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1 Tfli: OMAllA SUNDAY W.V.: SHITKMUKR 'JO. l'KU 'J V, XI Furnishers of Hotels, Restaurants, and Clubs, as well as private homes. rchard & Wilhelm 414-16-18 South lbth Slreet I Dining Room Furniture s'' Pa" Showln'' This reason's display is an extraordinary one i-ompriMiig tho latent designs in (iolaYn and Earlv Eutflibh Oak and Mahopiny. Whether it be one pieee or a com plot o suite we ask your inspection of our most complete assortment. The prices and goods will Loth interest you. ATE ot WVOiVjilLiJCLj Oetoto2iP ttlhi, ISO Will Open for Entry at Bosler. Wyoming ACRES 10,000 ACRES IRRIGATED LAND UNDER GOVERNMENT CAREY ACT LAW Dining Room Suite, IIU Illustration, consisting; of buffet, china demot, dining tabl, srvinR table, nix Bmall chair leather scat, and one htui chair, 1 V. n . Till. Id m VnrV special suit made of quarter-Rawed oak, early English flnibh or mfthopany veneer. China Cabin t ha s on mirmr In hark, full bent end class, in fact all Pieces exactly like cut. Suite complete in Early English $136. Jn dull Mahogany $147. Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets A car load of this splendid Cabinet Just received. All Hoosier Cabinets have the latest and best conven iences. Sanitary flour bin, extension aluminum Blide. and all cabinets made of solid oak. Price $21.00 and up. Ostermoor Matresses Wo are Western distributers for this celebrated patent clastic felt mattresa. Will not pack or mat By special arrangement with OBtermoor & Co.. we offer a 60-pound mattress covered with art twill ticking, special at, each $15.00 delivered anywhere in tho United ytates. TERMS AND TITLE Under the Carev a t a person entering this land receives his title from the United States Government through the State of Wyoming. ym can tak 40 80. 120 or 100 acres. The law requires that you must first make application for water right before you can make entry. At the time of filing vou pay tho State of Wyoming 25 cents per acre, and pay 00 per acre on vour perpetual water right, which comes from lli first district filings and first storage reservoir water lights on the Big and Utile Lunttnic Rivers: you pay an additional payment of $j.0( pel ade on or before May I, 1D09. the balance vou. pay In 10 equal annual installments or $2.50 per acre, which Is less than rent In older states. Yu then own tho land and perpetual water right ami aroportionate inter ePt in tho ditches, reservoirs, canals and irrigation systems, "iou pay 25 cents per acre on receiving your patent. FREE TRIP TO OPENING This Company will bear all expenses from Chicago or Omaha and return. Including railroad fare, sleeping and dining car service, and accommodations on the grounds, tor all Hm who have signed applies tion and made their flrt paym-iit for water right to thin t ompany be. fore TiievUiy, October . lOH. and provided applicant accompanies us 011. one of oiir special trains which leaves Chicago, Tuesday at 10 T. M . October 6 190S, over Chicago & Northwestern R. It., or from Omaha over U. 1'. K. K., which leaves Omaha, Wednesday. October 7, 190$, at noon. 2-FREE TOWN LOTS 2 Two tofn lots in tbwn of Cooper Lake will bo given to applicants who have signed applications and made first payment before October 6, 190S. Special Tralm to Opening lem Chicago (la Northwestern) Tuesday, October 6, 10 P. M.; Omaha (ill U. P. R R.). Wednesday, October 7, 12 M. Sleeping and Dining Car Accomodations. DISTRIBUTION OF LANDS Average Yield Per Acre in the States of Illinois. Ohio and Wyom'ng: ILLINOIS Wheat 17 Bushels Oats 29 Bushels Barley '. . 30 Busheh Potatoes 72 Bushels OHIO 18 Bushels 32 Bushels 30 Bushels 107 Bushels WYOMING 50 to 70Bushel3 70 to 135 Bushels 60 to 140 Bushels 300 to 600 Bushels The State Land Board, knowing there will be a large number of ap plications for these Lands and Water Rights, will adopt some orderly methods by which selections erf land will be regulated in a manner just, fair and impartial to all. The distribution of Lands will be touducted by the Land Commissioners of Wyoming. Law Requires you make application for water right before jou make entry for land. Make your application at once If you want. Act Quick, only 1 0O-IRKIATKI FARMS Only 1(M They will Iw taken October 0. WRITE FOR WATER RHHIT APPLICATION' BLANK. ALLMADGE-BUNTIN CO., Agents, Chlcngo, 111. Most Extraordinary Baraains in Rugs We just received a large shipment of 9xl'J Axminster Rugs. Sonif which are slightly I mismatched, otherwise absolutely perfect. Our guarantee goes with every rug sold. Keguiar price of these goods $27.50. All on saleMonday for v. $17.95 Wilton Rugs 100 9x12 Royal Wilton Rugs. These goods Imperial Smyrna Rugs 3x6, made from the best quality of Worsted yarns. A splendid line of patterns to se lect from. Regular price $5.75. Special Monday $4.65. e iet Sweepers Oola Medal Carpet Sweeper, (like cut) $3.00. were purchased at the mill at a time they were endeavoring to close out all of their drop patterns. The quality we guarantee. Regular selling prices of these goods Is $40.00 to $42.50. All at one price Monday while they last, $31.50. Draperies That Are New We are shotving Fall Draperies of the latest design and color, always at moderate prices. For the Bed Room Cretonne of the newest Importation and 'the most exclusive deMens of foreign make. 3C-inch taffe aM colors, per yard 32? 2-tnch English Chlnti, per yard GO? Embroidered Swiss Bedroom Curtains, pair. .$2.05 New Novelty Net Curtains for bedroom, pair $2.75 Dining Room Hangings Madras Prints, all colors for over curtains, yard 15? Madras Imported, colors woven, per yard 75 Madras Curtains, per pair $3.95 Scrim, 4 2 Inches wide, per yard, 8.V, 60c, 40c, 25 Fancy Nets, especially for dining rooms, yard. . -75 Library and Hall Pongee colored silks, greens, browns and gold colors, per yard $1.25 Portieres, mercerized, pet" pair $8.75 French Velour Portieres, per pair $42.50 Capitol $I.OOO.tM0. 2 15-2 17 Railway Kxchango Building. . OR WRITK OR CALL ON BURT C. BLAIR, Agent, Paxton Hotel Omaha, Neb. J I u I CONCERTS AT HANSCOK3 PARK Every Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 p. m. during September. All the latest music, songs and comics on the Auxetophone, the loudest talking machine in the world. Moving pictures every evening at 8:30 p. m. FREE Reed and Rattan Suit Cases PRICES FROM 2.00 UP. They are Light, Roomy and Durable. Let us Bhow you our line. Omaha Trunk Factory 1200 Famsm Street. such a measure of preference would ma terially Increase, the birth rate. Railways Shosv the War. Dr. Bertillon points out that already tho great railway companies, both state and private, grant supplementary allowances to thona of their employes who have big .families; for Instance, 30 annually to a man with four children. This system of favor might be considerably extended. Dr. Bertillon also Insists that the succes sion law must be altered so as to render It possible for a father so to make his will as to prevent, the cutting up or forced sale of landed property or a business or faetory, etc.. ihfiiiHh he does nut bo so fur ns to suggest tho restoration of the law of pritno- I WHITNEY'S SHOOTING PARTY American Money Paying for Much of Merry England's Sport. WINSTON CHURCHILL IS BOORISH Aria sbnuriiially Qnrer In Connection i llli III Approaching Marriage .ml t.els Himself Talked About Again. I.U.N DON. Sept. !, (Special.) Gayest of all the gay nhootlng parties in the kingdom Is the one being entertained at llolwhk Hall by Harry Payne Whitney. it is mostly made up of Americans, among very assiduous attentions of Lord Herbert u-hnin Is William Payne Thompson and Vane Temuest to Margaretta Drexel. It Hon of clothes," said Claire Frewen, "and I do thank Providence that I am not going to be his wife." Winston has given up his tiny box of a house in Bolton street and has not yet de cided upon another. HIb selection of a new one will have to be in an unfashlonaly quarter, as he himself is the first to ad mit that he Is a poor man, while his fu ture wife has not a hundred a year In her own right. As a matter of fact, Winston Churchill might practically have married anyone. His marriage is one of affection, pure and simple. The king, In writing his mother, Mrs. George West, is reputed to have said: t "I never gave Winston credit for being romantic. I Ilka him ail the better for his chivalry." Persistent Snlt Mar Win. At the end of last winter 1 mentioned the Switzerland. At a few hours' notice the duchess had her trunks packed nnd started that very night. Sinco then she has been with him night and day. He will allow no one but his mother to do anything for him, and she, being most devoted to the boy, is quite willing to be his slave. Some time ago she an nounced that she would "rather lose, everything she possessed than Ivor." Klngsgate is a very quiet place ami there is practically nothing going on there. In the evenings after dinner tho vj si tors are so sleepy from the strong air that the custom Is to retire early for the night. Lord Avebuiy owns a de lightful old caetie in the neighborhood which Is sakl to be haunted and is full of historical interest. IADY MARY. MORE SONS FOR FAIR FRANCE Efforts to Redeem Present Empty Cradles." 'Land of LEAGUES TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES there are no women. Mrs. nitney is sun ubroad, though she is expected at the hall any day. when the female element will be Introduced In great force. Indeed, some of the prospective fair guests' lug gage has already arrived in advane. A precious show It made the other day at Tesdale station, when eomethlng between forty-five tnd fifty huge basket and LBhin trunka were on the platform ad dressed to the hall. 1 hear they belonged to two American women. Think of the ronsideratlon shown by the prospective guests for their UoJt uuil liostens! The shooting around Holwlck hall is, on g small scale, eonie of the finest in the kingdom. Harry Payne Whitney spenda something like J5.000 a year on his pre serves. There has been an outcry among tho farmers about the damage the birds have done to the crops. But as they ay In the neighborhood, the Ajnerlcan mil lionaire has "behaved like a brick." be having remunerated all the small holders handsomely for any losses they sustained. This Is an action which le practically un piecedented and accordingly vastly ap preciated. Mrs. Whitney does not pi-d more time at the hall than she can help. She pre fer London or the continent, but during her brief stay she is very popular among the peasantry whan she visits and for vhoin she I constantly organizing treMi. fclie never goes out with the "guns." never affects masculine snorting attire which other smart women wear, and, as she says herself, "hates to see things killed. f Winnie Is a Beas. Winston Churchill l of 'e opinion that trousseau aro entirely unnecessary ad Jaria to modern marriage. He has 1m presed this ui-oi; his future wir and all her brides-l.v be. Tho Utter have been UN Ins, that he la the most trying fiance i hey have r come lit contact wHh. In the first Instance, he wanted the wedding f xd for toe last wek In August. The !4ta was abioluuly preposterous. w told. . every one aouUr-ba hundreds of miles from linden at that date. Hla i.piy was "that that was precisely what he wanted." Ufsa Clair Frewen, Ms first cousvn, - plained to him that he must remember that tha bride and bridesmaids must get thalr frocka. to which he promptly re plied, "Good gracious! Why not wear your ol4 summer gowna? Wouldn't garden oarry dreanea do' "He la perfectly incorrigible on tt ojm- was at the time Vane Tempest went to America with the family. Ever since Mar garetta made her debut this Interesting and supposedly confirmed bachelor has pursued her and the story goes that he has been in love with her since she was In short frocks. At any rate, for years he haa never been "off the Drexels' doorsteps," as his friends express it. Anthony Diexel had been dead against his attentions to IUs daughter, ob jecting very much on the score of the dis parity In their years. But Vane Tempest, being a courtier and a most cultivated man of the world, has Mrs. Anthony Drexel fjr his frit lid as well as the wayward Marga retta. He Is that type of man who Is ex traordinarily popular with women because he understands them so thoroughly. All along when Vane Tempest haa peti tioned for leave to pay court to the fair Margaretta her father has ."aid: "She is too young, too young. Why, she Is only a child. I don't want her to marry for years yet." It was a man of Vane Tempest's age. General "Polllo" Carew, who cap tured the most beautiful debutante of her day and now the loveliest woman in the kingdom as well as a great heiress, Lady Beatrice Butler, tha elder daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde. So there la no knowing but Vane Tempest may succeed with Margaretta Drexel. At Marienbad this season. Anthony Drexel, who Is a great chum of King Ed ward, consulted his majesty on the point and the story goes that the king replied Vane Tempest is a good rhap, but scarcely a match, ror your nine gin. ti is gen erally known that the king; objects very much to disparity in the ages of prospec tive suitors. For years he is said to have hesitated before giving his consent to the marriage of his eldest daughter to his great pal. the then marquis of Fife, now, the duke of Fife, who is years older than his wife. Isaple I.lfe tor Conssjelo. The duchess of Marlborough Is living the simple life at North Foreland Lodge, Kings gate, where she haa been residing with her children since the beginning of August. There she proposes to remain, all being well, until the beginning of October. For some months pest she has devoted herself absolutely to her second boy, Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill, who la In very deli cate Isealt h. It was for him she left London quite suddenly at .the opening of the season, abandouing all festlitla. The ck'.i4 w aa very Hi an J w as di dei ed to ROMAN JUSTICE SURE IS SLOW Pietrl Shot His Brother In 1870 .Vow Awaits Hla Trial In 1UON. and Startling Deficit In 111 r tit Itate Nets Thinkers to Work on I'lnua to Bring- About Another Revival. ROM'U Sept- 19. tSpaelal.) There has Just come to light the most extraordinary story in the annals of Italian Jurispru dence. In Rome, in 1870, Pietro Pietrl, a boy of 11. quarreled In the street with his brother and shot him dead with a re volver which he was taking to a shop for Ills lather, and which, curiously enough. was loaded. He was arrested, and most cynically confessed his crime, but the tak ing of Rome occurring Just then all the machinery of the '.aw was out of joint and enormous delays took place. Two years passed, when the litxl pre liminary examination was arranged, but had to be discontinued us one after the other, the Judge, crown, counsel and doc tor died, aa did also two of the principal witnesses, while; a third went crazy. The lawyers of the defense demanded a fresh examination, which was accorded two years later, in JS74. The crown began to look up new witnesses, only finding, however, those who had heard second-hand of the circumstances. The chief eye witness had gone to America and could not bo found for some time. It waa not until lwcj that, apparently, all was in readiness for the trial, and the accused was then a young man of '.i, who continued to con fess his crime with the same frankness as on the day it was accomplished. But through some unexplained obstacle two years more went by, when it was decided to subject the prisoner to an examination to determine his mental status and the amount of his responsibility for the crime at so tender an age. The three experts came to contradictory conclusions so that another nine years slipped tiy, bringing the delay in Justice up t 1896. The boy was then a man of 36. He fell ill successively of enteric, pneumonia and meningitis, which kept him between life and death for a long time. So many years had passv that several of the lawyers of the oVfense had died, new laws had been passed, thus making necessary modi fleationa In tha procedure, and causing atill further delaja In the case. Today we find the little (fratricide sllil awaiting trial, a middle-aged man of at. thirty right years after the commission of the crime. PARIS. Sept. 19. (Special.) Franc? has taken a spoke out of President Roosevelt's wheel, and while the American executive has contented himself with verbal tills at the evils of "race suicide," or at the most with a very promising personal example of what a true citizen should do coward the correction of the conditions, the "Land of F.mpty Cradles," as France haa been called, has translated his words into ac tion. "The Popular League of Fathers and Mothers of Numerous Families" and its more serious titled allied organization, "The National Alliance for the lncreas-j of the French Population." are lining all in their power to line with roses the path way of the parent of ll.e big family. Al- lowest birth rale. Bv numerous and In controveitihle facts Dr. Bertillon proves his statements with th inexorability of a scientist and arrives at the amazing con clusion that tho very wealth, the equal distribution of which throughout ail rank and classes in France has been so 1'ing the envy of the other le. favored nitiins of Europe, is the root of the whole evil. As tho law of primogeniture was abolished In France ut the revolution, a father who has three or more children must divide equally amongst them all his property, with the exception of one-quarter, of which he can dispose at his pleasure. Similarly if he has two children he can only dis pose (K one-third of his property and If he hus only one child of half. Aspirations of Parents. The consequence of. this apparently ex cellent law is that a manufacturer who owns a mill or a factory, a tradesman who has laboriously created a thriving store, or a peasant wiio, bit by lilt, has, at the price often of unceasing sacrifice and semi- starvation, added one strip of ground to another until he owns a little farm, is haunted by t lie thought that the business or factory or firm, of which he is so proud, will lie sold ut his death and pass. in all probability, into Hie hands of a total stranger. He cannot leave enough money to ids eldest son to buy out the interest of the others, disagreements and bicker though the Popular league is only a few ings may arise at Iks death, and, in days old, il already has more than ti.il word, a forci d sale of the whole estate members, and as the majority of the mem bers look forwurd to a shower of benefits geniture. He. tells nie that lienerai louttn Is drafting an interesting proposal that the. children and grandchildren or a testator's sons and daughters should count in tho division of an estate, so that unmarried or childless heirs ill the line direct would re- echo a smaller portion than those with children. Oilier Inducements In Prospect. Ainbrolfc Rendu, who is a barrister at the court of appeal and a municipal coun cillor, is the president of the "Popular league of Fathers and Motheis." Mr. Rendu is heart and soul with Dr. Bertillon and tells me that he Is agitating to secure a diminution of taxation In proportion to I lie number of a family. For instance, as taxation muy be reckoned at about one- tenth t Income, he would ljgl ten the bur den of paterfamilias by ns many tenths as he has children, ar.d, mote than this, would grant a dispensation from military servico to one out of three sons. Ho points out i that in Belgium bonuses are annually given by the countess of Flanders and ttie court to mothers of large families, and thinks that this example might be followed with advantage In France. So, too, the heads of industrial and business undertakings might be Induced to give the preference to em ployes in proportion to the number of their children, other things being equal. M. Rendu points out that If Is the father of a numerous family who deserves best of the tiate, fcr he pays the most taxes. As taxation Is calculated hi France on the amount of rent paid, and as a numerous I l.lll!JI. ICiUiir a lai unriiiiiH uiaii in the near future in proportion as they man d mv l, InovitMltl. In this dilemma, what doc's the manufacturer, farmer or trades- j eelebate or a childless couple, this Is sell- evmi ill. Again, lie aim ins luuiiiy nrini lie pr fern simply to limit his have provided for ilie country's future by - family to one or at most two Increasing their thicks, the appllcutluiis fir Ur (ie cause may be slightly different, membership are coming In faster i very ! father says: "I want my son to be a day. j civil servant, liiie 'fonctioiuiaire' Is the i pride of a French family.) I want him French iiul Mat I. tics. f Thai France stands hi urgent need of some such movement as tins no one can doubt. There are l.:iV.j,ii"0 French families without children, any number of millions with but two or three, while not more than 1,Go0.iiO households can bjast or com plain, as the casn may be of five or more "hopefuls." In two centurh a the populi- i creasing birth rate in France. lion or t'l-ancw. which wvs w per cent oi Heuirdy lo Be Auulled liu to have a better education and to take a highei social position than his father had" and so. as Ills means are limited, he limits his family in order to attain his cherished object. This ill-conceived ambi tion of tne father for his child is, in Dr. Berllllon's opinion, the cause of the de- Uy using tha various departments of Tha Bee Want Ad Pages you gel tha best ', suits at the least expeuse. that of the great powers of Kurope diminished to U per cent. In 17o0 the population of France was it), 000,000; of Great Britain and Ireland, S.OO0, Ooi) to 10.iH)O.0.io; of Germany, U,iX0,jn; of Austria, r',0"t).0ou to 13.flu0.001. At the last, census France had 3houo.("X), Great Britain and Ireland over 4O.0e0.o0o. Germany over oti.OJO.OoO and Austria-Hungary nearly 47, 0,oiiy. Taken In count clk'n with the alarm ing circumstance that last year there wvro several thousand more deaths than births in France, the figures have been suffi cient to arouse the French people to action. Carious real are. of Inquiry. Dr. Jacques Bertillon. head of the sta tistics bureau of the city of Paris, has gone into the question very deeply and has arrived at some astonishing results. He finds thatvihe birth rale is lowest in the very departments which are the m ut fertile in France Normandy, the valley of the Garonne, Burgundy, and highest in those noted for their comparative njvertj; Brittany, the Ixixere. Aveyrnn. In the cliy of Paris, too. the rich faubourgs are pre cisely those where there are the least chil dren. And so, loo. In the fertile l-otl-Garenne, the ricii'sl cantons ehw tho How is tile French father to be gal vanlzej into a proper sense, not of his duty towards his family, but towards his country? French families have, on an average, three members, not counting the parents. German families have slightly more than four. Is it impossible to In duce French fathers and mothers to add one more child to the number and thus prevent the final disappearance of the na tion? Dr. Jacques Bertillon. who is the presi dent of the National Alliance for the In crease of the French Population, thinks not and lie nas given me some details of the ill' hus he proposes to adopt. There is no one remedy, Dr. Bertillon thinks. It Is only by a combination of remedies that the evil can be grappled with. The main proposition is this: That numerous fami lies have a prior claim on the good will of tho state. Tnerefore, all the minor state and municipal employments should, other tilings being equal, be given In pref erence to the fathers of numerous families policemen, concierges. offie care-takers, rural policemen, postmen In proportion to th number of their children. As there are about k"V0 state servants in France, pay the "blood tax" by serving in the army, whereas the celibate debt Is paid only once. ' A short time ago a peasant reservist called up for service presented himself at the barracks' gates driving a donkey and cart. In which were a dozen fowls, several rabbits and a cow. He explained that being unman led he had no or to look after his property whilst lie was with Ids regiment, and so he had brought it along with him. It is said that the colonel sent the man home. It would have been much better, declare Hie "numerous family" ad hertnts, if he had olfered to release the man on condition of his getting married and rearing a family. Dr. Bertillon lias showi. that the evil consists in tho low average of French families and not in the fact that there are fewer murtiages in France than elsewhere. This being the case. It certainly seems reasonable to expect ll.e state to step In and favor those who are doing their duty as gooil patriots to save France from what Dr. Bertillon picturesquely calls "death by chloroform." It. FRANKLIN. AMERICANS HAVE THE CHOLERA More Two Are Taken III nt Manila Cases of Disease Are He ported. MANILA. Sept. U. 7 p. ni. -Since R o'clock this morning I line have been reported thirty-eight ease's of elorcra slid seventeen deaths, a material Increase during eleven hours nver the record for tlie nrevhrus ! twenty-four lours, when only six deaths were reported The authorities are not dis couraged by the apparent rapid spread of tiie disease and are confident that the out break will speedily be controlled. Two Americans. II 11 Howard, and W. A. Davis, are Hi of cholera. LONDON HOTLS ON THE ROCKS Too Many High tirade Hostelrlea fo the Business the Metropolis Affords. , LjONDON. Sept. 19.-r(8peclal.)-Thls city, Is suffering from an overproduction of first, class hotels.1 Although tho effoct has been felt all along the Hue, the latest to give, viBible evidence of distress Is Ijondon's last word In luxury, the new Plcadllly hotel, which opened so auspiciously last May, and which is now in tho hands of a receiver. Within the last tweleve months three blrf hotels have opened their doors in London. The first was the Imperial, Just off RuhscII square, in tho heart of the American quar ter, and, largely because of the American visitors, It has so far proved highly suc cessful. Next was the Waldorf, In Ald wych, with 400 rooms and the largest palm lounge In the world, and I understand that this hotel also has shown very satisfactory receipts. Neither the Imperial- nor tho Waldorf, however, have held out for top prlceB, both being content to fix their tariff Just a shade below the Savoy, the) Rllr, "and the other established hotels. In the hopes of thus attracting the traveler. The third new hostelry Is the Piccadilly, and. largely because of Its position, una of the finest and most valuablo In London, and because of tho Immense amount of money expended on lis construction its tariff Is on n level with the highest. As a special feature it Introduced an open air tot race garden, where one might eat one's meals with the sky overhead, as Is Urn case in so many American noteis. nut the management calculated wUJiout con sulting tho English climate and open air meals at the Piccadilly have not proved popular enough to pay for the shrubber' that linen the walls. Old customers of such excellent hotels as the Carlton, Cluridge's and the Berkeley. saw no par ticular reasjit for deserting them for tl.n new house, and newcomers to London had never heard of the Piccadilly and found theh w ay to tho hotels that ate known the world over instead. Another factor In t lie failure of the new est of London hotels Is the comp;.raUve scarcity of American travelers this season. Any new hotel of the first c.'uss which goes up in l,oiidon nowadays must cater to Americans and depends largely upon them for its ultimate success. At tho height of the season fully 5n per cent of the guests of the big Ixindon hotels are Americans, So it Is that a big slump In American arrivals such as we ha,ve experienced this year must seriously affect all hands, and especially hotels that are struggling for a footing. The worst feature of the whole matter Is that, despite the present overcrowding of the hotel business, yet another big hostelry Is going up. 'lids Is the Strand hotel, which is being built for Josepu Lyons on the site of Kxrler hall. It Is expected that it will be more American In lis arrangements than any of the other Mg places, for Lyons visited the United States recently to look over the hotels and subse quently expressed to me his admiration of such establishments as the Waldorf Astoria, which is likened to a great city in Itself. Tlie ordinal y stock of the big hotels, al most without exception. Is selling far below par and much of it could not he disposed of al anv price. A few of I lie more popular inanuge to nqiicze about 4 per i ut out of their receipts for the holders nf their ilt benture stock, but the preferred stock holders must Join the commons in a sn! Is mint and a praver for belter djs. tlmnrstirllr at a Loss, Tlie eminent detective had found a clew to the nosier) lie had been trjlng to un ravel. "Ha!" he ex 1.-, iii led. 'I have It at last! And now " H"t lie hesitated. Mopping his perspiring brow, he took nut his pocket edit ion of tua Rh.rlork Holmes stories and esgerly scanned Its pages to ascertain whether the proper course after having discovered a clew waa to follow iC uu or ( fun il down. I'hltaj'j Tribune.