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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1897)
EDITORIAL SHEET. THE OMAHA UNDAY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAI1A , SUNDAY MOKNXtfGr , SEPTE3\D3ER \ 5 , 185)7 ) SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY ITIV13 DENTS. THE SECOND DAY OF UNBOUNDED SUCCESS OF THE MOST ING in the entire annals of store-keeping. Leading a new road levelling old ruts blazing1 a new way to Bargaindoui. Making Bargain Prices that bewilder the most ambitious imitators. Giving bargains that crowd our store from top to bottom , even to the very doors , with throngs of eager , wise buyers , who know the meaning of our magic ' 'Challenge" Bargains. WE CHALLENGE WE CHALLENGE them nil to soil IGfh and Douglas the world to soil 25o STAIR OAttPET ftt Yard * mm. for us llttlo money us wo do , Having just received the newest weaves , designs and color ings of the best foreign and domestic products , absolutely correct styles and at positively the lowest prices for the qual ity in the city. An Entire Dress Pattern of 8 yards for 20c , this is a regular 15c per yard quality of nov elty , double width horge.s in striped , cheeks , nnd plaid- bright and dark colorings , challenge price. 8yds for 20c Our Seeond Shalleiige Bargain Entire Dress Pattern ot 7 or 8 yards , 36 E < R and 40 inch wide strictly all wool flannels , twills , plaids , bouclos and silk and wool mixtures those arc actually worth fiOu and "fie yard hut in this Challenge hale At , Me anilWe per yard.10 inch wide llaskct fi Cloths , Scotch IMaulh , plain f > 2-inch. Hroad- cloths Imported Silk jind Wool Novelties , nllni'w fu-sli BOoiKKOtimlly worth7f ; yard. In onrclml- \g Jengo siili ) In iliuis K"0'l' ' ili'imrtiiiunt , ii o .ind JUc yaul . High Grade Novelty Dress Goods in plain co ors and fancy novelties , that worn imported by us before the now tariff bill went into oflect lhe"obv enabling us to fcoll goods from 25o to f)0c per yard cheaper than most hoiihos will bo _ able to doin this challenge sale in dress goods department at75u , OScand $1.23 per yard. 75c ? 98c and $1.25 yard Bfa@k ress ioo is Challenge Bargastis At 290 yard , 4Q inch Mohair and ail w ° o1 jacquarda that other houses ask 500 per yard , our challenge iJS' ' , At 490 yard , gQ JUCh j , henrietta , lizzard cloths and high lustre Mohair i37illiaiitine , At 790 yard , highestgrade of Pure W001 and JaCQUafdSi 5 ° inches wide in new array ot designs , challenge pncs in black goods department , 7gc yard MARKETING THE WHEAT CROP Bomo of the Wonders of the Great Harvest of the Unitad States. MILLIONS DRAWN FROM LU.IOPE'S ' PURSE HemMoiity , Muscle mill Slneliliifry Unlito .Move llulf a Million llliHliolM of the Yrlloiv ( irniii Value of UILCroii. . It lu estimated that the wheat crop of the United States for the preeent year will be almost 500,000,000 bushels , and that 200,000- 000 bushels of Ill's ' will he demanded by Ku- ropc. Qne Now Yoik bank shipped west ov"er $1,000,000 the other day to be used In moving iwhcat , and similar shipments will probably occur from day to day throughout the season. It will all come back again by and by with a Bcacroiis fruitage of Intercut. H Is a generally accepted fact 'hat a good wheat crop and gooil times go together , but few persons , even of those most directly af fected understand Just how It Is tlmt the two facts nro related or what an enormous power for good la in the great flood of yellow grain that is ( sweeping eastward over the country. 'A few figures will tell the etory more elo quently than any words can. An ordinary freight car will hold 1,000 bushels of wheat. It will require 500,000 cars to move the prcsr-jit crop ; coupled to- Eother In a single train they would reach from New York almout to San Francisco , A fleet of l.fiOO oidlnary grain carrying ves- eels will be hardly enough to transport to Europe the part of the crop that will be exported. If the Krlo canal gets only Its wuial flhaie of the grain carrying 'business , 10,000 ranal boats will b ? ( Hied with wheat , enough to make a tow halt RR long as the canal Itself. PUTTING IT IN FK'.UItnS. If we put the figures In the form of dollars lars and rents the array la even more otrlk- JDK. IlHlf a million bmibels of wheat at CO CHALLENGE 750 and $1.00 silks in taffetas , foulards , checks , plaids , stripes and other fancy silks on bargain square in chal lenge sale at 250 yard Taffeta Silks in Roman stripes and other new effects for waists at 490 and 690 yard. and An extra heavv SstlH Ditch' @SS8 > very wide , the newest thing for lad es' separate skirts , the $1.25 quality , slightly im perfect on salvage Our Gliillcngu sale prise $1.00 quality back brocaded silk , in large and small weaves so stylish for skirts Challenge sale price ANO W/OC IH PROPORTION CPVlp Nir CUH cents per bushel the average price that the farmer Is receiving means J300.000.000. Three hundred millions to be expended in lifting mortgages , paying labor , buying food nnd clothing and agricultural implements is Itself a powerful spur to prosperity. Hut this Is not all. To convey the grain from the fields to the Atlantic seaboard costs about ' 'O cents per bushel. On the portion of the crop which must be moved half acrcos the continent this will mean tens of millions of dollars for the railways and clcvatora , lake vessels and canal boats , for the commission man and the laborer. Europe must pay well for all she takes , and that means { 150,000,000 or more coming across the Atlantic to pay for American wheat. And not to carry the enumeration to wearisome length , It will suffice merely to refer to the share of this golden harvest which will bo reaped by the miller , the manufacturer ot machinery and others more or Ices directly affected. This rich bounty , so great and so wide spread , Is not won without a vast expenditure of human effort. The way In which this flood of yellow grain is moved , controlled anil directed Is highly interesting aa an ob ject lesson In modern industrial develop ment. It Is interesting , too , to note that If the present crop Is the largest of recent years the facilities for handling It are also the most perfect. This year , 1S97 , has eeen the laigcst harvesting machine , the biggest grain carrying boats and the most gigantic elevator ever built , Out in Kcdlumls , Cal. , they have been cutting grain this season with a harvester that Is truly a mammoth of Its kind. It has a cutting bar over fifty feet In uldth , IRtlGHT CAR U M > 1' HE CO WOVM ) cuts the grain , thrashes It , tics It up In sacks and turns out hundreds of these sacks per hour. In going a mile this ma chine reap ! ) nearly ten acres , and does more work than our grandslre , with his cradle scythe and flail , could In a whole season. MOVING TO MARKET. Thlu is the otartlng point of the wheat on its journey marketwaru. The sacks that are thrown out by the great harvesters are gathered up In wagonii and driven off to the nearest railway station , where they are dumped Into grain cars or small storage warchoueas. A grain car Is an ordinary box car fitted with an Inside partition and an extra door of planking that can bo let down , making the car perfectly tight. The cars from the various branch lines are hurried ofi as POOH as loaded to ono of the great transfer stations , of which Kansas City and Duluth are pet haps the largest. There It is turned over to the big trunk lines or lake vessels for the next Htago of the journey. The extraordinary demand for wheat In the eastern markets has led to an unusual state of affairs at western shipping points during the last few weeks. The grain has been required for ehipmeut as foal as It L-aino In , so that It has not been allowed to Ho In the elevators at all. It has been found , however , that the easiest way to transfer It Is to run It through the elevators. Accordingly the cars from local points ore run in on one side of the elevator and cars , or In Duluth the boats , for the cist on the other. Ono leg of the telescope chute with Its cndlcbs belt of cups Is let down on the receiving side , and the grain Is hoisted up to the loft roof ot the ilevator and rushes down on the opposite side without pausing a moment In the transfer. The elevator men huvo thus been able still to collect their toll of one-half cent per bushel for trans ferring the grain. There are two great wheat routes from the nest to the Atlantic seaboard. One la a water route \la the great lakes and the Erie canal , and the other Is a land route via the four great grain carrying trunk llnce. The former Is the cheaper and the latter Ik the more expeditious , and the com petition between the two prevents the prices of tranaportatlou from rlxlng to an exorbi tant height. The larger part of the grain moved between Duluth and Now York City travels by a combination water and la nil route , In big etcel freight boats down the lakes to Buffalo , and thence by rail to New Yorlc , The lake rate from Duluth to Buf falo In 2'/j ' cents per bushel during the busy season , and , ae the newer grain ehlp havu a earning capacity of 100,000 bushels th ? butilnc 6 Is a profitable one ( or them. WHEAT VESSELS ON THE LAKES , At prcfcdit there uro nearly 700 vessels which are engaged , for a p art of the season at least , lu carrying wheat on the lakes. This la more than aio employed In moving the export crop acrota the Atlantic , and , what may teem more iitrprlslng , the largest lake vcigeli tre considerably Urjvv CHALLENGE NEW FAIT SKIRTS worth 463 111 funuj c jiura and plain m Jhair storm serges ; UM > tufted goods , 28 ! ) to select worth from $5.00 to $7.50 your choice at $2.50. CHALLENGE BARGAINS At lOc. pair of men's full seam less , fine ribbed , fast black hose , In nil sizes , worth 20o pair. At 7c each , one big tnble xfacked hlfih with nil styles of ml e. ' , chlldien's and boys' summer un derwear , that sold as lilijh as 2jo each. At lOc and l"c ench , choice of all the ladles' summer ve-itn , home me | Imitation Hole Uirtnrl , others me RCII- ulne llfle thread fancy lace and sllc ! nnrt trimmed , otheis are longtsk'Pve , light Telshtepts , nil KO'ln'tno lots at iSc lOc and lie , north up tu oCc. 100 dozen fancy card and plain penrl ilreps ami elilit liuttone , from 5c 14 to 24 lelRne. cliallcnce piIcc 'Sc per dozen , wurtli 22c. At Ce ynnl. 2 cases of silk flhWicil moire tarfeta , mlilnlKlit ( pat black , j'nnl wide , tklrt lining , woiih { ISc J yard the ordinary ocean 'craft' engaged In the saroo line ofork. . "Tfie new craft of mod ern eteel construcHon which has been put on the lakes within.thlb last two seasons by the Great North'ernJonifiany , are among the fin at models of AmericaH-buIlt merchant vessels. , " ' At Ruffalo the grain-thaC is brought down the lake * again pa ? wthrough the elevatrn'o I'or reshlpment to Nc\y York anil Boston. Its fortunate pcsltio'Ii hqs3 made Iluffalo one of the greatest grain ports In the world. Two new elevators , which are uow in process of completion there , are the largest in the world , and embody nome new aud Interesting nirangcjiients for the handling and storage ot grain. The larger of thebe Is the Great Northern elevator , which will have a capacity when completed of 3,000,000 bushels. The other will bt > known as tlio olcctrlc elevator and Is being built for a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels , with tlie probability of enlargement to 2,000.000. j ELECTRIC GRAIN. KL.BVATOU , The unique feature oMhesa new elevators Is that In them the old-fashioned noodeu bins have been abandoned. ' 7helr place has been taken by a serlts of glgajitlc cylindrical CHALLENGE On our Main Floor , Flvo cases ladles' perfect Jilting French Form Corsets , mncle long 29c and extra long waist , go at ISc each , \voi th lac. At )9c choice of BOO liullf * ' Imidsomely cmhrolderpil ami late trlmmeil Night Oowns , Skirt Chemise BnJ I'mlirellu Drawers , woitli rcRUlmly Jl 00 oari. ! At do pair , one cn e Indies' Tour liiittfin Kionrli Kli ! lo\08. hntiil- ruiinely cmlno dcicil niul wide stitched iMrlts , at' slzps , in HiiR llsh led1 * , lirownc , tnns and blnck , worth double the price 1,000 pairs Ladles' ami Misses' ex. Ira quality , pure Jersey Silk Mitts , EO at lOc pair , worth 2'e. At 3'ic each , 1,000 dozen Indies' , misses' and children's handker chiefs , made of pure India lawn , In In plain white and fancy hem stitched boidets , worth up to I'Oo earn. Two cases Indies' Imported , handsomely cinbioldered S lss handkerchiefs , challenge price 7'tc , worth 20o each. 3."c embroideied .handkerchief ; * , this Is one of the Illicit lots of Imported Svtlss embroidered and Ince edged Imndkerolilafs ever bhown In Omaha challenge pi Ice lOc each. At SVaC yard , on one bis bargain table , 3,000 yard ? , all sty.es and widths , Swiss jnconet and nain seek enibrolflery , worth up to 20c yard. At ' \ ( c yard , two biff bargain tables , piled hlsh w'lth very wide , open woiked , embroidery , worth In the regular way up to u3c yard. Three case's Indies' , misses' and chlldien's full seamless split foot , fast black , plain nn-l Dciby ribbed hose , in all sizes , challenge pi Ice 5c nalr worth 15c each. 5 cases ladles' fine gauge , full seamless , spliced soles , fast bla k ho.sc , challenge price lOc la.r , north up to 20c. At S'/ic pair , Rents' full seamless halt hose , fast black , n.itur.il gi.iy and camel's hair effect ? , north up to IMc pair steel tanks In the Great Northern elevator there will be three rows of these , with ten tanks In each row , each with a capacity of 100,000 bushels. The steel bins will be eighty- four feet Iileh and will be so arranged that they can be hermetically scaled In order to protect the grain from moisture. Uetween the rows of lofty steel bins will be smaller storage bins , into which the grain will first be moved from the vessels and afterward elevated to the larger bins by the usual cup method. The method of discharging the grain is equally Interesting. The nugp steel cylinders are raised above the floor and rest on equaro steel columns. Their lower ends are bowl-shaped , with a valve at the lowest uolnt. so that by simply moving a lever the praln will run out and can be conveyed by etecl tubre to cars or boats without the ute ot hoisting machinery. Every bit of nm- chine'y In the new elevators will be run by electricity from Niagara Falls , and 1,000- horse power dynamcs are now being built for the purpose. The silent CBFO and resist less pawer with which these tona upon tons of grain are to be moved by Niagara's mighty arms , when compared with the old cumber some methods of lifting and shoveling , afford a tUrlklng testimonial to the wondc.'n of modern industrial development. From Iluffalo the wheat travels eastward again by canal and rail. The railway rate between Iluffalo and New York IB 5 cents per bushel , and la held steadily at that price by the Joint trallic association. For several years there has been a fierce ilvalry be tween tiic canal and the rallwajs , and In 1S05 when the project of devoting $9,000,000 $ to the Improvement ot the canal was before the voters of Now York the traffic association put down the priceof transportation 2'/ ' cents per bushel in order to show the usc- Icssncss of Iho "state ditch , " aa It is Ir reverently called. In that year the canal carried only 14,000,000 bushels , while the railways brought 72,000,000 to New York. The canal men hope that with the Improvements now bei&g made on their highway and the poiailbllity of bringing grain all the way down thi ! lultM In steel canal boats , they may regain HOIIIC of their former prestige. MKTHOU3 OF THE GUA1N WEIOHEIIS. At the seaboard the gtaln la weighed , Inspected and graded , and takes Its final transfer to the ocean vessels. In New' ' York harbor this transfer does not take place dlreUly , but Is made by means of hat gen. The cars containing the grain are run Into Boston Store's Challenge Snlo Defies the World to Equal Those Prices- Never before were we so well situated to throw down the gauntlet to the world's store keepers to equal these prices ; never before did wo have such a housefull of bargains as at the present time ; nev er before was there such a successful Challenge Sale. We challenge them all to sell English Flannel remnants for lAc a yard , worth i2.\c \ JUc We challenge them all to sell Turkey red and black 2e Comfort CaliCO for sc , worth 7.Jo We challenge them all to sell black and white Dress Prints for 3-i-c a yard We challenge them all to sell fancy woven Plain 7e Dress Goods remnants for 7c a yard , worth We challenge them all to sell French Gingham 5c at 50 a yard , worth 12Ac We challcnjro them all to sell CINDKKULLA OU TING I'LANNKL , Sic at Sin , worth 2."io WechalleiiKe them all to &cll finest quality \TINli COMFORTS at SI. 25. worth $3 .60 . \Vo atauc challenge . them all to soil extra heavy $1.00 COMFORTS 39c We challenge them one and ml to sell line DERBY TAIMJSTK V CURTAINS for 81.75 , worth $3.50 $1.75 Wo challenge the world to equal our INDIA LINONS at SJc , lOc , 12Jc and lee a yard , worth up to .Tic. Wo challenge the world to equal our TOWELING lie worth 5c a yard , at 1 io We challenge the world to sell TurKey red TAHLK DAMASK worth 1'Ju at 7jc yard . , _ : _ . . _ L. . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ L11 . _ . _ Wo challencro the world to sell full size extra heavy IJEI ) BLANKETS /1Qr at 49c eii'-'h , worth 75c . * X yU We challenge them all to sell YARN as cheap as we do. We challenge them all to sell HASTING THREAD and LINKS THREAD at le a spool . . . . . . . . . . . Wo challenge them all to sell four brands of the world's standard THREAD atSicaspool Wo challenge them all , big and small , to have such a Challenge Snlo as wo do. Wo challenge , them all to give faiich big bargains as we do. Wo e lallengo them all to do as much business asve do. 10,000 CANAL BO/VT / LOADS Of WliaM" AKE. ALONGTHE. . CHIE. CANAU. ) F PLACED IN LINE THC/it S BOATS WOULD rtK.E A TOvV HAt-F S LONG AS 71IE.C < SNM XVA , the elevators ; again the leg of a. long chute is let down into the car and the Iron cups carry the grain In a steady stream forty , fifty or tslxty feet to the top of the building , where It passes under the eyes of the weigh ers and Inspectors. Wheat Is graded accordIng - Ing to Its weight per Winchester bushel. The hopper blrs have a certain capacity In bushels. The weigher nets Ma scales at the mark required of No , 1 or No. 2 , accordIng - Ing to the grade to which the wheat Is sup posed to belong , and when the bar lifts he move. ? a lever and lets the grain run out into the 'bin ' prepared for that particular grade , Frum Iho bottoms of thcyo same bins streams of wheat run into another set of weighing bins nnd thence Into the bargee that lie alongside the ocean steamers which are to carry the grain to Its destination. Hero another elevator , this time a floating 0110 , picks up the grain , pathos It along ; to another set of weighing ( > cules and thence Into the ship's hold , The numerous weigh ings to which the grain Is subjected art as a safeguard for the dlffcient companies , aa any discrepancy gi eater than 1 per cent lost in dust and In the process of handling would require an explanation and would In dicate that eomcbo < ly had made a mistake. When Iho wheat passes out of Now Yorlc harbor It ceases to pay tribute to 'America ' , but In the course of Ita travels from the plains of the Dakotas to the Atlantic tide * It gives employment in thousand * of lAmcrl- caim and scatters its golden Increment broadcast over the land , lliimiliiur Doun HOCK , Ark. , Sept. -News from the mountain fnntiiesses of I'opo county , thu s-ene of lust Sunday's bloody butchery , la r.ither meaner , though It Is momentarily expected that IntclllKencp will come tailing of the raptuio of the murderi'is of Taylor. Uod.inn and ItcnCrov , It i" reported thai fully TOO armed men arc on the. trull ofi thu inunlereiH. Arnolds Iliomo Celery cures headache * lOc , 25o and HOc. All druggists.