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EDITORIAL SHEET. r A HE OMAHA SUNDAY PA.GES 9 TO .
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY , JANU ARY 10 , 1807-SIXTEEN SINGLE COPY ITVE CENTS.
Remarkable Purchase Tomorrow We Place on Sale the Greatest Purchase Effia de in Years Fourteen Thousand Garments. On Sale Tomorrow
OF FINE An iimnoiHO lot of Fine
rxt about
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From ono of the largest western from ono of the biggest western
wholesale concerns. All New , Perfect , Latest This Year's Styles Bv.ery Garment made up Within the Last Sixty Days wholesale dry gooiis concerns.
CO pieces of Chnmolon Empress Cloth , On front bargain square 500 plncos of.
Including strictly all the most olugnnt of this season's drosaj
trool Figured Cash- fabrics , ninny of them pure silk nnd
tnorcs all dark wool , 50-lnuh Rough
colorings , worth EITcot Novelties , In
wholesale cluding Hynrd
35c pard , . wide Storm Sorgos ,
Biilo at wholesale price for
on is the Entire
15o yard This ninny of those 61.00
yard , on sale at U9o
Worth 35c. yard
200 pieces of plnhl nml check all wool Worth $ UI ) yard ,
"Ladles' Cloth , Imported , changeable BLACK ( JOODS 150 pieces of pure- ' .
Vnlonrctle colorings , Including , dark Sold to Us toy the Sheriff These are all Fine Goods Such as Hew York's Finest Trails Demincls , assortment \\ool iiml Molintr of de Fancy lllnck Novelties inrqa
signs nUo BO pieces
4,000 yards Klbclluu oT Sebastupoln , In
SnltltiKS , full niirrow nun medium
range of colorings , 16th and Douglas Mrlpot. bus novcr Tlil.sqiiiillty Leon sold
former wholesale previously : it Ics4
price.-lOc * ; on sale in tlinu Jl.5 yard idBC2 H f
nil snh > In ciur HM S IP . * *
bargain square OHAH& HlnoU Hoods
at Hoc . '
yard. Department tit
Worth -19o -t'Joi'urd
Worth $1.26 yard
AT
1000 Children's
and Misses'
Long
, 'Cloaks
j
Irl Scotch m'x-
tures. trimmed
with velvet and Extra long
1 Former Former blaclc fur Capes
wholesale Former wholesale price Tancy button s , Former satin lined
wholesale wholesale
wholesale
price $10
price $5,00 price 810.00. up to $20.00. wholesale pries pride 8.00 now on sulo at 82.08.
This beaver cloth or cheviot This fine Kersey Jacket , This all silk lined , tan , Greatest nsdr'fnfent of high'class * $5.00 , $7.50 and This beaucifu'ly trimmed , 500 children's and misses'
' )
. assorted
.Tnckots Ilou- too
Novelty
In.Ilou
undX'npes In. -
viet Jacket in seal browner in blacks , browns and black and navy kersey cle and Plain Cloths , many of at extra long double beaver wool unit nlcctrlo seal new style Jackets in novelty
.
tans , silk faced , wholesale them Military Ih-nldcd nnd Fur go Cloth Cape , in blacks -and' lined'u\tri tor On | K's. ; heavy tongtli hiitln null ty mixed goods , light and1
or black wh olesale price Jacket or beaver Jack- Trimmed , nil of thuin Silk lined very full Rxvoop , whole dark comblntitlone
, sale price $10.00 , now on browns , wholesale price $8 , sale price M6.UU , now on , In sizes from 4
. throughout , nnd wholesale price Ml$2.30 Ealo ut f 5.00. to 1C , wholesale price $5 and 87.50 , '
$5.00 , now on sale $1.98. sale at $3.50 , Gt -i. , price wholesale $12.50 , HOW < K4- > . up to JfUO.OO , your choice nt $7.,11) ) . $2.30 now on sale at $3.98. on sale ut Sl'.OU ' uud 82.50.
$3.98
Mall orders filled on the above Mail orders filled on the above Mail orders filled on tba above Mall orders filled on the abuve Mail ordjrs filled on the above Mail orders filled on Un a'ovj ) Mail orilars filhd on IQC above t
abuve3H
OE3 3H 3SE
Lonsdalc and Fruit All our Sllkollnc , 20c boxed writing 10c boxed writing Moquet , Velvet , 2 yards 'wltlo 15c Turkish I3cdy Brussels Full size bcmmcd 2 cases of heavj One big table ot all Extra largo olzo Double napped
tomorrow 25c Turkish -Towels Body Brursela Carpet bleached and Cotton and , Linen tliigs , l',4 yarda Ions. twilled wrapper cloth kinds of dress buttons ready made Pillow bleached Shaker flannel
, , ,
o ( the Loom Muelln , worth up to 20c yard p a p o r tomorrow paper , , bed spreads ,
pet long remnants unbleached Huclj Towels tomorrow Slips , worth IGc , go nel ,
full pieces , tomorrow only only only go at Sheeting , yard ; row i worth lOo yard , at tons at at
I Encb 3 %
1 3c
5c yard box 'o' box o > % c Each Yd
VAitn Worth $1.23.
Worth SHc
QUIET DAY IN CREEDS CAMP
Uncommonly Short Output of Events to
Jar the Monotony-
BUT ONE SHOOTING IN 24 HOURS
V
Clironlrlr of InelilviilN llefure mill
After the Killing of Hull Ford
'flu * TriiKi'ily , tlic Serv
iced , ( lie Fiuiertil.
It was a quiet day In Creedo camp , In
the morning of the summer ot ' 92. Most
of the minors wcro away 'In the hills ; many
of the gamblers and others of Uie nightshift -
shift were etlll sleeping though U was now
4 p. in. A string of burros , laden with heavy
loads of boards , which they wcro about to
drag away up to the Last Chance , stood
dreaming In San Ixmls avenue and having
tholr pictures taken by the writer. Some
fishermen with long cano poles thrown over
their shoulders were trailing out at the lower
end of the town in the direction of the Hlo
Grande. A string of hea'vy ore wagons was1
coming down the mountain from tbo AmoJ
thyst mlno. The break on the forward
%
\vngon gave way when the team was nearly
down to the foot of the hill , tvnd Instantly
Iho heavy load shot forward and the poor
animals there were six of them bounded
away In a mad effort to keep out of the
way of the heavy load. The -wheel horses
nppearcd to understand that they were ex
pected to hold the wagon back and they
did what they could ; but the force of the
great wagon threw them off their feet , and
wftcn they fell , slid them along the rocky
road to the foot of the Jilll. grinding and
crushing their legs under the wheels , and
when the wagon finally stopped they were
both dead. All this happened just above and
In full view of the town , o that many of
the people saw It , and heard the .poor ani
mals cry , almost as a human being would
cry for liclp. while they were being run
down and killed by the ere wagon.
A moment later the crowd \\lvlch had col
lected to vlow the wreck had Us attention
diverted by a baby burro that now cam
reeling down the principal- street with a
well JoveIopod "Jag" and a gait on like
lllloy'B "Wabblcdy" Calf , Sotno hoodlums
had given thd burro beer , and he , was as
drunk a a man.
FOUD'S SENTIMENT.
A sorry-looking young woman was working
the shopu and imlooim on the shady sldo of
the avenue. Blio carried n long sheet of
writing paper , upon which eho asked people
to put tholr names and opposite their names
the amount of their subscriptions. Ono of
Iho girls had died the night before , and Ihls
moneyi was asked In order to pay eomo ono
to dig a liolo at the top of the hill and to
biro an express waijou to haul the girl up
tbcro. When the woman came to the Lcail-
vlllo dance hall she entered , and wag greeted
idly by another woman who Blood over be- ,
bind a low railing which extended from the
end ot the bar to the front ot the tent ,
fencing off a. llttlo epaco which served as an
oftlco for the proprietor and the woman , who
was a sllonl partner In the firm. The visitor
pushed the paper over toward the mail a i
mall , Hallow-looking man of 32 , who was ,
ever lldgotlng and glancing at the door of
whatever house ho happened to bo lu , The
man glanced down the column , saw "Soapy
Bmlth , $5 ; " and as ho hated "Soapy" ho Im
mediately raised him five , eave tbo woman
the money , and wrote Just under hla name
nnd the ten : "Charity covereth a multitude
of alns. " Then , he passed out from behind
the bar , niui oegan walking slowly to the
rear end of tlio long room. The woman with
the Rorry face and the long whlto paper
passed out. Upon the threshold she met a
man in miner's clothes , and even as she
turned to look at him , a very short man rode
tip to the dooi > of the tent and handed a
double-barreled Hhotgun to tbo man nt the
entrance. AH the miner-looking man entered
the 'tent with the gun'theoman with the
paper turned as If she would follow him , for
six-shooter , an' he'd ahad you-all jumpln'
thu the winders an' scootln' fur th' wlllera
'foro yer could uv raised a ban. "
"Well , " eald I , glancing toward the rear
of the room to make sure he was still there.
"I3ob's , all right. He's a good fellow
now. "
ANTICIPATED HI8 PATE.
I had known Ford. He was the firot
man to whom I was Introduced upon m > ;
visit to the camp. He had been our
guide , and had ehown Judge Hooker and
mo the camp by candlelight. It was upon
DEATH OF HOD FOHD.
she feared that the stranger might do violence
lence , reluctant as she wan to believe that
a man lu a refined mining cen
ter would resort to the use of BO
clumsy , not to say unconventional , a
shooting Iron as n shotgun. "Hello , Hot ) ! ' "
called the man with tha gun , and as the
keeper of the dunce hull turned ho raised
the weapon and let go , both barrels. The
shot , without scattering , entered the throat
of the victim and carried his gold collar
button out through the back of his neck ,
THE CAMP AROUSED.
The report ot the shotgun .startled the
whole camp , and as the Lcadvlllo was di
rectly opposite my hotel , I rushed over and
was almost the first man In the placo. One
man had preceded'me , nnd as I entered
ho came out and shouted ; "Dob Ford's
dead. "
At the moment I entered the only person
In the room was the Insignificant-looking
woman In the llttlo olllcc' . She was weeping ,
She know mo as the editor of the morning
paper , and at once began to pour out the
story of Bob's virtues. "Ho bad planned , "
she said , "to do much good. " "Yes , " said
I , "it Is reported that ho Intended to kill
off the entire Chronicle force , Including tbo
editor. " .
"Yes , I know,1' she went on hurriedly ,
for the place was filling up rapidly , "but
ho didn't mean It ho tolo me so ho didn't
have It In fur you all a llttlo bit. but ,
bay , " ube continued , waving a hand In the
direction of the corpse , and her eyes filled
with a fresh flood of tears , "Just to think
they njioiilJ shjot him with that Kind of a
gun It Just brcalcs my heart. " and she
leaned her head upon Iho bar and wept bit
terly.
Presently elio lifted her head , dried her
oyrs , and continued :
"Why Deb wouldn't uv killed a coyote
with u shotgun It's a coward gun. When
ho killed Jtisslo James , the braves' man
'at over lived un' the deadest ehot , ho dun
U with u 45 , an' cf he'd a come down to
clear out the Chronicle , which he woulden' ,
ho'd with hU bans' '
uv como two an' his
this occasion that I noticed his nervousness.
If a man came In and left the door .open ,
Ford would slip back ami shut IL U there
was a mirror over the bar , ho always kept
hU oyc.i on It , not to sco himself , but to
observe thcso who pnssed to and fro be
hind him.
In a pleasant way I asked him If he was
expecting como one. Ho answered smiling
sadly , that ho was always expecting some
one. He bad saved hla llfo once in Kan-
to bellevo that If he k'lllcil Jamca whose
frlend'anU ractaenger hcThad been , he would
be the greatest man In Missouri. That
nicant a great q > al to . { h'lj boy of 22 , for
outsldo of Ml ourl there wcs little worth
striving for. Ahd , theri , to Justify his
cowardly act , ho''related that It bad been
planned , by Joined that ; a bank should bo
robbed shortly , hnd J'brd had been told
that ho was to enfcr Ih'e bank with James ,
who would quietly sh'dot him as ho had
'
begun to mistrust"kid. . " All this
Fed pretended .to believe. He was con
fident that ho wo"iild have been murdered
In a llttlo whileIf ho bad -not put a bullet
through Jesse's back whllq lie WES hanging
a picture. '
Kelly , the "tough citizen' * who removed
Ford , seemed , strangely enough , to regard
the klljlng of this man much as Ford had
looked upon the kllllng'Of Jesse James. Ford
was p.n o : > en enemy of society , and only
a month before his death had closed all the
business houses and put the. camp to bed at
9 o. m. The morning paper had suesrested
that Ford bo Informed. that he- would bo
expected , in tho' ful'ure. to refrain from
shutlng up the town , leave the camp or bo
hanged , just as he pleased ; and for that ho
swore ho would kill off the working force
from the editor-ln-chlef down to "Freckled
Jlmmlc , " the devil.
THB CHIME CONPEMNED.
However , Kelly Jwas wrong. He was con
demned oven by Ford's enemies for his
cowardly act , just as the public had disap
proved of the murder of Jesse James. All
agreed that tbo rejijpval. of Jtazo would
facilitate- the movement ot trains In Missouri
and that Ford's absetnco wquld add much to
the peace and quiet of'Crecdp Camp ; but no
man admires a coward. So Kelly was ar
rested ; and later , \vhch bo ran up against
Judge ( now Congressman ) Boll's equity mill ,
ho was surprised to receivea llfo sentence
In iho oen , '
On the morning of the da- following the
killing a half hundred people assembled In
a store room where religious services were
held. They brought Ford's cUln , and placed
It upon a bench , and then the preacher getup
up and preached a funeral sermon. Ho was
not very enthusiastic , I thought ; but ho had
ST. LOUIS AVENUE , CIIEEDE
sas City by looking into a mirror. A
friend of the man he had murdered entered
tbo room , saw Ford's face In the mirror ,
and Icqtantly reached for his gun. Ford ,
lifting lib gio a , saw the man , and the mo
ment their eycu mot Iho man weakened and
passed on. My friend , the judge , from
force ot habit I presume , began to question
Ford about the killing of Jesse James , and
the fellow told us that ho had been led
a tough client and a bard case. \ Ho took for
his text , if ho could bo said to 1iavo taken
anything , the line which Ford .bad written
upon tbo whlto paper ! "Charity covereth a
multitude- alns , " and. made the most of It ,
When he had finished an express wagon
backed up to the door , they put the dead
man In , and tbo wagon wound away up the
trail to a level ipot above tbo town , where
the unwept and unfortunate girl bad been
burled the day Ford died ; where all about
wore now made graves ; where gambler Joe
Simmons and "Slanting Annie" slept side
by side.
The autumn winds blow bleak and chill ,
The signing , quivering nHpcn waves
About the summit of the hill ,
Abovp the unrecorded graves ,
Where halt , abandoned burros feed ,
And coyotes call and this is Creede.
CY WAUMAN.
Uev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler celebrates
the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth
today.
Rev. Thomas Nelson Ayrcs , who left the
Episcopal ministry some tlmo ago and joined
the Roman Catholic church , was ordained
to the Catbollc'prlesthood on Sunday In New
Orleans.
Only a very disreputable boy would over
think -sinking needles , sharp points up ,
in the cushion of the pulpit which the min
ister pounds so eloquently every Sunday
while delivering his sermon.
One Is shocked to find that so respectable
a person as Dean Hoffman of the Protestant
Episcopal General Theological seminary In
Now York City has just paid an election bet.
But this seems to be a fact. In conse-
cmcnco of McKlnley's election ho has given
to the University of the South at Sewance ,
Tcnn , , $35,000 In cash and property at
Bridgeport , Ala. , worth $15,000.
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church
In Ncwburyport , Mass. , baa received from
ono of Us parochial societies the Christ
mas present of a new and commodious par
ish house. Including choir facilities , chap
ter rooms , rector's office , parish hall , etc.
This gift Is noteworthy , not only from Its
source , but also as Indicating the growlh
of ono of the most venerable parishes in
Massachusetts ,
Bishop Whlto ( Episcopal ) of Indiana , re
cently said that the younger clergy "have
an Inordinate longing for the most attract
ive parish possible" and that "thoy are led
by the higher criticism to doubt more of
the blbla than they believe. " To this Bishop
Laurence ( Episcopal ) of Massachusetts re
plies : "From an tnllmato knowledge , dur
ing twelve years , of a body of young men
preparing for or Just in holy orders , I am
glad to say that In preparation and effi
ciency I believe they ara the peers and In
spiritual Ufa and consecration tbo superiors
of any class of men In any calling , "
A S.MII.K ,
Written for The IJce.
A child smiled up at mo that dreary , rainy
As down'tho muddy street I went my lonely
A child with sunny , waving hnlr nnd eyes
of dancing glee ,
Stayed her bounding footsteps , looked up
and Hinlled at inc. '
The world was sad for mo that day ,
And full of trouble nnd care ,
For a sorrow had como Into my llfo
That Hrcmed more .tlinn I could bear.
Dut 1 lifted my face , though the- rain beat
And my eyes through the clouds Bcemcdto
SCO t I
A beautiful land where tlie nun was still
Such u'thrill of hope did that smllo .bring to
me.
And I nald to my 0oul , "Shall sorrow
crush you ? "
And I ald to my heart , "Will you falter
and break ? "
For , oh , what are you that Borrow should ;
miss you ,
And IB there any whom trouble docs not
overtake ? i
Lift up your head and look nt llfo bravely ;
Go on your way with hope's banner un
furled.
And fall not If the chance cornea to you
To Klvo bock that umllo to the wniry old
world , " BT13LLA QHUBN.
Aurora , Nob.
PERMITS TO SELL LIOUOR
Details Connected with Securing a Saloon
License ,
MANY OBSTACLES THROWN IN THE WAY
KccorclH SliiMV ( hilt ( lie I.nrKO lli'eiv-
liiK ISNtiilillHliniciitH Arc c ; mil u-
nlly SccurliiK Control at tlic
'luccH In the City.
After the meeting of the Hoard of Fire and
1'ollco Commissioners which occurs toward
the close of each year , the morning papers
announce a certain number of licenses
granted and the casual reader draws the In
ference that the board Is the proprietor of
somu sort of a machine that grinds out
saloon licenses with no particular effort on
the part of the members. But the reality
Is far different.
The task of passing upon upward of 200
applications for saloon licenses once each
year Is far from being an easy one. The
locations of the prospective points of dis
tribution for the liquor supply arc scattered
all over then-city and all the surroundings
must bo considered by the board In bach In
stance before a license Is granted. Then the
prcvloud record of the applicant has an Im
portant bearing on the application. In
most cases ho Is In the saloon business at the
time of his application and any disturbance
that may hnvo occurred In his place during
the preceding year Is recorded against him.
Then there Is always a disposition on the
part of residents In the neighborhood to
close up the saloon If possible. They regard
Its proximity as a detraction from the value
of their property and are always ready to
urge somu objection or another against the
granting of the license. With all these
things to bo considered , It requires a vast
amount of time and labor to dispose of the
grist of applications each year and In some
cases a couple of months , have clapped bcforo.
the work Is completed. The number of li
censes that pass muster at once varies very
widely from year to year. Sometimes the
bulk of the applications can be acted upon
at once and In other cases only a com
paratively small number are not subject to
none sort of Investigation.
The licenses have given less trouble this
year than has been the case for several
years past. There hnvo been comparatively
few protests and scarcely any applications
for now licenses , At the first meeting the
board granted 126 of the licenses asked for
and the remainder have now 'been ' pretty
nearly disposed of.
The procedure of obtaining a license lias
not varied to any material extent during
the history of Oniuha. It was laid down
In the criminal statutes of 18GC , and al
though the law has been amended Rcvoral
times and the supervision transferred from
the old excise board to the Hoard of Flro
and Police Commissioners , the rcmilro-
tnonts for a license remain practically
the same. The apllcant must first file a
petition signed by not lets than thirty res
ident freeholders of tlm ward In which the
propcacd saloon Is situated. The signer * )
certify that the applicant is a man of re-
Bpectablo character and standing. Ho must
also fllo a bond In the sum of $5,000 , with
two Burettes , and the receipt of the city
treasurer for the license fco of $1,000. Then
the board has the right cither to grant
or reject the application , and lie decision
Is final , The application Is rejected If the
applicant has a bad record or If surround
ing property owners nro able to show that
the existence of a saloon at the location
proposed would bo a menace to the safety
or order of the neighborhood or a detri
ment to adjacent property. The cxlstcnco
of a church or school In the Immediate
neighborhood of the proposed saloon Is al
most certain to result In the refusal of
the license and several applications are
turned down on this account every year.
If the license Is refused the license money
Is refunded by the city treasurer.
When the licenses were under the con
trol of the excise board these considerations
were less material than at present. The
board consisted of the mayor , city clerk
and president of the council , and naturally
the securing of a license was largely a
matter of politics. Some of the toughest
joints that ever existed In the city wcro
able to secure a license without a particle
of trouble and the abuses that grow out
of the system finally led to thu abolition
of the excise board and adding the dulled
to those of the Doard of Fire and Pollco
Commissioners , which had then been In ex
istence for about two years.
The records of the Excise board are burled
away In the basement of the city hall with
a lot of other musty archive * ) and It would
require a long search to locate them. The
llcenso applications were turned over to the
present board In 1889 and from that tlmo
to the present the records have been kept
by the secretary and are easily'available. .
They show that' the number of sil'ions
reached the maximum In 1891 and slnco 1&3
has constantly decreased. The decrease has
amounted to fifty-five In ilvo years and a
slight additional decrease Is exposed when
this year's applications ore all dlgpnrjd of.
Only three licenses wore granted by iho preB-
cnt board in J889 , the others having been
secured before the now law became operative.
In 1890 211 licenses wcro Issued ; In 1891 , 251 ;
1892 , 237 ; 1S93 , 213 ; 1S9I , 221 ; 189. , , 211 , and
In 189C , 190. It Is expected that the licenses
Issued for 1837 will fall slightly below the
number last named.
During the past fatf years the largo brewIng -
Ing companies have acquired almost cntlro
control of the daloons. This Is to some ex
tent duo to the hard times , which have made
It difficult for n saloon Keeper to nil HO tbo
$1,000 necessary for his license. Consequently
the brewing companies put up the money as a
loan , which IB paid back by the saloon men
during the year. The breweries send their
man around once u week and ho collects a
certain percentage of the amount. In con
sideration of the loan the saloon kcopcr
makes exclusive use of the brand of beer
manufactured by the particular establish
ment that put up his llcenso money and hla
allegiance to the brewery Is Indicated by the
gorgeously painted sign thai adorns Iho ox-
lerlor of his building.
It Is not generally known that not only
the small establishments but many of the
mofct prntcntlnus saloons In the city secure
their licenses In this manner. In some cases
the license Is taken out In the numo of the
occupant , but in cauo ho doca not conduct
his place In a manner satisfactory to the
brewing company , the company simply takes
out the license Itself the next year nnd the
former proprietor can remain OH a sort ot
hired hand or got out as best ho can. In
this manner the broworlen have accumulated
quite a number of saloons In various parts
of the city , which they own and operate ,
putting In BOIHO Individual as the nominal
proprietor.
The plan for securing licenses outsldo ot
the city limits Is very similar , the only dif
ference being that the annual fco Is only
$000 and the Hoard of County CommUslonoru
paiscs on the application , The applicant flics
an application signed by thirty freeholders
of the precinct and with It the customary
bond , Protests are heard by tha county board
and the application Is passed upon In the
nmo manner that the city applications are
conslilurnd by the Itoaril or Flro and I'ollc *
