THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
J2STAJJLJSJIJ3D JUNK 19 , 1S7J. OMAHA , 1TKIDAY MORNING- , SEPTEMBER 24 , 1897 TWELVE PAGES. STJSGLE COPY "FIVE GENTS.
EXTRA
mffim $ & SPECIAL
On First Bar
gain Square.
3,000 pair youths' '
, 500 Pairs Ladies'
little ' and Shoes
gent's ' Sample . } , ooo pair of Lnclies' Slippers , in don
Ladies' and
boy's shoes , sizes Overgaifers gola , Icicl , satin , beaver , every color , go
Sample Slippers
THE REGULAR at
from 9 to 13 12 to Hogtilnr prlcoQC flfl ,
, . ll nlir H KM ffJS pO fJ 4 f rfl Tl ft * '
HALF DOLLAR cot no to Ou.UU I1-111 f\ \ \
KIND CSS * ) c , S9c , 7e5 $1.00 , $1.25 ,
go at flfSSBS * f go $1.50 , 82.25 and $3.00 ,
< ) ' , ji , andOauglas iiss@s'
OMAHA in every style of button and
lace , in all kinds of leather ,
Largest Shoe Business in kid , kangaroo calf , box calf
' In the West and Dongola , worth up to
Men's
$5.00 $3 ° ° g ° at
patent lace leather shoes c $1.25 $ : SL59 , HR
$2.50
EES
Men's finest hand welt , genuine IT'SJTHE SHOE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME.
vici kid , lace shoes , Our purchase of an entire wholesale stock of fine shoes atan
made to retail at enormous loss to the former of the finest '
cioice IHFUflTS'
owners permits us to offer you ) SHOES . . _ .
$6 , go at $3 nalces of shoe , -
. , ; ; at just hiltf tlfoe me ular price. 4 < & & < * < * < * ( LEATHER )
pair. Infants' ' line nnnil "lack . ,
turned Dongolu Shoes i " ail
Men's Lwo soled tan , wine anc si/os 1 to 5 in black ,
black willow calf and tan mnwliio , 5Oc
Sizes o to 8 , 75 C
box calf lace shoes ,
made to retail at $5
and $6 , go at $3 . . . .
Men's calf shoes in 10 Men's green willow
different styles , lace or calf lace shoes .Good Choice of fully
congress , year welt ,
made to sell % made to sell from 8 to 10 } in
for $3 , o on at $6.00 , every kind of leather ,
One lot of Ladies Tailor Made in kid. kangaroo calf ,
We at in the morning
sale at $1.59 go at $3.00 Shoes , made of reutilur Cordovan box calf and dongola , open 7
with Konuino welt soles , t ing and keep open till 9 a1 *
made to retail for SC.OO , *
' on sale at C 0 night
' Goodyear
Men's needle toe , Men's genuine
welt calf shoes 6,000 pairs of ladies' Woes The latest thing in worth up to 32.00 During ; Fair Week.
Goodyear welt , cork year , , A full line of every Rind
in button and lace with
sole shoes , made all styles of toes in ( Pi of toe , lace and button. Lace erin WJ
welt medium and
to sell for $6 lace or congress , V genuine ,
on sa'e ' at- made to retail for $4 feather weight soles , in JSver-y JP ir oJf SJioes We Sell
$2.50 and $5 , go at $2.50 every style of toe that is Skating Boots
1 and Golf Boots in black , green , purple , taiij
worn , every width and every size , , wine and brown , in kid ttip ,
Men's fine .calf shoes A full line of men's lace inudo to retail for $4 and ? 4,50 , goat made to retail at $2.50 , go cut four inches higher than cloth top and fancy vesting Grand Electric Display at Night
. , and congress shoes made to i . . . top , made to retail for $5.00 ,
. - . . . . at $2.50 and $2.09. in this sale at the oidinnry shoes , all lace boots ,
retail for 84 , go at $2.2--.ID $5.50 and $0.00 , go at
all lined with calf skin , Mon fine embroid $2.7-3 pair. Grand Concert All Day-
nvicle to sell ered velvet hlippora
jjj 5'Jc ' anil ( i'Jo pair iSend for New Fall and Winter Catalog
for $6 , go Men's imitation 7 and It's all ready now. If you uro'ji fitruiiKcr in town ,
sale at $3.50 alligator slippers , TAKE ONH HOME WITH YOU.
CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST CLOTHING SALE EVER HELD IN AMERICA.
Men's $25 Suits Men's $20 Suits Men's $15 Suits and I Men's $12 Ulsters , Eta's S7.BO Suits
$18 Overcoats at $7,50 $5.
Overcoats and Suits . '
Ken's $100 Overcoats
for $9.90
for $14 50 , Men's Black Clay Worsted Suits. Plaid
Cheviot Suits , with over a dozen dilToront styles These are heavy Storm Ulsters in dark blue ,
' Stihs
Wool ,
Men's imported in to choose from , all nude to retail at $13 , will b.j black , steel mixtures and brown , with stonn col- Men's all wool suits in C.ibsimero , Tweeds and
Men's new fail fatyle strictly all wool rough and binooth elTects , straight sold at 57.50. lor * , muff pockets and warm lined. The sack over and round cut saekb , and men's
inportod rough and binooth Worsteds and round ent , single and double Men's $18 all Wool Ulatois and Overcoats coats are a splendid lot of coats in black , blue and Cheviots , straight
Scotch Choviois , Casiimcros. ; all silk breasted eoats , manufactured to re made of heavy all wool Beaver. Irish Frel/.e. brown. All of these were made to retail at $12.00 , overcoats of heavy Chinchilla , well lined , all
and satin lined , inudo to retail at $25 , tail at $20.00 , will bo sold tit the Kersey and Melton , some satin lined , some wool but go in this sale at So.OO and the men's all wool made to ri'tail at 87.50 , go at the
go at tlio lined , all made thoroughly and to retail for $18 , suiU in good winter weights , single and double
go at the breasted frack coats.flrst class make and trimmings Opening
Opening Opening in a do/on new styles and desirable patterns , , made Sale
Opening Salu to retail at $10.00 go at the
Sale 1'rico Sale Price
Opening [ S
price of
Price of
of B" *
of Price of
ACTION ON SFAFF CONTRACT
New Bids on Oovoriutr for tbo Agricultural
Building.
"b1
NELSON MADE A MISTAKE IN FIGURES
\poKlllni , IM-CM\I-Coiuiiiltli-e | Vet
an Incri'iiM'd Milurj lu Iho MIIIOI--
liilciulfiit or Hit : lU-iiiii-l-
uieut ut CoiicrHsliins.
A. special iiiectlng of the exposition exeen-
lilvo tomnilttei' was held jesterday afternoon
at the roquent of the Ueparliacut of Dulldlngs
and Grounds to take action on the fetafl con
tract tor tin ) Agriculture and Liberal Aita
bulldlngb.
Manager Klrkendall reported that ho bad
held several consultations with a repn-kenu-
tlvo of the llrni of John U Nelson & Uro. ,
staff wuikeis of Chicago , regarding the con
tract for the Agriculture building. The con.
tract for this building had been awarded to
the Ncltoiib as the lowest bidders. Manager
Klrl.endall said tbo Nelsons claimed that a
mlntako had been made In the figures
end that they could not possibly
cany out the contract at the prices named
Mr. Klrkendall said the NeUons claimed that
a mUtako had been made In tlio llguro
and that ho had concluded that the
test way out of the dllllculty would bo to
reject all bids for the start work on the Agrl-
ciiHuiu building and readvcrtise. This
recommendation was approved.
Mr. Klrkendall then recommended that tha
staff work on the Liberal Arts building be
awarded to the Nelsons , they being ? 900
lower than the only other bidder. Till a
recommendation was aUo approved.
A letter was lead from the Omaha 111 cu
ing ubboclation offering the exposition the
Kurplu * water How Ing from the aiteslan well
on tui property of the association on Sher
man avenue for the lagoon , provided the ex
position management would put In the piping
necessary to conduct the water to tlio
grounds , no charge to be made for the water.
Manager Klrkendall stated that llin well
Unwed from bO.OOO to 100.000 gallons per day
anoro than tha brewers tud. Tint matter
\\us referred to Mr KlrKcndaU's d < paitm > nt
with Instructions to use the water It found
practicable , a vets ot tiiauUs being e
to tlio Omaha Brewing association for its
Kind offer '
The letter of Chairman Harper of the i
executive committee of the Illinois Exposi
tion commission was laid before the com-
mlttco by President Wattles , and Iho picsl-
deiit was requested to notify the lllin'Is '
commission that the executive committee
would be pleased to receive them any tlmo
next week and confer with them rcgaidlnt ;
the Illinois building and other matters con
nected with the Illinois exhibit at the ex
position. President Wattles will ao ! re
quest Governor Tanner , to appoint a vice
piesldent of the exposition for Illinois.
The resignation of W. J , Wes-terflcld as
vice picbldent for Nevada was read anil
accepted and the sccietary was Instructed
to request the goveinor of Nevada to name
another vice president for tint state.
The- application of tha Nebiska n.xpnsl-
tion commission for space for the State
building was referred to thn managers of
thn Department ! ) of Exhibit * and Dulldlngs
and Grounds.
Thu Department of Publicity was
authorized to mike a contract for a blrd's-
e > e view ot the exposition giouiuis.
SALAHV QUESTION COMES UP
The salary question formed the subject
for an extended discussion b > the members
of thu executive committee. Thu matter
we3 hi ought up by Manager Heed of the
Dopaitment of Concessions and Privileges ,
who recommended that the salary of the
puperliitendeiu of his department be In-
euxisej fiom $100 to * U5 per month for
the next live months , then to be Inci eased
another f25 for five months , when It waste
to be Increased by another like amount.
This precipitated a discussion In which
sentiment was divided. The chairman re
marked that the salary question had been
dismissed consideiably of late by certain
members of the Hoard of Directors , and that
they had threaterod to take the matter in
their own hands and "regulate' the salaries
unless Iho executive committee took hold ot
thu matter.
Manager Dabcock of the Deparment of
Ti'anspoilntlon supported the position of Mr.
Hoed , aigulng that the experience acquired
b > the man In question was certainly worth
something. Manager Klrkendall took the
Kama position , vvhllo Manager Hosevvater op
posed the idea of making radical Increases
In salaries Mr Bruce was absent.
After an extrm'ed dlbcusslon the recom
mendation was adopted after It had been
U'nJlHed to piuvldu that the salary should
bo fixed at } I25 until further notice , to
take effect October 1.
On recommendation of Mr. Heed the con-
resblon of the Ftruets of Cairo was let to
I"opald llo-ict piavlded a certain designated
Kc"tu > y capitalist subscribed to and owned
a i n'rolllug Interest In the stock.
On Mr Heed's recommendation the con-
ot Shooting the Chutes was let to
the Omaha Chutes company , composed ot
Arthur Gulou and other Omaha parties.
ri MIS run ciiu.mmvs
Omaha CIIUoiiM I'lt > ilK < > Support to ( lie
The fund for the erection of the Girls' and
Boja' building on the exposition grounds
Is beginning to grow and the outlook for rais
ing the entire $5,010 required for the build
ing Is most promising. This matter form-d
one of the main topics of discussion at tlio
meeting of the executive committee of the
Woman's Hoard Wednesday 3iul It wan agreed
that the building la assured. Vice President
Kimball bos taken an active part In all mat
ters In connection with tills building and
she reported to the committee that she had
started a list of stock subscriptions for the
building. Four subscribers for $100 each ha' ]
been secured In u short time and she said shu
felt confident that others would be secured
at once. The four $100 subscribers wort
Thomas L. Kimball , Hciman Kountzo , J , M.
Woolworth and Sirs , John A. Horbach. Other
subscriptions to the building had been se
cured flam the following parties In voiloua
amounts : J. H Buchanan. J. W. Munn , A.
C. Mlllnrd. Thomas Kllpatr.ck , Dora Gaily.
Harriet S. Heller. Alice Towno , J. A. Wake-
field , A. H. Snjder. Ida V. Tildcu , Arthur
H. Smith , 13. E , IJruce , Mrs. L C. Cory of
Lincoln , Walter and KmHaubens. \ \ .
The following committee of members of the
Woman's Hoard was appointed to take charge
of the collection of subscriptions for the
Girls' and Hoys' building Mesdames T Iv
Kimball , Omaha. Olffcrt. West 1'olnt ; Mun-
roe. South Omaha , Ket > , Council Bluffs , and
Cuduby , Omaha.
WII.I. II1VI3 ITS OW111
( Minimum of IlllnulN ( * OIIIIIINMIIII lu
si-lccl Hlii- for llustriirluri - .
Illinois will have a building on the expo
sition grounds which will cost in the neigh
borhood of $20,000. The exposition commla.
slon appointed by Governor Tanner has de
cided to expend this much of thu $45,000 of
the state appioprlation for Its erection. Tlio
commission will visit Omaha In the near fu
ture to decide upon the location of the build
ing and arrange other details In that connec ,
lion.
Chairman William H. Harivr of the Illinois
commission has written a letter to President
Wattles containing thu Information of the
action of the commUsion and asks the presl.
dent to name a date when It will he con-
'
, venlem and desirable for the Illinois com
mission to come to Omaha and meet with
the exposition management for conference
Ugardlug tbU state building. Mr. Harper
also atka for advertising matter of all kinds
with vvlilcb. to boom the exposition among
the manufacturers and prospective exhibitors
In Illinois. .
Wliriisl.il ln > ntnnhvllH - .
October 8 has been designated as Nebraska
Day at the Tennetspo Centennial exposition
and arrangements are being made to have as
largp a delegation as possible go from Ne
braska to Nashville on that occasion. Presi
dent Wattles Is endeavoring to organize a
large delegation of Nebraska people in order
that the proper appreciation may be shown
of the Interest of Nebraska people In the
doings of othei sections of the country. An
elfort Is being made to secure special rates
and there Is every prospect that no difficulty
will be encountered in this direction. Gov
ernor Holcomb and his official staff will be of
the party and It Is expected that they will
bo accompanied b > W. J.i Hryan.
Nolcc of I InImposition. .
E. P Loomls of Portsmouth , W. Va , , has
made application for space for an odorless
steam cooker. i
Prof. Albert Dasher has ben appointed
special commissioner for Belgium to repre
sent the exposition.
Vice President Shurtllff of Utah will bo
at exposition headquarter * Satuiday of this
week to make arrangements for space In
three of the main buildings for thu Utah ex
hibit. |
W. N. Dabcock , manager of the Depart
ment of Transportation t > f the cxpoiltlon ,
has been appointed by Governor Holcomb as
a delegate-at-largc to the Irrigation conven
tion at Lincoln September 20-30.
The Page Woven Wire Hence company hea
made application for 400'fjot of space for an
exhibit of wire fences maidic by the company
It Is proposed to make airrnclosuro with the
fencing , within which will bo kept buffalo ,
deer , bear ? , elk , moose , etc.
Prof V W. Taylor , superintendent of the
Iluieau of Horticulture , Forestry and Irriga
tion , writes from Naeavlle | that he has se
cured application ! for three operating ex
hibits , which ho will 111o when he returns
to Omaha today.
Secretary Mlschke of the Colorado Exposi
tion commission writes to the Department of
Exhibits that Mrs M. A. Phutc , secretary of
the Colorado Horticultural society has over
200 boxes of tlno Colorado fruits , which will
be si ranged In glact > jura for exhibition at
the exposition < ,
J D Powell , cxpojltlbii commissioner for
Me.vieo , mitittej the Department of Exhibits
that the sanction of President Diaz , allowIng -
Ing the Mexican Military band to visit the
Transmlbblsilppl Exposition and take part in
the exposition will be Issued very coon , The
comnilfsloner also 8at > that tbo exhibit to be
made by the Mexican government Is now
being prepared an \ will be very tine
The Quebec Steamship company , with lln s
of steamers plying bctw en Dermuda , the
West Indies , and points on tue St Lawrence
' rlvr , has notified the Department of Trans
portation that it will furnish free transporta
tion over its lines for commissioners of the
Transmlssisslppl Exposition and will carry
all exhibits for the exposition at half the
usual rates , whether government or private
exhibits.
Temporary arrangements have been made
between the exposition management and the
Omaha Water company whereby the latter
will at once proceed to fill the lagoon on
the exposition grounds. A four-Inch pipe
will bn laid from the water main on Man-
demon street and the huge hole In the
ground will coon be tiansformed Into a sheet
of glassy water. The water will bo about
thrco feet deep at the east end of the lagoon
an-1 about nine feet deep In the Mirror at the
west end. No charge will be made for the
water fmulshed.
HOI.IJS THAT CITY IS XOT 1,1 VIIIi : .
Sup IT mo Court Di'c-lili'N Suit IlroiiKlit
! > > MTM , Ilou mull.
The supreme court handed down a num
ber of decisions at Its sitting Wednesday
afternoon , two of which are of interest to
Omaha people , Chief among them was one
In which the city was thn appellant and
Mra. Kannlo Dowman was appellee. This
case had been pending In the courts for
several years , It arose out ot the death b >
drowning of Albert Bowman , the 7-year-old
son of Mri. Dow man , About 1S90 the boy
was drowned In a pond of water In the vi
cinity of Davenport and Twenty-eighth
streets. A pait of the water Blood on the
street and the remainder was on thu private
property Immediately adjoining , It was
shown in the hearing of the case that the
boy was drowned In that portion of the
pond which vcas on private property , but a
judgment was returned by the jury against
the city for $1,000 , , suit having been brought
by the mother for $5.000 ,
Tbo case wag appealed to the supreme
court and had been pending since that lime
The decision handed down by the supreme
court icverses iho finding of the lower court
and finds that the city was not liable
Another case was decided against the city ,
being that In which C , D. Hutchlnson and
a number of other owners of property In
Walnut Hill addition sought to have the
city perpetually enjoined fiom collecting A
tax levied for1 grading certain streets In that
addition , The grading in question was done
upon petition of the property owners , but
when the city attempted to levy a tax to
'pay ' for the gtadlng , an injunction was sc-
r"ri l In the lower court and the city was
stopped from making the levj The case was
appealed by the city but the supreme court
now holds that the Injunction should be made
perpetual and the city la enjoined from tak-
I log any steps to collect the tax ,
PRESENT BANKERS' PROTEST
Bank of England's Eecent Action is
Emphatically Disapproved.
MADE IN NAME OF THE CLEARING HOUSE
l-Vitr tinKlliillon Will
till * ( lot rriliiiunt Out
of .MiiUliiK An ) KfTurt In
Ilchuir of
LONDON , Sept. 23. Tlio protest which
the London bankers diew ui > at their meetIng -
Ing In the Clearing house yesterday against
tl.u polity of the governor of the Dank of
England In announcing Its willingness to
maintain one-fifth of Its bullion reserve In
silver was presented to tlio bank today. Tlio
resolution Is accompanied by a formal let
ter and the resolution tUclt la In the name
of the Clearing House association. Al
though all the members were not repre
sented at tlio meeting , a majority of the
membership was represented , and unani
mously adopted tlio resolution , which Is as
follows1
"That this meeting entirely disapprove *
of the Dank of England agreeing to exer
cise the option , permitted by the aet of
1881 , of holding one-llfth , or any other pro-
poitlon whatever of silver a a a reserve
against the circulation of the Hunk of Ilng-
landj notes.
"That a copy of this icsolntlon bo sent to
the Dank of England , the prime minuter ,
the first lord of the treasury and the chan
teller of the exchequer. "
An organized movement has begun to In
duce other commercial bodlct , to protest
against the announcement of the governor
of the Hank of England. A high official ,
who was a participant in the negotiations
between the United Stairs bimetallic com-
mlesloneia and the. British cabinet , said to.
day to a teproreutatlvc of the Associated
1'rcss :
"J fear tun bankers will frighten the
government Into receding from Its stand for
bimetallism They have forgotten that
Parliament unanimously resolved In favor of
measure ! , to secure a stable par of exchange
between gold and silver , and .Sir Michael
IIlcKs-Ilcatli , the chancellor of the ex
chequer , pledged himself to do all In Ills
power to carry the resolution Into effr t
The English public haa forgotten olio that
ten of thi fourteen members of lh agri
cultural commission signed a report rcc-1
ommendlng blmetalllmn as a palliative for
the agricultural depression In England ,
"Tho public and the newspapers seem to
think the go\eminent Is Influenced merely
by a deshe to secure the good will of tlio
United States when It Is attempting to
carry out the declared j ollcy 01 i'arlia-
ment. "
The Evening Standard , referring to the
bankers' protest against the action of the
governor of the Dank of England , eays :
"Tho public is confidently expecting an ex
pression of condemnation fiom the govern
ing body of the Dank of England of Mr.
Smith's extraordinary Htatemont. A na-
tlonil Institution should not be Imperilled
and the whole llnanrlal system of the coun
try uxcltrd by Biich vagaries. "
The Westminster Gazette this afternoon ,
touching upon the rlso of the Dank of
England's rate of discount from 2 to to "V4
per cent , says : "The financial mailcot would
much prefer the l nk late to liavo been ad
vanced to 3 per tent However , It Is an In
dication that the directors do not anticipate *
largo withdrawals of gold at piescnt and It
has had the effect of strengthening prices on
the Stock exchange. "
I'ltr si in : ON .spvuJTu I'IUISTS. :
I rtri-il I , ) MilVnllrnn lo Siiiiiort | IIio
I'l-l-Nl-Ilt I ) } IlllNly ,
HOME , Sept 23 , The iinconipromUInB at-
tltudn toward the Spanish KOVeminent of
the bishop of Majorca , who excommunicated
the .Spanish minister of flninco. Scior : Hovcr-
ter for Belling the treasury of a church la
his diocese , and the nvldent approval which
the bishop's action U n eetlng with upon the
part of his Spanish conferees , liuvn BO alarmed
the authorities of the Vatican that the pope
has again Instructed the papal nuncio at
Madrid to Insist upon the clergy opposing
Carllsm end to urge the clergy to earnestly
supart the pie-sent Spanish ministry and
present Spanish dynasty
I.cnijcr of liiNiirK < * nlh U'oiiiulril ,
MANAGUA , N'lcarogua , via Galvcston.
Sopt. 23. General I'alfco , thu eommander of
revolutionary forces , IH reported to hav
been wounded In the le during the battle
fought yesterday near Itlvas with the gov
ernment troops , and which IH said to have
resulted In a complete victory for the latter.
Tlio foreign consuls hero have sent a peti
tion to President Xela > a , asking him to re-
leuio from the prison ut Grenada Henor
Klioerue , the comiil general of Costa Hlca ,
and to allow him to rcsldo on parolu at the
houio of one of the conuils here.
.StMriCold In [ ' 'iiun'r.
1'AUIS. Sept i.Tjctcuther ! te eoverely
cold hero and there have been heavy snow
fall 111uvcrgne Lower llurgundy and
eMliTt | nightet-n inches of snow IIOB
fsll'n ( 'rai Tinet Auxcrre , lu the Iic-
1 - ' Vo ne n on ha-i fillen the tarll-
e t . r jrd.