The Omaha Sunday Bee.
EDITORIAL SHEET. 8
PAGES 11 TO 20.
ESTABLISHED JL'NE 10, 3 871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOHNIKG, JAN U Alt Y 20, J 0012.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
haydebs La Wholesale Stock at 25c on the Dollar mm
Sensational 'Purchase by the Big Store of the
QpcircS?;
P. B.
Hap
in fact everything that goes to make up a complete modern wholesale house. Starting in business only a few months ago their stock is absolutely fresh, perfect and
up-to-date in every particular. They carried the very best grades, but western buyers did not seem disposed to pay large prices. Their experience is that of many
other firms, that it is easier to buy
$175,000 of Finest Selected Merchandise in All the Different Lines
than it is to sell them at a profit, and with all their capital tied up they became discouraged and decided to sell.
The Big Stores' Spot Cash Secured the Prize 25c on the Dollar
The tremendous quantities prevent us from opening the sale at once, but we are transferring the goods as rapidly as possible to the Big Store and every available
man has been put at work unloading, unpacking, checking and marking, and
Wednesday, January 29th the Grand Sale Begins
The Big Store has held many notable sales, but never in its history or the history of merchandising has there been offered, nor probably will there ever again be
offered such astonishing assortments, such high grade, perfect goods, in such colossal quantities and at such sensationally
low prices as Hayden Bros, will put on this grand purchase of the P. B. Haight &'Co.'s stock. Our own regular stocks are much
too large for this season of the year and consequently not a dollars' worth of this entire purchase will be reserved, but every single yard, garment and piece will be
thrown on sale absolutely without reserve. Think of buying new and perfect and most stylish silks; dress goods, domestics, dry goods of all kinds, notions, laces,
embroideries, furnishings, clothing, cloaks, shoes, furniture, etc., etc., at less than 25c on the dollar.
Every effort will be made to put the goods in the best possible shape for selection. Extra salespeople engaged and the sale will Open Wednesday
morning with the grandest and. most satisfying. array of genuine and most desirable bargains in the history of American
selling, watch the papers for prices.
HAYDEN BROS. HAYDEN BROS.
PAT OF P0ST0FF1CE CLERKS
Effort t Bicara Olaiiificatlti Hm Biti
Agaii Tak Up.
TWO BILLS PENDING BEFORE CONGRESS
Measure. Designed to Relieve n
liOrve Body of I'aullo Servant und
Tut Them on Footing:
. frith Other Ilrnnchca.
I Poatofllco clerks aro again after congress
for roller. For years they havo cndeatorod
to securo relief from what thoy deem the
unjust conditions undor which they work,
but havo bo far fell short of gottlng what
thoy want. Constant agitation brought re
lief to tho carriers and tho railway mall
plcrks, and tho ofllco men bellovo thoy can
securo sImllarN benefits by persisting In
tholr flght. Though not bo well organized
s the carriers and tho railway clerks, the
ofllco men havo put their affairs Into tho
hand of a central committee, and are now
pressing their flgb,t with renewed vigor.
Tholr bills for classification and other re
lief havo been presented In both senate
and house at tho present Bcsslon, and havo
a fair prospect ot being panned. In tho up
per branch ot congress Senator Mason
stands sponsor for tho bills, and Represen
tative Smith ot Illinois has chargo ot them
In tho lower.
Text ot the HUM.
Doth bills aro brief. That which pro
vides for tho classification ot postofllco
Clerks reads:
Do It enacted by tho rcnato and houBo of
representatives of tho United States of
America In congress assembled: That
60m und uftor July 1, 1W1, tho postmaster
general shall classify tho salary of tho
Elerks employed In tho free delivery post
OftlccH as hereinafter provided.
Section 1. That nil clerks employed as
inch In tho llrst-clnss free delivery post
Dfllcos now established nnd In each post
pfneo that may on or nfter July 1, 1W2,
beoomo established us a first-class freo
delivery postofttco who at tho dato of July
1. 1902. may bo receiving a salury less than
11,300 per annum, shall thereafter from
said dute, receive an annual lncrcaso of
IlW per annum until their Bularles Bhall
amount to $1,2U0 per annum, nnd further
more, that clerks receiving a Balary of
11,200 per annum shall, In tho discretion of
the Postofllco department, receive an nn
tiuul Increase or IlW until their salnrles
shall amount to 11,400 per annum, and
that said annual Increase shall bo gov
erned by such rules nnd regulations as"
tho I'oBlolllco department may make.
Section S. That no clerk provided for In
lection 1 ot this act shall be appointed at
a less salary than JCOO.
Section 3. That tho postmaster general
be and ho Is hereby authorized to classify
and tlx tho salaries of the elcrks attnehed
to the second-class postotllcea from nnd
after July 1, 1902. us hereinafter provided.
Soctton 4. That all clerks In tho second
iIosh itostofllces. emnlovcd ai such. who.
n mo nrsi uny ai Juiy, iw, muy uo recuiv
nsr a. salary of less than fl.OOO ner an
num, shall thereafter, from said first day
Of July, 1903, receive an Increase of J HO
per nnnum until their salnrles shall
amount to ILW) per annum.
Section 6. That no clerk provided for In
section 4 of this net shall be appointed at
a less salary than $500 per nnnum.
Section 6. That no clerk shall receive a
less salary utter the passage ot this act
than he or she were receiving prior
thereto.
Section 7. That there bo and Is hereby
appropriated out of tho moneys In the
treasury not otherwise appropriated such
t & Co.,
Bet, 13th & 14th,
Howard Street,
Notions, Laces, Shoes, Hats, Cloaks and Suits, Furniture, Trunks
sums as may bo necessary to carry Into
effect tho provisions of this act, nnd that
such appropriations bo deemed an annual
appropriation.
Section 8. That hereafter postmasters at
olllces of tho first nnd second class shall
submit rosters of tho clerks attached to
tholr respective offices to tho postmaster
general, to tnko effect from tho first of
tho fiscal year, July 1, 1902, nnd no roster
shall bo considered In effect until ap
proved by tho postmastor general.
Section 9 That nil nets and parts of
acts inconsistent with this net bo, and the
samo arc, hereby repealed.
Tho bill for the olght-hour law Is aB fol
lows: Section 1. Bo It enacted by tho scnato
and house of representatives of tho-United
States of America In congress assembled:
That clerks nnd employes In postotllces of
the first nnd second classes, below tho
grado of chief clerk, may bo required to
work not exceeding .forty-eight hours dur
ing tho six working days of each week
and such number of hours on Sunday as
may be required by tho Interests of the
service, not to exceed eight, and It a legal
holiday shall occur on uny working day
tho servlco performed on said day shall bo
counted as eight hours without regard to
tho tlmo actually employed.
Section 2. That clerks may be required
to work In shifts ot eight consecuttvo
hours, or as nearly so as practical.
In Support of the Lnni,
a. W. Koclio, who Is sccrotary of Omaha
branch No. 21, National Association ot
rostoftlco Clorks, In discussing tho bills
and tho necessity for their passage, says:
"Comparisons aro odious, but in order to
present our conditions comparisons aro
necessary. The averago pay ot the postofflce
clerks of tho country. Including everyone
under the rank ot assistant postmaster, Is
$S1S por year. Tho average pay of tho car
riers Is $903 and that ot tho railway clerks
Is $1,055. It seems singular that tho clerks
In tho ofllco are discriminated against In
this matter as well as that ot hours. The
examination taken by tho clerks Is exactly
tho sajno as that taken by tho carriers,
which must Imply that thoy aro ot equal
Intelligence. Tho work dona In the larger
ofllces Is tho samo at douo In tho mall cars
by tho clerks connected therewith. Tho
carrlors aro not allowed by law to work
more than eight hours per day, but there Is
nothing to provent clerks from working
twelve hours or longer.
"With the clerks It ia a question of get
ting each nnd ovcry parttclo of mall out of
tho ofllco on tho first mall train or carrier
delivery after Its receipt' at the ofllco. Take
as an example the work ot tho Chicago
mailing clerks on tho last day of Decem
ber just past. On that day all clarks In
tho mulling department wero required to
work twelve hours. Did you ever stop to
think what this means? It Is twelvo long
hours on their feet (tor the work cannot be
done otherwise) with tho brain hand and
eyes In constant motion. This work does
not become mechanical, tor tho reason that
each and every piece ot mall matter han
dled requires separato thought and action.
Is It any wondor that clorks break down?
"Tho bulk of tho outgoing mall from
tho business houses ot tho larger cities
usually arrive at tho postoOlco botween
the hours ot 5 and 7:30 p. m. This, then,
1 Is tho time when tho largest forco ot mail
ing clorks must bo on duty. A clerk com
ing on duty at 3 p. m. works bard until
through and gots homo about midnight.
Ho has no chance, to mlnglo with his family
i or neighbors, or escort his family to such
places as they may desire to attend. In
order to be proficient In his work ho must
constantly study mailing schemes. Not
having uny other time In which to do this.
( he Is compelled to devote his morning fcouro
Wholesale Stock of Dry Goods, Clothing,
to this, thus practically giving all his tlmo
to tho service.
llcncfltn Hoped For.
"Under the classification and eight-hour
bills tho clerks would havo many benefits
such as thoy do nol now enjoy. They would
havo moro regular hours and would ro
celvo a salary commensurate with tho du
ties they aro called jipon to perform. Now
they aro In tho hands of tho postmaster,
under whoso Immediate supervision they
are. It Is no fault ot theso gentlemen
that such conditions exist. As a rulo, tho
postmasters aro ready and willing to help
tho clerks In every manner within tholr
power, but as they aro only allowed a cer
tain amount with which to pay clork hlro
and tho like, It Is Impossible for them to
alter conditions. Under tho classification
bill, as Introduced, all this would be
changed. Tho mattor would be entirely
regulated by congress and clerks would be
promoted according to their efficiency and
length ot servlco.
"Carriers fop tho first year are paid at
tho rato ot $600, $800 for tho second year
and after two years' servlco $1,000. Tho
railway clorks tor tho first six months
rccolvo at the rato ot $300 per year, and
aro then graded In even hundreds of dol
lars until they receive $1,400, according to
length of service. Now, compare, tho post
ofllco clerk. Ho Is appointed at a salary
of $500 per year, and may then bo raised
on tho recommendation ot tho postmaster.
In othor words, ho. may work for an In
definite period, without regard to efficiency,
or ho may bo promoted to tho $1,000, $1,200
or $1,400 class tho second year. Tho do
sire of tho clerks Is to havo all promotions
In tho bands ot congress, and havo them
regulated, as Is now tho caso with letter
carriers and railway mall clerks.
"In Omaha conditions aro much better
than In many other largo olllces. Tho Chi
cago postofflce Is one of tho horriblo ex
amples. Clerks In tho mailing division there
averago eleven hours a day. For thiB work
the averago salary Is $700. Do you wonder
that the department Is confronted by so
many resignations each year? Whon a
clork enters Into the government sorvfee ho
generally has tho Idea that hard and effic
ient work will have a tendency to promote
bis Interests and that in tho course of tlmo
he will bo promoted according to his worth.
After devoting somo ot his best year tb
tho service he begins to rcallzo that the
government Is not at all appreciative ot
his services. Ho becomes discouraged, but
hangs on with tho hope that somo day the
chango will como. After becoming profic
ient (as be must) ho finds his best yenrs
aro gono and It has availed him but, little.
He cannot do. other work with any degrco
of success and rather than tako a chance ot
htfi family going without their dally bread
he holds on until too old or othorwlso In
capacitated for work.
Juatlce ot Ilequrat la Stronir,
"Tho government Is committed to an
eight-hour day and should not mako a dis
crimination against any ono class of Its
employes. It would also eeom that there Is
equity In arranging tho scalo for promo
tions, such as thoy have In the other two
branches In the same service, As a general
rulo all opposition to such measures In
tho past havo como from tho congressmen
who roperesent tho district which com
prise tho smaller postotllces. Tho gentlemen
I from tho larger cities aro usually aware ot
conditions in iur como town ami aro will
ing to nelp the clerks. If tho congressmen
from tho other districts could bo brought
to reallzo what Is required ot tho clerks In
tho larger offices, tho amount ot responsi
bility and care that is absolutely necessary
to tho service, we bcllevo that our meas
ures would rccolvo their hearty support,
thus relieving postmasters of a great many
voxlng questions, to say nothing about tho
clerks."
LIEN DECREE F0R REYNOLDS
Judge Manger Acta on' Mandnte In Old
Cato Airnlust Neurnaka
A Western.
In tho United States court Judge Munger
haB rendered a decree In accordance with a,
mandate Issued from tho United States
court ot appeals in the case of tho Manhat
tan Trust company n'galnBt tho Nebraska
& Western Railway company. This caso
was Instituted In 1890 by the trust company
to foreclose a mortgage on tho property ot
tho railroad company, which at that time
consisted of a lino of railroad from Cov
ington to O'Neill. E. P. Reynolds & Co.,
who furnished material for tho construc
tion of tho road and who had not been paid,
Interpleaded, seeking to make their claim
a lien upon tho property superior to that
ot tho bondholders.'
Thq hearing ot tho case was beforo a
referee, empowered to make a report as to
tho law and tho facts. In his report the
roferco found that tho construction com
pany held a Hen superior to tho bondhold
ers, but beforo tho report was received tho
road had been sold undor tho principal ac
tion, tho purchasers giving a bond for the
payment of tho Hen of tho construction
company should it bo declared superior to
tho claims ot tho bondholders. The reterco
therefore recommended that judgment bo
had against the bondsmen and that the
construction company had a lion on tho
purchaso price of the road paid by tho pur
chasers at the sale.
Tho findings ot tho referee wero set aside
by tho district judgo and an appeal was
taken to the circuit court of appeals, which
recently Instructed tho district judgo to
enter a decreo In accordance with tho rec
ommendations of tho referee. Tho decroo
Is against the bondsmen of tho purchasers
and a lien upon tho purchaso price is es
tablished. '
GREASE .MAKES AXEL ANGRY
Peter Ilanaon Telia I'o'llce Hoit lie'
Got Into Trouble with
Mr. I.lndquUt.
"
Axel Q. Llndqulst Is locked up at the city
jail, charged with larceny trom tho person,
his neighbor, rotor Hansen of 4 Nock avo
nuo, appearing as prosecuting witness,
Hansen alleges that bo and Llndqulst had
a Ught January 22.
"Wo had been drinking 'skalkahol,' " he
told tho desk sergeant, "and wero feeling
pretty good. I was yoking Axel and asked
him If tho O In his namo stood for greaso,
and then ho got mad and wo wont at It.
Whllo wo were fighting ho 'ycrked' my gold
watch out of my pocket and ran away with
It."
Tho watch was afterward found In Han
sen's overcoat pocket, whero Llndqulst says
bo put 1U
BIG PAYROLL COT IS MADE
Oomty Boari Daoidia tt Sara Thouand
Dalian a Moith.
H0FELDT IS ONLY MEMBER AGAINST IT
Connolly Cllmua Onto the Retrench
ment Hand Wilson with O'KceSe,
Oatiom and Ilarte Fifteen
Uends Mast Fall.
The Board ot County Commissioners at
it meoting yesterday adopted tho list
ot county employes which omits flfteon who
are at present on tho payroll and means u
saving to Douglas county ot $12,399.96.
Hofeldt was tho only commissioner to
voto In tho negative; for Connolly somcr
suultcd Into lino at tho eloventh hour and
voted lor tho very schedule that ho had op
posed In committee of tho wholo. In an
ticipation ot a spirited session and In somo
Instances becauso of personal interest In
tho result ot tho board's decision thcro was
a crowd yesterday that moro than filled
tho commissioners' chambor, and when tho
tedious routlno matters had been disposed
ot there was a notlccablo hush.
Fifteen Kinploj e Cut Off.
W. A. McCoombs, acting tor tho first tlmo
as clerk of tho board, read tho schedulo as
reported from committee of tho wholo. It
beheads ono back tax clerk in tho treas
urer's office, whoso monthly wago Is $75;
ono deputy jailer, $75; ono bookkeeper nnd
threo tax clerks In the county clerk's de
partment, tho total, for whom Is $315; two
assistant auditors, $133.33; attorney's mes
songer, $75; two clerks at tho county store,
ono to bo reinstalled tor six months ot each
year, making a saving of $75 per month; an
engineer and two janitors at tho courthouse,
$105; male- nurso at tho county hospital, $50;
stenographer in tho ofllco of tho clerk ot
tho district court, $10. This last Is more
than offset by tho putting on ot nn as
sistant cost clork, but it is maintained
that tho cost'clerk will moro than pay for
himself In tho saving ho will make for tbo
county. t
When tho reading ot tho schedulo was
completed and Ostrom, seconded by
O'Keeffo, had moved the adoption of tho
roport, the chairman touched oft tho flro
workB by ordering tho roll called.
Itcvlvva Aaacaamcnt laaue,
Connolly was first on the floor and said:
"With all duo respect to other members ot
the board, I will say that I think that ro
port Is an unjust ono, cutting too deep on
certain office and particularly that ot tho
county clerk. I don't like tho Idea ot crip
pling office forces. My idea of retrench
ment Is to retrench where we can cave
most to tho pcoplo. Last June, when It
came tlmo to equalize taxation, I bad a
schedule showing what wo could do for this
county to rollcve tho pooror taxpayers.
That schedulo raised tho assessed valua
tion ot Swift's plant from $16,000 to $225,000.
Armour's from $16,500 to a total ot $300,000,
Hammond's from $10,000 to $100,000, the
Omaha Tacking company's from $9,000 to
$60,000, Cudaby from $22,000 to $250,000, tho
Bridge and Terminal company's trom $11,000
and Valises,
to $75,000, tho telophono company's from
$19,000 to $75,000, tho water company's from
$100,000 to $170,000 nnd- others In propor
tion. I bollevo that It wo go after tho thing
that way wo can do somo substantial good.
Saving lit tho Spigot.
"It is falso economy to trlflo with laying
Off these men saving at tho spigot while
allowing tho' bung to run freely. Tor in
stanco, thero aro no two men In Douglas
county who can do full justlco to tho audit
ing department. It is preposterous to think
ot it."
Turning his gaze to a point not very ro
moto from tho desk occupied by O'Keeffo,
Connolly added: "Maybe, they didn't have
as many men In departments years ago, but
they didn't do things around here In tho
businesslike mannor in which they aro dono
now." Ihcn ho added, to the manifest sur
prlso ot thoso who had heard his remarks:
"But I believe this Is a stop In tho right di
rection and I voto aye, Mr. Chairman.'
O'Keeffo was on his feet instantly and
said: "I should like to know why that
schedulo of Increased valuations that Mr.
Connolly Is bo enthusiastic over now was
not adopted then."
It was Connolly's chanco and ho didn't
let It go by him. Looking squarely at Os
trom and then at Ilartc, and then at Ho
feldt, ho Bald:
"Becauso, Mr. O'Keeffo, becauao thcro
wero not enough votes llko mlno on this
board to carry It. But mlno was thero."
AKulnat Uxccutlve ScaaluiiH.
"Well, I can clto somo Instances ot In
equality that don't apply to tho packing
houses and corporations, but to Individ
uals," responded O'Keeffo. "Tho troublo,
as near as 1 can see, was that the board
wont Into oxecutlvo session, when tho place
to do that kind ot business is right out
hero In this room."
Connolly sprang up and said: "No roan
has strings on mo. I agree that this Is
tho placo to do business, and hero Is whero
you will find mo hereafter."
Tho clerk called Harto's namo nnd that
commissioner said: "I mada a motion in
committee to allow Millar ono moro clerk
than thin schedulo provides, but I got no
second. I don't want to crlpplo any ofllco,
neither do 1 want to help pay anybody's
political debts out of county money, so I
voto ayo on this resolution,"
Oatrom Ilepllva to Connolly.
O'Keeffo otcd tho samo way, but without
making any further remarks, and then It
was up to Ostrom. He said that he bad his
doubts about tho county clork being ablo
to conduct tho business without ono more
man than tho schedulo allowed blm, but tho
democratic members had both failed to sec
ond Harto's motion In committee, of tho
wholo. "But as for this taxation matter,"
ho said with sudden emphasis, "It has noth
ing to do with retrenchment; yot Mr. Con
nolly cannot bring out a fair proposition ot
that kind too quick for roe. I only roqulre
that it bo directed not against a few frnn
chined corporations, but against all who uro
paying less than tholr share. Let It bo ap
plied all along tho lino. On this resolution
I voto nyo."
Chairman Hofeldt cleared his throat and
said: "I think It Is unfair to give Mr. Mil
ler less help than Mr. Haverly had. I am
In favor of saving for tho county every
where It huppena so wo can, but I don't
think this Is right, eo I yoto no." But tho
Furnishings,
now schedulo was already adopted and tho
decapitation Is to begin at once.
Will Knforce Time Schedule.
At tho bottom of tbo report ot tho com
mlttco of tho whole was appended a regu
lation that hereafter tho working hours
for all the departments is to bo from 8 a.
m. to 12 m. and from 1 p. m. to 5 p, m.,
except Saturdays, when tho offices may bo
cloBcd at 1 o'clock with, no noon recess.
This tlmo card is not now, but It was
stated that all employes, Including tho
heads ot departments, will be expected to
observo it.
It was not all blttor for County Clork
Miller, for when his request for tho usual
six additional clerks after February 1 to
begin gottlng tho books ready for tho as
sessors was mado O'Keeffo was first to
movo that it bo granted and Ostrom vlod
with Harto in tho effort to bo tho second.
MRS. METZ FILES OBJECTION
Aaka to llnve Sale of Meta Ilrothera'
' Dreivlnic Company Stock
Set Aalde.
Adollno Metz has filed hor objoctlon to
tho recent salo ot eighty shares of tho Moti
Brewing company stock and Judgo Vinson
halor will glvo her a hearing next Tuesday
morning, whon sho will glvo oral testimony
and othcrwlso seek to provo that the sals
was Illegal, unfairly conducted and that the
stock was not sold to tho highest blddor, the
purchaser bolng In conspiracy to deprive
her and her children of tho part Intended
for them under the will of hor husband,
which will doos not authorlzo tho executors,
who are also tho trustees, to dispose ot any
part ot tho estate, except the rovenuo thoro
from for tho purpose ot paying debt.
GOES BACK TO STATE COURT
JutlKc Milliner IlralllrniH Ilia Ilullnc in
Tally Aunlnat Union Paclflo
Ilullroud,
After rcconsldorlng tho caso ot Tully
against tho Union Pacific railroad, Judge
Mungor has decided that tho case must be
tried in tho stato court, thus confirming
his previous doclslon. This Is tho case
which created considerable interest a tew
months ago, when tho attorney for tho
plalntlf' successfully dofented an applica
tion for removal trom tho Jurisdiction ot
tho stato court by making tho engineer of
a Union Pacific train n party defendant,
tho engineer being a resident ot tho state
ot Nebraska.
ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE
Report Unit WHUiim ,Y. WhKnoy Died
nt IrvliiKtou Knrly Vcalerduy
Morulnir,
It was roported In tho city yestorday that
William N. Whitney, nn old resident of
Omaha, had died at his residence near Irv
Ington Saturday morning,
Mr, Whitney camn to Omaha In 18C5 and
formed a partnership with Mr. Ingalls, tho
first shoo dealer in tho city. After that ho
conducted a shoe etoro hero for many years.
Ho disposed ot his business about two years
ago and removed to a farm near Irvlngton,
where bo has since resided.