis
ter. at $500, and John c. Dancy. recorder
of deeds for the District Of Columbia. al
A,00 a year.
This office Of recorder OF deeds has been
regarded for years as a perquisite. to be
presented to a negro politician, but 1t Is
no longer the fat plum 1t once was. In
1892, when the recorder was paid in fees
he scooped in annual -~emoluments to the
tune of $4,000. At the same time he had
on his roll nineteen colored clerks getting
in fees from $40 TO 500 a month. The
places have been made salarled ones since
then.
Among government employees outside
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
COTTAGES FOR WoRkMEN
Suggestion Ezp=EsieH Scheme Inaug-
urated by a Western New
York City.

Rochester, n. Y, has ~inaugurated an
expansion scheme in which there may be
at least a suggestive hint for other cities.
Under the direction OF the Rochester
Chamber of commerce. plans were invited
from architects for six-room cottages OF
modern design, suitable for the occupancy
Of skilled workmen drawing good wages.
Plans were submitted from a great num-
Der of architects, and designs we're sent
in from Great Britain. France and Ger
many, as we'll as from pretty much every
section Of the United States. From Sc
lected plans it is proposed to build lmme-
diateIy 1000 cottages within the boun-
daries OF the progressive Western New
York city. The idea behind the scheme is
that when these attractive cottages shall
have been provided hey will speedily be
filled. The building of these cottages, IL
Twill be observed, is to a certain extent,
a work Of faith; but it is the sort OF
faith which is not altogether seeing
through a glass darkly.
There has been much inquiry from out
side manufacturing concerns relative to
inducements for locating in Rochester.
The chief obstacle to the removal of
many such enterprises to that city, it
is said, has been the lack Of housing ia
~cilities for skilled workmen. 1t is a fact
also tnal .lntIe - dlEcduy q pressing ue-
mand for the class OF house that is about
to be constructed. It is not by any
means a new theory in economies that a
supply Of any available commodity y sure
to create the demand. though this is an
introversion of the general rule. Roches-
ter. like Baltimore. is a city possessing
great advantages OF location. Though
the providing for 1000 families at once
may seem a risky investment, there is
a high degree OF reasonableness In the
Rochester ccheme.
II must not be understood that the
building of these cottages is a municipal
enterprise. According to the published
statement. 1t is a scheme promoted by
the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. and
Il is TO be inferred from such outlines
Of the plans as have been published that
private capital will be enlisted in the I'M
dertaking. II Is in no sense a benevo-
lence; IL is believed that the scheme will
pay in more ways thar one. The civic
forces that are working for a bigger
Rochesters have an unfaltering faith In
the rapid and continuous progress of the
city. They believe they have found q
way by which the growth OF the city car
be accelerated. They have the courage
of their convictions. Rochester is fortu.
nate in having that kind of promotive in,
fluence in her working forces. The census
Of 1900 Accredits the city on the Geneses
} with l62, 900 population. but there is q
well-founded expectation that the zoe. OOC
population mark will be conspicuouslS
passed in ls1O-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
universal thought.-E. F. Powell In the
Independent.
RECIPES FOR ETERNAL YOUTH
How the Spirit of Youth May shine
Through the Scars of Accu-
INFLATED Yeara.

How the Spirit of Youth May shine
Through the Scars of Accu-
mulated Years.
Here are Senator Chauncey Depew's
recipes for youth in age:
Age never comes to those who cultivate
the young.
Tho man who is always a boy with h
boys and seeks opportunity to be with them
is looked upon as frivolous by his contem-
poraries. but he outlives his critics. Health
is a question OF temperance and diet. BY
temperance 1 mean moderation in exercise,
work and play.
Tire and worry are fearful enemies both
of health and longevity.
Before fifty II is not a bad rule to ride
when you can walk, and never to sit when
you can stand; and after fifty never to
walk when you can ride and never to stand
when you can sit.
I consulted when abroad the most famous
physician OF the world of many years ago.
He gave mer a diet: No beef. a limited
amount of lamb, fish. fowl or game; ard
OF vegetables-the main source-the most
of those which grow above the ground.
Thorough mastication will satisfy the
appetite and meet all the requirements OF
digestion on one-third less than the boiling
of food.
Life insurance statistics show that more
people die from over-eatlng than from
overwhelming.
Edward Everett Hale is at So, a fine ex-
ample Of growing old gracefully and
happily.
The moment a statesman becomes jealous
of youth, as youth is always having its
ranks recruited with new. eager and am
bilious aspirants. his fate is scaled.
Live temporarily, find the things which
agree with you-and exclude all others-re-
garding them as the gifts OF the gods. to
be used with care and Judgment.-New
| York World.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
BIGGEST OF OFFICE BUILDINGS
New YOrk's Latest Giant VIII Cover
Fifty-Two Thousand Square
Feet of Ground.

New Workers who are interested In rec
ord breaking achievements in the rebuild
ing of the city will soon have another
structure to which they can apply a SUI
perlative-the largest. This will he the
building to be built by the Battery Place
Realty company and the Century Investing
company on their immense plot at the rear
Of the present Whitehall building at Bat
terry Place and West street.
Some idea of the magnitude Of this
operation may be gained from the fact
that 1t will cover over 5000 square feet OF
land. or nearly twenty-six lots, with total
frontages of 1870 feet on Battery Place, 3G7
feet on West street, and about SO feet on
Washington street. This is over $1,000
square feet larger than the site of the
City Investing building, just finished. at
Broadway and Cortlandt street.
1t will be the 100000 cubic space, row.
ever. inclosed within its walls tina will
give to the new Whitehall building its
record among the giant structures of the
city. So much of this volume is due to
height-up in the air, as II were-that AZ is
perhaps less impressive. If the same num-
Der of cubic feet were to be put into build
ings, say. sixty feet high, they would
cover 10000 square feet, OF nearly five
acres.
The new whitehall building will have
as its central feature a tower thlrty-six
stories high. rising to a height OF az feet.
That part Of the addition 10 be built
along West street will be thirty-one stories
high. separated from the present building
by a broad exterior court, while on WASH
ington street the new portion of the build
ing will be sixteen stories high. The tower
itself will cover a plot which not many
years ago would have been regarded as a
good sized site for an entire building
namely. about 1000 square feet Of ground
or 100 by 100.
According to the estimate filed with the
plans by Architects Clinton & Russell inc
new structure will cost A,6Oo,O0o. To make
way for the new skyscraper seventeen Old
buildings will be taken TO the scrap heap
out Of it's total Of 1856 feet OF street
frontage the new whitehall building wiz
have Isl feet overlooking the river ana In
such a way. moreover, that there is nc
possibility OF any interference with TINS
magnificent outlook at any ume IN the
future.-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
ACTRESS PLAYS AWAY GRIEF
Brave Woman Stiles Sorrow IN the
Stage While Husband Lies
Dead at Home.


While David Henderson was dying his
wife, known to the stage as Miss Frankie
Raymonde. played her part as Arabella
Clingstone. "an unappropriated angel in
''The Lady from Lane's' at Bush Temple,
Chicago.
It was one Of the exigencies Of the he
alter. There was no unierstudy to take her
place.
She had kissed her dying husband good-
bye before going to the theater She did
not think then It would be their last good
bye. As soon as the curtain had fallen upon
the play she entered an automobile and was
hurried at law-breaking speed back to her
home. Shs was too late by five minutes.
Death had Just runs down the curtain on
her husbands career.
Mrs. Henderson again appeared in the
cast at the matinee in the afternoon. She
reported voluntarily to the manager of the
play house. She was told she need not go
on, IS another member Of the company
had been coached in her lines.
mo said Mrs. Henderson. II will play.
II will take my mind from my grief. Then
you-you need me-"
So. with eyes red from weeping. the
actress repaired to her dressing room and
made up as the grotss0ue old maid which
she plays in the piece
Upon her first appearance she was ad-
dressed variously as Miss FTeestone. Miss
Curbstone and Miss Sandstone Each mis-
take caused her apparently the greatest
possible amusement. At the climax OF the
farcical passage she was called Miss
Tombstone" The name was suggestive.
II struck close to the tragedy which
weighed upon her heart But not a sign
did the brave little woman show that II
touched her. She gave her head a sauey
toss and burst into a merry peal OF
laughter.
my name. sir" she gursled. "is no,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
Baae Ban Naturali.ea Him.

Because he knew the positions Of all the
clubs Of the two major base ball leagues
the naturalization court judges sitting at
NorTistOwn, Pa, considered Edward Will
helm Lawrence sufficiently versed in Amer
lean Institutions 10 be worthy of full citi-
zenship. Oddly, too, despite his middle
name, Lawrence Is a native OF Ireland,
from which country he came thirty-six
years ago. and has been living In Norris
town the greater part OF that time.
Having answered the test questions pro-
pounded by the government expert, and
having manifeSuy acquainted himself with
general affairs. the hase Ne Situ"''oo was
taIen up and Lawrence IA a home run
la proving mat he WA a soVd American
~Ph1adelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

What, asked the man who had re-
turned 10 his native town after an absence
OF many years, became OF Ed FeNusOn7 p
ed? on, he's dom fine Got the best
livery stable anywheres around here and
runs the depot hack"
Let's see, he had a younger brother.
hadn't hey"
Yes: Lem. He never amounted 10
much. Wrote poetry and painted pictures.
I guess the family kin OF disoWned lin.
snd ! dunno whatever became OF him
CHICAGO Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

Tombstone. but Clingstone. even IL l nm
not a peach"
The sudience did not realize the crisis.
but the members Of the company, who
knew that under her laughter her heart
breaking. feared she might collapse.
For a moment she staggered. Then her
courage came to her rescue and she
walked off into the wings, laughing with
mock gayety. while the audience APP
plauded to the echo-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07
Another ArEument.

"G~entlemen." said the weston senator,
II cannot agree with my honorable COLI
leagues who would allow the forests to be
leveled. We need them. The tree, sir, IL
the very bulwark OF our civilization. De-
prived OF the tree, what would happen7
" Floods / hear a voice ~anLounce; but,
gentlemen, there would be a worse cOndi-
ton. In a ~treeless land what could we
hang boss thieves oh2 Tell me that, you
despoilers of natures gifts"
But, Of course, there was nothing 20 say.
.-PhiiadsiphiA Ledger. -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-07

Henry A. Reckert and wife TO
Nancy b. Moore, lot s. Mayfield..
Charles ]. Keir!e and wife to j. w.
Long. lot 2, block IS, Florence.
Herman K. Lowe to William III.
Ahmanson, part Of lots % and
2S, Luke & T~empleton's addition.
Josephine II. Weidenfeller TO Edith
Rollins, lot ~. block %, Omaha
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-05
DEFENDS OFFICERS OF
CHILDREN'S HOME

clluod 20 accept II. later accepting
the t2f for the two months.
other Incident New.
Mrs NJ. stearna relates an Incl
dent entirely new 10 me. II IL not
the custom of this society 10 take
a child from either father or mother
until after careful investigation az
"a whether they are able 20 care
for II. or unless they want to give
II up"
Mr.. Coyington denies that Off
GERS Of the society are well paid
or are enriching themselves
through public charity The 81.
roctoru. IN fact, serve without pay
Ills own salary ~ less than the ays
eraEe paatorato entailing the same
amount Of work He knows Of no
worker who IN not engaged because
OF his devotion 10 children rather
than for any meroenary advantage
10 concludes;
The Washington Children'e
Home society Ia not a commercial
ized institution believe that ey.
cry one Of its workers IN ready 10
respond 10 duty as her0icRliy A.
ala our matron, who recently "a.
ceiyed the Carnegie medal for hero.
ism"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-05

steamer Pat On.
The steamer HkaRit Queen has
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you BET i-TEss ~


HOME. Nov. g. The Tribune.
which f. the government organ. Ia
an article on the marriage o. the
Duke o. Ahfuxzi says that the ma 81
lority % Italians. Nhiia prefsfrfug
that the duke should marry royal
princess DO not deny that he
should follow the dictates of hla
own heart but ther ramnud that
the question ~ his marriage "a Miss
Elkiua De officially confirmed or
denied, nus putting an end 20 the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-05
Supt. Covington Denies
Soeiety's Charity Is
Commercialized.

Replying 90 an article recently
published In The Star. IN which In.
stances were cited to Indicate that Il
spirit ef "commorciallled charity
prevails In the conducting of the
+ Washington Chlldren's Home SO.
eiety. the Rev. H. J coyington, su.
4 perintendent Of the society. sacs
f that he was not treated with nbno.
+ lutte fairness. Several ~ the Incl.
dents which somewhat reflected
/ upon him he explains IN a letter
sent % The Star Referring 90
I Mira. Alice Ellis. ~ 2i2s n. 72nd
a.. whose experiences In dealing
with Mr. CoyiuEion we're set forth
ia the article rehrrred to. he says
A woman calling herself Mrs.
jenkins brought child from Val.
dex. Alaska. asking for private
homo where n could be- boarded
( We referred her TO Mrs. Ellis. who.
after the fire had applied Tor chill.
dfen 90 board. and who We had
told could take the children AZ the
= tfHNHf NNNNHs HfH Wv NhAANhHf anu AAN
( for those above 2 years 81 age
Mrs. Jenkins called on Mrs Ellis.
but instead OF making arrange
I menta with her. returned % ue, ask
lng that We assume the rfspon.
hiblfty. lest relatives come and
claim the child This we did
Where Money Went.
II was OF her own volliion that
she paid the society $40 for two
inoniha board the difference Of SIC
we we're glad 90 apply 20 a mum
hef of cases IN which the relatives
Z we're unable 20 pAy anything az all
for the care Of the children. This
waa carefully explained To Mrs
Ellis Further, 20 pay her more
than the regulation price for car.
ing for the children would be- an
Injustice to other families where
children are put 10 board II three
children were taken 10 Mrs Ellis
In terrible condition" she re-.
+ ceiyed them just as they were
brought 20 this society / feel that
II Mrs ellis has a grievance the
+ place for her 10 air Il IL In court.
and not IN the newspapers. Az a.
her being unable 10 get her money
save through an attorney. she FOR
gets that she waa offered 81 for
the first mouih'a board and de.
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Another advantageous purchase Millinery buyer now IN he East Hne
regular stock have been Obliged reduce our own to meet the price OF the
NJ
College shapes with welt % bm soft crown Mushroom Sal Welt sdg
big Mexican bell or straight crowns with pbs os that
be the dropping effect
They made Of and fur e with simple cord trimmings Others with
All the wanted Copenhagen Alice blue
cardinal white and black Hats that sold
S275-and now les-Fuday $3.50 each
Bon Marches Millinery ospatms second
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RETURNING no M {


TOXIC. Nov 5.--AmGng the pas
sengera on the steamer Mongolia.
which sailed Tor San Francisco too
day. are the members OF the United
States commission % the Japanese
International exposition. Francis y.
Is00mis. Frederick X skiff Francis
II. Miliet. John G.. OIaughlin and
W. A. NewcOmb all % whom were
the recipients 81 much attention
while IN japan. each receiving a
decoration from the emperor Ten
Of the Pacific coast business men
who have been visiting various Jap
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nnEMEnToN. Nov 6 A. the last
meeting % the city council the fire.
light and water committee and abe
city attorney were Instructed 60
draft an ordinance fixing fire i'm
lta ln this city within which none
but fire proof buildings can BE-
erected and iu which 10 buildings
not 90 20 the standard of conatruc-
finm can Dc moved
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been placed on regular schedule
between Seattle. Everett and Rno-
homiah ~ the request Of the Cham
her Of Commerce - Huohomish. on
account % the iucfcaHe la freight
rates between Seattle and the
Sound cities
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boston Nov 6-The Pacific
Coast company reports September
operations as follows
Sept 1903 1907 Dee
sross . s7sIo7 . 7s4s8g tits.sss
net 1889 its.saa si.soa
Three mos
Nfuaa G.FEiNag za1Ha1N AABalI
Three mos
net zhf.n7E 4nT.hf9 i2a.aE7
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aueae cities. viii also return home
on the Mongolia. the others staying
a week longer % further pursue
their Investigations Of japanese
commercial conditions
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ST LOUIS. Nov &. 49, FIre this
morning destroyed thrsrsatoFy
house within ihe train shed % the
g. Louis union station and partly
damaged the train shed. The loss ~
about SIS. GEO.
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fusiilads % the American news
papers which deeply wounds tho
Italian Henaihiiitiss and may result
Ia reaction IN public opinion.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-07-23
BISHOPS DEATH MAKES MY
HEART SAD'-J. P. MORGAN.

COOPERSTOWN. N. Y, July 23.-
Private funeral services for Bishop
Henry c. Potter will be held in this
village at 1920 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Archdeacon Nelson, of New York;
Bishop Charles A. Olmstead. of Utica,
and the Rev. Ralph Birdsill, of Coop
erstown, will officiate. The body will
then be brought to New York on a
special train an placed in a receiving
vault at Trinity Cemetery.
No date has been set for the public
funeral.
There has been a flood of messages
of sympathy at the Potter home today,
among them the following:
London, July 22.-Mrs. Potter: My
love and deepest sympathy in your be-
reavement. The bishops death makes
my heart sad. (Signed)
"J. PIERPONT MORGAN"
arlington Heights, n. j., July o.
Mrs. Potter: His Jewish brothers de-
plore the loss of the genial. broad
minded just and generous Bishop Pot
ter. Accept our respectful sympathy.
IF. DE SOTO MENDES.
president of the New York Jewish
Ministers Association"