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Men's Summer Clothing
Great Clearing Sale Specials for Saturday.
$10 Odd Coats and Vests at $2.98 Arranging our great stock for a
swift clearance, we found about 200 odd coats and rests that a little earlier in
the season belonged to suits selling as high as $12.50. These coats and vests
all in this season's newest cut's and patterns are in strictly all wool cheviots,
worsteds, etc. To clean up this entire lot quickly, we will f T)
offer these fine coats and vests at a special clearing J f
' ESi Kale price
flannel,
rials.
5.00,
I if-;'-.- i-y:JvV T ;
Bale price
Clearance
50c
at.
Clothing Specials
In tb. Basement.
65c
75c
29c
10c
89c
19c
1.98
for children's sailor suits,
worth 11.60.
for children's Teste suits,
worth 12.00.
for washable sailor suits,
worth 60 cats.
for washable knee pants,
worth 26 cents,
for men's 12.00
pants.
for boys' blue Brownie
overalls.
for boys $6.00 long- pants
suits.
Choice of any
popular
MAY SHUT OUT SOUTH OMABA
Omaha Msy Hot HaTe Kigbt to Eapply
it witk Watei; ,
SERIOUS PROBLEM FACING MAGIC CITY
Whether 1 Woald B ATlhl from
Business Viewpoint aat Probable
Effet ob Annexation Discussed
other Towns Interested.
On. of th. questions which Is slowly
turning gray the hair of city officials who
have been taking; an active Interest In the
Water works acquirement is:
'Wk.i are we to do about South
OmahaT"
When discussing It the question Is di
vided 'Into several minor questions, among
them being:
"Can' we under our contract rights take
part of the plant within the - corporate
limits of South OmahaT"
."If ws could legally do so and the au
thorities are all against our having any
legal right to acquire that part of the
plant-would we want to do soT Would it
be a good business move on the part of th.
city of Omaha to operate water works for
another city?
"How would South Omaha look upon th.
matter, or a propositioa from ust"
"What Influence, if any, would eur ac
quirement and operation of the South
Omaha part of the plant have on the con
solidation of the two cities under one mu
' nlcipal government?"
Several other questions are also asked,
among them being one which shows that
though separated by an Imaginary line,
the Interests of 'the two cities are very
closely Identified. The question Is:
"Can South Omaha get a good supply
In quality and quantity of water Inde
pendent of the Omaha water worker
Report to City Council.
As heretofore stated, Omaha Is proceeding
at this time to acquire the water works
plant under the provisions of the eontract
ordmance. a right which the city could ex
ercise even if the bill creating a water
board, etc., hud not been passed by th. last
legislature, and th. matter of acquiring th.
plant Is wholly in the hands of the mayor
nA ritv council. While the board i recom
mended Engineer Alvord as appraiser on
behalf- of the city. the. appointment was
made by the council and th. report of th.
appraising board will be made to that body.
After the plant la acquired by th. city th.
Cherry-Pectoral
Don't try cheap cough
medicines. Getthebest
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
pay the price. " Sixty
years of cures. Your
doctor uses it for coughs,
colds; bronchitis, and all
lung troubles.
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It C. BOTH
Avers
3MKi
Men's $5 and $6 Pants at $2.50
A new lot, 5,000 pair swellest patterns of outing
crashes, homespuns nnd other
None of them worth less than
most of them $6.00, clearing
ilea's $15 Summer Suits at $8.73 The balance of
our floe summer suite, placed on our front counter
tomorrow to be cleared away quickly have told
attl5 and 118 Saturday at
Men's $10 Outing Suits at $4.73 Outing suits of pop
ular summer fabrics the Kind that have been sell
ing at $10 throughout the summer, at
Choloa of our highest (Trade hand tailored suits
worth up to $25.00, at
Choice of any Rogers, Peet & Co's. suits worth up
to $30,00, at
2 Boys' & Children's
On the Third Floor.
7 So and SI.OO Knee Pants at 39c Dost all
wool materials, double scat and knee
reinforced seams, at ,
Children's $1.25 and SI.50 Washable
Sailor Suits at 45c ages 3 to 10, hand
somely trimmed, at
washable knee pants at 19c
Boys $3. SO and $4.00 Knee Pants Suits
at SI. 85 Bailor Norfolk's, Norfolk, eta.,. . -
Your unrestricted choice Tg
of any knee pants suit in j -the
house, one day only at
Boys' 17.50 homespun outing
suits, apes 8 to 18
Boys' $7.00 wool crash outing
suits, am 8 to 16
Boys' $A60 serge sailor suits,
ages 2tt to 10
Boys' $6.00 Norfolk sailor suits,
ages 4 to 12
Boys' $6.00 double-breasted
suits
Special Clearance of Straw Hats
nen's $1.00 Straw Hats at I9c Made of Jap and split -t r
straws, ptiff brim, yacht, fedoras, etc., from our 1 37 W
60c and 75o grades, at.....
Men's $2.00 and $1.50 Straw Hat at 98c f Q " ACln
and 49c Sennettes, Manila 8traw, J (j - f J
to., at '...-I ' .
$3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Straw Hats-
wide brim neglige styles,
at
Children's wide brim sailor straw
wnrthunto SOc. at..:
water board win manage II, but uotU. the
city Is In possession of the plant the board
wilt not have, officially, any work to do.
Unofficially every member of the board has
expressed a willingness to assist the olty
In any way possible in the matter.
At one time South Omaha was supplied
with water from wells, the wells being
filled with seepage from the river. But
even though experts In such matters de
clared that the water was . perfectly good
and pire and sweet owing to its six miles
of churning In Missouri river silt the peo
ple did not forget the big Jones street and
other aewers emptying Into It within the
city limits of Omaha and It left a bad
taste. In their mouths. Aside from this fea
ture of the case the supply of water such
as It was was not altogether satisfactory.
Aa South Omaha 1s several times as big a
town aa it then wh th. problem of an in
dependent water supply would now present
still greater difficulties. '
The Omaha Water company's contract
with the Magio City, for seventeen years,
exnlrea next year, so that the matter of
the unexpired term of the contraot Is not
considered a very serious one. Until more
data Is secured on the question,' and estl
mates are made aa to what future water
rates will be, and the probable quantity
which Boi)tb Omaha will require In the
future, even an approximate answer to the
question aa to the advisability, from a
business viewpoint, of taking that part of
the plant cannot be made.
Other Towns Interested.
Th. Omaha Water company plant now
covers not only Omaha and South Omaha,
but also Florence, Dundee, Benson and
East Omaha, and In reaching the latter
goes through th. strip of Iowa. There Is
no question whatever regarding the right
of the city to go outside the city limits to
aoqulre the plant, so that the matter of
Florence, where Mlnnelusa station, which
supplies 16 per cent of all the water. Is
situated, Is out ot the way. Benson and
Dundee, being such little sisters, and al
together so quiet and peaceful, no difficulty
is anticipated In dealing with them. Nor
Is It believed th. authorities of th. state
of Iowa will object to Nebraska pipe lines,
filled with water, crossing a part of their
state.
But no authority has yet been found for
one city to operate a water plant for an
other city. One South Omaha politician
who Is opposed to annexation expres'.j
himself somewhat vigorously to th. .fleet
that South Omaha might have to watch
out. as It might be a. very good municipal
ownership for Omaha, but very poor mu
nicipal ownership for the Magio city.
WEST WANTS TO COLLECT FEE
(tarts After German Seringa Dank
Stockholders tor Twenty
Eight Thousand.
Joel W. West has started proceedings
sgalnst the stockholders of the defunct
German Savings bank to recover f.OUO for
attorney's fees. In a previous suit he r.
covered a Judgment against the bank for
the amount ot in. ciaim ana yesterauy
caused execution to be issued. This is a
necessary step before starting proceedings
against the stockholders.
Th. receivership ot the bank has been
practically closed and the general creditors
have been paid all they wilt receive, so the
stockholders ar. no longer responsible on
that debt, but Mr. West believes he caa
secure Judgment agatnat them fur the
amount of his claim, which was not adjudi,
catcd In th. receivership proceedings. Un
del1 th. state law th. stockholders ar. liable
for twice the amount of the sttvk sub
scribed. Th. application for permission to
sua the stockholders upon a return of the
execution nulla bona by the sheriff will be
beard Saturday morning. .
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Greatest
tb)lruw
Clearing Sale Specials
Men's Furnishings
35c Shield Bows nt 8ic
popular mate
""V
Vlll
8.75
tec
at
4.75
75c Belts
.13.75
is
Men's and boys'' sample belts,
all the new leathers and new
19.00
style buckles,
at
Clothing
Men's $2 Shirt Waists 49c
Can be worn as shirt ' or shirt
waist coolest' thing for sum
nier in stylish AQn
shirtings, at .. -v
Men's $2.50 Outing Shirts 98c
Imported . shirtings, plain or
.1.50-98c
$1 Negligee Shirta at 29c
Madras and percales, O0
up-to-date patterns, at L
39c
45c
1.85
Imported
SilH Lisle
Underwear
Regular $3.00
grade white,
blue and salmon
.U5-89c
.75
Hen's $1.50 Underwear at 50c
Silk lisle underwear, Crp
in all sizes, at. .
rien's 75c Underwear at 25c
Lisle and combed Egyptian
underwear, broken lots 50c
and 75c grade
1.49
hats1 Qp
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ENFORCE? Tilt moving order
Police Arrest Proprietor of Immoral Housai
uutnae rrosonbea District.
WOMitARE HELD TO DISTRICT COURT
Captain Hase Says Arrests Will Be
Hade In All Cases Where Women '
Refuse to Move In
side the Lines.
The first vigorous blow toward "cleaning
up" the city. was struck Thursday night,
when Sergeants Rentfrow and Cook and
Officers Shields and Ring, under instruc
tions, arrested Nellie Jackson and Cora
Daniels, 1313 and 1315 Capitol avenue. They
wera charged with keeping disorderly
houses, under the state law, and Judge
Berka yesterday held them to the dis
trict court under bonds of $200. Ruth
Mitchell, an inmate, was fined $5 and costs,
which was paid. She . promised to look
after the effects of the two incarcerated
women In case they did not get bondsmen.
The location of the houses is several
blocks outside of the prescribed district
and the neighboring residents recently filed
strong complaints with the police depart
ment. Because of this action the officers
thought it best to proceed ' Immediately
without waiting for the oompletlon of the
census of fallen women now being taken.
They did not make the arrest until the
houses were gay with laughter and song
and then they descended in force, prepared
for trouble, but encountered none.
Penalty Is Severe.
The women mad. no defense In polios
court. They will be tried In th. district
court and If found guilty will be amenable
to both fine and imprisonment, the maxi
mum penalty being 1300 fine or ninety days
in the county Jail, or both.
"This is what all proprietors of Immoral
houses may expect if they do not obey the
orders of the police to move," kid Captain
Hase. "The order is going to be tarried out
without discrimination and if the women
continue to carry on their business outside
of the district after they receive one- pun
ishment the dose will be repeated, until
they And that they must obey the order or
spend their lives In Jail."
Half a dosen women were In police court
yesterday charged with soliciting on
the street. AH were fined or their cases
continued at their request.
FLORENCE HAS A SENSATION
Mrs. Breeden Accuses John P. Flack
Of Interfering with ' tier
Property Rights.
The Increased Interest In Florence prop
erty since the construction of the street
car line to that old town Is responsible for
a sensational suit filed In the district court
by Anna E. and Richard P. Breeden against
John F. Flack and ths Florence company.
In her petition Mrs. Breeden says she has
for a long time been th. owner of certain
lots and blocks' In the town of Florence
which' she secured by purchase many years
ago. and has been In undisturbed possession
of tb. sam. for mors than ten years; that
during the present month John F. Flack,
personally snd as an officer of th. Florence
company, has endeavored to secure posses
sion of th. land owned by h.r, and that In
pursuance of this plan has attempted to
destroy lbs crops which she has planted on
the ground and to remove fences and other
structures; that in order to secure posses
sion he caused th. plaintiff's arrest oa a
criminal charge and had her brought to
Omaha so that ha or th. oompaajr would
Our Great Challenge
Clearing Sale
Money Saving Event of the
inn, mm yijj i
Millinery Clearance
In Basement
Ladies' $3.50 Trimmed Hats, H 00
Upwards of 8)0 splendid quality, chllTon
fancy braids, handsomely draped and
trimmed with flowers, silks, etc Should
Fancy and plain
colored silks
glso 50o four in
nanus uu . w m
be $3.50 Saturday basement .
3 for 25c
at 10c
10c
$7.50 Chiffon
Tou can buy a fall
saving best quality
truwns, Dougni at one-nail
actual value, should be
$7.60, second
floor at
$6.50 Black Trimmed
Beautiful black hats,
materials, Liberty silks,
runes ana viuieis nave
sold at $6.60, on
second floor
at
Children's Hats at
Mllans, satin braids,
Srde.y8ttt 19b
60c children's pique and
duck caps
at
SOc daisy and apple
wreaths
at
$1.60 untrlmmed
hats
at..
60c bunches of black
flowers
at
$1.60 bunches of roses,
foliages, poppies,
etc., at
f. IS, prftttfti
not be obstructed 1n their operations. She
asks an injunctirri" tb restrain the com
pany and Its officers from entering upon the
land or Interfering with her peaceable pos
sesion thereof. A temporary restraining or
der has been Issued by Judge Day, return
able next Tuesday, when the application for
temporary Injunction will be heard.
John F. Flack, president of the Florence
company, said: "The matte is not so Sen
sational as It seems.' Mrs. Breeden Is liv
ing in a house in Florence for the posses
sion of which we have brought proceedings
In ejectment, the lftfid In the present suit
is not that upon which the house la located
and this Is the first time that its title has
been brought Into question. A few days
ago I began to cut weeds and brush from
the land and Mrs. Breeden came out and
struck me a number of times with a Club,
t had her arrested for the assault, and
now this case Is filed."
STOP TO LOOK OVER OMAHA
Business Men front Michigan and Wis.
consin Spend Day la
This CHy.
A party of twenty-five business men of
Michigan and Wisconsin, stockholders In
th. Mexican King Gold and Copper Mining
company of Milwaukee, were in the city
while on their way home after visiting the
mines in the vicinity of Tres Pledras, N. M.
They arrived on the Rock Island yesterday
morning early and registered at the Sclillts
hotel and. after taking In the principal
features of the city, went out) at 5:50 o'clock
In the evening over the Northwestern. This
is the third excursion of the company,
which each year takes a party of its stock
holders to view the properties. ' The party
left Milwaukee July T and has visited points
of Interest in Colorado. E. F. Merts, In
charge of the party, said they had found
th. territory In fine condition with every
prospect for a rapid growth along all lines.
The members of the party were also
pleased with th. excursion.
BIG GATHERING OF TEACHERS
Superintendent Fenrso . Says More
Than Thirty-Five Thousand At
tended Boston Convention.
Superintendent Pears, returned yesterday
morning from Boston, where he attended
th. National Educational association meet
ing. It was the largest meeting, by more
than double, ever held by the association,
betweeen 35,000 and 36,000 being registered.
Omaha and Nebraska were represented by
larger numbers than ever before, thirty,
three Omaha teachers being on one list,
and over fifty persons being present from
this city. The Transmlsslssippi Summer
School of Superintendence, held here last
month, was Informally discussed as some
thing altogether new in educational Unas,
and th. Idea of having such schools was
generally approved.
EXCURSION FOR AK-SAR-BEN
Pnrty Will Come In from lalon fa-
cine Stations Kext Mon
day Right.
Monday will be Ak-Sar-Ben initiation
night for those who come on the excursion
over the Union Pacific to become familiar
with th. mysteries. This will be th. second
of these excursions and will bring the faith'
ful from Urand Island. Central City, Co
lumbus, Schuyler. North Bend, Ames. Fre
mont, Papilllon, Beatrice, Lincoln. Valpa
raiso and wahoo. The roads have all
granted rates to those coming to th. weekly
Initiations anO the one tor the following
week wui be ovev in. Burllngtoa.
Year,
1 1 f fi"TBlr
$1
Allthe $1.00 and
Waists
Price
$2 Black
Silk
and
Chiffon
Hats.
BASE- 1
MENTAT
Hats at $3.83
hat early at a big
chiffon, new large
385
Hats at $2.50
made In best
chiffons, satin
250
$1.98 and 95c
soft body hats etc.,
and 95C
19c
Dress Sk..j worth
clearing sale price
Dress Skirts worth
sale price
blossom .
,
10c
fruits,
25c
10c
25c
& pons
WOULD HELP THE' FIREMEN
Chief Baltef Dhonuei Proposed Hew In-
peoton for the City.
SAYS THEY WOULD REDUCE FIRE LOSSES
Oils and Other Explosives and Com
bustibles Are Sometimes Care
lessly Stored In Omaha, Ac
cording to the Cblet.
In the opinion of Fire Chief Salter there
Is ample necessity for the creation ot the
offices of both inspector of. explosives and
combustibles and of fire coroner. Whether
they should be combined and aa to the
limitations of the duties to be performed
he boa no decided views, but he asserts
that officers Invested with the necessary
authority can materlully assist the fire de
partment and greatly reduce the chances
for serious biases In Omaha.
The public has no Idea of the constant
danger lurking In oils of various kinds,
such as kerosene, gasoline and the like,
and In powder and cartridges and supplies
for engineering work and blasting," says
the chief. "Immense quantities of these
goods ar. handled In Omaha every day
and I am fre. to state that many times
not even ordinary precaution and care Is
used against ignition and explosion.
'Large and small dealers who handle
oils often leave them In exposed places,
surrounded by piles of rubbish and dirt
which become soaked with the fluids and
highly Inflammable. A cigar stump or a
lighted match would be sufficient to touch
off many a big fire with great loss.
Powder In Basements.
"Powder arriving In Omaha sometimes
is not moved out to the magaslnes
promtly, owing to the lateness of the hour
of arrival or some other reason. It is
stored In basements and the disastrous re
sults can b. Imagined If a fire should start
In the building or in th. immediate vicin
ity. Besides the loss of property, it would
almost certainly result In loss of life.
"I know that a great many taxpayers pro
test loudly against additional offices on ac
count of th. expense and say the fire de
partment should look after the precaution
ary details. Nothing Is more erroneous
thaa this presumption. The firemen sim
ply cannot make the routine Inspections
necessary and it is absurd to expect it of
them.
"Supposing that I was In the wholesale
district examining a cellar and an alarm of
fir. came In. I would know nothing about
It and when my presence might be needed
the worst at a fire I would not be there. I
think that It Is th. chiefs duty to look after
the efficiency and readiness and good con
dition of th. department. When h. has
done this his plac. Is at headquarters
awaiting emergencies. Of course, h. should
know all about the location of combustibles
and dangerous buildings and those hard to
handle In case of fire, and he could have
this knowledge easily enough with in
spectors to Investigate and make reports.
Plenty of Work In View.
"Whether there would be enough In In
specting explosives and .combustibles to
keep cne man busy all the time is another
question. If he had any spare time, how
ever. It could well be employed In the In
spection ot wholesale and retail business
houses and factories. II. could ae. that
rubbish la not allowed to accumulate so
that a spark would start a fire; to prevent
business men from blocking windows with
boxes and bales of goods; to make them
keep rooms with aisles and open passage
ways so that a fireman could have a fair
chance In fir. fighting.
"If It w.r. known how many storerooms.
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ewv.i at
Big Bargain Sale , Finest Shirtwaists
$6.00 and $7.50 Shirt Waists at $W
Here is the crowning: shirt waist bargain of ths
entire season.
A New York manufacturer of (he most
elaborate shirt waists, at the close of the man u
facturing season, wished to close out all his finest
samples and surplus stock. We made him a low
offer on the very finest waists lie had on hand and
he accepted the offer.
In this cash deal we secured 720 of the most beautiful walnta
ever shown In Omaha. They are faultlessly made of the best
lawns and Swisses, trlmmel with beautiful laces, lace medal
lions, all-over embroidery, Mexican drawn work, the daintiest
open work effects, etc. In fact the moat stunning shirt waists
ever displayed In one lot
In the lot worth lens than $4 5-mort of them
should retail at $8.00 and $7.50. Your choice oo
bargain square Saturday at
$1.50 Shirt
48c
All
Clearing Sale
Host
Wash
Silk Waist Suits
The swellest Silk Shirt Waist Sults-that hnre sold
up to twelve dollars also the prettiest Bwlsa and
Lawn Dresses that are easily worth
$10.00, $12.60 and $13.86 Saturday in one lot
Swell $20 and $24.50 Shirt Waist Suits at $9.93
Puro IJnen Shirt Waist Suits, with cluny Ince and all-over embroid
ery, that sold at 14.(s and
Bilk Bhlrt Waist Suits, In
pongees, that have sold at
ail in one lot clearing Bale price
Special Values in Shirt Waist Suits
All popular wash fabrics In every Jaunty Oft O OR1 OR
style, worth up to $7.50-olearlng sale price O.VC7-i.J l
WASH SUITS AT 85c-Shlrt Waist Suit made fi Cp
of percale, eto.,'wlll launder well, worth t'2, at OOw
Waah Skirts at 49c-Gnod
ot ducks, piques, crashes,
WASH SKIRTS AT 69c A
blurw worm up to i.za special
ten dollars
$12 50 clearing
4.90
6a90
Tailored
$65 at
All our finest Costumes, In the very swellest styles and materials for 1903, at amizlnj reductions
Saturday Picture Specials Third Floor
Fac Simile Pastels and Water Colors-gilt frames with Op
brass corners--8x14 worth 35c at....
Round Pictures veneer ornamented I Crayon Portrait Frames 1
Madonnas, Fbaroaa'a uortes, etc. j Kla na unoi-wuna
worth 76o at u"w pictures along, no charge f
cellarways and areawaya are crowded, dirty
and almost Impossible to enter In Omaha, I
think it would cause considerable surprise.
All these things count In combating a fir.
and many times -watchfulness and care In
advance enablea th. department to win
against big odds."
So far as making thorough Investigations
of mysterious fires, the chief said the same
difficulties ore presented to the department
lack of opportunity because of the con
stant watchfulness demanded.
TRADE EXCURSION SCHEDULE
Over Fifty Towns on the Northwest
ern In Iowa to Be
Visited.
The following are the towns which will
be visited during tho Commercial club
excursion, July 28, 29 and 30, over the'llnes
of the Northwestern In Iowa. The pirty
will spend the first night at Onawa, leaving
there at S o'clock the following morning.
Dinner will be obtained at Correction vllle,
supper at Carroll and the night will be
upent at Harlan. On the third day Harlan
is left at 9 o'clock, lunch Is obtained at
Carroll and supper at Missouri Valley,
where a stop of two hours will be made.
First Day Module, Plsgah, Moorhed,
Ute, Klron, Odebolt, Ida Grove, Danbury,
Castana,. Onawa, Mondamln, Preparation,
Soldier, Schleswig, Wall Lake, Arthur,
Hnttle Creek. Mnuleton. Turin.
Second Day Whiting. Salix. Mwille,
Plorson, CuBhlng, Unlva, Earlv, Lske View,
Breda, Sloan, Snrgent Muff, Klngley,
Correctlonville, Holsteln, Schaller, Sac City,
Carnarvon, Carroll.
Third Dav Harlan. Irwin. Nn'.bur.
Arcadia, Vail, Arlon, Dunlnp, Logan, Kirk
man. Manning, Carroll, West 8. do, Deni-
son, Dow City. Woodbine, Missouri Valley.
COUNTY TO SPEND SOME COIN
Forty-Five Hundred Warrants to Be
Ready for Delivery Kext
Tuesday,
General fund warrants In payment ot th.
running expenses of th. county previous to
July 1 will be ready for delivery Tuesday,
There are 4,500 warrants to be signed and
A. C. Harte has the work this time, as he
was temporary chairman of the meeting
which allowed the claims. These claims
do not include payment to the special
deputy sheriffs who wer. on duty in May,
nor th. payment of the assessors, as these
were not allowed at the last meeting of
the board, but they Include all claims
against the general fund other than these
filed at the time the board met.
FOR HORTICULTURAL DISPLAY
State Socle! Wants St. Lonls Fair
Commission to Allow It Seven
Thousand Dollars.
The president and throe members of th.
Btate Horticultural society called on the
president and secretary of the Louisiana
Purchase expodtlon commission Thursday
afternoon for tn. purpose of arranging for
a display of fruit In th. Nebraska display
at the exposition. The discussion did not
reach the stage of outlining the nature and
soope of th. display, but was more on th.
question of finances. The Horticultural
society wants from the commission at least
17,000 for the purpose of the fruit display,
and the application for funds Is under
consideration.
Mortality Statistics.
These births and deaths have been re
ported to th. health office:
Births Nels Lund. tM Lincoln avenue,
girl; W. L. Crabtree, 4G60 North Thtitv
cUlh avenue, boy; Charles B. Dugdale, 1M
North Twenty-sixth, girl; William Reese,
1470 Bouth seventeenth, boy.
I ths Minnie rlnmt-rvllle. SJ. 1410 North
Thirtieth; Sylvia Hicks, at, M North Kiev-
enut.
mourns
this season at any prlii. Not a walt
SI.98
the $2.00 and Si.50 Shirt
Waists Clearing Sals
Price ,
95c
of Clearing Sale Specials
Ladies'
Suits and Skirts
and Lawn Dresses $5.98
598
u-over em urtm
9.98
J17.50 nlso about Zb
taffetas, foulards and
$17.60 and up to $24.50
quality Wash Skirts, made yQ-i
eto., worth $1.00, dale price A -w '
special cloarlng sale offer of Wash
Saturday fxfir
zr w
Suits worth up'to
23.50
Tailored Suits worth up to 117.50
great value at ". . :
8.50
1620 complete with
bring your f O
for fitting, at VOU
OBJECT TO THIRD TAX DOSE
Transfer Men Want to Know When City ii
Going to Quit
WOULD WELCOME REPAIR OF STREETS
Suggest that License Fee Ordlnaneo
for Benefit of School Fond
Be Repealed Income
Last Year.
Walter Jardlne of the Omaha Merchants
Express and Transfer
busy man down at the Union Pacific freight
aepoi yesterday wh.n a representative
of The Bee asked him for an opinion on
the "occupation tax" ordinance Introduced
at th. city council meeting. Just then
another team got tangled up and ths block-
aae was worse than ever. Still, Mr. Jar
dlne was equal to th. occasion, and said:
nrst they come around and tax our
teams and wagons as personal property.
Then they com. around and collect 16 per
year for every wagon as a license. Now
they are going to put an occupation
license tax on every wagon. Bay, you t.U
them to ret all their old (im nnil what.
ever else they have and come down hero
ana lane tn. whole blessed outfit."
After the1 crush was over Mr. Jardlne
said he had understood that the personal
tax on wagons and teams was to b. omitted
from the regular tax rolls. He was as
sured that neither the license Inspector
nor any other city official had any right
to make ar.y such promises, and no au
thority to carry them out if they were
made. If the city was not going to take
off any tax of any kind, then Mr. Jardlne
declared his unalterable opposition to the
new tax it would be ."three times and
out" for tho transfer and express men.
John A. Johnson of the Johnson Bros,
transfer line expressed himself to the ef
fect that th. city Is going It Just a little
too strong on the taxing business, so far
as teams and wagons, engaged in hauling
are concerned. He was willing to stand
tor two doses or city tuxes, but when It
came to the third dose he was o-nln
balk. If the city wanted to collaot u
occupation tax per year on two-horse
wagons and use the money In keeping
streets In repair It was all right, but at
the same time, ha thought, the present
tax orainance should be repealed. Under
It every express and haullna waaron In ih.
city, big, little and medlum-slsed, pays a
license ree or a per year, which goes Into
tho school fund. The express and wagon
men would much prefer to nav evn in-
tie more If the money would be spent In
keeping the streets In repair, and thereby
obviating the necessity of having wagons
repaired three or four times a week.
Coal wagons, Ice wagons and other
wagons owned and operated by Individuals
or firms, department and other store de
livery wagons, and carriages and other
vehicles kept for hire by livery stables, ar.
not now licensed, but they and all other
vehicles used In a business way. bv awnera
or persons hiring them, would b. aubj.ct
to this occupation license tax.
In 1902 th. Incom. front licenses,
which was turned over to the school fund,
was: 218 express wagons, tl.095; 33 hacks,
1166; T omnibuses, tlV, total. tl,29S.
It Is estimated that the new occupation
tax ordinance, if rigidly enforced, would
bring In from $3,000 to 131.00) per year.
More t'ascs of 1'lsgae.
NEW YORK. July 17-Reports from
Iqutque of bubonic plague is again Increas
ing, says a dispatch from th. Herald cor
respondent at Valparaiso, Chile. Five cases
appeared on Wednesday. Thirty-three per
sous ar. Ill with smallpox In Antcfagasta
