The Omaha Daily
Bee.
THE SUNDAY BEE -A NEWSPAPER
AND A MAGAZINE IN ONE.
PART 2 Pages 9 to 16
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1904.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
Sixteenth Street Open from End to End
No more streetcar annoyances, i6th street Is again
opened up and is as smooth as a dancing iioor.
All Omaha street cars STOP at Bennetts or transfer
to a car that does. Bennetts is the main push inOmaha"s new
retail district. We've got ''em going south, join the procession.
IMPORTANT ART NOTICE
CHINA, OIL AND WATER COLOR TEACHER8 AND STUDENTS!
Just received, five hundred Madam Klein's Studies in floweis and fruit the finest
ever Imported to America a variety of seventy-flve subjects ilir-
Baturday. our leader price, each
By mall, 12c.
PYROGRAPIIV
A $2 On Pyrography Point, Saturday f fift
only I.tlV
Thirty-five f 13.60) Little Oreen Sticker with each.
8e Magazine Stands, Saturday 7Qr
tpeclii! fW
Dennett e Art Department headquarters for the biggest variety on above foods.
PICTURE FRAMING
We're busy as bees In this line of work. We are finely equipped, expert work
and low prlres. Select your Xmas gifts now! Our stock of framed pictures Of
Is at Its zenith. Artistically framed from S5.00 to
The tate and pocketbook of every Xm shopper best suited at Bennett's.
IMPORTANT FACT TO REMEMBER We can reserve all early purchases
and deliver your gifts at any time you select.
STATIONERY
5,000 pounds Bennett's Olde Amsterdam Linen, cloth finish,
assorted colors, best for polite correspondence,
102 sheets to nound 6sJj
M. - ' - -- -- -
Envelopes to match, new shapes, assorted colors,
package
10c
SATURDAY IN DRY GOODS
A Great Green Trading Stamp Sensation
On Alt Blankets and Comforts Sold Saturday We Will Give Double Stamps
This is a great chance, as our stock of blankets is the
largest and best value in Omaha,
Ladies' 27-Inch Coats. A Great Bargain Saturday
About one hundred of our newest coats, in heavy kersey, colors
black, navy, tan, castor, etc fine lining, self and velvet
triming, regular prices, f 6.50 to $9.90, eomencing C C C
Saturday momincr. at J
Ladies' Silk Petticoats
A clean-up sale; about 50 silk petticoats; some a little mussed,
some extreme colors; were marked $5, $0.95, $7.90, Z Q C
$8.95 and $9.90; all Saturday morning at JmJD
Ladies House Wrappers
Sale started Thursday; will be continued Saturday; QQ
wrappers worth up to $2.50, at OC
Misses' and Children's Cloaks
Another great sale on our main floor bargain circle Satur
day. Prices from $1.98 to $6.95. See our window display on
Harney Street. ..
Double Trading Stamps With All Short and Long
Kimonas and Dressing Sacks
Double Stamps On Golf Gloves
100 dozen ladies' and Misses' Golf Gloves, black, white and all
colors,, plain and fancy, fine wool mercerized, angora, and
other new styles, values in the lot worth up to $1 Sat
urday we divide them into two prices, pair 50c and. . . JC
DOUBLE GREEN STAMPS WITH EACII PAIR.
Saturday Bargain in Ladies' Underwear
One case Ladies' Vests and drawers, fine grade of French Bal
briggan, silk fleeced throughout, silk taped crocheted finish
vests and new band drawers. This quality guaranteed to be
worth 75c a garment, there are a few slight imperfections in
some of them, and we sell them Saturday as they
are, at garment . . jJd
OMAHA WEATHER REPORT Saturday Fair
KAUFMAN'S ORCHESTRA. 6 to 10
IfniOSWTACWWSLak. Omaha's Toydom Opens Saturday
P 3k 1 Bennett s Again in the Lead!
ii mc signal ior uie uring ui mr.Miiids ariiucry an uvcr luwn
The grandest display of beautiful, substantial and
practical Toys.
Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!
Yon should buy your dolls nowl You must have
them ready for Christmas, and you've no time to lose.
Kid Body, Jointed and Dressed Dolls Saturday.
Twenty (12.00) Greeu Trading Stamps with every 50o dlL
Fifty (15.00) Green Trading SiamB with every H.00 doll or over.
Doll Cabs and do-Carts, from ten-fifty to thirty-nine cents.
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with each Dull Cab or Go- TQft
Cart, from ll.OU to JUG
Fiftv ($5) Green Trading S amps with each Doll Cabor Go-Cart above $1
GAMES! GAMES! GAMES!
Extra Stamps Saturday With every game above 25c we will (five five (Vc)Greon Trading Stamps
Humpty-Uumpty ShowNew toy end the best on the market, from $5.00 each to 58c
CIGAR
Dep't
El Lltho, a genuine
Porto Rico 6c clgtr,
Si? 25 c
Fattwson's H. O. cut
plus;, eight Oilc
ounce t;ns...."
Five (50c) Green Trading-
Stamps.
Honey Tlp Twist chew
ing tobacco, Cl
Mb box M
Twenty (12. 00) Oreen
Trading Stamp.
Match Safes, B.
up from
Clftar Caeea. genuine
leather, will hold six
cigars, up rlKc
from OOfc.
Meerschaum P lp e s,
2.50
Monster Sheet Music Sale
1000 Copies Latest hits Just from the
press, Saturday f Q
only IOC
Note titles and composers:
The Troubadour, composer of Gondo
lier, better than the previous one, and
without doubt a winner.
' Back, Bark to Baltimore,
by composer of Navajo.
Toreador Waltses.
Tippecanoe.
THREE HITS THAT
ARE HUMMERS.
BY
MAIL
ONE CENT
EXTRA
FOR
EACH
PIECE.
In the Vlllaare by the Sen.
That's How I Lots Yon Mamie.
TWO BEAUTIFUL BALLADS,
COME AND HEAR THEM.
Saturday Crockery
Specials
German China Decorated Sugars )P
and Creams, per pair 4sC
Thirty ($3) Green Trading Stamps
with each pair.
Meat Dept.
Busiest and Bluest of any Meat
Market in the West, because of the
excess values we give over others.
Hc
,..5c
Pork Roast
at
Pot Roast
at 7o and.
Spare Rlba, H pounds 25c
BJb Boiling Beef, 8 pounds 25C
Mutton Stew, 8 pounds
for
Veal Stew, 6 pounds
for ;.
Home made Sugar Cured
Corned Beef, pound
No. 1 Picnic Hams,
pound
Fresh Dressed Roosters,
pound
IS pounds Leaf Lard,
for
...25c
...25c
Oic
74c
7ic
...1.00
CANDY
Hundreds of Novelties Low Prices.
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with
pound Mint IttC
Lozenged
Walnut Stuffed Dates, IOC
carton
Almond Stuffed Dates, 0C
carton '"
pecan Stuffed Dates, IOC
carton
Bennett's Special Chocolate
Creams, pound box ....f...
25c
Free! Free! Free!
X Puzzle with every box
Ghirardelli's Cocoa
One-half pound 25c
One pound 50c
Rousing MILLINERY Sale for Saturday
Ever Read or Hear of BiJJer Bargains than These?
All Trimmed Hits and All Street Hats Sold Regardless of Price or Cost.
(20. oo
Hats
18.00, $7.00 and
$6.00 Hats .
One lot of trimmed Hats
each........
10.00
.3.00
-x
$15.00
Hats
$5.00 and $4.00
Hats
ia value
5.00
2.00
.1.50
Three Little Green Stickers In place
of one, thirty to the dollar, on all pur
chases of Haviland & Co.'s LIMOGES
CHINA, WHITE OR DECORATED
SETS, OR OPEN STOCK.
OUR ASSORTMENT IS THE LARG
EST, PATTERNS THE NEWEST,
PRICES THE LOWEST.
THE NEW BLOCK GAS LIGHT, com
plete with mantle and patent Imported
air-hole glassware reduces your gas
bills, increases your light four times over
cheers your hearthstone I 1 Q
Saturday 1.1
Fifty ($5) Green Trading. Stamps.
Demonstration on Saturday in China
Department
Colored Candle Shades, C
each.....'. DC
Headquarters for Fine Dlnnerware at
right prices
SECOND FLOOR.
Rousing
Saturday Shoe Sale
Men's Diamond Calf Goodyear Welt, Blucher's Z JA
Rock Oak soles, Wall Street toe, $5.00 shoes at.... v
Men's Doctor Packard's Cushion Sole Shoes, with or with
out caps, all hand-sewed bottoms, $5.00 shoe, A ff
for.
Ladies' Vici Kid Patent Tip, invisible cork sole, Z A A
vici kid lined lace shoes, warm and damp proof... 3
49c
Ladies' All-Felt Slippers
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps.
Men's Box Calf Blucher's Goodyear Welt Soles, C A
$3.50 shoes, at s
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps
Double Green Trading Stamps on all shoe purchases till noon
HOT SHOT in HARDWARE
BomethiDg every housekeeper wants and must have.
Pott's Sad Irons regular Bennett price $1.24 I AO
M.UU
Forty (14.00) Green Trading Stamps.
Saturday.
Steel Spiders. Steel Spiders.
A real beauty, highly polished and
stamped from one piece of metal, so easy
to keep clean it's a kitchen delight,
that's what It 1st
No. 7 Saturday 28c
Ten (J1.00) Oreen Trading Stamps.
No. 8 Saturday 32c
Ten (11.00) Oreen Trading Stamps.
Mrs. Pott's ALUMINUM TOP SAD IRON .98c
MORE STICKER. HARDWARE SENSATIONS
Any Scrub Brush at... 15c
Saturday carries ten ($1.00) Little (ireen stickers.
Razors.
No. 9 Saturday 08c
Ten ($1.00) Oreen Trading Stamps.
Razors. Razors.
Every one guaranteed
to be of perfect metal
regular price 7 tyr
$1.50-Saturday price - v w
Forty ($4.) Little Green Stickers with
Every one we cseii.
Carving Sets. Carving Sets.
Make handsome bridal or Christmas
presents or for your own select use
highest grade goods f tf
$8.00 to l.UU
PRICES ARE FORCED DOWN FOR
SATURDAY.
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY SECTION BASEMENT.
100
40
40
SO
20
10
10
10
10
10
I
s
so
30
6
10
The Great West s Greatest Grocery
A Money Savins; Proposition Bnylnar Your Groceries at Bennett's.
($10.08) Oreen Trading Stamps wltl.h ten cans Brockport 1.25
Tomatoes ;
(S4 00) Given Trndlns; Stamps with sack Bennetts 1.7R
Excelsior Klonr " .
(W.C0) Green Trading Stamps with three pounds finest Java 1.(1(1
and Mocha. OfTee
(S3.00) Grern TrHdlnn Stamps wlih OOC
pound Tea ; r .
(S2.00) Grocn Trading Stamps with pound can Bennett a 24C
Cnpltol Hnklnar Powder
(J1.00) Green Trading Stamps with two pounds IOC
Carolina Rice .
(11.00) Oreen Trading Stamps with two pounds 14-C
Tapioca
($1.00) arvn Trading 8tamis with Jar KJC
Table Syrup ,
($1.00) Green Trading Stnmps with racknge 12iC
Dr. Prices Food J
($1.0t) Oreen Trading; Stamps with package 152
Cheese Snndwleh
(60c) Oreen Trading Stamps with package Scotch TSC
Coffoe Cake lL
(50c) Green Trading Stamps with two-pound package IflC
Rolled Oats "
($3.00) Green Trading Stamps with Gallon Ju Rf)C
Catsup
($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with pound New York 2(IC
Full Cream Cheese "
(50c) Green Trallng Stamps with can Re
Raked Peans '
($1.00) Gren Trading Stimps with half-pound can 24C
Wm. Baker's Cocoa
355 135.50
$6.77
THERE YOU ARK AGAIN THR KB HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE I.1TTLF.
STICK FRS ALMOST TWEI.VK PAGF.S WITH THE FOREGOING LIST OK
SIXTEEN ITEMS. AMOUNTING TO J''RT $6 77. GOOD, AIN'T IT?
New delicious Corn. Or "on" of New Rilslns California Hp
Mimutpl Ka h ii. tier rtouno
Muscatel RalHlns. per pound.
2Efi hueands of pounds of New lOc
' Cleaned Currants, pound w w
TO INTEREST EARLY HI'TEItS, WE OFFER DOUBLE
THE. QUANTITY OF fiRKEN TRADING STAMPS ON
EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY. TEA AND COFFEE AND H UTTER DE
PARTMENTS. EXCEPTING THE SPECIALS TILL 11:00 O'CLOCK A. M.
Extra Clerks, ftitra Cashiers. Ultra Messengers. Ultra Facilities.
two-pound can
Three cans
for
DOUBLE STAMPS
(fiasllf J
Ah "SSL
overcoat you will not be ashamed to wear any
place; comfortable every day in the year, rain or
shine, and made of dependable cloths absolutely
$25, $22.50, $20, $15, $12.50 and $10
New comers to town, are you iu need of an overcoat?
f bo consult these.
NOTICE THIS OFFER
Samples one of a kind only worth up to $30.00, at; .$12.50
DUTCHESS TROUSERS
IOc a Button. SI.OO a Rip.
Ask the trouser man to show you. All prices, men's and boys.
Bargain Square
Men's All Wool Underwear "Wright's" fleece lined fl, $1.50
and $2 garments, shirts only, and all the others are worth
up to $1.25 a garment so long as they last T P
shirts and drawers, a garment m C
Bargain Square
Boys' Black Hatin Shirts our regular 75c shirts, at 50c
Young Men's Suits and Overcoats From $3.93 and up
A WATC1I WITH THESE.
EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS HAVE THE BEST OF IT. THERE ARE ONLY NINETEEN SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS.
THOMAS WRITES A LETTER
Attorney for Cmo rdration Mtkw Reply
to Dennison'i Statement.
GIVES HIS OWN VERSION OF EXPLOSION
Answers Qacstloas Pat tm Bins and
Retnrns Chars: that Hs la
Victim of Criminals Wk
oek His Ufa.
OMAHA. Dm. 1 To tBs Editor of Ths
Bes: Ths newspapers of Omaha hava
printed a letter signed by Tom Dennlson,
written by his attorney, in which he asks
ma questions which insinuate and are in.
tended to convey the Idea, to the unthinking
that I placed the bomb which blew up my
house. Every statement of fact and every
question asked, of which I have knowledge,
contain a falsehood insofar as these
statements and question refer to m or
to the Clvio Federation.
Th Infamy of the suggestion contained In
thee questions could only proceed from
th brain of a criminal. My reputation has
not been that of a wife murderer or a child
murderer. The (ana- of desperadoes which
Is now In th saddle in Omaha, having
failed to murder me and my family, now
seeks to Injur my good name. I repudiate
th right of a man Ilk Torn Dennlson or
his lawyer to put me upon the witness
stand upon any question.
My friends say I ought to expose th
falsehoods and state the facts with refer
ence to this explosion. With great reluc.
tano I have concluded to do so. He asks:
1. "How doe it happen that this bomb
wag exploded immediately altar th charge
of Mr. Thomas against Chief Donahue were
exploded?"
The dynamiters and their accomplice can
answer why the bomb was exploded at this
time better than I. A to th second part
of the question, the charges against the
chief wer not exploded. On the contrary,
Chief Donahue expressly admitted them
and they are still pending undecided befor
the board.
Some Explanations.
J. "How does It happen that th man
who placed the bomb containing a high
xploslv did so with so much noise as
to be heard by Mrs. Thomas and others
when the windows and doors were shutT"
The bedroom window fronting on" thl
porch wa open and th blinds were up
at the time. The bomb was placed about
on foot from the wait or the bedroom In
which my wife and baby and myself were
sleeping, and the dynamiter made enough
noise in doing so to arouse my wife's at
tention. She thought it was a young lady
upstair moving about her room.
S. "How does it happen that a bomb
containing a high explosive or a fuse at
tached to it burned in such a way as to
make a bias or light sufficient to be seen
by persons Inside a house?"
That question can only be answered when
the dynamiter or their accomplices ex
plain the character of the bomb they used.
Ther was, however, a light, the reflection
of which attracted my wife' attention
through the window.
4. "How doe it happen that the bomb
or fuse burned for so long a time after
the blase was seen befor th explosion
occurred V
This Is another expert question which
can be answered by th man who asked
It much better than by me. I do not
know the character of th exploslv or
fuse used.
DI4 Not Recoanls Bomb.
i. "How does It happen that when Mr.
Thouia opened th door and aaw what
he believed to be a bomb, about the size
of a salmon can, he did not kick it off
the porch where It could not harm his
wife and children? Was it because he
feared it might burn his toes?"
I did not believe it to be a bomb. I
thought it wa an incendiary fire, and had
no thought it wa a bomb. The object
was apparently In paper wrapping, was
cylindrical In shape, about six inches In
diameter and less than three Inch. high.
Ther was no fuse extending away from
the object to give me a hint that It was a
bomb. A blase arose out of the center of
this object and It looked like a burning
chemical. My wife made the remark,
"They are trying to burn us out."
t. "How does it happen that after Mr.
Thomas left the burning bomb he hesitated
about taking hi oveicoat to amoUier tha
fire and finally concluded to take a rug
of less value, when th lives of his wife and
children were Imperiled?"
A I said before, I had no Idea that it
was a bomb or that th lives of my family
were Imperiled. I concluded that I had
ample time to extinguish this Are and that
It would be unnecessary to destroy my
overcoat In, doing so.
7. "How doe It happen that Mrs. Thomas
at th time of th explosion was out In th
kitchen safe from all harm, drawing a
bucket of water?"
8h also thought thl was a fir. She
ran for water at th time I went for some
thing to smother the flame. Th explosion
occurred before she reached the kitchen
door.
Details of th Door.
. "How doe it happen that at the time
of the explosion Mr. Thomas had ths
porch door closed and occupied a position
of safety so as not to be Injured?"
The porch door was not closed. The
storm door was open outward. Ths porch
door was standing open Inward. The In
aide vestibule door wa standing open Into
th sitting room. Th door leading out of
the vestibule Into our bedroom was shut,
and a heavy lounge stood against it on the
Inside. The storm door was blown across
the yard. The porch' door and the door
leading into the sitting room were torn off
their hinges, and the door leading into the
bedroom was smashed Into fragments and
hurled across the room and upon the. bed
where our baby still lay. . The lounge was
thrown half way across the room. If the
explosion had occurred a second sooner or
later than it did I would have been within
Its range and would have been killed. I
had seized a rug from the sitting room
floor and had almost reached the Inside
vestibule door on my way to smother the
flames when the explosion occurred. I was
safe, but I felt a If my head had been
lifted off. I wa too stunned to answer
the cries of my wife.
a. "How does It happen that If this bomb
was Intended to destroy Mr. Thomas and
his family It did not contain a greater
quantity of explosive or was not so pla ei
as to properly accomplish Its purpose?"
It contained enough explosive to be
heard three miles away. That It fa'led to
accomplish It purpose "properly" I attrib
ute to the mercy of God rather than to the
intentions of men.
10. "How does It happen that the World
Herald was notified cf the b mb expl ml on
at least ten minute before the police were
notified?"
Mr. Perley, my nearest neighbor, wa at
th scene almost Instantly. He ran to ths
house of Mr. Benson, which is also near.
Mr. Benson Immediately cal ti the police.
Later Mrs. Benson notified th World
Herald and perhaps other papers. I also
called the World-Herald and sent for pri
vate detectives.
t hnrjjes Dennlson wlih Crime.
The letter says that Dennlson and those
he classifies with himself wer too smart
to do this act because It would injur them.
My death would have resulted to Dennl
son' advantage. I hav a fuller and mors j
! intimate knowledge of hi connection with
the Pollack diamond robbery than any other
man. The persistency with which thU
report that I am guilty has been circulated
from the very instant of the crime Indicates
that this feature wa thought out In ad
vance and that these men thought they
could divert suspicion from themselves be
cause of the story that, it would injure
tlem.
Dennlson is now under an Indictment in
the' state of Iowa for robbery and receiving
stolen diamonds. He has used all the proc
esses of all the courts; has spent an enor
mous sum of money; has gone upon the
witness stand and stated that he was not
In Iowa in the face of a hotel register
which conclusively shows that he was there
on a given date; his agents have dragged
from a railroad train a witness who would
have opposed him, kidnaped the witness
and Imprisoned him to prevent his testify.
Ing In this case. So much for the veracity
and character of the signer of that letter.
I have never said positively .that Den
nlson committed this crime against me and
mine. I said, and say now, that he did
It' himself, hired It done, knew who did It
or can find out who did It. I say this
because of his Intimate knowledge of crime
and criminals. The wives and children of
the men who hav opposed htm have bwn
Intimidated. Here was an opportunity to
Intimidate all the women and children in
Omaha, and this is not the first attempt
that has been made to fastsn a heinous
crime upon the victim.
Defends Himself.
Tom . Dennlson Insinuates that I have
placed the lives of my family and myself
In Imminent peril. What for? He says I
did it to gain sympathy. He says the
Civic Federation was dead, Its treasury de
picted and I was discredited with the com
mittee. Each of these statements Is false.
But suppose they were true? Would that
be a sufficient motive for murder? But I
do not need any sympathy, j hav always
had the sympathy of the good people of
this community In my efforts at the en
forcement of the law In very great measur.
Everything the Civic Federation has at
tempted up to this point It has been suc
cessful In accomplishing, and I have at
all times enjoyed the confidence of the
executive committee. I had no motive
for this crime, but there are men In
Omaha whose business and whose liberties
have been placed In Jeopardy because of
the work of the Civic Federation. Such
men have a motive for this crime.
The most hellish suggestion in this lettei
is that my wife, who has nobly encouraged
me throughout this whole fight, was In a
plot with me to put the lives of all of us,
ourselves as well as our children. In the
gravest danger In' order to gain a little
sympathy. A community Is wonderfully
patient which will longer permit such a
villain as has made that suggestion to re
main within its borders.
ELMER E. THOMAS
dogs, but the animals would have littl
hance in the city streets with their man'
otprlnts. Also Ford did not leave any
rtkle of clothing or other effect to give
the dogs the scent. Sheriff Power ha no
Idea yet in which direction Ford went after
leaving the vicinity of the Jail.
HURT BY A FALLING STONE
'Workmen at Koontse Memorial
Church Sustains Injury Which
rots II I in on Retired List.
FORD IS STILL AT LIBERTY
Prisoner Who Walked Ont of County
Jail la Broad Daylight Not
Heard From.
The sheriff's office Is flooding the country
with BerUllon pictures and descriptions of
Frank Ford, the teapot burglar, who made
a sortie from the county Jail a few days
ago and evaporated In the bark yard while
the sun was yet shining. These pictures,
which give an excellent likenexs of the
charming young man, are being went to ull
the county sheriffs and town mar aha la In
a large section of country surrounding
Omaha. The city police In all the large
centers are also on the lookout, but so far
nothing has been heard of any man being
seen or arrested resembling the Intangible
Ford.
Ther wa at first soma thought of using;
James Molen, a stone- cutter employed
at the new Kountze Memorial church,
iwenty-slxth and Farnam streets, was
Injured on the hip yesterday by being
struck with a stone that was aocldently
swung from a wall by the huge derrick in
j ue on the construction work. Molen had
, a narrow escape from death as It wa only
by chance he was not standing directly
under the falling stone. Vhll
injuries are not declared serious by th
attending surgeons. Moler was removed
to his home at 2009 St. Mary's avenue In
the police ambulance.
INJUNCTION ISN0T GRANTED
Order Restraining" Progress of Omaha
Grain Terminals Is Dissolved
by Jada-e Troop.
Judge Troup has dissolved the temporary
retraining order lesued against the Omaha
Grain Terminals and has denied a perma
nent injunction. The suit was begun by
John and Joseph Vaeek, whone property I
being tuken by eminent domain by the
corporation. Six men appointed by Judge
Vlnsonliuler appraiaed the house and lots
In O'Berne & Huslck's addition at about
f6U leas than the owners considered thai
worth. Th Vaoeka wanted $2,000.