Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 15, 1893, Page 8

IN AN ELECTRIC LABYRINTH ftrange Nachirery of the New Telephore Bystem Now in Operation, 1OW THEVOICE MAY TRAVELUNDERGROUND & Ramifications of Which the New nge Bullding s the Wonders Gver Which Mr. Yost Presides. ter At4:15 yesterday the underground tele thone system of Omaha was put in active operation in the mew Telephone Exchang Luilding. This cvent marks an epoch in the history of the Nebraska Telephone com- pany and in the progress of telephony in this it te. And st “The change from the tem wis watched with ¢ by a party of electrical nent eitizens who had been invited to inspect the building and witness Awmong tae gentlemen present w w. S Ford of the engineering department of the American Bell Telephone company, Boston A. Burt of Kansas City agent of the crican Bell Telephone company : A, Bar lectrician of the Missouri & Kt “Telephone company; . W. M superintendent of the Mis old to nsiderable intere expects and promi the new sy spec souri & Kansas ‘Telophone company ; AL J. Dickey, superintendent of the Western Union Teiegraph company; L. If supermtendent of the Union Pacifie graph company; R. B Hopkins, ¢ engineer of the Western Ilectric Chicago; F. Rosewater, Thomas 1, Alfred Millavd, E. M. Morsman, T. R ball, Jud, W. W. Morsman .nm Dickey, while of the fa time the transfer was made were Mrs, C. Yost, Mrs. Lyman Richardson, Mrs. C. Coutint, Mrs. Thomas Creigh, Mrs. P, H. Allen, Mrs, W. W. Morsman, Miss Southard, Miss Denman, besides the employes. It Took Just Five Seconds. A few minutes before the hour named above President Yost ook his seat at the chief operator’s desk and_ gave the sigual to the young ludics who were 1n- the operators’ room to tuke their positions. After adjust- ing tne “head arrangement” and getting ready President Yost signaled the old ex- ange that the transfer was about to be made. Everything being in readiness the “plags™ were inserted into the old board and the new order of things was inaugurated within five seconds from the signaling to the old oftice. The first call receive ) (Henry Pundt) to dry), and thus w service in Omaha, Before that 1,800 subscribers tent with the overhead wires and the switchboard in the old Fifteenth street ex- change; today they are wondering at the completion of the underground system of cables and the element of absolute perfec- tion reached in the new televhone station in ‘Ihe transfer from the old to the sw building was accomplished without a hiteh and insiae of fiveseconds the operators were answering calls of subscribers from theirnew station in the top story of tho haudsome telephone building as if transfers had been a part of their daily liv Although somewhat unacquainted with the board the calls were answered with promptregularities and the spectators marvelled much at the proficiency shown by the operators in a service that is”absolutoly new to the central west, Each telephone girl knew her business. All arc experienced operators and they soon adapted themselyes 10 the new order of things. Attended by Some Fuany Incidents, Of course there were several funny iny dents connected with the transfer, the new rule of the company, that the operator will ring the number of 'phone desived instead of the subscriber, creating consider- abie confusion, for the moment_ a subscriber rings nis Bell after a_connection is made the operuator has Ko other recourse than to break the connection, in fact, the ringing of the bell automatically restores the circuit and cuts off subscribers talking to_one another. All the subscriber has to do now is to attract the attentionsof the operator by ringing s bell. He then gives the number desired and the “operator does the rest,” the subseriver ringing off when the conver- sation is at an end. “The transfer I\lm Arthur ¢ sex present at the t4:17.was from No. (City Steam laun- s inaugurated the new were con- s & marvelous ey in these days of ingenious mechani provements in telephony constantly, but they nt even ms. Iu- ure being made are not generally called 10 the attention of the public unless some extraordinary event occurs to justify it. “True, the_actual occurrence represented the work of but a few woments, but the Tabor in bringing the system to such a state of perfection bas taken months of hard toil on the part of the officers and engincers of the co npany When it was decided to construet the un- derground system of conduits, and this wa one of the great undertakings of the day, it regirdod 08 nocessury for the compiny ve permanent headquarters, cenwully located, casy of access on all sides to admit of the building of subways to the pronvsed new structure, a buildiog in short that would be a model among telephone ex- changes. o New Building. Tn 1891 a site v and Douglas streacs. purchased at Eighteenth diagonally opposite the city hall, 1t was & sagacious location in view of the westward trend of business. “The building, which is strictly fireproof, 15 sixty-gix fect square, with an elevation of three stories and a basement, designed by Thomas R. Kimball of this city, Storage and subway vaults occupy the area below tha sidewalk on Eightecnth street, The structure is builtof Perth Amboy gold brick, with trimmings of terra cottu de- signed exclusively for the building, v Ve harmouious exterior. ‘I'he ornamen- tation is renaissance, Italian fn feclivg, with a Caduses of Mereury, the symbol of the Messenger of Commerce, on the terra cotta ntral motif of the third story. teel beams uud fiveproof partivions give a substantial character to the building that no other telephono exchange in the country possesses. . Tho_ structure i is well nghted, not only from the sides but through u ceutral shaft, a large skylight in the operating room and glass floors admittiug light to the basement, The first floor is de- voted to four stores, two of which may be thrown into one if necessary; the second floor is occupied by the oflices of the com- pany. while the thwd is set apare for the operating room, parlor fcr the operators, cloak room and closets and i well appointed bath room, a magnificent feature of the ex- change, Xxtent nderground Syste Few there are who in shouting over the telephone have uny 1dea of the ex- tent of the underground systom. ‘I'he subway system comprises thirty miles of duct laid in three and one-half miles of trench, which have been built during the past year, and which radiate from the cen- tral subway in frout of the builaing like the spokes of 4 wheel to all parts of the city. And the substitution of the new for the old syatems reuders useless quite 1,000 teleplions poles on the streets of the metropolis, and the erection of thirty-six tall poles, from which wires will be run in regular districts, The voles are ull erccted, “hooded,” and have been ready for the trunsfer of the ex change for some weeks. The manuer in which these poles have been cquippeda is in- teresting to hundreds of subscribers, who are wondering just how this “new fangled” scheme of talking through wives is munipu luted. Leaving the subway the cabie, with its 200 wires enclosed, ruus up the polo and makes & Y split just under 1ne base of the hood, which 1ooks very much like tue conical section of & lighthouse, & few inches below the distributivg ring, Oue buudred wires KO ub on eitberside into what is calied a terminal head, which coutaius the ends of the undergrouud wives. ‘The wires 1 through the terminal head wnd cowe out siwall openings cailed binding posts, which the **hello of are 200, 100 ou vach side of the terminal head, ‘Che tine wires, after comiug out of the Liniug posts, run down, sud, as they go, are collected into into five small cables that pierce the bLottom of the contrivance | covered by the hgod. The five cables, which contatu tweaty paivs of wires, run down the big pole Lo the boltom of the cir- cular floor aud are carried out to the up- right staye Lhat conuect bhe two lron ivgs. the evolution.# not guarded, would l The cables are carried on up to the second ring and from there the distribution of wires is made through the insulators. In addition, strong current arresters are at- tached, and all wires are covered with a heavy okonite fnsulation them to come in contact with open wires and not suffer any damage. In consequence there can be no burning out, and any electric light wire will have no effect on the tele- phone wire. In the Terminal Room. The terminal room in the new building, located in the southeast corner, has a cavacity for eighty underground cables, sixty-four entering from the Eighteenth and sixteen from the Douglas sireet side. In this room an upright rack has been erected, known in televhony asa No, 4 distributing frame, upon which ihe cables, as they enter the building, are carried to tne cabie shaft The cables come into the room opposite horizontal shelves, under which are tied the wires, and brought out through flexible terminals and connected with the horizontal side of the frame, But 100 pairs of wires are used in each cable, equivalent to 200 Wircs, the fEame haviug o capneity for 8,000 airs of wires. On the vertical side bf the frame arc pliced No. 4 strong current arresters, | made necessary, a8 on the aistributing toles, by wires coming in contact with open ones or with electric light wires, which, i soon destroy the efi- ciency of the telephone wires. To these arresters are connected the fifty pairs of switchbhoard cables, lending “to the separate intermediat lo cd on the thied to the cable shaft and to the south of commencement of the main switchboard The switchboard cables are carried along the ceiling in the terminal rcom in strong iron gratings to the botlom of the cable shaft, located in the southwest corner of the distributing frame floor near the cntrance the basement. The eables, on leaving the terminal oouns, ascand ihrough tho shaft and are held in place by ivon brackets, which clamp each cable separately, at_the same time sufficiently far enough apart to admit of examination and repair without in terfering with any of the other cables. The are nincteen 100-pair 1 n cable: connected up on the horizontal side of the No. 4 distributing pane, cquivalent to i.863 miles of single wire, which gives some faint idea of the immensity of the system. Con- neeting these underground and switehboard cables ure okenite jumpers, which look for all the world inthe faint daylight like col onies of garter snakes. Lune's Strange € Adjoming the terminal room on the north ntrivances. Mr. Vance Laue, the local manager and under whose intelligent direction the sub- ways and the entire undereround system has been built, has set up several iustru- ments that are really wonderful inventions, in their way quite as remarkable as the American Beli telephone. There is a de- flecting galvanometer, a Wheatstone's bridge, high resistance boxes, con- isers, batteries, key and ' short ircuit | key, 100 ' cells” of Barrett's ting batte id of these istants are , lamps, scales, ete. By the instruments Mr! Lane and his t able to locate faults in the cables miles away, measure the resistance of different wircs and make tests for con- ductivity, insulation andcapacity; in short, saving duys of weary searching for grounded wires and other faults by the silent work- ing of these littie instruments. I'he switchiboard cables are brought from the vertieal side of the main distributing me in the terminal room to the horizoutal side of a No. 4 condensed, separate, interme- diate, distriouting frame and are carvied from there to the vertical side of the frame s of okonite jumpers connectiug / to the answering cables of the main switchboord, The use of this frame is to make vossible a change of a subscriber from one operator to another without changing his number in the exchauge book or com- pelling him to change his number on his station As the operators have 100 num- bers each to overate this new feature of the service makes it possible to give, suy No. 200, to the operator answering numbers begimning with 1,200, or anywhere else the management may decide. What Operators Have to Face. The main switchboard in the operating room is un exact copy of the one used at the World's fuir grounds and on exhibition in the American Bell Telephone company's pavilion in the Electrical building, which orded £0 much information to hundreds of thousands of people who had never before scen the practical workings of the tele- vuone. The difficuities which the Bell people experienced with their switchboard nave been taken advantage of by the Nebraska Telephone company and this new board is a marvel of ingenuity and as perfect as auy in use anywhere. It is a magnificent picce of furniture, made of ma- togany, forty-five feet in length, facing the west wallof the operatiug room and ar- ranged to seat twenty-two operators. The board. however, has been made sufticiently large to take care of 5,000 subscribers, when- ever there are that many telephones in use. “The framework is made of iron asa pre- veutative in case of fire, while 80,000 feet of switchhoard cables have been used in_set- ting up this_ triuwph of the ezntury, 300,000 soldered connections being necessary to make before the board was turned over to compuny. The cables to the multiple jacks are car- ried along the back of the board on brackets and irectly opposite the jacks with which they are to be connected. The cables from the answering jacks are carried down the back of the board, along the side of the leg 1o a runningbox 'directly over the floor ana from that coign of vantage are carricd to the pparate intermediate distributing frame. which stands at the commencement of the switchboara and at right angles to it. The back of the voard is provided with sliding panels, to exclude dust and as a protection to the delic wire: Onc of the most noteworthy features of this board is the self-acting dron, which has Jjust come into use in connection with tel phony. When a subscriber rings, an alumi- nium shutter with the number correspond- ing to the subscriber's flies up, exposing the number of the answering jack, T'he opor- ator plug s in on that juck, and instantly the shutter fallst 1ts original position, con- ceaking the jack number and exposing the drop vumber again. ‘I'ne operator now ceives the number desived by the subscriber and at onco proceeds to make the counee- tion. The drop being located high up on the switehboara and above the natural line of vision, inorder thatthe operator may not fail to see the shutter move, an_electric light has been placed in front of each 100 numbers, which 18 automatically lighted at the same time the shutter is elevated by the signal from the subscriber thut a number is wanted, This lient is' placed immediately iu front of the operatorand on her sight ling, 50 that she canuot fuil to see iv, day or night. Six toll tables have also been provided to take cavo of sixty lines, these tables being sctup on the north side of the room and connected in multiple so that any operator can handle any one of the toll line Whore the Telephone Girl Work ‘'he operating room is well lighted, not only from a number of windows on the sides, but through & Eskylight 22x22 feet. special care being also taken with the ventilation of the handsome apartment. O this room ar the dressing and lunch rooms for the ope tors, Each lady is furs for her individual use, provided with toilet, The Nebraska Telophone erated in Omaha with scribers. ‘Ihen came a request for o connecs tion with Council Bluffs, which was the second station on the line, Now Omaha can | talk with 200 connecting oftices, reached us follows: Omaha to Lincaln as far we | Hastings on the B. & M.; Lincoln to A hed with a locker while the lavatory is all the essentials of their company fivst less than 100 sub- Island, via Reward and York; Omuha to s, via the Union Pacitic; Omaha to o Fremont; Omaha to Blair ir 10 Fremont: Omaha to Nebraska City, via Plattsmouth ; Nebraska City to Lincoln} Lincoln to Beatvice, thence 1o Fairbury; Heatrico to Wymore and Blue Springs Owubia 1o Waluut, a., via Council Blufls; Owalia to Glenwood, 14, ; Omaha to Weening Water, via Lowmsyille; Omaha to Asiland, thence to Wahoo, and ulso making connec tious with the whole of western low through the lowa Union Teleplious company To operate this vast network of wires sh miles of poles are in use uud 1,700 miles of copper metalile circuits, the company pay ing out during the present year in rebuilding and improving its long distance lines over | $50,000 e e Don't forget that Mrs. J. Benson Las the prettiest and cheapest stock of Christmae goods in town, vhat will permit | THE HAYDEN BROS An Acre of Toys—The Entire Fourth Floor Tilled with Them. THE TWO STOCKS CF CLOAKS The Impocters’ Stock 18 Now on Sale—Also the Manufuctarers' Stock Bought from the Sheriff—-Our Usual Blg Fri- day in Silks, Crowds inc a fow sing: only more days to buy your Christinas presents, Make your selection now. See our line of albums, 1,00, $1.25, $1.50, $1 2 00, 42,25, $2.50, $2.75, $3.00, $3.25, 3.50, cte. Manicure sets at all prices. See the new styles in cases and trays, Work boxes, smoking and shaving seta, The st stock of toy pianos in Omaha, All kinds of musical instru- ments, All sizes in drums, from 15e up. Guns, 10¢ 23¢, 20¢, HO All sizes in tool chests from 10¢ up. Large size folding writing desk, $1.00 article, now 49¢ each. See our iron toys at 2ic Tin toys, be, 10¢, 15¢ and We are showing all the new wooden toys, building blocks, dressing cases, dolls, chairs, swings, ete. oy trunks, 43¢, 7 05 and up. Big sale of dolls now going on: dolls at de, 10¢, 1ie, 19 , 3oe, Hle and up. Ladies tell us thut we have the bost se- and $1.00. e, and H0c. e each. leetion in Omaha, and they ought to know. Boys'and girls' sleds arc woing very fast: there will Saturday eve, Doll buggies arve also going lively. Hobby horses, shooflys, iron and wooden wagons, wheel barrows at the lowest prices. Santa Clans will be he evening to entertain the 7:30 p. m. IMPORTED CLOAKS. We have just opened a cae of those imported clonks. Among the lot ave several late styles, Worth and Redfern collar, garments that we will place on sale at §15.00. We had a sale on similar garmennts earlier in the season at $22.00, n this importers stock are nearly all styles, tolors and prices FROM SHERITF SALE. Then we have that manufacture stock bought at sherifi’s salo which went on sale Monday. Children’s cloaks and jackets at one- third actual value. $2.50 all wool jackets at 98¢, $2.00 all wool jackets at 5H0c. #1.50 all wool jackets at $1.50. $7.50 all wool jackets at $2.50. $9.00 fine wool jacicets at $3.50. $12.50 fine wool jackets at $4.75. 1f you need serviceable and comfort ble garments for school children, now is your time to buy. - Ladies’ jackets and cloaks from the same sherifl’s sale at less than half actual value. arments worth $4.00,45. 50, $7.50, .00, up to $18.00, at 98¢, 2 50, 50, $4.75, $5.00 and $7.50. This department is showing the larg- est and most complete stock of shawls be few, if any, left by ‘o tomorrow little ones at $6.00, $1.50, skirts, t gowns, wraps, jackets and cloaks inhigh class stylish goods west of Chicago. Prices the very lowest. We have just received a new assort- ment” of those Japanese silks for fane; work and doll dresses in all shades at 2ic¢ a yard. Black faille Francaise silk, black satin rhadzimere and black cache- mere gros grain silk, worth £1.00 per yard, during the next ten days you can havewhat you wish of them at 69c a yard. HAYDER BROS., Headquarters on toy: Largest stock and lowest prices. e RO R Drexel hotel, 16th and Webster, 1 blk. from M. P. & Elk. depot Nat Brown, prop. SRS Dr. Hipple, Gentist, 16th and Douglas. e Dr. C. V. Crooks, diseases of nerves, stomach and heart. Call 407 Bee bld g e Do not forget the cook book supper at the Iirst Presbyterian churcn Friday evening from 5:30 to 7:30. e et TIME CHANG The Northwestern Line, The eastbound local, No. 8, now leave: Omaha daily at 11:05 a. m he “Chi cago Limited,” No. 6, leavesat 4:056 p. 1 iving at Chicago 8:15a. m., and the *Eastern rlyer,” No. 2, leaves at 6:30 p. m. and arrives at Chicago 9:30 a. m.—by all cdd> the most convenient train from Omaha to Chicago. The equipment remains unchanged, because people expect something ‘above the average” on *“‘Northwestern” trains, City ticket office 1401 Fainam street. — e OMAHLS OPPORTUNITY. Oxana, Dec, 13.—To the Editor of T Ber: Booms are the most disastrous bene- fits that some cities can reccive, and while I do not believe we want a boom in Omaha we do want and must have a thorough waking up. We have been sleeping long enough. Let us get up and go to work. Let the peo- ple of Omaha b2 optimistic in their views concerning the city. We have mists too long. Today Omuba stands pre-eminently the favored ity in this favored wost. ple throughout the country Omaha, Capitalists, manufacturers, jobbers and workingmen believe in our futire and are ready to come here with their mone, and business and help us build this eity up to where it belangs if wo will only show some signs of life. 1 believe the present time is Omahia’s opportunity. A lead at the start always wins the race. Let us be the leaders and go in to win. We must pull together and support overy project that will benefiv the city no matter whetlier it benefits our been pessi- DMMIA I)HIY m'F respective partof the city more than else- where or not. We must induce capital to come here—nou scare it away. We must have more manufacturers and more jobbers and we can get them by offeriug some in- ducements. 1t is absolutely necessary thut we should; our neighbors are doing it ana why 1ot we? Let us vote bonds. if possible, for that purpose. If that would not be legal let us raise a fund by subscription, which could be used to take stock in concerns that we would locate, or we could use it 10 pay bonuses to reputable concerns to locate in our eity. The Platte river canal project is worthy of the most serious consideration by all men interested in the future of Omaha and the efforts now being made by the Commercial club in its behalf are most commendable. 1f any Omaha pessimist will take the troublo to vestigate the true state of uffairs here and compare them with other cities he will find much to rejoice over in Omakia’s favor. ‘'he present time is surely Omaha's oppor- tunity. Now let us take advantage of it by action. W. A. WensTER, —_— DeWitt's Witeh Hazel salve res piles, . DIED. otices uf Mve (ines ur less wnder (i hed, Aty additivnalline, t el THOMASMrs. Maria B, aged 67 months 14 days, December 14, 189 luenza, wt Kt Joscpl's losplial from realdence, K12 Bouth Twenty-x yireer, Friday, 'December 10, ut 8 b, o Fionita und Uhlcags ipers plodss cOpy: AN DEKSON- Sophia M. aged 43 you wouths and 2 duys, esday afu ceil, of in- Vuneral cond St und 10 Fn00n, Dee. 18 uneral Thursduy at 11 o'elock, from Bwanson & Valien's undertak- ing rooms. corner 17¢h and Cuming streets. Interment ut Forest Lawn cewctory. Frivods lavited. I‘RID\Y B 1AL ((NkR Great Sale Toyw and Bric-a-Brac at 25 Per Gent Discount. SATUEDAY FAOM ON TILL XMAS verything on @ur Third Fioor Goes— olis, Sleds, Hobby Horses, Chinnware, Chimess Noveltios of All Kinds—Everything. ox, We we will have determined that this season earry over no toys bric-a- or brac, and from Saturday on to Christ- mas will take a discount of third floor. T for new, of them bought at the great forced sales in New York for half their price, and now in disposing of them at twenty-five pe 5 per cent off everything on our 1is is a tremendous sacrifice us, the goods are ali many cash at less than discount, we giving away our entire profit and losing the expense of selling them. 1t cent are is prac tically giving away this magnificent stock of toys, bric-a-brac, Japanese goods and fine China, than which there is nothing more suitable for presents, But our friends get the advantage, and we hope to close everything ovt in the seven days sale. The sale will commence on Saturday, the 16th, and continue till all are sold. Come as ran and get an early choice, as 1n a fow days the stock is certain to be much broken. We would also ask our friends, as mach as nossible, to take their purchases with them. Last teams going, W s00n as you Christmas, with eight found it almost impos- sible to deliver our goods and it is going to be more dificult this seacon as the nt stock of new goods is rapidly increasing our business, day. P. S night we way we are selling our magnific The sale commences Satur- N. B. FALCONER. On Saturday and Saturday will have an sale of 25,000 men's ca extraovdinary nes shipped from our New York office, bought at a mete fraction of their original cost. FALCON e Holidny Rates. Cheap rates between points within 200 miles have been authorized by the F.E.&M. V. and S. C. & P. R. Rys. for the holidays. Tickets on sale De: cember 23, 24, 30, 31, 1893, and Janu- ary 1st 184, a1l tickets good returning up to an mvl\ullug January 3rd, 1804, Do not miss this opportunity to v the old folks or your friends. J. R. BUCHANAN, General Passenger .‘\“m Umun o X. JESUITS ARE NOT CHURCIH. Bishop Coxe Saya the Society Is Merely a Comspi Burraro, Ded. 14. Bls)mp Cleveland Coxe of the Episcopal church has written another open letter to Mge Satolli. In the course of the letter he mukes the following assertion: “The society of Jesuits is not a church, but a conspiracy,” and as a_specification of his general charge Bishop Coxe points to the course of recent events in Buffalo, referring particularly to Satolli's visit there and his open afliliation with the detestable element in the citizeship of the town that is headed by Lieutenant Governor Sheehan. The bishop instances some of the outrageous acts of the Sheehan party and declares his belief l\ml behind \hw h‘ n lns been operating se- Satolli. “In Maryland and in this state the farco of liberalism has played out. You inave dropped your mask and openly made war on our public schools and grasped at the sicred fund on which they depend to be em- ployed in Jesuit schools under an alien priesthood for the propagation of Sheehan- ized ideas of our constitutional rights and safeguards. “i close this letter,” says the bishop, “by quoting the words of Washington, as show ing what he would think of you. Thus has he taught me and all of his countrymer ‘Against the insidious wiles of foreign infl ence, 1 conjure you to believe me, fellow citi- zens, the jealousy of a_free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and ex- perience prove that foreign influence is one of the most hurmful foes of republican goy- ernment,’ FrLA e e— MAN FAILED, Fassenger Traln Allowed to Run Into a Switch Engine—Dozen Persons Hurt, WiLkEsuAE, Dee. 14.—A serious accident occurred on the Pennsylvania road near Nantiooke, near here, in which the follow- ing persons were injured EWTON, | ing lady of the Kk compuny: forehead concussion of the brain: SAM COLLINS, of the dislocate Mps, SAM COLLINS, badly Injured. ATTORNEY ANTHONY CAMPBELL of Wilkes- v and bruised, NEER \)\Hl N I'RACE, leg badly | bruised about the chest., of Wilkesbarre, injured in Henshaw cut and e company, shoulder wife of the latter, side SIMON the bae 3 GEORGE M ENZICH and W IAM AUSTI Daggnge fulling o his leg und hap hure, M. McDERMOTT, fireman, wrist sprained. .M. Loov, blow on the eye and nervous ~I|m k. Itis feared thut owin to Loov's u, £ velars, +tho aceldent iy prove fatal i i The wreck was due to a failure of yardmen to flag the passenger train while @ switch engine was on the main line, I R BUSS L KANE'S SENT oxpress messe bugeage master, in, them, the former hisving NCE, He and s Aides Will Pay 8250 nd Spend Thirty:Days In Jail, BrookLyyN, Dee. 14-—The pupers in the McKane case arrived at the court house this morning. The aceused, John Y. McKane, Jjustice of the peace, Richard V. Newton, Hailan Crandall, James Cropsey, Nicholas K. Johnson, are found guilty of contempt of court and fined #2560 apiece and sentenced 10 thirty days each in King's county jail, -~ In the Hauds of Creditors. Frank J. Lange,a South Thirteeuth street grocer, yesterday mortgaged his stock to his creditors, who at euce Look possession of the store and steek. The liabilities will uggregate somethiag like $10,000. Awarded Hig ‘The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammouia; No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes—a40 Years the Standard DEC FMBFR 15, “given hest Honors World's Fair. DRPRICE'S ) Camgakmg 1893. Tobinsan-Stokes Co. tasted. You all know that it happened a little while ago. They manufactured pants | in East Omaha.” All thoir chattels, | machinery, etc., wero sold atsheriffs | sale to the Kilpatrick-Koch Dry Goods | Co., who are now carrying on the bus- | iness at the old stand. It is gotting close to invoicing time, and every fac- tory usuaily iooks over its stock at this time. The Kilpatrick-Koch Co. dound three cases of picce goods which th did not know were there, They showed us the sample and wanted us to make an offer, which we did. Our offer was very low, but as they figured that the piece goods did not cost them ang- | thing, they accepted our offer. These pants are made of union cassimere (three- fourths wool), are heavy weight, thre patterns to select from. They are made as well as the finest tailor would make | them. Another thing, we can_fit any- | body up to waist 42 and length X actial value of these price is 8¢ a pai extraordinar, pants is making this the most bargain eve offered in the pants line. Besides we still Men's full suits, $1.08, Men's cotton pants, Heavy underwe Men's working e, Boraered handkerchiefs, 2¢. 25¢ black wool mitten Pebbled robber b Men's blac ots, cheviot ul ors, § Boy’s ulsters, up to 13, Tic Swiss Condes underwear, He. Elegant cheviot suits, $4.30, ote SHERIFIT-SALE, 115 S, 16th, near Douglus, Opposite Boston Store. i Miss Effie Stewart club concert Mon ngs at ', December Apollo 18, Reserved seats at Chase & 5 Saturday and Monday. e A THE MORSE DRY GOQDS CO. 60 Per Cent Discount Sale of Cloaks, Jrckets and Suits. This going to be a utility Christ- mas. Buy utility and warmth for little | money. | Buy $10.00 suits for 5,00, ) Buy $20.00 suits for $10.00. \ Buy misses’ $15.00 newmarkets for LH0, Buy misses' $20.00 newmarkets for £10.00. Buy ladies’ $7.00 jackets for $2.50 Buy ladies’ $10.01 jackets for £5.00, BLANKETS AND COMFORTS. Buy #10.00 and $12.00 blankets for $7.50. Buy $7.50 hlankets for £5.00. Buy $5.00 blankets for $4.00. Buy $4.00 blankets for $3.00. Buy $3.75 blankots for $2.75. Buy 3.00 blankets for $2.00. Buy $2.50 blanlkets for $1.50. Buy your bed comforts at correspond- ing reductions this week of THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO. St World's fair souvenir coins of 1803 for sale at Chase & 1ddy's. 1518 Farnam st., Omaha. —— Don't forget that Mrs. J. Beuson has the prettiest and cheapest stock of Christmas goods in town —_— Federal Court Affalrs, V. J. Undill, a Norwegian of recent trans. plantation to this country, plead guilty in the federal court yesterday to selling liquor without posting his license in a con- spicuous spot. He was fined $50 and costs. Joseph Drummond was fined §25 and cos for a similar offense. The criminal cases i the United States court have been dropped for few days until i is ascer! whether the depar ment will forward moncy enough to pay witness fees. In the meantime Judge Dundy has taker up the law docket and is getting rid of some of the cases that have been hang- ing fire all the term. A number of luwye who have civil cuses on the call have not been present on several occasions when their cases were called. The court announced yesterday that the dockethaa been called over seven times without a hearing ona number of cases, and the present wis em- phatically thelast call. If the attorneys do not appear the cases will either be dismissed or continued over the term. Several cases were continued on that account yes District Attorney Baker has rec d word from Washington that the necessary funds to pay witness’ fees in the criminal cases now pending in the federal court will be pro- ided. The usual red tape methods, how- ever, are likely to take a week or two and it is nossible thut some of the cases may not be reached by the cud of the term. A OE DeWitt's Witeh Hazel salve cures piles. S S ol Current Topic Club. At the regular meeting of the Current Topic club this evening Major Hal- ford will give his usual revicw of the current events of the past week,with special reference to the situation in Hawaii. The major's position as private secretary of President Harrison gave him_opportunitics of observation in all matters of international interest which make: hing lie has to sa upon matters in that line especially enter- taining and instruct The regular subjeet for discussion will he “The Relative Merits of Divect and Iudirecy fon.” This subject will be discussed ce to the proposed bill n((onurculn.m Bryau providing for a tax upon incomes. After the regular speukers have presented the case the subject will be thrown open for discussion and auy one, whether member or visitor, who has any ideas upon the matter will be requested to st them forth, At the end of the dis sion Dr. Duryea will take oceasion to his own views upon the matter ana to digest the various suggestions which have been thrown out during the evening. e L] They Expect n Fuanny Time. The caste for the “Deestrict Skewl,” to be this evening by the ladies of the Westminster Prosbyterian church, has been completed, and if the artists selected for the WARARARRAARRNANNANA 300 DAYS Of unceasine skirmish in th» world's market. A peck of experience, apound of combinad brains, and the jingle of alarge sack of gold—brought about this wonderous result Thgusaud We ratify tt s offer witha Y challenge to the country. You neversaw a better garment for $!0, and you never saved $4.00 on such an overcoat before. ebraska Cor. DOUGLAS &:f N. B. Openevenings until 9—for the benefitof those laboring all day. A A A A AR AR AR A A AAA AR AAAR AAAR AARARAARRRAARAARRARARAAAR The Lady i1t Bottles. Holders " “ i Bottles, " I hhew 1 * Manfeure Goous, Ape Measures, Belt Buckles Chateiaine Bags, And thousands more RAYMOND, Comer 15t and Dovglas Stre ARARARANANRNNNRNNNNRNRNR, and her present. rling Silve Salve Boxes, Vignottes elvet Brushes, pmbs lantics 1018, urd O Pin Tra Christmas presents. JEWELE®R, T Omana. 2 AR A NRRANARARAL ARINRINALIRNNNNINRG BNANNNNNNNNNNNRNNRINANNRNNANS A AARARALAARIAARNALAALALAL Sy ) LGS Pimples, Conatipation, YEN I pgthens and resto T SUpTD Prostatitis, 1y known remedy to enre without an oneration. 5.000 te thmonfals, A written guarantee given and money returned 1f six boxes does not effect o manent etire, $1,00 2 be £0. by madl. monial ¥ CO., P. n 5 Address DAVOL M Goodman Dru MANHOUD PESTGRED tlon of a famous Fretich b e Unfitness to Marr elean:es th 1 impurith by Doctos 0. Tox Ouialin; Camp Bros., Council Biuffs, lowa. “DON’T BORROW TROUBLE.” “CUPIDENE"™ This great Vegetuble iZen,the prescrips 4 you of all ner- o3t Munhood, Wil quickly o or of the geiiere Tk, liver, the kidneys and the urinary Wl orzans. caso ninety per cen 1o troubled with For saie by BUY SAPOL.IO 'TIS CHEAPER MAGNETIC NERVINE. | 15 s01d with wrltten g;mmu io" o GIvounProstr, HonEREr B nesi Headfche and REBRIKI anavako: Ainossauedbyos Sesaivouseofopium, Tobacco and “Alco- Lol; Mental [ulu sion, Boftoning of "BEFORE - AFTER: Various parts dou't bring down the houso it | {heBrain, causiug Migory, Insanity i Denth; willnot_be their fault. The skewl is so T Tre DI Aae ol astary Lissas, cuused funny that it has been hard to have re- Fidatgence, Srer-exortion of the Brain und hearsals heeause of the continuous laughter of the company producing the skit. The store building av 2033 Leavenworth stree will probably be filled tonight. i Eugene 10 Goes Wi & Eugene Field of Chicago, the commander- in-chief of the army of humorists. passed through Omuha yesterday enronte to the Pacific coust. Hoe will soend a few weeks on Mme. Modjeska’s farm in southern Californi and on- deavor to gather poetical inspirations amid the pristine glories of the state where sun- shine hus a perpetual lease ana Santa Claus travels around ina linen duster and broad- brimmed sombrero, e Building Permite, The following permits to build were issued yesterday by the inspector of buildings Hake & Palmer, 1324 Harney, repalrs o tostore $ 1,000 . K. Brown, Fourtecuth and Furiiiu, N SRR Kaurianilld 200 Two permits, aggregating..........8 1,200 [* owder. ‘; zm, ment, in plain packag per bOx, 6 boxes §5, Written Quarantea Kuhn & Co. . So! Vet 1o evary curol 0 thit euired 10 of rors of Youth. 1t givos o Weak Organ ral Vigor and doubles tho Joys of fo: ‘orrhena nnd Femulo Weakness, A months tre by mail, {0 uny addrese SWith ovory 85 order wo giv ure or relund the money, 'Guatanteo issued only by our ex- thotr cures t ulars free, lusive agent, Agents.Omaha. No b I EXTENDED | DECEMBER I5TH. MINTHA GLACE PANEL FRAMED IN OXYDIZED SILVER WITH 12 OF OUR FINELY FINISH NETS, EACH . MAKING AN APPROPRIATE CHRISTMAS GIFT. ALL FOR $4.00. GRAND HOLIDAY 1 OFFER, A BEAUTIFU > PHOTOGRAFHER, 848, 816, 317 S, 16th St, Omiha, RVOUSDISORDERS all the traln of WEAKNES! DEBILITY, BTC., that o LA n.m(,Nn QUICKLY ' and PERMA TN CUReD. P'STRENGTT aud (one Srk of v Body. 1 will ond (so- PFitli'o wny suficrer the prescrip: {hesd tFoublus. Addrass O WILTG I, Miaio Douicr, Box 1,80, Narsuall packed) Michigau IN THE END. PROPER CARE O THIY EYES Ts a duty no person should neglect, As the sight begins to fuil it is of the ut- MOt importance Lo pProcure proper ey glusses, Sight is priceloss and 1ts pro per preservation is a matter for the most oarnest consideration of every per- son who values their eyes. An imperfect paiv of spectacles will do incalculablo Injury and u properly fitted paiv will giently aid in prescrving the sight, tof, Hieschberg Has gained a worldwida reputation In this country and abrond in consequence of his original and scientific method in connection with the adjustment of his renowned non-changeablo lenses, and all those suffering f. om defective vision, no watter from what cuuse, will find it 1o their interest to consult Prof, Hirsch- berg, who by special request has cons gented Lo visit MAX MEYER & BRO, CO., from December 6th to 12th At the Store of MAX MEXER & BRO. C0. OMAHA, NEB, No Charge for Consuliation.