THE OMAHA DAILY PEE: TUESDAY. JANUARY 24. 1903.
STATUS OF GRAIN RATE WAR
WIjj EaipmenU from Omeba Seek Outlet
at the Gulf.
THROUGH CARS STOP INTERMEDIATE FEES
' 1.1 (.rain Mfi Are ot Indulging
In Amy Grt Aot of Wurff
Orrr Action of Et
era Railroads.
Omaha nr.itn mfn are watching the ef
fort! of the MMrn and Chicago rna1s to
divert the gulf corn shipments with
KTte.nhTilty. Tholr general Impression is
that Omaha la getting to be somebody In
the world when the Atlantic seaboard and
th gulf lines are willing to get Into a
tutting affray for Its business. .
Every reduction In rate made by either
et of lines Is of course of direct ad
vantage to Omaha grain Interests. What
must be done, however. If the Atlantic
lines wish to carry the grain to New York,
Baltimore and other cities for export. Is
to make a traffic proposition by which
the cars loaded In Omaha may be consigned
thrmiKh to the exporter. If this
Is not done It Is said the gulf will con
tinue to get Omaha grain, even If the
Chicago seaboard lines meet the rate of the
southern roads.
How the Situation Looks.
The proposition at present Is this: Omnha
grain sent east does not go directly through
to ths Atlsntlc. Oraln sent to the gulf
goes Into the car at Omaha, which takes
It to the exporter at Galyeeton. I'ort Ar
thur or New Orleans. This grain la sold
at Omaha Inspection arid there Is no loss,
no charges and no profits to be taken out
for Intermediate markets. Practically all
Omaha and western grain sold to go east
goes via Chicago or St. Louis and must be
sold to those markets. This means the
grain Is loaded here and sold say to Chi
cago. Omaha Inspection does not go and
tho grain must be Inspected and pay all
charges of the Chicago marVet. Then
tho purchaser In Chicago who sends It on
has taken out his profit. The grain has
been unloaded from the Omaha cars and
must be reloaded Into the eastern cars for
shipment to the seaboard. All this makes
additional fees and causes a loss of grain.
For these reason those In the business
here believe Omaha grain will not go east
In large quantities until the Omaha-Chicago
roads and the eastern roads make an ar
rangement by which they trade car for
car giving empties to the west In ex
change for grain-loaded cars going east
so keeping the same number of cars on
both sides of Chicago. In this way Omaha
grain can go directly east without any
of the drawbacks. They consider this the
only way ths eastern roads can handle
this grain against the gulf, except by haul
ing It at ruinously low rates. Under the
present disadvantages of rehandllng they
have to absorb all of these profits, losses
and charges of St. Louis pr Chicago.
Mnat Have Through Cars.
Some little grain Is now sent forward In
the orlglnnl cars through St. Louis, and
such was the practice at one time In Chi
cago, but It has now been discontinued
there, because the Chicago grain houses
naturally want all the grain handled there.
Another reason why the eastern roads
are not diverting the corn Is that Chicago
is out of line as a market. The gulf Is
almost I cents higher than the eastern
markets, and even with the rates equal
and other disadvantages removed, the gulf
Just now would get the Omaha grain, for
It is paying1 best for It.
Attitude of the Bnrllnarton.
' "In my opinion the midnight tariff was a
Klelske," said a Burlington official this
morning In discussing the grain rate situa
tion. "I believe that by putting In this
rate the Missouri Pacific has Invited an un
desirable competition that will work harm
in the future. It could have had plenty of
business without cutting the regular rate,
for a reasonable share of the export grain
was bound to go to tidewater by way of
the gulf. ,
"The gulf lines have the advantage In
this movement by reason of grades and
distance. . The Mississippi route offers
natural advantages that makes the haul
an easier .one than over the Chicago lines.
I believe, by cutting the rate, the Missouri
Pacific has attracted undue attention from
the eastern lines and they will be on the
watch. They will not allow themselves to
be tricked again. ' I think just as ' the
article in The Bee Intimates this morning,
that ths eastern lines will force a com
petition in the matter of rates that will be
to the disadvantage of the gulf lines. Of
course ths Missouri Pacific has had the
benefit of the abnormal hauls, but the
benefit Is merely temporary and the effort
another season to get business In this way
will simply lead to a rate war that will
do none of the lines any good."
"I think the Missouri Pacifies or any other
line that aeain attempts to work the 'mid
night tariff' or any other subterfuge will
have a fight on lis hands," said a Milwau
kee man. 'The eastern lines are not going
to see. this freight diverted another year.
I see by The Bee that agreement has been
reached by the eastern and western lines
over the matter of rate. We have as yet
received no advices on the subject and all
I know is what I have seen In the paper.
I believe an attempt to evade the spirit of
the tariff laws will lead tc the worst rate
war that tho railroads have been mixed up
In years."
' ItocU Island Blockaded.
The hiidnlght tariff has made little dif
ference with our business," said a Rock
Island agent. "We have had more busi
ness to the gulf than we could handle. In
fact. We are tied up In Omaha now. We
have DUO loaded cars sidetracked that we
can't mv out of the yards. II. J. Bllfer,
our general superintendent, of Chicago, Is
here trying to get things straightened out.
He Is accompanied by J. n. Smalley, divi
sion superintendent of lies Moines; C. J.
Wilson, division supciin' j.m.-iu of Feir
bury.' and F. M, Tatt, chief trainmaster of
Pes Molnes. All the southern lines have
been, more or less congested and there are
several hundred curs of grain sidetracked
on 1J tho lines betwen here and the gulf."
General Superintendent Slifcr would not
discuss the grain situation. Me said he
came here to look after freight business
which' had got tied up, owing to the heavy
and abnormal conditions brought nbout by
the lurge shipments over the southern
lines. "We did not anticipate such a vol
ume of business and were hardly prepared
for It. Wo will be all right after this
week," he said.
Clan Gordon annual Burns- festival, Ger
inanla hall, January 25. Tickets, 60o each.
Sulrlde Canses Bank Ron.
COLUMBI A. O., Jan. 23. Alarmed by the
suicide today of Charles II. Houseman,
cashier of the Kast Side Savings bunk, a
run was started on the bank. The street
Is lined with meti. women and children, de
manding their money. The directors of the
bank say It Is solvent and that tiiey will
pay all depositors. The suicide or the
cashier, who shot himself, Is said to be due
to business worry.
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SOOTKIHQ SYRUP
sea by NilUoa of Hotter for their
stkiW TwUilu fur orw ttrti Taers.
) nil pAio. earn wind ouUu. aud is Uie Ut
I WKSTT-riVK TKNTS A JtOTTLE.
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Today We Plaice On SaJe
ENTIRE STOCK M. H. BLISS
1417 Douglas Street, Omaha.
Bought by us at a. Ridiculously Low Figure
""TWO CARLOADS of CHINA WARE
Glassware Silverware, etc., bought in St.
Louis under conditions similar to the Bliss purchase.
As.Chinawarfl is not oneyof our regular
lines and inasmuch as we bought these two
stocks at such startling reductions, we are
going to have one of the most extraordin
ary bargain-giving sales ever held in Omaha
To give you a flight idea how cheap
ly these goods will be sold we mention
All of M. H. Bliss' Parlor Lamps (
worth up to $) each, at vpH
All of M. H. Bliss' $2.50 Fancy
Lamps, at tJs
All the finest fancy plates, Vienna head plates, j CQ
plate rail pieces Bliss' prices up to 57.50, each
Great lot of fancy service plates and a big line of high
grade French plates from the St Louis
purchase also many beautiful hand
painted plates, would be a bargain at $5
All Bliss' fancy I
plates, worth Bfl
up to 1.50, at'
ALL N. H. BLISS' COLORED
Bliss' price $2 at
All Bliss' 25c
Glass Pitchers
at
5c
6c
All Bliss' 50c imi
tation cut glass
pitchers
Immense quantities of hand painted china,
the work of renowned foreign artists.
Great lots of restaurant and hotel china
and glassware, all on sale at
Uiheard-of Bargain Prices
Silverware Purchase.
. ALL THE FINE PLATED WARE FROM M. H. BLISS
and the GREAT ST. LOUIS STOCK at LOW PRICES.
Full Quadruple Plate Made by Rogers,
VartBertf Silver Plate Co., Queen City Silver
Plate Co., Hoer Bros, and Wm. A. Rogers.
Syrup Pitchers, Butter Dishes, Pickle Castors, Bread
, PlaJes, Nu( Bowls, Soup Tureens, Tea. Sets,
Caivdlebra, Bakers' Plateau, Etc.
A FEW EXTRA SPECIALS:
Jennlng Itros. 12 pwt knives and
forks, satin finish handles f XCl
six knives anil six forks, I .11
at - i
W. A. Rogers' Horseshoe Umnil ware,
Berry Spoons,
each
Cold Meat Forks,'
each
t- L
UOC
vf 1
JfiC
After Dinner Coffee Spoons,' set of
at
six,
We have mentioned here only a few
items of the sale there are hundreds
of bargains in lots too small to ad
vertise.
REV. JOHN M. ROSS RESIGNS
Central Vnlted Presbyterian Church
Loses Its l'aator, Who Goes
to Riverside, fsl.'
John M. Ross, for four years pastor of the
Central United Presbyterian church, ten
dered his resignation Sunday to that con
gregation. Great surprise and consterna
tion followed. The suasion, however, had
Informally accepted the resignation, feeling
Its loss, but not wlshlhg to stand in the way
of Mr. Rosa. The pastor will leave Omaha
about March 1 with his family and will pro
ceed to Riverside. Cal., where he will btgin
a missionary work, founding a new church.
Mr. Ross began his pastoral life In Oak
land, a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa., as tho as
sUtant of Dr. W. J. Reed of the Firsc
church, one of the mot prominent men In
the I'nlted Presbyterian church,. Here Mr.
Ross stayed for nine years, until forced to
come to the west because of the health of
Mrs. Ross. He moved to Oreely, Colo.,
whfre he preacht-d for three years. The
Central church being without a pastor, Mr.
Rims, who was here on a visit to his
brother-in-law. W. U. l.'re. was axked to fill
the pulpit, and so pleased the congregation
thtit he was given a unanimous cull. Iur
liig iitj occupancy the cuurcu tuetubcrsulu
I
m, M M aanW - JsT 7 BY M W w -
AH
11UU V'J, IllU
1.25
All Bliss' cups and saucers
including Haviland ware
at I0c-15c-25c
WATER SETS,
50c
2c
All of Bliss' bar
glassware, also biff lots of
table glassware, worth
25o at lo and
All Bliss' 50c
China Pitchers
at
10c
W. A. Rogers bread trays, positively
worth up to $5, 7
9 v a.
fully warranted to last for 10 years
Fickle Forks. Z Z
each JJC
Olive Spoons, f r
each.........:... 55C
69c
C5
has largely Increased and Is now the great
est In the church history. Ills call in River
side Is from the presbytery of Los Angeles
nna is a compliment. No church exists
there, but It Is designed to form one. This
means hard work. Mr. Roas has also in
consideration his health which is not very
good here In moving to a dry sea level
climate.
SCAVENGER LAW IS GOOD
Jndce Troup I'pholds It Once Mora la
Bait Brought to Test
Point.
I" an action brought by Judge Berks on
behalf of certain heirs against a decree en
tered under the scavenger tax law Judge
Troup has suxialntd the law. The action
WSa based on the n I Pirn t inn thr th rtwrtr
of the property had died before the decree
was enierea una mat tne present ownrs are
natives of Boliemla who cannot lead Eng
lish. Attorney HiTdmun, for the city, main
tained the advertisement was against the
Iroitrtv and not nvuliiat thj uirutn Iimm
was good, no matter who owns the lots.
The other Dolnt he did not rnrmldnr vnrthv
of beitiff rntertulned at all. Th court, rul
ing sustained tbe position of Uie city attor
11
ney -- m
wmm
I j Weafher Forecast Tuesday, Fair.
A DOUBLE HEADER.!
Bennett's After-Inventory Sales and Green Trading Stamp
RED LETTER
DAY!
THE FIRST ARK OX ALL THIS WEEK, THE SECOND
HAPPENS WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY IS RED-LETTER. DAY
Watch Dennett's Ada for a Sensational Observance of
the First Real Roil-Letter Day of Omaha's Red-Letter Year.
Bennett's Shoes
Are the Best
BENNETT
HAS SECURED
THE AGENCY
FOR. GROVER'S
SOFT SHOES
FOR TENDER FEET
8
BENNETT'S GREAT GROCERY.
We lead them all ,ln supplying the
Omaha public with best products at
lowest prices.
Twenty ($2.U0 Green Trading Stamps
with pound packasre Ben- OUp
nett's Capitol Coffee
Twenty (J2.00) Green Trading 4Qr
Stamps with pound Tea
Ten U1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
4-pound can pure ground Op
Black Pepper.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
eight bars Bennett's Bar- Or"
gain Soap..... ""v
Ten (Sl.Ou) Gree.n Trading Stamps with
five bars Pride of the 0r
Kitchen Soap ACJ
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
three cans Rocky Mountain C?C
Evaporated Cream .J
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Btsmps
witn can Diamond H
Fruits.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
Mr-pound can; William 24f
UnKer n ("ftMi... w
Ask for h
BEST BECAUSE Tou are WOT raying
free deals, etc but for Fin Quality H
Cl.ars! Sold direct fto ths retailer b V.
tuen, IT, LOVI9.
"7lSTOWMETo'oUR,NEW MODEL FACTORY C
'.NONE SUCHMINCE MEAT i
la 2-Ple 10c Packages with List of
La - - a - . - - . -
For the Rest
of the Week
When Prexel advertises a cut In
prices everyone knows It 1 a genu
ine cut. Our store Saturday was
nroof of this. All day we were
liusy Helling cut price shoes. For
the balance of the week the follow
lng'prices will be made:
Women's Shoes, turn or welt soles,
broken lots, regular $:, f
$3.50 and $4.00 values. .. 1 JU
Women's Spring Heels, broken lots,
regular $J.oO and $2.50 f AA
values I.UU
Misses' Shoes, broken sizes, regular
$1.50 and $2.00 values,
We still continue selling Hauan
Women's double sole, patent
colt, bluchers, $0.00 M r
values ,'. TiJU
liana n Women's double sole, kid
shoes, $5.00 values, 3 75
For the balance of this week we
are giving 25 per cent off on llan-
an, Hoyden and Clapp a men s
double sole shoes lu styles we are
closing out
Drexel Shoe Co,
1419 FARNAU STREET,
Omaha's Op-tt-liti Shot Hoaia
ASK FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE
Beauty. Strength
Brain workers, Nsrvoss,
Frsttul, Wtak and Cars
worn people restored lo
health bf the use el
ERV;
TABLETS
S TbeyJndBes nttful sImi. ear HrreiMs,
tomach. Kidney nd IMc1.1-r trmibl, nn.l oro
uo Plumpnm. Mr.nwlh snd Vitelitjf, tone as
sriM end punlr lb blcK)d.
7 ttmil sl.OU, mr S bxa SS,7S
sum mu UxsUte 1.1 er luia, U eta.
For SjAmnla T&HIa.h ...nin.. , n .
THE NERVAN TABLET CO., Cincinnati,
.a
old by Beatou Drug Co.
drumUli.
ad
ill
TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER
51
r.
mm
W
VEGETABLE BARGAINS.
Tomatoes
3-pound can.
Three
cans
Corn
2-pound can..
Three
cans
; 9c
25c
9c
25c
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps
with large can Franco-American
. .mock Turtle or Ox Tall
Soup
35c
CANDIES.
Ten ($1,001 Green Trading Stamp with
pound Bellflower f en
Wafers
Ten ($1) Green Trading Stamps with
pound Eureka OU
Mixed
QUALITY IS OUR MOTTO I
ssissjj iis v
for bill ". p,B""J'-25?.'!l
Tobiioeo, MIAL to Iiorte
R. RICH MKRO. CIGAR CO., Maanffjus.
Valuable Premiums.
MEIIIIELl-$OUl( CO.
ttllCUtE, IEW TONC Z
- - - - - - - - - M - -
Every Woman
For sals tr
ICH, sCFER'S DRUG PTORE8, lth ans
CNIcsko sts.: Bo umant, Z4tn ana r. sts.i
Council Bluffs. 6th and Main sts.
(UHN CO.. Vith and Douaia strast
insmiwrii ill ii nsnniwiimi
VWO rxW-iVil Is laterasted nnd mould know
f.W V,r b""' wondorf ol
v??VCSt isasT3ti-lioii. ArM-Kac-
"i ' j - ... ""' Coontnt.
ym Irmttln tar H. Set s T.
I h rarniot upply the V SWjfV, ' Jf
41UVKI., atniilna XC. ''"''&
thr, but teiMt tlAmp for AS,vT
ilnnumted Imik-Mf... rtdTss jr
nil pAnleiilrssiul direction in- (Ci m
mlunlilr to liullri SI B V t, CO.Tji . M
II rurkUow, K' W lorn, tkmjlr
Large
in the
West
Creaf Sate of
ODD CHAIRS
CONTINUES
TUESDAY
THE RELIABLE KTOflB.
OUR JANUARY
is rapmiy nrawinn to a nose, uniy a tew nays ten n " uu " j"u '""v
take advantage of the wonderful bargain offering. Improv thla opportunity.
WOOL DRESS
25 pieces Imported voiles, regular 11.50. I2.oo. et.',
In blue only one pattern to a customer at
WASH OOOU8 DEFT.
98c extra heavy mercerised walstings
fine styles, to clone
50c and 75c mercerised walstings
to close st .....
Heavy linen sultlns-s half price.
Children's Wool Dresses
Our entire stock of winter dresses. In
great variety of materials, colors and
styles, as.es 4 to 14 years. Your choice
of about l.ixxi garments, worth 1 AC
up to W.OO, at I- J
FURNISHING GOODS BARGAINS
Toe. FHTRT8 For men and boys, all 0r I HOYS' SWEATERS Worth 75c and OEr,
slses. choice aSOW ai.oiy choice aSOW
60C
60c MEN 8 I NDERSHIRT8 Heavy tOr
fleece lined, choice
CHILDREN'S HOSE Extra heavy ribbed,
at
BARGAINS IN OUR
j Tumblers n Cup plates
' each each.-
Porcelain Cups Fine China Decorated Plates 1Cr
each 1C ,ilch IUW
Porcelain Saucers f Embossed grspe pattern t-quart I Or
each Water Pitchers each.
Decorated Plates, all sizes, 0 Large yellow Mixing fr
. each 't- Howl IVIw
I Venetable Dishes $1 00 Decorated Tea Of
I each -" nates vw
GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES
TEARING OCT STOCK ROOM FOR NEW BCILDINO-SACRIFICINO
IMMENSE STOCK. NO ATTENTION PAID TO COST.
Fancy high patent 4-X Minnesota
Flour, per sack $1.49
10-lbs. best kiln dried cornmeal lfic
6-lbs. best kiln dried oatmeal 10c
B-lbs. best hand picked navy beans.... 19c
' 5-lbs. good Japan rice 19o
! 5-lbs. best pearl tapioca, sago or barley. !'c
I 10 bars best laundry soap 2fc
uaii vnitw ."'urn " l a J . u , ' I "I.
1-lb. cans assorted syrup 7',jc
Jello, Fruit Pudding or Bromangclon,
per package 7'4o
3-1 b. can solid packed tomatoes 74c
z-id. cans sweet sugar corn 7'4C :
2-lb. cans Early June sifted peas T'-io :
Oil or mustard sardines, can 3c
Condensed mincemeat, pkg 6c
S Crown Muscatel raisins, lb 5c
HAYDER3 BROS.
the
CHEROKEE LUMP, $3. SO ( Good value for heating stoves can't bo bea
CHEROKEE NUT, - $5.25 for underfeed furnaces.
Rock Springs Lump, $7.40 j Ignites quick, and for laundry or kitohea
Rock Springs Nut, - $7.40 ( stoves there Is no better coal.
Bonanza Arkansas Lump, $7.50
saver.
These are our leaders, but we have all the OTHER 000 D QRADES
OF COAL, AND ARE PREPARED TO SERVE YOU WELL.
CENTRAL COAL St
Thonea 1221, 1605, 4718.
WANTED
A BOY
in every town to sell
our new Saturday Bee.
We will send any. boy the first 10 COPIES FREE.
It contains 18 pages of special magazine features, including
10 colored pages with I3USTEII BROWN COMICS, altogether 39
pages, and is a big seller everywhere on Saturday afternoon, when
the farmers are in town. , '
For Full Particulars Write to
- The Omaha Bee, ,
Omaha. Nebraska.
Fortunes
Why not prepnre to start yours this- yeart
friioimaudB of Acres of Land, f which large
trnets have been reclaimed by Irrigation, are now
oxn for settlement To enable jiroKjiertlve set
tlers and others to Investigate these regions the
1'nlon I'aclfle has put in effect a Kound Trip
ltate of (i.NE VAHK VLVH TWO DOL.LAKM,
from Omaha. Council Uluflfs, Kansas City, St.
Joseph and Leavenworth. Proportionately low
rates from f'hlcajro and St Louis, on tbe First
and Third Tuesdays of
FEBRUARY ) To many points in Kansas, Ne.
UiRRH V bra ska, Colorado, Moutauu and
Witt. f
FEBRUARY 1
tI IIIIJC (.To many point In Oregon,
10 JUflC f Washington and Idaho.
Inclusive )
Be sure your ticket reads rto " lr-J
Union Pacific
For full Information Inquire
CITY TICKET OFFICE, 1324 FARNAM ST. .
Thone 318.
See Our Won
derful Bargains
In Odd Chairs
Tqesday
CLEARING SALE
GOODS SALE
59c Y
'15c
Ladies' Winter Waists
In French flannels, voiles, vestlngs,
brlllantlnes, etc. garments thst are
f;ood values at from 12 to 17 divided
nto three lots; your choice 4Cir
Tuesday for 11.45. 9Rc and
' LADIES' VESTS AND PANTS
Heavy ribbed, worth 3So. at aw
8Jc-.2i-.5c
CHINA DEPARTMENT
oca
Choice California peaches, lb 7Ho
Cleaned currants, lb 7Wo
Choice California rrunea. lb So
CRACKERS, CRACKERS, CRACKERS
Fresh crisp soda, oyster, butter or milk
crackers, per pound 64o
Fresh crisp 4-X ginger snaps, lb fcj
All regular 124c and 15c crackers, this
sale 3-lbs. for 25a
Malta Vita. Egg-O-See, X-Cello, ee.,
per package ,7H"
TEA Rl NO DOWN FRESH FRUIT
PRICES.
i Fancy large, Juicy navel oranges, doi..!2o
1 California tigs, pkg 4o
I Large Juicy lemons, doien 100
Large ripe Florida bananas, doaen....Ua
is our business to know bo me
thing about coal. Will tell you
truth about what we know.
This is a Seml-Anthracltc coal, hlfh In cor
bon. quick heater and good laster. For fur
naces and heating- stoves It Is a money
COKE COMPANY,
15th and HARNEY ST&
A
25a 1 f