Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee, ce
i EDITORIAL SHEET.
PAGES 9 TO 16. g
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1904.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
11 IVVUI AawVefCWe? THE B.ELIABLR STORE.
Through a very fortunate purchase of Real Duchess, Point
Rose and Rose Pompadour Laces we are enabled to offer these
goods at a special discount of 23 per cent from Saturday, May 28,
to June 7, the date of the Auditorium Opening Ball; This also
Includes Point Rose Godete, Berthas, Stock and Cape Collars,
Handkerchiefs, Complete JRobes, Medallions and Point Orna
ments. We extend a special invitation to the ladies of the three
dties to attend our opening display of these goods Saturday.
i aTle -WT'-
Saturday Specials
10c
25c
50c
50c
50c
25c Wash Belts, on sale
at. ...... ......... ,....
50c Silk Belts on sale
at..
$1.00 Silk Belts on sale
. at
$1.00 Lace Collars on sale
at
f 1.00 Embroidered Lace Yokes
at
Silks from Sweetser-Pembrook
15,000 Yards, Black and Colors, on Sale Saturday
The SweeUer-Pembrook Co. of New York have been in business fifty years and are
well known throughout the world. The reliability of these Bilks is unquestionable.
THE CLIMAX ON SILK BARGAIN OPPORTUNITY
Five great lots of rich and costly silks, the very cream of their entire stock, on sale at less
than half price. Sale starts promptly at 8 o'clock Saturday morning and continues until each
and every yard is disposed of.
L0T2-Black Taffeta Extra
quality silk, full 36 in.
wide, worth $1.75, from
Sweeteer-Pembrook stock
LOT i- Black Taffeta
All pure silk and 27 in.
wide, from Sweetser
Pin brook stock, Saturday
9
100 Pieces Plain and Fancy Silks from Sweetser-Pembrook Stock at 25c
Fine Silks for Kirnonas, for Waists, for Dresses, for Silk Suits, Silks for Children's
Dresses, Silks for Linings and Drop Skirts. Silks for Party and Ball Gowns all from
Sweetser-Pembrook stock, on sale at 8V clock prompt, for, only
LOT 4 Elegant Silks taffetas, peau de
soie silk for 6hirt waist
suits in great variety
from Sweetser-Pembrook
stock, worth $1, at
if
LOT 550 Full Bolts of Silk for shirt
waist suits, In navy,
0 brown, green, wine, gun-
metal and all popular shades,
from SweeUer-Pembrook stock,
worth up to 11.60, at
mam in, raw
TUB RELIABLE STORM.
GREAT RUG
SALE
We have purchased direct from the manufacturer their
ENTIRE MILL STOCK
Of Odd and Regular Sized Room Rugs
and place the first shipment on sale
SATURDAY, MAY 28
The entire Carpet Department will be devoted to this sale.
9x12 Axminster Rugs, worth 8-3x10-6 Axminster Rugs
$27.50 IQ 7K worth $25.00 IE flf
Saturday 10. IW Saturday itJiUU
6x9 Axminster Rugs, worth 9x11-3 Wilton .Velvet Rugs
$20.00 IO Cfl worth $26 IC Of)
Saturday ...I&.UU Saturday lUsVU
.7-6x10-6 Wilton Velvet Rugs 6-9x9 Wilton Velvet Rugs
worth $20.00 IO 7R worth $18.00 (fl 7F
Saturday lUs IU Saturday lUi I U
300 Reversible Small Rugs, 15x27, Saturday, QC.
each faUU
Make Saturday your carpet day, before DecoJation.
Ladies9
and Children's
Underwear
Ladles' Fine Cambric Umbrella Draw
era and Corset Covers, lace and em
broidery trimmed,
worth 89c to
50c, at
$1.50 to $2.00 Ladies'
Cambric Skirts, 98c
Extra wide lawn ruffles, with double
rows of insertion, em
broidery or lace, your
choice Saturday ,
19c to 25c Children's Skirts
and Drawers, 12,c
Made of extra fine quality eambAc,
witn ciustera or tucks,
great bargain
at
10c Ladles' Fine Jersey Ribbed Sleeve
less vests, both plain
and fancy,
at .-...A...
15c Children's Ribbed Hose,
double heels and
toes, at
10c Ladies' Hose, In
plain and fancy
, colors, at .. .
23c to 85c ladles' Fancy Llsle; Thread
Hose, black and
all colors, - t
at
n iiva oiu-
25c
h double
98c
2c
ted Sleeve-
10c
873c
,2c
Thread
I9c
n, '-l, :iw,. ' ,,, null' jr
$19.85 BEDROOM SUIT $15.00.
20x24 bevel plate clans on dresser, swell
front, top drawers In dresser and commode
nicely-finished, a great CI
snap at
$5.85 IRON BED $3.85.
Brass rods and knobs on bead and foot
a handsome bed for s q g
the prlca 0uO
Special Furni
ture Values
$12.50 COUCH AT $7.50.
Upholstered In velour, Is 90 Inches wide
and CH feet long;, has steel construction
spring, patent button fasteners, a couch
worth $12.60, Sat- Cfl
urday .... JL 0"
$15.85 COMBINATION BOOK CASE
AND DESK $10.50.
Solid oak, 6 feet ten Inches high, 8 feet
2 Inches wide, nicely finished, f gj f
Saturday for M. J J J
$9.00 EXTENSION TABLE $6.50.
Solid oak, with 42-lnoh top,
a beauty, for
K.50 SANITART STEEL
COUCH FOR
6.50
3.95
Great Bargains in Our China Dept. tSli
5c
for
Decorated Pitchers, at, each 20c, 15c, 10c,
and .......ilti. .,...
Fancr shape seml-porcelaln cups and saucers, QQ
Havlland A Co.'s decorated fruit and salad
dowis, regular ii.du values, eacn
S-quart imported majolica water pitchers',
eacn
.49c
19c
Water tumblers,
each
Decorated Toklo vases,
"each :
5c
8c
Venetian glaits vases, rose bowls, card trays, eta.
regular 26o to 60o values, each ..OC
Decorated cuspidors,
. each
A
WOMEN'S TAILOR
SUITS Saturday $6.95
500 Women's Tailor Suits, made of all the best
fabrics and most up-to-date styles a cleanup of two
manufacturers' stocks, including suits
worth up to $18.00 and $20.00 f O
.YOUR CHOICE SATURDAY..
Sample Silk Shirt Waist Suits $12.50.
50 Sample Suits,- in all the newest weaves and most
stylish designs, worth $20.00 the
gre&test bargain of the season at JLJmf JJ
A magnificent line of Silk Shirt Waist Suits, in pon
gees, taffetas, shantungs, etc., the great-
est line shown in the city at $25.00, I fill
WOMEN'S SILK GOATS
AT
Choice of any Cloth Jacket en
our counters at............
$20.00, $18.50 and
4.98
5.00
WOMEN'S $7.50 SILK A C
"CAPES AT ...flaVif
$3.00 WOMEN'S CAPES
AT..;.............
WOMEN'S $5.00 WASH
SUITS FOB
Women's Walking Skirts, worth up to tlO, HH
. . 2.98
. 2.98
Shirt Waist Specials
49c
1 . many
98c
$1.00 WOMEN'S WAISTS
AT
WAISTS IN LINEN LAWNS and many
other wash materials, worth
tip to $2.50, at ,
WOMEN S JAP BlLJt. 4 7 C
WAISTS AT I.jCO
tl.25 WOMEN'S WRAPPERS AT 6o
Men's
Furnishings
Men's Fancy Hose, 8c
500 doz. Men's Fancy Lisle
Thread Hose, both plain and
fancy, worth up flf
to 50c, at . . . . O3U
A limit of 3 pairs to a
customer.
Men's Fine Madras Shirts, with'
separate collars 1Clf
and cuffs, at.
Men's Undershirts
and Drawers, 25c
Plain and Fancy Colors, worthi
up to 75c per 9tf
garment, at..
Boys' Shirts
and Shirt Waists, 59c
Both Light and Dark Colors, all
sizes, your OQa
choice .........M...UvU
Corset Special
W. BH Erect Form cor
sets, World's fair spe
cial, with hose sup
porters attached, $1.50
quality, 7 EZn
Saturday at
A lot of summer corsets
and girdles, in 1
small sizes, at i--''
Dr. Warner's Rust Proof
corsets, for stout fig
ures, sizes 20 i AA
toS6, at.... l.ViV
Extra Special Shoe Sale Saturday
An Omaha Jobber needed money. Ws
boight the entire surplus stock la JLra
bUn eolt and patnt eolt, wortb 1 n s
up to KM), on sal. Saturday l.vh
at J2.3S and
Th. oelebraUd Margmerlt. tl.OO
sho made by a well known
Cincinnati firm
Women's CEO, $2.00 and f2.ES
slippers and oxfords. In patent
eolt and vloi kid...
.1.K
98c
Child's sample shoes,
hand turned
at .
Women's fin. I2.E0 and IS. 00 band
turned and Goodyear welt
-exfords. Brooks Bros.' -,
Boys', youth' and little Kent's
satin ealt and Ylcl shoes,
worth 11.60 , - -
Child's red and
blue tl.00 slippers
69c
1.98
98c
69c
The swellest and best line of black and tan oxfords In Omaha.
Double Trading Stamps in Shoe Dept.
Sole agents In Omaha for the Stetson, Crossett and John
Mitchell shoes for men and the Ultra and Groyer shoes for women.
Decoration Day Millinery Specials
1.00
1.00
$350 Ladies' Black
Trimmed Hats....
$250 Children's Trimmed
Leghorns.......
$2.00 Ladies' Street OsC
Hats,.
50c Children's Pique
Hats
19c
Hat Special
The greatest line of hats you
erer saw at the mice closed
. A
. out from a large eastern manu
f il t d0llar'
Hats worth up to U))C
$2.50 at
Sale begins Saturday and continues until
every hat is sold.
See Our 16ih Street Window
Parasols
Children's Parasols, in all colors, at ... ....... 19c
Children's Fancy Parasols, in all the newest shades, -
from 25c to .f 1.50
Ladies' Fancy Silk Parasols, in all the fancy checks
and stripes at. ........... .1.50 to f 2.50.
Gloves
'A full line of ladles' Kayser silk gloves, in all
the new shades at 50c, 75c and .$1.00
Ladies' lisle gloves, Paris point stitching 25c and ............ 50c
Ladies' Kayser silk gloves, in three-quarter and elbow length
and plain and lace at 50c, 75c and :. $1.00
At Our Drug
Counter
Beef, Iron and Wine, bottle. 25c
Toilet Powder (all odors),
per package . . . ... 5c
Chamois Skins, each ...... 3c
Eubber Complexion Brushes,
each ............ ...... 15c
An excellent Perfume, oz.,.10c
Dr. Charles' Flesh Food .:.,.;.39c
Graves' Tooth Powder .12c
Violet Talcum Be
4711 Glycerine Soap, cake. . .10c
Spectacles
Eyeglasses
Up-to-date styles, care
fully fitted by expert
opticians. .
LOWEST PRICES
Wholesale Grocery Prices
We Sell You the Goods and Give You Trading Stamps Free Compare these Prices with other $oalled Bargains.
Force, Vlfor. Vim, Halt Vita, Ea--0-
or Nutiita, per pk .7o
t-lb. pkg. Breakfast Rolled Oats.....7Ho
Larr Sacks Oatmeal ISHo
Qcod Japan Mo, per pound ........IVio
Fancy Pearl Tapleca, per pound ....SHo
I bars best Laundry Soap for lto
1-lb. pkf. Condensed Mincemeat... to
Bromangelou. Jellyoon. Jello or Fruit
Fuddlne, per pk
Quart Cans Golden Table Bymp.M....7o
The Beet Kacar.nl, per pksr. ...SSio
1-lb. pka. Best Corn Starch 4c
t-lb. Cans Boild Packed Tomatoes.. .-.740
t-lb. Cans Ooldea Pumpkin or Suaah...7tto
Mb. Cans Pineapple Butter 7V4o
1-lb. Cans Boston Baked Beans, with r
without sauce Ho
Potted or Deviled Ham, per oan.. Vtfl
Larva Bottles Pickles, any kind
want H
Larce Bottles Pure Tomato Catsup t4o
I.arce Jars Pure Fruit Jam J1
Fancy Olssies Pure Fruit Jlly .io
Raxale, the new cum. per pka ..m
prikd ntcrr srKoiALa.
Larg-. California prunes, lb ,...tHo
Larce California peaches, lb ...THu
KiiKllih cleaned currants, lb ...... ....7Vio
California seedless raisins, lb .... eo
Lendon layer raisins, lb 7VH
New York apples, lb m...7)so
Callfemla srafies, lb m.,I.m..W
WHOLESALE! FILKSH FRUIT PRICKS.
Larre, Juicy, Beedleas Lemons, per dos..l0o
Large, Sweet, Juicy Orances, per dos...l2o
1-lb. pkr- California White Flcs So
Fancy Mixed Nuts, per pound 10a
Colorado W&lte Closer Hemey, per rack..Uo
ABSOLtJTELT MTHI CTTER.
WB RA.VB NO LICENSB TO HHLIi
TOU ANT SUBSTITUTE.
Th. Very Beat New Grass Creamery Ofln
Butter, per pound eaVfU
GET FREB3 8AMPLB OF WILD
CHEHUIT PUOSPHATB AND BOOT
BSBR IN GROCSRT DiiPT.
Big Meat SaleSpecial for Saturday.
WHILE THH PUBLIC IS WONDERING AT THE) HIGH PRICK MEATS, READ OUR PHICES THET ARK CUT IN HALF
Mutton Lesm, per-lb - llo
Mutton Chops, per lb............. llo
Mutton Reast, per lb. bo
Mutton Slaw, per lb...... .....to
Veal Roaat, per lb
Boiled Mm ml eer lb - 12c Veal Bteak. per lb 140
Boneless Ham, per lb ...Wo 1
Fancy Smoked Bam Butts (no bone), lb. .Mo 1
Lard (all brand.), per lb.. .....To
I ard Compound, per lb
Haras, per lb
Bacon, per lb Ho
Cal. Hams, per lb Ho
Veal Bteak. ner lb
Try our Fancy Breakfast Ba usage for
your Sunday morning meal.
FATHER ON HEELS OF CUPID
John Loftai Gots to Marriage. Lictnis
Offlos Llttls Too Lata.
LOVERS GET CERTIFICATE AND ARE GONE
Groosa Give. Saaao of Jaaie. Riley
f Chleae and Bride Claims
Oaeavfca a. Ue
Ueaie.
A young man. well dressed, but excited,
rushed Into the office of th. marriage
Uuens. clerk at the county court bouse
Jut before closing time Thursday after
boon and asked for a lloenae to wed
Isabella Loftus, and Clerk Morrill straight
way put bira through the usual cros.
esaiulnatloa, to the satlsfaoUon of the re
dulr.meots of the statutes. Meantime a
comely girl with pink checks and a ploture
hat waited eutsld the door and promenaded
nrevously up and down the corridor.
avaen the nrellnilnarlea ware completed
the young man, who said his nam was
James Riley and that he lived In Chicago,
thrust the coveted document Into his pocket
and disappeared with the young woman
of the pink cheeks, the picture hat and the
nervous manner.
The clerk's record of th transaction
showed that the young man was James
Riley of Chicago and that It la the Inten
tion of the young people to reside In that
elty after the ceremony should have been
performed; that Isabella Loftua la th.
daughter of "John Loftua of Omaha" and
Is M years old.
So far as the oounty of Douglas Is con
cerned the Incident Is closed, for few and
far between are the applicants for a license
to wed whose demeanors are not more or
leas upeet. But so far as the parties In
this particular event are concerned there
Is another chapter to the story, the detail
of which Is shrouded In some mystery, but
which la plain reading to the' clerk, long
fo miliar with the truth of the assertion
that the course of true love never did run
smooth.
Father of Girl la Pareelt.
It came to the surface this morning, for
when Mr. Morrill cam to open th. mar
rU office) an slderlz man wag walling; to
examine the reoords of the day before. Ha
was much disturbed too, and inquired with
great particularity as to the license that
had been Issued to Jamas Riley and Isabella
Loftua. He declined to give his nam or
any of the facts concerning himself or the
young people that he sought. His principal
concern, after ho found that a lloenae had
been Issued, was to and out who the In
tended bride and greom had Selected to tie
the knot v James Riley of Chicago had
neglected to leave any reoerd as to this
matter further than to say that they would
"go to a priest." and the elderly man went
away slowly, shaking his head.
The Omaha city directory does not con
tain the name of John Loftua, the name
given as that of the father of the girl, but
It is presumed that If there Is such a per
son he was the anxious Inquirer of Friday
morning and that he found himself too
late to head off a wedding that waa mani
festly not to his liking.
Test Pelsoaed u4 Two Dostd.
LAS VBOAB. N. M.. May .-Ten persona
here have been poisoned and Joseph Tafaya
and two members of his family are dead.
Areenlo has been found In meat eaten by
ene of thoee poisoned and lit a water bar
rel. 4 evd Jury baa beau uaabls to. ax
the U
PROBES INTO BEEF TRUST
loorst Agent of Ffstids&tS ooiotsU In
YMtifiUs tom:h Omaka Paoktrt,
SPENDS FIYE WEEKS IN MAGIC CITY
Oolleeta VeJmable Kvldeae Wltkoat
Re-reaJia Ideality aim Leavrea
fo Ktaiu City to Coat,
pleto Bis Mlaaiea.
During the last Ore weeas a rnlet unas
suming and pleasant-appearing man has
been spending his time about the stock
yards and packing houses at South Omaha,
He has not been courting the rays of the
Ume-llght of publicity, but has preferred
to be Introduced aa a newspaper man
"looking for material for an Industrial
story." The nan la Thomas M. Robertson
and his business, special agent of th.
Bureau of Corporations of the Department
of Commerce and Labor of Washington,
D. C.
On two ocoastona at least Mr. Robertson
baa been introduced to newspaper report
ers, who conversed with blm at various
times and went away without knowing his
mission, which Is to Investigate ths packing
houses of the country with a view to end
ing out If a "oommunity of Interest" exists
among them.
It Is generally oonoeded that Mr. Robert
son has no easy task on his hands, but It
Is understood the seeming Impossibility of
securing satisfactory results Is not so im
possible as It may appear, for It Is hinted
that the secret agent carries away from
South Omaha with him a volume of Infor
mation which will go far toward proving
that there Is a combination among the
largo meat packing concerns.
Little Deabt or Kvldeaee.
There seems to be but little doubt that
the time Is drawing near when the meat
packers will have an opportunity to faoe
the Interstate Commerce commission to
explain away facta which have been gath
ered to show that the Injunction Issued
three years ago prohibiting them from hav
ing a secret understanding has been broken.
Mr. Robertson Is not much given to talk.
In fact when seen regarding his mission be
absolutely refused to say anything con
cerning his work or what he had found out
Ho saga his business la to llatea to pther
people talk and to make notes of what they
said, which notes are to be submitted di
rect to President Roosevelt The president
will go Into the smallest details of the In
vestigation, It la understood, providing
enough Information can be gathered to
show that a combination exists.
It has been learned that very few Of the
live stock dealers at South Omaha could be
induced to say anything to the secret agent
about a combination among the various
packing concerns. 'In the language of one
man, "the packers have the live stock men
'buffaloed;' they are afraid to talk for fear
their business will be ruined by ths packers
refusing to buy stock from them."
But notwithstanding all these difficulties.
It la understood many facts which will go
to malts up a largs volume of damaging
evidence has been secured In South Omaha.
It is said one of the principal things In
vestigated la the payment of mileage upoa
refrigerator cars by the railroads to taw
packers and that It has been found that
tho private car lines owned by the packers
are paying dividends at the rate of 3Vi to
60 per cent upon the Investment. This la
said to be one plan of rebating the pack
ers a portion of the freight paid on ship
ments, which they believe Is legal.
Mr. Robertson hag .oomfileted big wotk
hero and left yesterday for Kansas City,
whore ha goes on the same mission Tn
which he visited South Omaha. At present.
It Is understood, three employes of the
national department are working upon the
case of tho peckers and that within tho
next few weeks all of tho Information will
bo gathered and tho work finished prepar
atory to beginning action against tho mem
bers Of the meat trust
Foamier ( Sieger, 111.
J. V. Steger of Chicago, the head of the
piano manufacturing Ann of btrger A Sons
ef feUeaer, I1L, la a guest at the Millard.
His visit to the west Is simply to look
after his trade. He Is the founder of the
town of Sugar. It Is a city of l.toO In
habitants, flrieen miles from Chicago. The
Btegar company enjoys the distinction of
never having had a strike among lis em
ployes, which Is accounted for In th. fact
that th. plant Is operated on th. profit
sharing system. Mr, H lager is the guest
while in the city of Messrs. Hchmoller eV
Mueller. ,
aortallty StatlaTWo.
Tho following births and death have
been reported to the board of Health dur
ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon
rrlilay;
births Ous Palmeeano, 1117 California,
girl; William Swanaon, 2620 bees, girl.
Deaths Charles 11. Oaeteyer, 41$ South
Twentieth, 41
1S-K. .Wedding Kings. kAlhoim, Jeweler,