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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , OCTOBEK B , 18)8. ! ) REYSrONE STATE VISITORS Pennsyhaulans Who Oomoto Attend the Exposition , PERSONNEL OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY Member * of the Stale Coinnilmiloii mid Other * IIluu In the Mfc of the Great Coiiimoimciilth. Here to Celebrate ttltli the Wct. Pennsylvania's official parly , which Is to represent that state at the celebration nt the exposition today , arrived In Omaha yes terday morning over the Milwaukee road. There Is one disappointment connected with Its arrival ID that Governor Hastings , who was confidently expected to be present , was unable to como. The governor has been giving his personal attention to tbo sick and wounded Pennsylvania onldlers who have returned from the front , and felt ho could not abandon this work for the length ot time required to make the western trip. With the party , however , Is Charles Emory Smith , postmaster general In President Me- Ktnley's cabinet , who will deliver the oration tion at today's exercises , The Pennsylvania commission Is headed by John W , Woodsldc , president of the Atlantic Bnuff company and one of the leading manu facturers ot Philadelphia. Ho was secretary of the Tennessee Centennial commission of fuo city of Philadelphia , chairman of the citizens' commission of Philadelphia on the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta , a member of the national com mission of Pennsylvania at the Chicago World's fair and baa been associated In some way with every Internationa ) celebration or cpleodo In the United States In the last quar ter of a century. Thomas Bradley , treasurer ot the commls e'on ' , who accompanies the party , is also one ot the leading business men of Philadelphia. Ho Is engaged In the provision trade and ono ot the heaviest shippers in that line ou the eastern seaboard. One of the Stntc'H Editor * . Colonel George Nox McCain Is ono of the editors of the Philadelphia Press. Ho re ceived his newspaper training In Plttsburg , whcro for eight years ho filled editorial posi tions on tbo Dispatch , subsequently becom ing ono of the owners of the Commercial Gazette. Ho was afterwords Washington correspondent of the latter paper. For serv ices rendered the government of Venezuela during his visit there In the late boundary r excitement in that country Colonel McCain was decorated by President Crespo with the Order of the Liberator. Among the members of the commission In professional life , Is Dr. J. Roberts Bryan also of Philadelphia. Ho Is a member ot th Philadelphia Pathological society , Phlladcl phla Pedrlatlc society and Phladolphta County Medical society. I. 0. Nlsslcy la publisher ot the Middle town Press , ono of the largest newspapers iu the central part ot Pennsylvania. , Christian S. Overholt , tbo dean of the commission in point ot years , Is a retired banker , merchant and manufacturer ot Westmoreland county , although now resid ing In Philadelphia. He retired a third of a century ago and became president of tbo First National Bank of Mt. Pleasant Ono of the most successful newspapers In Pennsylvania Is the Wllkcsbarre Record of which Dr. Frederick C. Johnson ot the offi cial party Is editor. Another prominent newspaper editor with tha commission Is Llvy S. Hlchard , editor ot the Scranton Tribune. Mr. Richard Is a natlvo of Ohio , who began his newspaper work at La Port , Ind. , in 18S8. Joshua D. Baker Is widely known as the manager of the Hotel Lafayette In Phlla- de1phULipr , . .thirtyyears ho has been identified with the hotel life ot Pennsyl vania. From the " \VcHtcrn Section. In western Pennsylvania at New Brighton , Thomas Livingston Kennedy , another mand- facturcr on the commission , has his home. He Is orcsldont of several manufacturing concerns. The ono member of the commission who knows moro about the great oil Industries of'tho United States Is P. C. Boyle , editor and proprietor of the Oil City Derrick. Mr. Boyle , who la a veteran of the late war , is known to every man In the United States 'who has ever been Identi fied with the petroleum Industry. Mr. Boyle 'has ' been' prominent In Pennsyl vania Ufa'for. n quarter of a century and Is best known tp the newspaper world OB ono of the directors of tha Associated Press. The colleges and universities and the edu cational life of Pennsylvania are represented by William C. Grotzlnger. Ph. D. , registrar of Bucknoll university" , Lcwloburg , Pa. , Mr. Gretzlngcr is ono of the youngest members of'tlle commlsalon , but hels _ at the business head ot ono of the largest educational In stitutions' In Pennsylvania with the excep tion of the University of Pennsylvania. Hiram Young is the dean of ? en.nsylvanlu Journalists , being the oldest active naws- papcr man In the state. He IR editor and proprietor of the York Dally Dispatch. Dur ing President Harrison's administration ho was postmaster of York. Other members ot the commission are Thomas J. Kcenan , Jr. , of Plttsburg , Thomas M. Jones and George M. Wanbaugh of Har- rlsburg , J. II. Zerby of Pottsvlllo , Asa Packer Blakesleo of Mauch Chunk , and James P. Dclnlnger ot Sullivan county. Among the women accompanying the com mission are Mrs. John W. Woodsldn. Mrs. Joseph Marttr , Mrs. Thomas Brauley. Mrs. George Nox TUcCaln , Mfs. \ . O , Nlasley , Mrs. Frederick C. Johnson , Mrs. L. S. Richard , Mrti. P. C. Boyle and Mrs. T. Livingston Kennedy. , John U. Pott of Willlamsport , Pa. , dis trict passenger agent for the Milwaukee road , has charge of a party to this city and will taW advantage of his sojourn In Omaha to call upon snruo old railroad friends who are now In the harness here. In the absence ot Governor Hastings , It Js understood that John W. Woodslde , presi dent of the Pennsylvania commission , will officially represent that state In the cere monies tomorrow. Other ? In the party not mentioned are Clarence Edward Dauson o"f Lewlston , pri vate secretary to the postmaster general , and A. B. Dunning , representing the Scranton - ton Times , who Is a delegate to the good rounds parliament to bo held In Omaha next Saturday. The visitors will regulate their visit In the city according to their own .convenience , Bomo to continue their travels In the wesl CASTOR ! A Per Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of Bean tie 8 KM V ° U Hav Mffajg Bought : UJtl. Ito KM Yea lla i Atom BaujM Signature of B M th 1t8 ! Kind Vcu HOT Always Bou ht Bl natwo nnd others to return direct to their homes Several will spend the week here. The mem bers of the party are registered at the Mil- lard. GOVERNOR FENCES VERY WELL SkillfullAVaril * Off ilic Verbal ThniMn Off ( he Thornton HHlcn' Anxlllnrx Committee. Governor Holcomb yesterday afternoon met n delegation representing the Thurston Hides and listened to arguments why the First regiment should bo designated by htm 03 * the proper ono to be mustered out as between It and thn Third regiment. The delegation was composed ot Cadet Taylor , whoso son Is captain ot the Thurston nines ; Mrs. II. M. Cross and Mrs. C. M. Prlmcau , each of whom has a son In that company , and Mrs. C. B. White , president of the Women's auxiliary to the company , who ap peared for all of-tho boys. The meeting took places at the Paxton hotel and the dcbato tank on a conver sational tone. The women appealed as only mothers can appeal for the return ot their boyi and all the points they made why they thought the First should bo mustered out were admitted by the governor , but when they sought to get him to admit that these reasons outweighed these In favor ot the Third regiment the executive was care ful and would not commit himself. When ono of tbd women suggested that the high death rate in the Third regiment was due to the Inefficiency of the officers ot that regiment the governor promptly took Issue 1th the statement. When the governor omarked that the Third regiment , If It re mained In the service , would bo sent out f tbo country to Cuba , two members of ho committee thought that was what the cglment enlisted for and would bo de- iflhtod with the assignment , but the gov- rnor called their attention to the fact that ho First regiment seemed delighted with ho opportu-lty given it for going to the , 'hlllpplncs. i Thus , the discussion was carried on for an our nnd the committee received no in- ormatlon from the governor relative to his robablo action , other than ho would decide ho matter definitely como ttma this week. " Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup always success- ully overcomes dreadful croup. 25c. ETTIGREW MISSTATES FACT5 fironvc'nor Denied lie Used IaiiKiiiiKC Attributed to Htm. HURON , S. D. , Oct. 4. A statement'made iy Senator Pettlgrew In his late speech here , md over which the demo-pops ore greatly ejolced , was that the republican party op- losed the free homestead bill oven though t advocated Us passage In Its national ilatform. Senator Pettlgrew also stated that le called upon Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio , whom ho declared was the rcpresenta- Ivo of the administration , and urged Jilra 0 secure the support ot the free homestead ill ] , telling him that the republicans were acting In bad faith , for they had declared for t In their platform. To this Congressman Grosvenor , says Mr. Pettlgrew , replied , 'That was put In the platform to catch votes , and the election is over. " This state ment was doubted by many In Mr. Petti- Brew's audience , nnd Attorney A. W. Wll- marth wrote Congressman Grosvenor corf- ccrnlng the language attributed to him by Mr. Pettfgrew , and received tbo following reply : ATHENS , O. , Sept. 19 , 1808. Mr. A. W. Wllmarth. Huron. S. D. : My Dear Sir I im greatly surprised by the receipt ot your "cttor of September 15 and I can only say : hat I never had any conversation with ienator Pettlgrew on the subject of the free lomestead law that I remember of , and I state without Qualification that I never at any tlmo or place or under any clrcum stances used the following language In.talk- ng ot the .platform dcplaratlon In regard .0 the free homestead law that the "plank was put In to catch votes and the election was over. " I never sold such a thing. Thf statement is unqualifiedly untrue and 1 cannot believe that Senator Pettlgrew ever made the statement. Somebody else may have done It. but cortalnly I never did. .1 supported the free homestead law when il was In the house of representatives orig inally and made a speech In favor of it. 1 cannot understand how or why or by whal possibility the senator's mind has reachei that sort of a conclusion. Yours truly. C. H. GROSVENOR. South Dnkotn CoiiKreuatlonnllntn. CANTON. S. D. , Oct. 3. ( Special. ) The eighteenth annual meeting of the Yankton Association of Congregational churches anc ministers opened this afternoon. The ad dress ot welcome was delivered by N. C Nash and the response by Rev. D. B. Nich ols , D. D. , of Mission Hill. The meetings are being held In the oldest church building In the Big Sioux valley and will last untl Wednesday evening. Nearly all of the twenty-six congregations In the district are represented. \ United StutOM Court nt Pierre. PIERRE , S. D1. , Oct. 3. ( Special Tele gram. ) Judge Garland will open a term o United States court hero In the morning , In which the'prlnclpal case for trial will bo the "S't. Lawrence mill case , " in which Maggie McCullen sues the Northwestern railroad fo $19,000 for loss of a grist mill by fire , alleg ing that ) the fire was set by sparks from one ot the company's engines. There have been three tilals of the case , each taking up oven n week , with a divided Jury each time. .Mlxinj- County Convention , LAUAMID. Wyo. . Oct. 3. ( Spcplal. ) The republicans of Albany county hove placet tho'following ticket In nomination : Sheriff Charles Yount ; treasurer , Charles Reals ; clerk. James McOtbbon ; attorney , S. W. Downey ; commissioners , Andrew Miller , H. G. Batch , W. J. Broadhurst ; superintendent ot schools , Mrs. J. B. Simpson ; state sen ate , John McGIll ; house ot representatives , John Reid , J. S. Atherly , C. E. Carpenter , Rlchardi Butler and 0. \ . Hertrog. Homo from I'orto Ulco. STUUGIS. S. D. . Oct. 3. ( Special. ) Prl- vatcs Navalrre , Rooney and Cougnet of General Brooke's army In Porto Rico arrived In the city yesterday on a sick furlough. For broken surfaces , sores. Insect bites , burns , skin diseases , nnd especially piles , there Is ono reliable remedy , DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve. When you call for DeWltt's don't accept counterfeit or frauds. You will I not bo disappointed with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salvo. IlnliiK Stop I'oreHt Plren. ST. PAUL. Minn. . Oct.i. . A Cumberland. Wl3. . special to the Dispatch says : Rains J today have quenched forest fires In thli re- gipn. Relief committees are now fully or ganized and will begin the work of distribu tion tomorrow. Food for relief Is arriving In wnall quantities. All emergency cases have been cared for. The White River Lum ber company at Mason hag offered employ ment to all woodsmen who are out of work. No further deaths ore reported today , in surance adjusters arrived today and the work of adjusting losses has begun. Vice President A. H. Doster of the Beavcrdam Lumber company will arrlvo from Tacoraa tomorrow , when a meetlns of stockholders will be held to decide whether to rebuild the plant. Tlircr mirlrO. In n SniullinnU. ST. JOSEPH. Oct. 4. A special to the Dally News says : Lloyd and Joseph Hen derson and Frank Dorst. farmers nearR'rk- port. Mo. , were burled In a s.tnd bank Ir which they were digging today and * ere dead when taken out an hiur later. The Hendersons were brothers , aged 16 and IS respectively. Dorst was 35 years old R3 married. ! ! rut Snow In MliincNotn. ST. PAUL , Minn. . Oct. 4. Specials to the Dispatch from Hallock nnd Stephen , In ex treme ncrtwcsthcrn Minnesota , report the first snowstorm ot the season. WORKHOUSE FOR THE HOBOES Omaha May Provide Work for the Weary Williea Next Winter. CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE PLAN PronMent Illnpcliniti linn flic Idcn In Iiicnlmtlon mill nt Ijenmt n Stoiio 1'lle In Expected to Grow from It. Instead ot lolling In the lap of luxury represented by three square meals per 'lay and n warm cell , tramps and vn ranU who are arrested this winter are likely to bo given a moro than passing acquaintance with a rockptlo and a workhouse. The city council li considering a plan to establish these use ful If not ornamental Institutions and ft Is very likely that It will be brought to a happy consummation. President Blngham Is sponsor of the scheme. His Idea Is to spend several thou sands of dollars In the erection of a stock aded workhouse somewhere on the outskirts of the city. As soon as a city prisoner received a sentence ho will be removed to the workhouse and set at work chopping up hard stone. This stone will later bo used by the city In paving streets. "Something of this kind Is absolutely nec essary , " declares President Blngham. "Every winter Omaha Is the mecca of peri patetic gentlemen of leisure from all parts ot the country. As soon as they arrlvo within Omaha's hospitable gates they cover about as much ground as a stationary washtub - tub and accumulate a numerous quantity of solid flesh from the three square meals and the warm lodging that the city pro vides In the course of the winter. Now this would bo all right It the city were running as an eleemosynary Institution , but Inasmuch as wo want to conduct It on economical principles wo must cut out tbo hundreds of dollars that the board bills of these visitors amount to. A rock pile would become about as popular among hese Wandering Willies as the presence f water at the fog end of a Kilkenny fair , ts fame would spread far and wide and hey would give Omaha a wide berth. " President Dlngham has sprung his echtmo upon his fellow members In the council and they are considering It with much favor. During the course of a winter thousands f "floaters" drop Into Omaha and positively refuse to move. They are accommodated with lodgings at the police station until all the space Is taken up and then some ire arrested on the charge of vagrancy. This means nothing moro than that square neals are thrown In with the lodgings. The climax of their happiness Is reached vhen they are given a county Jail sentence. When the warm weather of spring comes hey depart for other regions. Some ot : ho vagrants are crooks In disguise and ply their trades while being supported by the city. city.City City Attorney Conncll says that there Is no question about the city having the right to establish such a workhouse and rock- pile and Is willing to glvo the scheme his full support. OP THE CITY COUNCIL 0111 nil a Club Given the Privilege of I'uvlniv Around Itn Iloime. At a special meeting of the city councl. yesterday afternoon the Omaha club was given permission ( o pave with Colorado sandstone Twentieth street west ot the stree car tracks and adjoining the building. The Improvement la made In honor of the com Ing of President JWcKlnley , who will .make . the club building his headquarters. The sum of $1.000 was appropriated fo the use of the Board of Public Works fo work upon the streets. City Comptroller Westbc.rg reported th conditions 'of the .city's . funds to1 be as fol lows on September 30 : , Cnsh In drawer . . . , ! . . , . ; 3,692.2 Checks for deposit 3.G01.0 City Funds BnlanceM In Banks : Kountts. Bros. , Now York $1(3.173.63 ( Commercial National. . . . 19,049,39 First National 19,344.54 Merchants' National . . . 19,015.25 National Bank of Com merce 20,881.60 * Nebraska National 19,603.2S Omaha National . . . . . . . . 21,575.GS Union National 2).G15.fi ) ) United States Not'1 26.2CG.78 German. Savings Cert. . . 114.60 315,762.65 School Funds : Kountz Bros. , Now York 423.10 Union National 25,892.33 26,317.62 Pollen Relief Funds : German Savings , cert. . . 2,798.55 Merchants' National 1,778.93 < ,677.48 , Bncclnl Funds : Union National 1,000.00 1,000.00 Total of funds on hand , $354,750.77 Another meeting of the council was held last night , but Its entire business consisted of an adjournment to this morning. WARM .RECEPTION TO THIEVES Detective * from All Over Hie Country In Attendance nt IvnlRhtn Tciniilnr Conclave. PITTSBUna. Pa. , Oct. 4. Detcctivo talent , the best In the country , will be In Plttsburg next week to guard against thieves and general crooks who are likely to Invade the city with the many who will come In for the general conclave of the Knights Tem plar. Roger O'Mara , superintendent of PIttsburg's bureau of detectives , has em ployed his knowledge of the men of other cities In selecting from among their number these properly qualified to glvo the best service here. His Invitations have been kindly received In all quarters and he has assurances that twenty large cities will send men here. Among those who have promised to bo here are J. T. Janssen and James McManus , Milwaukee ; Thomas McOrath , St. Louis ; Charles Hlckcy , Louisville ; Inspector John D. Shea , Andrew Rohan , William McCarthy , James Mackcy and Michael Sherry , Chicago ; Thomas Dcvlnc. Buffalo ; J. B. Watt and William , Burke , Boston ; George II. Larklns , Detroit ; James A. McDcvltt , Washington ; Michael Doyle , Jersey City ; Seymour Beutler , John O'Connor and John Maloney , New York ; James Talc , William Holland , William Hen derson , Philadelphia ; H. B. Humble , Col umbus ; William Kelley , Baltimore ; D. S. Caster , New Orleans ; George McDonald , Omaha ; John McLaughlln , Toledo , and William Jackson , Cincinnati. The personnel represents the best tblof catchers In thq country. J. T. Janssen Is Milwau kee's chief of police. McGrath of St. Louis ard Hlskey of Louisville are known | from bno fcnd of the country to the other. j Chicago sends a famous quintette with In- I spcctor Shea at Its head. Boston sends In ' the person of Watt Its chief of detectives. , McDovltt. "the Washington representative , Is . ono of the beat known thief takers In the country. Doyle of Jersey "City works the | railroads there and is used to crowds and has a wide acquaintance with the criminal I clesscs. Beutler , the New York detective , I1 watches for crooks at the big race meets around the metropolis. Gaster , whom Now Orleans sends , la chief of polloa there. The other comers are specially fitted for the work devolving upon them. Superintendent O'Mara la laying plans for ( ho distribution of his big force over the city. They will watch hotels and depots and street cars where people arrive and depart. There will be men at different receptions and such places aa conclave people require them. It has been planned to pair eastern and west ern men so that they can have the advan tage of each other's knowledge of criminals and work to better effect that way. A stubborn cough or tickling in the throat yields to One Mlnuto Cough Cure. Harmlesj in effect , touches the right spot , reliable and just what is wanted , it act * at once. WASHINGTON FORESTS AND LUMBER. The Vn t II oily ot Standing Timber In the Stnte Cniinot llo Kutlitmtcil. In discussing the resources ot the most northwestern state ot the union , Colonel E. M. Day , who has given the matter extended tudy In the past eight ) years , laid : I "It Is dlfllcult to estimate the amount ot landing timber In the state of Washington. will say , however , that with all the gloomy predictions that these who live n hundred * cars hcnco will sco the vast forests re- duccd to small scattering bodies of trees , till the logger has been less destru"llva than ho forest fires set by careless , If not crtml- nal , persons. The first Impression made , upon the \lsltor to western Washington Is hat the supply of timber Is upllmlted , but he contrary Idea should be encouraged to ho end that wanton waste should bo checked. Of course , our forests will some Imo be reduced , but wherever the lands are denuded young trees spring up , and In many places valuable deciduous trees take the > lace ot the fir and the cedar , and I believe hat with the forest reserves and proper police regulations the timber of Washington ' may bo sulllolent to supply the United States and a largo part of the world for many years { o como. Suffice It to say that Washington cads all other states in the vasu areas of ts standing timber , as well as the size ot ho trees and quality of Its lumber , Ono writer says : 'It la estimated than 20,000,000 acres ot land in the state will cut an average ot 25,000 feet of merchantable umber to the acre ; nhllo much will cut upward of 100,000 feet. Douglas flr constl- utcs aboun two-thirds of the forest growth , cedar , hemlock , spruce , white pine , ash , maple , alder , cottonwood and larch follow- ng in 'tho order named. Fir trees grow to tnmenso proportions , trees 250 to 300 feet n height and from six to twelve feet in diameter being not uncommon , tihus per mitting possibilities In the way ot long and largo dimension stuff rarely presented in the history ot lumbering in any * other country. The timber of the Douglas fir is heavy , strong and Irm , &nd for general building purposes has a wide reputation. Cedar Is next in abundance and Importance. Whllo this tree belongs to the same family as the cedar of the eastern states , It must be berne in mind that It grows very differently in Wash ington , being straight and of Immense size. Its height does not equal that of the fir , but Its average diameter Is greater. The value of this wood was at first scarcely appreci ated , but the cast , with which It Is worked , its beauty when properly finished , have become - como known until now the capacity of our mills has been taxed to supply the amount demanded. 'A few years ago the shingles werore- movcd from an old building at Fort Bel- llngham , near New Whatcom , Wash. These fchlngles were never painted In all the thirty years , which had elapsed slnco they ' were nailed to the roof to guard against ' the sunshine of summer , and the rains of ' winter. These shingles were sound , though half worn through by the weather. A < lum- I bcrman from the east secured some of these | shingles and took them home with him to i show his customers , and prove to them the I durability of our cedar. Ho said : 'Tho only fault I can find with your shingles Is that they are too good. Once a man's roof Is covered with them we have no moro business with him , whereas In the pine shingles trade wo do the entire business over with him every five or six years. ' "Yellow and red fir comprise the largest articles of export. A largo part of the pro duct of this lumber Is used for ship buildIng - Ing , bridges , railway construction and spars. It is most excellently adopted to all these uses , both by reason of 'its strength and nail-holding qualities. W.oods adapted for cabinet work are blrdseyp imaple * ash , oak , i larch and alder , the latter being turned Into broom handles , etc. , In 'largo ' quantities. Cedar furnishes seemingly a exhaustless supply of material for Interior work , lap- sldlng and shingles. The Puget Sound shingles are to be world-wldo In their use. " Do you have any Idea of the amount of j standing timber and Its approximate value on the stump ? "I have already said that I do not be lieve It can be estimated , said Colonel Day , but I am of the opinion that the man who claims over tventy-three millions of acres of tim ber , containing more than four hundred and ten billions ot feet , having a stumpage value of nearly $300,000,000 , has not over estimated the supply. " Cutting a good deal of lumber and shlp- gles up In your country ? "I should y yes. I suppose there are at least 300 logging camps In the state , employing 0,000 men. In many'of the logging camps the output has been Increased In the past two years by the Introduction of donkey engines for handling logs In ' .no place of cattle aad horses form-irly used. Two hundred and eleven shingle mills were reported In opera tion In the state last June. These mills have an average dally capacity of 16,000,000 with a total maximum capacity of nearly 19,000,000 , and employ nearly 10,000 men. The total production for last year was more than three billion shingles , while of that amount 2,680,095,000 were shipped by rull out of the state , principally to states east of the Rocky mountains , while 7,883,200 were shipped by sea to foreign ports , and 6.000,000 by sea to California. The remainder of the cut for 1807 was cither absorbed in local building or was In stock , possibly In dry houses. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer of Juno 21 , 1898 , states that the shingle ship- * * $ Have Hit the | , Ollct Q * % Bull's-Eye * , of Public MHMHMI H I f f , Favor SllOtS The Best & Exposition Pictures Out Forty-eight 25c (5x7 ( Inches ) A Very low rates enlarge large quantities At the Business Office of The Omaha Bee N. B-BY MAIL 3 CENTS 'EXTRA FOR POSTAGE. mento east via Portland were not definitely known , and not obtainable. There are 236 saw mills In the state having an average dally capacity ot 4,500,000 feet , employing nearly 10,000 men In cutting and | handling their product. In 1897 the output' was estimated at about 900,000,000 feet. The | largest part ot this output went coastwise j California , Mexico and South America tak ing 231,539,930 feet and sixty million lath. I The rail shipments to the east were 116- . 055,000 feet , as compared with 109,125,000 in l'S06. Cargo shipments to foreign ports were 166,894,168 feet of lumber and nearly six million lath. Owing to the war with Spain ; and the loss by fire of one of the largest mills on the coast , the B. B. I. company's at Now Whatcom , the cut this year will not bo quite up to 1897 , but this mill , which had a capacity of 50,000,000 feet per annum is being rapidly rebuilt and will soon be employing - , ploying 500 men in various capacities , and i cutting an average ot 200,000 feet ot lumber ' dally , BO that 1899 will , with no disturbing Infiuences exceed any former year In the amount of lumber produced in the state. The large demand for lumber during the past year has raised the local price about $3 per thousand. In addition to the rebuilding of the burned mill another large mill is to be built at uome point on the sound , and thl is to add 200,000 feet per day to the output. Prices in the east having advanced slightly , the construction of additional mills may be expected. " Do you manufacture anything but raw lumber ? "For the last eight or nine years the manufacture of sash , doors and all kinds of builders' woodwork has grown until now it is an Important business. The product of our woodworking establishments are now shipped to all parts ot the world. Not only is the demand taking sash and doors to most of the states , oven to the Atlantic seaboard , but South America , South Africa , China , Japan , Australia and Hawaii are rapidly developing as valuable markets. "Cedar lumber Is now a favorite for the manufacture of finishing lumber , as I well as doors and sash , and to this Is | added the new process crystallzed flr. Ono , objection to flr for finishing lumber was | the tendency of the gum to ooze out. This | has been overcome by treating the lumber In the kiln no that the gum Is crystallzed in the wood , which then takes oa a beau tiful finish. "Tho llcbtness of cedar , Its uniform quality , beautiful grain , freedom from knots and wonderful durability have , In a largo degree , made this splendid wood popu lar with builders. Time nccina to have lit tle effect upon it , and its lasting qualities have been proven beyond doubt by the discovery of great tree trunks which have lain for hundreds of years , undecayed except In their outer portions. The proof ot this Is in finding flr trees , several feet through , standing with roots locked about old cedar logs. In one Instance the ancient cedar log was found to be in such a fine state of preservation that a section was cut Wednesday's ' Special , $225- Wednesday we make a apodal offer of ono almost new piano good as new can't be told from new antlnue oak finish-upright style-wlth the orchestral - tral attachment-would easily bring twice what we ask for It. | 225-if'A > cash is nil that Is required , and ? 10 a month better come today , tomorrow It may be gone such snaps very rarely stay long with iw-ve also have a neorly new Kimball piano that we sell for § UIX ) this is the best Kimball bargain ever given In Omaha it will pay you to come In this carnival week , for we are making - ing carnival prices and give you a big stock to select from. A. HOSPE , Itt Onfl AH l513 Douglas The King Is Here And while you are waiting for him to pass by with his royal pagneant you can step in the sore ( for ho pasaea our store nnd keep warm and at the same time look at the king of kings the Jewel Steel Range Jewel Oaks anil Jewel Base Burners we are not Intro ducing a new stove it has been tried right in Omaha , and there are fiOO fami lies that will recommend the steel range , i to say nothing of the hundreds that i have either the oaks or base burners our display now at the beginning of the season is complete all the styles all the sizes are represented and you I will llnd this a very interesting place to spend your waiting moments at A. C. RAYJMBR , WI3 DEUVEH YOl'K PUIICHASE. 1514 Faruatu St. out , and after removing the outer part the heart was cut Into fine , sound shingles which are now doing service on a dwelling house In Whatcou county. " Do your manufacturers use Washington woods la the construction ot furniture , etc. ? "They do. Our flr and cedar , as well as alder and spruce , nro used In the manu facture of many substantial articles ot fur niture , but we have blrdseye and curlcy maple , perhaps , the handsomest woods extant. Several plants In Uio state are de voted exclusively to the manufacture of woodenwarc , and one largo establishment at Puyallup Is turning out vast numbers of arctic sleds for the Alaskan market. Spruce being an odorless wood gives no disa greeable taste to the contents ot vessels and packages made therefrom , and this makes it valuable for palls , tubs and boxes. Some of Washington-made furniture has been shipped to South Africa , Australia and Hawaii where It Is in demand. In ad dition , several large orders from the Orient have been filled. "You see we not only have the timber , but we are 'having ' a market for Its pro ducts. " Those desiring further Information concerning the state can call on Commis sioner L. K. Armstrong In charge ot the Washington mineral exhibit ! in the Mines and Mining building , exposition grounds , Omaha , Neb. Poverty No Ground for Divorce. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 4. In the court of ap peals today Judge Bland set aside the divorce obtained recently at SprlngOeld , Mo. , by Mrs. Isabella Campbell from her hus band. William C. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell sued her husband for divorce on the grounds of desertion and Kcncral indignities , and was granted a decree with the custody of tbo two children. When the court of ap peals took up the case on a request of a writ Of habeas corpus. Judge Bland went over It carefully and in a written opinion oatd the divorce WAS an Inlustlco to Mr. l Campbell. Ho said the evidence went to show that Campbell was a pcor man , workIng - Ing for wages , while his wife had $10.000. in property and a fixed Income of $50 a month , besides the husband's only offcnso was his poverty. Judge Bland said there was no law In Missouri which made poverty a ground for divorce. DENVER CATCHES A BIG CROWD Tkonannds 1'rcHcnt to Wltnemt the 1'n miles of the Fciittvnl of Mountain nnd 1'lnlii. DENVER , Oct. 4. The fourth annual Fes tival of Mountain and Plain opened this afternoon with a great historical , allegorical and patriotic parade , officially designated the "Pageant of American Progress. " In thl * procession were twenty-six floats and many handsomely decorated carriages , besides other Interesting features , and twenty-nino brass bands furnished music. Tonight there will be a fireworks display and numerous other amusements. The festivities will con tinue three days , on each of which a great parade will bo a leading feature. Fifteen thousand people and 2,000 horses will ap pear In these parades. The principal build ings are beautifully decorated with the car nival colors , yellow and white , mingled wl h the national colors , and the streets will bo brllllanty Illuminated at night. It is esti mated that 50,000 visitors , most of them from outside points In Colorado , have already ar rived In the city. S ten in IT Ituiin Into a Io Tlnft. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 4. The steamer South Const , bound from Ventura for this city , ran Into ono of the derelict log rafts near Pigeon Point. The vessel was severely jarred , but sheered off In time to escape serious Inlury. The Chamber of Commerce i of this city has sent a communication to Secretary of the Treasury Gage asking him to take stcos to stop the dangerous practice of towing rafts at sea. King Drex L. Shooman I Now you've scon tlio klnp , you'll be sure to want to go to the ball you can't go If you haven't your dress shoes we show the very swellcst thing out In all | patent leather sllppcrs-a perfect beauty i no kid no cloth a slipper worthy or being worn at any court ball $3.00 then there ts the line of satin slippers- delicate tints of red , blue , pink and the i white and black $2.50 Our line of pat ent leathers for the men never was a complete as now all the new Iocs anil lasts you can look at them while waitIng - Ing for the parade. Drexel Shoe Co. , OntBb * ' * Up-to-dnte Iban Uovie. 1410 FARNAM STREET. On the Point Of collapsing from exhaustion In walking - ing the lloor nights with a poor sick tortured baby who Is suffering from eczema hives , scnley eruptions , acne or tetter when If they would , come to this store wo could relieve them we have the best remedies for all kinds of skin diseases In both babies and adults and blood purifiers to drive them ont of the system we make a specialty of selling everything at a cut price and can save you money and time the big golden lion stauda in front of our store. TheAloe&PenfoldCo Lilt-celt Retail Draff Home. UW Farnam Street Fxloa Hot V In Norway The best rooms of the family house nro still carpeted with juniper twigs our carpets , while soft as the best wool can make them , Imitate nature In a beautifully realistic manner they make the room a garden spot the many new patterns and colorings In carpets that wo are now showing matte our store a delightful place to spend a few min utes In come as often as you llko ana bring your friends with you. Omaha Carpet Co 3nmlm'a Exclusive Carpet House , 1515 Dodge St.