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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1895)
, , , 1,1 I - . 16 , . rnE UlfAIIA DAILY J3E1D : SuNDAY : , SJn : > ' .L'ljIMJUDH , 1 , 18m l' V Read This ! The First n Special Sale \Ve'ye ever had. It will con- tinue during the entire month and will be the greatest Furni- ture Sale ever held west of Chicago t ( Chamber Suits ' . . - . . ; c. ; - , ; / ' ' " " ' . . . .0- r rys f ' . . $1301mmhcr 1 hi1t + $8.25 reduced lfl , , , It. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . t . $19OnkChanibcrSuits Y1.7 reduced to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28 Oak Chamber 8ultq 17.50 reduced to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Curloy JlII'ch Chamhur sults19. 50 rellucoll tu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f1jllIplo ; : ClllllulJor Suits 21.7 Joduccllto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12 Oak Chlllllhcr Suit 29 00 relluced to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 lurch Chamber Suit 41.00 reduced to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,75 Solid \lnholllJllY : \ Chllllber , 47,50 suit lellucOl1 tu. . . . . . . . . . . . , ' 110 ! llrd's Eye ' , In plu Cham72. ' ' . 00 her Suit , reduced to . . . : . . . : . . $110MuhogonyChamberSuit : 93.00 'UOIaho reduced ony to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . flj : Ourlov llreh ! Ohambor 10 .00 Suit , reduced to . . . . . . . . . . ' lee 1II111's Eye Maple Suit 118.00 Ithd'stoEyO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t2COMahoyany Snit 16 .00 rellnceu ( to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,400 MahoganyL'hmmultur : ! 233.00 Salt . rOllucod to. . . . . . . . . . . 'jllIho ! : \ ; , mtyChambor 432 . 00 Suit , l'ollucU(1 ( to. . . . . , . . . \Vo show ever 20 ; ; designs in all different - ont woods , such ns UIt' 's.Eye l\lnplo , Curling Birch , Ant iquo Oak and Sollll l\Inhug'uu Store wl1he \ ollln Jlandny ntHl Sat- urday night of tints wccl. 1115-1117' Farl1a111 Street. WIIAT A FALL , 1Y COUNTRY lEN The Once Opulent Monarch Groveling in a. Honduran Swamp , fRAYED REMAINS Of TilE EXILED LOTTERY Shuntell alto . nn Obscure Corner of tit' Earth nllli ' 1'00 Heltll to SI.\n- lteHcN of IIrllfnlHt'I'N , Colollcl" and eluded I'ntrollN. . - A few short years ago the Louisiana lottery tery had penetrated and entrenched itself In every city allll hamlet In the land. It levied tribute on all classes and conditions of people , Its Innueneo was not connned to the sporting element. Men and women , oth- el'wlso Impervious to the gaming slllrlt , read- lly fell victims to Its malign power and became - \ . came regular patrons. To such proportions had the evil grown that tickets for a given drawing had to bo purchased a month In advance , and a steady stream of wealth from all states and territories hewed unchecked Into the coffers of the lottery Idngs. . But how the mighty have fallen I From the pinnacle of opulence and arrogance to the malarious depths of II Honduran swamp The present home ( of the exlled'iottery king . was recently visited by Mr. Richard lIardlng Davis , and his observations cover nearly two pages of Harper's Weckly. Every one who goes to auy theater In the United States , says Mr. DavIs , may have read among the advertisements un the pro- gram an oddly worded one . beginning , "Con- radi Conrad ( Conradi" and goes on to say that- In accepting the Presidency oC the 1I0n- dUl'lla Nllllonlll Lottery Company Louisiana ( Stllte Lottery Company ) , I shall not sur- rOllller the Presidency oC the Gulf Coast Ice and IIIIIUCl1cturllll Company of Day 101 Louis . Miss Theretore address nil proposals for sup- 1)lIe ) . machinery etc us well us all bus 1- IICS ! communications to 1'AtL 1 CONRAD Puerto Cortez , lion luras , Cato Central American lsxpress , I Fort Tampa Cltr , Florllla , U. S. A. You have probably read this advertisement often , and enjoyed tune naif manner II'hlch Mr. Conrad asks ! for correspondence on dlf- erent subjects , especially on that relating : to "nil business communications ; ' and how nt the same time he has so described his whereabouts that no letters tiO addressed would ever reach his far-llway homo In Puerto Cortez , but would be promptly stopped nt Tampa , 88 he means that they shquld After an anonymous friend had tohl me of Puerto Cortez , l read of It on the program with a. keener Interest and Puerto Cortez became to mo n harbor uf much mysterious moment of n certain dark significance , and of Ilonlble adventure 1 remembered all that the letter ) ' had been before the days c.f ite banishment , and all that It had dared to bo when , liS a corporation le ally chartered by the state of Louisiana It had put Its chain and collar upon legislatures ! anti senators , judges and edlton , when It had silenced the yoke of the churcn , and 1h9 pUlllt ( for many times together by great lIfts ! 01 money to charities and hospitals , so giving out In a lump sum with one hand what It had taken I from the people In dollars And half.dollarKi i five hundred and six hundred Cold , ' with the other. I remembered when ' III trade mark , In open-faced type , "La S. I. , , " was as famlllar In every newspaper In the United States III were I the names of the papers themselves ( , when ' It had not been excommunicated by the POlt- , muter general , and before It hail ' \ had to " hide Its real purpose under a carefully worded paragraph In theatrical programs or on "dodgers" or hand bill , that had a"n xlslence of 11 moment before they were verb out Into the street ( and which , u they werb not sent through malls , were Lit t worthy the notice uf the federal govern- ' ment. : It Will not so very long ago that It requlroi j , nr effort ! to rcutember It. It Is only 11 law . . . . . . . t \ . . . - - - . - , . . . . , . . . . . - - - - ' - " " ' ' ; . .l1tj'l - . . ' . - - - - - - . - - . . . . . - " --1" - . ' - " ' Stare l\\oudnynttd \ will ho open Dewey & Stone " / Fttrtl1. tttre C 0. , Store l\\oudnynttd \ will bo open Saturday Night Saturday Night ot this week Office aud Snlcsrootti 15-11'17 t Farunul St. , OUinhn , Net of this week . ' , : ! . . . , - . . . . . ' - . - . . . . . . SEPTEMBER FU"RNITURE SA1i. . . - _ . - - - - - For the Parlor. "Ve arc the only manufacturers - ufacturers of fine parlor furni- ture in the entire \vest and devote the whine : of our 2nd floor to these goods.Ve show over 500 pieces of the finest upholstery coverings and make : auy special designs or ideas to order. This stock comprises all the newest fall novelties and is over $25,000 in value. It is impossible ! to quote prices as the designs arc unlimited and marked at about one-half the regular value. Goods CHit be t-cll'l'tl'll : at once and delivered ally tillte .llmlltl ; the mouth Dining Tables. $0,00 ; ; Extoltion Table nuw. . $ 2.90 $ ! J.oo Extension Table now . 5.75 11.00 Extension Table now . 8.50 $39.00 Extension Table new , . 22.50 l 'Vo show over DO styles up to $150 ouelt. Sideboards. $12.50 Sideboards now . . . . . . . $ 7.75 $15.00 Sideboards now . . . . , . . 9.50 $ 2.00 Sideboards now . . . . . . . 14.00 $30.00 Sldebnu' : now18,75 $55.00 Sideboards now. . . . . . . , 33.00 iOCO Sideboards now . . . . . . . 46.50 U5.00 Sideboards t now. . . . . . . . 68.00 $12 , OO Sideboards now. . . . . . . 87.00 Our line contains over 200 doslgns : in mahogany and oak up to $30 ; ; , onch Dra e.ries- 1Pe are Itcnlqllurtct'll ( for everytldmig : lit tltl ! line Special designs ! and cHtI- unites gl\.1t nil wOI'lt. We ' ' ' ! ! \ ( on carry ! t1 lut'l.c'urlct ) . uf Nottlltgltultt , BI'III1- sels Net , Irish PoInt Lace Cllt'tullll'l , In l'ol'tct'lel we show the newest ! ! styles ! \n \ 'l'al1cHt'lcH ! , Silk "ehllll' ! ! , ctc. Cltlnu , Silk , Swiss ! ! timid all other goods sold by the ! J'tJ'll. Cools ( can he selected ut once and I1cllvct'cll'anr tillte during the Ittontlt. I . t s' t r 1 , ' Il ? - I 1&L ; , , 3 I I : = t . $ 1.50 Nottingham : Curtains. , . . . . .85 3.00 " II . . . . $ 1.75 0.00 Irish Point Curtains . . . . . 3.25 0,00 Tapestry ! Curtains. . . . . . . . 3.90 0.50 Brussels Net Curtains . . . 3.75 15.00 a " I. . . . . 9.50 27.00 " \I " . . . 16,50 15.00 Velour Curtaini . . . . . . , . . 8.75 11.00 Silk CUl'talns . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.20 18.00 Tapestry Silk Cut'lains. . 10.60 Stare \ will lJe ollcn lfomiday and Sat- urday : ulgltt of this wcck. Our line Is IO ! Im'ge It Is impossible to quote Intelligently , IUIII will slm\lly \ shy : we cun please \ run null the lll'lce will sell the good ! ! . Brass , and Iron B e dsteadsm . S R : > ti " ' t" r , i t y a r , $ 2.1.00 Brass Beds t'cduced to 15.50 ' 38.00 'I II 4' ii . . . 25.00 U5.00 II II II I' . . . 42.50 100.00 II .1 II " . . . 68.00 , \Vo show over 40 designs and prices range ns high us $ OO. $ 6,50 Iron Beds no$2. . 75 ' .00 II 1\ II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.UO 12.00 II " I. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.25 AntI others as high ns. . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 Store ! will he open llotulay and Sat- urday night of this wcek. - - Reme1nber- We have hccun \ business 31 years and'our reputation Is second to unite ' 1'h18 alone ts II guarantee : : tint we mcan .wltat we say. . "TO will have , . ererything ns advertised \ ! ! dud nil goods will \ \ bit ns represented , lall orders filled IH'Ot1lllt1 - Goods ( can ho selected nt once and ( delivered auy tltlle ' IItll'lng the month Bookcases- 8 0,00ntlque Oak Ilookcascs re ' duecdto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3.75 10.00 Antique Oak llookcnso wIth dusk attached , now . . . 6.26 H.IiQ Antique ! Oak llookcILSO. . . 9.25 22.00I 1\ II . . . . 13.50 .1.00 : : ; " II II . . . . 23.00 50,00 II _ II II . . . . 34.50 8500 : ; \I II II. . . . 61,00 $140,00 Mahogany Dookcuso. . . . . 92.00 And 150 others nt about ono-hlLll the regular price , ( foods : can he selected at once mill 111.11\'lI'cd amiy time during the mouth I : Fancy : , , . . : Rockers- I : : 4t : Th ' s $1)00 ) Cobbler S.at ! Rocker In SoLd Antique Oak , Reduced to I 1- $2.65 ! For September And them are others ht leather , wood , cane Ot' Ullholsterell seats fl'om * n.o : ! up to $7iOO ) cnch. But all mute included - c1ul1ed lu our great sale ; you must not miss. Store will he ollln i 1ondny null Sat- urday night of this week . - Couches 1 . x M $16 ! Corduroy Coucheq $9.75 rlJlluccli to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f2.1 Curlluroy Couches 15.25 reducell to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leather Couehcs 419.50 reduced to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fJ : ; Loather Couchell 31.00 rcducod to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fOO Leather ur Corduroy 39.00 Couches , reduced to. . . . . . . . . . . " 'I. ! 1tt\1ltlfneh1t'c all grades of draped ,01' UllllUlslcrcll couches from the 1)18111 vattet'ns to the most cll'gltllt , lu 1II'Icl. front 10.00 : to $10,00. ; ( ) clthl'I'n \ 1.01'- duroy , leather , velour 01' tupestrles. Cools ! : ; c8n IJl' selected : : at once amid delivered Lilly tltne during the munth. W omett' s Desks . l LZ ; _ 4 f a S' . 4s I t - - This : ; line Is It very strong feature In our sale : A httluh'cll styles to choose frottl. 'l'he weeds mire birch , uinple , nn- tllltle onk and \ miiahognny , from $ 4.2Z : ! ; ; ; tu 41au.00-telly price lJetwecn. .Rare . Chance , for bargains in Furniture years since the lottery held Its drawings freely and with much pomp and circumstance In the Charles theater , and Generals Beau- regard and Early presided at these ceremonies - monies , selllng the names they had made glorious In n lost cause to least In what was for the lottery Ileoplo at least , distinctly a winning one. For In those days the State lottery cleared above all expenses $7,000,000 a year , and Generals Deaureganl and Early ) drew Incomes from It much larger than th ! , government paid to the judges of the supreme court and the members of the cabinet who finally declared against the company and drove It Into exile There had been many efforts made to kill It In the past Rllll the State Ilttery : was called "the national dls graco" and "the modern slavery , " and Louisiana . ana was spoken of as a blot on the map of our country , ns was Utah when polygamy nourished within her slate lines and defied ' the laws of the federal government. The ' final rally against the lottery occurred In 1890 , when the lease of the company expired , and the directors applied to the legislature for a renewal At that time It . was paying out but very little and takIng In fabulous sums : how much It really made will probably never bo told but Its gains were possibly no more exaggerated by Its enemies than was the amount of Its expenses by the company Itself. Its outlay for advertising , for Instance , which must have been one of Its chief expenses , was only $40,000 a year which Is a ltttle more than a firm oC soap manufacturers pay for their advertising for the same length of time ; and It Is rather discouraging to remember that for a share of this bribe every newspaper In the city of New Orleans and In the stale of LouIsiana , with a few notable exceptlonsbe- came an oran ! of the lottery , and \ saId nothing concerning It but what was good. To this sum may bo added the salarIes of Its officers , the money paId out In prizes , the cost of printing and malllllg the tickets , and the sum cf , $40,000 paid annually to the state of Louslana. ! This trIbute was consIdered as quite sufficent : whcn the lottery was first started and struggling . gllng as 11 was for ten years to male a liv- Ing : but In 1890 , when Its ccntlnued existence was threatened , the company found 11 could very well afford to offer the state not $40,000 , but $1,000.000 a year , which throws a lurid light on what Its net earnings must have been As a matter of fact , In those Ialm ) times when there were dally drawings , the lottery received \ on some days as many as 18,000 or 20,000 letters , with orders for tekets ! enclosed which averaged $5 a letter. It was Postmaster General'anamakor who put a stop to all this by rofuslng to allow any printed matter concerning the lottery to pass outside of the state of Louisiana , whIch decIsion , when It came , proved to be the order oC exile to the greatest gambling concern Of modern times. For some long time the lottery was driven about from pillar ! to post and knocked eagerly here and there for admittance , Reeking a home and resting place for a headquarters , and It was not lit first successful . Its first rebuff came from Mexico , where It had pro- posed to mo\'e Its plant , but the Mexican government WaS greedy , and wanted too large a sum for Itself , or , what Is more lllely ! , dd ! not want so well organIzed a rival to threaten the ejrnlngs ; of her own national lottery Then the republics at Colombia and Nicaragua were each tempted with the honor of giving a name to the new company , but each declined that distinction , and so It finally canto begging to Honduras , the least advanced of all the Central American repub- lics , and the most heavily burdened with deht. Honduras agreed to receive the exile , and to give It her 'name and protection ( for the sum of $20,000 $ a year and 20 per cent of the gross earntngs. It would seem that this to a country that haQ ! not paid the Interest on her national debt for twelve years vas a very advantageous bargain : but as four presi- dents and as many revolutions and govr ( . meats ! have appeared and disappeared In the two years ' In which the lottery people have received their charter In Honduras , the benefit of the arrangement to them has not been an obvious one , and It was not until a year ago that the first drawing of the lotterf tva5 held at Puerto Oertez. The company celebrated this occasion with a pathetic 1mi lotion of Its tornner pump and ceremony , suit , there was much feasting and epeecb- making , and ! n special train was run from the interior to bring Importlnt natives to the ceremonies. But the train fell off the track four times , and was just 11 day late In con- liequence. The \ youp ) gin vs , o had thH e " " " _ . , . . , , .i. . _ . . -i _ _ _ . . - ' = R z of thc train told me this , and he also added that ho did not believe In lotteries During these two years , when representa- tives ; oC the company were taking rides of nine days each to the capital to overcome the objections of the new presidents who had sprung Into office while these same repre- : Hentatlves had been making their return trip ; 10 the coast , others were seeking a foothold for the company In the United States. The need ot this was obvious and Imperatlve The neeessty : which had been forced upon them of holding the drawings out of this country , and at giving up the old name and trademark was serious enough , though It had been partially overcome. If did not matter where they spun their wheel : but If the company . pony expected to live , there must be some place where It eoulll receive Its mall and distribute Its tickets other than the hot little Honduranian port locked against all cO"lers by a. quarantine for six months at the year and only to bo reached during the other six by mall that arrives once every eight days The lottery could not entirely overcome this dlnlculty , of course , but through the aid of the express companies oC this country It was able to effect a substitute , and . through this cumbersome and expensive ! method- transportation Its managers endeavored - deavorl'd to carryon the business which In the days when the postoffice helped them had brought them In 20,000 letters In .twenty- four hours. They selected for their base oC operations In the United States the port of Tampa , In the state of Florida-that refuge of prize fighters ! and home of unhappy Englishmen - glishmen who have Invested In the swamp lands there , under the delusion that they were buying town sites and orange planta- tions and which masquerades as a wInter resort with 11 thermometer that not infrequently - quently tails below tlcezing . So Tampa be- came their home , and though the legislature oC that state proved incorruptible , 50 the lottery people themselves tell me" . there Is at least 11'11 ullller6tanding between them and those In authority that the express company Is not 10 be disturbed and that no other lottery Is to have a footing In Florida for many years to come H Puerto Cortez proved Interesting when It was only II name on 11 theater program , , you may understand to what Importance It : grew when It could not be found on the map oC any steamship company In New York , and when no paper oC that city ad- vertlsell dates of sailing to that port. I finally discovered that there was a line run- ning Cram New York , and another tram New Orleans . the fastest steamer of which latter line , as 1 learned afterward , was subsIdized by the lottery peoplo. They use It every month to take their representatives and clerks to Puerto Cortez .when after they have held the monthly drawing , they steam back again to New Orleans or Tampa , carry- Ing with them the list of winning numbers and the prizes. It was In the boat of this latter line that 1 finally awoke one morning to find her anchored - chored In the harbor of Puerto Cortez. The harbor Is a very large one and II very safe one. It Is encircled by mountains on the sea side ; , and by almost Impenetrable swamps amid jungles ! on . the other. Close around the watero oC - the bay are bunches and rows of the cocoanut palm , and a village - lage oC mUll huts covered with thatch There III also a tin custom house which Includes the railroad office and 11 comandancla , and this and the Jail or barracks of rotting whitewashed - washed boards and the half dozen houses oC one story belonging to consuls and shipping ! agents , ere . the _ only other frame ! buildings In the place . save one. That Is a large 'manllon with broad verandas painted In colors , and set In a carefully designed garden of rue plants and manaca palms. Two poles are planted In the garden , one flying the blue and white flag ot 1 ooduras . the other with the stripes and stars of the United States. This Is the home at the exiled lot- tery It Is the most pretentious building and ltlo ! cleanest In the whole ) republic of lion- eras , from the Caribbean sea to the Pacific slope Sitting on the wide porch at the lottery building was a dark. faced , dlstlngulshed- hooking little man a creole apparently , with wblto hair and white goatee. He rose and bowed as 1 came UP thrqugh the garden and Inqulr d of aIm ! It he was the manager of the lottery , Mr. Barross and If he could give me food and ahelter. The gentleman answered that ho was Mr. Barross and that 110 could and would do as I asked , and ap- pealed with hospitable warmth to a tall ' handsome woman , with beautiful white hair , to " support _ him II his 1' IlvlatoD. 11s. Bar- , , . . . . . . - .1 . _ _ " " . - : ross assented kindly , and directed her serv- ants to place P rocking chair In the shade , and requested mo to be seated In It ; luncheon , she assured me . would be ready In a half- hour , and she hoped that the voyage south had been a pleasant one. sOlth I had never visited a hotel or 11 country house as curious as the one presided over by Mr. Darross , It was entirely original In Its decoration unique In Its sources of entertainment . ment , and Its business office , unlike most business offices , possessed n peculiar Casclna" pecular tlon. use of the patrons , and on which I wrote tu Innocent friends In the north bore the letter head 01 the Honduras Lottery company ; the pictures on the walls were framed groups of later ) ' tickets purchased In the past by \Ir. : Darross , which had not drawn prizes , and the safe In which the guest might place his valuables contained a large canvas bag scaled with red wax , and holding In prizes for the next drawing $75,000. Wherever you turned were evidences of the peculiar business that was being carried on under the roof that sheltered you , and outside In the garden stood another building , buiding containing the printing presses on which the lists of winning numbers were struck off before . fore they were distributed broadcast about the world. But of more Interest than all also was the long sunshiny empty room running - ning the Cull length of the house , In which , on a platform at one end , were two Immense wheels , one of glass and ! brass and as transparent - parent as a bowl of goldfish I , and the other ; closely draped In a heavy canvas hood laced and strapped around It , a.d holding scaled and locked within its great Dowels 100,000 , paper tickets lu 100,000 rubber tubes : I had come to see the working oC a great gambling scheme and I had anticipated that there might be some difficulty put In the way of my doing 50 ; but IC the lottery plant had been a cider press In an orchard I could not have been more welcome to examine and to study It and to take It to piees , I was not so much that they had nothing to conS ceal , or that now , while they are fghtnl for existence , they would rather risk being abused than not mentioned at al For they can tight abuse ; they have had to do that for a long time It Is silence and oblivion that they tear now , the silence that mean they are forgotten , that their arrogant glory has departed that they are only a. memory. They can fight those who fight them , but they cannot fight with people who , IC the ) ' think ot them at all , thInk of them as already dead and burled. I was neither neiher ot these reasons that- gave me free admittance . tance to the workings'of the lottery ; It was simply that to Mr. anti ln , Darross the lot- tery was a religion ; It was the greatest charitable organization oC' the ae ! , and the purest philanthropist of modern limes could not have more thoroughly believed In his good works than did Mrs. Barross believe that noble and generous , benefts were being bestowed on mankind it every turn of the great wheel In her back palor. The room In which ' /I drawings ! are held Is about forty feet long ; well lighted by many long , wide windows , and with the stage upon which the. wheels stand blocking ! one end , I III unfurhiahed , except for the chairs and benches , upon which the natives or any chance or Intentional visitors are welcome 10 sit and to 'watch the drawlnK The larger wheel , whlcb holds , when nil the tickets arc sold , < , the hopes oC 100,000 people , Is about six feel In diameter , with sides of heavy glassrbound together by a wooden tire two feet stifle . This tire or rim Is made of stsvel' armed like those of I hogshead" , and In It Is a door a foot square. After the tickets have been placed In their little rubber jackets and shoveled Into the wheel , this door Is locked with a padlock and strps oC paper are pate across I and sealed at each end , and so I remains until the next drawing One hundred thousand tckets In rubber tubes an inch h long and a quarter of an Inch wide take up a great ! led at apace and make such an appreciable difference In the weight of the wheel that It requires the efforts of two men pulling on the handles at either side to even budge tt. Another man and myself were quite satisfied when we put our shoulders to It and hall succeeded turning It s foot or two But It was interesting to watch the little black tubes with even that slow start go slipping and sliding down over the others , leaving the greater mal undisturbed and packed together - gether at the bottom a a wave sweeps back thl upper layer of pebbles on a beach This wheel was manufactured by Jackson k Sharp of Wilmington , Del . The ether .vbe1 I much smaller and aolds ! the prizes J - It'as mllle by John Robinson of Baitl- more Whenever there Is a drawing , General W L. Cabel of Texas and Colonel C. J. Vlore of Louisiana , who have taken the places of the late General Beauregard and of the late General Early , taKe their stand at different wheels , General Cabel at the large and Colonel Vlero af the one holding the prtzes. They open the doors which they hall sealed up a month previous and Into each wheel a little Indian girl puts her hand and draws out a tube The tube holding the ticket I handed to General Cabell , and the one holdIng - log the prize won Is given to Colonel Vlere and they read the numbers aloud and thc amount won sIx timeR , three times In Span- Ish and three times In English , on the prin- cple probably of the man In time play who had only one line . and who spoke that twice , " 50 that the audience will know I 1m say- tog It. " The two tickets are then handed to young Barrass , who fastens them together with a rubber band and throws them Into a basket for further reference Three clerks with duplicate books keep tally of the numbers and of the prizes won. The drawing begins generally at 6 In the morning ! and last until 10 , and then , everybody having been made rich the philanthropists and generals and colonels and Indian gtrls-aml , let us hope , the men who turned the wheel-go In to breakCast. So tar as I could see the drawings are conducted with fairness. But with only 3,434 prizes and 100,000 tickets the chances are so Infinitesimal and the advantage to the com- pany so enormous that honesty In manipulating - Ing the wheel ceases to be a' virtue , and becomes - comes the lottery's only advertisement nut what Is most Interesting about the lottery at present Is not whether It Is or Is not conducted fairly , but that I should exist at all : that its promoters should be willing to drag out such an existence at such a price and In so fallen a state. This becomes all the more remarkable because the men who control the lottery belong to a class , which as a rule , cares for the good < 1 opinion of Its fellows . and Is wllnl _ to sacrifice much to retain It. But the lottery people do not seem anxious for the good ( opinion of anyone , and they have made such vast sums of money In the past , and they have made It so easily , that they cannot release their hold on the geese that are laying the golden eggs for them , even though ! they find themselves exiled and excom- " municated by their own countrymen. I they were thimble-riggers or confidence men In need of money their persistence would not appear so remarkable , but these gentlemen of the lottery are men of enormous wealth , their daughters are In what Is called society In New Orleans and In New York , their sans are at the universities , and they themselves belong to those cubs most difficult oC access. One would \ think they had reached that point when they could say : "We are rich enough now , and we can afford to spend the remainder oC our lives In making ourselves respectable " Becky Sharp Is authority for the tact that I Is easy to bo respectable on as little as ! 500 a year but these gentlemen having many hundreds oC thousands oC pounds , are not even willing to make the , effort . Two years ago , when , according to i their own account they were losing $ OOO a month , and which , after all , Is only what I they once cleared In n day , and when they were being driven out oC one country acer another , like the cholera or any other disease , It seems strange that It never occurred to them to stop nhtng ! and to get Into 11 better business while there was yet time. Even the keeper of a roulette wheel has too much selC-respect to continue turning when there Is only onp man playing against the table , and In comparison with him the scramble of the lottery company after the Honduranian tin dollar , anti the scant savings of servant girls and of bralesmen and negro barber In the United States , Is to me the meet curious feature of this once great en- terprise. What n contrast It makes with those other days , when the Charles theater was filled from boxes to gallery with the "nower oC southern chivalry and beauty , " when the band played , and the major generals prbclalned the result of the drawings . It Is hard to take the lottery seriously for the lay when It was worthy of abuse has paused away And , indeed . deed , there are few men or measures so important . portant lS to deserve abuse , whine there Is no measure If It is I for good so InalGnlfcant 'Ihat It Is not Ilc'frvlnl the exertion oC a good word or a line ut praise and gratitude . And the only emotion one can feel for tae ! . . : = - : = ' lottery now Is the pIty which yoU mIght have experienced for William AI , Tweed when , as a tultve ! from justice , he sat on the beach at Santiago de Cuba and watched a. naked fisherman catch his breakfast for him be- yond the first line oC breakers , or tho' you might tell for Monte Carlo were I to be ex- Ied to n ever-stricken Island all the swampy coast of West Africa , or , to pay the lottery a very high ! compliment indeed that which yoU give to that noble adventurer exiled to the Isle of mba. exied There was something almost pathetic to mo In the sight of this great arrogant ! gamb- ling scheme , that had In its day brought the good name oC a state Into disrepute , that had boasted of the prices It paid for the honor ot len , and that had robbed a whole nation willing to be robbed , spinning its naton back ] room In a hot , half.barbarous country , and to an audience oC gaping Indians amid unwashed - washed Hondurnnlan generals ! , Sooner than Cal as low as that It would seem tl bo bet- ter to Cal altogether : to own that yon are beaten , that the color has gone against you too often , and , like that honorable gambler and gentleman , Mr. John Oakhurst , who "struck a strealt of bad luck about the middle . dlo oC February , 1864 , " to put a pistol to your head ( , and go down as arrogantly and defiantly as you had lved , - - . i I IU ' IGIT S'1'EAMIIIS LOST A'r SEA ' 1'0 More H.ln'I ) " 1"1lelt'll YeHhelN Sinle " 'lhout Loss or Lie , SAN I R"NCSC9 , Qug . 31.- ustrlhn ad- vices brought by the steamshIp 1cnowal are 10 the elect that on the 8th Inst. the stlamer Catterthun struck on the seal rocks off Sydney - ney at 2:30 : In the morning , and sank In fifteen - teen mlnules The boats which landed at Foster contaIned three Ci'ce ! ; inrading ! sixteen - teen ot the crew an ( four wh : : d men , among whom was Captain Frzer , the pilot. The other boats contalnt . the captain of the steamer and other officers who are missing. The steamer had elghty.ono on board all told Accounts are conflicting as to the number saved , whIch variously staled as twenty- two or twenty-nve , but the lit tel Is certainly the lmit. There was nO,800 In spee'e on beard , ! 5OOO having been shipped to delaldo and the rest belonged to the Chinese passengers . The kerosene laden ship Haula was burned and sunlt at Port Melbourne on the 9th oC July , time investigation hy the coroner's , jury rcsultng In finding that limo ship was wilfully fired , the second late and a. watch- man being charged with the crime . - + - - - - 'I'ronhled , visit I'crlodlcnl ) - . 'Ironhlc.l " IH"nlnr- Henry P. Sivera of Lucea , Jamaica , West India Islands , says : "Since my recovery from an attack ot dysentery some len year ago , I comes on sUddenly at timEs and makes me very wealt. A teaspoonful oC Ghamber- lain's Colic , Cholera and Darrhoea Itemcdy taken In a little water gives me rellet. I ' could get a dozen testimonials from people hero who have been cured by this remedy. . Elected Officers mind . \.IJlnrnc.l. CHI GO , Aug 31 , - The Household of Ruth has closed Its convention , electing officer - cars as follows : .T. W. Grant , Nashvlo , Teen , most worthy grand superior ; W. M. T. J'orrester , Richmond , Vn" , past worthy grnd superior : Miss Ella Moore , Llncon : , Neb right worthx grand superior ( : C. H. Brooks , Philadelphia , most worthy grand recorJer ; Mrs. N. J. hanks , grand usher : Mrs , Agnes Moody , grand prelate ] ; Mrs . n. L. Danes , grand chamberlain : Mrs C. E. Jackson , grand shepherd , and Mrs . Mary E. Smith grand trollurer. Time convention adjourned to meet In August , 1898 , at Washington , D , C. . JUUITJOUH ANG4Dt. . Goe"s Maaaalne. lie looked into her tender eyes With such Iln earnest gaze Wih I glare nt him with stern surprise With wonder mind amaze. And nt his cool and steadyy stare My hot blood swiftly 1"lpH , She Is my wife ! How can he dare 'fo search those azure deeps ! ! righteous anger musters ml 1'0 ace him still mersict- To think for this I pay a tee : ( He Is 11 oculst , ) _ . . - ' 1 - f . Read Tl1is. . . t. Everything in our immense stock of Furniture and Dra P4 1 cries will be included and never before have good goods been offered as low as at thi , sale . " A Hil1t. . . . Of What A Few Dollars 'Vil 13113 $11.75 I will buy a nice sold . , oak chamber suit S [ .75 will buy a very pretty parlor table. Roc will buy a good oak dining chair , cane seat and brace arms . $ ( .25 will buy a fine solc oak , polished chcIonier , fv6 drawers. $4.75 will buy a sold ( oak standing hal rack with Frencb glass. $4 25 will buy a brass table with onyx top. goc for a woven wire spring , and in fact a few dollars will . buy more at our September . S _ Sale than ever in l your life before . - Store wi il' opcn lfomiduy amid Sat , ' 1111'Ight of this ! \\'ccl. . \Ve carry a very complete line of , Fltrl1it mire AND Draperies and can pease ! you perfectly , 4 both in design and prce , You must see the goods to appre- cate our offer. Goods can be selected at once and deiveied : ony time during the month of September t Omaha , Net ' . 'I'I'UIS A YBI Y 'I'IIItJIJdNG S'I'OI Y. Senor II'NOnt'll from n Slnl"/ Ship 11'lnteN IIN 1 'rIIHI" "o'nlft. . SAN FRANCISCO , Aug , 31.- lbert Ros. trap , a sailor on the ship Sarah D. Hllgeway of Philadelphia , which was burned recently all the coast oC Queensland , Australia , tells 1 thrilling story about the loss at the ve sel. "It was a wild night aft the QUlenlan\ coast , " said ho , "when the Hldgewuy sprung a leak Time seas were terrific . Great waves swept completely over the dceks I saw three oC my shipmates carried overboard . Hardly had the lat ot , tlthnr been swept oft. when I myself was struck by a yard amid mass of rigging attached that had bean torn away by the force of the gale The captain HaW that the vessel was fast sinking and finally , letermlne1 to leave her In the small boats I was unable to move , but time captain would not leave the shill until I had been placed In one oC the boats We were five days on time sea and finally made a landing when thB storm had gone down lit Don Deb2rg . leln was sent to us from the nearest English settement , lust as we were leaving the Ideway ! the captaIn set the ship on nre. For hours we could see the blaze off al tll disturbed ocean , making an almost hostl3 ; light every time the gale fanned the flames. " . -r- It'OitMID A It\ , OIGXI'I'ION ludepemident Dlstlllers Cornhlue t h.ll.II..I.nt It I cr. Comhl. ty "Ilfht the XI'\ " 'hl.I ( ) ' Trust . NEW YORK , Aug. : n"Tho indepermdene I distillers , after a conference IaUng several , lays , have reached an unlerstanrng ! and formed an alliance for mutual pro cton under this agreement : "The undersigned . having secured and no controlling practically the entire trade o' ' the UnIted State In spirits and alrohol anti confronted 11Y a new organization , the Amerli can Spirits Manufacturing company , succesPOI te the Distilling and Cattleteedln cOnpan who desire to gain a position In the trade a our expense , feel that by united action an co-operation wo can better protect our mu. tual Interests as well as the trade at larger thereby serving time best Interests of out cUitomcrs at a mlnlmnm expense " The name of the association Is time Inlle pendent Distillers' Protective association , The object of the association It Is clamed . Is not to be to raise prices , hut to furnish th0 trade at the lost cost of pro < ueton , The companIes represented were the Atlas 01 Pennsylvania , tine Globe and American flap tilling company oC Pekln , m" , and the Dip trlbutng company of New York , _ p It 11ny nu UN hlr" fur You . Mr Fred Miller ot Irving , m" wrItes thaI ho hall a severe kidney trouble for manyq ) 'ear. with severe pains In his back and also that his bladder was affected , lie tried Iln $ , so called kidney cures , but without any goo < result. About n year ago ho began use 01 Eelrlo Bitters and found , relief at oncev ' - Electric J hitters Is especially adapted to curl . of all kidney 1 and 1 liver troubles and often gins almost Instant relief. One tllal wit prove our Btatement. Price only 50c. A , Kuhn : & Co.'s drug store. , . Ch'utul fur the { erJul-\I.rlenl' . . . Herman-Amert. MERLIN Aug. 31.-The Geloan-Amerl can veterans arrived hero at 1 o'clock thla aflcrmmooo . They wore met hy delegationn . train thirty veterans associations , headed by the veteran corps In uniform , amid a band oC music which were drawn up In front of the railroad station. When the visitors left the train the' band . played "nent chlanl Uedor Ales , " and they were warmly wel. corned by the members of the rcceptlo commmnlttee. The Americans were presented with laurel wreaths by twenty ladlel , and recelve,1 , un ovation from the peopl assembled rround the depot. - - . - - Cholera Ylr.lolt \111)11" . . LemoN , Aug 31-A Vienna dispatch ta the Thues reports that the Abendpost says the cholera ! II spreading rapidly , and \ has appeared In almost every vl18Gb In the gov. ( rluent of Volhynla , Russia The pcopld are taking refuge In the woods and th burial oC the dead Is made In common graves wlhout funeral riles. No records s. b'lll kept of the eases , The dll(11 ! > f Dost virulent It SemroU. N