Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 7, 1901, Page 5

THE OMAHA DAILILY BEE: MONDAY OCTOBER POPULATION 1S DECREASING | Natives in Aleutian Chain of Islands Are Rapidly Dying Off EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES AMONG ALASKANS Disense Causes Denth of Many dreds of Indians Who Are Crowded Together in Small Mud Hu Hun- WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—~The rapid de- eline of the native population of the Aleut- fan chain of islands is told in & report just recelved by the marine hospital service from F. J. Thornbury at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The report says that formerly there were 120 villages on the lslands, with w native population varfously estimated at trom 1,500 to 2 Now io the same dis- trict there are only ten villages and 1,000 inhabitants, exclusive of whites, of whom 800 are creoles (mixed breeds with Russians and other nationalities) and 700 Aleutes. The report says: “Last year Unalaska had 353 inhabitants, 116 or pear]y one-third of whom died. According to data obtained from the Russian priest of the Greek Cath- olie church, Rev. B, P. Kashereroff, who has the only mortality recotds kept in the village, there belng no health officer or even ph s, thirty deaths were ascribed to “cold,” twenty-four to consump- | tlon, thirty-three to measles and seven to old age, and five were drowned The remarkable mortality from measles among the natives n Alaska during the last yoar appears ascribable largely to the bad manitary environments aud lack of precau- ilon against exposure. “On the Kuskowind and in tions on the mainland from one-half to two-thirds of the natlves dled and many fvere left unburied in the mud houses where they lived, surviving members immediately desorting the huts which often contained from one to two dozen natives living re- gardless of family relations “As many as halt a dozen dead bodies have been seen by prospectors in a single hovel and numerous dead bodies were seen lying about on the ground partly eaten byy fhe foxes. ““There are numerous Instances of whole villages being deserted, the few surviving natives having a superstition about staying where 50 many of their number had died.” WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT Consumers in Nebraska Not to Be Troubled by Advance in Price other sec The advance In the price of broom corn announced from the east last night will have considerablo effect In Nebraska, but will have but little on consumers. The people who will profit by the rise in price will be the farmers. It may be a surprise to most people to learn that Nebraska is one of the states where the ra{sing of broom corn can be successfully carrled on and that In two localities at least it 18 one of the principal crops. The seat of the broom corn in- dustry in the state is Greenwood, In Cass unty, and Asaland, in Saunders county. Cass county produces the largest amount of the product and many farmers in that vicinity make it thelr princiyal crop. To successfully rafse this crop experience is required, and in order to prepare it for market machinery which can be used for no #ther purpose Toust be purchased. These two facts have kept the average farmer from engaging In the business, but when once equipped for the work the crop is one of the most profitablo that can be raised in the southern part of the state, selling at the present thne at $100 to $120 per ton. | Before the last advance the price was $60 to $70 per ton, which was quite remunera- tive to the farmer. The present advance 1s sald to be due to the partial crop failure lnst year in Illinols fields, which produce the greater part of the supply for the west- ern country. At the same time there was a considerable reduction in the acreage compared with previous years and the visi- ble supply is less than it has been in years It was only two years ago that the atten- tion of the public was drawn to the supply of broom corn In the United States. Previ- ous to that time people bought their brooms as a staple article and from year to year there was no change in price. One day tu 1899 the wholesale dealers, without n mo- ment's warning, found that the price of brooms had been advanced nearly 100 per cent. They began to Investigate and were told that the price of broom corn had ad- vanced. Then came & story from Arcola, 1IL, to the effect that a broom corn trust had been formed among the dealers of that place, headed by a few of the heaviekt pro- ducers. The price was about $35 per ton on standard grades when the combination started (o huy. It advanced slowly to $i0, then to $i5, from which figure it jumped to nearly $200 per ton, when the Arcola syndicate had succeeded In getting a corner on the product. This price was maintained but a day or two and then dropped to $150, at which much of the stock was unloaded. From that time the price has never gone as low as it was before the combination was formed, ranging the last year between $70 and $100, Local manufacturers and jobbers do not look for a decided advance in the price of Lrooms locally as the results of the pres- ent advance in the Mw material. In this part of the United States the price of brooms Is kept below the general level by two factors. The most important is the pumber gf small factories maintained on tho farms. In nearly evory county there are farmers who ralse a small quantity of corn and during the winter months put In their time making brooms which are sold wpon the local markets at a discount below manufacturers’ prices. Another factor is the convict labor employed in many of the western states in the manufacture of brooms. The managers of these factories securing thelr labor at from 30 cents to 5 cents per day, underbid the regular manufacturers, and thus keep the price below the general average for the country. TRIBUTE TO JACK HAVERLY Omaha Theatrical People Arrange to Strew Flowers Upon the Casket Manager Burgess of the Boyd theater recelved a telegram from Salt Lake City Sunday afternoon (o the effect that the body of Jack Haverly, veteran minstrol man, will pass through Omaha on the Bur- lington at 6:46 this morning, on Its way to Chicago. It will be accompanied by the widow and by Jack Lodge, manager of “The Rubaway Girl Mr. Burgess at once notified all the Omaba theaters of this fact and requested that the manager of each post a notice on the stage as to the time of the arrival of the body, that the members of all troupes now in the city who so desire may be at the depat. U. D. Newell, manager of “The American Tramp," now at the Boyd, ac- compaunied by the people of his company and by Manager Burgess, will be at the station with a quantity of flowers. v —_— Cramer's Kianey and Liver Cure is the Whoever heard of ans ot Yet in the id of Sulu one of Uncle Bam's recently acquired pos- sessions In the Philippine archipelago, the maldens cannot find husbands without their intervention. A gentleman who recently visited the island has this to say of the urious state of affairs ‘A most curious custom is to be found in that island. It obtains only among some of the more savage tribes of the far in- terior, called the Kakkohattochochka (1 won't swear to spelling) tribe. These sav- ages are very primitive people indeed and very savage in all their manners of life. There are not above 10,000 of this tribe and they live in the mountains of the interior. The way their young women are given in marriage is worth going miles to see. | saw the ceremony last month and I sball not soon forget it “When a young woman comes to the awe of 11 she is deemed marriageable. A notice is given out by the town crier that on a certain day the young woman will be given in marriage. This day is within a month of the 14th birthday of the lady concerned, and s chosen by her, according to ancient custom. And the choosing of the day, by the way, is all that the bride has to sav about the marriage. The crier, also, & few days later, calls out the dowry of the bride and prociaims her charms aloud in the mar- ket place. 8o all the population is notified and a goodly crowd of admirers gather to take their chance for the fair ladv. The near relatives of the bride and the con- testants—who have previously given their names in to the father of the girl—and a crowd of perhaps 100 persons, It the young woman Is the daughter of a man of im- portance, gather to see the show “On the morning of the marriage the bride is taken out by her maide and rowned with lilles and clad in white. Then with much drum beating she is led forth and passes among the suitors and Kisses each in turn. Then she {s wreathed with more flowers and 1s seated to watch the fun. ow, on that island of Sulu they have A kind of ant that puzzles the sclentists for it has a double set of mandibles. one above and one below tie head. and both entirely independent in actlon. These ants play a leading part in the marriage cere mony. The night before the ceremony the village priest goes out by the light of the moon and opens an ant hill with secret rites and carefully selects some ants eaual in number to the number of suitors. These are keat with care. “After the bride has kissed all the suitors in turn they go out to the hut where the ants are kept. The priest ls there and he takes an ant by the body and allows it to fasten the lower mandible to the forefinger of the right haud of a young man. These ants are about an inch and a half long and have the most feroclous bite you in tue role chmaking? isin Where Sleep is Cheap, Out on Thirteenth street there's a lodg- ing house which does not demand a pedi- gree from its guests. Any person with 10 cents is welcome. Some persons without the 10 cents can secure a bed, Guests do not register at this hostlery. In fact most of the patrons do not seem to have names and initlals shmilar to those of the guests of the $2 hotels. Only patrons who enjoy the personal acquaintance of the proprietor can hope to get a bed without paying in-advance, He keeps a memorandum book from which the nom de plume of some of his @uests may be learned. The first in the book is Legs.”" The nothing to indicate the sex or color of this individual. He, or she, 1s playing 1o poor luck, however, for the account shows that it has been running f two months. “Buckey entry ird's ' has page two In the account book and is delinquent in the sum of 40 cents. “N. G."” owes the lodging house for seven nights' lodging. “Babe’” hasn't cashed in for three weeks. “Sis” owes the land- lord 50 cents. “Spike” left an unpaid ac- count three months ago and is on the black Hst. “Trilby” {s square with the lodging house. “‘Dad Brown,” “Chinaman,” “Dock* and ““Bogus Bi1" have accounts which show no credits for some weeks. Womnn's Gentle Way. “Will you please look on the school census records and find out how old Minnie James was when the enumerators went' around this spring? This {8 a request a little woman who Was leading a curly-headed boy made of Becretary Burgess of the Board of Educa- tion “‘Mlss Foos, the principal out at Kellom, told me that I could find out if I came down here,” the woman continued. “I know Minnie's only 4. In response to inquiries from the sec- retary the little woman gave the address of Minnle James and a search for her age began. Page after page of records was turned over in search of the child's age. Finally the clerk came upon the following entry: “Minnie James, aged 4 “Good,” the little woman exclaimed as she grabbed the curly-headed youngster in her arms. “That settles it. Minnie won't #0 to school another day this year if I can help 1t." After heaving a sigh of joy the woman turned to Mr. Burgess and began a lengthy explanation “You see, Minnie's mother i3 an awful disagreeable nelghbor and she wants to lord it over all the rest of us. The Ist of September she packed Minnie off to school. Thea she began taunting her nelghbors by saying that she was smart enough to slp & 4-year-old child into school. She sald her girl was better developed and @ore mature than our 4-year-olds. Well, Minnie ain't balf as mature as this boy Willie of mine and Miss Foos sald so. But heaven knows I don’t want to send him to school. All 1 want to do 18 to show Mrs. James that she isn't half as smart as she thinks she 1s. Will you please give me a Matrimonial Tie-Ups can imagine. Then, each with an ant hanking to his forefinger, the young men g0 back to the presence of the bride. Then there are long and elaborate rites. while the young men go around and dance before the bride, each with a monstrous ant hanging to his finger. Then she is blindfolded and the young men are lined up for the se- lection. “The drums are beaten with renewe’ vigor and the bride goes along the line of the suitors and inserts hes forefinger in the upper mandible of the ants that hang to the fingers of the suitore, each in turn The first ant that closes his pincer on the digit of the fair lady wins her for the man to whose finger it s hanging. Then the chosen bridegroom strikes the ant to the ground and crushes {t with his heel, and in comes the priest and marries the counle Afterward the ants that have been used in the ceremony are taken out and cooked and a portion Is given to each wuest to be eaten Ilke the wedding cake in civilized lande.” “‘While stopping at a small place down below Ngw Orleans a few weeks ago [ ran across a rather funny story,” said an obe servant citizen to a New Orleans Times reporter, “and It was one of the strangest combinations of the traglc and the comie I have ever found. There i« a man in a certain 1ittle coast community, whose name T decline to give for reasons that are sat- fsfactory to me, and who has slipped well along In life so far as age s concerned. As a matter of fact, he is now to be counted in the bachelor class, but ft is not ex- actly his fault. He was a rather persistent wooer, and the experience I have in mina will probably confirm this general state- ment. It was bis last woolug experience. The woman who figured fn th e was by no means young. She was well up in years and, in fact, had lived long enough to lose the best part of her teeth. My bachelor made some progress. The woman looked upon him with favor for awhile, and it was during this time that he concluded to buy something that he thought his sweeilieart needed. He bought her a brand-new set of teeth, and he got the best he could find fn the market. He gave them to her and she accepted them with becoming grace and was warmly effusive in making her acknowledgments. So far, so good. Hero endeth the romantic part of our bachelor's last flurry. Another fellow came along and after singing a few of love's softer platitudes to the old mald, won her over on his side of the question and in a short while it was announced that she would marry her new sweetheart. The bachelor was giled. He was heartbroken. But he was not to quit without showing his res sentment {n a miore emphatic way. So he sat down and addressed a very curt note to the woman who had switched her affec~ Maverick Stories note to Miss Foos, saying that Minnie's age 1s entered ps 4 1 guess there's one woman in Omaha who'll stop talking about how smart she and her childrer are.” A Hen, the Hero. There {s a certaia saloon on Capitol avenie with a billiard room attachment whick fs very popular with a set of young colored men who live east of Thirteenth street. Friday night a crowd of the regu- lar patrons of the place was playing pin pool at an hour when most Omahans were in bed. The pivot of the crowd was a young colored fellow whose clothes were running a swift race with the re-striped wall paper. He was tall and thin and had the regular featurcs aped by the makeup of black-faced minstrels. But a man with such clothes as he had doesn't need beauty to make him popular, All the young fellow's him*Mud Hen In a reverential sort of a way. It Is a little pet name that his friends use when they think he is apt to buy a drink. Mud Hen was clearly tho hero of the occasion. He appreciated that fact and gave his arms a cakewalk motion every time he made a shot “Do any of you men want a job?" a white man announced in a loud tone as he stepped in among the crowd of pool play- ers. “You're just the man I want. “You'll fill the bill exactly,” the man continued as ho motioned to Mud Hen. Mud Hen grew three inches in a minute He followed the white man out of the sa- loon and dropped a remark about white men knowing a gentleman when they see him. There was a little commotion in front of the saloon. A white man ran up the middle of the street at full speed and Mud Hen, a little the worse for wear, walked back into the saloon with an fnjured afr. “Thought you'd gone to work,* one of his friends remarked, “Well, I guess not,” Mud Hen retorted “What do you s'pose that man wanted me to do? He wanted me to play wild man ou the Midway." friends called Hold Her for a While. It was Sunday. The man who had been hitting the blind plgs most of the day ran out of the drug store and frantically flagged the approaching street car with a two-dollar bill which he pulled from his pocket. The motorman slackened speed.at sight of the tall, swaylng figure with a hat on one ear of {t. The car slowly ground to a stand- still. Peering through the slde gate, the pig- hitter thanked the man on the front end protusely for his courtesy In stopping for him. Then he fmplored his new friend to run the car back three blocks to where he had dropped a cane earlier in the day. The motorman refused and the man's face as- sumed a greatly crestfallen expression as he resignedly rolled to the rear and climbed the steps into the car. He saw that there were ladies inside and for a moment his gentlemanly instincts came to the top. He straightened up in a dignified manner and made stealthy attempts to replace his tle, Sidelights and Tones *‘Before and After Taking." tione, and the substance of the note wa that he wanted the fair lady to return th of teeth he had uiven her. She d and then married the other fellow is the tragic part of the little this story. an lov 1 guess my bachelor friend is about [T0 REPAIR BROOKLYN BRIDGE | J— i Expert En ginesrs Presant Report of Ohenges Needed in Its Structare. ; MUST BE CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENED No tmmediate Danger, but Modern the only man living who ever bought his | swectheart a set of false teeth and them to her for a wedding present all actually happened, and the not a thousand miles from New elther." [ but place 1 The marriage was one of the most borate and beautiful nuptial events has occurred here in some time, relates th Scranton (Pa.) Times, and thoss who wer fortunate enough—and they were legion—t witness the beautiful ceremony and it was the most strictly up-to-date weddin of the senson, Dame nature herself contributed her share | be! was settlo to make the affair perfect, as just the hour set for the marriage there bounteous pleasant shower which the dust and cooled the atmosnhere so that when the beautiful blue enameled automo- blle coupe, gorgeous with polished trimmings, was drawn up in front church by a team of prancing ste shining silver-trimmed harness. t emiled on a bridal party colle bras of th ds | su array The great crowd that filled the churc and overflowed the sidewalks, and whic was mostly composed of young ladies ar rayed In summer costumes of all the col ors of the ralnbow, were for the moment stunned by the beautiful sight: but as th bridal party ascended the steps they covered their composure, and a stream of expressions such “len't lovely?” “lsn't she beautiful “Wha beautiful dress?"’ “Isn't her grand?" “Oh, how pretty!"” “What a state figu She's the loveliest bride 1 saw!" otc. followed Talk about a symphony white! was a march In intermezzo. with 1ittl cupldg in the lead. The bridal processio moved up the alsle to the beautiful strains of a wedding march rendered by the Touhill family orchestra on mandolins and guitars The solemn and binding words that mad, them man and wife were generously punc- tuated with low, soft outbursts of the e trancing strains of “Hearts and Flowers’ by the Touhill vrchestra. The bride’s trousseau was rich rn'nm-colurml satin, trimmed with ol liberty silk and applique pointed Parls la She wore a hat that was—well it was a per fect dream, beautiful flowers in palehue silk and satin settings, and she carried pretty bouquet of roses. The groom very popular young man they will make their home with the bride’ mother. Rounded Up at Random. which some kindly intuition of a drunke: man seemed to tell him was under his side combs. Then he sat down hard betwee a little hoy and a woman. The latter had evidently spotted th man's condition a block ahead. She wa plainly of gentle breeding, but was attire in ttat strong-minded, woman's righ mental banquet look, which, when sur mounted by a high, white forehead, is s fatal Fron the start she had watched the ma: with a keen interest shining from her It was clearly her business and tended to mix things it possible. Fortune favored her, for the man chosen a place at her side. Then he los his control a little and slid down in hi: seat In a limp curve. He maintained constant metronome movement from on side to the other. First he would fal against the womap and jerk himself quickly, overbalancing then far to the othe side, expecting to find as firm a there. But the little boy for the purpose and the sprawled all over the car at his swing. o The woman watched him fiercely, think ing up her little speech meanwhile she was prepared “You're a nice specimen of @ man, aren’ you? I should think you'd be ashamed of yourself, appearing on the strects and in a public conveyance In such a condl tion, espectally In the presence of women. You're certainly a man to be admired.” she in suppor was too smal man that end of The man listened with courteous atten- | His | tion, but his face wore a bored look good-natured silence ruffled the temper of the woman. She raised her volce and added a little menace to the scorn it con- veyed. “Do you know what I would do if T was married to a man like you? Why, it I wero your wife I would give you polson.” The man was aroused from his apathy. “Well, it 1 were your husband I'd take For this man was a charter | it,"" he said. member of the Knockers' union. The woman of the tall, broad forehead was silenced. Foundation is Laid. In ccmmemoration of his recent election as Judge of the county court, the young lawyer that ela- borate attending circumstances agreed that | ed and unperspiring and {n perfect hymeneal re constant she bouauet ever 1t composed of For the present | to- the attractiveness of a woman eyos. had | a up usually | Soon | provements Are Nee tto Withstand ¢ | nry for stantly . Increns Orleans, NEW YORK, Oct. 6 Philbin_tonight made public the report of | Bdwin Duryea and Joseph Mayer, the spe- cial enginecring experts appointed by him to look into the condition of the Brooklyn brilge after the breaking of several sus pender rods and suspender dands in July These ekperts were appointed to make “ | this report with a view of presenting the | matter to the grand jury, if it should be found that the bridge department had been neeligent ’ The report of the experts was first sub- mitted to Mr. Philbin September 14, It was full of technicalities, such as the gen eral public could not readily understand, | and storfes appeareq in public priat that | the bridge was unsafe. Mr. Philbin there- n | upon submitted it to W. B. Parsons, chiet engineer of the Rapid Transit commission, who stated after reading it that the bridge was perfectly s made public today 1s the same submitted to the district attorney, except that it has been stripped of all but the most necessary technicalities The experts find that the inspection of the structure as maintained by the bridge department 1s faulty, but that the bridge is now practically s strong s when com pleted. One trouble 1s that the moving loads which cross the bridge have ine creased o rapidly that the structure must Le strengthened w District Attorney o! a a N one h h a v | exsure Partly Blamed, The accident of the breaking of the pender rods and bands, which was covered in July, thuugh some of these rods had broken previously, is found to have been due to the wind pressure, the wind blowing against the platform and cars causing a pressure trans 1o the bride | thus causing the rods to bend. These rods also were pulled to the north because ot the cable and bore hard on the top edges of their trunnions. This must be due, says the report, to some defect of adjustment or ~onstruction by which the rods failed to lle in the plane of the cables, or the trunnione failed to be perpendicular to these | planes. These rods should have been lus bricated, which wa: not done, and had careful inspection been maintained the bending and breaking would have been pre- | vented. Y| Enginecrs Sho The experts maintain that the inspec- tion of the bridge should be done by en- gineers and not by mechanics, as at pres ent. Referring to stories which have in print that electrolysis has we | bridge, expert: declare that they found no n | evidence of this condition. They also say . | there is no useless dead load in the form | ot mall tubes, telegraph and telephone cables on the bridge. They find that the safoty can be increased by remedying certain defocts in the design. They hasten to sa however, that they do not criticise the de or and call attentior to the fact that this structure was designed great advancement has been made in such work and it such a bridge were built the designer would have the benefit of the .| expertence gained since Brooklyn bridge | was erected They say that the needed improvements could be made with com. + | paratively moderate cost and also declars that the present margin of safety is so small that the necessity for repairs is very urgent BLACK DIAMONDS EXPENSIVE in Price of An- 1. Which is Now 81 Ahove 1900, sus- dis- N n d a a Supplant Mechanies, ppeared akened the n | o ] o n now i o | | 1| Al ¢ | Rumor 1 of Advar thracite Per Ton t | The man who hasn't laid in or con- tracted for his winter's supply of hard coal is liable to wake up some morning and find ¢ | the price sailing up in a fashion that will y | Dot be good for his of mind. 1| More than 50 pe of the hard coal produced in the United States is under the control of an castern syndicate, which s $ per ton for the coal in Chicago. ght rate from Chicage to Omaha thus making the price of hard coal to the dealer $8.50. Cartage is at least ) cents a ton. Local coal dealers com- plain that there is no profit in selling coal ¢ | 1 | Last year at this time anthracite coal , | was selling at $5.30 per ton and the price was advanced to $0.50 in the winter, no reduction having been made since that time. It was stated by a dealer yesterday that an advance of 15 cents per ton will be made this week and that by November 30 the price will probably be $10 per ton, with a further advance of 50 cents per ton about January 1. HORSES COME HOME SICK | 1vy of the bridge | will be back In Omaha this morning are Merchant and George Castle. Like others of Mr. Paxton's horses they back in bad shape. The Paxton string was but one among a number to contract disease this season and there are probably several good horses which will probably be retired from the turf. The horses were all well until they reached Cineinnati Here an epidemic broke out. The disease seamed to be a varlety of pink eye, or eplzootic, which has far baffed the skill of the veterinarians The horses coughed constantly loose flesh and refuse food. The Paxton horses do not seem to have the discase as severely as some others, but they will be treated dur | ing the winter at the farm and it is hoped that they will be ready for next season's | campaign little the worse for thelr present misfortune CONVICT LABOR PROFITABLE Jeflerson City Ma come Sny te of Mis. sourl Recelves Remuneration from Its Penitent C. ¢, Carroll of Jefferson City, Mo., con- nected with one of the clothing factories maintained at the state penitentiary, is In the city. Speaking of the work of the factory under the present system in that state, he said: “The contract labor sys- tem is one of the best things for the state of Missourl which it has, but it s merely a question of time when {i will be abolished, as the labor unfons In all parts of the state aro demanding its abolition. The Mis sourl penitentiary s self-supporting and turns money every year into the treasury of the state. The contractors pay 50 cents a day for each man employed and such is the condition of affairs in the state at this time that every contractor {Is runniog short-handed “We find that taking it year after year we could employ free labor almost a cheaply as we get the convicts, for they will only work a certain number of hours each day ard do not accomplish as much as would be accomplished by free labor in the same length of time. In other words, the price per garment s almost as much under the contract system as it would be it we employed free labor at the usual price. But with the use of conviet labor we have the advantage of an established price, and do not have to look ahead to a change in the scale.” DEATH OF MRS. L. M. BOUK Deceased Had Held Positions of Truwst in Seve Secret Ordera of the West. Mrs. Louie M. Bouk, wife of James W. Bouk, dled Sunday morning at the Presby- terian hospital. The funeral will be from the First Methodist Eplscopal church at 3:30 this afternoon. Interment at Green- wood, Neb., at which place the deceased formerly llved, and where she was A mem- ber of the Methodist church. Mrs. Bouk Is survived by her husband and her son, | Wilber Clay Bouk, both of this city. ‘The deceased was prominent in lodge and church work. She was a member of Vesta chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and of Rebekah lodge, Independent Order of 0dd Fellows, of Omaha. For several years she was state commander and deputy su- preme commander of the Ladles of the Maccabees of the World, She had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances through- out the west. Good Lands Cheap. The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourl Valley railroad has announced low rate excur- slons for homeseekers to the farming and grazing country along their lines for Octo- ber, November and December, 1901, Rate: One fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Minimum round trip rate, $9.00. Dates sale: October 15th, November bth and 19th, December 3d and 17th. Limit: Twenty-one days from date of sale, Stopover: On going trip at any point west of Pliger, Leigh, Surprise or Cordova. Continuous passage on return trip. The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missour Valley railroad traverses the best farming por- tions of Nebraska and the most extensive bay and grazing lands In Netraska, Wyo- ming and the Black Hills portion of South Dakota Ask any Northwestern line agent for fur- ther particulars and write for maps, folders, pamphlets, giving population of counties, citles, towns and other detailed informa- tion to J. G. GABLE, Traveling Passenger Agent F., E. & M, V. R. R., Denison, la., or to J. R. BUCHANAN, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb. PRESIDENT HARRIS TODAY Hend of the Burlington Lines Ex- pected to Reach Omaha This Morning from St. Joseph George V. Harrls, president of the Bur- lington raflroad system, is expected 1o ar- rive in Omaha this morning. He will come from St. Joseph and fs ou a tour of inspec- tion of the lines in the west. “There is no speclal object in this visit eo far as I know,” sald General Manager Holdrege, “‘President Harris Is making a trip over the lines and we expect him was glving a little dinner to his two former college chums, both also attorneys now The judge and one chum sat in the hotel lobby awalting the other. Finally the tardy one approached. “Well," sald the first chum, T am hungry and I move, your honor, that we praceed to admit this dinner as evidence of your good faith.” “The dinner shall be admitted,” Judge, rising. “Your homor,” roared the second chum “I object most strenuously to the admis- slon of this evidence at this time." “State your objection,” sternly replied the court. No sufficient foundation has been lald." “Sustained,” ruled the judge, and forth- with the trio proceeded to the hotel buffef and laid it sald the Amusements Orpheum— While the headline act of this week's vaudeville bill is “The Beaux and Belles Octette,” there are several numbers on the program that crowded this clever musical specialty hard for popular favor at the two Sunday performances. There are four beaux and a Ilke number of belles In the octette. They are the people who first sang the pop- ular song, “Tell Me, Pretty Malden,” in the Casino production of “Florodora,” last sea- son's New York light opera success. Each member of the octette poseesses a good volce, the feminine members are pretty in face, shapely in figure and graceful, while the men are equally attractive. Their rep- ertory Includes several catchy songs Maxmillian and Shields, a pair of co- medlans who bave been seen frequently upon the local Orpheum stage, present practically the same act they always have used with & few variations. It is laughable enough to hear repetition. best; two sizes, 00c and §1.00. Dry, Charles and Minnie Sa-Van are comedy acrobats who bave few superiors upon the vaudeville stagt. Many of their feats are diffcult as well as amusing Powell, maglician, offers a legerdemain | specialty with tew noveltles, almost all of the tricks being conventional ones. His act includes a trunk mystery called “‘Substitu- tlon,” which 16 not unlike that offered by Harry Houdini here a few years ago. Mem- phis Kennedy offers a clover novelty musi- cul act. The Standard quartet, colored, are | vocalists of abllity and offer an appropriate program of selections. Agnes Norton, a comedienne, and the mo- tlon pictures complete the bill, | The Boyid— “A Jolly Amerlean Tramp" was given its | tnitial Omaha production Sunday afternoon and evening to audiences of unusual size, | all of whom seemed to find enjoyment in the plece, It applause and laughter may be | used as a basis of judgment. The play possesses some merit, but is not | anywhere up to the standard established by its author, Edward E. Kidder, in “A Poor Relation” and “Peaceful Velley,” two of Sol Smith Russell's best pla: Possibly | Mr. Russell, or an actor of his caliber, | migbt make a success of Mr. Kidd | latest effurt, although this s improbabls | since there is little or practically no found- ation to work upon. The cngagement was for but two per- | formances. Miaco's Trocadero— Rose Sydell's burlesque openad a week's engagement at Miaco's Trocadero Sunday with a crowded house at the matinee and also in the evening. ) Miss Sydell has added several new and | catchy features since her last appearance | in Omaba and the performance is even | more than up to the standard. Two laugh- able burlesques, with a superb olio, furnish plenty of entertainment. A report from Supt. J. C. Gluck, Reform school, Pruntytown, W. Va, Oct. 18, 1900: “After trying all other advertised cough medicines we have decided to use Foley's Honey and Tar exclusively in the West Virginia Reform school. 1 find it the most eftective and absolutely harmless.” | aggregation Publish your legal notices in The Weekly Bee. Telephone 238 Get the best—Cramer's Kidoey and Live ,Cure; 50c and $1.00, Sold by all drugg W. A. Paxton Hax Bu St Luck with His ng on the Grand Clr- cult This Season. The last of W A. Paxton's horses which were sent to the grand cireuit here today." R. V. 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