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BEE : SATURDAY , INOVEMBER 8. I FIDE AT HAMMOND'S PLANT Beef IIouso Is Totally Destroyed at a Loss of $260,000. , fIRIMAN KILLED BY FALLING WALLS H ril Flclit lo HHTO Oilier riant * Compnny Will JlcbulM nt Onco-I'our Hundred McriTliromi Tcinjiornrlljr Out of I'm- Iilojmcnt Sotcrnl Injured. The beet house and office building ot the H. H , Hammond company's packing plant at Bouth Omaha was destroyed by fire yester day , The lots on the buildings and contents ' wilt bo about (250,000 ( , the Insurance carried being practically sufficient to cover the lots , Dy the falling of walls and other accidents one fireman was killed and four other persons Injured , but none fatally. Fireman John Swanson was killed early In the day , when the west wall ot the building went down , Ho nnd Hank Peterson of the eamo company were caught by the falling brick and partially burled. Several streams ofwater wcro turned on the ruins , and as soon as the bricks wcro cool enough men com menced throwing n ldo the debris In an effort to save the burned men. After a good deal of hard work and In the face of the flames which poured from the lower windows , a few brave men succeeded In rescuing Pctcr- eon alive. Ho was carried Into an engine house , where he was given medical attend ance. He will recover. Bwanson's body was later recovered from the debris. It was bruised and burncO. Swanson - son was married only last Wednesday and lived nl Twenty-fifth street and the north line of the city. Another man , whoso name is also Peter- Ken , was stricken down from suffocation and mil ok o and taken to his home In Drown park. Ho will recover. Ralph Pearl undertook to make an Inspec tion of the hog department , followed by Coun cilman IJulla , Attorney Doud and a number of friends. The friends turned back , but as Mr. Pearl wiis groping his way through the smoke on the second floor of the hog room ho missed his footing and fell through on elevator shaft n distance of forty feet. The man struck upon his obilomcn , but was not fatally Injured. He was at first picked up for dead , but after being taken to the open air and properly cared for ho. gradually recov ered , and after an hour's treatment by phy sicians at tljo flro hall was able to be removed to his home. He will recover. Nat Miirr's hand was badly burned while fighting the flames. STAIITEI ) ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. It was about 7:30 : o'clock In the morning when Officer Austin , who Is employed ns u special policeman nt the plant , discovered Rmoko Issuing from the quarters known ns the dressing room on the fifth floor of the beef killing department. Ho Immediately turned In the alarm. The Hammond fire men were first to act , but the wnter pressure was so weak that It was Impossible to throw a stream where It was needed. The water inoletcned the brick upon the outside , but It was Impossible to get water tn where the linn.os wcro doing tlio damage. From the dressing room the fire ate through the * lce chute into the adjoining rocina. The sheets of flames soon grow Into immense .proportions anil leaped from wall to wall until within a short tlmo the entire building was In llaines. Just over the dress ing room was the beef killing department. The fire got Into this department within fifteen minutes , because the firemen wcro unable to get wnter Into the house. The men had Just got to work , but all of them left the building In time to escape injury. Qreat sheets of flames shot out from every window and within an hour thousands ot peo- pla had gathered at the scene. Railroad engines were whistling and pulling. The crowd was surging nnd yelling and the firemen were endeavortie ! to get streams on the flames , but were helpless In a degree. First cmno the firemen from South Omaha , next from Swift's , then Cudahy's and the Omaha house , but their efforts were In vain. Finally the Omaha flro department was called on to aid , and Acting Chief Salter sent hose No , 10 and boss No. 4 , truck No 3 and eteamer No. 13 nnd came down himself. The first wall to fsll was on the west side. The fire had eaten through and con sumed everything In the beef killing rooms In that portion. There were 1,800 dressed beeves on this floor ready to place in the cars. It Is an unusual thing to have KO much beef on hrhd , but It so happened that for the last few days It was Impossible to get cars and the stuff wns to have been shipped out yesterday. It was nt this time that Swanson - son was killed and Hank Peterson Injured. SAVED THE HOOKS. Presently the office building , situated at the couth end of the plant was burned. This building was of frame and was a very frail and cheap structure. Im mediately after the flro broke cut Manager Noycs and Ills assistants col lected all the books , 'papers and ofllco para phernalia and loaded It Into a car , which was hauled away by the stock yards company's engine. The Swift plant , to the south , was In dan ger , and asi a precautionary measure great t sheets of galvanized Iron wera hastily nulled over the doors and windows. Swift's men got out oil the hose they had on hand anil called upon every one , clerks and nil , to hustle hose llnoj and help cool the south walls of the pork house to keep the fire from spread ing. Steamer No. 3 from Omaha was stationed , In the rear of the pork building nnd pumped , water onto the roof In order to keep It cool and to prevent the flro from jumping the big flro wall. HARD FIRE TO FIGHT. Juit east of the corner of the building where the flro broke out stands a big Iron tank , which contained 90,000 gallons of oil. When Chief Salter saw the flames break through Into the elevator shaft and out of the fourth story windows he promptly xvlth- drcw his men and put them on nn adjoining building , where streams wcro turned on the oil tank. It was feared at one tlmo that the walls might fall on the tank and crush It. thus freeing the oil. If this had happened the whole plant would have been destroyed. Again It was feared that the Intense heat would c.xplodo the oil tank. Four streams were taken from the burning building and turned on the tank to keep It cool. Thla action was none too spun , tor when the water struck the heated Iron great clouds of steam arose and for a time the water dried as fast as thrown on the tank. Uy persistent work on the part of a few brave men , the big iron tank was kept cool until all danger was over. over.Tho The walls , down to the second story , fell at U o'clock and after that the fire war virtually under control , as the danger of the llaines spreading was past. It was a iril irP > etory Inside flro from the start , water could not reach the seat ot the flames and , as ila consequence , the firemen had little to do but try to keep the walls cool and endeavor to [ prevent the flames from spreading. The firemen wcro all anxious to do good 1 rw service , but the water pressure was soeak that It was tmposslbto to do much. An other thing , when the fire first started , the smoke was so dense that no person could get In with a hose to da effective work. The pork house la situated Just south of the beef houBQ and hail It not been for the flro wall between the two buildings It would have burned. It was 11:30 : o'clock before It wns certain that the firemen had control , and although , the damage lo the hog killing building was ( light , the firemen were com pelled to work hard to check Its ruin. WAS A LONG STRUGGLE. Until 10 o'clock at night the flro burned brightly , and a large crowd stood nnd watched It. After 8 o'clock In the evening the water pressure was much better , and the streams were poured Into the beef house In pro- fuilon. In addition to tlio six companies from Omaha , all ot the South Omaha firemen and energetic citizens who volunteered1 their lervlwa , Chltt Nicholson arrived at 3 o'clock with three nun from Counc.l muffs , bringing Along an equipment that did good work. At ono time Chief Smith had twenty-four streams on the Are. The fact that the. lard < and greaijr tubstanco vet * burning nude It difficult , In ( act , Impotilblp , for the firemen to put out the bl.iic. Millions of callow of water were turned Into the- plant , but Iho flimos were uniuhducd , and the firemen np- tr > be working against fate. It looked . . . . If the flro would go through the three- foot wall , nml In this case the Swift plant arid all adjoining Industries would have been in serious danger. Tlio wind blew sparks nnd shunkc of burn ing timbers for block ? . Many small fires were averted by [ rrompt action on the part of active citizens , who were on the nlert from the tlmo the fire broke out until they went to their homes. Nl'MDER THROWN' OUT OF WORK. The number of men that will be thrown out of employment temporarily Is estimated atwl 400. While II li true that some of them will be employed In the rebuilding of the plant : , there will be many who will suffer from the fire , A decidedly heavy loss In this fire comes In the hide department. The Hammond company killed from COO to 1,000 cattle dally. In order to cure Ihe hides properly they had to be kept about sixty days , This forced the company to keep on hand con stantly nulto a stock In this linennd a. man who works In the hide room told ft reporter for Tlio lice that the loss In the hide cellar would be greater than In any other depart ment. QUARTER OF A MILLION LOSS. Resides Iho 7.SOO dressed beeves , there were in the building MO tlcrcci ot tallow , BOO tierces \ \ of pickled Iwcf. COO tierces ot entrails and 250,000 pounds of lard. When a Hee reporter risked Mr. Nnycs what ho estimated the losa at tic-sold he could not : definitely tell. He was rushing from one 'jj deportment to another nil day long , putting men to work and looking after the business , but others employed about the plant who are In a po'lllon to know say that the loss will not exceed $230,000. Manager Noyes last evening engaged rooms In the Exchange building , and for the present will have Ms cilices there. The beef house , where the fire broke out. was a four-story , splld brlolt structure , 200 feet square. At the time of the lire over 1.800 dressed beeves were In the house , which the company had been unable to ship on account of lack cf cars. The beef house separated from the pork house by a heavy flro wall. This alone saved one-halt ot the big structure. These buildings were erected In 1S93 at a cost of $750,000. All of the ma chinery and appliances viere of the latest and most expensive make. Insurance to the amount of Jl.COO.000 was carried by the Hammonds on their plant. Kvery Omaha company which writes packing house Insurance Is carrying Hammond poli cies. WILL REnUILD AT ONCE. Manager Noyes during the progress , of the flro received a telegram from Hammond , Ind. , the headquarters of the company , In structing him to at once begin arrangements to rebuild the plant. It Is fortunate for the company that the beef department burned In stead of the hog , for the Hammond plant can supply this company'with all the beef they can sell , but at Hammond they do not kill hogs. General Manager Lyman of the Chicago of- flco telegraphed that the business of the com pany would not be materially Interfered with owing to the surplus capacity at Hammond , Ind , run Ust of Cotiipuulcs thut Carried ItlsUs 011 tlio Dtinuiguil I'liint. The Insurance on the Hammond plant is controlled by the- agency of U'ebster. Howard & Co. of Omaha and aggregates JB70.000 , of which amount the sum of $220,000 Is on the property destroyed. AV. K. Hitchcock , in spsaklng ot the matter yesterday , said that the Insurance was carried by the com panies under n general form covering each piece of property belonging to the plant. Companies represented nnd the amounts which tht-y carry are as follows : Xnrtli A mvrlcn n Jl..W ) Western 110,000 I.omlnn nml l.nncn hlie 13,000 ItuR/ilo ( irrtimi 2 WJ I'ennsylvunU Flru 7.SOO lloynl 15,000 I'honlx of lliooldyn 2.500 ( Itrimn of Kl ' 0i > rt fi.iXX ) HocheMer Dcrman 7.500 Ornalia. Klre 6.'KM Mcrc'fmtlln'lrp iind Murlnc S.r.OO w Mcclianlca 5.000 Xar 4ci ! Cnlun 10 , < iOO .North lirltlsli and .Muu'antllu r..WO Aetna ! 10,000 . l.'aniKUt B.noo New Hampshire ? , r,0) Home o ( Xi'iv Vulk 10,00) FlrrniHn'H ' I'und 7bOO Fire AHsoclntlon 5,00) Oil.'iH S.iiOO National 10,001) Home S.'UO ' Capital 5.ICO l.lUR l.UOO Tmileis l.iO | ) Mnnufarturvin , Lloyds 27. CO ) Atlas Mutual W OM llnhovrr " .7,11 Miinchehtnr Tr.OO Merctvuita ril.loyil : irnilrrwrkem 2.KX ) Cammeiciiil Fliv S.f.00 7 , CM Norwich Union . 2W ) American of IVnncj Ivanta . . . . 2r > ( K ) I.ancaBrnre . 7,500 South nnd North Amuilcun , I.luyiln . .V'OO NliiRnrn . . . . . S.iHJO New York llowry . WJ Commonwealth Mutual . 5i > New KnKl.iml Mutual . I'.MM I'nlon , I.1o > .ls . 10.00) fnlon of riillad lplila . 2. : > oo Firemen's . 2.MO Michigan File and Marine . -.MJ Urernwlcli . 2.fOO Mlchltfnn Klre mid Murlnc . -.r.W Imtx-rlHl . 2.MO I'alntlne . 1.50) Orient . i.uuij Sim . l.KM American C'entrul . . ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' ' Vliinlvn'.Vril'.il'.lili . r.Ii i' . i TJf.01 _ _ nml I.im.liin nml ( llolw lo.OOO St 1'nul 1'lif anil Marine i.POl Mechanics 5,000 [ 'nmmeicliil I'nlun 15,004 Herman-American . : < ) , CO ) \Vestohester . 5,000 - ' , ! > JO 2M , Scutllsli Alliance . 5,00) ) of Ixmdon " ' i'iienix"of'llrooklyn. . . ! . . . . , . . . . . . . \000 American of New VorK 7,5 > lialolsi- f'.OO ) Uflrrtln Swl : " lo.OOO AimTlcan f 1'vnnnylvunla 2,019 Contlnnnul 7.EW SiirlnKtlrld I'l'o dint Jlnilru- 7CO , ) Union of Loiulon 15,000 N'urtlicrn 10,003 Queen f',6'1) Ithode Island 5,00) i Atlas 7G'W , ' tlranil llniihl * 5,000 Scottish Union nnd National . ? ,5 ux I'iienix . 5,00. ) . Citizens . H.W ) Cllrnril Fire nnd Marine . 2M ) ( . 'ommonwculth Insurance coniiKiny . ltto | , { American . 4,0)0 At. Mutual , l.loy.ln . 5,00) Tlie InsurerH Alliance . 5,00 J | MIlk'fH and Manufacturer * . 3,0 < State of 1'cnnsylraiiU . MX I'nton . 2f,09 Providence , \VaeliliiKton . I'l.O'O ' Sun . 7.M Suffolk Mutual . 5,00' ) riillailfliihia Tire , l.loyil * . 3,000 , MerchnnlK . 5,000 Detroit I-'li-o nnd Marine . H > , C" New York nnd lloston , l.Iojd * . . ' . .CO ) Hay tittilu Mutual . 5,000 faleiloiiUii . . . 5.00J l''liemcn'8 of Baltimore . , . tW ) Western MasHacltuseltH Mutual . , ! ) Northern . ,50 > Connecticut . 5,00) London Assurunce . 7 , CO ) lloynl Underwriter * 3..W ) lirillsh America lee ) HamlnirB-llreiimii 2,5i - - - - In addition to the above * thera Is 120,001) of Insurance on the beef house stock carried by the Helvetia Swiss company. mi.r : PUOM OMAHA. Men Rial ainclilnon Kent lo Alii tlie Firemen ut South Omnluv. The first call for assistance from this city was received at S o'clock. It was then represented that Ihe fire coulil not be con- four of the Omaha companies were at once sent to their assistance In command of As sistant Chief Salter. Theeo wcro hose com panies 1 and 10 , hook and ladder No , 3 , and steamer 15. kater In the forenoon another call was sent In and Chief Hurnei detailed hose No. 3 and 5 , anil steamer 14. The steamer turned over at Twentieth and Mason streets and the her ( were Injured and the pole broken. No. 13 was then ordered out and No. i.I i.I I aent back for repairs. Commlafloners Hartman I- man and Strlckler also went down with the Omaha apparatus. The reports at Chief Oalllgan's office were to the effect that the Bremen were handicapped , as usual , with the lack at water pressure. The hydrint pres sure was Ineffective nnd until Ihe steamtrs arrived but little progress could be made .jgalnit the flames. While U'utcliInK Ilia Hrc. As soon as the news , came to Omaha that th * JJarn'mocd plant v as burning1 the 1 South Omaha cara tvrra crowded with curloui people , who went down Ip ecc ( lie tig tji ? * . Hundreds of people crowded about iho burnIng - Ing buildings and interfered somewhat tvitli tbo , work of the Qreniflj. 'The origin o ! the tlie U unknown. It Is tiulto likely that 6no of the workmen dropped a lighted match or sparks fell from his plpo while changing his clothing In the beet dress- Ins room. This Is the theory that Is most generally believed by the men who arc In terested. The government Inspection nt Hammond's Is under the direction of Dr. Shermcr of Ne- matu county. The doctor has. an able as- Elstant In Frank Patrick , Then there arc four tagccrs. All these men tnay bo fur- louzhcd until such time a ; the company is ready to begin killing .again. There was some lolk latt night to the effect that Ur. Bhermer nnd Mr. Patrick would be trans ferred to St. Joseph , SIo. . until the plant was ngaln opened here , The meat Inspection business has fairly opened In St. Joseph , but no Inspectors have OR yet been appointed , and Inasmuch as Ur. Shcnncr and Air. Patrick are up In their business It Is believed they will be sent there for n temporary period at least. It was reported on the streets last night that both Mr , Cudahy nnd Mr. Foster had announced to Manager Noycs that they would nrraiiKe for him to kill cattle either In the forenoon or afternoon In their houses. All the packing houses In the city ehut down business in order to give the llromen the full water pressure. Councilman Walters and John Flynn worked for ten hours steady nt the lire. The walls of the structure now standing are on the west and east side. The north wall la nil cone down to about within ten feet of the basement. "When a lovely woman stoops to folly" she always uses some baking powder other than Ur. Price's. REGISTRATION. Today II the Last OIIJT for the Itoglstr\tlon : ot Yutiint. Thla Is the last day on which voters may register for the election next Tuesday. Every loyally qualified elector should not fall to register. Failure to do so will deprive nny man of the right to vote at the election November 6. Registrars sit from 0 a. m. to 0 p. in. DEACON QOZZLE'S LITTLE STORY About How tlio Church Debt Was T.Utctl liy n Mystrrlinis SlriinRcr. "You know , " said Deacon Gozzlo lo the Now York Sun , "I'd often heard of men going -away from their native village to the city and getting rich , and finally coming back to settle and building a line home , or building a house and coming there to spend their summers ; or giving the town a library , or building a new church or a school hous ? . or doing something good , that showed that their heart was in the old town. Hut the queerest thing ot that sort I ever heard of happened in my town , and It happened In the church that I belonged to. "Thero came to our church one Sunday a , strange/ , just an ordinary looking stranger In good Sunday clothes , and we put him , as wo always did strangers , In as good n scat as we had , which happened to be In this case the best seat In the middle aisle , a fact for which we were afterward very pratefnl. We didn't observe anything very remarkable about this man ; he llsUncd to the sermon , and stood up with the real when they sung , and when the plate was passed ho dropped : In a bill. That was kind o * remarkable , but not so dreadful re markable , for folks sometimes did put bills in the plate In our church. Hut when we came to stra'shten ' out the collection and count It , which we always did nfler meet ing , wo did encounter the. most romarka bio thing that had ever happened In that church ; the bill that the stranger had put In folded up so sinal' and quiet was n thousand dollar bill. "Well. If there'd been an earthquake in the town there couldn't any more people have heard of It , nor nny quicker , and every body wondered who he was. He was stop ping at the hotel and keeping very quiet , and next day he went away , and. ' then every body wondered If he'd ever come back. He did the next Sunday , and he went to church , am , he dropped another bill In the plats when It got to htm , folded up small , Just like the other. It was another thousand. "Then there was excitement. The man went away the next morning Just the same but he came back the next Sunday and pu In another thousand , and ho kept coming and going In. that way until he'd put In nine thousand-dollar bills , with the excitement growing all the time. "There was a mortgage on the church o. $10.000. Uy this time , of course , everybod ) had got It Into their hends that the stranger was paying off this mortgage , and everybody was very glad of it. It wasn' a poor town by any means , bu It was a farming town , where cash wns'n over plentiful , and $10,000 seemed like a great deal of money which It was oni this 1 man was paying it , or everybody thoughi 1C' ho 1 was , and when it came to the next Sun day C'C ' , the tenth Sunday , which everybody ser C't felt was golns to be the last one , and the ono that would tell who the stranger w you ) couldn't get Into the church. Dut we nnnagal to make room for him when he came , and he did come , and we gave him th. identical pew he sat In , the first Sunday i Well , when the plate came around ho pu In i another. He'd done it he'd paid the deb of the church. "After that he didn't keep himself quit so quiet. He was around the village more and first one and then another recognlzec him . , ami then everybody that was ol < enough wondered that everybody liadn' recognized Tilm from the beginning. II v.ns born and raised there and had gone awaj when ho was a young man of 20 to mak his fortune , and he'd made It , not In cities hut out on the plains raising cattle , and no body hail met him or heard of him. B , he didn't look like a. cowboy when he cam back ' ; he looked Just like anybody , am acted so. "Ho did say afterward that paying th church debt was more fun than he'd eve struck In his life ; ho was a. little curious In that t way In hla way of speaking ; but hi ' heart , I'm sure , was sound as a dollar. ' CORN FOR CLUBS. The Weapon Host AtTrctc l In Wrslcrn In dluna. "Tho queerest thing I ever looked on In the way of n weapon/ ' says a writer In th New York Mall , "I saw at a little bit o a wind-swept pralrlo town In western In dlana , a 'corn town , ' where ex-President Harrison and a hunting party disembarked ; to go through miles cf stubble In quest of quail In 1SSS. after his election. I was sta tioned In Indianapolis to keep truck of the president-elect , nnd went on that excursion , which was In charge of ex-Congressman Pierce. When the party had finished the day's shooting. I went to the railroad ita- tlon , a little 2x4 affair to telegraph my story. The place was closeJ , but an urchin told ir.o where the operator lived. It w.ia about a mlle out on the prairie , and Iho night was Inky dark. Hut I found hl3 cabin , and with the promise of a bonus , Induced him to come back and open up. When ho entered the- station lie took off his coat , but before lie sat down to the instrument he pulled a hard , heavy ear of corn , about sixteen inches long , out of his pocket and laid It gingerly on the table , much as a man might lay down a. big Colt's revolver loaded. " 'What's that for ? ' I asked. " 'Oh , just to see that no skeetcrs don't bite ye.1 he answered. Then he picked up a piece of board which some carpenters had left , and with one sturdy blow ot the hugo ear of corn , split the strip from end to end , and threw the pieces Into the corner. 'D'ye see1 says she. 'Yes , ' cays I , Next day I noticed that all the prairie men that came to town to tee Cleneral Harrison had big ears of corn In their hip pockets and didn't seem to be much afraid of anything. A. regiment of men with those ears ot corn would drlvo LI Hung Chang and his pig tall soldiers Into the northern ocean. " An IrUlimnn'a View at "ItcHer. " An official ol the Irish National league gave , In tha registration court at Cambcrwell , a now version of what constitutes "relief" from HIP mala voter's point ot view. f"A question arose as to whether a man had been In receipt of "relief1 and wa thus tile qualified from the franchise. The gentle man from Ireland causually remarked to he revising barrUter , "Oh , yes , he- has ad relief , elr. Ilia wlfo left him lx months n o , " ICIIAUNCEY GETS IIUMORODS Wees Cleveland's Attlhuttf on the hen- York Contest for i Subject , SOT HELPING DAV.D BENlJETT THIS YEAR Democracy1 * HITorts totCouiluct the Affairs of tlio Country Conitirrtl | : to n Attempting to t'oiitf-ot I'oivcr- lul iicclrlcnl : Machinery. BUFFALO , N. Y. . Xonr2.-Chnuncoy M. ) epew addressed a largo audience at Music mil tonight. He said In .part : Electricity Is he greatest benefit ever given by God to man. When wrested by the genius of an Mlson from naturS that marvelous power Is put nt tlie nwrcy and the service of the country , but It Is tlic most dangerous of 'orces when In the hands of an Incompetent man. The competency of the republican larty with this electricity of prosperity was such that as ( hey touched the button n new mill was started to bo connected with .ho machinery , n new tnlno was opened to JO connected with the machinery , n now 'urnaco was put In blast to be connected ivlth the machinery ; but when the republican skilled electrician was turned out of office and when the democratic electrician came In , who did not understand the button , and who put on 1,000 volts nnd 1,000 volts Is what kills n criminal at Sing Sing , and what killed he Industries of the country. ( Applajse. ) "Sly friend , Governor Hill , says : 'I am i democrat and nobody else Is , ' and Cleve- and says , 'I am a democrat and nobody else Is , ' and Everett I' . Wheeler says , 'I mi a democrat and nobody else Is , ' and this 1,13 produced one of the strangest cataclysms ihat has ever occurred In American politics. President Cleveland arrived In Now York .ho other day and went up to his house. Ho sat down In his library , called In his private secretary , Thurber , Says he : Thurber , I've been fishing all summer- : who is running In New York this fall ? ' ( Laugh ter. ) " 'Well , ' Thurber says , 'Hill. ' " 'What ? ' said he , 'David ? ' " ' ' 'Yes. " 'Why , ' says he , 'Dave Hill turned down Hornblower and 1'cckham , didn't he , when I sent them in for judges of the supreme court ? ' 'Yes. " ' 'Why , ' says he , 'ho made a speech there In which lio'taya that I 1 , the official head of the democratic party , had a policy which would destroy the democratic party In the United States , didn't he ? ' " ' ' 'Yes. " 'Welt , ' says ho , 'he's no democrat. Who else Is running ? ' " 'Well , ' Thurber says , 'Lcvl P. Morton. ' " 'OhI well , ' says he , 'wo don't want any thing to do with him. Who else Is running ? ' " 'Everett P. "Wheeler/ " 'Where did ho "get a nomlntalon ? ' " 'A bolting nomlnatlno. ' " 'Well , ' Cleveland say , 'you know Thur her , the democracy nevp - recognizes a bolt \ng \ nomination. * Saya he : 'Thurber , I have a great Idea. ( Laughter ) . Tack up my bag ; wo'll go to Washington. Wo won't register. There are no democrats running this fall. ' ( Prolonged laughter and applause. ) "Hut there Is a democratic Issue running this fall .and that Is Aether Maynardlsm am ] thefts of senates and the frauds nt the ballot box , which was turjjed down by 100,000 majority last fall , shall be approved this fall. ( Applause. ) , : [ "If I am , a Judge , from the crowds thai turned out as I came njong , the emphasis of this fall will be like a par.k of artillery , a popgun compared with .the emphasis of last fall. " Itnllr or Otnn Itnpillillcans , NEBRASKA CITY , Netf./Nov. 2. ( Spccla Telegram. ) The republcans | , held a monster mass meeting at the opera house this even ing , the building being literally packed , lion 13. F. Wnrreu presided and presented the speakers ot the evening , JEIoji. W. F. Gurley and Hon. John M. Thnritbh of Omaha. In neat speeches. Hoth speakers were at their best and dealt out , straight republican doctrine , to the delight o'f the audience. The leading questions of the dy were thoroughly discussed and the fallacies of free silver ex posed. Bryan's record was thoroughly nlret and some of his campaign methods made public. Withal It was the largest and mosi enthusiastic meeting held In Otoe county ths : fall , The mention by the speaker of Hon John Watson's name- was received will : cheers. McKlnley Tulles to Largo Croirrii. COLUMBUS , Nov. 2. Governor McKlnley spoke to about 45.000 people today , making about a dozen speeches. Last night ho wen from Sa.ndushy to Erie , Pa. , by special train and spoke there this morning to about 22,00 < people. The country within a radius of fifty miles from Erie was represented by large delegations. Tonight ho spoke at Akron tea a crowd of 6,000. One of the largest crowds which greeted the governor was at Warren. Congresmiian Mercnr' * Apnolntmnnti. South Omaha , Saturday , November 3 , p. m. Coliseum. Monday , November 5 , 8 p. m. Character begets confidence. No baking powder enjoys 10 high a character as Dr Price's. For forty years a standard. It has gone steadily from triumph to triumph untl all competitors are surpassed , REGISTRATION. Today 1 < the Last fay for tlio Ilrglitratlon of Voter * . This Is the last day on which voters may register for the election next Tuesday. Ever ; legally qualified elector should not fall to reclster. Failure to do so will deprive any man of the right to vote at the election November 6. lieclstrars sit from 9 a. m. to 9 p. in. MARRIAGE AND LONG LIFE. A Scientist's SieculHllann | on an Interesting Kuhjix't. Writing on "Some Lessons from Centenar lans , " In the Popular Science Monthly fo October , Dr. J. M. French says : "Among the .Massachusetts centenarians ono In el eve of the women had never been married , whil among the men the corresponding proper tlon was only one In twenty-three. Furthc than this , whllo there were three times a many women as men among the centenarian as a whole , tliero wcro six times as man among the unmarried ones. It would seem to bo a fair Inference that the- effect o celibacy Is less fatal to longevity amen ; women than men. Nor Is this other thai might ba expected when we consider how helpless and dependent Is an old man , an how unable to care for himself In the IHtl niceties of life which contribute so largely t health and comfort , and how much less so 1 all these respects Is an old woman. "But It would bo a 'manifest error to conclude cludo that , because the average age of th married exceeds that ofthe , unmarried , there fore this excess of longevity is duo to th married state , unless U can bo shown tha the Individuals composing the two classc wcro originally in the enjoyment of the/ sam degree of health and soundness of constltu tlon ; whereas. It Is an Indisputable fact thos persons entering the marrlod state arc , as whole , moro robust and'enduring , and henc have a greater natural expectation of life than those who remain single ; and it Is als evident that repeated marriages , and cape dally marriages late In life , are indication of a greater than usual" degree of vigor an vitality. They are , therefore , In the natur of an effect , rattier thail a cause , of extrem longevity. " Only Nix Tons of It. Tlicro are only six tons of platinum com merclally in existence ; It Is Indispensable fo glow electric lamps , for no other metal a COCK ! an electrical conductor can be fuse Into the glasi. Therefor ? , Its price has In creased within recent years many hundre times and threatens to go yet hlghe Cither a substitute conductor will have to b discovered or a new variety of glass mad with a coeltlcltnt of expansion nearer tha of ordinary mttal. There Is a big bonanz hero for come Inventor. Amutemvnt for Two. A coed itory la told of William Swlshe ono of the veterans who was present at th Brand Army encampment la Pittsburg. I ! N , B. FALCONER. * * Saturday's Bargains for Money Saving Peppjer Read our list of Bargains for Saturday all cjy. Don't ' forget our Famous Saturday Evening SilOo SHAWLS ! SHAWLS ! We have just purchased from a manufacturer his entire stock of fine all wool shawls at a mere fraction of their value. Never before were such values in shawls shown , Tuia neans a great saving- you are in need of a fine and warm shawl. In order to simplify this' ' * ; ale as much as possible , we have divided them into three lots. At the prices we haV& , narked them we are certain they will not last the whole clay , so come early and secure the" jest values , Lot i will go at $2.48. This shawl is well worth $4,50. Lot 2 will go at 4.68 , This shawl is well wortli 7.50. Lot 3 will go at 5.95. This shawl is well worth 8.50. DRESS GOODSi JDK.ESS GOODS ! See what we offer you tomorrow for 500 in black and colored dre g goods : 46-inch ojl wool serge , worth 750 ; Prestlcy's Figured Tamise , worth $1.25 ; Pure Mohair Brilliari ine , worth $1.00 ; 46-inch all wool serge , worth 750 ; 4Q-inch all wool Satin Berbers , worth $ ] .ojji 46-inch all wool mixtures , worth $1.00 ; Whipcords , * worth 75c and a host of other popular weaves. They go in one grand lot at only 5oc yard. A BARGAIN IN BLANKETS. 25 pairs 11-4 gray wool Blankets , regular price $4.50 , tomorrow $2.78. 12-4 ruffled , silkaline Comforts , very pretty styles , filled with the finest grade of bitting , see the siSe of this comfort , other stores are asking $4 oo for a comfort like this , our price is $2.75. Great bargains in Purses tomorrow. Genuine Kid and Morrocco Purses , worth up to 2oc , all go at Sj\c \ each. Genuine Lizard Skin and Alligator Purses , worth 25C , all go at i2j c each. Fine Kid Purses with leather covered frames , worth 35C , all go at iSc each. G-OWHS AT 63 CENTS. 10 dozen Muslin Gowns , good quality , nicely trimmed , full size , worth Si.oo , all go at 630 each. RIBBONS AT 7 CENTS. 7,000 yards of ribbons , all colors , all silk and excellent quality , grosgrain , satin edge and s.-Uin , well worth 250 , your choice tomorrow for 7c. ICE WOOL 12 1-2 CENTS. 300 boxes Ice Wool , best quality , black and white , eight balls to the box , regular price 25c , tomorrow they go at i2 c a box. UNDERWEAR , Men's heavy Derby Ribbed Merino Underwear , worth $1.25 , for 87 * 0 a garment. Men's heavy Merino Gray mixed Sox , worth 25c , for 1630 pair. An odd lot of Ladies' and Children's Underwear , worth from $1.00 to $1.25 , go at 690 each. Just received our new line of Fancy Baskets , On Sale Saturday Evening After 7:30 : p. m. Read this List of Great Bargains . - . . 25 Ladies' fall weight jackets , size 32 , 34 , 36 , sold all the season for $6.75 to $15.00 , Wq will close them out tomorrow evening at $2.19 each. At this price it does not even pay fqr the lining in some of these jackets. But no matter , we are willing to stand the loss. Be sqrfc and get here early and get first choice. Just think ! You can buy a $15.00 jacket for $2.19. We have about 20 ladies' ulsters that carried from long we over last season , they are ex ceptionally fine goods and made of very fine cloth. Our price on them last year was. $7-5 < ? * 59.00 , $12.50 , $15.00 and $2000 , but tomorrow evening we will close them out at $2.48 ( facn. Not more than one. to a customer. . ' WOOL DRESS GOODS. S.oo. $2.50 and $3.00 dress patterns on sale Saturday evening at $1.00 each , This is 9 most extraordinary offer , and we would advise our friends to take advantage of this greatt sale. See display in our show window. 150 dozen gent's silk teck neck tics , all new and handsome styles , regular 350 goods' ' , they go on sale tomorrow evening at igc each. This sale commences at 7:30 : p. m , FALCOi\fEH > s In a Colorado town not long ago without money , but with a great thirst. Ho was sizing UP a saloon outfit from a corner seat , when a. westerner Invited him to take a drink. "No , " replied Dill deliberately , "I will not drink today. " "Won't you , Mr. Boiled Shirt ? " replied the cowboy. "We shall see. " Then he turned to the bartender. "Put ten whisky glasses along the bar In a row. Now nil 'em up. " When they were filled ho drew a pistol and cached U. "Drink down the line. " he commanded , Bill slowly 'drained each glass. When the last glass was down he placed It on the counter , set the ten glasses In line , anil turned to the cowboy. "Now , mister , " said he , "If you have 'em filled again I'll drink my way back. " A. partnership that never falls that be tween the progressive housekeeper and Dr. Price's Baking powder. A VENERABLE PILE : The Majestic ItcsUlcnro nl I'rcstilcnt I'olli to Jin IlonioIUIi < liTho The grand old homestead of James K. Polk , tenth president of the United Stales , situated In the heart of Nashville , Tenn. , Is at this time an object of particular Interest , owing to the fact that by the provisions of the will of this distinguished statesman the necessary division of the properly among the thirty-two heirs requires Its demolition. The now venerable pllo was in course of erection during the years of 18-17 and 184S. during the time the president and his lady occupied the whllo house. It presents two perfect facades , with great Corinthian columns and verandas above and below , with approaches from four principal thoroughfares , The main front looks south , and Is reached through Poll : avenue trom Church street , the principal business thoroughfare of the city , from which the carriage drive sweeps through Immense Iron gates. The Vine street approach , however , has always been the preferred entrance of the family and visitors , as a graveled walk , lined with twining shrubbery , leads directly to that portion of the house principally oc cuplcd , and to the walk surrounding the tomb. A moro Imposing residence than Polk Place , even now. In Its decline , Irrc epectlve of Us associations , would bo difficult to find anywhere In the south , The largo L-shapqd hall , embracing1 In lt angle- the reception room und running Into the ample wcsi parlors , with the twenty-foot ceilings , gives to the whole a palatial effect , which ( he president must have purposely designed ( o render the change from the white house lees noticeable. The dining rooms , guest chambers , upper hall ami even the servants' quarters ure ar ranged on the same generous scale. In the southeast corner of the house , on the upper floor. Is the room used by the president as his ofllco during the short period It was alloted him to llvo In his new home. Mrs. Polk always kept this room sacred from Intruders , and In 11 yet are to be seen the deck and furnishings as they were during Ha occupancy , fifty-five years ago. The large upper south hall Is shelved from floor to celling'to accommodate the exten- ilvo collection of books which compose a library complete alike for statesman and litterateur. Itaro pictures and articles ol rlrtu abound In every nock of rooms and halls. Dlbelcts , insignia , relics of office , historical memorials , presented from patriots and for elgners , are arranged tn their abundance with a harmonious taste that lendu lo the Interior of the old mansion an air of ele gance and Imparts to U A charm IrresUtlble. Dut more Interfiling than IIOUBB or fur nishings are ( he grounds on the east tide which for many years contained the tomb of the president , and latterly of Mrs. Polk , The monument , a plain temple of four col umns and entablatures , bears this inscrip tion on one side : JAMES KNOX FOLK. Born November 2 , 1795. Died Juno 15 , 1S10. An epitaph of some length , taken from the ofllelal announcement made to the court of England by GeorRC Bancroft , thu American minister , appears on the monolith which rests between the columns. The tombs of both Sir. nnd Mrs. Polk were removed a few hundred yards to Ihe stnte capltol grounds and rclnterrcd with much Impresslveness and military pomp just a year Surely nothing but their cheapness could Indues the public to experiment with ques tionable baking powders at the risk of health and comfort when the facts prove that they have a perfectly pure and thor oughly reliable powder In Dr. Price's. It stands supreme. DIFFICULT JOURNALISM : . { Jotting Typo In .lupam-so Is a .Moat l.a- linrlmis 1'roroiK. They arc very keen journalists In tha land of the chrysanthemum , but It must be al lowed that the buslnebs is carried on under difficulties from which even the hardened western newspaper man might shrink ap palled , rays Henry Norman In "Heal Japan. " "Tho Internal organization of a newspaper olllcc U a sad spectacle o'i daily struggle w.tli dlfllcultles unknown elsewhere , and really unnecesEary here. "The Japanese written anil printed char acters centrists of the Chinese Ideographs , those compllcattd equarc figures made up of an apparent jumble of zigzags and crosses and ticks and triangles and tails 'the foot prints of a drunken fly and of the original Japanese syllabary , called kana. Of the former there are 0,000 In all , ot which perhaps 11,000 constitute the scholars' vocab ulary , and no fewer than 4,000 uro In com mon dally use. while the forty-seven simple characters of the kmia are known to every body. Therefore ths Japanese compositor has to bo prepared to place In his stick any one of over 4,000 different types truly an appalling task. "From the nature of the problem several consequences naturally follow. First , he must bo a good deal or a scholar himself to recognize nil these instantly and accurately. Secondly , his eyesight Buffers fearfully , and ho generally wears a huge pair o magnify ing goggles ; and third , as It is physically Impossible for any ono man to reach 4,000 types , a totally different method of case arrangement has to be devised. "The Hypo , ' therefore , of whom there are only three or four on a paper , ells at a little tab ) : at one end of a large room , with the case containing his forty-seven kana syl lables before him. From end to ml of the room tall cafes of type are arranged like the shelves In a crowded library , a passage three feet wide being1 left between each two. The compositor receives his copy In large pieces , which he cuts Into little 'Ukes , ' and hands each of these to one of half a dozen boys who assist him. The boy takes Dili and proceeds to walk about among the cases till ho has collected each of the Ideograph * , or square Chinese picture words , omitting all the kana syllables which connect them. Whllo these boys are thus running to anil fro , snatching up the types and joitllng each other , they keep up a continual chant. King Inc th name of the character they ure lookIng - Ing for , as they cannot recognize it till they hear Its sound , the ordinary lower-class Japanese not understanding tils dally paper unless he reads it aloud. " Rubles Mails to Oriler. Artificial rubles , known at Geneva rubles , are now extensively made , They are as ban ! aa the natural ones from Durmah , are IJen tlcal with them in chemical composition and molecular ttructuro and ate only Kllghtly Inferior In color and lustre. IL BOYD'S TODAY , TONlQHt AND SUNDAY NlGHt. THE SUCCESSFUL COMEDY DRAMA , FRIENDS. "One of the most entertaining" perform' ancos ever seen In Omiiha. " Last seasou'H BUCCCSS of "Frlonds" r < pouted. MATINKK TODAY AT 2:30. : Prlcea I'list Moor , 75o and 50c ; balcony , ' . ' OOo nil a Z'c. . . - - . - - - noor , BOc , 7Gc $1.0 } ; balcony , OOc and "Jc. 15th ST. ' . THEATRE _ _ . 1'in.Ki'iioxK ian , 4 Highlit , Comment-Ins : Sunday Mat , , Nov. 4 CHAS. A. LODER. IN OH ! WHAT A MIGHT ! MATINni : WEDNESDAY. Fiilli-livtliiii iiMiirus will bo lead from the Btnc iH-Hilay vuiiliifcSi > L'cli. : wlio and operator oa Connnff-N'ov. 8 , 3 , 10-MAN IN DI.ACIC. Miss Maria PARLOA'S COOK BOOK containing ICO roclpos which she has lately - ly written for the I.Icblg Company SENT FREE on nppllcnllon tn Dnucliy .t Co. . 27 Park riaei * . New Yorlc. Drop u yosta ! oard for It nnd always buy LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT of BEEF A For 30 days wa TOOTH willglvoatoooth BRUSH brush with each FREE , Physician's ' / PRESCRIPTION Our Prices are Low. ' , We are AOOURATE AND EBLIABLB , The Aloe & Penfold Co. 1408 TARNAM STREET. THE LION DRUG HOUSE. NEBRASKA , J3AJVJK ) V. 5. Jlfi > ailtorij , Vinatia , CAPITAL , - - $400,000 SURPLUS , - - $55,600' ' Offlceri and Dlrectors-IKnrr W. Tt.lt > , prr Identi John 8. Colllni. vlca prttUtnti I * ) U tt. Itt < ed. Caihlcr ; William H. B. llujUti , Militi ant cicnler. " THE IBON BANK
