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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1899)
Kfin BOYS1 LADIES' DUG SHIRT WAISTS BELTS at All Hie boys' laundered ladies' fine leather mother's friend All ( he bells with elegant buckles ShirtWaists in all the latest styles in and all colors all si/es worth up to $1.50 would be cheap at fifty cunts. The purchase of these two stocks is one of the greatest and most remarkable mercantile transactions we ever under Gent took. Tomorrow we will offer such great and sensational bargains that the whole business world will stand amazed Go * nt , We emphatically urge your attendance during this sale with the positive knowledge that the bargains in it are in at , 5c each finitely greater than you could possibly imagine. each S12F- 69C Tom orrow we begin the sale of the Tomorrow we begin the sale of Jenkins & Jenkins All the high grade real Ernest ' French kid gloves in all Krapp's Retail Wholesale Dry Goods Stock como the new in tills spring stock and shades worth up that to Goods and Clothing Stock $2.00 n pair , go tit , a pair from Chicago. from Detroit , Mich , H25SH33 SILKS for 15c B WOOL each for all black I A cdglngo yiml for and nit Insertions the fine embroidery from this LONSDALF : , FnriT M-lnoh CASHMERES htook thnt aru worth up to lOc a Cotton Ciiallis NUW YOUR MILLS Lace and silk Curtains cream yard. mid other well known Percale All the striped fancy taffe All the 35c Wool Cashmeres , double width , lace scarfs , ties Worth 5c , ito at AND CAMHH1CS MUSLINS , In mill tpinnnnts , tas for waists , All the yard a jnrd wldo , In blacks , browns , blues and and fischus that Worth up to 12'tjC ' worth lie All the 1100 Curtain * that regularly sold , A yard for nil the finest Xnlnsooks , go at at $1 00 a pair , go tomorrow at Ifio wide silks evening Eliadcs , actually worth 35c , on rale Jaconets nnd Cainbilc Embroldeiles eaoh 15c figured drapery , . are worth up to § 1.50 each. itla from this stock , that are worth Up China Silks , figured mid cmbo'scd , Changeable at So. " lo 33c a jard. _ _ _ _ able and Lining Silks , every yard from this titocl : that was sold at COc a > ard , choice ICc pair for ' nil the ladles , mlscss' Check , stripe , plaid Unbleached Fancy Col'd ' Heavy $2 All 00 the a pair Curtains , go that regularly sold at n yard fj nnd children's pure Silk Mitts from A yard for all the flno Torchon at 39c this stock , worth up to lac a pair Laces nnd Inscrtlngs , that nro White Goods Muslins Corded Piques * * " worth lOc , at All brands worth z . BO Mill remnants , worth worth up to 15o a yard. . . 8V.o. At. A pair for all tire ladles' Jersey Silk worth 12i , c. All the fancy giade of Lice Cur 50 cents Gloves nnd Mitts from this stock 3C Yl 2c 3e tains , worth from $3 KO to $500 , go ALL WOOL that sold up to "Be a pair. A yard for all the finest Imported % In this sale tomorrow at G'lc ' each. CHALLISat Laces , Including- Oriental and black These arc all In pairs and jou can y Silk L 100.3 , that are worth to up buj ns man pairs like , but ns En oh for al' the extra line sheer 35c a jard. Tha entire stock o HEAVY LIGHT AVEIGI1T } jou Strictly all wool Challls and double width Each for nil the plain white nnd Calicoes Shirting Twills none sold to dealeis fancy bordered Handkerchiefs Comforter Prints silk Mercerized Dress Onods , In small chocks from this stock that sold up to HOc Full Worth 12V4o yard , All the flno Portieres , extra heavy Tapestry All the black taffetas ' ploces no remnants fiigured each Each for all the Infants' nnd chil and plaids , In this sale at 15c. dren's Swiss , embroidered trim nants worth 7' c , BO at l-2c yard or PortIcics worth up to $1250 a jwtr nearly tas and figured fonllard silks , med and LaCQ Bonnets from this go at J.OOO pair to select from they go tomorrow largo and small designs and plain colored India lawn nnd hemstitched Hand stock , that sold up to 50c each. 2C Yd. 5c 2 yds for lc at $388 pair Taffetas , all worth up to 75o , on sale nt 25o. kerchiefs from this stock that sold for Soc each On worth Each for all the ladles' , misses' and Linens ' Table chlldicn's Summer Underwear , In Fancy sale A yard for nil tlvo plain nnd fancy all sizes , from this Block , worth 36-in Percales so up - , up bordered Silk Velllnps , In blacks . Oil Cloth to 2oo each. Dress Ginghams 7iic grade of heavy linen unbleached Table at. 75 cents and nil colors , that are worth up to Light or dark colors , . . $1 Bress Goods at 25e 35c a jard. worth 19c j-ard , go at wide , worth 20c worth i2c. worth Damasks Tric goes at 15c a jard 15c i -1 Each for nil the Indies' finest silk A pair for misses' and children's ! ( flk trimmed Summer Underwear from 6G Yd , Yd , Strictly all wool black Dress Goods , silk ) O 9j this stock that sold up to uOc All tlio remnants of Turkey lied Damasks fast black derby ribbed Hose , w each the GOc kind goes at 9c a 9c Illuminated Dress Goods , nil wool Serges In Thousands of jards of $1.50 and $2 00 Slltt , wotth up to lOc a pair. Light Colored 3 aril grajs nnd tans , every yard of these goods NEW SPRING 40-Inch in plaids , chocks , striped TaffctaD , on sale fit 49c and COc n yard. worth $1.00 n jard , on sale , 25c. A pair for nil the ladles' , misses' Tor all the perfect fitting- Summer Lawns Drapery Swiss Shirting Prints All the Honey Comb and Twill Towelling 1C and children's full seamless fast Corsets from this stock , that sold worth . worth Cc. go at lc n jard worth 2oc. worth 12Uc , at black nnd tan Hose that come In up to EOc each. go 5c this stock and are worth up to 23c a pair. 3c 6c 2c All the Turkish , Huck and Honey Comb 5c For all the high grade Corsets Towels , EC each worth A pair for all the misses' fast black , from this stock , Including 2iio brown and bluti nnd blue and brown Trench satin , high bust sum 40-Inch mixed full seamless Half Hose , mer and many other fatjles" , Organdy Lawn India Linen Turkish Towelling by the yard worth ' ' that arc worth up to 12'Ac a pair. worth up to 7Bc each. Silkoline for all the men's balbriggan - for all the men's laun In mill remnants , and Dimities Would be cheap 50c a jnid go at T'/fcc briggan , game and dered shirts and silk pair for all the kid gloves from this stock ill at worth 15c , In mill worth remnants 23c. at c. merino underweai , front shirts , worth up are in. any way slightly mussed or the least soiled All the 25c and 33c grades of Turkey lied MB * 3G Table Damasks go at 15c a 5c worth up to one dollar. 1o $1.50. ed and worth in the regular way $1 a pair. % jard Facts About the Great Crop Which Supports the People of Brazil. UNCLE SAM THE LARGEST PURCHASER llclilnil ilic SPOIU-M In < ho Coffee AVnro- huiiNi-H Ho\\ ( lie llcrrlcH Arc 1'ollHliol anil I'nliitcil I ) 11 tor the ( Copj righted , 1SOO , by rrank. G. Carpenter. ) niO JANEIRO , Ilrazll , Apt II 3 , 1899. ( Specltl CorrcBpondcnco of The Bee ) I have spent a day among the coffee shippers of HIo Janeiro. This Is , next to Santos , the greatest coffee port of the world. Millions of bags are hero shipped every > ear and the chief business of Ura/Il's vast coffee crop IB ilono here Ulo Janeiro lives upon coffco. For that matter It Is the mainstay of Bra zil. In 1895 the total exports of the country amounted to $1SO,000,000 and of this $140- 000,000 came from coffee. The rise of 1 cent u pound means prosperity or the reverse to these people and the enorm'ous fall the last Cow > oara has made things tight In Brazil. Just how much the fall has been few people 3 > now The truth Is that coffee has been steadily dropping for the last six years and today It Is not worth much more than ono- thltd what U was In 18'13 ' With our new possessions In Cuba , Porto Hlco , Hawaii and the Philippines It is likely to go still lower , lor It la expected that the Yankees will es tablish large coffeu plantations , and If so , the Brazilians will have to look elsewhere for a market It Is an outrage tint Brazil has not done more for the United Stntcs. She should give tm the bulk of her trade nnd nil her fat contiaats. for wo have been practically ( sup porting the country for years. We are the ( jreatcbt cotteo drinkers of the world. In 1897 wo used 0.10,000,000 pounds of coffee , which was 10,000,000 pounds more than was consumed In all Europe. Wo have Increased our consumption during the past > ear at the rate of more than n pound per person , and /wo / now use about fifty pounds annually for each person In the United States The amount spent for this coffee la enormous During 41)0 past tuu jears wo have paid out JS7u,000,000 , or JST.000,000 per annum , for coffee alone. The bulk of this money has Roiiu to Brazil. Some of It has found Ha way Into the pockets of the coffee plinters , a largo part has gene Into the hands of the ehlppcrs nnd dealers , and 11 per cent of the export price Una been paid to the govern ment. Brazil charges nn export duty of 11 jicr cent on every pound of coffee that U ublppcd , This Is , of course , paid by the consumer , nnd such of our people as engage In coffco raising will have the advantage of 11 per cent over Di.izll to start with , for they will of course , not have to pay duty Bomo > cara ago there was talk of taxing coffee , but the demagogue. ] of our congress net up a holy howl about taxing a poor mun'a luxuries , and coffee was admitted nominally free. It was not allowed to be free , however , for Brazil at once put on nn extra export duty and the poor man's luxury iwas taxed just the same. The only differ ence was that the Brazllan government got tha money and not Uncle Sam. llrnxll tint I.unit of Coffee. Coffee la raised In nearly every one of the provinces of Brazil , The country produces the hulk of the world's crop. It raised 10- 000,000 bags last > ear , and It la planting new Jidda now , I described In a former letter my travels through the state of San Paulo , the richest coffee raising region of the world. The titates north of San Paulo also produce vu t nmouiilB , and HIo Janeiro bick of the capital Is one of the chief coffee center * , liluda ol coffco produced here are known | In the United States as Rio and Santos cof fee. These names como from the ports ct | which the coffee H shipped. The Santos cof- Jeo Is grown almost entirely In south c nt al ' Brazil. It Is carried over the railroads to Santos nnd exported from there. H cornea from a cooler cllmato than docs the coffee which la raised further north , and Is gen erally consldeied to have a milder and finer llavor than thnt shipped from Ulo. It Is es timated that we take about 30 per cent of the Santos crop and about 70 per cent of all chipped from HIo , so that the bulk of the coffee used In our countty Is Ulo coffee U both HIo nnd Santos the great coffee hou'es of the United States have their a cnth who buy the cotfee ef the dealers and ship It direct to their houses In New York , Balti more and Chicago. They have largo cstab- lishmentii for preparing the coffee for ship ment , and some of the brightest coffco men of the United States are here watching the markets and buying by the thousands of bags. How Coffee IN Hon ht. Coffee Is handled In different wijs at the two great ports. During my stay In Santos I spent some time ntnont ; the deilcrs and watched them shipping the vast quantities of coffee which come to that port The coffee is put up In bags of 1"2 pounds each , nnd In this shape It Ir sold to the export ers. The buyers In Santos deal directly with the planters' agents , tailing the coffco as a usual thing In lots. In Rio the coffco first comes Jo commis sion men. They dispose of It to the whole- Bale coffee dealers , who grade H nnd pjt It Into the bugs for the oxpntor. In 'his cases the coffee has passed througl thtee hands before It starts for Now York. Since the remarkable fall In the prices of coffee , however , the big exporters have sent agents out among the planters and they are now biding their coffee direct. Aa H has been the consumer has had to p.iv a half- dozen or more profits on every pounl of coffee. In the first place he has had to keep the planter , then the commission mer chant In HIo , then the whob-ialo dealer In Rio and the New York maiugcs-'s agent here Ho has had to pay the cost of ship ment to New York , the wholesale deiler or roaster there , the commercial drummer , the railroads , nnd lastly his retill lral r nt homo. With all this ho is nblo to buy coffco for 15 cents nnd less a pound , the eamo coffee costing hero not more t'mn ' 0 cents , nnd delivered In New York nt C'l cents a pound. If he Is particular nbout his roffco ho Tilll pay from 35 to10 cen's ' for some of this same coffco which here sells for n tilfio over the amounts above mentlo-iod , the orilj dif ference being that the beans me of a little different shape or larger size and that they have been graded Into certain so-called well known varieties I have nlrendy written of the Mocha coffee of Brazil. A largo part of the Mocha used In the United States Is grown hero Indeed , there Is practical ! ) no genuine Mocha coffco In our markets. The Mocha coffee fields of Arabia nro so small that very few of the berries nro sold outside the Mohammedan countries W (1 Palgra\e. the well known oriental traveler , sn > s that two-thirds of the Mocha crop Is consumed In Arabia , Syria and Egvpt and that the rest Is almost alto gether taken by the Turks. The coffee Is sifted over grain by grain and the best la taken out for the Mohammedans The HIo coffee which Is sold as Mocha Is largely made up of the little round beans which are found on nearly every tree. In many places they grow near the end of tha Ktnlk and they are to some extent Imperfect berries , a coffee cherry containing one In stead of two berries They ate known as pen berries by some of the dealers. There Is another class of berry which Is flit. Some of theeo are very much like the Java and are often sold as such , so that man ) a man when bo thinks ho Is having real Mocha and Java may actually bo drinkIng - Ing 7-cent Rio or Santos , although he pajs 33 cents a pound for his so-called Mocha and Java mixture I'tiliitcrt Coffee. This statement will probibly bo denied by some of our grocers. They will tell you that they can tell Mocha nnd Jnva by the smell or the color of the grain. Don't jou believe them. The coffco as It comes from the plantation , the simon-pure genuine arti cle. Is often far different flora that which goes away on the ships. I have visited hero In HIo enormous establishments who make a business of painting coffee and dres sing It up for the markets. In South Africa , for instance , the people want black colfee beans It seems that the coffee the > have been bujlng Is of that color. The bags that come from the plantation are filled with ollvo green beans. They are turned Into a great mill and rolled round and round In con tact with colored powder Just what It Is , the Lord onlj knows , but when the beans como out they are as black as any coffee that can bo grown In Africa. Other grades are given a tinge of jellovv by the use of other colors , nnd others are varnished In dif ferent shades of green. Some of the color ing stuff Is unhcalthful and the men use gloves when they handle It. In one Portu guese house I saw them coloring 30,000 bigs for the Capo of Oood Hope , and In another they were coloring coffco for the Argentine market. This Is no fiction. I saw It myself , although I am told that the most of the coffee sent to the United States goes there In Its natural color. And what Is the natural color of coffee ? That I saw on the plantations and the most of that which comes hero to Rio Is of a rich olive green. It grows slightly yellow as It becomes older , and the older the coffee Is the bettor coffee It makes. Ttieso big coffee factories are Interesting places. Some of them are ns full of ma chinery as n Minneapolis flour mill. You wnlk under n network of moving belts through nlr mixed wIUi coffee dust nnd go through room after room filled with ma chines for dressing the berries to suit the different tastes of the world Each market seems to have Its particular desires , The Germans , for Instance , demand that the husks bo on the beans wdnn they arrive In Hamburg. The Ciormans prefer to do the shelling themselves , and the coffee Is sold ns washed coffee , bringing a much higher price. Other countries want their coffco pol ished. It Is slilned up ns you shine Bllvet- , being brushed by the most dellcato ma chines , which do not Injure the grains , The coffee which goes to the United States Is sold much as It comes from the plantation U Is passed through the separators ana graded , but BO far I believe there Is no demand In our country for polished coffce > or for any other than that of the natural color. A great deal of our coffee Is bought by the great roasting companies. It la shipped directly to tlio roasting mills in NowB York and Chicago , and the nverngo man'does not see It until It Is Imndcd out to him by his grocer In fancy packages nt so iituuh n piece , In Hie HxiuirUiig Section. There Is no busier place In the world than the coffee cxpoitlng section of Rio de Ja neiro. There nro great warehouses near thu wharves which are filled with coffee and Into wlilch coffco Is being brought by the thousands of bags. The btreets of this boctlon are narrow and dirty. They are filled with wagons and cars loaded with coffee. You can hardly get through the streets There are scores of half-naked men trot ting from the cars to the warehouses with great bags on their deads nnd scores of negro women down on their Knees sweepIng - Ing up the coffee out of the cobblestone itreetE where It bos dropped lit order thnt they may wash It nnd bell It again Kaon of these street cleaners has u sieve. In which bbe puts the coffee beans as she picks them up , thaklng out the dirt ui she worKa. I am told that many of the women make a good living by gathering these stray coffee beans. Stop n minute and watch the men as they unload the coffee. Every bag Is tested be fore It Is taken Into the warehouse. The tester has a little tin pipe as big around as a broomstick , with a sharp point on the end. Ho jabs this into a bag and In It brings out a handful of coffee. A glance at the beans tells whether they nTe nccord- ing to samples , and , If not , the rest of the load Is carefully watched. Notice how the men carry the great bags on their heads. Each bag weighs 132 pounds , but they stand straight up under them nnd walk off as briskly as though they weto carrying feathers. UllKUlllKT I In1 CoffCC. But let us follow them Into tlio wnre- hoube. The car load which Is now being handled Is In all sorts of bags and It haste to bo repacked for shipping. We walk through long aisles with bags of coffee piled on eat'k side from the floor to the colling and como Into a hall where the floor Is covered with great piles of green coffco beans. At each pile are a do en half-naked ne groes In their bare feet. They are scooping up the coffee In bowls much like a bread bowl nnd pouring It Into the bags We hcni- the scratch , scratch , scratch of the bowls as they touch the floor , varied by the souud of the laughter of the men at work. Now tdoy burst out In a song , keeping time wlta their scoops as they sing. As soon as a bag Is filled It Is dragged off to a pair of scales to bo weighed. It Is next handed over to the sewers , who sew up Its mouth , leaving enough vacant space at the top that It may pnck well In the steamer. In other factories the bagging Is done by machinery , nnd In all the vvoik goes on In a business-like way. Each of the big Au rlcm establishments of HIo handles vast amounts of coffco In a year. Its manager nrjst hove good business ability and bo a sharp trader. He must bo n good judge fit coffee and must know- how to take advantage of the rUc and fall of the maiket. Each establishment has its coffco expert , who can tell by the ejo and nose Just what the coffee Is worn. Ills Judgment Is usually passed without grindIng - Ing or buinlng the berries. Samples ol about a pint of each are snual out on blue paper and the coffee expert will put his price on each grade by looking at , handling and smelling the bamples During my stay hero I have gene through a number of the American houses , and , among others , have been much Indebted to Jonn I * . Keogh , the manager of nn American warehouse at Rio. The most of the coffee IB shipped from what nro known as the coffco wharves. The scenes about these are among the most Interesting of Rio , Come with mo and look at them , We Jump upon a car containing about three tons of coffee. It Is hauled by two mules , who drag It over the street rail road through ono narrow street after another down to the bay. Wo stop at the wharves , whore a Bang of negroes stand ready to take In the bag * . They back theemsclvcs up agalnbt the ears and balance the great sacks on their heads. They carry them In on the trot , nnd wo hear the thud ! thud ! thud ! of their bare leet as they go over the floor. The ) run , f r they are paid by the piece and not b > the day Each man I I receives 1 % cents for even bag he brings In ' and the best of the workmen make from ? 35 to JIO a month , which are very high wages here. The ColVeo Stenlern of Ulo. What a lot of policemen there are every where. At thu ends of the wharves there are soldiers In uniforms to keep order A customs house officer is alwajs on hand to see that nothing roes on or off the ship without paying dut > , and lucre me many' private detectives A close watch baa to be | kept to guard against stealing , for the wharves are great places for thieves . The detectives have to look ; out for steal- Ing below the wharves as well as above them , for sometimes thieves come In boats under the wooden floors and stop just below ono of the big piles of bags. With an augur they make a hole through the floor , then n piercer or pipe Is stuck up through the hole and Into a bag so that the coffee pours down through the pipe in a stream to the boat. In a short time a half dozen bags can bo emptied , and If this Is taken fiom a largo pile no one will bo the wiser without the detectives spy the men under the wharves Stealing is also done by the negroes who load and unload the coffee. They come to their work with piercers in their sleeves. Then by a dexterous thrust they drive the piercer Into a "bag " as they are carrying It in on their heads and allow some of the coffee to roll out down their sleeves to their waists. This they do with one bag after an other as they can during the day , going off , as they say , for a drink now and then to secioto their stealings. Such thefts , how ever , are well known , and the men nro carefully watched. Some of the men work half naked and others.hnvo their sleeves rolled up to their shoulders. Thieves are at once arrested , and the factors pay largo sums , I am told , for detectives to watch such matters. TRANIC G CARPENTER. NORTH SIDE PEOPLE OBJECT Couleiul Hint Kreellon of New Seliool IIoiiNe 011 CIIHN Street In WtiHto of Money. The resldenta of that portion of the city lying north of Capitol avenue nro consid ering the ndvlsability of calling a man meeting for some evening early this weak to piotect against the erection of the pro posed school building on the Cass street site. A good deal of enthusiasm Is being manifested In the matter and a commltteo will wait upon the Board of Education at the next meeting of that body. People on the north side contend that the erection of a now building upon the Casa street site is a reclclees expenditure of money. They declare that if a building Is put up there It will remain for at least twenty-five years , and that long before the end of that tlmo all of the surrounding property , with the exception of Jefferson square , will be used for rallrcrrU and ware house purposes. In support of this conton- ' tlon they point to the fact thnt since the I Terminal company commenced work upon' ' lt depot near by twenty families have left the locality , thus reducing the school popu lation of the district fully fifty. They fur ther urge that If the school building Is not located upon the site ore long the block where the old building Is situated will bo occupied by the roads entering the Webster street station and a now passenger depot built opposite Jefferson square The north side residents declare that the Board of Education can neil the old elto for more than enough money to buy a tract of land suitable for the purposes west of Sixteenth and in the vicinity of Cass ami California streets They say that If the building Is located somewhere In this vicin ity it will accommodate a great many more people than if erected on the Cass street site. THREE BAD MEN ARRESTED SuMpefleil of Hit ! Iliirnlnry of Mm. Illarl'H Home Their lleooriU Are Hail. W. L. Davis , Johr Phender , James Hall and Dwlglit Bender were arrested Friday evening on suspicion of having been Impli cated In the burglary of Mrs. 0 M Blarfs home. 2025 Half Howard street , Tuesday nlghr The men are cooks by trade nnd are mem- Ixra of a gang that lias Leon rcsponslblu for biveral small robberies and thefts 'com. mltted recently When placed In Jail they have been accubtomcd to "peach" on other members ot the crowd in order to clear themselves , anU In this way Information has been secured against the men arrcbted. Davis was taken Into custody last sum mer under the name of Spencer for kid naping. At that time ho persuaded a joung girl to leave he : home and live with lilm on North Sixteenth street. The hiding place of the girl was not discovered by the police for several weeks. SALE IS COMPLETED NOW Deeds for Union I'liolilc l.aniln Sold IiiiMt Tin i oil Arc Deeds to the Nebraska land purchabcd In March by the Union Pacific Hallioad com pany , have been received at headquarters in this city. The land was sold under fore closure proceedings In the United States court on account of the sinking fund mortgage given over twentj jeais ago The deeds are in printed form and lun from Sherman n. Day , tpeclal rrlabter , and others , to the Union 1'nUflc Railroad tampan ) . There Is a deed for the land in each of the thlrtj-fom counties in the state whoio the old company had holdings They will be sent out to the respective county scats foi iccoid nt once. The United States revenue btamps used on the documents make an Important Item in themselves The total amount used Is $555 50 , ranging from SO cents to $103 CO each. The receipts of theao deeds completes the tltlo to the land with the new company and will enable the land depaitmcnt of the reid to put thlb property upon the market PendIng - Ing the receipt of the deeds , many con- tiacts have been received foi poitlonb of the land , subject to approval when the deeds had passed. The contracts represent several thousand acres of land , and will now bo signed and forwarded as rapidly ns possible. Increased effort will bo made to attract at tention of the farmers nnd stockmen to these lands , nnd It Is expected there will lie a great demand during the coming months. Deeds for the land In Wyoming , Colorado and Utah have been forwarded direct fiom Now York to those states. VlHllH Oiiinlia Haiti oiul lien. D. O. McCormlck , passenger traffic mana ger for the Southern Pacific , arrhed from the east jesterday and after spending the greater portion of the day in Omaha , re ceiving calls from local rallioad men , con tinued his Jouiney westward over the Union Pacific to San Francisco. Ho Is trn\ellng In the Southern Pacific private car " "Sunset , " and Is accompanied by Mrs McCormlck Mr. McOormltk began his duties as passenger trafllc manager on May 1. The position was created specially for him. Ho Is an experi enced railroad man , liming held an Impor tant position with the lilg Four before ac cepting nervlco with the Southern Pacific , Ho Is an nffahlo man to meet and among Omaha rnllrnml men Is held In high esteem , not only for his personal finalities , but for his ability at. a railroader. lillllUIIOlCN Illlll I'lTNfllllllN. J. Francis , general passenger agent for the Durllngton , has gone to Kansas City. Thomas P. Wilson of Pt. l iul , one of the receivers of the old Union Pacific railroad company. Is in Omaha. 11 A Johnson of Denver , general freight accnt for the Colorado Southern , In In the city crironto eastward. W. W Humphrey of Monldn Mont , one of the proprietors of the Mouldi & . Vellow- btono btago line. Is a visitor In the cltj. J. i : Dmal , chief train dispatcher of tt Canada Atlantic railroad at Ottawa , Out. , la In the city visiting his brother , Kugcno lu- \al of the Mllwitulue olllcoa The Durllngton olllcca have reports of a good rain throughout the Itepubllcan val ley Friday night The moisture wan v\cl- ramu bccauso It waa opportune In its ar il val. J. H Ilest , general freight agent , nnd 13 H Shauficr. utsMBtaut to the goncral indnagcr , both of Qulncy , and Port Arthur ptllclals , after visiting tha olllcrs of the company in thin city , went to St. Louis , They were accompanied on their southern trip by George M Entrlken , assistant gen eral freight agent In Omaha. The little village of Hohenzollern , which is on the Northwestcrn's now line up the Soldier river vallej In Iowa , has had Its iinmo changed by the townslto company to Schleswlg The plat of the town will bo put on sale next week. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Dlkhorn railroad will bo held In Omaha on May lit , and the nnnunl meeting of the stockholders of the Pioneer Town- site company , nit adjunct of the railroad , will bo held at rrcmont on the same date. TORPEDO'S ' LOUD EXPLOSION I'Ini'viI on llic' Slrc-i't Cnr Trnclc nt h > cnlciMitli mill I'm mini Iiy home HUM IIO > N. A loud explosion In front of The DPO building labt evening nbout 9 o'clock startled the pedestrians on the street and sent them scunylng Into the building to ECO who had been shot. A Hygtcmatlc search was begun while occupants of each floor stuck their heads over the court and called to these on lower or upper floors to learn whence the report came. Excite ment was rife for a time nnd It was feared that come despondent Individual had locked himself In a room and blown himself Into kingdom como. When the building had been scnichcd nnd the report could not be located It was be lieved that It miibt have originated outside. \ People on 'tho ' street Insisted that It had como from itho building , but finally Kuv. Vyinwy Morgan and Abel Lansing lollcvcd the anxiety of the searchers. They had been standing on the corner of Seventeenth and Karnam Rtrccts talking at the time the explosion occurred and had no difficulty In locating It. A street car was passing and n bright flash lighted up Us base , the re port following instantly. It vvaa elinply nothing mnro than a torpedo which snmo tnlschlevouu lad had placed on the track. RAISING FIGURES ON BILLS f I u in N > ' AVorlc In Mutlliitliiff United Stnd'H Hunk .Vote * fjctx Three .11 en Into Trouble. W. I ) Houck , W. V. Hotick and T. W. Kennedy were brought In from I'alrbury vwterday by Deputy United States Mar shal Kelm and lodged In the county Jail to await the action of the United States grand Jury. The men are charged with mutilating United States currency by rais ins and changing the figures on bank hills , Their work was most clumsy , and for this reason they Hiicceeded In getting rid of but n few of the bills before they were caught. When the Houcks nnd Kennedy were ar rested a number of Indelible pencils and some cheap inks of various colors wore found In their possession Their plan of operation was to bocuro $1 nnd | 5 bills. The figures on the Jl bills they changed to fives nnd these on the $5 bills to tens , doing this by cutting figuroa from paper and then coloring them with their inks and pencils. It Is thought that they succeeded In floating something like half a dozen of the bills after they were raised Kennedy admits that ho passed some of the bills nnd declares that ho received them from the Houck , who maintain that they know nothing of the transaction. KullHKMliiMl Vloxlier , In the case of Thomas Uullcy , the Joncu National bank , the Bank uf Htaplelnirat , the Utlca bank and Isaac Holt against c , W. Mosher nnd thu olllcers of the Capital Nit- \ tlonar bank of Lincoln , the plaintiffs usk li that the suite bo remanded to Bowiiri county \ for trial Iha suite were originally brought ' In that county , but were traimfeued to lliu United States court It la alleged that th'j United States court has no jurisdiction in the premlbps The * ula aggregate tirnc- thlng Hko $50.000 ArrfuniKiUH on the mo tion to remand will bo heard by J > ; dgo Muii- ( ror ou May 10 ,