Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1894, Page 10

10 PROGRESS AT FORT CROOK "Work at the Now Military Post is Being Oarried Forward Rapidly. PRESENT APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDINGS Quarters of OMcers and Men Helng Pro- vided with Every Comfort and Con. venience — Gronnds Made to Look Like a Park The beauty of the site of Fort Crook, the beauty of the drive down there and the added attraction of the regiment with its 2 band and parades will make It, when occu- pled, a favorite resort for Omaha excursion- ists. The 600 acres which the reservation fncludes was purchased for $66,616.46, and the first year it was enclosed with a five- board fence at a cost of $2,007.68. Since then a great deal of work has been done and a visit to the reservation well repays the journey. The Missourl Pacific has built @ pretty little station at the west entrance to the grounds and it is a half-mile walk across a grassy plain and along shaded lanes from Believue on the east, which is reached by the B. & M. From this side the visitor will come suddenly out of the Babbath-like somnolence of the drowsiest hamlet on earth into a great clattering of hammers and hatchets, trowels and planes. Between 200 and 300 men are at work in all lines of the building trade, and under their hands the plans of the architects are beginning to assume form. Winding roads and little parks have been laid out. Grading “has been done, trees planted and a score of b bandsome brick buildings erected. Al the buildings are grouped about and face the parade ground, an oblong piece of level ground several acres in extent. The officers’ quarters are on the west, the bar- racks and non-commissioned staff officers on the east, the hospital on the north and the other regimental bulldings on the south. During this spring about 1,000 young trees— maples and elms—were set out along the line of the drives, which have been laid out with an eye to artistic effect. Nature was prodigal of trees in this neighborhood, and when those set out have attained their nat- ural growth one wilk have to take a long journey to find a prettier spot that Fort Crook. Just now the south end of the parade ground is occupied as a camp by the work- men, of whom there {s quite a community. A ‘portion of the drives have been macad- amized and they have as smooth and well rounded a crown as the best asphalt street in the city. They are guttered with brick and show no effects of their firat winter's test. An’ obliging guide who accompa- nfed a reporter on a tour of inspec- tlon of the grounds and buildings, was found very comfortably quartered in a farm house ¥ on the northwest quarter of the reservation now converted to the use of the government. | A groye of tall cottonwoods west of the house ‘sheltered a wonderful spring of the clearest and coolest water, sending forth thousands of gallons daily, and furnishing a delightful gurgling accompaniment to the never ceasing chorus of the hundreds of birds which make their home In the groves adjoining. The barnyard Is still a barn- yard, but its occupants are now sleck grmy mules, big blue wagons labelled “U. 8. « hose carts and other suggestions of men of war, among which the chickens and ducks are ‘as much at home as they are with the plow horses and lumber wagons of the farmer. » v WATER SYSTEM. Just below the residence is the pump house, the initial point of a water system Which insures to every portion of the res- ervation a copious supply of water which requires no filtering nor settling, and a far better fire protection than any portion ot Omaha hus., The pump house, a square one-story struguwure, is, like all the other Dbuildings on the reservation, of red pressed brick and constructed In the massive style and with the careful attention to details which characterize all the architectural en- terprises of Uncle Samuel. The two pumps with ‘thelr pipes and connections are situ- ated in what is known as the pump room, the floor of which is seventeen feet below the surfaco of the ground, and below the head of water In the wells from which the supply of water is drawn. They are of the latest and most powerful design, and working . away sllently and smoothly send pouring into tho reservoirs on the hill or thorugh the plpes which supply the building 250,000 gallons -each, daily. The power for thelr operation is furnished by a pair of 860-horse power engines situated in an adjoining room as neat and convenlent as the engine room of an ocean steamer. The pump house is also supplied with an office finished in hard pine, ‘engineer's and firem quarters, a toilet and bath room supplied with the latest appliances in the plumbing line and a large coal room. The tall brick smokestack rises from the ground outside. The supply of . water is drawn from six tubular weels sunk in the yard of the pump house to an avers -ago depth of about seventy feet, ylelding a constant flow of pure, wholesome water. The connections between the wells which “are fourteen feet below the surface of th ground are accessible through a couple of manholes. All the machinery is in duplicate to guard against accidents, and is as nearly perfect as could be manufactured. Some “work in the way of sodding, laying out walks and locating fountains for which the « generous earth pours forth an abundant < water supply without meter charges b been ~ dome, and when the plans are carried out the en- . gineers in charge will certainly be as pleas- antly located as engineers could be. From the pumps one line of mains leads to the reservoir on the summit of the hill on the northeast corner of the reservation, and a second line furnishes a direct stream to the grounds and buildings, by which, in qase of necessity, a pressure of 200 pounds can be obtained. Driving up the hill to the reservoir one rises by a gentle ascent to a point where there opens to his view a scene of almost perfect lovliness. No painter ever con- colved, no poet ever imagined a more glori- ous prospect of sweeping valley and rounded hilltop. Far away to the south, across bil- Jowing masses of the tender green foliage of spring time, through which peeps the roofs and spires of the drowsy little town of Bellevue, across a long, level sweep of prairie, dotted here and there with groves and herds of cattle, across another mass of darker green comes the gleam of the sun on the bosom of the Platte, and beyond, the purple outline of mountainiike bluffs shows dimly against the sky. Northward, up one of the most fruitful valloys of the world, 80 thickly dotted with groves and avenues as to seem llke a valley In the ‘“forest primeval,” clouds of smoke mark the site of Gllmore, Albright, South Omaha d Omaha. Just below on the east Is th Missourl, hidden by the trees, ‘and on the west the beautiful valley of the Paplllion, which winds about with many eccentric doublings upon its course, flashing only oc- casional gleams through its wooded borders. " One turns somewhat reluctantly from na- ture to an Inspection of the reservoir. It 18 covered with a conical iron roof, the apex of which is thirty-six feet above the bottom of the basin. Grated windows admit the alr, and every precaution is taken that the rln water of the wells shall not be polluted *in the reservolr. The basin proper is eighty ' feet In dlameter and has a capacity of 500, 000 gallons. The piping nf the water sys- ~» tem includes two elght-ingh cast iron mains .. leading from the pumpé and aggregating 7,600 lineal feet, 9,200 foat of six-inch mains, 4,000 feet of four-inch pipe, and thirty-three fire hydrants. The total cost to date has been $49.052.80. The sewerage system has been planned as carefully and constructed as perfectly as the water system. It consists of two main lines, one {n the rear of the officers quarters and the other past the barracks and the noncommissioned officers’ quarters, " the two uniting at the edge of the reservoir, Ing into & main sewer leading to the G at some distance below. The con- _ formation of the ground rendered the sew- . erage and dralnage a comparatively easy A ter, but every minute particular neces- to perfeet sanitation has been care- attended to. The cost of the system was $11,840. It includes 3,000 feet of ten- Inch pipe, 7,400 feet of oight-inch pipe, 5,000 feet of six-inch pipe, and forty manholes. : * PEEP AT THE BARRACKS. . he most Imposing building on the grounds 5l the barracks, which, whea completed, will have a frontage of nearly 800 feet. It com- mands & viow of the parade ground and the officers’ quarters beyond and the Papillion valloy In the distance, It consists of a can- tral bullding ‘three stories In helght, from which rises a_heavy, square tower, an east and west wing two stories high and a rear extension for the kitehen and boller rooms. 1ts wimposing appearance, substantial con- struetion and convenient arrangement would convinee the bullders of the county hospital that there are a few things they overlooked in thelr undertaking. Resting on a broad stone foundation buried deep in the earth the massive walls of pressed brick are a monument to the vigllance of the inspectors and overseers. Ascending a broad flight of stone steps to the open porch of the main entrance the visitor passes through a lofty loge into a magnificent apartment known as the mess hall. Its celling Is seventeen feet above the hard wood floor and {s supported by a dou row of fluted iron columns. The floor spac is 106 feet long by 56 foet wide and it could accommodate quite a collection of average- sized cottages. Light is admitted through windows taller than the average room. Back of the mess hall in the rear extension is the kitchen, where the ordinary housewife would get logt. It fs forty feet long and thirty-six feot wide and arranged with an eye to the convenience of the cooks who will boill and fry and stew and season for a regiment of soldlers. They will have plenty of air, plenty of water and ranges' pots, pans and kettles galore. They will be troubled with no breads nor cakes, for in the basement be- low them Is a bakery seventy-five feet long and fifty feet wide, Back of this is the boiler room, where six horizontal tubular boilers do the heating and cooking for the entire building. Back of the boiler room are the coal bunkers, with the. roofs on a level with the ground and large enough to hold a train- load of coal. The entire Kitchen wing is 190 feet deep by 70 feet wide and behind it towers a_chimney elghty feet above the ground. The basement floor is of solid cons creto and the roof, like all the roofs on the reservation, is of the best procurable slate. The central or main building of the barracks is known as Administration building and above the mess hall are apartments for schools, offices and the like. The north and south wings are to be indentical in construction and will together accommodate elght companies. The present appropriation, however, only contemplates the completion of the south wing. On this wing a small army of bricklayers and tenders, carpenters and gasfitters ts now at work, and a very few days will see it roofed in. It s 44 feet decp and 340 feet long. A lofty basement is divided lengthwise, one side being designed for storage purposes and the other to be di- vided into workshops, for soldiers are also tailors and tinkers like the rest of the world. The first floor provides for each of the four companies to be quartered there, a office, noncommissioned officers’ company room, a store room, the hall and a dormitory 40x46. Rear extensions provide for a lava- tory. On the second floor s a dormitory similar to the one below, a day room 25x33, from which a magnificent view over the grounds and all the country west is obtained, another small room and the hall. The rear extension on this floor is used as a bath room. All these apartments are perfectly lighted and ventilated, have twelve-foot cefl- ings, are piped for gas and water, are steam heated and are finished in yellow pine. ‘The cost of the mess hall or central por- tion to date has been $61,147.08, and of the barracks wing $46,139.10. Just south of the barracks are the noncom- missioned officers’ quarters, consisting of three square two-story, cottage-roofed build- ings facing the parade ground and the offi- cers' quarters. Each building will accom- modate two families and each family will have, besides the basement, a large Kitchen and a living room on the first floor and two chambers and a bath room on the second floor, all finished In vellow pine. The cost of these was $10,977.30. HOME OF THE MULES. From here a trip was made to the palatial quarters to be occupied by the army mule. They are on the west side of the reservation, built of pressed brick, roofed with slate, floored with vigrified brick, well ventilated and lgited, supplied with water for all stable purposes and in every way calculated for the comfort of the occupants and the conyenlence of their attendants. Upon every portion of the building, stalls, box stalls, harness rooms and granary, as much care has been bestowed as on the finest work in the residences. The stable is 106x36 feet in size ands cost $5,723.43. The coal shed is the only frame building on the grounds, but it has a floor of con- crete, a heavy stone foundatlon, a slate roof and {s very substantially builit. It is 24x200 and cost $3,537.32. The workshop, also facing north, provides suitable quarters for the regimenfal black- smith shop, plumber, tinsmith, painter, car- penter and’ wheelwright. It cost $4.190.90. Then comes the store house, which, in the army, means a good deal more than a place to store goods. This one cost $20,542.71. It IS 260 feet long by 50 feet wide and is dlvided into two divisions. On the cast end Is the quartermaster's rooms provided with a handsome office, clerks’ room, toilet room and a large store room with 'all sorts of racks and cases for the storage of clothing, shoes, etc. The base- ment is a huge cellar with a concrete floor and is frost proof. There Is also on the first floor a clothing room provided with a massive oak counter and bank railing, oak tables and other conveniences. An clovator runs from basement to garrat. On the com~ missary end of the buliding there are the office and tollet room, sales room, issue roowm, general store room and a basement similar to the quartermaster's, also pro- vided with an elevator. OFFICERS' QUARTERS. The officers’ quarters, which face the east and overlook all the buildings on the reser- vation, consist of six very handsome pressed brick residences, each building accommodat- ing two families. They are two stories and a halt high, and the arrangement of each is identical with the others. In the base- ment there are a store room, furnace room, laundry room, boller room and cellar. On the first floor the entrance is through a vestibule into a spacious square hall with a grand, antique oak stalrway. On this floor there is also a handsome parlor, dining room, kitchen and butlers pantry. On the second floor, four large rooms with closets in each, open Into a central hall. There 15 also a large and splendidly equipped bath room. On the top floor are two rooms and a bath room for the servants. All the main rooms are flored and finished with oak, have electric bells and speaking tubes, and the whole house is heated by steam., There are handsome mantels in the dining room, par- lor and the principal bed rooms, and’ alio- gether, it the tenant's living Is in keeping with his quarters' he will fair sumptuously every day. The total cost of these six build- ings was $104,824.49, or about $8,750 for each residence. IN THE GUARD HOUSE. The trip of the reporter wound up in jail, or rather in the guard house, the last bufld- ing visited. It faces the parade ground on the south and looks what it is, a guard house. Omaha might consider itself in luck it it had it for a police station. It has a cell room with steel cages and cells large enough to accommodate half the regiment With a little crowding. There are six soli- tary cells of the latest pattern, and twe cages about twenty feet square. The floor- ing Is cement and ventilation is perfect, There are also a bath room and lavatory for the prisonel & large, handsomely finished guard room, with a tollet room for the guard, a room for the officers of the guard, and a gergeant's room. In a base- ment {8 a furnace room and a tool room. The bullding Is heated by steam, and in ex- terior appearance is one of the handsomest on the grounds, It cost $13,031.12, Work has just begun on the post hospital, which is on the high ground on the north side of the reservation, It will cost, when completed, 65. The total expenses up to date have be Site of post, $66,615.46; fence, $2,007.6! tem, $49,662.80; sewer system, $11 adam roads, $26,425: mess hall, barracks wing, $46,139.10; of: $104,824.49; non-commis- sioned staft officers quarters, $10,- 977.39; guard house, $13,031.12; sto house, $20,642.71; stable, $6,723.4: workshops, $4,190. coal shed, $3537.3 post_hospital, trees, $493.71; total, $452,914.19, $61,147.01 cers' quarters, —— DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Small pills, safe pllly, best pills. me—— On the banks of Lake Nyassa, a few years ago the habitation of cruelty, there are o and W Christian schools with 150 teachers 7,000 scholars, THE GRAND ARMY OF LABOR — Present Year One of History Making in the Industrial World, TOILING HOSTS STEADILY ADVANCING Schedule of Important Natlonal Meetings to Be Held Before the Close of the Year — Issues May Be of Great Sigoificance. That organized labor fs making history the present year is a fact which will not be disputed by any one who has been watch- ing the trend of events during the past few months and peeped into the future to sce what Is in store. The two years just past were marked by a large number of labor conventlons and the many resolutions passed plainly showed the great general interest that was being taken in the labor problem, but it is safe to predict that the present year will be the year to which future his- torians will refer when writing of the labor question in America. With the beginning of this year the North- ern Pacific labor trouble became a national question and the treatment of the employes was talked over by nearly every fireside in the land. This trouble” became generally known on account of the famous injunction issucd by Judge Jenkins, which many people regarded as an infringement upon the liber- tios of the American people. This was soon followed by the decisions rendered in the Union Pacific case, in which the employes came out with flying colors and succeeded in establishing the recognition of labor or- ganizations by the courts, a point much sought after, but never before attained. This action of Judge Caldwell made many hearts leap with joy, for it was considered the be- ginning of an era when labor should have its rights before the law, and the point was cstablished that labor should have its just reward before dividends are paid upon watered stocks, The year 1894 has also witnessed the in- troduction of General Master Workman Soy- erelgn as a natlonal character and a power in the organized labor world. Under his gen- cralship the order of the Knights of Labor has taken on a new growth and bids fair to double its membership before the introduc- tion of a new year. Mr. Sovereign is one of the prime movers in the scheme for uniting all labor organizations under one head and this achievement is now on the boards to be consummated in July at St. Louis. Until the present year Presidont Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor never lent assistance to the plan for the amalga- mation, but is now one of the recognized advocates of a gencral union all along_ tho ne. One of the very important national labor meetings of 1894 was held in_Philadelphia, beginning April 27 and lasting for four days, at which many of the most prominent na- tional leaders of the country were in attend- ance. This was one of the meetings for paving the way for the meeting at St. Louls, which wiil be called to order June 11. During the past week there have been several important national gatherings, The International Union of Journeymen Horse- shoers met In Washington, D. C., and took a firm stand to resist any proffers of reduc- tion in wages. The Switchmen'’s Mutual Ald assoclation met at Evansvills, Ind., and adopted a brand new constitution, in line with the advanced steps taken by other national and international labor bodies. - The Towa State Federation of Labor held its annual meeting at Burlington with the largest attendance it ever had, and lost no time In declaring itself in language that could not be mis- understood. The Brotherhood of Locomative Engineers met at St. Paul and passed sev- eral strong resolutions, one of which. de- nounced in_unmistakable terms the' action of Senator Walsh of Georgla for introducing a bill making it a crime. punishable by im- prisonment from. one~to -twenty “years- to retard or obstruct the.passage of any train carrying the United States mail. The reso- lution was not passed to show -the least of sympathy with any one who should stop or retard mail tralns, but the -punishment was considered entirely foo severe and it was argued that a mall sack could be thrown upon any engine or train in order to make a easo against some one who was con- sidered troublesome by the railroad officials. If the newly appointed senator from Georgia could have heard the discussion upon this resolution he could have learned how he was regarded by that class of workers, and it is quite likely that he would have been compelled to believe that the men had some grounds for complaint. MEETINGS TO COME. Advices lately recelved indicate that the work of the labor organizations for the pres- ent year Is just begun, for there are many more meetings to follow. The International Boot and Shoe Workers union wilk meet in Rochester, N. Y., the first Monday in June with about 300 delegates In attendance, rep- resenting 8,000 members from all parts of the country. One of the prominent dele- gates who Will be present Is H. J. Skiffing- ton, whose efforts in behalf of their trade label bhas made him famous throughout the trade. Milwaukee Is the city selected for the ses- slons of the convention of the boiler makers and iron ship builders union beginning the first Monday In June. W. J. Gilthorpe, one of the most prominent labor leadars of the south, heads a large gulf dclogation, and Andrew M. Keir will call the body to order. The elght-hour day and the proposed amal- gamation of all the labor orgonizations prom ise to be the principal toples of dlscussion by this body of workers. It is saild that several of the unions on the Pacific coast will have a hard time to scrape up enough money to send their proper delegation on ac- count of the hard times they have experi- eneced. The session will probably last a week or more and the mayor of the city has promised to deliver an address. On June 11 the International Union ot Journeymen Bakers and Confectioners will meet at Baltimore with 250 delegates rep- resenting over 1,200 members. This union has organized four cities since January 1, and the general officers report that members are coming in in every city. The Butchers National Protective assocl- ation has selected Wheeling, W. V., as its place of convening this year, and the ses- sion will commence on June 12. It is a matter of hyglene that will afford tho chlet toplc of discussion for this union. In some of the slaughter houses the men have reason to complain of lack of due sanitation and they consider measures to protect their health of more importance than all other questions, On the third Monday in June opens the conventlon of the Pattern Makers National league which convenes at Cinciunatl, They will have to consider a serles of proposi- tions made by their employers for a new scale of wages, and are very enthusiastic in favor of the proposed unity of labor throughout the country. July will be a busy month for the labor congresses, there being ten natlonal labor meetings called for that month. The Table Knife Grinders Natlonal union will conyene July 8, somewhere in New England. The location has not been decided upon. On the 9th of July three national trades unions will convene. They are the Brotherhood of Operative Potters in East Liverpool, O., the Retail Clerks Natlonal Protective assocl- ation at St. Paul, and the American Flint Glass Workers union at Montreal. On the next day the Longshoremen's Nas tional unfon will begin its interstate parlia- ment at Sandusky. HAVE MONEY TO LEND. The flint <lass workers have the richest order in the world, and one of the subjects to be considered at their meeting will be with respect to what security they should loan money to their employers. The union has now $300,000 loaned and has an ac- cumulation” of over $100,000 which ft will place with employers upon good security. The most noted man in this trade is proba- bly Willlam J. Dillon, to whose genlus the presen. state of things is in a large part due. The union is 80 strong that it never has trouble with employers, and the men are 50 well posted In the trade that they can to a fraction tell the profits of thelr employers. As for the clerks, they are by ng means in such a favorable condition, yet their order has grown very fast during the past two years, and promises to soon be pounding at ihe doors for first rank in labor circles. The potters have a great deal of trouble THE OMAHA DAILY. BEE SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1894—-TWENTY PAGES. on hand. Thegadyent of the present year brought trouble ®evefy side, and the con- dition of the trade now is the worst it ever has been. The leaders of this union say that the Wileon 'Bill js the cause of their ills, and promiso/fo say so out loud when they meet In natl| On the third and Harness holds its meetin al convention, osday In July the Saddle grs Natlonal association at Evansville, Ind. There 18 nothing of unusul interest coming up at this meeting, the trade generally being in pretty good condition throughout the country. It will meet with ninety dele- gates and will favor the proposed general unfon, The Journeymen Plumbers and Gasfitters National unfon will begin a week's delibera- tions in St. Louls cn the last Monday In July, This Is @ frade that has been at a standstill for the' last fow year:, the mem- bers seeming to; take Ifttle or no Interest In their unfon.” There is some talk of electing a new set of general officers, with the hope of getting men who will stir and call the boys in line August and September also will be taken up with several meetings of national im- portance to labor. The first Tue:day in August is the date agreed upon for the opening of the national session of the Brotherhood of Brass Workers at Krie, Pa. This {s an organization of skilled workmen who have carried thelr trade organization almost to perfection, and conduct their business in a business way. On the 1ith :the Hardwood Furniture and Plano Varnichers union will assemble at Shelbyville, Ind., and the Journeymen Stone Cutters association has fixed upon Toronto for its meeting on the first Monday in August. The International Union of Car- rlage and Wagon Workers convenes in na- tional convention at Boston August 13. The members of this union have been successful In reducing the hours of labor in eight cities since this date last year, and the union fs now much stronger than ever before. On September 4 the National Association of Stationary Engineers will assemble at Baltimore to transact the usual routine busi- ness, and the weavers' unfon sends dele- gates from all over the country to a city yet to be selected cn the 10th. Tho representatives of the Tntarnational RBrotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, one of the very strongest unfons in the country, will gather at Indianapolis on the 17th. The Coopers Tnternational union meets at Toled) omthe 10th, and the pnited brewery workmen send delegates to ‘Cleveland on the third Sunday In September. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen gathers in natlonal conclave at Harrisburg, Pa., on the second Monday, and the Furni- ture Workers International union meets in a city yet to be selected on the 15th. Among other meetings in October will be the gathering of the Machine Wood Work- ers International union at St. Louis on the 1st. The second Monday of this month be- glns the convention at Louisville of the In- ternational Typdgraphical — union and the — American As:ociation of Street Railway Employes commences Its annual ses- sion at Milwaukee, October 12. During the month of November there will also be several nutional gatherings of the la- bor forces, the dates and places not yet hav- ing been fixed. The - Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers will meet at Milwaukee on the 11th of November and In December comes tho grand council of the Journeymen Barbers In- ternational unfon at St. Paul. - The great gatherings of the Yenr will 'be wound up by the grand annugl ‘meeting of the American Federatjon of Laber, which convenes the mid- dle of the last month and will probably have no less than 2,850 -delogates in attendance from all parts of #he United States. At the present time labor seems to be gen- erally disturbed ali.jever the country and the indications are €hat. many of the meetings called will be infengely Interesting and may have considerable bearing upon future events in the history of the country. The trouble between the minef and mine owners now on throughout the copntry is almost at a white heat, regardless of the fact that for lack of coal many fires ate going out. What the re- sult of this general Strike will be 1o one pre- sumes’ to foretell: It is thought by a great many of the labot: leaders of the country that it the coal nilners’ strike is kept up much longer the whole army of miners is likely to join in cn the march to Washington. It mast also be-reembered lh?{he Amer- fcan_Railway u%fl ‘an organizafion which heretofore only e: g T in the mind of Bugene Debe, fs 'now With.the present year considered the great rallroad labor organization of the countryand" {s no- doubt destined to make considerable history in_the labor world. The gaining of the Great Northern strike by this young organization at once placed it and its leader in the front rank. Labor Notes, New York printers meet at Utica in June. Chicago tinners have adopted a union label. The Chicago bakers are winning their de- mands. The Brotherhood of Bookbinders has 8,000 members. Pittshurg stone cutters are on a strike for eight hours, The Longshoremen’s National unfon has thirty locals. The union coopers at Rockland, Me., have accepted a cut. A new lathers’ union has been organized in New York city. The weavers at Lawrence, Mass., have ac- cepted another cut. A cizar makers' union at Buffalo has $15,300 In its treasury. - The National Painters and Decorators union meets at Buffalo in June, Printers at Saginaw, Mich., will establish a co-operative daily paper. The Knights of Labor are organizing the Chicago stock yards employes. Woolen workers' wages were increased 10 per cent at Kingston, R. I. The coal handlers at Cleveland won their strike for last year's scule. Detroit unons declared for municipal own- ership of street railways. The American Railway unlon will finan- clally assist the Pullman strikers. An actors' protective _association formed last week in New York city. District assembly No. 253 of the Knights of Labor will publish a labor guide. The National Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners formed six locals in April. The Cloth Hat and Cap Makers union has taken in $00 mebers since January. It is estimated that 30,000 musiclans be- long to the Musicians Protective union. The National Horseshoers unfon held a conventon in Washington last Monday. The carders’, weavers', spinners’ and loom fixers' unfons may be amalgamated into one union. The Tin, Sheet Iron and Cornice Workers International union has adopted a union label, The plumbers are on a strike at Utica, N. Y. over a dispute about the scale of wages. e A Dbill is before ‘e New Jersey legisla- ture to require efighiccrs to pass an exam- ination, [ The framers' undon at Williamsburg, N. Y., elected delegatgs,to the Soclalist Labor tederation. ap The Internationgl Cigar Makers union withdrew the blue Jabel from the Jacob & Narbruck company. The musiclans hava rival unlons in Balti- more. Each regails the other as com- posed of “‘scabs.” was one of the fiysf railway organizations in existence, and has'a strong hold upon all its member au There are 30,000 'efgar makers outside the union, and thelrs ig'next to the strongest union in the country’ ¥ The striking pottifi at Bast Liverpool, 0., have bought a largd' plant and will run it on the co-operative pfan. The meeting of the Nebraska State Federa- tion of Labor this year will receive delegates from the farmers alliance. Two hundred members of Boiler Makers and Iron Shipbuilders union No. 21 left New-~ port, Va., in search of work. The ingraln weavers at Lowell were re- cently cut 17 per cent, and they have now struck for 10 per cent of the reduction. The Chicago employers have rafsed a fund to test the constitutionality of the law fixing elght hours as a day's work for women. The American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor of New York state have agreed upon the demands to be made at the constitutional convention, Union No. 1 of the United Silk Ribbon Weavers has practically abandoned Its fight for an increase of Wages after a strike that lasted thirteen weel The manufacturers sustained a loss estimated at $100,000. During the last ten years the Brotherhood was of Railway Tralnmen has pald $3,000,000 in the celebrated “Continental” mower, and these goods hi at such low pricos as we wiil make durlng this special sale. plete for 20c. John Hussie, Agent for Jewel disabllity and death benefits. This organt- zation has 546 branches whore membership Is eomposed of men, besides seventy-seven auxiliary branches composed of women. It Indastrial Points, Callfornia is sending strawberrios east. Germany makes butter from cocoanuts. Artificial marble is made from limestone. Virginia ralses 5,000,000 bushels of peaunts. A Hungarfan inventor claims to be able to make from wood pulp a fabric suitable for durable clothing. Selentific men have demonstrated that a speed of 200 miles an hour can never be at- tained by anything that moves on whoels. A spoonless mustard pot is a recent Inven- tion. "By pressing a piston rod in an air- tight receptacle the requisite amount of mustard {s forced through a suitable spout. The air being excluded, the mustard is o ways fresh. 5 Before the enactment of patent laws work- men were put on oath never to reveal the process of the manufacture or work on which they were engaged. Visitors were excluded and false operations blinded the artisans themselves. One of the sunny spots In the outlook 13 that the woolen' mills and the print works of New England are doing business on a gencrous scale and have sufficient orders to warrant them in running right through the season. A circular knitting machine of Ingenious construction has been brought to notice by a Philadelphia inventor. At the completion of a stocking the machine Is ftopped by the pattern chain to allow a ribbed top to be run upon the needles, the driving pulley being moved into the gear with the driving shaft, and the leg is knit. The average number of working days in a year in varlous countries Is as follows: In Russia, 267; in BEngland, ; in Spain, 200; in Austria, 205; in Italy, 298; in Ba- varia and Belglum, 300; in Saxony and France, 302; in Denmark, Norway and Switzerland, 803; in Prussla, 305; in Hol- land and North America, 308, and in Hun- gary, 312. A Skowhegan Me., manufacturer of patent medicine made an offer of $20,000 to any one who would fnvent for him a bottle that could not be refilled after once being emptied. An ingenious mechanic named McQuilian has in- vented such an article, and the firm has al- lowed him six months more to make any im- provements or changes needed in his inven- tion. It s a curlous yet simple article, and will cost only a trifle more than an ordinary bottle. The greatest holsting engine probably ever built is now belng constructed in Milwaukee. It will operate a shaft on the property of the Tamarack (copper) Mining company in upper Michigan. The shaft is 9,400 feet deep, and the engine will be largoe enough to hoist from a depth of 6,000 feet. The drum will consist of a double cone, with the greatest diameter at the center, and tapering toward each end, the smallest’ diameter being thirteen feet nine inches, the greatest diam thirty-six feet, and distance across the face of both cones twenty-four and one-half feet. carancgono s DeWitt's Pills_that cure sick headache: Little Early Risers. —_——— The twenty-seventh annual convention of the Nebraska State Sunday School associa- tlon will be held In_the First’ Methodist Episcopal church of York, June 5—7. Ar- rangements for the accommodation of vis- itors are complete. —_— ———— M PO S ST AT | D T HUMPHREY’S SPECIFIC "10” Positively Cures DYSPEPSIA INDIGESTION—WEAK STOMACH, Just a small bettte of pleasant pellets—fits your vest pocket. Sold by druggists, or scnt on recelpt of price, 25c, five for 81 HUMPH- REY'S MEDICINE COMPANY, corner WILL- TAM AND JOHN STS., NEW YORK. COMPLETE LINE OF Mine, M, Yales REMEDIES. Massage to remove wrinkles taught free with a purchase. PARLORS 501-2 KARBACH BLOCI. awn Mowers, Special Prices This Week Beginning Monduy and continuing during the week wo will make such prices as should sell every lawn mower in our stock. Wo handlo only tho best makos, Including vo never been offered fn Omuha indow Sorcens com- See our Adjustable 2407 Cuming St. soline Stoves and Siberia Reivigerators. ° & i FORE ad Wi Or. E. C. s Nervo and Brain Treatment 1 s0id under positive writlen guarantes, by authors izod agents only, to cure Weak Memory; Loss of Bratn and Nerve Power; Lost Manhood; Quioknoss; Evi) Droams; Lack of CouAdence; Lassitude; all ‘Dratng; Loss of Powor ivo Organs In elthar sex, caused by over-exertion; Youthful Errors, or Excestive Use of Tobacco, Oplum or Liquor, which soon lead ta Misorz, Gonsumption, nfty and T adl, #1.8 box; ¢ for 80 with written gusrn oF rofund money. WEST'S COUGH BYRUP, A certain cura fo ohfts, Croup, aant 1o tako. , 06, size, Bow 5c.; old ¥5 (ssued only by Goodman Drug Company. Mme. M. Yale TO THE RE! aded Women and Bad Complexions, Farewell to Freckles: ‘Wrinkies Good:Bye Y Gray Hair is Ended Without Any Dyel UE OF Liko a visiting angel Mme. Yale's appearance and loctures timo fn the history of the world how beauty can be cultivated rtof the oducation nnd o natural inheritance that bolongs to alt woren, whether sho 1s born beautitul or noc. What nae ture lacks can be supplied through the selonce of cultivation which Mme. Yalo's MARVELOUS COMPLEXION REMEDIES will accomplish In every caso. tunate enough to see Mme. Ya 1vo taught women for the first There can be no doubt left in the minds of thoso who wero fore In all her glorfous beauty and youthful loveliness at 41 years of age, Sho has the upponrance of a beautiful young matden of 18, This marvelous boauty s cars ried out in her every movementfrom the crown of her glorious golden liead to the soles of hor shapely tect. Old Fathor Tlme has not dared luy ono withering fingor mark to mar hor boauty or decay her youth. She keeps no secrets from the public. In the price list below w. THE SECRET OF HER BEAUTY. S e PRICE LIST, Pimples, Black Heads and Skin Dises os cured B s i e EAcso Anond Bisson Compleno oo, Exceiylsl;a[ogill)'l Fflm ‘]‘l"l':ll nll:‘)!‘l ‘) vl rr:;‘(!:hr; ’!,{" ki 3 the skin smooth S, s, T, 0 e | HORSOT O Wt Makes the hands soft, lily white and beautts EXceisior Compiexion Bieach. e Hole and Wl Exraclor. b deatiics _"""" i Removes and_ deatroys forever moles and i T ekt 8o, vt |y 0sh o0 Efe BTN GroWe. ! ll“xl‘lfl;‘l‘:‘:"l ;n\“l:m‘;:'l” l!',l:, lashes g thick and long, the W rlant growth. rice $1.00 uxuriant shapely, strengthens Guaranteed to develop a beautiful bust and neck; gives firmness to the flosh and crentes a natural condition of plumpness. Price $1.50 and §3.00. (ireqt Scoil ! Mme. Yale natural rosy checks, a wonderful Price $1.00° per botile. Hme. M. Yale's Excolsior Fertlizar. Cures constipation. Price $1.60, wonderful remedy for remov and” dastroying ihe. growth of _superiuong ;m|r takes h\’l fl\'("n.\luulva l.n“lk‘r (‘Ilm< I\w]y. ‘ Himves ey s ame tpoiheacion pet | EXGRISIOr Biood Tonlc, $5.00. Purifies the l-lrm?;‘ acts on the liver, ’gxlo‘tl'neys; L0 Freckia and Freckles. bottle; G for §6.00. Mme. M. Yale's wonderful La Frekla s known 1o be the ony sure curc for trecktes. | FIUMICURD. S SR G G LT Mme. M. Yale's wonderful cure for all, kinds ¢ complexion hec e as clear as crystal of male weakness. Price $1.00 per bottle; Price §1.00 per bottle. 6 for §5.00. SOLD BY DRUGGIST KUHN & CO., 15th and Douglas st, OMAHA. At Wholesale....B, B. BRUCE & CO., OMAHA. TEMPLE OF BEAUTY, Lig Seme it INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTS ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOP. PERFECT NOT A DARK VENTILATION OFFICE Y 1HE BUILDING IV THE BU NIGHT AND DAY BLEVATOR SERVICE BUILDING. DIRECTORY OF OCCUPANTS. BASEME LOOR, e FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY, Mortgage 213D JOB PRINTING COMPANY. P{BE{.«.TY g 5| STLPHEN A, CROWE, Huffet, WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, CAMPBILL, Court Rotunda, Clgars Remington Typewriters and Supplics. it o g q /N CEMETERY ASSOCIA- MMAHA LOAN AND BUILDING FOREST LAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIA. ONMAHA L AThtiinger; Beores and TION. JCTATION, G. M. VALTIER EMMONS, Barber Shop. 2 % 3 OMATIA L RIBAL ESTATE AND TRUST I. LOAN AND BUILDING ASSO0- JOMPANY. CIATION, g \VL.‘:J”N'\HON. Agent Union Life Insurance [ HODGIN TAILORING CO. Company. YT FIRST FLOOR BEE BUSINESS OFFICE. | W UNION ELEGRAPH AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY. | QN P. F. EKENBE Fr o Painter, Y. W. CHRRIS" PERINTENDENT BF ILDING. | B SECOND FLOOR. MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE IN- | HARTMAN & ROBBINS, SURANCE COMUANY; C. HARTAAN, Inspectc IT LAND CO,. AN ASSOCIATION. Fire Insurance FUTTER, L 0! N0l i ICR O e “I;l!!és[l oS AT i, K . | MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. CHRISTIAN ~ SCIENCIE — READING | poyipApLE LIFE ASSURANCE SO. ROOMS. CIETY. v JIRE, Loan X Loy SV R IR aToN, Attorney-at- | puap & BE , Altorneys. Law. T ‘LOOR THIRD FLC . /INGS LIFE ASSUR- W, PATRICK, Law Offico ofe! S0t ON Now Yori 3. ¥ BNITRD STATES LIFE INSURANCE CO. | ANCE SOCHE 4 TRUST COMPANY y | ASPHALT PAVING AND 5. HOFFMAN. ¢ CO, YAUBRAMAN, Attorney. 1 MIT ustice of the Peace. X COURT, Tdoms S BRAL " Law | ¢ SHOCIATION. . OMPANY. EANY, Fhiladeiphls. W. H. Alexander, BQUITY COURT, Room No. 6. 32 J A, WAKEFIELD, Lumber. FOURTH FLOOR, PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE AND ACC ‘:1:{(‘l"l' MUTUAL LIFE INSURs DENT INSURANCI CO PENN MUTUAL LIFE INBURANCE CO, state. HOWA CO., Fire In- | HARRIS TITLE AND INDEMNITY CO. A, M. HOPKINS, Court Stenoerapher. D TYPEWRITER CO. INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AND CK, "‘("," 5 et Batants | TPORTRAIT CO. & OO NSUHANCE | FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC €O, B. T STANDARD ACC INSURANCE | FORT 0 Agent. ©0., Percy B. Ford, Agent. o | W SO DR. "GRANT ~CULLIMORE, Ocullst and | 1, waRD MOONEY, Mortgages and Aurlst O ] Loan, OMAHA COAL EXCHANGE. . o | RLES L. THOMAS, Real Estate MO. VALLEY LOAN & INVESTMENT PARDEE, Ag 't. Wayne Hlectrio 0. | Supply ¢ DR, C. V. CROOKS, Nerves, Stomach and | \NIRCPEN P WORKMEN OF AMEIR- I . ICA. sterly, Manager, DEXTER L. THOMAS, Real Estate, | FIFTH FLOOR. ARMY HBADQUARTERS,DEPARTM OF THE P1 | TH FLOOR MANUFACTURERS AND | T ASSOCTATION. CONSUME: E, P, BV PEOPL INVESTMENT N3 T PING OFFICE. CO. N LOAN AND TRUST CO, | ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS, Rev. W. ts | T, stman, District Grand Counctlor, SE 'ENTH FLOOR. ROYAL ARCANUM LODGE ROOMS, A few more elegant office rooms may be had by applying to R, W. Baker, Superintendent, office on counting room floor_