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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDA\r iKOEMBEK 27 , 1S9J-SIXTEEN PAGES. LET CROAKERS WAIL. Omaba and Nebraska Can no Lougor Bo Retarded by Them. PROSPECTS FOR A YEAR OF PROSPERITY , Bankers and Jobbers Forecast tlio Future of tbo Oily and State. CCUNTRY BANKS FILLED WITH CASH. D'soounts Demanded Whera Extensions Were Pleaded for Last Year. MONEY EASIER AND TRADE IMPROVING. Coiinervnllvn FliinnulorH and aier- oliantH Toll of'Improved Trndcnud U liy Prosperity Alum In- mid Continue . Wlth'a view to showlnc the actual condi tion of the financial and commercial atmo sphere of Om.iha and Nebraska , TUB Uni : this morning presents a number of inter views with 11 minders mid merchants who are thoroughly posted upon the subject. John Ij. McCaguo , president of the Ameri can National bank said : "Thero is no use of so much complaining about hard times. If thcso croakers will simply keep quiet a very short time they will percjlvo that their complaints are very largely imagined. If every tnan will take advantage , so fur as ho can , of the impulse that Is now being foil 11 financial affairs and commercial lines there will bo no room for complaint. The financial conditions now arose so much bolter than they were a year ago that they stnnld not ha mentioned In the same i oath. The prospects are very bright. Last year , on account of the pattinl crop failure , the west had to depend upon the cast for capital mid the money market in the east was depressed. This year , on the other hand , all reports from the east at present are to the effect that ttioro Is a plethora of monoy. Situation In J\e\v York. "Horo is the situation in Now York , " sold Mr. McCaguc , handing t.ho reporter the fol lowing advices from that great money center : There Is now more money In New York than there IH use for. Tlio banks hold ovoriUMXXMOl more than thy law requires them to. Money Is How Ing In from the Interior and bolus ? dis tributed by I he coviirium'iit. With the sup ply uhtimlnnt , the demand has been small. I lie speculators ImM ) needed little , mid the murchnnls even less , Kates have declined to n very low figure. , iml If von want any money now , and have good collateral , vou o.i n uet it almost on jour own terms. Thu slum ) Ion H Indeed remai liable In tills respect. In a few ( lavs the corporations and tlio Kovernn.ent will boirin the dliirluu- tlon nf ever iMUO.uiU.OOO In Interest and dividends thus adding to the hum of money becking investment. Hankers are complnlnliiK that tlmv "liuvo never known such n dull time. " It looks , how ever , us If a use would soon bo found for the Hiirnliis inoney. There Is a notable demand for Investment securities. The sales of bonds show this. In the Stock uxchunge iilom * , over fourteen und u half millions of bonds wore dealt In lust week , and there Is no record kept of the amount sold "over the counter" of the banking houses. It would not 1)0 surprising If speculators took advantage of the plethora , of money and the big earnings and Increased dividends of the railroads lo ntiirt another boom In stoel.s as soon as the holidays are ovor. That's thu talk In Wall wlieet. lint before there can bo a boom there must he a willing public. There Is certainly every Indication of u revival of activity , but things don't always luipui'ii Just us they uro uvpaiiteil to \\ullstrcot- - " "How are the country banks ! " "In very much hotter shape than last year. Many of them have moro money than th y need. Collections in the country are good. A great inuny country merchants are dis counting their bills , some ovou telegraphing the money. If this continues for sixty or ninety days the banks of Omaha will bo overflowing with inoney. Omaha has not felt the linpulbo quite so soon as Kansas City , St. Paul or Minneapolis , because these cities nro in tbo wheat regions Kansas City In the winter wheat mid the others in the spring wheat belt. Wheat is marketed earlier than corn , and of course the com munities that limullo wheat feel the effect of Increasing inoney current bnfoio cities lu the corn bolt nro similarly affected. Up in Omaha. "Within the last thirty days Omaha has begun to fool the effect of the corn shin- menu , and the state has felt It moro than the citv ' , because it requires some time for the inc'rouslng volume of money among country merchants lo irako itself felt In the financial centers. I believe the near future promises great prosperity for Omntm and Nebraska. Tno city will enter upon a long period of legitimate prosperity with an absence of anything having the appearance of in- llntlon. " Uniikcr nilllnnl'H Prediction. Mr. J. II. Millard , president of the Omaha National hank , said : "Tho condition In money matters Is much bettor than it was last year at this Units. X The country ! s all right , and the country banks hnvo plenty of money. The prospects Indicate that there will bo an abundance of money in Omaha about the first of February. The condition has boon slightly improving for sixty days , but about the first of Feb ruary Is the time that deposits by country banks usually begin to increase , and wo ex pect an abundance of it this yo.ir , Judging from the present situation. " ISfTuut of flood Crnp * . Mr. F. H.Davis , cashier of the First Na tional bank , said : "Good crops and good prices have had an encouraging effect upon the financial situa tion , Wo noticed the improvement begin ning about thirty to sixty days ago. Country banks have felt the stimulating effect of grain shipments to n greater degree than the city banks , simply bocuuso It requires some time for the money that Is paid to the furmor for his grain to reach the wholesale und llnoucial centers. The prospects are a great deal brighter thau last year , but I don't look for a largo movement in real estate. The dis position of most poopln In Omaha will bo to build substantially and safely. " Country llanks Prosperous. Mr. C. W. Hamilton , president of the United States Motional bank , und this to say j "Everything look * brighter. Very much better thnn a year ago. Country banks with which wo do business are lu good shapo. Business has a healthy totio. Not much disposition - position to speculate. Our eastern advlcos nro to the olToot that money is much easier than a your ago. This has a tendency to pull down rates In the cast. " Ijnvut of the Car Famine. Mr. Lewis H od , cashlor of the Nebraska national bunk , did not paint the picture so bright as some ot the other gentlemen Inter viewed. Ho said : . . . "Tho scarcity of cars is balding back the hipmouti of corn and the money Is not flow ing Into the atBto so rapidly ns it would if shipments were expedited. Wo have noticed but very little Improvement in local finances , but the country has experienced a decided change for the better. Country banks are not borrowing so much mid they evidently have n good deal of money. The year Ib'.U will bo presidential year and that may Interfere - fore to some extent with the business of the countrv , Aside from that 1 think the pros pects for the comluir year are very encour aging. " Mr. Wood la Mr. Hen IJ. Wood , caMuer of the Mer chants National bank , summed the situation in this wise : "The condition is much Improved. Advices from the east ludlcato timt there U plenty ot money there. The reserve now hold b.r iho New York banks la very high. Only once in a number of years , as 1 recollect , 1ms the re- Eorvo reached so high a flguro. " No l | nrd Times lime. Colonel J. N. Cornish , president of tbo National llauk of Commerce , looked at the situation thus : "Tho financial condition of the country is Improving uuu country banks have plenty of rnonoy. I was looking ever the list of country bank * tlml do business with us the other day anil I found that In the ontlro list of ever ninety banks every one of them had a snug balance to their credit. A year ago It xvns hard work to keep them from getting Into us. " Prosperity Not Temporary. Mr. A. P. Hopkins , president of tbo Com mercial National bank , had noticed an Im provement In business. Ho said : "Mouoy matter. * throughout the state nro Improving. flio country banks have moro money than they had a yo.ir airo. Mo.ioy ls easy In the east. I bolfovo that buslness'wlll ho much Improved during the comlnc spring , bocuuso the corn crop moves slowly und It win continue to move nil spring and Mimtnor. " I" Commercial Clrotrn. The Jobbers mid wholesalers ot Omaha have also noticed the great Improvement in business. Collections among country mer chants have been much hotter thnn last year nud the demand for goods nus been very heavy. Mr. Robert Crowoll of the firm of Kll- patrick-Koch Dry ( ioods company said : "Tho first six months of IS'JI ' was rnthor backward in our business. The country merchants hud earned over a largo amount of goods and it required some time to cleat these goods out of the way. During the last six months of the year the trade has been very satisfactory In every ' . /ay. Our invoice taken November 'fO shows that It was the second best six months that wo have ever had In Omaha. Our stock was smaller when wo took the Invoi'o than ever before and wo have been persuaded to put two additional men on the road this spring to take earo of the growing trai'o. In view of thu fact that that tboro hnvo boon enormous crops in Ne braska , the largest p.irt of Which has not yet moved , and tue country merchants during the last ninety days have almost cleared their counters of stocks on hand wo fully ex pect that the coming year will bo the most satisfactory wo hnvo over had Wo are glad to bo able to siato that Omaha Is now recognized as a market where thn retailer can procure any thing necessary lo moot the demands of the trade. As a result of this wo have found what is icrmod 'house trade , ' that is sales made direct to merchants right hero in the house , growing n great dcol faster than tbo commercial travelers' sales havo. This is n very healthy sign. House t radii is something that every Jobber wishes to encourage. By this moans wo become bettor acquainted with country merchants. " AH to II nts. W. A. L. Gibbon The hat trade for the fall and winter was the best that wo have hod for three yuars , and wu look for u largely Increased trade for the coming snnng. Hotter times nro also manifest in the disposi tion of buyers to purchase hotter and higher- priced goods than borotofore. Collections nro good ; many uuyors are discounting their bllK instead of taking their time , another very striking proof of au easier money mar ket. Wo look for improved conditions in Omaba , but they will como moro slowly than in the country towns , where they realuo the benefits of the good crops immediately. Hotter ' 1 lian j'Jver Jtel'orc. D. A. Baum Trade in the line of heavy hardware has been particularly satisfactory during the past three months. It has been better thau ever before. U o hnvo every prospect for a very heavy trade right along through the witrtcr and spring , which is something unusual for this line of business. There is a better feeling in the country. The merchants hnvo more moncv and uro "able to clean up old obligations. There has beou u decided improvement in collections ever lust sum in or. Wo look for next your to bo the most prosperous over experienced in Ne braska. . lilt ; Clothing DusinetiM. J. G. Gilmore : Wo have just closed u very .successful and satisfactory season in the wholesale clothing business. Collection' ! have been very good and wo have gotten a coed many more discounts than usual , which would Indicate that money matters are oasv with country merchants. Wo thjnk that the outlook for a good sprinc trade is ruther bright. There is still u good deal of unsold stun in the country that will bo marketed and that will plnco the farmers and country merchants in still better shape. Improved Sales and Collections. E. H. Allen : Trade In the grocery line has been considerably bettor during the past sixty days mid hotter than for the corros- pondmir time lost year. Collections nro very easy Ui the country und better than lust year. The prospects for the coming year uro butter than they have been for years. The farmers have money and the merchants ever the state uro getting out of debt. Very I'Vw I1 C. B. Hall The trade In boots and shoes is llrst class und it has been the host fall that wo have ever had. Collections are decidedly hotter than they were last season. Indica tions are first class for the coming year in every section of the territory which wo cover. The failures among the boot anJ shoe dealers huvo been much loss frequent than o year ago , which of itself shows an im proved condition. Couldn't Ask Bettor ProspectH. M. R. Smith There has boon a marked improvement in the dry goods trade and It will show quite nn increase over last fall's business. In fact wo never had a bettor full trade. Collections hnvo been good. Pros pects for thu spring's business codld hardly bo better than they nro today. The retail merchants nro In hotter shape than they have been for a long timo. The farmers throughout the country hnvo largo quantities of grain on hand which they have not voV marketed , mid that will insure plenty of money tor the spring's purchases. Hit ; I'er Cent ol" Increased Sales. W. S. Wright : Trade In shelf hanUvnro shows u very marked improvement ever the corresponding time last year. Our De cember business shows au Increase of 50 per cent ever the smno month last your. While previous months do not show so heavy u gain the increase has nevertheless been largo. The prospects for next year uro Just ns ( Ut tering as the results tiavo been for the last of this year. ISvcryoua Is feeling good over the prevailing conditions mid the tuturo pros pects. Collections might he hotter , butthoro is nothing to complain about. The farmers are still holding a good deal of tholr prodtico and have not yet turned it into money , which accounts for the condition of collections. Wo never had such u good trade since wo have boon In business. January is usually a dull month , but wo expect this your that it will bo as uood in proportion as December. Slldinc thn Kluht Way. Dudley Smith : The grocery trade this vour has been on n sliding scale slnco the first of last February , that Is , goods huvo boon gradually declining until they reached bed rock. Even with tbo heavy decline In prices the business this year has been equal If not larger than It was last year , which means that to do the same volume of busi ness ns was dona in IS'.K ' ) , wo have had to put out" . " ) to 40 percent more goods. For the past sixty days business has been increasing rapidly and prospects were never bolter for a good business lu IS',0. sVo think that the merchants of Nebraska and of the whole ter ritory west of the Missouri river have realized more than ever before that they can do bettor to buy on the Missouri river than logo further east , and western Iowa merchants who a few years ago bought largely In the east are now purchasing almost tholr ontlro stocks of the Omaha Jobbers. Collections are coming In ns wall as could un ox pooled and wo have no causa for complaint lu that direction. " Glnsscs fitted. Dr. Cullimoro , B Very Well Pleased. The traveling salesmen for the fancy grocery house of Hates & Co. wore treated to a very pleasant surprise on Christmas cvo by being called Into the private ofllco of Mr. J , 1C. Hates nud without any -ouuratory remarks each ono was presented by Mr. Hates with a flue Elgin movement hunting case gold watch. And wo , the undoMignod talesmen , through the columns ot THE HKK , desire to thank the firm for their kind ro- mombmnco of us. They may rest assured wo will never couso In our oftorts to forward their interests. Again wo extend to them our muted thanks , und thanks to Tun Hcu for kindly publishing our card of thanks. O.V. . MAIUIX , U. CANXON. FIIVM ; C. HVTK , ( in.i : H , SMITH , Or , Lllruoy euros uiitarrlu 11 oo THE UNITED STATES SENATE , A Glance From tlio Gallery at the Nation's Statesmen , IT IS A BODY OF ABLE BUSINESS MEN , The Hnnnto'f ) Strength Mcs In Its CaitipaotncHS ns n Ijonislatlvo Working Holly Tlio Past mill I'rcnant , \VA9iiisoTov , D. C. , Uoo. 23. [ Special to TUB Dec. ] if you should stroll Into the capitol - itol some morning as noon npproachos nn'l do- siru the uoal viuw of the sonata at worn , try to secure a .seat at the north encl of the reserved - served gallery. There you will obtain full swoop of the hotly from the prcstdunt'a chair to the old clook below tha diplomatic nailery ; mid from the democratic sldo on your right to the rojr row where the now republican senator * "lino up" as If ready for the opening - ing of ngiiruntlc gntno ot political font hall. I'orhups you may chance to llnd vourself be- sldo ono of thoio chronic borci , "tho old rcs- lilonU" If so , don't bolluvo nil that ho tells you. The old rosulout of Washington Is no inoro truthful than the "old resident" of Omab.1 , especially about statements which ono is unublo to verify or to deny by the hook. So when ho spunks of "tho decline of the sciiuto , " of "tho weal men of the past , " and "tho small men of the present ; " of "tho t'miiaoroi ' olo.imncj ot the 10's and the iXl's niul the GO's1 you will do well to smllo quietly mid roiiiombt'r that distance in pol itics as well as in nature is necessary to give perspective , mid that the mountain never looks in high from the foothills as It docs from the laius. How niunv thousand ycnrs BRO was It timt the scriptural chroulclor passing ; over David and Moses and ether inca whom posterity places upon a pcdcstnl recorded reprot- lully of u far distant past : "Thcro wuio plants in these days. " And so It will ho said a hundred years lionco of this politi cal epoch and the ona preceding it , with no in vidious comparison of the U'cbstcrs and C.U- houns and Clays , the Iluyuos and Uontons , ttia Sumnors and Slovens and Conkllngs and iilulnos. Even in writing I am coming up vorv close to contemporary his tory. The flowers planted on Ho coo Conk- ling's now nnulo grave have not ninny times put forth thuit petals , and Glalno's nuuio is still ono to copjiiro bv. The Htatesman is the product of oxpcnenco and opportunity , mid there have boon no times ot storm and stress in American public affairs when ho bus not bcun produced In quality equal to the occasion. Tlio struggles tor representative government brought out u bcrtos of phenomenal political lottora from a 17-year-old college boy und Alexander Ham ilton's star Hashed ever the horizon. John Marshall was the glorious result of legal op portunity and a vlgin Hold for Judicial inter pretation of constitutional principles ; tlioap preaching stoi in of uDolllionism drnw wlziuds from north and south to the old senate cham ber where the black gowned justices of the supreme court now drowse and nod. Civil war and reconstruction gave us other giants , now called giants largely because opportunity was given thoni to display their strength. There uro slirowd debaters und forceful orators tors today ns there were then. Please ro- inember that Samson gained as much fame by tils skillful agility In utilizing to his own benefit the jawbone of an ass as ho did by tbo pulling down nf the walls of the temple in which for the occasion ho was the chief attraction. It is n strong , able , vinlo boily of men , this United States senate the , qf Fifty-second con gress. Speaking theatrically , it is a well balanced company. Some of the stars are ROIIO , but tnero arc able unJorstudics who bye and bye will bo the stars , compared for a time and to their disadvantage with their predecessors and afterwards referred to as grc.itly the superior ot their successors. I took the trouble to run over the list of United States senators from the Fir.it congress to the Fiftieth the other day and was surprised to note from \\ovr \ \ tow names the ink of permanent promi nence has not faded. 1 hose which stand out clear and enforce attention can bo counted almost on the lingers of both hunds. As time jioos by wo barely glance at the yearly un- loldlng scroll and the names blur before our oyos. The black letter subheads of great achievements connected with able and fortu nate participants have never been many and have always boon scattered. They are likely to continue so. Tlio sunato of todav is a business body. It is the irost perfectly organized legisiatho body In the world. Congresses moot and ad journ , but the senate never ceases to exis . Every two years one-third of the sonatoi s conclude their terms , but if tiono were rt- elected , two-thirds ot those present at the next convening of the body "would bo old members. It is a system which secures ox- perlenco in the formulation , presentation und discu.-.slon of legislation , stability in com mittee work aud ability In dobato. Tumult and disorder frequently mark the work of the houso. The business of the senate , ex cept on the rarest occasions glides along without friction or disturbance. These have wisely boon eliminated behind the closed doors of committee rooms , where often months are passed In the discussion of bills and the formulation of now measure : ) . The smallness ot its membership cuts off opportu nity for interminable dobato. The experience of Its membership points out short cuts for needed legislation , und affords knowledge of public needs. Tlio domugogiio in the senate Is not unknown but ho li known chlolly for his uniqueness mid generally appears In tbo last congress of a senatorial term when detent or reelection Is staring the incuinbonc m the faco. Congressmen , on the other hand , are elect ed once In two and not in six years. Tills is a long proludo. What I Intended to say upon starting out was that tbo senate of today , as it has always boon , U the most effective mid the most Interesting legislative body In the world , that It is maintaining Its high character and that although there are fewer gray heads there are as much virility , loyalty and ability mid a greater do lru to bo In touch with the pcoplo tnan ever boforo. The average is as good mid the result record shows thn work. Uool ; down with mo from the gallery. Wo are sitting directly ever the republican bide , which Hanks the chair of the presiding olllcur on the left. On the right center sit Sherman , Hoar , Uawes and Allison , Jones of Nevada , Hawley , Fryo and Cullom. Morrlll , the Nester ot the senate bends over tbo desk from which for ever u quarter of u century ( rrcat financial measures have been presented . Co ever to the house or to any preceding house of the past ton years and pink out If you can a do/an republicans of equal abllitv Add than to thorn Chandler and Stewart und Wilson of Iowa , and Aldrlch of Ithodo Island , and I'lutt of Connecticut mid you have the leaders of the republican side men of deserved promlncnco , scarcely ono of whom has not been active In public lite tor more than a quarter of it century und whoso name is not stamped upon most Important legislation. Chairmen of great committees , responsible for their committee work on the lloor of tbo Bonuto. occupy fully each legislative day with legislative duties. Their party has every reason to honor them und thcircountry to bo satisfied with their services. And why may not the sumo bo said of suoh democrats as Harris of Tennessee , Carlisle ot Kentucky , Morgan of Alabama , ( fray of Delaware , llcorce of Mississippi , Duller of South Carolina and Hon.Cobulou Vance of North Carolina , equally well known us n lacontour and n will The democratic aldo of the house , although weaker than the repub lican , maintains a good average of clear headed and practical legislators. This Is an ago of transition. Mr , Lowell , in his remarkable address on "Democracy , " tlaoiy suseesU that any ago which Is not an ago of transition Is an 111:0 of stagnation. Our national legislature U called upon to meet problems uhlch touch less upon theories of povornment than upon the uppllc.illor of admitted powers to thu needs of tbo day. Art , Itivon- { < ? > ) , accumulated wealth and UK opposite diffused poverty , a dally ramifying commerce on land , on luke , river aud aoa , a population toduv heteroKonous , tomorrow to bo avslinl- latod Into homogenous union with the great fabric of American nationality all are pressIng - Ing upon the attention of con gross with nug- which call for approval or disap proval , but always for consideration , Slxtv- four million people form n constituency , dally Increrulng In numbers * and congress by ecu- cress augmenting tho.work of our nnMonal legislature. It It not'n matter for crltlclum that under such conditions thn composition of the senate as null as nf the house shows an Increasing number of busi ness men entering public life. Why should not great manufacturing Now England , bo represented by a bit ; brainy mer chant like Nelson W. uMifrtcli , Wyoming by n successful business man like Governor Warren , and Idaho by Colonel Shout ) . Some silver-tongued lawyoi : jnlght bo ahlo to string sentences bettor than any of ( ho men men tioned , but their plain , straightforward statements upon matters affecting primarily perhaps , their sections , and with which they nro most familiar , are worth inoro to the sou- ate and to the country at largo than n dozen ( lights of oratorical pyrotechnics. Thcro nro n dozen successful , able and clear-headed business men In the si rmto who never Opened n law book , but whoso Judgment on a propo sition of national Import Is received In com- mlttco nr on the lloor with most marked con sideration. And after all , when they nro sifted down , how manv of tbo thousand mid bills which coma bufoio congress resolve themselves purely Into a business proposi tion which a level headed busmen m.xn .sit- ting In his ofllco would dispose of In 1mlf mi hour's time. Hut In Addition to Its lawyers and merchants the sonnto tins two editors. 1'offer and William B. Chandler , and a min ister , Hov Senator Kyle of South Dakota ; so all the four professions and trade are repre sented. The strength of the senate , npnrt from the general political experience of Its members , Is found In its compactness ns a legislative walking body , In Us traditions of methods In deposing of work and the oftlclcncy of Its committee organization. It is one of thn most admirable of the balance wheels In our gov ernmental machinery. H U not perfect ; It lias Its faults faults Incident to any organ ization composed of human beings , Hut no ono who has witnessed or studied thu con duct of the upper house in any other repre sentative government will bo Inclined to question the vordlct of the most eminent 11 v * Ing student * of government that It Is the ablest working body of 1U class ill the world. At another time I may perhaps comment further on its work and methods. W. K. A. _ _ Dr. Uii'iioy cmvi cixtnrrh , Hoa blilp. AMUSEMENTS. BOYD'S NEW 8 ! l5 The Ourtan Kaiser THEATRE. 8:45 : The Oomody. > B MCSTITS. i ALL LAUGHTER FROM THE GARDEN THEATRE N E W YORK. A COMliDY IN THKKK .UTS Comedy What is a Gomecitj , Not Horse Play HUT THE PUKE UNADULTERATED AUTR LK. You LAUGH ! The Funny Situations Compel You To , You SCREAM ! The Comrlitations Make You. . You ROAR ! Well , SW Because Yon Cain'tHflp ' II YOU CAN Consult "Dr Bill" from8 to 10:30 : P.M. , a d ho on y charges $1 , 75c , 50o au 1 25o = " SUNSET " - - = - = A C1IAKMING OXi ; ACT PLAY PICKOKDKS "Hit UFM. . " NEW j HAPPY THEATRE | NEW YEAR. Snvcmtomith ami I l.n nr.tj Sl.r 'iil > . A MERK.Y . HOLIDAY 4 Nights CZSS Dec , 31 ATTRACTION Matinee Xc\v Year's Day and Saturday. T1-IE COM IN MR. Tti T 'o t * Ills Circuit Viii t ci-iM * * THURSDA Y A V0 SA TURD A Y NIGHTS , NEW YEAR'S AFTERNOON AND NGHT With Saturday Mutlnoc , Ami Siimhiy Niiht. SYONKV Uusi n'KLi > 'b HAi'i-v COJIKDY ' 1'llK r.AfdlUNd SiS'"iATIN' ( , nn' Mo lour Poats will bo nut on ! ilo for the entire onsnseiiiont on Thursday inninln ? . AMUSEMENTS. Is announce . to taku plauu Wednesday Afternoon , Dec. 30th , At 2SI10 p. Ml. The cntlro proceed1) of \ \ hiuli are tor tlio buuo- Illof Omaha Lodge No. 39 , B. P. O. R. The purfoniianco will consist of out ) act of " DR. BILL " FIFTEEN MINUTES OK "FLASHES" SOX ( IS , DANOKS , . HKO1TATIONH , I ! MI'KRHO NATIONS , &c , by members of the "Dr. Hill" company , und by cither provisional mid lee tl talent , It will bo a Ki'und rnlxeil program of OOMliOY , MUSIO AND SL > l5CIALTllflS. TICKETS . JI.O ) To ho hail at the bov olllco. at the Klk ( Jliib Hooms. or from 1) . W , llaynch , W. II. Taylor. and I.Y. . Minor commlUoo of arr.uiotiit ! > nts. FUR CAPES. MEN'S FUR OVERCOATS. i and All Fashionable CLOTH AND PLUSH CLOAKS ITaahloa nook mnllod froa. Reliable Manufacturers Pilmirn iieBI k. 101 4193 Slalo SL.Chlcac Baby'b cheol : Is like n peach , In It Mailamo Hupport'a bluaoh ? No ! but baby's maina'u clioolc Vc 1 .111103 to Its iirntbo doth apealc ! Call fur Mrno. Iluppori's book , "How to bo lloautl. ful" Sin. J lloimon. 316 A 1Mb HI. , ( in.ili.t , Nub , ' K'tlo. Tim wnolo Htookol KchmU furniture , ollloo 8iii | | > li | > H , niul uahlnut luttur ( Ho * and OIIQ s.ifu , or will soil lu job lots.J. . J. W , HAIIIUH , AsilRnoo. Call ut rrorm.iu-Aiiiurleiui BUVIIIKS I auk , Uumhu , Nub. U-'iitf ilbo A Plonnnnt Curd Pnrty. MIsjNelllo Carlln entertained the members of the KxcoUlor club In a delightful pro- Krestlvo cnrJ party nt her hoiuc , 1010 North Klglitconth strcot , on Tuositnv ovenlne , Tlio onjoynblc ovonlni ; pn sod by nil piesuutvns proof thnt MM ! Carlln H n very succosMul ontcrlnttior neil h nMo very popular niuoui ; her friends. Hl h llvo wns Indulged In until 10 o'clock , when n very pietty lunch \vna sorvoJ. AmotiR the o pri'sontoro : Mlns Wood , Nolllo Mnyor , Cnrrlo Althotite , Luttla Holts , Ulnncho KllltiKswooil , MUsci Mnrv unit Sln gio Dock , anil Mc rs. Monnor , Mntthewi , AltOouso , I'ocn7weli ; , Sionn , Miller , Hick , Illndt niul Wnllonlinupl. The InilliM' timt prl/o wnn cnpturcd bv Mlsa Wood imil wns mi ulogntit canl cnsu. Mr , Wnllonhaupt wen the pctitlomon's , u silver stainu cn < o. .Nll s Mnrr Hock nwnnled the Indy's "booby. " which eon or nlni-Ko wooden rln , ? InMilo of whlrh WR n loft shoo hut niul oonlnlneit Iho Imcilpllon , "Lolt last In the ruiR " Mr. Unfit Mlllor mannticd to win tlio other "booby.1 a llttlo Inun "I1011 lll ° llMj "f which' were the wonK "Soinolliimr I ran bent. " AlthoiiKh the "Hxi'i'NIor" club U younc. It i n stieoe niul promises to bo n very pleasmit nourcn of nmiiseincnt for Its inoinbori during tlio winter tor inoiiths. Notice. Members of Court loilco No. II. \ ! ' .t A. M . will moot nt Mii-miilr hall nt i o ciock ibis nfii'nioon to iiMonil the fnnorai ol our lain hrolhor , John Ciiiiipuoll. All master Masons nro reuuestoit to attend. I'y omor of the master. K. 1C. I.oso , hocrotary. AMUSEMENTS. STREET POPULAR THEATER , PRICES , C DM M M I N ( . INi ONE M \ I INI I SOLID TODAY Tonight WEEK. \ l . ' in. \ I i > STAGED WITH A Cooper Union , 8th SI. CARLOAD OP and Illi A\e \ , SCENERY , 1N ( I.Um.VK The Bowery Dive , The Hast River Pier , The Creal Elevated The Famous Litllc HailRid Scene , showing l\vo \ tiains Chinch Around the crossing Jl lull Corner. speed in opposite The ( .real Steam Pile ' ' directions uiji ' $ ra ) & saiga iw st-f - i Oliver. llfcAiw "fTllc ( : rciu Ledp for The Great Fire Scene. rHfltWrf.-1 Every Night with MiiMiti-rtH Sunday and \V Jui id ii cin i.il Matinu KuJiv-No VirM - and Saturday. H ONE WEEK. ONLY ! DEC. 2STH. THE INTERNATIONAL 3P ac % < > - r LILLlPUTIflN Hill ! 11 Concert and Comedy Co. INOnUDING1 i Commodore Foots America Jennie Qulgley ' . . Scotland Admiral Dot England Annie Nelson Sweden Captain Liable France Carita Bel ton I ta ly Major Doyle Ireland Queenie Foote Australia Fairy Atom Russia Aside from boitifj object * of wonder , those tlole- fjatesi play oporn. 9liij. { ilancc nud net. Thohf ontor- * " tiiiinncnts uro ho novel tlsnt the crowds who Hook r - - : iiid throng to sue und hoar them are so { freiit , that tlio ladio * and chiklron are 10" quested to attend tlic .iftornoon receptions. ADMISSION , ONE DIME OPEN DAILY FROM ONE TO 1O P. M. SUN'DAY ' "TIIIS AFl'liRNOON" 27.GRAND OPERA HOUSE DISC. 27. AND TONIGHT. Matinee at 2 | | ANi. cT. . ' . Kv. I I Evening at 8 Tlif I'.tcliMlro Tnlont Inclmtoi UNA IIAIITOMIIVurUVn Wniirior I'AI.kK nnil BiMO.V. Tin' llnviirlim .liiKk'Icr KAHA , IHH ( , nail iilIK ; ) KVANH. Tim foiilimiH Unit Imru nitonliliutl ill JAMICSnud l.flV AI.I.ISO.V , bL'tiiild'TH nf hnlh uont'nuntt TIIIIONI.V III'NCAN , TIII1 IW'.TIIHUH IIIIAAT/ ; . Till : KA.MKII KIIM.01IA. SIKI.VII.I.i : Hint STKTHON IHHI.NhVtl.l.i : WlI.IilAMH An Airny of ArtUU I'.mllrelr . Without < 'nniH | > er Nolo the prices lor reserved initi I''KJ , ; i5o 50i" , "So. Si'/ilt / nuw on nalo nt ( Irrmil Oporn Homo liox olllco. GRAND OPER'OOOSE. S M ATTN EES 8 3N I G H T S Q COMMENflNG WITH MATINEI : - NEW YBRR'S ' DAY , THli BIG CITY SI IOW GRIiAT CONSOLIDATliD BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER. KVKHYTHINfi KKW AND 1UUU1T. HEART CHEERING PRICES ! ! FOR RESERVED SERTS , llov Hhoot oponsThiirHilay at finuid Onora TONIGHT , EXPOSITION HALL TONIGHT , Sunday , Dec , 27 Sunday , Dec. 27 R GRflND ILLUSTRATION DP 8PIRITURLI8MI * = = = , BLJ Miss Nellie Leslie , the Famous Assisted by a congrass ol Noted Mediums. A handsome i tage has boon erected foi1 this pro duction. duction.PRICES , 28 and BO cants. Doors open nt 7OO. :