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OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, AUGUST 21, 1904.
SINGLE COI'Y FIVE CENTS.
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LAWN SWINGS
LAWN SWINGS
A closing out effort Monday atxl
Triesdny. A supreme chance of
ppttinir a Lawn Swing at one-third
Its value.
Ijiwn Swings, fouN
seated, 1 10 value,
for
Lawn Kwlnjjs two-seated
so "thouKht fully"
arranged! for
6.98
'3.50
In the Jap Room
A big lot of quaint little baskets,
telettcope lids, made of daintily
split bamboo, very suitable for
LUNCH CARRYING or HAND
KERCHIEF CONTAINING, In
three sizes,
20c, 15c
and
Monday and Tues
day $1 worth Little
Green Stickers with
each basket Bee
them.
LTlX
Optical Jewelry
Uenular $1.25 glasses, aluminum
frnme, very best Pnj p
Monday B r
No charge for any accurate and
complete examination.
We are conducting a complete
modern optical department on high
class lines. A private dark room
and experienced optician at your
service.
Wm. Rogers & Sonsj
Al plate teaspoons,
fancy patterns, perjjL
set
of
six
And $2.00 In Green
Trading Stamps.
69c
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Wm. Rogers tc Bon's
full triple plate knives
and forks Monday
reduced to.
per dozen,
oniy
1 And $5.00 in Green
Trading Stamps. .
2.89
.Boys
The boj hare done nobly. This combination idea Las proved second in value
only to the QUEEN TRADING STAMP WAR and IT was a "peach er-ino."
Therw has boon no mnnov absolutely none In this sehool bo v tirnl for w, but the RISINf QF.NRR.A
TION HAS HAD PENNKTTB ON THR TRAIN, and such sdvertlMni is INCAIjCTLABLY VAU1AHI.B:
now, Isn't 1U Prise winners' nam will be nnnounoed Monday, 10 a. m. In window end Mr. Rennett will distribute the prizes
at 11 a- m. Now. there la still one iriore week for combination work, and 2S cents for every order brought in.
Mr. Sperry of the HS. & II." Company, New Tork, and
the Inventor of trading stamps, visited Omaha Thursday.
Being a prominent New Yorker he was interviewed. Ac
cording to The Bee he expressed "high gratification at the
progress and popularity of the Little Green Stickers and
declared that the treatment accorded the system by the
people of Omaha was magnanimous."
You see the "8. & II." Company tied tip with a deter
mined concern The Bennett Company. We started out
to make the Green Sticker a sensational success In Omaha
and IT IS. We pioneered the system In this "neck of the
woods," and today the great stores west, who closely
watched our success, ore giving "Green Trading Stamps
with all purchases In ell departments all the time."
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Grocery Dept.
Full Value For Your Money In
Our Famous Grocery Dept.
COFFEE SPECIAL. II
worth "8. Sc. H." Green
Trading; Stamps with
each pound Pkg. Ren
net's Capital Cof- 28c
12 00 worth "8 & II."
Green Trading Stamps
with one lb. flfln
Tea, up from .uukl
11.00 worth "8. & H."
Green Trading- Stamps
with 1 lb. New Tork
Cream Ofn
Cheese
$1.00 worth Green Tard
lng Stamps with three
cans Hawkeye 1 CV. l
fmum
Potted Ham, can to
Potted Tongue, can... 4a
Potted Chicken, can ......90
Potted Turkey, can 8c
' Salmon, 1-lb. can 10o
Jelly, assorted, glass 6o
French Mustard, pot to
Pickles, assorted, bottle '. ....9c
Wort-ester Sauce, bottle '.....lOo
BUTTER Received every 'day from
best dairies.
Fresh Country Butter, lb J So
Bennett's Capitol Creamery, Ib....22o
Medium Sour Pickles, pint..... 5o
nndy Department
50o worth "S. &
XL" Green Trad.
Ing Stamps with
each paokago
Lemon i'hoe- f
pasta Dropt.
T,V.
Topsy-Turvy in y
Hardware Section
Ilere's some trifling
priced usefuls. Tremendous
bargains at that. . We have
made some alterations in
our hardware section, that
will mean much in handi
ness to our clerks and not a
little in shopping conveni
ence for you, and here's a lit
tle bunch of "handies'' that
we must clear out:
Silver Steel Tea Spoons, f
each
each
Sliver Steel Table Spoons-each
Buckeye Bread Knife-each
2c
12c
Paring- Knife ' O,
, each .......
Wire Coat and Ht Hooka
each j...
Vegetable Brush
each
Paper Carpet Tacks
each
Wire Egy Whips-each
Dish Mop, with handle
each
3c
. lc
.2c
8c
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Wall Paper Wall Paper A Mid-Summer Clearing- Sale On All Grades
Ten thousand rolls at your own prica. A great bargain
for every purchaser Monday and Tuesday,
One and two room lots, up from o
roll i OC
Room mouldings, tip from, foot 2c
AND IXttrBTJ?: GRFHN STICKERS ON THE SB PURCHASES
MONDAY AND TUK8DAT,
Table W eek m Ftsrnifosre Sectioa
Monday wo place on sale our ENTIRE SAMPLE LINE
FROM THE GRAND RAPIDS FURNITURE EXPOSITION
of HIGH GRADE PARLOR AND LIBRARY TABLES in
SOLID MAHOGANY, GOLDEN OAK and IMITATION MA
HOGANY at from ,25 to 50 per cent below regular price.
This is a most extensive line and embraces over 250 DIFFER
ENT STYLES. BY TAKING THE ENTIRE LINE WE OB
TAINED GRATIFYING REDUCTIONS WHICH WE SHARE
WITH YOU.
All are in bright new
snappy patterns, and not a
few specimens are FINE
EXAMPLES OF THE COLO
NIAL PERIOD IN SOLID MA
HOGANY. NOTE Thsse ere ssnpla tables
end we have but cne of a kind.
"FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED."
Goods purchased at this sale will be reserved until needed.
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AN ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITION
OF THE FINE ARTS
rlrture, choice double nreep frame; aIfo & few choice "rrult"$f QQir i
plrturi for earh I
anil one hundred ($10.00) of IJttl Oreon Ptlokers thrown in.
Not more than one ot each to a customer.
Pen to the art exhibition Hundred hava mjoynl tha feaat and
have been surprised at the low rrlce. affixed to the beautiful pic
ture. Whether you mean to buy or not. there's a treat tor you In visit
ing our Aro Gallery Exhibition. w-"r-!?rCfci
BECOND FLOOR.
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CROCKERY! CR0CKER.Y!
COUPON
331-3 por cent discount on nil orders of White China for
decorating (dinnerware not included) on presentation of
this coupon. No discount allowed without the coupon.
This item only good for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
lloyal Coalport English China Tea riates original CJHp
Indian Tree Decorations, each '. VJv
Haviland & Co. Limoges China decorated 100- Cl
piece dinner sets, at
Japanese China Cups and Saucers....... t ..25c
And $2.00 in Little Green Stickers.
One quart Root Beer Bottles, per dozen 65 C
Mason Fruit Jar Caps, per dozen 12c
Limit two dozen, no delivery.
Johnson Bros. White English Porcelain Dinner C Lfi
Sets, 100 pieces, at JJ
Tressed Glass Water Bottles, at 48c,
45c, 39c and
.25.
And $00 Jn LI tile Green Stickers will be given. In. addition
an voter batxlai If this toupon la presented..
5.95
A TURN-UP IN WASHERS
Any Washer in our stock worth up to $7.00, goes Mon
day for
ard 115.00 in Uttle Oreen Stickers to the bargain.
We handle only the most noted and serviceable Washers,
such as the Deltz Rotary, the Elk Rotary, the Diamond Rotary
and others. Wooden-ware Department Basement.
A PHENOMENAL SlUi PURCHASE
Our New York buyer was the lucky one out of thousands of other buyers to get a line of fancy shirt waist suit
Silks for one-third less than manufacturer's cost. This big purchase of ours means a great deal to you, when you can buy the best quality, the choicest pat
terns in the leading shades for fall suits at half the regular price. All these choice silks in two lots for Monday:
First Consists of fancy Louisines and yfO Second Consists of fancy Ecutanls, Chamois, the new Phoenix Taf fetas and CCIrt
. Uv the soft Swiss Taffetas. IS inches to 2t inches wide, for onlv. vard JJ
Mersalines, 19 inches wide, for yard.
Our New Peau de Molse 811k for jackets and
suits has been such a success that we have had
to re-order In advance "to meet the demand.
This ellk has no equal as to wear and fine fin
ish. Every yard Is guaranteed. Monday only at
prices ' as follows:
BLACK PKAU DE MQISB SILK . . fiOc
la.-Inches wiaector -rt
.... 75c
... 1.39
... 1.59
... 1.98
BLACK PEAU DE MOISE BILK
27 inches wide, for
BLACK PKAU DE MOISE SILK
26 Inches wide, for .-.
BLACK PEAU DE MOISE SILK
SB inches wide, for
BLACK PEAU DE MOISE SILK
36 inches wide, for
New Fall Suitings
68-lnch Cravenotto, guaranteed rain proof i
for rainy day skirts and coats. In mix-
tures of tan and ureen, gray and white 1
and blue and white our regular $1.75 4 OS
cloth Monday, yard
60-Inch Shark Skin Suiting;, in all the new
plain full shades of navy, blues, browns,
grav, green, red and black. This fabric
is especially adapted for tailor suits and
skirts our regular li.CO value Monday f QQ
per yard
White Goods
40 Inches wide Imported White Apron
Lawne worth 20c yard Monday, yard....
Our regular 15c quality White India Llnon
Monday, yard
The balance of our stock of Lawns, Dim
ities, Organdies and fancy Tlssuee to
close out, only,-yard
12ic
10c
5c
At the Linen Counter
Big reduction Eale of fi ne Irish Linen Grass
Bleached Table Cloths and Napkins the famous
Gold Medal Brand one cloth - and 12 napkins
makes a set.
All of ourV sets sold at $6.
this sale
All of Cur 10-4 sets sold at $5.75
this sale
All of our 12-4 sets sold at $6.25
this sale'
3.95
4.35
4.95
All of our 14-4 sets sold at 16. 76 C OS
thin Hula J
All of our finer sets sold at $7.25
, this sale
All of our finer sets sold at $7.65
this sale)
All of our finer sets sold at $8.00
this sale
All of our finer sets sold at $8.75 '
this sale
5.75
6.00
6.50
6.95
Sale Comnieaces Monday
100 dozen Ladles' Fast Black Lace Hosiery
line lisle thread, Ince stripes and, figures
in all the newest patterns, sizes 8 to 10
values up to $1.00 Monday all go In one Afin
lot, at, pair . OW.
Stop at our fancy "Needle-Art" De
partment, Main floor, and see the new
Ilardanger (Norwegian) embroidery;
work. : This is the newest style of needle-work,
done on Ilardanger cloth or
imported scrim. We now have a full
stock of threads, cloths, instruction
books, etc.
Women's and Misses Wash Suits
The greatest clearing sale ever made in Omaha.
About one hundred suits, organdy lawns, India
linens, fine Krench llnon s, Imported Bootch ging
hams, cotton voiles, cotton converts, white duck,
white piques and plain and figured black lawn.
This offer includes dresses that were soldo
at from $5 to $20 all go Monday at ttJ
Black Mercerized Pettlnoats pleated
flounce and ruffle, 75a quality, Monday....
39c
fa...-- -.JlV.-. 1
Uader Price Sale of LADIES' UNDER GARMENTS
iw aozen inaies nne camnrio ana .w-.-vv
muslin f arftwers, snins n ii u if
chemises, trimmed with lace, em- !; Wv"
proiuery, lucmng ana neinauit'ii
lng. Full regular made, "all
sizes" values in this lot. worth
up to $1.00 Monday we soil CHp
them at OUW
And $2.00 in "S. A IL" Green
Trading Stamps.
Another Special In LADIES' UNDER GARMENTS
75 dozen ladles' night gowns and
Marguerites, fine qualities of mus
lins and oambrics. Lace yoke,
embroidery yokes, tucked yokes,
yokes of fine tucks and embroid
eries, yokes of fine lace and rib
bon headings, sizes from Si to 42
bust. Values in this lot worth
up to n.50Monday we VRc
.kII thpm at. each C7W
And $2 in Green Trading Stamps
with each garment.
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Some Very Great Bargains
In Our Wash Goods Department
Monday we will place on sale the balance)
of our ctock of imported Shirt Waist
Suitings big table full to select from
many are worth up to BBo yard while
they last, yard 3V
OHM'S GREAT HOSPITALS
Soma Fact Concerning the Preparation for
Caring for the Sick. '
KAGNIFICENT QUARTERS AND EQUIPMENT
Splendid Institutions How la Exist
ence Are Beinsjr JtUnlarged and Ex
tended tn Order to Areom
rnodate the Pnbllo.
In the dismal but grateful task of caring
for sick and injured Omaha does not lag
behind other cities of the United States.
Its hospitals are among the largest and
flneet to be found anywhere, and pro
visions are almost as adequate for treat
ing the man without a dollar as the man
who can charter a speclah train to bring
lilm In. Despite the excellent equipment
of the present, new hospitals and improve
ments are under construction . and con
templated almost equal In value to the
kulldlngs and grounds already devoted to
the purpose. ,
Omaha has ten general hosplta's. roughly
netimated with their grounds to be worth
at least $700,001). The Improvements planned
sure estimated to aggregate $fM).0O0. Al
though several years may elapse before
all these projects are carried out, the new
(Methodist Episcopal hospital, eventually to
cost $300,0.0, la being erected, while a $10,(00
diUUon Is being added to Immanuel hos
pital. The total capacity of tTie ten Omaha
hospitals is 820 persons, with the routity
lionpltal providing accommodation for 3'JO
and the new Emergency City hospital for
JinX In round numbers the patients treated
last year ran over li),0no.
Mow They Are Maintained.
Most of the hospitals of the city are
.rriHlntalned through religious bodies, but
the work of none is cor.rtm-d to sectarian
lines. About one-third of the ssrvlce ren
dered at all the hovpltals, excluding the row
private Institutions, Is free. Bupport for
the hospitals comes from all classes; from
the richest as eiempllfled by Count Crelgh
ton ftfintiltmtlon, to fit. Joseph's to the
pnorest as ehown by the donations (f $1
for the WU Memorial hospital.
Three fine hospitals are located in Coun
cil BlulT. Tliey are the St. Bernard's anl
Mercy hospitals, conducted by a Catholic
Order of tlnters, and the Woman's Chris
tian noolutliin hospital. The two former
are lunge and rixvialtse In handling per
sons afrerti-d with dementia or extreme
nervousness.
C'ldahlun Memorial Iloipllal.
Bt. Joseph s hOKpiiul, the olrti !t hospital
tn Omaha, was first rslahltnhrd, ly t Tie
f ..-.turs of Mi-icy at Lluvruth and Masi.n
fcUecU U la.a Later it enlarged and
passed Into the hands of the Sisters of St.
francis, the Catholic order which still
maintains and controls It. The present
building, making possible what Is ad.
mlttedly one of the finest hospitals in the
west, was constructed In 1890 through be
questa of the late Mrs. John A. Creighton
and three times aa much by her husband.
Count Creighton.
The Institution, now located at Tenth and
Castellar streets, Is called the Creighton
Memorial hospital. In honor of Count and
Mrs. Creighton. The buildings and grounds
represent expenditures aggregating more
than $200,000. The hospital building occu
pies three sides of a square and has a
frontage of 200 fe!t on Tenth streot, the
wings running back 150 feet. IC Is four
stories in height, of imposing architecture
and exquisite and even luxurious interior
finish.
Two hundred petlents can be accommo
dated at one time without crowding. On
the first floor are located the drug rooms,
reception rooms, consultation rooms and
forty-one private rooms for patients; the
second floor has sixteen private, nine gen
eral rooms and three private wards, while
the third floor has twenty-three private
rooms, Ave general and four private wards,
making in all eighty private rooms and
twenty-one wards. Luring 1903, MIS pa
tients of all kinds were treated.
A special building, 3x70 feet in Else, two
stories high and costing $10,000, was erected
in 18M for the surgical department. ' This
structure,' which is attached to the hos
pital. Is a' veritable model of its kind,
separate operating rooms being provided
for various branches ot surgery, besides
sterilising, antiseptic, anaesthetic rooms,
etc The amphitheater Is lighted with a
glass roof and 100 students can view clinics,
which are held In connection with Creighton
Medical college,
Though regarded as one of the rery best
general hospitals In the country, the sis
ters for some time have been contemplat
ing an enlargement:1- This Includes a second
large building, almost, if not, aa large as
the one now used, to be situated Just north
of the $22,(K10 chspel, which adjoins th hos
pital proper. This would mean a coi)t of
something like $1uO,(KiO. and double the ac
commodations. Iuimanuet Hospital.
Immanuel hospital, at Thirty-fourth and
Meredith avenue, is conducted under the'
auspices of the Swedish Lutheran church.
It was founded fourteen eais ago by the
present superintendent. E. A. Fosriestrom.
formerly an adve clergyman, with the as
sistance of many wealthy rltlsens of all
denomination,, The intent always has been
to condui t the institution under broad,
nonsectsrlun lines, hut some "t the early
Independence in this regaid had to )e sac
rificed and the hospital came more directly
under the control of the Lutheran people.
The hospital huil.tirg smn ta on u hlj;li e;i;l
nem.e aiid has actommcitatluiis for ubout
thirty-five patients. Lost year 850 persona
were treated. At present a $10,000 addition
la being constructed on the west aide of
the hospital, which will give accommoda
tion for eighteen beds; These are badly
needed, aa the hospital has been chronically
crowded for a long time. In connection
with the hospital la the Immanuel Deacon
ess Institute for trained nurses. About
forty deaconesses have been graduated and
a number have gone to other cities. The
buildings and grounds, Including the super
intendent's residence, orphanage and sepa
rate cottages, are valued at $75,000.
Clarksem Memorial.
Clarkson Memorial hospital, at 1718 Dodge
streot, is the second oldest hospital of
Omaha and one of the best known. It is
in a three-story brick building, built for
hospital purposes, but which has been out
grown. The capacity In patients la thirty
five and the number of persons treated
last year was 405. The hospital was
founded by the late Bishop Clarkson, oris;,
inally for children, and Is conducted under
the auspices of the Episcopal church. Not
long after its establishment In the early
80s, however, the fact that there were not
enough little ones to be treated to make the
experiment practicable caused the place to
be transformed Into a general hospital. - A
training school for nurses, having at pres
ent twelve graduates and attendants, is
maintained In connection with the hos
pital and In a separate building to the
east. A low estimate on the buildings and
grounds Is $3O,OU0. Plans are under prepara.
tlon for a new hospital, but not In condi
tion to be definitely announced. It Is likely
that the new building will cost from $100,000
to $150,000.
Methodist Episcopal Hospital.
.The Methodist Episcopal hoapltul has per
formed heavy labor for thirteen years, or
since It was established, In a two-story
frame building at 419 South Twentieth
street, necessarily under difficulties, as the
quarters have been cramped and unsatis
factory. With only thirty-six beds and a
maximum capacity of forty patients, 800
persons were treated last year and 1,200
turned away. Better days are In store for
the force of forty-seven connected with the
Institution, however, as a new, brick build
ing, modern and fully equipped In every
particular, Is being erected at Thirty-sixth
and Cuming streets. It will vie with St.
Joseph's hospital and la expected to cost
when complete not less than $300,000. For
the present only the main building, heat
ing plant and laundry are to be constructed
at a cot of about $iyW. The capacity
will be 126 patients and the structure will
be fireproof. It will be ready for owupancy
within a year and the Methodist hoxpitnl
corps will rejoice mightily. The amount
of work that has been performed in the
small, wooden building Is considered mar
yelons by the physicians of the city. Tfie
name expl. iru tha ma nngement and main
tenance of the hofpltaL Oue-lhlrd of th
work done Is free and sectarian lines are
not regarded.
v Wise Memorial.
Wlae Memorial hospital, at 2226 Sherman
avenue, was established by the Jewish peo
.ple Qf the city about four years ago and Is
conducted under their management. The
hospital now occupies the roomy old man
sion knpwn aa the J. J. Brown estate, In
cluding spacious grounds covered by large,
shady trees. A new building to accommo
date 100 patients and to cost about $100,C0O
Is contemplated. The present capacity la
thirty patients, there being ten private
rooms and three wards. Evor since the be
ginning the hospital has been crowded and
larger fluartera before long are considered
Imperative. The name of the hospital Is
In honor of a famous rabbi of the east.
Omaha's lOmergeney Hospital.
' Omaha has a right to feel proud of Its
Emergency hospital, which was built and
la maintained by the city government. Its
purpose Is to care for patients afflicted
with smallpox or other contagious diseases
not admitted to general hospitals and re
quiring isolation. No city in the west la
better equipped. In fact Omaha Is far su
perior In tfils respect to most cities of the
United States. The building and grounds
are vworth about $1B,000. The new hospital
was opened about two and one-half years
ago. It is located In the center of a fifteen
acre tract of land owned by the city on the
Center street road, about six miles from
the court house.
The building is ot brick on three sides
of a 'quadrangle, with the front part two
stories high. On the first floor of this sec
tion are the office, dining room, kitchen
and Bitting room, while above are rooms
for the nurses and the physician who Is
retained there all the time. The two wings
are partitioned Into four wards, the total
capacity being 100 patients. Modern plumb- j
Ing and sanitary fittings are installed,
water being provided from a deep tubular
well a,nd raised by a windmill, then piped
through the building. A three-room cottage
on the premises Is used also to separate
mild from severe and other klndB of con
tagion. It would be hard to have an epi
demic that the city health department
could not handle at .the Emergency hospi
tal. So well known has It become that the
city has been frequently Imposed upon by
persons affected with the smallpox coming
here and throwing themselves on the mercy
of the community.
DouKlas County's Equipment.
The Douglas County hospital, at Fortieth
and Poppieton avenue, was built In 1SS3,
and the property Is estimated at values
ranging from $i!i0.0o0 to $.Vio.O"0. It Is the
second building of Its kind to be erected
for Douglas county. .There are accommo
dutlons for 3i permms and shout 172 are
Inmates or patients at this time. The hos
pital Is fully equipped with operstlng rooms
and fceneral facilities, Intertu h, nurea, etc.
The cui.iLcf oi ptkiu Uvld( ail, fci
course, free, la annually very large. No
reasonable expense Is withheld In treating
the abject poor who are sick or maimed.
Borne Smaller Hospitals.
The Swedish hospital at 928 North Twenty
seventh street Is maintained by that na
tionality. It has been open for two years,
has fifteen rooms and accommodations for
thirty patients. About 400 persons were
treated during the last twelve months. The
institution now occupies a rented building,
but the authorities in control are planning
to erect a building of their own at Twenty
seventh and California streets before long.
Twelve nurses are attached to the hos
pital and training school.
The Presbyterian hospital, a two-story
brick building with high basement at
Twenty-sixth and Marcy streets, is about
ten years old. It was conducted by the
church, the name of which It bears, for
some time and then passed Into private
control. It Is now the possession ot R.
McClelland, a capitalist of Tabor, la. This
hospital has had a fair share of trials and
tribulations and was closed tor a period at
one time. Accommodations are for about
thirty patients. For the last twelve months
the aggregate number of persons treated
Is placed at 1,300. An estimate of the value
of the property would be about $10,000,
The Central hospital la a private Institu
tion at 2212-14 Seward street, owned by Dr.
C. Impey. It has been In existence about
four years and the buildings and grounds
are estimated to be worth $10,000. The ca
pacity is about twenty patients. Enlarge
ments are now under way, which will give
accommodation to six more. The start of
nurses numbers six.
LURED BACKT0 STAGELAND
"Happy" Cnl Wagner, In leveut y-Plrst
Year, Returns to Be a Min
strel Once More.
'Happy" Cal Wagner, who twenty-five
or thirty years ago tickled the funny bone
of theater going people by bis happy hits
as a member of a minstrel company, but
who la recent years has been a member
of the official family of the Milwaukee
railroad, Is again going back on the road
as a producer of smiles and laughter.
"Happy Cal" haa been In Omaha for
several days and to his railroad friends he
unburdened himself of thle Important
change In his occupation. The change is
Important to Wagner for the reason that
he haa already passed his 70th milestone
and Is still a going. The venerable minstrel
received a long distance telephone message
while at Chicago from a New York com
pany offering him a berth and he at onoo
fell into It. "Happy Cal" Is disgusted with
the rrtsent day minstrel show and intends
to make a last dying effort to give Iho
younger generation a last long look at what
"it used to te." Ha expects to be In Oiuitht
with his company during the coining sea
son. .
PLANS FOR THE I10RSE SHOW
Preparations Progress with Satisfaction
and Indications of Success.
MANAGER GRAY IS CONSTANTLY BUSY
Best Skill Combined to Handle Best
Horses to Make This Best
Event ot Kind la
the West.
Preparations for the Omaha horse show
are going forward rapidly, and the man
ager. Dr. C. D. Gray, Is about the busiest
man in the city. The headquarters in The
Bee building fairly teems with the bric-a-brac
of the show.
The fact that Omaha never has had a
horse show seems rather to increase than
deter the Interest. The glamor and life
of the horse . show have stolen In from
other cities and created a desire for. an
affair of the kind here, now that the
Auditorium has been completed.
At the headquarters, which combines de
pot, emporium of supplies and office In
one, huge trunks of show lithographs and
posters are piled up about the walls in
formidable array, life size paper muche
horses adorn the big show windows, while
colossal horseshoes, saddles, whlpB, bits
and stirrups decorated with ribbons, ban
ners, flags and placards are scattered hero
and there, giving an Idea of the ramifica
tions and quantity of work preliminary to
a horse show on the scale which the one
in Omaha la to be given. ,
Surpassing- la Excellence.
Few local events of a kindred character
In the past will aproach the show, accord
ing to the persons who are working to In
sure Its success. The management Is pro
ceeding In a thorough and businesslike
way. The association, which Includes the
best of the city's wealth, chivalry and
commercial genius. Is a powerful organisa
tion that will be satisfied only In achieving
the biggest succss of the kind ever known
In the middle west.
"There la a prodigious amount of work
yet' to be done," said a gentleman deeply
Interested In the show. "But Omaha haa
an efficient corps of workmen to do It
Under-Dr. Gray's skillful direction.
"The big ring. 200 by 75 feet, will be con
structed In the middle of the Auditorium
and surrounded by a substantial fence four
feet high It Is a piece of work that calls
for the nicest discrimination and Judgment.
The first process will be to cover the fl or
wl'h two Inches of eawduxt. On top of
this comes a layer of one-Inch boards
carpeted with waterproof tar puper. On
this will be two inches of clay, two Indies
of loam and two Inches of tanhark, the
combination having pioved satisfactory at
all the big horse shows on both sides of
the ocean.
"The judges will be selected from a long
list -of prominent men from all parts of
the country. Among those who have been
Invited are Charles F. Baker of Boston,
Orson Moulton of Batavia, N. Y., Dean
R. Low of Topeka, Kan., James Bright of
St. Louis, Dr. Sherman Williams of Den
ver, Charles E. Pratt of Little Rock and
Dr. W. M. Steiner of St. Joseph, Mo.
There will bo a ring committee of three
for each night and the matinees, selected
from the roster of the association mem
bership, under the directorship of Manager
Gray.
Time and K,lnd of Show.
"The show will be held In the Auditorium
September 26, 17, 28, 23, SO and October 1,
with a matinee on Wednesday and Satur
day. It will be a competitive display of
horses of all classes from all parts of the
country- The classes take In blooded
horses and horses of unknown pedigree,
beautiful horses, riders, trotters, pacers
and thoroughbreds, carriage horses, saddle
horses, trick horses, jumpers, hurdlers, as
well as all kind of harness and equipage,
in fact everything that goes with or per
tains to man"s noblest friend.
"The two big Toronto stables that are
coming here annually make up about half
of the New Tork horse show. One of
them has forty horses and the other as
many or more. The proprietors do not
speak, so bitterly are they rivals. Each
has one of the finest stables In the country
and the mere fact that they will be hero
insures success. Already from sixty to
seventy stables are entered and big bunches
of Inquiries are being received every day,
together with new entries."
SALES UNDER EXECUTIONS
Property Is Appraised by Sheriff to
Bo Sold from the De
fendants. "
Sheriff Power has appraised property to
be sold under executions against the de
fendants In these casoa as follows: The
Conservative Savings A Loan Association
of Omaha against Maria M. Crager, tl.too;
Mary J. Kennedy against The Unknown
Heirs of William II. Kennedy, decea-nl,
$900; The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company against Benjamin C. Barnes et a!,
$1,200; Hiram A. Barr against Frederick
Eliab Perkins et al. $S0O; Portsmouth Trust
& Guarantee Company against National
Land Company et al. $7,000; William K.
Potter against David T. Mount et al, $12,000;
First National Bunk of. Omaha against
Hobert W. Patrick et al, $J,tu0.
Itelny the Sidewalks.
Elds for relaying the sidewalks where
neieiry shoui th pohtnttne hull, ling iind
for sulini it tit Ing cement wm.!I for the Ki'ini
ulats about the liullit!::g hnvn burn uwuraed
by ttiH Tre.MHury i-ii rt met t. ThH mi-
Icenini mmier was t: Hen ilct or OniNhn
mil iho amount $1,7lX 'lUe work wul
Lv,iu al bu.