Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 6, 1887, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY TMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS. Condition of Omaha's Finance and Real Estate Market, A VERY GRATIFYING RECORD. ffhe Knights of Pythias to E 200,000 Tabernacle-The Grading of Eleventh Street Finlshed, The Week's Business Record. The past week's business in Omaha, so far as the real estate and financial features are concerned, has been most gratifying. The sales of lots have been much more rapid than during the week previous, In fact t) amount expended in buildiug sites ex L that of the weck ending October 20 by over £75,000. The amount of business done at the ‘banks shows an increase us indicated by the clearings, of $471,272, This conclu proves that the tightness of the mone ket has at last relaxed. Real estate loan agencies report money much easic the east and searcely an y trouble is cxperi- enced in negotiating loans. They further- more report that they find eastern capitalists more ready to advance money than atany time during the past six months. The string- ency in the whole financlal worid secins to have been relaxed. The greatest number of calls are for Omaha property, and it is hinted that some startling developments will be made manifest in g or two, s concerns that busy little eity. It is intimated that another gre ing concern is negotiating for prop which to build an enormous plant, sccond to none in capacity, i South Omaba, A St. Louis Beef canniug establishment has a rep. ¥ ¢ who is making a careful ex- amination of the packing interests with a view to establishing one of iches at ock yards, Anotlier gentleman, who ents & glue manufacturing house of wlis, arrived yesterday and was in consultation with several prominent business men of Omaha and South Omaha during he day. The establishment of a glue fuc- tory has beenfagitated for some time and if proper_encouragement is held out there is little doubt but that the Indianapolis people vill ultimately come her he building inte as evineed by the official report of permits issued, is slightly on the wane, This is not to be unexpected, as the lateness of the season would naturally cause a falling oft. It shows, however, that builders are anxious to avail themselves of all the time possible before winter, and there is more work already let out than can possi- bly be completed before spring. The nificent weather of the past week has allowed 8 o be made on the buildings alrcady under course of construction, and if another week of such splendid days is given, several of the prominent new business blocks vill he completed, Th 18 scar city and all of in need of more men. project developed during the week was the decision of the Kuight of Pythias to erect a magniticent temple at Six téenth and Duvenport strects, the cost of which will be £200,000. 1t is proposed to make this the finest buildings in the United States belonging to theovd Public improvements are being v L forward. The finishing tou able line will probably be m The @mading of South F it has been finished and the worlk 1 been well done, Other improvements wi be pushed to completion as rapidly as pos. y an idle in the the cont ot s are The most prominent pidiy 5 10 this ith The sales of property as shown by the d - during the shown by the Monday, October . Tuesdiy, N wher 1 We way, Novembe "Thursday 4 Friday. » works company will immediately proceed to ¢ water mains, The bigeest fill was and the higgest cut forty-five feet, latter place to-day the contractors will have a photograph taken of the 150 teamns, 200 men and three graders, which ac- complished the work. —— WESTERN FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, Rates o finterest Continue to Be Well Supported. Cnieaco, Nov, o~ | jul Telegram to the Bre—~Local finaucial affairs remain in about the same condition noted during the past two or three weeks, Possibly, the money market may be workiug easier, but bankers are still pursuing a very conserva- tive course and are uot inclined to place themselves in a position where they cannot T their regular customers and local bor- The supply of loanable funds is ample for all the requirements of the various branches of trade and parties who are unable to present. undoubted securities are able to obtain all the favors asked for. Some out- side paper has been }, seeured by re- ceipts for grain stored at one of the leading points in the northwest and considerable money has been forwarded through commis- sion’ houses 1o purtics desiring to hold grain - at the small stations until spring, und for the purpose of cribbing corn. Operators on the board of trade have been moderate in their demands for financial assistance, ns deliveries of grain on Novem- ber contracts were unusually light and sup- plies in store enlarge very slowly, Banl auticipate a good demand from the packing interest toward the close of the month, as the supply of hogs will no doubt be liberal the stock of provisions materially inc ‘Whoselale markets are still quite libe borrowers, in some cases i the way of ex- tension of paper, owing to slow colicctions in sowe scetions of the west, especially where farmers are selling as little prope sible and holding their produc e in prices. Rutes of ported at 6@ per cent. | secured, commands money s being loaned among street brokers at §l @S per cent. Money in eastern financial centers is 1ot quite as close s reported two or three i , yet there is little paper aceepted 1less endorsed by unusually good security. The payment of the interest'due on the first of the month has relieved the mavket of itd stringent features and loans can be obtained at b7 per cent, Advices from foreign moncy markets indicate an easicr feeling, but no particular change in interest rates, The with of spe n the ment banks have not been quit the shipments of gold to the United States have deereased. New York exchange was in moderate request and offerings were fair, ales made between banks w made t 2 cents discount per $1,000 and closed 0 was in fair only a mod- sixty ¢ for an ad- interest are well Outside paper, TS per cent. erate supply offering, Shipper documentary bills on London changed hands at $4.801; (@480 und closed steady at #4.804. The Néw York stock market ex- hibited a fair d of activity during the past week the undertone indicated a little more strength. The earnings of some of the leading lines showed somie increas and in twoor three instances lavger divi- dends were declared. These features en- a little more buying and hecked the offerings to som n operators in slocks w and western speculators Wall street traders hold with some freedom, thoneh they e ‘i cousiderable caution and 11osses o profits. Prices ha higher for leading prop and the ex- treme figures reachied were fully supy to the close, York stock I attention during the weel under review, and while there has been no marked inc i iness, there certainly hias been no per. speculative ex : more Saturday, Nover tal. .. T'his shows an week of 16,624, The building permits past week we rease o issucd © us follows: during the "Tuesday Wednesd ‘Thursday Friday, November 4. is shows a decrease as com) the week provious of 2,245, “The bank clearings are st forth in the fol- lowing table and show an_increase over the week ending October 20 of $171,273: Monday, October 31, T iber 1 R snber Thursday, mbe Friday, Novembor 4. Saturday, Novenbe Total.. Nearly Two Hundred Thousand. Last evening a very important meeting of the building committee of the Kunights of Pythias in this city was held in Myrtle hall, corner of Dodge and Fourteenth streets, to take action upon the subject of building the new hall proposed for the organization in question. The mutter of a central headquar- ters of the knights in this city was mentioned some time ago in these columns, though the public has been kept misinformed us to the steps which have since been taken in the matter, for the reason that it was desired to let nothing be known until the whole affair should be satisfactorily arranged. It is now ished fact that the hall built, and that it the joint property of the knights and Erastus A. Benson, a gentlowan of enterprise and intelhgence, who recently came to this city and who, nee his arrival, although his residence is still in Davenport, has been among the fore- most of the most enterprising men in our midst. Mr. Benson has secured an option on the General M 'r]u'upen&'ou the northeast corner of Sixteenth and Davenport streets, and on that sito it is proposed to erect the building in question. Both ground aud struc- ture will cost §190,000. Mr. Benson taking an amount of stock and the Knights of Pythias the remainder. The work of draw- ing the plans for the building was left to Mendelssoh: & Lowrie, and this firm has been working on the same for some time back, with the result_ that the design ‘which they have subwitted to Mr. Beunson has been accepted. Yesterday the Bee was given an opportunity of seeing the design which, in originality and beauty, combine with strength and durability, is not excelled by those of any building in' the city. The style is of rich and ornate Romanesque, un- like that of any structure in the city. The first story Is of glass, with huge granite columns and pilasters, with carved capitals, ‘The second, third and fourth stories comprise an harmonious intermingling of two shades of brown stone, whichappear to particularly attract in the attractive and imposing arches Wwhich surmount the windows and other openings. The roof will be of red terra cotta and tile, both of which have lately entered so much into the construction of our new build- ings. It will also be ornumented with stone dormer windows of unique design. The front will consist of a large guble broken and beautiful with ornamented windows and exquisite carving, The first story may be used entire or divided into six different stores; the second will be divided into twenty-two oftices; the third floor, so far as appearances go exteriorly, will look two stories through iuteriorly, it will consist of one story which will be used exclusively for the drill room. The fifth story will be used for lodge purposes, three rooms being de- signed for that purpose. §The cost of the huilding and grounds will be §196,000, The Biggest Grading Job, The grading of South Eleventh street from Puacific to Baneroft, a distance of more than a mile, was completed yesterday by Stuhl & Hamel. It was the biggest grading contract ever undertaken in this city and turns one of the most broken of thoroughfares into a street, which may be traveled almost to the southern limits of the city, The work was wecopted yestorday afternoon and the water- ing is gradually improving, while the receiving and shipping branches cxhibit considerable life. Dur ast thirteen weeks Chicago has r bout 4,000,000 bu, weekl) L grain und o showing—while the arrivals of live stock were quite heavy, especially of cattle and sheep. Receivers 'and shippers are making strenuous efforts to further materially en- large the grain trade of Chicago and will en- deavor to merit the confidenco of those whio may entrast the disposal or purchase of property in their care. Indi point to & substantial improvement in the direct export trade now that through rates of freights have been_established, and with good supplies from which to make se- lec here is little doubt but orders di- rect fr ' Cons ets will be rged. While crops of grain ave not very heavy in the aggregate, the root crops aro not very lurge, and_ for the feeding of live stock the common qualities of grain will have 10 be substituted. Trade with the consum- ing district of this country, too, will be im- proved and an cffort be ide 'to retain it. The excessive terminal und storage charges by which the grain is handicapped will prob- ably be reduced through the united efforts of 'intorcsted partics and all the fa- cilities improved for transacting busi ness in our market with their orders. Prices during the week have _exhibited oaly slight chunges for most of the leading articles in the grain and provision markets. Fireights have ruled casier by the water ute, which encouraged and increased ship- ping business. Stocks of grain are still moder- ate, though gradually increasing. Supplies oftprovisions will probubly enlargefnow, that the winter packing scason has opened and the supply is quite liberal. The export move- ment continucs fair, though the advices from abroad huve not been_ quite so favorable to sellers, Packing in the west is progressing favorably for the opening week of the season and the returns indicate an incrcase over those of last season. —— Kaxsas City, Nov. 5.--[Special Telegram to the Ber.]—At 11:25 last night a fire was discovered in the Huggins cracker factory, near the union depot, and in less than an hour the structure, a four-story building,and contents, were totally destroyed. Loss on buiiding, $30,000; insurance, £20,000; loss on contents, §0,000; insurance, £20,000. The ar wall of sell’s d © crushed in. Damage, §1,200, Blossom house was slightly damaged by smoke and water, Nov. 5.—The National hotel, s ago at a cost of e Ly fire this morn- 1t 5130 0'clock from kitchen flue and ran up the reight clevator to the fifth-story, where it gradually spread through the rear of the building, burning off the roof and communicating also to the fourth story and slightly to the third. where the hotel was not injured by fir great damage was doue by water with v the building was flooded. A 3 guests and servants lost all their effects, but all escaped from the hotel in safety. The loss may not exceed 5,000 Theére was #30,000 insurance on the building and §30,000 on the furniture. The hotel will be reopened and business resumed in a few days, and itis thought that the damaged portion can be re- paired inside of two montbs. NEW Yok, No were burned in the basement of a liv stable early this morning. R other on the floor above were gotten out in A number of valuable carr 8 also burned. The total loss is about 20,000 and only partialy insured, The fire started ab y-five horses e Suicided Over Domestic Troubles, Sr. Josern, Mo., Nov. 5-—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—Theodore Hendricks, n section hand, committed suicide this after- noon at 1 o'clock by throwing himself under a moving train on the Kunsus City, St. Joo & Council Bluffs road about one mile south of town, The train was moving very slowly and Hendricks deliberately Jaid his head across the track, the car wheel scyering it from his body. ' Domestie trouble was the cause of the suicide, his wife a short time v Youk, Nov. 5.—[Speciul Telegram to the BeR.]—Arrived—The Rugia, from Ham- burg; the Celtic from Liverpool. QUEENSTOWY, b.—Arrived—The Cep- halonia, from Hoston; the Kunsas, irom Bos- ton; the Umibria, from New Yorke EXPLOSION AT A FOUNDRY. Twenty Men Frightfully Bnrned by Steam and Molten Metal. SrmNorieLy, 11, Nov. h—A terrible ex- plosion of molten steel ocenrred at an ear! hour this morning at the works of the Sprin field Iron company, a few miles north of th city, The entire city was shaken up by the force of the explosion, and windows rattled as though shaken by an earthquake. Four tons of liquid metal was allowed to flow, through some mishap, into a wet recentacle and a frightful explosion ensued. 1t s re- ported that twenty men were burned. The officers in charge are reticent and desire the matter suppressed, but it is learned that John Green, Joseph Madden and William Strickland were severely scalded. —_—— No. 2's Horns Stolen. During the absence of No. 2 engine com- pany Friday evening, in response to an ularm of fire from box 42, some sneak thief entered the dormitory of the company's house ou Tenth strect and stole the elegant air of horns that were but lately presented 0 the boys, A splendid new overcoat be- longing to Captain Ted Grebe is also miss- ing. The fellow who did it is known, and if the property is not returned immediately it will be made exceedingly warm for him, adfsotnaiai PRODUCE MARKETS. Chicago, Nov. b.—Following are the 2:30 closing prices Flour—Quict and _steady £3.50074.00 per bbl: spring wheat, 3.50@4.50 per bbl; rye, $2.75@8.00 per bbl; buckwheat, .5006.25 per bb. Wheat—Extremely dull; prices, however, were steady and_unchanged; cash, 12 1-16¢} 1-16¢; May, 78 11160, Ruled inactive, frading light and the fecling was weak, prices fluctuating within a 3¢ range and closed J; @1 below yesterday ; Cash, 411403 December, 41 1-16¢; May, 45)c. Oults—Dulll and heavy: May declined’ J¢e but other futures did no change; cash, 27-16 May, 20 9-10e. winter wheat, Steady at Quict at T8¢, nothy—82.24(@2.28, Flax-sced —&1.16 Whisky—-#1.10, Pork—Modcrately active and firmer; Jan- (12,05 Lard—Steady and moderately active; cash and December, $6.40@0.421 ; May, $0.75. ted Meats—Shoulders, $5.00@5.203 {short ribs, January, ‘nchanged; creamery, 10@20¢; m; full cream cheddars, flats, 11@i1i{c; young Americus, arceat 181{@10¢c. allow—Uncl 3 No. 1 country, 4@ 43c: No. 2, B17c; cukes, 414, Hides—Reccipts fair 'demand but moder- ate; unchanged; heavy green salted, 7c: light, do., 7 salted bull, 6e; green salted w13 dry calf, 12@ldc; dry 'salted, 10¢; deacous, each, 80c. Receipts. Shipments, 19,000 80,000 64,000 26,000 147,000 464,000 121,000 120,000 21000 4,000 116,000 5,000 Wheat—Steady cask, o3 May, S0ige. (@s83gc] December, 105 @llc 1 @liige. Ty Flour, bbls Wheat, bu. Corn, bu Oats, bu, .. Corn—Stead; cash, 88 33c; May, $114¢. Oats—Dull Pork—&12.50, Tard—$6.10. Whisky—$1.0: Butter-—Unchanged; dairy, 16@21e, Liverpool, dcmand fair ash, 243{@2¢; May, 28!{c. creamery, 23@26c; Nov. 5—Wheat—Qu holders offer moderately, dy und demand fair; new mixed 2¢d per cental. nati, Nov. 5,—Wheat —Firm; No. t and ‘orn—Dull; No. 2 mixed, 40 ts—Weaker; No. 2 mixed re—Quiet but firm: "No. 2, 50c. ~Quict ut §12.6355, Higher: prime stcam, $0.45. Whisky—Steady at $1.05. Minneapolis, Nov. 5—Wheat—Opened woak und lower, and_closed steady; No, 1 hard, in store, cash, 703c; December, T1ige; January, 72!7c; : No. 1'north: ern, ¢ ] c; May, Tic; No. 2 northern, cash, 64c; December, 65c} » 7lc. On treck! No. 1 hard, 71@71}c} No. 1 northern, 68¢; No. 3 northern, G4(@6 Flour—Quiet but’ steady; patents, $4 4.95; bakers', $.35@3.50. Reccipts—Wheat, 250,300 bu, Shipments—Wheat, 49,000 bu; flour, 25,000 bbls. Milwaukee, Nov., 5.—Wheat—Ste: cash, 69%c; December, 775c. Corn—Scarce: No. 2, 403¢c. Oats—Dull; No. 2 white, 20¢. Rye—Steady; No. 1, 55, Barley--Qulet and lower; No. 2, 70¢e. Provisions—Firm; pork, cash and Novem- ber, $13.00@13 New York, Nov B5.—Wheat—Receipts, 191,300; exports, 49,000 options opencd a shade lower andclosed dull, closing steady at the near current rutes of yesterday; spot, quict; ungraded red, 811;@s6e; No. '1 red, nominal at 89i¢e; No. ¥ red, 83i{.@ssl e in elevator, 83l¢@S3%c f. o. b, Sil@siifc delivered; December closed at 833¢c, Corn—Receipts, 136,000; exports, 203 without change of moment, closing steady} ungraded, 53%@58%{c; No. 2, b2%c in store, 525{@53¢ 1. 0. b., 533;@583¢c delivered, No. 4, blic in elevator; No,, December closed at_5dige. Oats—Receipts, 139,000; exports, 41; quiet but steady; mixed western, $2@d4}je; white western, 35@i0c. Coffee—Spot, fair; Rio, dull and nomi- nal at $18.50; options heauy and 20 points lower; sales, 53,500 bags; November, 10.05@10.10; December, $15.5016.00; Jan' uary, §15.60@15.80; February, $15.50@15.0! March, $15.35@15.55. Potroleum—Steady; United, 73%c. Eggs—Quiet; western, 12@23c¢. Pork—Quict ; mess quoted at $13.50 fox old and $14.0014.35 for nw. Lard—Higher, but light trading; western steam, spot, quoted §6.55. 5 Butier—Quict but firm; western, 13@2c¢; western ereamery, 106@26¢, Cheese—Dull; Western, 9}{@11c. Kansas City, Nov. 5—Wheat—Steady No. 2 soft, cash, no bids, 67c asked; De- cember, 60¢ bid, 673 asked; May, 74}4¢ bid, e asked, Corn—Steady; No. 2, cash, no bids, 36c asked; December, 8bige bid, 86c aske Junuary, 593e bid, 30%¢ asked. Oats—No. 3, cash, 213{c bid, 32}{c asked. uNew Orleans, Nov. 5.—Corn —Irregu- ar at 5 —Quict and steady ornmeal—Quiet, at & Pork—Kasier at $13.1214. Dull and lower at §6.50. Bulk Meats—Shoulders, . and clear rib, §6.02¢, LIVE STOCK. Stock Yards., Fast § Louis, No 5. = Cattle—Receipts, 5003 shipments, 2400; market steady; choice ative' steers, $1.20@4.75; fair to good s, $3.00@4.23; butchers' steers, lium to clioice, $3.00@3 70; rangers, §2.10 t—Steadier; 703 @i0ie; May, No. 2, 343 i long clear Natiol Receipts, ; shipments, 1,000; ce hea butehers' selections, #4.4: packing and Yorkers, medium to prime, #.00@4.40; pigs, common'to good, §3.00a@4.00, Kansas City, Nov. 1,400; shipments, 8,000; steady for all ¢ good’ to choice ' corn-fe mon to medium, #3 @2.60; feeding $1.9502.50. Hous—Receipts, 5.—Cattle—Receipts, cows, 7,400; shipments, none; market strong und b0 higher exaept for light and pigs; good to choice, $4.40@4.50; common to medium, $.00¢4.30; skips and igs, $3.50@3.90. Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Nov. 5. 'he Drovers' Journal reports: Cattlo—Receipts, 8,000; quiet and shipping steers, 5.003 (12.005 cows, Texas cat teady stockers and bulls and mixed, 00; West: .50, avy o higher; 20 heavy, Sheep—Receipts, 5,000; $2.50(24.00; western, $2.00@3,50 (@3.40; lambs, $4.00@5.00, el £ Mr.and Mrs. Frank Muir have returned from their wedding journcy, and are at the Millard, Wheat Opens at Precisely the Preo- vious Day's Close. NO NEWS WHATEVER IN CORN. Unutterable Dullness Characterizes Speculation in Oats—The Provision Pit Quiet—Cattle Business Limited—Quotations. Chicago Produce Market. Cnicaco, Nov. b.—[Special Telegram to the Bep.]—There was very little news of any kind for wheat traders to consider this morning. The opening in wheat was pro- cisely at yesterday's closing quotation—72ie for December and 78%c for May. The steadi ness of the market is evinced by the narrow fluctations, the entire range for the day being but &c and even slight changes being infre- quent. Business was nearly all local and not much of that. First sales of December wheat were at 72)¢c and the price fluctuated between this figure and 73%c and closed at. T8@i}gc. May opened at i8%¢c, sold down to T81¢@785%c and up to 8% @ T8¥e, closing at T85(@isiyc, showing a fractional advance over yesterday's close. Corn traders had quite as much the wheat men and not much more to think about. The tone of the market was weaker, particularly for nearer months, dependent; apparently, upon the falling off in the demand for cash ‘corn, which was considerably less than yesterday. Hutchinson, whose opera- tious have been for some time u faction for determining prices, was a seller to-day. De- cember corn opened at 41%c—which was the highest point_ touched—and declined to 41¢0 41lgc, where it rested. May fluctuated very little, opening at 45ls@4hiic, sclling up to 45Lc, down 1o 45}5¢ and closing at that fig- urre. Unutterable dullness characterized speculative market for oats. pegged all day at 20'5@%c and that, with December and Jan: 2 nominally at 25j{c. November sold spar- ingly at 25%c. In provision circles the day passedin a uiet manner. Traders of all classes were isinclined to branch out and there was no particular feature in the business transacted save a strong fecling. Good general support, in_ fact, was extended to tne market and prices all around averaged and_ closed better than yesterday, The advance actually estab- cd was 715¢ on future pork, 2 anc leisure as the the leading center of interest, sold at $12.60 571¢ for pork, $0.456.47%¢ for lard und @6.40 for short ribs, Pork for the same months closed at 12,6217 bid. lard at £6.45 and short ribs at $6.35 bid for November and De- cember delivery. Lard stood at the finish at £6.40 and for February pork closed ut $12 lard at $6.5215 and short ribs at_$0.45. M sold at §13.10@13.15 for pork and $6.756.73 15 for lard. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. C11cAGo, Nov. 5.—[Special Telegram to the Bk, ]—CarrLE—AS usual on Saturday busi- ness in this branch was limited, supply light and made up mainly of Texans and rangoers., A few natives were sold out at about the same price as for the past day or two. Ran- gers and Texans were not wanted to any great extent. There was scarcely any de- mand for butchers’ stock and little or nothing doing in stockersand feeders, Suppug steers, 350 to 1500 1bs, $4.00@5.00; 1200 to 1350 1bs, 3 950 to 1200 Ibs, §2.00@4.00, s und, fecders, §1.15@ ows, bulls and mixed £1.00@2.60. Texas steers, $2.00 @2.60; cows, $1.40@2.00. Western rangc steady; natives and half-breeds, £2.50 Wintered Texans, £2.50@3.25, Hoes—At the opening and_during the first hour or two trade ruled brisk at an advanco of about se, some fancy lots selling as high s $4.70, but at the close business was slow and the advance of the morning was lost. The advance, however, was only on heavy. Light sorts, in fuct, were rather lower thun otherwise. ' The bulk of early sales of best packing sorts made $4.50@@4.60. Later, $4.40 Ige; common, $4.250 4.85; light sorts, #4.85@4.00, the lutter for yorkers. A light run s anticipated for next week, FINANCIAL. New Yorg, Nov. b.—[Special Telogram to the Ber)—STocks—The market to-day opened strong, with advances ranging to % per cent. Commission houses bought liberally, but it was mainly for shorts. London was also a buyer of the general list, but sold 4,000 shares of Union Pacific. Bull points were circulated about Michigan Central and Canada Southern increasing their dividends and sold up % for the former and 1% per cent for the latter. The rest of the list remained steady, with fractional advances. A decrease of $460,027 in the net earnings of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy for September, reported reduc- tions in freight rates of 25 to 40 per cent by the Burlington and Wabash roads in Illinois, coupled with the failure of the Northwestern roads to patch up their agreement on rates, had a depressing effect on Grangers and they began declining. The downward movement was accelerated by the bank statement, which showed a decrease in the reserve of 82,175,625 where the reserve had been accepted. This caused the whole lot to weaken and last sales were at almost the inside prices of the day and showed declines of @11 on Grangers, the latter being in Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, but on the restof the list prices were about the same as yesterday. The net ad- vances for the week were 6 on Manitoba, 41¢ on Lake Erie & Western preferred, Michigan Central and Canada Southern 3!, Oregon Railway & Navigation 3, Peoria, Decatur & Evansville 8%, Northwestern 23, St. Paul 23, Omaha 2%, Lackawanna and Delaware & Hudson 2%, Reading 134, Lake Shore 21¢ and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2y per cent. Missouri Pacific was unchanged, The total sales to-day were 105,502 shares, includ- ing 43,800 of Reading GovERNMENTS—CGovernment bonds we D OMAHA LIVE STOCK, Saturday, Nov. 5. e very light and consisted entively of wostern catile, Prices rémain the same as on Friday. Hogs. The receipts of hogs were moderate and the demand active. The arket opened about the same as on Friday and remained steady during the entire day with the excep- tion of @ short time during the forenoon ‘when there was a slight fall inprices. Taken as a whole the market was & shade stronger than on Friday. Everything was taken, Ofiicial Receipts. .23 cars, ¢, M. & St. P, Herman 5 car: W., Chicago Mil) Chicago 5 car, Mil.,’ Chicago '8 cars., Mil', Chicago Cattle, Cattl Hogs Sheep. . g Prices. Sho ving the prevailing prices paid for live stock « o this macket: Choice -teers, 150 to 1500 Ths “hoice steeis, 1100 to 1300 Ths little steers, 600 to 1050 1bs.. . .. Corn-fed range steers, 1200 to 1500 Good to choice corn-fed cows. Common to medium cows. »d to choice bulls od range feeders, . Good native feeders, %00 s and up- wards. , waee 2 2 Fair to medium native feeders, %00 s und upwards. ... Stockers, 400 10 700 . 3 \cep. Comuon sbeep..,, ht and medium hogs. Good to chofce heavy hogs. Goodt 10 choice Mixed HORS. v .vvsser Representative Sales, WESTELN FEEDIRS, Pr. No. Av, # 49...; 000 P 3., 110 L 4.05@4.10 4150425 10415 Av. 145 DPr. £2.45 2.3 Live Stock Sold. Showing the number of head of on the market to-day : CATTLR, Haas & Co Armour & Co. G. H. Hamir Anglo American Packin Squires & Co.... Total,eoiiesens Range of Prices. Showing the highest and lowest pri paid for hogs, on this market during the past seven days and on the corresponding days in 1885 und 1886, IER! 810 1 Nov A\ L 4 niday. $wad H 405 a4 406 G4 3 124@8 410 @4 320 @3y Wecekly Receipts tlie receipts of cattlo and hogs for ¢ of theweek ending November , with comparison Show cach togeth Monday. Packers' Purchases, Showing the number of hogs hought by the leading packers on this market during the past week: Anglo-Amer G. H. Hammond T.1. Squires & Co Armour & Co..... Kingan & Co Others Ing Co.veernrer 12,047 Al sales of stock in this market are made per ewt. live weight uuless otherwise stated. Dead hogs sell at e per 1b, for all weights: “*Sking,” or hogs Weighing less than 100 Ibs. no value, Pregnant sows are docked 40 1bs. and stags S0 1bs. by the public inspector. Live ¢ k Light receipts of cattle, "he hog market is a shade stronger, A. Dufty of Cheyenne, inspected the yards, Ten loads of hogs brought §.25, the top price, yesterday. Western feeders market yesterday. Twenty cars of cattle came in after 6 o'clock yesterday. T.3eA. Kelly, of Greeley Center, was,a visitor at the yards, orwe Stephens of Cheyenne, brought in ds of cattle. I. A. Crane of Rising Center, disposed of two louds of hogs at $4.25. Henry Von Seggern and Gerhard Osterldt, of Hooper, were lookers on, A.B. Clark, of Cook county, Wyoming, brought in two loads of western feeders, J. W. Cummings, Western, brought in a load ot hogs which he disposed of at a good figure, The Anglo-American Packing Company bought over one-half of all the hogs received here last week. D. W. Butler, Minneapolls, stock agent for the Cincinnati,' Hamilton & Daton railroad, was among the visitors at the yards, Charlie Lane. the genial live istock agent for the Union Pacific, was at tho yards yes- terday. Charlie has a faculty of making hosts of friends wherever he goes and the Union Pacific exhibited good judgment in advancing him to his present position, Chicago stockmen who have been in the habit of speaking of this pluce as “Omaha, Neb.,” are leaving off the “Neb.,” having come to the conclusion that a city which ranks 08 the third largest packing point in the country can be found on the waps with- out the stute being mentioned, Notes. constituted the cattle e Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Walsh nee Miss Tda M. Wadden, of Keokuk, Iowa, on their bridal tour, are visiting with aunts of the bride—Mrs. Lawrence Duggan, 112 south Teirteenth strcet, and Mrs, Jacob Meyer of Orchard Hill. School Bond Proclamation. N pursuance of_a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Education of the School Dis- ct in Omaha, in the county of Douglas, in the stato of Nebraska, notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of gald school district, that at the general election to be held Tuesday, Novem. Der Sth, 187, the_ following question and propo- sition will be submitted to a vote of the electors of sald district, to-wit: “shall consent and authority be given to the Board of Education of the School District in Omaha, in the county of Douglus, in the state of Nebraska, to issue the honds of said school dis- trict, in the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (8200,000), the said bonds to be 20 in num- ber, Of the denoinination of #1,000.00 each, dated January 1st, 18, and to bear iiterest at the rate of five ‘per 'cent’ per wunum, pavable semi-an. nually &t Kountze Brothe nkers, New York, principal to become due’ in twenty years from’ the dite thereof, The proceads wrIME from the sale of said bonds to beused in the urchase of school sites for sald district, and he erection of school butldings as follow: PURCHASING SCHOOL BITKS. One site on Hamilton strect street at the estimated cost of §,000,00, Ome site on 30th and Jacksou streets at the es- timated cost of $5,500.00. One kite in West Side Addition at the esti- muted cost of #2,000.00, One site in Ambler Blace Addition at the esti- mated cost of §3,000,00, Oue site corner ith street near Bancroft at the estimated cost of #8,000.00, One site on 4th siveet near Park Forrest Ad- dition at stimated cost of 2, One si ner of ah 5 &t the st One site corn i the estimated cost of ERECTING SCHOOL BUILDINGS. One school building on 25th near Muson street at the estimated cost of #0,000.00. One school building on Zird street near Nicho las street, at the estimated cost of $10,00.00, One sctiool building on §th street’ near Ban- croft, at the estimuted cost of 000,06, _Oné sehool building on_ Hanlton st ‘eka strect, at the estimates pst of ) e school bullding in Lake's addition, s. the estimated cost of £52,50.00, All votes “Yes" on said proposit! 500,00, n_will be zing (he d bonds, and all votes “No™ snall be rd ed and considered as against issuing said 5. o, the following quastion and proposition 11 like manner, be submitted: all said Board'of Education in addition to the aforesaid prop penditure for the purs chiase of nchool aftes und. the erection of school bufldings from the proceeds of said bouds, be authorized to expend the followlng sums, to be realized from the sale of school property now belonging to said school district, and not re- quired for the use thereof, as follows, to-wit: For an addition to High School billding, the st of 850,00.00, For school building on Boulevard street near 21st street, the s::m Of £25,000.00 All yotes “Yes” on sald proposition will he régarded and considered as wuthorizing said Jroposed expendicure, and all votes “No'” shull o regarded as against sald. proposed expendl- ture, y order ot the Board of Education of the School District in Omaha, in the county of Douglas, in tha state of Nebraska, In witness whereof, 1 have herennto set my hand aw cansed the seal of sald School Board to be afixed, this 20th day of October, A, D, 86T, o T H.T. CLARKE, Prestdent, Autest; J. B, PIER, Becetary. osidlat will, NOVEMBER 6, 1887~SIXTEEN PAGES. THE JERSEY LILY SNUBBED Mrs. James Brown Potter Gives Her the Cold Shoulder, SECOND HAND TOILETTES The Fashionable Variety Theater-- Style in Pocketbooks—Mr. Stebs bins on the Road—Clara Belle's Letter. NEW Yorx, Nov. 3.—[Correspondence of the BEE.]=The swells had a curious competitive exhibition of beautiful girls the other night at the Meadowbrook club house, where a ball followed a day of riding to hounds. It had been a great event for the spectacularly fashe ionable set,and the most exquisite belles and beaux of Fifth avenue had bumped the backs of their horses in miles of equestrianism across Weschester fields, There arose a discussion of the com- parative beauty of some of the famous society girls present, and Tom Howard, anoted leader of the German, proposed a cotillion in which the selected loveli- ness of eight girls should be brought together for admiration and comparison. This plan was vealized, and it isn't likely that any ballet ever danced had a more intensely interested lot of spectators. You have seen the eagerness of a street orowd to sce a fight between newsboys—how they jostle and hush to get a view of the contestants? Well, this was awfully polite, of course, and it would be sacrilege fo liken the dancers to ragmuffing but the same of steuggle to see them was there, Some of the names of the beauties may be familiar to you at a distance, and heve in town they synonyms for ing comeliness, They were Adele May Brady, Esther Conant, Story, Mamie Winslow, R Mollie Warner and Bessie Bigelow, Their partners are only worth mention- ing as being, like themselves, well within the charmed cirele of the Astors. It was . memorable quadrille, but the witnesses conld not agree as 10 who was the queen of it. There is one question, howev this same coterie has settled for Murs. James Brown Potter expected artistic failure in her theatri- cal debut this week, but who neverthe- less stirred the town by it, is not to he 1lly boyeotted for becoming o pro- sionnl aetres: Murs. Willinm Astor s had her to dinner, and that is con- i The line of {aboo runs beyond , but this side of Mrs. Lang- vi and it wos with a - distinet purpose and policy that Mvs. Potter snuhhed Mis, Langtry when they chameed to meet on the stage where wis ve- hewring and the other 11 LONDON BEAUTY, had snevificed her standing in for her love of Fred bliod, New York heg t to keep her position. Although T koo ut fond of saying that women think aud talk of littl se than dress cand in spite of the very worst thut 1 supposed was true of us, I confess thot 1 re- ceived a shock when a little lady of my nequaintance let me {uto whnt she led “her little game” for dressing ishly on a thousand a year, She took me to w pretentions dwelling in Murray Hill, where | fovad the walls of what was onee the parlor hung with dresses three deep, and piles of others on the tub! 'um{ chairs. The dwmf of aman in charge of the pl friend warmly, and asked her whetl she wanted au indoor or walking Womanlike she replied that she w to see whatever he had. At t hegan 1o tuke down one dress after another, always accompanying the gown with some remack as, “Here is one which [ will tell you in strict confidence I got from Mrs. Rhuinelander,” or “Here s a perfect beauty made by Worth only three months ago for Mrs. Vanderbili, only 860 {0 you. Every gown was coupled with the name of sote mnil- Lionaire lady, and_credited: to some no- table nrehitect of lashionable fignre *You see, miss,” the man_said to me, “{he wealthy and fashionuble ladies nre obliged 1o huve twenty tiaes as many dresses asthey can wear. They dare not appear more than a very few tiul in one suit, becanse th move in very small circles, and dresses become old in a month under such circumstances, when they have been wora before all the lady friends the second time. There is where practical philanthropy steps in. Irelieve the ludies of them at low prices and sell them for a mere fraction of their cost, muking u handsome profit besides. The ladies cave little what I give for their gowns as every cent is clear gain to them, and then they de- vote the money to charity. It isa new fad of benevolene I8 it possible?” exclaimed, ‘that these ave second hand; that they have been worn?”? I meant to express some of the incrad- ulity that I felt, but the man took what 1 said as a compliment te gowns, “I do not wonder you ask that,” said “for many of these suits are not even wrinkled or mussed. To find one soiled is u rare thing, and as for their being worn, I never had one offered to me that showed the leastsign of it. You see how it ist When a lady like Mus. Astor finds her closets filled with dresses in which she has already appearcd two or three times she sends for me. She wunts room to hang up HER NEW DRSSES, Shesays,“There ave fourteen dresses,” or perlinps she has twice as many; “how much will you give me for them?? I name a figure and sho accepts it, or asks for a hundred more than I offer. She gets it of course, and I take the garments from her,” “Ah! Isee,” said I saying no more, but reserving the privelege of thinking. “T suppose I must be finicky, but, upon my word and honor, T could’ not bear to touch one of those dresses with the tips of my walking gloves “You are g0 proud that you ought to be very rich to get along in this world,” said my thrifty friend as she walked out with me after ordering one of Mrs, Jilsey’s last winter’s opera dresses sent to her address, She said that she meant to fit in neck and sleeves, so as to alter the dress from decolletto to a plain and regular gown. She told me that the ladies who buy at this second-hand shop seldom wear one of the gowns as they buy it. One resort is to buy two of such goods that the overskirt and waist of one will do for the other and vice versa, In this \MIIY the fancy that if they should mec the original owner in th street or sit in front of her at the theater she would not recognize her own gown, If it was like most of those Isaw, T'll rant it would be recog- nized, for when & lady ili les up an odd and costly pattern abroad, or has a Paris artist design a brand new gown, she never expects to see one like it, and if she discovers a waist or overskirt of a peculiar piece of goods, and peculiarly put e ot s Benonatt IR same old_gown on_a new pair of shoul- ders. Why, I would no more give any other wowun that advantuge over me hich itself, vhomade her most men are co grected m. than I would accept a dross from a stranger as a gift, but it {s evident that I have never realized before what a hold the passion for rick robing has taken upon my sex. There is something admtiable in the way the little shop girls manage to ap= pear as well as they do. You know, I suppose, that in this cn{ the counter wirls ure often very becomingly dressed, and quite in the mode so far as cut lllll( it A stranger seeing one or two at A time on Sunday morning on the way to church would not suspect them to be shop givls, W they Jo is to imitato the current styles with low priced ma- terials, uslng cheap sating, woolens or velvets to produce the effects they sce among the sty lish belles they wait upon. They have taste, good looks, and the ability to impart stylishness to their in- expensive robes. Now 1 should not go 80 far as to say that they should give all thonght of trying to dress, and they are to be praised for trying to do & good deal with alittle, but I never would go to the man with secon@-hand gowns, if 1 had to go without predty clothes till § died, There is one variety theatre in New York to which by a streteh of propriety FASHIONABLE WOMEN ean go to matines, and it is there that T saw 8 handsome givl performing asa contortionists. Sho wuas none of your squirmy, emaciated, snakish figures, li\m the men who make you uncomfort= able by their feats in the circuses, but & tall, plump, girly sort of a girl, with pretty little feminine tricks of manner, and a way of coquettisbly seeming to deprecate her lack of skirts, She did the bending over and under chairs, the rolling like & hoop, and the other con- tortive feats common to that branch of athleties; and all the time she had a charmidg aiv of being herself surprised them. She was a Saumpson for vength, too, and she tossed and tums pled her big brother about with a grace that made it look casy. Pocketbookshave been growing slime mer and taller for the last year, The, resemble elubs at a little distance, and the lust fashion is to have handles to them; they are twelve and fourteen inches long, and about four wide. They contain one long pocket, in - which one of the tiny hionable embroiderved handkerchiefs is stretehed out, a pocket partitioned off into three sections for change, another long one in which bill are folded, and acorner in which ree Joses o two-ineh square pad of - perfor- ated buckskin in which velontine is wkoed arose leaf. Tell it not to Gath est he publish it in Ashtabula, there is a new cosmetic for surreptitious use when the bloom is mot on a air woman'y lips or has been worried off her cheek. A simple leaf, the petal of o flower. will renew its freshness.for you can buy now little celuloid boxes, packea with two dozen carmine stnined muslin rose i By the application of one dry, the faintest blush of health is produced; a slight moisture deepens it in intensity, and the rose leaf held between the wets ter lips o moment makes them beautis fully 1 ifa hee had newly stung them. is you find in this fashe ionable pocket book of a lady just now. and when this wallet is made of fragran leather, or the saurian’s mun-like hide, or tho serpent’s skin,nicely hound sand corners of seroll work is an interesting articlo. It nt from the port-monkey of a is usually o portly nffair dreadful papers, stuffed notes and l‘gwrlm, and only d from downright monotony by cketof court plaster, and @ few railway tickets. Mur. Stebbins has been AN ADMIRABLE HUSBAND for ten years, and you will sce after reading what he suffered, that he 1s not cruel in vowing that he will never again go traveling with his wife. She is exs ceedingly domestic, and her trip a fow days ago. kept her away from her home bed pvernight for the first timein years, Stebbins was already tired when® the took the 6-something train for }'hihuh!(! phia. A friend met him in the oflice of a hotel next day, and says he never saw a man_so discouraged. Stebbins con- fidled his troubles to the friend, and, though the ca is not without parallel, it is of suflicient inter- est to the general public to let it go. Stebbins says that the journey to Philas delphia completed his” exhaustion, and he was truly grateful to be ushered about 11 o'clock, into clegant hotel appartments. Stebbins remuined in the drawing room to look at some even= ing papers and smoke a restful cigar, while Pamelin unmade her toilet. He spoketo her at 11:45, at 12:15 and at five minutesof 1. On all of these occasions the lady was either brushing her hair, or folding some things, or scarching in toilet bag; andshe would not let him go to bed before her, for fear he would fall instantly asleep, leaving her Jonesome and nervous in a strange pla at all events, the poor man was taking his first nap when Pamelia said: *Oh, v Dt A e i) my watchy”? and out of bed she piled; coming bae she asked him if he had put the cough medicine in his satchel or his overcont, Trying to think of the locality of that bottle waked him completely, and the clock was striking three when he weng to sleep agrain, At 3:15 Pamelia said she must have a glass of water, and he fetehed it. At 3:30 she heard some- thing picking atthe lock and asked him about burglars’ nippers, and how they used jimmies, Thut got him into & cold perspiration with disquicting con= versation, At4dshe knew gas wus es- caping, and went around to examine all the burners. She came ba to bed with her feet like cakes of ice. At 4:10 she knew he had forgot to bolt the drawing-room door, and her scal skin sack wason the piano. Stebbins m de that excursion. At 4:25 she satup i bed and whispered in a curdling voice that some one was concealed in the room; she had heard strange sounds in the corner. Stebbins listened. It wag t going off in the pipes, and he exe plained that to her. At 4:30 she knew a spider had bitten her hand; she must some camphor, and up she got. ) tebbins thinks that Pamelia was out e during a little nap that he had, but at 5:11 he was brought up standing by a hideous s ThereAvas o mouse in the room; she had seen it run up the lace curtain; he could see it, too, if he look It was an unusually large and ferocious mouse that shook the lnce in in athreatening manne Thig discussion and conscquent cxcitement kept poor Stebbins awnke till 6. The man was trying to get forty winks and revent having asick headache the next day, when Pamelia slid out to pull down a blind, ng the precaution to ery “Shoo! 'Shoo!” severnl times, and rap on the floor with n slipper before she put her foot down., At 7:30 Pumelia goy egan her toil About noon g a found him usleep in a chair. ¢, "suid Stebbing, s how I'm going to live if this thing goes on during the six months of our proposed tour, with Pamelia in o new room nearly ght.”? tebbins fac only once that day. It was when he went for a wallg and found this sign on a doorway: “Di vor procured in any state withou§ publicity.” He had to be torn away from this legend, and he says that the onl ray of hope that illumines his tour ig that refracted gleam from a tin sign, CLARA BELLE. man. rotund with with. bank relic