Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 18, 1890, Page 3

TOIL FOR BREAD AND BUTTER. Reduction of Working Hours Demanded Around the World, Th Shoe Clerks Have Applied to the Knights of Lahor and a Boy- cott Has Been Sug- gested Evolution in Hours. At the last regular meeting of the central labor union_ of this city Congressman Con- nell’s cight-hour bill was discussed at con- siderable length, The result was that strong resolutions were passed endors ing its provis- fons and urging the congressmen from this state to vote for its passage. The bill reads as follows ted Dby the senate and house of tives of the United States of Amer- feain congress assembled, That eight hours shali constitute a day’s work for all laborers, rikmen and anies now employed, or miy hereafter be enployed, by or on be- of the government of e United pt In 4 of extrac which ma where It repr r, OF In Cases work’ more t alendar day for the prof or human lite: Provided, es the laborers, workmen, hanies so employed and working to ex- ceed elght hours per calendar duy shall bo pald on the basis of elght hours constituting aday's work. 2, That all contracts hereafter made by or on behalf of t pment of the United States with any corporation, person, or per- Ko for the performunce of any work or the furn ny miaterial manufa s United States, shall be de considered as made on thie constitutin y's work; ful for I corporation, juire or permit any labo mechanic 1o work more th ndar day in dofng st 1z such material, except and upon the conditions provided i one of this act. See, i Thit any ofticer of the government of the United Stutcs, or any person acting under or forsuch officcr, or any contractor with the United Stater or other pérson violating any of the proviglons of this act, sl for wifense be punished by u find not less than £ nor. more ‘thun 8100, or imprisonment not more than six months, or be both fined and fmprisoned in the discretion of the court. In speaking upon the subject the prominent ml'mhx‘rs of fm‘ Knights of Labor in this city advanced the theory that it is only a question of i short time when such arule, if not u law, will be in force in every state in the union. They say this is only the beginning of the great reform that in time will sweep over the entire land, and to prove their theory, point, to the advancement made m this direction within the past fifty yenr: In conversation with an old man yesterday, one who has been a Knight of L i the order was in its infancy, the latter Wedl do I remember fifty years ago when aday's work begun at sunrise and ended at sunsct, We thought nothing of the practice as the example was set by our forefathers,and what wus good enough for them was frood enough for us, But as time rolled on and we became educated, we concluded the hours wert t0o long, and that by shortening them we would not only be benefitting ourselves, but would be adding to the intererts of our employers. We made the demand and a da; labor was reduced to twelve hours. In t rut we worked along for years, but again wo comumenced to think, and “observing the im- ~aprovement the twelve hour systom had rought, we made another demand, insisting that ten hours should constitute a working day. This met with opposition at first, but after a little time we were victorious and the on was granted, both employer and employe being satisfied. To make a long sto) & y short wo arrived at the conclusion that in creating the world God had divided time in such a manner that the day wus_composed of twenty-four hours of time, and in this division He had intended that cight hours were for lubor, eight for sleep and eight for rest. Following out the wple of His infinito wisdom, we are now before the people with our demand, which to evecy thinking man must secmn just and right.” The Father of Shorter Hour; OThe 14th of May stands in the calendar of industrial progress as the anniversary of the bivth of Robert Owen, the most famous labor champion of the nineteenth century. In these days of struggle for shorter hours the virtues of this great philanthropist are naturally called up. Nothing could have been more pitiable that the condition of the working class in England when he began his grand efforts to awmeliorate it, about the be- ginning of this century. tanding on a hill overlooking his factories, thisyich and powerful manufacturer reflected that they were filled with wretched men, .. Women and children, doomed to from twelve ) gragfifteen hours of daily labor, and to enjoy cek atlly more of the comforts and refincments °f $1,5° " than his horses and cattle. His lieart arff Shscience were stirred, and from that yie determined to devote his fortune to msing labor attractive and remuncrative and blending it with education and self- respert. One of the first means adopted by Owen was to secure shorter hours. Not being able withall his wealth to enlist the Loudon Tim in the cause he hived its space and printed Lis ideas as advertisements. No sooner did the -hour movement spread than all the leading jowrnals of Eng- land strenuously opposed ‘it. They said it would ruiu British iudustry, encourage idle- ness and increase crime. i short, such a movement, they said, was akin to treason to the state, Yet the moveme of education grady t went on, and a campaign lly succeeded in winning over other manufacturers, members of par “incut and the press, until at last ten hours came to be a legal day’s labor in Great Brit- ain, In the debates in parliament all the argu- ments of conservatism were exbausted to "nlnvw that twelve or fourteen hours was the roper thing for the highest moral welfare of Japor. The Josoph Cooks of those diys wero especially lous in showing that if the work ingman was given any considerable margin u their labor and sicep he would be to make a bad use of his time and money. theman_who should raise in parlia- ment and move for twelye hours as o legal day’s work would probably be carried out us a lunatic. “This movement for shorter hours is proper- 1y an educational one. The workingmen now itating it are moving steadily, rationally and peacefully forward. The constant in- creaso of prodictive power makes it just that the workingman should enjoy his share of the saving of labor, and in the end justice will ore vail. Will It Be a Boycott? Although little is said, the movement on the part of the clerks in the retail shoe stores of the city for a reduction of hours of labor is by no means dead, Some time ago, when the subject was taken nder advisement, a petition was clr- culated among the dealers, and signed by all the leading firms with the exception of three. A LEADER OF THE GREAT MOVEMENT | OMAHA DAILY BEE, 'EEN which is to boycott the houses come o terms Yesterday o prominent worker in the cen tral labor union said : “The shoe clerks have asked us to aid them and as co-workers in the same cause, we are in duty bound, by the otligations of our order, to give them the tance we can assic in the way of affording re | “How will you go about it!" was asked “There are various ways" he replied, “but the most effective is the boycott “In Omaha we have from 10,000 to 15,000 men who belong to societies organized to further the interests of the laboring classes, and should we order a boycott, there is no | doubt all, or at least nearly all of these men and their families would give these stores a most severe letting alone, |~ ‘“The shoe clorks have just cause for com- | plaint, as it is a most notorious fact that, | under'the present system, they npelled to labor from twelve to fif hours each »day, while men in other lines of trade " work only from nine to ten hours, and receive as good, if not better, wages, “We don't care to go before the public just at present upon this proposition, as the clerks have not yet entered into full fellowship, but when they do, and then come to us, they can make their demand, and rest assured it will | be granted, with no half-way ground | “1feel safe in saying that not a merchant in Omaha has any desire to see a fivm boy cotted, because it means the loss of busi- ness; but, if the oceasion demands, and the boys' want our help, the manifesto will go forth." The clerks fully understand what course the central labor union will expect them to pursue and will act accordingly. Thero is now no doubt but that within_ the next ten /8 or two weeks they will perfect an anization and _apply for the protec | tion which the Knighis of Labor arc ouly too willing to grant, if the application comes through the proper channel, | A number of the larger stores in the city have already agreed to meet the demands of the clerks and are only waiting until th | shall ask for shorter hours, while others | holding out, claiming i would be ruinous | their business if their clerks were allowed | dictate terms The next ten days.will settle the matter in one way or the other, as o point has now been reached where, if the clerks do not win, they will accept their defeat without a murmuy and continue to labor as heretofore. to to Eight Hours All Over. There are but few people outside of the bread winuers who stop to consider how earnestly the workingmen of America and Europe are striving to bring about a healthy and friendly sentiment upon the subject of shorter hours of labor, The agitation now going on throughout the country is evident discussion. Neithes orlast year, Agitation progressed alike, through va s for the past twenty years, The aving machinery of the present age, invention, ad- vancement in skiil and science, have made it possible to do the world’s work in a few hours cach da; Half a century ago it took long nd education have lours, from sun to sun, and even then the work was not done. Figure it out for your- self. Four hours of work every day by all ‘who should work, and there should” bé no idlers, would not only supply all of the wants of “.n world, but would Ly up a surplus as well. If this be true, it is held that the hour labor should be shortened so as to gi employment to the idle hands und ¢i new demand for the manufactured articles "The great point that has been in controversy is the best way by which this one object may be attained ‘without creating friction or stopping the wheels of progr This year the American y Federation of Labor, following the instructions received at the annual convention, has made an effort in behalf of ome craft'-the carpenters—but whether they succeed or not in establishing the system of shorter hours, they have started the work of agitatibn, which the or- ranization states will move si ly on until manufacturer and workman alike will see the necessity for the adoption of a system that is not only practicable, but humane and abso- lutely ficcessary. It is not to be supposed that because there are different organizations in the movement there is an antagonism be- twecn them; and while all of them are not making special efforts this year, ‘they dwc none the less determined to v ‘®raca reform for themselves at some time in tue future, ‘The plan adopted by the Knights of Labor to shorten the time one-half hour cach year without any reduction or wages, has been adopted without any friction in_ many pl the most extensive of which is in the shops the Union Pacific railway company. Between the management of this road and the Knights there is an agreement to this cffect and the first steps looking to the desired end have been taken. All over the civilized worid the organized workmen are setting forth their claims for recognition in this direction; and, while the may differ in opinion as to the methods of de- fail, thoy stand s oneman' upot the bread question that the hours of a working day must be shortened. Upon this subject General Master Work- an Powderly, o fow days agoin an inter- aid “I sincerely hope that as a result of the ag- itation of yedrs the workmen and manuf turers of this country may sce the absolute necessity for a common understanding on this question. There will be no cessation, there can be none, in _the agitation for the short hour system uptil it is put into practical ope- ration. Itisa waste of time and cuergy on the part of the employers to attempt to fight down the idea, for it will not down. If it i downed this year it will be up the next yeu and though every organization now in_ exist- ence should be wiped off the face of the carth in 1560, the coming willsee them reor- d and far’ more determined to vin the reform demanded and fought for through so many years.” m; = Organized Swedish Carpenters The Swedish carpenters of the city have fallen into line and are about organized into one of the strongest unions in the Until recently the wood-workers of this nationatity were opposed to unions, believiug that they could secure better wages and have as much protection by staying outside the fold, About six weeks ago a number of them et and after discussing the situation in the cast, determined to enter the brotherhood, Last week, of the 800 Swedish carpenter: in Omaha, 150 met in Green's hall, where, under the direction of W. B. Musser of the sing to DEPARTENENT. PAGES Bleachod Damaslg 10 pieces bleached damask at 45¢; worth 60c. 10 pieces bleached damask at 75¢; worth 90 10 pieces bleached damask, 68 and 72 in wide, at $1: would be ch cap at $1. 10 pieces 72 in bleached damask, in very choics patterns, at $1 well worth 05 napkins to match, at $3.75; worth $4.5 0. Oream Damask 15 pieces extra cream,dumask at 50c; worth 65, This damask is very suitable for boarding houses and restaurants. Half bloached damask, extra fine, at 65¢; good value for 8c. Odd Cloths Weo have a small lot of odd cloths that we have no 8-4 and 8 can ver wvery Pair of Our Men's Shoes to be CLOSED OUT AT COST. We have Decided not to Keep Men’s Shoes. 25. napkins to match, in sizes 4 by 10-4, this little lot will be sold out regardless of cost, anyone thas use these sizes will do well to come early as the lot is small and thoy are choeap. 8.4 fine damask cloths at £2,25; reduced from 3. 8-1 fine damask cloths at $3.75; reduced from $5, 8-4 extra fine damask cloths at $4.60: reduced from b, 8-4 linest damask cloths at 5.50; reduced from $7.00. 8-10 fine damask cloths at $3; reduced from $4. 8-10 extra fine damask cloths av $6.50; reduced from $ Napkins Extra iarge 5-8 bleached napkins $1.95; worth $ 2.85. Special—Extra fine 3-4 double damask napkins at #5.50; reduced from $7. 3-4 fine damask napkins at $2.374;well worth $3.2 8-4 extra damask napkins at $3.50; good value at $4. Towels Fine huek, size 17 4150 perdozen: would be cheap at # Fine ek towels, size 10538, at §2 doz ThIs towel fs very oheap Fine danask towels, knotted fringe, at 1he; worth 20c At e we show an elegant assortment of fine damask and huck towels, they are worth 25 At 2 we show the finost 1ine of damask and huck towels that can be found in the clty, many of the towels In this lot are well worth ®e and 0c, Bed Sproeads 10-4 crochoet bed spreads at waorth 0o, 10-4 crochet bed spreads, in m vrseilles patterns, at #1; 14 crochiet hed sproads at 81.5), this I3 special burgatn and is well w 10-4 Marseilles at 31L75; roduced from 32,25, peelil—AtE50 we show a marselllos sproad that is worth $1.23 1 AT 325, extra fine Marsoilles sproads that aro worth $4.50, ked special, as they are the best valuo wo have everoffored. Raw Silk Tabla Covers w stk covers at$2: worth £2.50, 7-4 raw silk covers at §2.50; £23% worth £, 8-10 tapestry covers at §. and 37.5), Theso ¢om ) in oxtra fine colorings. 50, doz nd fs well worth §2 And will close out at cost, our large stock bought this spring direct from the castern good value at 81,25, th 81,85, manufacturers. We call att ention te This is Positive and Absolute, worth $1, worth $k fow congress roo sewed shoes made, now # Men's 2-bue regular price $1 Men'’s fine kan $2.20, regular price $2. and bals, 85, regular prico §5, le plow shoes now $1.10, 5., in Men's fine russet calf shoes now $2, | Men's calf boots of all kinds at less regular price $2.75. than cost. Men's fine B ealf shoes, regular price [ Men's kip boots at 3 price to close, , now $1.60, in buls and congress. Ourmen'sshoes arcall the latest styles, Men’s best quality hand made patent [ We have them in all widths and s, leather shoes, regular prico $7, now #5. [ They were all make to order for us and Men's best quality hand made shoes in | include many of the best makes, cordival, kan { at $5, reg- | early and got first choic ular prices $6.50 and $7; in bals, button | Our stock of ladics’, misses’ and chil or congress. dren’s shoes is large. We have groat Men's fine bargains in oxford ties of all kind All Men’s Shoes, At Cost to Close. Como I'rench calf shoe, hand Kelley, Stiger & Company Corner Dodge and 15th Street. able work of the Secretary of agrie legend further v of the death of s hovses gallop fr Juents the place, and the ers that on the annivers General Van Ness six headle were cafter masons and he Fa bushels for miles ¥ T { wheat 10 the ac round. Burns b sed the lavgest number of © of any farme d that obstinate plumbers, brick d anadva will work but nine hours WICKEDNESS IN WASHINGTOY. res il v believe,” said this ofcial, “that Central lubor union they took the first step toward organizing a society of their own. Enthusinstio speeches were made by a number of the gentlemen present, aftevwhich they all sigued an_application asking for ad- mission into the Knights of Labor. The application has been forwarded to headquarters, and, upon its return, another mecting will be held, at which oficérs will be elected for the ensuing year, With the formation of this organization and that of the German carpenters, nearly all of tho first-class wood workers of Omaha will Le within the folds of organized labos Labor Notes, The Haverhill, Mass., plumbers and carpen- tors struck for niue hours and their demands were granted. In New York eity 170 Italian marble cut- ters went out for nine hours and their places were filled by other workmen, The wood-carvers in the Grand Rapids, Mich., furniture factories ure on @ strike. They demand nine hours., In this city the waiter in one of the chop After tha mmittee waited upon the . three firms with the hope of presenting argu- ments which would convinco them it was for their best interests to close their stores at ¢ o'clogk, @t least during the summer months, | ‘Thé arguments were without avail, the pro- | prietors claiming that, by so doing, they would lose an enorwous amount of trade, which would go to the general stores, hand! ling boots aud shoes, in addition to their other line Tho clerks conferred with the houses fng early closing, and although no public demonstration has been made, have silently waged & warfare that in the future they hold will crown their efforts with sucee A fow days ugo & number of the clerks in the stores favoring the early closing plan, in behalf of thewselves and their fellow clerks, held a meeting and decided upon the course 0 be pursued. ‘The matter was presented to the Knights of Labor who, after approving of their action referred the complaint to the Central Labor union, where it will be acted upon 1o doubt at tho next meeting of that body. The question now arises, “What can the Central Labor union do to ald the clerks Upon this & number of the delegates have been secn and the sentiment seems to preyail that but one course is left o be pursued, | | houses struck for higher wages last week Thoey had been receiving § per week and de- manded $9. Instead of securing the addi- tional dollar they were discharged and their places filled with new wen, In Toledo, Ohio, the bakers and brewers who have been working twelve hours per day, have had their time reduced and ave now working ten hours and receiving twelve hours' pay. The Consolidated pavers of New York city have fixed the scalo at $4. 50, niue hours und 1o sub-contracting. Conductor Jarris, of Division 49, Order of Railway Conductors, is at the Rochester con- vention 40 has headquartors at Mo- berly, Mo. nductor Pacifle represents William Flynn of the Union the Omaba divisions in the conveution of railway conductors now convened at Rochester, N, Y. Last woek all the granite-cutters in Nian tie, Groton and New London, Coun., weut on u strike, demanding uine hours, without any veduction in pay. In the Atlantic copper mines at Hancock Mich., 500 miners are on a strike, Tk were receiving $40 pee mouth and demanded §1.75 per day. At Youngstown, O., last week all palnters, or il ; 5 e SIT o cretary Rusk has for several weeks boen RS R e thra rashingto ve disposition that is often characterized as the | about the grounds. Other spirits scem to Cretary A Louseyord, =) T W hnglon T en i iCF clenent of the Scoteh nature, and when | save frequented the place at Some previous [ pay ing it to the pooe women who lave bren hours on Saturday and the discharge of all | The Slums and Plague 2 ,ts at the National igtowandihieneatorithaifedenal eovei|tlno nesordivg) toftontition, Shit ‘:;;,“_‘,"““‘j;,'g T DL R non-union men, The bosses lave notyet went wanted to buy his acres and build a s \hle spirita, | recolved in the way of salary.. They como | come to terms and work is andstill. Capital. Burns was stubborn and would not sell. | has been driven away all respe we when the | him almost every day and his generos S suasive force of Washingto and none are scen there now 1 e ty e Ly VHAtal s Ce Lt Shote feero picnic ia in full blast and the black bot- | opens with BisfnutsoReid hops "'J"M"“ll)' sumed in the Dorrance aid Prospect collierics asted on this obstinate Scot. e L R SLLE giving out to them8s bills, He has just com. S el oy oo oo kos O O R T O T B G D el O o e aon s et e thio] | plataln et ofeal L e Rwomeniavhi kave/ars barre, Pa., and employment is” now given to R, R S e T A st || e setal uffairs that Wash- | ployed in his department with an alphabet 1,500 nen and boys. & Tand on Which the Capital of Tt 10 | Dheton has ever had, Pheghite house, which | indication after each name, as A B C indls Since the first of last Junuary the rolling | Soirces of the Hell's Bottom Clam wats o e huilt wore seated under onc | alwiys sot the example in oficlal circlos when | Cating “poverty,? wextreio povorty™! and mills ut Blemingham, Aln, have been shut | = pop0 aggociation—President Washe o trees shading the Burns cottage and | the social season begins, has been lively with- | POvErty with members of a cive poonle: In down because the owners refused to recoz- S oh e S s out heing vulgarly guy, The president and | por now ds to give' peop nize the demands of the union men. Last ington and Davy Burns—In- A e Y o 0 it Dt extremoly | ¢ither of these three conditions preference in week negotiations were entered into by which WASHINGTON WAS PEREMITORY. employment, and proferonce whan there are exil Social Cus . rnjoyiuble entertained more people dur- ¢ Vol oo the mills were started and employinent given flexlLleRE oIl M S R rd R L - [ Ehe T e ey hiate beon o position to en. | removals mide o account of short appropria- to 1,000 men. = ose from the rude beneh on which he | tertain than any of their predecessors, ex- ‘lx)nuj”t':l‘l‘m'l‘: llhnkx‘;i \’\m.-h makes removalg Lubor o, Buyas. ‘e Jubok qucetion 5 e | - WASHINGToN, May 10.—[Spocial to Tus | I hoch sitting with thewomsvics' | | copting portaps Prosident Arthur. Thero | &b appears tht Secretary Rusk s gotting the great portentous issue of modern time Be:.]—Spooks and scenes of ribaldry, foot- | (he national capital, and your farm is part of 1s on the doors of some member of the ex- ulp ::x:l|||l\l X fvv.l _vl»;u'n-i\x!,\_ in 31.1;1';'9"‘}11!}'\! over: 1z all othe and making the | pads, highwaymen, African midnight picnics the site that I have selected. The city will utive household, and of course sadness ;!"{“""‘ “)“l'}‘h makeit very hard for petty bickerings of kings and parties scem | and blood-curdling familiarity with the razor. | be built on this yround and no other, and if | filld the hearts iustead of an iuclination to | his successors to follow. o small. About the only political questions | 0y o o T e e you will enter into an amicable agrecment | be guy, President and Mrs, Harrison have ERRY that now comn rspectful hearing ave { 11 o will veceive wmple compensation: if you | entertained avound their private family board the | Of the nation’s capital, and where the best those that great labo are question : uly fragments of How shall the workers will not, then the gove and turn it to its own use. ament will take your somobody at diuner or luncheon almost every day wheir the door was not closed on account socicty of onr first r ns of government held get a fair share of the frafts of their work, | their fashionable sway. Tlis was an grguinent 199 stiong for the | of death and how shall every man's natural vieht 0 Docadence and r fon seem to have | Scotehman and he entered into an agreement [ ¢ o ol supply his own wunts of his bor be ocadance sion seen ave iioh made’ him' the. wealthiost man in the here have been some instances where B gy Wunts of hls own Igbor be |l contralizod in onospot in Washington, ana [ Jhichmade bim the wealthiest man in tho || 5™ 110, vicnced disappointment : L] “There was a meeting of D. A, 16, Knights | thestory of itallcan be volated in a few | daughter, the poerloss Maretn 15rns "“[";'K"‘]" nistaysnior dthlsinnsiowing.ta of Labor, in Wilkesbavre, Pa., last w thrilling paragraphs. all that was necded to make Ler a belle of the :,”4‘"“;'{‘.1' ‘.(..( LR At \ll"i“m‘-_“ We wish to thank the ladies of B e tabyed fleclatiug that the | Although but, a contury old Washington ts | now city. By this fortuitious circumstanco | SWios, Sogvi, oleh I8 W, BRSNS | omaha and vicinity for the lib- mine ‘nspectors, who, under the existing c “r[n L _'.‘ii‘”‘l “W“ m"_’w:x'l‘d‘\"m 1 “‘l"“‘l‘\:’h:}_ e highest hopes would otherwise have \]:n’ 1{1.:\ £ |'lm'lf‘h“‘ B los of | eral manner in \fvlnn»h they have cums ances, are. unable to visit the vavious | thit is x s A “'l‘. e~ | been . marriage with s ] "’“'.‘"I‘;"*I'I"'{’j'{l mako tho fivs cos and el upon those | Shown their appreciation of our Iminca s often us necessury for the propor | glnning luthe troublous times of tho new | lubover and o conscquentlife of drudgery, | Mako tho first advances and call upon thoso | 22 7 0 R pro‘ec on of the miners. The legislature | country just succeeding the great struggle enabled to wed with ono of the brightest | Whont thoy. desiroto bo classed as tholr . Will b asked to subdivide the present dis- | from which it had emergod after casting off in the national constellation. Her U*r“\;x. lmm‘x‘u‘.‘.‘-n:'“m. i their money. Our success has teics. Tt was declded tolovy an nsscssmont | oo honds that trammoled. freedom, wud s thovs fortuno was | not necdod to v b ) been far beyond our expectations, of ¥1 per member to aid the strikers at the sieisrslinaaluiials a9 cnhance her worth, however, for she WIO 18 Ki DISAPPOINTED if correct s o 3 tre Sheldon axlo works, | This will swell theie | bracing In its chronicles the history of a | wae ™ Sponey Worth, howover, for she L 5 S lfisorpsclisylag fcountsougitroats fund over §10,000, nation. Washington isof all other American | and accomplished maiden of all the |~hlxm"lmlxh~u ~pl im:\ 'x'.';.':lwum ¢ | ment, and honest goods and low = cities fstrong and at time: agree- | surrounding towns. At her father's humble 81O 0pAULE AL APA0Y i B e e i CONNUBTALITIE cities w’_\ of strong }ml times, disagree cottage callod many of the leading men of the | down, expecting the society - people of the | Prices V:JII] doit. Our continued ook able contasts. A city of magnificent di times, and often met in the little one storied | national capital to clusterabout her on account | suceess is assured. Muary Queen of Scots’ marriage contract it certimly i, and the visitor to the | hous, Washington and many of his adyisors | 9f ber wealth and social position’ athome, | “\We are showing the latest with Francis 11 of France is to be sold by pital city who confines himself to the wide | and counsellers, The man that she mar She was told by her friends that she must effects in summer goods, and in- vite the ladies to call and see awetion shortly London. Itisa quuint old manuseript of o folio pges. make the first advances if sho wanted to be nything in society, and that no one would was fitted to hold a pla suitors who thronge > with any of the many sweeps of perfect avenues and beautiful parks to hier father's cottage, loses sight of the When the deceased wife's sister act was and her life with him was most happy. John | call upon hier who had not fiest receiveda | them, Its a pleasure for us to passed in Canada, theflovical necessity of its | | SLUNS AND PLAGUE-SPOTS . Van Ness, member of congress o New | call. The lady 58l that shodld not caro fop . o 38 ln T 11 find extension to the daughter of the deceused | With which Washington like all other cities | York, was marvied to Marcia when sie was | the red-tape of Washington soci d that | Show goods, and you will fin wife's sister was overlooked, and a bill has | is infested. twenty years of age. ‘They lived for a time | the only thing requived e honta faiiee- | our prices right. Our number is hoen brought into the senate to vemedy” this | “Of all the dangerous localities there is | i the “primitise home Whera Mareia wa | Dot o the harors to make her house full en | 118 North 18th street. Don’t buy O eara A Groomwald 1o mopherw o a | B282 ithia clty so! noted for, desparato and [ Lot yhen tholr lodly daughter had | ovory ecoption day, with the, beab wactety i oy pEE i (TS 0E K e “"‘l‘]“"jh_\;‘_;m\h R e MR I New | outrageous acts as the now neglected house | B 10 FOHRIUL womuhor the structure | @ grand s ‘The announcement, was wade Over two hundred Trimmed York city the other day ou wecount of an un- | and grounds of the old Van Ness mansion, o | was #0,000, a princely sum in those days, but RSl local newspapers, and ‘rl"»‘ Hats and Bonnets to select from. fortunate aftair of the heart. He was theson | princely lomo butw short contury ago, and | tho rosult’ justified " tho expenditure, 'Tho | beantiful = mansion ~ ‘was * a adisiect |~ We make a specialty of making e mr o O, Ouloans opera | now the rosort of tho lowest und vilest of [ Mmansion is oven yot beautiful in its design | powcer of flowors and a glare of gasiights, | ¢, ordep and guarantes satisfacs house and had been jilted by the dark-eyed | yashington's tough population. The hand. | 404 sturdy strength SEUING 00 PO RO IRNG VOBl RACE: |eroh daughter of o wealthy southern planter, gton’s tough population. and From the coming home from school of the | More attractive. The lady had about her a ¢ As Rev. Mr. Rohrbough was going to an | S0™e 0ld building, of the architecture of the | young mistress of the estate dated a period of | bevy of handsome women and girls, all S in Phillip By e Roing et | colonial period, though built long after the | Social gaicty bright conve rw;nm;.nmr and x-.~;|<'|,!-l to win DA lgtway. by Eotan il Boc ananrio Ilcolonios iad oasod to exlat: atands 1n & boot. NEVER BEFORE EQUALLED ail sExanirors who should spaar, - IThoro yvne Martha McDanicl on horseback. They wore | tiful though neglected park just to the south- | in the new city. The handsome grounds, 1aid | wifs of an ol friend wia b e s oo eloping and irate parents were in hot pursuit. | west of the white house grounds, It is a | out with all the skill of a landscape gardener, ington many years. The hostess was almost The minister was halted, tho license handed | ji1qing that bears upon every line and angle | 84 _blooming with the most beautiful of | Heswthroken when her el catlon at oo over, and in a twinkling the knot was tied v E1¢ 1 flowers, surrounded a house filled at all times e i ifleati IRST {ORT! " KELLE Four yours ago & young Gieorgian asked g [ the lmnpint of the .genius of ~the | with the cream of the society of the rapidly | bigiect it Vivid languago hor mortification | FIRST DOOR NORTH OF KELLEY, charmiig belle of the pretty town of Thomas- | Architect Latrobe, to whose individuality | strengthening nation. Gay routs of ail sorty | & having been passed by without' a caller IMGER & CO'S. She could not understand why it was till ville to marry him, the old friend informed her’ that no one SEwill,) she said, “when aud skill is due much of the beauty of the [ were predominant there and the sounds of b0 610 5 et an AppoimATAOT to West e, | Stately domed bullding that shelters our | mitth and revelry wore seldom stilled. * | \woman, and in fact noone sevof women could OUR MOTTC ’ zot, an appointmen est Point, vR L SO RA e saneliorg. onr o young mistress of the mansion A SR A0, A A O WD, 0 . 3 : f @ this young Georgian. enlisted as a private irl / 1w makers. sirom his hunds came the plans | 1,6y fuim hesought by suitors, and in time | Secoi A $he old cyiablistiel sosisblinaa ok FRight: Goodsiiat Right Prices, an artillery battery, his purpose being to rise | 8nd designs of the princely edifice, and under | gaye her hand in marriage to Avthur Middle- R R At R R Sy gy, —— from the Tanks to u loutonanoy. He ac- | bis personal suporvision the striicture wus | ton of South Carolina. “After & short but | Ioaiy juor mako U, Ber mind to yleld. A AR (i N (AR N gowplishod bis purposo In fust two years. | Feured In ita timo it bos sheltered the | brilliant reign ab tho handsome' homo that | Aegni Iater ho spont almast an ontlro Mock LAS, 0i. AND LASU“NE The wedding has just taken place. Nighest: dignitavies in the land, and its walls | had been prepared for her and where sho | Sng Ul R eI, B Walter Lothair Stanley Langerman, aswell [ Bive witnessed the stately rovelry of the [ lived with husband and parents, sho suc- | foaor option, the effect of her work was ' young lawyer of New York city, met'in Lon- | 9ld-fashioned minuet with presidents and | cumbed to a deadly illness. readily scen, The stret in front of her house don lust scason Miss Gladys Stanhope, only [ Premicrs amoug tho dancers, Now it is given | Her death was to her mother a shock too [ b < daughter of Rt. Hon, Per Rouald Staihope | 9VeF, to the wild org . held under the | great to be endured, and her life from that X e T : T . of Gillford, Surrey, and is said to have carried | #spices | of —the ' EHcll's © Bottom | time on was largely given to works of FEGAR WIS IAIOEABL BATIRAGNS e T on quite a flivtation with Ler. Recently the | Ol Bake pasoclation, ) o OF 40 [ charity. Much of “her lifo was passod | Quring the entlre afternoon and evening THE ALASKA young lady g 1in New York and insisted | (0¥gY, Bottom Herving Packers society.” | in tho'old cottage in which sho was born, | SOtier women. how inV ashington, who i that hor vown darling Lothair"? should marvy | WHEH the coy glance of the artless maiden in | and after u while sho passed away. Her hus: | ywero willing to Conform o the social muire Refrigerators her, but he refused und persuaded her to ro. | e quaint, picturosque costume of the time | band, then mayor of ‘Washington, survived | monts and shose soctals havh net boc 4 Wre- e N answered the bolder 10oks of some gallant in turn to Albion, vured | her for many years, and during his after lifo | cess, aro unablo to pacify themselyes: bt CA Turk named Stephen K. Bobasinian | COUrt dress and powderod wig, now is seen | entortained royally in the stately edifice on | (s ava tho suly T LA D and Ice Boxes came to this country throo vears ago from | 901Y tho black fuco and gleaming tecth of | the banks of the Potomac. He himself hud | upon the last seesion &t the natioss] apital as - . Uy Constantinoplo ind" engaged in business {u | S0me negro belle engaged in the task of dis- | in time to follow the absoluto law of naturo, | o suceess Water Coolers and Filters. Chicago. He got into a corrospoudence with | POSINg of her nfth glass of flat beer in the | and with his death began the downfall of thé | ‘A fow days ago Secretary Rusk was com L : PR Miss Bertha Beman, 8 pretty givl of Wood. | Bieonee of ber vough compauion, who uer house 50 lony famed for its generous hospi- | pelled, owing to the condition of the work in \\ m I \'l(‘ ])I(‘]((')’ t\( .0 bury, N. J., became enguged to her, and just | O G ok WS ever-present vazor aud cal- | tality. ‘Then came the n U that has siuce | the seed department and the depletion of the o v hos before stariing to meet her sent her an acel. | Culates “I‘"*I ;:‘,"\“: ::‘)":"“* When ;nx-mr‘lh-'lxlil-w a byword of soorn and cott- | appropriation for some of the work being con 1408 Douglas S:.ras,, Omah dent policy. He was killed on his way cast, ABLE FREE PIGHT empt. The eye-pleasing avenues leading to | qucted under him, to makoe u lar of - Theloss of her lover and the discoviry of | occurs, Itis a degradation for the gods to | the mansion uad the bretty ik loading | Cuicted unde women who are employed pack LLAN LINEOCEAN STEAMERS the fact that only his relatives could v | weep over. bither and thither throughout the grounds | ing seeds, About fifty youpw and old, hand ] on tho policy so ‘preyed upon his flancee that [ The history of this old mansion is inalien- | are overgrown with weeds. In many spots in | some and homely, ablobddied and . lnvalid L | she died of & broken heart ably counceted with the history of Washing- | the denso green of the thick shrubbery can | women were dropped from the rolls, Almost i p A workman sold his lawfully wedded wife | tou city, The mistress of that once happy | be seena immediately a la number of congressmen P <md = to a small tradesman, or rather lent her for | home ‘was the daughter of Davy Butns, FAINT GLEAM OF COLOR began to pour in upon the secretary, demand o REE two years, ut the moderate price of ono mark. .| “Obstinate Mr. Burns,” as Washington was | noting the presence of a fower that has not | ing the retention of thess women: ' Thoy. of . Thotradesman, well satistied with his bar- | wontto call him in many of his letters. | been crushed to death by the rank growth | course, were compelled to scknowledge: ti d gain, lived happily with the woman, At the | Burns was the original owner of the greater | avound it, Here and there can be scen i rude | necessity and justive of the sceretary. when end of fifteen months the husband demanded | part of what is now tho city of Washiugton, | shelter with a counter before it and the ple they wore informed that there was nat money an additional fifteen marks, asserting that in and at one time raised large and profitable handing over his wife he had overlooked the Passago to and from Great Britain and aff crops of corn and wheat on the place whe parts of Europe. Montreal-Liverpool route, by the ing announcement of the brand of beer with which to pay any one for the work which while in other parts of tho grounds these people had been employed to perf t that she had an excellent set of teeth. | the department buildings now stand, It may | and shooting gallaries attest the charucter of | When one congressman called and insisted | walers of 81, Lawrence, shoriest of ai. Ulasgow to he tradesman, would not budge a single [ be iuteresting to the farmers to know that | the place, ipon the reinstatement of a poor wom Boston, lolphia, Liverpool to and from pfennig beyond the original mark until the | the ground where the treasury building now Ihe estate is now owned by the heirs of ex- | who had been droppod from the rolls, he Hm_fl"w b lrty Stoama . u,..: busband went into court. ‘The wifo was then | stands was at that time very productive, and | Governor Swann of Murslood ascertained through one of the officers i the O L & D, Gian, Wath, Ag'tay ordered tg return to her lord and ysster. there is @ vecord showing that on this 'spot Of course there is the usual ghost that ! agricultural departmen omethivg about ., Sundell, Masngd®; 112 La Salle ¥t., Chicago, Ly