THE ()VrAITA
BEE: SATURDAY.
"M" Alien ni, 1000. 5
Millinery, Suits, Waists, Etc.
NDEIS&SO
Unmatchabl
ViIuh in
S u its and Skirts
The Newest
Fashions.
Spring
Extraordinary offerings in Ladies' Man-Tailored Suits and Dress Skirts not an old gar
ment not a passe style, every one in the newest and swellost fashions of the day; thoroughly
well tailored and fitted with faultless perfection. Look at these prices!
5
s2.98s7.50s5.00 4.98 8.95 3.96 3.98
for new plalil
skirts, like cut,
Jn the IntPBt
eprlnj: colors,
new slonoH, lino
percnllno lined,
perfect hanging.
for now sloped
skirt, like cut, of
line quality
broadcloth, ap
plique border
around bottom
and deep necor
dlon plaited
tlouuce.
for newest box
slope Jacket suit,
perfect tttttne;
Kiirments, In
tans, browns and
grays, all well
lined, extraordi
nary values.
for new 20th
century Imported
crepon skirts,
like cut. new
slope, new back,
tine percallne
lined, best of
binding, n very
dressy tsklrt.
for smnll Kton
suit, like cut, of
tine homespun or
covert, cont silk
lined, skirt nicely
stitched, strictly
tailor mou'e.
for rainy day
skirts, like cut,
plaid back ma
terial, rows of
stitching at bot
tom, desirable
1 shades and nil
lengths.
for elegantly
tailored suits,
similar to cut,
newest Kton
shape, large ro
vers, seams
elaborately
stitched, greatost
values of the
.day.
In brilliant triumph our opening has been
voted by every la'ly as the most impressive that
has ever taken place in tho city. Such beau
tiful and superior trimmed hats at such astonish
ingly lo.v figures have caused the sensation. To
more fully show
our underselling
facilities we will
sell today
1,000 Trimmed Hats
constructed b y
our own staff,
composed of the
verv best artists
in Omaha. J liese
hats are made of
tho very bestqual
ity of material
and are exact
copies of $25.00
imported hats, for
Saturday at
GRAND OPENING SUE
CARPETS and DRAPERIES
Never since we have been In tho carpet and drapery business have we bee
In a position to show such an Immense stock and endless variety In these
goods. Our stock Includes everything that Is new, stylish uwl desirable. Hav
ing bought before the late big advance In values, we uro able to make prices
for our opening sale that cannot, be discounted by any house In the United
States. We are selling
Free In Millinery Dept-
Handsome colored oil lithographs four
feet long nnd one foot wide. Ilnval designs,
given away to purchasers In Millinery de
partment Saturday only
OPENING SALE LADIES' NECKWEAR
150 dozen ladies' high class lace ties, trimmed with all
kinds of lace, including Valenciennes, Mechlin rufflos;black
and cream silk ties, over 60 different styles, worth up to
$1.50 each, in this sale at IE. OCa QQa aafth
15o, 25c and 39c each luCj uG, w5JC CdU.I
Thousands of ladies' fine ties made of fine silk chiffon.
crepede chine, mousseline de soie, black, cream and all col
ors, all go in three lots at 49c,
69c and 98c
l i Evory tic in this lot guaranteed worth double.
49c, 69t?, 98c
OPENING SALE HANDKERCHIEFS
5c
1,000 dozen ladlos' lino Imported lmndkorohiefs, hand
somcly trlmmod with all kinds of lace, ombroidory
and Insertion. Regular price- up to 2."c In thin sale, at'
Thousands of dozens of fino imported
Swiss embroidered and linen handkerchiefs
go in lots at 10c, 15c and 25c. Worth up
to $1.00.
I.ndles' nnd gents' all' kinds of sheer pure Irish linen handkerchiefs, all
(widths of hemstitched, go at 7c, 10c, and lU&c each, worth up to LTic.
GRAND OPENING SALE DRESS TRIMMINGS
In tills department we are showing the latest novelties In all kinds of dress
trimmings, Including fringes, appliques, garnitures, spangled nets, all on sule
Katurday.and worth up to $10.0Q yard. '",
polka dots in
Made full seamless. Worth
up to 25c pair, go at
Grand Opening Sale
HOSIERY
One immense lot
ladies' fancy hosiery
in. plain and fancy
colors, boot patterns,
almost every color.
I2jc
ladles' fancy lisle thread hosiery
In stripes, plaids, checks, pink, blue,
rod and all colors. Worth up to "tie,
in this sale at S2."e pair.
25c
Ladles' fancy colored hose In almost
every imaginable style, In plain and
Itlclielle'u ribbed, boot patterns. Over
r0 styles to select from, worth up to
2."c, In this opening sale at S'ic
8'2o
fiOo quality children's tine Imported
fancy lisle thread hose. In all colors, J
stripes and plaids. Regular price W)e, I III
go at 10c pair. iwlf
Men's hnlf hoso over tfi different styles, almost
every color. Regular price up to 50c. All mmle full
seamless, some with double soles, spliced heels,
go In this sale at, pair,
lOc, 15c and 25c
LntlrrV 'line Imported mercerized
silk: hose, fast, black, all sizes, guar
anteed wqrtlru'p to 7.c, opetilng sale'
price U."'c. '
25c
Draped Street HatS on wire frames, trim
med with pleated chiffon, net, ilowers, tfS Fjft
quills, very nobby, at unusual value of qj),3U
We also display for the first time at this Satur
day's sale Copies from Our French (Mel Hats
that cost $40 and $50 Eft Q tfkgQ
our price JMijSJ Q& JmZ
Children's Trimrcies! Hats.
An exquisite showing of new, stylish Trimmed
Hats, trimmed with flowers and ribbons, on sale
75c, SI.50 and $2.60.
Flowers.
We have three immense bargain squares with
new, fresh, clean Flowers, every variety imagin
able, roses, lilacs, pansies, foliage, etc., at
15c, 25c and 50c.
VEILING AND KID GLOVES.
In this department will be found i High novelties In Veils, Wash
the very best makes of kid gloves u.llr ..., ,.,,, a.
suitable for dress, evening and plls- Sllk pf'- 1 Spot
street wear. In all the latest ' Veils The ln'ost European Nov-
slmiles, every ll.ilr guaranteed and i . ,,, ,. ,, ,,...
Ilttnd to the hand If doslred, ro j -" with silk fringe,
at nso $1.33 and Sl.iiO; worth up to i worth In the regular waj up to
J2.23.p;dr. ' M.OO. go at 15 . 25c, Mr nnd !Wr each.
All our flue Smith & Dobson Hundreds of pairs new tapestry por-
extra velvets In, all the very hi- ft lures, hundreds of new eUgant designs
test designs, With or without MSP 1,1 ra,,! I'nrt'un-H, thousands of pairs
borders at WWW new beautiful lace curtnlna from thn
" "" cheapest Xotttlngham to the eltgunt
Ilrussels and llatteiiborg.
All our lino Axmlnster and .r00 pairs line satin derby
Moquette carpets, ' beautiful ft J- "01l',k,,e8 h,1 "i i"lf- IUf $1 QQ
line of patterns to select from. HbR 'V? a"a ful1 ''IiUD
your choice WVU width and length ww
MM) pairs beautiful tapestry
portieres In the new mat- QQ
All our best 10-wIro Urns. elasse weave, all the latest f- IJQ
sels carets, Including tho very and richest colorings, ut...
best makes. Smith's. Sun-fl- 7W 1-alrs line Ottoman
ford's. Uoxbury & Co., ele-Unfi " ,crl,' Pr,r; Portieres. Includ.
gant ilne of patterns UIU K ,.Verythlng that is new and olesau
in design, go at
$3 98 and $4 98 pair
All the very, ilnest strictly JM) pairs handsome morcerlztd nil
all wool ingrains," the latest ts.rtleres with nP 'l
productions from such ZSSL' '
ns Twell and Hartford, all atJjQ 'Cn Inntl SI2-5Q pair
0110 0 nrnrndiid7of palw line Nottlngbaiu
: laco curtains, every pair a bargain, from
All the extra super C. O. iu-Of 75c to $2 SO pair
grain carpet, all wool tilling, jHl Hundreds of elegant llaUrwt, lnin-
,,t ! WU (ion Hrussels and Wattenborg efTct cn
curtains, no end to the variety of
' styles,
All the extra heavy union ln-C S2-98 to $3-98 lair
grain and granite carpets, bun- nR Hundreds of pairs beautiful IrlHh
dreds of stvles to select from.. .vw 1)olnt curtains, handsome denlsD, m-
mense variety, Boston Store price,
Sl.39 to SI2-5Q pair
l.(MM) rolls of straw matting Hundreds of pairs exquisite real liru-
and tlber carpet In overy Im-dAI sels lace curtains, beauUful Hue f pat-
aglnnble color and design, lyLl terns, from AJ ,
from 12Vic yard up 2W $3.98 to $15-00 pair
I AHCfi and EMBROIDERY
Tn ttds Bnlo will be shown tho very latest embroidery novelties, nil lnd
In nl" the up- S-dato sTyfe" all widths of silk and applique laco, rnmlManto faiea. uP
ilre luce, lorchou and valcnclenncs lace, l'r Ices guaranteed to bo ulmost Unit otnw
Mt0rWo aTe' showing tltr- very finest, embroidery and Insertion. Ineludlng swlss. lc?nA
nnlnsook; In SS ho . Ifterent width. Including .ill-ovors Many Tile lots, on Ws1A
",, mr at IVi", &c, 10c and 12'4c ICvery yard worth double.
OPENING SALE ALL BRAND NEW 1900 WASH GOODS AND FANCY WA
SH GOODS
-MOST COMPLETE AND POSITIVELY 0NLY TMratf
. .. WhllA m. Parle WhllA Full lino Pnro all linen Fancy Full lino of 40-Inch plain col- . D . D-W
Ind a !:hlle Opera lar,s m? n u'ml'i wktta 40- noh n . . . n . o ci Imperial Batiste Brenton
. . Persian Mousse- Wash Dotted H ndk t Wh3te oauphmie cords
Linons iawns Batiste ine Chiffon Qwk Linen Ooods Lawns Batiste Dimities Aragon Batiste
frm OWI5 suitable for shirt ReVBr L3WnS at at
frm -Ifitn.wldo from from from tho tlnest to from waists, from from Eui J I9'ull
10c to 50c yd 20c to 45c yd 35c to 59c yd 35c to 59c yd 50c to $1 yd the cheapest. 49c to $2 yd 10c to 50c yd 10c to 25c yd lie yard I8C Yw IPC Iq l0C ig '2p a
Novelty LawnB and I A p oordod Pique, I C Full line Foulardima Cp J-- "rZ QU Plain colored Gingham n p LS" T.T'U"
Dimities IZ2blyard JU at, yard Jbliut-ir v (1 r,. J feateon, 8Jc yd. up 02u cliambray etlect, 84c up UiUl"'uvr.
MID-ROADERS IN POSSESSION
Znttr th Peter Oooper Olub Boom and
Change tho Looks,
, RECOGNIZED AS TENANT BY RENTAL AGENT
Antl-Funlon PopullnU Sprlnw n Snr
prle Upon lie I'lr-lltiii(rii
(lounl, Slntc unit Count)' llend
(juitrtera ut Cluli Iloonm.
Tho hewlquarters of tho Peter Cooper club
presented an animated pcene Friday after
noon when tho "oxpolled" contingent, or
niddlc-of-the-road populist, took posses
elon of the. disputed club rooms.
lAat Tuesday nlKht when tho fusion
branch of the olub formnlly expelled all
those members who had taken part In tho
a.tacoln convention which decided to send
delegates to Cincinnati, thoy professed tn
believe that they would tw permitted to re
tain peacoful posaeeflloa of tho rooms, and
nt that time norvod formal notice upon K. V.
Morcarty,. erstwhile secretary nnd custodian
of tho olub rooms, to reanovo hl effects, as
If Ydu are Tired.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Affords immediate reuef in memtai ona
physical exhaustion and insomnki.
Quiets and strengthens the nerves.
CenuIiM txirt name HoMTOiw'soa wrapper.
his services would no longer bo required.
Mr, Morearty refuped to inovo nnd some,
tlmo thereafter his desk and contents wore
ejrctol from tho room nnd placed In nn ad
joining room which tho expelled members
promptly rented. To maintain possession of
tho hall tho fuslonlstM put a now lock upon
tho door.
Upon heliiK expelled tho mlddlo-of-the-road
populists Incorporated under tho nnmo
of tho I'ctor Cooper I'opulist club. On Fri
day tho otllcers called upon A. O. llarkei.
agent for tho building In which the club
rcom is located, and paid tho rent on tho
room until May 11. They then proceeded to
tho building where a number of their nsso
ctntcj hud congregated and attempted to
outer the hall. No one was present to op.
poso them, but tho door wns locked. Tho
leaders thon left tho building for a fow mo
mcnts and when they returned they found
tho dear open.
.Mhldlc-llouilci-n (art 1'in'iiIii tl.
Whllrt no ono can be found who will con
fess that Ju knows Juw tho door was
opened, tho triumphant mlddle-of-tho-rond-ers
entered , lind romoved tho lock which
would not respond to their keys, placing in
Its stead one provided for tho occasion. As
soon as they had chansed tho lock on the
dcor ft triumphal procession was formed
nnd tho desk of i.Morearty returned nnd
placed In Its accustomed position.
Tho neoct thing wns to defend themselves
from reprisals. An appeal to the mayor for
protection resulted In n regular policeman
bolng detailed to guard the room and pre
vent disturbance, while threti members wero
sworn In as epectnl olllcers to assist him If
necessary. This accomplished, tho members
retted from their labors In tho hall, where
ono of tfoo "expelled" had provided a
grophophona for their amusement. While
tho men were awaiting developments which
did not develop ono of their number saw the
picture of Uryun, which has heretoforo dec
orated tho wall of tho room and ujion for
mal motion tho picture wuh turned toward
cho wall.
B. Morenrty, secretary of the populist
(mlddlo-of-tho-road) state committee, said
that now that the club hail obtained pos
session of all of the vacant rcosns nn that
floor of tho building, tho county, stato nnd
national headquarters of the party would bo
maintained there. There will bo a prlvato
room for tho national and state chairman
nnd for meh secretary, besides tho regulnr
clubroom open for all populists nt nil times.
QUIET PRIMARY ELECTION
Seleellon of tloleuntex to tlir Itrpuli
lleau Slntp ('(invention in
Cncnn texted.
The republican primary elections yes
terday throughout tho county for tho elec
tion of delegates to tho stato and con
gressional conventions wero so quiet as to
bo totnlly devoid of Incident, nil chance
of a contest having beon eliminate.! by
tho recent compromlso between hitherto
activo and warlike factions. In tho city tha
primaries wero held during tho afternoon.
As was to bo expected there was nn ex
tremely light vote, only -1G1 voters turning
out. it was futllo to scratch a ticket, but
there wero a fow who could not overcomo
that habit. There were seventeen votes
scratched out of the total enst nnd of these
eight wero In tho First ward, whero the
total voto was only forty-six, Tho Second
ward cast forty votes, all straight. Out
' of 168 voteo In- tho Third ward only one
was scratched. Two were scratched out
1 of Blxty-four cast In tho Fourth wurd and
In the Fifth tho fifty-eight votes cast were
straight. Of tho ulghty-llvu votes In tho
Sixth ward two wero blauk and two wero
scratched and of tho forty-two In tho Sev
enth four wero scratched and otio was
blunk. There were four tickets scratched
out of sixty In the Klghth ward, but In
tho Ninth the fifty votes cast wero straight.
In South Omaha tho primary election
wns held nlso In tho afternoon, hut re
turns wero not brought Into headquarters
last night. Tho voting In tho country pre
cincts was done between 7 and !) p. m.
No returns therefrom reached headquarters
last night. In most of tho country pre
cincts lists ol republican voters had beon
prepared under tho dlrot-tlon of the county
committee for uso at tho primaries, fulfill
ing tho functions of tho registration llstt
in tho city. It appears that in two or threo
of tho country precincts theso lists wero
not prepared, although tho action of the
county committee contemplate.) their prep
aration in every product, so thnt partlcl
pntlon la republican prlmnrlcs mWht ho
limited to republicans nnd that tho com
mittees lihould have the lists as a busts for
'futuro operations.
will work out tho problem wisely and i slonal conventlou. This action aroused a
justly. ' strong protest from republicans, who looked
F. J. Snckett suggested that steps ought ! on it ns an Intrusion upon tho business of
to be taken at onco to Increase Interest in j tho county committee.
tho club and to provldo for active work In Since tho general agreement on a single
tho early organization of tho republican
forces of the ward. Ho suggested that there
Is no longer any necrtislty for two republi
can clubs in tho ward, as there will be noth
ing nt issue In the next campaign on which
re publicans should not be a unit, nnd ho
delegation Chairman Blackburn has beon
circulating a petition to enable him to call
off tho congressional primary election. This
petition Is addressed to Congressman Mer
cer anil has hcen submitted only to thoso
whoso names appear upon tho ticket as
.1-1 . .. ... . V. . . tn,A ., .. , nn.ul.lnn.l
favored un effort to bring tho two organlzn- '" T
tlons together. Various plans were sug- conn 'nnH , nt . ,ho n,mU
. , , , , , ' , .. ,7 under tho nusp ces of the county commit-
gtstcd for arousing an In crest In the weekly tce , ,t ,,t.,eRate8i afi8urlllg Con.
JtirVlllll.il 411114 t UW1441114LII I'. !44!t 4114114UI
to secure tho printing of tho necessary
membership cards for carrying them Into
effect.
gressmau Mercer of their Individual deslro
for his renomlnatlon, respectfully request
of htm that the republican congressional
committee of this district -bo reconvened
llrst-chiss. All the labor unions in the
city am meeting la tho tetnplo and take an
active part In its inaiinRcment. Tho hoard
decided to huvn tho rending room und hulls
on tho first lloor ropaperod and painted,
A rininuinlentloii.
MR. HDITOn Allow mo to speak a few
words la favor of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. I suffered for threo ycarB with
tho bronchitis und could not sleep at nights.
I tried Bcvoral doctors and various patent
medicines, hut could get nothing to give me
any relief until my wife got a bottle of this
valuable medicine, which han completely re
lieved mo. W. S. IIHOCKMAN, Uagncll, ,
Mo.
FIFTH WARD REPUBLICANS
tdon of thu quostlon of municipal ownership
nt its meeting nuxt Friday ovenlng nnd It.
W. HlehnrdHon wns Invited to deliver an ad
Ulcus upon that subject.
Ciitjti'iniiliitliiU Ininicillntc Stepit for
OrKUiiUitthni und Active Ciiin
pitluii Work,
About twenty members of tho Fifth Wnrd
Republican club mot In tho hall at tho cor
ner of Sherman avenue nnd !ocuat street
last night and discussed plans for awaken
ing early nn Interest In tho Issues of tho np
pronchtng national campaign and tho early
Inauguration of active campaign work. It.
W. Richardson presided. A discussion of
the voxed I'orto Rlcan tariff question had
been postponed from last meeting, nnd ro
niarka yvero mado on that subject by Chair
man Richardson and lien McClaln, tho Iattor
favoring tho proposal 15 or 25 per cent of
tho regular tariff schedule and the former
mildly inclining to the belief that some sort
of a modernto tariff would bo n good thing.
Uoth wero certain that the republican party
WILL CALL HIS PRIMARY OFF
Cliitlrniitii lllneLlittrii nf ('inu:ri-l!nul
Committee' .Viiiiuuiiim'n 'I'IiIn
tn lie nix Intent!
Tho club decided to Indulge In a discus- I nt an mriy llat(, UI1j reconsider Its action
by Issuing a call for a congressional con
vention to be held in Omaha not later than
April 28, nt which tho apportionment to the
several counties shall bo: Douglas, nlncty
slx delegates; Washington, seventeen dele
gates; Sarpy, eight dolegatesj 121 In all,
being tho samo as that In tho stato conven
tion. Tho petitioners express tho opinion
that such action on the part of tho con
gressional committee will avoid misunder
standing nnd friction In the district and
mntr.rlnllv ulmnllfv thn situation 111 this
Tho primary election called by tho repub- ,,,,,
llcan congressional committee for April 21 nfiy-seven of the nlnety-slx delegates
for tho seloctlon of delegates to tho con- ,mvo nr(m1y ftUne(i ih8 petition, all of
gresslonal convention will be called off, nt a , ,hom uell,K regiments of this city and South
meeting of the congressional committee ! 0maha, chairman Wackburn sayB that
called for April t for that purpose. Xx- twenty out of tho twenty-five delegates
will bo rcmembored that tho primary olec- j from thn country preslnets aro known to bo
tlon called by tho county commltteo for pronounced Mercer men. He expects to
March 30 was for the election of a delega- navo out of th0 nlnety.llx delegates at least
tlon to the stato nnd -ongresslonal cmvon , rlghty-flve who aro pronounced Mercer ad-
lions, ami mat in spue ot tins iact i;utir-, )icrentn.
man Dlackburn or tno congressional com
mlttco, with other tuembers of that com
mittee, met on the samo day and Issued a
Siw rr In IMvcrvli-w I'll r It.
Following complaints of property owners
In the south part of thn city tho park board
na passed inn roiiowuiK resolution!
"Whereas, Many complaints aro coming
to thu board that thn lake In Rlvcrvlaw
I'M , f 4.1 IJl-l.ll!l4lllf 1114 ,.44 V41..4 V C IMMUJIIIU UHU
llkelv tn breed disease, therefore, bo It,
"Resolved, That the hntiornblo, tho mayor
nnd elty council, ho requested to extend
tno vuney street sewer inrougn itlvervlew
park,"
l.ulior Temple DlreelnrN Meet.
Tho directors of tho Labor temnle helfl
ii -ti n inr ,ha their monthly meeting Friday livening Th
call for a primary election April 21 for the nI)ort ()f 10 n,mnce committee showed
selection ot a delegation to the congres- thu financial condition of th tempi to be