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Furnishers of Hotels, Restaurants, and Clubs, as well as private homes.
rchard & Wilhelm
414-16-18 South lbth Slreet
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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,
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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.
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BURT C. BLAIR, Agent, Paxton Hotel
Omaha, Neb.
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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.
