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terestod in the matter than any other country. They had, besides, certain rights in Panama in accordance with the treaty of 1846, Eight days previous to the date of the in terview President Nunez had received visit from American, Colonel Tys: dal with whom he had only one intervi concerning the details of whose plans he readily could not speak. He | had simply advised the colonel to submit plans to the government at Bogota. He | refused to give details con- nected with Colonel Tysdell's mission, but added lhat the United States had a national interest in seeing the canal finished. Their government could not disregard the matter. In conclusion, the Figaro corre- spondent could not say whether any promise had been cither given or made by the Ameri- can negotiator, whether his 1 simply 1o test the matter. IN SUPERB CONDITION, Gladstone Will Be Able to Attacks of His Enemies. Loxnox, Feb, 12 —Mr. Glagstone’s friends were very much opposed to his speaking in the house yesterday, as they wished him to save his strength for tomorrow, Their foars that he would exhaust himself, however, yundless, for today Mr. Gladstone ling as well as ever, went to church and had the usual appetite The thirty-seven questions which are to | come up in the house are likely to delay the | introduction of the home rule bill.” The whips are urging the members to postpone | their questions until later so that Mr. Glad- stone may be able to begin his speech as | early as 4 o'clock. There is every prospect | that a great strect demonstration will be | made during Mr. Gladstone’s pro- gress from his house to Westminis- | ter. In expectation of this demonsta- | tion a special police escort has been detailed | to accompany Mr. Giladstone from Downing strcet 1o the House of Commons. | | | an | v Mr. Meet the | | | | to | Kuggestions for the Mo tary € Buvssiis, Feb. 12.—-M. Allard, Belgian delegate to the monetary conference, has ad- dressed to his fellow delegates & pamphlet explaining the compromise plan which ho submitted on DecemberS. He advocates the purchase of silver at the market price; the fssue in exchange for it of treasury notes expressing gold units, the notes to be of con- stant value and to circulate at par with gold, which is to remain the only inter tional standard. This proposal does not countenance the use of silyer certificates. He urges that the plan be tried for a short time, as it would not interfere with any ex- fsting money system and might be dropped | without inconvenience if found imprac- ticable, ference. Protesting Agninst the Acquit Pamis, Feb, 12.—The socialists and Bou- langists rranging & meeting to protest agalnst the acquittal of Deputy Rouvier and Senators Grevy, Deves and Renault by the | chamber of indictments. A formal notice of the sentence passed upon him will be com- | municated shortly to Ferdinand de During the five days after the notice he will have the right to appeal. Mme. de Lesseps is receiving daily hendreds of letters of sympathy. | Opinion of an Englishman, Loxpoy, Feb. 12.—Mr. Davis, formerly | consul at Honolulu for Great Britain, in an Interview today that the prov government of Hawaii was composed of men of prominence, intelligence and proverty. “The ascension of the Princess Kaiulani to | the throne, he says, is the true solution of | the present trouble, as the Hawaiians would never consent to Cholern BrnLiN, Feb. 12.—Negotiations program of the international s ference to consider precaut wainst chol- | era are still in progress between Austro- | Hungary and Germany. A conference may tatke plice bofore the end of this month. Cholera specialists from all parts'of Europe are expected to be vresent., as to tho nitary con - Santa Maria at Sea. (Copyrighted 1893 by James Gordon Bennett.] Cap1z, Feb, 12.—[New York Herald Cablo —Special to Tur Bee.]—The Columbus caraval, Santa Maria, sailed hence yester for Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, in tow of the" cruiser Liola de Cuba. ——— FOREIGN FINANCIAL REVIEW, Features of the Market for the Past Week— safe Stocks in Demand. Loxpox, Feb. 12.—Discount rates were easy during the past week at 13 for three monthsand 1 for short. Gold continued to Ve n stroug demand in the open market, all arrivals being bought for Austria. It is re- | garded.as a possiblo though distinct eventu- | ality that such payments may be made to | America should Mr. Cleveland, in assuming the presidency, decide to replenish the stock of gold in the treasury by issuing bonds. Tho silver market was quiet during the week, though the tone was steady. The demand was practi- cally confined to India, the inquiry from that quarter being sufficient to absorb the moder- ate amounts offered. On the Stock exchange speculation was dormant. The influence of the continued cheapness of money is seen in a strong demand for all safe stocks. Con- s0ls changed hauds at 9%, the highest rate recorded since Mr. Goschen's scheme was presented. Second and third class securities also moved up. The week's advance in con- sols was three-fourths. In the market for foreign securit was & general rise. British securitic Argentinoe funding loans ad g Argentine loan of 1886 rose 3% and second class 2. Egyptian tribute and Ottoman de- fense advanced 11, while Egyptian unified and proforence rose three-fourths. Russi advanced three-fourths, gl ) though somewhat irregular, were, on th wholo, easy. Great Western gained 4. American railway securities were very un- steady, owing to the rumor of a general strike. The continued shipments of gold also conduced to weakness, The resolve of | the associated baiiks to supply the treasury with gold led to some recovery, yet the weel's transactions show a general decline. | Union Pacific fell 2i¢ points; Lake Shore, 2: 1ilinois Central an1 Norfolk' & Western, 11 | Louisville & Nashville and Ohio & Mis sippi, 14 ; Erie, three-fourths; Denver & Rio Grande common and Missouri, Kansas & Texas, oue-fourth. Wabash debentures g ourth ; Wabash preferred and Northern Pacific, oue-fourth. Canadian railways were depre the week, but improved later. Canadian Pacific gained one-half, Grand Trunk first and third preferred one-half, and Grand Trunk second preferved onc-fourth, The se- curities of the Mexican railways were quiet; | firsts closed three-fourths of a° point higher and seconds one-fourth higher. Among the miscellaneous securities Allsopp Brewery rose sharply on the strength of the improved dividend, ordinary closing 21 points higher, references 24 higher and debentures S igher, Diamond shares continued strong On the Berlin Bourse. BaERLIN, Feb, 12.—Business on the bourse has been fairly active and prices have been buoyant during the past week. Mining stocks, government bonds and bank shares have been strong. Final quotations in- ‘clude Prussian 4 per_cents, 107.80; Mexican 6's, 8L.80: Deutsche Bank, 162.10; Bochumer, u7; Harpener, 104: Roubles, 914; short ex. shange on London® 20.411 ;' long exchange n London, 20.854; private discount, 1y per seut. there and anced 3 poin ed early in On the Frankfort Bours: Fraxgrosr, Feb. 12.—During the last week prices on the bourse have been fairly fArm. The final quotations include: Hun- mm gold rentes, 96.90; Italiau b's, 92.0; LU U 41.25; short exchange on Lon- don, 20.45; private discount, 4% - —~— Buslness Troubles. Wirkesnagng, Pa., Feb. 13.—Banker F. V, Rockefellow made an assignment yesterday % William Stoddard, a prominent merchant and a heavy depositor. Stoddard will file bonds in the sum of $500,000 on Monday next, | dent-elect Cleveland than | some interview | yet, | annual appropriations for pens | world | all of this week unles A statement of the bank'saffairs will be made at once. CLEVEEAND'S INAUGURATION Preparations That Are Making to That Great Event, STATE GOVERNORS WHO WILL BE PRESENT Hev n Thousand Men rade on That Oceasion T Militia Will Be There Nothing Will Be Lacking. Expoeted to Pa- naylvan) In Force— Wasnixeroy, D, C., Feb, 12.—The work of the committees having charge of the cere- monices incident to the inauguration of Presi is progressing satis factorily. General McMahon and Colonel Corbin, who have supervision of the arrangements of the i danly receiving letters from military anizations all the United States for positions. More hundred organizations (including Tammany) have thus farreported a probable strength of over 17,000 men to form in line on March 4. The governors of the followini named states have notified the committe that they will be in late, accompanied by members of their respective staffs and in many instances by independent military : Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mary- land,” Nbrth Carolina, South _Caroling Virginia, Wlinois, Louisiana and Wisconsin It is almost certain that a majority of the governors of the remaining states will o present, but as ye ¢ have not notified the committee, v, as usual, will send the largest representation of any stat Its full national guard of 8,600 men will be in line. New York will send its erack organi- zations—the Seventh and Sixty-ninth regi- ments—and probably company A of the Thir teenth regiment (Brooklyn). “There is_every probability that the inau- guration of March 4, 1803, will surpass all its predecessors. TO CONGH over a KSSMAN O'NEIL. Geperal Welssart Addresses to Him an Opes Letter, Provipesce, R. 1, Feb, 12.—General A, © Weissart, commander-in-chief of the Grand Avmy of the Republic, furnishes for publica- tion a letter addressed to Congressman O'Neil of Massachusetts, in which he says L notice in the papers that you quote me in approval of your proposed mendment to pension | lation affecting fons of inmates of soldiers' homes. Later, I received your letter of the 4th inst., asking endorsement of snid to have been held me on that specific point. Uncertain whe represented or misrepresented in that inte view, Isay to you that while Tam in favor | of legi u giving a major portion of the pension tes of a home to his family, if has no family, 1 say let' him ve it all, ST amounts to 50 cents per day. For your pr posed amendments as published, I have no favor. ul caleutated to | benefits her secured to vet- or their widows. Your restriction to | less thav 8600 a year is particularly obnox ious because it requircs public acknowl- edgement of poverty. Health and loyalty were all that Lincoln asked of us when ) were u babe, and we were battling to | serve a congress for you to sit_in. 1 _com- mend for your consideration the .word: another son of Massachusetts, as he voiced | the country’s estimate of the services of the | founders of the republic. who were survivors | in his time: i. e., Lreferto We war is usterly repugnant to cven average manhood, _“In the body of which youare a member sits many a man who fought us man-fashion, open and above board, front face, but 1 haz- ard the prediction none of them could be in- duced to lead in such a fight as you are muking, “You ¢ morning existing is. ati in he h ¥ out against the sum total of the anny ons. and eap- italists and cowards comprise the majority of those who applaud. Figure the total on all pensions from '65 to 03, and it is little | more than the amount paid in the same time, for interest alone, to the bondholde; He bought his bond always below par, at times as low as 35 cents. Tho men I now nave the honor to command, and their deceased comrades endorsed those bonds with their heart's blood, and by their valor put them on the road to par, and at a premium in the financial markets of the With tremendous unanimity they stood for honest money in peace, insisting that Uncle Sam's promise to the bondholder should be redeemed at 100 cents on the dollar with all interest, and payable in"gold. *“The next president of the United States | goes into oftice, having been ed for by hundreds of thousands of veterans. I ha no criticism for their course. The soldier earned the right to vote as he pleases, be it democratic. republican or populist. If some of them, advanced in years, enfeebled by di ease, see fit to totter to the polls and ~ vote the mugwump ticket, that is their right, and I beg you to stop this warfare which will drive them to lay aside their consideration of other matters germane to our system of government, and tend to weld them into a nearly solid politi- cal mass. Your present course, If per- sisted in, renders that inevitable, in my opinion, WILL MAKE A F NAL EFFORT, Cloveland’s Friends Will Endeavor to Re- peal the Shermun Act. faxeview, N. J., Feb. 12.—Josiah Quinc, who has been in Washingfon looking aft silver legislation had a long talk today with Mr. Cleveland and Don M. Dickinson. Mr. Quiney left for New York this evening and will probably return to Washington to make a final effort for the repeal of the Sherman purehase act at this session of con- gress. Mr. Quincy declined to say what would be done to get a vote on the silver bill in the house or to say what prospects there are of any definite action being taken beforo adjournment, It w. dent, how ' he does not consider the silver r less at this session Mr. Cleveland will remain at Lakewood | private business calls him to town. He will invite such men as he desires to seo in connection with the cabinet or other high positions to visit him here, and in all probability the construction of his | cabmet will be known before the end of tho weclk. As yetno official announcements haye been made regarding any one of the portfolios, either by Mr. Cleveland or by the gentle: men who have been asked to enter tho cabi- net. It is practically setued, however, that Walter Q. Gresham has been offered the portfolio of state and has accepted, and that John G. Carlisle will be secretary of the treasury. Theso men have admitted enough to remove all doubt so far as they are concerned, As to the rumors concerning Mr. Wilson S, Bissell of Buffalo, Hoke Smith of Georgia, Daniel S. Lamont'and M. A. Herbert of Al bama, nothing positive can be learned These men may be set down as possibilities, Thinks Silver Colnage Must G New Yoek, Feb, 13.—Henry Viilard re- turned yesterday from Washington, where he has been working for the repeal of tho Sherman silver purchase act, “If all the republicans had cooperated with the anti-silver democrats,” said he, “as they did last year in preventing the passage of the Stewart free coinage bill, the repeal bill would have been carried by a considera- ble majority. The principal cause is the lamentable and incomprehensible obstacie raised by the business community through- out the country, in the face of the momen- tous issue before congress. This seems to be a fact that publio sentimeat in the eastern and middle states is now almost a unit as to the necessity of the im- mediate absolute stoppage of the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of more currency agalnstit. Tt is also a fact that a strong ex. presssion of this sentiment was wanting, and that on the contrary, active representa. tives on lhasomuud in Washington could literally be dounted on the fingers of one hand. ‘‘What do you think of the prospect for the repeal of the Sherman law " | nature of am satistied that notwithstanding the failures in the senate ana house, the country will be relioved of this fatal incubn long. i pin my faith in absolute that as the silver disease has acute sta is already causing serious complicat and is hound to prodice great difficultios in the near future, and the law of servation will compel the consery Ative classes {n all parties of the country to insist upon the repeal of this law.” BISSELL TO ENTER THE CABINET: Cleveland's Part Be Al New York stinction of being called Mr, Clevoland's personal organ, pub: lishes the following names of cabinet oftl s already selected by the president-elect Walter Q. Gresham of Former or to Posty W Youk, ¥ imes, which en} aw retary of the lisle of Kentuclky v of War ew York. Postmaster General w York. ceretary of Agriculture—Hoke Smith. Secretary of the Interior—Congressman W. L. Wilson The Times adds that Mr. Bissell's letter of acceptance, if not al.eady sent. will be mailed to Mr, Cleveland at’ Lakewood with out delay, and thon says Mr. Cleveland’s selection of his formor law partner for the important office of postinns! general finds amplo justitication in the hizh character, pronounced abilitios and forceful the man selected. M. Bissell not only stunds high in the legal profession, but he ds s jous and suc s<ful business man with an tive capacity that s remarki- ble. The hat Mr, Bissell |k been in- vited 1o ¢ Mr. Cleveland cabinet 1s 1 1o very fow persons, and the news will v gratifying surpriso (o0’ residents of Buf- fulo genorally - HUSEMENTS, asury—John G. Car- Daniel 8. Lamont of Wilson S. Bissell of “Fun on the Brist For humor of the 1" at the Farnam, iest, healthiest sort, few, ifany, of the melo-farces that w called into being by the popularity of on the Bristol,” have equalled the or work. It opencd a wec engagement at the Farnam Street theater yesterday and delighted two monster audiences. Many changes have been made in the entertain- ment that took New York nd the country by storm a dozen years but still it stands supreme among musical comedics of its class. During the last five or six years the Bristol has visited nearly ry port of the world, and through England, India, Aus ralasia, the Duteh Indic nd the Straits Set- mentsit has moved on its mission of me riment-making, and the Widow O'Brecong is enshrined in grateful laughing hearts the world over. And John S. Sheridan is still the Widow, and is, many mu: think even better than ever. Mr. Sherid S per: formance is past criticism. 1t is characte; ful to a degree, and still reinains the best mong all nls A wholly admirable Mr. Sheridan, and the result 18 flaw can be picked in the entire ment. The specialties introduce year better than {eed nonc ave been seen in Omaha this season Australia comes Miss Grace Whiteford, who appears as Nora. She is pretty and talented, ss nicely, dances well, and no little sh the enjoyment of “Fun on the Bristol” is due to her artistic efforts. Miss Fanny Lid- diard, who fills the part of Dora, also comes from the kangaroo continent, and is very clover her personation the mmercial Drummer _bein especially sful There is a_singing and dancing quartet of superior m Japanese specialty is particularly fetching, Mossrs. arion and Post do an eccentr dance, inty, humorous music, by the w ounod’s “Funeral March of o Murionette,” that had to be repeated yes- terday to satis the delighted onlookers. Mvr. George Sinclair is a barvitone-tenor of fine voice who sings soveral capitul songs. But what “took” the people yesterday, and is likely to take and hold them all week, was the singing of a real imported Paris chanteuse, whose nume is Mile. Blande S| grist. Sh sang a modern French chanson with a chic thut was captivating. Then, in response to o vociferous encore, she sang ie,”” the song of the hour in the east. is one of the clearest thines ever ang as Mlle. Siegrist sings it it something to remember. It raised a littie furore yesterday and booked a double recall. “The entertainment as a whole earns high- est praise, and those who are in need of a couple of hours of dear, rollicking mirth, can certainly have it at the Farnam this wedk. or ago, company supports that not a entertain re this better From “Power of the Press” at Boyd's. “The Power of the Press” is a great vlay, and those who can fully appreciate the best interests of the American stage must con- gratulate themselves, the profession and the general public on the fact that the big, clever Irish newspaper man who has written it is a citizen of these United States and intensely American in his acti s 'as well as his sympathies. Mr. Jessup's work is great, because it faithfully mirrors life as it is lived in the American metropolis, with all the nobility of human motive and action that intermingles with and mostly dominates its baser elements. It is in the higher sense a realistic play, judged from a literary view point, thou the story is treated conventionally, Abovi all, its presentation must inevitably make for good; its moral 1s definite and its effect must needs be powerful. When the curtain falls on the last of the dozen and one scenes that frame the action of “The Power of the Press” the modest worker on that same press who has followed the story from be- ginning to end fecls forced, as few other dramas he knows compels him, to admit the power of the stage and the far reacuing po- tentialities that may be wielded by drama- tist and histrion. As work “The Powerof the Press” is eminent. The characterization of the thirty or more living men, women and children in the drama 1s a_triumph, and the book should live and be appreciated by the der when the ‘run" of the play b ched its period. Some of the scenes reminiscent of other great works—the first, for instance, more than reminds of that perfect comedy, *‘Caste”—but that is nothing belittles the greatness of the work Pictorially, and as a stage play, the drama is one of the strongest and best ever seen in this or a other country; and writing of it superlatives can hardly be avoided. As seen at the Boyd this week fullest justice, scenically and mechanically, is done- the y. Kvery cloth is a picture and the sot hes are wholly admirable, The shipyard ne, the wharf scene and the ship scene are especially notable, the last a fitting frame for a dramatic incident of unusual in- tensity that forms the climax of the action. The company presenting this great play is substantially the same as seen in it here last season. Each member is capitally cast. Each has a fine senseof the author's mean- ing and the talent to fully express it. There isnot a weak point in the presentation and to detail special excellences were vain, where all is s0 good. No one should miss seeing this characterful moral play; those who do not affect theater going for instruction and do not cave to visit & play house for entertain- ment can find in he Power of the Press” much to both entertain and instruct, and not a little that should make them even better men and women. e FIRE RECORD, Nushville, Tenn., Visited by Two Disastrous Flres—Other Blazer NasuaviLie, Tenn,, Feb. 12.—At 11 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the block on Union etreet containing the City Savings bank, & jewelry store and millinery store, with business offices above. The building was flooded with water and stocks of goods damaged. Insurances and losses not yet ascertained. At 6:30 this evening the building of the Evening Banner was discovered to be on fire, It originated in the second story and is still burning, though under control. The building is gutted. One story of the Baxter building in the rear of the Bauner, a build- ing nine stories high, was badly damaged. New Youk, Feb. 12.—F'ire broke out at 2 o'clock this morning in the basement of the apartment house just below Delmonico's on Broadway, The peoplo in the adjoining building were aroused and began 8 scramble to escape. There were about seventy per- sons in the two buildings and it seemed when the firemen arrived that many would perish, All got out, however. Incendlarism is sus. pected. The damage is §70,000, THE OMAHA DAILY BEH t.vhose | A MONDAY POTIONS ASD' PILLS PAY BIG | The Margin of Prafit on Drugs Decidedly Gorpulent. | | pLAA | THIS APPLIES, OF'COURSE, TO ST. LOUIS What o Hustling Threo Pre Differ, Re| 1PN6He Made Up by Seven Drilfgists - The Actual and Ejcutions Cosl orter Discovered You can't afford to be sick. This applies to everybody, says the St. Louis Republic, and after the interest- ing revelations made in the following story of the filling of three very simple hittle preseriptions are fully compre hended everybody will agree with the assertion. The iceman in summer, the coal dealer and plumber in winter, and the milliner in all have long been looked upon as great profit makers in the busi- ness world, but, in the vernacular, they are “not in it" with the pill and i vender, whom, like the poor, we have al- ways with us Not only arc enormou seasons have ion the drugg but th suffor- profits of shown below, The sick and at his mercy. A by a phy ian in an wwe-inspirin mystery to most people—a riddle that can only be read by the apothecary to whom it is sent to be compounded. Ther is no room for negotiation—no chanc for a dicker—the medicine must be taken and must be paid for at the price the druggist charges—and no questions asked. There are some people who think the druggists’ charges are a trifle exorbi- tant, but they have no special knowledge upon the subject, and it is therefore merely a matter of surmise with them. Some of these have written mild c plaints to the Republic and in orde gratify their wish to “have the matt looked into” an investigation of the p seription business in St. Louis was de- cided upon. Everybody buys medicines at some time or other, and therefore the facts eollected are of general interest. The first step in the investigation was to secure simple prescriptions contain- ing inexpensive drugsand to ascertain the exact cost of the ingredients to the preseription druggist. The prescriptions were easily obtained from a well known local physician and a_reliable druggist furnished the required information rela- tive to their cost. The first prescription called for three grains of permanganate of potash, with suflicient water added to make six ounces. In stronget solution this is used for local applications. According to the druggist referr¢d to perman potash can be bought by pharmacists at the rate of fifty, grains for a nickel, that 5 cents would be a liberal estimate for the cost of the medicine, bottle and cork complete. The second preseription, used as a cough mixture, whs somewhat complicated and alsp more expensive to the druggist. It called for sirup of squills, sivup of wild cherry and sivup of ipicac in equal quantities to make two ounces, and ammoenia carbonate and ammonia muriate in equal quantities to make one and oné-hjlf drachms. Each in- gredient cost pragtically nothing, but taken altogether 15 cents would cover the cost of medicine, bottle, label and cork. For the benefit of those who may de- sire to try this excellent remedy for coughs, it may be stated that one te spoonful should be taken every two hours until relieved. A fever mixture was called for in the next preseription, and contained sixteen drops of aconite, twenty-four grains of sulphate of quinine and sirup of licorice to the amount of two ounces. The cost of quinine and aconite in the quantie: mentioned is infinitesimal, and a quar ter of a stick of licorice dissolved in er produces the sirup of licorice. The druggist placed the cost of this de coetion, with bottle and cork, at 5 cents. One teaspoonful every two hours is the manner iu which the stuff is to be taken. All that now remained was to have the prescriptions filled, and seven copies of each preseription were made and seven druggists visited. The Republic now has on hand seven bottles of a beau- tiful violet liquid, permanganate of pot- ash; seven bottles of a somewhat effer- vescent cough mixture, liableto explode if corked too tightly, as the reporter learned to his sorrow, and seven bottles of fever mixture, all of which will prob- ably be donated to some hospital, unless they can be disposed of to better advant- age. The reporter also has on hand a large stock of experience gleaned dur- ing his investigation and a very sore throat, caused by attempting to simu- late a hacking cough while the pre seriptions were being filled. As for the profits accruing to the druggists, they can be estimated from tho fact that the twenty-one prescrip- tions, which cost the drugg exactly $1.75 altogether, cost thealleged patient exactly #5; s0 the average profits were something over 357 per cent. The time spent by each druggist in putting up the three presciptions and making copies of the same for the customer was about fif- teen minutes, so that he received decid- edly good recompense for his skill and labor, as well as an enormous profit on the cost of his goods. The first drug store visited was on Third street, **“What will it cost to have these prescriptions filled?"” inquired the reporte They will cost just $1,20,” said the clerk, in a businesslike way. “Isn't that a largeamount to pay for three simple prescriptions?” objected the reporter. “What makes them cost so much?” o “Why, the stuff./in them,” was the veply, and the reporter meekly laid down the money when they were ready, striving to suppress a hacking cough all the while. The druggist cleared just 95 cents on the transaction, gc¢grding to the esti- mated cost of the medicine, and his profit was accordingly 350 per cent. His greatest profit was.on the permanganate of potash, for which was charged 50 cents, a profit of 45*'cents. The bottle was a six-ounce o ind before the re- borter got through he had reason to be- ieve that the price paid by a patient for medicine depends langely on the size of the bottle containing it. The other prescriptions cost 35 cents each at this place. A surprise was encountered when the xt place visited was reached. The clerk, a gentlemanly young fellow, after glancing at the prescriptions, stated they would come to 75 cents, or 23 cents each. “You see,” he explained, “the ingredi- ents cost practically nothing, and we charge only for timé and skill.” This was only 200 per cent profit on the trade. Coples of the prescription were next left at a fashionable drug store, The clerk stated the pres would come to $1.35. Between coughs the re- porter inquired what made the stuff cost 80 much, and received the stereotyped reply that it was the medicine in it. The druggist cleared $1.10 on the deal, or 440 per cent, He charged 60 cents for the as no dodging him ing a prescription written “doctor’s Latin® completely ne FEBRUARY more | 13, 1893 potash, 40 conts for the fever mixture and 45 cents for the other. At another of the high-priced drug stores a young gentloman with exceed- | ingly blonde hair and gold ctacles to match waited on the reporter, He was very young, but had a careworn expression, as if charging al- most six prices for medicine worth 25 cents was telling on his constitution. He | had a far-away exprossion in his oye, his brows were apparently habitually con- | tracted, and he was evidently suffering from the attempt to reconcile his moral seruples with his drug store methods and the necossity of vepresenting that gold was cheap compared with the value of the ingredients forming the medicines he concocted. Then at another store, where the pric | was somowhat the drug clerk secmed a bit dyspeptic, and his tompera- ment was regulated accordingly. The reporter felt it a great privilege to pay him over $1 for the 25 cents worth of stuff, and was tempted to apologize be cause the medicine wasn't worth paying more for. The proprietors of the drug stores must have to pay big wages to these young men. At still another place the reporter felt that the sympathy oxpressed for his fail- ing health was worth some of the 400 por | cent profit vealized on the medicine, and | then the pretty little ved stopper in the permanganate of potash bottle harmon- ized well with the beautiful violet liquid that it was worth at least 2 cents more. Wh the preseription was boing | made up here the reporter tried a d | store on Washington avenue. It isin a very respectable neighborhood and has alarge trade in prescriptions for e Here the bill footed up to #1.30. The druggist was asked the usnal question, and while the reporter coughed he said: ~That's not much for the thr preseriptions. You usually have to pay 65 cents for a si permang: ticed the reporte know if he didn't find the cough mix- | ture exceedingly nasty. The reporter | insinuated that it was the nastiest stuff | he had ever tasted. The druggist | charged him 50 cents for the perman- ganate of potash and 40 cents for each of ‘ the two others. He made $1.00, or 420 | per cent [ At this point the reporter discovered that each druggist was putting the date | on the copies of the prescriptions, and | | | less, i s, o of potash.” Then he no- 50 he was not surprised when at one of the places subsequently visited the clerk regarded him with surprise, and ex- pressed the opinion that *“he was taking vible lot of medicine.” The ve- porter explained that he had broken the bottles he had just had filled, and the | clerk aceepted the explanation. | A handsome establishment away up- town was next experimented with. = The clerk, when he said the prescription would amount to $1.15, explained that he was lumping them and making | special rate. The profit there was 90 | conts, or 360 per cent. The reporter | a tor was cautioned to shake the cough medi- cine well before using, and promised to It was this bot- the report « v out instructions. | tle ‘that exploded in pocket. Tywo other places were visited of which the pi asked was $1, and at her $1.25. Taking the seven pre- ptions wnich were actually filled up, are now on hand, ranging from to 75 cents, the total cost was $8, total costs to the druggists was one | and $1.3: The | 8175, he enormous profits on drugs | possible because the druggists h public at theiv mercy. When a person calls on a physician ‘and secures a pre- seription, the medicine must be bought and paid for, and that at whatever rato the druggist sces fit to charge. Many physiciens, by insisting that their pa- tients patronize a particular druggist, secure a certain percentage of the profits on all their prescriptions. Insuch cases the druggist. of course, tacks on the physician’s share to the price he charges the customer. In ordinary business pur- suits & merchant is content with as little as 15 per cont profit on his investment. As shown by the reporter’s experience the druggist wants at least 200 per cent and more frequently demands over 400 per cent. are ve the e EDDIE MYER WHIPPED, Twenty-Three Rounds with George LaVigne and He Follows Billy, STREATOR, 1L, Feb. 12.—The match be- tween Iddie Myer of th , brother of Billy Myer, and George LaVigne of Saginaw, Mich., was decided in an old skating rink in Dana, a small town on the Santa Fe rail- road, seventeen miles south of Streator, be fore an audience of 300, and resulted in M being knocked out in the twenty-third round by a blow on the chin, The fight was of the whiriwind order and each man evidently trying to make quick work of his opponent. Myer showed greater generalship that gne and num- berless times escaped some of the latter's terrific right-handers. Myer hit LaVigne in the mouth in the first round and claimed first blood, but the claim was not allowed. In the third round LaVigne planted a scorcher on Myer's nose, and first blood was allowed. In every round there wa fighting, Myer was playing for the and LaVigne for Myer's stomach, It was anybody's fight up to the twenty- third round. After sparring for a short time LaVigune struck Myer a heavy right-hana blow over the heart, which stunned him, and followed it up with another right- hander on the jaw, knocking Myer down and he w; counted out. Myer has not a rk on him today, while LaVigne's fac badly punched and one eye swelled shut a ut horiff and six deputies started in sleighs to stop the fight, but failed to reach Dana until after the fighters had returned to Streator. Dexveg, Colo., Feb. 12.—Danny Murphy and Jack Keho, both light of San Francisco, were billed for a finish fight today. They met on the prair twelve miles north of §Denver, and about 300 people were brought to the scene of the alleged battle by a special train, Kight bloodless rounds were gone through, and then the principals refused to fight further. 1t was clearly a fake and the crowd becom- ing angry, demanded their money back or else a finish fight. The manager refused to refund anything, and threats of violence were made. The principals and their onds hurriedly left the grounds and, some distance north, took a eity-bound train and escaped. Opens with the Setter Derby, EW ALBANY, Miss., Feb. 12.—The second annual flelds of the United States Field Trial club will begin here tomorrow with the setter derby. That stake closed here tonight with thirteen starters. s ANNOU MENTS, Those of our readers who have heard Mr. George Kennan lecture on “Siberia” will re- quire no urging to attend the entertainment that he will give at Boyd's theater, Thurs- day evening, February 23. Tohear him once is to excite an interest in the man and his subject that is only satisfied by the improvement of each succeeding op- portunity to hear him. He is one of the most atlractive speakers uow before the public. All lovers of human freedom ha @ heartfelt sympathy with him in the great life work he has undertaken. He is a grand orator. Every word that he utters is dis- tinctly heard, and every sentence is perfectly rounded, Few men posscss the power of holding an_audience so closely as does Mr. Kennan, His subject is one con- cerning which all the world seeks further information, and that is the further rcason why he invariibly has large audiences. Re served scat sale at regular prices will open at tho box ofice, Wednesdsy moraiug, Feb ruary & unce mixture like the | s cough and wanted to | is | cellor Wiiliam weight pugilists | , | time CLOSE OF THE Farmers Sossion at Vallay Both Enjoyable and Profitable, [ MANY SUBJECTS OF INTEREST DISCUSSED Fray W Mix tmore Talks of Hay and Grasses Husbandry and Kindred T ntertaln the Gathering -Ite tlons Adopte Tustitu olu | Vaiiey, Neb., Feb, 12 Bk, | —Yesterday saw the best attended and most thorou ble furmers institutes ev the state. From all points came the husbandman and his wife, his son, his daughter, his man-servant, his maid sorvant, his ox and his ass (metaphorieally), and the stranger who happened to be within his gates, and made a day of it After Lyman L. to Tie os¢ of one of the hly enjoya crogated in surrounding [Special wles had been chossn chairman pro tem, pending the arrival of Chairman King, Mr. Frank Whitmore of Val ley, asked the audience to “chow hay with him," while he o1 grasses anl hay best adapeed to this climate. of the best full of facts gleaned from perience, and having very lit cal frota in it ' value of was showa by irate discus: I'bis was one diges papars of the session, practical ex of theoreti hay i s 0 crop ac figures, and its im portance to stock raisers with wor was dwelt upon of over was pomted out, and and_curing hay were illus ving timothy its due prominence Whitmore said: “Our best hold s in ye at present and for years 1 i that from seed sown by the hand | of nature After_the paper length, Prot. Parsons, Mrs. Parsons, Jordan and Mr. Campbell from Iy sang and received a vote of thi Colonel K. P. Sav of South Omaha ad & paper on “Mixed Husbandry.” He deprecated exclusive grain and argued the advantages to bo from handling stock as well of the s0il H. I. McIntosh of Omaha After dinner ad 4 paper on “A Little Farm Well Tilled. " hy earnestuess. Danger stocking pastures sults in cutting teated. My g S pas had been discussed at Miss 1ont sing, derived as products The size of any farm depends on the use to | be made of it, and intelligent cultivation of the soil will alw responded o by Mother ISarth in cash returns, 7 Hon. H. ¢. Bassott of Gibbon, secretary of the State Dairymen's association, explained the object of the min u carc review of “Dair; 1ska During the course of his remarks he ripped up the oleomargarine makers, and dvew out a joinder from Colonel Savage, who compared country store butter to Jucob's ring-stroaked and stripea cattle of old, Colomel Suvage was alone, however, and the butter wis passed Mrs. A. M. Edwards of ber of the Imp | ciation, read by req that socioty last weok her experience as a title of “*A Woman's Iifort.” She told in detail how she came by a stock farm, and gave many valuable hints as the rvesilt of her experience, which, beginning with noth ing, has placed her in'a position of promi nence among stock raisers, not only in Ne- braska, but throughout the whole country J. . Fisher devoted the first fifteen min utes of the evening to arguing for govern mental contract of railroads. B, F. Steph | ens, president of the State Horticultural so ciety, fotlowed with an address on “Com mercial Orcharding,” and answered many «questions concerning fruii growing. A paper written by James Walsh on potato was read by the seerctary, the writer bein unable to attend. County Comissio Williams wound up the sossion with a di sertation on improved ronds. After adopting a resolutior legislature to provide for holding farmers in- stitutes in every county in the state, the audi ence sang ‘‘America’ nd was dismissod with prayer and benediction by Rev. Mr. Harper. associati ing in Ne Fremont, Stock Br st papel v mem eders asso sad before giving a narrative of tock raiser under the requesting the West Point Happ West Poixt, Neb., Feb, 12.—[ Tue Bee.]—A. A. Campbell and turned home from Hot Springs, Avk., Frid They have been absent four months. Marion Owen’s farm, some five miles south of town, was sold a few days ago to Joseph | Meyer for £10,440, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Calland entertained a | number of their friends at their home last Friday in a royal manner. Hizh five and re i freshments were conspicuous features of the evening. Hunker Bros. are about to ovganize a | mammoth stock company to build a large | levator in this city. [tis the intention to get o large number of our farmers to take stock in the institution and insure its suc cess from the start Professor Barber of the gave a lecture in Krause's hall Subject: “Rambles in Rome.” The pre will 2o for the benefit of the High school. Otto Dewitz, son of F. K. Dewitz, got his hand caught in a corn sheller at Chris Eggert’s place, some three miles north of town, Thursday, and lacerated the thumb so badly that gmputation was necessary | Our citizens e very much surprised | aturday when they learned that the boot and shoe store of B, Mannefeld was _closed by attachment proceedings. It was known | that Mr. Manunefeld was deep in debt, but it was never expected that his doors would be closed. On Friday night he gave chattel mortgages on his book account and stock of | goods in the West Point and Wisner stores and on his lot and brick store in this city ag gregating #6,624. 'This failure in_ business is attributed entirely to lack of business quali fications. Mr. Mannefeld came from Ger- many some when he bought owns. ate un Instituted a K Pythias Lodge. INSTITUTE | nings. | the United States or Monterey | the hours. His namo was Pat Glonner, and hj | home was in New York. From letters in | | possession his relatives appear to be well off | The physicians decided the cause of hi | death to be blood poisoning, but N vere cuts on his head show oviden ging. An inquest will be held . 1N OFFICER, | KILLED BY Sam Kin Ex- tet, Shot While to Escapo Arrest, Des Morses, Ta, Fob, 19, —[Spocial Telo | gram to Tur Ber Sam King, anex-convict | andall around tough, was shot twic the back by Of sor Zidior while attompting o escape arrest Saturday uight. In company | with a number of his pais he held upa mar | and robbed him and the officer placed i | under arrost. While the officer was waiting for the patrol wagon King made a break for | liborty and the oficer shot him twice, One ball was oxtracted and King was taken to | the hospital. Ho died at do'clock tiis afte | nuon, after making o confession, The oftices will bo placed undor awailing tho ao | tion of the coroner's Prylng iy R EMBEZZLEME Charles J. Clark, a Stoux Cily Roal Estod Mun in Trouble, Stovx Crry, la, Feb, 12 gram to Tue Bee] -Charles J. Clark, member of a leading S x City real estate | firm, Clark Brother & Lates, and oxten sive mining broker in the Sth has et laad ARRESTED ¥ T, Special Toeles n stock and real estate Denver was arrested in Den | tnst., on a charge of embe: just been brought back here, 1 | that as agent for the Colonia company he made a loan on Ne | for Jacob Kroess, of ms, Ia., for §1 | principal and intorest were remittod | that he converted the money to and that the borrower had money twice, Clark has been ) bail | m released on Frozen to Death, Forr Dovae, la., Feb, 12 gram to Mrs, old lady living alone with o distressing Special Tele ik Bre August near Pomeray, mot sath. She was il and dependent on her neighbors for help,, During 4 three days blizzard no one went noar her When a neighbor did finally eall the o | lady was found lying on the floor dead, hay ing evidently been frozen to death while | feebly attempting to light a fiv - SOL Berg, an FIGHTING STAR. | South Dakota ors Candidate for Mining Prerke, S, D, Ieb. 12,—Ther in the Black Hills delegation over the sl | tion of a mine inspector. Sol generally been regarded as the m tial man from the Hills, has demanded appointment of Jack Gray, a Deadyw loon ke Senator Ingeam of Hill City is back Titus Corkrill, the present in | spector, and he has also’ the powerful sup port of the Harncy Peak Tin_ Min ing company. The Black Hills Miners union candidate is Stephen Nichol | a practical miner, and o man who was cently severely injured while working in th mine. He is backed by Representative Fer guson of Lead City, and is making a strong Legis Opposed to iy Star, who has st influer William O'Brien of Ferroville | senator, has been lying low, but | & vigorous campaizn later. | dozen other candidates, but chief on For varions reasons al the itive delegation from the Hills has united in o war on Star and on any of his friends, | The governor is said to have definitely ro fused to appoint Gray, and Star has declared that no one clse shail be confirmed by the senate. A lively serap is imminent. - Building a Big Smelting Plant. DeraNgo, Mex., Feb. 12.—~The work constructing one of the largest smelting | plants in Mexico has begun at Pederizna, o | the line of the Mexican International rail- | road, north of he The promoters of the enterprise are C. P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific company, and the | Omaha & G melting compiny of Des | verand Omaha, Neb. The ojierwéion of 1 new smelter will cause a great saving | mine owners throughout the state of Du: | rango. as at present all the ore is shivped to foe treab will make I'here are also a these are the o ment. Prisoners Break Jail, CuryeNse, Wyo., Feb. 12.—[Special Telo gram to Tur Ber.]—Half a dozen prisoners, 1 hard characters, overpowered the sherift of Sweetwater county yesterday in the Jail n River, bound and gagged him, and ade_their escape. They ave still at nd have probably escaped to Colo- rado, where they will remain in hiding in the mountains. One of them is the brate that itraged so horribly the little -year-ol¢ Rock Springs girl a few weelks ago. - PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS, Juan Boyle of Kearney is iu Omaha. D. I, Creighton of Kansas City is here, E. M. pudley of St. Paul is in the eity. J. K. Prugh of Sioux City is here on busid ness Peavey of ux City ands H. A. Booge of the same place is spendiu g a few days here, Mr. K. H. Kushen, Union Pacif ongoer conductor, s'ipped and fell on Dodge street Wednesdiy evening and his leg was frac-* tured at the ankle. Senator Paddock and Senator-elect Allen came up from Lincoln on yesterday after- noon’s 4:15 train, Both gentlemen went to Millard and later entertamed half w dozen friends at dinner. Senator Paddock looked tired and rather worn out and both gentlemen retived carly. At the Murray—(i.W. Corning George R. Gascoigne, Lincoln; ton, W. K. Bond, O. M. Thumler 'R, Summers, Bast Liverpool, O. Wiener, C. . Dibb, New Yori; J. W son, Cedar Rapids; J. Baum, Norfolk At the Mercer: H. P. Miles, Boston; Clar New York Plump Chicag A Raw eb., Fob. 1 id Chan B. Dale, assisted by the | Grand Keeper of Records and Scal H. M. | Shaeffer and Past Chancellor Will Scism, | instituted a new lodge of the orde Knights of Pythias at Hartington Thursday might, February 4. The new lodgestarts out with twenty-eight members, isting of the business men of the town, and has every prospect of future prosperity. Visiting Knignts from Wayne assisted in the institu tion of th lodge and a grand is reported by all who pa ticipated. Following is the list_of officrs elected for the ensuing term: M. M. Willson, grand ellor; A. B. Gable, vice chan cellor; H. A. Miller, past chanceilor; W. D. uld, master of exchequer; R. G. Mason, master of finance; B. Ready, keeper of records aud seal; Rev. J. K. H. Leeds, | chaplain; J. C. Engeln master-at-arms ; Otto Hoese, inn W. S. Weston, outer guard | At the close of the installation the grand | chancellor made a short address, in which he said that he anticipated a bright future for Hartington lodge No. 150, as its chart contains the names of as good 4 ¢ as any lodge he has instituted in the state, A an, guard ; Looking for Mr. Chapin. LiNcoLy, Neb., Feb. 12.—[Special gram to Tuk Bere.)—Relatives of I Chapin, principal of the schools at Palmer, Hall county, are in the city endeavoring to discover his wheroabouts. About teu days ago Chapin came to Lincoln on & business trip and last Wednesday his wmother, who lives at Creston, Neb., received a letter from him, stating that he was lying ill ata hotel near the Burlington depot, aud he feared his mind was failing him. The next day she received a life insurance policy | payable to herself, but no word accompanie d it.” Chapin is a son of Lincoln’s first mayor, and lately has been i ill health from over work and study. A careful search of all the hatels falled to disclose any trace of him and it is feared that he has wandered off in afit of temporary mental aberration. He is 4 young man of brilliant attainments, only years old. Tele- w. Famnuny, Neb., Feb, Tele- | gram to Tue Bee. ] —A laborer on the new line of the Rock Island was brought in from Jansen last evening in & semi-conscious con- dition and was placed in the county jail for | ~are over night, where hedied in about three | |C H ence Hale, Lima, 0.3 1. X. Craft,Cincinuatiy Beach, Portland ; George L. Smith and wife, Sheridan, Wyo.; Miss Itena Lath Telluride, Cal'; H. A, Kufus, Ravenna; Harry Schickadartz, St. Paul; W. D. Mat thews, O'Neil; W. D. Wr iter, Sheridan, y Sol Blotcky, wife and child, Shelby, Albert Frick, Kansas City Cicaco, 11, Feb, 12.—[Special T to Tue Brie. | Nebraska arrivals: Breyort J. W. Butt, Nebraska City; Mrs, Wenti; D. Hawthore, Lincoln; L. D. Hawthor York; Frank Harriman, Beatrice; O. Patten, Omaha. Grand Pacific—Geor Sternsdorff, Omaha. Great Northes Rockwell, J. Kauffman, Omaha. Vietoria L. J. Drake, George MeGrath, Omaha Auditorium—Arthur Johuson, Charles It Lee, Omaha. Palmer—W. C. McKnight Omaha L Mr., Chas, N. Hauer Ot Frederjck, Md., suffered terribly for over ten years with abscesses and running sores on his left leg. Ho wasted away, grew weak and thin, and was obliged to use a cane and crutch Everything which could be thought of was dous without good result, until he began taking Hood’s Sarsapavilla which effected a perfect cure. Mr. Iauer 13 now in the best of health. Full par his case will be sentall who address C. L. Hoob & Co., Lowell, Mass, "HOOD'S PILLS are the best after-dinner Plila, assiat digestion, cure beadachie aud billousuces.