Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 22, 1903, EDITORIAL SHEET, Page 17, Image 17
TI7E OMAITA DAILY BEE: . SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 100,1 B4 Rockers r way would sen at $4.95 WO of these elegant, large, piano polished rockers, exactly like cut, Just received, go In thia Special November Sale, commencing Monday. Note the rich and pretty rarvlngs, the new shaoe arm, raddle wood shape seat, fluted and turned aptn (les and posts. This rocker come with a high ptno polliih end In the regular way would sell at 8.. in, nut during- this November Special Bale w offer them at each ...... 8176 large arm rocker, golden finish, Special November I UK Sat I.OO $4 no large oak rocker, quarter aawed and polished, richly rmbowwil back, ahaped O Oft seat, November Sale price s,zft $4. SO extremely large oak rocket, quarter aawed and polished, November 1 Ofi Bale price W.sSV $0.50 mahogany finish rocker, piano polished, rich mahogany panel back, o t( November Bale price J.zK BIG NOVEMBER SALE BRASS AND IRON BEDS $2.7B Iron Bed special November sale 1,95 $3 60 Iron Bed special November aale 2,65 $4.26 Iron Bed special November aale JJ 6.09 Iron Bed braaa top rails, splndlea and A ft knobs ' MV $6.60 Brass and Iron Bed bow foot, brass top QR rails, lings end spindles $12.50 Iron Beds fancy colors November Q 7R apeclal aala price &mJ $16.00 Brass and Iron Beds In 1 i 7f color ,,," $23 00 Iron Bed, four-poster new design special f Q Oft finish isr.w $26.00 Brass and Iron Beds November sale 2(1 ftO price ,u'v"' $43.00 Brass and Iron teds November aale 3.675 .'"'BRASS' BEDS $75.00 All Brass Bed heavy two-Inch posts special etT (fi mountings u W $64.00 three-quarter Brass Bed heavy two-inch A 2 JK posts . J ,4Bed t,'r'quar,er BraM Q8. 00 $42.00 full size Solid Brass 31.50 ALL FOLD IN G BE DS Go In this great November stock reducing sale. Great November Sale Carpets and Rugs All carpets reduced during; our November Sale. An opportunity to 'cover your floors at much less than usual co,t from the very cheapest to the most expensive Carpets and Rugs. The best quality of Two-Ply Ingrain Carpets, new pat terns to select from n gular price 80c November sale price 65c per yard. 85c and tic line Union and Half Wool Ingrain Carpets for iisc. STOCK RUGS ROOM SIZES The greatest valuta we can offer are these Rugs, made up from remnants of carpets and borders at remnant prices. Hera are a few of the prices for the November aale of Rugs. Bring your measurements, as these Rugs cannot be sent on approval: -x8 Wilton Velvet $160 Sxl2 Axmlnster g.oo 8-9x7- Axmlnstir , 5 no I-9XH-9 Wilton Velvet 8 .00 8-3x10-2 Brussels 12.00 6x10-8 Axmlnster 17.00 8-3x10-8 Body Brussels 18.00 6x0-4 Bigelow Axmlnster 13.50 8-3x8 Body Brussels '22 50 8-3x9-10 Brussels 13.76 8-3x7-3 Wilton Velvet 13 50 8-3x11-2 Wilton Velvet 2500 8-3x11-10 Wilton Velv.'t 23 50 8-8x11-2 Wilton Velvet 21 'w 8-3xl3-t Axmlnster 22.OO S.Svll-lft. A vm In star ni r.A . .- ...... ... ...... . .......... I s-axuvio HiMiy t-. russeis 3 B0 ' 8-8x12-6 Body Brussels 23.50 9x10-4 Body Brusels 10.80 8x10-6 Body BriiFsels 19.50 8x10 Body Bruss' Is .' ir 00 I 10-6x12 Wilton Velvet 26 75 I 10-6x11-$ Axmlnster 24.00 Bljrelow Axmlnster The carpet for parlors, libraries and reception rooms. Regular price $2 .. All reduced from 8." to 7fe per yard for November selling. Thia Is an enormous saving on very flue carpets. Linoleum and Oil Cloth We will sell Monday 600 yards of perfect new Linoleum best make. 60c grade LlnoPMim for 4i"e 75c grade Linoleum for r2e 85c grade Linoleum for tc 11.00 grade Linoleum for 70c Oil Cloth 40c best finality Oilcloth 1 ?Se S5c best qunllty Oilcloth 20c c bent quality Oilcloth loC Sample Stove Hi gs at each 60 to 16c Sample 35o 4x4 Stove Rugs for Cc Sample fine. 5x4 Ftove Rugs for IBe Sample 85c 6x4 Ftove Rums for fiV Bample $1.45 8x4 Btove Rugs for SSo I ur Kobe A new and complete line of Fur Rugs. Carriage Mats nnd Baby Robes. Now Is the time to make your selection. Combination R:i y Robes for J5.75 Combination Bary Robes for $.I5 Afghan Baby Unties for II 75 Turkish Angorn Robes for $17.00 A f Khan Baby Robes for Iceland Baby Robes for flrecland Oo-cnrt R be Turkish Angora Baby Robe $12.00 Pur KuffS Angora Robes $3 60, $5.00, $8.00 and $0.00 Carriage Foot Mats JJ-28 .uu .,,., ...fftf.ii 1450 Fancy Goat Robes .$2.60 to Buffets 65 Patterns of Bui" , all woods and finishes In this Special Novembar Sale. $17.50 BufTet November sale 4 price $2800 Buffet November sale 3 25 $26.00 Buffet November sale QO $15.00 Buffet November sale 2Q QO 1 r '--r-' ' -r" 't . II II. i&sM I J u SIDEBOARDS 28 Patterns ot S deboards In this Special November Sale. $17.00 Oak Sideboard-November special s-ile price $19.00 Oak Hldelvnard November special Sale price JH0 00 Flemish Onk Bldebnnrd Novemlicr n eclnl sale price $150 handsome Sideboard November special sale price $32.00 Solid Oak Sldelvoard Novomlvpr spivlal sale price , $Ui.00 Solid Oak Sideboard November special sale price ; $1 10 Solid Mahogany Buffet November Special sale price $150 Handsome Hand Carved Sideboard November special sale price DINING ROOM SUITS Dining Room Suits. Pining Tables, Chairs and Dining Room Furniture In end less variety In this great November sole. $23) Mahogany Dining Room Suit consisting of buffet, china closet, dining table and seven leather-seated chairs the china closet Is tilted with glass shelves, full mirror back handsome design Nnembe.- special sale price $271.50 Dining Suit consisting of dining table, sideboard, china closet, serving table, plate rack and six leather seat chairs November special sale price . $: !fl . $!. . SMO.PO .$129.75 ,. $'.P0 .. $11.00 .81 -! 2S .1.'9.70 189.00 216.50 retard WMhelmii GREAT NOVEMBER e arpet 0. After November 30th tegular prices witl be restored. We cannot sell at such sacrificing prices co?iti?iuatty. Our reductions are all bona fide. Now is your time to make selection of furniture, carpets and draperies. ICs a stock reducing sale on a broad plan. Couches 17 patterns Couches all different styles frames and coverings, tufted tops and nlaln tops some handsome quarter-sawed oan irames, plain oiners with carved frames this entire line of Couches only one of a pattern regular price up to $23.60 In thia special November sale each $16.00 Tapestry Couch November special sal 'u uu iriani 13.75 price 10.00 $32.00 Davenport Bed Couch November aala rfCt prtCB MmMCM $46.00 handsome oak frame Pillow Couch Verona uphol- OQ Jtz etered ...." $.16.00 Pantaaota Leather Couch November sale 22 00 $'18.00 genuine Leather Couch tufted top November aale price 32. 00 $06.00 genuine Leather Couch tufted top November sale 47,75 39.75 price $46.00 genuine Leather Couch tufted top November sale price PLATE RACKS AND CHINA CLOSETS $1.00 solid oak Plate Rack special while they last during thia November BDr sale each UWW Plate Racka and Plate Cabinets a, large new lot at $5.00, $4.60, $3.75, $3.60 f fi( and 16.50 .. 23.00 China Cabinet quarter-sawed oak bent glass ends special at ! Very large else China Cloaet full bent ends highly hand polished special at .." Handsome China CablneU at $23.00, $21.00 $19.50, $17.50, $15.25 1275 Drapery Department Interest is not lacking; with the baying pub ic in this department, curtains in hundreds of diiierent patterns being sold in this November almost halt their regu'ar price. Read some of our special offers. Thousands of Special Sale at $6.00 Brussels Curtnlns, Irish Point Curtains, Cable Nets and Domestic Arabian Curtains, all full 60 inches wide, 34 yards long f er November sale price O.OU $16.00 Irish Point. Corded Brussels and Battenherg, Hand Made Cluny, Hand Made Arabian Curtains every one in perfect condition, stylish and worth fifteen dollars 44 s)e Bpeclal O, O $10.00 Portieres for doors all the lat est styles and colors, both In mer cerized, plain with corded edge and the new border effect, Persian de signs suitable to be used with ruifs of that kind all worth up to $10.00 and $11.00 per pair f 7a bpeclal xJ A tJ 26c Cretonne Old English Hand Painted Cretonne for shirt waist boxes, over drapes, over laces in bed rooms, bed room curtains and hun dreds of other things for which Cre tonne is being used we will sell them all special per tAtr yard JW Sah Nets. . Brussels, Irish Point, Cluny and fancy made nets worth from 60c to $2.00 per yard selling at HALF PRICE. $8.00 Irish Point Curtains, Brussels Curtains, Domestic Arabians, new, up-to-date patterns In this lot you will find values worth at an ordinary sate $8.U0-rrSpecial per - 03 $2.50 Ruffled Net Curtains, Ruffled Bwlss, with hemstitched border and ruffle which Is very full and sewed on so curtain will wash extraordi nary value at per j J $17.60 Door Curtains, all new designs. We sell more of these high class Door Curtains than any house In the west. For that reason we can keep abreast with the styles better. Over 60 styles will be on sale Monday, worth up to $17.50 speciul f t( per pair V.1J 10c real hand made Battenberg Edg ingboth In cream and white worth 10c everywhere we sell it . Op per yard J 16c Insertion to match special per yard ,...4ic Couch Covers Killm designs, Ijavajo patterns worth up to $10.00 euch special for Monday only one only will be sold to a customer A QS special eath $12.00 Brussels Curtains. Point de Vene tian, Double Net Brussels, Irish Point Curtains, Point de Aral) all new. select patterns worth regular $12.00 special selling 675 $3.60 Hand Made Battenberg Curtains, with 44-Inch ruffle, good quality of net, 46 Inches wide, 3 yards long we have only 150 pairs of this numlier, so come and get some they are worth 3.5ft regular 1 Q special per puir IJ 50a Scotch Swiss, both dots and fig ures, all 50 Inches wide, very fine quality, for bed sets, bed room cur tains, dresser scarfs worth 60c at a bargain any day special ... .1711 per yard 26c and 30c Embroidered Bwlss for bed room windows, bath rooms, dining room sash curtains ten styles to se lect from for Monday onlv not over 28 yards to a customer $ 7 1 special per yard H 3 During November we will make and hang in any private residence in Omaha in lots of 16 shades or more our best hand made Shades any size mounted on Harts- . ftEp horn rollers for each VIOW STOOL, Like Cut V'pholstered Stool like cut frame of aolld oak, golden or weathered fin ish, birch. Imitation ma hogany finish, nicely up holstered In figured ve lours, regular $1.75 special November sale price on sale Monday morning each $3.75 Roman Seat highly polished In quarter sawed golden oak or birch, mahogany finish November O sale price, each. KJ,J $14.00 Mahogany Parlor Chair silk upholstered November Trice -LOO iofr warn 95c $15.00 handsome Mahogany Polished Choir silk upholstered soa t-Novem- f o Of) ber sale price mmit $16 50 Mahogany Parlor Chair finely upholstered tapestry seat jo N'nVitmhnr ante liripn ,...S"lff $47.00 Mahogany Sofa silk upholstered November special sale Q QQ .24.75 49.00 59.00 tirlce $35.00 Mahogany Arm Chair silk upholstered Beat and back November special sale prlco $.(k Mahogany Sofa Davenport Btyle silk upholstered-November special sale price $75 richly hand carved sofa, davenport style, solid mahogany ' frame BED ROOJU FURNITURE Copies from genuine antiques exact reproductions. $70.00 High Boy November special sale price 59.00 $3S).0O Chiffonier November special sale 33. 50 $4ii.00 Mahogany Dresser November special sale 33.50 $57.00 Mahogany Bed four poster November tspeclal sale 29. OU price , $37.uo Mahogsny Cheval Glass November special sale 33,25 price LIBRARY TABLES No better time than now to make selection of a Library Table at gain prices. ' 123.00 Antwerp Oak Library Table November salo prlci $28.00 Antwerp Oak Library Table November sale price s 36.W Antwerp Oak Library Table November sale price $37.00 Antwerp Oak library Table Novum ber sale price $00.00 Antwerp Oak Library Table November sale price 175.00 Antwerp Oak Library Table November sale price $32.00 Solid Mahogany Library Table November aale price M4.00 Solid Mahogany Library Table November sale price 137.00 Solid Mahogany Library Table November sale price iaO.OO Solid Mahogany Library Table November sale price $54.00 Solid Mahogany Library Table November sale $5.00 Solid Mahogany Library Table Nov, mber sale price $i0.00 Solid Mahogany Library Table November salo price genuine bar- $1.60 $18.76 $24.00 tuwi HniM Mnhi.ff.nv T.lbrarv Table November sale price Every Library Table In the house In this great Novembor special colonials, all in this great November aule. $27.50 $44.75 $52.75 $J3"5 $26.60 $27X0 $17.10 , $38.60 $46.50 $19.75 , $550 sale, alt at antiques and EXPERIENCE AS A GUIDE Satisfactory Eetralti of Muoioipal Ownership ofLlghU in Detroit. BETTER SERVICE AND AT LESS COST Felly Farming; Oat Ptablie Itllltles to Private Corporntloas Instruc tive. Facta foe Progres sive People. Frederick F. Ingram, commissioner of public lighting of Detroit, Mich., contrib utes to the Arena a paper on Detroit's light system, showing the decided eco nomical advantages of a lighting plant owned and operated by the city." Mr. In gram aays, in part: ' Detroit's public plant has now lighted the city eight years. Trie first year the coat waa less than the lowest price ever secured from a private company or ever offered by a private company. The lowest contract price waa $128.17; the loweat contract price offered waa 1101.10 per t,C00-c.p. arc light per year on a ten years' contract. The coat from the public plant the first year waa $100.60. It has steadily declined since to $63.$t last year, adding deprecia tion, lost taxes, and Interest at 4 per cent on the Investment to cash coat. Depreciation is figured at 8 per cent on the entire Investment. Our experience dem onstrates that thia Is ample. In the first place, real estate and conduits, on which there la no depreciation, amount to $20H,- 804.60, or one-third of the entire Inveatment of $W3,4S.3. In the second place, T per cent on incandescent plant, arcs and aw Itches, amounts to $90,078.80, or 11.$ per cent of the total Investment. Steam plant, amounting to $129,616.84, or 19.1 per eent of the Investment, is figured at t per cent These are over three-fifths the total In vestment, and other Itema are figured at thil? p.vpCr pruut Ut,u. Besides tills, iliu chargea for maintenance Include many Items, .such aa replacing poles and wires and similar equipment on which the de preciation would be higher than T per cent U they were to be charged to that account These, however, are charged to operating account. Lost taxes are figured at actual combined rate ($21.23 last year) for city, county and state taxes on an assessed val uation aa placed by the city assessors and is an overestimate when compared with the assessed values of other plants ot like character similarly located In the city For Instance, tax rate aame year per k.w, capacity Detroit Edison Illuminating com pany, 117; public lighting commission charge to cost ot lights per k.w. capacity Is i tt. Fancies of the Oenosltlea. This ia my sixth year ou the lighting commission and I can say, speaking from that experience, that the dangers and ob stacle alleged to beaet such a municipal undertaking and that are portrayed with such energy by those Interested In con cealing the real cost of electric lights are mere fancies. We have not telt them nor seen them. a . The city will have gained In ten years operation more than the entire value of the plant (at least $.000) aa a clear profit over what ita lights would have cost on the lowest ten years' bid from a private vompany. Vnder the ten years' contract the cost te the city would have besn U.414.7M 14, while from the city plant ths total outlay f-r plant and operation, adding lost taxes, will not sxcee4 I3.li0.fcjf, (actual figures ate given to 1903, 1903 and MA are based on average Increase ot lamps and cost ot preceding years). As regards Interest, In terest can be considered as applying only on the excess sum expended, which is greater In municipal operation for the first five years, but mush less for the second five yeara, the aggregate being less for the ten-year period. The difference In Interest charge Is . not material, and Is more than offset by the greater efficiency of service and Its more equitable distribu tion, subject as It Is under municipal op eration to actual local needs, Instead of "pull." The benefits are not alone to the tax payer, for we give the union soale of wages and run on the eight-hour day. Also, once year every employe of the commission gets a ten days' vacation at full pay. ) Falsehoods Refuted. We were told that a publlo plant could not give decent service, because It would be run by city politicians. The number of lamp hours reported out the last full year of contract lighting was 100,880, while last year under municipal lighting with 60 per cent more burning it was but ,826. The average city politician, like the av erage man In any employment, holds his position by serving his master. It public utilities are In private hands, private In terests are served. These private interests then run the politicians. The politicians can never run them. The lessened cost and improved service alone, vindicate Detroit's experiment In municipal ownership, they are not, how ever, the most Important results. Remov ing this public utility from private ex ploitation has shown our cltlsensthat nat ural monopolies are harmless In the hands of their natural owners, the community, but demoralising and corrupting In , civic affairs if surrendered to private corpora tions. It has demonstrated that the service can be Improved and the cost lessened by re moving this publlo utility from private exploitation, eliminating machine politics, and applying to It the business principles iimt nu.vtii vtdiimi ;uuijsui.i vt enter prises. That machine politics plays no part la shown by the fact that the num ber of employes has been reduced from 113 In January, 1S, to 10S In January, 1903, notwithstanding the output for the same period has more than doubled. The permanency of employment, too, ia shown by the fact that 88 per cent of the present staff have been In the service since 1896, 69 per cent since 1898 and 78 per cent since 1900. Machine politics and superfluous em ployes can find no permanent lodgement in a munlclpally-owned public utility of this character, because the cost and quality of the output are matters of publlo record, and economy or lack ot It easily demon strated by comparisons with other estab lishments. Therein there is a difference from the department of publlo works, the park board and such departments, where charges of prodigal expenditure are met by flat denial, and the real facts cannot be ascertained because there is no result of the labor which Is susceptible of such definite measurements and comparison. Methods Contracted. In contrast with this, compare Detroit's experience with public lighting prior to the establUhmunt of the muulclpal plant. The constant trickery and blackmailing be tween rival corporations, and the fruitless efforts to enforce the conditions of the contract that absorbed the time ot the common council, finally ended when an alderman, Protlva by name. In open coun ell banded to the city clerk a roll of bills ot $JU), ellugtng they were given him by the manager of the electds light plant for Ills vote. This episode finally decided the Issue In favor of the municipal plant. That similar tactics still continue when private corporations perform public serv ice Is evidenced by the following verbatim report from the Detroit Free Press. It says: The Detroit City Gas company has sent to each member of the common council a request to nominate a few men for em ployment. With each letter was sent ten blank tickets, the filling out ot which by an alderman insured a Job to the holder, giving In one bunch 370 Jobs to the offlclala who nave the power to compel the cor porations to live up to or to exempt them from the conditions of their franchise con tract, to amend the contract and to grant them new privileges. I might give many other proofs from the experience ot Detroit of the advantage ot municipal ownership over private owner ship ot natural monopolies, but I will con clude by quoting from one who Is perhaps the greatest living expert on such matters, Mr, Charles T. Terkes. He says: "No monarch of the civilised world has such power as the ownership of such publlo utilities as railroads and telegraphs con fers upon the owners, and If we add to this, ownership of street railways, gas electric light and telephone companies, we have a country ot monarcha indeed!" (News-Tribune, May $, 1900.). Mr. Yerkes does not advocate what I hav shown to be the relief from subjection to these mon archs, namely, municipal and government ownership of publlo utilities. Old Arsrameata Exploded. ( At the "National Convention upon Mu nicipal Ownership and Public Franchises" last February In New York City, I heard much about private operation and public control, from the representatives of the franchise-holding corporations and others. The old argument that cities can't oper ate a lighting plant or can't make It pay. is no longer listened to when hundreds of cities are doing it and are making It pay. Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright's report of four yeara ago, has data from 962 planta, 310 of which are mu nicipally owned. It shows that the average cost is less from the municipal than from the private plnt The quality und quantity of light is fre quently a subject of dispute between a city and a contracting company. If the current Is cut or a light is out the saving goes to the city from a public plant. In contract lighting it goes to the contractor unless there Is an accurate account made of the reduced output. Many stations make a practice ot lowering the amperage at or about midnight. This results in a saving In fuel and carbons and la generally considered good economy. Does the city under contract lighting always benefit by thia economy? It Is difficult for the city to secure definite and indisputable, evidence as to the facts In dispute betweea a city and contracting company, regarding the wattage of the light furnished. For example, recently two Michigan cities, Saginaw and Rochester, lighted under con tract, made the claim that the lights were under the quality railed for. The claim was disputed by two contracting companlea. The contract called for a 2,000 c. p. arc. 450 watte at the lamp terminals. Careful tests by experts hired for the purpose by the city, who connected watt meters to the circuits without the companies' knowledge, found the average of twelve readings In one case to be 340 watts, a little over 7$ per cent of what was contracted for, the average of thirteen readings In the other showed 400 watta. 88 per cent of what waa contracted for. The contract price was rebated for the S per cent shortage, but not for the 11 per cent. Farsslngj Oat Pahlto Fnnrtloaa. A olty must have an accurate record of the light furnished at all times aa a basis for enforcement ot contract. This necessi tates the employment of a competent city electrician not affiliated with the public utility company's. He should be provided with an office and one wire ot each circuit connected with a recording watt meter therein. This will show the tlmo of start ing, shutting down and current supplied. One fact 1 wish to emphasise and that is that the farming out of public functions may have, an excuse In Turkey and the more despotic Oriental countries, but it is contrary to the spirit of democratic institu tions. If our government is not to be demo cratic a government by the people placing public utilities In its hands does not estab lish public ownership. It might be machine ownership, class ownership. A coterie of machine politicians would be as undesirable if direct owners as are the private com panies. Small choice for the people In owners if It must be between machine bosses and the private corporations that control the machine bosses. As Prof, par sons has said: "Public ownership of the government Is essential to any real public ownership of anything else." The public In order to control the gov ernment must themselves by direct methods nominate their officials, the people must also secure to themselves their natural right to veto measures and to propose measures the Initiative and referendum. Not until then will officers reflect the as pirations and desires of the people. OIT OF THIS ORDINARY. The exar of Russia is the largest in dividual Innd owner In the world. The area of his oersonl possession" Is greater than that of the Republic of France, Some Chicago saloon keepers have lieen selling a champagne manufactured from cider and una at a cdnt of 20 rnnta a ml. j Ion, for $4 a quart. That seems to he a lair prom, even in me liquor Dusiness. The oldest wine In the world Is twenty seven cases known as Napoleon sherry, vintage of 1730. which has arrived In New York City from Buenos Ayres. It was or dered lor Napoleon Just before the Waterloo an was not delivered, and will now be offered to Americans at $J50 per caae cf twenty quart bottlee. A man In Lewiston. Me., defied the city authorities to collect his poll lav and the'v Jailed him, and he has been behind the bars since August 6, running up a hill ot 81.7S a week In addition to his $2 poll' tax. He must pay both before he can be re leased, and it looks as if he would pay dear for his stubbornness. The greatest numlier of natents taken out by one man have been granted to Fruik Schonkee of Vlncennes, lnd. He has patented 6.024 devices of various kinds and claims to be the most prolific Inventor In the country. None of his Inventions, however, have brought him a fortune, al though he draws a moderate income from some of them. As an excellent remedy against the freesing of shop windows, the Pharma cuetische Zeltung recommends the applica tion of a mixture consisting of flfiy-ttve grains of glycerine dissolved In one liter of to per cent alcohol, containing, to im prove the odor, some oil ot amber. As soon aa the mixture clarifies. It is rubbed over the Inner surface of the glass. This treatment, it Is claimed, not only prevents the formation of frost, but also stops sweat ing. Oliver Jenkins, a resident of Cleveland, thinks he has solved the crowded car prob lem and asked the local street railway to make a thorough test of his improved vehicle. Jenkins has worked on the theory that one person sitting occupies as much floor space aa three persons standing. The main feature, of his invention is the side walls rising perpendicularly from tl'e flour instead of cut under the seats. Jenkins claims this will make room or 300 persons In his car. lie would add four rows of straps for passangers. A ball to be given in Savannah, (ia., on the evening of Iierember lu In aid of the fund being raised to erect In that city a monument to the memory of (leneral James KUward Oglethoipe, who, with his followers. 176 years ago laid the founda tion of the colony that has grown into the stale of Georgia the empire stts of the south. The ball Is designed to be one ot the greatest social functions ever under taken in the state and the Smarm ah News says (hat the people of Savannah will do their part toward making the occasion cue to be remembered for all time. HISTORY OF OLD THORWALD 6torj of tba Horn a of John If. Thurston, About to 03 Under Mortcaire. SCENE OF MUCH SOCIAL ACTIVITY Comfortable Quarters of Former Sen ator and Ills Family Is 800a to Pass Into Hands of Creditors. Persons whose terms of residence In Omaha equal a quarter of a century or more, and who are therefore familiar with local history because of association, won der why Former Senator John M. Thurs ton does not make efforts to prevent the sale of "Thorwald," his old Omaha home, under a mortgage foreclosure decree. Judge Baxter last w.eek ordered the sale of the property to satisfy two mortgages with interest, the sums being $13,1M.20 and 11,101.33, respectively, the deeds being held by Mrs. Eliza B. Patrick and KUery 11. Westorfield. The property will go under the hammer the first week in Decomber unless efforts are put forth to regain It, and It is said this -will not be done. "Thorwald" was built by Senator Thurs ton and his first wife, who was Miss Mattle Polan, the daughter of Major Polan, a retired army officer. The house was the result of much study and devising on their part and waa erected In the early 80s. Three lots, then as now, constituted the grounds of the dwelling at Twenty fourth and Farnam streets, admittedly one of the choicest residence sites in the city. Birthplace of Children. Several of the Thurston children were born at "Thorwald" and it was while living there that tho senator achieved some of his greatest legal and political triumphs. It waa from this house also, that the former Mrs. Thurston was burled not so very many yeara after' her sliver wedding anniversary was celebrated there with great eclat. While persona familiar with real estate values do not think "Thorwald" would bring more than the aggregate claims, yet they say in years to come the site will be come almost priceless; further that with little effort the piece could be made to yield returns on a $20,000 investment. It has long been clear, of course, that Mr. Thurston dors not Intend to ever again make Omaha his permanent abode, having established himself at Washington, with offices In New York as welL He Is supposed to have been making money aa a lawyer since leaving the senate and It la known that his fees In several well known cases were very large. The first mortgage against "Thorwald" waa recorded August 16, 1900, which was after Mr. Thurston had married his sec ond wife. The other deed was filed July I B, lav:, anu ia in tavur ui mr. n caieruem. After paying the semiannual interest three tlmea the coupons on the major mortguge were allowed to go unpaid. The note tor the $12,0U0 loaned did not fall due until 1906. One of the Pioneer Dwelling. The Thurston home was raised after the famous Nebraskan bad made a name for himself at the bar and It was one of the first dwellings west of Twenty-fourth street in the central part of the city. Not long before the plans were drawn the Tliurstous lost several children by diphtheria. This sad visitation caused Mrs. Thurstoii to fear the presence of sewer gas In the house and "Thorwald" was constructed without Interior sewer connections of any kind. The house Is frame and has two stoilas and a basement, with brick walls. Owing to the care expended upon the plans the interior .presents a number of eccentrici ties, among them being the fact that the dining room is in the basement, while the parlors, library, etc., are on the Mist floor. One room was fitted up as an "arsenal," to use the words of the man who de scribed it. The walls were hung with shot guns and rifles of modern make, and the collection was said to be one of the finest exhibits of up-to-date firearms In the coun try. Shooting was a favorite recreation of Thurston and he was a crack rifle shot and an expert with the shotgun. Stories are told of the days when he defeated competitors shooting glass balls In the alley behind what Is now the Omaha Na tional bank. Ills Love of Rusticity. Oi the terrace at "Thorwald" Is a pyra mid of boulders overgrown with moss and vines. The pile Is a memorial of Thtjr ston's love of rusticity. He cared a great deal for anything with a touch of nature In It and the boulders were all shipped to Omaha from some far-off lake where Thurston had seen them. He merely ex pressed a wish that he could have a num ber of the rocks on his lawn and admirers Immediately saw to it that his delre was gratified. "Thorwald" was not built without con siderable contriving and scheming to ob tain the money to pay for It. The house Is a fairly large one and has a conservatory attached. It was necessary for Thurston to proceed with the construction to borrow money from A. J. Hanscom, giving the premises as security. It was many years , before this obligation was wiped out. In ' this connection the statement Is made that a part of the money that Thurston put Into "Thorwald" was the fee that George Lauer paid him for clearing lilm of the charge of wife murder. One of Famous Trials. This trial was one of the most famous that Omaha has known. Lauer was the 1 the manager of the Omaha Barbed Wire work, s roi.crr, nt Fourteenth and ?:ia.o last streets. He married his boarding house mistress' daughter, a beautiful woman, and was said to be very jealous of her. They lived together for several years. One night Mrt. Lauer was fatally wounded ' by revolver bullets. Her husband did not deny that he did the shooting, putting forth the plea that he thought she was a burglar. Evidence adduced at the trial seemed to show that Mrs. Lauer had left her bed chamber In her nlghtrobe to at tend -to the fire in the hard coal burner. She was near the stove when the bullets pierced here, and General John C. Cowkn, who was employed to asKlst In the prose cution, dramatically exhibited the clear Isinglass in court to prove his contention that there must have been light enough In the room to show Lauer hla wife was no burglar. Nevertheless Thurston suc ceeded In getting his client free. The affair broke Lauer and he went to beat tie. Wash. Afterwards lie went In sane. The fee he paid the lawyer became associated with the Thurston home and Is thought to have helped in the erection ot the domicile. Seene of Social Gaiety. "Thorwald" was the scene of much social life during the many years the Thurston's occupied it. While the senator waa serv ing his term at Washington Mrs. Polan, Mrs. Thurston's mother, maintained the house, the three children, a boy and two girls, going to school. One of the events at the Thurston home that I well remem bered is the celebration of their silver wed ding. Many invitations were issued and guests were . present from various other cities. Great quantities of gl of congratulatory telegrams were received. Shortly after the death of the first Mrs. Thurston, en route from Ouba In 1898, the senator ceased to ,take any active Interest In his old home. The funeral of Mrs. Thurston was held from "Thorwald" and for some time afterwards Mrs. Polan kept the house. When she died the library, firearms, curios and household furniture were removed to Washington and for a while the house stood empty. Dr. E. W, Lee occupied it for a time and for a year it has been tenanted by Dr. W. O. Henry. The Deacon's ThanksfKlvlng. I'm thankful I have no crutch nor cane. No eur trumpet at my ear; I'm exceedingly glad mat 1 am not dumb, And thnt old Age Is not near. I rejoice that I have no mortal 111, No bodily ache nor pain; No burden of unrequited love. Nor hope that must hope in vain. Yes, I am Indeed a thankful man; But you will observe that I'm not Returning thanks for th- things 1 have, But for the things I have not. Madeline Bridge In Judge. When the Crops Are In. There's a kind of happy feelln' creeps down in a feller when He's got his pumpkins gathered and tin hay mow's full again; There's hope in all the breesea that corns blowiu' from the hill, And you git 10 kuni or ihlnkln' God Is up there somewhere Hill. What a purty .git the wheat is as Its piled up in the biu? Oh, it's good to be a farmer when the crops are in! It's lively In the city, and it's very qu et here; There the hurry and the racket keep a ' goin' all the year; There most every day'a excitln', and the keep It up at night, Every way a person gazes there is some uncommon sight. And 1 s'pose It's never lonesome llvln" 'round th I aunts of sin; But the city people never have their crops all in. There's many a day of tollln', and there a many an ache an' pain, And there a lota and lots ot frettln' at the dryness or th rain; There's the weeds and worms and Insects the farnur has to fight. But the good Lord doesn't often full t puii em througn all riant; And the sweetest satisfaction that a mortal man can wlir bort of hovers 'round the farmer when the crops are in. -FRANK II. SWEET. iTn'.jnrfiilRliV W v, o n vanoua omerv glts and soorea 7 -