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THE OMAHA DAILY UEE : WEDNESDAY , MAY 31 , 18 . lr inaha Girls Who earn their own living now have an opportunity of taking their summer vacation , with all traveling and hotel expenses paid by The Bee , It re- mains for you to hustle for your favorite. Everybody can vote as many times as they have coupons and all votes deposited at The Bee Office before 6 p. m. July 1 , ' 99 , will be counted. No four such trips were ever given away before. Who are They Going to Be ? the Ballot Must Tell This trip Is over the Fro- From Omaha to Chicago and From Omaha via the Union This trip will be over mon.t Elkhorn & Mis return over the Milwaukee Pacific , the Overland Houte. to the Great Rock Island souri Valley ratlroaJ to Road , the only electric- Salt Lake City. This trip lloutn to Denver. Colorado the Black 11111s ana Hnt lighted train between the through the heart of Nebraska rado Springs and Man- Springs and return , The two cities , throuch the Is nn education In Itself , . lUni. There Is only ono Elkhora carries you vast farming districts ot teaching the resources of through ono ot the most beautiful lawn and Illinois , At Chicago will bo a Nebraska and giving a view of the Hock Island and { arming countrlen In tfio world tlio 121k- two days' etay at the Grand Pacific Hotel , most thrhlns towns ot our state. The everybody prnlsrs Its horn Valley , with Its fertile fields and well which has been entirely rebuilt and refurnished altitude gradually Increases until at Cheyenne splendid equipment and reliable scrv- built . Thence the Hills , nished , making It second to house In to Black no burgs. enne ono Is 6,050 feet above the ocean , soon tcc. A night's Journey and then ono Is at Denver both picturesque and Interesting , with its Chicago. Then a two days' trip across plunging Into the Hocky Mountains , through ver , with three days at the Drown Palace gold mines and typical western towns. The Lake Michigan , with berth and meats on the grandest scenery of all the continents. ' chief attraction there will bo a two weeks' the magnificent boats ot the Lake Michigan This Includes ten days nt the Hotel Knuts- Hotel. A day's excursion on the Union Pacific- stay at the Hotel Evans , the finest and Lake Superior Transportation company ford at Salt Lake City , th reputation of through Cfcnr Creek Canon up to George appointed hotel In the west nt Hot to Mncklnna Iilnnd , frft&rnnt with tbo which extends In either direction Across the town , around the famoun Loop , nnd then nd Its romantic old back again to Denver betora ftvonlng. It la Springs , which boasts of the largest breath of the ptcra continent AS one of the finest hoitMrlrn of and finest plunge bath In America. forts and remnanti of Indian days. Two the country. When one goes -to Salt LaXo a pleasant trip between Denver and Colorado This win Include nil the privileges of the weeks at the Grand Hotel , with opportunity the Knutstord Is the place at which every rado Springs , with another taste of the baths without expense , and this Is a treat to for plenty of fishing and boating and all body stays. Salt Lake will have more than grandeur of the Hackles and ten days In the . drives which have made Macklnac Switzerland of America at the Droadmoor bo envied. Pleasant paths nnd , wonderful the attractions Its attractions this account , Hotel famous , The Island ordinary year on Hotel , Just outsldo of Colorado Springs. This derful caves , cascades canons , flowers and and the Grand of the Salt Place festivities. Salt Lake Is waterfalls go to maka up the beauties which Is a wooded luxury , with drives , shaded within reach ot Oarfleld Bench and Is at the bnso of grand old Chcycnno Moun nature has abundantly furnished. walks and beautiful sunsets. easy tain , where Helen Hunt Jackson Is burled Saltnlr , famous for their splendid bathing and within easy reach of the wonders ot the facilities. The return trip will bo via Denver ' Garden of the Gods , Pike's Peak and nil ver , with three days at the Brown Palace . that Is famous In Colorado. No moro beautiful Hotel , the just pride ot Denver. It Is well tiful situation for a hotel could bo found than named for h Is veritable . A ' , a palace. day's ' this romantic spot , with Its pure mountain f OUT OUT THl6 COUPON. excursion around the famous Georgetown air and magnificent scenery , combined with and then return home via the Union Loop , the luxuries of the most up-to-date hotel | Omaha Bee Subscription Pacific. service. Summer Vacation Coupon XNi X % * r v y * " * * * * -T- - - - - CUT OUT THIS COUPON. THIS COUPON , if accompanied by a prepaid new sub scription to The Bee , counts 12 votes for each week Omaha Bee Single prepaid , for the most popular young lady hi Omaha who earns her own living. i Summer Vacation coupon- ( NO. ) VOTES FOR MISS. / VNE A'OTE for the most popular young lady in Omaha * J who earns her own living. SEND THE BEE TO ( Name ) . Name of Young Ltidy. The young lady receiving the highest number of votes will have first cholco of the POR WEEKS ( Address ) _ four trips , the next highest second choice , and so on. MISS No votes will bo counted for anyone who does not earn her own living. LWORKS FOR No votes will be counted 1'or Omaha Bee employes. ft , B. This Coupon tnust be stamped by the Circulation The vote wltl bo published each d.ny In The Omaha Dee. WORKS FOR Depart merit qtf'l _ he Beebfcjore it Js deposited The contest will close at 6 p. m. , July 1 , 1899. UCUT THIS OUT. Deposit at or Mail to Bee Office , ? * > \ N % > N N + t.S\S * V * > S ' * ' * * S * ' * * ' * * * S * * k NxO Otes will be counted when made on a coupon cut from The is your Omaha Bee and deposited with the Circulation Department at the Business Office , in the Bee Building. 1 , . COST OF SUMMER VACATIONS Half a Billion Dollars Blown in Annually by American Ploasura Seekers , TIME IS MONEY , BUT RECREATION IS LIFE Summer Rciortn niiil Summer Hotel * The Ituiih to ForclKii Lnmli How Much Americans Spend in Ilcntliier. There Is no business In the country that lias grown BO rapidly of recent years aa the summer vacation .business. Twenty years ago the ordinary 'American ' would have stood aghast nt the Idea of leaving hl business for two or three weeks In the summer sea son. Consequently ho never thought of of fering such a rest to his employes. Hut the summer vacation habit gradually fastened Itself upon un and has grown stronger every year until It may 'bo ' aald to "bo a character istic American habit. In almost nil business offices It has be come customary for everybody , from the head of the firm to the boy who carries the mall , to take a vacation of from ono to four weeks. Professional men were among the first to take up the vacation Idea , and t BOOKKEEPERS 160,000. PHYSICIANS 110,000 110,000LAWYERS M 70.000.Y CLERKS 50.000. THE SUMMER RESORT CROWD COMPARED WITH THE U. S. ARMY. many factories have adopted the plan of hutting down for n week or two In the middle - dle of the summer In order to give all their employes an opportunity for a summer out- Ing. Ing.All this has resulted In the building up of an Immense business that of catering to the needs of summer vacationists. How extensive - tensive this twslncfu la It Is impossible to realize until ono begins to Investigate. In point of capital Invested , persons employed or patrons served It ranks far ahead of many of the Industries to which wo refer with prldo In speaking of the greatness of our country , It is Impossible to say exactly how many person * take summer vacations , The term may bo uiarto to Include outings of a day or two , In which almost everybody In the country Indulges. But , setting as the limit , a trip that occupies a week or more of time , It Is found that the number of summer va cations Is surprisingly large. The most accurate estimates place the number be tween 8,000.000 and 10,000.000. The immensity of theao figures appears on a llttlo reflection. They are greater than the entire population of any ono of halt a dozen among the smaller European nations. They mean that ono person In every ten the country over takes some kind of a summer outing. If all thla number stood band In hand they would form a line reaching around the entire - tire boundary of the United States. It would take 80,000 ordinary passenger coaches to bold .them or a line of the largest ocean cteamera reaching two-thirds across the At lantic ocean , It the wbolo throng was gathered In ono place It would form a "standing room only" crowd large enough to cover all available epace on the Island of Manhattan. "Where No Vacation Hunter * Go. The question that naturally suggests It- Belt Is : "Where do these 8,000,000 go ? " The answer'is found In the line of summer hotels stretching along our coasts and dot ting the lake and mountain districts , la the great gatherings like the Chautauqua as semblies , la numerous rail and water excur sion lines and the Immense "resorts" of one kind and another of which every etato has Its quota. The people of the ) eastern states have the Jersey , Long Island and Now England coasts , the Whlto mountains , the Adlron- dacks and the Maine woods for their sum mer playground. These of the middle sec tion find recreation among the Wisconsin and Minnesota lakes. Further west are the Rocky mountain resorts and the Pacific states have their special attractions In Alaska and their own coast lino. Then there are the grent religious nnd educational as semblies all over the country , and there are always trips to Europe for those who can afford them. These various outlets enable 8,000,000 persons to take their vacation without much disturbing or crowding any where. There nro bc-twecn 20.000 and 25,000 sum mer hotels In the country. They furnish employment for 300,000 people , 50,000 more than arc employed as clerks In all the stores of the country , twlco ns many as are em ployed as bookkeepers , tbreo times as many as there are physicians or lawyer ? , and nearly ton times the cumber In the standing army of the United States. New York leads all the other states In the number of these hotel's , containing some. thing like 4,000 of them within Its borders. Now Jersey Is a good second , while Maine , New Hampshire and California have 1,800 or moro each. SIiiRlo Hi-sort. * The largest single resort is Atlantic City , N. J. The ordinary population Is about 7,000 , Its summer population varies from 75,000 to 200,000. Saratoga Is , or least It was until recently , the second on the list. Asbury Park and Bar Harbor are among the largest , In Atlantic City alone there are over 900 places of public entertainment. Estimating these hotels to contain twenty-five rooms each , whl'h Is a modest average , wo have accommodations for between 40,000 and 60- 000 guests. If the hotels are fit led to two- thirds of their capacity and ono-quarter of the guests arrive and depart each day this one summer resort can entertain three-quar ters of a million people every season , The employes who are encaged directly In looking after the wants of the visitors to this reat summer city probably number 15,000. Cooks , waiters and porters to the number of ono- third the army of the United States are kept busy In attending to the wants of visitors to this one great summer ing place. Not lees than $20,000,000 , the In demnity paid to Spain for the loss of ita possessions , Is expended here annually for vacation enjoyment. The same state of affairs , on a slightly smaller scale , prevails In many other parts of the country during the summer season. In the Adlrondacks there are moro than 1,000 hotels , largo and email. There are an equal number on the Long Island coast. The Catskllls , the White mountains and the Wisconsin lakes show half as many. There are 300 In Asbury Park. Computing these hotels -to - contain an average of twenty rooms each nnd to be filled to two-thirds of their capacity during the summer , the hotel bill of Americans on their vocations must amount to at least $1,500,000 per day during the hot season. In addition to the hotels there are thous ands of village and farm hr/usos where sum mer ( boarders are lodged and fed. In some parts of the country nearly every family takes summer boarders , and there are prob ably as many who find entertainment in this way os visit the hotels. The great American summer board 'bill ' cannot fall short of $2- 000,000 per week. All over the mountain and lake districts are located camps where summer vacation ists pitch their itents and live In moro or less primitive fashion. The number of those who spend their outings In this fashion grows larger every year. It Is considerably above the million mark now. Their expenditures for camp outfits , provisions and guides must ] aggregate J25.000.000. I Others wild Hko the freedom of Independ ent vacation -trips , but who do not care for the plney woods , turn to yachting as a means of recreation. A coasting trip on n small sailboat affords an Inexpensive and delightful summer vacation. The fleet of yachts and pleasure craft that dots our : east nnd Inland -waters every season num- } ers something like 10,000 , nnd represents an expenditure that adds several millions to the debit side of our pleasure account. The Chautnuqua movement has made the vacation Idea popular with thousands whenever never entertained It before- . The central Chautauqua and Us seventy odd branches gather together a multitude that numbers From 100,000 to 1,000,000 at all times during the season. With the other educational , religious and temperance assemblies the ChauUuquas continually entertain no fewer than 1,000,000 pleasure-seekers nnd rcprc- sent an expenditure probably not loss than 12,000,000 , per day. Any comprehensive account of tbo amounts paid out for summer vacations by Americans must Include a large item under the head of ocean travel. In any ordinary season the cabin lists of all the Atlantic liners are crowded from 'May ' until September , A certain amount of this travel Is on account of ibualness. 'but ' the majority of the trav elers are on pleasure bent. In addition to the regular voyages of the liners there are many special trips to various part of the world , which claim thousands of voyagers. No fewer than 500,000 Is a safe estimate of tbo number of those who take their summer outing in the form of a sea trip , U is expected that next year nearly 1,000- 000 Americans will cross the Atlantic to THE DISTANCE SUMMER HOTELS WOULD REACH IF PLACED IN A ROW. visit Europe and atfcnd the Paris exposi tion. Great Cltlt-N UN Summer HcHortM. It is not usual to consider the largo cities , Hko Chicago , New York and Boston , as aummer resorts , but It Is a fact that a good many persons spend their vacations in these places. For example , It Is said to bo easier to rent certain high class apartments in New York nnd Chicago in summer than In winter. They are taken for the most part by visitors from the south , who choose this time to visit the northern cities and view their various attractions. Many clergymen , teachers and professional men from other parts of the country spend their vacations In one or another of the largo cities , where they can make use of libraries or other conveniences that they desire to enjoy. Practically all of these vacation trips add to the Income of some ono of the railway systems in the country. The general passenger - gor agent of ono of the smaller lines says that the Income of the road from vacation passenger travel la $600,000. In the case ot the great systems like the Pennsylvania and the Now York Central this business must bo worth from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 an- i nually. The Individual cost of those vacation trips varies from n few dollars for railroad faro In the cnso of a man who visits reln- 1 lives or friend * In the country , to $10,000 or above for those who stop ut expensive hotels in fashionable resorts. Altogether it ' Is qulto within the bounds of reason to &ay i that Americana spilid on account cf their summer pleasures , $400,000,000 T > $300,000,000. I This is a tidy sum to expand for the sake of having a good time. If all Americans ! Were willing to dispense with their outings I nnd to turn the nmount thus saved over | to the goveTnment the amount would bo f sufficient to extinguish the national debt of $915,000,000 In two years. It Is nearly double the entire expense of the Spanish- American war. In treating of this subject thu statistician would Include as part of the erst of sum mer vacations the amount which the pcoplo who take vn . 'ons wouid earn If they re- selves nnd Is of double benefit to the busi ness community. IIL'FFALO Hllil , AM ) WILD 1111,1 , . StorlcN of Their Oneratloiin in the Karlj- Hay of the "Wild Wont. " Whenever Buffalo Bill drops Into Phila delphia the old. town is awakened by tall rtorles of western life and western charac ter. Colonel Cody's ever faithful megapbono i Is Megargee of the Philadelphia Times. The tolonel was in the Quaker City recently nnd Megargco regaled the Times' readers with Bill's Inimitable tales. Here nro a few of them : | When Buffalo Bin started upon his stage I career that was in 1873 , long before the In ception of the Wild West show ho was asso ciated with Texas Jack ( Jack Omohundro ) and Morlacchl and a lot of Indians In the presentation of a bloodthirsty play In which Wild Bill appeared as the heavy villain. Ho was a good card. When the company ap peared In Albany they attempted for the first time to try the illumlnatory effects of a calcium light , but its rays were flashed oni'y on Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack , as the heroes of the various sanguinary "conflicts which distinguished the performance. Wild Bill had never seen anything llko it. From the wings ho looked on In amazement and asked in wonderment how the aurora was thrown around hlsitwo brethren of the plains. The answer that It was a "calcium light" brought no Information to his mind , and ho contented himself by saying : "I guess Bill nnd Jack nro making darn fools of them selves. " But ho sulked. It was very evident that ho wished to bo placed before the audl- vnce In nn Illuminated condition , and , there fore , when the company reachert Albany Buffa'to Bill gave orders that In tbo blood thirsty battle which concluded the first act , nnd in whl' ' = h Wild Bill killed all the supers who were upon the stage , ho should have the rays of the lime light follow his every movement , nnd that whether or not the Eceno mot with applause tbo curtain should bo run up five or six times , nnd the blister ing artificial sunlight should pursue Bill from ono side of the stage to the other. The < SJf > AT10tyS WAR 500,000,000. 275,000,000. COMPARATIVE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT I1Y AMERICANS FOK VARIOUS PURPOSES , malncd at their ordinary employments dur ing the same period. For the entire 10,000- 000 vacationists thla must amount to sonic $200,000,000. This amount can bcarcely bo said to bo lost , however , as the Increase' ! vigor with which the wprkman or business man returns to hU task probably enables him to mnko up thu time lout lu an absence of one or two weeks. The summer vacation tins come to be a social and financial movement of the flrat Importance , The 'influence ' on business and trade of the movement ot $500,000,000 li not to be overlooked. This money Is scattered broadcpet among railways , hotels and tradesmen In every port of the country. A largo part of It reaches tbo persons employed by the railways , hotels and tradesmen and stimulates the labor market In places where It is apt to need such on Inlluence. Ulti mately most of the money returns whence It came , through purchases made by the country residents , hotel employes and others who receive It. Thus , It completes the couree followed by tbo vacationists theni- flret opportunity for carrying out this pro gram was a hot September night. The atmosphere of the theater was torrid. When the murderous flnalo was reached \Vlld Hill WBJIJ almost prostrrrTed with the heat and t ! > o effort of his exertions as a desperado , > but when there had been added the heating rays of the calcium light , which chased him through his every mur derous movement and throughout six ris ings of the curtain , ho fell on the stage In a state of collapse. That event somewhat discouraged his histrionic ambition , nnd when the following week John Stevens , the old-time manager , convinced him that hn was playing second fiddle to Buffalo Oil ) and Texas Jack , and that as a star , scintil lating on his own account , ho could earn 11,000 a week , he left the Buffalo 1)111 or ganization nnd started forth on the troub lous road of public performance with hlm- Frlf as chief attraction and Stevens as his manager. The venture was a disastrous ono and had 'but ' a brief career. Meanwhile the Buffalo 13111 combination felt the loss of Wild Bill ; not the loss ot his personality , but the deprivation of his sanguinary fame , and , therefore , that the public might be fully satisfied they rigged a mild-mannered man up In the full fierce ness of Wild Bill's long-haired aspect. Thcro was no change In the lithographs ; none In the glaring pesters ; none In the public advertisements. Wild Bill appeared on the mimic plains every night nnd mur dered as many victims as of yore. But Wild Bill now out of a Job heard of this and determined that the public should not bo BO Infamously deceived , nnd with the good of the people nt heart and with the prickings of nn empty pockctbook touching his conscience , ho determined that this wrong should no longer be continued , nnd with thnt object In view ho figured on the front row as ono of the audience which attended the Buffalo Bill-Texas Jack per formance In the town of Blnghamton , N. Y. When , In the course of the entertainment , Morlacchl , the pursued' maiden , cried out , "Where Is Wild Bill ? " nnd the bogus desperado - perado was about appearing from the wings , the only original ruffian arose from the audience , climbed over the musicians In the orchestra , smote his Imitator hip and thigh and scattered the assembled sanguinary supers In the wings. He then stepped back , the way ho had come. Into his seat , nnd with a calm wnvo of his hand , exclaimed : "Now let the show go on. " A policeman stepped down the theater alslo nnd tnpplng Wild Bill on ono shoul der said sternly : "I want you. " The untutored William looked over his shoulder nnd said quietly : "How many of you are there ? " and when gravely Informed that the policeman was alone ho calmly said : "Well , you'd 'better ' get some others. " A reinforcement of ono resulted In a simi lar colloquy , nnd when In response to the second suggestion three policemen np- pcarcd Wild Bill simply said : "You men make mo tired. Go way and get some re inforcements. " Then down the alslo came the sheriff of the county , nnd seating him self behind tbo gentleman from the far west , and placing a hand kindly upon hlfl shoulder , and talking to him gently , brought forth the response : "Now , you're a gen tleman. I always glvo In to n sheriff , 'specially when he's a gentleman. I'll go with you. " The next morning he was subjected to n small fine , which was paid by Buffalo Bill. But n few years ago Wild Bill went up against the wrong man , and now ho Is wild no longer. PUIVILEGES OF THE INDIANS. Imv for Their Ilonrnt I'nBNril ! ty CoiiKrcNN mill Hit ! Stilton. There are approximately , 250,000 Indiana In the United States , and the larger num ber of them maintain such tribal organiza tions as exempt them from the operation of the ordinary laws of the country , relates the New York Sun. They have their own governments , tribunals and tribal regula tions , enjoy exemption from taxation , Juiy duty and military service , and have the benefit of the various provisions made In treaties from time to time whereby the United States government assures them cer tain lands , a certain amount of sustenance ! nnd in some cases cash payments. From the foundation of the government until the present the 'Indians ' have cost the federal government , exclusive of the sum set apart for military expeditions , forts nnd reserva tions and exclusive of the sums appropri ated by the states , about $300,000,000 in disbursements , the average amount of which Is now about 56,000,000 a year. In nearly all the states of the country In dians are the subject of special stntutory provisions , nnd , although their number seems to grow less each year , the number of Indian statutes , ns they nro called , does not diminish year 'by ' year. 'As recently as 1897 , for Instance , Utah , the lust admitted of the states , Adopted a statute making It unlawful for any ono to sell liquor within ten miles of nn Indian reservation except In cities and towns. Under the liquor tax law of Now York , section 30 , It Is made n. penal offense to sell or glvo away any liquor to nny intoxicated person , to any habitual drunkard or to nny Indian. Section 9 ot article 1 of the real estate code of Now York , so called , provides that the heirs of an Indian to whom real property was granted for mllltnry services rendered dur ing the War of the Revolution may take and hold such real property by descent , as If they were citizens of the slnto nt the time of the death of their ancestor. A ron- voynnco of such real property to n citizen of this state , executed by such Indian or bin heirs after March 7 , 1809 , Is valid , If exe cuted with the approval cf the surveyor general or state engineer nnd surveyor , en dorsed thereupon. T.ho Indlnns of Florida have been faring very well In matters of legislation designed for their government and betterment. The Semlnolo Indlnns of Florida by the treaty of 1832 relinquished to Uio United States nil tltlo to lands In that Mate. In later years recognition has boon given to these remaining In Florida by the appropriation of money for their education nnd civiliza tion , In 1894 congress made n further np- prnprlntlon of $0,000 for the purpose of civilizing nnd educating the Semlnolo In dians , one-half of the nmount to bo used In securing lands for permanent homed. Each succeeding year congress has made nn appropriation for the same purpose. There has boon purchased from UICBO ap propriations land nonr the Everglades amounting to 8,960 acres. In all elates the Indlnns enjoy certain exemptions nnd on section of the New York Slate constitution provided that "no purchase or contract for the sale ot lands In this state mudo slnco the 14th day of October , 1875 , or which hereafter may bo made , of or with Indians , shall bo valid , unleco made under the au thority and with the consent of the legis lature , " Klooil of Counterfoil Dullnrx. SAN FRANCISCO , May 30 , The Call as serts that Targo quantities of bogus dollars ore In circulation hero and that the work of the counterfeiters lian been EO well dona as to almost defy detection. The coins are said to be TO a do of Mexican ellvcr and to have the true weight and ring. THE STAR THAT LEADS EXCELS IN EVERY PARTICULAR. IT ALWAYS LEADS. VAL. BLATZ BREWING CO.MILWAUKEEU.S.A , OMAHA BRANCH : 1412 DOUGLAS STREET. Telephone 1081.