EDITORIAL SECTION.
The Omaha
UNDAY
Bee
PAGES 9 TO 14.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, FEHUUAUY 10, 1905.
SINOLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Wall Paper
GREAT CLEAN-UP SALE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Small. lota of higb-grade goods at
a very low price.
Hoora lots at 13.00, 12.00, IT
11.00, 60c and ... DC
Three tlraes Green Trading Stamps
with Etch Bundle.
THIRD FLOOR.
Mill MMMMMBlliaM
Red Letter Day Will Soon Be Here
GET YOUIJ STAMP BOOKS BEADY. IT'S AN IMPORT
ANT EVENT AND MEANS MUCH TO EVEKY ONE COL
LECTING GBEEN THADING STAMPS.
LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY MEANS A CLEANING UP
OF ALL WINTER STOCKS.
WATCH OUR ADS AND REMEMBER RED LETTER
DAY FALLS ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22nd.
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Furniture, Carpets and Draperies
SPECIAL SALE OF
ODD DRESSERS
Many Money-Saving Opportuni
ties at Thia Sale
flO.OO Golden Oak
Dresser, large bevel
French mirror, at....
Finished
6.95
fl3.75 Golden Oak Dresser, 2
large and 2( small drawers,
neatly carved,
at
9.95
118.00 Golden Oak Dresser, full
swell front, 4 drawers, large
2: 13.95
f29.00 Golden Quartered Oak,
serpentine front, 4 drawers,
fine polish finish, Q
SHAN HOLDERS
500 Fifty Cent Sham .Holders
on sale Monday, , OCJ
at C
Twenty ($2) Grpen Trading Rintnps
with paeli holder.
11.98
Specials ii Carpets
6x9 ft. Double Faced Smyrna
Rugs, warranted fast Q
colors, each JJ3
7-6xlO-G, same as above. yf O
at SJrtJ
9x12 Smyrna Rugs,
at
Fifteen Fatterns all wool In
grain Carpets, worth up to 7fc
yard, all colors and a variety
of patterns to select from, for
Monday, only, '7 p
per yard J m
Now is the season for Door
Mats, 14x24 inch fine
brush Cocoa Mats.... J'
1(5x24 Wire Mats,
at
75c
STOVES! STOVES!!
BIG DISCOUNT ON HEATING STOVES
A Big Saving Proposition to You,
and Winter Is Not Over
25 TO 35 DISCOUNT ON HEATERS
24.00
...8.50
Peninsular Base Burners, $r2.00
to
Soft Coal Heaters. $25.50
to
We carry the Famous Peninsular Range
the only range that has no equal, every one
guaranteed to be perfect, prices 1 . Cfi
up from ..0,D3
Double Green Trading Stamps Monday Only.,
The Book- Section
TABARD INN LIBRARY.
Late Fiction, History and Travel.
Start your membership to this
great library with the latest and
most popular fiction.
"The Clansman," by Dixon
The Masquerader," by Thurston.
"My Lady of the North," by Parriah
"Beverly of Graustark," br MeCutcheon
"The Prodigal Son," by Calne
"The Man on the Box," by MacGrath
"The Pronpector," by Connor
For Lifetime Membership
Monday only. After IP
...a.ss
1.18
Monday price will be
Books Exchanged at
for 5c.
Any Time
Green Trading Stamps
and Special Prices
IN THE CROCKERY SEC
TION MONDAY.
Tlaiu thin Sherbet Cups, rf
dozen ! JU
Thirty ($3) Green Trading Stamps.
Special low prices in Glass Water
Pitchers each, $1.25, 90c, lO
75c, 50c and JQC
Fifty ($5) Green Trading Stamps.
Decorated Tea Cups nnd Saucers,
Johnson Bros.' ware set JJ
of six O DC
Thirty (?3) Green Trading Stumps.
TEN CENT COUNTERS
A splendid assortment of Plates,
Cups and Saucers, Shakers, Banks,
Sauce Dishes, etc. at, lf
each 1UC
Five (50c) Green Trading Stamps.
Pearl Top Chimneys, No. 1 Ifl
or No. 2 at, each IUC
Ten ($1) Green Trading Stamps.
ART ALTERATION SALE
WE MI ST KEDUCE STOCK.
TO AVOID DAMAGE BY MOVING OF PICTI'IIEN. WE WILL
MAKE THIS SALE ONE OF THE BEST EVER KNOWN IN THE
ART TRADE.
FIVE HUNDRED FRAMED PICTURES VALUES UP TO QQ
$5.00 ALL GO AT ONE PRICE JOC
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps With Each Picture.
23 Per Cent Discount on All Framed Pictures Hanging In Our Qallerles.
20 Per Cent Discount on Picture Framing.
20 Per Cent Discount on Pyrograpby Materials Except Our Special
$1.79 Outfit, Which is Net.
THIS SALE CONTINUES UNTIL MARCH 15TH.
Our spring purchases far exceed any of previous years, and the new,
plans we have made for our Art department will make It one of the Art
centers of the west. Notice of opening and further particulars will
follow later. '
NOTE Every piece Is marked in plain figures, and we give you the above
discount off each article. Our up-to-date stocks will speak for themselves.
ABSOLUTELY NEW GOODS.
Bennett's Great Grocery
Special daily inducement to the buyer of table products
in our famous grocery.
HEADQUARTKHS FOR COFFEES.
Four thousand pound-packages OOr
Bennett's Capitol Coffee at....ok
Thirty (t3.C0) Green Trading Stamps.
Twenty (J2.00) Green Trading eor
Stamps with pound tea OCJKt
Twenty ($2.CO) Green Trading Stamps
wltn pound-can Mcnnett b "sAc
Capitol Baking Powder.
DRUGS
PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED RIGHT
Filled as the doctor orders. Filled
perfectly in quality of Ingredients
and make-up. Filled rjulekly filled
inoney-savingly. S. E.C-orner Main
Floor.' -- .- - .
House
cleaning time will soorv be here,
and now Is the time to buy floor wax.
We carry the best-JOHNSON'S.
pound cans . .N . 25c
1 poupd cans..' ...45c
ymiBu'jiHi "f ifJwmiiM'WiiiiiiiiiMiJiBM
Remember we are headquarters for
the famous Jap-A-Lac Floor Stain,
the most durable finish made for
woodwork of all kinds, especially,
recommended for staining floors the
kind that wont come off.
1 pt. cans. 40c
1 qt. cans. 75c
pt. cans. .15c
j pt cans. .25c
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading
Stamps with box House
hold Gold Ilronze "C
Ten (f 1.00) Greeri Trading
Stamps with box Leader IP
Gold Bronze. . .' IOC
Thirty (S3.00) Green Trading Stamps
With Aluminum Coffee 1C0
Maker AOW.
Ten (ll.CO) Green Trading Stamps with
three packages Bennett's T2r
. Ca: it'jl Mincemeat "V
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stnmps
with can Diamond 8. OBp
Fruits
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stamps
witn ten cans solid pack Oil
a.w
Tomatoes.
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading Stumps
with ten cans I. X. L. f nil
a . wvr
Corn.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with eight bars Bennett's On
Bargaln Soap AUV
Great Values on Every Counter in Our
Dry Goods Section
Bargains for Monday.
Dress Goods Supreme Lowest Prices New
est Styles A Big Week of Bargain Giving.
50 pieces New Spring IMvss (Soods
will go on sale Monday. Mohairs in
the new cliivks, dots and spray de
signs, also many other new
weaves, all one price. In this
sale, only, yarn ,
46 Inch French Voile, at.
yard
54 Inch New Fannmas, nt,
yard
54 inch Knglish Tweeds, at,
yard
50c
75c
1.00
1.00
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with two cans I'rescott's IfSc
Stovo Dressing 1W
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with two packages Bennett's Ofi
mvt
Capitol Oats.
Ten ($1) Green Trading Stamps f Cr
with frame Colorado Honey
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps
with sack Pride of Bennett's
Flour I'OU
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps
with pound Muinster Cheese, OOr
very fancy, pound
Bennett's Candy Section.
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps
with George Washington's ffin
Hatchet
Fifteen ($1.60) Green Trading 1(r
Stamps with Jar Candy svrt
FancyBaskets
on sale in our
Woodenware Section.
20 PER" CENT DISCOUNT ON ALL
FANCY BASKETS.
ALL FRESH. NEW GOODS.)
Folding Ironing Table f OS
superior to any other
Seventy ($7) Green Trading Stamps.
6xl2-ft. curtain
stretcher
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps.
A plnln B-ft Step
ladder a.
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps.
95c
5l)c
Good Things to Eat
in the
Delicatessen Section.
TRUFFLED LJVER SAUSAOE
GOOSE LIVER SAUSAGE
SARDELLES
PLAIN LIVER SAUSAGE
MEAT CHEESE. HEAD CHEESE
THURINGER BLOOD SAUSAGE
PRESSED VEAL AND TONGUE.
BRAIN8WEIGER METTWURST
LAND JAEGER.
Double Green Trading Stamps
cn the above Monday.
Black Dress Goods Bargains
44 Inch French Serge, at Cfl
yard DVC
44 inch French Armure, at, CO
yard DJC
44 inch French Melrose, at, ftC
yard ODC
The Bijj Silk. Sale Will Be Con
tinued for Three Days
2,500 yards New Silks for shirt waist
suits will be offered Monday all at
one price per yard, f.O
only FC
5,000 yards flue new Imported Fancy
Silks In two lots Monday, the actual
fclllnj; price of these two lines is
$1.25 ond $1.50, in OC fin
this sale at two priei'O D C" 1. UU
Black Silk Bargains
SO inch Wack Taffeta worth f AH
$1.50, at. yard l.UU
27 Inch Black Taffeta worth 7 C
$1.25, at, yard t DC
Special Sale of White Goods
Flue Sheer India Linons, ) inches
wide, worth up to 25c yard, one big
table 15c. 12VjC, 10c Ol
and OoC
White Lawns, 40 inches wide, worth'
up to 35c yard, at 25c, 1 '
20c, 15c and IsS-C
New Wash Goods
A big table full of New Fancy Mohairs,
and Voile Suitings, In all the f
finest colorings, at 25c and .. . UC
An Extraordinary Sale With
Big Green Trading Stamp Sen
sation at the Big Bargain
Square.
We plilce on sale about 5,000 pieces
All Linen Pillow Shams and Center
Fieces, 32x 32 Hemstitched with drawn
work centers; Linen Side Board and
Commode Scarfs, 50xlS; Hemstitched
and Iriiwnwork Iinmnsk Table Scarfs.
54.js; White F.iubroldered Swiss ril
low Shams, a big lot of Swiss Scarfs
milled and a. lot of Center IMeces.
We divide them in three big lots:
Lot .1. 5c
Five (50c) Urecn Trading Stamps.
Lot 2, 15c
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps.
Lot 3, 59c
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps.
Sole stnrts Monday Morning 8:30
sharp.
Two Big Embroidery Sales Mon
day With Green Trading
Stamp Sensations.
5,000 yards of the finest Embroid
eries, takes In insertions, edges, head
ings, appliques, galloons, the wide
skirt flouncing and corset cover widths,
embroideries worth 20c, 2.V, 35c and
50c yard, divided in two big lots: ,
Lot 1, 12ic
Five (50c) Green Trading Stamps
with every yard.
Lot 2, 19c
Ten (fl.iK'l ireen aruuiiig puiiuiib u
with every yard. H
Be sure and attend this great sale
at our Embroidery Section.
Pretty Suits and Jackets on Spe
cial Sale in Our Cloak Room.
New Wool Suits
A very handsome light weight all wool
broadcloth suit, comes in blues and
blacks, satin lined, leg mutton sleeve,
pleated j.n ket nnd skirt, lfl f A
very new and stylish iTrJw
We are also showing very swell suits
at $24.50, $18.50, $10.50 J2 50
New swell Shirt Waist Suits in silks,
very nobby, they are in pin stripes
ni,i nimi'ka liliiclis nnd colors, very
-newest styles, iew sleeves, pleats and
tucks, an exceptional oner
for Monday
New Covert Jackets
We are certainly carrying T the palm
for new jaunty Covert Coats. See our
satin lined strapped seam, with bolt,
straight front, new sleeve, very styl
ish, and cheap at $iMK f C
Special for Monday OtJD
junno mi
12.50
BEST BUILDING IS CHEAPEST
E&fetji Eoonomj and Permanence Insured
by Fireproof Contruction.
ADVANTAGES DETAILED BY AN EXPER
Appallna Totals f I.oaaes of I.lfe
and Property ly Fire A Sim
ple Hemedjr Swpapera
eul?ct'a Duty..
-While visiting Omaha recently the secre
tary of the International Hoclety of Build
ing CommlSHloners and Inspectors, F. W.
FlUpatrick, commented on the scarcity of
fireproof warehouses In this city and urged
upon property owners conttmplatlng build
ing the vital importance of tlreproof con
struction. Mr. Fltzpatrlck discusses this
subject with great detail in an article pre
pared for the March number of the Fire
proof Magazine, and has favored The Bee
with an advance copy of the paper. In
part, he says:
One of the greatest drawbacks to really
flrst-clasH construction Is the resolutions
anent construction adopted by the Insur
ance people, well-meant regulations, un
doubtedly, but generally mHVunderstood by
even astute buslncsH men. These regula
tions, which, after all. c'trply cover the risk
the insurance people art willing to tuke are
generally believed to be descriptive of the
most perfect bulldlug Ingenuity can devise.
The result la that when you suggest abso
lutely fireproof construction to cities or In
dividuals you ar confronted with the ever
lasting underwriters' regulations which per
mit of this, that and the other thing that
are far from fulfilling the Ideal conditions,
but beyond which people do not feel com
pelled to go. Yet those very regulations
are almost universally accepted as the basic
standard of good construction. A discussion
of the whys and wherefores of all this
would be out of place here, but It may be
stated briefly, however, that if Insurance
regulations were such as to demand the
most perfect form of fireproof construction
tn every particular there would soon be no
occasion for Insurance. Ihilldings that can
not be Injured by fire are not prolific premium-bearer
sv
Wastefulness of Plrea.
Even the average btslness man has
awakened to the necessity for doing some
thing to prevent the terrible ravages of
fire which have swept the country In the
past. He le appalled at the figures show
ing our fire losses, yet there Is that old
conservatism, or let us frankly call it
stupidity, that still enchains him and pre
vents him from unfettering himself abso
lutely from the bondage of, custom and he
only dares venture a little step at a time,
nnd abjectly follows the dictates of the
supposedly allwlse constructors, the In
surance people. Then, too, the fear of ad
ditional expense In bi:ildlng holds him
back. So long as he protects his building
Just a trltle he can obtain Insurance at
what ha deems fair ratea, and he Is too
short-frighted . to go but reully step more
und free himself entirely from the neces
sity of paying tax to the underwriter,
while at the same time securing a per
fectly safe sod profitable Investment. .
I'p to the prtsuiit the American peoplej
have been wasteful, criminally so, In much
they have done. As a nation our lands
and forests have been lavishly misused,
squandered, our mines have been reck
lessly worked, our great natural resources
drawn upon as If they were Inexhaustible,
and only today are we beginning to
awaken to the necessity, of husbanding
tbm for the morrow. So with our build
ings. We have been stupidly trifling with
them, spending great sums In lavish decor
ation. In beautiful embellishment of loose
Jointed, flimsy, deblle, evanld skeletons,
and the result la that our annual ash heap
has assumed stupendous dimensions.
Fires and Fire Protection.
Every one has built as cheaply and as
fllmsily as he dared In the hope' that his
property would escupe fire, and he has
Joined In a gamble with the Insurance
companies on that hypo) nests, forgetting
that losses suffered by others react upon
the entire community, .himself Included,
and enhance the prices of everything to
everyone, even the Insurance for his pro
tection. The way we have been doing Is
much like that of the riotously Inclined
individual who deliberately sets out on a
drunken debauch, but takes a detectlva
along with him for his protection. Of
course he has to pay the detective a good
fee for his services. So do we pay our
insurance protectors a good fee. Obviously
the wiser course in both cases Is to ar
range matters so that we do not need the
protector. Perhaps a few figures, will
illustrate better than words what our fire
debauch costs us; prior to 1904 for a good
many years our losses ran from $170,000,000
down, but in 1004, In these United States
of America, 1)0.000,000 worth of property
went up in smoke. Now, then, assuming
that nearly L'oO,ono,CflO were given back to
the sufferers by their insurance protectors,
these latter companies had meanwhile
taken in something over $500,000,0ii0 In
premiums that year to cover that loss, and
we are assured that though but one dollar cf
every three taken In goes back to the In
sured, there Is still mighty little profit In
the business, and we have also paid out,
Is) during 1(04, something like 1100,000,
000 In the maintenance of fire department
protection. Owners have also lost trem
endously In the way of rents during the
rebuilding process after a fire, but tenants
have had to pay rent elsewhere, therefore
that is not a total loss, as In other cases,
but, nevertheless, on the basis of renU
people having to moVo Into smaller and
makeshift quarters the actual shrinkage
of rental returns for the year must be
something like $40,000,000. Hgure up the
total and note the value of the ash pile.
The Heuirdy.
The cure is simple. Build belter build
ings. "The Insurance companies do not
demand It," suy you, "the reduction in
premiums doesn't warrant it." As time
goes on those who heed this advice will
prove themselves masters of the situation
and the only people who will have satis
factorily solved the problem with profit to
themMtOves. Insurance companies are not
In business for their health alone. While
many look uvon them as more ir lesi
churitablo In their activities. It can be
safely predicated that when there ceased to
bo a profit in the procrns, underwriting
will also cease. As centers of population
become more densly settled and built up,
so. In spite of the expensively maintained
lire departments, tire lones lncrvase, and
the burden of fire taxation is proportion
ately augmented and must be carried by
the gambler, who risks everything, and by
the "conservative" man, who only builds
as well aa the Insurance companies Insists
he shall, share aud share alike. The man
alone who has emancipated himself from
the thralldom of customs and precedents
and built a fireproof building, can snap
his fingers at Insurance. "Fireproof con
struction does not burn and fire-protected
construction cannot be destroyed," nor need
It be Insured. ''
Dest Is Cheapest.
The underwriters, as Individuals, do and
say much -In favor of fireproof construc
tion, but when it comes to actually Insur
ing they offer a man absolutely no advan
tage or inducement to build a perfect build
ing. But to build so, even without the
encouragement of the Insurance people,
does not call for purely altruistic motives
nor even great consideration for the com
mon good. As a cold business proposition
it is the chenpest construction there Is,
the best renting and most profitable in
vestment. This Is addressed to the man
who proposes to build a store for his goods,
or a factory, or a home to dwell in, or an
office building or store as an investment.
To him the atlvlce Is sound, and if he
heeds It there is not only safety for his
Investment, but profit thereon, far more
than he supposes. This Is not addressed
to tlio speculator, who builds for today
In the hope of selling tomorrow, and cares
not a rap what happens the next duy, or
what profit there may be to the man he has
fleeced. There Is .no use giving advice to
the speculator. He will build only as well
as the law compels him to, and he will
seek by every means to evade or defeat
the purpose of the law, at that. As his
class Is a large one, must our laws be se
vere Indeed? To the right-minded they
Inflict no hardship. On the Budenseiks
and men of that Ilk ought they to be severe,
and It Is these rascals we hear lamenting
about the stringency, the "injustice" of
the building laws we are trying to have
enacted throughout the countr
Fires Death Holt
It Is every man's duty to protect his own
life and the Uvea of his family and others
In his care to the utmost of his ability.
Most men are quite willing to perform this
duty, particularly the first part, without
any insistence on the part of the law. Nev
ertheless wise laws are constantly being
enacted looking to the proper protection of
life. Railroads are the source of a great
deal of solicitude on the part of the legis
lators. People hold up their hands in hor
ror at the terrible loss of life there Is In
railway accidents and new regulations and
new devices are being brought forth at fre
quent Intervals for the proper safeguarding
of passer.gera. Yet during the year 19o4 our
American railroads only killed 1(18 more pas
sengers than there were llvts destroyed by
fire, or, to bo more specific, dulng that year
(5,671 people were burned to death!
Real Economy.
From the pecuniary viewpoint fireproof
construction, I contend, is a real economy.
Eliminating the question of Insurance alto
gether, the depreciation of an ordinarily
constructed building, office, store, or other
business house amounts to ut least i per
cent a year, thut Is spurt from the cost
of refurbishing and maintaining the build
ing in presentable appearance, the mater
ials use! tn Its construction' are decreasing
In structural value to that extent. In
houses used for dwelling purposes, apart
ments and so forth, the ratio Is even
greater, amounting to even as much as 3
per cent. These figures represent the
average of all -the materials Incorporated
In the building. The depreciation of the
essentially structural parts of timber is
even greater, It is pretty nearly 4 per cent
per year, while the average lessening of
value of a fireproof structure as a whole
is scant 1-9 of 1 per cent, and the de
preciation of the structural parts, when
once properly built, Is virtually nil. The
constant shinking and "movement" of wood
framing necessitate frequent repair of ex
ferior and interior finish, papering, paint
ing, plasterlr g, etc., even when those parts
of the work would otherwise be perfectly
presentable, undamaged by mere age. In
a fireproof building such things as shrink
age and movement do not occur, I mean
in a properly built fireproof structure. In
ordinary buildings, a thing few people' fig
ure upon, vermin cause quite an addi
tional item of expense. A certain amount
of damage la actually done to the build
ing and its contents. The renting value
of a vermin Infested house or flat, or
store, Is soon appreciably decreased. The
cost of fighting these pests of various
kinds Is a tax and you will perhaps be
surprised to hear that taking a dozen
apartment houBes, here In Washington for
example, the average cost of fighting ver
min amounts to 3-10 of 1 per cent per
annum. Flreprooflng building eliminates
that. Figure up these comparisons and
then riote that a thoroughly fireproof
building, in its first coBt, will rarely exceed
the outlay made for ordinary construction
by more than 10 per cent. In stores and
warehouses that difference Is reduced to 5
and t per cent. In some localities I have
found that there is barely any appreciable
difference in cost, while In at least three
recent cases, to my certain kowledge, bids
taken both ways have developed an ac
tually lower figure for fireproof construc
tion than for wood. Of course there Is
always an element of chance In. taking
bids and there Is wide room for such differ
ences. You will realize that when I tell
you that on a $200,000 building, for Instance,
all contractors figuring on absolutely the
same . basis, there will frequently be as
much as $.'0,000 difference between the
highest and lowest bids.
Now consider the matter of Insurance
premiums, which we have lost sight of for
a while. Add that to the other difference,
and the cost of construction, maintenance,
etc., not giving one thought to the addi
tional comfort nnd peace of mind and sat
isfaction In living or doing business in a
structure that cannot burn, and you will
find that even If the first cost of your
building is 10 per cent more than If built of
ordinary construction, Inside of twelve
years you have an Investment of actually
less money that brings better returns, a
higher and more responsible class of ten
ants, and that Is gord (In the natural order
and sequenre of things, regardless of the
actual stability or life of materials) for at
least twenty years more of highly produc
tive life than you could possibly expect
from a budding of uny other churacter.
Mrerut Kauerleuces.
It la lather distressing that In the cities
of Baltimore, In Omaha, In Sioux City, in
Torrnto, In Minneapolis, the very plac
that have been most recently singed, the re
building is largely upon the old lines of
tinder box construction. One reason is that
people do not know any better, and the next
Is that those who ought to keep them
posted fail In their task. I have a rtport
of one city, an enterprising city of the mid
dle west, where 2,077 permits were taken
out lost year, Involving an outlay of $1,600,
000, and where there were but nine fireproof
buildings erected during that period. Inci
dentally, the fire losses amounted to over
$1,000,000. In another city $15,400,000 were
put Into 2,002 buildings, of which number
twelve (!) wero fireproof. In still another
city, where 4,ti60 permits were taken out for
buildings Involving nearly $8,000,000, but
twenty-two buildings, mostly small ones at
that, were fireproof, and the fire loss was
$1,600,000. I blame the newspapers very
largely for the apathy of the people upon
this subject. If a dog goes mad and bites
a man or two the newspapers clamor for
more ample police protection, the proper
licensing of canines. If not their elimination
from civic privileges, and a host of other
cures und redress. ve measures without end.
After a terrible railroad wreck the tunu
papers clamor for the abolition of grade
crossings, the providing of more perfect
block systems, etc., and after a great
fire they simply clamor for greater water
pressure, a larger fire department with
better apparatus, feeling about, as It were,
for some sort of palliative, or at best a
little Balve to put upon the sore, rather
than striking at the root of the evil and
eradicating it by advocating a preventive.
We have been able to stamp out thor
oughly stamp out smallpox, yellow fever
and a lot of those things which seemed a
few years ago to be the necessary accom
paniment of 'life In certain districts, by
using drastic methods, not to cure the pa
tients so afflicted, but to prevent people
from contracting the loathed disease, wip
ing out the cause of It. If the newspapers
of the country would set themselves as
energetically to this task, advocating fire
proof construction instead of perfected fire
fighting appliances, and insisting upon the
proper legislative enactments, It would be
but a question of months when popular
opinion, so directed and educated, would
place Insurmountable obstacles In the way
of the shysters and speculative builders of
fire traps, and there would be evolved
some method of eliminating the danger
which lies in existing buildings of anti
quated construction.
SPRING BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Omaha 'Jobbers Confident of Fine Trade
and Continued Prosperity.
COUNTRY IN GOOD CONDITION NOW
SMITH TAKES CLARKE BUILDING
Dry Goods Company Leases New
Hooms for Additional Ware
house Facilities.
The M. E. Smith company has leased the
four-story building at 1414 and 1414H Harney
owned by A. W. Clarke of Papllllon. This
new warehouse will take the place of the
four floors formerly occupied by the dry
goods Jobbers as a warehouse in the Mercer
block at Eleventh and Howard streets. The
portion of the Clarke building now leased
as a warehouse was formerly used by the
Midland Glass and Paint company for stor
age purposes. As new sunk arrives to re
place that burned It will be stored In the
Clarke building, but Mr. Smith does not
expect to have much there until next full.
Dr. Watson Is Arqnlted.
NEW IONT'ON. Mo., Feb 18-The Jury
In the rase of Or. T. Jones Watson of Hea
ver, Colo., charged with killing his wife,
today returned a verdict of not guilty.
Splendid Crops and Wood. Prices Place
Everybody In Position to
Buy More and Better
Grades of Goods. "
Omaha Jobbers and manufacturers and
retailers look forward to a very pleasing
spring business. They place their predic
tions for such good business on the bum
per crops of lust year and on the general
prosperity. They took the splendid condi
tion of things last autumn as a very gooi?
lndioation of what would be done In the
spring, and so ordered and laid in large
stocks. They are now ready for anything
that may happen In the busy line.
"I see no reason why we should not
enjoy a very good business," said A. C.
Smith. "Crops mean everything. If the
farmers are prosperous our customers are
prosperous and inuBt have large stocks
of high quality goods. A man Is foolish
who tries to go ifito the future and say
Just whit is going to happen, but I feel
we are all Justified in expecting a first
clase business for Omaha this spring. We
have been enjoying a particularly good
business lately In fancy wash goods, laces,
embroideries, hosiery, shirts and overalls.
The trade this spring will be general In
character when people are prosperous
they buy In every line and do not confine
themselves to necessities, as they do In
poor periods."
All Lines Have Prospered.
C. S. Hayward is another of the big
merchants and where is any who do not
who believes he sees into a handsome fu
ture. "Yes." said Mr. Hayward, "I think you
are entirely Justified In predicting a large
spring business for Omaha houses. We
have had several years of good crops and
other prosperous conditions. The people
who are living In Omaha territory are in a
better condition than they have been In
years. The very cold weather has been a
help In the hoot and shoe business, aa I
think It has been in all clothing lines. The
late fall, while very pleasant, caused much
consternation among the retailers who hd
laid In stocks of heavy winter footwear.
The hard winter weather which we have
had, however, has cleaned up these stocks
and we now have these retailers coming
Into the market for spring buying with
good bank accounts and depleated stocks of
shoes."
Boylag Has Been Good.
The business done so far In the buying
season, which began January 10, also pre
dicts good trade until its close, April 1.
Iiurlng this period the Omaha Jobbers' and
Manufacturers' association has an arrange
ment through the Commercial club whereby
certain rate Inducements are made to out-of-town
customers who buy bills of goods
from Its members. Four spring merchants'
meetings were arranged for in December
and during these four periods mcrchur.'J
will be given a one and one-fifth rate who
come here to Inspect the goods In Omaha's
shop, whether they purchase any of Its
wares or not. The first meeting was from
January IS to 25 and the second beginning
February 8 and closing February 15. These
two meetings brought some merchants to
Omaha who hnd not before made purchases
from Omaha Jobbers. The third meeting Is
from February 22 to March 1, Inclusive,
and the fourth March 8 to 15.
STENOGRAPHERS ARE COSTLY
I'ncle Sam Finds His Salary Not High
Enough to Tempt Many to
the Philippines.
T. M. Morony of St. Paul. Minn., spe
cial examiner of the civil service bureau.
Is In the city superintending the examina
tion of a class of eight applicants for the
position of stenographer nnd typewriter In
the governmental department service and
for aervlro In the Philippines. The exam
ination is a special one and the list of
applicants Is not as large as the depart
ment had hoped for. Twelve applicants
were expetced to take the examination,
but only eight has appeared thus fur. sir.
Morony snld: "While It is true that the
pay at the start Is not as large as that
for stenographers In the general mercan
tile and professional trades, there is a
certain chance for promotion, and we soon
find positions for ellglhles. The govern
ment Is In constant need of good stenogra
phers and first -cIurs men receive, as a rule,
higher compensation than those outside the
public service. Another examination of
this character will be held here In April,
at which time we hope for a much larger
class of applicants,"
POYNTON EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Attorney Who Was Only Mlshlly 111
on Friday Evenlnsr Ules
IlarloK the Night.
George Poynton, an attorney, died rather
suddenly Friday night. He had not been ill
enough to raise any apprehension In the
minds of his friends. Mr. Poynton wus as
sociated with Frank T. Ransom In the
practice of law anil had resided In Omaha
for the last fifteen years. He was a native
of Wisconsin, about 40 years of age end
before coming to Nebraska had lived In
Mlrhlgsn most of hlB life. He was ad
mitted to the bar in Detroit and shortly
after came to Omaha. He has relatives
living In Wisconsin and arrangements for
the funeral have been held In abeyance to
await word from them.
Mortality Nlatlsllcs.
The following births and deaths hav
been reported to the Bonrd of Health dur
ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon
Hatuiduy:
Births Kd Roellnnan, 3113 Burt, boy;
Bert Boone, 21el Fowler avenue, boy; Wil
liam F. Wendhauseii, 7-4 South Hlxteentn,
girl; Israel (liitman, I "7 North Twelfth,
boy; Cluus J.uethJe, f.lit Wirt, girl.
Keatbs- Infant Perry, 4n3 Bancroft, !!1
days; l iirrnili l l.i Eileen Htunli y, lino North.
Elghtei hi ti, !( month; Henry Holmes,
county hoKplt.il. iM; Andrew M. Meneley,
MZ'l Jim knoii, V month; Mrs. C. Bui kniHii,
4JU I'uppli'liiii avenue, 70; Viola Burnett, -illj
North Twenty-seventh, It!.
I no Men III llrcliratra.
Auditorium, ilnlj 7 Musicians' ball.