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Alfred Benjamin's Suits and Overcoats In handling the suits and overcoats made by Alfred Benjamin & Co. we are obliged to close out
each season's styles and not carry over any but show fresh goods each season.
Saturday Morning we begin closing out the Suits and Overcoats bearing the Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s label.
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urday's price. ,
Old price
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urday's price .
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28.00 Sat
urday's price.
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$25.00 Sat
urday's price.
Old price
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urday's price .
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urday's price..
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urday's price.
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urday's price.
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urday's price .
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urday's price
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Saturday's Sale
Every Winter Ovor-
coat rouueou to the
above schedule
. The
Difference
Conditions are the
same with nil mcrchm In at tho
end of the season. Hnrv alno are
sure to bo offered, but tho dif
ference between a stock of cults
of such merchandise as we offer
at this sale anil a raeager selec
tion of cheap trash la very
great.
The
Prudent
Buyer
The attention o the
pruilont buyer must bo attracted
to thlB ea!o o It appeals to tho
person who wauls tho most value
for tho money, rather ttmn no
valuo for a little outlay. The man
who has onco worn such a suit
as Alfred Benjamin & Co.
make, can never be satisfied with
any other.
If
You Don't
know great values
when you boo them bring some
0110 with you who does. A
knowledgo of tho quality of tho
cloth, character of workmanship
Is necessary to fully appreciate
tho value wo will glvo In this
sale Saturday.
Suits
Olil Prior i:iS.OO
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Old Prlee UO.IM
Nev Prlee
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.Nevr Price
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.New Price
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Shoe Talk
S2.50iu more no less.
Much has been said the last few days about shoe values.
Saturday wo nm no nn offer thut bents thorn nil all our SXoO. $1 nnd $5 shoos goat
This includes twenty-five cases of new spring lots of high
priced, stylish footwear which can only bo found in tho hitfh prade stores
They conio in black, tan. calf, box calf, viei kid, enamel and patent leathers sin
glo and double soles w'lth extension or closed vdiros -bull do;;, London and Cor
nell toes This will bo tho sensational shoe wilo of Omaha.
Saturday $2.50 No More No Less.
iiT Aft9'i' rffxr nVPI enJam'n's Suits and in this sale, Saturday, no fall or winter Suits or Overcoats will be reserved thoy must bo closed out as wo are getting in our new
U-UIi well 1 J vJVvl spring line and need the room and money. Sale begins Saturday morning.
CONTINENTAL CLOTHIN COMPANY,
BV8, E.COR. FIFTEENTH
AND DOUGLAS STS.
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PLANS 1;I)R PUBLIC WORKS
Paving and Grnainc Operations Will Be
Begun Within a Montb.
DECAYED CEDAR BLOCKS WILL BE TORN UP
Bliuiy rnvliiK onrn' hU Open
ing of .SirlHK-N'i- )"i"' '
llr llPiulrrL-tl liiiiiiunu
(rum rr!Hlii'tx.
good
carry
ami
From
Tho cnKlncfiiiiK lirpartment ban secured
tho council's approval to the new pavlnc
anil Kradlng speclllcatlnnB and as noon in
prlnK offers n promiHC 01
weather, which It bids fair to
out. contractn will be awarded
larnn amount of nubile work beniin.
tho petitions which have been passed upon
liy tho council It Is aFtmred that Omaha's
elRlity-two miles of pavements will bo ma
terially Increased durliiK the coming season.
Tho ordinances already passed ami approved
UKKresate several miles, with u number of
other petitions now on Mo with tho city
clerk. In several cas the property owners
liavo expressed their preferenro In tho ma
terial to bo used and bills for tho work will
ho Invited at onco by tho Hoard of Public
Works. Tho board expects to begin tho
eason's operations within a month.
Thnroare still over tlfteen miles of wooden
Mock pavements In the elty and the efforts
of tho board will bo directed toward sub
fctltutlng other material for that unfortunate
experiment. Asphalt Is the favored ma
terial for ordinary tralllc. heading the IW
rlth nearly thirty miles; stone block Is
second, with twenty-four miles, and brick
tirlngs up tho reiir with eleven miles.
Tho principal paving work certain
lo ho . entered upon Is as fol'o,s:
Twenty-second street. Davenport to Cali
fornia; Twenty-elgutn street.
worth to l'opplcton avenue;
eighth avenue, Karnam to Dowey
Twenty-fourth street. Uoy! to Ames avenue;
Twenty-fourth street, Dodge to Karnam;
Thirty-seventh street, Karnam to Leaven
worth; Ames avenue. Twenty-second to
Twenty-fifth; Cuming street. Fortieth to
Korty-second; Hurt Btreet, Thirty-eighth to
Fortieth; Cass nnd Chicago streets, Six
teenth to Twenty-second. Vinton street from
Twentieth to Twenty-fourth will also bo
paved with stone block under a contract let
by the Hoard of Park Commissioners. The
street hns been turned over to the board
for that purpose In return for an Increase In
the levy for the park fund. When tho work
Is done the street will once moro pass to tho
control of tho city.
Only a small, amount of grading Is con
templated at thlB time, tho principal opcr-
1 atlons being on Pholps street, from Thir
teenth to Sixteenth, and on Eleventh street
from William to Lincoln avenue.
If $7..000 Is made ayallablo by tho pro
posed bond Issuo the North Omaha main
sewer will bo completed at once, and that
portion of the city rendered Immune from
freshets. The main on Thirty-first street,
from Sprnguo to Plnckney. Is now almost
completed, $22,000 having been already ex
pended on tho work. The main near Fort
Omaha will require a further outlay of $.'0,
pno before the last brick Is laid. If tho pro
poi I bond Issue falls to carry the work
will bo tied up Indefinitely.
Thirty-f tho grades would do away with this annoy
avenue; 'mice. The schools were closed about three
weeks ago, wo understand, by order of the
superintendent of Instruction, Complaint
was mado at tho first meeting of the school
board following the cloning of the school, n
commltteo waa appointed to investigate and
to roport at the meeting of tho board last
Monday evening, but they failed to report.
Wo aro not surprised at this, as there would
not bo much to roport, only that the school
wore Btlli closed.
If this committee had visited one or two
of the houses nearest to tho West Sido
school they would have found pupils who
aro not attending any school slnco they
havo been closed out, owing to Ill-health
and the distance to schools having their
grades. Also at the Kckerman school a
number of children could have been found
coasting. Some of these children are too
email to be hauled in a wagon so tar through
the cold. Also In Ambler Place several
children aro not going to school since this
change.
The writer Is personally acquainted with
most of tho families and their children In
the community of these schools who aro
ready to corroborate any statement mado in
this communication. We know if tho mem
hers of the Hoanl of (education were In
possession of tho real facts of tho situation
they would, next .Monday evening, voto
unanimously tor tho opening nt these schools.
V. O. DAVIE.
FATE TREMBLES IN BALANCE
Under Oase of Frank Derr Goes to Jnry in
the Criminal Court.
ATTORNEYS MAKE VIGOROUS ARGUMENTS
Connor I for Hefenwe Spiinn n .Sen.
Hill I nt Moriiliiit' Mi'MxIon, Cliuru
liiK t'onfVreiier HeMvren Wlt
iti'ixi'H a nil Juror.
THREE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
l'ritf AsiiliiMt Iteoent Aelhm of Su
uerlnteuilt'iit of I (i m rui't Ion In
i i-HtiK"t lm In Deuiuntlril.
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I OMAHA, Feb. 23 To the Editor of The
'. llee. Omaha has nlways prided Itself on
Its excellent schools. Wo havo always tried
to Helen good men on the Hoard of Educn-
tlon, so that tho government of samo
' might reeelvo tho proper attention. We, as
1 citizens nnd voters, therefore, expect our
' children to receive a fair education. The
' s hook In question aro those which havo
j recently been closed In tho southwest part
of the city, namely, the West Side, Ambler
I and Eckerman schools.
These schools have been successfully inalu-
i tallied through several years of hard tlmoi
(and now In a time of prrapctlty nnd with
i prospect of a continuance of the bamo tor
tho next four years at least, wo do not un
derstand why. without notice or Investi
gation, that this should bo dune. It Is not
only j gross injustice, but nn Insult to the
Inw-abldlng citizens and patrons of tho
schools.
If this has been done to economise, would
It not havo been better to divide this burden
with all tho ujIiouIh and to continue the
schiola In West Side. Ambler and EcUer
mnu? And If necessary do without tho gun
racks at tho High school and other luxuries
for the piescnl until stuii a time as the
board thought tho financial condition of the
treasury would warrant tho purchaso of ilio
same. Wo do not ask for pianos In our
schmls, but are content with tho "little re.l
school hoitbo." so our children rooclve the
education they aro entitled to,
The writer has been a citizen of Omaha
for tho past fourteen years and a rtfcldent of
tlil3 particular community for the past seven
venrs; tie nas raised a sutuii lamny oi ciui
HARD TOJdBAT
The Evidence of Our Senses. What
Omaha People Say is Prelty Good
Proof for Omaha People,
When wo see It ourselves.
When our own ears hear it.
When our neighbors toll It.
Our friends endorse It.
No better evidence can he had.
It's not what people say It Mulno,
Or distant mutterlngs In California.
No deceiving echoes hero.
Omaha people talk about Omaha people.
Vubllo opinions published for the public
good.
There Is no proof like home proof.
Head this statement made by a citizen.
t.Mr. J. O. Taylor of 112 So. 2Stli street,
motor man for the street railway company,
ays: "My back was weak anil bothered mo
moro or less ever slnco a boy. but It never , llrn, nml (re,i t0 gV0 tilem tho proper olu-
11IUTTON WAXTS TO I1H I" 1 1 1 I .
Nnutli Oiiuilin florae llujcr IlrliiKW
HitlieiiN CorpiiM Proceed Iiikn,
Peter nrltton, a South Omaha horeo buyer,
was arrested Thursday afternoon on au
thority of a telegram from Palmyra, Mn.,
saying that ho was wanted there, but it Is
alleged that no Information was given as to
tlm charge against him. Ilrltton's wife in
terested herself on behalf of her husband,
nnd yesterday application for hnbeas
corptiH was made In Judge Baker's court.
Ilritton has recently returned from a horse
buying tour through MUsouil. He seta forth
In his application that he Is restrained of
his liberty In the county Jail without due
procesa of law.
Statements made by the pollco do not tally
with tho story told by Ilritton in his habeas
corpus appliuitlou. Tho ofllcers say he Is
charged with otubezzlenient of $?00. and that
thoro Is nothing mysterious about the tele
gram ordering ihu arretit. It Is further
charged that Ilritton Is named in Chicago
for embezzlement of H.lOw.
was so bad until the summer of 1S9S when
tho exposition wis In operation. My back
got so had that I felt like giving up work,
and every time the car Jolted or Jarred the
sharp twinges through my back were al
most unbearable. 1 took different medicines,
but received little lienellt. When l saw
Dean's Kidney Pills advertised I procured a
box at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store. They
helped mo right away, and two boxes cured
me."
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers. Price 60 rents. Mailed by Ftstcr-Mil-burn
Co.. Murrain, N Y . nolo agents ror the
United States.
Romembtr the name, Doan e, and take no
tnsr.
cation, which Is an impossibility under tne
present management. What we need In this
nan of tho city Is the opening up of all
the schools which are now i loscd and all the
grades taught, fitting the scholars tor the
High school.
A number of our children aro going three
miles to school on account of tho grade.
The Heard of Edu-atluii. however, furnishes
tranHportntlon In the way of street car
tickets for children under 10 years of age
and expect children 1.1 years of age to
b carried on tho name. The children have
been annoyed by the conductors threatening
to put them off tho tars, whl-h they are in
structed to do In case a fare Is not paid
Opening the school and putting In all
Stood Dentil On.
E. U. Munday, a lawyer or Henrietta, Tpx.,
onco fooled a grave digger. Ho says: "My
hrothci wa3 very low with malarial fever
and Jaundice. I persuaded him to try Elec
tric Hitters and ho was koon much better,
but continued their use until he was wholly
Hired. I am uure Electric Hitter saved his
life." This remedy expels malaria, kills
disease germs and purlflffl tho blood; aids
dlc.estlnn, regulates liver, kidneys and
bowels, cures constipation, dyspepsia, ncrv.
ouf dlsencH, kidney troubles, temalo com
plaint j; give perfect health. Only 00c nt
Kubu & Co.'s durg store.
The fate of Frank Dorr, tho alleged mur
derer of Thomas Flaherty, who waa shot and
mortally wounded In South Omaha Christmas
eve, 1b suspended in the balance, held In the
bands of a Jury Instructed by Judgo Maker of
the criminal court.
Attorneys concluded their argument lato
Friday afternoon nnd when the last word
was in Dorr heaved a ulgh, Tho faithful wife
who has accompanied him through tho trial
walked with him uway from the courthouse.
At night a few courthouse loungers ap
peared to hear tho verdi'i. It was not cer
tain that the Jury would reach a conclusion,
but the courtroom was held open. At 11
o'clock tin ball Iff h retired nnd the jury was
toft ror further deliberation.
Dorr's lawveiK eny that Policeman Patrick
Rlnn of South Omaha, one of tho principal
wltnrnses for the state, was In conversation
with one of the Jurors Thursday while court
waa not In session. The attorneys did not
pretend to have positive Information as to
tho nature of the conversation, but they did
ntscrt that there was communication nn some
subject and they tegardod that an enough
to warrant an Investigation.
Tho namo of tho Juror was not mentioned
Policeman Itlnn was aked what ho had to
say 111 answer to tho charge. lie denied
that he had had any conversation whatover
with nny of the Juror. The members ot
tho Jury were Interrogated privately and
ono of them, whoso name was not made
public, admitted that Itltut had spoken to
him with reference to gambling cases In
South Omaha, but ho declared that no men
tion was mado ot tho Derr rase.
There was no reault from the charge
feado by Derr's atlornej, but It ap
peared lor a few minutes that uensatlonal
developments might come.
Tho forenoon session of court was taken
up In rebuttal testimony Introduced by tho
prosecution. Pcveral members of the South
Omnha poll?o force were quitttlont-d as to
the statements made by Derr Immediately
after ho ahot Flaherty nnd ns to other
featured of tho case brought out In tho
original examination, but their testimony
was of no particular Intercht.
added to tho persuasive power of the step
mother, the petltlonern relate, and In Janu
ary. ISM, Patrick O'Connor deeded to his
wire all he owned in Omaha, the valuo being
estimated at $5,000. It is inld that the deed
wan not lecorded until arter tho death of
O'Connor. In ronclifslon the petitioners sot
forth that the titlo to tho property was se
cured by tho ubo of undue inlluence and the
court Is prayed to set nsldo the deed.
SMYTH'S (III.IKtTIO.NS 'lit IIAKKII.
Attorney (irnerill Setn I'ortli 1 1 In
Itcunon for Wuntlne n i'rnimfer.
Attorney Oeneral Smyth has filed his ob
jections to having the state case against tho
Omaha National Uank and J. II. Millard
tried before Judge Maker. Several daya ago
the attorney general announced that he
would not agree to have Judge Baker pas
upon the case, since It has been remnnded
by the supremo court, and now he pleads an
his reasons that Judge liaker Is on friendly
terms with tho defendant and with one or
ths attorneys ror tho dcrense to such extent
as to warrant the conclusion that he might
be biased In his rulings.
This case grows out of the defalcation of
ex-Treasurer Hartley, who was a depositor
In the defendant bank. In addition to his
chief allegation, the attorney general also
allege error on the part of Judge. Maker.
Tho epso would in the natural course of
routine process go to Judge linker's docket,
for the reason that he was tho trial Judge
on tho first hearing In the district court.
The attorney general asks that tho matter
be transferred to Judge Estello's docket.
The defendants' attorneyn will fllo answer
tomorrow.
i)iti:i:i, mtivcs .v i.inni. si'it.
l).l tJHTEHS WiinVI' Vrr.l'alOTIIF.U.
Children of TnliieU O'Connor Auk for
. itjtlntliient of Kxltite,
Mrs. Eileen Slfson and Mrs. Deborah Hur
ton have (lied suit In the district court
ugainst Mr. Catherine O'Connor. anUIng
that the deed to certain Omaha real estate
lio net Muliln The plaintiff are lauahtrrH nt
CHICAGO. Feb. 2.",. Lieutenant (lovernor , lll0 ,Uo O'Connor, who died a month
Timothy I.. Woodruir or New York visited j a0 ( Mti city Tno .replant ;! the
tho University or Chicago today as the .,,,. nf .. deceased hii eecund ulfr
According to tlio petition, wnen Patrick
O'Connor tools unto hlnwelf n new wife, sho
mado hetticir to disagreeable to the djugh-ti.r-4,
Elleon and Deborah, thnt ihev l.-rt
heme. Subsequently 'ht.v mairted. one of
them now IIvcm In Colorado, tho oilier In
Moutana- D is further alleged that the mcp
moiher took advantage ..f Ut-r Husband's ud-
Scuiill TulLfc mHIi llrsiui. vanctxi age aim mental ue-Jimy to tne extent
ATLANTA. Ha. K'i. IT--Hon. Arthur that rho Induced him to cut Ills children nir
Sewiill of Math. Me eunii late for yl e ' wn0llt ,.cni. n it, alleged Uiat 'ho edd
pres dent on the riemoc rn e ticket foil- .... ,, ., .. .,, ,,ut,,,
vcurs age. had a ronfeien-c today with Mr. I '"a" "ked his rum and It was his habit o
Hryan on the train which Drought the Nc- i tho petition states, to atow away largo quan
hrasknu to Atlanta and left at noon for New tltlcil ot thc Keductlvn beverage every day.
nTatrukr0 A 1 rav.ted h.a mental mflrmlty and
lament Slulil, Independent I'opullnt
Council Cnmllilnte, In llefemlniit.
John C. Drexel, fusion nominee for city
council from tho First ward, has filed suit
for $50,000 against Ernest Stunt, his Independent-populist
opponent, charging defa
mntlon of character. The petition contains
two counts.
The first rottnt Is based on a report of a
talk mado by Stuht, which appeared In Thn
Mee. February 10, In which ho spoke In un
complimentary terms of Drexel and of his
conduct of the olllco of sheriff a few years
ago.
Tho second rottnt Is basod on "words or
mouth" uttered by Stuht, In which tho alle
gations are substantially the same. Drexel
Interprcto the utterances made by Stuht to
be hfrloiisly damaging, fo tho languago or
libs petition Indicates.
The Cosmopolitan
Muntlcs. as raanufacturod by tho Cosmopolitan Incandescent Gas Light
Co., of Chicuffo, havo been pronounced by tho United States Circuit Court
as no iiifrhitfemtMit upon tho Welsbach mantles tho Injunction under the
Hewson patents lieliif: denied, nald patentH boliic deolntPd null nnd void.
The Cosmopolitan Incandescent
Gas Mantles
have now a clear title and dealers anil liners may now piircliase, sell and
use tho Cosmopolitan Incandescent (ins Light .Mantles without Interfor.
ouce, and rely upon them to
Beat the
best mantle for durability, brlllinncy of lltjlit and economy of price. 1
cents at all dealers. No part of the Cosmopolitan Mnntlu can now bo
construed as Infringing upon any patents of the
Welsbach.
'EAST, WEST.'HOME IS BEST," IF KEPT
CLEAN WITH
SAPOLIO
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Wo ml r off VImUn Unlvemllv.
guest of President Harper .and made a short
address to the ntudonts at Kent hall. This
noon he was the attest of tho Hamilton club
nt an Informal dinner given In his honor, i
Lato this afternoon n reception a III be ten
dered Lieutenant Governor Woolruff and his
wife by tho Independent Penwomcn's club In
tho Fine Arts building
l(li llrjiui.
Aotew of tlie Coiirli.
Tenu Rooney has filed divorce suit Hgnlnit
John V. Ilooney. alleging eunily und other
Indignities.
Information has been filed ngalnHt Peter
Peterson of Floronce, charging blm with
being Insane. A ilopVy nhe-rlrf has gone
to FloretUfi to restrain the unfortunate.
The action ot Anton Vltousch against the
co. nty . ommlssloners to prevent the reten
tion nf an unlicensed engineer at the court
l:nue was docketed In Judge Keysor's
court yesterday, but was continued because
the county attorney was engaged In an
other case. It will be beard tomorrow.
A. M. Cowle. the benmlrcned member of
th school board. Ii.ih filed n motion In the
dlxtrlrt .urt to (iu.ihIi Hie lndtclm. :it
pending against him on uooiint of alleged
technical errors In Ms .it r ilcnmtit and
preliminary examination I'Jtfhteen dif
ferent counts are set forth, euih one be
ing f'rli tly technical
On February 25th
Through First. Class Pullman Sleepers betAeen
CHICAGO and
SAN FRANCISCO
will bo Inuujfurnted by tho
GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE
Tho Colorado Hookies nnd tho Sierra Nevada
Crossed By Day-Lit'lit in Hoth Directions.
The Grandest Scenery in the World
Pullman e Finest Ilrnail Vestlbuled Sleepers on
Limited Trains - Dining Car Hervl -e Through
Llbr.'iiy lluffet Cars.
Dltect Connections to and from Boutbern California
Westhoiiml l.euve Omuliii Dully nt ll.'HI y, ra.
Far Information and deicrlptlvo book add rets
C. A. HI iilKltl'OMI), fii:i:itAI, AC.KVr.
joiiv sr.iiASTiAX, i. r. a.. eiue)Ae;e.
1323 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
REFRESHING SLEEP,
lilsrsford's Acid Phosphate
Quiets the nttve3, relieves the tired
and confused condition of the brain,
and induces refreshing sleep.
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