THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: SATURDAY, MAKClf 2R, 1!HH.
A GRAND
EAS
TER OPENING SALE
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J BEWITCHING scene of millinery elegance awaits you in our new
Millinery Department. Never was Easter millinery eo charmingly ex
hibited. Thousands of artistic designs, the inspiration 0 scores of master mill
iners are revealed in this comprehensive assemblage. Exclusive ideas predomi
nate, our greatest endeavor being to present to Omaha ladies the choicest con-
ceits of the millinery mart in designs that cannot be duplicated. We solicit
your inspection.
Hundreds of the most artistic pattern hats front
ateliers of the foremost Parisian milliners.
the
The greatest millinery display in the greatest
millinery store from Chicago to San Francisco.
Supreme Millinery Elegance for Easier. Ladies Pattern Hats at $5.
Exquisite Model Hats the most beautiful millinery
confections ever shown by a millinery store in the West
hundreds of dainty and exclusive designs laces, maline,
chiffon, horse hair braid and straw specially priced
Our New Millinery Department
The Greatest and Largest in the West.
Occupies our entire
third floor
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$7.50-$9-$10-$!2.5O-$15 $25
A Special Event for Saturday.
Splendid Easter Designs at S3. SO the most meritorious hats
vor presented at Xhla price beauttfully and elabo- TT PA
rately trimmed In latest garniture, at.. tfJ,DJ
Prettily Trimmed Ilatik at $2. SO Made in the very latest and
most attraotlve styles charming effacts In late shapes, 2 5Q
Fancy Straw Hats at $1.69 Ladies' and misses' fancy Straw Hats,
In late spring effeots, flower and ribbon trimmed, jJJ
The greatest Easter millinery offering we ever
presented. Hundreds of the very choicest
designs of foreign and American masters, to
gether with beautiful conceits from our own
work rooms, in fancy straws, combination
chiffon, braids and malines
elaborately trimmed your choice
at
uuinuuon
$5
Ready to Wear Street Hats.
A stunning stroet Hat, daintily
trimmed with flowers and rib.
bon to match,
at
$3.50
Unusually fetching designs In
the new straws, black and
colored, handsomely
trimmed, at
Untrlmmed straw Hats for ladies and misses,
at
White Uatrlmmed Straw Hat, with fancy edge, new and attrac
tive shapes, at, each
Our array of fancy flowers for
trimming was never equalled
for beauty and variety.
Foliate In great assortment, fl f
per bunoh , 1C
...$S
49c
6Sc
Five June Roses in a bunch, f
piiiK. and white, at JC
Popples in all oolors, ttve
In a bunch, at Jk
Superb millinery modes that reveal the cleverest
conceptions of designers of international repute.
a F0roi ppeiue 0ur La(j jes Costume Hoom a Suit Section-
We have brought forward in this superb showing many models from the style creators of raris as "well as match
less costumes of American make, adapted from French creations. This display will be a delight to every devotee
of fashion. It correctly reveals the trend of authentic fashion. Costumes for street, evening and reception wear
tailored suits in extreme novelties, wraps for carriage and evening wear, crepe de chene dresses for street and
evening at $35, $49, $57.50 and up to $198.00
Street dresses in Jap silk, lace and mulls, at w $12.50, $19, $24.50 and Up to $45
Tailored suits, exclusive styles, sample garments, at $24.50, $29, $35, $49 and up to $75
SPECIAL NOTE A. tpecial line cf extra n'x tkirtt and tuitt hat been added enabling extra a tout ladies' to be fitted at eatlty at oiheit.
Ladies' Easter Gloves
Thousands of brand new and perfect kid gloves at an ex
traordinary bargain for Easter selling. All the latest
spring shades made of real kid and German fTh
lambskin all sizeson great bargain square TlMrf
worth uptofl.OO, at..
Finest Easter Gloves
The very highest grade of real kid gloves
including Perrin's celebrated 'first quality, '
Perrin's La Mure and Werthei mers Sover
eign gloves finest selected kid lat- (T
est spring shades, at $1.00, $1.50, ,tp
Ladies' Easter Neckwear
Lace silk, etamine, canvas and Bulgarian
effects the uwellest neckwear for Easter
wear, hundreds of
beautiful designs,
at
15c-25c
$1.00 Silk Veils at 50c Each
Chenille dots on silk chiffon, black, brown, navy
and champagne shades rendy to wear,
usually sell at (1.00, at
50c
Ladles', Men's and Children's Hosiery- fn 1 a
dozens of styles great bargains, pair IvW'Wli
Finest Imported Hosiery Lace effects, open work,
drop stitch, o.c.-f.ucv de- 25t35C-50c
sign at, pair
Elegant Silk Petticoats
Beautiful petticoats to com
plete your Easter costume
heavy taffeta silk petticoats,
double and triple ruffles, silk
underlay, lace trimmed flounces,
etc. new colors, $4.9S, $7.00,
$9.98 and up to $35.00.
einuinn'g Silk & Satin Waists
Superb stock of new peau de sole
taffeta, Jap silk, crepe de chene, all
over lace, Irish crochet, white and ecru
nets, etc., prices, $3.03, $7.50, up to
$35.00.
Swell Jackets and Wraps
New tan covert, broadcloth,
peau de soie and Shantung,
jackets, coats and wraps, in
cluding swellest short and long
effects, at ?4.98 to $45.00.
Walking & Dress Skirts
Hundreds of new styles in all
the very . swellest materials,
Walking skirts from $2.98 to
$25.00. Dress skirts from $4.93
to $49.00.
Children's WrapS-'" New Children's Dept.
The most up-to-date children's department west of Chicago,
the most desirable conceits for school and dress, prices $2.98 to
$20.00. Special showing, little misnes' two-piece suits, ages 13,
15, 17, at $5.98 up to $17.50.
HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE
All that Morris Ohealar Ponenes Goes Hp
io Flames.
WIFE, AND LITTLE ONE BARELY ESCAPE
father Who Suffer. Third Such Dis
aster Is Oat Peddllagr Who
All His Belongings Are
boat.
Th home of Mortis Cheslar. peddler, 2811
Chicago street, was completely gutted by
Are shortly before noon yesterday. The Are
Is aald to have started while Mrs. Cheslar
was Igniting the kitchen stove with coal oil.
The household foods, valued at S400, were
practically all destroyed, with no Insurance,
and the house, a six-room modern struc
ture, was burned to such an extent as to
preclude tbe possibility of its being built
over at a profit. The Payne Investment
company, agents for the house, place their
loss on the building at $1,000, covered by
Insurance.
.At the time of the fire Mrs. Cheslar was
.lone with liar 1-year-old child, and the
woman states that tbe sudden burst of
flam bewildered her and she became fur
ther panic-stricken when the kitchen door
refused to yield to her efforts to open It.
She then broke open a. nearby window, cut
ting one of her wrists In making her escape
with the Infant. Mrs. Cheslar s hair was
considerably singed, but otherwise she and
the child escaped Injuries.
Mrs. Cheslar's screams then attraoted her
(FlEIEin)
the babies and children on
Scott's
Emulsion
You will see an improve
ment in their little thin
bodies at once. They can
take it when they even
refuse their mothers' milk.
It b essentially a babies'
food, surprising in its re
tultsa . Always the same,
oldest daughter, who had gone a block
away on an errand and an alarm was
telephoned. Several passing strangers at
tempted to save some of the householi
goods, but the fire had reached such
proportions that they succeeded In saving
only a few articles of small value. A
strong wind blowing at the time, acceler
ated the names, so that the house and
contents were quickly doomed. Mrs. Ches
lar said she and her eldest daughter had
been sowing diligently for several weeks
on their Easter clothing, which was all
consumed, leaving only such garments as
they happened to be wearing at the time.
The rest of the children were at school
and Mr. Cheslur was out peddling.
Grlefstrlcken Over Fire.
Mrs. Cheslar ana her daughter took the
loss much to heart, giving veat to pitiful
expressions as the fire was consuming all
they possessed of this world's good.
The Cheslars are nine In number, there
being seven children, the youngest an
infant of 3 years, and the oldest a daugh
ter of IT. The family is practically thrown
out Into the world with nothing of any
consequence. In her anguish Mrs. Cheslur
said this morning. "1 don't know what we
will do. Wa have lost all."
A strange fatality In the way of fires
seems to hover over the Cheslar family,
this being the third conflagration since
they have lived In Omaha. About a year
ago their little grocery store at Twenty
seventh and Podge streets was partially
destroyed by fire, when Mr. Cheslur went
into the peddling business. The other fire
occurred at their home In another part
of the city.
times before, both In Omaha and Chicago,
for running alleged "homes" and Imposing
on the charitably Inclined public.
CLOSE THE EBENEZER HOME
Police Order Mrs. Benedict to Cease
the Conduct of Alleged
Institution
As the result of a prolonged Investigation
by the police and of a visit by Police 8 r
geants SUjwart and Gibbons to the Ebe
neser home. Twenty-sixth and Spencer
streets,' Thursday afternoon that home will
be closed by order of Chief of Police Don
ahue. The Inmates of the "home" were found
to be five little boys, supposedly brought
here from some other city to be used as a
means of establishing a right to call the,
place a charitable Institution. Mrs. Bene
dict was the self-appointed head of the
"borne." The buys presented an unkempt
appearance, tbelr faces looking as though
they might not have seen stap and water
for a month and their hair disheveled.
Their sleeping apartments are said to be
scantily furnished, suggesting the appear
anoe of a hovel rather than auch a home as
Mrs. Benedict represented to many who
have assisted her. Many of the windows of
the house were broken and dirt waa every
where. Upon being questioned by the sergeants
Mrs. Benedict referred to a woman sitting
at a table as being the "Instructor." The
woman was approached, found to be totally
blind and feigning to be reading out of a
book turned upside down.
Airs. DauetUvt baa bu arrested several
LAUGHS AT STETSON STORY
Member Of School Board Declares
Idea Is Preposterous and Strongly
Resembles a, Bluff.
"The announcement that State Superin
tendent Stetson of Maine will come to
Omaha only on condition that he receive
a salary of $6,000 a year. Is offered a
five-year contract and guaranteed abso
lute freedom In the selection and control
of the teaching staff, causes me to smile,"
said a school board man. "The whole
story which appeared In a local paper
looks to ma like a gigantic bluff on the
part of either Mr. Stetson or some of his
misguided friends. The Idea that Omaha
can stand, $6,000 a year as salary for tha
superlntendency of schools Is out of the
question; talk of a five-year contract Is
foolish, especially considering an untried
man, and the authority provision is prepos
terous. "I have tried to find out what truth there
Is In the tale and cannot run It to earth.
My own opinion Is that the Stetson peo
ple are trying to make capital out of a
phase of human nature and cause Omaha
people to demand Mr. Stetson, simply be
cause he Is hard to get. 4t may be a
move to hatch a plan to boost the salary
to J 1. 000 or something of that kind, but
you can depend upon it, It Is not bona
fide."
County Superintendent H. J. Bodwell
has filed a formal application for the
superlntendency, but Principal Waterhnnse
and Superintendent Stetson have not. Mr.
Bodwell declares he will make a spirited
effort for the place.
DIES JUST ONE DAY TOO LATE
IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE PRIZES
Amounts of Awards to Be Given for
Benat location of City Ie
tcrnslned On.
The Omaha Clvio Improvement league
haa completed Its schedule of Improvement
prizes. There are now seventy-five of these
and the arauunt subscribed Is H O. These
prizes are divided into four classes, all for
boys and girls not more than 15 years old.
One prize of $10, open for the entire city,
will go for the best kept vacant lot. Vor
the beat 200-word essay on "How to Beau
tify Omaha" $3 has been hung bp. This Is
open fur any boy or girl In tbe city. Then
there ar thirty-six ward prlzea to win, one
of $10, $7.50, $5 and $2.50 each In each ward,
these being for the best kept front and
back yards. The fourth claaa of prisea are
for essaya on the same subject how to
make the city physically better and are
thirty-seven in number, being one iu each
school house In the city. The winners of
these will get a year's subscription to
"Boys and Girls." a magazine. The mays
are to be In and the prlzea awarded April
SO. The season for Improving lots and
yards begins April 14, and the contest will
and September X,
Insured, Wh'ie Widow Sies for Policy,
Succumbs After Insurance Expire'.
SUCH IS RULING AND COMPANY WINS CASE
Decision Settles Litigation Which Haa
Been Pending; for Years In
the V'nlted States Cir
cuit Court.
Judge W. H. Munger of the United States
circuit court handed down a decision giving
judgment for the defendants, including
costs. In the case of Jane Johnson, admin
istratrix and plaintiff, cgalnst the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Company, defend
ant. The decision is rather a finding of
fact which Is essentially the same as a de
cision. Tho case Is one that has been In litigation
in the circuit court for several years.
Frank C. Johnson, deceased, was the hus
band of the plaintiff In the case, and died
between the hours ofl and 2 o'clock p. m.
September 28, 1N9S. He carried an Insurance
policy In the defendant company and suit
was brought to recover. It has' been con
tested on the part of defendants because
the policy had expired nearly three years
prior through the Insured's alleged failure
to pay the requisite premiums which were
due annually on November 11 of each year,
and the last payment the deceased had
made, according to the company, was No
vember 11, 1833.
Sustains the Application.
The court finds that on submission of ad
ditional testimony the application la sus
tained and the former submission Is set
aside, and further finds that the deceased,
Frank C. Johnson, on whose life the policy
was Issued, had paid the first three pre
miums on their due dates, but that default
was made In the premium falling due No
vember 11, 1&83. The Insured was entitled
to extended insurance after the policy
ceased and determined on November 11,
1&3, for two years and 821 days from that
date, which extended the Insurance to Sep
tember 27, 18M, at 12 o'clock noon. To this
conclusion the plaintiff excepts. However,
the defendant Is entitled to end Is awarded
judgment, to which conclusion the plaintiff
also objects.
The peculiarity of the case lies In the fact
that the insured party died just one day
after his insurance expired. The plaintiffs
still object to the decision handed down and
It is probable that 1a new hearing will ensue.
fall are being rapidly filed, according to
members of the club. Twenty of the doc
uments have been sent out for signatures
in the south part of town and several have
been returned, complete, and holding more
than 400 names. The southstders want new
schools on the Vinton and Forest sites at
Twentieth and Vinton and Thirteenth and
Canton, respectively.
ASK BONDS FOR NEW SCHOOLS
South Side Second Warders Petition
Board to Submit Hueatloa to
Popular Vote.
Petitions circulated by the South lde
Second Ward Improvement club demanding
that the Board of Education authorize the
submission of the question of voting $100,
Out) school building bonds to the people next
GIRL BESIEGED WITH OFFERS
Young; Woman from Iowa Has Twenty
Places Tendered Her In
Ono Day.
Although the police department received
over twenty requests In one day for the
services of a girl to work In a private
family, It is not thought that an employ
ment bureau will be established at the
station.
The c,'ise, however, for this unusual
number of requests Is the arrival of Miss
Gertie Davis of Earllng, la., at the police
station Thursday evening. The girl came
to Omaha from the Iowa town without
funds and was wandering around town
thinking what she had best do, when Offi
cer Knox took her to the station, where
she told her story. She wanted employ
ment In some private family, waa willing
to work If a place could be found for her.
Chief of Police Donahue, noticing the girl's
quiet and sincere manner, placed her In the
matron's department until a place could be
found for her to work. A little Item In
the morning papers was sufficient to bring
a host of applicants to the station In quest
of the girl's services. Miss Davis Is 19
years of age and haa been located In the
home of a local physician.
BEGINS SOON ON THE SEWER
Construction Work en Saddle Creek
Drain Will Be Started Middle
ot April.
Construction of the Saddle Creek sewer
will be begun the middle of April, ac
cording to Contractor J. O. Corby. He
will begin at California street and work
north, and plans to begin placing material
on the ground In a few days.
Jamea P. Connolly, from whom Corby
wrested the contract after a herd fight
In the rlty council and the Board of
Public Works, has stated that he will
not undertake to hamper the construction
of the sewer or seek to have the present
arrangements declared void. As the job
will cost $25.oon, action of this kind from
Connolly had been feared.
HARD WORK T0GET AT DIKES
Many Obstacles Arise to Make Task
of Improving Missouri River
Difficult One.
Much unexpected difficulty Is being ex
perienced In getting the material for the
building of the East Omaha dike to a point
where It will be available for the br ginning
of the work. It was supposed when the
project wad undertaken that the construo
tlon would be well under way before this
time, while as a matter of fact the work
men have thus far been able to get only
about forty of the necessary seventy-eight
piles on the scene of the contemplated
operations and the stone and other ma
terials that must be used are In an equally
minus state. The difficulty Is that the
roads to the river bunk are well nigh Im
passable, owing to the water and mud, for
an ordinary team, to say nothing of one
heavily loaded. Many attempts have been
made, with the result that the piles and
other construction material are scattered
along the course for a half rrrlle where they
have been unloaded piecemeal as tho
wagons sunk lower and lower In the mire.
SECOND CAUGHT UNDER ORDER
"Johnnie" Wright Pays Hundred Dol
lars for Keeping; Saloon Open
After Midnight.
John 'Wright, colored proprietor of a sa
loon at the corner of Twelfth and Podffft
atreets, has been fined $100 and costs by
Judge Berka In police court for having
been found guilty of allowing his saloon to
remain open between the hours, of mid
night and 4 a. m., contrary to the statutes.
Jfhls Is the second conviction under the re
cent order that saloons shall bo closed be
tween the hours referred to.
REACHES FIVEHUNDRED MARK
Membership of Dixie Club Grows Per
manent Ora-aalxatlon Will Take
Place Next Thursday,
The membership of the Dixie club has
passed the 500 murk and is i-tlll growing.
The prospect for the grand rally of the
southerners at Arcanum h;ill Thursday
evening, March 31, Is reported as en
couraging. The committee on entertain
ment will meet tonight In the Bankers
Union hall. In the Paxton block, to com.
of the program contemplate music, banjo
solos, coon songs, a Cakewalk and other
southern social diversions. The committee
on constitution and bylaws will meet to
night at room 203 First National bank
building to complete Its report, which will
bo submitted at the big rally next Thurs
day r.lght.
The following additional sponsors have
been designated: Miss Craggy Dagley, Ar
kansas; Miss Margaret Burdock, Dela1
ware; Mrs. Charles Bralmau, West Vir
ginia; Miss Fannie Kdmondson, Louisiana,
and' Mrs. J. I.. Carlson, Qeorgla, thus
leaving but the District of Columbia to be
provided foi
"Aunt Sumn" Johnson of Beatrice haa
written the club that she wishes to super
Intend the cooking of the " 'possum" din
ner for the meeting, and won't "chawg you
alls nothln'."
BOYS WAITINGJO GET HOMES
Lads from I'tah Kept by Matron
Anderson I'ntll They Secure
Places.
The two little Sulltvnn boys, Fred and
Leslie, who wera taken to the police sta
tion Thursday morning and placed In the
matron's department, are still being held
until they shall have been located In homes.
They c.-ime hero from Salt Lake City with
the purpoHo of staying with their 18-year-old
brother, who has been found to be
barely nblo to take care of himself.
Police Matron Anderson states that after
a duy's aeouulntanco with the boys she has
found then) to be bright for their ages 14
and 11. The younger boy, Islle, Is fulrly
proficient lii shorthand and typewriting and
It Is thought he will be loeuted in the home
of an Onuiha lawyer who Is waiting for
the consent of his wife before taking the
boy.
According to the story of the boys their
mother died ten yeurs ago and their father
left them two years ago. Their sister la
now in a home In Halt 1-e.ke City and their
older brother in Omalla,
Sarsaparilla
"lam now past 74 years of age, and
I know ftom experience that AVer's
Sarsaparilla is the best family medicine
In the woild." T. K. AaMbxauNO,
Kokomo, Ind.
Always keep it in the house. That is what
the doctors say, too. They know it is the
best family medicine in the world. Sooner or
later some onein the house will surely needit.
It has such wonderful strengthening power.
Ask your doctor what he thinks about this.
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