Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 3, 1894, Page 3

CFIRE AT HAMMOND'S PLAY Beef House is Totally Destroyed ata Loss of $260,000, FIRZIMAN KILLED BY FALLING WALLS Hard Fight to Save Other Plants—Company Will Rebulld at Once-Four Hundred Men Thrown Temporarlly Out of Em- ployment—Several Injured. The bect house and office building of the 8. H. Hammond eompany's packing plant at Bouth Omaha was destroyed by fire yester- day. The loss on the buildings and contents will be about $250,000, the insurance carried being practically sufficient to cover the loss By the falling of walls and other aceidents one fireman was killed and four other persons injured, but none fatally. > Fireman John Swanson was killed early in the day, when the west wall of the building went down. He and Hank Peterson of the #ame company were caught by the falling brick and partially buried. Several streams of water were turned on the ruing, and #00n ag the bricks were cool enough men com- menced throwing aside the debris In an effort | to save the burned men. After a good deal of hard work and in the face of the flames which poured from the lower windows, a few brave men succeeded in rescuing Peter- son alive. He carried into an engine house, where he was given medical attend ance. He will recover. Swanson's body was later recovered from the debris. It was bruised and burned, Swan- son was married only last Wednesday and lived at Twenty-fifth street and the north line of the city. Another man, whose name is also Peter- n, was stricken down from suffocation and smoke and taken to his home in Brown park He will recover. Ralph Pearl undertook to make an inspec tion of the hog department, followed by Coun- ellman Bulla, Attorney Doud and a number of friends. Mr. Pearl was groping his way through the #moke on the second floor of the hog room he missed his footing and fell through elevator £haft a distance of forty feet. The man struck upon his abdomen, but was not fatally injured. He was at first picked up for dead, but after being taken to the open alr and properly cared for he gradually recov- ered, and after an hour's treatment by phy- sicians at the fire hall was able to be removed to his home. He will recover. Nat Marr's hand was badly burned while fighting the flames. STARTED ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. It was about 7:30 o'clock In the morning Wwhen Officer Austin, who is emplc speclal policeman at the plant, dise smoke Issuing from the quarters the dressing room on the fifth beef Killing department. He immediately turned in the alarm. The Hammond firc- men were first 1o act, but the water pressure was 80 weak that 1t was impossible to throw a stream where it needed. The water moistened the brick upon the outside, but it was impossible to get water in where the flanes were doing the damage. From the dressing room the fire ate through the “ice chute into the adjoining rocms. The sheets of flames soon grew into immense proportions and leaped from v to wall until within a short time the entire bullding was in f Just over the dress ing room was the beef killing department The fire got into this department was Wwitkin fifteen minutes, because the firemen | were unable to get water into the house. The men had fust got to work, but all of them left the bullding in time to escape injury. Great sheets of flames shot out from every window and within an hour thousands of peo- ple had gathered at the scene. Rallroad engines were whistling and puffing The crowd was surging and yelling and the | firemen were endeavoring to get streams on the flames, but were helpless in a degree. First came the firemen from South Omaha, next from Swift's, then Cudahy’s and the Omaha house, but thelr efforts were in vain. Finally the Omaha fire department was called on to aid, and Acting Chief Salter sent hose No. 10 and hose No. 4, truck No 8 and steamer No. 13 and came down himself. The first wall to fall was on the west #ide. The fire had eaten through and con- sumed everything in the beef killing rooms in that portion. There were 1,800 dressed beeves on this floor ready to place in the cars. It is an unusual thing to have so much beef on hand, but it so happened that for the | last few days it was impossible to get cars | and the stuff was to have been shipp yesterday. It was at this time that #on was killed and Hank Peterson injured, SAVED THE BOOKS. Presently the office building, situated at the gouth end of the plant was burned. This buflding was of frame and was a very frail and cheap structure. Im mediately _after the fire broke ocut Manager Noves and his assistants col- lected all the books, papers and office para- phernalia and loaded it into a car, which was hauled away by the stock yards company's engine. The Swift plant, to the south, was in dan- ger, and a® a precautionary measure great sheets of galvanized Iron were hastily nailed over the doors and windows. Swift's men got out all the hose they had on hand and called upon every one, clerks and all, to hustle hose lines and help cool the south walls of the pork house to keep tho fire from spread- ing. Steamer No. 8 from Omaha was stationed In the rear of the pork building and pumped ater onto the roof in order to keep it cool and to prevent the fire from jumping the big fire wall. HARD FIRE TO FIGHT. Just east of the corner of the where the fire broke out stands a big iron tank, which contained 90,000 gallons of oil When Chiet Salter saw the flames break through info the elevator shaft and out the fourth story windows he promptly with drew his men and put them on an adjoining building, where streams were turned on the oll tank It was feared at one time that walls might fall on the tank and crush it, thus frecing the ofl. If this had happened the whole plant would have been destroyed. zaln it was feared that the intense heat woula cxplods the oll tank. Four str were taken from the burning building a turned on the tank to keep it cool. This actlon was none 100 soun, for when the water struck the heated iron great clouds of steam arose and for a time the water dried as fast a8 thrown on the tank. By persistent work on the part of a few brave men, the big fron tank was kept cool until all danger was over. The walls, down to the second story, fell at 11 o'clock and after that the fire was virtually under control, as the danger of the flames spreading was past. It was a {p story Inside fire from the start, water could not ‘reach the seat of the flames and, as a consequence, the firemen had little to do but try 10 keep the walls cool and endeavor to prevent the flames from spreading. The firemen were all anxious to do good service, but the water pressure was so weak that it was impossible to do much. An- 1 out the other thing, when the fire first started, the | smoke was 8o dense that no person could get in with a hose to do effective work. The pork house is situated just south of the beef house and had it not been for the fire wall between the two buildings it would have burned. It was 11:30 o'clock before it was certain that the firemen had control, and although the damage to the hog killing building was slight, the firemen were com- pelled to work hard to check its ruin, WAS A LONG STRUGGLE. Until 10 o'clock at night the fire Lurned brightly, and a large crowd stood and it After 8 o'clock in the evening the water pressure was much better, and the streams were poured nto (he beef house in pro- fusion. In addition to the six Omaha, all of the South Omaha firemen and energetic citizens who volunteered their services, Chiet Nicholson arrived at 3§ o'clock with three men from Counc:l Blufts, bri alng an equipment that did good worl At ove time Chief Smith had twenty-four streams on the fie. The fact that the lard Aud greasy substance was burning made It companies from The friends turned back, but as | an | building | difcult, in fact, impossible, for the Aremen to put out the blaze. Millions of gallons of water were turned into the plant, but the flames were unsubdued, and the firemen ap- peared to be working against fate. 1t looked as it the fire would go through the three- foot wall, and in this case the Swift plant and all adjolning industries would have been | in_serious danger. The wind blew sparks and shunks of burn- ing timbers for blocks. Many small fires | were averted by prompt action on the part of active citizens, who were on the alert | from the time the fire broke out until they went to thelr homes. | NUMBER THROWN OUT OF WORK. The number of men that will be thrown out of employment temporarily s estimated at 400. While it is true that some of them will be employed In the rebuilding of the { plant, there will be many who will suffer from the fire A decldedly heavy loss in (his fire comes the hide department. The Hammond company killed from 600 to 1,000 cattle dally. | In order to cure th hides propirly they had 1o be kept about sixty days, This forced the company to k on hand con- stantly quite a stock in this line, and a man | who works in the hide room told a reporter for The Bee that the loss in the hide cellar | would be greater than in any other depart- | ment., QUARTER OF A MILLION L( I Besides the 7,800 dressed beeves, there w ere in the bullding 500 tierce: of tallow, 600 | | terees of pickled beef, 600 tierces of entrails | and 250,000 pounds of lard. When a Bee reporter what he estimated the los | not definitely tell |in | asked Mr. Noyes at he said he could He was rushing from one department to another all day long, putting | | men to work and looking after the business, | | but others employed about the plant who arc in a position to know say that the loss will not exceed $250,000. Mana ves last evening engaged rooms in the hange building, and for the present will have his offices there The beef house, whero was a four-story, solid ‘eet square. At the tin of the fire over 1,800 dressed beeves were in the house, which the company had been unable 1o ship | on account of lack of cars. The beef house | separated from the pork house by a heavy {fire wall. This alone saved one-half of the | big structure. These bulldings were erected |1n 1893 at a cost of §750,000. All of the ma- chinery and appliances were of the latest and most expensive make. Insurancs to the amount of $1,600,000 was | carried by the Hammonds on their piant | Every Omaha com which writes packing [ house Insurance is carrying Hammond poli- cles. | WILL the fire broke brick structure, out, 200 REBUILD AT ONCE. | nager Noyes during the progress of the received a telegram from Hammond, | the headquarters of the company, in L icting him to at once begin arrangements | to rebuild the plant. It is fortunate for the company that the beef department burned in- stead of the hog, for the Hammond plant can upply this company with all the beef they an sell, but at Hammond they do not kill fire | 1na,, neral Manager Lyman of the Chicago of- telegraphed that the business of the c pany would not be materially interfe owing to the surplus capacity at Hammond, Ind, THE INSURA that Carrled Risks on '« Plant, the Hammond plant is controlled by the agency of Webster, Howard & Co. of Omaba and aggregates $670,000, of which amount the sum of $220,000 s on the property destroyed, W. Hitehcock, in speaking of the matter yesterd that tho insurance was carried by the com- panies under a general form covering each piece of property belonging to the plant. Companies represented and the amounts h they carry are as follows: American E List of Companie; the Dan The insurance on 315,00 20,000 Phenix of erman hester Germ nd Marind dch th British and MejCantile Hampshire. Home of New Y Fireman's Fund... ire Association Orient Vational Wk Manu Atlas Fir h Insuvan Unior of Pennsylvania ommercial 1mony Norwich Am U Americun, Lioyds an_ Fire and Marine wich an Fire and Marinc ntral arden Liverpool and London and Globe St Paul Fire and Marin, Mechanics ...... Commereial " Tnion German-American . Westchester I lin Syndicate 5 itish Al wenix of 1 Phenix of B American of > Baloise Helvetia ' Sw rican of | tinental nnsyivania and Marine i National and Marir alth Insura eriean Mutual, Lioyids s Alllance nd Manu Pennsylvania nee, Washington Suffolk Mutual Philadelphia Fire, Merchants Detrolt Fire ork and Hoston, Mutual and Marine Lio: Vs of B 7 Mas n It husetis Mutual London wl Assurance Ji Hitor British - Amorica Humburg-liroman Hamburg-lreman 1 In addition to the above there is $20,000 of insurance on the beef houso stock carried by the Helvetia Swiss company. 1 FROM OMAHA, Men and Maclhines Sent to Ald the Firemen at South Omahu. The first call for assistance from this city was received at 8 o'clock. It was then represented that the fire could not be con trolled by the South Omaha departme and four of the Omaha companies were at once sent to their assistance In command of As sistant Chief Salter. These were hose com panies 4 and 10, hook and ladder No. 3, and steamer 15. Later in the forencon another call was sent in and Chief Barnes deta'led hose No. 3 and 5, and steamer 14. The steamer turned over at Twentieth and Mason streets and the horses were injured and the pole broken No. 13 was then ordered out and No. 14 sent back for repairs. Commissioners Hart- man and Strickler also went down with the Omaha apparatus. The reports at Chief | Galligan's office were to the effect that the firemen were handicapped, as usual, with the | lack of water pressure. The hydrant pres sure was ineffective and until the steamers arrived but little prpgress could be made galnet the flames, While Watching the Fire, As soon as the news came to Omaha | forenoon or | very remarka | which | day's shooting, I went to the railroad st | gave, in the registration court at Camberwell, | question arose as to whether a man had been that the Hammond plant was burniug the | South Omaha cars were irvwd with curious people, who went down fo see the big Y’»\ Hundreds of people crowded about the byrn. ing bulldings anq interfered somewhat With thg work of lh’ fremen. The origin of the fire is unknown. It Is quite likely that one of the workmen dropped A lighted match or sparks fell from his pipe while changing his clothing in the beet dress 10g room. This is the theory that is most generally belleved by the men who are in- terested The government inspection at Hammond's is under the direction of Dr. Shermer of Ne- maha county. The doctor has an able as sistant in Frank Patrick. Then there are four taggers. All these men may be fur- loughed until such time as the company is ready to begin killing again. There was some talk last night to the effect that Dr. Shermer and Mr. Patrick would be trans- ferred to St. Joseph, Mo., until the plant was again opened here, The meat Inspection business has fairly opencd in St. Joseph, but no fuspectors have as yet been appointed, and | inasmuch as Dr. Shermer and Mr. Patrick are up in their business it s believed they will be sent there for a temporary period at least. It was reported on the streets last night that both Mr. Cudaby and Mr. Foster had announced to Manager Noyes that they woul arrange for him to kill cattle either in the afternoon in their houses. All the packing houses in the city shut down business in order to give the firemen the full water pressure. Councilman ~ Walters and John Flynn worked for ten hours steady at the fire, The walls of the structure now standing are on the west and east side. The north wall Is all gone down to about within ten feet of the basement. i lovely woman stoops to folly" s some baking powder other “When a she always than Dr. Price's, e ———— REGISTRATION. Today Is the Last Day for the Registration of Voters. This is the last day on which voters may register for the election next Tuesday. Every legally qualified elector should mnot fail to er. Failure to do so will deprive any of the right to vote at the election November 6. Registrars sit from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. an LI SR DEACON GOZZLE'S LITTLE STORY About How the Church by a Debt Was Hysterions Stranger. “You know,” said Deacon Gozzle to the New York Sun, “I'd often heard of men Roing ‘away from their native village to the city and getting rich, and finally coming back to settle and building a fine house, or building a house and coming there to spend thelr summers; or giving the town a library, br building a new church or a school house, or doing something good, that showed that their heart was in the old town. But the queerest thing of that sort I ever heard of happened in my town, and it happened in the church that 1 belong:d to. “There came to our church one Sunday a stranggr, just an ordinary looking stranger in good Sunday clothes, and we put him, as we did strangers, in as good a scat as we had, which happened to be in this case the best seat in the middle aigle, a fact for which we were afterward very grateful. We didn’t observe anything about this man; he listzned scrmon, and stood up with the rest when they sung, and when the plate was passed he dropped in a bill. That was kind o' remarkable, but not so dreadful re- markable, for folks sometimes did put bills n the plate in our church. But when we came to stra'ghten out the collection and count it, which we always did after ing, we did encounter the most remarka- ble thing that had ever happened In that church; the bill that the stranger had put in folded up so smal’ and quiet was a thousand- dollar bill. “Well, if there'd been an earthquake in the town there couldn't any moré people have heard of it, nor any quicker, and eve body wondered who he wes. He was stop- ping at the hotel and keeping very quiet, and next day he went away, and then every- body wondered If he'd ever come back. He did the next Sunday, and he went to church, and he dropped another bill in the plate when it got (0 him, folded up smal!, just like the oth It was another thousand, g thero was excitement Lifted to the hen Tho man went away the next morning fust the same, but he came back the next Sunday and pu in another thousand, and he kept cdming and going in that way until he'd put In nine thousand-dollar bills, with the excitement growing all the time. “There was a mortgage on the church of $10,000. By this time, of course, everybody had got it into their heads that the stranger was paying off this mortgage, and everybody was very glad of it. It wasn't a poor town by any means, but it was a farming town, where cash was'nt over plentiful, and $10,000 seemed like a great deal of money—which it was—apd this man was paying it, or everybody thought he was, and when it came to the next Sun- day, the tenth Sunday, which everybody sort of felt was going to be the last one, and the one that would tell who the stranger was, you couldn't get into the church. But we managed to make room for him when he canie, and he did come, and we gave him the ntical pew he sat in the first Sunday. Well, when the plate came around he put in another. He'd done it—ue'd paid the debt of the ehurch. “‘After that he didn't keep himself quite 50 quiet. He was around the village more, and first one and then another recognized him, and then everybody that was old endugh wondered that everybody hadn't recognized him from the beginning. He was born and raised there and had gone away whén he was a young man of 20 to make his fortune, and he'd made it, not in cities, but out on the plains raising cattle, and no- bedy had met him or heard of him. But he didn't look like a cowboy when he came back; lie looked just like anybody, and cted so. “He did say afterward that paying the church debt was more fun than he'd ever struck in his life; he was a little curious in that way in his' way of speaking; but his heart, sure, was sound as a dollar.” el CORN FOR CLUBS. Most Affected In Western Ki- diana. “The queerest thing 1 ever looked on in the of a we ¥s a writer in the New York Mail, at a little bit of a4 wind-swept prairie town in wes rn In- diana, rn town,’ where ex-President Harrison and a hunting party disembarked | to go through miles cf stubble in quest of quail in 1888, after his election. I was sta- tioned in Indianapolis to keep track of the president-elect, and went on that excursion, was in charge of ex-Congressman When the party had finished the I'm The We a Pierc ton, a little affair—to telegraph my story. The place was closed, but an urchin told me where the operator lived. It | was about a mile out on the prairie, and the night was inky dark. But I found his cabin, and with the promise of a bonus, induced him to come back and open | up. When he entered the station he took off Lis coat, but before he sat down to the instrument he pulled a hard, heavy car of corn, about sixteen inches long, out of his pocket and lald it gingerly on the table, much as & man might lay down a big Colt's revolver loaded. ““What's that for?" “ ‘Oh I asked just to see that no skeeters don't bite ye,' hie answered. Then he picked up a plece of board which some carpenters had left, and with one sturdy blow of the huge ear of corn, split the strip from end to end, and threw the picces into the corner. ‘D'ye see? says she, says 1. Next day 1 noticed that all the prairie men that came to town to see General Harrison had big ears of corn in their hip pockets and didu't seem to be much afraid of anything, A regiment of men with those ears of corn would drive Li Hung Chang and his plg tail soldiers into the northern ocean.” Irlshman's View of “Relie An official of the Irish National league & new version of what constitutes “relief' from the male voter's point of view. A in receipt of ‘“relief” and was thus dis- | qualified from the franchise. The gentle- | Demoeracy"s | man, | of the we man from Ireland causually remarked to the revising barrister, “Ob, yes, he has had | relief, sir. His wife left’ bim six months | “go." Takes Cleveland's Attitndd on the New York Oontest for a Subject. [ NOT HELPING DAVD BENNETT THIS YEAR W Efforts toiCoustuct the Affairs of the Country Compated to a Novice Attempting 1o Contfol Powers ful Electrical Mashinery. BUFFALO, Y., Novi/2.—Chauncey M. Depew addressed a large audience at Music hall tonight. He said in part: Blectricity is the greatest benefit ever given by God to man. When wrested by the genius of an Edison from naturé that marvelous powen put at the mercy and the servics of the | country, but it is the most dangerous of | forces when in the hands of an incompetent The competency of the republican | party with this electricity of prosperity was | such that as they touched the button | a new mill was started to be connected with the machiner; new mine was opened to be connec ith the machinery, a new furnace was put in blast to be connected with the machinery; but when the republican skilled electriclan” was turned out of office and when the democratic electrician came in, who did not understand the button, and wh put on 1,000 volts—and 1000 volts is what Kills a criminal at Sing Sing, and what killed the industries of the country. (Applaise.) “My friend, Governor Hill, sa ‘I am a democrat and nobody else is; and Cleve- land says, ‘I am a democrat and nobody elso is,” and Everett P. Wheeler says, ‘1 am & democrat and nobody else is,’ and this has produced one of the strangest cataclysms that ever occurred in American politic President Cleveland arrived in New York the other day and t up to his house. He sat down in his library, called in his private secretary, Thurber, Says he ‘“Thurber, I've been fishing all summers who is running in New York this fall?’ (Laugh- ter.) “Well,' Thurber says, ‘What?' said he, By “‘Why,' says he, ‘Dave Hill turned down Hornblower and Peckham, didn't he, when I sent them In for judges of the supreme court Yo W . ‘he made a speech there in wh vs that I—1, the official head of the democratic party, had a policy which would destroy the democratic party in the United States, didu’t be?' Yes," ‘HilL' david?' ' says he, ‘he's no is running?’ ‘Well," Thurber says, ‘Levi P. Morton.’ “‘Oh! well,’ says he, ‘we don’t want an: thing to do with him. Wko else is running?" “‘Byerett P, Wheeler.' 'Where did he get a nomintaion?’ ‘A bolting nominatino.' . “‘Well," Cleveland savs, ‘you know Thur- ber, the democracy never recognizes a bolt- ing nomination.” Says he: ‘Thurber, I have a great idea. (Laughter). ‘Pack up my bag: we'll go to Washington. We won't register., There are no democrats running this fall.’ (Prolonged laughter and applauge.) But there Is a democratic issue running this fall ,and that is whether Maynardism and thefts of senates apd the frauds at the ballot box, which was turped down by 160,000 majority last fall, shall be approved (his fall. * (Applause.) It 1 am a judge, from the crowds that turned out as I came ajong, the emphasis of this fall will be like a patk of artillery, a popgun compared with the emphasis of last fall.” democrat. Who Rally of Otoe Repiiblicans. NEBRASKA CITY b., Nov. (Special Telegram.)—The republjcans held a monster mass meeting at the opera house this even- ing, the building being literally packed. Hon. E. F. Warren presided and presented the speakers of the evening, Han, W. F. Gurley and Hon. John M. Thurston of Omaha, in neat speeches. Both speakers were at their best and dealt out straight republican doetrine, to the delight of the audience. The leading questions of the day were thoroughly discussed and the fallacies of free silver ex- pesed. Bryan's record was thoroughly aired and some of his campalgn methods made public. Withal it was the largest and most enthusiastic meeting held in Otoe county th's fall. The mentton by the speaker of Hon. John Watson's name was received with cheers. McElnley Talks to Large Crowds. COLUMBLUS, Nov. 2.—Governor McKinley spoke to about 45,000 people today, making about a dozen speeches. Last night he went from Sandusky to Erie, Pa., by special train ang spoke there this morning to about 22,000 people. The country within a radius of fifty miles from Erle was represented by large delegations. Tonight he spoke at Akron to a crowd of 6,000. Qne of the largest crowds which greeted the governor was at Warren, r's Appointments Saturday, November 3, Congressman Merc South Omaha, m. Coliseum, Monday, November 5, 8 p. m. A Rty ainlig Character begets confidence. No baking powder enjoys 1o high a character as Dr. Price’s. For forty years a standard, it has gone steadily from triumph to triumph until all competitors are surpassed, P L REGISTRATION, 8 p. Today 15 the Last I'ay for the Registration of Voters. This is the last day on which voters may register for the electlon next Tuesday. Every legally qualificd elector should not fall to register. Failure to do so will deprive any man of the right to vote at the clection November 6. Registrars sit from 9 a. m. to 9 p.m. e MARRIAGE AND LONG LIFE, A Sclentist's Speculations on an Interesting Subject. Writing on “Some Lessons from Centenar- lans,” In the Popular Science Monthly for October, Dr. J. M. French s: “Among the Massachusetts centenarians one in eleven n had never been married, while among the men the corresponding propor- tion was only one in tweniy-three. Further than this, while there were three times as 1 as men among the centenarlans there were six times as many among the unmarried ones. It would seem to be a fair inference that the effect of celibacy is less fatal to I ity among women than men. Nor is this other than might be expected when we consider how helpless and dependent is an old man, and how unable to care for himselt In the little niceties of life which contribute so largely to health and comfort, and how much less 8o in all these respects is an old woman, “But it would be a raanifest error to con- clude that, because the av age of the married exceeds that of the unmarried, there- fore this excess of longevity is due to the married state, unless it can be shown that the individuals composing the two classes were originally in the enjoyment of the same degree of health and soundness of constitu- tion; whereas, it Is an indisputable fact those persons entering the married state are, as a whole, more robust and’enduring, and hence have a greater natural expectation of life, than those who remain single; and it is also evident that repeated marriages, and espe- cially marriages late in life, are indications of a greater than usual degree of vigor and vitality, They are, therefore, in the nature of an effect, rather than a cause, of extreme longevit, — Only Six Tous of It, There are only six tons of platinum com- mercially in existence; it is indispensable for glow electric lamps, for no other metal as good an electrical conductor can be fused into the glass. Therefore, its price has in- creased within recent years many hundred times and threatens to go yet higher. Either a substitute conductor will have to be discovered or & new variety of glass made with @ coefficient of expansion nearer that of ordipary metal. There is a big bonanza here for some Inventor. S Amusement for Two. A good story is told of William Swisher, one of the veterans who was present at the Grand Army encampment in Pittsburg. He ) | lined "with twining EM BER 8, 1804, N. B. FALCONER. % % Saturday’s Bargains for Money Saving Pc,_c?,le- | Read our list of Bargains for Saturday all d4y. Don't forget our Famous Saturd SHAWLS! SHAWLS! ay Evening Sale, We have just purchased from a manufacturer his entire stock of fine all wool shawls at |a mere fraction of their value. means a great saving if you are in need of a fine and warm shawl, sale as much as possible, we have divided them into three lots. Never before were such values in shawls shown, U In order to simplify this At the prices we havs marked them we are certain they will not last the whole day, so come early and secute th& best values, Lot 1 will go at $2.48. Lot 2 will go at 4.68, Lot 3 will go at 5.95. DRESS GOODS: Th worth $1.00; hi Thi DRESS GOODS! See what we offer you tomorrow for soc in black and colored dress goods: wool serge, worth 75¢; Prestley's Figur s shawl is well worth §4.50. shawl is well worth shawl is well worth 7.50. 8.50. 1 Tamise, worth $r.25; 46-inch all wool serge, worth 75¢; 4o-inch all 46-inch all Pure Mohair Brilliantine, wool Satin Berbers, worth s'.om 46-inch all wool mixtures, worth gr.00; Whipcords; worth 75¢ and a host of other popular ‘weaves. They go in one grand lot atonly soc yard. A BARGAIN IN BLANKETS, 25 pairs 11-4 gray wool Blankets, regular price §4.50, tomorrow §2.78. silikaline Comforts, very pretty styles, filled with the finest grade of batting, see the si% ashing §4 oo for a comfort like thi this comfort, other stores ar: Great bargains in Purses tomorrow, Genuine Kid and Morrocco Purse: 12-4 ruffled ¢ of 9 ne our price is $2.73. , worth up to 20c, all go at Sjc each, Genuine Lizard Skin and Alligater Purses, worth 25¢, all go at 12%4¢ each, Fine Kid Purses with leather covered frames, worth 3sc, all go at 18¢ each. GOWNS AT 63 CENTS. 10 dozen Muslin Gowns, good quality, nicely trimmed, full size, worth §1.00, all go at 63q each, RIBBONS AT 7 CENTS. 7,000 yards of ribbons, all colors, all sill and excellent quality, grosgrain, satin edge and satin, well worth 25c, your choi ce tomorrow for 7c, ICE WOOL 12 1.2 CENTS. 300 boxes Ice Wool, best 25¢, tomorrow they go at 1214 UNDERWEAR. g [+ quality, black and white, a box eight balls to the box, regular price Men's heavy Derby Ribbed Merino Underwear, worth $1.25, for 8714c a garment. Men's heavy Merino Gray mixed Sox, worth 2 5¢, for 163c pair. An odd lot of Ladies’ and Children's Underwear, worth from ¢1.00 to gr1.23, go at 690 each. Just received our new lir ne of Fancy Baskets, On Sale Saturday Evening After 7:30 p. m, Read this List of Great Bargains . - . , 25 Ladies’ fall weight jackets, size will close them cut tomorrow ev the lining in some of these jackets. and get here early and get first 22 3% rening at $2.19 each, At thi choice. Just think! But no matter, we are willing to stand ths loss, You can buy a $1 34, 36, sold all the scason for $6.75 to $15.00, W price it does not even pay fq Be syre 5.00 jacket for gfi. 19. We have about 20 ladies’ long ulsters that we carried over from last season, they are ex= ceptionally fine goods and made of very fine cloth, £9.00, ¢12.50, ¢15.00 and §29 00, but tomorrow evening we will close them out at §2 Not more than one to a customer. WOOL DRESS GOODS. $2.00, $2.50 and g83.00 dre patterns on sale Saturday evening at §1.00 each, Our price on them last year was MYSiH This is a most extraordinary offer, and we would advise our friends to take advantage of this great sale. See display in our show window. 150 dozen gent's silk teck neck ties, all new and handsome styles, regular 35¢ goods, they go on sale tomorrow eveni This sale commences at 7: ng at 19c each, 30 p. m, N. B. FALCONER. was in a Colorado town not long ago without money, but with a great thirst. He was sizing up a saloon outfit from a corner seat, when & westerner invited him to take a arink. 0, replied Bill deliberately, “I will not drink today."” “Won't you, Mr. Boiled Shirt?"" replied the cowboy. “We shall see.” Then he turned to the bartender. *‘Put ten whisky glasses along the bar in a row. Now fill 'em up. When they were filled he drew a pistol and cocked it. “Drink down the line,” Bill slowly drained each glass. When the last glass was down he placed it on the counter, set the ten glasses in line, and turned {0 the cowboy. “Now, mister,” said he, “if you have 'em filled again I'll drink my way back.” pithiad i il A partnership that never fails—that be- tween the progressive housckeeper and Dr. Price’s Baking powder. e g A VENERABLE PILE. The Majestic Residence of President Polk to Be Demolished, The grand old homestead of James K Polk, tenth president of the United States, situated in the heart of Nashviile, Tenn., is at this time an object of particular interest owing to the fact that by the pro the will of this distinguished statesman the necessary division of the property among the thirty-two heirs requires its demolition The now venerable pile was in course of erection during the years of 1847 and 1848, during the time the president and his lady occupied the white house, It presents two perfect facades, with great Corinthian columns and verandas above and below, with approaches from four principal thoroughfares. The main front looks south, and |s reached through Polk avenue trom Church street, the principal business thoroughfare of the city from wihich the carriage drive sweeps through immense iron gates. The Vine street approach, always been the preferred entrance of the family and visitors, as a grave walk irubbery, leads directly to that portion of the house principally oe cupled, and to the walk surrounding the tomb, ' A more imposing residence than Polk Place, even mow, in its decline, irre- spective of its assoclations, would be difficult 1o find anywhere in the south, The large Leshaped hall, embracing in its angle the reception room and runni into the ample west parlors, with the twenty-foot ceilings gives to the whole a palatial effect, which the president must have purposely designed to render the change from the white house less noticeable. The dining rooms, guest chambers, upper hall and even the servants' quarters are ar- rafiged on the same generous scale. In the southeast corner of the house, on the upper floor, is the room used by the president as his office during the short perfod it was alloted him to live in his new home. Mrs, Polk always kept this room sacred trom intruders, and in it yet are 1o be seen the desk and furnishings as they were duriog its occupancy, fifty-five years ago. The large upper south hall is shelved from floor to celing to accommodate the exten- sive collection of books which compose a library complete alike for statesman and litterateur. Rare pictures and articles of virtu abound in every noek of rooms and halls Bibelots, insignia, relt memorials, presented frm patriots and for- elgners, are arranged in with & harmonious taste that lends to the interior of the old mansion an air of ele- gance and imparts to it a charm irresistible. But more interesting than house or fur nislings are the grounds on the cast side. which for many years contained the tomb of the president, and latterly of Mrs. Polk The monument, & plain temple of four col- he commanded fons of however, has @ of office, historical their abundance umns and entablatures, bears this tion on one side: JAMES KNOX Born November Died June 15, 18 POLK, 2, 179. An epitaph of some length, taken from the officlal announceme: made to the court of gland by George Bancroft, the n an minister, appears on the monolith which rests between the columns. The tombs of both Mr. and Mrs. Polk were removed a few hundred yards to the state capitol grounds and reinterred with much impressiveness and military pomp just a year ago. e Surely nothing but their cheapness could induca the public to experiment with ques- tlonable baking powders at the risk of health and comfort when the prove that they have a perfectly pure and thor. oughly reliable powder in Dr. Price It stands supreme. L DIFFICULT JOURNALISM. Setting Type in Japanese Is a Most borious Process. They are very keen journalists in the land of the chrysanthemum, but it must be lowed that the business is carried on under | difficulties from which even the hardened western newsy man might shrink ap- | palled, say rman in “Real Japan.” “The internal organization of & office is a sad cle 0i dai with difficulties unknown elsewhe really unnecessary here, he Jopanese written a acters congis ! the Ch those complicatsd square of an apparent jumble of zi and ticks and triangles and tails—'the foot prints of a drunken fly—and of the original Japanese syllabary, called kana, Of the former there are 20,000 in all, of which perhaps 14,000 constitute the scholars' vocah ulary, and no fewer than 4,000 are in com- mon daily u while the forty-seven s ple characters of the kana are Known to every- body. Therefore the Japanese compositor has to be prepared 1o place In his stick any one of over 4,000 different types—truly an appalling 1ask “From the nature of the problem several consequences naturally follow. ¥ t, le must bo a good deal of a scholar himself to recognize all these instantly and accurately, Secondly, his eyesight suffers fearfully, and he generally wears a huge pair of magnify Ing goggles; and third, as it is physically impossible for any one man to reach 4,000 types, a totally different method of case arrangement has to be devised. ‘“The ‘typo,’ therefore, of whom there are only three or four on a paper, sits at a little able at one end of a large room, with the age containing his forty-seven kana syl lables before him. From end to end of the room tall cases of type are arranged like the shelves in a crowded library, a passage thres feet wide being left between each two. The compositor recelves his copy in large pleces, which he cuts into little ‘takes,' and hands each of these to one of half a dozen boys who assist him. The boy takes this and proceeds to walk about among the cases till | ho has collected each of the ideog: ‘aphs, or square Chinese picture words, omitting all the kana syllables which connect them While these boys are thus running to and fro, snatching up the types and jostling each other, they keep up a continual chant, sin ing the name of the character they are look- Ing for, as they cannot recognize it till they hear its sound, the ordinary lower-class Japanese not understanding his dally paper unless he reads it aloud."” .- Rubles Made to Order. Artificial rubles, known as Geneva rubles are now extensively made, They are s hard as the natural ones from Burmah, are iden- tical with them in chemical composition and molecular structure and are only slightly inferior in color and lustre, per Henry £pec o | d printed char- phs ags and cro Boy%msg:ibn. 'r?fift:_:i'? AND SUNDAY NiGHT, THE SUCCESSFUL COMEDY DRAMA, FRIENDS. (5t ST, T 4 Nights, Con the most entertalning performe 1 in Omaha." success of “Friends” res Price balcony HEATAE FeRULaR LEPHONE 15631, Sunday Ma CHAS. A. LODER. 1v OH! WHAT A NIGHT! | | | L | Too'r H willgive a toooth | BRUSH bvrush with eao] MATINEE W 15w Specka, BONESDAY. be read from the stage wire and operator on 10-MAN IN BLACK, Miss Maria PARLOA’S COOK BOOK contatning 100 rocipes which she kas late- Iy written for the Lichig Company SENT FREE anchy & Co.. 27 Park Drop & postal card nd always buy LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of §E§E e s For 80 days we FREE. | Physician's : PRESCRIPTION Our Prices are Low. ! 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