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D THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 24 , 1889 SIXTEEISr PAGES 5 I
MORSE'S '
I Silk and Uress Cootls Sale
MONDAY
I SILK FABRICS
H Notwithstanding the great Hro in raw
H trmtoriu.1 , and tlio posltlvo ndvtuico on
| manufactured fabrics of nt least 10 tier
H cent , wo shall soil for the present
Wh SILKS , SATINS ,
PLUSHES and
RICH BROCADES
| And our immense stock of oliolco ( roods
H , at less tlian old prices , Wo oITor Mon
H , day and during the week
EXTRAORDINARY
BARGAINS
H f -IN
BLACK SILKS
18 pieces / '
H 19 inches wide , at I D
NO , 2. AQ
H IB pieces U\P
| Bl 20 inches wide , at t/Uu
tl Na 3-
W 9K
M 12 pieces A Mj
H 22 Inches wide , at Wi-iUt/ !
N ° " 4' Ui0 /
1 10 pieces \l lX | I
Hi 23 inches wide , at HJl'tU -
H f Tht o prices are fully 25 per cotit
H I under regular market value
B { SEND FOR SAMPLES
LADIES
MUSLIN
IDEffli ,
Wo have just purchased the cntlro
stock of a Now York manufacturer , who
dissolved pirtnorsliip the Ilrst of No
vember Monday wo will oltor the first
shipment in two lots
LOT 1 :
95C
Comprises Ladles Drawers , Chemise ,
Coisot Covers nnd Gowns , all hand
somely trimmed with oithorlaco or em
broidery None are worth loss than
$1.60 , while the bulk of thom are worth
from $2.00 to $3.00.
Choice of the lot , 95c.
10T 2 :
50C
This lot includes Ladies Chemise ,
Corset Covers and Drawers , mudo of
line mublin trimmed with embroidery
or lace , und worth from 91.25 to $1.75.
I Choke oftho lot 53c.
Children ' s Jerseys
25c.
Monday wo offer 800"Wool Jorsays , in
wino anil brown colors , sizes 0 to 14 l
years , worth $1.00 ,
Monday , 25c.
S. P. MORSE & CO
I Garment Department I
LADIES ' Newmarkets
$81. $
lOOLafiics' fine Scotch Cheviot Now
markets , neat strlpos , navy brown and
black , worth $12 ; now $8.
LADIES ' Newmarkets
150 Lndtos' Cloth Newmarkets , black ,
brown , wine , myrtle and other Rood
shades , handsomely trimmed , stylish
shapes , worth $18 to $25 ; now $12.
PLUSH JACKETS
Hi
An assorted lot of Ladies English
Seal Plush Jackets , but in lined , perfect
sbnpos , durable plusb , worth irom $10.60
.to $18 ; ehoico $12.
PLUSH WRAPS
Ill
Manufacturers Snmplos , Dno Alnska
Seal Plush , stylish shapes , satin linings ,
neatly trimmed , regular prico$20to$25.
Choice Monday $12.
SAMPLE
Wraps , Jackets , Sacques
Wo bought al ! the manufacturers had ,
they are worth from $25to $30. Monday
wo offer thom in ono lot at $18.
" - SILK AND WOOL
DRSS GOODS
i 88c.
40 pieces of the very finest French Dress Goods displayed
in our west window ; They were sold for $1 , $1.25 , $1.50 und
51.76 ; are all pure wool , some mixed silk and wool , are 40 to
42 inches wide , and all
Neat Dressy Goods
AYARD
gg
S. P. MORSE & CO
V PLUSHES
35c.
20 pieces Silk Plush , light blue , cream , tan , canary , white ,
gold and brown , only 35c a yard , reduced from 75c.
PLUSHES
We closed out a very choice line of Dress Shades , mousse ,
riseda , oxbloodj olive , etc , in the very finest Silk Plushes , suit
able'for full dresses , skirts , etc , previously sold at § 2 a yard
OUR PRICE $1.25.
Bufericks' Patterns ,
Fashion sheets , delineators , etc , for December now on sale
Send for 112 page Illustrated Catalogue
Ii
BLANKETS $3.95 I
Monday we offer ioo pairs 11-4 white Homespun Blankets , | H
pure wool , 6x7 feet , reduced for this sale from $6 to $3.95 a H
pair DISPLAYED IN EAST SHOW WINDOW
S. P. MORSE & OO M
BED COMFORTERS ,
$1.50.
10 bales of Comforters , good quality ,
filled with clean cotton , u. $2 quality ,
now $1.50.
Our $22,50 Eider Down Comforters
now $12.50.
3 LOTS OF
Carriage Robes ,
AT HALF PRICE !
CAR gI QG
ROBES , AH I
Reversible , IJ/UiUU
25 Large , Figured ( N / nn
and Striped Plush V / . 7 U
CARRIAGE All I
ROBES , ! I U
25 Reversible (11 ( Fl fl fl
Flush Medallion V L | | | |
Case sie , es' MUu
Black Satin Corsets
$1.00.
Color warrant
cd fast , not to
crock off or dis
color the cloth
X
New Goods
Wo „ .
MAIL ORDERS
Send for our 112-page Illustrated cata
logue We dollver goods , express paid ,
at your nearest railroad station
CARPET DEPT I
It is now getting Into in the season , i |
nnd wo IIml wo have n great manyshort H
lengths of carpets in all grades , odd ' H
pieces in many eases , with no border to | H
mutch , which wo will bo nllling to close ' |
ntasncrlflco j H
Monday and Tuesday ; I
Wo shall olTer our entire stoolc of J H
Rugs at a handsome reduction from our : U
regular prices ror these two days only , M
Brussels Rugs , I
79c. I
200 of tlieso Rugs , 27x00 Inchesworth Kaaaal
.
$1.G0 , mnrkoa down to 79o. I ! H
CARPET RUGS 1
For 2 dnj sonly wo shall offer ntspoolal Sal
prices our entire stock of Ciirpot Ruga * IbbbI
in largo sizes KaH
NOTE OUH FRIGES : ' II
SMYRNA MS , I
ill ist 1I2S II
Regular price $22.50. II
-6x10-6 feet 050. 1
Regular price $37.50. | |
9x12 feet , $39-50 $ , 1
Regular price $5O00. II
Smaller sizes in proportion , | l
Those are Bromloy Bros ' Hugs , the ifl
best made in the world Jl
Fur K ugs at Special I
Prices ' ! H
H . S.P.MORSE & CO .S.P.MORSE . & CO S.P.MORSE&CO S. P. MORSE & CO-S.P.MORSE 8c CO S.P.MORSE&CO S. P. MORSE & CO 9
' FEEDING THE FUNERAL PIRES
How More Than Half the World
Dlsposos of Its Dead
I'
HOLLOW-EYED GHOUL ON GUARD
Wlerd Sorno nt n Crematory In Japan
1 Horrible Obsequies of the Poor
' i $ of IJanfekok Tlio Towers
I of Silence *
Fed With Human Fuel ,
r Rccont Investigations show that Tcmatton
t fa rapidly RrowlnR in tboUnltod States
I Thorn nro cremation soelotlra tn Now York
I and Washington , and tboro are crematories ,
( in active operation tn Now York , Buffalo ,
Philadelphia , Pittsburg' , Detroit Cincinnati ,
1 St Louis and Los Angeles All of these in-
I stltutions nnvo bon opened within the last
l three years , nnd the ono at Now York cremates -
. mates hundreds yearly Without doubt moro
I tban ono thousand parsons bavo boon cro-
t mated la this country slnco tba building ot
j tbo crematory at Washington , Pa ,
( end these who dcslro such a moans ot do-
friv , composition are said to bo on the rapid In-
\ crease Tbo homo ot cremation is in tbo
1 cast . Slam disposes of most of Its bodies in
l this woy , and I buw dozens of corpses fryinfj
I and eIzzIiur on tbo banks of the Qangcs I
J visited u gront crematory In Japan where the
) mon In cbarKO tola mo tboy burnt between
, three and four hundred bodies a month , and
I attended a big cremation iu Uurmab
I TUIS JAl'ANKSK CltUllATOltr
, ' was on the edge ot Kioto In going to it I
| ' drove through the streets of shops filled with
tbo boautlfui blue china tor wlilcn the city is
so noted , and out through Holds of rlco and
I tea to a largo brlok building on the sldo of a
II I bill As I went I passed many funeral pro
I cessions , consisting of stalwart Jans in blue
I gowns and bowl bats , four of whom carried a
box awuugon a polo which rusted upon their
I shoulders This box was much UUo a child's
| playhouse , and it had its roof and Its cur
tained windows I was told that it was a
coOln , and that each party carried a corpse
I Tbeso coOlus nro about four feet loog , two
[ feet wide and four high -Tboy wore made
i of thin whlto plno , unpainted and unvar
nished , and each coffin Is burned or thrown
away ut tbo same ttmo of tbo burning of tbo
; i body Tbo crematory itsolt looked much
| { llko an American onglno room ; tbo furnaces
' might bavo been made in America , and they
I | were bnilt so that they opened Into an alslo
I ruimlng around a largo room , Wood was
| pllid at tboir doors nnd a furious draught ,
I sucked the air into their mouths , and tbo
I ( rreut flames roared as they ate up the
I human luol which was piled in tbo vaults
I above them Iboro was but little smell us I
I entered tbo building , but I could hoar tba
I crackling and frying ot tba lleili ,
I and tbo wbolo of the burning
I , could bo plainly seen A hollow-eyed , bald
I , headed gboul presided over them , and ho
I ; stirred up tbo llro as ho chatted with ma la
I regard to his business ' 'Wo have , " s > ild ho
I j "ilrst second aod third class cremations , and
we graduate our rates according to tbo ago
I of the body A man or woman can he
H DUUNT n IUt IK rlUST-CUSS 8TII.B
H tor IJ.10. Wo will give either of them %
H good second-class burning for 11.25 ,
1 and wo can send a man oS la very
H respectable style for fl Children under
H tbroo > ears are burnt , according to tbe class ,
H for II , ? 5cont * or CO cents , unu boysuud girls
H from three to twelve years of ago are burnt
H for from 11.50 to 75 cents opieco Wo burn
B tbo bodies us teen as tboy cotno In , and wo
H i BvernRQ at least ten cremations a day Wo
B { Klve tbo bone osbes to tbe families of tbo
H dead after the cremation is over
K and they lake thom away and
H i bury them In their family tombs
m Slain Is the land ot cremation , It coat *
moro money to die hero than to live , nnd the
fuuorals of our congressmen , which are
naid for at extravagant rates by the govern
ment , cost but little iu compaiison with that
of the Slnmcso noble When a king dies in
Kiam the whole nation takes part In a fun
eral , and $1,000,000 rid upwards are some
times spent in the turning of tbo royal em
balmed body into ashes U.ho last queen who
died at Uanglcolr wus seated In a golden urn
for a number of months after her doatb , and
the foreign morcbants in Siam bought thou
sands of dollars worth ot goods from Eu
rope and China for the king to give as pres
ents to these who came to tbo funeral A
great temple or palace with roofs covorcd
with gilt paper was built as her bier , and
the funeral car w.is overlain with pure gold
and set with jewels This car was six stories
high , and it wan surrounded by
I TICKS OF OOLDEN UJIIIUKLIJIS
All the foreign diplomats attended tbo burn
ing , and there was a tiger hgbt , n lion dnnco
and a tournament among the celebrations
The king lighted the llro ut Op m. , and ho
cave presents of gold and s'lver ' as well as a
dinner to the most noted of the mourners It
took a full week to perform the ceromonlos ,
und at the close the ashes wcro taken in a
royal barge and strewn upon the waters ot
tbe Monam river
Every man In Slam has as good a burning
ns his purse will buv , but few are able to
undertake the cxpouso of building a palace
in which to bo burned Tbo average crema
tion takes place on a pile of wood laid cross
ways , and after It is over the bones are
gathered up and tied up in a rag to bo kept
as relics Tbo most horrible of funerals are
these of the vary poor of Uanguok The
bodies of these are taken to a temple known
as tbo Wat Sah Knto Imagine an intlosure
of many acres filled with bushes nnd whis
pering palms , nt the feet ot which are piles
of colllns , nnd along the roots of which
skulls nro lying Enter this garden with mo
it you dare There are no men to stop you ,
and you wander in and out through the
trees snailcd at by lean , hungry looking
dogs , until at last you cotno to a number of
low brick buildings Here you will moot a
lean , toothless , parchment-skinned old hag ,
who bus hair as wblto and stiff as the
bristles ot a Chester white pig , nnd who
Biniles at jou through her toothless gums ,
and with long , wttberod fingers beckons you
in I remember her well , und I mill see her
hi my dreams Vultures by the Hundreds sit
upon the trees over her , and as you go In you
bear tbo snnrllug of dogs You look toward
them ; they uro
naiiTixa ovun the iult eaten nonins
ot men , nnd the vultures swooping down ,
flap their wings and attempt to sle/e a part
of the pioy liesido tbo bloody corpses are a
I mass of bult dried skulls and tbe odd logs
I and arms of tbo dav before , and the old
I woman laughs tbrough hcrtoothless gums as
she poiats you to thom Some of tbo Iludd-
hists belicvo that their ohanco of Nivann
or heaven is batter in case they give their
bodies to the vultures , nnd some of these
bodies bavo been dedicated in tbis way
Others are , as I bavo said , tboso of very
poor people who cannot afford the cost ot
cromutlon
J bore is at Bombay a colony ot about
seveuty thousand Parsccs , und the men ,
women and children glvo their bodies to the
vultures They are lire worshipers and they
say that fire is too sacred to bo dolltod with a
dcud body , and they believe the work of the
worms is too slow and too filthy I visited tbe
Towers ot Slionco at liombay , on the top ot
which all dead l'arsees are laliL and where
their bodies are loft to the vultures , These
towers are great , wlilto buildings'of block
granite , twenty-live feel high and 13,300 feet
in diameter Each Is built around a central
welLand the bodies are laid on tbo top walls
which inollno Inward so that the rain will
wash tbo bones and juices down iuto tbe
well Each well has drains running oft Into
tbe sea , and each is half filled with charcoal
On tbe top nt each ot tbeso towers there is a
sort of cratluc nttwork with meshes ot dif
ferent sizes , * whether they are intended to
hold men , women or children Surrounding
tbo towers la a beautiful garden of sixty
acres ot troosand flowers , and when I viaitod
tbis everything was in blossom and the sur
roundings were as beautiful as
Tnu oabpek or EPEH
As I looked at the towers it seemed that
each hud coping or frieze of gray ubout It
and tbla frieze represented great birds Aa
I got nearer I noticed that tbo birds were
alive , and they craned their necks at us , evi
dently taking us for corpse bearers While
I was in tbe garden a l'oraoe funeral came ,
and tucae birds rose In the air and swooped
down upon the tower uoon which the naked
Purseo baby wus laid There weroGOOof
thom , and they live entirely off of the
flesh of dead Pnrsces Ihoy will strip a
skeleton of every shred of flesh In two hours ,
nnd the bones are loft under the sun to dry
A day or two later they nro pushed down
into the well , where tboy decompose under
the purifying influences ot the charcoal ,
'lhe Parsees always walk to their funnrals
' 1 hey uro the richest und briahtcst mer
chants of tbo cast , but there is no difference
shown ns to tboir condition at funerals The
corpse of the rich as well as the poor lie
naked on these towers of slionco , tbo bones
of all coins to the same reservoir , and the
vultures who today feed on tbo flesh of Dives
make tboir morrows meal off of Lazarus
I saw many cremations umong the Hin
does , and I attended not a few funerals in
India Tbo bodies wcro generally carried
on the shoulders of men , without coffins , and
covered with cloths In some cases a band
accompanied the procession , n d tbo burn
ings were , In goncral , very sitnplo At Cal
cutta they took place in unroofed sheds on
tbo hankb of the Hongley , but the tires were
built ou tba ground and a little hole was
scooped out below them to make a draught
At licnares the cremations took place in tbo
open air , and after the body had burned to
asbes tbo
A8IIES AND JIONT.S RKMAINIXO
were dragged down into the river The un
dertakers of India bolonir to tbo dome or
tblcf caste These preside ever the funeralB
and soil the wood and light tbo fires used in
cremations , 'ihoy break the elbows , wrists ,
kuoo und ankle joints before cremating tbo
body , and nt Calcutta the body is placed ou
the flro with the face downwards It Is
coverea with ghco or clurifled butter to
make it burn , and tbe wood used varies with
the cost of tbo f unoral A rich man will
send bis soul to heaven with sandal wood ,
while a poor man takes what he can buy
FlIANK CiUrENTEU
PEPI-BUBIINT DKOPS
Great head the polliwog
From the ranks oleomargarine *
Metropolitan high nrt is art that is shut
"up" on Sunday ,
Tbo divinity that shapes our ends , ia
mostly our divine self '
Not tn the soup The church fair oyster
tbo rural paragruphcr
What Jay Gould would raise if ho weie in
the horticultural line wator-mllllons.
Tbo revolution In Brazil is merely n tem
pest in a coffco pot to tbo rest of tbe world
When a dude Is near sighted and half
witted ho gets on very well with half an eye
glass
Titus Canby I want a tooth pulled ; how
much will it bet Dentist Fifty cents Titus
Canby Hero's a quarter pull it half out
Tbo Cleveland piano dealer who has gone
to Canada , is doubtless In quest of some ono
who can play him tbo rogues march us it
should bo pla\cd.
Brown How tttno flies ' ' Jenkins "I
am not aware of Its speedy passage " U ,
Then you nnvo not a note to pay " J ,
"No ; I hold yours "
Sergeant What's tbe charge ) Officer
Attempted suicide Sergeant Did you
catch blm jumping ovornoardl Officer No
Sitting on u Now York subway manhole
A man may work eight hours and live ,
Or even nine or ten ;
But , when be wonts from dawn to dark
' Its all day with him then
Mr Lyngger Yes , Miss Dorothy , your
father lines me Said to mo today that I
was a young man of go " Dorothy ( de
inurely ) Uut dent ' you think papa la in
error I It la past 11 now
Boston Girl Reginald , dear , do you know
that ono ot your trousers legs is two Inches
rhorter tban tbo other ! Brother Yes ,
Amolla , It la the result of my first step in
literature I sold a poem today ,
Force , gentlemen , " aatd tba professor ,
and power are not always found In large
bodies Sometimes tbe smallest things will
bo moro powerful than great ones Can you
give me an illustration , Mr Blowltm ) "
The uco of trumps , sir , " replied the atu-
dent ,
Bertie "Ia it true , pa , that conscience
makes cowards of us alii" Pa "I bohovo it
is bo stated , Bortio " Bortlo "Pa , you
ain't much or a coward , are you I" Pa
Why , no , of courao not why , yea I am too
Dent ask mo any more such foolish ques
tions , you bad boy , "
THE CAPITAL CIH GRIST
OIobo of the Young Womon's Chris
tian Association
A FARMERS VERY SUDDEN DfcATH
i
Louis Shu mm Dies at Father Knepen-
bendcr'd House District Court
btnto Iloaso Jottings The
City ' la Drier
Lincoln BunEAn of Tun Ouaua Bee , )
1030 P Stiibet , >
Lincoln , Neb , Nov 23. )
The state convention ot the Young
Women's Christian association nears its 1
close Exercises opened this morning with
tbo command meeting After the bible meet
Miss Helen B. Aughoy read a very inter
esting paper on tbo subject of How to Interest -
torest Indifferent Christians " Miss Maude
M. Wotring ot Hastings followed with a
Dapor on the subject of The Duty of the In
dividual Association to the State and Na
tional Work "
State work for the coming year was then
taken up and discussed until the noon hour
Tbo discussion was participated in by a large
number of tbo delegates
The afternoon session was opened with a
bible reading by Miss Naomi Knight ot Chi
cage Vapors by Misb Maggie Ord of Peru ,
Miss Ncttlo Dunn , national secretary ; Miss
Anua M. Reynolds , statu secretary of Iowa ,
who also delivered the address of tbo even
Inrr nn thn suhlectof The Methods and Ob
jects of the City Association "
At 9 o'clocK tomorrow morning the cense
cratlou meeting will bo bold , ana at 8:30 : ia
the afternoon tbo gospel meeting for women
and girls
In the evening at the different cburcbes
nddrcsses will bo dollvorod by convention
workers , after which good byes will bo said
A. Bulla ii Ocath
Louis Shumm , a well-to-do farmer of Law
rence , died very suddenly this morning In
tbis city He came liyro several weeks ago
to undergo medical treatment nnd was seem
ingly doing well His temporary homo was
with Rev , Father Kilopeubonder , pastor of
the German Catliolinciiurcb This morning
ho was unusually cheerful and remarked
that he believed ho would llko a drink of a
certain mineral water that bad been recom-
munded for him Accordingly , ho tooic a
heaity drink of it , buta , moment later said
tbut bo felt badly , stepped Into bis sleeping
room and foil buck dua.d.1 His remains will
bo taken to Lawrence , fpr interment
The l > .Bir"ftt Court
Judge Field put In u'd'day ' hearing argu
ments on motions thaUlluu' boon filed ,
The Wing Fong divorce case will como up
for trial on next Monday It is said that the
pluintlff ana defendanj will make a vigorous
fight , not that either 9ar.es about living with
tbe other , but to got possession ot Eugene
Paul , the issue of this marriage
Prlscilla Edwards filed her petition today
praying a djvorco from ber husband , Dwight
Edmuuus , and lor cause alleacs desertion
und cruel treatmout Edmunds is now in
Montana teaching school The plaintiff also
seeks alimony in a reasonable sum They
wore married at Blair in 1834.
Scbuler vs Scbuler ia tbe title of a divorce
case filed tbla afternoon
State House Jnttluga
Commissioner Steen will spend Sunday at
Orand Island , tbo guest ot Captain Henry ,
commandant of the eoldlera' and sailors
homo
'lhe Fremont loan and trust company filed
articles of incorporation In tbe secretary of
states office today Capital stock , (500,000.
Incorporators : Edward Blewell , W. L.
May , S. B. Colson , Robert S. Semen ,
Charles A. 6mith , Manloy B- Rogers ,
Cbarres T. May , Albert Atwood Cbarlea M.
Williams , L. U. Roger * and W , A. Atwood
A largo delegation of the delegates attend
ing tbo Young Women's Christian associa
tion convention visited tbo state house today
Citv News and Noteq
D.ek O'Neill and wife celebrated the
second ancivorsary of their marriage this
evening at tbclr ro.iidonoo , 3030 J street
Hon C. H. Vnu Wyck passed through the
city last night on route for Jefferson county ,
where he wont to look after business inter
ests
December 10 tboro will bo a local reunion
ot old soldiers iu this city In tbo evening
there will bo a nold fashioned camp llro
Prominent spenkors outside of tbo Btato will
ha present Farragut ana Appomattox posts
hcla a joint mooting last night to perfect ar
rangements
Jack Giger , a Burlington switchman , came
to tbo county jail last night , gave himself up
and said that bo was very drunk During
tbo night ho was taken violently sick , ana
tbis morning Is suffering from a severe at
tack of delirium tremens
Ex-Policeman George of this city , who
went to Ohlahomaa few weeks ngo , was
discovered wandering upon tbo pntlrioina
dazedcondition , recently , nnd was taken in
charge by friends and sent homo His actions
were so strange that bo was taken before
tbo board of lnsano commissioners today and
adjudged lnsano , nnd upon proper certificate
ho was sent to tbo hospital for the lnsano
There will bo a colouration of the twenty
second anniversary of tbo hanging of the
Manchester martyrs , under the auspices af
the Irish-American club and tbo Irish Na
tional icaguo at Fitzgorulu's hall , 120 North
tenth street , Monday , Novcinbor23 , ntS
o'clock p. in
IN THIS COURTS
The Bank of Omaha On ho Benches a
Higher Iribunnl
Judge wnitoiy ncara arguments in the
Bank of Omaha matter yesterday Henry
L. Wilson filed a petition in tno county court
some time ago , ' asking that the dopnslt made
by him on the day the bank fulled bo de
clared a trust fund A demurrer was
cntorcd by the nssnrnco on the ground tbat
tbo county court held no equity jurisdiction
Judge Shields sustained tbo demurrer and
tbo matter was taken to the district court
Judge Wakcly took the matter under con
sideration
In the case ot tbo Bolln sash and door
compuny vs John M. Rlco ctal , judgment
was rendered by default in tno sum of
$1,935 OS
The Omaha coal , coke ana lima company
has brougut suit on a mechanla'A lieu for
Jim 3i against Fav & Bvrno und W. A. Paxton -
ton for matorlul furnished In mulling alter
ations In the Merchants bote ] .
The injunction case of the Millard estate
aguinst tba city and tbo board of publlo ,
works , to prevent tbo latter from lowering
the sldowalk at the cornorof Eleventh aua
Harney streets , was continued until Decem
ber 31.
Tomorrow morning Judge Hopewell will
take up tbo case ot John Doun , who is
charged with grand larceny
County Co irf
Lewis Schooler bns begun suit ugalnst
A. O , McCracken to recover $171.85 on a
judgment obtained In an Iowa court ,
C. L. Encksoa has brought suit against
Cbarlos Harmon for $1,25 damages for
broach of contract ,
Foster , Paul & Co , of Now York , have
brought suit against S. P. Morse & Co for
J603.58 for goods Bold and delivered
Judgment for defendant was rendered In
the case of Murwlnu nt al vs McClelland tn
Co , a suit for coal sold und delivered
In the case of Gray vs the citv of Omaha
judement was reuderoa for tbe plaintiff
George Nussllne wus yesterduv appointed
guurdian of Mary Isabel Talbot
Mrs Funny R. Smith was appointed the
guardian of WaUon B. Smith
First of the Series
Invitations will bo issued in a few days for
the first party of the Homo Circle club , se
ries of 1SS9-00. Uhi * ia tbo niath year of
this popular club , and promises to eolipse
any previous year in brilliancy A business
meeting was hold last evening , at which it
was reported tbat forty couple had guaran
teed nuondnuco PI10 following officers
were elected ) President , B. F , Redman ;
vice president , F. W , Plckoaa ; secretary ,
Dr W. Ii Luteyi treasurer , Charles M.
Cbamplln
Tllli OMAHA CUSTOM HOUSE
Growth of the Business During the
linst Ton Years
With the advent of Dccombor comoi a
change in the local custom house The pros
out collector , Mr R. C. Jordan , who , ns nn
appointee of Grover Cleveland , rclloved John
Campbell July 1 , ISbO , will glvo way to W.
H. Alexandar and tbo wisbesof a republican
administration Through nn effort made by
Nebraska's delogntiou ia congress n now law
went into effect February 10 , 1888 , raising
Omaha fiom on unimportant collecting
agency to a port of immediuto entry , and
slnco then the oflico has become a desirable
one Previous to tbat time it was of small
consequence and very little sought after , es
pecially by politicians
S. A. Orchard was the first collector
Ho opened the port in 1870 and
ran it two years The ' so who profess
, to know say that Mr Orchard gave H , K.
Smith , his successor , tlOO to take the Job off
his hands That statement , however , could
not bo verified When Mr Orchard was
asked for a confirmation or denial ho luughod
and said : "I sent in my resignation one
year before Uncle Sam would consent to relieve
lievo mo "
Smith continued to lookaftor the business
sotnq three or four years nud stepped down
to make room for Yv W. Copcland , who held
it until 1837 , when John Campbell was ap
pointed Howas there until the democracy
cumo into power and * lot him out to tuuke
room fur Mr Jordan
Tbo deputy collectors , or rather the iir
specters , previous to Vincent Buckley , who
holds under Jordon , were J. N , Phillips ,
Andrew Rosewater nnd J. T. Evans of
Council HllltTa The lattnr wnaiiminlntnri it
is alleged , at the request of the Iowa dele
gation to succeed Mr , Rosewater , In these
days inspection was done at the transfer
Mr Rosewater became entangled In an
altercation with the Union I'ncillo , which
lost him bis free transportation , and ho tbon
comnollod thorn to land ail cars con
taining import goods at the depot on this
side of the river The matter was referred
to Washington , and the authorities there
sustained him , but bo was subsequently re
lieved by tbo Iowa man After Evans came
Phillips , who is also to be tbe inspector
under Alexander
As stated before , the port is now ono of
Importance , for the reason that importations
are large and all goods are checked from
ships at Now York Into bonded cars , sealed
and not touehed until they reuoh here Pre
vious to tbis arrangement they lav in the
customs house nt New York fiur , six nnd
eight weeks , Now shipments from Europa
nnd Havana come through and are delivered
to the merchants hero iu fifteen days , Con
signments huvo been known to reach Omaha
within thirteen days after leaving Netting
bom , England
As nn indication ot the increased business
of the port during the past ten years the fol
lowing tablatcd statement Is given 'iho
fiscal year begins July li
Year Collections
18S1-3 , $3,31l2.b7
18823 , , 3,05838
1883-4 0,201.82
lbSl-5 ( Mitt 23
J8S5 0 , . ' , , 19.588 63
J88U7 20,697.10
1887-8 27,812.70
lbS3-9 , estimated . . , . , , , , , - . , . 70,00000
' 1 bo importations this year so far have
been very largo Previous to 1881 the tel
lectlona were so inslguiflcunt that tbey wcro
never Incorporated In any of the published
reports Jt Is stated that the total amount
taken in would not exceed 1500.
The collector , by virtue of Ida office , is alto
custodian of the government building He
receives a stated salary of (350 per annum ,
commtsslous amounting to 3 per cent on col
lection * , and feet for entries Under tbo
present status of affairs this give * him an
liicomo of neat ly (1,000 a your ,
There is not much in the way of gay lifo
or spicy incident connected with this branch
of the government service It deals for the
most part in cold figures and hard facts
Not long ago an Omaha citizen
was forced to pay (1 duty on a
woolen comforter that his alster
In Germany knit nnd scat to him as a pres
ent Ho registered along , loud and vigorous
complaint , but had to either put up or send
thoarticlo back ; tuerofpre under tbo cir
cumntancei , lie put up
As an indication ot the ImporUuco thu
_ ibbbbI
port is becoming ns nn adjunct to Omaha's ' H
business , only last week representatives ot H
a largo Philadelphia firm , who impoit goods H
exclusively in gront quantities and sell to the MasH
trade , were here looking over the grounds ' H
witli a vlotv to establishing a branch concern n bbbbbI
in this city " bbB
HORN IE/1VES THE EKhUOKN , ' M
Ho Accepts a Position With the ' ' |
Canadian Pacific ' H
Tom Horn , superintendent of tbo Omaha i * |
division ot the Fremont , Elkhorn and Miss ' § H
ourl Vnlioy road , has resigned to accept a " " bbB
similar position under Mr Fiteh on the : ' M
Canadian Pacific This action on the part of u * |
Mr Horn will be a great surprise to the pee IsbbbbI
pie who know blm , because he Is a very t H
popular raau , not only among bis employes l
but a host of ether friends Ho has boon " M
connected with the Northwestern system In ' |
various capacities continuously for twenty 3 , |
ono j cars Ho grew up with tbo road from - H
abrakoman to conauctor , yard master , stn- |
tlon agent , nud finally division superintend M
ent , whicli position bo hat hold forilvoyears , ' H
Ills resignation is to take effect December L ; H
It is understood that Mohunna of the f H
Black Hills division will succeed blm H
Oniiihn Jobbers Gain n Point ' U
Tbe Omaha Jobbers have finally sooarcd a M
promise from thu railronds to glvo thom what ' - M
they have long bcon fighting fur In the way , ' M
of rates At 0 mooting yesterday botwoca IIbbbb !
the jobbers committee and freight men it llifl
was agreed that a now tariff will bo put Into B
effect December 10 , giving the merchants a .1
rata out from Omaha to nil points west , iafl *
equal to the sum of the two local rates , from 4 H
Chicago to Omaha and thence west "Thla Sraaal
action " said a member of the committee , afl
will have the effect of completely shutting laafl
Chicago and St Louis jobbora out of - B
Omaha's territory " V l
Wholesale lriiir l | N. .otifl
lhe Wholesale Druggists association of' f'H
the Missouri Valley hold a banquet and moot1H
lng nt the Millard hotel yesterday Their SI
spread was served in tbo ordinary botwcenl jH
and 3 o'clock , after which suuti buslnoss as da iH
manded attention was transacted These in vlaaal
attendance wcro : F , A. Faxon , Kansas City ; * ? <
J. O. Fox , Atchison ; E. Gregory , Leaven ' • *
worth ; C. H. Dnubeob , Lincoln ; H. W. X'H
Schult , Kansjs City ; Van Hatton , St Joe ; 1 "
H. T. Clnrk , Lincoln ; O. F. Wollcr and B. -
Bruce Omaha ; Mr Moore , Sioux City and H
J , H. Richardson of Chicago as aa Invited <
guest , This organization is chioflv social in ,
cunructer , though when tbo mamhera of it • %
get together once ovury two months to winei w
und nine they talk over business matters M
A November hrinrUoape 9
Mrs Saiah 11. H'/iftiimn. jg !
How like u rich and gorgeous picture hung 'Jl
In memory's storied hall , scams bat fair Jl
scene 1
O'er which long years their mellowing tints * $
have flung ffl
The waysldo flowers had faded one by one , * ,
Hoar wcro the hills , the meadows dreary and ' -i
dun , ' *
When homeward , wondlng 'ncath the 1
dusky screen ' %
Ot the autumnal wood * at close of day , ' . - - ?
As o'er a plno-clad height my pathway lay , ' |
LeI at a sudden turn , the vale below S
Lay far outsproaa , all flushed with purple J
llsht ; , J
Gray rocks and umbered woods gave back M
the glow * J
Of the last day beams fading Into ulght ; Ji
While down tbe glen where fair Mosbaua W
suck flows , 4
With all its kindling lamps the distant cltr \
rose %
While blaok Is extremely fashionable as a ; *
combination aud as a trimming on colors , yet 1
an entirely black drets especially a blaok j
silk is quite without style There should '
be a combination of lace or colored passe j
monterio Black lace ever black silk loon > J
exception to what has been stated regarding y
all black costumes