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We are -expert cleaners, dyers and finishers of Ladies' and Gen tlemen's Clothing of all kinds. Final liventures of Sherlock Homes To A p j) e a r The finest dresses v specialty. M in THE NEW FIKai JhL Lincoln Daily Star By special arrangement, The Lincoln Dairly Star has secured the ex clusive right to publish, in Nebraska the thirteen detective stories by Sir Conan Doyle, entitled "The Return of Sherlock Holmes." One story will be published on Saturday of each week for thirteen successive weeks. i. . The first story, entitled "The Mystery of the Empty House,' will appear in The Star next Saturday. These stories have achieved a great success the greatest perhaps in the annals of so-called light literature. When Sir Conan Doy'e created the char- ' acter of Sherlock Holmes he founded an absolutely unique type and recon structed the entire theory and nature of detective stories., Doyle made Jiis famous detective and deductive genius, and the ' style and nature of his ad ventures set the reading world to-talking. When the author ceased at ' last to write .Sherlock Holmes stories, there arose a universal demand for more. He finally yielded and produced the present series of thirteen his best work. Tor the rights of these stories the author will receive from magazines, book and newspaper publishers at least $150,000 or about 60 cents a word. There are hundreds of persons in Lincoln and Nebraska who have not read the Sherlock Holmes stories, and The Lincoln Daily Star now offers them an exceptional oportunity to make the acquaintance of the great de- tective not the ordinary "dime novel" fellow, but a man of genius evolved by one of the greatest authors of the time. Read "The Empty House" stories that will follow. next Saturday and you will want the other , How They Will Appear. Beginning Saturday, Feb. 11; and continuing for the next '12 weeks, en Saturday of each week, the stories will-appear in The Lincoln Daily Star as follows: i ' t Feb. 11 The Mystery .of the Empty House. Feb. 18 The Adventure of the Norwood Builder Feb. 25 The Mystery of the Dancing Men. March 4 The Mystery of the Solitary 'Cyclist. March 11 The Adventure of the Priory School. March 18 The Mystery of Black Pe.ter. March 25 The Mystery of Charles Augustus Milverton. - April 1 The Adventure of the Six Napoleons. April 4 The Mystery of the Three Students. April 15 The Adventure of the Gold Pince-Nez. April 22 The Mystery of the Missing Three-Quarter. , April 29 The Mystery of the Abbey Orange. May 6 The Adventure of the Second Stain. GET THEM ALL! For this series of thirteen Sherlock Holmes' stories The Daily Star pa the highest price ever paid by a .local newspaper for fiction. -The Daily Star has the exclusive publication of these stories in this section. SOIKIP & WOOD Ao. FOR PRICELIST. 'PHONES: Bell, 147,. Auto, 1292. 1320 N St. - - Lincoln, Neb. ZZZXX3 Henry Pfe iff ' ,,: DEALER IX ' Fresh and Salt Meats Sausage, Povltry, Etc Staple and Fancy Groceries. Telephones 388-477. 314 So. Ilth Street..! $20.00 CHICAGO AND BACK or you may return vlat 8T. LOUIS AT, $20.10 Sell Dally to Nov. 30. Return limit December 15, 1904. ft. W. McGINNIS, General Agent. LINCOLN, ,1024 O St. NEB. OOOOOOOOOOOXXXOOOOCX When You Want a Union Cigar .. - .. BUILDING LABORS. Whereas, An organization known as the Laboring. Men's. Political Club has "iHTMCd uyeoBglderabK confusion, and. disgust in . labor ..circles generally and In our union- in -particular as it is the only .Laborers' Union in the city, and Whereas, The organizers and pro moters of the so-called Laboring Men's Political club are chiefly labor fakirs, political wire pullers and ward healers, their:' speakers ' on a recent ' occasion consisting of one mayor, three judges, two ordinary lawyers, three contrac tors and two business men,, therefore bt it Resolved, That we, the members of Local Union No. 141 Hod Carriers' and Building Laborers Union of America, repudiate all connection with such a club and consider it an outrageous in sult for a few men to thus prostitute the term Laboring Men'a club, and be it further Resolved, That a copy of the reso lutions be offered to all the local pa pers for publication. ( Seal. ) L. D. WERTZ. V.-P. Attest: A. L. 'A." SCHIEUMEYER. Secretary. WORK FOR ORGANIZERS. ' H. J. Struve ol Deshler, Nebraska, president of the broom company at that place, -gives us the startling in formation that Deshler soon will have the largest broom factory in the world. He declares that it will employ- from 400 to 600 men and pay wrges ranging from 1.75 to $2 per day. Here seems an opportunity for the Union Broommakers to get in their work, and for Mr, Struve to make a financial ten strike. : Wives of union men in Lincoln have found it practic ally impossible to. huy. a . union made, troom. Doubtless the same trouble bas been experienced in other cities. IZ Mr. Struve wl!'. unionize his plant, advertise the fact id, the labor papers find push the label,, he will cop out the broom trade that will be surpris ing. He will have the hearty support of union men and women everywhere -men and women who are weary of ;cing compelled by force of circum stances to buy "scab" and convict made to rooms. And if Mr. Struve is wise he will hike down to Lincoln and assist the Central Labor Union in securing the passage of a law compelling the brand "con vict made" to appear on all goods made by prison labor. CAPITAL AUXILIARY. Capital' Auxiliaty No. 11 to Lincoln Typographical Union No. 209 met last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. E. Barngrover, 1315 B street, hav ing a full eorpa of officers and a large total of members present. The society will forego its regular monthly social in favor of the Allied Printing Trades ball,, for which Mi's. Will Bustard was chosen committee from the auxiliary. Mrs. Frank Odell is chairman of the March social" committee which means a good time early next month. After the business session refreshments were .served. The hostess was assisted by Mrs. Freeman and Miss Barngrover. The next meeting will be the after noon of Friday, February 17, with Mrs. Bowers. 1 Auxiliary members are sharing In the prevalent ill health of the commun ity, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Barngrover, Mrs. Fred Mickel, Mrs. Waltham, and Mrs. Maupin being among those more or less seriously affected. Mrs. A. L. Compton is with us again after some months' residence in Fair bury. ' Mesdames. Compton. have our sym pathy in their dusl grier m the death of the.- father of the Messrs. Compton, W. 'T. Compton, and the mother of Mrs. A. I.. Compton, Mr3. Katherine Kearnes, both oi which occurred at York, Neb. Airs. Roy A. F? hone Mandolin and Guitnr Instructor Studio, 13 3.2 J Slret-t' Formerly InHtrur.tor in the State Unlvpr aitv iSi'liool of MumIc, Lincoln, and Wen- leyan University, Univrait- Plm-e. Call at Studio, or rini up Autojihone 1S3S the corporation lobbyists the real friends of the law were not able to get an agreement between the two houses on a bill that would be worth passing, and the. house was hurriedly adjourned on the last night ,of the session to prevent the possibility of such an agreement. The moral to be drawn from the ex perience of two years ago is . .hat a close watch must be kept. The min ority of five which voted against the Mil in .the house on Saturday -"by no means represents all the members who would be willing to kill it it they could find some way to do so without bring ing too much odium on themselves. The failure of the legislature to pass the bill two years ago wa3 partly re sensible for the industrial troubles since. The sooner this law is placed on the statute books the better it will be' for Colorado. Denver News. A BU UNION. The largest central body of building trades unions evf.r organized in New York city, the essociated building trades, has effected permanent organ! zation. It contains thirty-turee unions directly engaged in the building trades with an aggregate membership of 75, 000, and is. much stronger than even the old b6ard of building trades of v.hich Sam Parks wan president. Arbitration of all difficulties is pro vided for under the constitution, which states that strikes will be a last resort. Within a short while a committee will bo appointed to wait on the building trades employer! association and de mand a conference to end the present lockout In order that a joint conference may be held of representatives of unions and employers to formulate a tew arbitration agreement. THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW." . The Stephen e:eht-hour law passed second reading In the house on Satur day and will go to the penate some time this week. While so much pro gress has been made, the friends of "the" bill no doubt are perfectly aware that it is yet far from being a law Two years ago boih. house and senate passed eieht-hour laws. The senate bill, a particularly admirable measure 1 was passed by. that body early in the session. But by the hocus-pocus of GOMPERS ALL RIGHT. President Samuel Gompers of the American Federat'on of Labor may not, for all we know, -know the difference between a bob-tailed flush and an ace full, but that he knows how to call a bluff was pretty well evidenced by a little i neident ttxai happened at Bloom- ington. 111., the other day. The Tail ors national convention was in ses sion and Mr. Gompers Was invited to address the assembled delegates. After he had hnished his remarks and before he could resume his seat, a. delegate named Nehus, from Pittsburg, arose and said that there was some doubt about Mr. Gompers' clothing bearing the union label, ana suggested that the convention appoint a' committee ,to investigate. Instantly the convention was in an. uproa.v bnt Mr. Gompers secured quite and said: 'I' would suggest ithat the delegate appoint, himself a committee of one to investigate."- The convention shouted its approval. but Nehus crawfished. Then Gompers showed the label in his coat, and fur ther declared that every article ol" clothing he wore here the label. Nenus Mushed and lookod troubled, but said never a worn, rney can i monitey with your Uncle Sammy. The three shoe contracting firms are at present the J. "H. '. Brines company, Gierelecke-Doench-Hays .company and the Fi Priesmyer company. But these firms have decided to no longer use convict labor and have notified the tate authorities that they will not re new their contracts when they expire May 1, 1905. Prison labor can be made unprofit able to the con 1 1 actors it organized labor will take up the light on behalf of free labor. - No 'one disputes the as sertion that , the prisoners must have work to do, but it would not be diffi cult to find work for them that would not take the bread out of the -mouths of upright free laborers and their wives and children. Fight the convict made goods with all your might. The Lee broom is made at the Nebraska penitentiary by convict labor. ALLIED PRINTING TRADES BALL. The first annual ball of the Allied Printing Trades of Lincoln will be held at Fraternity hall on February 4. Two hundred and fifty invitations have been issued' and it is quite certain that -a majority of "the recipients will respond with their presence. The purpose of the ball Is two-fold to inculcate 1 a better feeling, socially and fraternally between the members of the allied trades, and to give the council a fund whereby it may psreh the allied printing trades label. No effort is being spared to make the ball a success, and the committee in charge is meeting with so much en couragement thac they are already rejoicing. PRISON LABOR. The chief industry at the Nebraska penitentiary is th-j making of brooms. The labor of the convicts is farmed out at about 40 cenis a cay to trie Lee Broom and Duster company, and these convicts make brooms that are- sold in competition with brooms made by free labor. The effect of such competition, on free labor is not difficult to imag ine. In the Missouri penitentiary at Jef ferson City the chief occupation of the convicts is making shoes, 850 prison ers being now engaged in that work. A Ulft Worth Giving ' To deliver to Harvard University at commencement in June $2,500,000 ,is the aim of an alumni ..committee which took definite steps toward this end in Boston. Bishop, William Law rence is head - of .the committee. Though "hie will not say so, it is said the committee expects J. Pierpont Morgan will be a large contributor. The money will become a part of the endowment, which at present is insuf ficient to pay" Harvard's ordinary ex penses. The deficit last year was $40, 000. Already the committee . has pledges for a large amount. Seamen Readied From Watery Orave. The Atlantic Trarspoit line steamer Mcsaba, from Loncon, brought into port at New York eight distressed and rr-ipwrecked scaraan who on February 1 had been taken off the three-masted schooner Amanda of St. Johns, N. F., which was sinl-.h.s at tea. The wreck v. lis set on Kre before it was aban- doi:' d. . issued Dy Authority oi the Cigar Makers' Internationa! union of America. union-made cigars. i loo &1U5 UninifS. IIWtlCioTS M iMhis t Dm tmn mat ft (HSrUaSS WOTML UlT. MtietuMtlMima CiunUsIl 9fMkT&thmftttif tl ' All lnlraiamRU mom jIhs Ubcl m& n pwi varaiMntof At HOHAi MAItB'JUimJ WUli'.MA: IYUI1B'. Of IXC CRAfl . .. . aoanVftSlait. 1C (U4&ut4. PrradtM. ' ' HIV 9 A Make Sure the Above Label Is On the Box. C3O0CXXXXXIXXXXXXX3O00O0CXXXXXXXXX000O ASK SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS . About the use of the Union Label, and you wont have to make apologies for the appearand of your next order of printing. THE SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS . and can famish this Label are listed belew Weadmff-ColliM . BHIkna Star FakttoktBS C Frlntinr Cm -rACj rnux7w Georre Bra. inaepenucH armv. vv w S Jacob Xartk ft Ca Rewmatwr 0oln MewCeatary . Free frea Greer - Grlffia Mir W rTtMmJi 7r.'fc. 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