rvn v. ni a ti a n aii.v n'w.i;'. utT"WT a "V taWH A v r. mnn
YOU'VE BEEN EXPECTING THIS SALE
THE
Continental's $50,000 Stock
tru Mmmmummmmm.
We've gone
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of men's and boys' fine suits and overcoats must be sold at once.
through the entire stock and cut the prices so that this will be the
GREATEST CLEARING GUT SALE
ever held in Omaha or anywhere else in he west; every piece of clothing in the store has received the sharp edge of the knile so deep that all prices and
profits have been lost sight of. This is your one life-time chance to get what you want at prices you never dreamed of before, t , ,
DON'T WAIT----INVESTI.GATE IT'S GENUINENESS DON'T WAIT
v fill lirAAto .have no value to us now we mean to sell every garment this Week.
Ulwl CU9IS The early buyer gets the best of the lot,
S25 Overcoats SI5. $20 Overcoats SI3.50. $22 Overcoats $14. $10 0'coats $11.50. $15 Overcoats $9.50. $10 Overcoats $5
BAMA ' Never was there a sale of undamaged or unburned suits where the prices
men o omid
were so low or the values so high.
$25 Suits $15.
$20 Suits $13.50. $22 Suits $14. $18 Suits $11.50, $15 Suits $9.50. $10 Suits $5
VaiihiW UA OiiiIa looks like folly for us to offer such suits as these at such ruinously
I Ullllg IwlBII S wUlIS low prices, but we're forced to' do it.
$15.00 Suits $7.50
$12.00 Suits $6.25
$10.00 Suits. $5.00
KAVC Cllifo You've paid twice as much for suits worth hnlf what we're going to sell these suits for QAUmJ flu AVAAata turning back now the prices here are cut as no .one has ever dared to cut
MUj WUII? Monday. 5 suits ?3.50, 1 suits 2.75, 3.50 suits 2.25, 3 suits 1.85. UWCI vUCllv
them before 8 overcoats 5.50; 7 overcoats ; 0 coats 1.50, 5 coats 3.50.
CONTINENTAL CLOTHING COMPANY
Northeast Corner Fifteenth and Douglas Streets.
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REFUSES TO DElAl TRIALS
EftTMa Jmdgt IaiiiU Froeetdiif with
with ?itfflo Omil
NEELEY, RATHBONE AND REEVES IN CIURT
rrnlKiieil on ClinrKc of Kinlienlc
Iiiviit nnil Arc Given Coiinnel
JVeeley Hiitera I'leu of
Not Guilty.
HAVANA, Jon. 4. -Tho-trlals of tho cases
rising from tho Cuban postofftco erabezzlo
uljats opened today in tho Audcncla court
b-tTfbro flvo Judges. 'Tho court room is lo
cated over tho prison in which Ncclcy has
teen confined. Ono hundrod and eighty-two
Witnesses lmvo been called to testify and
of theso about eighty responded today. '
Of tho defendants Necley, Rathbono and
Itoeves wcro seated on ono t side of tho
room and Moya and Mascara, tho Cuban
stamp clerks, on tho other. Nccly showed
no signs of his confinement'. Ho has grown
stoutor and was In gbod spirits.
VUpon tho opening of tho court Hathbono
tnr.mfylttu . V. n lii.lira I tin Ilia nnimanl
tltmorcs iinuza ami uuBvuriiuie, nun wiiu
drawn. Tho .court asked tho bther counsel
for tho defense If thoy would assumo chargo
of Ilathbono'a caao, and, being answered In
tho negative, uppolntod Lawyer Pascun, u
court employe, and gave Hathbono ono hour
in which to consult with his now nttor
ney.
Nreley lMrniU Not Guilty.
Tho court nskod Neeloy to plead and tho
latter responded that ho bnd novor hoard
i L tlnna n.,a, 1. 1 ... 1 1 ..
UC7- uuunouiiuua niiHiunv jiwu, uwi, mivi
consulting with his counsel, he entered a
plea of not guilty. Rathbone, Moya and
Mascara also pleaded not guilty, whlto
nooves was granted permission to wait until
tho next session of court beforo making his
plea. Sonor Zaya, Ncoley's counsclaskcd
that tho accusation against his client be
read. Ho said he had not glvon Instructions
to Neeloy, as tho court bad not allowed him
to consult upon documents and cxamlno
papers In ordor to prepare his defense
Tho complaint was read In Spanish, con
suming two and ono-balf hours. During
tho reading Rarthbono rose and said he do
sired to protest against tho contlnuanco of
tho trial until ho should bavo tlmo to get
counsel of his own selection, and also that
if his plea wan to bo taken as a deposition
ho wished to withdraw It.
It of tinea to Postpone Trial.
The court said that tho plea would not
bo taken in tho clrcumstanco, and that
Rathbonq's protest would be considered.
Dofora tho reading of tho complaint was
finished Lawyer Dovernlno, a brother of
Rathbone's former counsol, asked tho privi
lege of tho court to assumo to tho protec
tion of his brother's client for tho after
noon. Tho court granted his request, but
would not allow tho, further delay asked for.
Lawyer Dovernlno then moved that tho
reading of Rathbone's ' answer to tho
charges be withhold until tho next session
of tho court, which adjourned until Mon
day. The amount of documentary evidence sub
mitted by tho government Is very great, a
table bolng piled with books and Interroga
tories. The court In Its refusal to postpono
the trials said there was no reason for de
laying the proceedings becauso tho Inter
rogatories and othor ovldenco for tho do-
fenso had not arrived, slnco thoy might
arrivo at any time during tho trial. Tho
defense takes tho ground that the govern
ment is submitting a great mass of docu
mntary evidence and that tho twenty days
given them to file an answer Is insufficient.
The Daughter
of Ignorance
' It's consumption. If
you had only known how
your cough was going to hang on,
you would have done something
promptly, wouldn t you?
But even now, when you have
early consumption, the best medi
cine for controlling your cough
and healing your lungs is Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral. You had bet
ter talk with your doctor about
this. If he knows of anything
better, be sure and get it. The
one great 'object is to be cured.
" My mother bad consumption for many years. At
last she wis given up to die. A neighbor told her to
try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral She did so and was com
pletely cured, and is today in the enjoyment of good
health." D. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y.
He Mc, tl.M.
J. C. AY BR CO., Uml, MlN.
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AFFAIRS IT SOUTH OMAHA
Propml f Ind Im far Oytrlap aid
K.h City 111.
'
RENTALS WOULD PAY INTEREST OF DEBT
Cudahy I'nckliur Company Will Soon
UeKln tho Krectlon of nn Office
IlulldliiK to Coat Fifty
Thonannd Dollars.
It was stated on tho streets .yesterday
that certain business men wcro preparing to
launch a popular movement for tho voting
of bonds to tako up tho ovorlap and con
struct a city hall building. 'While bond
Ihsucs are not considered favorable by tho
people hero Just now, thosa who are be
hind tho project hope to secure the sub
mission of tho question to tho people at tho
election to bo held In April. Tho overlap
amounts to about $42,000 a'nd must bo pro
vided for in some way. , '
Then It is asserte'd that a saving , can
be made by voting bonds in the sum of
$100,000 and purchasing ground and erecting
a -city hall. This proposed building is. to
contain pollco headquarters, a city Jail,
court room, headquarters of the fire de
partment and sultablo offices for all of tho
ofllclals, In addition to a council chamber
and pollco court room.
Tho city now pays out $145 a month for
the present city hall, nbout $25 for tho may
or's and city attorney's offices and $40
for fire hall No. 1, making a total rental per
month of $250.
The assertion Is mado that tho monoy now
paid for rent will pay tho. Interest on tho
proposed bonds and then tho city will
have a homo of Its own. Slnco January 1,
1899, tho city has occupied Us present quar
ters and tho lease entered into at that tlmo
has two years yet to run. Should bonds
be voted, tho structuro would hardly be
completed before the expiration of tho
present lease
Wlillo there seems to bo a disposition
on tho part of some taxpayers to vote
bonds to tako up tho overlap, tho city ball
proposition is not being woll received, and
it Is asserted that If both questions are
submitted to the people at the spring
election there will be no bond Issue. How
over, the plan Is being talked over and
Is bolng urgod by those who want to see
tho overlap wiped out and tho city pro
vided with more commodious quarters,
Miller Ytrim Johnaton.
Councilman August Miller Is after the.
scalp of Councilman Ed Johnston, and at
Monday night's session thero is Uablo to
be some emphatic remarks made by both
of theso city fathers. Some one told Miller
that a councilman must, under the charter,
reside In the ward from which he was
olocted or appointed,' This gave Miller a
clue and he hurried to the city hall' yes
terday to tell how ho was going to hand it
to Johnston when tho council met Monday
night.
As every one familiar with city affairs
knows, Johnston was appointed a member
of tho council from tho Fifth ward at the
time tho now charter went Into effect to
serve until tho election In April. A cer
tain section of tho chartor provides that
councllmen must be actual residents of the
wards from which they are elected or ap
pointed. Nearly every one In South Omaha knows
that Johnston lives In a flno residence at
Thirty-sixth and F streets, where ho has
over $10,000 Invested. It has been his cus
tom for the last dozen years to take tem
porary lodgings in tho heart of tho city
during tho wlntor months In order to avoid
tho long drlvo on cold and stormy days.
This winter Is no exception, and Johnston
and his family nro domiciled In a pretty
cottngo .on J street, whoro thoy expect to
remain until the end of March.
When this matter was called to his nt
tcntlon yesterday Mr. Johnston said that It
was hardly worthy of notlco, as his homo for
years had been at Thirty-sixth and F
streets, and his removal to tho heart of
tho city for three months In tho winter
did not In any manner intcrfero with or
violate any of tho' laws In existence. Ho
ts Inclined to treat tho matter lightly.
Miller wants to havo tho council declaro
Johnston's seat vacant, so that a. republican
can be appointed In bis stead.
New Office Iliillilliicr.
A now offlco building for tho Cudahy Pack,
lng company Is ono of tho things which tho
neV year promises to bring to South Omaha.
Plans aro now being drawn nnd tho likeli
hood Is that work on tho new building
will begin somo tlmo this month. Tho In
tention Is that It shall be a three-story
structure, with fire proof basemont, which
will bo used for storing records and sta
tionery. Tho first floor will houso tho oper
ating, sales and financial dopartmonts. On
the second floor spacn will bo provided for
tho accounting and credit departments. Tho
estimated cost Is $50,000, but It Is probable
that this figure will bo considerably ex
ceeded. Tho .location will bo Just south of the
present building, running toward Q stroet.
The slzo will be 125x75. Tho front will bo
of prbsscd brick and tho biilhllng will be
modern In every way. Patent ventilating
and sanitary appliances will bo provided
an thero Is a possibility that spaco will bo
mudo for a gymnasium and reading room.
Clerk SlirlKlcy'M Statement.
Yesterday City Clerk Slylgloy Issued a
statement of tho condition of tho funds at
tho closo of business December 31.
This statoment shows tho amount of tho
1901 lovy to bo $10G,410; bal.anco of levy,"
$6,017; received from county road fund,
$927; front 1901 county lovy, $1,800; from
15 por cent reserve, $1,807; from licenses,
$892; total receipts for the year 1901, $118,
074. Of tbs amount thero has been drawn
up to January 1, 1902, tho sura of ($103,910,
leaving a balance In tho treasury of $14,933.
The balances, as regards funds, follow:
Interest, $1,508; general, $1,231; salary,
$4,246; street repair, $1,379; public light,
$98; water, $953; fire, $947; Judgment, $71;
pollco, $909; curbing and pavement repair,
$118; cmorgency, $20;- library, $571; park,
$2,180; total, $14,933.
Enat Side Improvement Club,
At an adjourned meeting of tho East
Side Improvement club hold Friday night
these ofllcers were olocted to sorvo for ono
If coffee tampers with your
heart or nerves, suppose you
break away for JO days and
see how much better you feel?
You can make the job easy
and pleasant 'if you take on
Postum Coffee.
Be sure and have it well
boiled to bring out the flavor
and Food value.
year: J. J. Brcen, president; D. M. Click,
vice president; James V. Chizck, secretary;
Richard O'Kceffe, treasurer.
Following tho election several committees
mado reports. Tho committee delegated to
call upon General Manager Holdrege of the
Ilurllngton In relation to tho establishment
of a depot at or near tho foot of Missouri
avenuo reported. Mr. Holdrego treated
tho commltteo courteously and asserted
that the matter would bo Investigated at
onco. In caso tho business will warrant
It a depot Villi bo erected shortly.
During tho week another commltteo from
tho club visited the ofllcers of the South
Omaha Land company with a request that
Twentieth Btrcot bo opened through Syndi
cate park. Tho club also wants F streot
opened east from tho park. Assistant
Secretary Kennedy assured the commltteo
that tho matter would be taken up at the
meeting of tho dlroctors of tho company to
bo held on January 10.
An effort will bo mado by tho club to In
duce, tho council to appropriate somo money
for tho Improvement of Twelfth streot to
tho ferry landing.
Lambert File Ileport.
i
City Attorney Lambert yesterday filed
with the city clerk a report of casos pend
ing up to tho close of tho year 1901. The
report shows that a largo number of cases
havo been appealed to tho supreme court
and that suits have been commenced
against tho gas company and other corpo
rations to recover jdamagcg from accldonts
caused by excavations, etc. Mr. Lambert
asserts that through tho assistance of a
special ngent of tho legal department a
great deal of valuablo testimony has been
secured which has assisted materially in
the trying of law suits against tho city.
Ho recommends that the pay of the special
agent be continued.
Week of ,1'rnyer.
Beginning Monday evening, union serv
ices will bo held by the churches of South
Omaba, the occasion bolng tho usual week
of prayer. Tho firsfot this series of serv
ices will bo held at tho Presbyterian
church, Twenty-fifth and J streets, Rev.
Merrick A. Head officiating. The topic at
this mooting will bo "Consecration for
Sorvlco." On Tuesday ovenlng tho serv
ices will be held at tho Baptist church,
Twonty-llfth nnd H streoU, with Rov. An
drew Rcnwlck In charge. Wednesday even
ing Dr. Wheeler will conduct the services
at tho First Methodist Episcopal church,
while on Thursday evening tho meeting will
bo at tho United Presbyterian church, with
Rev, Qeorgo Van Winkle In charge. Friday
ovenlng tho series will close with a meet
ing at the Young Men's Christian assocla
ion i corns. S:.Mtary Marsh In charge.
Federal Union KlecU Officer.
Theso ofllcers havo b6en elected by Fcd
oral union No. 7112: Joseph Koutsky, pres
ident; Charles Alstadt, vice president; M.
J. Fitzgerald, secretary; D. Sullivan, treas
urer; delogatos to tho trades and labor
council, P. C. Caldwell, M. J. Fitzgerald,
Charles Alstadt; trustees, T. A. Daly, P.
C. Caldwell, C. W. Mlllor. Tho Installa
tion of officers will take placa on tho even
ing of January 14.
MiirIo City rioastp,
Lewis P. VnnLlow of Blair Is horo vlBlt
ln relatives.
A. J. Meals of Alaska is tho guest of
Mylcn Welsh.
Mrs. A. V. Stryker Is nt Oalenn, 111., vis
Mini relatives.
Orln Merrill ,1s In Chicago attending to'
business matters.
Tho now library ordinance wns printed
for the first time yesterday,
The South Omaha Live Stock exchange
will elect ofllcers on Monday.
Dr. Don C. Ayer la back from a fifteen
days' vacation spent In Missouri.
Miss Aimeo Johnston, daughter of Coun
! cllman and Mrs. Kd Johnston, returned to
school yesterday after spending, tho holiday
vacation with friends here.
Henry C. Lefler, who has been seriously
111, wns reported better yestorday.
Kay W. Hunt will leave today for Colo
rado to look after IiIh mining Interests.
A son was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs.
John Curtln, Twenty-seventh nnd H streets.
Mrs. W. D. Cox Is entertnlnlng her
mother, .Mrs. A IC. Alter of Zanesvllle, O.
Miss Mablo Laffer of Rock Islnnd, 111.,
Is the guest of her mint, Mrs. W. D. Cox.
A daughter linn bjen born to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Petsol, Twenty-sixth and L
streets..
J. A. Qlandon of Bed Onk, la., has de
cided to rcsldo permanently In South
Omaha.
.Thero will bo n general prntso service at
tho First Methodist Episcopal church this
evening.
After sovon years' service Mrs. Nellie
O. Sago has resigned ns organist at tho
Ffrst Presbyterian church.
Byron Smlloy cntertnlned n number of
his college chums at tho homo of his par
ents hero ono evening last week.
Tho High School Record, published
monthly by the pupils of tho South Omaha
High school, Is a creditable publication.
Tho Woman's Relief corps hold a business
meeting nt tho home of Mrs, J. O. East
man, Twenty-third and J streets, on
Tuesday afternoon.
Tho Ladles' Aid society of tho FlrBt
Methodist Episcopal church will meet with
Mrs. Thomas, Thirty-third and T streets,
Thursday ufternoon
"A Glimpse Ahead" Is tho topic upon
which Rev. Dr. Wheeler will preach this
morning nt the First Presbyterian church.
In tho evening tho subject of tho sermon
will bo "Tho Significance of tho Week of
Prayer."
Funeral nervlces oyer tho remains of
George Batterton were held yesterday aft
ernoon from tho family residenco on Thirty
second and K streets. Rev. Robert L.
Wheeler pronounced the burial hervlce.
Interment wns at'Laurel Hill cemetery.
The salo of tho. Sam Sonnenbcrg & Co.'s
stock of flno furnishings nnd huts nt tho
NebraHku Shoo and Clothing house, corner
25th nnd N sts., proves a big drawing card.
Prices aro very low to closo this stock out
quick. H. & W. collars, 15c, two for 25c.
Monarch $1.50 shirts, 95c. Hnts from tho
Sonnenberg stock worth up to $2.50, choice
88c. unlnumlcred shirts, 25c. Fancy socks,
10c. Initial handkerchiefs, 10c. Undorwear,
2Co. Soft and jUlff bosom men's shirts, 23c,
Choice of SonnenberR'n caps, 25c. Neck
wear. 15c and 25c. Mufflers,. 45c., etc., nt
the Nebraska Shoo and Clothing House,
corner 25th und N sts., South Omaha.
CANADIAN WRITERS COMING
l'reaa Association Will Spend Tue
dny Vlsltlnir Omnhn, South Omaba
and Polnta of Intereat.
Ono hundred members of tho West Can
ada Tress association will arrivo in Omaha
at 10:30 o'clock Monday night and will
spend the following day In tho city. The
members of this association como from
that part of Canada lying west of Toronto,
principally from the towns along tho Ca
nadian Pacific railroad. Thoy left tho
Dominion last week and havo spent some
tlmo at St. Paul and other cities In tho
United States, tho ultimate points to be
reached In this country being tho Pacific
coast cities, from whero they will return
cast over tho Canadian railroad.
The party will bo welcomed In Omaha by
former residents of tho Dominion and on
Tuesday morning at 9:30 will bo received
at tho Commercial club. Tho afternoon
will be spent at South 'Omaha and view
ing tho principal points of Interest In tho
city. At 4:30' tho party leaves for Den
ver, It Is In chargo of J, C. Cromo of
Winnipeg, chairman of the excursion com
mittee of the association and while In
Omaha will be escorted by W. V. Bennett,
agent of the ' Canadian government at
Omaha. '
ALLEN ROOT PASSES AWAY
Another of the Knrly Scttlera of
O in ii ha Snccninlia to the
Grim Heniier.
Allen Root, ono of Omaha'B pioneers,
died at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
the residenco of his daughter, Mrs. M C.
Bowor, 816 South Twenty-fifth avenuo. Ho
had not been feeling well for two months
and was confined to his bed tho last three
wcoks. Brlght's dlscaso was tho cause of
death. His wife died a year ago last May,
but six children survive They aro: Jesso
C. Root arid Mrs. F. Glfford of Douglas
precinct,' Jamln Root, 'Charles Root and
Mrs. Bower of Omaha, and Lewis Root of
Dcadwood, S. D. All of them, with tho ex
ception of tho latter, wcro at his bedside.
Mr. Root was born sovcnty-slx years ago
In Lockport, N. Y. He enmo to Omaha In
1854 and has resided here since. In 1857
he was married to Miss Julia A. Goodwill,
who was tho first public school teacher In
this city. Tholr homo for nineteen years
was Just went of whero tho Young Men's '
Christian association building now stands
and there all tho children wero born oxceot
the youngest son, Charles.
In early years Mr. Root was a contractor
and builder, but for tho last thirty years
he has lived on his homestead west of 1
Omaha, coming to tho city again upon tho
death of his wife In May, 1900. Ho waa
prominent In the populist party from Its
formation until tho split In tho ranks,
when ho becamo Identified with tho raid
road faction. Twenty years ngo ho was a
candldato for congress on tho antl-monop-
oiy iicKei ana bcroro tnat was a grocn-backer.
The funeral will bo held at 2 o'clock Mon
day afternoon from 816 South Twenty-fifth
avenue. Rev. Charles W. Savldgo of tho
People's church will conduct tho services.
Interment will bo .mado In Prospect Hill
'cemetery.
Ileturna to Her Studied.
Miss Rockefellow,. who has been passing
tho holidays with her parents at 2414 Shor
man avenue, returned Saturday to Denver
to rcsumo her duties as tho head of tho
French and German departments at Wolf
Hall, an Episcopal school.
Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Chnrapagno Is
tho pnro Juice of tho grape naturally fer
mented. For boquet It has no superior.
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Swamp-Root Is not recommended for
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