Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 6, 1890, Page 5

it IRy RO THE STATE CAPIT Eire Broaks Out in the faddlery Depart- ment of the Penitentiary, ONLY SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS DAMAGE. Capture of a Man Who Is (harged With Swindling a Money Loaner—News About the State House. Liscony, Neb, July 5.-[Special to Tmr Bee.| - A fire broke out near the sewing ma- chine in the saddlery department of the state penitentiary today and before the flames eould be extinguished #4500 worth of damage was done. The prompt action of the convicts was all that saved the building from being eonsumed. The loss was fully covered by in- surance in the San Francisco, the American Life of Philadelphia and the South British fusu rance companies, CAFTURED AT LAST. A year ago Dan Shoop went to Mr. L. C. Young, a money loaner of this place, and with a very plausible story managed to se- cure aloan of several hundred dollars on property owned by him and also on certain fmaginary property. After securing the money it is alleged that Shoop sold his movt- gaed goods and disappeared, forgotting to first leave his prospective address with the money loaner. Warrants charging Shoop with obtaining money under false pretenses were swom out by Young, but the officers fuiled to find Shoop. The matter was put fnto the hands of ex-Constable L. Beach, who after soveral months' correspondence learned that his man was in Arkansas, Requisition yapers wero issued and Special Oficer You- man of the Missouri Pacific was sent to that state to bring the culprit buck. He succeeded o capturixg him and this morning turned im over to the Lincoln authoritics, PLIED WITI LIQUOR AN D RUTNED, Mary R. Titus is apretty country girl of only fourteen years and is as innocent 18 a enild of four. * Her father lives on @ farm near Saltillo and in orderto have his daugh- tor learn something more of the world than what she saw in her own houselold, Mr. Titus wllowed her to gotothe home of a friend named Denman, a farmer near Den- wn. Yesterday she got off the train here to change cars and whilo sitting in the depot a railroad iman approached her and by pretend- ing tobe well acquainted with her family succecded in getting her to go with him for a drink of lemonade. Instead of taking her to arestaurant heled her toa wine roon, where e got her intoxicated and he in company with two pals took the helpless girlto a rom ‘whe ruin was accomplished. A fourth fellow, Charles Burns, was also let into the room and was captured this morning at the place by the police, who had got wind of the terrible aflaie. Two of the other fellows have also been caught by the officers, but the police refuse to divulge their numes until the other scoundrel is also run in, STATE 0USE NEWS, The following moneyed institutions were fucorporated today: State bank of Hold- ege, capital stock, £0.000, State bank of Arhunigton, capital stock, $50,00. Midland State bank of Omaha, capital stoek, $100,000. The Way type writing company of Ord, cap- flal stocls, #40,000. 'ud Cook, of Land Commissioner Steen’s lay by the losion of a large fire or in his face and anable to attend to his dutics today. CLOTHING THIEY Thieves sneaked into John Nelson's room and appropriated a silver watch and a blue eutaway coat and vest, LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS, The theme of the gossips today in Lincoln 15 the love scrape in which Mr. Samuel G. Owen and Mvs. Jennie T, Disch figured as the Romeoand Juliet, Mr. Owen isa h Neaded man of wealth who will soon b He has been a widower for three ye over ten years ago his youngest ‘child was marricd. ~ He hus of late” become very much gmitten with Mrs. Jennie T, Dischga plump tid comely @rass widow, | who—secured a divorce from her husband only twelve wecks ago. The relatives of the old man viewed first with consternation and then with indig- nution the infatuation of tho aged lover, but he tumed a deaf ear to their entreaties. As Me. Owen s the proprietor of several Prick blocks in the city of Lincoln, of course his attentions were not odious to the divorced udy aud she expressed a willingness to be- come the partner of the old man and share with bim his joys and his handsome income frotu rents, Owen wished to be spliced at once and the lady_consented. Thereis a law i the stato of Nebraska that prevents a divorced person marrying inside of six ponths, But love laughis at laws as well as Its and bars ond the giddy couple hied sway o [owa where a person can secure a divorce and be married again all in one day. The old man’s heirs were determined that fo healthy looking grass widow with the prospect of o long life before hor should rob them of thele luheritancoand thoy watched the mysterious actions of the couple, Some how it was learned that the two were bound for Council Bluffs to become man and wife, and to prevent the union a teleszran was sent to the county clerk of Pot- tawatamio county adjuring him by all means not to grant a mirriage license to the old man 8 he was either drank or crazy, When the silvery headed lover with his ‘buxom tootsy wootsy appeared at the county clerk’s office in Couneil Bluffs and asked smilingly for a marriage license he was flatly refused.” Expostulations and attempted bribes of hundreds of dollars were all in vain. The clork refused to grant the license, giving as a yeason Lo scothe the old man's fe 58 the fact that there was no witness with them to establish their identity. The pairdeparted have not yet. made - uppearance in Lincoln it is believed that are seeking a state where too man, tions are not asked candidates for ulln.x'( R P PURE IMPERT NCE. @he New York Voice Wants More In- formation. Hastings Nobraskin: The Now York Volew, subsidized organ of the Nebraska pro- Ribition party, whichis terribly interestedin seeing the prohibition amendment carry in this state, has mailed a circular letter to every gentleman in the gity who signed the Bankers aud business men's circular recently eirculated. In nine cases out of ten, toour persoual kuowledge, the letter was thrown to the waste baslcet by the recipisgts, they considering it a piece of cheely impertinence Sor the foreign sheet to question or even want o know their motive or right to express their convictionson the question of prohibition. . Dietrich, however, has taken the time to reply to the communication 8ud as we nave conversed with a majority of igners of the Roggen circular his reply the generally expressed sentiment of e letter is as follows s s, Neb, July 1.—To the Editor of the Voice, New York' City: In_answer to ours of tho 25th inst,, willsay: I personally signing of neatly every firm vitnessed the gnd individual on the Hastings list aguinst the probibition amendment. It was signed By themselves, and with a full knowledge of what they were doing. The list represents fully % per cent of the commercial iuterest of this city. It alio represents the men who Bhave contributed noless than i5 per cent o f all the money used for public, charitable and yeligious purposes in - Hastings. Mu:f‘ of lcers ghese men are members and o of our varous eligious denomi- pations, end we are proud of gheir true christian aod moral characters. 1 know, either personally or by reputation, mearly all of the men who have signed the same document in the other cities of the state, sud I know that to them is largely due the Building upof our commercial, religious and elucntional Institutions 10 8 point far above any other state in the union, considering age end population. You cannot legislate brains oha wil power into those who need them to Fosist unnatural desives and passions. Hu- manity can only bo bettered by example, moral suasion and education, uot by law, fa- maticism or racks of torture, The religion of Turkey forbids the use of pleoholic stimulants. The Turks desires and ions have taken another form, and we Q mlw result, The sturdy, large-braived, greatest oducators tions in the world. High license, backed by o heavy bond with atrict laws and severs punishments for of- fenses for violating the same, naturally makes detectives out of the legitimats dealer, who complies with the law, to see to it that no Hquor is sold through 'any of the methods employed for obtaining the same in prohibi- tion states, Without licenso all men who de- s11¢ to use or sell liquo yually interestod in protecti n their violations of the law. In conclusion T would stiggest, that in much as you are working in the interest of God, home and morality, withoutany mere ary thought. whatover, that you be . Ploy your time and talents advancingand edi- cating the unfortunate people of prohibitic Tutkey, rathor than endangering the pros- perity of a states that by wise and conse tive action, has accompiished more in shorter time than any other state or nation to buildup a reputation religiously, educa tionally, morally and financially Personally, I” am_ vice presid Business Men and Banker's asso never have used intoxicatin nks or to- acco; and thero are many others in this as- on who arealsototal abstainers, Yours respectfully, C. H. DEiTRici. aund educational v it of the tion and The Independent People's Call, Lixcoty, Neb, July 5.—[Special to Tne Bik.]—The call for a people’s independent state convention has been issued, as follows : In pursii ot the duty devolvin by the above uppointn we he thata people’s independe will l Bohanan | esdy, 1800, nt 2 weing in nomir owing stalc vernor, sc unfs, s missioner , superinte d’ the tr for the purp didates for th nor, lleutenant auditor of public Trer, atlorney gon Tie Innds and buildi public instriction o on of ot s that muy properly come betore the convention. Al persons who aecept th ration of prineipies publish ¢ by the people's committo reby fnvited to par- of delegntes to this tivipate In the selectio dless of pust paliti- people’sconvention, re eal uffiliations. Wo also ro in the T poli- yran s diiferent precin ing places tocl cony ntions on and that tho del ¥ eonvention to choose d state convention on Saturday afternoon. We also re mmend that county conventions appoint co. tees for the conduct of the e g Wo also recommend that the delesntes chosen in the First congressional district con- stitute n congressional convention for th distrietto be convened i adjournment of the state ¢ No proxies will be nd prosent will cast the full vot yunty. The di ent countles will be entitled Aclegates as follows, bused upon the ndustrial 1 sald countivs, viz comuiit- Adims.. ney Arthur svn Pl 7 Anto! a1l 5 mbaii | caster, Ao Hane Hrown Bufflo 1i{Re 1Wii 4| itichardson Douing . Dundy .. Fillmoro Thurston aliey. ... 1H Washington. i Hamiiton. HMarlur 1 Wi 3 EIRYeaTs Wobster, Hiteheock . 1 eeler Halt 15 YOrk. oot Fow 11 Unorganived ter. Eloo! 3§ Jefferson. .. “Total. Jolnson, J. BURROWS, 3L CHADDOCK The above call fs accompanied by the fol- Lowing address : Orlrinally neall was lssuod by the alliane > several counties for a distinetively a » convention. This not being thought In ee with the constitution, andit Leing sueh aconvention might disrupt ts promoters thought it best to ir eall, and wdect ition fora people’s indepe 18 8 Ttwasex prossly ing the ul 3 1oty ed in the most unanimous aprising of the People that s ever taken place in the coun- try. Ti1s probable that nearly or quite 2000 luve alrendy been signed to that deela The convention is called und Vo held. While It Is not dlstinct- an alliune " convontlon, o rinctples of the declaration’ are Rlilinto principles and the gei ublic wilk hold the alliance responsible 1 ot tlon and 1ts result hat seems to L duty under these ¢ 107 be tght that weshould control what we Do held responsible for; that we should show that the 10,00 membersof the alllanee will fvely people; th ald see to it that tha Vention is composed of the best men in the State, thut it seleets a good tielket, made up of and honorablo and that the d. smbers in Nebraska. will eles ity thousand trinmphantly o 1 L pled SeLVes Lo su g hore seems 10 bo no doubt whatever abou ¢ ourduty. It is to stand by this moven sth and tike po ument of this state 1 pure not roforn s v, its cannot 1 4 on. Wo pmend that every al= A make it his spoekad naries and aid in se- most honest men to o the county conventions which : logates to this people's conventic tions whicl i in ttend U the ablest connty conventl © recom- mended in this eall can slderany loeal matters which necessity g Wo wish specially to invi ttention to the need of watehing your senatorial districts. The control of i ve orof senators miay v control of the state s for logis- Tation Inthe int No mian should rec »r who is not only support the of the candidates who will not pl honor to work and vote for the interest of the far be made a rocky road. Jony H President Stute Alliance. TN, THOMPRG State Alliance. 7. Buriows, Chalman Staw Executive Com= wittee. e THE WIDOW, How a Hero’s Pension Disappeared Through Sharp Practice, Mary Gagan of Valley, widow of John Gagan, a soldier in the war, who was granted a pension of &,240 recently for her husband’s death _in_ the nation’s service, appealed to United States Attorney Baker for assist- ance in recovering the money from J. B. Mowre of Elk City, whom sho alleges, gained possession of the funds by falso protenses and fraud. She says that Moore whodid some corre- spondence for her with attorneys in Wash- ington, presented a paperto her claiming that her signature was necossary to it inor- der to obtain the pension. Sho signed it and it* developed that the document Whs & power of attorney, Under this she says Moore drew her money. After a time he -put in a statement showing Various smallitems paid and then told her that he had purchased forty acres of valuable land for her, for which he claimed he paid £1,60. Subsoquent developments showed a mortgage of §300 oe pthroparty and she claims a general misuse of her funds. A Happy Engagement. The engugement of Mr. 8. G. V. Griswold and Miss Gundie S. Cobur has been for- mally announced. Mr. Griswold is & member of Tur Bem staff, while his financee is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs, William Coburn of this eity. Miss Coburn is one of the most beautiful and accomplished of Omaha's young ladies, whose debut in society has been followed b, the popularity which always attends sucl gifted young women. Mr. Griswold is one of the most versatile writers on the western press, and is one of the valued attaches of Tur Bee. Likehis fuaucee, he has bosts of friends in this seo- DN T) D [ D tion and other parts of the wuntry whe oar nestly congratulato him upon his' good for tune. - FIGHTING FORTH KNIGHTS, Rallrond Men After the Delegations Bound for Milwaukee, Up toa late hour last night the railrond ngents were still fighting to seo which could sccure the Pythian delegation going from Nebraska to Milwaukee. Al day the wires were kopt hot with messages to local repre- sentatives throughout the state, while be- tween John Francis, Bob Ritchie, Fred Nash and Jim De Bevols the situation here devel- oped many interesting features, \at circular issued by W. L. Dayton, brig- adier general of the order, stating that inas- much 08 the committee on transportation had failed to sccure a better rate than one fare for the round trip, himself and staff would go over the Bur. lington, and inviting all knights to join them, created quite @ breezy sensition in certain circles. It roused the ive of Cap- tain Heywood and made Ritchie very angr; The latter has been claiming all along his line, the Northwestern, was selected sev- eral wecks azo as the oficial route, and Hey- wood, who is a member of the committeo, backed him up. Francis and Nash, however, refused to grant Mr. Ritchie's rond any such distine- tion and sailed in to get whatever proportion of tue business they could. De Bevoise felt and acted the same way. Hesaid nothing but sawed wood. Heywood declared that Dayton had no authority, no right to issue such a_ ciraular’ He, o, is a member of the committee, Ho said: “As our last meeting we took a voteand ¢ cided to Second regim has also did thi on the Northw: nt, composed of Or rranged to go that w declared anothoer ¢ has an annual pass on the Burling- is in the employ of thateorporation. re is a creat deal of inte history to the whole deal, but whether or not it will evercome out is the question. Yes- day morning the Rock Island had secured oln division, but befored o'clock lost neantime the Northwestern \ents to furnish a special both the Lincoln and er, Nebraska's en, and the aha lodges, Dayton gentleman, be- train, which will« Omaha delogatio represent hne have purchs ing - ton, some over the Milwaukee, and a goodly number over the Rock Island. George W. Shepperd, an attorney of Bloomington, Neb., is taking treatment for his catarrh Dr. Birney, the catarrh spe Marr rensas. Licenses wera issued to the following parties Name Age. { Jan Jivor Omaha, . 20 ton, Omaha. . les Dyer, Omalia. . A Moran, Omaha.......... § Fred W. Buntzen, Omaha 1 Mary K. Pautsen, Omahia, . 1, Omaha 1 Mathilda Peterson, § Samuel Richards, Om { 1da Londen, O maha, BR A, A, Eghert has brought suit C. Grifin for$1,%0 on a note. Rev. Dr Robert It Mevedith of Brooklyn, N. Y., will preacii in the St. Mary’s mgregational church this moming a o'cloclk. Dr. Meredith is oue of the strongest and most cloquent men of the deromination. There will bo no evening service. Sunday scuool ab noon. The Misses Ll and will given “Wish Bone parly?’ in honor of their guosts, the Misses Davenport ard Muore of iSausas City, on Thu ening, July 10, against A. Minnic, Homberger Congregational _church, Nin and Davenport streats, Dr. J. ‘1" Dury tor, resideace 2402 Cass street. morning sc at 10 lowed by Sunday school. Young People’s v of Christian Endeayor at (:30 p. m. >rayer und praise meetings Wednesduy eveningat 745, All ave welcome. The pastor cloct, Re M. Ware, mc to Omaha 1 b 1 work this preaching nest Sabbath. The Ladies' Ald socioty will give a_lawn ociable at tho reside M. C. J. Canan, 2S14 Hamilton strect, next Thursdiay even® A cordial invitation is extended to all. neements ave being made to have a “Demorest Medal” contest Tuesduy evenng by meinbers of th path school. Dean Garduer will preach in the cathe this momingat 11 o'clocie on“Citizons ) on “Showing senth pas- Sunday mumediately fol- week, This evening at Colors.” Your vo will occupy the pulpit of iscopal chureh, Kountz preaching on 'l of the Pulpit to the Standing >Lace, Sund. Relation Army."” L PARAGRAPHS. PERSON. 5P Movse retumed yesterday from New ork. D. W. Haynes of the Boyd management, left for the east last evening. 5, H. Heyman of Hoyman & Deiches, re- turned yesterday from the cast, Robinson is vi friends in She will return about August 1, Mrs. Fred H. Martin of Los Angz les, Cal., 2 her mother, Mrs, John Reed, 1817 ndies leaves Monday taie in the Knights of Pythins at Milwaukeo evening to encamprient W. F. Bechel, D. W. Haynes, Edward Larkin, Dr. H. W, I e, and several other members of Omaha Benevolent Protective Order of Biks, loft for Cleveland yesterday afternoon toattend the anual re union and grand lodge which convenes there on Tuesday. Mr. Donnelly, jr., manager of the American Distriet Telegraph company, leaves today for a four weeks' trip to the Pacific coast. He will be accompanied by his wife and his wife's motherin-law, Mrs. Lawson. Mr. Dounclly’s attention to the arduous de- tails of his ofice for some time past entitles himto a rest, and his enjoymennt of the same will be appreciated by all bis friends. Building Permits. Pormits to build woro issied as fol- lowsby the suparintendent of buildings yos- terday Thomas §wobe, 3-story brick tenorment bloclk, London and Twenty-fourth. 2,000 Williamd Gavin. I-story frame cottage, Mayne and Pleasint 4 g 1,000 S L Russell, 1y story frame dwell= ingz, Dod; d Thirty-eighth. 1,650 Fred Christianson, -story frame burn Parker and Twenty-fourth.. - 50 Four permits aggregating...... - A Very Swell Burglar. J. S. Baldwin, alias C. A, Lilly,es- caped from the Louisiana penitentinry and was probably drowned. Baldwin was a social leader in western Louisiana. Hemade love to young girls and bur- glarized their houses luter om, saysa New Orleans dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, He was finally chased out of New Orleans, went to Fayette- ville, Ark., cracked a crib while doing the society act, was sent up for four years, jumped from a train and escaped, turned up again in New Orleans, was caught while burglarizing a tailorshop, twice nearly dug his way out of prison, was then sent ona boat to work with other convicts on the Vita crevasse, broke his chains, jumped into the river and never came to the surface, e Fditor E. H. Purcell of Verdigree, Neb., is highly pleased with Dr. Birney’s new electric treatment of catarrh, il DIED. POWELL—July 4at § p. m. Clement W. Powell, of paralysis of the heart. Funeral service at 5p. m. at the Trinity cathedral, Dean Gardiner oficiating. esting inside | will | | is familia THE EARLY NASBYS OF 0MAHA How the Mail was Handled in the Pioneer Village, THE OFFICE OFTEN WENT BEGGING. A Reminiscence of the Struggl Supremacy Betwoen Omaha and the Bluffs—A Lot- tery's Aid, for 1t any onewould study human nature in Omaha, would take alook or gesture for a foundation and theron weayo—in fanoy, tragedy, comedy or farce--stories of love and hate, joy and sorroy ght anticipations and bitter disappointments, he should station himself near the delivery window of the Omahia postoffice, They are commonplice fices that are found there waiting, and one might almost think that they never changed, thourh they are coming and going from morning till night. Few of them are business people ~business veople have boxes and the free delive Fow of them have homes, for homes have Streots and numbers. They are the *foating popula- tion,” & few from the countey, a few from the erading camps,a fow from the great louses where they are ounly known by their nicknames, and would not veceive their mail if it were delivered, and many are strangers, 1t is not hard to guess their stories. There is the young man who camo west to find fame and for nd has contributed all bis mone toa cheap boardinr house, Tho anious | in Lis eyes tells e story, He wants mittance. The pa d woman whose cyes devour the pile of letters so apparently lessly shuftied over by the delivery c at thie shake of his héad turns away look of despair in her eyes has be by her husbandand is hoping against hope for w rd ofhis whereabouts. -aching hearts which come indow “wnd_though the de- aces brighten at the v missive 1t is oftener that hosees waves of disuppointuent und starting tews. Anxious lovers, husbands aud wives, fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers stand there waiting only to be dis- o the postoftice is here, 1 crowded 1ter of inte e vural han @ Omaha ofice has been throy > within the memory Tiving inthe city, It has occupied @ ner of “tho st when that institution its miscel tovic of blos and wearables was the solitary | business in the village. There the pipesmok- h all of muny people with ing wossipers were wont to congzrc nd | t sver the coming villa, at- | est lynching bee,d the prospects of some duy becoming s town and huving an ac ! railroad running throush the place and other | toples of interest to the pioncers. | ho story of postmas | those diy in '5, when wore ouly and_tents to the site of the future metropolis, came the fe cn and low it could. The first weod the few letters in d dealt then out as he wiers, A, D. Jones took the task came eradu- ally to be considered asort of perambuisting postoftice and his tall stovepipe was the re- ceptacle forall the messages of love and en- agement from distaut castern friends destined for the litt1d community The town had grown a littie before the end of the year and the: postofice becume sta- tionury, David Lindley was the deputy and at that time was buiiding the first hotel on the comer of Thirteenth and Harney, after- ward known as the Douzlis house. Fe had outin the street a shunty of rough boards for thestorage of tools, lime aud other arti- clos used 1n the buildi Here he located the postoftice, using an_axe box divided into four compartments. When the hotel was finished the axe box was uailed up in one of the rooms and everyhady helped himself, A Mormon naned Frank who had left Flov- cnceon acted account of un Indian seave, next us deputy for Lindley. He was loeated me boarding house on the corer of eventh and Harnoy, and kept the letters in « bushel basket. People were all_supposed tobe honest in those days and the citizens me around oceusi and sorted o of lett papers, t tothom. A 1. Jones w issioned postuwaster ar cmpiy _ honor he resigel favor of M Lindl Lindled vt want tho position and refised the | t and the Mormon Frauk rel iy s { himself. In 186 Frank sold out hi s to W, W, Wyman and the postofice went with it. M. Wyman built 2 room on theendof Frank's house and put iu the first vegularset of letter boxes, and it is here that the history of the Omaha postofiice as a set- tled institution begins, In the course of & year orso Mr, Wyman moved the postofiice to bis own buildiig, one of the first brickson the nothwest co of Thirteenth and Dougzlas, where the a printing o mained until o building bflice beeame an annex to wlishment, and where 1t ro- o Lime in'1564. Tho Wyman his_recently boen replaced by, a cy brick block 2 Smith ne his time began to t got the office, which & salary with it. Swmith took it to Fourteenth and IMarnam and r it in connection with drug sto Smith's suc Joel n, who, < idle, used them to spex I me into the posi- the oftice_over to the building pson carriage fac- nment n ace in thoso days, Both wanted a gov ant building and strained every nerve to getone, There were m meet cau- cuses, potitions, exhi nd trips to Wash- ington without end. Everybody who had influence with auybody putsin his our. ving ult the scheming the Patee lotter, wius doing a land office business. Letter were pour into the office by the cart load, and when the final tug came and the amount of mail handled settled the question of post- ¢ orno postofice the Patee lottery was most potent. factor The men who have held the position in the new building are Tom Hall, Charles E. Cout- antand the present incumnbent. - — BROATCE PARLOR, It 1s Established Temporarily In the Paxton Hotel Cafe. The members of the Twenty-eight club made a dos perate attempt yesterday morvning the wires to control the Douglus county of the country delegates to attend the meeting of the county conven- tion they were met bylsomo member of the club, and if found to beall right, escorted to the Paxton hotel, At 11 0'clock W. J. Broatch, Paul Vander- voort, J. T. Clar ke, Jim Allen and Joseph Redman invited the delegates to the hotel afe, where ashort session was held, at which Broateh assured the delegates’ that if he could secure Dauglas county he was suw of the nomipation for _ governor. Paul Vandervoort then informed the meet- ing that he had advices from a large number of the counties in the interior of the state, and that they were ali solid for Broatch Dinner was then taken at Mr. Broateh's ex- peuse and the meeting adjourned, I tho ol otyda Jim Alen was heard to say: .‘i ilo only a few of the county delegats’ were in attendance, we have enough ‘fixed"so that Broatch has a suro thing on Douglas county. I have been in every precinct, and when I say that we will nominate Broatch, I know what [am talking about. The Euuplc have been sleep- ing, but by wking them unawares, we have bei able to put up our pins in great shape.’’ 1409 DOUGLAS-~STREET. 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It is & very simply matter, THEOMAHA DAILY BEE has ar« ranged with the publis hers of the Americanized Encyclopsedia Frit- annica to take the who'e edition of that work for this section off their hands, thus sscuring a remarkably low priceas well assingu larly easy terms. THE OMAHA BEE proposes to give the whole advantage of the transaction to its subscribers, and (s therefore offer- ing to deliver THE OMAH A BEE daily atany residence in the city for ah entire year, and to give the subscriber a set of the Amerian- ized Encyclopeedia Britannica besides, allfor the small sum of Thirty 30 a month, But you see, in these days of steam and electricity, and labor-saving machinery, a great deaican be done (or eight conls a i day, especially when twenty or thirty thousand people club their money and each puts his eight cents into a common stock. You ean he thankful that you didn’t accept his offer. If you’d i e e oy ainal Enerlo; | done soand seen the Americanized edition aflerward you would tou my subserptio in & hurty, 1 HAVe felt like kicking yourself. 1 suppose your canvassing friend a fellow canvissing me forit now, | told you tnat the Eneyclopmedia Bri#annica was simply the most wants siaty dollars for tha st, twice | comiplete work ofits kind ever published. whit you ror THEE OMAHA BEE and | your Eneyclopad L AREULT eacily L SwURY headiah tha vty l’ Soit he was 1-xgm‘enough so far. It's a monumental work words He said, o0, thatit wisacepted as | 8NA cost more than a million dollars to get itup. But there are spoty the standard woric of refirence by all En- 1 On the sun, you know, and there are detects even in the Encyclopse- sh-sp alkking scholars, and in every English and Am ican library, ( Why, no. and Idon't believeit'sso either. Goneral Grant was as well known in Eng- land ashe was in this country. L Hold on, hold on! Just tell me wme in one word ifit says anything about anybody. J S> Well, I certainly don’t wantan encys clopamedia that will not tell ma anything bint the greatmen of the world until after hey aredead, Why,it's just exactly whilo ro alive that [ want to know about th'm most. But see Fers. What you say doesnthold togath 1. thing faid abouy ¢ dead 101g before the crclo >adia Britte Gue s you've trav_lled off therecor ittle bit, my friend. Why iin't thereany He was the en- ant, v of [ Why of coursa he dil. He s il itwasonly published last year. 3 Dear me, what a world this is, to be sure, Anlistiersanything else the matter with ? the book? Why, of course I do Whata question. Why, [being an Ameri- can, I want the most detailed information aboat mitvers of American interest,of course, AllTam everlikely to want tolknow about An English town or county is its location, pop acturesor other products anda few generaltics of that kind. 1see, [see. Weneed an American'zed edi —and, by jiminy! That's the vory thingyou ; areadvertising. Am Iright? \ s Isee, 1see. Why, it's a perfectly splendid | ides; ' The only worder is that nobodv | thought of itbefore. And Isupposethere's a | Dbiography of General Grant in your cdition? Any other improvement? This is getting inte ting, f 1 L Upon my word, 'm glad T told that can- vasser tocall again. If I hadn't metyoul should have been finely stuck. Oh, bythe | way, how large aworlk is this of yours? L And only $2.50 a month for that and THE OMAHA BEE too. Thirty dollars for hoth of tham. L'l have a set for certain. There's | only just one thing I would like. i Why, you see, I hate to waita year toget the books complete. Can'tl pay for them a little sooner and get them quicker in that way? That settlesit. Here's my first installment. I"ma subscriber to THE OMAHA BEE from this moment, Ishallnot fail to doso, and I guess I know [ at least a dozen who will be only too glad to ‘ getsuch a chance as you are offering. But 1 t won't detain you any longer. Good day. dia Britannica, Did he mention to you that you might look for Ulysses S. Grant in it and not find a wordabout him? Of course he was; or pretty nearly so. But the Encyclopsedia Britannica doesn’t mention him for all that. And it doesn’t say a word about Sherman either, nor abcut Sheridan, nor Hancock, nor Blaine, nor Cleveland, nor Harrison, nor Harriet Beecher Stowe, nor Julia Ward Howe, nor Elizabeth Stewart Phelps, nor Charles Stewart Parnell, nor Bismarck, nor Jeff Davis, nor—— Oh, yes, indeed. Itcontains some ofthemost magnificent biog- raphies that ever were written, Macaulay’s life of Dr. Johnson for example. But, you see, what they called ‘“the plan of the work” ex- cluded ail mention oflivingcharacters. They vwanted to see how a man vwould turn out first before they made room for his life in their volumes. Ha! Ha! Ha! Excuse me, but 1 can’t help laughing. your canvasse Jjust issued, eh? I suppose told you his encyclopwdia was a brand new bco Only published by HIS publishers he meant. But if he had | speken thetruth about the matter he would have told you that the first volume of the latest edition of the Encyclopsedia Britannica was 1ssued fifteen years ago, and the greater part was compiled at that aate. So you see they didn’t get General Grant in it after all, That depends on thekind of book you want. Let me ask you a question ortwo. You live herein the United States, don’t you? Yes, I thought so. Now tell me, about which do you want the most detailed information, an American city or an English town? An American state or an English county? The battle of Gettysburg or the kattle of Waterloo? Just so. But, you ses, the Encyclopsedia Britannica wasn’t compiled for the use of men like you. It was puttogetherto be used by Englishmen in England, And, yousee, they want the exact op- posite of what you do, and the Encyclopsedia Britannica, very prop3i erly, gives it tothem. Itfills pages with the account of some insig- nificant English borough or county that you may never want to know anything about whatever, and gives half a dozen linesto some state or city here that you vwant the fullest pariicularsof, but about which an Englishman cares just nothing at all. Right as atrivet, whatever that may be; I never saw one that [ know of. But you're just exactly right, all the same. It's the AMER- ICANIZED Encyclopsedia Britannica that we propose to put in every homeinthe West. The long-winded articles on petty British J subjects have been cut dovwn to the same length that would have been given them had they been French or German subjects, andthe articles on matters of American interest have been all rewritten and treated just as exhaustively as they would have been in the original work had they been specially interesting to Englishmen. Waell, rather. One of the bestand most complete ever written, And there are three thousand new biographies besides, In fact,the | work containsthelife of every distinguished man or woman, Amer- ican or foreign, now living, or who has died since the Encyclopeedia Britannica was compiled, Oh, yes, afew. Theentire work has beenrevised down tothe present year for one thing. Then an entirely new set of maps has been added, inciuding a separate map for each state in the union, There are a great many very excellentillustrations, too. Ten good-sized volumes, excellently bound. About 7,000 pages altogether, or 14,000 wide colums, equal to about 110 ordinary 12« mo. hooks. And that is? Ha! Ha! Hal It seems as though we were ready for you at every turn. Why, of course, you can get them sooner, And you needn’t pay any quicker on that account, either, My dear sir, you can get the books at once, or practically so, By paying a flirst install- ment of $2.80 the first B volumes will be delivered to you then and there. Theremaining five volumes are being got to press as rapidly as possible, and we guarantee to put them in your hands within four months atthe very latest. Softly, softly. We mustdo thingsin order, you know, Give me your address and I’ll see that a representative of the paper callson you before thedayisover. And if you hear of anybody else who would like some information about this really extraordinary offer just tell him tosend a postal with his address on it to THE OMAHA BEE office and his case will be attended to promptly, Callatour office, where the hooks can be seen. Good day.