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t : : = _ _ _ TIrE OMAUA DAILY UEgi SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 24 , l80G. 13 - '
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We've been plaktng a some - a l s'r : \ , ' l in the x
house will be on sale this week as long as they last at greater reductiol,1s " ' in price than you ever bought H low shoe for in all Y011r life V ' { e make prices
O . X : F 0 z ir S ' stuff that our P arc rices but for . on the our very , first best class goods , guaranteed ' in' the \vorl quality , goods. Not for cheap Read 1 ' 0 X F : ' 0 t : : Q i D S .
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1. lllles' : ( House Slippers , Lndics ' SIIPPers All the Jcst ! makes at . , \ I I - - - - - - -
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In nn endless variety , "Ith , one strap . a . . , . . . . . I Indies' l\nc1 tics ! S' uJ A . . 't " _ Ladles' h1.ndLatlles ! , . " Slipper , .f . An ' .
Ahlns Rollt for { 1.50. . . . . IIprln"(1 \ 1s110"'s' - I turned ox _ ' 43 attics' S.ltitt > Slippers + Ndl' h.wgnlnln n
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. . ' I h Ice to C , furnell With one HlI'nIJ' ; $148 -
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1 , t1l'f i . . are 61\ sale nllh . , , ' , ' ° s toe . our . . 2OO \Iwa's sold for $ ,001 \Vhlte I.nllies' Soulhern % Tie ,
reduced Ilrlces. I Oxfords only .
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- - ChSldren's 1 brook I Oxfords I . r ' , „ 6&1.1 ' . 1 . . . , . Lnl1les' Jullets- Plnl Iced . " } Heducel1 At I'rlces Cloth Sop nllll l'Ioll1tcd too ;
I. I . . Red Oxfords . " 9p d " . ) Splendid kid . hnmI-mnde , Dlacit' .
t I.rldles Ooze Itrap ! e 0 s. k - Always sohl for fL00 . . . . . . .
I ( . . . Narrow square nllll opens tees ;
Slippers Some tan Oxfords , .
, 4 All that are left go for J.l1llle cloth lap
tent we aged to Bell That used to sell for $1 , 60 . Y . % , 't Y , Patent leather Oxfords , . !
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for $ h75 : ; , closed out 'VIII he closed I out nt , , r $1 . 4 8 . Includes HlZN 2U1 (0 our 4 , nIcest whlths $1 l A shoes. to D ) ; . . . . . . . . . . . . ct2 . 5 0 .
'romorrow at 48c. z,19n p . it
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Orders nmI' sell /00118 / Q 3 , '
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At thl'se 1lI'lcos. C t'ec lit I I ) IInr-
hodr at thlJe IH'CCR. !
Ladles' one /ltra Bronze \ I. SlIppers$200 Youths' shoes- ' ' , .lA , i' DOYs Shoes _ '
the regular , $1 I quailty ] . Wtlh quilted bottoms : , , V
half price tomorrow. . . . . . . . . . . . { el ' ' ' ' ' trial qullle 1 hoUoms' Youth ' Genuine CnSh ocs- $ 0
Perfectly made and $1 60 01 I + t ' r'u 7d 1 . . 00 In spring , hel'l , > ! unt. ! SMes$1 QJ
w . . sizes 11 to 2
- Our regular $2CO shoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . i „ , Noshing Letter mndc' ' _ $2 t..50 : aato the - : price. no\\ ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
, Our regular t2,5 shoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . ' 1.\ DIES' SHOES 75C.
Tien's : Patent Leather Shoes- 00 These our nllue ] 1111 of our $3 . $4 and . $5 : ;
I1nnl1rlllS , , hl'st make . $3 ' . . shoes and every holy who has worn them '
1 cengress uhm 3 s $7 mud till cloth now lop . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys' Shoes' - All the MIsses Cloth ChIldren , s Shoes- knows much ! . . for that . hem she , 'rhey hils alwaYI lire In ! slzes paId 2 liS , air that . 3. 18 C
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- . . cliolce tOmorrow , ut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- - We have 1 hundreds I of f paIrs . of tIC I pret- Top and Plain II'd ' A lallies' , kid button wllh hand turned
. . Same of our best mal-e--J & 'f COUS- Holes made " . on the common . . sense order . $ ,
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lolIat treats hrond eas ' toes $200
' bcst shoes thc world-shoes n shoe that retails ' ' aty$1 . all (
lIten's henvy tan shoes- baby In - that . regularly ) nt $1. al
I + . made wide extension for winter Dnltlmore wear 50 . . Britton I Shoes--we al\'IIr ys ins , Pat C. and other 1 noted makers have sizes all''I\'I.llhs : our cut clearing price . . .
ethic / sole ; we never got $350 we ve been selhng and you thought chcap , 11 I . .
le..s thl1n ' , G.oo ! JeCor" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h . . 1 ' Lallles cloth ton Dutton nnrrow toe , In
at $ I.S-shoes I l , lth I a pat- got $ $ I x ' ' / " , 00 and $ - n " / , ' 5- . " I shoes in the lot to bc slaugl1- - Esless medium New high , heel. 1 " \ , orl mode CIIS' , . dosing by Gardner bond fc ! $250
. j .1 , ( tel'cd- regular prices $ I. 25. made line at. : nlways . . . . . . . . . has . . . . . lJeen . . . . . . . f3 . . . . . closlnS . . . . . . . . . out . . . . . the . . . . ,
ant leather tip , cloth tops , or in , " ' ,
lIIen's heavy Enameled and solid , Shoes- pl 1. ! I'd I with patent tips' . In . - one . 9 \ , 8 C $1.50. $ I , 75 and $ ,0 : ; sIzeS . Ladles' cloth top patent leather frinnned $ 5 0
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In the one regular lot tomorrow $4 qunlh3' at. . . . . . . . . . $198 one lot tomorrow at . . , . " . , . 48 C 1 arO'e b 1. site at . . . . . . . . . . . . I' t ' , , 8 to 102. 1 , In 1 . one I 0 t a. . . . . . . 7 3c 5. our cash clearing' Ilrlce. . . . . male . . . . . . . . 'twas . . . . . . $250
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iUNCIP ) AL . REFORRI {
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mnrkablo Changes Emcted in English
Cities in the Past Generation ,
POLITICAL CORRUPTION STAMPED OUT
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The Evils of Franchised Corporations Reduced .
duced tc the Minimum ,
lOW COST AND MUNIG PAL PROFITS
Statistics of the Tax Rate and Other
Revenues of Leading Oitics ,
SKETCHES OF ROYALTY ON PARADE
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Loyal Thousands Shiver In a Cold Ullut
unll Yell for l'rlncc and Uukc-How
They Look and Act-An Inter-
esting FnlUlJy Group ,
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LONDON , Feb. 16.- ( Speclal Correspondence
Dt The Dee.-Th ) tendency of the times In
the United States and Europe Is to make
cities mora agreeable for the poor This Is
being done In EllIland , ana I must say with
a considerable degree of suceess. A distinguished -
tinguished AmerIcan editor contributed to the ,
annals ot the American Academy for May . i
1894. a. remllrltable nrtlele on "Problems of
Munlcll'lal GOl'ernment , " In which , among
other brIght things he said < l : "What with
parks . gardens , baths , wash.houses , cheap
transportation , free music , reading rooms ;
libraries and clubs hospitals , lectures It
seems as Ir the great aim of modern society
was to 1111 the cities " And ) yet as Mr. Ood-
lain points out , both Europe and AmerIca are
lamenting over the mIgration of poulatlon
urbanward. To check this movement In
Lngland as I have shown lu a previous leltor
the 1'1rlah councils were formed and during
my stay hero I have read many glowing
accounts or what the old 'lIlago will become
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umler the benign influence ot the parish
coatctls In tact , the boys , and girls too
who have gone forth to seek their fortunes
In the rush and bustle of the modern town
may : return once more to the fascinations
of the revolutionized v III agt. ! . However this
may be . the work or malting the lot of the
dwellers In towns more easy goes on vigor-
ously . and I propose to briefly summarize In
this letter Bomb or the more striking of the
recent changes In bait a dozen of the large
provincial towns. All these towns are ta-
miller to me and In the last fifteen years
I have visited hem repeatedly . The one
great dlfilculty which Is undoubtedly , discouraging -
couraging In our own country-munlelpal ear.
rUI'tlon-has of late years been pretty much
eradicated In England . Nevertheless within
the recollection of some ot the I'Ireaent genera
lion or Englishmen many or the chartered
towns and corporations \ of England were reek
Ing with corrulltlon-a class of corruption
which never has been tolerated In the Unite L
States lit any period or Its hlslor-corruptlon
tlO debasing that the open sale or municipal
offices was looked upon aa a matter of course
and the arrmgclllents : for such transfers was
a lucrative business An impartial aludent
1 of the Urillsh municipalities from the time
or the that ! reform act to the present thus
would be able to note changes more sweep
Ing than those which would place American
l1Iunlcl1lalltios on a footlllg , so far aI bon
eat ) of management Is concerned with Eng-
\Ish \ cities
ABUSING AMERICAN LOCAL GOVEItN
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paint American municipal government ! In the
most dismal colors. Our failures In municIpal
government have become almost a craze
Nearly every number or the journal mentioned - I
tloned above contains some gloom prcsenta- i
tlon of local corruption and vlllnln ) ' . Some I
of these articles declare we have nothing I
to learn from England. For such the preent' '
article will be of no value. Others declare
that II large part ot the degrading influence
or our city polities comes from the relations
of the large cities to the states : In which
they are localized. The states and the cities
It i IO I contended , have so few common Interests
that the contact of the two lowers their moral
tone : died leads to bargains trades and cor-
ruption. Some declare we are wallowing In
hopeless misery and corruption ; others that
11'3 must work out our own salvation ; and
yet others think that , as the municipal l spirit
grows , corruption will give way to better
government. And so It with Democratic institutions
slltutlons are capable of giving honest government -
crnment In national affairs ; and as our citizens -
zees better understand what has been aptly
termed "the most solemn , the most difficult \
but also the most Imperative or all the po-
litical duties which our ago / imposes " mu-
nicipal government will Improve In efficiency
and honcsty.
WHAT ENGLAND HAS DONE
To this end let us take a rapid glance nt
what England has recently accomplished. I
have before me the advance proofs of a. work
entttlell "lI1unlclpalitles at 1Vork , ' by Fred-
crIck Dolman , with all Introduction by Sir
John Hutton LC.C. This work 11'11I lJe
pUblished In March and available for those
Interested tn these questions lI1eantlmo II
may be wise to encourage the municipal
spirit at home by some of the useful facts
herein brought together. English cities the
size ot St Louis , Doston , Daltlmore , .DuCfalo ,
Cleveland and San Francisco have municipalIzed -
Ized their markets , gas water tramways
electric light and art galleries , and so doing
-In addition to reducing the cost to the
communlt-have secured a municIpal fund
without an increase In taxes ,
Dlrmlnghnl1\ seventeen years made a
profit on Its gas of $370,000 [ ; ; the markets
or Manchester hand over $75,000 annually to
the city treasury ; while the markets of
Lll'erpoolmake a. profit of $82,600 ; the surplus
of nearly $35,000 on the trams ot Liverpool
goes toward the relief of the paving tax ;
Glasgow In 1393 I11nde a profit or $220,000 on
water $ IEO Of0 on [ as and $1,000 [ ; on mulets ;
whllo Bradford made a profit \ 011Ls \ electric
light of over 10000.
Hero wo have a little \ tabulated statement
ot the profits III 1893 011 these municipal
undertakings :
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IIIrmlnghnm , „ I3G.O'J6.53 1s,0atssl1s,20 . 171.3J.n 1
Manchester . . " HS,8 I,36 IO'J.237fi2 n. " , Jt2t.fi2.31 : : ) :
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Glasgow . . . . . . . U3.MI.75 2Ul.:91.00XJO9t5 ! 3GI.OUU
Bradford . . . . . . . -fit.91z'78 2,447.7l 10,657.63. . . . . . . . . . . .
Leeds . . . . . . . . . . _ : 2.297.55 : _ PGl53P2 ' 52,78'J,81. 93C53,7 , 9
The above figures represent dollars
' The Liverpool gas works are tI1t owned by n
company
- Net loss otter payment or nearly $31,003,60 tor
IIUJll lamps . and 1I'er(1,1:8,60 : for sinking
fund ele. Since taking over the gas works 1 In
1871 the IIrndrord corporation has made au nggre
gale net profit or I,818.168t9 ,
. . Net 5001 after soiling . aBide $51 : 1OO9,83 tor
sinking tund Under Iwenl.Cour years or umni
cllal ownership a surplus oC $ 11,017,402.19 , has ne
crued.
In reference to this table it Is to lJe remembered ,
membered that In all cases profits are
reckoned only after provision has been made
for payment or Interest on loans and repay .
went ot the principal
In technical education libraries and IIrt
galleries these cities are doing good work , as
the following table shows :
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IIIrnllnglul11 . , . . . . . . . . , 31.4511 ! $1I811 ! 190,100 D
Manchesler . . . . . . . . . , , 87,110 61'02,19910 : : : O.c.oo
I.lwrlool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.018 61 7o,9i319 165,000
OlaBoIV ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 'f3. 98 to " 108 , OOJ
UradCord . , , . . . . . . , . . . . z5,930 4 $ : ssos U 8 ° , GOl
Leeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :0:1.1.990 : : : 79 183.tO )
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' 1 ' aA taxes of these cities are not excessh'e ,
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nor debts large. How does this compare with
AmerIcan places of the same kind 1
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lllrmingham . . . . $37,126,528 60 $ 8.280.0H 60 i .89
Manchester . . . . . 67.fi O.3'.I : ! 11 11.40'.1.14. ' 83 : ; ' .97
Liverpool . . . . . . . . 3,219,5 : 01 37.19.423 79 7110 91
Glasgow ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12WI.S52 : lS ( 67 toSI !
Bradford . . . . . . . . 2,9S2.Gi : : : 36 6.93s.t72 33 : ' 5
Lcods . . . : : . . : . . . . . . . . \ . 4,218,131251G,5s,9 . . _ ; 8 9569 ; tOII8 _
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DIYlded between owner and occupier and
graduated according to amount oC assessment.
The tax 1n England Is levIed on the rent-
Ing value of the property . not the assessed or
estimated value of the 'propert . as with us
One more little table , which will , I am sure ,
be useful for comparative purpose9. It shows
at one glance the population , density of popu-
lation , death rate acreage of parks and expenditure -
penditure 011 public baths :
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Manchester . . . , . . . . . . . 50.000 40,0 96.16J 21 3GOI- .
Liverpool . . . . . . . . . " . . .517,95098.6 ! 45O8 92 61027.1 ( ) '
Glasgow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . 65C,9SGrh9 : 51h35 18 .00 23.4
BroMoI'd . . . . . . . . .1. . . . 20,9i5 : : :0,3 : : 21.151 G1 216 20.0
Leeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :61I ( ) ) 17.7 . 6Ga122,5
. flasks : flaw In course oC e-eclioo .
I thin ! these little tables comprise a
glimpse Into English municIpal work only to
b3 obtained by a long and weary aearch of
municipal reports. They are fresh and up to
date lire book containing these and many
kindred facts now being In courao of publl-
caUon. Mr. Dolman has performed a useful
task ! In giving ! liS full particulars about these
cities , and one that will bo appreciated , not
only by students of municipal Institutions ,
but by the public , because the facts touched
on do not present a dry account of budgets ,
but a bright description of what Is being done
to make life 11101'0 agreeable to the dwellers
In cities I have , of course , changed the
English pounds Into dollars
WELCOMING HOME TIlE PRINCESS .
I propose In this letter to give a slight
glimpse \ Into a subject which Is aLways Inter-
esting-namely. how royalty is treated In
these democrat days. The scene described ,
with some degree of detail perhaps I wit-
naased on Tuesday lit Charlng Cross station ,
and the Impressions arc given precisely as
they were receIved , without prejudice or any
scrt. In the language of the Londoner last
Tuesday was "a blUer day . " but to an Amerl-
can : 11 was "a slight ' cold snap " Dut all the
same , hundreds upon hundreds of people
crowded blue and shivering , Into tire great
station or Charlng Cross to welcome hone :
their beloved princess of Wales and thou-
IIIlnds upon thousands or loyal subjects filled
the Strand and Trafalgar tQu3fe to look and
cheer as the royal cortege went by The day
In itself was memorable , for the sun came
out , and stayed out for three whole hours ;
and considering It only showed Hself for I
t.wenty.two hours during the preceding month , I
there was plaIn cause for thankfulnes. The
white dove that bore Queen meanor's cross ' :
fluttered In and out In merry commotion ,
eyes turned upward as It at the discovery
of a new planet , and an amateur photographer
took several snap shots at the shy and distinguished -
tinguished visitor It was a quarter put 11
when wo reached tie Station. The spec'al
train was due at ten minutes past 12. and
now the real preparations began. Traffic of
all kinds tvaa stopped on thIs , one Of the
busiest lines In ! Great Britain , while tbe
and ! 8 was In transit frcm DOI'er to London , I I
usuallyttull
and the station , usuall ) ' full of life and bust ! e . I
became as quiet as a. cemeter ) ' . The next
move was to back all / the cab horses from
the'r stand down an Inclined slippery place
Into the tunnel.
LAYING DOWN TilE CARPET.
A dozen porters , armed with bIg brooms ,
swept the place with more tenderness and
care than a very good housemaid : gives to t
one'll best Aubu88cn ; then another relay of t
porters sprinkled coarer yellow sand well 1
over the roadway that the feet of the royal I
horses might . not skate over the damp stones.
The railway tracks were liberally powdered
In l the same way . that the wheels of the royal
train might not lose their grip and the plat-
form itself treated .In a similar manner was
then swept . with conscIentious care. Wooden
barriers were erected at either end of a space
oumclent to contain the engine and three
railway carriages Then appeared tile titled
directors or the S. E. n.-Important. Immaculately -
maeulatt-I dressed and watching with anxl- !
ety every detail of the arransements. Then
the carpel , whIch always forms the maIn
material feature of these Occ3sons ! , appeared
In a gigantic roll . borne ( by six men. It was
red , as It always is . shabby as It always Is ,
and ! In this case . had an extra breadth that
d'dn't match-much to the nervous worry of
the ladles present. The carpet was lilted tote
to the floor tike a goat de Suede to a fair
hand-It was smoothed and twitched and so
stretched and coaxed Into place unt'l ' the
smallest wrinkle was exercised every func-
tlonary from the porter to the policeman and
the tilled directors lending their lingers and
persuasive pI\\'ers. :
GRISELDA OF A LATTER DAY COURT.
Never before had the princess been away
tram England so long Three months had
passed Since she went to RussIa on her er-
rand of love and sYl11plth : Three times hall
the announcement been lIulJllc Made that
she was to start home on n. given day . that
Marlborough house was b21ng made ready .
and the prince and her daughters coming
up from Sandrlngham to meet her. Finally
the royal equerries were dispatched to es-
cert the princess home , but they had only
the pleasure or dangling their heels , first In
St. Petersburg and again In ! , Copenhagen
whcro the princess stopped to visit her royal
parents
The British public began to tremble for
some one started the horrid rumor that
this sudden IndependencJ and assertion on
the put ot her royal highness was but thc
outcome of the revolt of Woman and that
the now woman should ever be lIerfonlfied
by the gracious princess Wife has so long
been held up as the Griselda ot a latter day
court took the British breath away . Whether
that portion of It at Charlng Cross expected
to see their very womanly prlnbess step trait
the train with the Russian eagle under her
arm and a liberty cap ou her head I know
not , but they evidently dill look for some-
thing different from the usual. Meantime a
brisk rattle or 'Ieels ensued , and there
dashed Into the station three line carriages
drawn by superb chestnut . horses and con
spicuous also for the magnificent altitude of t
the coachers and footmen clad In tan.coloreil
livery . with While gloves and black cocades
In their ! rats .
THE PRINCE OFIWALES ' ARIUVCS.
As the door to 1 the first carriage opened
every head In the stlllien was uncovered al1l1 1
inclined The prince of 'Vales , who retains
that lightness of otJpeeullllr to some heavy
men , stepped out , and recognized the pUblic
greeting with a enilipthat , had more warmth
In It than the wings r's sun It Is several
) 'ears.since . I saw the heir to the British n
crown . and I was ! ! ; IJlruek by the great Im-
provenlent In his appearance Ho has accepted -
cepted his age-noyer an easy thing for a man
lu his posltlon-cllaliged 'ils stple of dress
InS' accordingly al\llI& : ; browner of skin and
brighter In eye thall tsar many years. For . the
benefit of young Anglophoblacs whose cas-
tonnes cost them wakeful nlghls , It tnny be
added that the IrllI\tH overcoat the prince
wore had no court train so to spelllt , snd
In contradlstlnctlolt k' 'd 'some ' of his ! suite had
nether fur trlmmlngs'nor linings Ills glove
were or dark gray . hlntrousers of a still darlur
gray , and his slll hat shone like a reflector
II. H. H. carried ! In iris left hand an ebon Y
cne with a silver mounted head , and looked
In all a healthy , well dressed prosperous
gentleman , whose sense of humor mlghl t
liomethnes 110 battle with his dignity .
In the same carriage came the Princesses
Victoria and Maude .Iend'r , pale , wearing
the heavy black serge gowns short blaclt
jackets : with Persian lamh collars , and slat
pie black hilts that are a part ef their
mourning. They were joined by their sic
ter the duchess of Fife , the plainest and
shortest of the family ,
TIIE DUKE OF YOnK ON 'I'IIE SCEN
The last carriage brought the duke Ed (
duchess of York. Tire latter Is very much
better looking than her pictures. Photograph -
raptly robs her not only Of color and ex-
IJresslon , but gives an apparent roundness
or figure which Is quite undeserved BrIght
and attractive In face , with plenty of sort
light hair a merry eye and a good skin ,
she also has a tall fine figure , ' and carries
herself , not only with ease but considerable
dignity. The duchess though she wore the
same simple black stuffs as the others , with
a knot of purple flowers In her little bon-
net , gave the Impression of being much bet-
ter dressed
The duke or York I have not seen since he
was a boy , and as ho stepped onto the platform -
form and stood by his royal rather-who. Ir
a few Inches taller , would be pronounced II
fine looking man-I was struck by the contrast -
tract between the two. The duke Is Insignificant -
significant In stature and bus a slpguiarly
small head Side whiskers , full short
beard and thick hair of sandy brown eke
the head out ; but one could not help wonder-
Ing what woulll be left If'a sharp razor made
a clean circuit A certain dapperness or
dress and nanner emphasize the duke's
physical deficiencies and III accord with his
position I , and there Is ncthlng In his face 10
attract or crllieize-it. Is too essentially com-
monplace. whatever criticisms mIght be
made on the prince or Wales' looks , the tact
remains that ho ts ! distinctly a personage.
He Is portly , broad-shouhlered , and thlcl-
necked , but he has a good head , large and
well proportioned . and courlllness of manner -
ner that woulll distinguish him ( an'where.
TilE TWO FUTURE KINGS OF ENGLAND ,
As I looked at the next two kings of
England and emperors of India I involuntarily -
tarlly thought or another duke or Yoric who
In times past waited for the tirrone Charles
II . was king then and with his brother .
afterwards James IL . but or course , at the
time duke of York . was out hunting one da ) ' .
In the excitement of the chase they lost
sight and found of the royal suite , and
grew bewildered In the mazes of a rorest.
James with a dolorous countenance : , ex-
pressed great anxiety lest seine evlll-dls-
posed persons should seize the opportunity
to harm his majesty. "Never fear for me ,
brother , " rqJlled the handsome monarch
with a smile "No one will ever assassinate -
sinate me to make you Icing ! "
'I'hls InIay secm a. trifle severe In Its ap-
pllcation but a. glalco ) at the illustration of
the royal heads will show the temptation
Other dignitarIes now rallllll arrived , and
formed a sort of semicircle on the plstfotnr .
No one approached the prince except on his
Invllatlon , the wire or the Danishn ambassador -
dor being the first When within n few
feet or II. H. 11. Madame de BUtse stopped ,
made lire curious , short stilT dip currently
known as the "charll ) ' bob , " really a steno-
graphlo curlcsy . and then shook hanra. ] The
few other ladles followed cult , nllll the gen-
tlemen escaped with a profound obeisance.
AN INTERESTING FAMILY GROUP
It 10 not often that one sees so many of the
royal family .togother , but of the group on
the platform there were just three persons
of apparent distinction-tho prince of Wales
who , 115 I said , bears In public the same grand
air that distinguishes the queen and males
her four feet len Inches of majesty seem
above tire average height and the duchess of
fork who towered above everyone else and
has the carriage or an al'lstocrat. Tire third
person was a really superb fooUnan "almost
liner than nature and ( quite up ( 10 anylhlng
! In art. " Ills six feet four Inches of man
hood his severe HOlllan profile , and ( grit
more severe manner , were delightful to boo
bold
hold.All
All through the preliminary ceremonies
not a soull1l tsar heard. Everyone spoke In f
a minor chord Not a. laugh or a joke was
heard from tire vUlgar herd behind the bar-
tiers ! ,
Things were depressing enough 10 have
raised ! the spirits of a fashionable undertaker ,
whcn-llrestO. without a whistle II creak era
a jar , there rolled Into the station , In a sub
duel and perfectly well bred way . the special
train with Its precious freight. The IIIt1e
engine stopped to the Inch , and ! drew a long
breath of roller ; It was lee polite 10 snort ,
os one of our wild and woolly locomotive
from tho' west might have done No ono
stirred save Sir Edward nuuell , whose Ilroud
privilege It was to open the door Qf the
prlncesa's carriage , wllh bare h ad-of course .
all hats were all' Then the prince of Wales
moved forward , stepped Into the carriage ,
and al his back was toward the audience nu
one knew exactly wh4t happened but It i Is
fair to assume IL salutation was exchanged
for he emerged smiling .
ill/t. LUDDLI''S "JJU"Ul\"l : S' " .111 l'1l01nv'
KEAHNEY , Neb . Feb. IS.-To the Editor
ef The ! Dee : I have been asked to give ! expression -
pression to the very general feeling or IIlscon-
tent In this township over the methods followed
lowed by the relief commission. Many papers
In the east are , praising the ability and busi-
ness management of , Hev. Mr. Ludden the
secretary of the commission. They are cong -
gratulating him that contributions are being
distributed with care and wisdom , and the ) '
point with atlsfactlon loins rules and regu-
lations. How do you suppose It scorns to us .
who are forced to accept these benefactions ?
Suppose for a few moments that you put ) your-
self In our place It Isn't a very pleasant place ,
and Mr. Ludden's "rules and reglliatlons"
have ! not rendered It any IJlea'santer. lie requires -
quires that tire needy shall receive aid only
through the county In which prey Jve. : That
tole ) means a drive of twent-III'e miles to
those . In this township. Our horses gen-
orally have had no grain : many of them only
the buffalo grass which they find on the
prairie. This renders It extremely difficult
to make the trill there and back In one day
and the expense ! of staying over night woull
almost buy the Ilrovlslon they award us ,
for we are only nlloweJ ten da's' provision
at a time A drive of forty -or fifty miles
every ten days through this land of bllzzarJs
and cold waves Is no joke I assure you , and
It places one In danger of actual suffering ns
you cannot receive snore until you have ah-
solnitely nothlns left as they require an oath
to that effect Now tell me , what Is gained ?
What Is the reason for this "r ! ! ] tape ? " 1Vhy
may we not go to our marltet town enl ) '
eight miles distant wltero we are known , and
without swearing our self - resi. = ct away rev
ccl\'o freely what you eo freely have given
Arc we so dishonest tIIIUSt be , guardcll at
every corner ? Are the housewives or Ne-
raslm EO incompetent that they cannot be
trusted with a reasonable supply for their
families ?
Mr. Ludden says ho has found by experiment -
ment that the provisiona go further when
doled out In ten-day lots. I don't doubt It.
No wonder the ten-day plan saves provIsion ,
but at a wonderful sacrifice on the part of
those who already have enuugh to bear. To
1)0 ( sure , "beggars cnn't bo choosers ' but II
seemrfz to me Mr I.udden makes the bread ot
charity roost uneomlllonl bitter.
\lIt. \ . Ludden's rules are based throughout
1)11 the supposltiou that we would all h2 glad !
to beg , anti If we were not watched woulJ
freely- ) steal. Only two are allowed In a relief
toro at a time ! Is It possible that we hl\'e :
fallen EO Inv that It lu hnllosslble for six or
seven clerics 10 watch more than two of us at
a ( line . lest we "poeltet" Iolllelhlng ! ? It It
possible \111' \ . I.uden believes that ? 1l Is no
wander that those who hate been Independent -
out , Eelf-rrsl'lecllng and self-supporting all
their lives resent such rules ?
If the rule requiring an affidavit or abeo
Iota destitution Is adhered to I am afraid
there girls will not reach Itany of thos1 !
! It t was hnturded ! to help \ , I 11'111 1 sonic who
have cOIIl'IlJuted ! would write and define just
what class they meant to heill. Can you not
let us know delJnltely Is It the oily or
county pauper who expects to be kept every
winter and counts It no IIhulle ? Is it the al.
ways Improvident as \111' \ I.udden supposes ,
or Is It also those who would not quite starve ,
without your help , but would go portly fed , I
and halt clad In order to save enough to alert
thcmselves on time read to self.tIIJ(10rt ( all'
other year ? It seems lunponslble that It could
bo this first clan-those who always expect
when Euprles : ! ! get short , to apply for public
sid. I cannot suppose that the woes of this
class have called out Iris ( worlll.wlde aym -
p thy , or that II was for their necessities
such generous supplies bravo been forwarded
If for ( Items . why any ( more this year than another '
other ? For this class of poor we Indeel "hal'o
always with us. " Yet a vary considerable -
part of the contributions are- being usei : ! ror
these people , thereby lestelling tire tax on
property holders Neither can I believe ! that
Mr. I.udden's Inlerpretat Is correct , for
that would exclude the whole class ot hard
work In ! : . painstaking farmers : , for 1lIIllrovl-
dent lades must the farlller be who has not i I
some stock which ho Is straininG every nerve
to carry Through until sprinG COIll,01. Such
farmers cannot lake the oath that Is reo
qulred Yet \Ie think It hard that we must
sell for ono.fourth their value what we have '
worked so bard and saved so closely to t obtain r , , I
while your benefactions feed anti clothe those
who will neither work nor save.
Perhaps the wont rule 18 the one permit I
,
ling the town to which a carload or even 1
trainload of goods Is shipped to retain the
whole amount for that ccunt ) ' . Our nearest
town Is tine most widely advertised ) city In
Nebrnska , perhaps In America and there Is r '
probably not a village In the United States r
where her name Is net Imown. As a result
this town receives dally one or more carloads
of goods , whllo we , with only a dry river and a
an Imaginary line between have received :
nothing. 'fhough we aced this help tally lIS
much as our neighbors they positively refuse ,
to dll'lde. They tell us it all belongs to theIr w
county. They . are IIIe pigs about a trough.
Those wino , by accident or sttntcgem have
gained an advantageous position , fill them.
selves to repletion then calmly lie down upon i
what Is left and rest , utterly IndIfferent to
the cries ot those ! less favored than them- fs
6e1YCa
And 1\11' . l.udden's "busIness methDds"
make possible I his fraud
Very truly yours
IIATTA ALLEN DEHNER ,
Blair TownshIp , Kearney County .
a
WORDS OF PRAISE a
omchtl Uplnluu of ' r
Omalm' Weslern Union
'l'oh'Jrllllh 011I"0.
Under the ! heading "A Model Telegraph
Office ; " the Telegraph Age , the leading journal . >
nnl devoted to telegraphy , prInts an illus-
trated description of the Omaha office or the
Western Union together with a picture or
Manager W. W. Ulnsted The Age says :
"
"Aaslstant Superintendent W. J. Lloyd ot
f
ChicaGo recently remarked that the Omaha e
Western Union once had It IJCrrect service
and was as prompt and efficient as any ire
hall ever seen , mid ! that It was hardly I possible .
to be unproved ) upon.III' \ . Lloyd ! snows a
perfect office when ho area ! one , or his long
years of excellent and valuable service to "
the Western Union company count for e
nothing
"The manager of thIs ofilce Is \lIT. \ W. W ,
Um5ted , a young lIIan or sterling Integrity
and general worth of broad ( Ideas and mlnd-
just such a man needed to give / ; a company $
anll the public a gilt-edged teleGraph service .
Colonel J. J. Dickey Is the superlutendent ,
of lids district with headl\ual'ters \ at Omaha
nllll Charles B. 1I0rton Is assistant supcrln-
tendentII. ; \ . P. Doyle cashier ; J. P. Barn
start chief OperatorV ; . J. Itusland tramo
elder W. Salisbury , wire chief : W. A. Me-
Elroy assistant traffic drier ; J. IL Owen ,
night chief operator ; Id. 11 . Farrar . assistant
night chief operator and C , I. . Pond all-
nIght chief.
"Omaha boasts of one ! of the best . appotnled
and most handsome ofilces In the company's
service . mid Nell . _ Yorlt and '
: Chicago are excepted -
cepte1 ! only as to size hut not In completeness -
ness or attractiveness either In the operating
or business deparUnenl 'fho company have s
some 200 emlllo'cs In Omaha and South
Omaha tine latter being the third greatest c
steels yards and IJacltlng house center In the
world
"When Omaha was a competitor for the
national republican ! convention In 1892 It +
showc(1 that fortr-ilx selHllng8 could be had
to Cblcago , provided l all wIres were In worle-
lug order . Since then four additional cop-
per wires have ( beenbulit to Chicago , lnak-
Ing seven copper wires to that clt ) ' . There
are three copp2r wires to the west and one
to Minneapolis
Omaha has J 50,000 hnhabltahls It . Is can-
r.eeted with Chicago , CoICo miles east , by tour 4
competing trunk lines of railway , namely : r
Burlington , ] took { ! nand . Northwestern , and '
the Milwaukee \ 'fher are three trunk lines
to Kansas City and St. Louis three to the
west , two to the Black hula country , and t
two to Minneapolis and St. Paul , ;
"Tho messener ! force Is a. credit and a „
prldo to the wlde.awakl lIIanagement , It.
consists of tll'enty.four boys , IIfteen Of whom
poue.s bicycles . A IJrlghter-looklng and
better lot of ho's were never before seen
together In one group They are kept In
full uniform both summer and winter. The
ticker service Is also a perfect and satisfactory -
tory one , while the force ot good.looltlng
lady clerks adds grace end beauty to thlll
well regulated office , Tire operators are
aha energetic capable and loyal. "
- - - - + - -
IUlln After } 'rlz I.
Captain Scharff , formerly ot the Thurston
'IUlles , has heen called by the company
from Denver to dllll the company for the
national meeting at Mel11Jhl ( in . May \ , The
company will contest for the maiden prize
and also for the chief prize
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