M'CLOSKEY LOSES
"ZIF,r BY A HAIR
HOW RUSE TO 1MPRES8 8T. LOUIS
MANAGERS WARNED CHANCE
NOT TO TRADE.
CUB STAR WINS BIG GAME
Below we give a few of the very extraordinary snaps that you may
pick up in this store this week. Out of town people are cordially in
vited to come in and investigate them. Every one is a money saver.
"Put Him In," 8ald Missouri Expert,
"to Shew Them How Good He U"
Chicagoan Alone Captures Con
test"! Need Him Myself," De
clares Chance.
M
Heinle Zimmerman who played a
great game recently at second base
tor the Cubs while Johnny Evers was
out ot the game, and started a slug
ging bee which places him In the front
rank of National league hitters, recalls
one on Manager McCloskey of St.
Louis. It is his most touching hard-
luck story.
The Cubs were In St. Louis and Mc
Closkey, who was much in need of an
Inflelder, approached Chance with an
offer to trade Beebe for Zimmerman.
The Cub leader was favorably disposed
and the deal would have been made at
tOHM rt'CLOJKEY
once but for the fact that McCloskey's
hands were tied and he had no author
ity to make a move without Stanley
Robinson's permission.
"I'll tell you what to do, Frank,'
aid John to Chance, "Put Zimmer
man into the game this afternoon and
let Stanley take a look at him. Then
he will probably consent to a trade."
Chance agreed and sent the husky
inneiaer into Evers place, it was a
close game and Zimmerman won It
' for the Cubs by his timely hitting, be
sides playing a great game In the
field. He looked so good that Chance
changed his mind and refused to make
the deal. So McCloskey lost a first
class man, all because he Is not al
lowed to run the Cardinals according
to his own Judgment, he Bays.
"About all I am for Is to throw out
a new ball to the umpire once In
while."
Pitcher Jack Powell takes great
pride In Jimmy Stephens' success. The
big fellow broke the midget in as a
major league backstop In that notable
overtime pitching duel he had with
Promme in the 1907 spring series. At
the close of that struggle, Powell said
he had never had a catcher work with
htm so well.
: "Take my word for it, that kid will
Stick," Jack predicted. "I have paired
with O'Connor, Criger, Zimmer, Big
Robison, McOulre, Klelnow, Spencer
and many other great receivers, but I
never had the reliance in any of them
.that I had In that youngster the first
time he worked with me. He did not
get mixed in his signals or show ex
citement at any stage of that shutout
affair, and I confess his coolness and
cleverness kept me steady, when a
break would have cost us a run and
the game."
McAleer always paired the big and
little fellow when tle latter was in
shape and Jack's best ball in 1907
and 1908 has been pitched to the grad
uate from the 1906 Dallas club,
Stephens has Improved In hts throw
ing and stickwork and has won recog
nition as one of the best backstops in
the American league..
' Manager McAleer may believe that
he Is going to win the pennant or he
may not, but Just the same he is al
ready looking out for next year. He
sent Catcher O'Connor into the in
terior of Pennsylvania to look over
some young players of the Tri-State
league. Just where Jack went Mc
Aleer would not say, but It Is dollars
to pennies that he made a bee-line for
the Johnstown aggregation, as there
are two or three men in it who are
being watched by every club In the
big leagues.
If experience counts for anything In
baseball, and It is generally conceded
that It does, the St. Louis Browns
have the advantage of every other
team in the American league. When
the average of number of years' ex
perience the players have had in big
league company is figured out It is
found to be 6 years, which Is going
some. The number of years In the
big leagues of the Browns follow
Bobby Wallace, 15 years; Jimmy Wil
Hams. 11: Jack O'Connor, 20; Hobe
Ferris, 7 ; Tom Jones, 5 ; George Stone,
4; Danny Hoffman, 7; Roy Hartzell, 3;
Charlie Jones, 6; Al Sweitzer, 1; Jack
Powell, 11; Bill Dlneen, 11; Barney
Pelty, 5; Rube Waddell, 11; Harry
Howell, 11; Graham, 1; Bailey. 2;
Spencer, S; Stephens, 2; Blue, 1; Joe
Yeager, 12; Cries, 1. Average years'
erria in big leagues, S.
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I x.5o iine colored and white
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' materials, to close at 75c
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Ladies' Covert and
Novelty Cloth Jackets
$4.95 lines, your choice at .'. .$2.48
$5.95 lines, your choice at $2.98
$8.75 lines, your choice at $3.38
Suits
$4.95 values Gingham Princess Suits, close at $2.48
8&.T5 values Silk Gingham Jumper Suits, close at $3.38
$7.60 values Princess Dresses, close at $3.75
$13.50 values Taffeta 811k Suits, close at $6.75
$17.50 values Taffeta Silk Jumpers, close at. . $9.95
Black Panama Suit, full satin lined Jacket with silk trim
med skirt, good value at $15.00, sale price $9.50
Skirt Snaps
$7.50 values Pine Blaok Voile, on sale at $4.95
$9.95 values Fine French Voile in brown, blue and lav
ender, on sale at $5.95
$14.50 Best Aultman Voile, heavily silk trimmed, on
sale at $8.95
Entire line of Colored Panama Skirts now at $3.95, $4.95
and $5.98; regular price $7.50, $9.00 and $11.50.
Blue Poplin, Blue and Tan Chambray and White Linen
Skirts, regular $4.95 and $2.95 values, to close at $1.48
Waists
You can afford to have a good many for change at these
prices:
Assortment of 100 White and Colored Lawn and Swiss
$1.75, $1.50 and $1.35 regular price, your choice at. . 79c
$1.95 lines, your choice at. ; 98c
$1.(0 $2.25 lines, your etoolce at $1.25
$2.96 llnes your choice at.. $1.48
THE LABOR PRESS
Detroit (Mich.) Union Advocate:
President Gompers Is carrying out
the policy outlined for him by the
American Federation of Labor and
it should not be difficult for a work
ingman to decide as to which source
Is more sincerely interested in his
welfare. President Gompers and the
A. F. of L. or the newspapers and
the men who have always 'been and
are now covertly or openly hostile to
the trades union movement.
Duluth (Minn.) Labor World: The
republican party in Its silence on la
bor issues, and its record in congress
lias no claim upon the suffrage of
union labor. The democratic party,
whose congressional leaders have
ever been active in support of labor
measures, and whose platform is a
clean cut and consistent expression of
the hopes of labor, has every reason
to receive the solid vote of those
American citizens who believe in ac
cording labor the recognition it de
serves from a government such as
ours.
Detroit (Mich.) Union Advocate:
The opposition seeks to divide th-
labor hosts and if labor stands solid
ly by President Gompers and the A.
F. of L. in this gigantic battle, we
will have taken more rapid strides
towards a pure working class move
ment than the socialists could en
compass In a thousand years.
Bakersfleld, Calif., Union Labor
Journal: How will the working man
vote? If he is blinded by prejudice
and dominated by the chicanery of
political bosses, as the enemies of
orgonizd labor say that he is, he will
vote without giving consideration to
the real issues of the campaign
and there is but one issue for work-
in gmen in this campaign the right
Worth your investigation,
are the garments we place on
sale for quick clearance. The
prices will be a surprise to all
f good grade mer-
colored materials,
to close at 30c
98c line colored materials,
$z.ou nue cuiurea aim wuuc
materials, to close at. . . .$1 .25
$3.95 line White Lawn, to
close at ....$1.98
Children's Novelty Cloth
Jackets; just the thing
for fall wear; have your
pick at 1-3 OFF
colors and
5 pieces of
assorted
917-921
fuses in this campaign to cast his
vote for the presidency for a man
who chooses to champion the cause
of the common man rather than the
cause of organized capital, that is his
prlvelege, and that which will come
to him as the domination of capital
year after year grows greater will be
his just reward.
Detroit (Mich.) Union Advocate:
The bitter attacks being made on
President Gompers should simply
c&use the unionists to rally to his
support, since it Is so potent where
those attacks are really coming
from.
AMENDMENT ACCEPTED.
Last week, in speaking of Will M.
Maupin, of The Lincoln Wageworker,
! referred to him as a "genial cuss,"
at least, that is what the copy said,
but the compositor wouldn't have it
that way, so my Lincoln friend was
handed down to posterity as a "gen
eral cuss." But I'll make that all
right with him when he comes to
Washington to help inaugurate his dis
tinguished friend and neighbor presi
dent of the United tSates Sam De
Nedrey, in Washington Trades Union
ist. WHY HE SUPPORTS BRYAN.
We are not advocating the election
of Mr. Bryan because he is a demo
crat, for in all national elections,
heretofore, the writer has voted the
republican ticket; but, because we
know that Mr. Bryan practices what
he preaches In all things. He believes
in the eight-hour workday and gives
it toi his sixty or seventy employes,
whom he also pays good wages; he
grants his workmen the Saturday half
holiday, without deducting it from
their wages on pay-day. He believes
In trades unions but does not believe
in government by injunction, because,
he too, sees the injustice that is being
More Remnants
There are a lot of suitable Remnants that anyone would
want at suitable prices. They are Remnants of Laces, Em
broideries, Domestics of all kinds, Silk Dress Goods, White
Goods, Lawns and Linens. Now at a price of 1-3 TO 1-2 OFF.
Rugs! Rugs!
A lot of Rugs in a fine quality of Moquet, size 27x60,
good values at $2.50, now toclose $1.75
A lot of Rugs, size 36x72, worth up to $4.00, good pat
terns, a special value; this week $3.95
Cvrtain Swisses
15 pieces of Curtain Swisses in assorted patterns, plain
white, worth up to 20c yard, special to close 10c
A lot of 40 inch Curtain Swisses in white, assorted pat
terns, special to close now 15c
20 pieces of Printed Scrims and Madras Cloth in as
sorted colors, values up to420c, now to close at half
price t 10c
i4 Off on all Net and Imported Madras Cloths.
Black Silk Sale
5 pieces 30 Inch Black Taffeta, a spceial value, worth
89c; this week 65c
3 pieces of 36 inch Black Taffeta, a special valre, worth
$1.25, now for one week. 89c
2 pieces of Oil Boiled Black Taffeta Silk, worth to $1.75,
this week now to close $1.10
2Mnch Black Peau De Soie, worth $1.00, to close
now - v - .69c
32-inch Black Peau De Soie, a special value, to close 89c
36-inch Black Peau De Soie, assorted qualities, worth ,
to $1.75, now ...$1.18
27-inch Colored China or Japanese Silks, 50c values, to
close now 31c
Sale of Wool Dress Goods
A lot of Fancy Wool and Mohair Suitings,. 36 to v40--inches
wide, in assorted colors, 50c values, to close
. now at 35c
A lot of 42 to 48 inch Fancy Mohair Suitings, assorted
patterns, values to $1.00, to close
52 inch Rainproof Suitings or Cravenette,
colors, $1.60 values,' to close
O St. OPPOSITE
practiced upon the union workmen,
by the corporation-owned judges, who
upon every trivial pretext rush forth
the infamous injunction, restraining
the workmen from doing everything
Vut breathe. Reading (Pa.) Labor
.Advocate.
WANT FEW HARVEST HANDS.
Thousand Will Supply the Demand in
North Dakota.
Following a visit to North Dakota,
Labor Commissioner Williams of Min
nesota says that 1,000 men will be
lucky if they can find employment in
the harvest fields.
"This thing of railroads asking for
15,000 and 20,000 men each year for
harvest work In North Dakota and
Minnesota is a snare and a delusion.
It is flooding the country with a lot
of hoboes. I rode from Fargo to Bis
marcb, and the wheat is burned al
most to the roots. There are posi
tions in the state for probably 1,000
farm hands, men who would stay, but
that there is no demand whatever for
harvest hands. Those now In the
state, he said, were a drug on the
market and the state would be com
pelled to ship many ' of them back
home."
Petition for a Rehearing.
The government's petition for a re
hearing by the United States court of
appeals of the government case
against the Standard Oil company of
Indiana, in which the appellate court
reversed Judge Landis' fine of $29,
240,000, has been completed and was
forwarded to Attorney General Bona
parte at Lenox, Mass., Monday. The
petition will be filed August 21.
CARS IN BAD CRASH.
Three Persons Are Killed in Traction
Collision.
Three persons were killed and prob
ably twenty-five injured in a collision
between two limited traction cars on
the Western Ohio traction line, nine
miles north of Piqua, Ohio, Monday
night. All of those hurt have broken
bones and many were badly cut by
splinters of the demolished cars.
Mistake in orders caused the wreck,
it is said, which is the worst that has
occurred in that section of Ohio in
many years. Both cars were running
Cut
Price
Shoe Sale
Mere s me snoe oner or
the season. We are com-. I
pelled to make it in order L
to dispose of the stock we
have on hand. Fall Shoes
will soon be asking for ad
mittance and shelve room.
Our present stock must go.
Now is the time to Shoe up
every member of the family.
Infants' Kid Shoes, sizes
2 to 5, cut price . ..49c
Child's Oxfords and Strap Slippers, 8 to 11, cut price. . . . 79c
Misses' Shoes and Oxfords, sizes 9 to 2, cut price 99c
Infants' Patent Leather Slippers, cut price....- 39c.
Boys' Kid Oxfords, sizes 3 to 6, cut price. $1.35
Women's Oxfords, patent leather and kid, also tans, re- '
duced to $2.95, $2.19, $1.79, $1.58, $1.30 and. ....... . . .$1.09
Women's $3.50 and $4.00 Kid and Patent Leather Shoes, -
broken lines, good styles, cut price $2.58
Women's $2.50 and $3.00 Kid Shoes, broken lines, cut '
price , 1Ji5
Men's $3.50 and $4.00 Kid and Patent Leather Oxfords,
narrow widths only, cut price..,.;.,.....' ,...$2.45
Men's $3.50 and $4.00 Oxfords, regular lines, cut price $2.95
Men's $5.00 - Patent Leather Oxfords, swell last, cut
price
All Ladies' White Canvas
All Misses' White Canvas
Brass Cvrtain Rods 5c
2 gross Extension Sash and Curtain Rods, extension 30
to 52 Inches, complete with fittings ' 5c
300 Extension Curtain Rods, special quality, size 28 to 54
inches, worth to 20c, now at, each............. 10c
20 to 50 Per Cent Off
on all Laces, Embroideries, Fancy Ribbons, Baby Hoods, Mull
Hats. Sunbonnets, Belts, Back Combs, Hammocks, Gauze Un
75c
derwear, Muslin Underwear, Wash Goods, White Goods and
95c
Fane.
CITY HALL
A a.
at a high rate of speed. While found
ing a slight curve each motorman
caught sight of the approaching car.
The two cars came together with ter
rific force, the impact comlpetely tele
scoping the southbound car, in which
the majority of those killed and in
jured were passengers.
BOLD FORGERY AT STERLING.
Four $25 Checks Cashed for Small
Payments.
A bold forgery caused much excite
ment in Sterling, Neb., Monday. Rob
ert Caton succeeded in passing four
forged checks in the amount of $25
each at various mercantile establish
ments and the fraud was not detected
until after he had escaped on a horse
stolen from his employers, Calllhan
Bros. . Caton had been at work for the
Callihans for six weeks on a farm five
miles north of Sterling. He went to
town on a mare belonging to his em
plowers and with a legitimate check
for $5. During his stay in town four
checks for $25 each were offered and
accepted for payment of small pur
chases. . When last seen be had pur
chased a lariat and considerable
canned goods.
Fire Threatens Big Trees.
A forest fire is raging in the vicinity
of the great grove of big trees in
Calaveras county, California, some
twenty miles north of Sonora. Al
though the flames have reached the
south grove, wherein are some of the
gigantic trees, it is not believed the
big trees are In danger, as they stand
in low, marshy ground, where the fire
could scarcely find dry material to
feed upon. Back firing is being re
sorted to to stay the progress of the
fire, which also extends over the line
into Tuolumne county.
KILLED BY STRIKERS.
Three Men Shot to Death at Blocton,
Alabama.
Three men were instantly killed and
eleven Injured, when striking miners
fired into a passenger train on the
Birmingham Mineral railroad at Bloc
ton, Ala., Sunday morning at about
2 o'clock.
The train was a special bearing non
union men to the Blocton mines under
guard of soldiers and deputies. On
the outskirts of the town the engineer
suddenly saw a log across the track
and at once a fusilade was fired into
, $3.75
Oxfords, now at 85c
Oxfords, now 59c
15c Towels, 10c
100 dozen Large Turkish Bath Towels,
bleached or unbleached, I AA
sDecial Quality, to close, now I WW
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the train. The engineer did not stop,
but let the pilot throw the log from
the track and put on full speed. The
place where the attack was made was
in a cut, the ground being on a level
with the lower part of the windows.
The assailants from the rocks above
poured down a fire directly Into the
windows and at the engineer. Prac
tically every window in the train was
broken and shots struck all parts of
the engine and cab.
' Drowned in the Missouri.
Jay Webster, aged eighteen, a son
of Al Webster, a farmer living about
fifteen miles north of Tekamah, along,
the river, was drowned in the MlSr
souri about five o'clock Sunday after
noon. Young Webster, who has lived
on the bank of the river all his life,
was an expert swimmer; he went In
swimming with his clothes on near
the old ferry landing at a point where
the -main current hits the bank with
terrific force. As soon as he jumped
in the current struck him and he went
down and was never seen again.
Train Runs Into Washout.
As the result of a washout on the
Tonapah & Tidewater road near Sho
shone, Cal., Sunday night, a passenger
train plunged into a chasm and three
men, Engineer Hamilton, Fireman
Broadwell and W. E. Moore, a passen
ger, were killed.
The difficulty is that those who go
to the Lord for advice can interpret -the
answer to suit their own Inten
tions. NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate No. 2452 of DewfEt C. Wood
ring, Deceased, (otherwise called
Daniel C. Woodring) In County Court
of Lancaster County, Nebraska. -
The State of Nebraska, ss.: Credi
tors of said estate will take notice
that the time limited for presentation
and filing of claims against said es
tate is March 15, 1909, and for pay
ment of debts is October 15, 1909; that
1 will sit at the County Court room In
said county, on December 15, 1908, at
2 p. m., and on March 15, 1909, at 2
p. m., to receive, examine, hear, allow,
or adjust all claims and objections
duly filed.
Dated August 5, 1908. '
P. J AS. COSGRAVE,
(Seal) County Judge.
By WALTER A. LEESE,
v Clerk.
