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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1899)
THE OMAHA DAILY JJEEt SATURDAY" , JCTI/ST 15 , 185)9. DUN'S ' REVIEW OF BUSINESS Volume of Trade is 63 7 Per Cent Larger Than it Was Last Year , LABOR DISPUTES CAUSE LESS TROUBLE I'rlrrn cm Iron Keeit on Copper AVcnUrr ' 1 In Slrcmui-r Cotton Mradj ( lnl > 11 Icw I'll Huron. NBW YORK , July 14. Dun's Kcvlcw of Trade tomorrow win say : Because every prospect pleases It la the right time to watch most closely ( or signs of trouble. Hut It la not easy to find them when the \olumo of business Is C3 7 icr cent larger than last jenr and 75 S p r cent larger than In 18D2 , the best of all 5 cars except the last , or when failures continue the smallest ever known , or when the ex ports of staples begin to Improve materially , or when railroad business Is by far th * best ever known , or when New York bankers appear In International operations , ihten- Ing to a Russian Inquiry and undertaking a .Mexican roan. K\en the disputes Incident to the season cause less trouble than usual , the largest of them having been settled by the Tin Plate company The Dank of Knglind finds It difficult to borrow more from this sldo and frankly raises Its rate , while this country begins to ship fresh crops , for which Europe will run Into debt. Iron production In the first week of July was 263,363 tons for the last two weeks , less because a strike July 1 closed seven Bbcnango furnaces , producing 1,200 tons dally , though It Is expected to end today , nnd several other furnaces have begun pro ducing this month. The Increase of 3'JlO tons weekly In June , with a decrease of 80,400 tons In unsold stocks of the great teel companies , Implies a production of about 1,128,690 tons In June. Consumption would be 1,209,030 tons nnd In the half jear G.844,216 tons but for the fact that steel makers have stocked heavily ngalnst orders running through most or tlio jear , drawIng - Ing from outside supplies , so that consump tion may prove only 6,700,000 tons , or oven lots. Prices nre climbing , but only for the trifling surpliui not covered by contracts , BO that quotations represent but nil Insignifi cant part of the actual business. It Is of more Importance that new cyders , though very many , seem no longer cquar to the weekly output , except In a few branches , while furnaces and other works practically ( abandoned for many years are being started again. Copper Is a shade weaker at IS'i cents for lake , the government reporting the out put In 1898 as 626.375.391 pounds. Tin la strong , with London speculation at 28 25 cents , nnd lead Is advancing by the smelt ing company to $4 55. The largest ship ments of boots and shoes In any jear for the season. 103,080 cases In two weeks , greater by 17.4 per cent than last year , 8 C per cent larger than In 1897 and 29.4 per cent larger than In 1S92 , result from very extensive pressure to anticipate orders for August or September , distribution far exceeding ex pectations , but there are reported with such appeals not nearly as large , though numer ous duplicate orders. Hemlock sole leather sells largely , but some kinds slowl > , with a Blight decrease In prices. Though cotton is steady in splto of 'the Texas floods at 6.19 cents and the general demand for cotton goods Is full and sus tains prices , a reduction of half n cent iu Bomo fancy prints Is reported. Larger dis tribution Is expected this morning and ex port demand Increases. In wool a great peculation Is In progress , sales In two wesRs reaching 22,261,100 pounds , against 24,572,800 pounds In 1897 , when the buying was to an ticipate new duties. Western frenzies some times make eastern markets , but aa a. rule consumers make prices In the end. In striking contrast with otllclal nnd other \vheat reports are the recorded receipts at western ports , ' 8OS8,146 bushels In two weeks , against 1,471,739 bushels last year. It Is not strange that prices have declined 1 1-8 cents and exports , flour included , wcro from Atlantic ports In July thus far 4,185- 014 bushels , against 4,083,312 bushels last jear , and from 1'aclflc ports 1,010,485 bush els , against 801,100 bushels last year , bo- aldes 605,585 bushels this year from other ports. Corn exports are also surprising , 6 , 815,214 bushel's in two weeks , ngalnst 2,557,098 bushels last year , but less surpris ing than western receipts , 10,512,541 bushels , against 4,561,071 bushels last jear. Never theless the price advanced live-eighths of a cent. cent.Failures Failures for the week have been 169 In the United States , against 215 last year , and 24 in Canada , against 23 last year. imADSTIlEUT'S 11UVIKW OK TIUYDU. 3Yeir Fcntnrcit In Traile Situation Arc AlmoHt All Uniformly KavoraMc- . NEW YORK , July 14. Bradstrcefs to morrow will gay : Now features In the general trade situ ation this week are of nn almost uniformly favorable character. So rare. Indeed , are the disturbing features as to necessitate considerable search to locate them. Addi tional statistics regarding trade movements nro certainly of an encouraging nature , fore most among these being exceptionally good railroad earnings returns for the first , half of the year and ascertained totals of nn enormous export trade , practically equal to the phenomenal business of the preceding fiscal year. The record of railroad receiver ships for the first half of the year bears a striking resemblance to the list of business mortalities. Inasmuch ns they nro the smallest In number reported since receiver ships first became prominent. Among strong news features might bo named the qulto favorable July crop report of the Agricultural department , which , while confirming earlier advices of a mod erate yield of winter wheat , and therefore of a smaller aggregate crop than was gath ered last year , admitted , how over , to have boon largely underestimated , point to a largo acreage In corn and conditions which , it maintained , would easily result in a crop in excess of 2,000,000,000 bushels. Late un favorable reports from Russia point to a more pronounced diminution of crop jlclds In that country this year. The ofllclal French crop estimates have also been whittled down and the outlook seems to favor the probability that Europe will buy nearly as much wheat in America as it did In the last Qscal year , when , it might bo added , exports exceeded those of tbo boom year of 1897-S. In Industrial Hues the outlook is a promising ono. Tbo settle- roent of the coal miners' strike In Pennsyl vania and ot the tin plate workers' dispute bid fair to result in nearly CO.OOO men resuming work after the summer shutdown. A number ot wage increases nro aUo among the week's developments. The iron blast furnace report for July 1 points to nn unprecedented current weekly production , but avallabfe stocks of pig iron are down to less than one week's supply. From the Boveral centers of Industrial activity come reports of scarcity ot labor , militating against even more pronounced activity , Iron nnd steel , while reflecting the summer quiet ness to om extent in the east , are in demand at the west and somu heavy sales are reported at Chicago , with some advances in itructural material. Bessemer pig Is now slightly llttlo more than doubla what It was one year ago. Reports nre cur rent that flnar arrangements for booking a large quantity of business have been closed. The prices of tbo season are strong , staples being lower on the week , wheat fractionally to Wheat , Including flour , shipments for the week aggregate 3 26.1 SIS bmhcK a lnst 3 7V.972 bushels last week , 2 M0. ,27 bush- eM In the corresponding week of 1SD9 , 1,053 . 052 bu < hcl9 In 1397. 2 , < 639 bushels In 1S06 and 1,0'2S92 bushels In 1S95 Since July 1 , thin season , the exports of wheat ngeircKate 7.0I&.787 bushels , against 6 , 69,469 bushels Hut jear and 4.C2I.C9S bushels In 1S07-S. Corn exports for the week nre 4,553,739 bush- t > K agnlnst 4 097.144 bushels last week , 2- S22.S4S buthels In this week a year ngo , 2.723.510 bushels In 1S97 , 1,110,371 bushels In 1S9 and S ,512 bushels In ISO. . Since July 1 , this season , corn exports aggregate SG50SS3 bushels , agalnit E.236,520 bushels during the same period n jear ago nnd 5- 45fi 227 bushels In 1S97-3 Business failures number 174. against 135 last week , 23S In this week a year ngo , 217 In 1S97 , 225 In 1S96 nnd 214 In 1893. Ilunlncia failures in the Dominion of Canada number 27. ns compared with 25 last week , 2 $ In this week n year ago , 33 in 1S97. 33 In IS'iS and 2fl In 1S93. \VIIKI.V cin\iti\i not si : TOTALS. of Iliifilnrsi Transaction * l tlit * Anioolntpil llniikn. NEW YORK , July 14. The following table , compiled by Brndstrect's , shows tlie bank clearings at nil the principal cities tor the week ended July 14 , with the percen tage of Increase nnd decrease , as compared with the corresponding week last year ? Ill , 2 3.6TI,1W | : c si , Boston 151,211 77G 53.9) ) . Chicago 13J.J40.0IO 31.3 . Philadelphia . . . . 93.13JSU , 51.31 tit. 1.IOU11 31,662,7 l | 13.2 , , I'lttsburs 2l.920.3J7i 31.2 , Ha tlmoro 24,9Ts,773 | 43.5 , Sun rr.inrlsco . . 15.76J 076 | 20.6 | , IVntfnnntl I4,3 , : ifl | 10.91 Kansas City . . . . 12,450bbl 20.6 Cleveland 10,711.S3S | 31.0 .Minneapolis . . . . 10,933 341 | 90.9 , IxMilsvllle S,516.157 | 20.0 Detroit ' 29.21 , Indltnipollt . . . . 752l933 ! , M.2 , New Orleans . . . C,297,3ti4 | 16.5 , Provklenie ' Milwaukee e'oiilooii. 5.4 OMAHA fi,03.'S31 . 7.2 UulTalo 6 197,5311 31.01 , Columbus C.lll.SOO 30.S . St Paul Illchtuunil 4,041,913 31.7 Savannah 2.1G.S.S3. 43.3 Denver : tS ! > 7CC7 51.5 Hartford 32Sfc ! > 7 7 | . Memphis 1,732,011 Washington . . . . 2.677,5-bi 21. : I'eorla 1.912,201 M.I Rochester 2.307.JD2 3U.1 New Haven . . . . 2.21S.39I ; 23.SI Worcester 1.CS0.379 5.1 Atlanta 1.495,127 31.S Salt Lake City 2,701.203 41 Spring-Held. Mass 1,315.2:0 Port Worth 2,257,811 5" . 4 Portland , Me 1,007,772 23.0 Portland , Ore 2,363.031 , 37.6 St Josejih 3.7S1.0I6 43.5 Los Anueles 31.0 Norfolk 1.2S7.912 45 7 S > rncu o 1,319,317 6.4 Des Molnes 1.3S1.677 4S.S Nashville 1.514.COO 44.6 Scranton 1,001,000 39.0 Grand Rapids UGJ.SOo 33.6 Dayton , O 1,272,746 51. Se.ittle 1.9I2.S30 72.6 Spokane 1,111,302 51.1 Birmingham 1.101,916 210.9 Toledo 2,923,203 75.0 Galveston 6.2CS.900 5. Houston 4,467,730 4.0 Kvansvlllo 1,007,050 30.0 Wilmington , Dei 9I9.42J 23.7 Fall lUver 761,643 7.1 Augusta , Ga SGD.IG' 91.1 I > o\veU 721,709 3.4 Tacoma 909,520 32.3 Sioux City 943,619 21 New Bedford . . . E30.33S Knoxvllle , Tenn i 742.27S 93. Topeku. 577,102 , 93.C5.S Wichita 451,325 23.9 HlriRh.imton . . . . 429,300 4.1 l < exinffton , Ky 5G3.S52 21.1 Jacksonville , Fla 211,203 10.4 Kalamazoo 361,254 19.4 Akron 47J.4CO C3.3 Chattanooga. . . . . 315,673 9.4 Rockfonl. III. . . . 427.01B Canton O ' 'J6.700 Sprlnjrlleld , O. . 338,901 rargo , N D 312,230 50. Sioux Fulls S D 15S.913 42.2 Hastings , Neb. . , 127,60' 4.9 Fremont , Neb. . . 109.303 26.7 Davenport 9 9,567 36.2 YounjTstown . . . . 401,734 32.7 ITu'eiin. 038,290 9.S Maeon T. 463,000 39.0 Little Rock . . . . 315,121 Totals. U. S $1,933,916,835 60 0 Totals outside N. Y. . 070,272.053 37.0 DOMINION OF CANADA. " Montreal , 16.017.C4S 11.41. Toronto , 9.912,404 14.4. Winnipeg 1.92S , 13G 29.5J. Halifax 1.4s2SlS ! Hamilton 8,833 S43 St. John. X. B. 707,13S 15.5 Vancouver , B. C. . . , S07.C45 Victoria , B. C. 613,009 TotalB j 3a.902.013 1.7 Not Inelude-d In totals because of no com parison for last year "Not Included In totals because containing other items than clearings. IlltAU&TItnUT'S PI.NANCIAL IIUVICW. MlilNiiniincr DiiIlncNN Has KM Custom ary KttVi't In JlcHtrlctliiR Market. NBW YORK , July 14. Bradstreet'fl Finan cial Review tomorrow will uay : A moderate view of transactions , attended by a certain degree of strength In quotations , wore the reading features of the speculative situation during the present week. What is termed midsummer dullness has its custo mary effect in restricting the market nnd the comparative firmness of call loans tended to check both manipulation on a largo scale or the growth or public Interest , \VhlIc Amcrlcan stocks have been a feature In London the unsettled speculative Inter est there was due to troubles In South Af rica and the advance of interest rates has not been without a certain effect here The remarkable fall In the price of Brit ish consols , which on Tuesday soM at 106V4 , a drop of C 3-S points from the highest quotation of the } car , could not fall to at tract notice , though it seemed due to local causes and failed to exercise a positively disturbing effect on general speculation. London , however , sold our securities to a certain extent , partly for the reasons de tailed above and partly because of disap pointment , in which our own market shared , at tbo failure of last week's rumors of fresh Vandcrbllt deals to materialize and of the denial that there was anything moro than friendly negotiations on foot between the managements of the New York Central and the Pennsylvania companies. The most effective feature has been the government crop report , published Monday , and which , supplemented by good accounts of weather and other conditions at the west , by a heavy movement of grain on the rail roads nnd by other Indications that rail road trufllcs and earnings will bo well main tained , has created a bullish feeling on the granger nnd southwestern stock. The decla ration by the Louisville & Nashville di rectors of the regular 1 % per cent divi dend for the half > ear , with an extra ono- half of 1 per cent , and the publication of a preliminary statement uhowing that the road earned nearly G per cent on Its stock , also had a good effect , which was not diminished by confident rumors of coming dividend payments - ments by other companies , notably by the Chesapeake & Ohio road. The subsidence of reports of anticipated labor disturbances also had an Influence , though on Thursday Brooklyn Rapid Transit declined on renewed rumors of troubles of that character , A slight effect was pro duced on prices by the news that one of the largest of tbo American life Insurance cor porations had decided to dispose of its holdIngs - Ings of stocks , presumably to comply with Famous for Half a Century as a remedy for Gout , Enlarged Joints , Rheumatism , etc. a pure , natural , mineral spring water. Endorsed and prescribed by leading physicians , and sold everywhere , y ] & &iSS ® K 3pq& $ nsr g.ga.-s g'ii8 a ; gjg gvffs $ Sold br Stieruiuu < L 3IoCuuucll Ilru r Co. , Oiui-bQ. I > HXOU , Cnllnxbcr Jt Co. , UUtrlbu tur , Utitubu. L the German laws and pave the way for a rcadmlsslon to that country. It vrn ! , how ever , soon appreciated that the action In question was to be distributed over a BO- rles of years and could have no Immediate or serious Interest for the market. CONSPIRACY OF TEN MINERS Striker * Are Coni Ictril of Hnvln * Inllinlilntril Nottro Workmen Itn- uortcil Into Arknnnnm. FORT SMITH , Ark. , July U. Ten of the strlklnc miners were convicted In the fed eral court today of entering a conspiracy on the evening of July C for the purpose of Intimidating and terrorizing the Imported negro miners In the employ of the Kansas nnd Texas Coal company , In violation of the Injunction Issued by Federal Judge Rogers , restraining the strikers from In terfering with the company's employes. U developed In the testimony that thp strikers armed thcmeelvcs and searched the homes of the negroes and took therefrom the Winchester rifles which had been sup plied to them by the coal company for the purpose ot protecting themselves. The negroes were forced at the point ot guns to attend a public meeting , which was held In'the city , where speeches wcro made. Over 100 of the negroes promised that they would quit the employ of the company and leave the city , but they have since changed their minds and are at work In the mines again. WAR SHIPS ANNOY SETTLERS rinlicriiicii AIoiiR the TrentConiit rrolciit Ai'iilnxt Oiipromilvc Action of the French. ST. JOHNS , N. F. , July 14. French war ships continue to persecute the Bcttlcrn along the treaty coast. Two colonial vessels have been driven out of Port u Port harbor by them this week. The colonial government will urge Rear Admiral Bedford on his ar rival hero on Sunday with the British fleet to take steps to prevent the repetition ot these outrngea. The Peary expeditionary ateamer , Diana , Captain Samuel Bartlctt , will sail from this port tomorrow morning for Sydney , where It will take op board the exploring parties under Prof. Llbbey and .Mr. Russell Porter , sailing thence on Thursday next for Green land. rifth Ward Club A largo number of the representative re publicans of the lower end of the Fifth ward met at 1718 Nicholas street Friday night and organized the Young Men's Re publican club of the Fifth ward. The street nnd number mentioned were made the regu lar place of meeting and the following officers were elected. President , \V. Y. Teetzel ; vice president. Louis LlttleQeld ; secretary , Clinton R. Miller ; treasurer , P. W. Barnum. The club has an executive committee ot ten members , four of whom nre the officers. The following six other members were elected last night : Allen Rhyn , A. Donncken , Del Pierce , W. Rad- cllffe , D. Furbish , B. Arnold. The club win meet again Monday night at the same place , when the regular meetIng - Ing nights will be decided upon. The mem bers are enthusiastic In the work and in tend to take an active part In the cam paign. Picnic for the Children. Two hundred children from the Child Sav ing Institute enjoyed a delightful picnic Friday afternoon at Rlvervlew park. The affair was arranged by Superintendent A. W. Clark and the teachers and helpers in the Institute and proved a great success. The llberar donations of articles of food fur nished by friends of the institute were es pecially appreciated and helped to make the event the successful affair which it turned out to be. Among the donations were thirty juicy watermelons nnd the children reveled In these , and , as Mr. Clark expresses it , "filled up to their hearts' content. " One of the pleasant features was the trolley ride to and from the park. The children im pressed every one along the route with their joyousness and especially when they passed along Farnam street in the cars on their way home. Injured ill n Colllnloii. Henry Donowltz , a Western Union mes senger boy living at 1202 Castellan street , met with a palnfur accident Friday after noon while riding a wheel In the lower part of town. The lad was riding cast on Dodge street. Fearon & Cooper's delivery wagon , driven hy Walter Cooper , turned from Eleventh street Into Dodge as Done wltz reached the corner. Horse nnd rider collided and when the boy was picked up from the pavement several painful bruises were found about his head. He was treated at the police station by Dr. Ralph and re moved to his homo in the patrol wagon. Donowltz was with a companion , John R. Giles , both lads being on the wrong side of the street , ao that the accident resulted from their carelessness. Killed by Laudanum. An Inquest to determine the cause of the death of Mrs. Nellie Flick , who died early Thursday morning nt her home , 715 Pa clflo street , was held Friday evening1 at the undertaking establishment of N. W. Swanson. The verdict was to the effect that the deceased died from an overdose ot lau danum , administered by her own hand with suicidal Intent. War oil Tobacco Trout. CINCINNATI , July 14. The Tobacco Workers' National union has begun its threatened war on local members of the To. bacco trust. The product or a Cincinnati firm was attacked today. It Is stated that Henry Fischer of St. Louis , president ot the International union , will bo hero next week to manage the movement. Kentucky IlUtlllcrlea Join Combine. CINCINNATI , July 14. A. S. Austin of Chicago has been hero today and paid for the distilleries of Freiburg & Workum and of Ellas Block & Sons. These are the last properties that the Kentucky distillery com bine will take pending the negotiations for consolidation with the American company. Fourth Ilocly Token from Wreck. KANSAS CITY. July 14. A fourth body was recovered today from tbo wreck of the Chicago & Alton freight train near Glendale The body has been identified at that of Ed Stretch of Bloomlngton , 111 , Da Witt's Little Early Risers benefit per manently. They lend gentle assistance to nature , causing no pains or weakness , per manently curing constipation and liver all- raents. LOCAL BREVITIES , The case against C. P. Taylor was dis missed. Taylor was accused ot ndurtery on April 1 by E. Swanson , 1314 Ohio street. Charles Hamilton , George Sullen , William Lee and John Mack were discharged on mo tion of the city prosecutor. They were ac cused ot being inmates of John Slug's opium Joint. The annual picnic ot the Union Pacific Railway Pioneers' association will bo held today at Columbus. The train leaves Omaha at 8 a. m. and returning leaves Co lumbus at 7 p. m. Judge Fawcett has granted an alternative writ of mandamus to compel County Judge Haxter to approve a bond In a forcible entry and detainer case. Judge Daxter previously decided that the bond was Insufficient and the appear for the writ was the result. The matter will be heard before Judge Kejsor July 21 at 10 o'clock. Owing to the fact that the meeting bad not been well advertised there was but a email attendance at the Young Men's Re publican club of the First ward last night and as a rcuult It was adjourned until next Wednesday night , vvben a meeting win be held at Forest ball. It wlir be the last session before the primaries , Mary Wlenrauk , a domestic employed at the Pacific hotel , Sixth and Paclflo streets , reported to Passenger Director Morris Flem ing at the Union depot that she had been robbed of her purse and accused a young fellow named Frank , who recently came from Sioux City , of the theft. The young woman placed the purse , containing | 10 , in a drawer where matches were generally kept and the did not mUs her property until she went in search for it. Frank has olnce disappeared. The police have been notified of the theft and are ou the lookout lor the suspect. , _ CAPRICIOUS SUE PILLOW Whims and Freaks of a New Woman Who Game Before Her Day. STORY OF A TENNESSEE BELLE CliniiRcd Her 311ml four Time * About Two Men nnil Married Until A Ilenuty ntiil n muter. She was not merely a belle and beauty , back before tbo war , this fascinating and capricious Sue Pillow -OSIartln. She appears to have been a new woman , born ahead of time , Into an epoch and environment that Irked her oven more than sno shocked them. When the Mexican war was fought a Pil low was a general. Naturally that added to his social prestige. Renown was not needed , though , to make his eldest daughter easily first among equals In the land of her birth. She was pretty , she was witty , she danced like a Wyllls , and was coquette to her finger tips. She had lovers and love affairs by the time she was 15. Not very serious ones , yet serious enough to show her quality of imperious caprice. It was a caprice that set her world by the cars , and Mrs. Qrundy at defiance. Whatever she willed to do , that she did , regardless of They Say and all his works. By and by joung McNalry of Kentucky came courting her. At first she tossed her head. In a week they were engaged , and the wedding day set. Friends and fortune smiled approval.It was most flt In every way. McNalry was an only child , and his father a rich man , withal an eminent judge. Ills son's choice so pleased him that he resolved to make the Infare , the bride's homo-coming , the most notabi'o social event In south Kentucky history. Ho sent all the way to New York for a family carriage , the first closed carriage ever brought to that region. Much of the supper was likewise ordered from New York , also liveries for the black coachman , the footmen and > oung Mc- Nalry's own man. Four fine black horses , perfectly matched nnd bitted , drew the carriage. Everj thing was spick nnd span when the bridegroom set out to claim his bride. Klkton , his home town , lies In a border county , some sixty miles from Nashville. The Pillow home stead was Just outside Columbia , which lies about fifty miles duo south of the state capltat. So It was a two-dajs' drive , but the horses minded It no more than their master. Thoroughbreds In perfect condition , they had no need of "the rest day , the feast day and the pressed day , " allotted by the hospitable proverb. A Xcvr bnlnc. It was very well they had not , since they went home tie very next day. Miss Pillow bad changed her mind , not about marrying , but as to who should be the man. A certain Hugh Martin , newer and richer than Mc- Nairy , had como upon the scene she was fond of novelties and dearly loved to give her world a sensation. She wrote McNalry a curt dismissal and married Martin with all the pomp and circumstance prepared for the man ho had supplanted. McNalry faced the changed conditions with a sort of grim humor. He bought all the crepe In Columbia , put horses and sen ants in deep mourning and drove home. Tuero he insisted that the infaro should go on just .the same , although the brldo was consplcu- "ously " absent. Ho said of her only that she had exercised her undoubted privilege of changing her mind. If others said more he at onc& changed the conversation. Ho might hove married a hundred times over , but though gallant toward all women , he said he would die a bachelor , os Sue Pillow-Martin meantime was leading her "new husband the merriest sort of dance. When he came to understand that his money had tempted her , he gave It to her to spend like water. She flung It away with both bands. Every week almost she drove to Nashville and went about its finest shops with her black maid carrying roleaux of gold to pay for her purchases. The gold was but one of her innumerable whims. She would not touch sliver or paper. Doubtless had diamonds been minted she would have de manded diamonds. IJncIc to the Old Lore. Hugh Martin had married her for better or for worse. Ho bore and forbore until she came actually to despise him. She set her nilnd on divorce , then and there regarded as almost Indelible disgrace. But divorced she would be , and divorced she was , In spite of her father , her family , all her friends. Her freedom proved , after a sort , a crown of thorns. If men still crowded about her , there was that In the eyes and > oiccs of the women that poisoned life came to Sue Pil low-Martin. By way of changing all that she whistled back her old lover , McNalry , and married ilm out of hand. That would have made a seven-years' sen sation , only the civil war came on , and not so long after McNalry fell from a high win dow and broke his neck. The shock almost killed his wife. She came as near loving him as her supreme selfishness allowed. Trouble did not como singly her father died about tbo same time. Both left estates much Involved. When , a little later , the fall of the Confederacy annihilated slave property , the widow found herself with straitened prospects. Poverty was not Imminentbut theoldlavish , luxurious life was forever gone. The brother reigning In her father's stead was brotherly Vlnd , but she was no more uprcm < . Be sides , her world was wondering what "he cculd or would do next. What she did do was to write , In her brother's name , to her divorced husband , Hugh Martin , asking for Information In regard to some part of her father's estate > iimhor One CnttKht Vunln , Martin recognized the handwriting. He had gone back to his old home cast Ten nessee , nnd prospered there throughout Me- Nalry's lifetime. War losses even left him comparatively rich. When news cnma that his ex-wife was again free he took to his bed , declaring he would never leave It alive. To the friends who railed nt her , and begged him not to think of her , he said humbly that ho still loved the very earth she trod. She might not deserve It , but he would rather die than live to know that she had married still another man , as she was sure to do. So her letter came to him ns manna In the desert. He answered 11 at once she threw aside tllsgulfo and wrote again. The second letter set him on his feet , although but . a ghost of his old self. I ! ' A third came quickly. He packed his grip , put money In both pockets and went I away. In a month or less he had re married there was again legally a Sue I'll- low-Martin. He found her just the same , full of capricious luring , of swift anger and sudden remorseful tenderness But now she was content to sun herself In the cjes of an adoring husband. Then there was the child her llttlo daughter by McNalry. Martin loved It as tenderly as though It were bis own. That helped him with the mother , nnd consoled him for many of the wounds her Indifference gave. On the whole his last marriage brought him jears of stormy and moonlit happiness. Not so very many jenre. His wife died , and his heart was burled with her. He outlived her only a llttlo while. All his fortune went to her daughter , who grew up a gracious and beautiful young woman , wholly lacking her mother's lawless charm. NEW RIVAL FOR THE KLONDIKE Great Iliinh for > ow Rolil Jimt ll cov ernl C\cur Cape INoinc. SEATTLE , Wash. . July 14 The steamer Alliance arrived this morning from St. Michaels , Alaska. It Is the first vessel to arrive from the mouth of the Yukon this season and brings advices from the newly discovered gold field of Cape Nome. When the Alliance left St. Michaels the season was not far enough advanced to de termine the future of the diggings. Pros pectors were confident that the country would prove very rich. Colors were found almost everywhere throughout the zone , which Is thirty-five mllea square , and nearly all available ground has been staked. In some instances there are several claimants to one property. As soon as warm weather gets In and material for sluicing Is at baud the true -value of the ground will bo known. Pans from $2 to $4 are common. Only one cleanup has been made thus far. It was that of Gabo Price and Louts Lane , on claim No. 8 , above Discovery on Anvil creek. Four men shoveling eight davs took out $96,000. Not a shovelful was taken from the bed of the creek. The gold is different from that of the Yukon in that It is quite black , duo to iron. It runs about $18 to the ounce. On a claim adjoining Price nnd Lane Dr. Klttclson took $4 to the pan. There was a great rush from St. Michaels Into the dis trict. Town lots are selling as high aa $1,000. The Alliance had several passengers and a small amount of golddust from Daw son. The next steamer to arrive will probably be the Roanoke , which was to have sailed from St. Michaels June 9. The Alliance brings news of the death of several miners near Capo Nome. Following are the names of six : Joe Fountain , Jtaynard , Groteau , < Carr , Dr. Brigham - ham , Jack Burke. All of the above named except Burke were from Holyoke , Mass. , and were members of the Rolch party. Dr. Brlgbam died from natural causes. Carr and Burke froze to death. Out of n party of 100 miners at Cape Nome , eighteen severe cases of scurvy have developed during the winter. The strlckefl men were mostly loaded on sledges and hauled over the ice to St. Michaels for med ical treatment. Jacob Made of Canton , O. , who was a pas senger on the Alliance , thinks that the predictions of the richness of the Cape Nome diggings are not to be realized. Ho said : "On several of the claims I saw- gold taken out , but in very small quantities. In no instance that I know of bad bedrock been reached. It never will bo reached un til they can get wood In there. The only wood in the district Is the driftwood , which is almost as precious as gold. For six days I investigated the camp and then came away thoroughly convinced that the diggings wcro by no means as rich ns reported. Hundreds at the time I was there were flocking ! n from Dawson. Many w 111 come out this sum mer thoroughly disgusted. " Among the passengers on the Alliance was a party of ten from Lowell , Mass. , who went into Koyakuk district last > ear. L. R. Farrlngton , a member of the party , said : "My candid advice is for people to stay away from Koyakuk. The outlook Is not encouraging. We took a party of sixteen and left six of them there to see what this summer's work would pan out. We do not como back sore and disgusted with the country , but do not believe there is not a sufficiency of gold there to warrant a rush Into the country. " Philippine Girls Don't Interest Drcx L. Shooman Its American girls that wear the kind of shoes he sells You should see our line of misses' nnd children's strap slippers the proper thing for warm weather We show them In three styles of buckle and bow to match color of slipper black tan or patent leather Misses' sizes , lj to 2 , from $1.23 to § 1.75 Children's sizes , SMi to 11 , from ? 1.00 to $1.50 In young ladles' sizes , 2i . to 5 , $1.75 to $2.00 We've never shown as handsome a line before. Wo close at 0 o'clock p. m. , Saturday. Drexel Shoe Co. , Ouk ' Op-to-4te Shoe 1410 FARNAJI STREET. Some People Figure All Day- Trying to llnd out how we can sell pianos nt prices that save the purchaser from ? 50 to $100 We're willing to tell you the secret wo have connections with the largest piano manufacturer In the world Wo sell carload after car load of pianos every year and the makers arc only too glad to make us n prlco that will help Ufa bell more MO giro you the benellt of every dollar wo save and give you the greatest piano stock In the west to select from to gether with easy terras. A. HOSPE , W celebrate our 26th builnen Tcriar ? Oct. 3Uri , I HOD. Music and Ait 1513 OMAHA MAN GETS AN OFFICE f. U. Aity Clioacn Ono of Vice I'rcM- < 1cnt * of Life LndrrvTrltem' Amioelntlon. BUFFALO. X Y . July 14. The National Association of Life Underwriters elected the followIni ; officers today President , James L Johnson , Sprlngtlcld , Mass , secretary , K W. Christy , Cleveland. 0 . treasurer. Kll n. Weeks , Lltchfleld , Conn , Vice pn sldtnt8 , K I ) . Cantane , Albany , J. Kaufm.inn , Min neapolis , D C. StROg , Duluth ; S F. Habbe. Indianapolis ; W. K. Watklns. Atlanta. F. A. Stnl , San Francisco ; T. C. Thompson , Chattanooga ; T. I ) . Chosney. Kans City ; J. S. Gay , Ornnd Rapids. J Putnam Stevens , Portland ; A. H. Dabcock. Michigan. Kxecu- tlvo committee : H. Sa > crs. Plttsburg , J W. Tjrdell. Jr. . Cincinnati ; C. E Ady. Omaha ; Colonel H. S. Fuller , Milwaukee ; Captain F. A. King , Cleveland At today's session the resignation of the Llfo Underwriters' association of Maine was received nnd accepted. The occasion for this resignation was said by A member to bo the granting to a local body In Portland membership In the national association In opposition to the wishes of the state asso ciation. John M. Paulson of Cincinnati delivered an addrees on "The Dlgnltj of Llfo Insur ance. " L. B. Bishop of Chicago read a paper on the general theme of life Insur ance. The report of the treasurer showed n balance of | 6S1 In the treasury. A reso lution calling on the president of the United States to petition congress to provide for n secretary of Insurance in his cabinet was laid on the table. UNION OF FOUR DISTILLERIES ( lunrtrt of Com pail ten Dopoult Their Stock anil OrKUiilxc nn One Concern. NEW YORK , July 14. The Distilling Company - pany of America was fully organized today. A temporary board of directors is now In charge of affairs , but a permanent board will bo named next week. The stock of the company will be Issued nnd It has taken actual control of the four undcrl > lng com- panics , the American Spirits Manufacturing company , the Standard Distilling and DIs- tributlng company , the Kentucky Distilleries nnd Warehouse company and the Splrltu Dis tilling company The stocks of these several companies , which were deposited with the Central Trust company under the plan of amalgamation , amounted to over SO per cent in each com pany and one company deposited upward of 95 per cent. All of this stock has been transferred to the Distilling Company of America. The new company has also today taken over the properties of the Hannls Distilling company of Philadelphia and Baltimore , which la the oldest and one of the most prominent rjo dlstliring companies in the United States. PACKERS OFFER FINAL TERMS MnnnKvmeiit Will Wnlt Snte < l Period anil Then Oiler Umplo } incut to All Comer * . t KANSAS CITY , July 14. The manage ment of the Schwarzachlld & Sulzberger Packing house , which was shut down yes terday because some of the emplojes refused to abide by the agreement between the packing company and a conference of the Meat Workers' union , made a statement to day , which Is in effect an ultimatum. The management says It will wait a reasonable length of time for the leaders of the union to induce the disaffected ones to accept the scale of wages originally agreed on. As eoon as the company becomes - comes satisfied that there is no prospect of the men coming to terms the unions will bo given twenty-four hours in which to discharge from their organizations the WHEN YOU RIDE YOUR WHEEL Always shake Into your snoea Allen's Foot- Uase , a powder for the feet. It keeps > our 'feet ' cool , ( prevents sweating feet , and makes > our endurance ten-fold greater. Over one million wheel people are using Allen's Toot-Ease. They all praise it. It Clves rest and comfort to smarting , hot , swollen , aching , feet and IB a certain cure for Ingrowing nails. At all druggists and shoe stores , 25c. Sample FREE by mall. Address. Allen S. Olmsted , Le Roy , N. Y. twenty-six men who re ullpgfd ( o hnvo repudiated the action of the lommlttf * . If they failed to do this the plant will bo thrown open to union nnd nonunion laborers , Ono thousand men are affected. The men had not changed their position today. At a meeting tonight of the Amalgamated Association of I'acklnt ; House Employes It was voted to acoept the terms of Swnrtichlld & Sulzbcrger ami to discipline the twenty- six butchers whose walkout caused the shut * ting down of the big plant. U Is now be lieved that the plant will resume opera tions on Monday. STATE RALLIES HELD TODAY YnmtK I'ooiilo'i llaptlil 1 nloii of America , lit Hfimloii nt Itlelimoiul , Vit. ( nicct OIllc-iTn. RICHMOND. Vn. . July 14 The delegate * to the Younc People's Baptist Union of America held state rallies today. The toplo address at the mornlnc session of the con vention -was by Dr Hcnson of Chicago. The following ofP rs were elected for the ensuing jcar- President , John II Chap man , Chicago , vice presidents. U J. Bishop , New York ; W. W. Garner , Atlanta ; L Mc Neil , Ontario ; recording secretary , Hov W. Reed , Wisconsin ; treasurer , Frank Moody. Among the Hoard of iManagcn elected ara the following , their terms ending in 1902 : | North Dakota , Rev. W. L. Van Horn , Fargoj i Wisconsin. Rev. C. A Hobbs , OJeloran , Mln- ' nesota , Rev 11. F. Stlllwcll , Minneapolis ; Colorado , Rev. A. S. Phelps , Fort Collins ; Manitoba , William Flndley , Winnipeg ; Southern California , J. W. Curtis , Sin For- nandla ; Oklahoma , Rev. W. It. Anderson ; Texas , Rev. C W. Truett , Dallas ; Missis sippi , Arthur Flake. Term ending 1900. Ala bama , Rev. T M. Callow ay. Kiev en additional members ns candidates to service on the executive committee for one jear : Prof Ira F. Prince. Ph. D. , Illinois ; John W. Law , Illinois , Charles S. Burton , Il linois ; Rev II Francis Perry , Illinois ; Rev. H. D. Gclstwclt , Illinois , C. T. Vance , Illi nois ; Rev. B. D. Gray , D. D. , Alabama ; ' Rev F. S. Anderson , New York ; Rev H. F. Stlllwell , Minnesota ; Prof. J. II. Farmer , Ontario. i At the afternoon session the prlzo banner ; for senior educational work WOH presented to Leon Lake church , 'Minnesota ' , nnd the junior to the Union City junior union of Pennsjlvanla After this there was n fellow ship meeting and a roll call of the states nt which brief addresses were niaJo. HYMENEAL I'r.liucr-nrlckKoii. CREIGHTON. Nob. , July 14. ( Special. ) Jlr. Frank O Palmer nnd Miss Betty Erlck- 1 son wcro united In marriage by Rev. A. J. | Markley at the homo of .Mr. . Paul Johnson I of this city > e-jtcrday. Mr. nnd 'Mrs. ' Palmer will make their future homo In Wausa , where they are neil and favorably known , having lived there previous to their marriage for some years nnd where Mr. Palmer Is en gaged In the confectionary and grocery business. Umlioxzlcr Mtint Walt n Year Longer. SPRINGFIELD. 111. , July 14. The State Board of Pardons continued for ono jear the application of .a parole for Charles W. Spauldlng' , the Chicago banker who Is serv ing a term In JoHot for embezzlement. * TRUSSES- ELASTIC STOCKINGS- CRUTCHES SUPPORTERS , etc , mudo to order by competent workmen. Bond to us for moasurmont . . .c.blanks . and other A information. THE ALtfE & PENfOLD CO. , Daformltr Brae * Manufacturer * . 1408 Farnain OMAHA. Op. Pazton ZIotol. It Off-Talk No , 31- Every day I hear people say that they have needed glasses for some time , but have simply been putting It off. Did you ever stop to think what putting It off really means ? It means that when you are compelled to have glasses you will have to wear them all the time In stead of just for reading and sowing. It means that you will liave to change glasses every seven or eight months as long as you live Instead of every two or three years. That one or the other of your eyes may entirely lose Its usefulness from neglect That you are In danger every day of causing a cata ract You can afford to put off any thing else better. HUTESON , Manufacturing Optician , We Make the GIn e we nell. 1520 DOUGLAS STREET. 0 Door * from 1CU. If You Go Away Or If you stay nt home lints you must wear It don't make any difference what Is your preference n derby a fedora n cap or n straw Mr. Fredetlck Hatter Is the man you want to see- He's a liatter of long experience and when you get n hat from him you can depend upon the style being right and the quality the best that the money you pay can buy Coarbe braid straw hats $1.50 up. We close at G o'clock p. m. , Saturday. FREDERICK The liatter , The Leading Hut Mini of the West. 120 South 15th Street , A Man Told Me Yesterday That ho never saw grass grow llko It does this year he has n large lawn COt 1W ( and hays by the time ho has ono end cut the other IB too long for his lawn mower he had nn old style lawn movvcr , but we bold him ono of tbobe yoth century ball-bearing mowers that will cut oats If they'io not too high and ho don't have any trouble any more It's nothing moro than exercise for a healthy man to mow COxlOO with ono of them our lawn mowers start at $ l'.75 and go up to the great large 21- Inch lzo. A. C. RAYMER , WE uuLivim Youn 1514 Fornam St.