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THE OMAIIA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1004
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SMOOTH TERROR OF COWLAND
KrUi Western Cnaracter Who Wn a
Womtn in Diijuiit.
STORY OF KATE MAHER'S ADVENTURES
rwa a, t'owbaf, taa;e Driver,
front and Miner, and Concealed
Her Ses. for Twenty
Five Vfri,
In humiliation and shame at the sudden
revelation to her friends and associates
that she was a woman, Kate Maher, wlio
for more than a quarter of a century. In
the gnJla of a man, lived the wild, free,
strenuous life of a freighter, cowboy, scout,
gold-welter and stage driver, has disap
peared from the haunts In the west that
have known her so long and will doubtless
never again be seen In the region wherein
she spent the renter part of her singularly
romantic life.
It Is only ccoplonally nowadays that a
character of the type that gave plctures
quencss and, distinction of the west-In the
early ifc.ya is to be met with. Buch a
i haracter was this woman, who for years
lived, worked, Rte, drank, smoked and
gambled with men and was believed by
her friends and associates to be a man
until recently her sex was. accidentally
ro v-en led and she suddenly dropped out of
sight.
Not slncn the- days when "Wild Bill,"
who now sleeps his last sleep on a hill
top overlooking Deadwood, was at the
perihelion of his glory; when "Deadwood
llek," who is now an unassuming work
man In plain blue overalls In the. north
western railroad yard at Lead, was leader
of the "shotgun men" who guarded the
."VV'ells-Fargo express treasure from the
Black hills to civilization; not since the
days when lawlessness ran riot and crime
stalked well-nigh unchallenged through
those hills; when dance halls and gambling
places ran wide open in Deadwood, and
every man and woman carried a six
shooter in his or her belt, has there ap
peared In this region a more curious and
Interesting character than this woman,
who, for more than twenty-five years so
skillfully disguised her sex that not even
her warmest friend or most Intimate as
sociate suspected It.
Became a School Teacher.
Kate M.aher was the only child of poor
Irish parents. When her father and mother
immigrated to this country she was a little
bright-eyed, auburned-haired girl of 5 or .
The family remained in New York until
the husband and father had saved enough
money to take him, hie wife and child on
to Pittsburg. He remained In Pittsburg
only long enough to get together enough
money to take them on to Cleveland. And
he remained in Cleveland only so long as
was necessary to save enough money to
take them on to Dubuque. He had relatives
in Dubuque and there he remained several
years. The daughter went to school 14
Dubuque and laid the foundation for an
edncatlon that enabled her when in aftf
years she was left to shift for herself to
teach a country school on the western
border.
Kate's mother died when the family was
on Its way In a prarle schooner from Du
buque to Omaha. On his arrival in Omaha
the father Joined a freighting outfit bound
for Denver and took his motherless child
with him on tho long Journey across the
plains. Ho placed her in the home of an
Irish family out weBt and arranged for her
to re-enter school, while he continued to
freight across the plains. A few years
later be was killed and scalped In a brush
with Indiana out in western Nebraska.
Kate Maher, Just budding into young
womanhood, was, by the death of her
father, left not only an orphan, but without
a relative in this country or friends to aid
or advise her.
, The few years that succeeded her last
By the Box or Pocketful
FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
FOR FATHER, BROTHER, HUSBAND OR SWEETHEART
Our stock of cigars is more complete than ever this year. Of course we do not
handle SPECIAL, BRANDS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ONLY but we have the
regular WELL KNOWN BRANDS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF. WHICH THERH
CAN BH NO DOUBT but put up In boxes of suitable size for HOLIDAY PRES
ENTS. IN OUR CIOAR DEPARTMENT as In the other branches of our business, POP
ULAR PRICES PREVAIL and there is a SUBSTANTIAL SAVING BY TRADLNO
WITH US.
5c CIGARS
We have 6c cigars in boxes of It
of to for $1.75 to liUO.
Bachelors, box of 26 for
Charters, 6c; for 25e, box of 60 for..
Henry George, 6c;. 7 for Sbo,
box of BO for ,
Henry George, 6c; 7 for 26a,
box of 26 for .,.
Uarola (Snorts). 6o straight.
box of 100 for
Garcia (Entreactos), 6c; t for 26c,
box of 60 for
Little Tom, 6c; for 26c, box of 60 for.,
Baby Nanon, 6c; t tot 26c,
box of 100 for .
Baby Nanon, 6c; for 26o,
box of 26 for
Only Cuba, 6o; t for 26c,
box of 60 for ,
for 60c;
.$1 00
.$2.00
11.76
..90o
.$4.00
.$2.00
.$1.86
.$4.00
.$1.00
.$100
DOMESTIC 10c CIGARS
We name below a few of the brands which we carry in domestlo cigars.
Chancellor, lOo straight, box of 26 for.. $2.00 1 Teller (Invincible) lOo straight.
Chancellor, loo straight, box of 50 for.. $4.00 box of 25 for
La Marlew, 10c; 8 for 25o, box of 60 for.. $3.75 Teller (Invincible), box of 12 for ."
Originator, loo straight, box of 60 for. .$4.00
Originator, lOo straight, box of 12 for.. $1.00
noDeri Burns unvinciuie) 10c straight,
box of 25 for $2.00
Robert Burns (Cabinets Sublime),
box of 26 for $200
Robert Burns (Jockey Club) I for 20c,
box of 50 for; $4.00
Teller (Diplomatic) S for 2Go.
box Of 60 for $3.50
KEY WEST CIGARS
Our line of Key West cigars Is a moat select one, comprising brands of known
PRIME "CONDITION 0t uniinown brin,la- ur cl"ar always be found In '
Garcia (Entreactos), 6 for t&c,
box of 60 for
Garcia (Sports), 60 straight.
$2.00
box of 100 for
Garcia (Conchas Especial es) I for 16c.
$4.00
box of 60 for $J.50
Garcia f-'ahlnets), 10c straight,
box of 25 for J2.00
Garcia (Reaular), 10c straight,
box of SO for 4 00
Garcia (Pnrltapoa Kspeclalea) 10c straight.
box of 50 for 4 00
Garrla (Knickerbockers), 15o, 2 for 25c.
box of 26 for $.so
CIGARETTES
We carry leading brands only, as follows:
fiweet Tapornl, box.... 5c , Egyptian Peltles
t'lSi jMcaalnos. box
Khedive, box j.... 15c J
Toistoi. box :.i5oiMlloB' b
CIGARS BY MAIL
Sherman & IcConnell Drug Go.
Corner lOih and Dodge Sts., Omaha, Neb.
! bereavement were years of sore trial. She
was compelled to go out into the woods ta
earn a livelihood for herself, and. In order
to keep body and soul together she did
whatever came to her hand to do. She
went out to service, she served as waitress
In hotels In towns that sprang up along
the line of the t'nlon Pacific railroad, and
finnlly she taught a school In a little set
tlement on the western border. Her salary
as teacher was Insufficient, however, to
meet her needs and she resigned In a few
months to seek more prohtable employ
ment. For a time she was out of work,
and more than once slie suffered the pangs
of hunger. 8he met with privations and
endured hardships that would have broken
the spirit of a less courageous, resolute
nature.
Women had a hard time in the west
Men were more fortunate. Kate Maher
said this to herself, and she asked her
self the question, "Why should 1 go on
suffering for the very necessities of life
when, by putting on a man's clothing
and cutting off these auburn tresses of
mine and assuming a man's name, I might
easily get profitable employment and put
an end forever to this miserable existence
I have been eking out?"
Appear as Tonne; Man.
The question was no sooner asked that It
was answered. Kate Msher disappeared a
few days later and Edward Donovan, a
young man with slender, well-knit figure,
close-cropped auburn hair, a slightly
freckled, comely face, laughing gray eyes
and a frank, pleasing manner, took her
place. Nor did Kate Maher come to light
agnln until the passing of the years had
transformed the pretty young girl Into a
middle-aged woman. In a lonely little min
ing camp In the west one day recently
a miner, whose hands were soiled and
worn with work and whose faco bore the
marks of dissipation, fell 111 and In the
course of the lllnes the dark secret which
Kate Maher had kept locked In her own
heart so many years, came out.
The sick miner, as It befell, was a woman
and the woman. It transpired, was the
i bright-faced, auburn haired little Irish girl
who had been left sn orphan on the bor
der In the early days, and in order to keep
body and roul together had been compelled
to assume the character and take the
place of a man In the world.
In the guise and under the name of a
man the girl took up her work in which
her father had lost his llfe-that of a
freighter. She made numerous trips by
wagon train across the plains, and met
not a few thrilling adventures with tho
hostile Indians and the wild beasts that
roamed the great unsettled, uncivilized
spaces of the west between the Missouri
river and the Rocky mountains. She
quickly learned to use her six-shooter and
her rifle with uncommon skill, and there
was not on the border country a surer
shot than she. She had a quick eye, a
steady nerve and a courage that never
failed her.
Became an Indian Seoot.
But the girl In male attire did not long
remain a freighter. The spirit of adventure
took possession of her and she suffered It
to lead her whithersoever it would. Her
life for the next few years was crowded
pith Incident and thrilling experience. In
dians were giving settlers on the border
much trouble. Kate Maher, under one of
In 3 many aliases she assumed, turned scout
und rendered good service in that capacity.
From scouting she turned to stage driv
ing, from stage driving to prospecting,
from prospecting to cow punching, from
cow punching again to prospecting, and
from prospecting to working in the mines
as a wage earner. She led a fast, exciting
life during the years she was freighting,
scouring, stage driving, prospecting, cow
punching and mining, and it was Inevitable
that she should lose the womanly graces
that once were hers.
She associated for years with men only.
For the most part they were rough, un
couth men and she naturally enough took
up their ways and became addicted to their
habits. She took to smoking first, and
drinking, sweating and gambling followed
In quick succession. And with her womanly
boxes of 25 for 90o and $1.00, and boxes
Only Cuba, 6o; 6 for 26c,
box of 26 for $1.00
Owl, 6c; 6 for 26c, box of 60 for $1.86
Owl, 6c; box of 26 for ji.uo
Pathfinder, 6c; 6 for 26c, box of 60 for.. $1.85
Pathfinder, 6c; for 2&c, box of 26 for.. $1.00
Pete Dalley, 6c; 6 for 25c, box of 50 for. $1.85
Pete Dalley, 6c; 6 for 2(ie, box of 26 for. .$1.00
Peto Dulley, 6c; 6 for 26c, box of 12 lor..60c
Portuando, 6c; 6 for 20c, box of 60 for.. $1.85
Supreme Justice, 6c; 6 for 25c,
box of 25 for 900
Castle Hall, box of 12 for 50c
I Purlta, box of 25 for 900
Tom Keene, 6c; 6 for 25o, box of 60 for. .$1.85
Tom Keene, 6c; 6 for 26c, box of 26 for.. $1.00
Hand Made, box of 26 for $1.00
$2.00
$1.00
$1.75
..90c
$3.50
Teller (Diplomatic), box of 25 for
Teller (Diplomatic), box of 12 for.
Tom Moore (Conchas Especial),
I fur 26e, box of 60 for
Tom Moore (Concha Eopeclales),
box of 25 for
.$1.75
Torn Moore (Invincible), lOo straight
uj m. ui au 1111 ,
Tom Moor (Club House) loo straight
box of 60 for '
$2.00
$4.00
Garcia (Regalia Imperial), 15o; 2 for 26c
box of 60 for maa
Garcia (Casinos), 16o; 1 for 25c,
?i.of,i-"rV $5.00
vroivia irBiirinu rmuj uc; x ror 25c
box of 60 for.
.$5.00
Garcia (Reciprocity) Imported, 15c:
2 for IV. box of 50 for
Giircla t JnlTersoiib), 3 for 80c,
box of 25 for
Ri'K Ikjx of 12 for
.$5.00
...$.1.75
...$1.50
...$3.00
...$5.00
I(lo. i for 25r. box of 26 for.. .
Anton Book (Panetelaa), 2 for 25c
box of 60 for
..r25c
...25c
...26c
nature she lost her comeliness. In the
middle-aged woman of today there is little
even suggestive of the pretty, slender girl
of thirty-odd years ago. save perhaps her
pluck, honesty, quick wit and good nature.
Her life has been marked by many and
strange vicissitudes and she has changed
her alias many times, but she has never
changed It to cover up a dark deed or to
escape the payment of an honest debt.
Whatever else she may have been, she
never has been crooked. She changed her
alias, her occupation and her residence
frequently because there always lurked In
her heart the fear that the secret she car
ried there might get out.
Concealed Her Identity Well.
Under one nam or another and under
one guise or another she drifted through
the west for half a natural lifetime, but
neither one place nor one set of friends
ever knew her for long. 80 skillfully did
she conceal her identity that scarce any
two places where she has lived know her
by the same name or under the same guise.
But wherever she has been there she has
always been "on the square."
Few lives, whether of men or women,
have been so rich In color and romance, so
crowded with thrilling adventures and ex
citing experiences as the. life of this woman
of the plains and mountains of the west.
Once In a brush with Indians when she was
freighting between the Missouri river and
the Rocky mountains she was shot in the
abdomen and narrowly escaped death. A
short time after her recovery from her
wound she was taken prisoner by a band
of Indians and given up for lost by the
other members of the freighting outfit to
which she belonged. One dark night, how
ever, she contrived to elude the vigilance
of her red-skinned captors and, mounting
one of their fleetest ponies, made her es
cape under cover of darkness and in a few
days rejoined her companions.
Wounded by Stage Robbers.
On another occasion, up near the Black
hills, he was singled out and challenged to
mortal combat by a young Indian chieftain
eager to win his spurs. He recognized the
young paleface as a crack shot of great
nerve and courage and he argued that If he
could get the scalp of so worthy a foe his
fame would be secure. The. young woman
in male attire promptly accepted the chal
lenge and the two combatants rode out
upon the plains to battle to the death. The
savage, a fellow of flno physique and bear
ing, superbly mounted and bedecked in
paint and feathers, with a whoop, put
spurs to his steed and galloped forward,
while the paleface rode forward slowly and
without demonstration. The Indian took
the first shot and missed his mark. No
sooner had the smoke from his rifle cleared
away than Kate Maher raised her rifle,
took deliberate aim and fired. The redskin
fell headlong from his mount with a bullet
through his heart. Soon afterward near
Deadwood in a light with bandits who held
up a stagecoach she was driving she mor
tally wounded one man and was herself
painfully wounded by one of the outlaws.
Stage robberies were of frequent occur
rence on the border In those days and the
occupation of a stage driver was attended
with great hardship and danger, but this
woman was inured to hardship and had a
relish for danger and drove her stage In all
kinds of weather for several years. Nor
did passengers whose business called them
frequently to the Blade hills and who came
to know this Intrepid young driver ever feel
easier in their minds on the long journey
than when she was on the box and held
the reins. She knew the country as few
men knew It; she knew where to look for
danger, and when danger came she could
always be counted on to meet It with firm
ness and courage.
One dark night a lone outlaw attempted
to hold up her stage In a lonely place In the
hills. He stepped out from behind a large
tree and commanded the driver to stop. He
was a novice at the holdup business and
Kate Maher Instantly saw it. As quick as
a flash she whipped out her six-shooter and
took a shot at the bandit, at the same time
cracking her whip and giving rein to the
horses. The outlaw fell with a mortal
wound In the head and his dead body was
found the next day. It was burled beneath
the big tree from behind which he had
emerged to commit his crime.
Helped to Lynch Outlaws.
Those were days not only of holdups and
other crimes, but of lynchlngs as well, and
Kate Maher did her part as a citizen to
punish offenders against the law and to
preserve peace an order. No man in the
hills was more Intolerant of crime and
criminals than she and few did more to
stamp out the one and put down the other.
When a lynching seemed necessary she
stood ready to do her part In executing
it, and on more than one occasion did
he take a hand in stringing up to the
limb of a tree criminals of the type that
then Infested and made life and property
insecure in the west.
But if she were quick to punish the
guilty she was equally quick to defend,
with her life if need be, the Innocent.
Once she saved from the vengeance of a
mob a man unjustly accused of a murder.
In an altercation over a game of cards in a
notorious gambling house the accused shot
and killed a miner in self-defense. Fearing
trouble, he left the resort before the town
marshal arrived to arrest him and dis
appeared from town. In the confusion of
the moment most of those who saw the
shooting got the impression that It ,waa
done in cold blood. Kate Maher, who was
In the game which gave rise 10 the trouble,
knew that the miner was killed In self
defense, and said so. The Impression was
popular, however, that she was mistaken,
and when the man who did the shooting
was caught a posse was formed to lynch
him.
Despite his protestations of innocense, he
was taken out to be executed, but Kate
Maher, determined that Justice should be
done, saved his life at the peril of her own.
A rope had- been put around the accused
man's neck and the leader of the posse
auked him if he had anything to say before
lits death. "I have something to say, gen
tlemen," said Kate Maher, stepping for
ward, six-shooter In hand, and deliberately
proceeding to remove the rope from the
condemned man's neck.
"This man is not guilty. I'll stake my
own life on that, for I saw the shooting
with my own eyes, and the first man who
lays a hand on or harms a hair of his
head will have to answer to me for it.
You try to kill him and I'll kill you."
Her faoe was as pale as death and her
gray eyes were biasing, and the posse
knew she meant what she said.
"I reckon you're right," said one of them,
walking up and grasping ber hand, "and I
will stand by you to the bitter end. ' Tou
never told a He nor gave any man a dirty
deal In your life that I know of and I
reckon you ain't going to begin now. Boys,
the man's Innocent; let him go."
And let him go they did. The posse rode
back to town, Kate Maher and the man
whose life she had saved at their head,
and, going to a saloon, they "put In a night
of it," in celebration of the acquittal of
the accused miner.
Kate Maher's life on the range was not
less picturesque and exciting than it had
been elsewhere. She was a superb horse
woman and she quickly became one of the
best known cow punchers In the west. She
learned to burst bronchos, ride outlaws,
rope, hog-tie and cut out steers, round up
the herd and do all the othsr difficult feats
that cowboys are wont to do. Chicago
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DUBLIN, Dec. 17. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.)-Wllllam O'Brien, M. P., addres
sing a public meeting at Westport, said
that the west was the part of the country
which had received the least beneflt from
Mr. Wyndham's land act. Not a single
tenant In West Mayo or North Mayo had
profited by the act, while the tenants In the
richest parte of the country had been avail
ing themselves of it In tens of thousands.
This was a shocking scandal and wrong.
Possession of the grass lands alone could
make the people of Connsught capable of
earning a decent subsistence. He had
urged the people of the west to strain
every nerve to press, and If necessary to
foroe, the Congested Districts board and the
Estates commlnslonersto discharge promptly
and thoroughly the duty which the law had
Imposed on them. Neither body, however,
had risen to the height of Its great oppor
tunity, and the result was that the last
twelve months had practically been a blank
In the history of their struggles for the land
In Connaught. The tenants should make
these boards realize that the untenanted
lands must be parcelled out wholesale.
What they wanted was a benevolent despot.
He had been In hope that they had found
such a despot In Sir Anthony MacDonald,
and he was In hope still, because the other
day In Castlebar Sir Anthony had the man
liness to confess that the results up to the
present had been disappointing. What they
unquestionably wanted was some man who
would take the thing in hand on a big
scale and bring the people and the land to
gether expeditiously and. In a rough and
ready way. If once It was made clear that
the landlords would not sell on reasonable
terms, It wss certain that they could be
compelled to sell, and. If It were proved
that their demands were extravagant, pub
lic opinion would soon find the means of
whipping them Into their senses. If they
refused fair offers Parliament should be
asked to grant those compulsory powers
which even Mr. Wyndham only resisted for
a time until it should be seen whether the
landlords themselves would have the good
sense to yield voluntarily, because yield
they must sooner or later by hook or by
crook. The first work the people of Mayo
have got to do was to rouse the United
Irish, league from Its sleep of death and to
make It again a dreaded and respected
power in Mayo.
TROUBLE FOR HOME RULERS
Refusal of Catholic Bishop to Termlt
Meetings In Schools Is
Ominous.
DUBLIN. Dee. 17. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The Nationalist Press Is
absolutely silent about the awkward situ
ation which has been created by Dr.
Bourne's refusal to grant the use of the
Roman Catholic schools for meetings of
the United Irish League of Great Britain.
The prohibition Is , no doubt, the Immedi
ate result of T. P. O'Connor's recent
speech at Accrlngton. The germaa of a
similar situation, but far more difficult and
extended, exist In Ireland. The directory
of the United Irish League and Its organ,
the Freeman's Journal, have declared re
peatedly of late that in the next session
of Parliament home rule Is to be the
paramount question It Is also quite clear,
though not so definitely expressed, that
they anticipate the return of a liberal gov
ernment and hope to co-operate with It.
Inasmuch as the Irish Roman Cathollo
helrarchy are wholly at one with their
English colleagues on the question of the
schools, it is plain that a crucial situa
tion will ariae when the liberal party be
gins to fulfill Its pledges with regard to
the education act. At the present mo
ment a considerable minority of the Irish
party professes in private its readiness
to inalst In the conflict between clerical
and secular Interests home rule must not
be allowed to suffer. The whole subject
Is one of several which Mr. Redmond has
carefully avoided in his , recent public
speeches In Ireland.
DESIRES PRIVATE CONFESSION
Vicar of Worthing Introduces Innova
tlou Which Parishioners Do
Kot Like.
LONDON, Dec 17. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) A singular situation has arisen
at Worthing In connection with the pre
paration for a confirmation service at St.
Andrew's church. Fifty-seven candidates
gave in their names and the parents of
some of them objected to the condition
laid down by the clergy that they would
attend private confession. Letters of pro
test were addressed to the bishop 6f
Chichester, who wrote to one of his cor
respondents as follows:
I have already received several com
plaints on the same subject, and have writ
ten to the vicar, but at present I have re
ceived no reply. The Church of England
nowhere empowers any clergyman to de
mand private confession from any one, and
any such demand Is a gross Interference
with the spiritual liberty of tho Individual.
1 should advise you to take your daughter
to a confirmation at another church.
Of fifty-seven candidates originally pre
pared, only twenty-six were presented to
the bUhop when he went to St. Andrew's
thia week to administer the rite.
MAYOR WOULD BE SCOTCH PEER
-
Head of Corporation of Loatwlthlel
Takes Case Before House
of Lords.
LONDON, Dec. 17. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) In the next session of the
House of Lords the claim will be heard
of Robert Barclay Allardice, mayor of
Lostwithiel, to the dormant titles, of the
earldom of Montelth and Alrth, in the peer
age of Scotland.
In 1683 the earl of Strathern was de
prived of his patent, but in the same year
the title of earl of Alrth was conferred
upon him and he was afterwards styled
earl of Alrth and Montletb. Hi slater
married Sir John Allardice.
Jhe claimant's mother, who died last
year, Is mentioned by Burke as being the
representative of one of the princes of
the blood royal of Scotland.
YOUNG WOMAN IS SURPRISED
Records Show She Is Married to
Mia Who Lives with
Bister.
PARIS, Dec. 17. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) On the eve of her marriage, a
young woman In the little village of Lernl,
near Basas, in the Glroude, waj astounded
on being informed that the ceremony could
not take place, as she was already a wife.
The registrar soon convinced her that he
was not making fun of her, however, by
showing her the official record of the wed
ding. It turned out that, owing to a simi
larity of Christian names, she had been
regUlered as the wife of a man who Iiad
married her slater, and who, in the eyes
of the law, was lur legal husband. Before
she can wed the man of her choice, there
fore, She must first of all, say. the Petit
Journal, divorce the man whom she has
hitherto considered her brother-in-law.
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OMAIIA, NEB. Telephone 639.
Via MISSOURI PAIGFIC RAILWAY
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE
The Thermal, Radio-active waters of Hot Springs, Arkaasaa, will
be rendered conveniently accessible by tba bcw Irala service over
the Mtssonrl Had He Hallway aad Irus Mountain Honte. Leavla
Kansas City at noon and arriving at tho sprlnas aest moralna. Ha.
tornluv train leaves ths springs at T p. ui. arriving Kansas City
est afternoon. For pamphlet, time tables, etc., call or address
H. C. TOWNSEKD, Gea. Pass. Ticket Agent, St. Loals, Mlssoarl, or
CITY TICKET OFFICE,
Southeast Corner 15th sod
A CASE OF
Onimod Shoes
S3.50 and S2.50
If t) SEW STYLES
ALL THE BEST LEATHERS
IT'S UP TO YOU
TO BUY THE BEST
We Spare No Pains or Espense to
Have the Best Shoes for
Men and Boys.
Wot How Cheap, But How Good
MAKER TO WEARER.
A complete line of Men's Christmas
Slippers.
30s 3o.l3.3tieet. j 8
MIRRORS
Shavian-, Hand and Toilet Mir.
rors. All slses and all kinds.
Nothing better for m Christmas
present. Call and look at then.
Midland Glass & Paint Go.
1608-10-12 Harney St.
NEW TRAIN
SERVICE
BETWEEN
Kansas City, Ho.
Coffoyville,
Little Rock and
Hot Springs, Ark.,
Far nam, OMAHA, MEB.
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What Shall the
Children Have for
Christmas?
A blackboard.
A desk like papa has.
All kinds of kindergarten
materials.
All these can be bought
very cheap and good at the
Omaha School Supply Co.,
1621 Howard Street.
The 'Best of
Everything
THE 0KLY DOUBLE-TRACK
RAILWAY BETWEEN
THE MISSOURI RIVER
AND CHICAGO
Please See
Local Columns
for
Extraordinary
Holiday
Rates
Tloket Off lea i
401140S FARNAM TREET,
$ OMAHA.
TUaw Slei.
Trunks,
Suit Cases and
Traveling; Bags
We hava lust nur.
, chased a traveling
samples nearly lOO of them at a big- dis
count. No two alike corns handaumu ones
among them which we will sell at a tig
reduction.
Our $600 Suit Case, all leather, hand
riveted, 24-Inch, 24-lnch and t-inch, Is the
best made (or (he money.
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ALFRED CORNISH & CO.
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