TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, AUOUST 7, 1901.
15
TWO PIIOXES AT DES MOINES
Experience of Capital City of Iowa with
Competing Independent Company.
MAKES BIG PROMISES. PERFORMS LITTLE
Original Terms of Fraapblas Hepealed
n4 Obligations to City Com
ptomUfil to Save 111
Hrpotalloa.
DES MOINES, -u.y 20.-(Sreclul Corre
spondence of The keeJ-Telephoiie compe
tition In ts Moines ha brought about
thrse renulta:
First Business "phones at Wi a year and
rexldence 'phonts at $-4 a year for those
who can and ma willing to get along with
u Dartiai service.
Second An additional expense of UG and
. A per year for business and residence
hones. respectively, for those who re
ulre beth systems, for no reduction has
upon made in the rates of the telephone
umpany first In the field.
Thlra Financial loss on Us local business
10 the first company In the field, and flnan
ciul loss, almost bankruptcy, to the com
peting cam any.
The cry against telephone monopoly In
Dps Moines began almost ten years ago.
and the publlo clamor for competition bors
fruit in July, U9S. whan the city council.
at the bo heat ot about TOO citizens who
I ,id each subscribed for one share of stock
In the new enterprise, passed an ordinance
Si-anting a franchise for the construction
snd malnteaance of a telephone system
to tha Mutual Telephone company. This
'i company at tha time was composed of the
-:) citizens woo had been Induced to sub-
rlbe for ona share af stock each on con
Itlon that they would receive the telephone
riflca at rates even less than the very
iw rentals fixed by tha franchise. In fact.
ioach stockholder was entitled to a tele
phone la his place of business for $24 a
year, or ta his residence for $11 a year,
Vfter paying fl5 for his share of stock.
'And this, with tha estimate that 'phones
could be furnished to nonstockholder at
$36 and $24 a year, for business houses and
residences, respectively, was the entire
substance of the financial scheme of the
Mutual Telephone company of Des Moines.
From each of Its 700 stock subscribers It
received $16, making a total capital of
$31, MO for tha construction, equipment and
putting Into operation of a telephone sys
tem In , a city of about lOO.nQO population.
The nominal capital stock of the company
was $90,000, but the actual amount paid la
was only $31,6ni.
Ordinance Passes Council,
The Mutual company's franchise, passed
by the council July 27, ISM, not only pro
vided that the rates should not exceed $36
and $24, for business and residence 'phones
respectively, but promised the city free
telephones for Its municipal offices and a
royalty of t per cent on tha gross earnings
of the company.
After the passage of the franchise ordi
nance, the new telephone exchange was
immediately Installed and was ready for
operation In the fall of 1894. In less than
two years It became necessary for the
company to fund Its floating debt, which
had mounted up to $20,000, Then, five years
later, another bond Issue (this one for
$16,000), became necessary In order to settle
a delinquent tax bill with the county, and
"compromise" a claim for royalty, due the
city. So It was that. In 1903, tha Mutual
plant, valued at $42,000, and with an ex
pense tha year before of mora, than $1,000
In excess of Its receipts, was burdened
with $36,000 of bonded debt carrying t per
cent interest. The figures, as to the value
of the plant and the receipts and, expenses
for 1902, are taken from a statement fur
nished to the executive counoll of Iowa,
and sworn to by officers of the Mutual
company. 1
la Default for Tun, '
On May 11, 1903, County Treasurer Al. W.
Layman, levied on the Mutual Telephone
company far $4,133.66 of delinquent tax as,
and at tha same time, the city was press
ing a claim of something like $12,000 for
delinquent royalties. Aa a matter of faot,
the oompany had never paid a dollar of
taxes ta tha county or a dollar of royalty
to tha city, despite tha fact that its fran
chise expressly provided that the royalty
should be paid on or before the 31st of
December of each year. Furthermore, In
stead of furnishing free tr'1 li'ines to ths
city offices, as required by the franchise
ordinance, tha Mutual company had ren
dered bills to ths city for something over
$2,000 for telephone rentals.
With the county threatening ta sell tha
plant under the hammer, and with . tha
city guessing what w to become of its
royalty claim, the Mutual company was
compelled to admit Ita financial weakness
and beg for help from tha city , govern
ment. It represented, oandldly, that If tha
council would repeal Ita original franchise
ordinance, doing away with the royalty
and burdensome regulations, and then pass
a tw ordinance permitting It to charge
higher rates far 'phones, It eould ga Inta
the money markst and raise tha funds ta
liquidate Its taxea and ta compromise with
tha city en the royalty claim. Otherwise
the money lenders would have nothing to
do with the Mutual Telephone company
stocks or bands.
Compromises Ita Obltaratlone.
Tha city council, knowing that TOO good
cltlsens were directly Interested as stock
holder, accommedated the Mutual com
puny by repealing the regulating ordinance
and pushing ths maximum rates from $36
and 924 np ta $4t and $3$ for business and
residence phenea respectively. On the
strength ef this aaw legislation tha com
pany was enabled, last year, ta (leal: Ita
second bond Issue the one for $16,000 here
tofore referred to. Out ef the prooeeea of
this bend sale the oompany paid its taxes
and aettled -the royalty claim, by paying
the oity $2,000 In cash, and receipting about
$2,000 of bills for rentals af city hall
'phones.
The managers of the Mutual have re-
cently evolved a new flnanclil ihem,
to carry out which they have amended
thnlr articles of Incorporation.'. The new
scheme la to Increase the capital stock of
the company to IliO.OOO, with $'X.ono of
preferred stock, $90,000 of service stock,
snd $300,W of common stock. Fervlce
Is the kind that entitles holders to le
phone service at reduced rates. The new
scheme also contemplates a bond Issue of
I18S.O0. 80 far as your correspondent
could learn, however. Investors have not
been clamoring for any of these new shares
and bonds Des Moines bankers who, for
obvious reasons, do not want their names
mentioned In this connection, say that the
chances for floating a HK,Ono bond l?sue
on a $42,000 plant that la already bonded
for $36,000 are not very promising. .Des
Moines business men are even timid about
taking "service" stock In the Mutual and
for that reason the amended articles of In
corporation of the company state that "all
persons dealing with this corporation shall
deal with it upon the express understand
ing and agreement that no liability exists
or shall ever arise, against any bolder of
stock Issued by this company."
Financial nnlanre Sheet.
Up to date the following sums, have been
Invested In the Mutual Telephone com
pany:
Orlplnsl stock subscriptions $31,
Hond issue of 1MW
Bond Issue of 19U3
Total Investment $b7,600
Only the original stock subscriptions.
and a Dart of the first bond Issue, went
Tor construction and Improvements, so
that the sworn statement ot the officers
that the plant Is valued at $42,479.90 may be
taken as being approximately correct, al
though perhaps a considerable amount
should now be deducted for depreciation
The same poles, wires, instruments and
other equipment Installed In 1496 are still
in use, and much of It Is In use in poor
condition.
The last sworn statement submitted to
the executive council of Iowa by the Mu
tual Telephone company showed the fol
lowing receipts and expenses for. the pre
ceding year:
Gross receipts $3,670.24
Gross expenses 63,tftl.S7
PULL OF TIIE PRINTED PAGE
Publicity 'Work of Executiye Committeea
in a Presidential Campaign.
MANY DOCUMENTS IN MANY TONGUES
Creation and Rnnnlaar of a Vast Bi
ess Organisation for Three
Mentha Work of the
Tress Rnreans. '
si
Deficit for the year $ 1, mi. 13
On May 1 of this year the Mutual claimed
to have 2,473 subscribers. It has not yet
advanced its rates, as permitted to do un
der Its 'new ordinance. It is apparent that
the quality of the service will not warrant
an advance In rates. It Is equally ap
parent that with the present low rates the
company must lose money from year to
year. Unless the company succeeds in
floating its recently proposed bond Issue
of $186,000, the present equipment cannot be
improved, the service will become worse,
and the original ruinous rates cannot be
advanced.
Summary of Des Moines Experience.
In brief, the experience of ths city of
Des Moines with Its second telephone com
pany may be summed up as follows:
FROMISU&
L Lower rates.
2. Better service.
3. " Free telephone to city.
4. Koyalty to city.
RESULTS.
1. Lower rates to users of the single
service and added expense to business
men requiring both systems.
2. Poor service and confusion caused by
existence of two systems.
3. No free 'phones to c)ty.
4. No royalty to city.
The installation of the second telephone
system did not force any reduction in tha
rates of the Iowa Telephone company the
first In the field. In 1896 the maximum
ratea of the Iowa company were $64 for
business 'phones and J36 for residence
'phonea Recently, on account of placing
business 'phones on metallic circuit, and
on account of other Improvements, tha
maximum rate for an Iowa business 'phone
has been Increased to $00 a year. For
party line service the Iowa has rates as
low as $33 and $24 for business and residence
'phones, respectively. The Iowa company's
equipment is superior, and for that rea
son the service is better than that given
by the Mutual. ,
The business men of Des Moines who are
forced, in order to have telephonlo con
nection with their customers, to use both
the Mutual and Iowa 'phones, re gen
erally disgusted with the double system.
One of them said:
"About the only people who are pleased
with tha existence of two exchanges are
those who have the very cheap Mutual
'phones In the residences, but we business
men have to pay for pleasing these peo
ple oecauae we are forced to put the sec
ond system Into our places of business.
and our expense for telephones Is Increased
Just that much. We were told that compe
tition would force the Iowa company to re
duce Its rates so that we would4 be able
to have the two phones for the same
amount we were paying for one, but this
has not happened. The financial history
of the Mutual company demonstrates that
p nones cannot be furnished at Its rates
I. . . 1 .
.iw.oui 10 mi company. 1 am a
stockholder In the Mutual, but I will gladly
tear up my stock If the company will only
get out er Business." H. J. Q,
O. A R. Kienralon o Boston, Mass.,
August Tlth. 12th, ISth. the Rock Island
system will sell excursion tlokets to Boston
and return fer $30.60. Tickets subjeot to
final return limit to September loth under
certain conditions.
Through standard and tourist sleeper
will leave Omsha l.t p. m., August 11th,
via Chlcage, In connection with Lake Shore
and New Terk Central sines. Through
standard berth rate $100; through tourist
berth rate, $4.04.
Tlokets may read going via Chicago and
returning via St. Louis without additional
oest, and diverse routes selected west of
Buffalo. Tickets nay also read via New
York at slight additional coot.
For further particulars eall or writ T. P.
RUTHERFORD. D. P. A., 1323 Farnara
street, Omaha. Neb,
If you have anything to trade, advertise
It in the This for That column la the Bee
Want Ad Pages.
AH La
t
ii J 4? ' 9
.11
Ttssra mn is&ej -thliypa to iHrldi;
njtu)yUls mit tjiMiinth ttiia Jiilrat
xukt)t -Mb not jpmott 3di jroa
tyo" : m nit fa 'tp rwrftol nj
3B;7 r . -4 l '-2i3 -yisemirarroiri
" I t fc " " "i"Kr ate. hw twin pour lit Irrmi
N 1 t a" . AnAnnran
r Ale wen't hd
1 V r" .flliiiae-.Ir I
ts. XanWMh 'tiiumf
up all yeur aniiettta fur
tee cmnmuur Yeur
Muu slllluiie llWe tr. .tt tmtea the
lauriMLfh and inullna the 4blaaV-
Mu.Utwmi aummar iMttHH.
""-w-er.,rf--
(Copyright, 1904, by T. C. McClure )
The publicity work of the executive cam
palgn committee In a presidential year Is
complex, costly and delicate. First-class
political Judgment, good news sense, plenty
of money and practical business ability are
prime requisites if It is to be done effec'
tlvely and well. '
Manufacturing and distributing the dfcu
ments Is a highly Important part of the
executive committee's publicity work. It
Involves the compute organisation, con
duct and final winding up of a business of
from $250,000 to $.vm.onO In three tnonths at
the outside. When the campaign start
late the work Is sometimes all done 1
twelve weeks. One year there was only te
weeks between the starting of the document
mill by one of the big parties and the las
week In October, after which, of course,
there Is little use trying to distribute docu
ments.
That year the management of the docu
ment mill was given over to a very amlabl
gentleman, whose politics were Irreproach
able from the standpoint of his own party,
but who had mighty little practical knowl
edge of printing, the prices of paper or any
Other of the things he ought to have known
about In order to do the work as It should
be done. Also, he owned no printing office.
while, his executive ability was a ncgllsrlbl
quantity, and he had never carried out
big. brisk business operation in his life.
Naturally, he made a mess of It. His
Art order from the committee was for
250.000 copies of a four-page "doc," and
further orders for 2, 4, 9. 16, 24 and S2-page
"docs" came to him with bewildering ra
pldlty. At that time he hardly knew what
the printing facilities of New York City
were, and, the orders from the committee
being all of the hurry-up sort, he placed
them whenever he could, . sometimes wltn
out stopping to ask the price. In a few
cases he forgot even to make memoranda
of the print shops where he left the work,
and In about two weeks, when the commit
tee began to yell for "docs," he was cer
talnlv In a tangle. Just as he was begin
nlng to get straightened out an order for
sro noo eonles of the text book, a volume of
300 or 400 pages, was thrown at him. He
had felt, that he was swamped before, but
that order completely snowed him under,
From that time till the end of the cam
palgn he lived as one in a lone hideous.
complicated dream.
nnngllng Work of Novices.
That same year the shipping bureau of
the party was conducted by another true
blue party man, who, like the campaign
printer, was a novice at the task which
he attempted. In order to handle the
10,000,000 documents a week put out by
the printer, the shipper rented a whole
building and engaged a young army of em
ployes men, women, boys and girls to
bundle and address the documents.
Meanwhile .the printer, finding it Im
possible to get his work done on time at
divers Job offices, was obliged to rent lofts
and put in printing presses of his own, at
ruinous expense. He also had to organize
a big force, under union rules, which of
course were not softened because his was
political work and wanted in a hurry.
When he Anally got under way, a continu
ous stream of heavNy laden trucks was
delivering "docs" the whole twenty-four
hours through every day and Sundays to
the establishment of the shipper, and It
Was only a short time after that before
the shipper was as completely onowed un
der as the printer had been.
A week before the election the shipper
had ten or twelve millions of unshipped
docs" of every shape and else In his
lofts, with the certainty that there was
no possibility of getting them away to
the distant states, for which many of
them were intended, in time fer proper
distribution,
As a last resort, tne snipper conciuaea
to distribute the surplus "docs" In New
Tork and vicinity, and during the last
week of that campaign he had twenty
trucks, each accompanied by two or three
men, handing out leaflets, tracts and book
lets, each containing sound political doc
trine as his party understood It, from door
to door In New Tork, Brooklyn and Jersey
City.
One of the humors of the situation arose
from the circumstance that on lot of
60,000 "docs" printed In Finnish wa par
celed out In a neighborhood where there
were no Finns, while another lot of 75,000
"docs," printed In Hungarian, 'was dumped
out In a section of Brooklyn where prac
tically all the people rad Scandinavian
and nothing else.
Documents la "Cnknovrm Tonajnea."
'This brings up that branch of an ex
ecutive committee' publicity work that has
to reach voters who read only the "un
known tongues," such a Magyar, Russian,
Swedish, Yiddish, Polish and the like, not
to speak of the commoner of the foreign
languages, such aa German, rrencn, bpan
lab. and Italian. These must be reached
both through the medium of "docs" printed
In their various tongues and else through
the newspaper which are published regu
larly for their perusal.
The necessity of organizing a bureau
for this purpose was discovered rather late
In the campaign one year, and It organisa
tion was placed In the hands of a man
who spoke and read Kngllsh only. He be
gan by advertising for expert translators.
When h'e reached his office next day he
was fairly overwhelmed by the long line
of applicant.
There were spectacled Germane wha pro
fessed to know all the Buropeaivlanguages
ever written or spoken well enough te
reproduce In them all any political argu
ment ever devised; there were deeply bru
nette gentlemen and women from every
part of central and aouthern Europe who
mad professions quite as sweeping; there
were tall, ' washed-out blondes of both
sexes from the north of Europe, with
equally strong self-recommendations. Bo
hemians, Slavs, Spaniards, Gauls, Monte
negrins and Poles all Europe and part of
Asia (for three Armenians showed them
selves among ths applicants) were In line
waiting to be hired as translators.
At first the man was utterly st a loss
what to do, but he recovered himself and,
forming them In line, received them In
order. Those who could not speak fair
English he dismissed at once, reasoning
that, no matter, how perfect their knowl
edge of their own tongues, they could not
get along without a thorough knowledge
of English.
Having thus sifted out about a docen
from the sixty or seventy, al told, ho bad
each ta turn read a paragraph from soma
document printed In English and then
make an Impromptu translation Into the
tongue he professed to understand best.
If the Impromptu translation was managed
with BPTSirent confidence and certainty,
the applicant was acoepted. otherwise not.
By 11 o'clock nonn on that day the tranala
lwn of the documents tnto the anknowa
tongues wa weT -under way. (Jetting H
started waa so eaey tnk omrroered te
the V of bavlijg rb matter set ta typo
after translation, but fhat la another story.
Ths aama man located after Iho taamlsm
of sound politics! news and view In vari
ous newspapers printed In some eight or
ten different tongues. F.ach of these pa
per pVofeesed to be quite orthodox fn pol
itics, yet each was 00 pressed for ready
money that It would be necessary for the
committee to do something In a financial
way to help them along before they would
swing Into line. The method adopted, aa It
always Is by both psrtles, wa to purchase
outright a certain number of copies of each
Issue and pay over the monty weekly.
There was, of course, no suspicion that
there would be an effort to evade printing
and distributing all the copies cslled for.
yet the man In charge felt constrained to
put a check upon them by establishing a
corps of Inspectors who should personally
see that the papers were printed and sent
out. Also there had to be a corps of poly
glot proofreaders to look over the proofs
of the matter set up for publication to see
that the sense of It hod not been muddled
or reversed by careless translation.
Work of the Tress BareatiaT
No less Important than either of these
divisions of the committee's publicity work
Is tha local press bureau. Itts one of the
first departments to be organized by the
executive committee, and there 1 gener
ally a scramble among ambitious newspa
per men, with political leanings, to get the
Job of conducting It And, ss at least half
of the national committeemen generally
have a candidate each, there Is often more
or less of a squabble before tho bureau la
got down to a good, solid working basis.
Sometimes this Isn't accomplished until
two or three big breaks have been made
by the bureau; sometimes the breaks have
been serous enough to require complete re
organization. It is a very good thing for a young news
paper man to have a chance at committee
press bureau work, especially when the
party Is successful. The man who ran the
bureau much of the time for the republican
committee twelve years ago made himself
well known to the newspapers of the en
tire country through the thousands of
tetters that were sent to the editors with
his nanie for the signature. He also made
his headship of the bureau a stepping
stone to a degree of prominence In local
politics that led to his election as a mem
ber of tho house of representatives and the
chief editorship of a metropolitan dally.
Four years later a young Journalist who was
fortunate enough to connect himself with
the press bureau made such an Impression
on the big men of the party that he was ap
pointed assistant to one of the most im
portant cabinet ministers.
Another young newspaper man who did
press bureau work at executive headquar
ters pleased so well that the vice president
took him up and made him' his secretary,
from which yost he graduaed In o an lm
porant place In a big corporation.
It would seem desirable that the press
bureau should be so organized as to be In
direct relations with the document depart
ment and all the other branches of pub
licity work done for the executive commit
tee, but it Is not always so, snd occasion
ally this leads to embarrassing differences
between the statements sent out by one
branch and another of tho publicity service-
Division of tho Work.
The work of the press bureau proper Is
divided broadly Into two purta. The local
bureau gathers from the committee and ita
callers all the information It can that seems
likely to put a good front on the situation,
so far as Its own candidate is concerned.
This Information Is given out in the form
of mimeographed typewritten sheets to the
local newspaper men. They call for It at
certain specific hours at 12 o'clock midday,
say, for the afternoon papers, and at 6 or
o'clock In the evening for the morning
papers. The Information furnished by the
press bureau Is notv argumentative, but
strictly Infbrmatory, as a rule, such as
news about the personal movements of the
candidates and other political stars.
Occasionally Important - Interviews by
party leaders are made public through this
channel, though. In such Instances, extra
copies are oftensent privately to the edi
tors ot the strong party organs In order to ;
Insure proper attention from the men who ;
actually direct the papers. So far as the
press bureau Is concerned, newspapers of '
all political faiths are treated exactly alike.
and the Associated Press and other news '
bureaus get the same copy as the papers,
that the news may be sent away by tele
graph. Of course, In these days a local
press bureau Is maintained In Chicago as
well as In New York. Naturally this com
plicate the whole business somewhat,
since sometimes the statements sent out
from the bureau In the east may fall
to "gee" with the statements sent out
from the bureau In the middle west.
Naturally there are always a lot of sec
ond-rate politicians who haunt the press
bureau, carrying Interviews with them
selves, all written out. In their pockets,
which they are glad to turn over to the
head of the press bureau, hoping thereby
to get their names In the papers, and
naturally that press bureau head Is counted
most successful who knows Just how to
draw the line; who knows whose Interview .
to send out broadcast, and whose to suppress.
There wa once a press bureau man
who turned down the statements of an
Important senator from a sovereign state
on the same day that he accepted snd
distributed the specious but worthless
vaporlngs of a political nobody who had
only a smoothly Ironed silk hat, a long,
spotless black frock coat, perfectly creased
trousers, and an exceptionally oily tongue
to recommend him. After that, the chair
man made a rule that either himself or
some member 'of the committee should look
over all the press bureau copy Just before
It was given out to the reporters, though.
Judging from some of the matter sent out
by the press bureaus In 1900, the rule was
not enforced that year.
More carefully watched, perhaps, than
the work done by the local branch of the
press bureau. Is the "copy" sent to the
weekly and other party publications issued
In ths. smaller towns and country villages.
Possibly the greater care taken Is due
only to the fact that there Is more chance
for care, since It Is sent out only once a
week, while the local bureau's copy Is
Issued twloe a day. Seme years this mat
ter ha been sent te the weekly paper In
the form of plates, ready to print, a page
going each weelr to every paper asking
for It, at the committee s expense.
At these price good will go quickly.
Orchard : Wilhelm Carpet So.
BIG REMNANT S7LB IN C71RPET DEPARTMENT
TE HAVE MADE UNUSUAL TKErAftATIONS for this sale in our carpet tlepnrtment
and have gathered together, since inventory, thousands of yards of carpets, linoleums,
mattings, fillings and oil cloths. We must have the room for the new goods and will start
Monday the CfHEATEST BARGAIN-GIVING, remnant clean-up sale this store has ever
had. You cannot afford to miss the opportunity of buying linoleum, matting or carpet.
Linoleums at Half Price
All grades of linoleum from the clienpcst printed
goods to the bout Inlaid, In pieces up to 35 ynrds
each, regular sale price 50c to $1.75, in remnant sale,
price 25c to $1.00.
Ingrain Carpets
At 1-4, 1-3 ami 1-2. The standard makes only (n
cluded in this sale. About 10,0(10 yards up to 50
yards of a pattern, all Ko in this remnant sale,
regular selling price 45c to 60c, Kemnajit sale price
10c to C5c.
Velvet, Oody Brussels
and Axnilueter Carpets. About 5,000 yards of Ex
tra Axmlnster, Wilton Velvet and Body Brussels.
These goods in pieces up to 50 yards in lenp-th.
some have borders to match. Regular price f L25
and $2.00. Remnant saJe price 50c to $LS5. fheso
goods are perfect in every rvspect.
Traveler's Samples
We nave accumulated about 800 traveling men's
samples of Wliton Velvet; Axrnmster and Ingrain
Carpets, These goods are slightly soiled but other
wise In good shape. They sell regularly at 50c to
$2.50 each, Remnant sale price 10c to $1 each.
Oil Cloth at Half Price
We handle only the standard make of oil cloths.
Goods that sell regularly at 30c and 35c in remnant
sale, price 15c a ud 20c
Mattings
At 1-3 to 1-2. This includes all grades of China and
Japanese mattings, some have been slightly dam
aged in transit. These goods sell regularly at 25c
to 50c Tin entire lot, in our remnant salo, 8c to 25c
M atting Samples
About
yards.
Pilling
200 matting samples in lengths from 1 to 8
The entire lot at remnant sale price, each 5c
To go around rugs. We have about 1,000 yards of
fillings in odd lengths, all shades in plain colors,
up to 20 yards of a kind. In this line we bare the
best all wool, cotton chain and cotton filing. Reg
ular price 80c, C5c and 35c. Remnant sale price
55c, S5c and 10c
Miter Mats at Half Price
These mats, or rugs, are made from corners of bor
ders. About 200 in the lot Regular selling price
75c to $2.00 in our remnant sale, each 60c to $1.00.
Sale on Second Floor Commencing- Monday Morning.
Drapery Department.
WRIEST SHOWING in Bonne Femme Curtains in both colors,' white and Arabian, all
JH widths, to fit any window. x
36 In. wide 3 yds T 7 C
long, price each I s
AS in. wide 3 yds TQC
long, price each JJD
63 In. wide 3 yds 4 QC
long, price each nftJJ
Bobblnet at prices that will make ready sellers
' of them.
45 inch wide extra heavy double thread net,
comes in white and ecru, per yard 17Vic.
72 inch wide, extra heavy triple thread net, comes
in white and ecru, per yard 45c.
54 Inch wide, extra heavy triple thread French net,
comes in white and ecru, per yard, 50c.
108 inch wide, extra heavy, triple thread French
net in white and ecru, per yard, $1.00.
Two lots of close outs at prices that will move
them before we close Monday evening.
LOT 1 Odd curtain corners, odd pieces of tap
estry for pillow tops and chair seats, remnants of
- ewiss, sllkollne and cretonne. Odd pieces of lace,
72 la. wide 3 yds C 7 C
long, price each J f J
odd pieces of cord, odd loops, odd pieces fringe, all
at, 5c each.
LOT 2 Lot of odd pairs of lace curtains, 1 and
2 pair lots, goods that sold as high as $T.50 per
pair, all slightly soiled, some hare been used as
samples, 123 pairs in nil and they will go before
noon so don't be disappointed if yon come too late,
at, per pair, $1.50.
Curtain swIss both in colored and white, 20
styles to select from, all 38 Inches wide, washable
and very serviceable, at, per yard, 15c
Portieres, one special lot in stripes and flgnrea,
all 60 inches wide, 3 yards long, per pair, $3.50.
A good window shade, 3 feet wide, 0 feet long;
all colors, for 25c.'
A good extra heavy extension rod, extends from
30 to 54 inches, special, 19c each.
DUR1NQ JULY AND AUGUST WB CL05B AT 1 O'CLOCK SATURDAYS.
Xf ill
al
I
mm
u h,.
A
2 n HI II A
TO
ST.
Sixty Day Tickets
Fifteen Day Tickets
9
Tuesdays and Thursdays, During
August and September.
$15.35
SI3.SO
Everyone should visit this, the greatest Exposition the world has ever known. This Is a
delightful season for viewing the wonderful sights.
Ample hotel and boarding house accommodations for all. REASONABLE BATES.
Bee local agents for further Inforraatlftru
T. F. GODFREY,
Pass, and Ticket Agent,
II. O. TOWrJSEND,
Qenersf Passenger and Ticket A cent,
TOM HUCHEG,
Trav. Passenger Agent.
8T. LOUIS. MO.
Leliigh Vol
1
mad
LABOH AND IftDt'STItr.
Ttia Knla-hts of Labor one so eowarful
still exlat with a msmbsrshlp of about
40.0( Hi
Ths bricklayers hav ona of the strona-ast
nd wealthlaat unions In tha country, num.
bering to.OuO, with &1 locals. :
Shoe workers In Mexloo work from
laven and a half to twelve houra a dav. I
receiving- from 15 cants to $1 a day, Amerl.
oan money.
A very Ursa number of collcre students
are employed as street car canduotors In
Mew lork and In the Mew nglanu cities
on their vacation.
According- to ths statistics of the Inter
slate Commerce commission, the railroads
of the United States in li2 employed
i persoua in all capacities.
It Is estimated that the newspapers and
letters pin throuKh the until, of the
world asgreeate I2,u0.0(iu.u00 pie e. an
nually, and that l.imO.tMO.OuO of them go
through Uncle atom's ualla.
The TJHtw Static Is credited with more
than a third ef the wor d's output of Iron
la 190. The total production, aroarding- to
an KnxlUh authority, was i.VJ'.TX tunn, I
ef whiuta this country iroduae! 14Si,uii 1
tons. I
s-lciit ef Wis largejat window glass fae- !
tonne ta the oounlr will be ptara ta op
eration en tivpleinber 14 by Uk Am-r1r.it
to lndow (Hum company. Ovr (.Due Idie
RiAHawurlKTa will ohiain eoipiojm'nt aa
1 he fl
Hi
Groat Doublo Track
Gconlc Highway to
(leu York, Philadelphia and Atlantic
Coast Resorts.
!) Tfciwh Qosd fer Stsp-OYcr ci .lissra FdU.
For Information ami Ulnsiratsd AeaorlptlTe mattr adreai
timi EASE, Jr., Wasteri tasesgir Apst, 2!3 fork SL, Cilcai 11L,
ir tut. i. LEE. Gn'l Pi:i, Aft, 143 UirtySL, In YtfL
tr r
E3
SEAM! & SEA&LES
Oraarua. Nob.
CRIES rJARAXTEEl
Quiokatr and for
LESS MONEY
taaa ether
SPECIALIST.
eares aUapeotai dlaeaaag
o kuia.y. bkeeikf
aed uleeaaes e( wonts
mouth, UmaTite, iareC hair aa4 yetrewar
(falling eut disappear cemptetely fwreve
farlcasi Vi!u &ttEarti2fi:
Uag. paia ur lues ef time- Neva tail
WuMteei emre fas the eUL
fcYi.k, lariau klu SSsSTtJZ!:
Salnilij. mtj.it senses Uvu. ei vice as4
eueagUt.
TreetmejBt Br van. M years OF BTUO.
r
rxMult . the rwuiipiioii.
nut a drawn eniU Joue ill
It a Kliie-euoata a
1!1
SUIT CASES AND GRIPS
At 20 Per Cent Dlavoount
Not a, lot of odds and ends but our regular stock and
there Is none better to be had Made of the best material by
killed workmen lusting and strong.
Omaha Trunk Factory,
Telephone 1051 130? Faroam
lalLilliMuJUJCKj1111 1
M ei lUl s4 twee; la a
LSI UaLeJLa. be.
7AJ Uytfc?rToUl I
fm B.nerrheta, aieet LeeeerraeM, (eerniater
raise, file er4 II bHhealUiy tieiual OlKfcargM.
NO PIN. NO STAIN.
NO bTNICTURK. rntC &VUNCC.
SWA Sere rnnellf. el I1mu.1
At Drug (Ute, er ml to any 4JrM fur SI.
Matvpoil al0,COtecaeter, P.. U g A.
For Menstrual Suppression r.T.....
jrMJ:i. PUN -TAIN -GOT
U ta rr Storm., at ateCM..u Drue Ce. kUU
' i " taumwue at kuj I kw a. ea
n
