Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
STORES DO LARGE BUSINESS
Omaha Business Men Reap Big Harvest
from the Carnival Week.
TRADE EXCEEDS THAT OF LAST YEAR
ThOusnnds of Faithful Subjects Of
h King Bring Their Gold
and silver aud spend
Literally.

OF the many blessings attendant upon
the accession Of King Ak-Sar-Ben to the
throne OF Quivera none is more substantial
or more genuinely gratifying than the bene-
At II has brought to the merchants of the
capital city and the evidence 1t furnishes
Of prosperity throughout the realm. That
the coronation which has Just passed into
history brought together more Of the sub
jects Of the kingdom than any OF the pre-
ceding ones is generally agreed, and that
their visit has been of profit in a business
way the merchants Of the city almost with
out exception will readily testify. All OF
the hotels have been crowded to their ut
most capacity throughout the entire car
nival period and restaurants have been
doing all the business they could, not only
throughout the day, but far into the night
as well. The street cars and public con-
veyances have reaped no small share Of
the profit and 1t may truly be said that in
every line Of local industry business has
been good"
Inquiry among the retail dealers of the
city yesterday afternoon ELECTED the al
most invariable response: I'VE have done
a better business than ever before at this
time and feel very we'll satisfied"
Testimony of Business Men.
H. r. Rosenthal OF the Peoples Store
said in discussing the trade of the last
week: I'VE have lone a most satisfactory
business during the carnival-considerably
better than last year. 1t has been notice.
able that the out-of-town customers have
bought a better class Of goods thar usual
and have bought more readily. Business
has been particularly good in our suit de-
partment and there we were forced to keep
our employees working nights. A large
humble OF visitors came to look over our
stock and we have been gratihed at that"
Morris Levy OF the Nebraska Clothing
said: "Our business has been
highly satisfactory and our sales will run
above those OF last year. We are we'll
pleased"
At the Boston Store one Of the Messrs.
said that his firm was very we'll
pleased with its business throughout the
carnival and sales had exceeded those Of
last year.
Better than ever" was the reply Of Mr..
of the firm of Thompson, Belden G.
Co.. when asked how his house had Jared.
81 don't know at this time Just what the
increase is over last year" he continued,
there has been an increase"
A. B. Mcconnell Of the drug firm Of Sher-
man G. Mcconnell was found to be in a
happy frame Of mind and said
I'VE have had just all the business We
could do and l find that In our line gen.
the experience has been the same.
We have all had to keep open later than
usual to accommodate the trade. 1 have
not yet been able to make any comparison
Of figures between this and last year, but
| know that the balance will be in favor
NJ THE xyaaH ana IN hand shA,Id 4Lo4
Is per cent would be a conservative esti-
mate of the increase"
Shoes and Clothing.
John A. organs, manager OF the Fry Shoe
said: 'In the retail shoe line
there have been more goods and better
goods sold than ever before at the carnival
season. The high quality Of goods demanded
a particularly noticeable feature Of the
business OF this year"
''In spite OF the fact that we have had
bad days this year" said Major Wilcox
of Browning. King & Co.. II am quite sure
that the sales in our line Of trade have
those OF last year"
From the W. r. Bennett company It was
earned that that firm, like all of the others
In its line. had profted to a marked de-
gree by the large gathering Of strangers
In Omaha and had exceeded its business of
year.
Hayden Bros. and Thomas Fitzpatrick and
Co., showed the general prosperity of
other large concerns in very wholesome
Both houses did enormous bust
ness.
The average business Of the street railway
company for the week was but little diff
terent from that OF last year, but on Thurs
day the total Of fares collected was III, O40,
is a considerable increase over any
previous year. The other big days ran from
&C, 900 to SO, 1000.