Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1893, Page 20

ST IR OVERCOAT 0 ORDER THE _OMAHA DAILYJ BEE: SU? FL’_—""_ SIS Knocks EmAIlOut OUR THANKSGIVING IS WITHOUT PARALLEL OR PRECEDENT. N IR MIT OVERCOAT 10 ORDER. ED. HART, The Tailor, Y. M. C. A. BUILDING, SIXTEENTH ST., NEAR FARNAM o Bt DbUGL"A g "STREET .. J ~ KIMBALEPJANO * ALL FIXED BRIDGE WORK Bl 85 And Attachments PATENT . ALL GOLD CROWNS OLD CLASPY Warganted ¢ &k, Porcelaln Crowns for Tront Teeth, Remo hlq Bridges at price of Rubber Plates. A Full fat Teoth on Rubber. Teeth filled and extrac out pain. All work wi BAILEY, RELIABLE DENTIST . arnam St3. wBoxien B | Gth and K e, SET $5.00 GOOD FIT) 16th and Douglas | ath Floor, Brown| Blocl. Dr. WITHERS, PRESERVE YGUR EYE SIGHT, —~USE— HIRSCHBERGE B sl & ATENTED July 21311885 MAX MEYER & BRO C0. Sole Agents for Omaha. EVE JASSES BIRNEY’S fighresaio s The Mercer. Omaha’s Newast Hotal, Cor. 12¢h and Howard Surset 40rooms £2.5 per day. 0rooms §5.0) bor lay. $0rooms with bath at 33 por dry. | H0rooms with bath ats1.5) par d 17, Modern In Every Rospect. Newly Furpished Througnoat C. S. ERB, Proo. RECEIVEDI NEW Aln Japanese Faztail Goldfish At750and $I Each, This lot i8 the finest we H ad. The one dolly 4 are the most beautiful spe § nens ever scen. GEISLER'S BIRD STORE 406 North 16th St, OMAHA, NEB. > importation ot CONGESTIONS, PAINS, RHEUMATISM GRIPPE, CHOLERA. most practieal and surest revulsive is LLOT'S “Musta 4 tuvented by 0l16¢ and adopted by the Royil English Navy the private and miiltary French hospitals, and used ali over the world. Thirty years of success, For ale with druggiats, in boxes contalning ten leave I See thut the inventor's signature is upon weh box and lea in office, B. Rigollot & Co, > Avenue Victoria, Parls, Fran DODCING THE CLAYMY HAND Contortions of Bond Promoters to Avoid Dissolution, CASHING UP TO SQUEALING VICTIMS Philanthroplo Scheme of Minnesota Rus- tlers All the Way from Ncw Jersey— Characteristic Nerve Displayed on the Stamping Ground of Menage. The splendors of Mr. Louis Menage, the Minneapolis plunger, in his palmy days as a financial Napoleon, appear to gloss his sub- sequent downfall aud disgrace. Minor Cor- wicans are veady to strike his pace, provided outsiders supply the inspiration, Circulars marked “private and confiden- tial” have reached Omuha inviting secreta- ries and directors of building and loan asso- clations to come in on the ground floor of the “Building-Societies Investment comvany. The concern is organized under the laws of New Jersey, where trusts abide and chi- merical schemes have a haven, but for some reason unexplained in the circulars Minne- apolis was chosen as the headquarters, ‘With New Jersey laws for shelterand the Falls City as an_operating point the promo- ters united elements in which schemes of the “get-rich-quick” order thrive and have their being, The Building-Societies Investment com- pany very shrewdly invites secretaries to take a hand in the game, Directors, too, may come in on the same liberal terms, which amount to & cash payment of $72. This includes ten shares of common stock and one founders' share. A feo of $1 per share is exacted for the former und §2 for the latter. After 100 secretaries and dirce- tors have stepped up to the wicket, with o total of §7,200, the company then proposes to let the general public into its contidence and unload 7,950 common shaves. 'I'his would furnish working capital besides monthly stallments of $1 per share for ninet, months, The bait has an additional cout of sugar in the suggestion of a 7 per cent an- nual dividend and an occasional extra divi- dend to holders of founders’ shares, The {‘"“‘“” object of the company, according to he prospectus, is to aid local as- sociations by purchasing their se- curities. How this can bo done is not explained. In most states the securi- ties of building and loan associations cannot be legally transferred or usea as collateral, consequently the fleld for this species of thnlhrnpy is restricted. The law in innesotu and a fow adjolning states ap- s to encourage hypothecation of securi- des, Menage aid it to the extent of a mil- lion or two.~ Why nov others? The Build- Ing-Societies Investment company should * vonfine itself to the home field. "The wma- terisl to work upon 1s abundant and profit- able. Energy is waisted in cajoling at this distance those who are familiar with Minne. s0La “'co-operative” methods, The Bond Fromoters. The Guaranteo Investment company of Missouri, the oficers of which were indicted An Chicago recently, is making a desperate gmlo koop afloat, Its indicted ofticers ve declded to make such chuuflu in the Saultiple bond” scheme as shall bring iy within the provisions of the federal statute st lotterios. They thus,inferentially at , &dwilt that heretofore they have been uetdog & business which partakes of the of u llmcrz; " conuection they are sending out u’lln' that they ‘“‘Have Wou bt,” and thai the Guarantee In- company “bas foally settled all its dificulties and contentions with tne post- office authorities of the federal government.” This statement, the Chicago Tribune de- clares, is made in the face of the fact that indictments are still hanging over its officers in the federal court, charging them with using the mails for the purpose of conduct- ing a lottery, and that District Attorney Milchrist says that the cases will be called within two weeks and actively prosecuted. President McDonald of the company is pleased to call the proposed change in the “multiple bond” plan a ‘compromise with the government.” In support of this claim the oficers of the compauy are showing copies of letters alleged to have been writ- ten by John L. Thomas, assistant attorney general of the United States, which details the points in which the present plan is in iolation of the anti-lottery statute. Presi- ident McDonald goes so far as to say that “the assistant attorney general really in- dorses the plan, A Fabrication, ateh from Washington to the itly contradicts the claim and say: here has been only one opinion given by Assistant Attorney General Thomas of the Postoflice department re- garding the Guavantee Investment compa and that declared the institution a lotter and forbade the delivery of money orders or postal notes to the concern. He has nothing to do with the indictments in the federal courts, that matter being wholly within the jurisdiction of the district attorney under instructions from the Department of Jusiice. Mr. Thomas says these concerns will con- triveand twistin every conceivable way any opinion that may be given by a law officer to further their own ends, In sup- port of this he submitted a clipping from o newspaper in which it isstated that the juarantee Investment company instituted the present suit agoinst itself with a view to making ita tesy case. Nothing of the kind ever occurred within his recollection and he has steadfastly rulea all such cor- porations to be swindlers and amendable to the law agunst promoting lotteries. As the law officer of the Postofice department 1t is merely his duty to decide cases scheduled to him by the postal authorities through the postmaster general and he does not conduct prosecutions in district or other courts,” “luspector Stuart of the postal secret service,” said President McDonald, *thor- ougly investigated our company and has ve- ported that all our business methods are straightforward and correet.’” \ :sident McDonald has make such a statement,” Stuart, 1 did make an investigation, but wy report went to Washington and he has no authority tosay that it commends his business methods. My report does point out several particulars in whicn I fiud that the methoas of the company are in violation of the anti-lottery statute.” Imwediately after the officials were in- dicted a large number of Chicago dupes brought suit to recover the amounts paid in, When the cases were called in court they were dismissed, the company having settled and avoided an exposure that might result in eriminal prosecution under the state law. Plucked Consecutively, The abandonment of the multiple scheme under pressure of the national government does not galvanize bond companies as legiti- mate entérprises, The element of chanc the chief source of life, is removed, leaving them with a very weak peg to hang a sucker on, With the lottery feature cut out, the bond promoters are face to face with the question whether the supply of fools is sufi- cient to justify existence. It must be re- membered that the promoters’ rake-off ranges from 12 to 25 per cent. If the bonds ave paid - consecutive order tho aid of an expert in addition and division is not nec- essary to demonstrate that the victim will pay from " §1,120 to $1,250 for every $1.000 repald by the promoters. ~ Should the hold- ors of iow-njimbered bonds come out ahead, the chance of the late investor getting a fraction of his payments is decreased in pro- ruon. 1f he receives enough to y for raming his bond as a souvenir of h&u Tolly he may cquut himself tucky. It is clalwed that the receipts from lapscs A dis) Tribune no right to aid Inspector and returns from investments will fatten the treasury. The former cannot be de- pended on. Any bondholder desiring to quit and possessing a little sand can readily secure his money. It was shown in Chi- cago that the bond companies aro shy of the courts and will pay up with added costs rather than stand trial. As to income from investments, it is mythical—a promise the value of which may be measured by the standing of bond companies in public esti- mation, — LLECTRICAL NOTES, Western Union has 740,000 miles of wire, London has an electric underground road. Uncle Sam has issued 14,000 electrical patents, We can write by electricity, can send pictures and designs by the same agency, and talk to our friends ata distance by means of the electric wire, A pretty idea has been worked out in a re- cent device for the adornment of a summer ballroom. This consists in the freezing of incandescent lamps into large and orna- mentally-shaped blocks of ice. In this way the double purpose of creating coolness and light is served. Nowarays it is a frequent occurrence to sce an electrical plant installed at a few hours’ notice in a mill or factory that has Jogged along with steam or water as its mo- tive power for a quarter or a half a century, and the change always means quicker worlt and cheaper production, One of the most interesting exhibits of the Electrical building at the World’s fair was o patent doorway, which opens auto- matically as one approachos it and closes again after the entrance has been made. ‘This is accomplished by means of a mat on either side of the door, which starts the ofoctrical machinery as one steps on it. An electric locomotive has been built in France which carrics a_500-horso power sta- tionary steam engine. This runs a dynamo electric machine, which generates the cur- rent applied to the electric motors mounted on the driving axles, That is to say, instead of using the mechanical energy divectly it is converted into electrical, and’ then into me- chanical energy. s An experiment with two bars of iron scparated by a layer of chavcoal and sub-. Jected to a current of 55 amperes at b'g volts has resulted in one bar, the cathode, ' bolng converted into steel on' the side next the charcoal, while the other bar, the anode, re- mained unaffect This was after three hours of heating under tho current, and is one of the series of experiments carried out recently by M. Garnicr which are likely to lead to better understanding of the princi. luas underlying the process of converting ron into steel, A large electric locomotive is being built from plans prepared by Sprague, Duncan & Hutehinson, limited, for experimental work iu , handling heavy freight trains at low speeds. It is by far tho largest locomotive of its kind' yet designod with any proba- bility of being actually used, nearly completed, part worl having been done in the Baldwin Locomotive works at Phila- delphia, and part at the shops of the West- inghouse Electrical and Manufacturing c pany. ‘There are four pars of driving wheels under the motor, and these form its only rolling gear. Each wheel is fifty-six inches in diameter, and the first and last pair are fringed. 'The motors are four in number, one for each axle, The armatures are mounted on the axles and the fleld mag. nels in such @& maouer that thewr weight comes ou the journals through the pedestal boxes, No springs are used in mounting the motors, in which respect the locomotive dif- fers from the type now being built for the Balthwore & Ohlo road. Another point of difference is in the use of coupling rods on the new locomotive, uniting all the wheels 80 as togive & rigid wheel hase of fifteen foet. ‘Che locomotive is designed to exert a drawbar pull of 80,000 pounds and to have a speed of thirty-five miles an hour. Jts total weight, when completed, is expected to be about 120,000 pounds. —— DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve cures piles It is now of the HONTING FOR WORK I¥ OMAHA Experience of a Man Who Spent Months Looking for a Job, OBSTACLES CONFRONT THE I/NEMPLOYED Unmarried Men Not Wanted at All and Married Men Compolled to Compate with Other Men Who Wil Work for Siarvation Wages, It any one thinks it is an easy task to ob- tain a position during these hard times he only needs to make the attempt to be speedily undeceived. The writer has re- cently had some queer experiences in this direction, There is one aggravating featurc about the business if the applicant for work be a single man, and that is the oft-repeated declaration that because you're unmarried you can get along all right, People seem to overlook the fact that if a single man las not a wife to maintain he has at least a stomach which needs filling, ‘The number of men of all kinds of busi- nesses and professions that are seeking em- ployment in Omaha would astonish some people, and that they are not of the class who would not accept work if they were offered it is attested by the large crowd that gathered at Blondo street some months ago when the city made a call for men to do shoveling. Auy one who will tuke the trouble to investigate will find any number of honest, capable and industrious men who ure seeking work or filling some very menial occupation at low wages, It would tako up too much space to enumerate all the cases that came under the writer's observation, but a few instances might be given. Thi is a very competent bookkecper who is working in o Farnam strect store for #4 per week, with, however, the privilege of sleeping in the store, Then there is a manufacturing concern which was until very recently paying 1ts stationary en- gincer the maghilicent sum of §7 per weok, dois a married man and has u family to support, Then there are quites number who are working for their board and sleep- ing accommodafions, § Flgure Cut by Appearances, It is remarkable how particular some of the people have grown during these hard times, The other day a man sought employ- ment of a contractor to drive a team of mules, but he was refused on the grounds that he was nob swart appearing enough in his dress. The man fixed himself up as well as he could and made application to another contractor for @& job, and was told that he looked too smoothly dressed to be any good for hard work. A young mav who recentl, called on a druggist to ask for worl was told that a respectably attived man like Lim would not be out of ajob if there was not something wrong with him, and so he was not engaged 1 spite of the possession of good recommendations. Awmerlcans Need Not Apply, Another remarkable objection that was raised to one man was the fact that he was born in America, and this objection ema. nated from an American, The individual kept a hotel, and even when the applicant urged that while he was born in this coun- try his father was an Irishman, it did not help him. He was told that & foreigner would work cheaper, and so the native stood no show. One liberal hearted individual offered to engage a maun if he would clean horses and do chores around the house for Lis board and sleep m a flithy basemeat, ‘The hours of labor were from ecarly dawn till late at vight aud no pay whatever. Even this miserable job was eagerly com- peted for, Then the Pollce Watch Him, As 8000 as 8 man begius to get seedy and is found wandering the -v.real.‘- in le{u‘uh‘o‘ _— employment he finds that he is under the surveillance of the police, who judge a man largely by the clothes he wears. = If ho is un- fortunate cuough to be very shabbily attired he witl be stopped and questioned by the not too intelligent members ot the force, who will put him through an examination, and in many cases if he is just from the rural dis- tricts and unsuspecting he will be run in, but if a regulur professional he wiil gener: ally be able to give the police a good song and dance and will be permitted to go on his way. The city is full of clerks and people who have followed occapations of a clevical nature out of employment. It is very rd indeed for these men to obtain a jobat all. Having become shabby as re- gards their clothes they make un attempt to find work of a harder kind and in nine cases out of ten they are rejected because their hands are too soft and there too many men used to hard work seeking employrient, Tt is vorite test with the so-called de- tectives of the city to feel a man's hands to find out whether he is honest in his state- ment that he is looking for work. An Irish- man told one of these people that if they would only examine Lis feet they could find evidence of how hard he had been tramping throughout the city in quest of work. Women as Competitors, Men seeking clerical positions are con- stantly running across female competitors, iy bo termed the Chinese of the 1 professions. will work so p that 1t is in y cases impossible for the men (o compete ag them, It is much to be deplored, but, nevertheless, is true that right in this city the employment of so many females as stenographers and bookkeepers has had the tendency to lower wages for thoso engaged in those ocoupa- tions, and in nota few cascs a woman 1s ved, because she generally only has to keep and in many cases at home and will there- fore toil for starvation wages without kicking, whereas employers think if they hire a man at such low wuges and he has o family to support he may be dissutis- fied with 86 or §7 a weelk, The fact is in almost all lines of business there are more workers in the city thai needed, and the result is that even the most menial jobs are eagerly scrambled for. If anyone doubts this let Lun advertise for a dishwasher or a shoveler and see what a number will apply ior the position, The writer and a number of others with whom he is personally acquainted have literally ransacked the city for any kind of a job, but without success. In 1o eud of cases when a man applies for work he is told that the employer has more help than he needs, but will try und not dis- charge any if possible, as the winter is comi- ing on. Cheap Lodging Houses Crowded, All the very cheap and extremely nasty lodging houses are crowded with unfortu- nato people that cannotin some cases get the required 10 or 15 cents to pay for their bed and have to stand the lodging house keeper off. Some of the employers of labor, taking ad- vantage of the hard times, will offer a man a job it he will work for less than the party they have already. Only the other day a man was offered §12 a month to assist in a bakery if he would consent to take the place then occupied by a man getting $15. Men who do not belong to unions have o accept almost anything. And Think They Are Generous. Some of the religious people, or rather self-styled religious people, have queer no- tious of what & man's labor is worth. The other day a lady offered a man 75 cents for a hard day's work, moving furniture, and he had to provide himself with meals. Another benevolent lady wanted a strong, abie-bodied wan to work for a few bours a day and was willing to pay 10 cents per hour. A third chari.ably disposed individual sent to an in- stitution for & couple of men and after th had walked eight blocks to the Jou and ca ried a lot of housebold furniture upstairs the lady paid them just 25 cents each. A very iudustrious individual secured an early morning job cleaning a horse and stable for 25 cents, but was not destined to LOST OR FAILING MARHGOD, Goneral and Nervous Debility, Weakness of Bod Mind, IfYe Manhood fully How to Strengthen Weak, Un- developed Organs' and Parts of Body. Abso- lutely unfailing Home 11 WllY) Trentment—Benefits inn day. " Men testify from 0 States and Forcign Countries. Write them. Descriptive Book, explanation and proofs mailed (sealed) free, ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, N.Y. NERVGUSDISORDERS &7 And EVILS, WEAKN . DEBI . compliny them lu“men QU NENTLY CURED. Full It f the Addres: 9, Marshall hold it long, for another man came along and was tempted to undertake the job for 15 cents. Ho would some people like to carry a ton of coal up three flights of stairs for 15 cents? Insignificaut as this job may seem thero were half a dozen apphiéants? Rescue Hall and Its Work, But the place that is besieged by p out of work is Rescue hall. There is taken idea prevalent regarding place. The genmeral public = seem © think that this place giv freo accommodations in the shape of board and lodging for those who need it, but the fact 1s the funds are not sufficient for thav purpose, as the institution is alveady over head and ears in debt, owing to the fact that those who subscribed their names to large sums of money have in many cases failed to keep their promises, and unless the mancge- ment recelves better support from the public and the churches it will have to give up the carrying on of this laudable work. There is & wood yard run under the management of the Associated Charitics, which gives employment to some of the men who are thus enabled to earn just about enough to pay for their board . and lodging but they cannot always do this, as the wood yard only needs a limited number of wmen. One way the public might help the worl ¥ liberal patronage of the wood by sending cast off clothing hall, and by making appli through the hall's employment burea gentlemen in charge of the hall, Vi the superintendent, Rev. A. W. Clark, the stant superintend Mr. O. H. Rich- ards and Dr, G, W. Ry 11 eminently fitted for their several duties, and d>voting all their time to it, but what needed is more money if the work is to be continued this winter. Many meals and sleeping ac- commodations have been furnished gratis in the past, but it is very evident that without financial aid from the public the work can- not be long continued. It will be a calamity to Omaha if this noble institution is allowed to go under for want of support, e e Judee Gary and the Jury Shirkers Judge Gary has always had an especial dislike for men who try to shirk jury sorvice on flimsy excuses, and a number of good stories are told of experiences that veniremen have had with him, says the Chicago Herald. A little G man once tried to get out of jury service on the plea that he could not speak good English, “You'll not have to speak any at all,” said the judge, “Well, Shudge, T don't tink I make a good shuror, anyhow,” persisted the ople mis- this for' help The juror, ““Why not?” “Well,” with a motion toward the attorneys in the cas don't und stand noddings what dose fellows say cither does anyone else. Sit down thundered the judge. Another juror put in a sick excuse, “‘Have you anything from your doctor to that effect?” asked the judge. “Yes, sir,” was thereply, and the doe- tor's certificate was handed up to him. “That's a good doctor,” said the judge. X ; #One of the bestin the city,” replied the juror. “A very good doctor,” went on the judge, not noticing what the juror had suid. | “He'll have you cured by noxt term of court beyond question. Report to me then without further summons,” Sl The Interstate Telephone company, & brancih of the Harrison Telephone combany, has secured a franchise from the council of Kansas City, Kan., to coustruct and operate telephone sysiem In that city. 4 . chige is for twenty years. Tho granting of the franchise is the first move taken in that city toward securing cheaper telephone service after tho expiration of the Bell pat- ents in next March, WILLLAVSON TREATMENT ror (T ARRH o3 For6 months medicines au Instruments I'rao, SPECIALIST Consultation Fr s unsurpassed In eho treaty o il Chironic, Privato Nervous Diseases, Write to or consult pirs ally. TREATMENT BY MAIL. Address with stanp, for partiealars, wh uttu platn envelops. P, 0. Bax b streot. Omaha, N3 Nwill Somerville Journal, are dropping off the trees, 1 hing breezc The 1 The bure g Procl; While preside: As their forefath Proclaim Thanksgiving c Thanksgiving! 'Tls a pleasant sound, Suggestive of a wurkey browned Just o a crisp, dnd then Desserts and pies of numcrous kinds, Just suited to the differont minds Of many different men. And so we're glad November's he Although the da ys ure bieak, and drear, And dark, ind chill sonictimes, For when Thanksgiving's gone—ah! then December will be hero And morry Christmas chimes, ew Yorkcity has fifty-two Preshyterian churches, with o combined membership of 40,000, Itis stated that n bers joined the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in 184 712 women & Christian instruction, tho! and the appalling numbe o ot under instrue,ion and unable to read or write, 1t Is the opinion of Rev. Theodore L. Cuy- ler that the proportion of American peoj who regularly attend a place of worsiip is dimimshiag. sts of England will add 100 to of missiony now at work hen. This is made possibla fund gathered during thq under among by the §600,000 ‘centennial year. he people of the Samoan islands have not only supported the churches and in their own islands, but last 0,000 to London to lielp to s other lands, @ARkey. Dr. w the wealthi ton, will M Dr. S, beth Winter, a graduate of the Women's Medical college of Philadelphia, has syiled for India under the auspices of the Preshyterian Board of Missions to take charge of & woman's hospital at Kolahpur, Rey. Samuel D. K on, missionary bistop of the Protestant Episcopal church at Cape Palmas, Africa, 18 in Baltimore, He is a native of Charleston, 8. C., und is the only colored member of the Episcopal house of bishops now in the United States, Rev, Dwieht L. Moody, the evangels ist, is to conduct a series of revival meet: ings in Washington this winter, at the invis tion of several ministers of that ecity, it sufficient funds can be raisea to defray the expenses, A theator or large hall will have to be rented for four weeks or more. After being refused communion by church in Columbia, because she workeo three hours every Sunday as a telophonc girl, a decision that was upheld by the Charleston presbytery, Miss Sadie Means has won on an appeal to the South Carolini synod, which decided in her favor by a vots of 63 to 40, Rey. Sam Jones is endeavoring to awakei religicus enthusiasm in Mempl He ha secured the aid of un orchestra and a mal soloist, and proposes to hold three wecks o daily services, in which he will be assisted by the evangelical pastors of the city, Hi expects Lo run special trains from surround ing cities 1o attend his services. According to the Lutheran Church Al manac for 1504 there are now in this countr; Lutheran synods, 5273 mioisters, 9,01 cougregations and 1,204 458 commuuicants The Lutherans maintaln 2,640 parochis schools with 189,350 ruplln. The larges Lutheran branch is the synodical confer ence, which reports 441,120 members, gospel to Solomon for noarly Adath Isracl, tion in Bos: ase his ministrations there next Sy No 9 Wheelor & Wisou with its ro ary moyement, is the lightest runuing machine in_the warket, and is unequallec for speed, durability and quality of work Sold by W. Lancaster & Co., 614 South Six/ tecuth strees The ment and Lon:nll 8