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early eos The Fair outgrew it's quarters entirely and moth
ing was left for the arm of ]. l.. Brandeis & Sons but to
build The corner at Sixteenth and Douglas streets, then
occupied by the Donaghue hot house, was purchased and the
Boston Store was born, to flourish in a handsome four-story
building, occupying the south end of two lots. Here the
general character of the business began to develop even
more rapidly than when The Fair was making its greatest
strides. The Boston Store was soon one of the busiest CEN
ters in Omaha and the name of Brandeis was beginning to
loom large on the business map. Then came the first great
calamity.
On Saturday evening, February 8, 1894, to be exact, at
GAS, the firm of J. L. Brandeis g. Sons got its literal hap
tism of fire. 1t was during a busy selling season, and just
about such weather as has been served out to Omaha during
the present month, The store was crowded with customers
and a steady stream of people was pouring in and out of the
big doors on the corner, when a spark from a defective cleo
trio light wire in one Of the Sixteenth street show windows
caught the drapery of the window and almost instantly
communicated with the goods hung on display in the store
room. No one who did not see It can form any idea of the
incredible speed with which the flames rushed through the
building. The greatest marvel in connection with the affair
was that no one was burned to death. So furious was the
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Are that the customers and employees of the nrm p j.
had to literally flee for their lives, and within -----
an hour from the time the spark leaped from the
a heap Of ashes. Several other building were burned, the
total loss being set down at ~$225,OOO. None of the employees nor
any Of the customers were-injured. But here was where the charac
ter Of Jonas L. Brandeis shone, Before the bricks we're cool he was
planning for a new building. Within ten days the firm had rented
a building at Fifteenth and Dodge-soon to be torn down to make
way for the Union Pacific headQuarters-and business was resumed.
AS soon as possible the ruins of the burned building were cleared
away, the debris removed and work Of erecting a newer and hand
somer structure was under way.
The new Boston Store was on a scale just double the size of the
one that burned. The north half of the lots was secured by purchase
and the new building was made 1872 feet on the ground by four stories
high, and was most substantially built. 1t was at the time of its
erection the most pretenuous home of a retail store in Omaha. For
that matter, it still stands one of the ciys really substantial business
blocks and is still occupied by the firm of J. L. Brandels & Sons.
Within a year from the time of the fire the new store was opened
and the firm was fairly launched on a career of enterprise and pros
perity that seems now to have no limit. The same methods that
made the success OF The Fair and the first Boston Store contributed
to the success of the second Boston Store, and before the decade was
out the question Of larger quarters was presented in a serious way.
Efforts we're made to purchase the lot to the west of the building,
without avail, although the lot west Of the church had been secured.
Unable to secure the entire half block on the north side of Douglas
street, the firm turned to the south side and bought from the several
owners, including the Young Mems Christian association. the prop
erty now occupied by the handsome Brandets building. Early in the
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A Tribute to Good Citizenship

IT HIS tribute to the members of an
Omaha family is inspired, not be-
cause they are the most extensive
advertisers in Omaha; not because
they are good neighbors; not because of a
friendship extending over many years, but
because this family has lone more than any
other in the substantial Improvement of this
city. 1t is because it is due them to know
that their good citizenship is appreciated by
their fellow citizens in Omaha, that this tri-
butte from The Omaha Bee is offered.
1t is a far cry from the little two-story
store on South Thirteenth Street, to the great
mercantile establishment, occupying more
than two-thirds of a city block. Yet it is less
than thirty years ago, that a father and three
sons, with a very limited capital and a meager
stock, opened a little store in a very mat
~tractive part'of town. While the cash capital
was small, there was an unlimited fund of
resource in the enterprise and energy of the
father and his three boys. Thus the steady
growth of their business is easily accounted
for.
It is not the intention to tell the story Of
how they grew from a small beginning, or to
point out what can be accomplished within
Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-27


ue more than twenty-six years ago and established himself in retail
tfade on lower Farnam street. Mr.. Brandeis had carried on business
81 a small way in a small town in Wisconsin, but he did not there
find the room to grow. In Omaha he sought an outlet for his ambi-
tious energy, and here he founded a house that has grown far beyond
even his hope for success. 1t was not sheer luck that led Mr.. Bran
deis to Omaha at the time he came, nor mere chance that aided in the
development Of his small business into the immense mercantile estab-
lshment that now bears his name under the management Of his sons.
He had faith in Omaha, just as he had faith in himself, and he &C
companied this faith by such perseverance in works as finally
achieved his determined purposes
But more than mere faith is essential to success in business.
Something else is needful to accomplishment. Many firms have
come and gone in the years since the name of Brandeis first appeared
on the business record Of the growing city. Character is one quail
incation needed for business success, and integrity of character, as
we'll as purpose, is most of all required. Then foresight and pru-
dence and the ability to see and seize an opportunity and to turn to
good uses the chances that come in the ordinary course of business.
All these qualifications we're embodied in Jonas L. Brandeis. They
are generally summed up in the vocabulary of business in the single
word Enterprise" He was enterpr1sing, and he has left his name
and his business In the hands of his sons, who are also enterprising.
1t was in a small room on Farnam street, between Twelfth and
thirteenth, that j. L. Brandeis & Son began business in December,
up from a most humble beginning to the position of owner of a small
store. 1t modestly but persistenty pushed its business, until the
store on Farnam street was outgrown and new quarters were found
ct Thirteenth and Howard. Here "The Fair was established, and
another son was added to the firm. The new business soon e-
IDanded beyond the original corner room, and then another was
&dded, until The Fair occupied half a dozen small rooms on Thir-
teenth street, extending south from the corner of Howard. In the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
Market Reports.

BJJTTER-Weak on creamery; receipts,
S.S55 packages; creamery, specials, per lb.
2gc: extras, 2S1zc. thirds to firsts, 26a2c' !;
state dairy, finest, 2sc.; common to
prime. 235ka27c: process, specials, 26c. I:
seconds 10 extras. 221za25lzc.; factory, sec
onds 10 firsts. 22a23c.; imitation creamery
23lAa241Ac.
CHEEsE-Firm; receipts. 4,saO boxes;
state, full cream, new specials, l414a1bc. !;
fancy, white. l4Ac; colored, lr4e.; aver
age prime, l3Aal4c. fair to good, 12lsa
lSJhc common, l0allc.; old, as 70 quail
ity. i6al7c.; skins. specials, llhc.; fine.
9lhalOc. fair 10 good, 7aS1Rc; common. Ga
eye. fun skins, 3ha4c.
EGGS - Barely steady receipts. 2S,S6
cases; state, Pennsylvania and nearby.
hennery, white. 24a26c. gathered. white.
225sa24c. hennery. brown. 23lka24c.; gath
cred brown, 22a23c,; fresh gathered stor-
age packed selections, 2a22lac. regular
packed. extra frsts, 22a22lsc.; firsts. 2ia
uhc.
POTATOES-Stea Bermuda, new per
bbl, S3a4; southern. new, per bbL. s.a3. 70 I:
old. In bulk, per lSG lbs. Slal.3; per sack.
7bc. a$l.l0; sweets. Jersey. per basket. 60c.
AA
LIVE POULTRY - Easier; prices not
settled.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
COMET ARRIVES.
Millions of Watchers Gaze
at HaIley'S Comet.
CONTACT WITH EARTH IS TIMED
Celestial Tramp Made Its Contact
With Earth at $3.50 Last Night
Eyes Still Turned skyward-As-
tronomers See Sun Spots.

New York, May 19.-Even in the
busy whirl of city life there are still
many eyes turned skyward and many
minds busy with speculation concern
ing Halley's comet.
But last night, when the earth en-
tered the comets tail, millions of eyes
some anxious. some curious-were
raised heavenward.
The streets of New York were jam
med last night by comet watchers. 1t
was a gay, carnival crowd. There was
much merriment and little alarm.
Chicago. May 19.-Yerkes Observa.
tory at Williams Bay, reports that the
comet hit the earth at about 9:30
O'Clock last night with a brilliant dis
play of aurora lights in the northern
sky.
The scientists assembled at the OBJ
servatory got excellent photographs of
the lights.
Professor Mitchell of Columbia uni
versity declared the lights were the
direct result of the comet.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
SCATTERS DEATH.
Exploding Dynamite Kills
100 Men In Cuba.
CAUSE OF DISASTER UNKNOWN
Owing to Race Trouble, Soldiers Mere
Loading Explosives For Shipment
When Crash Came-MassiVe
Building Destroyed.

Havana, May 19.-MIilitary officers
are today rigidly Investigating the two
almost simultaneous explosions of dy-
Mantle, 5000 pounds in all, which de-
molished the rural guard barracks in
the city of Pinar del Rio and killed
fully hundred persons and wounded
nearly as many more.
Captain Alfredo Ravena and Captain
Gaspar Betancourt of the garrison and
their families are reported to be buried
in the ruins of the officers quarters,
adjacent to the barracks.
Most of the dead were rural guards,
but the entire families of several off,
GERS of the guard, it is reported, were
killed also as well as some employees
of the public works department and
residents of the city, on which fell
deluge of masonry and other debris
from the blown up building.
1t is not known yet whether the ex-
plosion was the result of an accident
or was the work of conspirators, but it
probably was accidental.
DtNtIdl Itlltl
guard surgeons. officers and men and
government officials started from Ha-
vana to the scene of the catastrophe,
10S miles distant.
The barracks. a massive building of
Spanish construction. stood on hill in
the outskirts of the city to the north.
In consequence of the alarm over
1fctn rhan hn
dered all deposits of dynamite in the
vicinity in the possession Of contract
ors for road construction and other
public works 10 be removed to the bar
racks Tor safe Keeping.
They were loading cases of the dy-
Mantle on wagons for shipment to the
government magazine in Havana when
a terrific explosion occurred, instantly
followed by another. strewing the cen
tral court, in which the work was
going on, with dead and wounded.
The whole massive barracks build
ing was destroyed. the adjacent row of
officers quarters was demolished, and
the whole northern section of the city
was deluged with a torrent of frag-
ments of masonry.
The work of eXhumng the dead and
searching for those who still may be
alive is going on, but is greatly re-
tarded by the destruction of the cleo
trio light wires and the fear that un-
exploded dynamite remains in the ru-
inS.
According to reports received here,
mangled remains of victims were
found in the streets Of the city a mile
from the scene of the explosion.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
Finds Spots on the Sun.

St Louis, May 19.-Large sun spots
were discovered by the Rev. lrl K.
Hicks, a st. Louis weather prophet.
and the discovery was confirmed short
ly after by the Rev. Father Martin s.
Brennan and other astronomers.
Three awful groups" is the way Fa-
ther Brennan describes them. "They
are very unusual" he said, "as the
customary period of recurrence of sun
spots, is eleven and one-third years,
and 1t has been only three years since
the occurrence of the last spots.
in one Of the groups" said Father
Brennan. Il counted twenty-six spots.
In another there is large isolated one
near the bottom of the sun.
In the principal group one of the
spots is the largest that l have ever
seen. 1t is probably 10000 miles
across.
There is no possible connection be-
tween the comet and the sun spots.
The comet is S0.000,0OO miles away
from the sun and could not possibly
have any effect upon it.
1T would require body as large as
the earth to fall into the sun to make
such spot as the large one in the
principal group. There are always
spots on the sun
Professor j. $. Ricard at Santa Clara
(Cal) college meteorological observa-
tory saw two very large spots, both In
tensely black.
Three sun spots considerably accen-
tuated were observed at the Yerkes
observatory in Chicago
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
London Multitude Gathers
For Kings ObsequieS.
IMMENSE CROWD PASSES BIER.
Dangerous Rush by Men In Line al
Westminster Causes Struggle With
Police - Disturbance Quelled.
Women Faint In Crush.

London. May 19-London is over.
flowing today with the multitude OF
strangers FROM all parts Of the world
gathered to witness the imposing spec.
tacle of the funeral of the late Kline
Edward tomorrow
In the vicinity of Westminster hall
the streets are black with men and
women, all eagerly seeking opportunity
20 gaze upon the dead king.
London. familiar with the gathering
Of vast thrOngs. has never witnessed
such Il teeming multitude of humanity.
AS the time approached for the clos.
ing of Westminster hall last night the
crowd, whose number was enormous.
lost patience, broke the line. swept the
police aside and surged forward in
dangerous rush. Fresh police were
close at hand. and they promptly drew
a strengthened Gordon. This, however,
was quickly broken and the people
stormed into the palace yard, where
those who have passed the kings cof
fin make their exit, and tried to force
the doors. If they had succeeded it is
impossible to say what would have
happened. Fortunately the police were
able to close and bar the doors just In
time, but only after a sharp struggle.
in which they were compelled to fight
for the upper hand. A large part Of
the crowd were very unwilling particf.
pants in the rush. They were forced
on by the masses behind them.
The shrieks of terrified women vain.
ly trying to escape the crush were
heard above the confused din of shout
ing. There was n similar scene at the
double doors where the people entered,
but here the police. after keeping the
doors closed for five minutes, Gained
the crowd and reopened one of the
doors The rush began again, how
ever. and they were compelled to close
the door again. There does not seem
to have been any malice. The rushes
were merely sheeplike Stiffness. The
police had been secretly ordered to
keep the doors open until midnight in
order to let everybody in, instead of
closing them at o o'clock. but were
/ instructed not to announce the extern
sion of time lest the rush be further
augmented
All da. yesterday and until the mo-
ment Of closing last night there was
| steady stream of people into West
/ minister hall. The number that passed
| the kings bier is estimated at frOn
/ 10000 to 250,OO0.
/ At one time in the afternoon black
sinuous line nearly seven miles in
length. after winding in and out of the
streets in the neighborhood of the
houses of parliament, extended beyond
Battersea bridge. The line was four
abreast and was growing at the rate
of hundred minute. Three-quar-
ters OF those in the line were women,
some of whom tainted in the jam.
The latest arrivals must he prepared
for four or five hours wait before
they gain admittance.
In the csowd were rich and poor.
lofty and lowly, high and low Of eV-
cry degree
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
READS RIOT ACT.
Uncle Joe Cannon Attacks
Fault Finders.
ANSWERS NEW PARTY TALK.
Vigorously Asking What Should Be
Done With Men Who Won't Fight,
Hearers Reply "Shoot Theml"
Storm of Applause Given.

New York, May 19.-As though re-
plying to the criticism of existing po-
litical organizations and appeal for a
new party by President Kirby of the
National Manufacturers association,
Uncle Joe Cannon. speaker of the
national house of representatives. i'm
his address mt the associations ban
quet last night attacked "captious
fault finders" As he read the riot act
to the banqueters he was vociferously
applauded.
Hitting the table with his fist. he ex-
claimed:
IF two great armies were drawn up
in actual war and there were in one
of them those who professed to be
with it and refused to charge when
the general gave the command, do you
know what would he done with themT'
Cries of "Shoot 'em: shoot 'emr'
Uncle Joe: "That is an honorable
death! No; they would be hanged"
In profound silence the company
waited on Uncle JOe's words. He con-
tinued:
Il do not mention names. 1t is the
essence of a Republican government
that the majority shall control. 1t is
the rule that if the majority under re-
sponsible leadership makes mistake
the 90,000,000 will give the minority
that was the power that is.
Il say to you. make manly fight,
striking from the shoulder, to insist
that when the polls close next Novem-
ber you either give a Republican ma
jority in the national congress or that
you give our popular Democratic
friends full majority [Applause,
very short.l If | were mere parti-
! san I'd like to see our Democratic
/ friends in full power, and it would be
up to them to enact new revenue
tariff, and then instead of picking at
the present tariff law they would have
a baby of their own to protect. Laugh
/ ter
IF / were a mere partisan | would
welcome the Democrats coming into
/ full power and joining forces with
! Cummins and La Toilette and DOlli-
yer and Bristow and Champ Clark and
! Senator Plat of Minnesota. But, after
all, what Is the Republican party, what
are all these organizations. to the great
! questions that arise among 90,0O0,OOO
that bring short wages and trials?
But | would rather that, we would
carry the house and the senate the
next time by sound, real Republican
majority, even although in 1912 we
might lose out. In other words, I'd
postpone the evil day as long as posi-
BILE, for perchance some of us may
pass over. and perchance wisdom may
come to the rescue, south as well as
north of Mason and DiXon's line"
/ Mr. Cannon said he made his address
realizing that at the banquet were
gathered together the employers of a
great army of workmen who are en-
gagged In the production of One-third OF
all that is produced in the whole civil
lzed world. He said that I'm justice tC
employers and in justice to working
men. FIVE or six million producers, ht
was justified as representative IL
giving a plain talk on the public good.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
SINKS WITH PASSENGERS.
River Steamboat Meets With Accident.
Nobody browns.

Kansas City, May l9.-The Uncle
Sam, pleasure steamer, turned turtle
at the foot of Grand avenue with
load of passengers.
There We're 100 passengers on the
Uncle Sam. and it had just started out
on an excursion. The boat backed
downstream to turn around, collided
with a sand barge and bumped against
pier, knocking a big hole In the
boats side After the boat had been
rushed toward the shore at full speed
gangplank was thrown out, but while
the plank was filed with passengers
rushing for shore the boat went down.
throwing all into the water.
1t is believed all persons ON the plank
reached the shore. The water is not
deep, and the boat was not entirely
covered.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
TRAINMEN VOTE FOR STRIKE,
After Count Leaders Confer With
Railroad Officials.

New York. May 19.-Officers of the
brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen and
the Order of Railroad Conductors COM
pleted the canvass of the vote of the
Erie trainmen and conductors on the
question of strike for the enforce
ment of the demands for the scale of
wages paid to the Baltimore and Ohio
men, and il was then announced that
the vote for declaring a strike was
fraction over % per cent Under the
rules of the two organizations the
presidents Of the organizations of
trainmen and conductors in such cases
make Il final effort to bring about an
amicable settlement before the strike
goes into effect.
In accordance with this rule, Presi-
dents Lee and Garretson Of the two
organizations notified the officials OF
the Erie. and conference was ar
ranged by them with General Manager
j. c. Stuart of the Erie. General Su-
perintendent Stone OF the Erie was
also present, but did not take any part
in the proceedings.
At this conference on behalf of the
Erie it was stated again that It was
not in position to grant the large ad-
vances, ranging in some cases to over
90 per cent over present wages. Be
fore the strike vote was taken the
company had offered an advance In
wages averaging @ per cent, which had
been rejected. At the conference the
company made another counter prOpo-
sition, but no settlement was reached.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20

Boston, May 19.-George w. Cole
man, after admitting that he looted
the National City bank of Cambridge
of S309,000, was sentenced to fifteen
years in prison at Greenfield, Mass,
by Judge Hale in the United States
district court.
In moving for sentence the district
attorney asked that Coleman be sent
to Jail, as the law under which he was
convicted does not call for hard labor.
This has raised the question of the
legality of the sentence of Charles w.
Morse, the financier, who is now serv-
ing term at hard labor in the federal
prison at Atlanta. 1t is thought that
the technicality may result in the re
lease of Morse
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20

Brazil and Argentina on the questions
at issue concerning Peru, Ecuador and
Chile.
The dispute arose over the boundary
dispute between Peru and Ecuador.
Chile and Bolivia were drawn into it
by taking sides between the other
countries. The Peruvian and EcuadO-
rean armies are now close to each
other on the frontier
Washington, May 19.-Secretary of
State Knox has obtained the consent
of the governments of Brazil and Ar
gentina to join with the United States
in a tripartite offer of mediation to
prevent war between Ecuador and
Peru. The negotiations were begun on
May u. when Secretary Knox in
structed the American ambassador at
Rio de Janeiro and the minister at
BuenOs Aires TO sound the govern
ments to which they were accredited.
As result an agreement was reached
to make joint offer of mediation.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
Girl Stops Ball Career.

Oxford, Miss, May 19.-Rather than
lose his sweetheart. Robert Mitchell,
regarded as the best college pitcher
ever developed in the south, has given
up the idea of starring in the profes-
siOnal field. He had accepted terms
from Manager Chance for a trial with
the Chicago Nationals and was to re-
port before June l. His sweetheart,
however, put her foot down, and
Mitchell bowed to her will
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-20
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
DISCUSS ELKINs AMENDMENT
Senate Debating Regulation Concern
ing Putting Railroad Rates Into Effect.


ing Putting Railroad Rates Into Effect.
Washington, May 19.-When the SEN
ate met today the much debated ad-
ministratiOn railroad bill was again
taken up. The amendment proposed
by Senator Elkins was discussed and
drew forth a vigorous flow of rhetoric.
The amendment provides that no in
crease of rates shall go into effect un-
til after II has been approved by the
interstate commerce commission,
The senate yesterday disposed OF an
other important feature OF the railway
bill. BY vote of 40 to % the amend
ment proposed by Senator William Al
den Smith of Michigan as a substitute
for the provision of the bill which
gives the attorney general charge OF
the defense of orders of the Interstate
commerce commission when they are
attacked IN the courts was adopted.
But before the vote was taken num-
Der of additions were made TO Mr..
Smiths amendment, the most substan-
tial being proposed by Senator Hughes
Of Colorado. Minor amendments were
made by Senator Smith and by Sena-
tor Borah.