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TITE OMAHA DAILY REE: FUND AY, APRIL 17. 1004.
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BUILDING IN OTHER CITIES
Great Inorcui in Number for M .roli Orer
Lai. Year.
OMAHA STANDS WELL IN THIS REGARD
Resorts to C'oastrnctloa Kwa from
Twrnlr-Foor ladlne; Cities
Shew that Mora ArtlTltr la
Being Eiprrlrnrtd.
The Construction News In Ita Issue, out
yesterdiy, says:
Building for tha month of March In
twenty-four of the principal cities of the
country ahowa an Increase In the number
of buildings erected over the corresponding
period a year ago. Permits were Issued
In these cities, according to official reports
to Construction News, for the construction
of 1,190 bulMlnsK. srtrreKatlna; $31, 487,606 In
cost, against 7.6:3 buildings, aggregating
138,(43,499, an Increase of 667 In tha number
of buildings and a decrease In coat of
17,146,891, or II per cent. This Is considered
very satisfactory when tha conditions are
taken Into consideration. The excessively
cold weather and heavy enow falls con
tinued throughout the month, prohibiting
the resumption of operations In almost all
northern cities. In discussing the matter
from the standpoint of dollars and cents
fourteen of the cities show Increases of
from 4 to 116 per cent, while ten show
losses varying from 1 to 81 per cent. The
figures la dtlail are follows:
St. Louis SO, and Indianapolis 1 per rent.
It Is believed that while projects of great
magnitude may not be so numerous this
year. It will be mora than made up In
numbers. It has been observed by people
who make It a business to keep an eye on
building operations all over the country in
gathering and sifting new projects of all
kinds that there Is a surprisingly vast
amount of building under way and In con
templation. That each year brings to light
many buildings upon which operations were
deferred for one reason or another In time
past, and this makes up for the lack of
enterprise upon the part of others who
are simply deferring operations to take
them up at some period In the near future,
fpon the whole th-re Is nothing discourag
ing in the situation and It Is believed that
with the settled condition of the weather
building will continue upon a much more
active scale than for some time past.
1904. 1903. ct
CITY.
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New Tork "r'l 9,75S.yfl jnrt'l 9.277,135 6..
Chicago .. 6d0 2,027.830 4.&31.SOO ...155
Frooklyn . 7M 4.016.170 13 2.447.870 64 ..
Phlla 744 3.704.3"0 79 9.624.876 ... fil
Bt. Louis... 60 1.617.K0W 377 2.0I3.K99 . . . 30
San 'Frisco 2?3 1,873.7(3 1W 1.081.983 27,.
Kan. City, m 1,033,680 360 1,3'J5.240 ... 22
Washl'ton 2117 978,048 826 692,673 41 ..
L. Angeles 678 951,029 603 911.817 4 ..
Cincinnati 462 762.640 2fiO 48S.710 64 ..
Seattle .... Wl 742.374 668 409,967 81 ..
Buffalo .... 14 6M.271 143 2i',1,0f,0 116 ..
Petrolt .... 3M 487.100 271 461.600 6 ..
Tlttsburg . 830 4W.541 647 2,673.748 ... 81
Mlnn'polls 8- 445.47o 401 (553,287 ... 32
Ienver .... 213 3x2,4(61 219 672, 3 ... 33
Milwaukee. 207 8M.4n 270 616.080 ... 42
Atlanta ... 856 846.143! 278 175,863 97..
Indl'apollg 202 2fl.SS1 283 301.75... 8
Memphis 272.6Xll.... 148,449 83 ..
Louisville . 192 268.0021 218 1M.161 66 ..
Allegheny. 791 262.2m! Ml 175,100 44..
Bt. Paul .. 134 230.300 116 210,467 13;..
Omaha .... 89 159,785 70 95,490 67 ..
Totals ... 8Tl90!$31,487.6O8i7,623 338,643,4D9... 18
Manhattan and Bronx.
The most Interesting Increase Is to be
found In the city of Buffalo, amounting to
111, while Atlanta follows with 97 per cent;
Memphis 83, Seattle 81, Omaha 67, Brooklyn
4, Cincinnati 64. Allegheny 44, Washington
41, Ban Francisco 27, St. Paul 13, New York
and Detroit each 6 per cent and Loe An
geles 4 per cent. The Increase In New
York City, while It Is only 5 per cent, may
be taken as a remarkable thing, Inasmuch
throughout the month labor troubles of
the most serious character Interrupted the
operations In that city for that month.
' Now that the labor troubles are over In
that city building will unquestionably show
tremendous gains. Two remarkable de
creases In cost are to be found In the
principal cities of Pennsylvania. In Phila
delphia during the month Just closed per
mits were taken out Involving a cost of
13,704,300 against 39.624.87t for the corre
sponding month a year ago, a decrease of
$5,920,676, or 61 per cent. The decrease in
tha number of buildings la not so great.
This year March permits were taken out
for the construction of 744 buildings, as
against 789 buildings, a decrease of only
fifty-five buildings this year as against last,
showing that almost as many buildings
were erected this year aa there were
during the same time a year ago. Pitts
burg also shows a marked decrease. Dur
ing March of this year permits were taken
out for the construction of 830 buildings, In
volving $468,241. as against 647 buildings, ag
gregating $2,573,748, a decrease of 117 build
ings and a decrease of $2,106,607, or 81 per
cent. The decreases In other cities are
not so notable. Building fell behind In
Chicago 65 per cent, attributable chiefly to
the Inclement weather. In Milwaukee 42,
Denver 33, Minneapolis 82, Kansas City 22,
Easily Traced.
The pursuers pressed on.
"The fool!" exclaimed Hemlock, the de
tective. "Why so 7" asked one of the pursuing
party.
"He had a chnnce to escape before he
stole that automobile, but now he Is lost,"
suid Hemlock.
"The automobile makes better time."
"Until It breaks down, and meanwhile
the scent is strong.
They saw a furtner off in a field.
"Let us make inquiries," one suggested.
"Unnecessary," returned Hemlock.
"The farmer may have seen him."
"Very likely," admitted Hemlock, "but
what good would that do?"
"It would give up positive assurance
that he haa been along this road."
"We have that now," asserted Hemlock.
"He passed along this road not more than
three hours ago."
"How can you be sure of that?"
"I can sUll smell the gasoline," said
Hemlock.
Truly, when a fugitive takes an auto
mobile of that kind, there is a scent that
la easy to follow. Brooklyn Eagle.
REUUIOIS,
Rev. Thomas F. Cusack, tha new Ro
man Catholic blahop-elect of the New Yoi k
diocese, Is to be consecrated on April 26.
F. Marlon Crawford, the novelist, has
gone to Italy, and In his Italian home will
revise his biography of Pope Leo XIII.
Dr. Andrew M. Gelger, for forty years a
prominent minister of the Lutheran church,
and for ten years president of the stale
senate of the church in Ohio, died re
cently. Miss Abble O. Chapln, of Tung-cho,
China, who has been obliged to come to
this country on account of her health, Is
living In a tent In Tucson, Arts., hoping
to regain health and vigor.
A bill has passed the New York legis
lature providing for the payment of $1,000
a year to me clergymen wno serve as
chaplains to the firemen of New York
City.
The Woman's Christian association of
St. Louis, through the Travelers' Aid com
mittee, will do all that Is possible to pro
tect young women seeking employment in
St. Louis during the exposition.
The great auditorium of the Young Men's
Christian association building in uhlcago
is crowded with men at noon Ave days
In the week to hear Dr. Chapman and
other ministers preach. On Bunduys the
auditorium is filled two or three times.
Among the eminent European scholars
who have accepted invitations to deliver
addretutes In Uepartment 8, history of re
ligion, In the congress of arts and sciences,
to be held at the St. Louis fulr are Pro
fessors Oldenburg, of Kiel; Qoldllzer, of
Budapest; Smith, of Glasgow; Budde, of
Marburg, and ilarnack, of Berlin.
Secretary Hegeman of the New York
atate federation estimates that there are
between 4.UUV.000 and 6,000.000 persons In
New York that are entranced from the
churches, and 600,000 children between 4
and 14 years of age whom the Sunday
schools do not reach. Mr. Hegeman thinks
the cause of this "Is largely lack of
rational co-operation." There la duplica
tion and waste, he aays.
Among the 1,200,000 Magyars in the United
States there are liuO.OUo Presbyterians, who
hold the reformed faith, which is that of
the Presbyterian confession. Among this
large number there are but two ministers,
Dr. O. Kuntany of Youngstown, Ohio, and
Kcv. Julius Hamborsjky, who was or
dained In the Hungarian reformed church
of the Helvetic confession.
The Women's Foreign Missionary society
of the Methodist Episcopal church during
the thlrty-flve years of Its existence has
established missions In nfteen countries
and at ninety stations; 440 missionaries
have been sent Into the field, 2 colleges, 67
boarding schools, 21 training schools, 639
day schools, 30 hospitals Htid dispensaries,
16 deaconess homes, and 6 homes for home
less women have been established; 1,616
nKMHiaui missionaries ami oinie readers
have been employed. Missionary gifts
from Methodist Kplscopal women have
amounted to ii.uuc.uuu.
If you wanted to make steam you
wouldn't use half coal and half
slate. You would use all coal
and good coal at that.
Why shouldn't your digestive
organs be treated as carefully as
a steam boiler?
"FORCE" is the greatest power
maker for the human engine.
V FORCE " were a pasaing SU wools three BiUUatt
people k eating it te-ttay with a reliah t
Tbere are ever (arty " breaktaet fohda."
Bui there ts only one " FOKCaf
CONDITION OF Oil AUA'S TRADE
Unieuoniblt Weather Last Weak Retarded
Eprin; BusinetL
RICE MILLERS uJ NOT COMBINE
Prices cm Nearly All Lines Aliosl Sav
aa Week Ago, bat There Was a
Strong) t adertoae te t
(ieneral Market.
Weather condilloiis lust week were not
conducive to an active uemanil tor epiliig
li.ie.s. nau people in-vu inclined to make
purchases for Immediate requliemeats tney
would have Oeen mute api oil mot uays to
have bought winter ruher than summer
c.othli.g. taking the uiuuvorabie we.iti.er
Into consideration, traue with both Whole
salers and retailers was all that could oe
expected. With the advent of more sea
sonable weather none pe.ra to have any
fear but what business will be fu.ly up to
expectations and even heavier than a yea
ago.
i raveling salesmen for local Jobbers are
still meeting with good success in landing
orders for fall goods for future delivery.
Merchants seem to be more Inclined than
usual to place their orders at an early uate
and In fact on some lines it can almost be
said that practically all merchants who
expect to place their orders much in ad
vance of their actual requirements have)
already done so.
The markets are In much the same condi
tion they were a week ago that Is, prices
on the majority of lines are In a good,
strong position. As win be seen from the
following items, practically all line, with
the possible exception of some knds of
groceries which fluctuate back and forth,
are quoted strong.
Collections are reported as being only
fair. The lack of warm and settled
weather, which haa made business quiet,
has also Interfered with collections.
Look for Sugar to Advance.
Wholesale grocers report the demand fot
their line of goods to ue In very satisfac
tory condition, ine market la alao in a
good, healthy conultiou. The market on
sugar last week did not show much change,
exiept possibly a little wtaker sella. g on
raws, but no changes In quotations were
mudu. 'Ihe general impression, tnougn, Is
that sugar in this section of the country
will be advanced In llto near tutuie. Tlia
tralllc managers oi the western rahroaus
have been holding a session in Chicago tor
tne last several days, anu It is qul.e prob
able that the sugar rates will be restored
both trom the east and south. Not only
that, but It is thought by many well
posted buyers that the new raies will be
Higher than those In force prior to the
time the present cut ratej went Into effect.
In that event an advance of fuliy M cent
in the price of sugar will take effect. As
yet no definite time haa been set when the
new rates will become effective, but It la
almost certain to be between April U and
May 1.
Tne coffee market advanced steadily last
week until Friday, when there was a reac
tion amounting to 4 cent. Even with this
decline, however, the market Is still nearly
S cent above the low point. The general
Impression is that higher prices will rule
In the future and an advance In package
coffee would not bo surprising.
There have been no very Important
chunges in the canned goods market during
the week under review, with the possible
exception of a slightly weaker leeiing on
Baltimore tomatoes, fcipot corn is being
very firmly held, with no disposition from
any source to shade prices.
The dried fruit market Is fairly active
for the time of year. The maiket on
peaches and raisins ts a trifle weaker. The
weakness In raisins has been brought
about by troubles In the association, the
prune market Is also easier, but almost
every other Item In the line ts In a much
stronger position, with probabill les of
higher prices In a number of lnstanc a.
The meeting of rice millers In Louisiana
was not a success, as the object for which
the meeting was called, that of forming an
association, was not accomplished. Another
meeting, however, Is announced for April
20, at which time It Is thought an assoc!a
tlon will be formed which will be large
enough to control at least in a measure
the marketing of the rice crop. Tempo
rarily the largest mills are out of the mar
ket on Japan rice, having withdrawn all
quotations.
Dry Goods Rather Qnlet.
As a result of tha oold and unseasonable
weather last week trade was rather light,
itlthough there are signs of a marked Im
provement In the near future. The latter
part of the week there were more buyers
on the market and orders, both direct ana
through traveling- salesmen, imoroved to
some extent. With the advent of warm
weauier uuin retailers ana joDDers expect a
nice trade. The fact that traveling men
have been pounding the trade for fall or
ders has no doubt also helped to curtail Im
mediate business, as retailers generally re
fuse to buy both for current ute and lor
future shipment at the same time.
There are no changes to note In the
prices ruling on staple cottons. The fluc
tuations In the price of raw material do
not seem to have any effect on the price
of the manufactured products. ThN Is
true both of the rjlaln and fanrv lines.
; Jobbers say there is no doubt about the
supply or cotton goods being short in first
hands and that there Is much danger of a
shortage of desirable lines before the sea
son comes to a close.
Hardware Active and Scarce.
Hardware men report the demand for
their line of goods as being exceptionally
good for even this time of year, galea
showing quite an - Increase over the cor
responding period of last year. The de
mand Is general for all seasonable lines,
in fact, the call for such goods as poultry
netting, wire cloth, field fence and barb
wire is so great that Jobbers are unable to
get enough stock to meet the requirements
of their trade. That, however, seems to
be the case practically all over the dun
try, so that the shortage is by no means
confined to Omaha. Such goods as refrig
erators, lawn mowers, steel .goods and
builders' hardware are also in brisk de
mand and Jobbers say that this season
promises to be a record-breaker. Accord
ing to advices received from the country,
retailers are also doing a nice business and
if they were not their orders would not be
aa heavy as they have been up to the
present time.
So far as the market Is concerned there
Is nothing new to be said. Filces are Hrm
all along the line, but no quotable change
worthy of mention has taken place dur
ing the last several days. Those lest
posted are not looking for any for some
little time to come and Bay that re tn I era
need have no fear of the market as the de
mand Is too great to permit of any shrink
age in values.
Leather Goods Not Terr Brisk.
Leather goods Jobbers say that the de
mand tor tntir line ol goods has not been
aa large so iur tins spring a it might be.
The cool weather is, of course, responsible
tor any deficiency In that direction, ana
for that reason no one Is doing any leui
complaining. Both retailers and wnolesal
ers are coiuldeni that business wl.l tie all
mat could be desired so soon aa aettied
Weather puts In an appearance.
Advance orders lor tail are coming In
quite freely and no complaints on that
score have been heard. As a general thing
inure nan i did not carry over from last
season mora than the usual amount of
floods and are in good condition for buy
ug liberal stocks tor next season.
Rubber goods for Immediate use have
been moving out fairly well all things con
sidered, but it takes a long spell of stormy
weather to muke the trade really brisk.
This Is true of both footwear and cloth
ing. Fall orders are still coming in quite
freely, but It begins to look as though
by l.ir the majority of merchants have
placed their fall orders. The last ad
Vance gave them a genuine soars and since
that tune traveling salesmen have ex
perienced no trouble In lauding an order
whenever they could And a merchant who
had col aiready bought.
Fralis and Vegetables.
There was only a fair trade on green
vegetables lust week. It lakes warmer
weather to make them move to the greatest
advantage. Potatoes are still going up,
prices now ranging from $1.10 to 11.25 per
bushel, l'rleea ou oilier lines of vegelablus
though are Just about the same as they
Were a week ago.
Strawberries urn unusually cheap for the
time of year, dusts of twenty-four quarts
have been selling from S3 oO to 13 IS and
the quality has been as good as the av
erage this early In the season. With fa
vorable weather both for the ripening and
marketing of the crop farther north It is
thought that prices will continue rather
low me remainder or tne season. Oranges
are sailing freely, but prices are about 26o
per boa lug her than they were a week
ago.
11 utter, eggs and poultry have shown very
little change all the week, the supply and
demand being About evenly balanced. The
prices ruling on the different grades will
be found la another column.
RaeaasMlo Paine Relieved.
The quick relief from rheumatic pains
afforded by Chamberlain's Pain Balm baa
surprised and delighted thousands of suf
ferers. It makes rest and sleep possible. A
great many have been permanently cured
of rheunaUaan b Ue use ol tale llnisaent.
Oops
from Bohemia
We send our buyers there every year to get the best that
are grown, and we pay twice what common hops cost
A partner in our business buys our barley, and selects the
best from all.
We get our water from six wells, bored 1400 feet to rock.
Our yeast is all developed from the original mother cells
which helped to make Schlitz Beer famous.
All the air that touches Schlitz Beer comes to it through
air filters. And the beer itself is filtered through white
wood pulp. Then we age it for months, until it can't
cause biliousness.
We sterilize every bottle. Ask for the brewery bottling.
Phone 918, Joa. Schllts Brewing Co.,
719 S. 9th St., Omaha, Neb.
The Beer That Made Milwaukee famous.
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All Leading1 Retailers.
BEEMBBBEIiaHBXBNKIHHaH
FUEE to St. Louis Fairs
For two weeks, go when yoa Ilka, stop at hotel you like, WE PAY TUE EXl'KNSES.
N'T MISS IX
Sixty nrst-olans trips to be GIVEN AWAY.
Bemt St f r a MPIIII I C? f? If and tell ns hew msny people yea think will
year' utvnption to ll K W Sal r K actand St. LouiKalrx-ii!UMlay, A Hi 30.
Sixty utiiHTltKir. who nue.i will be flt) a irea trip to Ht. Loul Kulr wttn all tiiirturi
pl(. We Mnd ynu from uy part of Tulted Btatm, Catiiui. or XpxIco. Kenult tm.Mi nu official
M.iri announi-i'd bj directors of the Fair, daj after lb. opcullif. Kaee.ubacrlberb.ilwefueM...
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Klmt ula rallmart ticket bT anr direct mete to and from at. Louis, siren to each of tbe sixty
prise winners. SI 0.00 suar enrh for Isti.rs will b. paid 20 aulMcrloers whose SUM la oluM.1
to acfmi atfnrtii-e at Ht. l,nui. KslroprnlDSdsj.
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SMX'ial features The article on Palmistry i Interesting, stuilents of this subject earn .000 to
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features of N KW1. 1 PK. To M sutMcribers tn maklns; Intelllrent estimates, w. als following
figures: Opening tiny. Chlemro Fair, ism. I J8,9m (weather bad). Areras-e dally attendance for star,
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order to iMCWMfK riB. to., a 7 William street, new kern.
Money
enclose 91 for NEWLIFX on war. Dal
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have to ask for the second order.
Delivered to any part of Omaha, Couacil Bluffs or Ssuth Omaha.
Order n cao from JETTER BREWING CO.
Deuflat Street, Omaha. Telephone IJI
Council Bluffs. Tel. 80.
or HUGO F. I1LZ, IJ24
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World's Fair grounds. Special rates on sale commencing
April 15th. All tickets cast or south allow stopover at St.
Louis during the exposition. Be sure and travel via the
Wabash, which lands you at World's Fair gates, saving de
lay and unnecessary expense. For rates during the spring
and summer, a beautiful World's Fair folder and all in
formation call at
Wabash City Office.
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