THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY. DECEMBER 8 , 1891-TWELVE PAGES.
1:00I : ! BAIl OP THE COUNCIL ,
Ills BOIV'OJS Coit the Oity a Neat Bute
Each Month.
DRAWING SALARY FOR FOU3 OFFICES ,
Mr. l.oury'M Pirn Tor JtetreiiijliiniMit
Not Supported by lllH Olllolnl
llot'oril A Grand Jury
for Jloodto
OMAHA. Doc. " . To tlio HUller of THE HKF.-
I'lrmo rijfor to November orillnnnro nnil ou
ncrvo tlinton wnrrnnt No. 2(115 Mr. I'ntriak
i'lli > iirnoclrunrf > fortisoof his "uiirlor" lot
election iHirpusus wlillo Mr. T. .1. J.owry ilrow
only II. . on wnrrnnt for tliu sumo liitrposu. II
Mr O'lli'iirnn IIIIH tlio cclKu on T. J. l.nwry lie
iniiBl Inivo 11 pull. Mr. I.owry Isinoru tliuii
uvt'ii. howuvur , ilnco during Mayor I'liililnit f
nlisimco IID ilruw pay for ulovcn duyt autlriR
niiiyor , cloven dnyn for ai'tlni ? on tliu llcensi
Ijoiinl nnd nluvcn iluyMini llro nnil pollco commission -
mission as Mayor Cnslilim's iiiLstltutd. As nn
nil ronrnl n.iliiry Rrubbcr Mr. T. J I.owry I'
criiltluii to tliu palm. TAXPAYKII.
The nbovo note from "Tnxpiycr" was oc
casioncd by llio publication in Tun DIK : of an
Item stunvlntr Itiat Mr. O'Honrno drew poy
ns n Juror and as ntiolcctlonolllclnlforaabnro
of th tlino for which no has n cliilm against
the city for alleged sorvicoa ns an Inspector
under the employ and direction of Major
Itlrktmubcr , cbalrmati of the Hoard of Public
Works.
Mr. 1. .1. Lowry , mentioned in "Taxpay
er's. " communication , 1& president of the city
council. Ho Is the leiiucrof the democratic
forces in tliat body , end is ono "of the most
ontliuslnstiu advocates of reform and re
trenchment , according to his own declara
tions. Ho Is the same T. J. Lowry who
Blood up In the council chamber on
Saturday nlglit and eloquently pleaded
for a purllic-ttion of tlio press. Ho
charoctcrl/ed thn newspaper reporters m
pcniiilcsalccchos who didn't pay taxes and
were out for the stuit all the time. Ho de
plored the fact that every nowsp.ipcr report
er in town was a blackmailer and rocrotted
that money should ir.llucnco the picas hr.d
nubile olllciuls. lie oven wont so far as to
npncal to the Heal Estate Owners' assocla-
tied to use its inlluonco In golllnir tliu money
loving rcpresentlvos of the pi-ess to tone
down their reports touching municipal scan
dals.
dals.Of
Of course this speech had ltn olTcct on
the lobby , and any sucn Intimation as ' Tax
payer" makes lu bis letter would have met
with ilttlo credence In that crowd of listen
ing admirer * of the First ward Pooh Bah.
Yet , with the aid of the records of the city
comptroller's ofllco.it Is not dlfllcult to throw
n diffeicnt light on the orator's plea
for purity In tlio press and municipal affairs.
When ho inado the statement that
there had bcon too much talk in the press of
municipal extravagance , ttio lingers of his
right hand fondled a roll of i'JU.'JT ' which
Acting Mayor Lowry had drawn for thirteen
days In the chief executive chair In Novem
ber. When ho eloquently pleaded for pro
tection of taxpayers against the leeches of
the press his hand went to the right pocket
of his pnnt.s and toyed with the coin , $18.f > : ) ,
which Hart been received by T. J. Lowry as
noting cbalrumn of thn Hoard of Fire and
Police commissioners. The press , ho said ,
hud accused members of the council , and
falsely too. of being in ofllce ' for the money
there was in it , and tus'left hand jingled the
f > l""j drawn by Thomas J. Lowry as chair
man of the llccnsa board for thirteen days in
November. When ho deplored the fact that
a penniless reporter could with apparent Im
punity nssull ami ruin the character of an
honest ir.an , ho slapped his manly breast ,
mentally observing at the time that , iho
KiO.07 which icprescnli'd Councilman
Lowry's salary for November , was safe In
bis inside pocket.
"Taxl'avor" was right. The city of Omaha
paid for Mr. T. .J. Lowry's oQlcial service in
November to this tune : ,
Falury as coiincllmiiii $ GC > B7
Acting inuyor , thirteen days W.27
Autlni ; chillimuii police boaid 18.511
Acting chairman license bonil l..S !
Total 7ib7 U )
For November Mayor dishing drew full
P.IJT as mayor , chairman of the police board
and chairman of tbo llccnso board.
' -talk ol n ( .rand Jnrr.
There Is now a strong probability that a
grand jury will bo called for the next term
of the district court which convenes on Feb
ruary 0. Should the body bo called , there
nro several matters of a public uaturo that
will bo brought up for Investigation.
In speaking of the matter County Attor
ney Mahoney stated that in his opinion a
grand jury would bo called , though ho would
not say what ho would present for considera
tion. Ho would talk the matter over with
the judces as soon as the now bench organ-
l/eil. Judge Irvine said ho could not express
his Ideas upon the subject , but was
sure the subject would bo called to Iho atten
tion nf the Indues when the meeting of the
bench was hold.
.iudgo Davis said a grand jury would bo
called if it was desired by County Attorney
Muhoney. Ho was positive that the matter
would bo considered by the judges.
Judge Ferguson hail glvun the subject
tome thought , and was pretty sure that the
mutter would bo considered by the judges
when they mot to reorganize the bonch.
She was ( land ho was 7. Ho wanted her
to promise to marry him. Ho offered candy.
Ire cream and nuts , but she was ondunito.
Finally ho said ho would give nor a bottle of
Hallor's Sure Cure Cough Syrup. She
Etnllcd , laid her hand In his and said , yours
till death.
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To Summer Immla via tlioViibaHli
l.oute.
The Wtib.tsh nro now soiling round
trip tickets good returning Juno 1 ,
IStW , to nil tbo winter resorts in Ton-
iichseo. Mississippi , Aliibtinm , Goorgin ,
Florida , North und Soutli Carolina ,
Louisiana , Arkansas und Texas.
The nuiclcGHt and best route to the
Hot SiringH | of Arkansas. For tickets
und full information in regard to routes
oubt or sou tli call at Wubash olllco , 1502
Fiirnitm street , or write G. N. ( Jlavton ,
N. W. Pass. Agt.
IFMii > THIi 1) KG It 12 K.
Donuo'o Ucclq'on In n Hotnc-
wliat SoiiHitliimal lilvorcn Suit.
Judge Doauo handed down an opinion
Saturday In the illrorco suit of uoulsc A ,
Hopkins against Albert M. Hopkins. The
dccrco was denied mid the suit dismissed at
tliu cost of the plaintiff. In passing upon the
case the judge said ;
"In thociiso of Honlilns against Hopkins
tboro ur.Uwo controlling considerations winch
prut out granting the rollof pravcd : First
The universal rule Is that uvmi lu an ex parto
matter where tlwro Is no dofunso whatovur
no divorce will bo granted on the unsup
ported testimony of the plaintiff. There
must bo some other witness to support the
ono limit I nir the application , in this
case thcro Is abso.uloly no corroborn-
llon whatever of the tostlm'onv of
the plaintiff , iiono whatever , not a 'single
circumstance. On the contrary the defendant -
ant denies uvory single allegation of the
petition. Not only that , but whatever cir
cumstances there nro ushlu from her own
oath In the way of testimony , uro entirely
nconslstont with her statements. The
ground for divorca Is extreme cruelty , con
sisting of words , not acts. After llrst deny
ing it , she says dually that defendant ulJ
itrlKo horonco ; but 1 am xatistlod from de
fendant's statomuiit and from the nmilltled
way In which iho speaks of It hoisvif. that It
was done simply lu playfulness. She had
Bf'on ' forgotten about It when first asked.
From the second day after the marrmgo
down to the separation she attributes many
thing to him which , to say tbo least , arc
highly Improbable. In her lint statement
iho i ay a she cried continually , but after
wards modlllod It very greatly mid said uo
did not ory In the presouco of
defendant or others , but only whim
iho was alone. While tnls
very thing was going on , as she says , and
wnilo she claimed to bo no very miserable
tiiu felt like committing suicide , In her hus
band's ob.ionco at different times , she writes
to him letters In whlcU she tells him bow
well aha is enjoying heriolf and wishing for
bU roturu , oud especially on her visit to lied
Oak , what a good tlrna ilia 1 having , bow
porfectty happy she Is < u.d expressing n
fso'lliiK to see htm , letters wrltton at the very
limb nnd upon the heels as she says of the
tlmoho was dnvlmrhcr to distraction. Now ,
Unit Is highly Iniprobaolc , to say the least.
Ifhoxvas trcntlne her so cruelly as shu
slates , when she was writing to him In conII
denco there would have boon something In
her manner or form of writing to Indicate it !
but there Is absolutely nothing ol the kind ,
slmplv the expression of the warmest affec
tion. Ko , I say , that Is entirely Inconsistent
with hot-statements. There nro half a do/en
of those letters written under different cir
cumstances aiid at different periods of their
married life. Thcro Is not a single witness ,
not one , of a slngio act. which aho testifies to
of cruelty and the expression of harsh lan
guage , and that Is nn Insupeiablo obstacle In
the way of granting the relief sought.
' The second reason why n dlvorco should
not be granted , Is that under'.ho law a dl
vorco for cruelty will not bo granted when It
simply produces mental distress. It must
produce a physical effect. Thcro must bo
something by which It con DO proved bothers /
others , something others could sco she was
affected by. She says It offerlcd her so she
could hardly attend to her duties , nnd hardly
Know what she was doln ? . and frequently
went In that condition to her father's house.
Her parents testify they never suw anything
of that kind , nnd whllo they were witnesses
for her and would bo supposed to give her
all possible assistance , still they say they
never noticed any difference ) In horatnll.
Another circumstance which Is very signifi
cant Is thn fact that she says she wont to
visit her mother frequently during the al
leged serious trouble , but never uttered one
word of complaint to her. It would hnvo
been the most natuial thing In the world for
her to make complaint to her mother , but
she did not snv n word about It until she
had loft him. She savs before she left ho
dictated a letter which she should write to
him saying she would not return , etc. , but
that letter Is in her own handwriting nnd
her testimony that ho dictated it is entirely
unsupported , and the loiters written to her
to return nro the most natural letters that n
husb.ind could write. So that after all her
testimony Is without any suppoit whatever.
I shall rcfuso thn divorce and the plaintiff
must pay the costs of the suit. "
AMO.NG ' 1 UK ItAinitOADS.
Tlio Union P.ullie's ' ! r..iil > Ic with UN
: \v.tollmen Kail Notco.
Superintendent Sutherland of the Ne
braska division of the Union Pacific has 10-
timed from a trip over his line and reports
everything in good working trim. Thcro Is
demand for moro cars than can bo furnished ,
but thus far thcro have been no
serious results from the inadequate
supply. In fact the Union Pacific is in much
better shape than Us competitors to meet tno
emergency.
At Grand Island Mr. Sutherland gave a
hearing to Yordmastor Clcary , who had bcon
discharged for ponnr.il Inconipotoncy. It was
slioun , among other things , that ho had al
lowed 107 empty cars to accumulate
In the Grand Island yard when
they were In great , demand for ser
vice. Assistant Grund Chief Downey
of the switchmen's organization was present
and had to admit that ho could urge nothing
in defense of the yard master , but recom
mended htm to tbo superintendent's syii > -
patny.
Mr. Sutherland has made an appointment
for today to moot a committee of Omaha
switchmen , who have a grievance to present
in behalf of 0110 of their number
named Clancy. Ho was laid off a
"
few days ago "under the operation of n
new rule , and ho charges that the yaidmas-
ler was unfair In the matter. The superin
tendent , in speaking of the matter , said :
' Wo had some trouble for a long time from
an ab'jso ot the practice of 'calling up. ' The
switchmen , when they wanted to lay off , got.
Into the habit ot waiting until it few minutes
before ttoy were duo to report for duty ,
when they would call up the yard-
inabter and notify him that they
\\ould not como down to work. The
result was that the switchman's oncino ran
short-handed. Wo had a number of small
accidents , and in making an investigation wo
several times ran up against the excuse that
the crow was a man short. This state of
things led to tbo Issue of an order requiring
switchmen to get leave of absence in the pro
per manner. If one of them laid off without
such leave the yarduiaster was instructed
to suspend him a few days for tno first offense -
fonso and to discharge him if it were re
peated. "
The superintendent intimated that tbo
order may not have been carried out properly
in the case of Clancy , in which case it might
bo necessary to revoke the yurdmaster's
action , but ho had no knowledge of tbo argu
ments the switchmen would present. Ho
evidently Is disposed to bo fair and antici
pates no trouble.
\V on the Suit.
Judge J. 15. Cessna of Hastings returned
yesterday from Galesburg , 111. , where ho ap
peared as counsel In an impoitant railroad
caso. In 16S3 Mr. C. L. James of Hastings
sued the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy Hail-
road company for ovurcharging on live
stock shipments. Tno case passed
through the United States circuit court
and finally was sent back to the
district court at GiUosburg. Ono of tbo main
questions nt issue was the legality and
reasonableness of the schedule rates or the
railroad commission of 1S7.-I. The plaintiff
came very near losing the case by reason of
the fact that ho bad given the railroad com
pany a release and discharge from all claim
and liability In 18S2. Judco Cessna held ,
ho.vover , In presenting the side of the plain
tiff , that to release a debt for a payment of
only a part of It was not a full discharge or
release , and that the company connutted nn
illegal act in paying ancle rebates. These
arguments were sustained by Iho court. The
case lasted a full week and attracted a good
deal of attention in railroad circles. Ho se-
cuicd n vordlct against the company of $5,000
and attorney's fees.
Knilroiul .VotcH.
The funeral of the late F. B. Whitney of
iho Union Pacific , was held at St. Paul
yesterday afternoon , and all thcgen-
or.il f i eight ofllces of that road
were ordered close after 2 o'clock.
Tnls Included tha ofllces at Omaha.
Kansas City , Denver , Salt Lake , Portland ,
St. Joseph and But to. The general
freight ofllco of Omaha was
ropicsontcd at the funeral bv
Messrs. J. Munroo , A. II. Wood , James War-
rack. Jr. , F. B. Choato , J. B. Hayden and F.
M. Fryo. General Superintendent Nichols
represented the operating department and 0.
MclConzio the passenger.
The railroad ofttcluls are being hounded for
cars for Intorlorshippors. but the probability
Is tirnl lha shortage will Increase until tha
eastern railroads are prepared lo accept the
Hood of grain pouring out of the west.
George T. West , city passenger agent of
the Norlhwoblcrn , is in Chicago.
General Passenger Agent Buchanan of the
Elkhorn will co to Kansas City tonight to
attend the meeting of thoTransmlssour ! Passenger -
songor association tomorrow. Excursion
rates for the holidays will to tbo chief sub
ject of discussion.
J. 11. Gable of DCS Molnes , traveling pas
senger agent of the Klkhorn , Is In the city.
m
Hollil Trains 1'roin Omnh.i.
Vostibulod , electric lighted and steam
heated , with the finest dining , sleeping
and roohning chair cat- service in the
world , via the ' Chicago & Omaha Short
Lino" of the Chicago , Milwaukee ft St.
Paul Hallway. Double dally train
service , leaving Otnuliii nt 151lo : [ , . in.
and 0:20 : p. in. , with no transfer at Coun
cil HlulTs as heretofore. App'.y 1501
Funmni street for tickets and further In
formation or address F , A. NASH ,
J. K. PHKHTO.V. Gen. Agt.
City Puss. Agt.
United States Court Ncton.
The case of the Union Pacific Uiilway
company against P. lirnckott , on \vrlt of
ejectment , Is still In progress before the
Jnltcd States court. Brnckolt , who resides
n Illinois , holds the tlllo ton half section ot
and In Morrlck county , which is also claimed
by the Union Pucilto company , hence the
suit.
suit.Tho
The case against E. K. Dlxon , murder in
Iho llrst degree , Is down for today ,
John Jackson , indicted for manslnuuhtor ,
'or killing a prisoner in his hands at Fort
Hoblnson , and who forfeited his $ JVX ) bond ,
wan roarrcHted Sundav by Doputv Jackson
und brought to this city. Ho will bo
arraigned this morning.
Four hundred und fifty collar piano.
Warranted seven years for $187.60.
Now scale. Huydon Bros.
Tbo Foundation of the Business Laid bj
Milton Tootlo ,
ROOM FOR SOME MORE HOUSES IN OMAHA ,
What , the Dry floniln > Tobl > ern nro Do-
hit : for the ( Jlty In the Wny of
i'jtnploylnj ; Imlmr nnd
Money.
Milton Tootlo may bo said ; o hnvo laid tha
foundation for the wholesale dry goods busi
ness of the Missouri rlvor cities when he
opened houses at Kansas City , St. Joseph ,
Omaha and Sioux City , The business pros
pered from the very outset and ns tit. Joseph
was Mr. Tootle's ' homo all tbo prollts poured
In to that city.
At the time of Mr. Tootle's death a few
years niro , bis fortune was estimated at about
? IOoOO,000. It had always been his policy to
build up his own city and to that fact St.
Joseph owes much to her success ns a whole
sale point.
Besides enlarging the original house and
making It ono of the strongest and most Im
portant on the rlvor.now houses wcruoncnod ,
off-shoots of the parent establishment , until
now St. Joseph has live largo dry goods job
bing linns , three of them rated at a million
dollars or mote.
As against tnls number at St. Joseph
Omaha has two houses , the hnuso founded
hero by Mr. 'lootie having passed Into oilier
hands , and n now house having grown up In
iho city. This disparity in numbers , in favor
of iho city down the rlvor , Is duo to no other
apparent reason than the tendency given to
the dry goods buslnes nt tbo very
commencement lj ) Its founder. Omaha
has fully ns good a locution , nl-
mostClhrco times tbo population and
Is further away from Kansas City and St.
Louis , which nro strong competitors in much
of St. Joseph's territory.
Omaha has many advantages over her
rival In this business , but still can lav claim
to only two houses , bccauso no Omaha
Tootlo has risen to give the business the
sun poet of his millions.
Business men , thoroughly conversant with
the situation , claim that no bolter Hold for
the investment of cauital can bo found In
the country than Is offered in the dry goods
jobbing business nt Omaha. 'Iho jobbers
now located heio would welcome another
house , for though It might cut into their
trade to some extent , it would tend to make
Oni'ilm a moro Important dry goods tnurkot ,
and In that way bo of bene
fit to nil in the end. They
would , perhaps , piofcr to sco a
St. Joseph house moved up hero , but as that
is not likely to occur they would make no op
position to n new house starting.
The boot nnd shoo jobbers would also llko
to see moro dry goods houses bore us retail
dealers nro quite ant to buy their blocks of
boots and shoos In the same city whcro they
buy their dry goods.
The only wonder is that moro houses hnvo
not been started hero , when it is so generally
recognized oy business men that there is
such a solendld opening. The jobbers of
boots and shoes could well afford to subscribe
largely to the capital stock of a now dry
goods bouso us a means of helping along their
own business.
There arc In the city several jobbing houses
that already have worked up a largo trade in
branches ot the dry goods ousiness , as for
example the houses handling notions. A no
tion house could bo very readil3- extended seas
as to include the whole ran fro of dry goods ,
and it would appear to bo mi advantage to
such a house to do so. Notions form nn im
portant department in every dry goods
house and it would seem as if a IInn that
could afford to keep men on the road lo Hell
goods , belonging to ono department of the
business , could profitably add a full line of
dry goods.
As a matter of fact the question of capital
verv latgoly inlo the considoiMtion of nnv
such extension of a business , but In a city
the size of Omaha there ought to bo plenty
of men willing to invest money in so promis
ing an enterprise.
It was not the object of this article , however -
over , to point out what might DO done , but
rather what has already been accomplished.
The fuel remains that Omaha has two
wholesale dry goods houses , managed by
wideawake citizens , who are rapidly pushing
their business into now territory and crowdIng -
Ing out their eastern competitors. They are
Omaha men who make the interests
of the city their inlerest , and who
always stand ready to oucourago now onlor
prKos lhat will lend lo develop Iho resources
of Iho west. They are mon who help the
manufacturers by handling their products
instead of trving lo crush out too manufac
turing smrit by bringing In caslern goods to
bo sold in completion with those of homo pro
duction. No manufacturer Is too small to re
ceive consideration at their hands. As
noted before , Ibey have during Iho njst three
months put on its foot the pearl button In
dustry which is now supporting at least a
hundred people. They have contribulod
largolvlo the success of Iho overall manu
facturers who , as was shown in a previous
article , give employment directly to"yj7 poo-
plo.These
These two houses , M. K. Snilth & Co. , and
the Kllpatrlck-Koch Dry Goods company ,
furnish work for 172 employes nnd pay out in
wages over f 100,000 annually. The money
thus paid out linds its way into general cir
culation and contributes to the prosperity of
every business enterprise In the city.
Could there bo any bettor arirumont ad-
\y\nccd to prove that It is an udvnntaco lo
every citizen to help build up largo business
houses in the city. But the pav roll Is not
the only money placed In circulation bv the
dry goods jobbers. If their general expenses
nnd the sums which they pay out to local
manufactuiors wore lo bo included it would
make a showing that would double the
amount of thn pay roll sovcral times over.
No class of business mun can bo moro in
terested in the numborof pcopla omnloynd in
Iho city , and the amount of money put in cir
culation in this way , than the rotnlt dealers
nnd it Is accordingly to their interest
to do nil they can lo encourage
enterprises furnishing such employment. It
Is to iho interest of every rotnll dealer of dry
cd.s In Ibis city to buv as much of Ids stoclc
as possible from the local jobbers. A few of
the largest retail merchants in the city can
liuy many lines of goods from llrst hands , ns
well as the jobbers , but If there arc nnv lines
which they can attain In Omaha as cheaply
as olsowheio it is to their advantage.to do so.
Smaller huuses which buy from the jobbers
will bo Inexcusable If tnoy do not give the
benefit of their trade to the Omaha houses.
Every Nebraska retail merchant who buys
goods from tbo Omaha jobbers is con-
contributing just so much toward the up
building of the wholesale trade of the stale ,
ind In so doing is working to his own inter
est. Every additional man given employ
ment by the growth of the wholesale trade
makes just ono moro man to consume the
product of Nebraska farms.
Every western merchant who sends tils
money to iho east helps to postpone the time
when the west will beMno commercially and
Inauclally indopciu rnt of the largo nnd
wealthy cities of the east.
There are a few n < rent its In Nebraska
who fool too largo lo buy of jobbing houses
within their own sti to , but fortunately for
: ho good of the countiy , the number is yearly
becoming smaller.
Many limes business mon outside of the
city do not realise the size and Importance o'
, ho Omaha houses and for that rcuson go
elsewhere to buy. It Is an almost every day
occurrence for business men lurking tholr
Irst visit to the city to remark , ' "Why , . I had
10 Idea you bad such n largo place , that you
carried such a complete stoclc nf goods. "
To do uwuy with the lack ot appreciation
of this character Iho dry goods jobbers have
adopted the plan of encouraging
heir customers to visit the city.
f hey give each traveling man the credit for
ho sulos made to his customers In tliu house.
Omaha's jobbing houses are so much larger
than generally supposed that this plan nilcht
vork to advantage lu all branches of the job-
ling Irudo.
Tbo fact must not be ov"'ooUoU that the
dry goods trade of this city n s made won
derful progress during iho past year. In
plto of short crops and stringent money
narkcts iho business him been rapidly broad-
onlni ; out and It Is to bo interest of ovary Nebraskan -
braskan , yes , and of every western business
nan , to do what ho ran to keen up this move-
uont in the right direction.
The now Hotel Brunswick , 10th and
aclcson. with nil modern Improvem outs
Now open for guoatg. Moderate prlcoa
CONTINENTAL
CLOTHI lOUSE
The Event of * the Season.
Over $50,00 worth of Men's , Boys' and Children's Overcoats and Ulsters from
the wholesale stock of the Continental Clothing House of Boston , shipped to Omaha
and offered this week at prices averaging about 60 cents on the dollar of the regular
retail prices , affording the public an opportunity of buying an overcoat at less than
manufacturer's cost. A sale of this magnitude has never been attempted in Omaha.
We mean to unload these goods in the next 15 days. Come early.
Overcoats ' Oi/ercoats Children's ' Overcoats
i , / , ,
Jin's ' Ulsters , 1 Ulsters , Children's ' Ulsters ,
The prices at which these goods are marked places us in a position to under"
sell all competitors. This sale means goods retailed at less than jobbers' prices.
We cannot attempt a description. The extent and variety of this stock is be
wildering and when it is borne in mind that we sell only reliable , first-class goods , it
makes this sale worthy the attention of every person in Nebraska.
Our limited space will allow us to mention only a few of the most attractive
lots.
$8.00. $8.00. $8.00. .
Lot No. 1. We call attention to 100 pure , all wool , heavy weight diagonal overcoats , made
in the best manner , guaranteed color , and sold in any retail store at $13 , Our price $8.
Lot No. 2 : We offer 125' black beaver Overcoats , serge lined , silk velvet collars , fly front ,
and made up in excellent style at $6.50 each. Sold in the usual course of trade for $10.
Lot No. 3. This is one of the choicest lots in the whole stock , made from a handsome Ker
sey , handsomely lined , silk velvet collar and in every respect a first class .garment , usually re
tailed at $18. Our price at this sale , $11'each.
Lot No. 4. We offer 75 Oxford mixed Kersey Overcoats , satin sleeve linings , a regular tai
lor made overcoat of the highest grade , the average retail price of which is $22 ; we offer , until
closed at $13.
$14.00 $14.00 $14,00 ,
Lot No. 5. We offer 125 Kersey Overcoats in three different shades , goods made by us
early in the season for our finest trade , elegantly trimmed , and cannot be bought outside of our
store for less than $20 , Our price at this sale will be $14.
We have sold more ulsters this season than ever before. They have become very popular'
At this sale we offer the best values ever shown in this city. Remember , no shoddy at any
price. Only reliable goods sold at the Continental.
MEN'S SUIT DEPARTMENT.
The balance of the suit stock bought recently from Miner , Beal & Co. , of Boston , will be
closed out this week. Many of the best lots are still in good shape. Don't miss this oppor-
unity of buying a first-class business or dress suit at a saving of from $5 to $8 on each suit.
BOYS' OVERCOAT DEPARTMENT.
$3.50 $3.75 $4.00
At this sale we offer bargain lots of boys' Cape Overcoats at $3.50 , $3.75 and $4.
BOYS'STORM COATS AND ULSTERS , '
Special bargain lines at $5 , $5.50 and $6 ,
BOYS' SUIT DEPARTMENT.
Special bargain line during this sale at $3 , $3.50 , $4 and $4.50.
CONTINENTAL CLOTHING HOUSE , Cor , Douglas and 15th Sts
The Largest Wholesale and Retail Clothing House West of the Mississippi