THE OMAHA DAlLil' BEEiTBIDAY, J-AyUARY 17, 100. 'l J and 98c, $1 .39, $1.48 for bIiods worth $2 and slippers 50 to t?4 00. URGES REDUCTION OF DUTIES Nw Yerk Prodno Excuses Arts fcr Cubsi Eeciprccltj. SAYS REIU3AL MEANS LOSS OF TRADE CI film I-'nlltin- to Iti-mote TnrllT mi SnKr mill ToliniM-n Will Sr rloimly I Ii II .! I I'd liiti-rcittit (if L'nltril SI lit fx. 75c WASHINGTON, Jan. V. Cubun reci procity was again under consideration to day ' by tho ways and mentis committee, with large representations ot Cubans and ct the various sugar and tobacco Interests In ttendancc. A delegation from tho Njw Vork Produce exchnngo favoruble to reci procity and several delegations from tho beet growing sections oppooed to reci procity arrived this morning. Ewan Thomas, cx-prostilimt of the New York Produce exchange, presented tho views of tbnt organization. Ho said that last year JD.OOO.OOO of American food pro ducts went to Cuba, about 75 per cuit of the business being done by mcmnors of tho Produce rxchancc. Continuing, ho said: Should the United States refuse to grunt n reduction of duty on the two great export tanks of Cuba (sugar unit tobacco) wo bellcvo the result will be ruin to tli planter, bankruptcy to tlio merchant -md (Croat distress to the laborers or Cuba, fol lowed by u-rlous industrial disturbances and disorder. Financial nnd economic disaster to Cuba will correspondingly Injure our trado ami 'materially reductt our exports of Hour, corn, Inrd, bacon, porlc, beans, pens, canned tioods inul other commodities. The material reduction ot our exports and Im ports to nnd from Cuba, followed by n cor responding decrease In the carrying trade, will result in n losi of freight to th p owners. This cotnmlttca urges such reduction In t the duties now levied on sugar nnd to bacco as will avert this impending dis aster and thereby safeguard tliu Interests we represent. Enilrnvtir to lie vclopc I'rrJiHlli-p. neprescntatlve McClollan of New York called attention to circulars received by blmjelt and other members of the commit tee attacking tbo current sugar quotations and stating they wcro Influenced by tho sugar trust. Tho business men present gavo their opinion that quotations were ac curato and fairly Impartial. Mr. McClellnn remarked in this connection that thoro win an ovldent purpose In somo quarters ot prejudicing tho causo of Cuban reciprocity by creating a public Impression that tho truM 'waB behind It, whereas, all tho wit nesses thus far had shown that tho Cuban cause stood on Us own merits. Charles Itabldan and C. 1'. Armstrong of the Pro duce exchange nlso spoke In favor of reci procity and wero examined at, length by Chairman Payne and members of the, coin mltteo on tbo dctalli of our export trado to the Island nnd tho effect of reciprocity on varlouH sugar' 'Interests. Unyn I (a IJIrertrfl ' fnmir lriiile. Ileprescntatlvo Itnbertson of Louisiana asked a scries of questions tondlng to show An Interesting Argument ntravoroT MILWAUKEE. Pure, wholesome nnd nnur IshlttU-HLATZ UKER, slum Id be in every lions .-hold for its tonic qtt il.tiu iilone. Ah ii hev cr.ine it cheerfully takes first place. BLATZ MALT-VIVINE Mon-Intox tonic. All druggists or direct VAN BLATZ BREWING CO., MILWAUKEE OMAHA HH.WCII, 141R 1iuIk St. Tel. 10M. OVERWORKED MEN, DELICATE WOMEN, SICKLY CHILDREN TAKE mm 'WORLD FAMOUS MARIANI TONIC , Recommended throughout tho world by tho Medical Pro feasion, and during thirty eight years pronounced the most raliabl, effective and agreeable tonic and stinmlaDt. All Uriu&iritM. itufuv; SubstltuUs. LUI1 idNS Shoes in Basement Remarkable Offers Agnill thc IiIkIi price Mictions of the innin floor have boon culled nnd "depleted of some of the most costly shoes and placed on bargain coun ters Iti the basement. Again you'll llnd that for low price and Rood quality this sale hns no comparison. .1. L. Hrandels and .Sons' bargain basement Is pre-eminent and for value-giving has no peer In the country. This collection consists ot thousands of pnlrs of flna shoes Including wo men's $2.G0 to J I walking shces of patent leathers, colored kids, tans and blacks -Jl CO slippers with and without straps, high and low heed, fancy quilted low high heel warm shoes, fur trimmed nnd warm lined house slippers. Misses' and children's patent lca'.lior, Inns, Mack and colored shoes, box calf and kid shoes boys' and youths' shoos llttlo men's shoos In vlcl kid satin calf and box calf shoes men's shoes packing house Dom Pedro shoes dress .nl working shoes all arranged according to cIzjb for easy chocslng, at $1.4!, $1.39, 98c, 75c pair. 8C for Infant colorod soft sole shoos 21C for mUses nnd children's folt shoos 39c for women's satin slipper 39c for womun's eloth ovorshcoi that tho Cuban people had not spoken for reciprocity, and that tho movement was di rected by "tho sugar people" Interested In tho trade. Mr. Armstrong nnswered that tho Inter ests of nil tho Cuban people wcro bound up with sugar production and must stand or tall with it. Mr. Ilobertson also sought to show that American capitalists wcro buying largo sugar tracts In Cuba and would bo benefited by reciprocity moro than Cuban people. I-oul3 l'lace, head of the Cuban delega tion, wns heard as to Mio tariff reductions Cuba was likely to make In order to give tho United States control of the market. Ho said tho Cuban tariff was very low now and said It should be raised (0 to 73 per cent, nnd after that a dlrforentlal granted to tho United States sufficient to control tho trado as ngalnst other countries. Ho favored ultimate frco trade both ways, which, ho said, was the only solution of Cuba's commercial problom. When Representative Long of Kansas brought out that Mr. Plac'o had fought for frco trado at Havana, tho Cuban spokes man explained amid laughter that ho had yielded to tho majority and that by asking much It was hoped to get as near that as possible. Ho gavo 50 to 60 per cent as tho lowest concession which would grant re lief. Iloforo tho hearing closed Representative Illchardson of Tennessee, tho ranking member on tho committee, said: "I no. Ice that a very prominent United States senator Is quoted lu today's paper as saying tho senate will settle his whole question, will make a treaty and we will have nothing to do with It. He will know differently beforo ho gets through," answered Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania. Chairman Payne stated that the tobacco men would be beard on January 21, the beet sugar Interest on January 22, and that General Wood was expected up from Cuba. Tho committee then odourncd. PARLIAMENT IS OPEK (Continued from First Pago.) tower. King Edward and Queen Alexandra were met by tho high nftlcers of stato and wcro conducted to the robing rooms. Having assumed their gorgeous robes, the procession was formed nnd, preceded by the duke of Devonshire, lord president of tho council, bearing-tho Imperial crown and heralds and pursuivants, they entored the House of Peers nmld n fanfaro of trumpets. The sceno In tho glided chamber was very brilliant. State ofllccrs. ambassadors and ministers In handsome uniforms and peors nnd peeresses in varl-colored robes filled every nook. Tho king, bencnth his robes, woro a field marshal's uniform. The queen's dress was of black velvet, surmounted by a robo trimmed with ermine, Tho peeresses all woro ostrich feathers In their hair and wcro richly clad In evonlng robes of tho most varied colors, whlto satin predom inating. Tho display of Jewels was un usually dazzling. I.ouill)- Cheer the Kli.rf' .Speech. The only departure from tho extremely docorous character of tho proceedings oc curred when tho king referred to the hu manity of tho nrltlsh troops In South Af rica. This led to an unprecedented sceno In tho House of Lords. Peors and pcor osses nnd high officers of stato broke out Into a prolonged cheer, which was repoated again and again, to tho evident satisfaction of his majesty, but to tho apparent dismay ! of tlni officials of tbo house, whose sig nalled deprecations of this departure from ancient traditions were Ineffectual to stop tho outburst of onthuslnsm. The Houso of Lords wus wall filled when buslnors was resumed. The prince of Wales occupied tho scat formerly used by his father. Many pecrcses were In tho gallery. The lord chancellor, Karl Halsbery, formally read the king's speech. Tbo Earl of Harrowby (conservative) In moving the address In reply to the speech from tho throne, referred to tho nonlnter fcrenco of firing powers In the South Af rican war as being evidence of their friendly relations. The earl of Lytton, who seconded tho motion, congratulated tho government on Its "more than friendly relations with the United States and the South American re publics." He ndcVd that though affairs In Ireland were considered critical, they might safely bo left In tho hands of tho government. Eurl Sponcer, liberal, criticising the ad drees, said that while he recognized tho Impossibility of granting the Doer rtomands for Independence, ho deprecated Insistence on' unconditional surrender. His lordship urged tho government to promtso tho Boers autonomy similar to that possessed by tho governments ot Australia and Canada, ' SiilUtiury Ii Applauded. Tho premier. Lord Salisbury, whoso en trance Into tho houso was greeted with hearty applause, said he was glad, to" hear Earl Spencor vent an utterance for which ho (tho premier) had been frequently and unsparingly condemned. It waw quite true thai there was no possibility ot granting the Iloers Independence. Neither was It tho government's business, after being gra tuitously ncknolwcdged, to Inform tho Iloers on what torms they would be forgiven, especially since the Iloers bad not yet expressed a wish to be forgiven.' Lord SalUbury continued by defending martial law in Poutb Africa and urged the opposition to remember that thoy were not dealing with tho question as to whether or 'not they could mako out n good case against the government. Tho premier pleadeJ that th)1' should not allow their eagerness to Improve their party position make them forget the Uiue, whether or not s E plain 75 98c, $1.39, $1,48 for shoes and slippers worth $2.50 to 4.00 Orcat Hrltatn should be vlct nr In tho war. He reminded tho opposition that a wrong settlement now would Impose grave diffi culties and embarrassments upon tho na tion for many years to come. Hcplylng to the premier. Lord Rosebcrv said ho favored a passive nollcv of nonrn. which would receive overtures when made, nnd that In this connection ho wished to know tho truth of tho rumors concerning tho visit to London of Dr. Kuyper, the premier of Holland. "Had Dr. Kuyper Drougni any overture7" he asked. "Not so far as I know," answered Lord saiisuury. "Havo any overtures been received from tho flocr leaders In Europe?" asked Lord uoscuery. To this question Lord Salisbury answered "NO." In (lie Itoime of Commons. There was only a mengro attendance of members when tho Houso of Commons met at 4 o'clock this afternoon to commence tho work of tho session. Irish affairs' cropped up almost Immediately, Earl Percy, con servative (oldest son of the duko of North umberland nnd member for tho South division of Kensington), moving a resolu tion to tho effect that the election from Oaloway of Colencl Arthur Lynch, "who was commonly and totorlously reported to havo aided the king's enemies," was an In sult to the house, and a committee should bo appointed to consider the courso to pur sue. The speaker, William Court Gully, de clined to accept tho motion until notlco of It was given In the usual way. The chancellor of tho exchequer, Sir Michael IIIcks-Dcach, has given out a definite nssuranco that thero will be no al teration of the coal tax In the forthcoming budget. Mr. MacNelll, Irish nationalist (member for South Donegal), created the first scene of the session by deploring the fact that nationalist members bad "been Immured, n dungeons at tho behest of' Mr, Wyndham. tho chief secretary for Ireland." Ho .moved tho appointment of a committee to Investi gate the matter, When the speaker de clined to accept tho motion Mr. MacNelll questioned his ruling and was called to or der. After the speech from the throno had been formally read In tho Houso of Com mons and the address In reply had been moved and seconded, the liberal leader. Sir Henry Campbell Ilanncrman, spoke In gcn oral terms against the course ot the gov ernment In South Africa, urging concilia-,! tlon In place of brute force. He said the same, to a large measure, was true of Ire land, where tho government at present was "floundering between concession and coer cion," and urged the adoption of the most liberal program toward Ireland. Chnmherlnln 1m Mllltnnt. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, liberal, by attacking the Institution ot martial law In Cape Colony and by accusing the gov ernment ot grossly unconstitutional con duct In advising tho ministers of Capo Colony not to summon the capo parlia ment, brought up Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, who was In a moat mili tant mood. Mr. Chamberlain declared that Sir Wil liam Vernon Hnrcourt ought to have placed a question of such vaBt Importance In the form of on amendment. He proceeded to Justify absolutely the action of tho cape government. Mr. Chamberlain said he did not care a scrap for legal opinions on one side or the other; that the government had to deal with an emergency, and that It had followed tbo universal practlco of all countries. Ho sold also that tho govern ment of Cape Colony should ask Parliament to Indemnity their acts. Sir William Harcourt asked: "When will that bo done?" Mr. Chamberlain retorted: "When Is the war going to end?" (Laughter and cheers.) John Redmond (chairman of the Irish parliamentary party): "By the next gen eral election." In tho course of his speech Mr. Cham berlain protested against the suggestion that he should overrule the privy council, when Mr. Redmond Interjected:' "Hear, hear; you ought to be king." Amid laughter Mr. Chamberlain replied: "That Is very good of tho honorable gen tleman, but that Is not my ambition." Tho Houso of Commons then adjourned, Irish Members Will l'rotrst, The Irish members held their usual ses sional meeting today and decided to mnvn amendments to the address In reply to tho speech from .the throne, condemning coer cion, the South African war, the concentra tion camps in South Africa and the finan cial relations between Ireland and (Jreat Britain. Several amendments to tho address were finally adopted. These Included a petition for the revision ot the Island land taxntton laws, protests against the enforcement of the crimes act, and the operation of cer tain courts, and against tho concentration camp In South Africa. Another ameudment contained an appeal for tho relief of the conjested districts and the better hnimln Lot the working classes In Ireland, I.oril Ljrtton'H Speech. The debate In the House of Lords on the opening of Parliament was far more Inter esting than that In the Houso of Commons, In which Mr. Chamberlain's speech was rather dull and languid. In tho upper house Lord Lytton, son of tho pcet-dlplomat, seconded tho address In reply to tho speech from the throno. In a speech which drew high praise from Lord Kosebery as "by far the ablest he bad ever heard upon such an occasion." He gavo an early touch of distinction to the pro ceedings. Earl Spencer spoke for the liberals In the absenco of the earl ot Kim- berley, who is ill. After Lord Salisbury's brief reply, Lord Rosebery began an ex tended criticism by describing King Ed- r ward's speech as the most Jejune evsr placed on the lips of any monarch. The speaker expressed his skepticism a to the motives of the visit to London of Father Kuypers, saying: "I do not suppose he came to see tho old masters." ho twitted Mr. Chamberlain tor trailing his diplomatic coat and allowing anybody to tread upon It, and declared tho namo of Ore.it llrltaln was now held In hostility abroad, compared with which all previous records faded Into Inslgnlflccncc. Lord Itosebery commended tho spirit and words of Mr. Chamberlain's reply to tho Imperial chancellor of Germany. Count von Duelow, but expressed anxiety concerning the constant controversies with Oermanv and other powers, which Mr. Chamberlain's dialectics had excited. He wanted to know where It was going to stop, Indulgence In the present methods, Lord Kosebery said, would glvo amplo opportunity for maintain ing that position ot splendid Isolation of which the government seemed to deem de sirable, but to maintain which they would do well to have an overpowering fleet and an efficient army, for other powers wero also building fleets. During the speech Lord Salisbury con stantly rose to make corrections or objec tions, until finally Lord Itosebery said he would not further touch upon topics which seemed to Irritate tbo premier. Lord Lons downe, foreign secretary, briefly replied to Lord Rcaebery, combating tho vlow that Great Britain was hated abroad. Kxcltement Over l.ynrh. The liberals failed to persuado H. II. As qulth, M. P., to move the amendment to the address In reply to tho speech from the throne, censuring tho government's war policy. The Nationalists believe that Colonel Arthur Lynch will attompt to take his seat In tho Houso ot Commons If he can evade arrest until he reaches Westminster. Amongst tho sttong questions during thu early days of Parliament thero will be the Chambcrlaln-Vnn Duelow quarrel; John Morley will ask whether any evidence can be adduced that the British government re fused to tnko part In any suggested com munication ot the European powers with respect to the war between the United States and Spain. This question will bo tho outcome of tho recent rumors thnt It was Russia that prevented European Inter vcntlou In this war. Musical The Chicago Symphony concert at the Poyd theater last night was attended by an audlcnco which packed the house Tho orchestra Is scarcely large enough to bo nblo to give nil tho ensemble effect that one would wish In such numbers ns tho symphonies of Ileethoven or tho Dvorak symphony, or tho Tschalkowsky overture. Dut the playing of the mem bers Is highly commendable. Tho delicate, plqnant manner In which somo of tho num bers was played was delicious In tho ex treme Mr. Rosenbeckor, with helr will Ing and spontaneous assistance, furnished somo strikingly sympathetic accompani ments. The singers certainly were well nnd Judiciously supported. It Is unusunl to find such splendid work dono along that line. Thero Is too much of a tendency to overburden the vocalist. Tho men In the orchestra are trn of ability, and Mr. Rosenbecker evidently be lieves that "much may bo madn of a violin ist If he be caught .young." He has many young-looking men In the organization, and why not? Experience will bring them tho rcqutslto breadth, and In the meantlmo they are devcloplng-Vell and rapidly In the greatest school, routine, Mr. Rosenbeckor Is a very smooth, osy nnd iwlthal forceful conductor. Ho has. mado a. great deal of his organization, .and Hi ts to be hoped, not thnt they will como agaln. but that he and they will be our annual guests. It will bo Interesting to watch the future career of this healthy and promising aggregation of artists. Mr. Van Oort, violinist, played with a fine tone, a good trchnlquo nnd much unction. He Is n temperamental musician and a scholarly player, Mr. Franz Wagner showed some, beautiful work on tho 'cello, that Instrument which so quickly shows an audlcnco what man ner of man Is hrndllng It. Mr, Wagner made a splendid Impression. Mme. Llnne, a dramatic soprano, did soma good work, both afternoon and evening. Sho has a great deal of style; generally speaking, sho produces a tono quality which Is above reproach, nnd she sings with much nntural grace and artistic Instinct. Mr. Towno, a tenor with n beautiful quality and a fine stage presence, did somo very good work, especially In the "Romeo nnd Juliet" number, In which tho Inspira tion of tho ratiBio and tho rapt attention of the audience, as well as his own aban don, lent his volco a luster and tone-volume which exceeded any of his other work. Had ho sung nothing but tho ballad. "All Through the Night." 'he could havo rested upon thnt for his reputation as an artist. The symphony had to bo cut somewhat nt the evening concert, which was unfortu- nnte, but the program wns too long. RIDING ROLLERS AT ALBION Hkntlnir Cruse Tnl.m Hold In John l'eter's Town nml Threat ens to .Spread. That portion of the nnmilntlnn nf No. braska which Is resident In Albion Is again on castors. "The rink" has been rovlved and old and young, nimble and rhcrsntt. masculine nnd otherwise, havo the nrnx as hard ns they uBed to have It fifteen years ago. So says E. W. Gunther. who h nn. Ms four storos there and who Is the man ager ot the opera houso. Ho and E, R. pteeanam, nis Dusiness partner, are In Omaba on a visit and Mr. fiunthpr th,, explains the present situation: We had the onera hnuan On mil hnmla and had to do Boraothtng to mako It pay, ns ine ineatncai companies have not been playing tho small Nebraska towns this season. Thoy have heard that wo had a crop failure and were afrntii in ti... didn't realize that though our corn was snort mis year our prices for It havo been long and our people out thero havo moro money to spend than bsfnrn n. vi,i.i by tho fact that trade In gonoral mer- cnnnuiso mis year nas broken all previous records. Falling to secure any plays, wo looked about for something else nnd heard that somewhere down In the South Platte country some towns wero preparing to re vlve roller skating, "Wo wrote to a sporting goods firm nnd were sent samplos of tho now stylo skates which have paper wheels and ballbearings, Wo ordered twenty pairs and opened tho cpera houso as a rink for three nights a week. In a few days wo had to ordor twenty more pairs and since then fcavo had to duplicate that order twice by telo graph to supply tbo demand, for tho old craze Is cm thorn again with a vengoance and I would not be surprised to sec It .-jween the whole stato, Just as it did before." Children I.Ike It, "My little boy took the croup one nigh'," says F. D. Reynolds of Mansfield. O., "an I grew so bad you could hear him breathe all over tho house. I thought he would die, but a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure' relieved and sent him to sloep. That's th! last we heard nf the croup." 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Ander son, Of Rockbridge llaths, Rockbridge Co.; Va. "It is a Godsend to weak and sickly women, restoring good health Do You Know liow fascinating English history roally is? That England, ilur lug the past thousand years, has given to our literature more heroes and heroines than all the rest of the world aild ages? What do you know of the private and personal lives of her queens, who, as well as being stalely sovereigns with passions of love and hate, were living, palpitating women V Do you know of that king and queen who stood barefooted, nnd "all naked from their waists upward." in the great hall of Westminster? Or what plumber's dog licked the blood of a king? Or why Henry VII hanged his four English mastiffs us traitors? Or what, king apologized for taking so long to die? Or why Marlborough and his duchess were disgraced? Do you know the story of Thomas Hecket and the Emir's daughter? Of fair Rosamond Clifford's bower in the labyrinth at Woodstock, and the telltale silken thread on Henry's golden spur that led to her becoming a nun? Of Uicliard II and the fatal trap-door of Vidomar? Of the dreadful warning thai hung over the bod of Isabella of Angouleme? Of the queen who was discovered in London, disguised ns a cook-maid? Do you know how the mere fact that the Duchess of Marl borough putting on, by mistake, the qilcen's gloves, changed, as Voltaire says, the destinies of Europe? Or why the great Elizabeth and her prime minister had to deal secret.lv with Catherine de' Medici's tailors? Or what, that which passed between "Nan" liolcyn nnd King Hal beneath the yew-tree in the cloistered shade of Hopewell nunnery, meant to Woolsey? Those who are interested may have specimen pages of a Work that will show how English history may be had in quite a (lifer ent wny from that presented by Hume, or Knpin, or Mncaulny, or Guizot, or nullum, or Fronde. 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