Aninirt 13, 1005.
THE OMAn A ILLUSTRATED DEE.
Omaha's
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IN THE
OT Ion ftRo Chairman F. W. Jua-
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on of the executive committee cf
the Commercial club was In Min
neapolis, where he formerly lived.
Ho heard much complimentary
comment on Omaha and on the club.
"Omaha Is coming right ahead, I hear."
aid one man. "You are doing a big Job
bing business down there now and your
city Is rapidly growing. I understand more
I'MuuLin ia gimiB in wiun in iwpniy yearn.
We hear about your Commercial club and
what It Is doing quite frequently here now,
and understand that you are an enthusi
astic, bunch." '
Co-oporatlon is the watchword of the
club and the secret of Its success. "Get
the Omaha religion." Is Its motto. When
ever a proposition arises Involving the In
terests of th city, the membership of 900
men stands together on It. Their work, too.
Is pushed with the real which characterizes
devotees of the "Omaha religion."
In direct contrast to the brightness of
present conditions, history writes the fact
that a year ago the club had only betwoen
300 and 400 members. The club was deeply
In debt and was going deeper ever day.
The restaurant was not paying for Itself.
It Is not to be denied that the organization
was a benefit to the city, but its history
of the last year hns been so much more
brilliant that other years are not to be
compared In any way.
Xeir nirth of the C'lnb.
The spirit of rejuvenation Infused Itself
Into thit lendlnsr mlnria of the clnh lnst sunn
mer. They started a movement for an In
creased membership, an Improvement of
the club quarters, and secured as commis
sioner E. J. MeVnnn, a man experienced
In the railroad business and Informed In
every phase of the rate situation.' Mr. Mo
Vann entered upon the administration of
Ms offtoe with a vigor which since has been
largely responsible for the commercial vic
tories of the organization. A campaign
for membership was started In which there
was great rivalry between members of the
club to see which could get the largest
number of recruits. All through the winter
the list Increased until at the beginning of
the last week In January It contained 6S7
names. With this number of members It
was proposed to suspend the free list, for
those who came In during the campaign
did so without Initiation fees, and to charge
a 125 membership fee. With this Incentive
to get Into the fold at once, 109 names were
added to the list In the last week of Jan
uary and the free list was suspended. The
present membership is about 900. All are
paid up at d very much alive. At the elec
tion In Jf.nuary W. S. Wright was elected
president of the club and F. W. Jurtsnn
was latT made chairman of the executlv
committee.
The restaurant Is now paying for Itself
and making money besides. Most of the
old debts have been paid off, together with
the greater part of obligation Incurred
by Improvement of the quarters. It Is ex
pected that the club will be entirely out or
debt by January 1, 1906.
Flttlna; the New Rooms.
An Important Improvement of the winter
was the entire refurnishing of the club
rooms on the fifth floor of the Board of
Trade building. At the expense of between
$5,000 and 18,000 the rooms were thoroughly
renovated and furnished with new carpets
and furniture. The rooms are such that
any city might be proud of them. The
north room, used for reception purposes
and smoking room. Is finished with Flemish
furnishings, relieved by a green color
scheme. The next room south, the women's
dining room, is furnished with weathered
oak furniture, art glass and two fine
mantles. The other rooms are fitted up In
a splendid manner. Especially Is the big
dining room a sight pleasing to the eye.
The cpmpletlon of the new home was fit
tingly celebrated on the evening of Jan
Curious and Romantic Cap2rs of Cjpid
Kidnaped After Weddlnc.
u a I VY a iunv.1? of Ktnnrt.
Me., ia waiting impatiently for the
v v I ., nn. nf v.s bachelor friends
to be married that he may re
taliate for tha treatment he
received at his own wedding. At his
wedding reception he was kidnaped, hand
cuffed, ridden through town, imprisoned In
two watermelon crates nnd was liberally
wet down, and covered with paste en route.
When he was finally released his dress
clothes were a mess of flour paste.
Alexander has been a leader In a set of
practical Jokers, who made life unhappy
for any bridegroom of their crowd. While
the reception was In progress at the home
of the bride's parents the conspirators
hustled Alexander suddenly to the kitchen,
gagged him, handcuffed him and tied his
feet. Then they boxed him up In the water
melon crates and put htm In a dump cart.
The cart was driven all over town and
flour, rice and water were thrown on him.
Sot1 Weddiaar March.
In Jasper county. Mo., last week, a bride
marched to the altar to the tune of "In the
Shad of the Old Apple Tree," played on
an accordion by her uncle. Her future life
may be Just as liberally sprinkled with tha
roxeate brand of connubial bliss as if sha
had glided down the aisle of a great church
to the notes of Mendelssohn's wedding
march played by a high-salaried organist.
Klrrtrlrlty Aid' In Elopement.
Hts knowledge of electricity enabled
Joseph Hulburt Jr.. aged C. to carry off
successfully his elopement with lS-year-old
Ethel Upperman of Sharpaburg. Pa. Hul
burt Is employed in the electric light plant
or
Wis
. aai
of the borough of Etna, which supplies
Uiarpburg with light. When all was
dy for the elopement Hulburt moved
a lever and cut off all the lights In tha
vicinity of his sweetheart', home. This wa.
the signal for the girl, who raised a window
and leaped Into her sweetheart's arms aa
soon a. te appeared. Tba father waa
Rejuvenated Commercial Club and Its
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BIL.LIARD ROOM.
uary 15, when about 300 members met to
confrratulnte each other on the growth of
the new spirit In the club.
CI n h Tonkins; Is Appreciated.
Jant:ary 17 the new culinary department
was opened by Steward E. B. Pryor, an
able manager, for eighteen years In the
service of the Omaha club. From that time
the restaurant has been open for the noon
and evenings meals, up to the summer sea
tun, during which only lunch Is servod. Be
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Part Played by Railroads in Development of Cuba
(Copyright. 1906, by Frank O. Carpenter.
ANTA CIjARA, Cuba, Aug. 10.
JL I (Special Correspondence of The
I Bee.) Within the last few weeks
fVySl I have traveled over the most of
i i Tr Cuba bv rail. It Is now Dosslble
to go from one end of the Island to the
other, and branch lines are planned for
the east and west which will eventually
make every part of the country accessible
by train. There are already more than
1.600 miles of trunk lines, and of these
more than one-third have been built since
the war. The Cuba railroad, owned by
American and Canadian capitalists, headed
by Sir William Van Home, completed Its
main line In 1902 and the trains are now
running on the branch which joins that
with tho new port of Antllla, on the Bay
of Nlpe. The Cuba road has now 450 miles
of track and It has thrown about 70 per
cent of the whole island open to settle
ment. I shall write fully concerning It
later on.
Good Jtallroad Properties.
The older rallroaas of Cut are well es
tablished, and they now have large earn
ings. Tholr stock Is far above par and Is
growing In value every day. There had
been about $63,000,000 Invested In such roads
up to '1898, and they were then making
net earnings of more than 12,000,000 per
annum. The roads have been Improved
since then and nearly all have made ex
tensions. Cuba is one of the oldest railroad coun
tries on our hemisphere. It had railways
before any oC'er country of Spanish Amer
ica, and as far back as the days of Jack
son's presidency a concession was granted
for a railroad from Nuevltas on the north
coast of Camaguey, a distance of forty
five miles. This road is still In existence
and It has a large trafflo.
The Western railway of Havana runs
from that city for a distance of 200 mites
down into the province of Plnar del Rio,
reaching the famous tobacco fields. It Is
well built, well equipped and makes good
time. It has first and third-class cars and
does a good business In both passengers
and freight. The through rates are about
I cents a mile first-class and half that for
third-class.
Tho United Railway company extends
from Havana eastward through the prov
inces of Havana and Matanzas, with
branch lines covering tha whole of Havana,
Including Bataban, the sponge Ashing cen
ter and fort on the south. This road has
265 miles of track. It Is well built and one
of the best managed on tha Island. It is
connected with the Cuba road by the Cuban
Central railway, which runs from Jovel
lanos to Santa Clara, thus completing with
the United Railway the trunk line from
Santiago to Havana. The Cuban Central
railway is rough to an extreme and Is In
bad condition, although It goes through one
of the richest parts of the Island and has
a large traffic. In addition to these there
are branch lines, which are more or less
under the control of the main lines, and
also tha plantation railroads, about ona
awakened, but the darkness wa. so intense
h. could see nothing. The two took a train
to Jamestown. N. Y.. and were married.
They came back In the afternoon, and the
young Mrs. Hulburt Is trying to fix up
peace terms with her angry father.
nrlde" RIds to Chlraao Girl.
Calvin O. Sanders, who undertook to find
a wife by burying three caskets of Jewelry
In the sand on the beach at South Haven,
Mich., has succeeded. In part, at least. In
the crowd which came over on the Chi
cago boat Sunday were about 1D0 employes
of a Chicago store, and upon learning of the
burled treasures the crowd flocked to the
beach and began the search. Miss Lldla
Crowe, who is manager of the linen depart
ment ln the store, was the finder. The box
contained the lucky ring, a beautiful dia
mond, the finder of which Sanders says he
will marry. The ring was enclosed ln an
envelope, upon which were written the
words, "To the future Mrs. Banders."
With the ring was a handsome gold watch
and a gold nugget. Miss Crowe returned
to Chicago without seeing Sanders.
Girl Xot to Ut Danated.
Miss Ethel Stewart, a prominent society
girl of Beaver, Pa., who is Just 20 years
old, has finally succeeded ln eloping, and
he did it in tha good old romantic way,
by descending from her ord room winodw,
ln tha middle of tha night, by a ladder
vThich had been provided by her lover.
Miss Stewart is the daughter of James W.
Stewart, the brick manufacturer, and ona
of the wealthiest men In the Beaver valley.
The man whom she has Just married Is
Charles Patterson, night telegraph operator
at the Cleveland littiburg station at
Beaver.
About a year ago Mis. Stewart attempted
to elope with another man, but her father
discovered her intentions and brought her
back before tha pair were married. Sha is
considered .oua of taa prettiest girls In
town.
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tween 133 and 130 men eat st the club every
day at noon. It Is thus made the center ef
social Intercourse between the members of
the club, and In fact Is the only place In
which all can come In contact each day.
The merchants bring their country custo
mers to the clubrooms for lunch and they
are made to feel at home. Visitors from
other cities are Invited to lunch by the
members and they invariably go away ex
pressing admiration at the way In which
things are conducted. This restaurant Is
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muunauu Illlica ill iciigiu, " n in. j,
am told, cost over JU.OOO.CCO. . .
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Railroad Travel In Cuba.
All the railroads, with the exception of
the Cuba road, are owned by British,
Cubans and Spaniards, the British having
by far the largest holdings. The cars are
on the American plan, with seats facing
the front and aisles running through the
middle. They are usually comfortable,
and especially so on the trunk line from
Havana to Santiago. The United Railway
company has parlor cars, with wicker
swivel back chairs, which are especially
adapted to this climate, and the sleepers,
which carry you from the east to the west
In about twenty-four hours, are made In
tha United States after a Pullmi n pat-
tern, but higher and with lower scats than
our sleeping cars. Indeed, one can now
travel comfortably all over Cuba. I came
from Havana to Jovellanos In a chair car,
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several times ridden over the Cuba road
with ladles In my party quite as comforta
bly as upon any railroad at home.
The porters and conductors of the "sleep
ing cars are yellow faced Cubans, who
speak broken English. The conductors on
the main lines are Cubans, and there are
"rra,oa ln "" ot K? ""en.
who work the train with papers and novels
ln Spanish and English. Smoking goes on
ln all the cars, and after our breakfast at
Matanzas I noticed that the newsboy puffed
a huge cigar as he showed his wares to
the passengers.
So far there are no dining cars. From
twenty to thirty minutes are allowed at the
stations for meals, which cost from 50 to
75 cents. There are also lunch counters,
and at nearly every stoppage peddlers
bring fruit and eatables to the car win
dows. How the r'nh. Hand Wf n.m
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vii .no iDianu, auu ii win rvf niuuuy oe one
Of the best railroad properties of this part
of the world. It runs right along the back
bone of Cuba, extending from Santa Clara,
which Is west of the center of Cuba, east
ward to Santiago, opening up a country
which heretofore has been acesslble only
from the coasts. This is the widest Dart
of Cuba, and It has some of the richest soil
and best material resources. The trunk line
Is 854 mile. long, but, with the branche..
there are altogether about 100 miles more
of track, and the system will be extended
until it encloses eastern Cuba like a net.
The Cuba road Is one of the wonders of
modern railroad building. Its main line was
constructed within less than two years, and
that without a government concession,
without a right-of-way and without the
asking a dollar from the public. It was
planned, financed and built by Sir Vllltam
Van Home who had completed the con-
truction of the Canadian Pacific, and.
Alexander like, waa looking about for other
wonaa to conquer. lie had come to Cuba
Just after the war on his way to British
Dulana, where he had Interests In gold
mines, and the railroad people here had
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.ocu nun oer neir siieins in a special ago. lie did tM-. and waa then on y blocked their way to and from Jamaica,
car. Sir William never travels without a where tha route crossed the public roads. The Nlpe bay harbor will have all mod
map. He la a shrewd observer, and as he and he could have the right-of-way only ern conveniences for handling freight. At
rode about over the central and western by conaent of the government. He knew, Havana everything la loaded and unloaded
provlncea he aaw tha potential wealth of however, that the people wanted the road. In llghtera. The Cuba company will trans
the Island. He realized the profits that tha officials wanted It, and our government fer Its freight from the cars direct to tha
could ba made ln sugar, tobacco and fruits, wanted It, and also that no ona was likely steamers, and It mill have such loading
and was impressed with the fertility of the to object to what every one wanted, and and unloading facilities that.lt will pay
aoli. Ln looking at tba map ba aaw that that sa oould tharafora build aoroaa tba vassal, to ga there rather than to Havana
BMOKINQ AND LOUNQINO BOOM.
doing much better than to pay for Itself, a
thing unusual with restaurants In clubs of
this kind, which always afford high-grade
meals.
The billiard room, buffet and cigar stand
are also paying Investments. The billiard
room, with four tables, Is found much too
small for the number of men who wish
to play, especially at the noon hour.
Bom of the Recent Victories. -
One of the most Important works of the
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PICNIC PARTY WAITING FOR TRAIN AT CUABITAS, CUBA
vn.tnthi of Puhn. seemed to he unde-
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veloped, and that its whole eastern half
naa no great . ra.urui.iu uiiu yiatin;nu
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farms. He asked as to the character of the
land and was told it was fully as good as
that of western Cuba but that It was ln&c-
ceLlble aUnough T a number of r" roads
had been planned In the rast and the Span-
naa Deen planned in uie past, ana tne tspan
ish government had once offered to guaran-
tee 8 per cent dividends on the cost of con-
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bii uviiuii a. , ki uiiby lino "no iUllli '
The more Sir William Investigated the and wel1
subject the more he became convinced that This is, however, only the first stage In
uen a road would be of vast good to Cuba
and tbat it would eventually be a profitable
undertaking. He did not come to this con-
elusion until he hud sent Ills engineers over
the "ae on horseback and had traveled over
te most of it himself on horseback and in
wagons.
(talck Financiering.
AS soon aa ha dec dud. hnomr that It
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days. He wanted big men. and rich men;
men who would not expect Immediate re
sults, and men who could afford to lose
their money if things went the wrong way.
He started out to get over 17.000.000 in
t&A.OOO-shares, and picked out eighteen men
0f whom he expected to ask 400.000 each to
begin with. These men were among the
,eadlng capitalists of tha United States.
They were men accustomed to dealing ln
large sums, and it took but few words to
get their subscriptions. Among them wero
E. H. Harrlman, James J. Hill, Granville
M. Dodge, and others. Sir William had
only to point out that here was one of the
richest of all countries, lying ln the front
dooryard of the world, with millions of
acres of undeveloped lands, surpassing all
others ln their ability to raise sugar, to
bacco and other money crops. He showed
them that similar Inn,!. in ii...u i
as high as WOO per acre pay an Interest on
the Investment, and that these undeveloped
the Investment, and that these undeveloped
lard can gotton from ,j t0 a) acre
and that by the thousands of acres. The
map spoke for Itself, and there waa no
trouble ln getting the subscriptions. This
was five years ago. Since then almost
twice that amount has been spent, but
the trunk line of the road has been com
pleted, a great harbor opened up on the
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if. B ' o i anu i" -1 ij in v unu, life 1. 1 iimum-
tions and other enterprise, begun, and a
system of development originated which In
time will probably be of great profit to the
Investors,
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Bolldlna; Kew Railroads la Cabs.
The building of the Cuba road waa a won
der. The American syndicate had no right-of-way.
Cuba was then in charge of the
United States, and the Foraker amendment
loruaue mai ny concession De granieo our-
lng the military occupation. Sir William
Van Home had the Spanish railroad lawa
translated, ln the hope of finding a loop-
hole In them that would enable lm to go
ahead, but there waa none. He then fell
back on the common right of every man
to build upon his own land, and decided to
buy the lands on which the railroad wa. to
go, from the center of the Island to Santl-
club was Its action In using Its concen
trated Influence to secure Omaha's direct
connection with the Great Northern cut
off which Is to be built from Ashland to
Sioux City. The futility was early recog
nled of trying to dissuade James J. Hill
from his purpose of building from Sioux
City to Ashland and of trying to Induce
him to build from Sioux City to Omaha.
But the club began to exert Itself to se
cure the next best thing, the building of
a branch from Omaha to Intercept the
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RAILROAD.
public roads without a concession.
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did this, and no one has objected.
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n un( i , fx omv that tliov aro aa croou
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labor as can be nyhere. " took
some ume lur mo iiuuvpb iu icam v kuhuiw
the pick and shovel, but after that they
worked rapidly and conscientiously, clear-
-sts and laving tl e track sSome
m tne torcsts anu laying me iraisa. oumo
Spaniards also were imported from north-
ern Snaln. and the work was done quickly
tne development or tne emcrpr. ma
Cuba company, which Is the name of the
syndicate owning the road, has several
hundred thousand acres of land and It will
buy more. It la already clearing the forests
and laying out great sugar plantations.
There is at one Jatibonlco, Detween fcajua
Clara and Cieeo de Avlla. where in the
neighborhood of three thousand acres have
already been cleared and a mill, grinding a
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or ten thousand neoDle when it and the
p an ZlTZZLS w?thWlt In ,n operi!
tion Similar mills will be built by the
CuSa comply and other syndfea e. aM he
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bay. and It Is believed that one hundred
mUl. could b. profitably established. Each
.uch mill should be worth to the railroad
min couM b' Profltabl5r established. Each
about 1250.000 a year In gross traffic receipts
so that the po.lbi!ltics are enormous. There
are already five sugar mills owned by pri
vate companies along the road and the
Cuba company has, I understand, agreed to
build a mill for an American corporation
which recently bought about 25,000 acre, of
land not far from Ignaclo.
As I have said, the road runs along the
backbone of the Island. The richest soil
lies In the valleys and It Is the Intention of
the company to build branch lines down the
vaueja uu uions "y u m.i in-
wtU be fea by ,nese llnP9' maklnR ,np y,
tPm look llk" ,h,e ve'n" fc a '""j
extensions are planned to Santa Cruz and
Bayamo on the south, the latter reaching
the main line at San Luis not far from
Santiago.
Cuba's New Port.
One of the most Important parts of the
Cuba road is that which was opened this
year to Antllla on Nlpe hay. This bay is
large enough to hold the harbrs of San
tiago, Mutanzas, Havana and every other
good hartor in Cuba and leave room to
spare. In a great part of it the water 1.
over 20rt feet deep, with a depth great
enough for big steamers close to the shore.
Wharves have already been built at An
tllla and the Ward steamship company has
contracted to put on regular steamers from
it to New York. The ships will b of from
S.OftO to 6.X) tons and will make the trip
ln two and ,me-half days. Through rates
from New York to Havana, via Antllla and
the Cuba railroad, will be sold at the same
rate as to Havana direct and It is probable
that a large part of the tourist travel will
come or return home this way. Arrange-
nienta have been made with the ship.
nin frnm v.w Ynrw m .i.mir. tn .t
Santiago or Antllla and passengers will be
able to go through this pa.-t of Cuba on
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Present
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GLIMPSE OF THB CIKINO
Ashland eut-off. Everybody stood together
on the club's demands of the Great North
ern and Burlington. As a result Freight
Trnfflc Manager Crosby of the Burlington,
representing also the Great Northern In
the matter, came before the club In Omaha
and promised the things the club asked.
These were the building of the branch and
the assurance that the Burlington would
not disturb existing freight rates. As
things look now, Omaha will be In the dl
reot line from Kansas City to Minneapolis
or any other port for that reason alone.
Indeed, It Is expected that Nlpe bay will
within a short time be the chief port at
the eastern end for the Island and that It
will seriously injure the trade of Santiago.
In the Dm'knnodi of fobs.
I wish I could nhow you the backwoods
of Cuba which have been opened up by this
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train takes you for miles through a rich
farming country with sugur mills, tobacco
fields and pastures on each side of the
track.
Farther on the road enters the woods and
you ride for miles through a tangled Jungle
of great trees loaded with orchids and
bound together with vines. There are ma
hogany, cedar, lignum vltae, palms and
tropical trees. Here they are cutting the
forests and there is a sawmill where the
logs aro being trimmed up for shipment.
The mahogany lies on the ground in great
piles with cords of ties stacked up be
side It.
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Your next sight is a clearing where tha Among those which have been held In tha
forest has been cut and burned over. There last twelve months are: Tha Nebrask
are stumps as high as your waist, halt- state Teachers' association, the Retail Im
burned logs He on the ground, but through- plemcnt Dealers' association, the Nebraska
out the whole clearing the rows of sugar Retail Hardware Dealers' association and.
cane are sprouting, and nearby are patches the Burlington Association of Operating
of bananas which have grown up and al- Officers. Two yet to be held are the midmost-
hidden the stumps. No plowing is lng of the Brotherhood of America and that
needed In such land. The cane is put In a of the Central Shorthorn Breeders' asso
hole in the earth, the bananas set out, and elation.
all grow without cultivation. a record has been started of all valuable
Every now and then you jass a new town property, improved and unimproved. A
site with real estate signs stating that five basis has been laid for a record of the es
lots will be given free to the first settler ,entlal facts pertaining to the life, growth,
who will build houses satisfactory to tha health and business affairs of the city. Tha
company. As a rule a half dozen thatched Club Is actively Interested In Inducing cap-
bulldlngs and the depot constitute the set- jtai to locate new enterprises In Omaha,
tlemertt, and so far the pioneers have not one of the problems before the club la
yet arrived. how to get the railroads to give better pas-
There are many places along the road
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wnero ine irreo nuvn uuen rui nnu ma mo
,tarted. so that you ride through a blazing
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rough pastures fenced in with wire with
guinea grass growing around the stumps
and fat cattle feeding upon It. About
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Camaguay a vast extent of the country
has long been cleared for nature, and
farther on I saw many new clearings on
both sides of the road.
Camaguey Is the headquarters of the Cuba
railroad. It Is a city of 35,000 people, which
has until now been acceslble by railroad
only from Neuvltaa. It is here that tho
chief offices of the Cuba company are,
and here also Is the Camaguey hotel, about
the best on the Island, which was built by
Sir Wlllam Van Horn.
ul" rartner easiwara me u . .
many mile, through the wood., with scat-
Rolns farther eastward the road runs for
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cTZ sbouT mls fromTnUa.o"it
there that the branch goes off to Nlpe
bay. which is. I Judge, twenty-flva or thirty
miles distant. The Nlpe road Is also
through the wilds, but the land has been
cleared Cose to the water, and It Is now
growing suBnr cane.
bananas, and I. already shipping fruit to
New York. FRANK O. CARPENTER.
Some Quaint Features of Current Life
The Lost Decoy. list In connection with the Pari. mld-lnt
E. PUERMEYER, the president celebrations. Bhe was chosen by the com-
of the National Amateur Skating mlttee of electors to represent Italian
association, was describing a ban- beauty In Paris, and she consented to go on
quet that he had once attended condition that her expenses were paid. (
In New York. She went, saw, conquered, and wa. duly
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'1 found thl. banquet Interesting," he
said, "and 1 was one of the last to leave,
in the cloakroom, as I was puttlna on my
hat and coat. I couldn't help noticing the
woe-begone look on tho attendant's face,
The poor fellow appeared won led and sad,
and every little while he sighed and mut
tered to himself.
" You seem disconsolate, friend,' I said.
" 'I am disconsolate, sir," said the at
tendant. " 'What Is the trouble?' said I. 'Haven't
the guests tipped you well tonight?'
"The attendant answered in an excited
voice:
" 'It's not only, sir, that they haven't
tipped me, but they've taken the quarter
that I put in the tray for a decoy,' "Buf
falo Enquirer.
Result of slight Accident.
James Moss, a lt-year-old son of Dr.
Woodson Muss, a meintwr of the faculty
of the Missouri university medical school.
is at tne point or ueatn from a wound
so slight as to make the case remarkable.
While bathing In a creek near Columbia
with a party of companions, young Moss
called to one of them to throw him a
towel. The boy put a small pebble In It
and tossed It to Moss. Tha pebble struck
tha young man In the head. He fell sense-
"nd WRs saved from drowning with
difficulty. Brain fever Immediately de
veloped and there 1. little hope of hla re
covery. Queen of Queen. In Court.
, The novel apectacle of a queen, or rather
a queen of queena In a law
court, I. preaented at Milan, Italy.
Slgnoiina
by proxy
Maria Null! Is suing
for payment cf bar dvll
Activities
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over the Burlington and Great Northern
rates will not be Interfered with and the
grain trade of the city will not suffer.
During the legislative session of last win
ter many subjects of Interest to Omaha,
had to bo handled by the club. The one
Involving the greatest consideration on the
part of the. club and tho most work on
the part of Commissioner McVann was tha
defeat of the double shift firemen's bill,
which affected only Omaha.
Another work of the club was the ad
vocacy befora the city council of the va
cation by the city of a portion of Thir
teenth street, where the Independent Ele
vator company wished to erect Its plant.
The movement w-as strongly opposed by
the Burlington and Union Pacific railroads.
Tho street was vacated and the elevator
has been built.
The year ending July 1 has seen a great
many changes In railroad rates In thta
territory, nearly all of them of advantage
to Omaha. Among the readjustments dua
to the efforts of the Commercial club wera
rntcs on steam coal, stucco, rice, beer,
cement, lime, sulphur dip and stock foods.
The club co-operated with the American
Shippers' association In knocking out tha
obnoxious uniform bill of lading. .Com
missioner McVann worked with a special
commissioner appointed to defend Omaha'
. . . .
Iowa rates against a threatened advance.
and succeeded not only In averting It,
but in having established a basis that will
be very hard to attack in future. At tha
last meeting of the western classification
committee the club succeeded in knocking
out the proposed hardware rating list, as
favored by the Steel trust, much to tha
advantage of Omaha's hardware Jobbers.
Conventions and Other ReneOta.
Through the medium of the Commercial
club the meetings of several large organi
sations has been secured for tha city.
senger and freight service to tha city. Tho
. . . t
cny is bo tmuuicu, miuwuy uniween wm-
cago and Denver, that most through train.
morning
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or Ute In the evening. More local train
service Is needed.
The trade excursions this year have been
, .w- ......
more successful than In former ears.
More men took advantage of the excursion.
and a better feeling was found to exist
at tha towns along the line. Usually two
excursions are made, but this year there
have been two already and another I.
planned. There Is no question but that
these excursions bring material results, for
tho Jobbers say that they notice the efTect
In their trade. After one of the recent trip,
one of the dry goods Jobbers said he sold
bills for goods to two men who always be-
fore had gone to St. Joseph. They hw
v. '
been favorably Imprd w h t". h.
.t..
midOrnaha Ihe purchase Vthelr
coods.
Large r q ua rte " - ' "- g
club, and It Is probable the club will be
ready to move long before It. present leas.
expires, n'0
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floor of one of the new bu ding, to b.
erected on South Sixteenth .treet.
crowned queen of all the queen, there. Ene
was the recipient ot many ovations on re-
turning, nut wnen sne seni in ntr mn ui .-
penses amounting to 5.000 the committea
pulled long face..
Thereupon her majesty entered suit
against her parliament, otherwise her elec
tors, and a minor bill will be presented br
her mother. The case will be heard la
August.
Sue. Her Mother-ln-Law.
Mrs. Frances L. Whlto of Waukesha,.
Wis., daughter of the late Oovernor I.ud
lngton. and wife of Frederick H. White,
sr., a prominent Milwaukee real aetata
man, la the defendant In an action for
fco.ooo damages brought by her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Charlotte E. White, wife of
the defendant a aon, Frederick H. White,
Jr., for the alleged alienation of her hua
band'a affections.
The suit is commenced In the Waukesha
county court by Mrs. White. The defendant
and her family formerly resided at Milwau
kee, going to Waukesha a few year, ago
They move In the most exclusive circles.
The young couple wera married In lttl
at Waukegan, 111., to which city they
eloped.
Dog tave. Two Children.
"Mac," a Duluth water spaniel, saved tha
lives of Frank Brldge.man. aged 7 year, and.
Oliver Pugh, aged 11. The children got
over their depth In Chester creak. Mrs,
Frank Spurbcck heard their screams and
ran to their assistance. She could not .win
and narrowly escaped death. Mrs. Spur
beck'. dog, "Mac," leaped ln and .warn,
near tha etruigllng children and thea
turned and .warn toward ahore. Tha boy
'clung to Mao', tall and tba glcl to a of
tba dug bind Ufa.
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