s
AN ERA OF SPECULATION
Wall Street Crazy Over Stocks, Combina
tions ami a Husints? Boom.
AMERICA'S MARVEIOUS PROSPERITY
s 1 1 lull's I In- Money ;( I ii u .Spirit
il Km hi'riiui' A liicrli'im null
MiiUi-m lllm llicl.-
ll'NN.
MiihIiicss conditions were never hotter ami
UCtUtll 1 1 1 ) H ' I H COIlId IHlt III' more OllCOllr-
uglng. Nevertheless, shroud IImmih'Iith
roHseo danger alii'ail and words of warning
roiai' from Rus'cll Huge and oilier exporl
eneed Wall street operators. Tlie earning
capacity of prnporllcx cannot ordinarily
DiiiiIiIi- llsi'll In a Week,
nor ran a well managed railroad pay tlio
hiiiiii' rale or InteriHt upon a capitalization
of fiW.mt.Wm as It formerly paid on $ : 00.
aim.oiMi. v,. uitni'MH marvelous forward,
llnaneliil mnvomcuts unlwlthstunillug, and
tint it 1 1 in In t i i-h on Wall street Intent upon
l'itiiiii'lllim ii oin hi mi l Inn
In ptiHli up the yelling price of stocks to
IlKiiren which arc well nigh appalling. In
the very forefront of all this active and uu
Hafo Hpeciilat Ion me lo lie found Home of
I he oIlleciH of Ureal Eastern life lusill
alice i ompiinles. 'I'he surplus of the policy
holders 1m Invented In S'ciiiillos depeiiilenl
upon Wall Htreet and Wall Hlreet brokers
fi r Ihelr liiiereHt uecumiilallniis.
II In I ' I i II 111 I ll mile
lo send N'chraHku money to New Vork and
Huston, where IIk custodians are environed
by speculators and tin- very ntminphoro Is
satliralid with Ihe virus of reckless Hpcrll
lallon. Time alone can reveal the dangers
which arc encoiiiil(red. The Hafe plan Is
to
llilllil I i II IiimIIIiiIIiiiin,
keep home savings at homo, Invested In
safe home Hi'i'iirll U-H. I'pnu ( Ii Ih Idea the
llanki i-h Itcn rve Life association Is liullil
i iik Its promising future. Already the bent
hilHliieMii men ami bankers of Nebraska are
lending the home ctilcrprlHo their Hiipport.
They, heller than men In other walks of
life, i a u foresee danger, smell the iIIhiihI it
from afar and prepare for Ihe evil which
fevcrlKh Hpeculatlon must bring upon the
land.
II. II. Itiililxon, I'ri'Mlilenl
of tlio Hunkers Iteserve, wauls inn good in-
Hiirance solicitors to Join him In this sort
of prolci'tlon for the ureal weHt. ntreadv
lending Us money In the cast, Huh In re
sources nml opulent In ready cash. If the
Idea of the Hankers Iteserve prevails the
ureal west will become Independent of Wall
Htreet and Wall street speculation
All Ibr l.mllra Kat
Gall Meill
Chocolate Bon Bons
II y lEiprtii,
I, 31, .'I nml n iituiift lioit-a, IMIc a iiiuil
W. S. Balduff,
I.-. IM-'JII I'ii run ill St., OiiihIiii. i'li
I A. I. ROOT, PRINTER I
I 414-416 South Twelfth Street I
Tell 1604 OMAHA, NEB. I
Engineering Triumphs
(Continued from Fifth I'age.)
Sherman luiincl, are magnificent embank
incuts, and give a wide view of come rugged
scenery. How the tuiitH was built Is plainly
shown by the views taken of the men actu
ally engaged In boring the great hole through
the rock. The east and west appronch to
AHpen tunnel, the wi ndcrful Fish cut
when the railroad builder helped the.
scientist by uncovering tons of fossil Ilsh;
the trncklaylng inaehlne, which spouts
rails on one side and ties on the other, and
never seems to stop In Its forward progress.
Is a marvel of modern railroad building and
yet Is but Utile known to the world. All
these tilings aided In the accomplishment,
of thin changing and building anew of so
much of one of the world's greatest rail
roads for the sole purpeso of giving to
commerce brisker circulation, of bringing
people nearer togeth"r and lessening the
lime between the east and the west.
Less than a century ago Captain William
Clarke icported to President Thomas
.lelfcrson that lie had found 11 route
from SI. Louis to the I'acille coast
that was only il.fiiio miles long, was
open at least three months In the
year, and could be used to divert the fur
I I lulu from ICugland to China. What would
he say to a route nearly 1,200 miles
shorter than the one he mapped, open
every day In the year, and carrying on a
single train more than the entire com
merce of the .Missouri river and upper
Mississippi regli ns of the Louisiana pur
chase amounted to In his day? Captain
Clarke bulldcd well, and In his report to
I'rcHldcnt .lelTersou he plainly said the
regirn through which li traveled would
support "a pcpulotis cull uy." Millions of
people now Inhabit that region, thoiiHands
of millions of wealth are Invested In It. and
other thousands of millions aro engaged In
the business of transporting products and
supplies back and forth. Captain Clarke
sought a wilier route to the Pacific. The
men who liulll the rallrcad sought the most
direct and feasible route From Omaha to
Han Francisco Is the shortest route obtain
able, and over It the great Union Purine
dally drives trains of most luxurious cars,
palaces on wIiccIh. hurrying back and
forth from the uttermost points of the
world people who are engaged In the com
merce that reciulres the uso of thousands
of huge freight vans to move. Tlio highest
possible development In c(ulpnient and ap
pliances Is in dally use over this line, and
during Ihe last year, as detailed hereto
fore, mlllleus of money have been spent
to reduce the grades and shorten the ills'
lance.
This reduction Is the result of straighten
ing unnecessary curves, and the construe
Hon of several cutoffs between Huford and
Hear river, IMah. Huford Is on the
eastern slope of the Illack Hills, filti
miles west of Counrll Hluffs and
twenty-seven miles west of Cheyenne
The cutoffs required the construction
of ICS miles, of which miles are
between Huford and Iiramle, saving 117 of
a mile In distance; in. Ill miles between
Howell and Million, saving 3.1 1 miles: 3.0
miles on Ihe Laramie plains between
Cooper's Lake and Lookout, saving .3S of n
mile. LTi.nl ml'ps I ('tween I,eoknut and Medi
cine How, still further west, saving 12.0.1
miles; S.ir miles between Allen .Junction
end Dana, saving n.S7 miles; I2.S.1 miles be
tween Hawllas and Tipton, saving 1.11
miles: in. fit between Orceti Hlvernnd Hryan.
saving . I!i of a mile, nnd 21 .1(5 miles between
Leroy and Hear ltlver. saving fl.fi 15 miles.
The curvature saved la about one-half,
the grading about the same, while the
angles are reduced nearly two-thirds.
The superiority of these changes Is ap
parent to the practical railroad engineer.
It Is also apparent to the operating depart
ment In the reduction In operating expenses,
and to the traveler In the Increased speed
Ihe trains can make. The change in pro-
II I it of the line Is marked. West of Huford
Ihe track ran northwestward to the Ames
monument, near Sherman, and then took a
sharp turn to I ho southwest over Dale
creek, crossing it by a bridge 111.1 feet high
an elevation trying to the nerves, and from
thence due north to Laramie. The new
lino runs due west from Huford, avoiding
the high hills and elghty-elght-fimt grade
from Cheyenne, and piercing through culs
and the big tunnel, crosses the Hlack 1 lilts
at a grade of less than one-half ( III. II feet)
over mountain altitudes. From Leroy the
country Is literally a coal bed. More the
new line makes another reduction and
enters the Hear river valley on an easy
grade.
The old lino gave a commanding view
of Ihe l-u'iunle plains, and the old stage
road to California through Fort Sunders,
long since abandoned, Long's peak, sixty
miles to the southward, and Pike's peak,
1(11 miles south, and entered Laramlo after
a Hiimewhat abrupt descent of the western
slope of the Hlack Mills. The now line
avoids tlio high hills nnd gradually descends,
after leaving Huford, skirts the high hills
to the hotith, where the old lino runs,
uwilds the Halo creek bridge and the Ahum
monument, and enters Laramlo on an easy
grade. Tho scenery over the new lino Is
eipially sublime with the old, and tho Inter
est Is not lost to the traveler.
West of Laramlo tho road crosses the
I Laramlo plains, with the mountains on
either side, the difference consisting only In
the disappearance of old stations, whose
names have been a standby for a genera
tion or more. Nothing Is lost In attractive
scenery, but much will be gained by tho
quickened speed and tho shortened time in
making tho overland Journey to tho Paclllc
coast, via tho Union Paclllc, renders nil
competition of rival roads well nigh futllo.
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.
This is the Smallest
WiCKLEL'LOIlStOVE
Made also
in four
larger sizes.
Sold
everywhere.
A Noted Divine Who Is
chaplain of a Wisconsin regiment, In speak
ing on the iiuestlou of abolishing the Army
Canteen, says "(!ood beer Is bettor than
bad water." A quotation coming from hiicIi
a source should deserve more than a pass
ing thought The Omaha Hrewlng Assoela-
tlon wishes to stato that In tho manufac
ture of their beers they uso artesian water
and tho best of hops, thus forming n com
bination of nil that Is tho best artesian
water. Imported hops and "Hluo lllbbon
Hottled Heer," Mnvo n limited number of
enses of our celebrated Hock Hottled Heer,
so get your order In nt once nnd be up to
date.
Omaha Brewing Association
TELEPHONE 12G0.
DON'T BE
SO THIN.
FREE REMEDY.
Many ladles and gentlemen who cannot
complain of any kind of slcknoi-s are ab
normally thin and cannot llud any medical
treatment which will convct this couliiioi.
Dr. Whitney's Nerve and Flesh Hullder Is
not alone intended for thine who are si k.
hut also for those who appear well a: d
hearty, but cannot acquire sulllclent llesh to
round out the form. In dyspepsia, indiges
tion, all stomach troubles, debility and
nervous diseases no remedy is so prompt
and powerful. la order to d "iiionsttate the
wonderful merits of Mr. Whitney's Nerve
and Floh Hullder every person who will
nddrcss tho C. O. Jones Co., ICImira, N. Y.,
will receive a large trial package In plain
sealed wrapper absolutely free
For sale by Phoranin & McCoancIl Drug
Co,, on ah
LET US START YOU
mt to WIO Weekly ami
Iieimea. XEX AMI U IIJIIIV
AT IIIISli: or TltAVKl.I.XJ.
Our aeintii nml snlenmen uimle oor
snoo.oiio.no hint M'iirnii'i'I)l'iK tl
I'liiiriiinu ili'inniiil for our faiiioun
4imker H11II1 Cnliliicl ami up.
luilllIIIIK HKflllK. nmilTIUI "t'lHT.
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Belgian flares
Hosebcrry, Yukon, Sir Styles, Hanbury
Fashoda, etc., nil for snlo chenp. Also sev
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A Family Beverage
You Will iMiss It
if ,ViHI iln lini ihiIci' il ciisi' or
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1'ut 11 1 in eases of pints or
nininlo i f 1.1. t
tiiuiir. uiiicr mini t our lll.'il tei
or telephone 1 19.
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OMAHA.
n
m u 11 mm
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MAKER ro WEARER
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YOST
mm
ti! liDI'-'-rrtf
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1 1 1 S( HIMIATIO.
In tho choice or liquors will lead the
man who knows a good article when
ho tests It, to choose.
Ililler'N euro Ityo WliUKi j,
ns a standby In tho house In caso of
sickness or when a good, pure stimu
lant Is needed,
I Full tliinrlN fur Ifll.'-ll.
Charges prepaid when money accom
panies the order.
N. H. Orders Tor states west or Ne
braska must call for 3 gallons to bo
prepaid.
III'.MJV 1111, 1, nit,
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