HIE I.FJE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. JULY 0, 1015.
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Nebraska
DRAINAGE DITCH
PR0YESJ00 SMALL
Kieliardion County District Likely
to Be Mulcted for Damages
, Because of Overflow.
NEW BUILDING AT WAYNE
(rroiri a Btaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, July 8.-(pectaJ.)-Failure
ct the ditch put in ly drainage district
?'o. 1 of Richardson county to do Its
work may be cause for damage Instituted
liy the farmers alons Ha line because
of overflow water, awarding to Plate
Engineer Johnson.
H appears that the drainage ditch wa
not continued full siz at the lower end
and as a result could riot carry off the
fin plus water, causing an overflow which
damaged crops considerably and the
.lralnage district may have to settle the
cUniBBCS ' unless State Knpincer Johnson
ian art-nnge matters sntlsfactorily, the
mattor having been put up to him to
look. ' after.
, Normal Board to Wayae.
The. state normal board will go to
V'ayne tomorrow to be present at the
dedication of the new chapel bulliltnij
of the school Just completed. State Su
perintendent Thomas expects to go along,
tut has a date in the western part of
the state at the same time, which he
will endeavor to postrne. as he is
anxious to see what the new uulldins
looks like.
Larson Hack to Iorra.
Governor Morehead this morning
granted a requisition asked for by the
governor of Iowa for the return to Lies
Moines of Harry Larson, wanted for
t reaklng and entering. Larson is being
held by the chief of police of Omaha.
More Alfalfa Planted.
According to Secretary W. R. Mellor
' of the state board of agriculture the
first thirty-five counties reporting onrl
cultural statistics to the board show a
total of m.'no acres in alfalfa. This is
en increase of 58,0u5 acres over last year
in the same counties, or about 13 per
cent. If the same increase continues
ever the remaining counties Nebraska
will have l,155,4fiS acres in alfalfa this
year. With conditions so favorable al
falfa should retain its position as the
fourth most valuable agricultural crop
In scbrauka.
lOdorerton oea to Aurora,
Frank K. Kdgerton, former assnstant at
torney general, has formed a partnership
with the law firm of Halner & Crafts at
Aurora end will move to that city soon.
Jir. Kdgerton has been connected with
Air. Hainer In the firm in this city, but
the death of a member of the Aurora
' firm wt responsible for the change.
To MiiKter Company Out.
Adjutant General I'hii Hall la preparing
to muster out tho National Guard com
pany at Schuyler, K of the -Fourth In
fantry. This is one of the oldest com
panies In the guard, but they have been
unable to come up to the requirements
and will have to make way for a new
company which will probably be from
Gordon.
Nebraska
Notes from Beatrice
and Gage County
BEATRICE, Neb.. July . (Special.)
George Schaefer of Blue Springs was
brought here Wednesday evening In an
automobile by Bhcrlff Acton and Deputy
Sheriff White and lodged in the county
Jail on a charge ot wife beating. Sheriff
Acton received a telephone call from
Blue Springs charging that Schaefer,
after assaulting his wife, had defied ar
rest by the town marshal. Art I'atton.
He procured an automobile and In com
pany with Pcputy Sheriff White went to
Blue Spring, where they were not long
In taking Schaefer In custody. His wife
told Sheriff Acton tht she would come
here to push the case against her hus
band. Harold E. Maurer and Miss Fred rhil
llps, both of this city, were married
Wednesday by Rev. B. F. Qalther. The
young couple left on a brief wedding
trip, and upon their return will make
their home In Beatrice.
Mrs. H. B. Glsh of this city has been
seriously ill the last few days from
ptomaine poisoning, caused fromeatlng
tanned hominy. For a while It was
thought she could not recover.
Five new cases of smallpox were re
ported to the city board of health
Wednesday. In all there are now twenty
four cases of the dispute In tho city.
An otder was issued from the district
j court Wednesday afternoon in thj iri.QiO
I damage case of Rexford Dobba aaalnst
j the Burlington railroad transferring the
rase from the Ga.RO nounty court to
j the I'nited States district court of Ne-
traaka, Lincoln division. The change
of venue waa requested by the railroad
company, and it filed bond of 1500 to
Insure costs of action.
EASTERN MISSOURI
SWEPT BYJORMDO
St. Charles, St. Peter, Oilmore,
WenttYille and Other Towns Be
port Extensive Damage.
SEVEN PERSONS ARE KILLED
ST. LOUIS. Mo., July 8. Late re
ports today. from the storm-swept
area of eastern Missouri left the
death roll at seven. The three who
were mlsslnp at St. Charles, Mo., the
largest town in the path of Wednes
day's tornado, have been found.
Dawn disclosed that the damage
done at St. Charles had been over
estimated. While the tornado swept
a section ot the city eighteen blocks
long by nine blocks wide, the dam
age, with the exception of the de
molition of one church and the par
tial wrecking of another church, a
factory, a hospital and a convent,
waa confined largely to the unroof
ing of house and (he uprooting of
trees.
A temporary bridge for the Wabash
railroad near Oilmore, Mo.. Is being built,
tre railway bridge having been swept
away. A summer camp at Mitchell, III.,
eleven mllea north of here, was destroyed
by the storm, but no one was hurt there.
The storm In St. Charles county crossed
Into St. I.ovils county and demolished
barns, scattered wheat shocks and up
rooted trees. The town of St. Peter's,
near St. Charles, was also demolished,
but no one was seriously Injured there.
One of the remarkable features of the
tornado waa the small number of deaths
considering the nature of the property
damage. Thus. In the city of St. Charles,
sixteen square blocks were almost com
pletely demolished, but not one life was
loM there. Forty of the sixty building.!
which formed the town of St. T.-ler were
blown to fragments, but only slight In
juries mere reported from that place,
lillaiore. Mo, waa wiped nut almost com
pletely, yet only ono man was found
dead there.
Between Gllmore and Wentivllle a
Wabash passenger train, known as the
Colorado limited, crossed the path of the
storm and the four coac'nca lit the train
were neatly picked up '.y the wind and
laid to one ride of the right-of-way. Not
a person was Inlured seriously In this
acfldent. Those in the ditched cars ran
back to the fle passenger coaches left
standing on the track: these were coupled
to the tender and the train proceeded on
Ita Journey.
Two miles west ot O Fallon. the wind
lifted a buggy oft the road, carried it.
with the horse and occupants, through
the air for 2w yards and then hurled it
to the ground. Pan Mlno, the driver,
escaped with few bruises, but his wife
and one child were killed.
At Pardenne, Mo., the home'of Thomas
Flahertv was demolished and tn It died
Mrs. Flaherty and their two children,
while her husband escaped with a few
cut. Fifty other homes In this town
were reduced to splinters and piles of
brick. i
At WentfvlUe. Mo., Mrs. Herman'
Oblerlnd was killed, and at Oilmore thej
body of Frsnk Kupael was found on the
rsllriiad station platform after the storm. J
St. Char'es. rfteri night of total drk-j
was, the electric' light plant having been
put out of rninm'sslnii, todav looked upon !
the ruins of the entire central portion of
the city Inclut'tng more thnn l'W reel-1
denee. j
Search was Instituted for the hodles of,
a woman and two small children who took I
refuge In the St. i"harles Borromero '
Catholic church few minutes before
It was rax d by the wind. Finding of
their bodies would bring the Missouri
death lll to ten. The Borromero was
the oldest church In St. Charles, having
len built In lf at a cost of $too,i.
Property namaate Ileal).
The property damage In St. Charles
alone. It Is believed, will approximate
fjoo.oon. The damage to wheat In St.
Charles and St. 1.0'iN counties Is eatl
m i td at more than Jtoo.ooo. A doien
towns In these roitntlea were Isolated
last night, aa miles upon miles of tele
phone and telegraph wires were on the
ground in tangled mass, with broken
trees. From St. Charles the tcrnadn
hupped cros fhe Missouri snd Mhlslssls
slppl river Into Illinois There Is
branchf-d out rending cloudbursts In
Rock Island In the northern psrt of the
state and to Mounds, near Cairo, In
the mtreme southern part. The business
sections of loth thee towns were flooded.
DEATH RECORD.
t. . MrKnrkrs,
WAYNE. Neb., July .-(.peclal.)-R A.
McKachen died at the family home In thla
city at 1 o'clock yesterday after a lona"
Illness. The funeral services will be held
at the Treshyterlan church on Saturday
at 2 p. m,
HYMENEAL
Krosi-Tela.
Miss Mary Telg and Ralph Frost, both
of Omaha, were married Thursday after
noon at 4 o'clock by Rev. Charles W.
Savldgn at his office In the Brandels
theater building. They were accompanied
by Joseph O. Swanson and Miss Martha
Welnert of Omaha.
State House Now
Resembles Factory
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. July 8. (Special.) The cor
ridors of tho state house these days show
, all the appearance of a huge box factory,
while the smell which emanates therefrom
gives one the Idea that be is approaching
a down east sawmill.
Large conslgments of automobile plates,
which at the present time run up to
nearly "fl.OiK), come In big boxes and as
there Is no room for the boxes tn the
basement they are piled up along the
corridors of the state house, the west
corridor being filled on each side, leaving
a small space between for the wayfarer.
Socretary of State Pool has his office
piled high with the boxes, compelling his
large force of clerks to work in cramped
quarters. Legislatures of the past ap
peared to think that the old state house
ia good enough for the state until some
legislature has public spirit enough to
vote an appropriation for a safe and
sane building, It Is probable that Ne
braska with its hoarded $10,000,000 will
continue to plod along, while Ita sister
states of Iowa, Colorado and Kansas
have state houses which make the aver
age Nebraskan blush with shame whei
he thinks of tho difference.
BROKEN BOW LETS CONTRACT
FOR WATER AND LIGHT PLANT
BROKEN BOW, Neb., July S.-fSpeclal.)
Bids for the building of the municipal
water and electrlo power plant were
Opened by the council and acted upon at
a special session, the result being that
the Alamo F.nglne and Supply company
of Omaha was awarded the contract for
S1B.7M. Thla price does not Include orna
mental street lighting, as was originally
Intended, which means that the system to
be installed by the city will be similar to
that now in use. Fifteen bids were filed,
but only four were considered. The origi
nal bid of the Alamo people was $20,592,
Including the ornamental lighting, but as
the city had only J16.C00 to spend the elec
trolier proposition was cut out in order
to get down to the required amount.
THIEVES ARE BUSY IN
NORTH PLATTE AND VICINITY
FUNERAL OF F. W. BROWN
WILL BE HELD TODAY
(From a Ptaff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. July 8 (Special Telegram.)
The funeral of Postmaster F. W,
Brown of Uneoln will be held Friday
afternoon at Holy Trinity Episcopal
church, according to arangements made
toay. The body will lie In state at the
church for two hours and all public
buildings will be closed for an hour dur
ing the funeral.
'"NORTH PLATTE. Neb.. July (Spe
cial.) Cattle were stolen, a horse and
buggy taken from a local hitch rack and
"William Adair was slugged and robbed
here this week. Officers have been baf
fled In their efforts to apprehend the
thieves.
Sheriff Salisbury was called to Brady
Monday by stockmen who had found sev
eral carcasses with brands cut out, after
the old-time manner of cattle thieves
when hard pressed. Investigation there
failed to disclose the Identity of the
thieves. An extensive cattle stealing
scheme is supectcd.
Martin Wyman left his horse and buggy
at a local hitch rack for a few minutes
Monday night. When lie returned they
were gone.
William Adair, proprietor of the North
Platte laundry, heard a noise In his laun
dry when passing It near midnight Mon
day, He entered and was Immediately
slugged with a brick and robbed. Me
lost the currency taken In during the day.
WALRATH IS APPOINTED
PRINTING COMMISSIONER
(From a Star Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb.. July 8. (Special Tele
gram.) Eugene A. Walrath, editor of
the Osceola Democrat, was today ap
pointed printing commissioner by Gover
nor Moreheed. The Job draws a salary
of SI 5o a year. This was the last fruit
on the. official plum tree.
It Kellevea Backache.
Apply Sloan's Liniment to your back;
rain gone almost Instantly. Don't rub; it
penetrates. 25c. All druggists. Advertise
ment. LoaUvllle Maa oae Railroad.
PLATTBMOUTH, Neb.. July 8-(Spe-clal.)
Fillip Medrano of Louisville, this
county, has begun suit against the. Rock
Island road In tha district court here for
the recovery of the sum of 12,995 for com
pensation for Injuries received while en
gaged by the Rock Island at Fairbury.
where he was Injured by a door of a car
which he waa assisting In unloading.
Far a Baralaort Aakle.
If rot will get a bottle of Chamber
lain's Liniment and observe the directions
rtn therewith faithfully, you will re
cover In much less time than Is usually
required. Obtainable everywhere. Advertisement.
Rent rooms quick with a Bea Want Ad.
Washington Affairs
A comprehensive plan for ee-ooeratlon
of federal, state and municipal labor
bureaus for the relief of unemployment
throughout the country will be considered
at the labor conference called by Secre
tary Wilson for August i at Kan Fran
CISCO.
A tour of Investigation to cover the
mlCdle went, the FarlM" coast and the
south waa announced lv the Federal
Trade commission. Meirings will re he
gun In Chicago on .li 'v is and the
commission will travel for nearv two
months, completing Its inquiry intu the
export trade situation.
INTENSE ITCHING
SHNJpf
On Ankle. Sore and Red. Goth
intf Aggravated. Lost Rest
In Two Weeks WelL
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT
"After pulling garden weeds and scratch
ing my ankle with my finger which was
stained with the Juice, my ankle began to
get sore and red. I bought
soy e salve and tha redness
disappeared, but she akin
got rough and later the spot
got larger. Then It began to
Itch and tha Itching was so
Intense that it would wake
me up at night and I would
be scratching anal I scratched
until the blood started. My
clothing aggravated tha breaking out, and
I often lost my rest.
"I saw Cutlcura ftoap and Ointment ad
vertised and I bought a cake of Boap and a
bos of Ointment. In twa weeks' time I was
well." (Signed) J. F. (laara. Ill 6th St..
Baraboo. Wis.. March 19. IBIS.
Sample Each Free by Mall
With SS-p. 8 kin Book ea request. A4-
post-oar "Catleara, Daat. T, BW-
, Bold throughout tha world.
Woman's Health
and spirit depend upon her digestion
and circulation. Sallow akin, pimples,
facial blemisheg and depression dis
appear after tha system baa been
cleansed and tha blood purified by
RMffninnrTo
PILLS
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Ms Ifscrwkws. Is taut, 1st. Zfe.
JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.
WM. L. 1IOLZMAN, Trcas.
Tte 61 WM9 Mann
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Mr. John A. Swanson, Pres. of (he Nebraska Clothing Co.
Oriainator of the Famous
Half Price Clothing Sale gays:
See
Half
Price
Window
Displays
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"This will be the most notable
Half Price Sale 1 have ever held.
Never before in all my experience
has each an enormous all-new stock
been offered in this city at Half
Price.
"But a radical, sweeping
clearance is our one aim now,
even if summer weather has
just bepun. Best of all, this
is not a weak, bolstered up
sale of odds and ends, but
sale conducted on the
same broad scale of my
many past Half Price
Sales. A sale of the
newest, most perfectly
tailored and fashion
ably correct clothing
the worlds nest
at exactly HALF
PRICE."
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SPECIAL NOTICE
A small charge for altera
tions during Half Price Sale;
Positively no approvals, no
charges, no C. O. D.'s, no
refunds.
Black Suits and Palm Beach
Suits Not Included.
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And Announces, Beginning Friday, July 9th,
the Event That All Omaha Waits For!
America's Original Semi-Annual
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dmM SaLwb XiWa sUl tUi iJa
Sail.
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Of Our Entire High Grade Stock Of
Men's and Young Men's
Hand-Tailored TIT HP 3
Including the premier productions of Rochester, NcW York's, most cele
brated clothes makers acknow ledged the world's best in stjle, in qual
ity, in fit, in workmanship and finish.
Our Entire Stock at Half Price as Follows:
All Worsted Suita
All Cheviot Suits
All Caasimere Suits
All Blue Serge Suit
All Fancy Mixture Suits
All sixes.
All Full Lined Suits
All Half Lined Suits
AU Outing. Suits
All Three-Piece Suits
All Two-Piece Suita
All Younar Men's Suits
All Stout Men's Suits
All Tall Men's Suits
All Short Men's Suits
All Extra She Suits
$10 Suits
Half Price
e$5'
$12.50 Suits,
Half Price .
All proportions from 32 to 52 Breast Measure.
$15 Suits,
Half Price
$6.25
$7.50
$18 Suits,
Half Price
$9
$20 Suits, MA
Half Price
$22.50 suits, (M-i or
. . pj.JL.ue9
$25 Suits,
Half Price
$12.50
$30 Suits, (Mr
Half Price $13
Half Price
$35 Suits,
Half Price
$17.50
$40 Suits
Half Price
$20
The "I
Will" Man Says: All Women's Suits, Coats, Dresses,
Must Go Quickly-Your Unreslrictea cnoicc 01 me iiuusc ui uuu ri:
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L2m ff ti en nnw . m JL
Palm Bach $40 . SIO
Its. Were $12.85 tO If
$14.85, now ... V
$39.50, now . B a-f
I.S9. now . . I JL A
A'l Palm Beach Cost.. JlOft . $40
Every ault, coat and dress the season's
most fascinating- models, at exactly one-
half our lowest in the city prices
All Si
Were
IJ4.S0
$24.50, sow . . J5- JLisJ
59, tow . . JL JL J.
All
Were
I2
All Nemo Coriels,
Were f J te 6,
BOW
$
All Warner Corsets,
, Were f I to t5.
BOW
50c'2
Wosnea's Warlaa Apaarel Tfclrs riasr.
A sweeping; close-out of our entire
high gra-le stock of corsets. AH new
spring models and all at exactly One
Half Price.
5? ,
Price.
half our lowesi in me kuj i"11"'
Beautiful New Summer Millinery Friday at Half Price
-. . . . anna v.... I tKAA V..U I TT . . to no
$5.00 New
Trimmed
Hats at
$20
$7.50 New
Trimmed
Hats at
$075
$10.00 New
Trimmed
Hats at
$coo
$2.?8 New I $5.00 French I
Bport
Hats at
$139
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Mllllacrr Daaraia( Third Ploar.
Price
Ostrich
Plumes at
$100
Up to $3.98
Urn rimmed
Hats at
59c
Mllllavrr Dnrsa Third riear.
OFF On Any Man's Straw Dal
Except Panamas, Bangkok! and Leghorns.
$1.00 &SS31.33
..".t.'. . .$2.00 A:r.V ??. . . .$2.67
Aay 91M
Btrav
Hat at
Straw Hats
Br.krs liars,
norih " tm 02.
air arler
85C
Oar nigh Grade Paaama, Bangkok and Leghorn Rata at Great Seduction
. as.wk as, a-i.au (.., ai.at
Amr ao.w Ha.it.k, aaw a.im
1st .() Fas
Air 0.O Paaaaia. aaw.
Aay Sie.OO faaaasa. aaw.
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1M Air MM L.(k.ra Hat, ttw. , ,M
Air BS.M Lrghara Hat, aaw at . .M.M
n e enn
and boy
at. . .
10c Bilk
snd boy
at. .
All f"hll1rii frraw Hsts. Onr-Thlrd Off.
Hat lr;l. Msla KUior. K.ast Alslr,
Women's low Shoes
Orcat Clean-Up Sale Our Entire Stock
Women's Low Shoes and Pumps, at
$2d and $25
Tour unrrst rl-td rhiilre of any pump, either with or
without straps; Colonial or military lace oxfords,
ptrnta. dull black and whits combination pumps ana
bronie kid. Two b! lots at i.S and aa.fta.
Any Man's Oxford
WTH l HCH.IKAN.T.
Tan or black, button or
lace. Rubber, elk or
leather soles. Up to
$5.00 values, at
$3-45
.COllKECT AFFAIR FOR. MEN AND WOMEN,