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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-24
FURNITURE MEN
 ARE IN NEW YORK
Two Hundred Delegates Attend
 from All Paris of U. 5.
TARIFF VIEWS ADOPTED
Congressman Lowering Makes Address on Questions of Import to Manu- lecturers and Exporters, Deal
 Ina With Foreign Trade.

New York, July 2s.-The Furniture As- soeiation of America, national organ ization of retail dealers, manufacturers and their representatives began it's first annual convention here tonight. The meeting was attended by 200 delegates from all parts of the United States. Presi- dent shearer of Boston called the con vention to order and William c. Lover ing, representative in congress of the Fourteenth Massachusetts district, was the principal speaker, discussing .'Practi- cal Methods of Extending Our Export Trade"
 Resolutions were adopted that It is the sense of the Furniture Association Of America that legislation to relieve our interests from the present prohibitory tax on alcohol, should be promptly enacted by congress, and that our laws relatins to the payment of drawback on exported articles of domestic manufacture shoulo be amended as provided for in the plll iil- trodueed in the last congress by William c. Lowering of Massachusetts
 Resolutions were adopted also to the effect that the warerooms of manufae- turers should be made accessible for the use of dealers with their customers, sueh dealers to be those who carry a stock and not < to brokers, canvassers anu others having no stock or store; and that the executive committee be instructed to take A mall vote on this subject.
 Lowering Talks.
 Congressman Lowering said in part:
 "Tn all the years of our history as na- ton it has come to be a pretty well estaD- lished fact that a tax for revenue on the lines of protection to American industries has yielded a fuller measure of public well fare than a tax for revenue only, but IL does not follow that the highest and most prohibitory tax is the most protective tax. It Is a fact that what most of the indus ries of our country today are sorely in need of, is new outlets in the markets Of the world for their products, anu that the tariff should be so laid that the doors may sometimes swing outward as easily as they swing inward The fact Is becoming clearer every day that the productive power of the country has been steadily outgrowing the consuming power, and that our factories are being directly con- fronted with an increasing surplus of pro- ducts.
 This being the actual state of affairs, the question remains how can we increase our sales of manufactured articles in for eign markets?
 "The present drawback law has greatly helped to further the export trade In articles made wholly or in part from im- ported duty-paid materials, so that the advantages Of the drawback system are now universally admitted. It has been found however. that the requirement. that the imported materials on which duties are paid must be positively identi- fled as having been used in the manufac- ture of any specific lot of exported art1- cies on which Q drawback has been claimed, has operated to make the ef- fort of drawback a difficult and compli- cated matter"
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Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19
WAITING FOR AUTOMOBILES
Many Omaha People Looking for
scoOt Wagons Ordered
Long Ago.

II II we're not for the fact that the desire
for automobiling is so general throughout
the country Omaha would nave today so
many Of the machines that one could look
nowhere without seeing them. The craze
to ride in the horseless vehicles is growing
here as elsewhere out Of all proportion TO
the facilities OF the manufacturers and
dealers 10 furnish them. At present more
than a dozen Omaha people are waiting for
machines they have ordered, but which they
have been unable to get as yet. Many OF
these automobiles are of the larger type.
too, and Il seems that from now on there
will be more and more OF the large. heavy,
fast carriages. Four Of the foremost OF
omaha's horse lovers have ordered large
automobiles Weighing from one to, two tons
and with speeds varying from thirty to forty
miles an hour. 1t is the coming OF these
machines that will make Omaha an auto
mobile loving town, for the great zest and
sport Of auto trips In the country is the
ability to 80 out for a days jaunt and
reach some place that Is beyond the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19
ATHLETICS AT THE UNIVERSITY
Victory of the Base Ball Team
over the Omaha Leaguers
Pleases All.


The fans feel a little better than usual,
mostly on account OF beating the Rourke
family. The fact that the omahans de-
feated the varsity on last Tuesday is not
commented upon. Everyone wants to talk
about the Monday game. On Monday the
Cornhusker aggregation beat the leaguers
by a score of 4 to 2. The next day the
Rourke aggregation got it back OF the
varsity, and then some. Mr.. Rourke's colts
piled up a score OF 9 to the university boys
2. This explains why everybody. about the
university. has been talking about how the
varsity licked the gents from the metropo-
lis. When asked II there was anything new
in the athletic situation, Captain Townsend
said: 1.-THE newest thing is the way we
beat the Omaha league team. That was the
hrst time in the history Of the university
that we nave been able to make that big
aggregation bite the dust, and we feel en-
eoursged by It," When asked about the
turning OF the tables In Tuesdays game.
Captain Townsend had nothing to say. ex-
cept that It was no disgrace to meet de-
feat at the hands Of so strong an aggrega-
tion as the Rourke family.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19
ATHLETICS AMONG SOLDIERS
Army Men Turn to Outdoor Sports
and Are Making EceIIent
Roadway.

Owing to the recent orders of the army
with respect to athletics among the troops
at the posts in the various departments, the
soldiers at Fort Crook are taking an active
interest in most Of the branches of field
and track work, beside base ball and foot
ball. An athletic association has been or
ganized with a iourishing membership
among the enlisted men and the officers.
The entrance fees and dues are nominal
and they have high hopes of building up
a name for themselves at Fort Crook that
will be an envied one in the Department Of
the Missouri. II will be possible for the
different regiments to compete with each
other from time to time and rivalry prom
Uses to be as keen as that in college sport,
although the records will probably not be
as high, owing to the lack Of practice and
preparation by the men in the army.
While the Twenty-second has. always had
a ball team, even when in the Philippines
this years team bids fair to rival that OF
previous years because of the added In
terest lent It by the rivalry which is now
between the various regimental teams. FRI
day they we're defeated by the Omaha team
by a one-sided score, but they were play
ing in hard luck and the score does not
represent the true value of the team. The
men are still a little green and stif, and
will take a few more days to round into
good shape. Each Of the eight companies
at the post has a base ball team, and from
these teams It is always possible to re-
cruit a number Of good men, so that the
team is continually changing at this time
of the year. The regiment will be, In st.
Louis during the fair dedication ceremony
and, during that time, expect to meet the
base ball teams from the Eighth and Six
teenth regiments IN match games. II may
be that this may be an impossibility owing
TO the number OF duties that are always
liable to fall 10 a regiment on such du-
ties. Definite arrangements have been
made for a game on May 2 with the st.
Louis Browns, and the soldiers think that
they will succeed better against them h
they did against Omaha.
There is a quarter-mile cinder running
track on the post grounds and a great deal
Of interest is being manifested In track
work. On next Monday the men will have
the first track meet. From then on the
meets will be held every month. In the
beginning the events will include only the
100 and 22O-yard dashes, half mile and mile
runs and the 100 and 220-yard hurdles, be-
side obstacle and relay races. Later, II
any Of the men develop into weight throw
ers and pole vaulters, these will be added,
and eventually the meets will include all
OF the events tina are included in inter-
collegiate track meets.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

base. Dale Talbot; third base, Earl Millett;
short stop, Ray Bonner; left field, Grant
Caughey; center field. Louis Ferguson;
right Geld. Anton Lott; substitutes. Frank
Mcmahon and Jesse Clark. Local teams
and Nebraska and western Iowa clubs who
are in the same class as the yards boys
will be accommodated with games By ad-
dressing II. R. Ellis. Manager. Union Stock
Yard Juniors, South Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

Better hlled the box in Mondays game,
and upheld his claim to be a rival OF the
famous Leatherby OF last years winning
team. In the Tuesday game Longanecker
pitched a good game until the seventh In
ming, when he fell down. Hrubeski was
then put In and he threw his arm out and
was compelled to yield the sphere TO Morse.
The twirlers for the Cornhuskers' aggre-
CATION for this season will be Better,
Morse, Longaneeker and Townsend. All
these men nave proved themselves capable
to make good on the base ball field, and
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19
SEASON OF REST FOR HUNTER
CLOSE Time on Game Birds Comes
Early and sends Him to His
Rod and Line.

The hunting season, so far as ducks and
snipe and the remainder Of the water fowl
and the birds that skim along the wet and
soggy shores are concerned, is over, &C
cording to the state law, and shotguns are
once more laid away in the dark and the
quiet to wait for fall before they shall
appear again to be the boon companion
of the man and his dog. The season is
still open for doves and their kin. but little
shooting will be done on their. account.
Within two or three weeks those who like
to hunt will have turned their endeavors
to the pursuits OF Isaac Walton and will
spend long days with the rod and line on
the quiet shores of the lakes and streams
where the members Of. the. inny tribe
abound.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

The season gone by has been In many
ways q. peculiar one for the hunter. On
every side game has been. abundant and,
yet, with the exception Of a few weeks Of
snipe shooting, the bags have been light
and the hunters reward scanty. AS the
days grow long the Nimrods will sit in
the quiet Of the evening and tell OF what
a wonderful season it was, but looked at In
the retrospect of but a few days it has
been remarkable only for the lightness of
bags and the swarms Of duck that covered
the waters of Nebraska streams and lakes.
High water has met the hunter on every
side and the ducks and geese have lived
In perfect security in the PARKWAY middle
ness Of the water. The banks we're muddy
and difficult to find q blind in. On the
upper reaches OF the rivers, where the ice
gorges and the high water was not so
painfully evident there have been some re-
markable kills, but nearer home, and few
Of the hunters went far away, the quest
has been long and the return has been light.
Last week and the week preceding the
waters had receded considerably and those
who went for snipe only brought back with
them a few teal as well as their allowance
Of snipe. The ducks and geese, otherwise,
were gone to the northward, though, and
the. subsistence of the waters brought little
comfort to the hunter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

The fourth Grand American Handicap has
fallen to a Nebraska man, NJ. Diefenderfer
of Wood River. He was a low handicap
man, shooting at the clay pigeons from
the sixteen-yard line, and he won In a
sensational finish, taking the last twenty
FIVE targets without a miss. Two other
Nebraska men were among the list OF win
ners in the shoot at Kansas City. They
were w. P. Townsend of Omaha, with 81
targets at eighteen yards, and Dave Linder-
man Of Lincoln, with IS targets, at nine-
teen yards.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19
LIVELY TEAM OF YOUNGSTERS
Union stock Yards juniors Comes to
the Front for It's Seasons
Work.

With the coming Of spring and warm
weather the lovers OF base ball down in
South Omaha are taking an interest in the
sport that has not been known for a long
time. One thing is sure. South Omaha
Union Stock Yards Juniors. This band Of
young men. under the management of H. R.
Ellis, has certainly awakened a great in
terest in the national game among the
South Omaha citizens since its o~rganiza-
ton. The club is Just entering upon its
third year and indications point to as sue
cessful a season as the previous ones. The
year 1902 shows a record of thirty-six
victories out Of nfty-one games played,
twenty-five of which were played through
out the state, necessitating a mileage of
close to 500 miles. The stock yards COM
pany, commission merchants and citizens
are proud Of the record this team has made
and appreciate the good 1t has lone South
Omaha by sending a strong team on these
yearly trips. They are contributing liber-
ally to the support of the club. Last year,
by hard hustling, the youngsters raised
over $500 to cover the expense of their
three weeks trip. This year. the intentions
are 10 spend two weeks touring western
Iowa and two weeks in Nebraska. Not
only will funds be raised to make this
trip, but a movement is also on foot TO
provide South Omaha with a ball grounds,
centrally located and suitably fenced. Mr..
Ellis is looking around for grounds and
II a lease can be secured South Omaha
will see plenty of good ball with teams
from abroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19
AMATEURS AND THE SUNSHINE
Good weather Brings out Golfers and
Tennis Men and Makes Links
and Courts Lively.

With sunny skies and gentle breezes
has come a ooterie of golfers. who enjoy
the game for the free air and the warm
haze Of spring, as much as for the game IT.
self, and the links at the Country and
Field clubs are scattered over with the
golf d~ilettRntes, clad in the most correct
Of golfing apparel. The idlers in the game
are not the only ones that are enjoying
the goodness Of the season. The older
ones to whom the game is something more
than a mere pastime are appearing on the
links as regularly as ever. For them no
gray, chilly days or threatening skies hold
disparagement and make the house seem
preferable to the links. On both links
the entire course is open now. although
the greens at the Country club will not
be played upon for two weeks yet. There
the players are using temporary holes on
the entire course.
While neither of the club houses is ON
cially open, the social features OF them
are growing more and more with each ad-
vancing day. At the Country club al
ready there has been an attempt to turn
into the social rut and a c%otillion has
been given by the young ladies'. which was
in many ways an athletic feature, In that
~ - AheNbg bNohNN boAA 6HAASo AAN
ping-pong. we're part Of the order Of the
night.
Tennis, too, is having it's turn at the
hands Of the frequenters Of the Field
club, and this year bids fair to surpass
that Of last as a banner one. At the Field
club this is partly due to the great inn
provements that have been made In the
courts in regard to drainage, as we'll as
the playing surface. The courts, as i'm
proved, are as fast as any clay courts in
the country and are the pride Of the club.
Tennis is showing a disposition to push to
the front as a summer game elsewhere
than at the Field club. In and around
town new courts. both private and club
courts, are being rolled and put into con-
dition and the wielders OF the racket are
busy preparing for the summer tourna-
ments that must result from this activity.
The Young Mems Christian association has
almost completed its courts at Nineteenth
and Farnam streets, and within a few days
will have players on them. These courts
will have as much toward bringing the
game into universal favor as any in town,
owing to their proximity to the center of
the town. In the morning, at noon and in
the evening they are always handy to the
man whose ofHce is near by and the work.
ers will slip down early In the morning to
play a set, or run out at noon for a game
or two with a friend, and again on the
way home from work at night they will
tarry for another round on the courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

abilities and possibilities OF the horse.
There 10 a great Joy in moving along in an
automobile down the country roads and
lanes at a pace that makes the much
ridiouled mask a necessity as we'll as a
mark OF the machine. The smaller ma
chimes, OF which there is to be no dearth
this year, owing to the larger facilities for
making these and filling orders. are also
coming to the front and their humble will
be legion this summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

Just at present all interest is centered
on the opening game, which takes place at
Vinton street park Saturday. May 2, with
the omaha Field club. The Field club team
consists largely Of old-time college players,
and. generally speaking. they o~utelass the
yards boys. However, the close game OF
last year between these two teams, which
resulted in favor of the Field club, gives the
yards boys confidence and they promise to
at least make IL interesting. At this game
MIR, Ellis will put on the field one OF the
p~rettiest uniformed teams ever seen In
these parts. Twelve new uniforms Of royal
blu and white have been ordered and will
be here in time for this game. The man
agement is making the team stronger than
ever this year and Ellis is keeping his eyes
Lopen for fast players under Is years of age.
THE personnel Of the team so far as picked
Is as follows; Pitchers, Frank Quinn and
Benjamin Cherrington; catcher. Charles
! Miller; FIRST base. Walter Hachten; second
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

Well, It doesn't look so bad for Papa
Bill" and his aggregation of ball players as
some OF, the fans thought Il did at the be-
ginning Of the season before the team
begun TO round into shape. Everyone of
those dyed In the wool" boys that sat
out on the bleachers last year and cheered
for Podge Alloway. Graham and the rest
OF the bunch Of curve producers thought
that we wouldn't be in IL without them,
but things look as II their dope was very
much to the sandpaper. When the days
were yet short and the air cold the boys
did play a little yellowish, but warmer
weather has set tSeir blood TO flowing and
they are getting there like an only son IN
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19
A Thorough Cleansing of the System
Now Is the Surest Protection Against
Spring and Sumner Sickness.

No good house keeper ever neglects Spring cleaning.
With plenty of'soaP. and water, hard scrubbing and seour-
sunlight and air, she soon gets rid of all rubbish,
musty odors, germs and microbes, and the dust and dirt
that have accumulated during the long winter months, and
everything about the place is freshened up and given an
air of newness and neatness that suggests health and COM
fort. But when the house has been put in order, and the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

The gasoline machine seems to hold the
front rank here. It is a more sensible ma
chine than any OF the others, owing to the
ease Of renewing It's power In the country
or at home, which the electric machine
does not allow OF. The steam machine has
also fallen into disfavor here for two
reasons. 1t requires more care in opera
tion than either the gasoline or electric
and is more likely to fall into habits Of
breaking down than any Of the others.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

The society maids are slipping out bright
and early in the mornings and secretly prac-
ticing the m~aneuvering of their brothers
and fathers machines, that they may also
have an opportunity Of holding the reins
when the auto has displaced the horse as
the proper carriage for moonlight drives.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-19

While the matter Of taking the FIRST spring
run is still undetermined. a decision as to
the date for this will be come to within a
few days and all arrangements made for 1t.
Meanwhile the autos are slipping out onto
the country byways and highways and their
owners are trying to outdo old records for
speed that they established for themselves
last year. On two Saturdays in succession
Mr.. Frederickson has made the run to Ben
nington, q matter OF eighteen miles, in
forty-hve minutes, and that without any
attempt to crowd hia machine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-03-25
Ladies' Symphony Orchestra.

The concert at Hancock hall last Mon
day evening by the Bost on ladies' sympho-
ny orchestra was one Of the best musica
entertainments ever given in Ellsworth
The downpour OF rain prevented as large
an attendance as was hoped for, but the
hall was fairly well filed. 1t WAS beauti-
ful sight-those twenty-five young ladiee
all good-looking and becomingly dressed
and thorough musicians, every one. Fol-
lowing was the programme:
l March from The Chaperons. s....... witmark
Overture-Tannhauser .............. Wagner
3 Trombone solo-Air with variations,
Harlow
Ida Reiter
IA Caprice-Golden Glitter. ......... Whitney
4 UOr string orchestra)
b A Musical Joke-The Donkey Laugh,
Whitney
Piccolo solo-Through the Air........ Damn
Addie e Moore
6 Overture-Zampa. ...... ............. Herold
7 Violin solo-Fantaisie Brillante. :. Leonard
Mabel Beaman Mckee
Concert waltz-Merry Comrades. Vollstedt
9 Tenor solo-Lend Me Your Aid. .Gounod
(from Queen of Sheba)
George A Taylor
10 Selection-Prince of .Luders
There wasn't suggestion OF the am
ateur from the opening to the close OF the
concert. The snap and dash and go
throughout the entire programme
were refreshing. The selections were of
a kind that lent great variety, and appar-
emily suited every taste. Encores were
frequent, and generously responded to-,
especially by the soloists.
The execution was BILE; express
sion was often lacking, but this was the
fault of the conductor rather than of the
orchestra, for, whenever he got out of
his metronomic attitude, his players re-
sponded nobly.
Far and away the best performance of
the evening was the overture from Wsg-
ner's "Tannbauser", which, barring
lapses In accent in important places, was
admirably played.
The soloists were Mabel Beaman Mckee,
violin, Ida Reiter trombone, Addie E..
Moore. piccolo, and George A. Taylor
tenor. The performance of each was
admirable. The tenor would have been
more enjoyed II the conductor had Iot
Kept the orchestra at double foite
throughout. 1t takes a big voice to
make much of showing in a small hell
against an unrepressed orchestra of
twenty-five.
However, it was a most satisfactory
performance, and the hope was univeisai ly
An hour or SO of dancing followed the
concert.