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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1894)
H THE CXMAI1A DAUjiT BEE : SIJNDAY , OCTOBER 21 , 1804. tb THE HOME OP SHODDY A Oarcprelicame Tiow of the "Woolen lac- tory District of Englaad , TWIN TOWNS OF SHODDY AND WASTE A Begion Keruarkabla for Enterprise and Buide Quoits. CHEAP CLOTHING AND CHEAP MEN Comparative Output and Wages in the United States and England , RLVIEW OF THE TIXULE INDUSTRIES An Ar jr of Slfiiillliiiut rigtirei ( or the IJiII- tlcatlun of I * ' < itectlt > iil H mill tlm Con * ftulim oT 1'rco Trailcri I'ucti Com- Vllcil I'jr lion , lli.ljorl I' . I'urtur. \ > BRADFORD England , Oct 6. < S | eclal ( .01- , retponilenco. ) "From Ucwsbnry , " Bald n cliarmlnc and cultivated young lady on being intioduced , "but not In llit > shoddy busi ness. " Tiiat any one should come from Dews- Ijury or llatley and not tic In that or kindred Industries la indeed a matter worthy of com ment , "Shoddy. " "Mungo. " "waste , " "soft ruga. " TlUHO are the ulsns which greet jon on all the gloomy , gray n to tie buildings , with their forbidding looking nails and Impene trable green flint glass windows. Dut what a bill of fare these place ? turn out and all from thb vilest ot raw material from the cast-off uooIon ragi of Europe nnd the nwecplngs of woolen mllla. Glance at it I'luHhlngH , druggets , paildlngs , short ends , calmucitH , Irish frel/c olDth , wltneys. mo- lialrs , pilot * , tweeds , strouds , army go da , rLMersalilos linings , velvets , sealskins , union and prison cloths , Ardern cloths , chevlols All out of shoddy und waste nnd mungo and ol-l rags I know Dewsbtiry and have been tliure before Lou ; : before It embarked in the shoddy business U had made a repu tation as tlio town In wtilcli the first arch- Ijlshop of Vork once preached away back In the s vriith centur ) . Tills comprises the undent history ot Dewstmry The modern litatoiy In shared by its gray and more clcjinly little neighbor , tlatley It was a HClieiiilng genius of Katloy who originated the happy Idea ot working up old rags Into lieu cloth. lie Is , lio\ve\er. unknown to fit IMS and bin progeny are "not In the shoddy Iju'lness " M > first visit to the twin towns of shoddy and \vaste was twelve years ago. 11 rained harJ. The streets were narrow and crooked ; beer shops and gin shops on % cry c'inier , no lavs than 150 being re quired to quench the diurnal thirst of the Inhabitants ot the town one to every 200 souls. Including babies The windows of the clotHng sliops displayed only corduroy and Ouck Bulls und blue check shirts. Dews- liuy tijolv.ellf.rB retail books very much as the costerimmijur oC the Keren Dials Bells vegetables Saturday night , by the aid of ( luring lighls , the- books being plied on empty packing boxes. In and around the jiublic houses loiter tlio mvn without a job , und at the- entrances of the numerous little cuuils. alleys and passages insufficiently clad yoiren shivered and gossiped. The factories lire large gray-stono buildings , walled in like pilsons , with vigilant porters stationed at ull the entrances , lest strangers should ac cidentally get Into the factories and ap- jnoprlate the new designs or otherwise flint out something ot their Internal economy The manufacturers seem about as hard and tihnrp as the machines which weave their inutiKu and sliuddy into cloth , I was not impressed In aomo rcsjiccts the town has not much changed , though a better station ntid a flno town hall ! m\e brought It out of tli- straggling wretchedness of twelve years ngo Today Uewsbury has n mayor with a red robe trimmed with sable and massive Jewels for I have seen and handled them. Vndlsiaayed at not Inheriting a coat of arms Ilewsbury proceeded to manufacture a suit- lib 1 armorial bearings from Ihe historic shoddy and mungo and waste ot the past I'rom Hie old De Lacys one part was taken , from the ancient Warrens another. Then they put in some filigree work of their own and finally surmounted the uliolo with a crest , consisting- an on I In front of a cross. Some of the Irreverent aldermen Miggoated the motto should be ' Shoddy , our refuge and strength. " nut tills Idea was abandoned Tlu < ii all this gorgcousness was patented and Dowsbury Is a full-fledged municipality. THERE IS MONUY IN IT. To be sure the people are engaged In a dl agreeable business and the enormous quanti ties of rags from all over the world one would think liardly conducive of a happy - .k 04-nItary condition. ' Still there Is money in it , and In their own peculiar line Dev > s- bury and Hatley can beat the world. Tiie new tariff bill suits them exactly , and the vilest and cheapest and nastiest shoddy goods will soon be sent forth from these places. A class of goods that have not been landed in the 'United State ? for a generation. This la the cheap clothing Mr Wilson , and Ills friends have talked so much about. While Infinitely more enjoyable thai1 my former visit , it was far from hilarious this lime A inelandholy-lookliiB fellow was droning forth BOIIIO funereal ditties on a * A mournful trombone , the factories seemed to frown at me as I walked from the wild dlsslpitlona of Dewsbury to the drab rc- 1 apectablllty of DalleAside from the town hall anil n new bank building I ob served no Improvements in the decade save that the , front door pillars of the Royal look a trifle more wottletl and Ihe stops are "whitewashed" a deeper jcllow. I had for gotten a most forlorn looking steam "tram-car , " which , if yon go on the top , covers you irith a mix ture ot steam and smoke , and If you ride Inside suffocates you with fetid nlr The conductor Is not allowed to take the fare , but passes around a m > sterlous money box looking affair , into which , you must drop tli9 pennies. In a published speech the chairman of the Chamber ot Commerce of Huddersflcld this week declared that the Hon. William L Wilson had never heard of Huddersflcld until bo read the speech of Sir Albert Itolllt before - fore the Chamber ot Commerce of that im portant center of cloth manufacture. If this be true , it only illustrates the Ignorance ot the most Intelligent ot our tariff reformers In relation to the character end extent of the coin pel It Ion lo which they have exposed [ I American labor and industry Hmldersfleld U by no means the mast Important ot Ihe English cloth towns , and yet It employs ,500 more- people In that Industry than the etato ot Connecticut , and within about 3,500 of tha number employed in the state of Ilhode Island , the fourth largest woollen manufacturing state of the union , Should we compare the town of Huddorslleld. which Mr. Wilson had never heard of. to his own Btatu of West Virginia in the manufacture of woollens It would appear aa follows : Hud- dersfleld. 15,633 hands ; West Virginia , 307 hands. However It may be with Mr. Wilson , I re gret to nay that during the next two years these engaged In wool and worsted maim facturo throughout the United States will hear not only from lludjersfield , but from Ihn towns of the entire West Riding of York- Ihlre. Already this stupendous center ot the world's cloth Industry U preparing for the Industrial battle which will begin In earnest after January 1 , 1395 , when the nevr tariff law will be In full force. A week's eojourn lie reIn the West Riding and a visit to Leeds.Iluddcrsfleld , Halifax , Dewabury and Datley would h&vo opened Mr. Wilson's eyea lo the real moaning- his woollen schedule far moro effectually than a doaen Drltlsh Hoard of Trade banquets. I propose la thU letter lo present ai clearly an pos sible aome' facts which I have gathered and observations I hav made during the past week In tli ft West Riding Those it ha be- llavo In home Industry nnd labor should face Mr , Wilson and lit * friends with ( heed facts and demand that they explain how they pro pose , even Kith frco v.-ool , to compete' for the borne trade Bgalnst such ulupendoui lo ir nothloc about "beating ell ere- allon" In the foreign trade , A < Mr Wilson surfeited to the m mbled Englishman at ttiu J-rtnfl&a Clwmbet ot Commerce banquet. It Mr. Wllion , * alleged by tlio president i ot Ilia Chamber ot Commerce ot IIuddcrsQeld , bad nercr hturd ot that famous center ot Iiritlsli textile ) energy , It It possible he may he In on e < ] uatl ) ' advanced etape ot Ignor- inc In reUtlon to the Weil Hiding : tn par ticular , and as to the ( strength and concen tration of tha textile Industries of the United Kingdom In general. Taking the reports of the- United Kingdom tor 1891 and the United Suites for l&OO , the following comparative la bio may be constructed : TKXTIL.B FABRICS Unltfd Klne- United Ptatrs .lorn. IWI JSJO Total number Total number cmpl lP l. employed. Wool. wor t il . snIJ I19.JM Otton . 07-J.m - 1.5JI pIX , > . WSH W.I1J Plat llnoi . 122.902 II i. nip , Jutr , etc. . . W.5U < > IJj MK'.S or un5pcl 2M.18I textile ImlustllM. . . . . . MMJH K3.0 : : While the percentage ot Increase of the number employed Is less In the United King dom than with us , we are still a very long any behind Croat Britain In our textile In dustries. In nctunl strength we do not represent much more than one-third the .iBBrcgate of the United Kingdom. Those riiKa El ( In these industries know that with the exception of the coarser grades of cotton goods we are less able to stand Urltlsh com- l > ctltlon In tlio textile Industries than any other branch of manufacturing. Yet the most reckless and senseless changes have bepii made in those schedules , changes Int may wipe out entire industries. In .ho abova comparisons has been Included molt minor and special Industries exported under Ihe head of "textiles" in the Urltlsh census that are not included In Mr. S N D North's report on the "Principal Textile Industries of the United States " The com- mrlbon , I therefore believe , fairly represents he relative strength of what may be termed textile nnd allied Industries In both countries If this be true , It Is simply Ig norance and folly to talk of our measuring swords in these branches of industry with the United Kingdom for a generation yet ti > come , a generation of protection to American industry and labor. Of course they do not think so here. I have talked with a score or more of British manufactur ers in llieso woolen towns and heard the xamo refrain from all of them. I know It by hearl You will get it In all Iho free trade organs as soon as these letters be gin to circulate. All the new United Slates consuls Hill send it home to the State de partment In their reports. In every imagin able shape It Is now on the way to the United States. Nevertheless , It Is false , anil those who are credulous enough to be lieve It will only realize Its falsity when they sec branches of our once prosperous textile industries mined and the operatives standing Idle aril hungry In the market places of decaying centers ot the textile trade. The principal feature of the new atgumcnt is to dilate on the greatness , the Ingenuity , the irreslstable force of the Amer ican. ( John Hull can always be humble and harmless until he Is master of the situ ation ) He. the American , can easily pay double the wages and yet compete with Brit ish goods. lie can likewise pay more for his capital , morer in local taxation , more for everything. In fact , and jet by his re markable Ingenuity he Is to go Into the mar kets of Ills own country and of the world and compete with the United Kingdom. Free wool Is to be a great boon. The fact that an Important branch of agricultural Industry is to bo stamped out Is to be brushed aside as unimportant. The American manufac turers can now mix and blend the various grades of wool and make a superior grade of cloth for less money. In short , make a coat which the farmer and wage earner wilt like to buy. but will not because part ot their consuming capacity will have de parted with a mixed sheep husbandry and a reasonable wages It is with this sort of talk that our Bradford friends nre beguiling Ihe unwary and enlertnlnlng American free trailers. Trade In the West Riding may p'ck up a bit , but the United States Is too great , { oo boundless , too plethoric with raw material , too generous of its favors to object to this Increased business. While this l& Ihe outward talk , what are the Inward facts ? CONCENTRATED WOOLEN INDUSTRY. I am writing from a. district that might be Included in a circle of fifty miles In diameter , from n local division that contains about a million and three-quarters of acres and a population less than that which may 1)3 Included , in greater New York ; from the third of one of England's counties. And yet In this limited area la concentrated the woolen industry of the world There are employed in the West Riding , according to the census of 1891 , no less than 213,202 per sona In the manufacture of woolens and worsteds. A number cqulvalenl to the total number employed in similar Industries scattered throughout some forty ot our states and territories covering more square miles than there are acres In the West Riding. I am writing from a town that hag sent to Iho United States since the war nearly $400- OOD.OOO worth of manufactures ! An amount almost equal to the combined value of our o\ur woolen products tn 1870 and In 18GO , and far exceeding the value of our total woolen products for either 1880 or 1890. This , from one town In England. It Is possible Mr Wll son may have heard of Bradford Here Is an interesting comparison between the six states which employ the greatest number of hands in woolen manufacturing and the six West Hiding woolen , worsted and shoddy centers which I have visited this week. This should give some. Idea of the concentration ot this industry In England- KNaMSlI TOWNS Tot-il number tmi > loil In woolen nnd worste * ! industry In ISJ1 llrudfoid 4r 21l ( lrt > cd IG.7G7 UuiMerslIeta 15/59 ll.illfix 1I.2I8 JUIley 8,000 Approximate ! ) AMERICAN STATKS. Totnl numt.'i emplotd In wuulcn and worsted Inrtuntij. " - Hi , Hie Island I9.3J3 Connecticut 13.011 New Hampshire 'J.H ( > 0 Here HO find in six centers , all within a radius of about ten miles , nearly 110,000 persons engaged In these Industries , a number bor exceeding the total number employed In I'ennsylvanla and Massachusetts combined , or of New York , Rhode Island , Connecticut and New Jersey. And yetve look upon the woolen Industry of these stales as of con- lderable Importance to the states and the nation at large. Destroy or cripple them and the results -would Indeed be unhappy. Do Iho free traders of Massachusetts , foi example. ' know lhat the number employee In the woolen and. worsted industries of this city ot Bradford Is greater than those similarly employed in the whole states of Massachusetts , ft Is this concentration ol Industry in one spot that gives the English a tremendous advantage over the United States. Here we see U again. 1S91 West Riding of Yorkshire Tola number employed , wool and worsted , 218,202 1 ! > 00The United States , scattered tn forty two states and territories Total number em ployed , wool and worsteds , 219,132. Facing the real facts thus how Is It pos slblo for the American manufacturer to begin ti > compete with the British producer ? I Is doubtful if ha could In this pxrtlcula Industry , even If wages were the same. They are , or rather were , very much higher In the United States at the close , of the pros perous high tariff period of 1892 before th fear of adverse tariff legislation brough on the Cleveland panic and subsequent de presslon. For England , the wage table herewith submitted are taken from a care ful report made by Robert filffen , statistician of the Board of Trade. For the United States wa take the returns of the census. In both cases I show the actual amount ot money received by each class ot operators. Sum marlzed Is it aa follows : UNITED KINGDOM. UKITRO STATHH. tSSO , JS30 WOOUUN MILLS WOOLVN MII.IA Annual IVr W * W Annual. Tcr Week Men } > : .09 P.63 IK IS.3 \\omtn . . . 1C7.W J. m M t. : Children . . 100.50 1.91 1M.II Z.S WORSTED MILLS. WOHSTBl ) MIMA Men JJOIOO S67 I4T5.M | . Womrn . . . Ut.OO S.W W3.84 B.6J Children . . W.W i.ST I01.it J.I While the uboto may be taken as tha act ual cash received by American operators I the -woolen and wonted mills proper , hlghe amounts were paid In ( lie- carpet and lut In duitrles , tn the first branch the men re celvine over J300 per annum and In th second $550 per annum. The week's earning of M class * * of woolen and wonted worker in the United States , after deducting los time and holidays , etc. , Averaged for me $9.02 ; for woman , $5.94 ; for children , $3.24 A similar coojparUon would U It wcro pos slblo show that English wages were about half this amount. The figures given for Eng land above were computed by Mr. dlffen on very Incomplete data , whereas those reported by 1 : Mr. North arc complete and Include re turns for the entire country. It Is generally conceded Hint wngts rule highest In the great centers of Industry , and lowest ns a rule In the outlying districts. If this b true the wages fihould be ROCK ! In Bradford and the Immediately surrounding districts. Yet tha people who live here and ought to know , and the weavers themselves , do not accept Mr. Ulffen's figures which I have given as rep resenting the official reports. The president of the Bradford Labor union twelve months or so ago made the sssertlon before the Royal Commission on Labor that the average wages of this district for weavers was 9s , or $2.16 per week. The accuracy of this state ment was questioned and a committee of well known citizens appointed to ascertain the real facts. After a painstaking and extensive In- \estlKatIon they reported that for 1891 the average week's earnings were 13s 4d ( about $3.08) ) per week. Assuming this statement to be reliable , the American woolen and worsted operative will be able himself to Judge Just what the difference In wages really amounts to when freed from the estimates and mys tery which generally surround the. figures of the British Board of Trade. The plain , simple facts about the woolen nnd worsted Industries have been presented above and from them the most buoyant free trader can hardly obtain much encouragement. On the other hand those who have struggled against these odds nnd built up an Industry employ ing nearly a quarter of a million of our popu lation at "wagea averaging fully double the wages paid hero must feel that this Im portant branch ot manufacture is going through the crucial period of Us existence. The pu-sent rate of duty Is altogether In- udequan In t.'ie first place , because It doea not cover the difference In the cost of labor , In the second place , because It Is not specific. Without this , free wool will be Hit small advantage It merely strikes down in Important Industry and to that extent npoverlshes the farmer , decreasing his blllty as a consumer I am satisfied tha oolen schedule was framed by those who ( ere but partially Informed of the condl- ons which confront our manufacturers on his side of the Atlantic. These words arc irltten In all seriousness , after a careful enumeration of the facts and after having lie free trader side of the question dinned ito my cars for a week. There Is not a Ingo of partisanship tn what has been said , crlous , not to say appalling facts are here- Ith presented for consideration. The trans- er of those great Industries , even In part , rom our side to this sldo of the Atlantic leans a great loss to the American wage- arner , and large destruction of American apltal. The wages paid out here , to be lire , will increase- the comfort of many ard-worklng and deserving people here , but hat must bring corresponding misery and Istrcss to the firesides and homes of our wn laboring population. What has Mr. Wll on to suggest for them to do ? Surely ho as given up a prosperous and hopeful pres- nt for a life Interest In an uncertain and loomy future The West Riding of Yorkshire Is reaching ut with Its tremendous concentration of orce nnd Its low-priced labor and economy f production for the woolen and worsted mile , which Is scattered all over the United tales , bringing prospeiity and employment o many communities Prom Swansea , Cardiff and Liverpool will be organized a inplate combination that will have for its special aim the overthrow of the newly tarteil tlnplate industry From Manchester ml the great cotton districts will go forth nnumerable agents bent upon repairing onio of the ravages of the cotton schedule f the McKlnley bill Sheffield has already ioubled Its exports by sending Immense [ uantltles of cheap cutlery , thus closing our Connecticut factories. The cheaper goods f Nottingham may shut up our new lace actor lea , whllo the miscellaneous exports rom London , now aggregating $50,000,000 , will probably double in twelve months. A tudy of the map places before the American Deader a bird's eye view of British exports o the United States. To double these exerts - > orts means a loss of not less than $150- 00,000 of home productions. Products that an just as well be manufactured at home. ROBERT P. POUTER. EHVC.lTlO.VAf Chicago has Inaugurated the check system 3f paying teachers , Philadelphia has fi'fty-slx night schools In ull blast. There are eight dally newspapers published n the colleges of the United States. The University of Missouri Is almost the iola western ( or southern ) university to show a decrease in attendance this fall. Prof. Clarke , who fills the chair of botany In the University of Chicago. Is not yet 21 years of age. A city ordinance provides for the punish ment by flno and Imprisonment of any ono vlio dares to stop , stand and look at the buildings occupied by the Woman's college of Richmond , Va. Whllo there Is a marked falling oft In the nconilng classes at Harvard and Prince ton , there Is an Increase ot 10 per cent In the slzo of the 'freshman class of Columbia. Thaddeus Stevens , who was a good lawyer , nado provision In his will for art Industrial loino for boys in Lancaster , Pa. , but It has : aken twenty-six years of litigation to render t certain that the home will bo built. The popular movement for broader edu cation for artisans and mechanics has re cently had an Impetus given It in Detroit. \llch \ , by tha proposed erection of a college for night classes in the advanced Hues of study William M , Slngerly , democratic candldatn tor governor , has presented $10,000 to the ? LTnlverslty of Pennsylvania to bo used by the trustees toward the erection of the proposed now dormitories. Dr. Stlcket , processor of oriental languages and literature at the University of Jena , who gave his first academical lecture In 1827 , Is still lecturing regularly , at the ago of 91. and that ho expects to stick it out a whllo Is shown by the fact that he has prepared his syllabus for the coming winter sessions , A hitherto unknown work ot Malmonldes the greatest Jewish theologian and phll osophcr of tha mlddlo ages , has been dls cohered by Prof. Qaster among a number of Hebrew manuscripts which he acquired In the east and Is soon to be published by him with a translation and notes. It Is a short treatise written In Hebrew , entitled "Com mcntary on the Sacred and Profane Names of God In the Pentateuch , by Rabbi Moses Ben Mnlmon. " Among the graduates of the Chautauquo , reading circle class ot ' 94 is an engineer tn a factory , whose working hours are from f > a m. to 6-30 p. m. , yet for four years ho has steadily followed the proscribed course of the 0. L. S. C. This Is another illustration o the fact that it Is usually lack of will rathe than lack of opportunity that stands in th way of man's progress. Another interesting fact in this connection Is the democrat ! character of Chautauqua. work. In this mini class of ' 01 were to be found graduates o Yale , Princeton , Cornell , Rutgers , and othei American colleges. According to a recent statement from th Chicago Board of Education the property owned by the city In trust for school pur poses , Including buildings and furniture , I valued at over $14,000,000. The real estat belonging to the school fund consists ot som of the beat down-town property , tha appralsei value of which In 1885. since which tlm valuations have greatly Increased , was $4 , 266,200.09. The annual Income from th ground rent ot this property amounts t $257,677 Cfl. There are 206 schools full , equipped , In which seating capacity for 190 , 000 children has been provided The boar has entrusted to It the expenditure ot $6,500 000 a year , of which $3,034,000 goes to th teachers. There U Just now much uneasiness , not t say alarm , In electrical circles at the pros pect of a grave nbuso of public confidence , A prominent Journal , referring to the earnest nest popular seeking for information on al electrical mutters , says what Is heralded aa the course of instruction of certal "schools of electricity" is of doubtful benefit fit to many ot these who may bo Induced to enter on It. To the amateur who wishes to learn something ot the rudiments of elec trical knowledge such a course may be of acme- service , but Its. usefulness in practical training Is questioned. The- old "schools ot telegraphy" fraud Is recalled , anil It Is pre dicted that bdiools ot electricity conduct' * ! on a commercial basis may also lead many poor young men 111 able to afford it to waste their money In the expectation ot becoming electrical engineers. The supply of electri cal engineers Is already greater than the demand , and every day the standard ot skill and knowledge necessary for responsible positions is rising , and the examinations In electrical branches at our leading colleges are becoming tuoro exacting and exhaustive. Don't Wait Frost MORSE OUR Or NEW Dry Goods Coin pa n y SYSTEM STS. Of Selling for Lots might be written about Unparalleled saving1 on every counter , in every aisle , on A Success. We nre bound to our prices on Blankets and every floor. We have a large stock of New Goods. do the CASH TRADE ol Comfortables for this weckbnt Ours is a busy store. Goods coming , goods going , all OMAHA. to give you convincing proof for Our new Cash Prices for we ask an inspection on your forSPOT CASH new , clean , honest goods bring part of the following : the crowds to our stores. The following prlco3 are 1 S3 than it Blanket codt to : produce the samu quality of Dress Goods The greatest of nil clmiicor , tlio nowcst nnd 10-'l Blanket , white , . 0c Pair clioio.at Dress StufTi at low. r prices than over. J L/J 1M ( Blanket , gray , . . 83c Pair Black Goods Extra vnlucs and extra low prices In this All linen crush at department. 104 Blanket white . $1.23 Pair G2 Inches iYIda d.imnsl < COc oO-lnoh Slorin Serge , thu $1.00 / ) f } / , , ' Children's extra lica\v rlltlinl vesti and quality for U U U pants . 35c \Vlda and heavy blenclieU damask 49c 11-4 Blanket , gray , . $1.25 Pair Undies * due heavy ribbed fleeced lined 02-tnch red bordered damask C5c Pine I iiglish Serge for ( J C cits and pants 35c Large , ( ull sized crochet bcd prcad 73a 10-4 Blanket , white , . $1.98 Pair Ladles' non-shrinking anil pants In 18-inch Cheviot , 41.00 quality , fC / both natural and v.hlte wool 7Gc 11-4 Blanket , gray , . $2.33 Pair Special low prices on ladles1 tlRhts , both fiG-inch Storm Serge , 11.23 open and closed. In nnLle and knee lengths , ' quality , tut' 10-4 Blanket white all eel and cashmere. - , , . $2.98 Pail Ladles' fast black tights , opened or -.0-inch Broadcloth , ? 2.2T > qual- 7 50 closed , for < 8c Ity , for J. 11-4 Blanket , gray , . $2.73 Pair Children's fine cotton rlbbrd hose , double. Blank nnd White Silk and Knee , lieel and toe (3 ( pairs for 50c ) . . 18c Our new ( all \eillngs nou on sate. New Wool Mixtures , 75c and $1 10-4 Blanket , white , $343 Pair patterns ? s'ew colors , at special cash quality , fur Ladles' extra flno cotton lioie , high prices. 10-4 Blanket , red , . . $3.23i'air spliced heel and toe 25c An elenanl line ol new black and cream Colored Goods silk laces tn new patterns , low cash prices. 10-4 Cal. Blanker , white , $3.00 Pr. All our Kic toSl.OOnovoltiosin We are closing ont an elegant stock of fur Honrlottns , Sorpos , Whl\- trimmings. Jets , braids and dress sets ( or corda , Diunoiiiils , Arinurca , . i 11-4 Cal. Blanket , white , S3.98 Pr. one-third cost ; see the bargains offered for otu. , almost every oomblim- _ /j / S * tomorrow. ttou iinn inablc * t/ A line line of all the new trimmings : latest LM Cal. Blanket , white , $4.17 Pr- in jet , Van Dykes , braids , etc. * at special A line of very flno Novollios , low prices. for Suitintrs in ali Wool , C / ) / ulso Silk and Wool , for. . . + J LC / 11-4 Cal. Blanket , white , $4,47 , Pr. \Vi , opi'ii Jlnniliiy nue < , ( | ) | no Imported Ml IT I'AITICUNS. all tlio latoit .Vuroltloi Jnot rrcnlveil , mill oiiRlit timcll fur tire tlmni MUSLIN A first class decorated toilet set ( value . our price.Vo ivlll turn them Into cuili J4.00) ) Monday at J2.79 Full sized Comforts at from 50c quick nt Another toilet set. much finer ( value each up to the iinest at very JG.50) ) , Monday at % C 50 $11.55 Attention to these prices on hea\y tin low prices. sauce pans. 16 18 20 22 2t 26 So lOc IZc He ICc ISc A line of gowns and diTwors , maJo of good muslin , trimmed well for 47c I MORSE ERR beaters ( value 5c ) at 3c Special line of ROV. us of (1.00 value on sale Agents for IJtitterick's Patterns Monday FIre shovels ( value IGc ) at Cc morning ? 5c , Aprons made of One lauit , hemstitched Publications and Cutlery. Try our Mail Order Department. Pokers ( value 15c ) at 5c and fancy trimmed , Monday for . . . 23o wiiicii is cmusrs .omen Rev. 0. W. Savidge and T. W. Williams Will Hold Theological Debate. ROP03ITIONS TO BE DISCUSSED rocrnm of tlio Kpworth IcHRiie Witrlct Convcnttun to MB llclil ThU Meek First CoMijrPK"0"1 * ' ' \capi-r Serv ices In Oiiinlm Hev. Charbs W. Savidge of the People's .hurch and T. W. Williams of the Reor ganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints propose to do to some extent In .he Held of religion what Kons. John M. Thurston and William J. Bryan have re- oontly sought to do In the field of politics. They have arranged to hold a series ot Joint debates on propositions as follows- Proposition 1. "ItesoHed , That the Book of Mormon Is of divine origin and worthy the confidence of all people " T. "W. Wil liams affirms and Charles W. Savidge denies. Proposition 2. "Resolved , That the church of which I , T W Williams , am a member , viz. , the Reorganized Church of Jesus , Christ of Latter Day Saints , is the church of Christ and Identical In faith , orginlatlon and wor ship. " Mr , Williams , alllrms ; Jlf. SaU'lge ' denies Proposition 3. "Resolved. That the church of which I , Charles W. Savidge. am a mem ber , viz. , the People's church of Omaha , la the church of Christ and Identical in faith , organization nnd worship. " Mr. Savidgo atllrms , Mr Williams denies. The debates arc to begin Tuesday evening. November 2i ) , at a place to be announced The King James translation ot the scrip tures shall be the standard oi evidence , all other proof to be taken for what It Is worth. J'pworth r.eueue Fragrant. The Omaha district of the Epn-orth league will hold a mission at the First Methodist church , In South Omaha , Tuesday and Wed nesday , October 30 and 31. The following program will bo carried out : TUESDAY AFTUUN'OON. 2 Devotional services , led by Rev. O. 11. Main. f 2:30 Address ofwelcome , J A. SiUer. osiionsu by J. II KtUfleUI. D D. 3 Department of Spiritual work 1 "The Impoitanoe of tlH ) Department. " J M HftKlcton. 2. "The Selection of Lead ers , " Kev E 1) qiilmn. 3. "ICow to Se cure the Attendance of Young People. " Fletcher W. Young.I" "How to Conduct Devotional Meeting * . " i r t" " Wilson. 4-30-Appolntmen ? of tommlttee-t. 7.30-Sonff service , Ilev C.V. . lllller , 8 Sermon , Ilev J. H , 1'ilest. WCUNUSDAV lOUNIKO. 8:30-Devotlonal : services , Rev. W. D. Stambaugh.i1 & Department of finance : " Methods for HalsinK Tunds , " Hfev Trunk Cu tiie .30-Dej > artment , o > t , , | llerury work 1. "A Model Program for the Literary Meet ing. " Christine J. < n > RflUlat. 2. "Our Kn- worth League ReaiUujfi , Course. " Jlev. W. P. Murray. ll ' 10-Department oOii9otl.il work : 1 "Our Duty to Strangers " Itoy Lucas 2. "The Model League Social. " W. C nlackbuni 11 Reports from tlooaj chapters. WEDNESDAY A1TIJUNOON. 1:30 Devotlona ] services , Hcv J. I1. Yost. 2 Department of 'mercy und help 1. "Christ Our Uxample , " Hev. A. TJ. ciniy. 2. "Our Mission to the Needy , " Miss Herrick - rick , deaconess. 2.S > Th - Mpwortli league and mlRslonn , Ilev F M. Sanderson. 3 The Kpivorth letinue and revivals- . "I'rejKirlnir for Revival , " Itev Kamam EIIU. 2. "Durlnif the Revival. " If. Fisher 3. "After the Revival,1 Mrs. W. Mathews . work1. . "How 3.30 Junior league 1. to Interest nnd Kelp the Hoys , " J M. Olllan 4 A Junior leHK'uu meeting , conducted b > Mrs P A. Hroa4 ell 4:30 : Question drawer 7 0 I'ralse service , Fletcher W. Young- 8 KevUul sermon , Hev. F. M. Slason 1'lrst Cnncretutlounl V < per herrleoi. The resper ten Ices at the Fir t Congre gatlonal are attracting the attention of tb < muiical people of the city. The first hal hour Is given to music , \o l and organ On the program for today are the following numbers- Clionii O Lamb oC God Stnlncr Quartet God , that Mmlest ] 2itth and Heaven I'h.ulwlck Mrs. Squires , , Mi. Aliliott. Mis. Mor ton , Mrs. Kin thrtip , 3olo Jenisalcm . . Uodney Mr Cuil llofinmn Organ Andante from First Symphony. . Heethoveti mpiovizatlon Jadusiolin Olevatlon In A M.it Cliillmatit March I'ontitteule Lemmena Mis. F I' . 1'unl. Oi V. M. C . A Note * . Alexander F In inc. formerly a missionary among' the lodging IIOUKO I bums , Houghs , ramps and unfortunates on the Ilowery , will peak at the Y. M. C. A. building at 4 o'clock this afternoon Mr. A. Linslng will Ing "The Lost Chord ' The association's evening classes are start- ng In with a awing. Slxteight tickets ot membership have been issued In the past ten lays , chiefly for the classes. A. W. Jeffreys tal.es the lead of the debating olub. which is starting in with good stuff o make a successful organizitlon. The or ganization will bo perfected Tuesday evening. The Choral society met for Us first rc- learsal last evening under the direction of Mr. Torrens. llu | > llt Young ] ' < < ) | > Io. The literary and mission committee In con nection with the Young People s society of ho First Baptist church has prepared a program for October 26. on "Papers and looks. " Among the papers will be the 'Baptist Young People's Union. " by Rev J. O. Staples , "Kdttard Ilrighth and his Services to the Baptist Denomination , " "The Beading Denominational Papers. " by Mrs. C J McNltt of Council Bluffs ; a piper on Mjgazlneb" , and a "Literary Salad. " A cordial Invitation Is extended to all. bniKliiy Stliiiol bnmla ) ' . This will bo Sunday school Sunday at Trinity cathedral , the services to be as fol- ows : 8 a. in. , Corporate Communion ot teachers and pupils ; 10 a m , Blblo class iopen to all ) ; 11 a m , morning prayer and sermon by the dean on "The Necessity for Sunday Schools under Existing Circum stances" ; 3 p. m. , Sunday school , with an address by the superintendent ; 7:30 : p. m. , special evening service in Interest of Sunday schools , with ehort addresses by the dean , J. W. Battln and others. llrlnf I'ulplt I'orfM-anu. Plymouth Congregational Rev. J. A. Fisher , pastor. Regular services. First Presbyterian Preaching 10 30 a.m. and 7 30 p m. by Kev. T. V. Moore of Helena , Montana. Park Avenue United Presbyterian Rev. Thomas McCague will pieach in Hie morn- Ing. No etenlng sen Ice. Good Shepherd Services al 11 a m. , nnd 7 30 p m In the morning the Sunday school will hold Its annual children's day service. Seward Street Methodist W. K. Beans , pastor. Morning subject "The Test ot Ulsclplesltlp" Evening "Palm Tree Christians " All Saints Sermon topic In the morning : The Effect of Modern Research on the Christian Faith " Evening "The Church and Its Relation to the World. " First Baptist , Rev. W P I fellings , D. D. pastor Preaching 1030 a in. ami 7:30 : p m. ; blblo school , 12 , noon ; Bethel Mission 3 30 p. m. ; Chinese meeting. G 30 p. tn Trinity Methodist Hev F H. Sanderson D. I ) . , will preach as follows Morning al 10 30 , subject "Praises of the Living' Evening at 7 30. subject "Evil Pursuits and Their Consequences. " Immanue ! Baptist Frank W. Foster , pas. tor. Services at 2413 North Twenty-fourti : street , two doors south of the churc ) building. The pastor will preach in the morning. No evening service * . ( iraco Evangelical Lutheran The pastor Rer. Luther M. Kuhns , will conduct dlvlni services nt 11 a. m and 7 IS p m , am preach on "Tho Christ Family , " and on "Christ's Slnlessncss , Our Salvation " Central United Presbyterian The serlei of services which has been In progress foi the lint three weeks will close with com munlon services tln morning , preaching by the pastor , and the usual evening services Unitarian Rev Newton M Mann , pastor Services at 10 IS Sunday school at noon In the evening Mr Maun will give the firs lecture la the Unity club couniu. Icllais w Is known of the size nnd weight of the stars , and how It is known I'lrst Church of Christ. ( Scientist ) A. O. U W hall , Patterson building Mrs. A. T. De Long , pastor Public cordially Invited. Heading rooms in same building , open dur ing the week from 10 a. m to 5 p m , , to which nil are ivelcomo ' .tz , . .i.vint.iM.inv. . Miss Marlon C White Is mentioned as imong the promising jounglollnlsts of Joston. After appearances In opera In Nice during 'anuary next Mine. Patti will be heard In concert In Germany and Austria. FIve orchestral concerts will bo given by he Liszt society at Lelplg this winter. Siegfried Wagner jind Richard Strauss will conduct one concert each. Johann Strauss has completel his new > perctta , 'Feast of the Apples , ' which will > e produced at the Theater An iler Wlen October 31 , during his artistic jubilee The inonlmophone has been invented by in Italian named Alle&sandro Dertlnelll. The nventlon enables the player lo play four us tru me nt ait ono and the same time. Mine. Belle Cole , the American contralto who has gained so great popularity through out England , Is making an Australian tour , or which she recehes ? 35000 and expenses. "Faust" will be given Us 100th perform ance at the Grand opera , Paris , next month. Anton Dvorak Is al work on an opera , the subject of which is founded upon Longfel- ' " " ovv's "Hiawatha Mr. Charles Dlckson and hid manager , Mr. Edward J. ALram , sepaiale on October 27. The parting is entirely amicable , and Mr. 3lckson continues the tour under his own management , presenting his present reper toire , "Incog" and "A Jolly Fellou. " Miss Lottie Mills , a young American plan- st and a pupil of Leschctitzky , will bo the soloist In the first concert of the season given by the Seldl orchestra in Washington October 23. Miss Mills waa resident In Washington prior to her departure for Vienna. The conservatory at Cologne has 371 pupils ind thirty-seven teachers The Dresden loyal conservatory lias 798 pup Is and nlnet > - one teachers. At Carlsrubc there are 422 luplls and thlrttwo teachers At Munich .he proportion Is 269 to thirty-six. At Wurzburg It is GDI lo seventeen. 'Fatlnltza" was brought out by the Boa- onlans at the Columbia theater , Brooklyn , ast week. The revival of this opera was marked by thorough attention to detail and sumptuous scenery. Jessie Bartlctt DavU sang the title role , a part In which she originally obtained pronounced success Slnco her famous suit with [ ; . n Rice. In which she came out triumphant , , Camllle D'Arvlllo ' lias been In receipt of no less than three offers for engagements In New York with "Mad 11nc. or the Magic Kits " She Villl not be seen there , however , until February , uhen she opens aa engagement at Abbey's thcaler This Is Ihe last eeason of the famous Frederick Warde-Louls James combination , aa both stara uill head separate companies next year The reabon ascribed for the dis solution is that Freder ck Wardo intends to produce several Shakespearean tragedies next season in which there are no opportunities for a star of Mr. James' abilities Of the thrte comic opera companies now before the New York public one , that ol Francis Wilson , presenting "The Devil's Deputy , " at Abbey's theattr Is playing to a maximum price of $2 a seat. The expert enco has been not that the public ot the metropolis objects to the price , but thai buyers complain when they cannot get seats. Buenoa Ay res will soon see the completion of the largest opera house In Ihe world. I will goat 5.000 spectators , and the stage w | | hold 800 persona. The house Is so con structed that box holders can have their carriages urlvo up to their tiers , and foi the occupants of the galleries there are cle valors. The parqnet beats can bo remove * nnd the auditorium converted Into a circus In three hours Chicago's big Rpeclucle "Aladdin , Jr. , ' which has been running all summer at th Chicago Opera house , la about lo be taken on the road. It U said tliat a train of nine cars will be required to transport the teen ery , costumes and the company. But twtlv ot the principal cltlus in this country wll he played during the season , and wo arts on the list. When Manager Da rid Henderxon first produced "Aladdin , Jr " the first of lux June , people thought him foolish to upend g < much money on a Btnca production , In tbos b ir l times. The performance represented nc uctual ontluy of ubont $75,000 It was pretty lur < l pulling through the great strikes ot July , but now- the business Is all right , ami It lookH as though Marnier Henderson know wli.it lie was about , after all. In a before the curtain speech In Vew York lost week Hlchard Manslleld said : "There Is so large an audience hero tonight that 1 almost decide upon the Inadvlsablllty ot giving new plays. When I give new pljys people stay away ; when I give old ones they come to see me. New plnys cost a lot of money , and actors like money , BO It would seem better for me to give you old plays and save my money , for , after all , it Is money that the actor Is after. " The great Krench comic singer , I'aultis , should bo a rich man. In addition to Ills Income as a performer and the proceeds of bs | vineyard , ho is the proprietor of tlio music publishing concern which Issued ( to name no others ) the two famous songs , "Kn Hevcnant do In Heuie. " the Houlanglit hymn , nnd " 1'era la Vlctolre , ' of which nearly 500.050 copies have been sold at 50 centimes each As the expenses of production nro covered by the sale of the first thousand , the prollts must bo enormous UXIHMt IIK.l IT ll.tir . i'\nt \ ot tlio Allf-ccd Lnmt Jloliliera Ar- rulgni-il In I'oil ( i rat Court. MADISON , WIs , Oct. 20 The first ona of tlio suspects Indicted by the federal grand Jury for alleged fraudulent entries of timber lands in the Ashland district , Arthur H. Os- borne of Ashlfind' ' , Was arraigned/ / before Juilgo Uunn today. Osborne pleaded not guilty and was put under $10,000 ball , which will be furnished The others named in , ho Indictment with Osbornu are Robert C. HeydlaulT. receiver nt the Ashland land offlco under Harrison ; Warren K McCord , brother of ex-Congressinun Myrnn T JlcCord ; Harry 1 Uox , ( jussie L Andrews , Hlchard Brodcr- ck. There are thirty-five indlclments , sumo including other parties not yet under e t The Indictment contains two courts , the first charging conspiracy to defraud the United States of the title to public lands ; second , a conspiracy to commit perjury In taking necesary aflldavlta at the land office. [ t Is charged that Hroderlck acted as agent for the others In making n pretended set tlement and proof of homestead entry for Ills own benefit , but In reality for specula tion to benefit Heydlauff , McCord , Osborno nnd Ilex Ilroderlck entered 'thoi ' lands which are ID Dayfleld county , at tlio Ashland land office , November 2. 1891. The cases will come up for trial at the December term of court C. A Lamoreaux of Ashland , a nephew of the commissioner ot publlo landa , defends Osborno. Tierr York IVrnklr Dank Statement. NI3\V YOIIIC. Oct. 20 The weekly bank statement shows the following changes : He- flurvc , Increase , J1UC,150 , loans. Increase , ( GOI.300 , specie. Increase , $1.017,000 ; legal tenders , Increase , $ lr Sl,3QO ; deposits. In crease , | , S 7SOO , circulation , Increase , $1C3- 911. 911.Thu Thu banks noxv hold $ B2,513C75 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. Mi-tlm Mniln mi Aa lfiimmit. ST. PAUL , Oct. 20 A St. Cloud , Minn. , special to the Dispatch Rays : A. T , Peffer , who reported to the police Thursday that lie- had been robbed ot $2,300 last night , made an assignment for the benefit of Ills creditors to John M llosenburcer. Liabilities are thought to bo heavy. THU JIKAI/I Y MAItltKT. INSTRUMENTS placed on record October 20 , Tom Howard to Oaoir Manser , lots < nn < l T. Mock . In uulxllv ot tloclc 30 , Al- lirlKlit'H Cliolcu . . . . .I 1IX H.inic Ui r.innlo KulherfonI , loU It and 13 , Mock 9 name . . 1,250 r L Unwell lo JY Nuiuril. lot 9 , block U , MIIM . . . . . . . iW ivter l. < Mlnll iinl wife to Arabella ( Irny , II tent lut 5 , tiloclc in , Houth Oruulin , 1,030 C M Hunt nml wife t < > C K HunC , lut 11 , lilix ) ! ; D , Koutli Omaha. . . 1 SlrCaiocl ! tt O'Knto punuianr U > J H llural , lot y , block Z. McUa > i k & O'K't ulJ , . TOO Qt'IT CLAIM ] > iii.H : 1" I , lloRtll to Onrar Jlank-er. lotit 12 and U block , In BU ! | | V > .f Mock M , Al. brlclit'M Choice , lot 21 , block 31 , Al- lirlchfii Ctwlcc , w fret Iftt 3 , block 1 , Jenrloi Itej.lat . . t Sheriff In Boulli Omaha Havlnn bank , lit N. block I ! Albright' * Annei 1 Tutil amount ot trannferj. . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . ! 4 , < HI