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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19,
OMAHA, BAT U I U) AY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1903.
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TUH RGUABLE ITUMB.
EllJS CA k: OF
Men's and B
oys'$l2.50!$l5Suits
Saturday we will put on sale the largest and best assortment
of high grade men's 12.50 and 15.00 Suits erer shown in the
city. These suits are all made by the well known firm of Hart
Schaffner & Man, clothing manufacturers.
Those stilts com In an tho latest and
up-to-date style and fabric. In fancy
cheviota. black and blue unfinished wor
steds, thlbeta, serges, fancy worsteds and
Scotch cheviots; In brown and gray mix
tures, plaids, stripes, fancy mixtures and
plain colors: band tailored throughout and
are mads in single and double-breasted
styles, in regular, 'vartliy. silm;nd smut
cuts: can fit men of all shape, These suite
are equal to any $36.00 made- to-order
suit. Our special prloo If)
for Saturday. $16.00 IfctUU
Hen's Overcoats
flotnrday wa are to put on sale the best
and largest assortment of men's over
eoata erer shown at the price. They come
In brown mixture. Oxford frays, blues,
blacks and fanoy mixtures. In kerseys.
Vicunas, cheviots and Irish frlese, medium
and Ions; all hand tailored and are equal
In style, fit and quality to any (2.00 to
180.00 made-to-order overcoats, our spe
cial price for Satur
day. 11(0
and ............. i . i
Win Sera finer!
U Mint
Hand Tailored
i. uur spa
.10.00
Boj' end Children's Suits
In all the different styles. In Norfolk;,
sailor blouee, sailor Norfolk, Russian
blouse, double-breasted and three-piece "
styles. In brown and gray mixtures, blacks.
roues, stripes, oneck ana plain colors; ages)
Trom to la years; at in
following special priossi
$.60, fLiO, iLM -" '
.1.00
Boys' Roofers
IWttll fttK storm collars, tn ayes from 4 to 16 years-dost the thins; for
school wear in cheviots, frleses and chinchillas,
at I3.S0. H-SO, $1.86 and
1.75
MORE BARGAINS
In the Grand Clearance sale
SILKS
"JDO pieces rillrtoT fancy; 'work, la all colors, peryard.
of
.25c
&2 Inches wide Oriental, Persian and Japanese silks, 50 designs,
.j per yarn imnai nmmi 49c
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Uiiss Them
Saturday's
Specials...
There is no sentiment in business People patronize us be
cause they find it profitable to do so. Do not miss these bargains.
You will find them extra good values,
COUPONS FREE WITH EVERY PURCHASE.
HAT DEPARTMENT
Stylish Hats for IVIon and Boys
Everything that Is new and up to date In
men's and boys' hata can be found here.
The best hat makers In America make the -hats
we sell. You can always be sjre
to And the best quality here. Any I (lfl
styles, stiff or soft, at $2.S0, S3. SLS0.... IfUU
We are sole agents for the Imperial 13.00,
and Omaha agents for tha celebrated John
B. Stetson hats.
CAPS
Child ram's Tonnes a ad' Tana Shan
ters, iHVc.
Wa hare Just closed out ISO dozen chil
dren's skating caps from one of the lament
manufacturers In the country. We now
offer you a lot of children's toques and
would be worth up to 7Eo each, but at the
price we secured them, we can sell them at unheard of prloss.
Tour choio of thia entlr lot Saturday tit. only, Mch.
MEN'S AND BOYS' WINTER CAPS
GOo men's and boys fine plush cloth caps, regular 60o quality
Saturday, eacn
11.00 men's and boys' silk plush and cloth caps, with extra wide pull-down
band, worth up to $1.00 Saturday, each.... .. '..
Fine grades at 75a. $1.00 and 11.60.
25o
25c
50c
The Most Reliable Grocery Dept. t West
Gift Coupons With Every Purchase
Fancy sflia In greatest variety, chects, plaids, stripes and bro
cades, all kinds and colors, on center isle bargain counter, at,
per y&rdMMumi.Mta . . 69c
The Crepe de Chine that beats them all, 100 shades, actually
worth $1, goes Saturday, at, per yard .69c
10 pieces extra fine Swiss oil boiled taffeta, worth f L25, Satur
day, f or . . , -. , 85c
& Lbs. fine granulated sugar 11.00
Large sacks, white or yellow cornmeaL12c
Fancy peart' tapioca, per lb...: SUo
1 Lb. pkg. imported macaroni 7Hc
1 Lb. pkg. self-rising; pancake flour 7Hc
Quart cans golden table syrup 10c
1 Gal. cans golden table syrup 86c
Elastic, I X L or celluloid starch, per
package 7Hc
t Lb. can solid packed tomatoes 10c
I Lb. can early June sifted peas Ttto
t Lb. can wax, lima or string- beans.... 7c
I Lb. can Boston baked beans 8Ho
Fancy mixed, sweet, gerkln, chow chow
or onion pickles, per bottle SVio
1 Can fancy Alaska salmon $o
Oil or mustard sardines Ho'
Vigor, vim, neutrltla, malta vita, malta
ceres or force, per pkg.... ....7Ho
Largo Italian prunes, per lb '....&c
Fancy French prunes, per lb... 7o
California peaches, per lb 7Ho
Mure Park apricots, per lb lOo
New Tork crab apples, per lb SHo
English cleaned currants, per lb..., lOo
Fanov mixed oranae. lemon and citron peel.
par lb....1. 260
FRESH FRUIT AND CAKDT SPECIALS.
Large Brasll oocoanuts, each .....4o
Large Juloy lemons, each ...la
Fancy sweet Florida oranges, dos 17Hc
California comb honey, per rack 15a
California figs, per pkg Be
Fresh roasted peanuts, per measure So
Fancy Omaha mixed candy, lb lOo
Chocolate drops, per lb 12V&0
25 Sticks pure sugar candy 5c
Yucatan or California fruit gum, pkg....4o
TEA AND COFFEE SPECIAL.
A beautiful present given free with one
pound of our 40o and 60c tea.
Fancy imperial tea, only 25c
Basket fired Japan tea., only 35o
Moyune and gunpowder tea, only 8o
New tea sittings, only 12Hc
Golden Rio, per lb., 16c; 7 lbs. for 11.00
Imperial Java and Mocha, per lb., 17HC
' lbs. for ! $1.00
Old Gov. Mocha and Java, per lb., 80c; i
lbs. for 11.00
Good drink ooffee, only 12Hc
Hardware Department
A CAR OF SLE7D9 AND COASTERS.
We have about IB different kinds of sleds
and coasters up from 2Bo
1,500 PAIRS BARNET ft BERRY SKATES
W have all kinds of Barney It Berry
skates for ladlei, men and children, from
the very cheapest td the very finest
welded, hardened, nickel plated and en
graved; nothing finer, at prices up
from 69o
Special Price onBase Burners
We want to close out every heating stove
we have In stock before the 1st of Jan
uary and will make prices that will do
it. If you need anything- In any kind of
heating- stove call on us we, have them
and at prices that will please.
10-Inch Air Tight Oaks $4.9S
U-Inoh Air Tight Oaks .
14-Inch Air Tight Oaks V.tS
16-Inch Hot Blast SS.K
Regal Universal Double-Heating Base
Burner, a regular $50 stove, for 839.95
The Standard Steel Range, cheap at 830,
our prioe 824.60
Heat Department
rss;s"zrzsotoija
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The best meats at the least price to be
found In the city.
IMO. l Macon, 111.
per lb iC
No. 1 Iowa Pride Ham, l i
per ib...... .Trrrt?.
No. 1 Veal Roast. ai
per lb ; QC
per
No. 1 Boiling Beef,
per lb
No. 1 Corned Beef.
per lb AO
Foreauarter Rrainsr Timli m
per lb 10
tltndquarter Spring Lamb, i.
per lb yJO
ioin uuuo v;nops,
per lb ,
Rib Lamb Chops,
per lb
Shoulder Lamb Chops,
per lb
La-nb Roast.
nmr 1 h
Ttrtunri RtA.lr t
waz:..... ........Dtoiua
per lb OC1
Irlb6. fr-IQc
Short Porterhouse Steak, n.
per lb 00
Neufchatel Cheese, ri
per pkg Ou
Hand Cheese. In
per pkg U
New York Gosh an Cheese,
per lb
tec
lOo
So
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Ul Oil 0 I Ul IIIOIIIIIO TB88 RELIABLE ITORR,
CORSETS
Ladirs' Kdaight front Corsets in nil the latest styles, with and
without how Hujiorters attache!, up from 1.00
Straight front dip hip Cornets, with hose supporters, at. ...49c
Ladies' and misses' girdles, in all sizes, at, each 49c
HOSE
Ladies' full seamless hose, in black and oxford gray,
at... .. lZiCMUC
Ladies' line Lisle thread hose, in plain black and fancy colors,
nt.. , 50c-35c-25c
Ladies' fine all-wool hose, in plain black and oxford gray, at.25c
Children's heavy ribbed hose, at ...12c10c
Heavy fleeced lined hose, at 25c
Boys' heavy fleeced hose, at 15c
Children's Jersey ribbed vests and pants, all sizes, worth 19c,
at 10c
Boys' extra heavy fleece lined vests and drawers, worth 50c,
at 25c
Children's Jersey ribbed fleece lined union suits, worth 50c,
at 25c
:yes right? moi
Then come to our Optical Department and have the proper
glasses fitted.
OUR CHARGES ARE MOST MODERATE.
HATS TRIMMED FREE OF CHARGE
Sensational Low Prico Salo of
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WINDOWS
LlliSY
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WINDOWS
$1.50 Satin Bound Hats, all colors 31h
$1.50 Children's Trimmed Hats.... 19c
S3 Children's Trimmed Hats.; ; ..SI
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SEE THE BARCAINS IN OUR DODGE STREET WINDOWS.
$7 Ostrich Plume Hats, $3.50
One hundred splondid)y irinmad ottrcli plai) hats In
bath beaver and silk velvel-brow.1, navy, q Kfl
cardinal and castor, warih $7, Saturday Usvu
$5 Ladl8s' Trimmed Hats $1
SI Slllc Velvet Foliage, each .......25c
STICRNEY FILLED WITH HOPE
Declarti Omaha Can Bo Mtd Big Orain
Market if 111 Help.
TIME TO QUIT TALKING AND 60 TO WORK
Hca Utsnsalf to Rail V IImtm
aasl ' Tstka Lsvd Tawar Csat-Baassaatiaa-
Flaas Bet
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resident BUckney of tha Chicago Oreat
Western says that everything In now tn
readiness to build up one of the greatest
grain markets in the country In Omaha.
When seen at the Iler Orand yesterday
Mr. Stlckney was asked what he
thought of the present outlook In the grain
market situation and replied:
"The talking Is all done now. Everything
so far as I can see is on a satisfactory
feotlng. Let's go to work with our sleeves
rolled up ,and make .Omaha a grain mar
ket. In . short, let's do business. The
world tn general has no time for the pessi
mist, for the man who says It wllL not win.
What the world is look Ink for is the man
who says It will win and makes it win.
Cities are like men. and If we show the
world that Omaha can make it win, why.
this is the city that tha world will be look
ing for. Personally, I have great faith in
the future of this city as a grain market.
You have everything here to make a mar
ket and all that remains Is to use the miv
terlala at hand and make It. When the
railroads running Into this city dud that
there Is grain here to haul to the east they
will all become Interested In securing the
business and there will be sharp competl
tton for It, and that is what we want; that
Is what will assist in making the market a
surot-ss. The profit in the grain business
Is not lu sending It In here and selling It
on the sidetrack for shipment to some other
point. It is In cleaning it and milling It
and selling the cleaned grain or Its product
in the highest market of the world. The
cleaning and milling makes work, and work
makes business, and business when rightly
conducted mskes money. Why., look at the
grain men of Minneapolis; they are all
rich. You can't tin J u puor one among
them, and that is what we want In
Omaha.
Follow i:ample Mere,
"In speaking of the cleaning of grain. I
remember when I aus younger that farm
ers ued to sell their butter In the toan
market, end It was full of dirt mid hair,
1'rtiirtally hulr. Borne one concluded It
would be a good plan to clean the hair
out. so that people would not have to
consume It ulong with the butter, and. do
you know, that fellow went to buying
that butter esl hutr, and he cleaned it up
and sold the pure product at a much
higher rr;e, and he got rich. IJke all
i tier buslnee, hi bus nesj iif extracting
tlu h Ir waj emulated and uther got rich,
and that , what e wsnl to do here in
timMht, lulwe want t i clean grain lu-.t-dd
f butter and sell It fur an advance
mill g. rich. It can be done mi1 It will
lie Cone.",
When ssked regarding the iini.rovements
to be made In the nature of terminal
facilities by his company, Mr. Stlckney
said that work would be begun as soon
as the frost would permit the ground to
be broken. Bald he:
"I want to get everything ready, so that
the work of building can be closed up
early In the spring. I do not expect that
the' work can possibly be completed this
winter, but If everything Is at hand, so wa
can push matters as soon as the frost Is
out ef the ground, we can soon conclude
the work In the spring. I spent most of
the forenoon with some contractors on the J
ground," and they will submit figures for
the building at an early date. The ma
terial will be gathered and everything will
be In readiness. All of the buildings will
be of brick and of a substantial nature.
We expect to use them a long time and
don't want to have to replaoe them. When
asked how much he expected to expend in
terminal facilities and buildings Mr. Stlck
ney stated that of course that was some
what problematical, but he thought the
completion of the first work would cost
upwards of flOil.000, and might reach
$160,000.
President Stlckney will leave for his
home this morning.
the passenger department of the Burling
ton in Chicago, under P. S. Euetls. He re
signed this position to run the German vil
lage at the World's fair with his father,'
O. B. Schmidt, now a resident of Pueblo.
After the fair he again came to Omaha to
accept the position of assistant city passen
ger agent of the Burlington and from here
he went to Denver, where be accepted a
position In the offices of the general agency
of the Burlington under Q. W. Vallery.
He was made traveling passenger agent
and then olty ticket agent of that line tn
Denver, which latter position he held until
accepting the position with the Rock Island
this week.
OMAHA CONCERN WINS SUIT
Interaattona! Masafactartasi (on.
pan? Gets Declstosi ta the
Federal Coart.
The patent right Infrlngment case of
Hugo D. Braumllch against International
Manufacturing Company of Omaha was
given to the jury In the United States dis
trict court yesterday morning about :30.
The Jury was out a little less, than, an
hour and returned a verdict for the de
fendants.
Suit had been brought by the plaintiff,
a resident of Davenport, la., and the H. F.
rtrammer Manufacturing company of that
city for alleged Infringement of patent
and damages to the amount of $75,000. The
petition was subsequently amended to make
the damage claim but $1,800 and trial was
had on this basis. The contesting compa
nlee are the manufacturers of washing ma
chines. The International company la an
Omaha concern, of which P. C. ) leafy la
president, T. J. O'Brien vice president,
John Power treasurer and J. W. Martin
secretary and manuger. The machines in
question are manufactured in this city.
CANNOT FORSAKE THE WEST
Jokm Berss Rysus Writes from Old
Hosne He Will Retara This
Way.
Letters received from John Becan Ryan,
s, well-known Omaha newspaper man, are
to the effect that he la enjoying a visit
with his mother and family In Cincinnati,
where he has been for several weeks. He
proposes to remain In Ohio for some time
long enough at least to eat Christmas
turkey with his mother for the first time
Jlnce 1888. Mr. Ryan Indicates, however,
that he anticipates returning west In the
spring, whether to locate lu Omaha again
he has not determined. He Is still boom
ing the west, however, and has one or two
schemes In which he hopes to Interest
eastern capital.
"I could not bear to remain here long,"
he writes. "After once having lived In the
west no other place will do for me."
WALTER CRAIG PASSES AWAY
At Eighty-PiTe Former lebriika Million
aire Cut a Pauper in Ohio.
OWNED LARGEST RANCH IN THE WORLD
Incidents ef His Unlaw and Interest
ins; Life Recalled by City En
gineer Rosewater, Who
Knew Him Well.
SCHMIDT WITHR0CK ISLAND
Former Omaha Man Leaves Barling
loa for Competing l.loe In
Driver,
The announcement was made at the local
offices of the Rock Island yesterday
that Alfred B. Schmidt has been appointed
city passenger and ticket agent of that line
In Denver. Mr. Schmidt was formerly with
the Burlington In that city and It Is un
derstood that he received a handsome ad
vance lu salary when he went over to the
competing line.
This news Is especially IntVrrstlng to the
many friends of Mr. Schmidt In this city,
where he was lung In the railroad business.
He received his first experience In the ticket
auditor's u.Do of the I'nioii Pa Iflc une'er
W. o. Wing. He went rrora there to th?
office of . L Domax, and from there to
HOW TO PRKVEXT CHOI P.
Bom Reading That Will Prove liter,
estlnsr to Yonng Mother How to
Ussri Against the Disease.
Croup Is a terror to young mothers and to
post them concerning the cause, first syaap
tons and treatment. Is the object of this
item. The origin of croup Is a common
cold. Children who are subject to it lake
cold very easily and croup is almoct sure
to follow. The first sympton is hoarseness;
this Is soon tollowed by a peculiar rough
cough, which Is easily recognised and will
never be forgotten by one who has heard
It. The time to act Is when tha child first
becomes hoarse. When Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy Is freely given all tendency
to croup will soon disappear. Even after
the croup cough has developed It will pre
vent the attack. There Is no danger In
giving this remedy, for It contains nothing
injurious.
Mr. R. K. Brelsford. formerly manager
of Stonecypher's photo gallery, 1AX2 Far
nam street, is no longer connected with
the business In any way. Mr. J. H. Glenn
of Washington, p. c., suoceeds him.
Watch for Ike Book Member.
On Sunday. December C our First Annual
Book Number will appear. A great treat
for any person Interested in books. Five
cents a copy. Order now.
Wife Brlaga Action.
Addison B. Carter Is made defendant and
A ut i a flhaw, alias Anna Blue, alias Bee
tle Curli. ro-drfendanl. In a complaint
lied lu police court by Mrs. Addison 8
Carter, charging adultery and naming No
vemlier il as tha apaclne date. Arraign
nsiit and hearing are set for Monday neat.
Information has been received In Omaha
that Walter Craig, who was famous In Ne
braska thirty years ago as the owner of the
largest ranch-farm in the world, has died
at Troy. O., aged 86 years. Once a man of
unlimited wealth, he passed away a pau
per in the tumbled-down cabin of a former
housekeper. A thirst for speculation and a
fondness for horses wrecked his fortunes
and for ten years previous to his death he
lived a poverty-stricken, cheerless, life ag
gravated by broken health and the Infirmi
ties of age.
Upon hearing of Craig's death yesterday
City Engineer Andrew Kueewater took
an old scrap book from a locked drawer. In
faded Ink he found an agreement dated
July 1. 1874. signed by Craig and' his part
ner, Ephraira Clark, authorising Mr. Rose
water and I. N. Taylor, a deceased Omaha
real estate man, to dispose of nearly all
the township In Stanton county that Craig
owned. It was specified that at least $124,
000 must be received, and as an inducement
Craig proposed to build a brick school
house. He stipulated that the town site of
Craig, Neb., should remain for the purpose
Intended.
"We 'attempted to sell the vast tract,
which was six miles square and contained
21,000 acres of some of the finest farm land
in the state," said Mr. Rosewater. "It
was Just after the famous grasshopper
plague, however, and there was no demand
for Nebraska land. Eventually Craig dis
posed of the property through other chan
nels. It Is worth at least $1,000,000 now.
Knew Craig Well.
"I knew the man quite well and often
hunted on his place. He bought the town
ship in 1871 or 1872. I believe, and besides
farming, raised cattle on a large scale. He
built the largest barn In the west and col
lected an army of employes about him.
These he gathered In a small town. He
built a fair grounds and a race track, but
they did not prove successful. Eventually
he became tired of the project and became
Interested in Mexican muies."
Craig discovered tome silver mines in the
Sierra Madirs near Chihuahua and organ
ised a eompany lu the states to work them
The Investment paid well and Crald lived
like a king in a magnificent villa near Chi
huahua jnill the death of his third wife
In 187.
He then returned to the it-.it.j and con
celved the Idea of making a natlun uf horse
lovers out of the Mexicar.a. -gainst the
advice of friends he collected ,ouo horses
in Texas, employed a troop of herders and
set out overland for Chihuahua, 3 miles
distant. The trail was marked with dead
bodies and less than half the horses reached
Mexico. H) learned that the Mexicans had
, no use for the horse as a work animal and
tha venture was a total failure and tha be
ginning of his financial decline. His silver
mines ceased to be productive and he lost
heavily by the failure of a San Francisco
bxnk A ytar of speculation in western
miiJnjt stock swept away the last dregs of
hi mon y.
rne of the For-ty-Nlners.
Craig's youth was eventful. He left home
when 12 years old and, after engaging in
various kinds of work and enterprises,
caught the' gold fever in '49. While on
Its way to California his company was
beset by Indians and all but five. Including
Craig, were assassinated. The young man
escaped on a horse and returned to Ohio.
In 1870 he went west again and found a
gold mine in California that he sold for
$300,000. It was not long after this that
he came to Nebraska, worth at least
$500,000, and bought the then largest farm
in the world. He was in Omaha often and
some of the old-timers about town re
member him well.
Rock Island. It was thought that the
other lines were holding back the Issuance
of new tariffs to see the outoome of the
Kansas City meeting, and It Is thought
probable that so long as nothing was done
there that all lines which are competitors
of ths Missouri Pacific will Issue tariffs
meeting the rate at once.
GOSSIP OF COMMISSION ROW
Doings In Christmas Tree I.lno that
Woald Make Mr. Macbeth
v Reminiscent.
Tf Mr. Macbeth, chief executive of the
play of that name, should see commission
row now he would remember what the
witches said about Blrnam Wood coming to
town and signing his finish. He would
finish In the third set. It Is the Christ
mas tree. Noble and untamed specimens
of the northern evergreen are corded up
by the cord along the sidewalks, and yet
more noble specimens are lashed to awn
ing stanclons for a sign of the times.
There are said to be some carefully reared
nursery trees that will make shiners In
the Sunday school festivals, and for the
smaller private Joy-bush there Is an ele
gant selection.' The wholesale prices will
rule about as they were last year.
The fruits snd vegetables are planning
for a very swell Christmas season and are
sending out invitations for all sorts of
hot house and tropical favorites to be pres
ent for the pleasing of the populace. The
popcorn Is now working overtime and burst
ing with business. The local market 1
all supplied from right here In Nebraska
and the colonels are wholesaling at about
ZVsC per. The navy beans must be ex
pecting an overflow meeting from Boston,
as they have shoved their price up about
10 cents per wholesale Item. Two more
cars of Malaga grapes are coming here be
fore Christmas. Grape fruits are quite
expensive this year and nobody claims to
understand why. Perhaps the vines are
not doing well.
FIRST CASE UNDER NEW LAW
Test of Kennedy Aet Relating to
Homo Desertion Made In Dis
trict Court.
For the first time in the history of Doug
las county he new and peculiar law en
acted by the last legislature relating to
the desertion of the home by the father or
the mother became operative yesterday.
In the case of the State of Nebraska
against Carl William Ecklund the defend
ant pleaded guilty to the charge of deser
tion. By the provisions of a new law which
was adopted by the last legislature, and
of which J. A. C. Kennedy is the author, It
Is provided that the court, before entering
a sentence in a case like this, msy admit
the offender to ball in other words, he
may "suspend" eentenoe before he has
named a sentence providing the party
agrees to go back home and be good and
provide his wife and children with food,
shelter and clothing.
These things Ecklund has agreed to do
and his sentence, which, strange to say.
has never been pronounoed by the court,
la nevertheless "suspended."
MEMORIAL TO JUDGE DAVIS
Bervlees in Honor of I.ate Omaha
Jarlst Will Be Held In Conrt
Hons.
Announcement has been made that
memorial services In honor of tha late
Judge if. J. Davis, will be held In court
room No. 1, at the court house this morn
ing. Judge Davis died recently In a hospital
at Chicago. He was one of the beat
known members of the Douglas county bar,
having been appointed to the district bench
J in 1K1, at the same time that Judge Ks-
telle received his appolntzrent. The com
mittee which was named by ths court to
draw up resolutions also will make Its re
port. To these services the general public Is
invited and the further announcement Is
mads that the services will begin promptly
at 10 o'clock.
NO STRIKING MOVES MADE
Little Vital Work Aanonneed from
rrrlght Men's Meeting; at
Kansas City.
The general freight agents who have been
to the TransmiSbissippl rate meeting In
Kansas City have returned home, and re
port that there was so much other business
before the meeting that the matter of the
sdjustment of grain rates was not reached.
The low rates put In effect by the Mis
souri Paclfla have been, so far, met by
ouly one coirpetlng Una, and that la ths
SPECIAL, EXCIH41U
To Oklahoma, Indian Territory and
. Texas December 8 Tin Reek
Island fystem.
Rates as follows: To Oklahoma and In
dian Territory points, $18.85. To nearly all
points In southern Texas, $11.86. To points
on Rock Island System El Paso division
In Texas and New Mexico, $-'3.85. To points
on El Paso nertheastern system south of
Alamogordo. ( New Mexico, Including
Doming and Kl Paso. Texas. $30X0.
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MAY TRY CASE IN LINCOLN
Federcl Court Likely :o Take Dietiich
Matter Up in Capital Oily.
POSSIBLE PREJUDICE TALKED t)f HERE
Depaty Marshal Homan Returns from
Rock County with Lone
Witness for PostofBce
Investigations.
A new move Is reported lo be incubating
In the Dietiich poatofnee cases, end that
Is to have the trials of these cases l.eld at
Lincoln during the federal term of court to
be held there, beginning the third Monday
in January, on the pretense that the petit
Jury In ths present terra of the federal
court here In Omaha might not be able to
give the cases a fair and impartial trial
because of more or less familiarity with
the cases as being Investigated by the
grand Jury through constant contact with
the witnesses and grand Jurors aliout the
federal building. It is understood that this
move Is fostered by the Summers element.
The January term of the federal court
will begin at Lincoln January 17, 1904, and
a new petit Jury will be drawn for that
term.
Deputy United States Marshal Homan
returned Thursday night from Rock county,
where he had been summoning witnesses In
the land-fencing cases now before the
grand Jury. Only one witness. J. A. Ma
comber, accompanied the marshal, be vers I
of the other witnesses could not be found.
One witness had recently got Into a quarrel
and was so badly "beaten up and sustaining
other injuries by falling from a wsgun,
was unable to come to Omaha. His assail
ants are to be Investigated by the grand
Jury.
Tlontestraders Aro Anxious.
The land Investigations in that vicinity
have created considerable anxiety sinong
the homesteaders In tha cattle country and
many of them are extremely loth to testify
against the cattle barons.
There being no further cases ready for
trial before the federal court, the petit Jury
a as excused to 9 a. m. today.
The next case booked for trial will be a
suit for $S,0UO damages, the City of South
Omaha against The Schllts Brewing Com
pany of Milwaukee. Suit Is brought to re
cover damages from the brewing company
through an accident befalling a resident
of South Omaha from a defective sidewalk
through the removal of a hitching post hi
front of a saloon operated by the defend
ants, and by which the Injured party re
covered damages against the city of South
Omaha. Now comes the city of South
Omaha to recover from the Schllts Brewing
company the Judgment awarded against the
city In the Douglas county district court,
Money and Tobacee Stolen.
C. D. Brldenbecker, manager of the Gate
City Bowling alley at 1312 Farnam. repot is
to the police that his place was entered
from the basement Thursday night and
the cash register relieved of $S.li. Four
plugs of tolMicro also were taken. En.
trance was effected by breaking the glas
in a rear basement window.
Ess Your Poor, Tired, Aching fret
with Omega OU. Trial botUs lea,