THE OMAITA DAILY 11EE: SATURDAY, RKFTEMnER 20. 1003. Men's $2 Pants at Sl.lO 1.10 Extraordinary bnnrnln In men'a forking pant that came with thin suit ship ment. Thr-s pnnts lire In Union casclmeres, hair line strips, etc. Tbey are actually worth $2.00 a pair t'xlajr, por pair Ml l OJ t'J. W ON BARGAIN SQUARE Boys' and Girls $2.00 and $2.50 Patent Leathers, $1.25 400 pairs Hoys' ami Girls' Patent Enamel ami Patent Calfskin Bhoes in sizes from 9 to 13, 1 to 2 and 2J to DJ made by Iturlej &Stevens go on bargain square on second floor, at.. 'aVu 4 Mm IIUVSL ndous Ips ill MIMG PR y o . tun iurd From Pfeiffer & Solomon, 36 E. Houston St., N. Y. 4, 5 , 3 t nnn n Choice of the entire stock on sale R RJUM to) II mi inure atiraiy. go IB 'V: (. sot ff . 7 i Never was such a tremendous clothing bargain offered by any store so early in the season. By a lucky stroke of business we se cured the choice of the entire Pfeiffer 6t Solomon, manufacturers, clothing stock, including an immense line of very high grade and up to-date suits made for fall 1903. The name of Pfeiffer & Solomon is widely known to stand for well made stylish S dependable clothing. We bought at a low figure and are able to sell these suits regardless of their real value. THE HOST EXTRAORDINARY CLOTHING BARGAIN WE EVER OFFERED. Every one of these suits is handsomely made of the newest fall raa terials, cat in the very latest fashionable designs and show the ' marks of skilled workmanship, All are swell suits suitable for dress or business Every suit in this lot was positively made to sell as high as $10 and $12.53, and not one is held over from last season. They are all new and up-to-date, a. big JJJEfiJ.?.. These Shoes on Sale on Second Floor. These Shoes on Sale j on Second Floor. j These Shoes on Sale in Basement. Rogers-Pee & Co . and Brandcis Special Clothing Tho finest ready made clothing that can be bought the country over. We take par- t4 i r na tloular pride In these lines and assert thai no merchant tailor can secure batter results Nklll TO nil in style and durability! Wonderfally handsome patterns PVF lJ PlU Three Extra Specials Boys' Clotblns Dept. 3d Floor. Boys' and Children's Suits and Overcoats 'BOYS' CLOTHING: DEP ARTriENT third floor Boys' All Wool suits in late styles and colors ..' $1.50 "IhortfrtoSwJuJ darilaund4r-e? Boys' Splendidly Made All Wool Suits, every late style $1.98 . Nobby Suits and Overcoats for A Boys, the new military, Norfolk 43C and 'Russian stvles in overcoats and and light colors, at Regular $1 value mother's waist, perfectly launderod, at Double sola and knee stockings for boys, usually sell at Zoo a pair, f on sale Saturday at, a pair. the Norfolk, pailor Norfolk and other styles in suits, at (.98 The swellest little Suits and Over coats for Boys, made of the very finest cloths in the new swell military and Russian 3.98 overcoat styles and the latest cuts In suits, all the new shades; Including roy al blue, red and castor, a $7.50 value at Tonr mony tack at once If you can equal these values ctaewhera any where near our price. All New Fall Styles Men's Shoes A Special Cut Price Sale In which we will offer men's flne Goodyear welt sol. shoes made of vlcl kid, velours calf, box oalf. wil low calf, patent colt skin and pat ent enamel leather at almost half price, they were mad. to sell for this fall. In soma cases wher. the lota ar. small the prices will, be leMs than one-half. For Jnstfcjic wa have about on. hundred pair of men's patent leath er shoes mado by Edwin C. Clapp, Torrey, Curtis & Tlrrel and Stet son, that were made to retail this fall from J6 to IT a pair: which we will sell today at 2.60. All the men's shoes In this pur chase, all the new styles which were made to retail for $3.00, and sell as nigh as $3.60; w. will sell for $1.98. All the men's shoes In thin pur chase made to retail for $4 00 and $5 and this embraces every new and up-to-date style in the market, in vlcl kid, calf skin, enamels and Satent leathers of all kinds; so to ay at $2.60, $3.00, $3.60. Swell Shoes For Women For Balls, Parties, Thea ter and Street Wear. ON BECOND FLOOR Special today, of 38 different styles ladles' tine welt sole sewed shoes. In kid and box calf, patent le:ither, regular price $Xu0, all sizes and all widths, today $1.98. ArmHtrunK's KiMihestnr advertised $3.50 "Dorcas" button welt shoe the swell street shoe on aale today at 12.60. 81 styles of fine surrmss kid, vlcl kid, pat ent colt and Imported enamel, turn and welt sol. shoes, miuta to retail this fall for up to $6.00 g-o today at $3.00. Two new styles of hand turned kid shoes imported cloth toppings on sals today, at $3. (Hi and $3.60. S different styles Dr. Reed's Cushion sole shoes llqht, medium and heavy welpht soles all the new fall styles today, $."i.oo. Four new fall styles of swell dress shoes In Kurpas kid, kid snd imported patent kid with full Louis heel-today, $6.00. AK-SAR-BEN Ball Slippers The Swellest Styles. The finest slippers io Omaha. On our Second Floor In Bllpper Dept. IN HASEMENT-One lot of nearly a thousand pair of women's kid skin shoes, two styles, all siies, t 9Sc. IS different styles, kid. lox calf, and velour calf snd lVmirola lm-e shoes, all sizes, regular pi les t J 50, iiO "t $1.60. GOO paira MEN'S good dress and work shoes, worth up to $2.50, go at $1.59 200 pairs MEN'S heavy worl loes, with buck le 98c 1.0M) pairs Eft WOMHN'S SLIPPERS IWC 10 styles at 8c, 75o and... BOYS' AND GIRLS' SHOES in our Special Exclusive Children's Shoe Dep't on Second floor. Children's shoes, sizes 1 to 6, without heels, and I la I with spring heels, plain and patent tips, In all the new styles of toes, button and luce, at 60c, 76c, t9c, So, $1.00 and $1.25. Girls' school shoes, sizes 8V4 to 11. In first class sewed and Goodyear welt soles, made of kid skin, velours, cslf and box calf, luce or button, plain or patent tips, go at 93c, $l.tf, $1.39, $1.58 and $1.75. , Girls' shoes, sizes 1U4 to 2. In sprlns; heel and low half heel, mado cf kid, calf and velour klns, sewed and Goodyear welt soles, plain and pntent tips, lHoe and button, all the new lasts, go at 9Sc, $1.26. $1.59, $1.73. $1.98. J2.C0 and $2.25. Girls' shoes for Hlrh school, low heel and spring heel. In all the new toes. In every leather as woll an till the new resru lar foot form lasts, sizes 2i to 6, go at $1.60. $1.76, $1.98, $2.26 and $3.60. Little boys' shoes, sizes 6 to 13tf, from kindergarten sizes to 6 year olds, In nlc. soft vlcl kids and calfskins and Just th. right kind of soles, neither too heavy nor too light, at 75c, KSc, $L5 and $1.60. ' Boys' school shoes, sizes 1 to 2, and 2tf to 8. made of vlcl Vld box calf, velour and enamel, single, double and triple soles, plain and wlr. quilted, go at. $1.25, $1.35. $1.. U.60, $1.76, $1.98 and $2.60. Sale of Neckwear atlUc and 15c Thousands of new Bilk ( neckties, made for this fall's trade bought at a great sacrifice strictly up-tp-date pat terns, four-in-hands, im perials and tecks, actually worth up to 50c each Saturday special !0ca45c SWELL NEW HATS FOR FALL WEAR. Special for Saturday fine soft and stiff hats, latest styles in all proper col ore, were bought 'to F j retail at $2, Saturd ay Jp3 J special at. -.. Men's sample Hats in both soft and stiff shapes, latest blocks and new at" .!!l0.r.8:...98c and $1.25 Boys and children's caps new fall styles, golf. Norfolk, J A r yacht, etc , great variety O C " Zs C at Fall Opening Sale of Underwear "i Shirts 35c i 1 .1 v Fall weicht underwear Derby ribbed underwear, just the right weight for fall, bhie, aalmoa aifd eoru, would be a good vatuo at60o, Saturday special at , Colored dress shirts Men's fine colored dress shirts made up for our fall opening all hand made and laundered, finef" H pleuted basoms, square front , C " i 5 V vuus Bbiauuciu ur uotttuuou Fine negligee shirts All the new, up-to-date patterns In fall fabrics, worth up to 82, Saturday special at 75c "Brandeis Special" Hots The swellest and dres siest of fall hats, in stiff and soft Bhapes pearl, tan and black $'5 style, regular $3 value our t special P leader, at - .Kit' sr v. c. soth DETROIT CRANDJBRY PROBES Bix Van 0oDneote1 with Pablio Work Charged with Conspiring to Defraud. MAYOR OF MATT00N IS UNDER ARREST Illinois Mas dot Into Fight with Rewifism aad Grant Jarj Di covered Bafflclent to Pat Him oa Trial. DETROIT, Sept. 28,-Slx Indictments were returned this afternoon by the grand jury Which has been Investigating- municipal affairs, particularly the Department of Public Works, for the last two months. Five of them were made public in court late this afternoon and .they name the following persons: D. W. II. Uoreland, former commissioner of publio works, recently removed from ofllca by the council; Herman Wartell and T. J. White, former employes of the public works department under Moreland; John Hock, a former employe of the Depart rnent of Public works and a contractor; Henry Merdlan, a contractor, and his asso ciate, Robert Conway. Moreland Is named in each of tha five Indictments read In court thla afternoon, two of tha Indictments charging him with conspiracy to defraud and the other three with misappropriating or converting prop erty of 'the city to the use of others. In the first of the Indictments alleging conspiracy tt Is chnrged that Moreland, Merdlan, Conway, Wartell and White con spired la March, ltwi to defraud the city of S1.0U0 through the payrolls of the Department of Publio Works for street sweeping and teaming, and In the second, that Morflund. with Wartell. White and Hock, conspired In the s.ime month to defraud the city out of 11.000 through street sweeping and teaming bills. The other three Indictments charge Morelaiid, under a special statute, with converting 1,7)5 feet of curbstone, valued at to Thomas J. Kennedy; with converting sand worth K09 to Henry Merdlua A Co., and w'lth con verting crushed stone worth H0 to John Archer and John Hock. The sixth indict- nwnt was nut read in court. Mr. Moreland came Into court early thla venlng and when asked to plead, declined on the advice of kls attorney. The judge entered a plea of not guilty and fixed Moreland; ball on all five Indictments at KM. It waa given. John Hock waa also admitted to ball in tha aum of 11,800. Warrants for the arrest of the othera were placed In the hands of officers to serve. Up to a late hour none of them had been arrested. Henry Merdlan Is 111 at his horns and will be unable to ba arraigned In court A certificate to this effect waa presented to the court this afternoon. Mayor ( Mattooa Indicted. MATTOON, 111.. Sept. S5.-Mayor Francis M. Menke of Mattoon was Indicted by the grand jury today on twenty-nine counts, charging him with malfeasance and mls feuBanee In office. He was placed under arrest and bond waa fixed at 15,000. This was later reduced to 12,600 and Mcnke got bondsmen. Ills trial was set for next week. State's Attorney Volght is arrang ing td conduct a vigorous prosecution. Mayor Menke Is accused of entering into contracts with gaming houses, immoral places and Sunday saloona. The Indict ment la a result of a tumultuous state of affairs that has extcted In Mattoon for some months. Two local papers have been urging that action be taken against Menke. He visited both offices and threatened bodily injury to the editors. The reply waa additional donunciatory editorials. 'Don't Scold Irritability ia a nervous aff'on. 8trentfthen tte nervca with Pr. MlW Nervine. Sleon better, t better, work better, feel I Iter, and b better. Sold on g j. i tn -e. hiicK on nerves for postal. Hi. Mi.HL'AL CO.. Ukuarc. Ind, VIOLATIONS OF SCHOOL LAW Parents Are Haaled Ip and Told to Compel Children to Leave Work. Complaints were filed In police court charging that Jacob Janovlsky, Twenty second and William, and Charles Pasatck, botcher of Tenth and Bancroft, were vio lating the compulsory education law by keeping their daughters, Bessie JanovUky and Florence Passlck, both under 15 years of age, wcrklng the Bemls Omaha bag factory. Mr. Tasslck was taken Into court and aald he had done his beet to get his girl to attend school, but that she refused j m gu. lie waa turn inac ne must compel her to attend and waa given until next Friday to do so. Janovlaky will be ar raigned as soon aa apprehended. The flne for violating this school law ranges from ti to rs. Pestofllce at Farmer Robbed. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Bept Si -.-(Special Telegram.) The United States authorities In this city wera today notified that tha poaicfflce at Farmer, on the Oman rail load In the eastern part of Hanson county, was robbed last uight. No postage (tamps were takan. but tha stamp and m my order funds were carried away. A strarger nr.o had been hanging around Parmer for seveial as ud whose actions hud been o.r.cwhat auspicious, has been arrested ou the chargo of having been Implicated l.n tha rub'-ery. It Is (aid Ma shoe flitod tracks l.i the ground near where entrance to the building waa effected. Tue prisoner waa brought to Hloux Fall today fur ti preliminary eiaml-kattoa. ENGINEER . IGNORED SIGNAL Passed Sign of Danger at Eapid fiato and Averted Eobbary. BANDITS ENTER STAID NEW ENGLAND Hake Vnsnvcessful Attempt to Hold I'd Train on New York, New Haven Hartford Road In Rhode - Island. WOONSOCKET, It. I.. Sept M. -Because the trained ' eye of Engineer George W. Boaa recognized in the awkward swing- of a lantern tha work of a novice he pulled the throttle wide open and drove bis train awlftly by a danger slg-nul set dead against him and frustrated what la believed to have been an attempt to hold up the boat train at Pluminer'a Jodge, a lonely spot a mile north of Whltin's atatlon on tha New York, New Haven ft Hartford rail road laat night. Four cars, full of passen gers, unconscious of peril met and avoided, were landed safely In Providence, and the engineer, who had assumed an awful re sponsibility, repaired to the office of Su perintendent A. It. Whaley to report that he had matched his judgment against the Iron-clad orders of the road and won. That there waa a deliberate attempt by ten men to hold up the train there waa little doubt, but little waa known of the matter until tonight when Deputy Sheriff Bucon was called Into the case by Superin tendent Whaley and, fully armed, took bia place by the aide of the engineer and accompanied the train from Worcester to Providence.' Ha will ride on the engine again' tomorrow night, and In the mean time the police are scouring this section of the state, to locate the gang described by the engineer. Tha boat train drew out of Worcester at t:10 last night and was due in Providence at 7:20. It had reached a point within an eighth of a mile of Plummer's Lodgg. where Engineer Boss saw a green signal light. Indicating a clear track. Suddenly the light changed to red and the engineer closed the throttle and aet the airbrakes. Light Swan I'neaslly. As he did so a lantern waa swung across tha track, but not In the easy manner acquired by experienced trainmen, and It flashed across Boas' mind that the man who gave the signal waa not stopping the. train for any good purpose. For a second he hesitated, balancing la his mind the chances of wrecking his train If he went on and the probability of Its pasaengera being robbed and perhaps killed If he brought It t a standstill. As far aa he could see an unobstructed track lay before biin. Another second and his mind was made up and he rushed past the s'gnal. Leaulug out of his cab. Engineer Boas aaw the man with the lan tern jump from the track, two other men atandlng on the ladder holding the station ary light and tampering with the signal. While seven other men were lined up along the roadbed. Immediately on reaching Providence he reported the matter to Su perintendent Whaley, who at once started an Investigation of all the clrcumstancea. and later gave Deputy Sheriff Bacon charge of the case. The boat train Is followed a few mlnutea later by an express and mall train and it is thought that the attempt waa perhapa directed against the latter train, which waa confused with the boat train. FIRE RECORD. Damage to M. H. Do Young's Home. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.-Tbe hand some home of M. II. De Young, proprietor of the Chronicle, narrowly escaped burning today by a fire which waa atarted by crossed electric wires on the roof of the theater annex to the' main building. An engine company stationed only a block away waa quickly summoned and pre vented the spread of the flames though not before tlO.000 damage was done. The structure In which the fire occurred waa erected by Mr. De Young for the enter tainment of guests when he was governor general of the midwinter fair. Business Block In Kansas. WELLINGTON. Kan., Sept. 2a.-Fire, be lieved to have been of Incendiary origin, destroyed an entire block of business houses at South Haven, near here, early today, causing a loss estimated at t"75.O0O. Oa Toronto Island. TORONTO. Sept. 25. Fire on the Island today destroyed the power house and ma-' chlnory, the wharves and shelter. The Hotel Hanlon waa aaved from the flames. The loss la f70,0C0. A Polite Denial. Everybody knowa the man who la careful never to Bay "No" abruptly In answer to a question. "No" Is a hard wcrd, but one may sometimes be made ridiculous by a re luctance to utter It. says an exchange. A certain man who had thla habit waa once met by two women who had been dis cussing the peculiarity, and one of them aald that she was positive she could make him say "Oh, no," flatly. So ahe addressed him thus: "Let rca see, Mr. Smith, you are a wid ower, are you nott" "Aa much a widower, madam," he an Inured, with a polite inclination of his head, "aa It Is poaslble for a man to be who has never married." The woman had to own herself beaten.' Mobile Register. Committed to the Tomb a. New York, Befit. S. U'Larry" Bomerfteld and John M. Wilson, wanted In Philadel phia on a charge of larcency from a Pitts burg capitalist of t-1,0u0 through a stock deal, were arraigned again luday and com mitted le tha Tombs to await extradition WORD FROM THE FAR NORTH Letter Eeoeived from Captain of Zeigler Polar Expedition in Ios Field. STRANGE CONDITIONS ARE PREVAILING Lack of Animal Life and Large Nam bers of Dead Birds May Pre dict Disturbance , of Nature. NEW YORK. Sept. 23,-The steamer American, which is bearing the Zeigler Polar expedition northward, encountered unusual Arctic-like conditions during tha month of July, according to a Utter re ceived here by William Zeigler from Fial. who la in command. The letter waa writ ten In the Barentz aea on July 20 and was brought south by a aealer whom American met by happy chance, immense quantities of Ice were encountered, there was a strange absence of animal life, and many dead birds were seen on the cakes of float ing Ice. It Is thought that there must have been soma unusual disturbance of nature In that part of the polar regions to account for these conditions, and tha letter will be of Interest to scientists. The letter la dated July 29, 1&3, and reads as fulluws: Wo are rapidly nearing a sail and In hopo of this reaching you 1 write haatily. We left Archangel on the Fourth of Jul, but were delayed by a ttlortn In the White Bea, reaching Vardo, Norway, July . At Vardo we took on additional c ml and water, leaving there the evening of July lu. Blnce then we1 have been akirt.na the edgj of the Ice pack vainly looking lor a le i.i. We made a direct course from Vatd, striking the Ice ut 28 iu longitude east, 7a north latltudx, and then went Into the Ice to 70 3s, but It waa so solid that we ie turned and went eastward and southward uloi,K the edae of the fuck looklnK for u lead until we wore ne.tr the shore, in plain elslit of Nova Zembla last night in latitude 72.W nortn. Going Northward and Westward. Not finding a lead of any character worth roing into the ice, we ate returning nortn ward and westward where we Intend to puh Into the ice between the ttith and 47th bardUcl of east lontcilude. The captain thinks It will be the best Dlaee to try to force our way. Instead of being a particularly good year as lo ico conamons, tne ituiicaiions ii.ua far seem to Drove otherwise, and the strange silence from the lack of lite that broods over this waste of Ice is peculiar. We have. Indued, struck a peculiar tea- son. Numbers of dead birds strew the cakes of ice and not one polar bear his been slKhttxl and only a stray real once in a groat while. It either Indicates I n- mense llelds of Ice north or lots of ooen water. Lt us hope tor the latter. Every- tlilim aboard has been pleasant and lur moniouH. Men are In iilciuinl condlti in and happy, although impatient to get north. The horae and dog are In Rood form and we are thankful t r the coal we took on at vardo. for we eliall need evey ounce of It aa we look at the long, un broken ma ot ice. As this letter was written more than two months ago it is believed that a favorable lead waa found and that the party's base. t rans jesef lano, waa reacaeo. MUST ANSWERT0 UNCLE SAM Man W bo Writes Alleged Obscene Letter to Woman Is In Jail. Edward Walker, a former resident of Lin coln, Neb., but later of Kearney, will have to answer to the United States authorities for writing an alleged unmalluble .letter to Mrs. Eva Baya of Kearney from Lincoln, addreased to her at Kearney, Deputy United States Marshal Availing went to Kearney Thursday and took Walker to Lincoln, where he waa arraigned before United States Commissioner Marley. He waa bound over to the United States grand jury and will spend the Interim in the Douglaa county jail until the caae ia finally disposed of. Hissed a Train That Was n Day Late. The sale of the Indiana & Illinois rail road to the Illinois Central lust week recalls an amusing atory. When the . Bwlts City division of tha Illinois Central ! was built It waa known aa the. Indiana & Illinois Southern. It waa a narrow-gauge road, the . roadbed waa bad, the engines and cars were built on a miniature acalo, and, while there waa a schedule, had a train been on time the fact would have been regarding as a miracle. The road was known aa the "Try-Weakly." About twenty years ago Joslah Me- Connell desired to go to Swits City from Sullivan, but missed the train by a minute or two. The clock at the atatlon ahowed that the train had left Sullivan five mlnutea ahead of time, and MoConnell sued tha railroad company for 13,000 damagea. On a trial of tha caae it waa proved beyond a doubt that the train McConnell irtssed ahould have gone the day before, and waa really twenty-three hours and flfty-flve mlnutea late. Indianapolis News. South Dakota W. C. T. V. . REDFIELD, S. D., Sept to (Special Telegram.) The fifteenth annual convention of the South Dakota Woman's Christian Temperance union Is now in session here. All the state general officers, branch sec retaries and many superintendents are present. The outlook for a fine conven tion is gopd. Delegatea are coming In on every train. The Redfteld union is work ing hard and successfully to entertain all and make the convention all It ahould be. One national worker is present and en thusiasm Is high. Uualltted. "Say," queried the herd-luck victim as he meandered Into a barber shop, "can you give ma a job?" "Well," replied the boss, "I do need an assistant. Can you handle a razor?" "Well," rejoined the applicant, "I have always shaved myself." "And do you know how to work tha scissors?" asked the lather mixer. ."Do I?'' exclalmod the party of tha first part. "Say, lhat'a rlr.ht where live. I edited a tillage paper for nine long years." Chicago News. ?wsrwrw-r o.-vbt- yir arw a. . - . v ., '.V ,.'V-i WH V? BECAUSE CHIN OLA taste eaoe folislO BECAUSE ONB 8HINIS LASTS A WEEK. BECAUSE " PPNed with the least eiertlon, especially whea the ,OA'WVUO't' bnlnela bauber (Scj and Polisher (iOcjVre uitd. BECAUSE yoa get lOO SHINES FOR A DIMS. BECAUSE although the best, it costs no more than polishes which are much lut nor. O I J I T I rtl n preserves, softens, snd wakes leather water. . I I nnllalJl U woof. A poiuh black as irt t. oroduced on . I pouf. A polish black as jet la produced oa every kind cf leather. I rd on raen'a. v 'a ahoca, it ia eapaciallr dcairable fur women's snd children ladiea1 and children's a it ia cleanly, rmv and taiole. A targe dux at your ocsicr a, luc., or uy man. PET IT TO-DAY. SHINOLA, CO, Rochester, N. Y. Shiaeia Dasher aaS PaUaaer lOe. bj stall sostpaM. f 1 1 t A A