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THE OMAHA DAILY .WEE : SATURDAY. NOVEMBER . ' 10.
The City Editor's Story.
? WIIJ.ARD IIOI.COMB IN SAN FRANCISCO AtjQONAUT.
The hour wim about 3 n , m. and we were
sitting In the city room , Brooking and chat
ting together before wending our several
\vayo homeward. The phrlek of the stereo
type pinner below ctalrs betokened that the
paper was "tip" and the forms' almost ready
to go to press , eo with the profound satis
faction which only n night newspaper man
knows , each heaved a sigh of relief at the
reallratlon of another good day's work done.
There was the sporting editor , who had
recently returned from n sub-rosa prize
fight down the river , of which he had
been both referee and reporter. There was
the day police reporter , who had been called
up n to take care of an unusually thrilling
tragedy , although technically ho was not on
duty that night. Still he had responded
readily enough , although perhaps secretly
regretting the loss of a rare evening with
his wife mid children for aery domestic
man was this police reporter , In spite of the
fact that he was nil acknottlodged expert un
irmidots iniil crimes of all degrees. His
unexpected presence provoked the dlscus-
nlon :
"What the devil are you doing here to-
nlglit , Jim ? " Inquired the sporting editor ,
between puffs at his brlanvood.
"Working , " was the laconic response.
"I was short of men and called him In
to take charge of that shooting alTray , ' ev-
plalned the city editor.
"And you were tool enough to come ? "
Enid the sporting editor , still addressing the
police reporter.
The later only smiled , The conscious
ness of having turned In .1 good "story" had
already effaced any resentment at having
been called upon for extra duty. U'llli him ,
ns with most slaves of the press , virtue was
Its own best reward.
"That's right , " continued the sportilng
editor In a tone of well-feigned disgust ,
"thero'H no fool like an old fool , and we're
n pair of "em , It would have been money
In my pocket If 1 had stayed In that poker
Kama the boys started after thn
light , but , just for the sake of getting n
scoop" on the other papers I tlnew away a
good thlnK. "
In secret ho probably felt very proud of
this achievement , but ho felt that he had
occasion to growl , and ho growled.
"Look here , you , ' turning to a "cub" re
porter who vv.is sitting out the dog wutch ,
"the newspaper business Is all very well to
break a young fellow In for uome- other Him
ofvork , but do jou get out of It before jou
nro an old as Jim and me , or joti will become
n regular slave and can't stop If you want
to. Ain't that so , Charlie ? " -appealing to
the city editor , with whom he was on terms
of old comradeship.
It certainly becomes n strong habit , " re-
fcponded the city editor quietly.
"Habit ! " excl.ilnii.il the sporting editor ,
warming up to his subject ; "it's worse than
gambling. Didn't I quit a good gamii to-
nlglit to come up hero and write my stoiy ?
And there's Jim he's too old to be taking
orders frbm anybody , oven you , Charlie
but you -tay 'Come , ' and lie comes. Think
of any other Inmlneitt man calling an em
ploye out at midnight to wait on a cus
tomer ! "
"That's true , " said the city editor , thought
fully. "I know of no division of the great
army of labor where the1 wrvlro N so volun
tary or the discipline so strict. "
"And It ain't all money that makes us
go , " pursued the sporting editor. "Lots of
us could m.iKo more in some other business ,
but we stick to It until we nro literally
kicked out ! Why , your newspaper man will
go without eating or sleeping , not always
without drinking , but ho will forsake home ,
family , and friends , and go through every
thing himself mculy to servo his paper.
"Why , Hie only thing a confirmed news
paper man will not do , " exclaimed the
sporting editor , warming up to an oratorical
climax , "Is to write up his own funeral and
that's only because he can't.
"Vet I knew u man once who wrote his
own death warrant , " said the city editor
quietly.
All knew that the city editor , although
comparatively young In years , was old In
experience ; and , moreover , as he was not
given to drawing the long bow , that a story
warranted this strange assertion. It was de-
minded , and materialized , as follows :
"It was In a western city , some years
nun. " remarked the city editor , "that I was
holding down the city desk on a dally for the
flrst time. We had a man on the paper who
was simply a crank on homicides ; and ha
was more thin a mere reporter , for he had
detective talent of the highest order. He
didn't care much for the common crimes-
burglaries , laicenles , and such but glvo him
n good , mysterious murder , and lie was
splendid. Not only did he have the history
of all the famous murders at his lingers'
cndt' , but he.delighted In ferreting out the
most mysterious crimes that came within our
piov luce. In every cass , except the one I
am Telling about and there were a gooJ
inny killings In thut town he traced out
"flu ? murderer before the detectives even
dreamed of his Identity.
"I have since thought the secret of his
success was that he put lilmsslf mentally In
the place of the muiderer , and reasoned It
out from motives rather than from the
'clevvo' of the ordinary delec'lve.
" 'There Is seldom much method In mur
der , ' ho once suld to me , when In a rarely
communicative mood. 'Most men would com
mit It In about the same way under the
Eamo circumstances. It Is only when a mur
derer goes about It systematically , as do the
thURh of India , that a murder becomes truly
mysterious. '
"I dice asked him why ho did not bscomo
a regular detective.
" I was bcin and bred a newspaper man , '
ho said , 'and habit Is too strong to break , '
That was literally true In his case , otherwise
1 might not have to tell this utory.
"One morning the body of a tins-looking
man was found In an alley adjoining the
electric light works , In the very heart of the
city. The afternoin papers had a chance at
It , but didn't make much of It , so I at
once assigned It to Joncy as wo will call
him. Although he did not show up at the
iitual hour , 1 had no doubt that he was al
ready nt work on It , as It was as mysterious
a case as even ho could desire.
"Tho vlc'lm ' was Identltled as a traveling
miin , who had Jutt arrived , and , as fin as
known , ho had no friends or acquaintance *
in the city. It was not a CUM of robbery ,
for all his money and valuables were left on
the body. There was a slight contusion on
the baek of the head , and a small , needle-
llko hole directly through the man's heart.
It was especially strange that Mich a crlmo
tould have been committed In ft public
thoioughfare , while there was absolutely no
clew to the murdeur or his motive.
' "Put the > dinicultles were only such as
would oidlmirlly put Jones on his mcttlo ,
to I did not doubt that ho would have a
good account of the affair. I was there-
hue Eomewhat surprised when ho came
biieuUng In about C o'clock In the evening
to see vvhiit hla assignment was. Ho looked
worn and haggard , but denied that he was
in nn i irnvo him the murder assignment ,
1 thought I saw a startled look In hts eyes ,
but he inuliitalncd his outward composure
and went out without a word.
" 1 did not see him again that evening.
About midnight I began to wonder why
I had not heard from him , but only upeou.
luted on the possibility of Homethlng having
happened to him , for Urn Idea that ho could
pobMbly fall never occurred to me. Finally ,
nfter an hour had gone by , 1 telephoned to
Ilia police station. Word came back that
tlicro were no now developments In the
cist , and that Jones had not been theie.
Sending two men out to hunt him up , I SH
to work in ) self to make up a story of the
murder fiom the afternoon papers. Just
Hi I'll Jones came In , Ills step was unsteady
and his fuie fliiblied. He had evidently
bqfn drlnKliiK heavily something I never
know him to do before but he was not
diiink , ; lather , ho teemed ut high DPI you :
tension , although outwardly un calm ns
ever ,
"I decided to let this bread ) of discipline
inBa , and merely asked him for liiu murder
utory. Ho replied that ho hadn't vrltlin It.
" ' \VcII , go to work on II at dice , ' I said ,
rather tslmrply ,
"Then he really surprised mo by sajlng
tlmt lie hud nothing to wrlto beyond thn
bare fJcts already known. The. police had
dc > doped nothing new , and ha sujipised
that I had worked up the htory from * Le
evening papers ,
' And has It come to pas that > ou vudt
( or the police to develop a murder ra foe
) ouT 1 exclaimed angrily , 'As for tUv
reports In the evening papers , you can
fake a better Uory than they had I'
"Ho sat down In apparent despair at his
desk. Then I relented and cajoled him a
little , begging him not to spoil his great
record by falling down on such an assign
ment , 'There's a starter for you , ' slid I ,
throwing him the article I had commenced ,
'Now , go ahead and fill that out with a
column description of the scene.
" 'I haven't even visited It , ' he replied.
Nevertheless , he picked up the pages and
read them as If Impelled by some hateful
fascination. Then he took up his pen to
matte a few minor corrections. Then , ns
If totally oblivious of my presence , he be
gan to write.
"As sheet after sheet fell from under his
fingers I prmtchoil them tip , read them hur
riedly , and shot them down the 'copy tube' to
the composing room. I read rapidly , ns an
editor will , taking but small account of the
matter to long as It ran smoothly , while I
had too much confidence In him to question
the accuracy of his statements. 1 only real-
bed that ho was writing a great story the
gieatest he hnu ever done , lie peemeii in
spired with the very Innermost thoughts of
the murderer , and under his touch every
trivial Incident came out with distinctness
and coherency that made the cause and
method of the crime perfectly plain.
'Tlrst he described the scene with accuracy
of detail that would have been Impossible for
oiis who had not studied It closely. The se
lection of the spot he explained by the fact
that the blight electric light utreamlng
through the windows of the power housa made
It Impossible for thd passerby to see Into the
shadows. Thus while Impenetrable darkness
screened the assassin , ample light guided his
blow , and , moreover , the rattle and tear of
the machinery near by drowned all sound of
the struggle or the falling body.
"The blow on the head , he demonstrated ,
mu"t have been from n sandbag , while the
wound through the heart could only have been
made by one of those long , Ilne-bladcd sti
lettos of Italian make , rurthermoio , the fact
that tills peculiar weapon was driven homo
with n firm hand , after the victim had bean
stunned by n blow on the head , Indicated pre-
U U1H1 UUHUUIHIU luuiliui , . . * " -
theory of robbery was disproved by the fact
that the man1 * valuables had been untouched.
The only tenable theory , therefore , \vis that
the motlvo of the murder was revenge.
"A more masterly analysis of a case I
never read , but heia ho branched oft Into
what I at first Fiipposed to be puicly Imag
inary speculations as to the wrong which had
led the miirdeier to seek the life of the un
known man. These seamed purposely vague
at first , but gathered In strength and cer
tainty , until I concluded that he must have
fume good foundation for tho.n. Starting with
hypothesjs , he soon began to state them as
facts. Ho described how the dead man , a
once trufted friend , had entered the home of
another ; how , by subtle wile. . ' and deceit , he
had stolen the love of the wife ; then followed
an elopement nnd the breaking up of that
once happy home.
"Ho told with the bitterness of tiuth how
the scoundrel had deserted the weak and
erring woman and left "ner to perish alons ;
how the Idea of revenge had filled the mind
of the wionged husband ; how , himself im-
fccen , ho had followed every movement of the
Intended victim for months and carefully
plotted his destitution ; how he had decoyed
the doomed man-to the city and to the very
tpot where t'no muidar was committed ; and
how ho had destroyed the only clews a
couple of letters In the pockets ct the dead
man and finally made his own escape , the
seciet safe In his own htart alone.
"As I read this rennrkable tale through
the conviction forced Itself upon me that this
was the absolute truth. If the writer Vilmself
had committed the deed h& could not have
described It more graphically. Suddenly the
thought flashed over me could he describe
such a crime , thus without having , In fact ,
committed It ?
"We were alone In the room. I glanced at
Jones apprehensively. .Ho-vvas writing rapidly
fiercely , . . . His , cya were fixed , but lie
f-eemcd to be looking through and beyond
the paper across which his. pen flew at some
thing fascinating terrible ! When he finished
It was with a start , ns U waking from a
trance. I glanced at the last page , where
was filial confirmation ot my fears.
" 'My God , Jones , lb this true ? ' I managed
to say.
" 'Cvery word of it , as I live , ' he replied
firmly , If faintly.
" 'Then you have written the warrant lor
your own arrest , ' I said.
"Ills head dropped on his desk , but lie
said not a word.
" 'Jones , ' said I , finally , sshaking him by
the shoulder tovarouse him to an under
standing of my meaning , 'enough to hang
you Is already In type. In an hour the papers
will bo on the street ; In another hour the
police will be after you ! Go make the most
of your start ! '
"It was as I predicted , " said the city
editor , after n pause. "IJeforo daylight a
detective called on mo to ascTtaln the
sourre of that story. I simply pointed to
Jones' name on t'ne assignment book and
they went after him. "
"Did they catch him ? " asked the cub re
porter , eagerly.
' "Ihoy found him In his room with a stiletto
through his heart , " said the city editor.
DoWltl'B Little Eaily .Risers cure indlsja-
tlou and bad breath.
A AVOMlKItrUI , WUHST.
hlx < > I'Vct Ionw. Several YnrtlM AVIdo
mill UN lliirii JIH > atlN.
The "wurst" election bet of the cam
paign has just been unearthed , bays the
UrooUlyn Standard. There Is no possible
doubt about It being the "wurst" bet , be
cause tlicro Is a great deal of wurst at-
tiiched to the affair ; in fact , there Is just
sixty feet of vvuist connected with It , and
thereby hangs a tale (01 ( a wurst ) .
The members of the Night Owl Dowllng
club , vho bowl on Folmer's alleys , Hart
street , near Central avenue , thought that
Krodeiick W. Wurster would ba elected
mayor , John Hocnlghuuson of Wyckoff
Heights , L. I. , had an Ulna that Mr. Wurs
would not bo elected. In view of this
dllfvruncu of opinion It wat decided that In
the event of Wurster's election Mr. Hosnlg-
Imuseu should furnish a wuist sixty feet
long , to be devoured by the Night Owls and
their friends , In the event of Mr. Wurster
being defeated the Night Owls were to fur
nish the \uirst , and Mr. lloeiilglmusen and
his friends were to have the plcasmo of
devouring It , Just why such a peculiar
affair as a unrst was selected It ) not quite
clear , Some claim that It was EO blgnlflcant
of Wurster , while others allege that It sig
nified that the loser had received the
" Aural" of the wager.
Mr. Hoenlghauben concedes Mr. Wurster'B
election , and just at present the Night
Owls nro starving themselves In anticipa
tion of tli8 coming feast. The wurst Is beIng -
Ing built by a score of butchers , under the
ubU direction of Hoenlghausen's brother ,
1'etcr , at the latter's butcher store , on
llro.ulv.ay. Despite the fact that It Is wurst
In name. It IB not by any means "wurst"
In quality. Nothing but the best material
has been used In Its construction , although
come malicious persons stalled a story to
the effect tint I'eter had mixed a few boxes
of tucks with the contents.
When the wurst comes to an untimely end
at the hands of the Night Owl haulers and
their friends , a corps of doctors nnd a feu
stray ambulances will bo on hand In case
of un emergency. Uvery ons of the Night
Owls will be supplied with ft tape measure
In older lo see that there are sixty feet of
the article. ivery : one of them Is deter
mined to have a hack at It , and , as one of
them ha mnarlu'd , "tho wurst will come
to the wurst , but we'll all be on hand. "
Hun to IVi-vcul Cruii | > .
Suinu reading thut will piovo Interesting
to young inotheia. How to guard against
the dlseas ,
Cionp lb a terror to young inotheia and to
JOH them canccinlng the caute , first symp-
: am > ; and ticatm nt lu Hie object of this Item ,
The oilgln of cioup Is a common cold ,
.Milldrcn vilm nro wibject to It tin : cold very
raslly and croup 'e almost euro to follow ,
The first svniptom Is hoarseness ; this la
eon followed by 14 peculiar rough cough ,
vvh'ch ' ! easily re'ognlired and will never be
orgotte'i by one who has Irard It. The time
6 act IE wtiPii the child flint becomes hoarse.
If Clum > > erlaln'H Cough Remedy Is fieely
CtVn a ! ' t"ndency to cioup will teen dleap-
p > r i\ ; n after this croupy cough has de-
IP' ' P < \ \i II prevent | h uttncK. There Is
n-1 rtinfipr in giving this remedy , for U con.
IE ns n tiling
BELOW DECKS ON THE TEXAS
How Man and Machinery Will Work When
the Ship Goes Into Battle.
HOT CHAMBERS FOR VERY HOT WORK
Mccliiuilonl AlMilltuiccN for llnnillliiK
Ammunition nnil PlrliiK tlic
UtiiiN Orilcrn IlHinolivil from
the ConnliiK Tinvvr.
Of all Ihe ships of the new navy the Texas
which Is anchored at the Drooklyn navy
yard , IB In some respects the most Interest
Ing. A great steel fort spans her decks. A
each end of the citadel Is a turret , and In
each turret a twelve-Inch breechloadlng rifle
a magnificent monster of destruction , an en
glno of war that would bo terrible If we only
knew Just what It would accomplish In an
emergency aimed against men and cities am
ships Instead of steel plates and wooden
backing , The Texas , It Is pointed out by the
New York Herald , Isn't as heavy a ship as
the New York , for example , but her redoub
makes her a battleship , and the New York
lemalns with all her perfection only an
armored cruiser after all. If the Texas Is
only second class among battle ships , by
rearon of her tonnage , she Is nevertheless the
pride of her olllcers and crew and would un
doubtedly give a good account of herself In
battle.
There Is a certain fearful curiosity to know
Just what will take place down In the sub
marine wells , cells , magazines , engine rooms
and stoke holes of this steel castle of the
deep , what vast energies that have lain dor
mant will suddenly be released when once
the order to prepare for action has been sig
naled through the ship. In old times the
commander of a frigate stood on the bridge
with his glass under his arm and gave his
orders In full view of the men , who cheerec'
and "went at 'em. "
Nowadays In the chllleJ stool cell called the
conning tower , far removed above the smoth-
cr.tl din of the decks , with no ear to hear
and no eye to see him , he puts his lips to a
speaking tube , and flf y , sixty , seventy feet
below him , hero In the Iron box called the
shell room , there In the seething pit called
the flic room , here In the dungeon of the cn.-
glneers , there In ths torpedo rooms , far away-
In the very bowels of the ship , whore the
high rxploslves and mines are s'oncd , flies
the mysterious message , rousing ovcry man
and oveiy engine to utmost effqrts.
In the long steel gallery , suspended between
the sweat boxes called the fire rooms of the
T xas , Is the central sta Ion. Here a mid
shipman may connect the conning tower or
the tiller room , or the redoubts , with any
other part of the ship. There Is no such
thing as shouting an onUr. Tlio furnaces
going , the engines clanking , the tramp of
hundreds of feet waking sullen echoes from
resounding metal , the chain trolleys bearing
their perilous burdens of shell and powder
and gun cotton , traveling haishly along ; the
mys'erlous awakening of the compllciled
automata hidden away In every nosk , the
sliding of the loading trays from the ammu
nition hoist to the breecn-c sf the great guns ,
whose muzzles , forty feet away , are even
now threatening to shatter the air with the
hoarse earthquaking sfra-maddenlng roar of a
discharge that will do murder twelve miles
away amid all this dlabolkal saturnalia what
chance wculd an old-fashioned speaking
trumpo * have ?
The central station , In which these speak
ing tub s are concentrated , must be care
fully guarded. A steel pipe , twelve Inches
thick , carries them under the protective
deck. Once there they are safe. The side
armor , which distinguishes the battleship ,
Is , in the Texas , twelve Inches thick , cover
ing two-thirds of her length amidships. The
walls of the conning tower are only nine
Inches thick , but Its dlimetei Is to small ,
comparatively , as to make walls of that
thickness practicably Impenetrable. With the
shell ard round shot. , grapa and rifle baljs
impinging , bursting , battering on the cir
cular walls , the fighting boss of the ship ,
perched there to overlook the enemy apd
direct the progress of the action , feels secure
In his ability to reach and rally the tellers
under him , for he knows that every tube that
leads from him to them Is guarded by twelve-
Inch steel walls.
The order to clear for action having bsfn
given , the eight fire rooms , down next to
keel , with only a few Inches of steel shut
ting out the cool rushing waters , into which
many a fireman would already like to
pilings , are crowded with Inlf-naked men ,
forcing to still greater fervor the flies be
neath the four doublo-ander boilers of tbr
Texas. There are , perhaps , fifty of tlies"
men , and , thanks to their exertion1 ? , the tem
perature of these fire rooms Is already 130 de
grees. There are eight men In each of th
two engine rooms nearby sixteen hairy
fierce looking heroes , each working. In a
pair of trousers cut on" below the Knees , as i
his life depended on It. Many other lives dc
There are two machinists and four or five
oilers In attendance on each of these en
glnes. Without her engines the Texas wouli
fall a prey to the first unarmored cruise"
that came along , swift to circle about the
helpless leviathan , ready now and then to
pour In broadside after broadside , any on °
of which might dUable the twelve-inch guns
and pierce the magazines. The engine Is the
master machine , and everybody In the Texas
realles this. There are ninety men In the
engineer's force , and all but twenty of them
aic on duty at the fires , engines and boilers
But what of those twenty ? What a fate
ful and all Important labor Is theirs ! Some
of them , by the glow from the glass cased
plectrlc light boxes , let down to them fiom
above , nro raising slowly out from the
magazine bins the deadly treasures of high
explosive , shell and cartridges. Hero the
mines are making ready , there the torpe-
doea are preparing , and yonder In the shell
room vast missies to bo hurled from the
throats of the twelve-Inch guns are- being
hoisted through the \jells to the loading
trays far nbovo. Wore the dynamos to
stop and thess light boxes to become bud-
denty dark , what a hoiror of black iniirK
would envelop those tellers and paralyze
every energy of their frames. It was such
a camialty as that which caused the col
lision In the hurbor of Havana some weeks
ago by which tha Spanish cruiser went
down , with her crew and captain.
Let's look at the stean hteering engi'ie.
Them are elx wheels by which the Texas
can be directed In liar couree. There Is one
In the chart hous3 on the flying brldgs , Just
over the conning tower , for steam steering ,
There's another In the conning tower , for
use In action ; a third on the after gun
deck ; a fourth In the steering room , away
down In the after hold. There's a big hand
wheel In the steering room for use If the
steering engine breaks ; a wheel on the
steering engine lUelf , In the tiller room.
Once disarranged or broken , the steam steer
ing engine Is disconnected and the hand
wheeli' , any one of them , brought Into Im
mediate uso.
Hut taKe a look Into the compressor room.
where the air Is compressed by e'eom for the
torpedoes. Llko all thsse vital elements , this
room Is down below the protective deck. Tlis
torpedo charge Is confined at a pressure of
1.350 pounds to the squire Inch , and when de-
slrsd a pruyuro of 2,000 pounds can bo ob
tained , The first will send a torpedo 400
yards nt a speed of thirty-two knots an hour ,
night hundred yards range may be reached ,
but without accuracy of aim. Through thq
submarine- torpedo room proper , Into which
the three prisons op n , the submarine mine
room Is reached. Hero also the trap doers
over the gun cotton and torpedo head com
partments , each reached by a shaft , are to
be seen. Just forward Is the fore hold , where
the wet stores , lumber , spare- gear and beef
aio Hored ,
Down In the shell room , twenty feet below
the trea level , eight men would work In time
of action. It Is 6 feet wide , G.C feet high and
BCIIIO 2U feet long , a steel tunnel , Blmt In by
the wooden partitions sf th ? various ammu
nition compartmtuts ; here at least wood may
not be misplaced by steel , owing to HIE dan
ger of concussion. A great square shaft runs
fur up between steel walls to the redoubts ,
from which the twelve-Inch guns are fired
Down this Ehaft comes a car , on which a
shell , with Its firing charge of 425 pounds
of powder , muit beloaded. . The steel Itself
would b * no moan bin den. with Its bursting
charge of twenty-live pounds of explosive , for
It la 34 Inches long , 11,90 Inches In diameter
and weighs 50 pounds.
A glance at the thermometer , with the
fire rooms on each &ld of us going full
tilt , ehovvg 123 degrees , but the fight men
Jit work b.er ? 4o 't jeep t,0 gjad | U They
can hear n deafening din around , above tnd
below- them , yet they con fe > nothing but
the hoist nnd the landing tray nnd the
chain trolley along hlch they propel , by
hand , the cradle that carries the shell from
Uia magazine to the open door of the hoist.
There I * nothing for them to do out work ;
If the ship were sinking they wouldn't know
It. without that warning whisper through the
tube ,
The ammunition hoist room proper , or
handling room , on the after platform deck ,
Is Immediately over the magazines' , for
which It l n cover. It Is cut off from the
berth deck above by the battle plaits , weigh
ing about 1,000 pounds each , and handled
by steam gear. The water line Is ten feet
above. Hvery hatchway on this protective
deck , which covers.tho ship's vitals as a
culras" co-vered a warrior of old , Is supplied
with these steel plates' , watei tight , which
Isolate every room dml compartment below
from the gun deck mnd crew space above.
It Is the machinery , -not the men , that must
be first cony'dered. Frtm abreast the upper
end of the vertical larmor , which does not
cover the ends of the ! ship , the protective
deck begins to drop /down over the precious
storehouse of mechanism amidships. Where
It was only two Inches < thick horizontally , It
Is now three Inches ! thick , Inclining nt an
anglo of from 7 to 10 idegrcey.
All the work of tliol battle ship Is down
In her midst. The forward end of the ship
Is used for stowingaway. . Hut this con
centration amidships Is curiously contrasted
witn me still more .crucial rule In n battle
fhlp that she can conquer only by division ,
Divided by Innumerable water tight walls
and bulkheads , shei stands ; united in one
whole t'lie would fall.
A , O. Dartley of Magic , Pa. , writes : "I
feel It a duty of mine to Inform you and the
public that DoWltt's Witch Hazel Salvo cured
ma of aery bad case of eczema. It also
cured my boy ot a running sore on his leg.
CAT12H1M1 TO A 1 < MD.
HOKUM Anlliiiio rui-iiltitro .MrirkctiMl
In Aiuurlon.
Dew are of alleged antique furniture shipped
from this country for sale In America ,
writes the London correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Times. Such furniture , If genuine ,
can generally command a ready sale In the
London markets * , and traveling Amer'cana
prefer to buy their own relics on the spot.
A friend of mine who lives In the "garden
eounty" of Hngland Devonshire tells mo
that In the midst of green meadows In a
lemote part ot the lovely ccnnty there
works n firm of cabinet makers whoso
achievements In the art of "faking' can
hardly bo excelled even by the ar-
tlHts who transform pot boilers Into
works of old masters. These people
confine their efforts entirely to
manufacturing antique furniture for
the American market , and this Ii > the way ,
for Instance , an "olde oaken chfste" Is fash
ioned. First of all the cheat Is strongly built
of deal Loards practically a supeilor packIng -
Ing case the nails are sunk and the cavities
filled with some kind of cement. Then the
chest Is stained and the remarkable re
semblance to old oak Is attained. To secure
the specific gravity required a very shallow
false bottom IP arianged , in which Is placed
a perfectly-fitting sliest of lead.
Of course the best part of the fake Is In
the carving. One member of th ? film Is
particularly clever In this direction. His
inspiration Is derived from an old family
bible , the Illustrations In which arc uur-
rounded by borders of quaint nnd curious
design , with the grotesque heads such as
one sees In gaiyoyles.
The complete result is calculated to de
ceive any but an expert. It Is said that a
Ively inaiket for the stuff was once oblnlnsd
n London , where It wns pold by auction
also that a sniait American upset the game.
-Ie suspected a chest which was being of-
'ered ' , nnd surreptitiously applied his pen
knife to such purpose- that he laid bale a
patch of white deal and broke up the sale ,
s'ov the firm export their wares to the
United Stateo on commission.
But chests are not the only articles offeied
or sale by these "collectors of antique furnl-
ure" They have oven the tenuity to attach
a historical Interest to some of their prod-
icts. Thus a carven chair may bo labeled
is having belonged to Queen El7abeth | , or a
cabinet elaborately wrought , but with rusty ,
niCDiith hinges , ras 'having .been iovuoedby
Oliver Cromwell Sit'-Walter .
, or Ualslgh. The
usty hinges , by the way , are takdn from
nrn doors In ths neighborhood and tutored
nto convenient shape. ] A capital effect Is
galncj by loading up aigun or a pistol with
heivy charge of sparrow shot and firing
t the furniture from a due distance. This
epresents the ravagas of the Insidious worm.
On ? .Mlnuto Cough Cure is harmless , pro-
uccf ] Immediate rcsulta.
In SWEETNESS and TOWER
of TOHE , BEAU'IT of DE-
DEol
"BAY STATE"
GUITARS ,
MANDOLINS ,
BANJOS.
ZITHERS , and
FLUTES
arc equalled liy no other Amcrl
menu. ofniiystrlcllylilBliKrailulnstm. .I ! AWV.UDS. bend tot
Catalogues.
JOHH C. HAYNES & CO. ,
4'3 TO 03 WAIHINHTON ST. ,
DOSTON.
Be Sure
It's Pure
You don't ' want to cat adulterated
buckwheat or buckwheat that isn't
buckwheat at all.
is an honest product. Nothing but
plain Buckwheat of the very best kind.
At Your Dealers' .
THE MURRAY.
Omnltn's Lending Hotel ,
New Equipraout.
FIRST-CLASS AND MODERN ,
Special Rotes by the Month for
tno winter.
B. SILLOWAY , Pros , nnd Mgr. ,
14th attd llnrucy Sts , Omaha.
Logo POISON
ACSDC'fll Al TVl'rlmary , Boo.
. , Ore.WML. ! I ondaryorTer-
liaryByplillliponnnncntly cured la 16 to
135 daj v. You ican bo treated at homo fur
Ithomma prlco undc-eamoKUiirunty , H
youprefcrto come bera wo mil contract
"T , to PT raiin/ad luc and hotel o lie , nnd no
cbaive.lr wo fall to euro , it you Imvo taken mor-
ctiry , iodldo nntunb , ud still linvo arhea and
p.ilns , Jl noous I'atolioa In mouth , bore Throat ,
riuiplcu. Copper Colored Hpnti , Ulror/i orj
ur purt ot the body , Ilulr or Kyobrunrs fulling
.lut , It Is tills SypliIIltlo IIIOI ( > 1'OIbON tbat
we Rtiaranteo to cure : We solicit the ino t ob tl >
outo vuse * and olmllelico the world far a
CUHO vvuriinnot cure , r-ihls Ul ea o Imsaltrava
balllod ti.n ulilll t thdmott eminent physi
cians. nOOOOO capital behind our uncondl *
tional iroarantr. AbBolutoiiruuriiBontiienltidoa
VPUcatlon. Addrpua C'UUK Jti.M12t > y CO , .
N)7 Slasoulo Xiuuvlo , CHIUAU < > . UX.
nJ Only Gcnutiir.
- . - rtv'x 'fc. al < 7 inlUbl . LADitajik
l/'li'iSkAMo ffiroBjlu Uc'j 00 * Cw
- ' ) < * " ' ' ' 1 "Ik llTO
& * w VsviiA ulticn' ' .
| 4 il o.i > a tin nariicoUrf , i
"Iltllcr far I u.llc. . " In lir.tr. t , rclji i
iliilL jn.oUOIc'.i'.cjc.nUli Aanl J'a/ir
. . .
IXH.II Uruuuu. Viaitida. , i'ti
I The Great Bankrupt Sale
- - OF THE. - -
Dickinson Dry Goods Co.'s Stock
( OF MINNEAPOLIS )
Heglns SATURDAY , NOV. ! MUh , nt 8 A. M. , comprising tipwai-ds of $20,000 worth ot
choice , desirable and seasonable merchandise together with the balance of the
S. P. MORSE BANKRUPT STOCK ,
WILL HE UNMKUCIFULLV SLAUGIl TURKU.
All Avalanche of Bargains---A Cyclone of Irrcsistablc Values
A Mighty and Supreme Era of Low Prices
Is prepared for the people of Omaha.Vj can only give you ti faint I lea of the thonstnds of
extraordinary values. You cannot reali/e how che iply these gmnls are olTjrod unless yon
come in person and examine them. We would advise comim ; early as qtt unities will not last
owing to the rklicuously low prices.
S. P. Morse's 16th nnd
S. E. OLSON GO.16th
Old Stand. . . . Fnrmim St.
SILK DEPT.
Sample llcmi from our big Silk stock.
Prices on other goods equally low.
Look nt them nnd convince yourself.
*
22-inch Surnh Silks
All colors , blight , pretty
shades ns well an dntk ones.
Dickinson's price was 33c ,
OUU PUICG IS ONLY . .
Black Silk Face Velvet
Good black ; It's not worth n
dollar n yard , but Dickinson
did Bell It for 7GcOUK 1'UICU
IS ONLY . . . . . .
Black Brocade Satin
Assoitpd figures , good , bril
liant blnck , Morse sold them
for Cue , OUU PllICi : IS .
I > ouble Warp Surah.
Silks
All colors , light and dark ;
they nro warranted nil pure
S f..7.5. : : ! ? 42c
DRESS GOODS DEPT.
Just n few sample Items to show
which way the prices me demolished
In these goods.
25 pcs 41-in. Dress Goods
Good dnrk colors. Dickinson's
price wjs 30c , Ot'Il PltlCC
IS , YAUD .
36-iu- Black Cashmere
Fine twill , good black , fine
nnd durable , Dickinson's price
was 23c , OUH PUICU IS ,
YARD .
46- inImp't Henriettas
I'lngant silk Ilnlchcd goods ,
wnrianted all pur' Austiallan
wool , line anil lie-ivy , good
dark color0 , Dlcklti'-oirg price
was ISc , OUU 1'IUCU IS ,
YAUD . . .
BLANKETS.
Cold weather goodH nt red hot prices.
10-4 Blankets
AVbltc or grny , with fnncy
borders , Dickinson' * * pi Ice me ,
Ot'U PUICi : ONLY , PAIR. . .
10-4 Wool
Mixed Blankets
Gray with fnncy border" ,
heavy good" , Morse's piico
Jl 75. OUU PUICi : ONLY ,
PAIll
1O-4 White All
Wool Blankets
nine , reil or pink borders ? ,
wnrm , fleecy goods , heavy
"nnd durnb'o , Dickinson's price
JIM , OUU PUICi : ONLY.l
PAUl
Home-Blade Comforters
Uvtrn Inigo size , Miteen botb
Hides , nice " -oft cotton , wool
tied Koodi. Morse's price & , ( Cl CiC\
OUU PUIC'i : ONLY EACH..MJIl'c'i'
DRAPERY DEPT.
Chenille Curtains
36 Indies wide , 3 ynuln long ,
with dado nnd fringe top nnd
bottom , DickltiMin'R price
? 3 GO. ouu puicn , rcu
1'AIU
! Lco Curtains
100 pairs Nottingham Lnces ,
3G lnch s wldp , .1 ynrde lom , ' .
Rood $1 00 vuluc , Ol'U I "UCU
PUH PAIll
Irish Point
rull size , CO Inches wide , 3'A
ynids long , Dickinson' * * prlce
&GO , OUU PUICC. PAIU
Crushed Plush
Colors , old gold , olive , green
nnd led , Moise' < s Jl 2 > qu.illty ,
OUU PUICK PEU YAUD. . . .
is the only WiUprproof Seal Plush that will not spot not' urusli.
I Thut is the kind of plush used in our garments Saturday
thut go on sale
45 Plitsli
Garments and Ends
In ? Coats , 30 to 40 Inches
4 long , from
Made In either Coat or Cape , rang
ing In price fiom $1800 to $2300 , Satur tlioDlcklnson stodc , m irkd to sell from
day choice , $12 00 to $18 00 , out price Saturday
13 98
1 ii / -J
From the
Wo have made a
Dickenseii
Special
Stock
Ladles' Underskirts , made of saloon ,
moreen , gloria silk and brllllantlno , at for Saturday
one-half price.
1 OU On the following lines :
J200 Skirts . --P
Ucductlon on Wi uppers
$1.50
$300 Skirts
Reduction on Fur Guincuts.
$400 Skirts n { p2.UO Reduction on Silk WnlstH.
fl 50 Skirts $2.25 Reduction on Mackintoshes.
Reduction on Shawls.
$500 Skirts $2.50
$7.EO SkYts. . . . ! ! $3,75
Two lots of children's School Coats :
Come early , ns the quantity Is lim Lot 1 , worth r CO. at $3.50
ited. B8. worth $23.00 Lot 2 , vvorth JSGO , at Jp5.20
GENTS' FURNISHING
Now Is your time to Bet seasonable
goods In this department for ulmost a ,
song.
Slightly Soiled
Collars nnd Cuffs
Bioken sizes boys' nnd men's
coods. Morse sn rice lEo to 23c ,
TAKU YOUIl CHOICE ,
UACH ONLY
Gents' Heavy
Seamless Hose
StroiiK nnd rcllnblo Kooda ,
Jloue's price 25c OUll IMUCIJ
ONLY. I'AIIl
Gents' Suspenders
I'laln white and silk web
Koods , full size , strong ; wire
buckles , Morse's prlco 25c to
50c , OUH 1'RICE ONLY ,
PAIU . . .j
Men's Hygienic
Natural underwear
Fine wnrm , heavy fleeced
Koods , all flzes , DIckliison'H
price $1 00 , OUR I'UICIJ
ONLY , UACU
Gents' Gray
Shirts and Drawers
Pure wool , nil Blzos , warm
nnd heavy. Dickinson's piico
$1 25 , ouu PIIIUU ONLY ,
BACH .
LADIES UNDERWEAR
Ladies' Egypti.11 Vests
And Pants , etru or urny ,
ileeco lined goods , Dlckln-
"on's * price S3e , OUU PUICJ3
ONLY .
Ladies' Natural
Wool Vests
Illbbed pooda. ne , foft nnd
warm , Dickinson's price ( Go ,
Ot'U PUICI3 ONLY. .
Ladies' Camel's
Hair Vests
And Pants , extin fine soft
goods , nlculy made nnd turn-
ineil , Dicklni-on's $1 GO goods , 7QC
* J
Ol'll PIUC'13 ONLY .
Children's Extra
Heavy Hpae
Bluck all wool good" , plain
and ilbbed. lcl ln"i8.iiirm ) ?
200 to toe , ouu I'lticii
ONLY 13c , 19o and .
Ladies' Past Black Hose
lixtru heavy , ' ° " | ! , . ?
and toe , all ulzes E )
son's nrire 30c , Ot'U P
ONLY , PAIU . ,
GLOVE DEPT.
Thc = o sample items. More just
like 'cm.
Black Double
Wool Mittens
Heavy all wool line goods ,
plain nnd fnncy harks. Ulok-
Iribon's p lee MJ , OUU i'UlCU
Heal Kid Gloves
French made goods , nucdo
and glace , & nnd 7-liook unit
l-ljiitton , good colois , Horde's
nnd DIcMtuan'H prices up to
$ - ' , OUU PUICi : ONLY
Double Silk Mitts
Fancy bucks , wool lined veiy
line nnd wnrm , DlrkhiFon'H iC \
prlco Jl 75 , OUU PUICi : * = *
UMBRELLA DEPT.
Nuvv Is the time to buy youi Clirlat-
iiHHt presents ,
26-in Gloria
Silk Umbrellas
Nnliuul Flick , fancy crook
band ) ? , Diik nson's pil o H CO ,
OUU PUIC13 ONLY
Gents' 28-iii , Gloria
Silk Umbrellas
Natural stick , fancy crook
handles DU kln nn's pi lea U , i
OUU PUK'i : ONLV I
Ladies' 26-iu , Gloria
Silk Umbrellas
Jtollcd steel todrf , natural
wood , fancy urook handles.
DlrldiiMJM'H mice MOO , OUU tf
PUICI : ONLV i.
Finer goodn .it equally low pilcen.
CORSET DEPT.
Gel n new pall It's cheaper than to
mend the old ones ,
Dr. Warner's
Health Corseti
All .sizes , In gray nnd white ,
long waist KOodH , thn Kcnulno
mtlcl , Dickinson's pilce J1.W ,
ouu puu-n
LadieV Corset Waists
Standfliil makes , such ns Tri
con * . Wainor'n. JnclcHnn'ij ,
etc. . nil uUes , vvblte 01 glay ,
medium nnd lone waist ,
Morse' * prl e J1W , OUU
puicn
LINING DEPT.
36-inch Silesias
Heavy double twilled geode ,
dark dlapla color)1 ) , Dlcltlii.
Bon's price 15o md ISc , OUU
PUK'G , .
Best Quality Fibre
Chamois
Momi's pilce 85c. OUU
PUICi : ONLY , YAUU , , . . . . . ,
Dickinson's
BOOKS , STATIONERY
They nro going Ho euro to
get sonic.
1500 Pnpor
Covered Novels
> c poods , OUU rillCE
ONLi , . . . , . , , , . . . . . . . . . . . , , . , .
1000 Imi'Ko Paper
Covei-ed Novels
" '
Me poodM , "ou'uf i-mcn J2c
OIs L \
Cloth Bound Books
< 0c Roods , OUU 1'UICn lOC
Cloth Bound Books
50c good" , OUU PUICK 15c
Paper and Envelopes
21 of I'uch , lii boxoi. Dickin
son's L'Oo eoods , OUU " " "
7c
WritingTabets
2c
LADIES UNDERWEAR
Indies' Gowns
Good nutilln. nicely trimmed ,
ns'otteil styles nlculy made ,
DIcklnson'H price Jl 00 and
' "I 25 , OUU VlllCU ONLY. . . . . 49c
iJrawers
Uood muslin , nicely mnde ,
tuck and horn flnlohod , Ulck-
InaoiiN price Wo , OUU PIUCI3
ONLY 19c
Tain O'Shanters
Scotch coloipietty Rood- ? ,
. '
llors.e's price 40e , OUU 21c
Ice Wool Shawls
Illack nnd white , frond size ,
hand knit ( jnodx , DIcklnson'H A Hr >
price J1.00 , OUU PllICU 4OC
HANDKERCHIEFS
Why not buy your holiday Handlcu-
cblef piosents now ? You vvll nuvei
got thorn ns cheap again ,
Ladies' Colored
Border Han 1 kerchiefs
Assorted borders and colom ,
veiy line sheer goods , Morte'H
BACH piico lOc , OUU PUICi : ONLV 3c
Ladies' and Gaiit's
Handkerchiefs ,
Hemstitched nnd pi luted bor-
di'is , line goods. Dickinson's 9c
plica Ibo to SOi * , OUU I'ltlC'U.
Ladies'All Silk H'df'iis *
Hemstitched , with Inltldl coi-
iiuiH , line pietty goods ,
Morno'8 prlci.We , OUU
J'UICi : ONLV
LACE DEPT.
Black Chatilla ace
And Insertion , 2V to 5 Inches
wide. MOIHP'H price lOc to 23c , 5c
OUU J'UICK ONLY , VAUO. .
Toi'clion Insertions
Aoortul puttcins anil widths ,
JJIi kliipon'H price ; ISc to IKe , lOc
Ol'Jt PKIOIJ
Colored Chiffon ?
J'i InchfH vvldo , nil xllk , irooil
LOloiH Jlorso'B piico 75OUU 19c
i-uioi ;
RIBBON DEPT.
All Silk Ribbons
CJro-i grain nnd balln fjoodn ,
coed coloiH , vvldtht ) C , 7 , 9 , M
mid 16. CHOICU OF T1ID 3c
LOT , Y.Mtl )
Fancy R-ibbons
tittlprn , plaldu and p Ik.i ilotn ,
ull sllli Koodn , Muife'H prlco
LOT up to ONLY fflf , CIlOK'i ; Ol * ' T1IW 7c
YARN DEPT ,
Germantown & , Saxony
Oaoil coloi ? , Inrt'e lze f/kHnv ,
Morto'x inlca ija and i'V , C- ,
OUH I'ltlau , ° * '
Best Quality Em
broidery Silk
In Illo , rope , woh tvvl&t and
ctdiliiK , b'ooil ( .nlorc. Dlckln-
BOII'H inlco 4o , OUU 1 > UIC1J ir.
ONLY 1C
Italian Art Knitting
Silk
All Klmclcb and rolois.Aorlh
iot , Ol'll J'UK'IJ , HI'OOL. , , .