THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE : St'Js DAY , DHCHMltUU 1 ! ) WlKNEAPOtlJ LHDIAHAPOUS CIMCINNA1A WMff DENVER . \ ANCE ! BORTLAND.OR JL. J& * A. | < m& a E want you to know that commencing tomorrow , we shall inaug urate a DECEMBER STOCK REDUCJNG SALE of Fall and Winter Woolens , the like of which Omaha has not known. A value-giving effort that will anchor the trade of those who take the advantage of same to us permanently in the future. Thousandsof yards of this season's fabrics cut to your order , at prices that are indeed a temptation. It's Nicoll's way of reducing a large stock when the season's been backward. It's ' Nicoll's way of winning hundreds of new friends. ( JK SB Trousers reduced toi $22 Suits reduced to $15 , $8 Trousers reduced to $5 , $25 and $27 Suits reduced to $20 , r 50 and $9 Trousers reduced $28 and $30 Suits reduced to ,50 and $10 Trousers reduced lo % $30 and $35 Suits reduced to S25 There's little profit in such prices , but it reduces the stock to where we want it , cleans up hundreds of odds and ends , and keeps our large force of tailors busy during the winter months. Bear in mind that every garment is carefully fitted to you before being completed and all necessary corrections are made at that time. This insures to you perfect fitting and well made garments. All Our Garments Made by the Most Skilled Tailors of Omaha. order 209 and 211 Your money back Get your oil our Books early on Monday. South 15th Street , if we fail to please Store open 7:30 a , m. Karbach Block. or satisfy you. Some Facts About the Origin of the Movement - . . ment in Nebraska. FIRST ASSOCIATION AT NORTH RLATTE Ilailronil Men UuIMonipm of Mutual Home Hullilliiir OrKiiiilzntlonn How They Siireiul Statistical Ilcvlciv of Their IliiHliiean. Tbo United States Commission to the Paris- exposition of next year Is attempting for the lirst tlmo to secure an adequate rep- indentation of the United States In the POC- tlon of social economy. The purpose of this Boctlon Is to bring together , through ex hibit , document , plans , etc. , material Illus trating social Institutions In all countries BO that" comparative etudy of the different countries can bo made. The organization and work of building nnd loan associations will occupy a prominent place In this ex hibit , und the several etato leagues and the United State * League are collecting , at tlin request of the commission , all documents , HtntlstlcH and historical matter showing the origin , growth nnd evolution of co-operative homo building In the United States. The Nebraska State League of Ilulldlng nnd Loan Association has compiled for the exhibit an Instructive review of the origin , growth und present condition of association * In this state. The document Is a valuable con tribution to the history of western develop ment , presenting many facts respecting the Inception of the movement went of the Missouri river that will Interest association men. Tlu > I'nrciitHHOi'lntli > ii. Whnn nnd how building and loan associa tions took root In Nebraska has been fre quently asked nt league meetings but never satisfactorily answered. Labor Commissioner Wright , In his report on building and loan ascoclatlons In 1893 , gave the honor of the first association to Grand Island , organized In 1881. That applied to nn association or ganized at that date and In existence at the dato'of the publication. It meant that Grand Island had the oldest association In the state , Hut lone before Grand Island entered the field of co-operation i'n association was or ganized nnd nourished at North Platte , and that city , according to tacts at hand , wna the parent of the movement In Nebraska. Nebraska associations trace their origin direct to the fountain head of the movement Philadelphia. In the early ' 70's North Platte ranked second to Omuha as a rendezvous of railroad men. There was a great demand for practical railroad men at that point , nnd largo numbers Hocked there from the caft. Among them was Adam Fcr- ( ; ufon , a PonniylvaitUn , direct from 1'hll- ndeliilila , where * tie bad learned the less .ins of thrift taught by building and loan as- eoclntlont' . Ilelng well versed In the prin ciple of mutual home building , bo preached the doctrine In round house and cab , In shop nnd store , and soon bad tbo virgin cell ready for the needing. After many pre liminary meeting , n permanent organiza tion wns effected , and business commenced oil March 1 , 1S76. It was known as the North Platte Building nnd Loan association. Four" buntroil ) sharw were subscribed. The guiding spirit of the organization was Mr. rorgiucn , wlv > was elected secretary and ronltnuud In that ncsllloa until December f' , 1S82 , wton the shares were matured and Y Pdli ] , and the hoeloty ceased to exist. Many pen now prominent' ' In business Ufa were officers or directors of this , the parent a - eoelatlcn tf Nebraska. Its llru't president \tt * J. 11. McOonnoll , now bupcrlntendent of rro'.lvo power and mncblnory cf the Union Pa Itle railroad. Otie of the directors was Guy C. Barton , chief owner and manager of the Omaha Smelting and Ileflnlng company. Another was Robert B. Lan , now superin tendent of the Burlington railroad system In eastern Iowa. 'Among the other directors were Alex Struthers , Frank Peal , James Snyder , Frank Rearden , George Mason and Theodore W. Bye. HllNlllCNN Mctlinilft. The constitution and by-laws of the as sociation1 contained a complete , though brief , sot of rules , and a plan of business fashioned after the simple methods In vogue In Philadelphia , Capital stock was limited to 1,600 shares of $300 each. Nearly 400 shares wore Issued by -association , and over 300 matured , showing- that the original subscribers stayed In- until the finish , a period of six years and seven , months. Duoa of 50 cents a week on each share were required. A fine of 5 certts a week per share was Imposed for nonpayment of dues. iMoney was loaned under the pre mium system , the borrower bidding the highest premium being entitled to $300 for each share held to the limit of ton shares , or $3,000. The demand for money In these days was great , and premiums of 40 and 50 per cent were common. Borrowers csuld repay .their . loans at any tlmo and were fin- titled to a refund of a pro rat a share ofthe premium bid for the money. If a bidder foiled -to put up satisfactory security a fine I of 50 cents per share was Imposed. The < Interest charge was 35 cents a week on each j share borrowed on. An entrance fee of 50 cents a share was charged ; transfers cost 25 cents n share , and withdrawals were free | on thirty days' notice. Then , as now , only i one-halt of the receipts were available for I payment of withdrawing members. | Thu Set-mill AHHOclutlon. j The North Platte association was organ ized nn 'tho one-series plan , nnd , as before stated , ceased < to exist where the series of shares matured , at proved go great a sue- refill and became so popular among railroad men ithat they sang Its praises along the railroad , and were directly Instrumental lu Order of United Workmen of the United States , succeeded moas secretary , and C. W. -Brlniilnger for -tho - balance of the tlmo to the present. Henry A. Koenlg of the Citi zens' National bank acd C. F. Bentlcy cf the First National bank were treasurers at different limes. The genial John B. Moore , now a prominent official of the Union Pacific , railroad , helped -to organize nnd was an active member a good many years and as long as ho remained In Grand Island. All of the leading business and professional men of the city have been or are Its members. The association was and Is a social , an well as a business , one , and has done more to cement pleasant relations between all classes and nationalities than any other or per haps all organizations combined. The chir- acter and promptness or tardiness of dif ferent members In their business dealings wore discussed , many a good story tol-J , many state and city affairs discussed and the memory of Its Saturday night meetings will linger long and pleasantly In the memory of all who have had the pleasure and honor to belong there. The club or association always was a large one and Its annual meetings have been held In some large hal1 , I think , with one exception , the first cne. at my office. The rules and methods have been changed and improved upon as tlmo demonstrated their needs , The series ae perpetual and a new one Issued every six months and are always filled rapidly. , A1- most nineteen years and never a penny de fault , or any scandal attached to Its cfflcers. No bickerings , Jealousy , or 111 feeling toward Its management. What a record ! Can It be beat ? " The first association In Omaha was organ ized In 18S3 , and from that tlmo on they multiplied and spread throughout the s'ate. Attached to the report for the Paris com mission is the following : Summary of HIINIIICNN. Tahlo showing the number and business of building and 'oan associations In Nebraska for the years 1892-1S98 , Incluiilvo ( cents omitted ) : First state report Issued In 1892. bringing about the organization of a like association In Grand Island early In 1SS1 , Thla a oclatlcni was named the Equitable. When the North Platte association wend out of existence In 1S82the Equitable fell heir to the prestlgo of number one , and Is today the oldest , as well as ono of the most prosperous , homo building organizations In Nebraska. The first officers cf the association were : D. C. Howard , prcfldont ; Jay E. WbHe , sec retary ; 'M. 'Murphy ' , treasurer. Mr. White , now a resident of Omaha , was secretary of the aesocln'lon for four years. Htplylng to In-qulrles concerning methods nnd membership , he said : " > The shares were $200 each ; lues 40 cents a. week a share. A meeting of the board of directors was hold every Saturday night ; money was put up at auction and sold to tbu highest bidder - dor , some selling 83 high as 42 per cent. The purchaser then paid " 0 cents a rtcek per rhare for shares boucht. II. C. Howard has been president of the association ever slneo lu organlzatlcn , oxeetn for a few months absence In California. W. 0. Hobln- son , now grand eecre-ary of the Ancient The report concludes as follows : "An ex amination of the figures IllustralcA the ten dency of the times , the years of prosperity and of business depression in the west. Whllo the number of associations has decreased - creased from SG In 1S94 to 04 lu 1898 , the decrease In assets has been less than half a million dollars. The falling off Is duo to the period of liquidation succeeding the boom era of the SOX As the figures show , the Ir.fluenco of depressed buslnesq mani fested Itself In association assets In 1S9C , and continued to the close of 189S , at the same time Increasing the value of real estate se curity on the books of associations It ehould be noted , however , that the value of mortgage loans In 1898 was within $14,000 of the highest point (1895) ( ) , showing clearly the return of normal business conditions. The marked decrease In the number of as sociations Is largely duo to the tendency toward consolidation of smaller associations. It IB to be observed , alee , that the number of Bhanw In force was greater In 1898 than In any previous year , nnd tint the receipts for 1898 and capital stock paid up were greater than In any year covered by the repor.o , " EXIT OF SENATOR TIPTON His Death Recalls Many Stirring Incidents of Pioneer Politics. ; FINAL CHAPTER TO A BUSY LIFE STORY Irail * Him Out of the I'nrly Conti-nt In Old . \KC irltli n Elinor I'oulUuu. Ths death last wee ! : of ex-Semitor Thomas Weston Tlpton at Washington City , as to'.il In press dispatches , adds another chatter to the early political history of Nebraska and recalls many stirring Incidents In foe eventful career of the deceased. Senator Tlpton and General Jchn M. Thayer were the first two United Sta'ej senators from Nebraska. They were elected soon after statehood had been declared. The story of Senator Tlpton's life Is tbo story of a man who rose to a scat In the United States senate and who , In the shift ing of fortune , found himself In his declin ing yearn content to hold arf unimportant clerical position. Senator Tlpton was born at Cadiz , O. , August 5 , 1817. In 1845 ho served ono term In the Ohio legislature. In 1858 ho located i In Nebraska , and at once made hlmtr'f ' known. Ho was a chaplain in the federal array during the civil war , having prepared himself for the ministry prior to his re moval to this state. Ho v/os also a law yer , but on account of his devotion to poli tics and prcnehliiE ho never attracted at tention In the legal profession. DrmvH Stri v with Oeiiernl Tlinyer. When Tlpton and Thayer were elected to the senate It was a question which should j have the long torm. Both were starling In 'at ' the beginning of statehood ; there had I been no Nebraska senators before them , and i It wan n perplexing Issue for which no legal provision had been made. It was suggested that the two senators cast lots to determine who should have the long term. After same little parleying , the statesmen agreed to draw straws. The short straw meant the short .term. Tlpton drew the nhort straw , and went to the senate for two years , while General Thayer went for six years. They entered the senate In 1867. At the end of Tlpton's term hu was re-cleetod for the full term of HX ! years after a sharp contest with Nebraska's first state governor , David Butler of Pawnee county. Governor Butler , of course , had the state house machinery to aid him In his cause , but despite that support , Tlpton secured the caucus nomination by a narrow , margin. Trouble ivllli ( ! inprnl ( Irani. Prior to nnd through the civil war , Sena tor Tlpton was an out-and-out , radical abolitionist. After serving In the army as chaplain of a Nebraska regiment ho re turned to the state and made a close can vass. The statehood proposition was then before the people. The democrats and Johnsonlto republicans were opposed to en- , terlng the union , while tbo regular repub licans favored It. Statehood won , and then came Tlpton and Thayer as candidates for tbo senate. , During his second term as senator Tlpton had trouble with General Grant , then presl- . dent. The difficulty arose over a coneulur I appointment to which Senator Tlptsn'e son was an aspirant. The senator was of a do- | cldedly positive nature and his falling out | with the president led him to make war I upon. him. He took mortal offence at a selection - . lection for a consular position and Joined a cotcrlo of senators arrayed against the presl- dent under tbo banner of "liberal" repub licans. This combination Included Charlca Sumncr , Lyman Trumbull , B. Grntz Brown , Carl Schurz and Thomas W. Tlpton. During the congressional session of 1S70-1 they laid the foundation for the uprising agalnet Gen eral Grant which culminated In the nomina tion of Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown at Cincinnati. It is a singular fact that while Senator Ttpton wcs not on friendly terms with President Grant , and at the very time lie wca mcst bitter toward the chief executive , Henry Atkinson , a eon-ln-law of the sena tor , was appointed by Grant commissioner of pensions. Atkinson declined to concur with his father-in-law In lighting the ad ministration. He declared his loyalty to the president , and stood by him throughout the unpleasantness. On leaving the pension commlsslonershlp , Atklr.eon waa appointed eurveyor general of New Mexico , which position ho retained until his death. It is said that Atkinson's firm stand In favor of the president , nnd In direct opposition to his father-in-law , made a deep Impression upon General Grant and he felt a personal Interest In him. Senator Tlpton attracted widespread at tention by bis sarcastic , trenchant utter ances nnd antics , nnd he was for some time the subject of much caricature. Thomas Nast of Harper's Weekly devoted n great deal of ha ! talent to the peppery senator from Nebraska during that memorable cam paign. After the Cincinnati convention Tlpton returned to Nebraska and organized the liberal re-publicans. Ho was joined by a few bright men like General Estabrook and Oliver P. Mason , but the movement fell flat In Nebraska , nnd after the re-election of General Grant In the fall of ' 72 Senator Tlpton dropped into the rear and was no longer a political factor in Nebraska. lie Gnus DCMVII tin ; Scale. At the close of his slx-yenr term In the senate Senator Tlpton went Into retirement. Ho was not again heard from until ho ' Joined tbo democratic party , and was np- I pointed receiver of the Bloomlngton land : oinco by President Cleveland. From that I comparatively email position ho retired dur- I Ing the administration of President Harri son and , having already reached an ad vanced age , ho was content to take a minor clerical position at Washington. For eomo tlmo prior to bio death Senator Tlpton bad been writing a history of pioneer I politico in Nebraska , and the work lacked but llttlo of completion. In his speeches ho was vitriolic and at one tlmu he was talked ' about nil over the union , something after the | manner In which Senator Tlllman of South i Carolina was discussed a few years ago. It Is related that ho found It difficult to keep politics out of his sermons when ho was a preacher. During the Fremont cam paign , ho was the pastor of a church In Ohio. Excitement was running high and tha parson was deeply interested. It Is said that j ho once proclaimed from his pulpit : "Whlla I occupy thla place you will have n free pi cache.1 , and all my words shall bo free speech , and when you cannot endure thlj , y.u must Install e. slave In my stead and sub stitute the books of Mormon or Koran of Mohammed for the bible. " WoiiiiiU HU I'rldi ? . Senator Tlpton was of a highly sensitive nature and bis exit from Nebraska politico was to him a oiost bitter experience. After Joining tlif democratic ranks , he might have 'attained further prominence , but for his ad vanced age. It Is a singular coincidence that Senator Tipton and the late Governor Alvln Saunders were very neaily the same age , were prominently Identified with Ne- braslir.'a affairs throughout the name period and both died within a short time of each other. Governor Saunders was barn July 12 , 1S17 , and Senator Tlpton. was born'AugvHt ; C of the mi in o year ; Governor Saundera died November 1 and Senator Tlpton died Novemj j beT 27 of the same year. j Among the other public places held by Senator Tlpton , aside from his senatorial' ' seat , was the Internal revenue assessorshlp for Mho territory of Nebraska and a ter ritorial senatorshlp several years prior to statehood. While Senator Tlpton was a citizen of Nebraska he resided In Nemaba count/ . Considered In the aggregate the deceased was ono of the nnost unique characters who ever took part In frontier politics In this or any state. It Is said that be was absolutely fearless , shrinking neither from man nor devil , nnd that he would speak his sentiments , no matter what sacrifice might be entailed. Ho had no diplomacy , and valued his enemies , It Is said , as highly as bu did his friends. STOH115S AHOUT PHI3ACIII3IIS. The Boston Watchman makcfl mention of a minister who , when nsked the reason for his resigning a pastorate In which he was prosperous and beloved , replied ecntentlous- ly : "A bilious deacon ! " "I have noticed , " cald Rev. Dr. Goodman , pausing In his discourse , "that two or three of the brethren have looked at their watches several times In the last few minutes. For fear their timepieces may not agree I will Bay that the correct time Is 11:45. : I set my watch by the regulator at the Jeweler's last night. The sermon will Ire over at 12:01. : It would have closed promptly at 12 but for this dlgrcEslon. Let us proceed to consider now what the apostle means when ho says , 'I press toward the mark. ' " In times fono , In Ireland , writes Scmtis MacManus , the Protestant minister col lected tithes In the harvest , while the Catho lic priest got In his stipends at Christmas. Father Edward and Rev. Sandy Montgom ery were one day riding together , In their muni friendly way , through Invcr , and bantering each other about their railings. "Here's the Pacach Ruadh , " said Fatbcr Edward , "let ua have his opinion , " The Bacach Ruadh ( or Red Beggarmau ) was an i arrant knave , too clover to work while he 1 could llvo upon the fat of the land without. "Jamie , " said Father Edward to him , "If you had a sen , would you sooner make a priest or a minister of him ? " "If I had a son , yer reverence , I should have him a rolnlsther In the harvest an * a priest at Chrlssmas. " A grand wedding wan being solemnized at Bi. Peter's , llaton Square , London , On each Eldo of tbo strip or carpet that extended from I the church door to the curb was a crowd of ! wcll-drceeed pcoplo watching the guests ar- I rive. In the wake of a procetslou of equi pages of the most aristocratic and woll-ap- 1 pointed character came a Jour-wheeled cab , dingy and dlareputablo beyond belief. | "Hero ! here ! " shouted the policeman In charge , "you can't top here ! We're waiting - | ing for the Hlstiop of " The cabman regarded the officer with a triumphant leer , an he climbed down frcm hla scat and throw u ragged blanket over his skeleton Bleed. "It'B all right , guv'nor , " he said , "I've got the old duffer Inaldn ! " Duane MethodlRt church , New York , ccle- -brated | tn JOIlh anniversary recently. The Cootsea. thread manufacturers are donating \ZTRV \ numn to tailoring old cathe drals for the Church of Knirlnnd. A Buddhist prk-st of twelvn years' etand- Inir hat ; protested conversion In the ttalva- tlon Army at Ceylon and has hunded over Oils robes to the army. i A writer In tbo Christian Advocate saysi "The KOHiiel seed does not proiipcr r.'ell on I the foil -of monarch Ism find urlstocracy , It * < natlvo heaHi l humanity , d"mocracy. " I A puchre party In wh'di 2,400 persoim are I to engage will be held In Grand ( Vntrnl i Palace. New York. January 10 , the proceeds j to go toward the completion of the Church i of St. Philip Nerl , Bedford Park. Twenty-two thousand acres of land have j been purchased , near Winchester , Frank lin county , Tonn. . for -the - purpose of es tablishing a German Catholic settlement. The movement has the support of Bishop 'Byrno ' and Father L. Van Roe Is at the head. The Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame , which Is the oldest order of nun in Cnnadn. vrtll celebrate the 200th anni versary of its foundation by Marguerlto BourKeoys , whoso life was so Intimately connected with thei early history of Montreal. Bishop Potter says that , comlnir of an ecclesiastical family , fto owes his love of preaching to "those grandfathers and Breat-Erandfuthers. " Ho adds : "I began preaching 'beroru kilts gave place to trous- oro. My pulpit was an empty stall in the hnrn , my audience the chickens nnd the hired man. " The death of Dr. John W. Hicks , Annll- can Ktihoit of the Orange Free State- , Just nt this tlmo Is deemed most unfortunate , as lie had it great Influcncu over the Dutch of that country. He was n learned scientist us well as theoloKlon and had won a repu tation lu sclcntltlc circles even before Uo took orders. A student having asked the president of Obcrllu college If ho could not take a shorter course thnn that prescribed re- cc/tved the reply : "That depends upon what you want to make of yoursclf. , when God wants to muke an oak Ho taken 100 years , but when 'He. ' WUIUH to make a squash He takes lx months. " Six teachers recently Failed from NPW York for Porto Illco to work tinder tlin Amirlcnn Missionary association ( Congre- KatlonallHt ) , Thene tenchero , with two others already In that country , will teach in two Bchools with a total capacity oflOO students. Already 10.WO applications have 1 > een made by students who wish to enter the RChoolH. Archbishop- John Travtrs Lewis of On tario , Canada , who has just resigned Ills oflice on account of Increaslm : age , was born In Onrrydoyno castle , county Cork. Ireland , In ISin ; wiis graduated from Trinity college , Dublin , in 1817 and wtis ordained by the bishop of Chester In 1848. lit , wont to Canada In lb 0 nnd tcok < in appointment nn a missionary. Hewns elected bishop of tbu new diocese of Ontario in 1KC1. Bishop Satcrlco ( Episcopal ) of Washing ton , having been asked by Secretary Root to nominate a "young , Htrong , healthy and wholesome Episcopal clergyman" BH an finny chaplain In the Philippines , bus asked the Rev. J.VoodH Klllott , rector of St. Andrew's church , Baltimore. tr > accept the uppQlntmcnt. Mr. Klllott Is a graduate nf the General Theological Hcmlnary In thlw city and WIIH for nearly three years under the training of thi * fowley fathers In Bos- Ion. He was chaplain of the Fifth Mary land regiment during the Spanish war. 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