Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-23
AGreat. Scheme

am frequently asked the question whether
IL is cheaper TO burn gas in large holels or to
use electric light all through the house, re-
marks hotel keeper in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. OF late it has been practically
demonstrated that electricity is the cheapest
light. A hotel expects TO make what little
profit there is in the business off the travel
ing or transient public Now that class of
people consists chiefly in drummers and
tourists, who want and demand more for
their money than any class of people on
earth. They require more attention and
cause more trouble and annoyance than any
other class OF people who pay the same rate.
One OF the biggest items IN hotel expenses IS
the gas bill. The regular boarder retires at
certain hours and turns out his gas. The
drummer. ever alert for any scheme to fur
ther his own interests, has adopted plan to
get even,n as he calls it, with the hotels.
Every one of them carries gas burners and a
pair of pliers TO put them on brackets or
chandeliers. The average hotel gas burner
is of the three foot size, thst is burning about
that number of feet per hour, which gives
ample light for rooms under ordinary cir
cumstances. But the drummer is not salts
fed with this. He unscrews the three-foot
tip aud replaces it with his own six or eight
foot burner, which he lights Just as soon as
he gets into his room and lets IL blaze away
all night giving enough light to illuminate a
hall and sufficient heat to warm the room.
The tourist is guilty of the same trick, ind
they make gas bills climb up at an enormous
rate. With electricity this trick is done
away with and big saving made.
A Tragedy
A few days ago Nicholas Goldenkirch,
traveller for a New York silk house, was shot
and mortally wounded by Charles w. Green,
a real estate dealer, at the residence of the
latter, 1S Rodney street, Williamsburgh.
The shooting occurred at s o'clock, and
Goldenkirch was shot down while he was en-
tering the front door. 1t would seem that
after he entered the house he encountered
Green, who ordered him to leave. Golden
kirch rushed at Green, when the latter drew
a revolver and fired the fatal shot. Dr. Cor
nelius Olcott ordered that the police be noti-
fed. The ambulance was also summoned,
and when it reached the house Goldenlkrch
was still unconscious.
The bullet entered the mans left temple,
and his death was expected at any moment.
Although the family refused point blank to
give any information, it was learned that
Emma Green, a sister of the prisoner, de-
clared she had been married to Goldenkirch,
which claim the latter repudiated. After the
shooting she refused to have the injured man
removed to the hospital. She said he was
her husband and she would stay with him.
A Tourist Held Up.
w. T. Barnett. travelling salesman for
j. M. Hill & Son, wholesale boot and shoe
house of Memphis, Tenn, was recently held
up by highwaymen, while making a team
trip, and relieved Of his personal effects and
two trunks of samples. The Merchant Trav-
eler gives this sequel to the hold-up: The
day after the episode a note was handed
Barnett, which read as follows:
"When you come again bring two shoes of
kind; We're not one-legged in this coun-
try, You'll find some of your stuff in the
smoke house in the salt. We keep the others
to sell to one-legged men,"
Having the smoke house searched Mr..
Barnett found, sure enough, in the salt sacks,
about half of his samples. The robbers had
evidently gotten disgusted on finding that
the shoes were all for the right and none for
the left foot They will probably consider a
shoe drummer beneath their notice after
this Mr.. Barnett's loss will amount to
about 5000.
Omaha's Sunday Guests.
There was the usual representation Of
jolly commercial travellers in the city yester-
day, and the rotundas Of the principal hotels
were cheered by their presence.
The arrivals at the Paxton were: p. H.
Deacon, New York; E. H. Fox, New York i;
George Frazer, wife and son, New York; p.
S. Kingsland, New York; b. M. Stubel
New York; John H. Boyce, New York; F.
e. Perry, New York; c. e. Brown, New
York; C. w. Hubbard, New York; H. Beh-
ring, New York; d. Hunter and family,
New York; p F. Bennett, New York; j. l.
Stebbins and wife, Chelsea, Mass; E. d.
Boston; c. S. Brooks, Boston; II. E,
Wright, Boston; j.. Susman, Boston;
Charles d. Ettinger, Chicago; r. r. Man
nues, Chicago; M. Closer, Chicago; Sam
Despres, Chicago; A. A. Bolleubry, Chicago;
E. E. Brande, Chicago; w. w. Pet, Chi
cago; j. b. Henna, Chicagoi H. E. Bellan,
Chicago; ID. S. Simon, Chicago; E. A.
Greablc, Chicago; Z. L. Ayers, Chicago;
T. C. Quinlan, Chicago; A. S. Warner, Chi
cago; j. G.. Hitchcock Chicago;
d. Stevens, Chicago; August Rothe
Chicago; E. II. Keen, Chicago
j. N. Cooper, Chicago; G. H. REYNOLDS Chi
cago; j. I. Webber, Chicago; j. E. Martin
Chicago; S. Heinly, Chicago; J. II. BAN
bough, Chicago; A. Heller, Chicago; G.
Wilstaele, Chicago; G. w. Granger, Chicago;
J. A. Frank, Chicago; Max Leopold, Chicago;
j. Hyde and wife, Chicago; G. W. Hamil-
ton, H. Hardle, Chicago; G.: b. Case, Chi
cago; d. G. Herrick, Chicago;
A. E. Rawson, Chicago; p. G. Hale Chicago