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Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
Inbor Lenders In Conference,

PITTsBURG, Jan. ia convention of
labor leaders OF Tennessee is In session
here the object being to form an organiaa-
tion for the purpose of taking concerted
action for legislation beneficial to labor.
The attendance Is large, over 100 delegates
from all parts Of the state being present.
George Chance Of Philadelphia was elected
chairman, II. NJ. Connahan OF Pittsburg,
secretary. and j. T. Mccoy of Pittsburg
treasurer. II was decided to meet in Har-
risburg every TWO years during the legisla-
tive session for the purpose of calling the
attention of the members OF the legislature
to the wants of labor.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
WORK At Npw posTorEICE.
Plans Call for Artistic work on the
sixteenth street Entrance.

Plans Call for Artistic work on the
sixteenth strect Entrance.
The Offices OF Bernhart j. Jobst in the
Paxton block were the scenes OF considerable
activity yesterday. This was because OF
the announcement that he had been awarded
the contract for the completion OF the
interior work Of the basement. the first door
and Two rooms on the second floor of the new
government building. his bid for SS3 SOS
having been accepted by the Treasury de-
partment in Washington Thursday. Nu-
merous friends dropped in 10 offer their
congratulations, but there were triple the
number CT applicants for positions. All
were listened to and their requests duly
received and filed.
II speaking of the work to a Rec reporter
Mr.. Jobst said II have received no official
notification of the awarding OF the contract.
| read The news in this mornings Bee aud
presume II is correct. 1t may be a week or
two before all the necessary papers are
signed and before actual work may be COM
menced. No one Is more anxious to get to
work than | am | am limited to eight
months time, and you may depend upon our
getting to work just as soon as possible. l
presume that we shall be able to start within
the next fortnight.
THE work OF finishing the interior will
call for the employment of bricllayers, car
penters, plasterers, painters and other arlis-
ans Just how many men will be given
in the neghborhood of fifty. Indirectly, TOO,
the benefits to Omaha ought to amount to
considerable. From the plans. you may see
that there will be good deal of fine wood
work required There is no good reason why
this should not be turned out right at home.
Other things being equal, the Omaha manu-
facturers will receive the most favorable
conoideration, but Il will be necessary for
them to get down to work with sharp PEN
ellis Firms outside he city, too wi be
anxious for the work, and the contracts must
be given to the lowest and best bidders
The marble work and the mosaic work will
have to come from outside.
"All the plans have been completed, and,
as | have said, we are all ready to go to
work as soon as the necessary papers have
been signed. These plans call for the most
artistic finish of the interior The main
entrance from Sixteenth street will, firmly
believe, be the handsomest entrance OF i,G
work there will be a grand and attractive
feature. This entrance will alone cost be-
tween $4,000 and 1900. The floors will
be OF tile, ornamented with eagles, shields
and other appropriate designs. The sides
will be of the finest marble and will rise
into dome-shaped ceiling. Tine lowest
course of marble on the side walls will be of
black Swanton marble. above will come gray
Tennessee marble. then Champlain marble
figured in Oriental designs, the next will
be the hand-carved capitol of gray Ten
nessee marble, trimmed off with red
Pompeian, and above will be the most hand
some bit of mosaic glasswork ever seen in
this part of the country That entrance alone
of the interior work will be OF an equally
high degree
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
PLANS OF THE coLoRED PEOPLE
Propose II Department at the Trans
miSsiSstnpi ENnOSitiOn.

Propose u Department. at the Trans
mississippi Exposition.
The colored population OF the city is de.
sirous of having a department and exhibit
of its own at the Transmlssissippi Expo
sition. The plans are as yet in embryo, but
the first steps have been taken.
The negro exhibit at the Atlanta exposi-
tion is responsible for the idea. The matter
wGs first proposed at n meeting of colored
men which was held in the office of Dr. NJ.
o. Ricketts, last Wednesday night, although
1t had been quietly worked up for some time
past. The meeting was attended by about
twenty of the prominent colored men of the
city. The evening was spent in talking
over plans, but nothing definite was done.
A committee, consisting of NJ. +. Singleton
A. w. Parker and Fred l.. Smith, wss APP
pointed to. obtain information of the exhibit
that was held at Atlanta. Another com
mittee, composed of T. p. Mahamitt, J.
Tucker and W. b. Watson, was selected to
secure similar information regarding the
exhibit that is to be made at the Nashville
exposition this year A third committee con
sisting Of A. ID. White, Joseph Carr and
George L. Collins, wes appointed to gather
statistics of the colored race resident in the
transmssissippi states. Another meeting
will be held Thursday night, January 2S.
1t is the intention to have a separate
building of some character ON the exposition
grounds. 1t is more than probable that the
educational progress of the race will be
made the prir cpal feature Of the exhibit.
In addition however, the department will
show the present condition of the coored
people of the west. 1t is believed that If
such an exhibit can be arranged, a number
Of conventions of colored people can be
induced to meet in this city during the ex-
position year. Among these are mentioned
tho supreme lodge of the Coiored Branch of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Colored Women's Federated Clubs the
Colered Workers Of the Episcopal church
and the grand lodge of Co!ored Mseons OF
this state. Kansas and Missouri
The colored population in the northern
part of the transinississippi section is com
paratively small but 1t is large in the
southern states. 1t is believed also that the
ccolored people east of the Mississippi can be
interested in the matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
Meals on the European Plan.

The dollara-meal method of operating
dining cars Is no longer in vogue on tn,
Burlington route. Something better ha.
taken its place. Meals are now served on the
European plan--you pay only for what yor
order.
The -you-order way is the
only right way to run a dining car. 1t /:
in operation on our
500 p. m. train for Chicago.
4:35 p m. train for Denver.
9:O5 a. m, train for Kansas City.
Prices are reasonable and the service is
as good as 1t can be.
Tickets and berths at 1902 Farnam st.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
BIDDERS on CITY DONDs COMBINE
Fix Up II Deal to Secure Municipal
PAPER.

Bids for the purchase of the renewal bonds
just issued by the city were opened in tho
office of Treasurer Edwards yesterday.
There were only three bidders. Hayes &
Co. and j. " Mcdowell offered to take the
entire issue of s3i7 400 at par, with accrued
interest. Deitz, Dennison & Prior tele.
graphed an offer to buy them at par without
accrued interest. None OF the bids com.
piled with the terms of the advertisement.
The Hayes bid was the only one that was
accompanied by a check and It was drawn
on the members of the firm, instead of on al
Omaha bank, as required. The extraordinary
result OF the sale is credited TO an ALLEGED
combination OF the bond buyers to secure
the bonds at a very low price. City ofIicialc
are inclined TO believe that there Is some
thing in the rumor, as they can accoun
for the action of the bidders in no othe'
way. What action will now be taken her
not been decided, but the only apparen
course is to reject all bids and readvertlsc
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
SIX Thirty T.. NJ. Train
OF the
CHICAGO.
MILWAUKEE,
& ST. PAUL RT.
Rest service.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Dining car.
City Office: 1904 Farnam.
Chnse After Kansas hank Rubbers

MORAN, Kan, Jan. 15.--The Moran bank
was broken into this morning about l o'clock
and an attempt made to loot the safe. The
Burglars we discovered by Night Watchman
Tymeson, after they had drilled through the
second doors. Tymeson's arrival on the
scene was very opportune, as in a short time
the robbers would have secured about $1,000
in cash, besides securities. After an eX-
change of several shots the robbers escaped,
but are being hotly pursued by citizens, with
good prospects of their capture.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
Old PennIe.

Old people who require medicine to regu.
late the bowels and kidneys will find the
true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medi-
cine does not stimulate and contains no
whisky nor other intoxicant, but acts as
tonic and Alternative. 1t acts mildly on the
stomach and bowels, adding strength and
giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding
Nature in the performance OF the func
tions. Electric Bitters is an excellent ap-
petizer and aids digestion. Old people find
1t just exactly what they need. Price soc
and $1.0O per bottle at Kuhn & Co.'s drug
store
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
Bee, i.i6-o7
Dear Jack

see by the papers you have been buying
Shoes AS have been doing the thing myself thought
you might like to hear experience had which much in
the same line your For several have been
getting my shoes from friend of mine who works whole
sale house. and who let have em price-s2 65
pair This the shoe that old at retail for and
SO saved S5c pair But my friend lost his job the first of
the year. which spoiled my snap but it wasn't much Of
snap after all you will Last week went to The
Nebraska and bought pair of the Goodyear welt shoes
they bag much about for and don't you know they
proved to be the self shoes had buying right
along wholesale for S265 OF when friend
told him about it and he acknowledged they II
shoes exactly the factory exactly but he not be-
ievc that got EN- for SO. To convince him took him
into Tine Nebraska and when he that there
catch about and that anybody could buy them for
So So he hadn't word say Well, said he | don't know
how they do it, but know that they do do it and its
der that there other shoe in the town.
Why! said he shoes in there marked IS, that
used to sell at wholesale for $1,000 dozen by the
Them fellows be in the shoe business their health
Anyhow am satisfied that The Nebraska is the place to
buy shoes Will up and see you soon GEORGE.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
Home.eckers, Excursion.

On Tuesday, Jan. 49, the Missouri Pacific
railway will sell round trip tickets at very
low rates to certain points in the south.
southwest and southeast. Stopovers allowed
on the going journey. For information,
landfolders, pamphlets, etc, call OF address
company's office, 18th and Farnam, or depot,
18th and Webster sts., Omaha, Neb.
T. + GODFREY, p. and 7. A.
]. o. PHILLIPPI, A. G.IF and p. A.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
Tried the Morphine Route.

Maggie Miller, a coored woman living al
Ills Davenport street, attempted to commit
suicide early yesterday by taking an
overdose of morphine. She was in a critical
condition when she was discovered shortly
after o'clock. The city physician was
called and treated her. She 10 now out OF
danger The wcman will give no cause for
her attempt at self-destructon. She has
been employed az a domestic.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
The king OF pills Is Beecnam s--Bcorham's &
10 TEST THE pEDDLING ORDNANCE.
candy PeddIers Hiring Up IA New
Paint.

Point.
The ordinance governing peddlers is
n-ely to be tested In the district court in
the near future. At any rate Gus Demas.
who was arrested yesterday by License
Inspector Hurst on the charge of peddlng
without license, stated that he intended to
fight the case.
Demas is raising a new point lie is a
manufacturer OF candy, which Is sold by
three or four men in his employ, They cart
- IL goous on little stands, and usually
Ike position on the prominent corners
the business district to dispose OF their
ares. Demas alleges that inasmuch as he
,akes the candy himself he is not required
pay n license. although he admits that
IN stun is peddled. He has paid a license
1r the past two years. The fee is $40 a
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
CAIN SELLS STAR SHIRTS.
Sells the $3.50 Star shirts for St.Oo
Shirt SATURDAY..

Shirt saturday.
lot OF Star shirts with two pair cuffs,
fancy patterns, at S1.00 each, worth not less
than $150.
We have a few patterns in short bosomcd
fancy colDred shirts that we will close out
at 55c each
We have a lot OF odds and ends of winter
underwear to sell at half price.
One line gray natural wool at soc.
We start Saturday morning to give 20 to
so per cent off on all winter goods.
ALBERT CAIN,
1922 Farnam.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 15.-Major C. Ewing
Price who came here December %, with
credentials from Secretary of War Carbo
Roloff of the Cuban republic to work in the
interest of the insurgents, was found un-
conscious in his room at the Victoria hotel
this morning from the effects of an overdose
of choral. After hard work the city phys
icians succeeded in reviving Price and he
will recover. He says he accidentally took
an overdose of the drug.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16

ac~--'-'~'' -" 'h" cbp-~r oF N"-drr.
CHILLICoTHE, Mo. Jan. 15.-Charles
Stevens, charged with numbering William
Ellis in October, 1895, was today found not
guilty. Ellis had been shot in the head
and his body placed on burning hay stack,
where the charred remains were found At
the time Stevens wife was also arrested,
but was never indicted.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores.
letter, chapped hands chilblains, corns and
all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. 1t IL guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
Smnu Eirc In II Rcaidencc,

An alarm of fire was turned in last even
ing from the residence Of J. j. Miller,
located at 1906 South Thirty-second street.
The fire originated in the basement. near
a furnace which became overheated. The
less is $3.50, and Is covered by insurance.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
The Trnnsmississipp Edition

parties outside the city will be supplied at
The Bee counting room with any number Of
copies at cents each. This will include
the mailing, and wrapping, If the addresses
are left with orders
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
"The Overland Limited"

To Utah in 291a hours. California in 60M
hours via the UNION PACIFIC. This is
the fastest and finest train in the west
Tickets can be obtained at city ticket office.
1902 Farnam street
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
Stockholders, Me,,inn.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders
Of The Bee Building company win be held
IN the oiticc OF The Omaha Bee, Omaha.
Nob., at O'Clock =, M, Tucsdav January
~ NJ ior nG gor pM1rp1se M 9i 'vns vnaE 9oaha
Transaction OF such other business as may
properly como before tho meeting. by
order Of the president. n. T.. FELL.
Secretary.
D2sd2lt M & o
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16

American Tent and Awning Co. have opened
a salesroom at G13 S. 10th st. Saturday. the
10th, they will have a grand opening, to
which the public is invited.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16

Removed-Wolfe Electrical Co., to 1904
Farnam, west city hall.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
ClOSinp Out.

New swell body cutters. $500.
j. III. HALSEY & SMITH. Ltd.
1908 Harney st.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16

No Safer Remedy can be had for Coughs
and Colds, or any trouble OF the Throat, thar
Browns Bronchial Troches." Price % cts
'Sold only In boxes.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT
Preparing for the Opening Of the Lin.
coin Term.

Clerk Hills OF the United States circuit
court is packing up the records OF his Office
In readiness TO transport them TO Lincoln
where court opens next Monday. Marsha
White, Assistant district Attorney Rusl
and Il. S. Duudy, clerk of the United statei
district court, will also attend at the Lin,
coin session, g
John Rewalsk OF Beatrice came into court
yesterday and changing his former plea
pleaded guilty to having set up still, and
VIII be sentenced this morning
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16

Catarrh is constitutional disease and re-
quires constitutional remedy like Hood
Sarsaparilla, which priies the blood
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-30
strongly against a constitutional amend
ment TO stop the business.
THE AMERICAN hoard.

The S7th annual meeting OF the Ameri-
can Board OF Foreign Missions will be
held in New Haven. October 18th TO 10th.
Aside from its primary purpose as "a re-
ligious body tho Board is a philanthropic,
educational. civilizipg and reformatory
institution. in secondary efforts and re-
suits. In emergencies. such as plague
and famine in India, civil strife in lur-
Key, earthquakes and floods in Japan oo-
casion, IL furnishes resident and efficient
relief agents and valuable correspon-
denoe for informing the public. These
sources of Information have bosn drawn
upon during the last few years. by the
daily press. TO an unparalleled degree :
The proceedings of the forthcoming an
nual meeting promise TO be OF more than
usual interest TO the public, and the As
sociated Press will report them fully to
the News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-30

ment will be stayed. To take but one
illustration: If the experiments in the
utilization of the direct heat Of the sun
are ever successful, the smelling of all
kinds of ores will be completely revolu
tionized. The problem of fuel will have
been solved.
"The second and most important ele-
ment of the production of silver is the
supply of oTe " Mr. Meade here notes
the many large deposits of silver, prac
tically inexhaustible, left in different
parts of the world, and the probability
that under new methods of mining and
smelling the output OF many mines will
greatly increase
"A third factor in the supply of sill
yer which has doubtless exerted a con-
siderable influence is the silver stanl-
ard prevailing in Mexico and the Cen
trail and South American silver coun-
tries. The miners wages are paid and
most of the supplies are purchased in
terms of the silver standard. Domestic
prices and wages have not varied with
the price Of silver, and by consequence
the fall in silver has not affected the
profits of mine owners TO the same ex-
tent as in the United States. This fact
has placed mining operators in silver
standard countries at an advantage III
competition with their competitors III
the United States and Europe and has
doubtless TO some extent increased the
supply of silver, though we should be
careful not TO exaggerate It's impor-
tance.
"To summarize this portion Of our
study: We find that the increase in the
supply of silver, which has been the
main cause of its fall in price, has been
due TO the application of improved proc
esses and appliances to a series of ore
discoveries extending over the last 30
years, and that this advance Of improve
ment has constantly lowered the cost of
producing silver"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-30
IN IRELAND.

Ireland ia again tnreatenod with fam
inc. Almost the whole potato crop along
the Atlantic coast is reported unfit for
human food and "A large part of the In
land and eastern crop is also ruined.
Irish members OF the House of Com
mons ore trying TO bring about an imme-
diate meeting Of Parliament for taking
measures 10 relieve this distress. It is
fortunate for Ireland that her industries
are in "a thriving condition, particularly
tho textile. The manufacture of linen Is
now idely extended over the island.
The wooden industry is llourishing. Lace.
embroidery, and knitted goods are Deing
extensively produced. 'In Donegal alone
fully five thousand women are constantly
aud proftably employed at knitting Z"
The making Of "homespuns" on cottage
looms has become marked feature in
tho rural districts.
All this points to the hope that the
agricultural distress will not be so serious
as 1t has boon in like bad years of the
past. At all events, the United States
have stores of wheat and such for Ireland
in her need which will doubtless be
shipped 90 her with freehand as on many
past occasions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-30

After noticing these statistics MIR.
Meade says:
1--WE cannot ascertain with any ex-
actness the strength of the demand from
tho arts. 1t has probably been stimu-
lated by the increasing cheapness of sill
yer, but there is no evidence that il has
increased sufficiently to offset the de-
creased demand for coinage purposes. "
Mr.. Meade thinks that but little OF
the silver that has been used in the arts
will ever be put upon the market.
While it is probably true that the most
of the silver now coined will remain In
this form, the fear that certain countries
will throw their large stocks of silver
upon the market is constant and is prob
ably largely responsible for the recent
rapid fall in price.
Comparing the years 1878 and 1895,
Mr.. Meade finds that the yearly product
of silver increased 266 per cent, while
the price fell 4S per cent.
The most interesting portion of Mr..
Meade's article is that which deals with
the cost Of producing silver. He notes
the general progress OF the silver indus
try and mentions few Of the most i'm
portant improvements in methods and
machinery. The following extracts Will
give an idea Of some of the changes:
"The first and most important i'm
provement in silver production has beer
the improvement In transportation.
Railroads have been rapidly extended
throughout the western part of the
United States and Of recent years into
Mexico The building of these latter
roads has made possible the importa-
ton of silver ores from Mexico into the
United States, which greatly stimulated
the silver industry of the former coun-
try. Railroad transportation enables the
shipping Of fuel and timber, frequently
scanty in the richest mining localities,
and also the Introduction of the i'm
proved machinery, without which, ex-
cept i'm the richest deposits, silver min.
ing cannot today succeed Transporta-
ton facilities also make il possible to
utilize lead IA n byproduct of silver,
which materially decreases the cost of
silver production. Difficulties OF trans
portation have seriously retarded the
progress of silver mining in Bolivia A
railway has, however, recently been in
process oe construction in that country.
which will open some Of the richest
mines.
Next in importance 10 the improve
ments in transportation come those in
the mechanical and chemical processes
of mining and extraction Of ore We
NAV divide these o. follows: Improve
ments in extracting and dressing the
ore and Improvements in methods of
treatment. Under Che first the steam
ana later tho electric hois. have been
substituted Cor the band windlass I'm.
mcnso Improvement have been made
IN tho construction of concentrstors
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-30
NEW BEDFORD'S PRODUCT.

At this short distance tho report seems
unaccountable that the mill corporations
of New Bedford will not cooperate in
any way In the approaching Industrial
exhibition in that city marking the semi
centennial of its INCORPORATION beginning
October 10. They have declined the in.
vitation to either put in machinery show
ing the process of cotton manufacturing.
or to make any display of their products.
and have even gone so far as to absolutely
refuse to either loan or sell TO the exhi-
bition committee any of their cloth.
New Bedford's mill interests have
indeed suffered from some awful hard
that does not seem a just reason for this
remarkable action Of tho mill men. New
Bedford's interests have before now
suffered ana recovered and 1t woGld seem
that rather than declining to make an
exhibit the present opportunity for a
showing is far too good to be neglected.
The New Bedford mills make beautiful
goods and their product is famous. An
industrial exposition In that city without
their display would strike the visitor as
much like the play of Hamlet with the
figure Of tho sombre Dane left out.
Thousands of visitors during tho fes-
tiyities are found to be disappointed and
it would seem that the mill interests so
far f;om doing themselves any good will
simply hit them selves another blow by
this action.