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OMAHA WEATHER RKPOBT
Saturday Fair.
BIG DINNER.WAR.E SALE
See Window Harney Street Side.
Special prices and double Green Trading Stamps on all sets
for limited time beginning Saturday morning.
Six patterns in Uaviland at one-half former prices.
Plates, , 30c and 25c
Nutter Pads 10c
Olive Dishes 39c
Rakers 93c
Salads 90c
Platters 75c
100-piece sets from ?125.00 to f 15.00
And at f 13.75, ?12.9S, 9.98 and. . .?6.9S
Most patterns are open stock, and you can purchase one
piece, fifty or one hundred, and always match.
Special Sale Ladies Neckwear
100 different patterns of Nobby Neckwear in embroidered and
hemstitched embroidered turnovers; lace stocks with or
without tabs, embroidered and lace trimmed stocks in col
ors; also fine assortment embroidered and lace dickies, reg-
NtW TRANSFER BOOTH ON MAIN FLOOR
TRADE ON A TRANSFER.
Ask clerk at first dept. you trade at for Transfer Slip, ate If making
purchases throughout the various departments, so save tht work and
worry of carrying around packages. When you're finished caff at fhe
boofh. Your bill will be footed up for you, and a'f goods nicely "d
neatly parceled for carrying. II means you get extra stimpsittmps
on fractional sums stamps on fhe whole amount of your purchases.
ALL GREEN TRADING STAMPS ARE GIVEN AT THIS TRANS
FER BOOTH INSTEAD OF COUNTERS; PRESENT SALE-SLIPS AT
BOOTH. GREEN TRADING STAMPS ARE NOT GIEN ELSEWHERE
ON PERSONAL PURCHASES. Booth Is canveniently situated on
Main Aisle, Main Floor. How's Your Stamp Book Coming?
HAMMOCKS
Till: LARCEKT ANT.) MOST COMPLETR I-IXR in
OMAHA. AM. COLORS. SHAPES AND MATERIALS.
Full size Hammocks, w ith vulnncps and pillows, tip fromggQ
Saturdny we elvo Fifty i$."i.ui) Uroon Trmlinjr Stamps v.itn
Hammock sold for $2.4S. $ ;.(, fl.riO. fljfi utid 98o
On hundred ($10.(m) Green Trndlng Stamps with Hum
mocks, tip from 2.50
Twenty (S'J.itt) Green Trndlng Stahips EXTRA with Cro
quet Sets at fl.HS. oso, 7,-,o and 65c
See the New Hnny Hammock. Sporting Goods, Main Floor.
ular values, worth up to 50c special Saturday,
each
25c
KAYSER'S FINE LISLE GLOVES, with double finger tips
in modes, browns, tans, grays, white and black, worth 50c
and 75c special for Saturday, per JQg fld 25c
SPECIAL SALE OF FACE VEILINGS in plain and fancy
mesh, with or without dots, in all the newest shades, the
Alice blue, Reseda green, etc. Just the patterns for sum
mer, values worth up to 50c yard special for ICp
Saturday, each
NECK RUCIIINGS, in white only, six neck lengths to box of
different patterns, regular 75c value, special for Sat- PA
urday, box of six pieces, at VUv
BIG CUT PRICE SALE OF COTTON GOODS 200 pieces
fine cotton goods in the very finest qualities, go on sale C
Saturday, worth up to 25c yard, at 10c, 7c and .JC
Specials In Hardware
Thirty (S3) Green Trading tamps with any
painted Screen Door, complete UHp
with hinges and fixture OVW
Saturday only. Bring correct measure.
No exchanges on this sale.
Ten (II) Green Trading Stamps with pair
Hammock Hooks Jo
Twenty S2 Green Trading Stamps with
child's 3-plece Garden Set, 26c, 15c & lo
Twenty (S2 Green Trading Stamps with
Grass Hook. 44c. 40c, 2)c and 18c
double Green Trading Stamps on all
Lawn Mowers. Styles to suit every one.
Thirty (S3) Green Trading Stamps with
24-tine Steel I-awn Hako 42c
Thirty (13) Green Trading Stamps with
14-tlne Steel Garden Rake 46c
Thirty C$3) Green Trading Stamps with
best Steel Hoe 45o
Forty (S4) Green Trading Stamps with
Gasoline Ovens, $2 18, $1.79 and S6o
Double Green Trading Stamps with
Gasoline Stoves.
Headquarters lor jewel ana reninsuiar
Gas Ranges.
SATURDAY SHOE SALE
Men's Chocolate Vlcl and Tan Calt
Goodyear Welt, new and stylish
oxfords, worth $3.00 and o Rn
$3.60, at A.OU
Men's Black and Chocolate Vlcl
Kid I -ace Shoes, worth O'l
$3.00. at l.VO
Fifty ($6) Green Trading Stamps.
Boys' Tan Calf Bluchers, up-to-date,
good and durable,
Boys' Canvas Shoes or Oxfords with
leather wing tips, j OU
Men's Canvas Shoes or Oxfords with
or without tips, 1 25
Ladles,' Misses' and Children's
White Canvas Oxfords, In all styles.
DOUBLE GRKKN TRADING
ST AM I "8 UNTIL NOON SATURDAY.
MAIN FLOOR.
Saturday-Bennett's Attractive Millinery
Bi Closing Out Sale of Trimmed Hats.
Ilats that are strictly up-to-date, fresh and new. No jobs,
nor random pick-ups, no bought-up factory stuff, but AU
THENTIC and PROPER IIATS, carrying the distinctive ear
marks of 1905 modishness. We are closing them out to make
room for styles of mid-summer. Three (J C CT CA Cl
popular prices for Saturday PJPseJlJ-Pl
CHILDREN'S HATS School
and Outing Hats ribbon trim
med, finished In fine braids,
lasting and wearing because
good to begin with; hats we
sold at 76c, Saturday OQ
special sale ttJC
CHILDREN'S DUCK AND
PIQUE HATS AND CAPS
New, clean goods, 49c, Q
3c, 29c and iJC
VEILINGS A beautiful line of
new, summer veilings, just the
thing to drape over one's hat
for outing wear, these veil
ings are in three-yard lengths,
Saturday up Tfl
Second Floor.
from
FOR BUGDOIU
Paris Green, cure for the potato bug pest He Is out In legionr. Give
him Paris Green.
Pull strength, full weight, I Five
per pound pounds
DRUG SECTION SOUTHEAST CORNER.
1.00
Bennett's Big Grocery
ANOTHER STRING OK MONEY-SAVING
PROPOSITIONS POK UL'K BIG
SATURDAY. BUSINESS:
forty $4.ci Green Trading Stamps with
sack Prtiio o Uennetl s a eta.
Flour 1.33
Fitly (ttuoi Green Trading Stamps wltt
three pounds finest Java and f ill.
Mocha Coffee I.VJU
Thirty t$3.m Green Trading Stamps fu.
j wmi pouna i ea tany kuhij wvw
r iuy l.""l urci'n l rwninK Clamps Cr
with five pounds Tnptoru JOk
Ten tjl.ou) Green Trading Stamps with
pound-can Hcnnett s Capitol 1 j
Bilking Powder AHIC
Ton (Jl.iiO) Ureen Trading Stamps i
with quart sour Pickles IvIC
Ten $l.ov) Green Trading Stamps j
with dosen large liill Pickles IsSC
Twenty t$2.Hi Ureen Trading Starnps'.j
with can Diamond "8" Fruits aOW
Ten t$l.t Green Trading Stamps O'Xr
with pint large Imported Olives... .aOV
Ten (Sl.int) Green Trading Stamps 11r
with 3-lh. run Table Syrup
Twenty $2.iii Green Trading Stamps with
thieo-pound can Burnham a On.
Clam Chowder
Ten ($1.(K)) Gieen Trading Stamps liin
with two cans Omar liaked licans..."Ov
Tn ($1.11) Green Trading Stamps OCXs
with two cans Pumpkin aVW
Ten $l.or Green Trading Stamps O'lp
with pint bottle A. H. C. Catsup. ..
Ten ($1.00) Green Trndlng Stamps wltt
pound-can Diamond "S'' Salmon, 22r"
very choice.
with three cans Early June Peas.
Ten ($1.((0 Green Trading Stamps OZZc
Clothing Section
Draperies &"i Carpets
THIRD FLOOR.
The best line of
Sewing Machines
In the west
Prices
Very Reasonable.
Double Green Trading Stamps on
our line of lace curtains, tapestry and
rope portieres, couch covers, table
covers, Swisses, cords and fringes.
SPECIALS IN CARPETS AND
11NE0LEUNS
Regular 50c and 40c Ingrain Par-'7Q
pets, Saturday only, 33c and. . aCOC
Regular fiOc Linoleum at 42c
Remnants of Llneoleum and Oil
Cloth at less than fourth regular price.
rtpmnnntu or Matt nz. rrom one io
eighteen yards In a piece,
sells from 18c to 25c. for..
New, complete line of 9x12 Seamless
Brussles and Velvet Rugs at ex
tremely low figures. Third floor.
Bennett's GreaJ Mea.t
Section
BEST QUALITY GUARANTEED.
12c
STATIONERY
10 yards Lnce Shelf Paper ..3c
Best Crepe Paper, roll 5c
2-ounce bottle Carter Black Ink 2c
6c Eagle and Faber's Pencils, 2 for 5c
10c Ink Writing Ta'Mets, each 5c
MAIN FLOOR.
Hie
50c
..61c
8ic
25c
25c
All Fresh Dressed Hens
pound Springs! Springs! Fresh
dressed each
Pork Shoulder Roast
pound Pork Loins
pound Veal Shoulder Roast
four pounds for
Veal Stew--slx pounds
for
No. 1 Sirloin Steak, of fO I p.
choice native steers pound... . S
HAM81 HAMS!
Morrell's Choicest Iowa Pride Regular
Hams, 10 to 12 founds average; less
than wholesale price 14 1-
pound 1- Jfc.
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps
with Each Ham.
Armour's Star Racon. In small strips,
average three to four pounds; 1!,-.
on sale at pound IOs
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps
with Each Strip.
LARD! LARD!
A fresh lot of Bennett's Special Lard,
guaranteed strictly fresh kettle
rendered; expressly for family trade;
Just rendered; on sale in CCfi
6 pound pails
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps
with Each Pail.
GOOD THINGS IN OUR DELICATES
SEN SECTION.
LARGE SHIPMENT EVERT OTHER
DAY FROM WEISEL & CO.,
MILWAUKEE.
Ten$1.00) Green Trading Stamps 1fir
with bottle Bennett s Capitol Extract s-7
Twenty ($2) Green Trading Stamps 2(lc
with pound full Cream Cheese
Twenty ($L'l Green Trading Stamps Ofln
with' pound Brick Cheese w w
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps 2i.C
with Jar Mcl-aren's Cheese
Five (50ci Green Trndlng Stamps IQc
with Jar McIiareiVs Cheese ,uv
Twenty ($2) Green Trading Stamps 2l)C
with pound Mulnster Cheese
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps With
package Gusto Breakfast Food, 2C
with cup or saucer
Fortv ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps JSc
with 2 lbs. large California Prunes..""-''
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
quart can Llbby-McNell s Soups, Oflc
all kinds "vys"
Five (KOe) Green Trading Stamps
with poind finest fonntry f)k)p
Rotter
wp
If a man wore romonibcrotl hx
his ool tlords, we tvouM he inon
tioiicd in t he Mill of ovory man
who pver wove our Outing Suits.
Hot into one you'll stay in.
Men's and Young Men's Coat
and Trousers, $7.r0 QQ
Men's and Young Men's Coat
and Trousers, 10 T
ones m oJj
Men's and Young Men's Coat
and Trousers, $rj..0 O PA
ones 0 VI
Men's and Young Men's Coat
iiT?L 10.00
Men's and Young Men's Coat
and Trousers, 20 j
ones 1m JU
Outing Trousers, $4.00, $3.50,
S0::::50. 2.00
Saving of ,'0e to ?1.00 a pair.
Dutchess Trousers, 10c a but
ton, ?1 a rip'.
Dovble Green Trading Stamps
Up Till Twelve O Cloch
FRESH COUNTRY EGGS.
Guaranteed dally fresh from the
farm, Saturday price, per dos
16c
Ice Cold Butter Milk Free.
DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS
ON ALL BUT SPECIALS TILL TWELVE
O'CLOCK NOON.
CORN, CORN. CORN.
Two-pound I One doxen CEn
can fC I cans OOC
TOMATOES, TOMATOES. TOMATOES
Three-pond. 1 c I One dzpn
cans m ww
NOTE THESE PRICES.
can.
5c
Ten .cent cake
Maple Cream.
Five cent cakel,.
Maple CrcamaW
Diamond "C" O Sir
hoop. W bars. f
Rex Lye. Eg
can -'"'
Washing Pow-Olp
der, pkg
Durkee's Salad Dressing,
bottle
Castile Soap, Oln
cake "Ill
Peaches, tr
can Jw
Salmon, pound Qq
Potted "Hani."' A
can C
Oil Sardines, A
can
10c
BENNETT'S CANDY SECTION.
Hundreds of pounds of Mixed Candy, (
pound VC
Bon Bon boxes, n
eacfi C
CIGARS
Margaret May, a long filled 6c t Af
cigar, fifty for 1. U
Forty ($4.00; Green Trading Stamps.
Resagoes, a clear Havana Be straight cigar,
ror..fo.'.25c:..fl.ft.y 2.00
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps.
El Calrud, a genuine Porto Rico
cigar, nine for
Double Green Trading Stamps on
all Meerschaum Pipes, up from.
. 25c
3.00
SHIRTS SHIRTS
Mohair front, plaited bosom, silk bosoms
and many other styles, with or without
collars, size 12 to' 18, Qflf
worth $1.00, at
Thirty (.OO) C.reen Trading Stamps.
Sale starts at 8:00 o'cloek.
BLACK SATEEN SHIRTS
50c Shirts 35c 75e Shirts 50c
$1.00 Shirts. . 75c $1.35 Shirts $1
F , . -' ' ""V- TTT
50c
All colors Summer Underwear
at
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps,
Saturday only.
Ik. Mw$Mm
mm Mm !
Stetson Hats
The $5.00 lints, all shapes 4.50
The $4.50 Hats, nil shapes 4.00
The $4.00 Tate Hat, stiff shapes 3.00
Genuine Tannmas, Imported fro
South America, a $7.50 Panama'
at : ..5.00
T . t a T" .. M. Mr
jam l BOM i( Juki arrived, miu i uiiniun, nu.. .juj
Porto Rlran and Manilla Straws, nobby shapes, at $2, $1.50, $1.25, $1 & .-75o
Plain and Rough Braid Sailors at $1.50, $1.00, T5c, 50c and 25o
Children's Sailors, a large selection, 50c valuep, to move them quickly.. 25o
The largest assortment of Fishing, Lounging, Garden, Outing, or any Com
fort or Shade Hat. 50c down to .......... 5c
Something New Fmck's Union Made Overalls
Boiler Inspectors' and Engineers' Combination Suits, Beef Luggers' Coats,
Automobile Double Breasted Dusters, Linen Dusters, Barber and Bar
Coats, Office Coats, Blue Serge Coatts, Little Tutor Suits, C fl
three to eight . ,.JUC
Fifty Young Men's Suits. 14 to 20, long trousers suits, sold up
to $7.50, odd suits these are cheap, at ..
3.49
COLORED PEOHE ADVANCE
Auertioni of Southern Whitti Befuted by
Statistics.
PROGRESS IN NUMBERS AND CONDITION
Statements Prompted y Roe 'An
tlpethr to Be Unfoaneed
PHMstss of Growth I
C Population.
Wo are all apt to say and hear more about
the faults of our fellow men than about
their virtues. It Is a universal rule to
overlook the good that people do and con
demn the evil. A scandal la repeated fifty
times, where a compliment Is repeated
twice.
These remarks apply particularly to the
attitude of the whites toward the colored
population of the south. The almost unanl
mous testimony of the white population is
that the colored people are deteriorating
physically, morally. Industrially and in
every other respect and that only about
one In three negroes Is improving his ma
terlal condition and doing credit to himself.
Visitors to the south are told that the
negro race Is losing Its vitality and physical
vigor; that both men and women are af
flicted with loathsome diseases, and that
thoy are becoming degenerate and the race
is slowly dying out. l'lanlers tell shocking
tales of the vices and depravity of their
hands, which indicate that the negroes are
relapsing into barbarism, as they have done
in certain parts of Huytl and San Domingo.
while the ratio of increase among the
colored people has not been as rapid as it
was before the war, or us rapid as among
the whites, nevertheless, during the last
twenty years it has been 33.1 per cent,
which Is healthful and normal. This ratio
would have been much larger but for the
cxcosslve mortality among Infants the
larger cities, owing to neglect, imprwr
food and defective sanitary conditions.
Among adult negroes the number that
live to an advanced age is very large. For
example, S.29S were reported in the last
census as between W and 91 years of age,
2,i3'j between 06 and years and 1.563 as
1.0 years of age and over. The vital sta
tistics show that the average age at death
Is quite as high as it ever has been. In
!a) it was 13 i years, while that of the
whites was 23.4 years. This is an improve
ment of 1.4 per cent among the negroes
during the last ten years, which may be
accounted for by a diminished mortality
among children.
Impartial Statistics.
Tli,.j atntlsilc are taken from bulletin
No. V of the census bureau, published about
a year ago, which relates to the negro race
exclusively. It Is a compilation of facts
and figures returned by the enumerators
of Uke twelfth census prepared by W. C.
Hunt, chief statistician; Prof. W. F. Wilcox
of Cornell university. Prof. W. E. B.
DuBols of- Atlanta university and other
experts of the census office. The Informa
tion was obtained by white enumerators,
three-fourths of whom were democrats, and
thus may be considered impartial. This vol
ume Is of especial Importance and signifi
cance, because It upsets several popular
theories and contradicts statements habit
ually made by the highest authorities in
the south concerning the condition of the
nerro race.
The following table shows the number of
negroes In eaA of the southern states and
their percentage of the total population:
Negroes. Pet.
Mississippi ,,. iti;,fci) 68.5
South Carolina 7s2.if.2l 68.4
Louisiana 6".o,n4 47.1
Gworgla l,0.it.M3 46.7
Aluljiima KJ7.307 45.2
Florida 21.730 41.7
Virginia 600.722 3f.6
North Carolina 6-'4.4st 33.0
District of Columbia Mi.72 ' 31.1
Arkuusiis 3Cti.S56 i'VO
Tennessee 4M,243 J3.8
Texas C'U.T' 2".4
Maryland 235.U 19.8
lwlaware 3o.i,7 16. 8
Kentucky 2S4.7U6 13.3
Washington has the largest negro popu
lation of any city In the country 86,702
and the other cities named have more than
20.0i)0 necro population:
WBHhington SSJOiSt. Irfitils $5,516
Baltimore '.H.25S Kichmond .12.230
jvew on. ana , f. ,it Charleston 31,522
Philadelphia ....62.(ii:t hi ago 30.150
New York i'.(".6 Nashville S.tH
Memphis 49. 'Jin 8 ivannuh 2M9i
. ...i.U,23
try. During the ten years from 1890 to
1900 the negro population of cities increased
320,302 and the country population Increased
933,090. William E. Curtl In the Record-
Herald.
Louisville 'M. 13 1 Norfolk
Atlanta So, .2.
Thero are seventy-two cities in the coun
try in which negroes constitute more than
half the population, and one (Beaufort,' S.
C.) has 7S.S per cent of blacks. The largest
proportion of negroes U found in Washing
ton and Lnflore counties, Mississippi; Phil
lips and Jefferson counties, Arkansas, and
some of the Louisiana parishes.
Exaggerated Statements.
It is the almost universal belief through
out the south that the negroes are desert
ing the plantations and flocking to the
cities, where they live lives of idleness and
vice and many of them drift Into crime.
This may be ;o In spots, but taking the
entire southern states together, the returns
of the census enumerators do not Justify
such a statement. It is true that the negro
population is Increasing most rapidly in
the larger cities, both north and south, and
that the most rapid increase is found In the
north. But there has been no tailing off In
the population of the country districts. On
the contrary, there was an Increase of 13.7
per cent in the negro population In the
rural districts from l."9! to 19 0. while that
of the white rural population was only 12.4
per cent. The Increase of the coljred popu
lation In the cities during the same time
was 36 1 per cent and that of the whites
36.7 per cent, so that It may be said that
the white people are drifting from the
country to the cities more rapidly than the
negroes. In 13X 17 per cent of the colored
population, or 1.336,796, lived In cities, and
6,668,173, or S3 per cent, Uved in the coua-
Daughter Did Not Drink.
A favorite story of a relative of the late
George Pe Forest Grant was of a cor
respondence which took place between him
and Mrs. Bradley Martin at a California
hotel. Mr. Grant was first to arrive and
had secured satisfactory accommodations
on the first sleeping room floor which were
desirable, because the house was not sup
plied with elevator service.
A few days later Mrs. Martin came and
got a room for herself on the first floor,
but her daughter had to go to the floor
above. Learning that her neighbor was a
New Yorker Mrs. Martin addressed a note
to him thus:
"Mrs. Bradley Martin presents her com
pliments to Mr. Oeorge De Forest Grant
and begs that he will exchange rooms with
her daughter,"
Mr. Grant was not disposed to be gallant
at the moment and sent this reply:
"Mr. Grant presents his compliments to
Mrs. Bradley Martin and would like to
ask If her daughter drinks."
His answer was followed by an Indignant
note assuring Mr. Grant that her daugh
ter's habits were altogether correct. To
which Mr. Grant sent his regretH that he
could not comply with the request, since
her daughter did not drink and he did, and
consequently the stairs would be easier for
her than for him. New Tork Bun.
HUGE RAKEOFF ON BOOZE
Uncle Sam's LoDg Hani on tie Highball
Factories of Illinois.
ONE COUNTY YIELDS $34,000,000 IN 1904
Peoria Carries the Banner tn the
Drink. Line All Varieties Com
pounded and Shipped
Aronnd the World.
Peoria county, Illinois, has the distinc
tion of alone paying one-lit teenth of the
entire annual expenses of the United
States government. The six great distiller
ies are principally responsible for the -revenue
which brings the county Into such
prominence as a contributor to the national
treasury. Of the six distilleries two are
temporarily Idle. There are four In con
stant operation, three being known as "In
dependents" and the other as "trust." The
total revenue paid by these distilleries last
year aggregated the enormous total of 334.
000,000, while the estimated amount for thU
year is 136,000,000.
The Peoria county revenue district Is the
most Important In the United States, col
lecting double the amount of the city of
Cincinnati, which comes next and where
$16.oro,0no was paid to the government last
year. The collections In Peoria county av
erage $100,000 dally, while Borne days run
up twice that amount. The greatest amount
in one day was $230,000. The largest col
lection in one week was $1009,000, while
the largest for any month was $4,000,000.
The principal part of this revenue is de
rived from the distilling business, but a
portion comes from breweries, tobacco, ci
gar and snuff factories.
Only Beaten by Krnr York.
The Peoria county office takes in more
revenue than any other similar place in
the country with the exception of the
customs house In New York City. It Is
also claimed, to the credit of Collector
Perclval O. Rennlck, that it is the most
economically administered office in the
country, it costing only one-half of 1 per
cent, to be exact 4.9 mills, on each dollar
collected. From this less than half of
1 per cent Is paid all the expenses of the
office force of 120 men.
The first collector of this district was
John H. Bryant, a brother of the famous
poet, William Cullen Bryant. One of the
distilleries in Peoria county is tho largest
in the world and Is known as the Great
Western. Its capacity is 66,000 gallons of
spirits per day. To operate this one dis
tillery one day necessitates the use of the
corn from 400 acres of land, averaging
forty bushels to the acre. If all six of the
distilleries were running at one time, as
occasionally happens, It would take the
entire product of 1,000 acres of farm land
to supply a single day's material. !
Collector Rennick was formerly a school
teacher, whose home was In Wyoming, III.
The Railroads And The People
A SERIES of timely articles on the pending railroad problem, written by Edward
Roeewater, editor of The Bee, embodying the facts gathered and conclusions
reached in a third of a century's study of the question is now running in The Sun
day Bee. The topics treated are:
1. Railroads Public tllrbwaya
2. Overcapitalization and Stock Watering
3. Credit Moblller Conatructloo
4. Consolidation and Pooling-
5. Rebates and Discriminations
6. Railroad Domination, 5tate and National
, 7. Railroad Legislation, Stat and National
8. Railroad Supervision or Qoverninent On nershlp
These articles are written in popular form to be readily understood by the or
dinary reader. They give a general 6urrey of the railroad situation from the
standpoint of the people, pointing out abuses and suggesting rational remedies.
Every one who wants to be thoroughly informed on this uppermost of current
Issues should read each one of these articles. , -
Sixth of Series in The Sunday Bee.
eH went to Peoria and secured a position
as gauger In the revenue office and has
been successively advanced until he has
filled all positions from the lowest to the
highest. He gives his entire time to the
office and Is constantly on duty. Few men
are so thoroughly posted upon the revenue
service. He states that most of the distil
leries use corn, but one uses 80 per cent
of rye. An average of 2,000 barrels of
whlHky is made each day and two trains
are shipped out each evening. Prohnbly
but a quarter of this amount Is disposed
of by saloons by retail, as Japan takes
thousands of barrels of spirits for tho
manufacture of smokeless powder, while
the United States 'government uses otfter
thousands at Mare Island for the same
purposo.
I ned In Patent Medicines.
Immense quantities are also used for
compounding patent medicines, for extracts,
for essences, In the arts and by colleges
and schools for preserving specimens. All
the spirits used In the arts and the alcohol
that is exported, is exempt from revenue.
The tax on a gallon of proof spirits Is $1.10.
Whisky sells In the market at $1.24 per gal
lon, which, after the tax Is paid, leaves
only 14 cents profit to the producer. Out
of this 14 cents, he must pay the coat of
distillation, which is about 7 cents, leaving
his profits atxtut 7 cents.
The distilleries turn out spirits and al
cohol, and the rectifying establishments
make the whisky. In the earlier years of
the manufacture Peoria county made only
hlghwines, but now that county nnkes
whisky, and furnishes nearly, if not quit",
one-half the world's supply of alcohol. At
the Peoria county rectifying establishment
are manufactured gins, brandies and al
most all other kinds of llciuors.
World's firratrst Gin Maker.
More gin is made there than at any other
place in the world. Juniper berries are
Imported, distilled with spirits and made
into gin In Immense quantities. Whiskies
are "aged" In short order and are
"blended" In many ways. In fact, any
thing In the drink line can be made there,
but the basis Is always Illinois corn. In
one month these rectifying establishments
can turn out whisky that Is alleged to be
"twenty years old."
An odd feature of the shipment of spirits
to Japan is the route, all of it going via
New Orleans or Mobile, for the reason that
if sent across tho Rocky mountains and
via the Pacific roust the liquor seems to
swell and frequently bursts open the bar
rels. Peoria county ships whisky to nearly
every country In the world, great quanti
ties going to the various nations of Ku
rope. In 163 Peoria ciutity paid only
$166. V revenue, while this year It will av
erage fully $3,ij,(o each month. This
means that Teorla county pays the govern
ment enough nionoy to build a wurshlp
every month. The county also pays enough
Iio tuvcr me expense ui an river inu Har
bor Improvements. Its contributions form
a highly Important and essential part In
the way of I'nclo Sam's receipts and en
able the government to present a satisfac
tory showing on the income sheet each
year. Chicago News.
BOSTON HAS LARGEST PUMP,
Kh lat a 3,000 Gallons Each Revolution
and a Dally Capacity of
72,000,000 Gallons.
Boston now has In operation at the Calt
Pasture pumping station the largest pump
ing engine In the world. Only the other day
Superintendent of Streets James Donovan
opened the valve which set this powerful
piece of machinery In operation, and al
most Fttniiltancously the massive engine
was whirling around at the rate of seven
teen revolutions a minute, 3,000 gallons
being raised at one revolution, Its total ca
pacity lielng 72,Oai,'xiG gallons every twenl4
four hours.
The engine arrived In Boston in Septem
ber, 193, but It 1h so massive in size that It
has taken more than fifteen months' work
to get It erected in such position as war
ranted It being Htarted. I'iuns for this ma
chinery were begun late In 1S99, and In Jan
uary, l!0rt, the city made a contract with a
Philadelphia firm for building it.
The pump was completed in 1!3 and a
l,So0,-ton barge was required to transport It
by water to lioston. Its finished weight is
1,700hio pounds, and Its approximate cost.
Including foundation, force mains', plans
and Inspection, piping and wiring, was $342,-
(CO.
This glnnt pumping engine has one triplo
expansion Ix-am fly wheel engine of the E,
P. l.eavitt type, which operates two single
acting pumps. The steam cylinders are
vertical and Inverted; pistons of the high-
pressure and Intel mediate ryllnders belnt;
connected to one end of the beam, and
that of the low-pressure cylinder to the
other end. The cteain cylinders are steam
Jacketed throughout.
There are two tubular reheaters between
cylinders to phoat the steam from one
cylinder to another. The steam valves are
of the gridiron type, driven by cam valve
gear, and there is :i jet condenser with a
vertical single-acting air pump driven from
the main Uam.
All of the valve connections are bushed
with hardened steel bushings, ground, also
the' filns of I he same are hardened and
ground to tit.
The sizes of the cylinders are lKtj, 33 ani
K Inches In diameter, and they have a 120
Incii stroke. The diameter of the plungers
li 1') Inches and the working steam pres
sure Is ISo pounds to the fqunrn Inh Tha
lilanieti r f,f the crank shaft 1 :i Inches;
the main Journal boxes of the engine are 19
Inches ill diameter and 3 inches long.
The diameter of the fly wheel Is 34 feet,
with lj-lnch face of rim; weight, 55 tons,
which is made In twelve sections. The total
number of valves In suction pumps Is 128
and the number of valves In delivery cham
ber Is 96. The total height of pump and SJk
glne is 70 feet I inches.