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TTOS OMAHA DAUiY TiJSE ; Tt'lSSDAV , SEPTEMBER 5 , 189D.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA.
i COUNCIL BLUFFS.
JtlMHl MRNTIOX.
Dtvls eelli glais.
Flro escapes for buildings at Dtxby'i.
Budwclaer beer. L. Ttoienfcldt. ngent
George Kceiian of Chicago Is In the city
visiting friends.
0. B. Jacquf > mln A Co. , Jewelers and op
ticians , 27 South Main etrtoL
100 pounds make you $100. Moore's Stock
Food company. Council Bluffs.
W. C. Estep. undertaker. 23 Pearl street.
Telephones , office , 97 ; residence , 33.
Get your work done at the popular Eagls
laundry , 724 Broadway. 'Phone 167.
Mrs. P. H. Hamilton nnd little son nro
homo from n glx-tnonlhs * visit with relatives
In Denver , Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. n. Fnrr of Kau Clttlre , WIs. ,
nro the guosUi of Mr. and Mrs. N. Green , Jr. ,
of Ilcnton street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Peters of Evansvllle ,
Ind. , are In the city visiting friends. They
formerly resided here.
Miss Chtoo Brldensteln leaves this morn
ing for St. Joseph , Mo. , to visit friends and
take In the Jublleo festivities.
Paul Tulles , who has been visiting rela
tives for a week past , returned to his home
In Blooraflold , Neb. , jcsterday.
Every member Is requested to be present
tonight nt the regular meeting of Concordla
lodge , No. 52 , Knights of Pythias.
Mrs , Morwln Maynard and daughter , Mrs.
Buckingham , will leave the latter part of
this week for California , where they go for
the benefit of the former's health.
Mrs. Chamberlain , who has been the Burst
of her daughter , Mrs. Frank T. True , for
the last nine months , left for her homo In
Iloopestown , III. , yesterday afternoon.
Evangelist J. A. Doolcy and wife of
Omaha are holding tabernacle gospel meet
ings nt the corner of Tenth street nnd
Broadway every evening at 8 o'clock.
St. Francis * and St. Joseph's academics
will open this morning. A number of Im
provements have been carried out during
the holidays at the former Institution.
The case against Fred Klepfer. the barber
charged with keeping his shop open a wpok
ngo last Sunday , will come up befor Judpo
Aylesworth In police court this morning.
The members of Fidelity council , Iloynl
Arcanum , went to Omaha yesterday at tor-
noon In a special car to help the crowd
there In the celebration of Arcanum day.
The match race for $500 n side between
B. Wlckham's Nannie Leo and W. Llne-
berger's Buster is announced for Saturday
nflernoon at the Union Driving park track.
George Morton , ho alleged swindler , who
secured several sums of money from busi
ness men on a fake railway guide and tlmo
card , will have his hearing In police court
this morning.
County Auditor Innes has received from
the town officials of Macedonia a remittance
of $8.50 to be added to the Pottawattamlo
county contribution to the relief fund for
the Porto lUcans.
Rev. S. M. Perkins , pastor of the First
Christian church , goes to Oakland this
morning , whore ho is booked to deliver an
ncldrees before the convention of Pottawat
tamlo county prohibitionists.
Jacob Neumayer , the veteran hotel pro
prietor , who recently went to Boulder , Colo. ,
for his health , writes his family that he has
not found the relief anticipated and ho Is
expected homo In the near future.
County Supervisor Ben Auld of Griswold
is wearing his army In a sling as a result
of a runaway accident in which he partici
pated Friday evening. No bones were
broken , but his loft arm and shoulder were
badly bruised.
W. "W. Cole surrendered his lease of the
Grand Plaza at Lake Manawa to Charles
R. Hannan yesterday. The application of
Colonor Reed for the annulment of the con
tract between Cole and Hannan will now
bo dismissed In the dlsrict court.
"Cyclone" Tim Mannnhan , who pulls a
train out of Houston , Tex. , is borne for a
brief visit with his family. Ho Is suffering
from injuries received by a fall from his
cab about thrco weeks ago. Mannahan has
probably been in more smashups than any
living engineer still at the throttle.
Any pupil entering the High school who
JIM not already received his or her promo
tion card will be examined at the Washing
ton Avenue school Friday morning at 9
o'clock. All pupils belonging to the High
school who want credit for summer work
wlH bo examined at the High school build
ing Friday morning at 9 o'clock.
James Houston of San Francisco , who was
n delegate to the International Typographi
cal1 union convention recently held in De
troit , was in the city Sunday on his way
homo accompanied by his wife. "Jim"
Houston is ono of the best known printers
In the west nnd twenty years ago worked on
Council Bluffs nnd Omaha papers.
The September session of the Board of
County Supervisors was convened yesterday
morning with all members present. No
business beyond approving the minutes of
the former Eceslon wns transacted and nn
adjournment was taken until this morning
on account of yesterday being Labor day.
Ono of the most Important matters to como
up nt this session is the fixing of the county
tax levy for 1899.
The hearing of Charles Moore , charged
with stealing a blcyclo Baturdnv night
from in front of Swalne & Mauer's s'ore ,
was continued In police court yesienlay un
til tomorrow morning. His lull waa fixed
nt $300 , which he was unab' 'o furnluli. and
ho consequently Is languishing In the city
Jail. The pollco bellevo the nnn Ii nol nN
together accountable for h's ' action and hey
do not bellevo ho Is a thief by Instlnrt 01
inclination.
N. Y. Plumbing company. Tel. 2RO.
Domestic fcoap whitens your clothes.
Welibach burners nt Olxby'i. Tel. 191
Ilimhlnur tin * Ynnlctoii n\tpiiNloii.
SIOUX CITY. la. , Sept. 4. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Today two gangs of men began
work on tlio construction of the extension of
the line of tbo Chicago , Milwaukee & St.
Paul Hallway company from Yankton to
Edgcrton , S. D. , 100 miles. One gang started
work from Yankton nnd the other from
Tyndnll , Ao soon as the grading la com
pleted between Yankton nnd Tyndall both
gangs will be put on the other end of the
lino. Work will bo rushed , but It Is not ex
pected the line can bo completed before the
following year. Later It Is expected the line
will bo extended further west.
All lovers of music should bo sure to
nttend the Blind Boone concert at the
Broadway Methodist church Tuesday evenIng -
Ing , September 6. Blind Boone la sup
ported by Miss Josephine nivers , n charm
ing singer. Admission , 25 cents.
Mnuirlril t'nilor Cnr
CEDAR UAPIDS , la. , Sept. 4. ( Special
Telegram. ) Joseph Asenbrunor , a 0-year-
old boy , while attempting to get on a moving
freight train near Otis , fell under the wheels
nnd both legs were cut off , as well as ono
hand , and his skull was badly fractured. He
wag discovered some tlmo afterward , brought
to this city and taken to the hospital , where
he died without regaining consciousness.
Domestic soap Is full weight.
AVhlti * IlrfdnN nt Hiivi-iii'ort.
DES MOINKS , Sept. 4. Chairman Huffman
of the democratic state committee announces
that the opening of the democratic state
campaign will be September 14 , with a bis
meeting at Davenport , addressed by Fred
White , nominee for governor. He add * that
Mr. White will make anti-Imperialism the
chief Issue , and will relegate silver to th
rear ,
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT
l''or Cunli ur Loaned On.
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P 1'cnrl btrcut , Cuuucil lluff ) , lovra.
Supporter * of Senator Gear Will Control
that authoring.
CUMMINS HAS TWENTY-SEVEN DELEGATES
All tlie Other * , One Hnndrcil nml
rortr-Tliree In Xiimlicr , Are for
IJrnr Fnrocnnt < f the Coii-
tciitlon'n Work.
The republican county convention tomor
row will bo controlled by the supporters of
Senator Gear. Complete reports from the
country proclncts give Gear 143 dele-
v.ti db ngalnst 27 for A. B. Cummins.
the nomination of
This practically assures
A. S. Hazelton for state senator.
The following townships will be repre
sented by solid delegations for Gear ! Mln-
den , Pleasant , Layton , York , Lincoln , Cen
ter , Bolknap , Washington , Silver Creek ,
Carson , Macedonia , Grove , Wnveland ,
Wright. Norwnlk , Hardln , Keg Creek , Ne-
ola , Boomer , Crescent , Uockford nnd Kane
outside of the city. The only solid delega
tion for Cummins is from Hazel Dell town
ship. Tbo delegations from the following
t wl-shlps wllf be mixed : Knox , two for
Gear , iwo for Cummins and one noncom
mittal ; James , three for Gear and ono for
Cummins ; Valley , four for Gear and one
for cummins ; Garner , two for Gear and
two for Cummins ; Lewis , ono for Gear nnd
thrco for Cummins. The city delegation is
flfly-thrco for Gear and cloven for Cummins.
Although -the majority of the Gear dele
gations are Instructed to vote for tbo nom
ination of a cnndldato for state eonator who
will support him for United Statw senator ,
they are not pledged or Instructed for A.
S. Hnzolton , the Gear candidate for state
senator , and It la possible that some of
them may vote for Colonel C. G. Sounders
In the event of his promising to support
Gear. This was the talk on the street cor
ners yesterday. In Washington township ,
where the delegation was Instructed for
Gear , It Is openly stated by the delegates
that they will not vote for Hnzelton , but
will support any other Gear candidate. The
Impression prevails , however , that Mr. Ha-
zolton will secure the nomination on the
first ballot. For representatives there are
a number of names mentioned. It Is gen
erally conceded that George Putnam of
Grove township will be accorded a renom-
Ination , but who his partner will bo will
have to bo decided by the convention. The
candidates mentioned nro Hugh Prltchard
of Avoca , J. L. Blanchard of Avoca , John
Jenks of Careen , Wllloughby Dye of Mace
donia , Robert Wilson of Careen , Alexander
Osier of Carson and George H. Scott of
this city. Jonks and Scott are said to bo
Cummins men.
Fight for SIierlfT.
Considerable Interest is centered In the
nomination for sheriff. There are several
candidates in the field , each with a certain
following , and the contest over this office
promises to be a leading feature of the
convention. John S. Morgan , the present
Incumbent of the office , and Captain Lee
B. Cummins at present seem to have tb *
largest followlngs and many are Inclined
to believe that the nomination lies between
these two. Morgan's friends claim that
according to the unwritten law of the
party in this county ho is entitled to a
third term , but he is meeting with oppo
sition from a certain quarter. Many of
the townships Instructed their delegates as
to cherlff , while others loft the delegates
n free hand. The delegations from the fol
lowing townships are claimed by Morgan's
friends : Layton , Neola , Garner , Rockford ,
Kane , Waveland , "Wright nnd Valley. Th
following are counted to bo for Cousins :
Washington , Silver Creek , Macedonia , Ha
zel Dell , Keg Creek , Grove and Lewis.
Tbo Crescent delegation Is instructed for
J. H. Mnyne. Knox instructed its dele
gates for Ed Slade , while J. N. Frum will
go before the convention with the dele
gates from Mlnden and Pleasant. Center
and Belknap will line up for H. B. Crofts.
The city delegation Is said to bo about
o\only divided bctwceen Morgan and Cous
ins.
There is also likely to be a contest over
the nomination for county superintendent
of schools. The candidates are Prof. Mc-
Manus of Neola , Prof. W. S. Paulson of
this city and Prof. B. Cook of Carson. It
la understood that the Carson delegates In
tend to stand by their candidate to the last
ditch and will trade their votes on sheriff
for' him.
So far no opposition has manifested It
self to the renomlnatlon of Henry Brandos
of James township for member of the
Board of Supervisors. William Arnd will
bo renomlnated county treasurer by accla
mation and Ernest E. Cook will secure a
renomlnatlon for surveyor without opposi
tion.
tion.The
The convention will bo called to order
at 11 o'clock In the superior court In the
county court house by Chairman Everest
of the county central republican committee.
Davis sells paint.
Domestic soap sold by nil grocers.
IIIDS ICOU CITY LIGHTING PLANT.
Some Delay Likely to He Experienced
111 the Matter.
It la possible that the city may experience
some delay In the matter of receiving bids
for the establishment of a municipal elec
tric llcht plant. The question has been
ralsod whether the city will not bo com
pelled to advertise over again for bids as ,
since the advertisements were published ,
certain changes have been made In the plans
nnd specifications referred to In the adver
tisements as belne on file In the office of
the city clerk.
At the tlmo that the representative of the
Westlnghouso Electrical Manufacturing
company inspected the plans and specifica
tions with a view to his company making
a bid , he found they were Indefinite and mis
leading In several respects. He called tha
attention of the city enelncer and other
officials to the fact. Since then It Is un
derstood that Enclneer Lovett has made
several Insertions in the specifications , tha
rhnngcs referring especially as to meters ,
style of lamps , etc. It Is believed by some
that changing tbo original plans and speci
fications upder which bids were advertised
for will make It necessary for the city to go
through the form of advertising again.
H Is reported that a recent decision of the
United States supreme court will prove to
bo a serious stumbling block In the way of
the city entering Into any deal looking
toward Uie future ownership by the muni
cipality of an oleotrlo lighting plant. In the
decision referred to the court held that a
city which wan already Involved In Indebt
edness beyomi Us legal limit could not enter
Into any contract for the purchase of n
municipal plant on the Installment plan ,
such OB tha proposition here calls for. ta
ruoh a plan was simply a scheme to evada
the requirements of the statute prohibiting
the Indebtedness of a city beyond a certain
legal limit. This decision Is said to hava
been handed down In a case arising out of
scheme on the part of the city of St
Joseph , Mo. , to secure a water works plant
on a proposition similar to that made by
President Draffen of the Munlcln.il Con
struction company of Chicago and which
Alderman Coper Is trying to push through
the city council. .
Prizes go with Domestic ao.tp.
Scientific optician , Wollman.tod Dr'dway.
Domestic outwashes cheap soaps.
TiitntiN from n AVl
James Reagan , n laborer employed on the
Fort Dodge- & Omaha railroad grade , Is lying
at St. Bernard's hospital , suffering from In
juries received yesterday morning by JumpIng -
Ing from a window In the second story of the
lodging house over the Senate saloon nt the
corner of Bryant street and Broadway.
Reagan , who had been drinking heavily , with
the proverbial luck of n drunken man , es
caped without any broken bones , but was
badly bruised and shocked.
Reagan , after spending the night drinking
In the saloon , went to sleep In a room In the
second story. Ho lay down on the bed with
out taking his clothes off. About 5 o'clock In
the morning ho wns troubled with a night
mare. Ho dreamed that he was In n train
which waa on fire nnd that the doors nt both
ends of the car were fastened. Ho flung up
the window of the car , as ho supposed In
his dream , nnd Jumped out. When he nwoko
ho found himself on the stone sidewalk be
low with Policeman George Wilson bending
over him. The distance from the window to
the sidewalk Is about twcnty-threo feet.
Officer Wilson , who was In the pollco sta-
tllon a short distance down the street , was
startled by the sound of the man falling ,
nnd at once rushed to the place. When ho
reached Reagan the man was lying groaning
on the sidewalk. Summoning assistance , ho
conveyed Reagan to the station nnd City
Physician Lacy was summoned. An exam
ination failed to reveal any broken bones , but
later In the day as Reagan complained of
great .pain In the region of his back , ho
was removed to the hospital.
Domestic soap Is tha purest made.
Bo sure nnd take the children to hear
BMnd Boone. Ho has been the cause of a
great many children falling In love with
the piano. Children Under 15 years , 15
cents.
HowelHs Anti "Kawf" cures coughs nnd
colds.
CBDAU HA1MDS WATCH UATES.
Munlclpnl Plnntx Hnlcl to MnUe Itntcn
of Sixty-Six Per Cent Lenn.
CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , Sept. 4. ( Special. )
The people of Cedar Rapids nro deeply In
terested nt the present time In the Investiga
tions of the city council Into the value of
the plant of the Cedar Rapids Water com
pany , with a view of placing It under
municipal control. The council committee
was authorized to Investigate the construc
tion , operation and maintenance of wntor
plants similar to the ono operated hero , for
the purpose of securing good and whole
some water and sufficient fire pressure at a
Just and reasonable price , or buying the
plant.
The committee has received replies from a
largo number of public and private water
companies relative to cost of construction ,
maintenance , and ratea charged cities and
private consumers. The committee also en
tered Into correspondence with the local
company , asking for certain Information , but
the replies were unsatisfactory to the com-
rolt'eo.
The franchise of the company expires
February 19 , 1900 , and the' city proposes to
buy the plant at that time , If a reasonable
price can be agreed upon. If this Is Im
possible , It Is understood that arrangements
have already been made with other persons
for the construction of a complete nnd
modern system of water works , to bo sold
to the city upon equitable terms. J. W.
Hill of Cincinnati , 0. , a municipal water
worko engineer , Is now here for the purpose
of determining the worth of the system
operated by tha Cedar Rapids Water com
pany , and to
make estimates for a new
system for the city.
The committee has made an exhaustive re
port charging that from a comparison of
rates made by plants under municipal con
trol it has been ascertained the Cedar Rap-
Ida Water company's rates average more than
66 per cent higher , and that the rates now
being paid In Cedar Rapids should be cut
In two.
TWO STAUCH COJIPANIES SELL.
Plant * nt Slonx nn.l NcTiranba City
In ProccHN of Absorption.
SIOUX CITY , la. , Sept.Special ( Tele
gram. ) The plant of the Sioux City Starch
company , owned by the family of General
Hiram B. Duryea of Blue Mountain Lake
N. Y. , has been sold to the United States
Starch company , n new corporation organized
under the lawa of New Jersey. The con
sideration for the Slour City plant is $125 000
nnd the warranty deed has been sent hero to
bo recorded. The now company also bo-
cornea the owner of the Klngsford plant nt
Oswcgo arid the Nebraska Starch company's
plant at Nebraska City.
President H. H. Duryea says the new com
pany will In no way affect the local plant ,
which In point of output of starch alone la
the largest In the orld. It will , however ,
be enlarged.
The United States Starch company has also
filVC mortBaee ° n nil Us
the ? , a.flISt property to
States Guarantee nnd Loan company -
pany to secure bonds In the sum of $1,250 000
It Is asserted the new company Is not In the
trust.
Labor Hay nt Lcinnrn.
LEMARS , la. , Sept , 4. ( Special Tele
gram. } Labor day was observed by saloon
keepers , bankers nnd postal employes. All
other laborers labored as usual.
PENSIONS FOR WESTERN VETHnANS.
Survivor * of the Civil Wnr llrmem-
lierod hy the General Government.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 4.-Bpeelal.-Tho ( )
following western pensions have been
granted :
Issue of August 22 :
Nebraska : Original Henry Louer , Sol
diers' and Sailors' home , Hall , $8. Increase
James Webb , Tecumseh , $8 to $12
Iowa : Additional Albert Murray , Fort
Madison , $6 to $10. Increase Dennis Tea-
ford , Hamburg $14 to $17 ; Edward II.
Tnomas. Ottumwa , $12 to $14 ; George W
Franklin , Eldon. 46 to $8 ; George W. Hardl
wick , Red Oak , $6 to $8. Original widows.
etc -Harriet Trlpp. Sioux City , $8 ; Abby E
S. Klngsland , Bancroft , $12. $
South Dakota : Increase Robert Z. Ben-
nett. Berwford , $12 to $17.
Wyoming : Increase Benjamin F. Wiley ,
Jr. , Glenrock , $8 to $12.
Trolley Car Accident.
JAMESTOWN , N. Y. , Sept. 4. A trolley
wire broke as nn electric car started down
"Main " street today and the loose wire wound
around the car causing a brilliant display of
electric lighting. A panic ensued among tbo
passengers , who Jumped down the swiftly
moving car and several were badly injured.
Among those seriously hurt are : Mrs , James
Heisted , Elburn , 111. , back of head severely
bruited nnd concussion of the brain , condi
tion serious. Mrs. Boyd Hart , Bradford ,
Pa. , arm badly Injured , face and body
bruised.
PuKtmuHterii Change Date.
CHICAGO , Sept , 4. The annual conven
tion of the National Association of Pout-
matters sot for October 10-14 will be held
November 7 to 11 , Inclusive , at Washington.
The postponement waa made at the request
of offlclaU who are dealrous of attending the
convention at Washington as well as the
corner stone laying of the now poatoQlco In
Chicago.
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TO SHUT OUT THE BREWERY
Des Koines Temperance People Ready to
Tight the Propoied Beer Plant ,
MANY | OWA BOYS RE-ENLIST AT MANILA
IMcilifr * to Secure ti Stnte
Appropriation to MrliiK < lic rifty-
rirxt lloinc I.nlior ilny lit
DCS Miilncn.
I DE3 MOINES , Sept. 4. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The thirtieth annual session of the
Iowa Christian convention met here today.
There are some 300 delegates present , In
cluding Former Governor Drake , who came
i all the v.ay from the Pacific coast to at
tend. The work of the convention will
consist principally of the consideration of
the mission work. The convention will
close Friday afternoon.
The temperance people of DCS Molncs
began a campaign at the Methodist church
with an address by Francis Murphy , the
great temperance lecturer. Ho explained
that it was to bo an old-fashioned pledge-
signing campaign. It Is really a campaign
to shut out the great half-mtlllon-dollar
brewery which will locate here if enough
signatures can bo obtained for the petition
which the law requires. The temperance
campaign will bo continued for a month or
two , meetings being held In different parts
of the city In a tent.
The adjutant general today received word
from Manila that some seventy of the Iowa
boya In the Fifty-first Iowa have re-
enllated and Joined the Thirty-sixth In
fantry , ono of the regiments being raised
in the Philippines. The adjutant general
understands that the Iowa regiment la now
being withdrawn from the battle line and
that It will embark at Manila within the
coming week.
Uober E. Klsslck of Oskaloosa today re
ports to the governor that It Is now a cer
tainty a sufficient number of pledges from
members and candidates for the legislature
have been received to assure the passage
of a bill for the appropriation of enough
money to pay the expenses of transporting
the members or the Fifty-first from San
Francisco when they arrive from Manila ,
which according to present calculations will
bo sotno time in October.
The coroner's Jury , after investigating the
death of Reuben Crawford , found dead In
his room Saturday morning , today returned
a vordlct that ho came to his death as a
result of loss of blood caused by Wounds
Inflicted in a fight with Noble Castile Thurs
day night. Castile has been bound over to
await the action of the grand Jury.
Labor day was celebrated in Des Molncs
as never before. All of the stores closed at
noon and It was really a general holiday.
At 10 this morning the unions Joined in a
great parade , which was over a mile long
and contained 2,000 men. A monster picnic
was held at one of the parks , and nn
athletic program was carried out. A. B.
Cummins , the senatorial candidate , ad
dressed the great crowd and was received
with enthusiasm. Some 10,000 people as
sembled at the park.
XI2W YORK'S GHKAT UECEl'TIOX.
Preparations for the "Welcome of Ail
iulrnl Ueivej' 1 > > - the Metropolis.
"Whether considered from a patriotic or
commercial standpoint , or both , the coming
Powoy celebration will bo the greatest event
of the kind In Now York City , If not In the
country. Before it , reports the New York
Herald , even the great triumphal home
comings of the Roman conquerers of his
toric times will palo into insignificance. In
the case of Admiral Dewey , Judging from
the elaborate preparations now being rushed
to completion , even the great Washington
centennial inauguration celebration of a decade -
cado ago will be In point of brilliance and
splendor as the flickering light of a candle
io the dazzling effulgence of Incandescent
lamps.
The Washington centennial , which has
hitherto held the palm for celebrations of
this kind , was estimated to have cost about
12,000,000 In round numbers. A decorator
who has been actively engaged In business
In this city for a quarter of a century said
yesterday that , In his opinion , the expend
itures in this city alone for decorations by
day. Illuminations by night and festivities
In general in honor of the hero of Manila
bay will easily bo three times as much , or
$6,000,000.
"No such enthusiasm In this respect , " ho
said , "has ever been aroused. The $150,000
that the city will spend officially Is a mere
bit In comparison with the aggregate that
private citizens and corporations will lay
out In honor of the admiral. Every deco
rating establishment in the city Is simply
overwhelmed with orders for work for the
occasion.
"The unusual feature this year Is that the
decorations of private houses , office build
ings , hotels , clubs nnd even churches will
bo practically unlimited. Hitherto It has
been customary to decorate only such dwell
ings and places of business as wore on the
line of parade. There will bo no such
limitation this year , and not only will
buildings bo decorated all over the city
proper , but all the boroughs are ranking
preparations that would have been the case
If each one of thorn , and not Manhattan ,
was to bo the special theater of the great
event.
"Orders for decorating stores , offices nnd
dwellings , moreover , are being given with
unheard-of prodigality. The prosperity
which everybody seems to bo enjoying la
apparently n great factor In the patriotic
desires of the people generally to show their
pride In the achievements of Dewcy and his
men and ships. It looks to us In the busi
ness of decorating as if the event will
create a high-water mark that will stand
for many generations. "
The largest eums will probably be spent
by the big Insurance companies , hotels nnd
clubs. Some of these will expend $10,000 for
dressing their buildings from roof to base
ment in euch gala garb as they have never
before worn. The range will extend down
to probably about $25 for decorating door
ways , but the great bulk of the $6,000,000
estimate will undoubtedly be spent In even
smaller sums for draping In the national
colors and other ornamentation of prlvata
dwellings.
Such a great demand has had a striking
effect already on the prices of materials
used for decorative purposes. Bunting and
turkey red and blue , for Irntance , have al
ready gone up about 20 per cent , and are
advancing dally , until. It la expected , the
present prices will perhaps be doubled. As
yet the price of flags , small , medium and
large , has not risen quite so fast , but the
demand has not yet sot In , except on tha
part of the foreslghted , who , however , are
nlwaya the smallest portion of the great
body of citizens. The majority will wait
until the last few weeks to supply them
selves , and the rush will then be so great
that makers of emblems will have to keep
their factories running day and night , pay
ing double wages for overtime labor , and
thus being compelled to advance their prices
accordingly.
As to bunting and turkey red and blue ,
which are the materials moat largely used
among woven or other textile goods. It Is
estimated that at least 20,000,000 yards
will be used , at an average cost of 20 cents
a yard , the total valuation therefore reachIng -
Ing the itartllng amount of $4,000,000 ,
Dealers , of course , have already stocked up
largely , but the bunting bouses In the dry
poods district arc Mill rushed with orders
many storekeepers In various purts o ( the
greater city having decided , for the time
being , nt lcn t , to add these wares to their
stock.
Orders are now being placed for these
goods In rolls nnd pieces by stores that
never before handled them grocery , crock-
cry , hardware , toy and other such retail
establishments In Stnten Island , Brooklyn ,
the Bronx , Westchrster , Jersey City , Hoboken -
ken , Newark nnd Long Island , not to men
tion Manhattan. Thus the mills down cast
arc being kept unusually busy , every loom
being nt work.
Forty-yard rolls of elghtocn-lnch bunting
that sold before the war With Spain for $4
are now bringing $6. $ Early In the war the
prlco rose to $12 , and the trade would not bo
surprised It that figure should be reached on
this occasion. During the war many persons
who had never made a flag In their llfo
went Into the business , A largo portion of
them made money , eo great was the demand
for flags , but many found themselves with
big slocks of bunting on their hands after
the extraordinary demand ceased , for which
there wim .practically no market. These had
to bo closed out at Job-lot prices , and dealers
nnd decorators who have constant use for
bunting gobbled them up at figures which
mean n rich harvest for them now.
"Of course , " explained the decorator
quoted , "I do not mean that the twenty
million yards that will be used In the Dewey
celebration will bo nil now bunting and
turkey red and blue , for a great part of the
decorations will bo rented by decorators
out of stock. However , the now material
will bo of enormous quantity , and nil of do
mestic manufacture at that. The demand la
such that many yards of bunting and every
flag now In the stock of decorators will bo
used , nnd the requirements for now cloth nro
so extensive that I , for one , expect that
prices will go even higher than they were
at any time during the war. "
The fireworks trodo Is not less active.
Dealers declare that conditions promise to
bo as lively as on the Fourth of July. The
smalt boy , apparently , Intends to have Just
as much fun and make Just as much noise
when Dewey comes home oa on the anni
versary of the nation's birth. Toy stores
are clamoring for Dowcy cannon , Dewey
crackers and Dewey everything else In the
Fourth of July catalogue of young America.
The only regret the wholesalers feel Is that
they did not foresee this big demand for
such goods , nnd they will apparently bo
cleaned out of their stocks before Dowcy
day arrives.
Lithographers and others who print nnd
paint portraits nro also reaping a harvest.
Thousands upon thousands of likenesses of
the admiral are being run off. It seems that
enough are being provided to onabfo every
man , woman and child of Greater New York
to have one.
Street venders will bo supplied with a
great variety of articles buttons , hand
kerchief flags , banners , tin horns , pictures
nnd a whole lot of other things too nu
merous to mention while carpenters will
have their hands full building public and
private stands , which will bo many times
more numerous than on any previous oc
casion. The advertising schemes In the form
of programs , pamphrets and the like- are
not to bo forgotten , and the printing uarles
will also bo benefited.
KRUGER SPARS FOR TIME
Frnnchliic Proponnln Are Wlthdrixrvn
and the Conference nt Cnpe-
town. In Agreed To.
LONDON , Sept 4. A dispatch from Johan
nesburg to Reuter's agency definitely nn-
nounceu Uat the rely of the Transvaal re
public to the British communication with
draws the franchise proposals and agrees
in principle to a conference at Capetown.
The afternoon papers take the view that
If the foregoing dispatch Is correct Presi
dent Kruger's reply It ominous , as it wa
palpably made to gain time.
Sir Alfred Mllner's suggestion of a further
conference nt Capetown was Instigated with
the solo purpose of considering details and
for the enforcement of the concessions
offered by the Boers. If these concessions
are withdrawn there can be no object from a
British point of view for parleying longer.
The only Inference to bo drawn IB that the
Boers have taken Mr. Joseph Chamberlain ,
the secretary of state for the colonies , at his
word In a broader cense than ho intended
nnd thaTthey now want to begin negotiations
over again on nn entirely new basis.
The shrewdness of this reported move Is
not likely to save it from being Interpreted
by the British government as a thinly veiled
defiance , and unless It Is accompanied by a
vague agreement to further confer It would
bo generally taken as sufficient cause for
Immediate hostilities.
Regarding the exact terms of the reply
In question , reports continue mystifying in
contradictions , but all agree that the ex
citement In Johannesburg is unabated and
that the exodus from that city Is continuing
and that distress there is Increasing.
Cablegrams from Boer and British South
Africa sources detail war preparations on
all sides.
The pessimistic view of the Transvaal
situation indicated by the afternoon papers
la strengthened by a well defined rumor that
a cabinet council has been hurried ! } ' called
and tliero Is an evident feeling at the colonial
nial office that the crisis has become more
acute.
Vfiip/nrlim Ilonndiiry Argument.
PARIS , Sept. 4. Sir Robert Threslo Reid ,
Q. C. , former attorney general of Great
Britain , today concluded his argument before
the Anglo-Venezuelan boundary commission ,
presenting the case for England. Counsel
said that England and Venezuela before tbo
tribunal hold absolutely the same footing ,
the question being one of comparative title.
Mr. George Askwltb , Junior counsel , con
tinued the argument of England's case.
Copenhagen Lockout Ended.
COPENHAGEN , Sept. 4. The lockout of
employes In the building trades , which
has been In force hero for some months ,
haa been ended , a satisfactory agreement
having been reached. There were 35,000
persons involved In the trouble , but It Is
expected that all will bo working again by
Thursday.
Ilocheiter Win * Peunnnt.
ROCHESTER , N. Y. , Sept. 4-Roohestcr
won the championship pennant of the
Eastern Base Ball league today by defeatIng -
Ing Syracuse In three games. Afternoon
attendance , 8,000.
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He is Indisposed and Will Live Aihoro Dur
ing His Stay Thero.
BRITISH GUNS GIVE HIM A WARM WELCOME
In llornllo SprnRUc , tlic American.
Coinul , the Admiral Mceln nil
Old rrlend A Yin It to
tlte Governor.
OIIMALTEK , Sept. 4. The United States
cruiser Olympla with Admiral Deway on
board which arrived hero at 9:1B o'clock
this morning nred tlio usual salute hi honor
of the garrison and the complement was re
turned by the batteries on shore < uid the
Urillsh battleship Devastation.
Admiral Dev\ey Is sllKhtly indlsixwcd nt
present nnd Intends to live nshoro during
his stay hero. Horatio U SpraBUe , United
Suites consul at Gibraltar , nn old friend o
Admiral Dewey , nurmlr welcomed him.
At noon the American commander landed ,
the batteries again Ealutlng. With the second
end battalion of the Grenadier guards In
attendance Admiral Dewey drove In the
carriage of General Sir Robert Ulddulph ,
the governor aud conimandcr-ln-chli\f , to
Ac paluce , for the purpose of paying General
Blddulpu an official visit.
The Olympla Is expected to sail Spotpmber
11 direct for Now York. The crow of the
warship are all well.
I.nrno OntltorliiK of Hanker * ,
CLEVELAND. O. , Sept. 1. The annual
convention of the American Bankers' asso
ciation , which opens tomorrow In the Audl-
Lorlum o the Chamber of Commerce , will
bo the largest gathering of the association
over held , says the secretary , Colonel J. H.
Urnnch , of Richmond , Vn. It Is expected
; hat between 1,200 and 1,600 delegates \vlll
jo in attendance and they will represent n.
banking capital of more than J5.000.000.000.
AltKdil iii New York.
NHW YORK , Sept. 4. The Chicago plat
form democrats held a meeting In Cooper
Union tonight , addressed by ox-Governor
Altgcld of Illinois , James 1' . Tnrvln of Cov-
ngton , Ky. ( and Coiigtxwsmati Lcntz of
Ohio. Each one of them declared for the
ronomlnatlon of William J. Uryan and
against the policy of President McIClnley
n the Philippines.
Xo Fever nt Mobile.
MOBILE. Ala. , Sept. 4. Owing ; to an error
n transmission of a dispatch of State Health
Ddlccr Sanders September 2 , concerning the
.v ' > o cases of fever at Now Orleans , It was
nado at once to appear that the cases were
n Mobile and much concern has been ex
pressed aa to the truth of the report. Dr.
Sanders has denied emphatically that there
3 any fever here.
Southern Iiiiliintrlal Cntit rtitlnii.
HUNTSVILLE , Ala. , Sept. 1. The Board
of managers of the Southern Industrial con
vention to bo held at this place October
.0 to 14 have arranged a program for the
five days , during which the governors of
Alabama , Arkansas , Florida , Georgia , Kon-
ucky. Louisiana , Missouri , North and South
Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia nnd West
Virginia will deliver addresses.
TnerenniMl I'nnn
CHICAGO , Sept. 4. The financial state
ment of the Hock Island for Jury Is very
mcouraglng. It shows an Increase of $40,226
n passenger earnings , $156,335 In freight re
ceipts , $188,598 In gross revenues and jllfl-
47 in net earnings.
Ilnvrvi Itr-turiiH to 111 * Di-nk.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 4. Mr. Daweo , the
omptroller of the currency , reached Wash-
ngton today after a month's vacation in
ha west.
It has been decided to hold the next meet-
ng of the Now York Conference of Religion
n New York City In the spring of 1900. It
vlll be remembered that this conference
akes in various denominations , including
Congrcgatlonallst. Baptist , Unitarian , Meth
odist , Episcopalian , Unlversallst , Presby-
erlan , etc. This looks very much like
Christian union.
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