Nebraska Newspapers

    EFFECT OF 11'RINIEY TARIFF
Prices of Personal end Donustio Necessaries
Lower Today than in 'Ninety. '
FACTS FOUNDED ON INVOICE FIGURES
Whnlosiilrra nnil Jtetullors of
Oinulia Aiur Tholr Onodn nrn Cheaper
Now I linn Tlioy Worn Two \ > nr
Ago \VorliliiKiiicn llenelltcd.
Has thq McKlnloy tariff law materially In
creased Iho cost of the necessaries of llfo to
the people of Omnhu !
A representative of Tun Bur undertook to
llnd a correct and conclunlvo answer to this
question during the past few days. More
than n dozen staple articles of acnoral con
sumption , Uio duty upon which was affected
in some degree by the McKlnloy' bill , were
selected to furnish a basis for the Inquiry.
There nro many articles of common use
which tbo McKlnloy bill did not touch und
olhors upon which the duty was removed or
decreased by that low. For the sake of Ihu
'test ' , a wldo range of articles , having u vu-
rloly of tariff conditions attached to them ,
have been selected. In thu limited space
tifro occupied It would bo Impossible to glva
the tariffs on every grade ot the various ar
ticles , but the figures presented are upon iho
name grades of goods under the tariff law of
1883 and that of 1MH > , known as the McKinley
law.
Old nnd Now Till Ills ,
Ulnnkots Old tariff , 18 cents per nound
and 1)5 ) per cent ; McKtuloy tariff , 30 cents per
pound uud . ' ! , " > per cent.
Carpets Old inrltT on ingrain 12 cents per
square yard und 80 per cent , oa Brussels 20
, cunts per sijuaro yard und 80 per cent ; Me-
Klsloy tariff on Ingrain 10 cents per square
yard and -10 per cunt , on Brussels 23 cents
per square yuid nnd 40 per cent.
Clothing , ready made , woolon--Old tariff ,
40 cenls per pound and Ho per cent ; McKIn
ley tariff , 40 } { cents per pound and 00 per
cent.
Cutlery , table knives at S3 to $3 per dozen
Old tariff , 35 per cent ; McKlnloy tariff , 40
cents per dozen and ! ! 0 per cent.
Earthenware and china Old tariff , 20 to
CO per cent ; McKinley tariff , 25 to 00 per
cent. Advance of S per cent on a few lines.
Flannels Old tariff , 12 cunts nor pound
and 35 percent ; McKtnloy tariff , 22 cents
per pound nnd 85 per conl.
Glassware , plain and cut , also lamp chim
neys Old tariff , 40 per cent ; McKiulov lar-
Iff. 00 tier cent.
Knit ijoods , wearing apparel Old tariff , 24
cents per pound nnd 5 per conl ; McKlnloy
lonff , 11 cunts per pound nnd 50 per cent.
Shirts , whole or part llnon Old tariff , 85
percent ; MeKinloy tariff , 55 per cent.
Tin plate Old lariff. Ic per pound ; Mc
Klnloy lariff , 2 2-10 couls per pound.
Umbrellasbolh sllic nnd nlpnca Old lariff ,
50 per rout : McKinlov tariff , 55 per conl.
Sugar , from Nos. 13 to 10 , Dutch standard
Old tariff , } { cents per pound. The Mo-
Iviiiley bill made sucnr free and placed n
bounty of 2 cents per pound on domestic
sugar bearing n test of OJ dogrnes bv the
polarlscope , nnd 1 % cents a pound for domcb-
lie Hucrarslnndmg u test of 80 degrees.
Free trade papers aud orators assort that
the amount of duty on Imports is added to
the price of the article whether imported or
domestic , and that the consumers nro
obliged lo pay ihat much more for tbo arti
cles mentioned in Iho above Hstlhan tbov did
before the McKlnloy bill wont into effect.
Lot the merchants of Omaha , who have
handled Iheso various lines of goods ovorv
month for Iho pasl flvo years or more , an
swer Iho question. Thov will lell iho siory
to the public ns they told it to Tin : Ben re
porter and Iho readers of Tim Bui : can judge
lor themselves.
'Jho I'oiir .IIiiu'H liliinkot.
Mr. Kolloyof Iho firm ot Kollov & Stlgor
says : . " .With regard to blannots 'l will say
thai there has been no Increase in price
since the McKlnloy hill wont into olTcot. I
think the reason for this Is that moro people
have gene into Ibo business of manufactur
ing. The competition has ooen sharper and
improved machinery has nelpod to keep
the price * down. Wo nro soiling blankets
fully ns cheap now ns we did tbtoo years
ago. In the hosiery department 1 can say
about the sumo. The price of hosiery has
been kept down by n determined effort on
The part of the manufacturers nnd their em
ployes at Chemnitz , Germany , to break
down American competition nnd gel
the lanff ngaln removed. When the
McKlnloy bill went into oircct the hosiery
manufacturers of Chemnitz , Germany , had a
mooting with their employes nnd stated the
situation. They said , 'If wo can move right
along for six months nnd supply ihe Ameri
can trade Just as usual , despite Ihe tariff , wo
can drive Iho new tnnnufniiorlos : in America
out of existence In that time. ' Tim manu
facturers agreed to knoclt off their profits if
the employes would work for a mere uiUanco ,
nnd b.v so doing tbov have boon able lo de
liver ihoir goods in Now York with the inriff
added ns cheap or cheaper than the Ameri
can manufacturer could produce domestic
gondo. By this bqucezlug process the hosiery
manufacturers of Germany have held their
plnco In tbo American market , but I don't
think that can lust much longer. They
hoped to break down the American compe
tition in n few months , but they have not
succeeded. 1 look lor a change SOOD. The
Gorman laborer can't work much loniror ut
Btarvallon wages In those hosiery mills. In
umbrellas there has boon no especial change
In price since the McKlnloy bill wont into
effect. As to linens , the tariff was raised on
all grades of goods thai fell below 100 threads
to the square inch , hut by a cutting of
profit * the manufficiurcrs mid the merchants
hnuultng the goods have been enabled to
keep the retail prices nt vorv near iho fnmo
Uguro as before the cliango In the lariff. "
American Cutlery nnd Tin.
The Loo-Clnrit-Andreosen
company snv :
"Many grades of cutlery have advanced dur
ing the past two years , a bo consumption of
American goods has botn very largely In
creased , however , and tlio quality of domes
tic coeds is improving all the tlmo. Thu
American cutleiy today is Just ns good as
ft. can bo produced unywhoro in Iho world.
. Our best cuilery comes from Connecticut "
Mr , Hector of the H ctor-Wilhclmy com
pany .said : "Tho general effect of the Me-
Klnlcy bill bns been to odvaiico the price of
cutlery made In this countrv. .
i' We Import very lltilo cutlery. The Ameri
can cutlery Isc as good or better than iho
European. Thorn nro some llnos.of goods
that wo import simply because some people
will have curtain kinds of knives or razors or
* omo such thing uo mailer wlmt tboy cost.
The consumption of American made cutlery
Is growing rapidly and Ibo quality u Improv-
Inu every year. "
Speaking ot tin plate Mr. Hector said that
Iho price nt present was not over 5 to 10 per
cent hiKhor than It was prior to the passage
of the McKlnloy bill.Wo are now huvluir
American tin plate , " ho said , "and wo
are not doing H because wo nre philanthrop
ists , by any menus. Our checks uio going
to iho American manufacturers of tin pluto
rather ttian to the Ungllju makers , bocumo
wo can get tbo American goods for loss
money. "
Mr. Charles O. Loncck of Lobeck & Linn ,
retail Hardware dealers , said : * 'l bought n
itocu of table knives last week , und 1 bought
thu uoodH lufct ns choup as I over bought
them. Thuro has been a rlsu of about 10 per
cent on poakot knives , but I will toll you
ivbv that has taken place , in the cutlery
factory the Hue grinders are the high-priced
man. Now , wo handle iho pocket knives
mauufuuliirod-by iho Humnson & Bocliloy
Manufacturing company of Now Britain ,
domestic goods. When the MoKiulov bill
went Into effect thu grinders who | work fur
Uuiimson & lloculoy jlomutidi'd an nd-
vance of 10 per cent in wages , nnd
they pot It. The manufacturers wore
obliged to ratio their prlooj Just thut much ,
'Iho advance 111 prlco has gone Into the pock
ets of tn.o workingmoii. The demand for
American mudo woods has boon lucrotuoJ
wonderfully and the quality has been 1m-
proved luco the MoKtuly bill wont Jnto of.
loci. Lot , mo ttll you unothor ihlag. The
MoKtnlevlaw tiai completely Hhut out n
whole lot of cheap , worthless foreign goods.
Ti , ou remember u few year * ago of eoelnir the
ring-game fakirs along the streets with a
bushel or two of ollosed knives 'stuck In a
board ! Well , those wuro foreign
Roods of the cheapest possible sort ,
homo of thorn had mo names
of American wholesale llnnu on thoui , but
they were made In England or Germany nil
the same. The MeKinloy bill shut that
bu iue completely out. No forolfu uiuuo
article In our line can bo palmed off now as
being dompstlo goods. If n knife or n razor
Is made In England or Germany , the name
of the country must bo cut In the blade before
fore It can bo sold tn this couutrv. Thnt
was a splonald thine. Why the wholesale
merchants right here In Omaha used to have
their names nut on foreign mudn poods , nnd
people who purchased thorn thought that
they woril buying American goods. The
cheap grades of forelcn goods were
represented ns domestic goods , Slncn
that business hns boon stopped , people
nro learning to have a proat deal"mo'o ronfl-
dcnro in American cutlery. On * building
hurdwuro wo nrp far ahead of the foreign
manufacturers. To use n common phrase ,
they nro not lu It with the American manu
facturers In that lino. Take that whole line
of goods on that sloe of .our store , and you
will hardly llnd an article in It thut Is not
made In this country. Wo make hotter goods
In nil these lines ibnn Ihoy make abroad. "
Kll'cot on Clothing Prlron.
The thing that Interests the nverago man
most about this tfmo of year is
pnco of clothing , ready made woollen
clothing , such as the every day work-
lugmnn nnd his bovs wear. What has Iho
McKinlov bill done tn affect its handy price ]
Mr. Levy of the Nebraska Clothing com
pany said : "Wo handle domestic ROOQS al
most exclusively. There has been n vcrv ,
Micht rise in price In some lines of goods ,
but it 11 scarcely worth mentioning. The
advance has probably been about 5 per cent
on such gocds as range from 512 to $ .20 a
suit. There Js very little of tbo line Im
ported Boodi sold in Omaha , oxcoptlng to the
select fow. The great majority of people
wear the domestic goods man
ufactured in Massachusetts , Connecti
cut nnd " Hliodo Island. There nro
some western mills startlnc up Ihat will In
tlmo got a fair business. In shirts tbo prices
have not advanced and the McKtnloy tariff
had no perceptible effect on the prices of
flannel underwear. About nil the ilr.onel un
derwear used in this counlry now is from
American mills. The doaesiio flannels uro
just ns good for the ordinary wear , und 1
don't Know but they are bottor. There nro
no line flannel snirts to speak of In the mar
ket , but. ether styles nnd grades of goods
have become popular nnd Ihj line flannel
shirt Ins not been missed. In
knit goods wo have not experienced any
advance in prlco excepting on line
Cardigan jackets , that form but a minor part
of our trade. The American mills have
almost complete control of tbo market and
the quallly of woolen goods turned out by
thorn Is improving every year ; they turn out
as good goods ted a v as nny of Iho old-country
mills , excepting in h few of the higher grades.
In hosiery wo have quit sollincr the cuoupor
grades of British make because they have
been knocked out of the market by the
American coods. Wo sell American hose
today at 15 cnnts Ihat is Just as good as the
British hose wo used to sell at the same
price. Some of the higher grades of hose
have been advanced about 10 per cent , but It
is not noticed much in our trade. "
Mr. Gamble , manager for the Continental
Clothing company , said : "In the main our
goods are Just as chrap as tboy wore two
years ago. The only ready-made coeds that
have been advanced since the passage of the
MeKinloy bill nra the coarser grades of
worsteds made In Europe , nnd wo handle but
vorv lltilo of'them ; in fact , the European
worsteds nro not sold lo nny extent In roadv-
made goods. Wo handle the American
worsteds which are of far superior quality ,
nnd on nil grades of domestic goods , includ
ing the hlgh-grado worsteds , there has been
no ndvunco in nrico over the ruling price two
years ago. A man can purchase any goods
in our stocit today at as low a price as uo
could uvo years ago. "
and O neons ware Are Cliciipor.
Mr. J. M. Stewart of iho Omaha Carpet
company Wo nro selling goods cheaper to
day than wo did prior to the passage of the
McKinlcy tariff law. This applies to all
grades , both foreign nnd domestic. There
was an advance in the price of jute , wnich
nffccts goods in which thai material is used ,
but the advance did not lust long. The prices
wont down again and are lower now than
over. A very large pftrconlugo of the carpets
sold now In this country nro from our own
mills. They are just its good us the foreign
goods.
Gntch & Lauman , dealers In queonswaro
There has poou uo increase in Iho nrico ot
our goods since Iho McKlnloy bill was
passed : In fact , wo are selling coeds today
cheaper , bola wholesale and retail , than wo
over did before. The improvement la iho
facilities for making glassware , particularly
in pulling on iho stems , which is done in
IMttsburg , has lowered Iho price. Wo soil
glassware as cheap , If not cheaper , than wo'
did two years ago. Fully 00 per caut of the
glassware sold by us Is ot domestic
manufacture. Uurine the past ton
years Iho prices on the goods
wo handle , Including quoeuswaro , china ,
glassware , crockery and all , have fallen at
Ioast25 per cont. There wns an increase fern
n abort time after the tariff law went Into
effect on a certain brand of lamp chimneys ,
b'-.t the real cause of that was pot the tariff.
Tnoy .are bank lo the homo price again.
Limp chimneys are as ohcup or cheaper now
than over.
Mr. dutch turned to his desk and picked
up a bill for goods now on the way lo
Omaha from the eastern manufacturer.
"Hero is a bill for lamp chimneys that wo
will compare with the prlco wo paid two
years ago , " aud going lo nis tiles ho found
an Involco for IbOJ. Upon comparing the
Iwo Invoices it was found thai Iho goods
purchased u few weeks ago wore nearly 2
cenls per piece cheaper Ibnn thos.o pur
chased in IS'JO prior lo Iho passage of Ibo
McKlnloy bill.
' In seeking information on the price of ar
ticles tbat go to make up tbo everyday meal
of Iho average man Iho reporter interviewed
Mr. Fleming , who operates two of the loadIng -
Ing retail grocery stores in the cllv , nnd this
Is what bo said : ' -Coffee is lower , excepting
Java and Moce.i. Sugar , as everybody
knows , is selling now at eighteen to twenty
pounds for 81 , vHoroas It was only twelve
to fourteen pounds for § 1 two years ago. "
IMlV'et on 1'diitveilr. .
Mr. George W. Cook , shoodealor , bad this
lo bay about the price of footwear :
"Wo nro selling shoes cheaper now
than nt any time during the
past Ilvo years , not because leather is any
cheaper , but because the cost of manufactur
ing line grades of shoos is less than over bo
foro. So far us I am nblo to judge the Me
Kinloy bill hns hail no effect whatever upon
Iho prlco of bools and shoes. Wo used to
buy a good many French calf bhoos , but of
late years wo manufacture just us irood calf
shoos here In America , nnd make thorn
cheaper than the French shoo can bn sold in
our market. The great Improvement m
machinery , whereby wo hnvo been enabled
to produce shoes just as good ns the hand
made , by machinery , and nt much loss ox-
pouso , has brought thu price of boots and
shoes down , and macblno-mado shoos nro
turned out toduv thut no living man can als-
linguish fromu hand made shoo. "
Summ'ng up the situation it Is found that
the actual cost ot liylng in Om.iba today Is
lower than It wns two years ago. But ono
article In thu whole range of common neces
saries is ulightly higher , and that Is cutlery ,
while there are scores of articles , and article *
much moro important .In every household ,
that urc cheaper now than they were two
yours aco. or prior to the passage ot the Me-
Klnloy bill.
A lloUnblo .Mini.
M. J. G finer , n Justlcn of iho psuco at
Print , Mich. , says one botllo of Chamber
lain's ' Colic , Cholera and Dlarrhuoa Hemody
saved hit llfo. Ho had boon down with
bloody flux for three weeks when he com
menced using this medicine. It soon cured
him and he believes saved his llfo. IIo also
says it saved the llv/o of tbroo railroad men
in ihat vicinity. 'Squlro Griner is n reliable
nnd conscientious mini , and whatever ho says
can bo depended upon ,
Tliu I'neiuimtlu Kullt.v.
The pnouumtlo sulky 1ms como to sttiy
on the ruco tniek. Hobort Don nor
tmys BO und ho IB presumed to Bpouk
uutliorltutlvoly on the sbujquU Uo IB
til so of the opinion thut it IB ioing to re
volutionize trotting rccorda , ns it on-
aulos a horse to travel from two to three
ficcoiidrt faster In the milo. The strik
ing thing : nbout the now sulky Is the low
whoolB. In tlio old style vehicle the
the driver silt botwuon them. No who
sits ubovo them. The wheels avorngo
thirty inches in huight , about the
aiuuo ns iv safety bloyolo BOOH on the
roads und trucks. A sulky with the
nnoumntia tire attachment gets down in
weight to about /orty pounds , whllo the
dourouso in draught la nt lenat CO per
cunt. It is Mr. Connor's Id on that a
record of 2:05 : ia entirely possible with
this now racing machine.
WILL WARM UP TO THE WORK
Omaha's Okurch Leaders in Qront Trim for
the Winter's ' Campaign.
ANTICIPAFING A VERY BUSY SEASON
Hov. U. I'ny.MllU Will lloml n Ccnrrnl At
tach nil tlio ICiunpnrts of.Slti L'om-
IMR Church CniiMMitlons
I.ornt Church Mows.
With the approach of autumn comes the
rekindling of spiritual zeal and outhuMusm
in the hearts of the religious workers of
Umaho. The pastors of the various congro-
gallons who have boon rusticating in the
cool mountain or lake retreats , or recuperat
ing under tbo classic shados'of the numerous
( Jhautauiiua assemblies that are now scat
tered over the whole country , nro returning
to their roeular fields ol labor with their
physical strength renewed. Tholr brains
and hearts are aglow with great
and burning thoughts nnd anxious
hopes concerning the work of .the year upon
which they uro about to enter. They nil up-
pear to have a deep seated hope that great
success Is in store for the faithful toilers In
the Lord's vineyard hero In Omaha , and
that the people ot this city are to bo awak
ened soon to n deeper interest In religious
matters.
Looking I'orxtiml to rrmpei-lly.
Choir loaders arc picking up the loose reins
preparatory to another season of hard work
In furnishing melody for the worshlrliig
congregations , nnd religious nnd philanthro
pic leaders in all the churotios nro girding
up their loins , spirtunlly speaking , for renewed -
nowed ollort. These who tiavo boon but
tallow dips religiously during Iho hot , ener
vating weather or summer , will soon bccon.o
arc lights In the galaxy ot spiritual hoacbns
that are to sbiuo tiCout the altars of the
various cnurchos of the city during the com
ing year.
In some rospncts the year Just opening
promises much for the religious growth of
Omalm. For the tlr.st time really in the his
tory of the city what are known
ns the evangelical churches of the city have
Joined hands In securing the services ot n
celebrated revivalist , the well Known and
eminently successful Hev. U. Pay Mills , who
Is to open a series of evangelical meetings
hero on November 'M. Something line
thirty ot the evangoltcal churches of Omaha ,
Including the Presoytorian , United. Presby
terian , Congregational , Buptlst , Methodist ,
Christian aud Lutheran will unlto in this
revival effort , which will doubtless last n
month or moro. depending upon the success
of the meeting.
Mr , Mills Is a young man , the son of a
minister , who has mot with remarkable suc
cess in uwakculug a religious spirit in many
of the largo cities , both cast and wust. Ho
has recontlv hold great revivals In Portland ,
Ore. , and San Francisco.
Ho Depends on I'craonnl
Ills mcthoos arc not of the dramatic stylo.
Ho is of a quiet , persuasive nature , but his
magnetic power is said to bu something very
uc usual , and before a community is awaroof
the fact ho has an interest awakened in reli
gious mutters tbat is ronurkublo. Ho is
assisted by Mr. P. L. Greenwood , a very
effective singer.
Tnero will bo a meeting of representatives
und pastors of all the chnrches Interested In
the meetings at the Young Men's Christian
Association parlors on September 5 for tbo
purpose of getting the preliminary arrange
ments in shape.
AMONG TUB \VOIKII.S.
Church Contentions ComlnirVhut iocal
I'.iHtorn Are Doing.
The triennial convention of the Episcopal
church will bo hold In Uultimoro In October.
There will oo ootwoen COO and 800 delegates
present from nil parts of the 'Uhited Stales.
Great Interest is already being manifested in
the church over some of the lending topics of
discussion to bo taken up. Tbo church
liturgy and tbo hymnal will bo likely to
receive a good doatDf attention. The dele
gates from Nebraska are Dean Gardner , Dr.
Doherty , Uuv. John Williams , Uov. Dr.
Huwett of Lincoln as ministerial delegates
and Hon. J. M. Woohvorth nnd O. M. Carter
of Omaha , W. B. Stacey of Cedar Uapids
nnd A. J. Phelps of Schuylor as lay dele
gates.
St. Andrew's Brotherhood , the Kings
Daughters aud all the auxiliary organizations
of the church will send representatives to
this great convention.
The Nebraska synod of the United Pres
byterian church will moot in Kearney next
Tuesday. It is expected that the synod will
bo a very Interesting one. The opening ser
mon will bo delivered by Hov. J. A. Uonder-
son of the Park Avenue church.
Alotoiiiont ! ) of Methodists.
The North Nebraska conference of the
Methodist church will convene this year in
St. Paul on September 14. Omaha ministers
arc already preparing to attend.
Tbo Itinerant system of the Methodist
church compels thu pastors of that denomi
nation to change pastorates at least once
every live years , and this fact and ether
causes will take from Omalm this year a num
ber of tbo ministers ol the MoihodUt persua
sion. Uov. George M. Brown 01 the Hans-
coin Park cburcn has filled the flvo-y oar limit
and will pass to some other pastorate ; Uov.
Craoo of the Scwnrd Street church has also
completed the .live-year limit , but even
If ho had not ho would go
hence , anyway , because bo has decided to
enter the missionary work in India' and will
depart in a weak or two for Bombay , The
pastors and people of all the Methodist
churches of the city will tender Hov. Mr.
Crane a farewell reception at the First
Methodist church next Tuesday evening.
llinno from Tlu-lr Vacations.
Dr. Joseph -T. Durytn , pastor of the Flrat
Congregational church , returned last wooic
from the Now York Ckauiaun.uu , , vhuro ho
took an nctlvo part in the session. Dr. Durr
yea eaya ho was amazed at the Wonderful
growth ot tbo parent Chautaun.ua during the
past ilvo years.
. .Dean Gardner returned last Friday from
bis summer outing at BnyJlold , WIs. His
faro Is bronzed and his bands are blistered ,
but ho cortamlv never looked healthier or
happier in his life. Ho enjoyed his vauiuioii
hugely. A part of iho tlmo ho snout In
building a summer cottage with bib owu
hands. Ho cut away iho trees , laid the
foundation und constructed the house almost
entirely without assistance. Both bo und
Mrs. Gardner were so well pleased with tbo
climate and the surroundings at Uaylleld
that they dacWod to spend each summer va
cation there In the future and on this account
the summer cottage was constructed.
I.oeul Notes.
The convention of tbo young people of the
United Presbyterian church , hold during
the nast week at the Park Avenue church.
was very successful , tuth m to the attend
ance and the character of the programs pre
sented.
Dr. Towno will address the Young Men's
Christian association Sunday afternoon ut 4
o'clock upon the subject of "Popular Sui
cides , "
The Omaha Young Men's Christian asso
ciation will hold u grand opening reception
some tlmo next week , the data to bo decided
later , when tlio decorators have completed
their work upon tbo interior of the library ,
reception rooms aud ofllcos ,
( lonnriil HullKluiiH Nairn.
Archbishop Paojmn of Chicago is credited
with being tbo richest prelate In ( ho United
States.
The Lutheran population of Chicago is os-
tlmutod nt UAU.UOO , of whom 1 5,000 are
Scundlnavlaus.
It Is reported tbat * four Jewish rabbis , 200
priests uud U,000Jows have been converted
and are now members of iho Church ot
England ,
A now Norwoalan version ot the scriptures
has Just boon published , tbo worlc of ilfty
years bestowed by the most competent
scholars In Norway in our day.
Tbo Cbristiau Eudoavor constitution has
now been translated Into all the important
languages of iho world , There is o chapter
among the Zulus and ODO in Samoa. Four
hundred recruits are added to iho increment
every day ,
Tbo oldest church the United States la
the church of San Miguel , erected at Santa
Ft ) , N. M. , soveuty-sovou your * before the
landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Hock ,
'
twenty years b'oforfi'Vno founding of St.
Augustlno , Fla. , nnaArcjMhroe years tiflor
tto landing of 'ColumfljM' '
A gospel and colpofugo carriage under
direction of Huv. JoUn.C. Collins , secretary
of the Bureau of Supplies ol Now Haven ,
Conn. , assisted by IP. . Tlbbals of Now
York , Is now maklnff ti1 tour through Now
England , holding religions services , scatter
ing tracts und rellglohais'uppUcs to the non-
church-cojng olnsscs q i
Several years ago qjniovomont was inaug
urated nmong colloffo students in America to
secure the pledges of.students to enter on
the missionary workr'tMearly 0,000 have
pledged themselves trftarttorthororoltm Held.
It Is stated that about 1150 have already
entered on the work. jHonio iiOO nro In theo
logical schools , and I''o in medical colleges.
In Great Britain thorn nro under I no di
rection ot the British Sunday School union
45,000 schools , In which upward of 700.000
teachers nro engaged In instructing 7,000.000
scholars. In "Iho United Status there nro
Upward of 100,000 Stlivlav schools , moro
than 1.000.000 toaohors nnd 8,500,000 scholars.
In the whole world the schools nro said to
number ISl.BOO ; the teachers 1,009,509 nnd
the scholars 17,7IO'J12.
NEBRASKA ON WHEELS.
Second Kxhllilt Train to llo Sent Out by iho
Slate Uindnes * Men.
Everything now looks very encouraging
for the next trip to b'o made by tbo advertis
ing train to bo sent out under the auspices of
the Nebraska Stato- Business Men's associa
tion , nnd to bo known asNebraska on
Wheels' No. 2. "
The first venture of this kind , made last
your , was an unqualified success. The train
visited the richest portion of tbo central
states , and was productlvo of much good.
The nowspapoia of the towns visited wore
very liberal , and the state was advertised
moro thoroughly than over before , and in my
families are living In the state today ns a
direct result of the missionary ollorts of the
men who had charge of iho exhibit.
This year the train will leave Nebraska on
September 23 , some days Inter than last
ynar. Thp change was made for good rea
sons. Nebraska's bountiful harvest will
have boon gathered by that data nnd the
different counties in better shape to prepare
for n proper exhibit. By this arrangement ,
ton , the train will bo able to have completed
n portion of the trip and will bo in Chicago
nt the formal opening of the World's fair on
October SI. Space for the train bus been se
cured on the fair grounds and much benefit
Is expected to result from thU visit to the
city by the lake at that tlmo.
Counties desiring to make exhibits this
year will have until September 8 to secure
space in the train nnd arrange for their
exhibits nnd advertising matter. The asso
ciation will meotnt thoofllce of the secretary
of the State Agricultural society on the fair
grounds at Lincoln at 1 , o'clock'on Thursday ,
September 8 , when the ilnal program will bo
announced and nrrangemontu made fur the
departure of the train The counties that
propose tnl'ing space in the train must have
all arrangements made by that date.
General bocrotnr.v Hodgin ot the State
association reports tbnt twenty counties have
made partial arrangements for space in the
train nnd that nt least ton counties moro are
wanted to got the exhibit uponthoacalo
tbat is desired. The ! $ into Dairymen's asso
ciation will make on exhibit , nnd there will
boa number of oxhlb sbor the various in
dustries of the statCnsido ! ; from the farm
products. Mr.Hodgin , vuth the consent nnd ad-
vlco of the state board , jias made the necessary
arrangements for tbo transportation of the
train by the different allroads through tno
central and northern states. Ho has done
an immense amount ofcvvprk in this connec
tion nnd is very nnjfious that thn state
should bo llnolv represented in too train.
Mr. Allison Knou. the."artist who decorated
the train last year , is npw in tbe city , nian-
ning t'oo decorations for the exterior of the
coaches , and will be onthand lo arrange the
exhibits ns rapidly as tlioy ariivo in the city.
TALKED UNION DEPOT.
Another Conrereiniiii-otHliitvrestcil I'artlen
livid \VJtlinut Kptmlt.
A special mooting of.lftio cty | council com-
mlttcoon vladucts m faYiroads'-IvJu hol'd In
tbo mayor's" , olllcp yesjord y aft9rnoou to
'
consider tbo .union lopotojjosljlo'n and en
deavor to effect an amicable gpttlomont.
President Thomas E. Kimball of "tho Union
Depot company , Assistant General Manager
Dickinson and Solicitor W. H. Kelly of the
Union Pactllc * company , General Mauagor
Holdngo ot Iho Burlington , Mayor Bomb ,
Cily Engineer Kosowator and City Attorney
Council wore also present. Tbo object o'f
tbo mooting was stated by Sol Prince , chair
man of iho committee.
Mr. Hosowater said th&t the 'first thing to
bo considered was who bad the power to dis
solve the existing Injunction. Nothing could
bo done until tbat was .removed. Mr. Kelly
thought that it would bo necessary to begin
entirely over again , but Mr. Council main
tained that the injunction could easily bo sot
aside If nu umicablo urrungomont could bo
made bttween all parlies concerned.
Mr. Holdrogo broncnod a new diflleully
by raising the viaduct question. If iho city
was anxious to reach an understanding with
the railroads It should settle thai mutter , loo.
Ho maintained thut the city bad boon un
reasonable In the matlcr and some conces
sions ought lo bo mado. A long controversy
ensued which demonstrated that Mr. Hol-
drcgc aud certain cily oflicluls hold widely
divergent ideas on thai subject.
At lencth Mr. Council submitted a propo
sition louchiug iho original subject of con
troversy , which xvas discussed at length , and
ji decision postponed until a future meotiiie.
Mr. Conuell's proposition was , briefly ,
that the city should release 111 claim lo Iho
union do not property and to the Union
Depot company's bonds , the company , on the
ether baud , to glvo up tbo property which
had been claimed and ft'need in by the city
nnd * ihn $150,000 bonas voled by Iho city ,
nnd to com ploto tbo depot ns soon ns possi
ble. A difference arose as to the exact
boundaries of the property included In the
depot silo.
Mr. Kelly claimed nil that was included in
the Saundcrs deed , while Mr. Council
thought that it only included what is within
what is Known as the Green lino.
After considerable discussion , the wbolo
mutter was postponed unlit u future moot
ing , and in the meantime the attorneys , In
conjunction with tbo cily engineer , will
chock up Ibo property In controversy and
ascertain how much difference exists be
tween them.
The idea of a Farnatn slreot locaiion was
broughl up , but Mr. Dickinson emphatically
declared tbat a change was now out of the
question ,
Cinttroin Iliiuiu Itec.elpts.
Following nro the rocdipls of the Omaha
port of entry for tbo past week :
Ono car ton from Jp u for McCord St
Brady ; four cars tooofor Paxton & Gal-
lughor ; ono case of haifdlrorchlofs from Ger
many for Kilpatrlck , Koch & Co , ; cloven
cases of musical Instruuronts from Germany
for Max Mover & n wsix \ cases and
ono ensIc of wlno ufr6m England for
H. C. Molntosh ; two ooasos of glass ware
from Antwerp for Gaiohf& i auman.
m
Do Witt's SarsaparilUjapsiroys suen poi
sons us scrofula , Jikln djayivsos , eczema , rheu
matism. Its timely us tmvos many lives.
DELIcfpUS
NATURAL FRUJT FLAVORS.
Vanilla Of perfect purity.
Lemon o Of great strength.
Imond F Economy In tholr use
Rose etc.
FJavor 08 docatoly , |
* nd UollolouBly aa the fresh fruit.
WHO WILL SETTLE THE ML
Features of the World's ' Fair Soutonir
Proposition ,
WILL NEVER GET INTO CIRCULATION
Itrllo limitcrit Will Tnkii Cum Thnt tlio
IMIIIII In Nnvor VrrsrtttiMl to tlio
( lovornniMit for llo < lnmptlnii.
An Ucnnomlriil View.
WASIIIXOTOX , D. O. , Aug. 27. [ Special to
TUB ttr.E. ] In tlio llifht of the propoilon to
soil the souvenir half-dollars ot tUo Ooltim *
blan exposition for ono ilollar cncli , it Is In
teresting to calculate who Is going to pay ttio
$ ,500,000 whluh ccngross voted to the
World's tnir ns n cift , n-iii the 53,500,000 pro-
tnlum to bo realized on tlio coins. It Is nvl-
dont'tlint the World's fnlr Uirootors and the
speculators do not expoot any of those coins
to bo put In circulation. Although they nro
good for fifty cents in the purchase of any
nrllclo of commerce , It Is evidently the cal
culation of the World's fair directors that
nil of them will bo wanted ns souvenirs , and
that they will bo put awny in souvenir col
lections nnd novci- got into circulation. In
this case they will never bo presented to tlio
treasury for redemption or exchange.
It woulct not inalto any difference to the
purchaser of the souvenir whether it was
mndo of b'nsg or copper or gold. Its vnluo
Is not a coin video , but a valuu tu a souvunlr.
It is unfortunate tunn that the government
did not have the forethought to make those
coins of ono of the baser metals , nnd thus
save the difference between the cost ot thu
silver and the cost of Orass or copper. The
exact cost of the silver will bo the govern
ment's contribution , or about ? 1,500,001) ) . The
coins will bo made of subsidiary coins now
in the treasury , but the silver of which they
will bo nicdo would cost iho govern
ment not raoro than $1,500,000 if bought
in the inarkot today ; so the actual
contribution of the government will DO
$1,500,000 In silver and the costof coming the
6,000,000 half-dollars. Tno World's fair people
ple will contribute nothing. The public
( hero and abroad ) will contribute the re
mainder of the $5,000,000 that is $3,500,000.
Ho $3,500,000 will bo ona of the items of
tribute paid bv the visitors to tbo exposition.
They will cot In return for it $1,500,000
worth 01 silver coined in souvenirs.
Tribute of the Stump Collectors ,
The Postofllso department is golnct to do
a much better strolto of business than the
Treasury department in the matter of souve
nirs. TbiraAssistant Postmaster General
Ilnzcn says that the number of the jublloo
stamps that will bo rotlrotf from circulation
by the stamp collectors will mount up to the
hundreds of thousands.Vhnt does the gov
ernment muko pn those stamosl Under the
contract with tho. Aniorjcan Bank Koto com
pany ordinary stamps cost 7 'I7-100 cants { .or
1.000. Tulco the lowest estimate made by
Mr. Ilnzoh 100,000 stamps retired by the
stamp collectors.
There nro ton denominations of ordinary
stamps. They nro the 1 , 'J , ! > , -t , 5 , 0 , II ) , 15 ,
I0 ! and 90-cetit stamps. No collector ot
stamps would bo sntiMled without a lull line
of thoao stamps the entire series. Ono
hundred thousand stamps would bo 10,000
sots , the face value of which would bo $10-
000. At 7 47-100 cents per 1,000 these 100,000
stamps would cost tbo government just S7.47.
I'rotlt on the stamps retired from circulation
by the stamp collectors at the time of
the issue of the "Jubileo stamps" $10-
50153. From this , of course , would have
to bo taken the cost of Iho no\v dies and
plates for printing the now stamps. This is
a serious question , for the dies for tbo 2-
cent stamp cot Sl.'JOO , nnd those for the
other stamps $500 each a total of $ .1,700. ,
But Mr. Hnzen believes that the number of
stamps to bo laid aiido as souvenirs will bo
nearer . ' 100,000 than 100,000 , and the profit on
tbomexclusive of the cost of plates uu ( ! dies ,
is | ltolv | to bn S'JO.OOO or $23,000. If tKo issao
of stamps. Itko the issue of coins , could be
limited to 5,000UOO , it-would bo safe to say
that inoro than uno-half of them would bo re
tired without cancelntton. Tha modest little
pro-lit , of the government on those , under favorable -
orablo conditions , would bo 5109,113.25.
Too Mtiny In tlio litsliiens.
The regular medical practitioners of Wash
ington have a grievance not a now griev
ance but ono that increases with each year.
It is the outgrowth of the department system
which gives the dissatisfied government
Largest stock of HUMAN HAIR
oust of Chicago.
Guaranteed strictly first class.
MrsR , H , Dairies ,
111 S. 16TH. - - OPP. POSTOFFICE
"THE EVANS ,
The Hot Springs of America ,
Hot Sprliiirs , S , I ) .
Finest Ilinort Uotol In the West , Strictly Klrit
Cliius. Lureo lloiims , Hlptfla or Knuulto , Now
Opon. All Modern ImiirOTOinonls , Tulilo n Sw |
clnlty. Itoiwinntilu lliiten for Hiil.-inrc of Season.
OrchMtmnnd Dunclnc Kvory Kvonlnvln thu Mil
Blc Hull. Klnuit I'liumo llatli In the United
StnU'i. llpnutlfiil Mnuntiln Buencry , HplonUhl
Cltiiintc , Coal Mt'lits , No Mosqulton. : iOOJ , Keut
uLiovi ! tlio 1-ou. 'Ilio South Dakota lint SprliiK's
uroiittrnctliunttontlon nil iivor th ] world , nnd
lira rurlntr H liirjrer jiorcciiliiKO thnu nny Hiirlnua
In tilt ) IT S. Tor rate * ( bitli i tn. nnd ether Information -
formation , nddrcaa , U. H. MAHDISN ,
Hot HprliiLM. South Dakota ,
THE FALL TERM 'oFfflF"
OMAHA Wy < f
\f * > tIA.f
OoiS | | next Tliiirsilay. Sopt. I , over Moslem
Btoru , lUtli nnd Dinmlna. Niulit hchoul buying
sulnuUato. Sunil fort'ataliixiio. Aildross
UUI1UHOUUII UltUB.
clerk six and n halt hours work n day in cold
weather nod four and n half or IIvo nnd it
h&U hours In warm wonthor.
A nowspnpor writer was going down town
ono morning recently lo begin n day's work ,
which wn * to last fourteen or fit teen hours ,
when ho board two old codgers an the front
80.it discussing their work. Ono of them
wns n donartmont clerk. The ether nskod of
him Interestingly "and how long do they
mnkoyou won ; ! "
"Until 4 o'clock , luiloss It's too hot , " sold
the ether lugubriously.
The questioner shook his bond slowly ,
sympathetically. "That's too long , " hn snul
with much fooilnir.
The complaint of thodoctors grows primar
ily out of the fact that the government clerk
has moro spare tiino than work time In the
twenty-lour hours of the day. If ho 11 urn-
bilious ho wants to Itnprovo his condition
and ho rends orstttdiei in the nftoruoou or
evening hour * . If ho is not ambitious ha
KOOS down to Marshall ball on n steamboat
excursion in tlio summur nnd anouds hU
uvoulngs at tlio theater in the winter season.
For the encouragement of Iho ambitious law
school * nnd medical sohooh have been estab
lished hero with night classes ; nnd every
year thcro Is n largo number of voung attor
neys nnd phvslclnns turned IOOMI on * the
community. Thuro uro four iticdtcut colleges
grinding out diplomas nnd ninny department
clerks graduate from them every year.
.Moro riiyxloliiiu Tliiiu Putlcntx.
The young physl.ilan celebrates the Itivos-
tlturo of his tltlo by opouing tin olllco nnd
hanging out n sign. But ho does not resign
his ulnco in the department. Ho could
hardly bopo to make bis living in medical
praotlco for n tlmo so ho continues to draw
bis government salary nnd practices medicine -
cine after 4 o'clock p , in. There nro so many
of tlicso peripatetic physicians In Washing
ton that they form n recognized cla-n. Thev
nro known ns "night doctors. " Tholr prati-
tico is necessarily limited but it interferes
very dlsngraoably with the small practice of
regular physicians. It has Increased the
corps of practicing physicians in this city
until there is now ono to every ! IOO of popu
lation.
Some day there is going to bo BO lively a
protest from the regular practitioners that
the heads of tdo departments will Interfere.
It is n rule now In the department sorvlco
that u man and his wile shall nnt bo berne
on the department rolls at thu same time.
The theory is that It Is the man's ' business to
support his wife and that her place should
bo given to some deserving woman who has
no ono to support her. Some day the hoaas
of the departments may bo. forced to malio n
rule that no ono who is carrying on n busi
ness outside the department and who pre
sumably has sufllciont mcaus of support ,
shall bo kept In the department sorvlco.
Ilnvn Apponlod to Congress.
The regular practitioners have appealed
to concross against this abuse- and against
another which &ooms even moro I lag rant
that Is , the establishment of n rucular local
practice by physicians and surgeons who
hold government commissions. The physi
cians of Washington nro brought into com
petition with the physicians of the
army , the navy nnd the marine hospital
sorvlco who nro stationed bete. These
gcntlomon , though holding commissions ,
and receiving largo salaries from the cov-
ornmcnt , outer into competition with the
Washington physicians for local practice.
President Grant's regular pliy&ician was Dr.
Norrls of the army. Ho had otio of the most
lucrative practices in Washington. An nrmv
surgeon had charge of General Sheridan's
case In his lust illness. President Harrison
might call-an army or navy surgeon in a
great emergency , but the Harrison family
has always employed a physician In civil
life , just as the Olovolnnds did before them.
An unhappy outcome of this practice of
army and navy surgeons was the disgrace
that foil on Surgeon General Philip S. Wales
of the navy a year or two ago. Dr. Wulus
had n largo local practice. Ills position In
the Navy department Involved n croat deal
of ofllclal work. Instead of attending to this
worlc Dr. Wales spent much of nis tlmo with
his patients. The work wns neglected , someone
ono Imposed on Dr. Wales and robbed tbo
government , and when the robbery wns dis
covered Dr. Wales was tried by t-ourt
martial. No ono suspected him of dishonesty
but ho was convicted of careless neglect of
duty.
A repetition ot this experience will pos
sibly induce the heads of the War , Navy and
Treasury departments to prohibit ofllcors of
the army , nnvv or marine hospital sorvlco
going into private practice.
"Lato to boa ana cany LO rise will shorten
the road to your homo In the skies. Out
early to bed and "Ltttlo Early Ul9er."tbo
pill that tuak-js life longer and better and
wiser.
Will Close the Vliuluct.
City Engineer uosowator served notice on
the Board of Public Works yesterday tbnt
the Eleventh street viaduct was unfit for
travel and that it should bo closed at once.
An urdor to that effect will probably bo is
sued by the board tomorrow.
Farnam St , Theater
I'Ol'tMjAW
4 Nights Conmtnciug Totlay
At 2Jt : ! ) . TonlKlit ut vSir .
The fnvorlto Gorman Dtutcut ComciUnn
Mr.
BED. C , 8TMLEY
In Ills Successful Coinody-Dram'.i ,
Under the inunn oinont of
IIAUUY DOKL PAUKKLl.
See the great
Locomotive Race ,
2 Real Working Engines ,
The greatest railjond scene ever p'o- )
uuocd in this city.
A Superb Company of Players.
Picturesque Costumes.
New and Catchy Songs.
Matinee Wednesday-
Farnam St , Theater
"LAUGHING ROOMONLYM ,
LOUIS
AND
-IN TUH-
TUHGoiwlti
A Hurrah of Jollity.
New Stars
But Did Favorites.
Incidental to the Comedy the
Serpentine Dance is In
troduced.
*
OK TUB
I-AVOIIJTHJ. ,
Friday , Saturday , Sunday , Sept. 2 , 3 & 4
KiiKttxamcntof thu clIstliiKiiMiOil Actor iinil Vlny-
MILTON NOBLES
With tlio ABslKliinco of tlio niftcil IiiKonuo
DOLLIB NOBLES
And n Well liiilp | | > oil Bupporllim Compiny . In tlio
following Ki'pcrtolro.
. . - RbVkMJh
FROM SIRB TO SOS
Tlio nnlo of Beats opens Thursilny inoriiliiK nt
.
iisunl prlcca.
AND
FROM ( lie CLOUDS
A T 24th AND BEL T LINE ,
AUGUST 28th , 1892 ,
Between the houi'K of
Three and Five O'clock.
By PROF. BELDEN
Who 1ms been specially engaged to rouout Ills famous jump from the
clouds , BO that those who failed to see him last Sunday , may not bo
disappointed this time. Take all the children to see the greatest liv
ing noromiut. IIo miilfos a thrilling jump when up a half mile in mid
air.
' Take South Omaha and Sher
IT'S FREE man Ave. or Hanscom Park
, and24th Street cars.
? omet the
U | BMK HI BaM HHK3XBaBHMM iH * " ' ' MMIB i
September 13-17 ,
Will Trot at St , Joseph's ' Great Fair , Thursday , Sept , 15 , ,
Great Free-For-AH Stallion Race September 14.
ALOIN , 2:14 : , winner of the § 10,000 race at Grand Rapids. LOBASCO , 2:15 : . ROBERT -
ERT RYSDYKVA \ \ \ PAT. DOWNING , 2:13 : 3 INCAS , 2:14 : ; GRATTON/aji ; ;
SENATOR CONKLING , ai6 ; # .
Over two hundrcn entries of high quality trotters , pacers and running1 horses.
A new and very fast mile track. Thirty thousand dollars for speed purses alone.
The greatest collection of agricultural exhibits ever seen in the west.
Fifty thousand dollars in premiums for live stock and other exhibits.
One fare for the round trip from all points within a radius of 200 miles of St. Joseph ,
JOHN S. BRITTAIN , President.
H. J. KLINE , Secretary.