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A Clothing Event
That Shatters All
Bargain Records.
STON
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Begins the Greatest
Clothing Sale in our history
Here Is a record breaking deal in men's suits and overcoats. - Tbe firm J. M. Merteps A; Co., Syracuse, New York known from coant. to coast, as manufacturers of the highest
grade clothing went to the wall. Hrandeis' buyer offered a spot cash sum and secured the greatest merchandise prize in years. We offer to Omaha,' men tomorrow the choice of the swell
est, most durable and best clothing that ever sold at a popular price. This is an extraordinary event and to every man who needs a stylish suit or oyercoat it means a rare saving chance.
Choice of J. M. Mertetis &
Co's $5, $6, $7.50
KNEE PANTS SUITS
Made of handsome all wool
fabrics, the newest styles, fash
ioned from the finest and mo6t
durable cloths. Extraordinary
offer
Choice of J. M. Mertetis &
Co's Boys' $10 and $12
LONG PANTS SUITS
Made In late nobby styles,
pretty fall patterns and worth'
at least double the price we
asb for each suit.
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Price ...... -y3
CHOICE OF ALL THE $22.50, S20, SI8 AND SI6.501
SUITS AND OVERCOATS AT $9.98
The firm of Mertens & Co. made nothing but high grade men's and boys' cloth
ing. Every garment that went from their factory was correct in point of style
and careful workmanship. In this tremendous lot which we offer for sale to
morrow, there is not one suit in this lot worth less than $16.50, most of them
worth $20- and f 18 and many are worth as high as $ 22.50. Iloth suits and over
coats are in the latest fashion and correct weights fdr this winter's wear.
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Neckwear for Gifts
House and Smoking Jackets
A present
tjiat is wel
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hand Borae
coats made in
imported
yachting
cloths, velvet
eilk, etc.
Hundreds of at
tractive styles at
$5, $7.50
and $10
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TXtttn 75tf underwear, heavy fleec lined, 25 C
35c
69c
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Men's flue $1 underwear,
at :
flea's excellent $1.50 underwear,
at
Men' a finest quality union suit, fornvtlttlnz,
98c to
The latest and newest effects
in high class Bilks, plain col
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stripes and Persian effectsr all
late styles, unusual values, at
111 25c
Jlj $2
Sweater Neck Mufflers
Way's Ana sweater neck tr.ufflers, always
popular for gifts, t
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worth 7Eo each
at
Christmas Gloves
Men's DreSS Kid Gloves unlined,. in all the
new fashionable shades, S9a (lg.31
specials at, a pair JU I
Men's Walking Cloves in the new cape stock
styles, late shades of tan, $) down $1
brown and oak, per pair .....' to '
Men's Lined OlOYes fur and wol lined
gloves in sealskins, doeski us $EJ down fflp
and mnskrat, a pair to JUL
Holiday Gift Suspenders
No Gift is More Appropriate and
Welcome than a Pair of ,
Fine jsusp'enders , . , '
Here are fancy' Imported French silk
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buckles, one hundred handsome styles to
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Men's, Hats Caps
200 dozen high grade winter
caps In fur, plush, beaver, ker
sey and corduroy, worth from
$1 up to $5 special holiday
sale, at
50c-98c
r ; jWafoir'coMmcHT wsi '
V.b . -ft-;s. v.csoim
Boys' and children's
taps golf, yachting-,
etc
25c to 98c
Men's Winter Shirts.
Tha newest styles In sUff bosom shirts.
nanasome paiurna,
everything that is
new and stylish
for winter
98c-1.50
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These are the most attract
ive robes to be seen this sea
son." An excellent buying
chance for Christmas ' shop
pers. '
$2.98 :S $15
Men's Silk Mufflers
$3 f 50c
imssst
mm
Newest effects tnd styles in
French folds, squares, Quilted
and full dress
mufflers i
HOUSE CONSIDERS PANAMA
EaprMenUrtiT Hitt Defends Conns of tha
AdminUtration on Iithmus.
RESULTS SECONDARY TO OBLIGATION
If Cloaakla Is Iatjar4 It Co14 Not
B Uelpsd, I sited States Is
; Vout t . Pvateet
Trafflo.
WASHINGTON. Deo. lt-Ths house on
coBVsnlng- today resolved Itself Into a com
mittee of the whole for the consideration of
pension bills, with Mr. Lawrence (Mass.)
In the chair.
Mr. VanVoorhees, rep. (O), explained
that the provisions of the bill were prac
tically Identical with those of last year's
measure. v . - ,
Mr. Dlnsmore, dem. (Ark.), who was
recognised, took occasion to speak of
the. Republic 4f Panama, He said the
repubUo h4 been established .and that
it exists by the power of the United States,
and that without that power it could net
eslst Nothing bad been gained, he said,
that could not be gained in a straightfor
ward and honorable way. Mr.Dlnsmors
disavowed any purpose to impute dishonor
able or improper motives to the officers of
the government.
Mr. Httt said there was nothing hasty or
unique in the recognition of the new repub
lic, as It occurred five days after the pro
mulgation of the independence of the re
public'
Mr. Williams (Miss.) asked if this was
Bot the first' time In South American his
tory 'that the other fellow had been pre
vented from shooting back."
' Mr. Hltt replied that he had seen it stated
in the press, but did not know it to be so,
but said thst troops could be sent to Colon
only to interfere with trsfflo on the isthmus
and that the Tnlted States Is under tbll-
ftatlon to prevent interruption of this traf
fie . ' v.
Hltt Defeats AdralaUtratlea.
Mr Hltt, made a vigorous defense of the
administration in connection with the Re
public of Panama. His references to the
president caused applause on the repub
lican side. The president, said Mr. Hltt
had not been precipitate, but had waited a
reasonable time. "But." he sdded. "he did
not waste time he never does." This utter-
snce was loudly applauded on the repub
lican side. He continued:
Ordinarily when a ahto la in nnrt mttA
a riintMrbanr or Insurrection occurs, we
land troopa to protect Americans from be
ing killed or robbed. We have done that
In France .nil w. wnnM da it .nwhura
In the case of Panama our situation -s
rtlrVrent from anv not on earth. We
lrd a aolemn and btndlns; engagement,
which had been Impreesel upon us bv
ell yeare. Often we were called Boon
by the Colombian government. oftenee
rvert. forced upon us ,the ohligatioo to
keep ht puth open tmt pes to sea: nt
to aid or .upprc.a rebellion, but to keeo
the Bh oen: ed when we landed troons
St Polrn. their diitv under the treaty
rin'n o let no ermed men or cue dt
irh the otn fre rour of oommerc
or movement In the pathw.v aero, the
leinmua. tAppiaii.e nn repuMican aldel.
raltk its Coed Lack Agree.
Now, it so happened. In the course of
human events, wlilch we do nut guide,
but which It Is believed by many aa a-ik-
wlse Providence watches and directs, that
In this case our duty, In good faith under
the treaty, to keep that highway open,
fell In with and brought out a consequence
which -"was grave to Colombia. It has
Invoked that interference before, but it
so happened that always heretofore It
accrued to Its benefit. In what we have
done we- had for a motive the highest ohll-
f ration of national faith. It was done sedu
ously and carefully, but K did result in
rnaklnr It very difficult for trooDs to
come from Bogota. Our government will
not permit anybody on that line of
railway, or on the croeslng of the Isth
mus that would disturb free transit, and It
ia because theee two thlnKS coincided, that
man who do not look on the matter calmly
and fairly will say that we did what we
did to Injure 'Bogota, when In fact we
did it to keep good faith, though it has
Injured Bogota.
After reviewing the history of the act of
congress and the negotiations with Colom
bia and the sending of a treaty to Bogota,
Mr. Hltt paid the people of Colombia
thought the United States was so bent on
having a canal on tbe Isthmus that ths
game waa easy. They had $10,000,000, ' but
t3ti.000.000 would be better, and Colombian
papera had urged thoee charged with the
power to hold out for great sums of Yan
kee money. Referring to the slse of Pan
ama, Mr. Hltt said: "It is not a matter
of space The rule of square mile is
mistake. Moral laws are not measured
from the surveyor's point" , ,
Work Will Be Deat. '
Mr.. Williams Nor measured by ditches,
the requirements of a canal, either.
Mr. Hltt Ths one purpose that has been
effected, the one that had been voted for
in this body and has governed the action
of our government is the one that every
good American heartily sympathises with.
That is the reason we do not apologise for
the conduct of our government in following
the precedents of its past history, and we
are proud that we have a president that
did not wait ten years. (Loud applause on
republican side.)
" The whole world.' he said, had been
in favdr of a canal,' and," added Mr. Hltt,
"we have got a man to work on it who will
cut it through." This was loudly cheered
by the republicans. -
Mr. Williams, Interrupting, aald hs wantsd
to take the burden of saying "yes" to ths
question aa to whether the government had
been virtually guilty of moral obliquity in
its international relations la Its action con
cerning ths RepubUo of Panama.
Mr. Hltt continuing, said the people of
Panama had organised a government which
had the cordial support of everyone who
lived there. That, he said, Is proven by the
fact that a man would have -been an un
natural bring if he had not wished to
separate himself from such a cumbrous
government as had weighed upon them so
hard. Referiing In this connection to the
government at Bogota ho said: "That
distant center, coldly plotting to get hold
of ths great spoil they hoped to get from
the United Btatee deliberately threw away
the treaty and fD.COO.OOO in the hope of
getting still mure, utterly regardless of the
great peril to which they put the people
of the province of Panama."
V Weald Rot Be Blaeksaailed.
Replying to Mr. Pinsmore, Mr. Hltt said:
"The president of tbe United States had no
representatives there (on the Isthmus) ex
cept two very low salaried consular offi
cers and one clerk and he had no money
except what has been appropriated by thla
body." Continuing bis remarks, Mr. Httt
said:
following ths spirit of the treaty and
of the legi.latiuB Since, the presld.ai, wall
waiting a reasonable time, found that the
will of congress should ho oarrled out and
he would nut submit to the blackmail that
was tried to be Imposed on the people of
the United States owing to the rapacity of
a band of men who abused their authority.
It Is not in the spirit of our people. When
the open hand of bounty is met by tha
clinched fist of malice and greed the
Yankee knows how to stop that business.
Mr. Williams, the minority leader, fol
lowing, charged that this was ' the first
time that this government had Interfered
in the. domestic affairs of a South Amer
ican country. He said that the minority
side could not be made to make the mis- 1
take which the ' majority desired it to
make. The democrats want a canal, he
said, they -wanted the Nlcaraguan canal,
but if they could not get the canal where
they thought it ought to go, they would
take it where they could get It and take
it as they might get it He thought pos
sibly the Icaraguan. route was regarded
as too great a competitor of the transcon
tinental railways.
He said he democrats are not proud of
the part this government has taken, but
they must recognize a fact as a fact
Wonld Eaforee Ipeoatr Act.
Mr. Williams said that virtually it had
been confessed that If Colombia dared to
land a soldier in ,the new-born RepubUo
of Panama, "new-born with the birth fore
seen and elded, as I believe, from Paris
and from Washington, the United States
will treat it as an act of war. There waa
one fact that could not be gotten around,
and that waa the manner of the birth of
the new republic.
Continuing. Mr, Williams said:
If the democratic party and a few repub
licans hud not hedged up and bound this
government In the two clauses which com
pel us to give Cuba Its freedom and Inde
pendence ou' would have treated Cuba as
you treated the Philippines. As to the new
RepubUo of Panama 1 am aatianed that the
must deliberate, long-reviewed, well-thought-out
project ever completed or ever
thought of since the -world began Is the
birth of Panama and our couneollon with
It.
After soms further remarks on the same,
line Mr. Williams closed as follows:
If ths President refuses to obev the nl.ln
words of the Bpooner act approved by him.
perhapa suegentea by him; If he Is going to
override tne isw; 11. aner naving waited a
reasonable time to enter into a treaty with
Columbia, he now refuses to obey the
langusge of that law and proceed to try and
negotiate a treaty wnn uuiia ttica and
Nicaragua, then, lu Ood's name, hurry up
your canal.
Mr. Benny, dem. (N. J.); Mr. Granger,
dem. (R. I.), and Mr. Capron, reo. (R. I.),
also spoke.
The 'committee arose af 4:08 p. m., re
porting no conclusion, and at 4:15 p. m. ths
houss adjourned until Monday.
Weald PefclLh. Wood's Aeeoeats.
WASHINGTON. Dec. U.-Senator Piatt
(Conn.), chairman of ths senate 'aommlttee
on relations with Cuba, today introduced
a resolution authorising- the nrlntlna of. all
ths accounts of the government of Cuba
during American occupation. The resolu
tion is In accord with a request of Secre
tary Root, and the resolutions will cover
the account of General Wood as governor
general of Cuba. The resolution was re
ferred to the committee on printing.
Deaaoeratlo lessteri to Coster. '
v WASHINGTON. Dec U.-Senator 'oor
man has called a conference of the demo
cratic senator, for tomorrow to determine
on a policy regardlug the Cubaa reclpreo-
ity bUL
BARD OPPOSES THE TREATY
Senator from California Think Reo'prooitj
with Cuba a Mittako. .
WOULD INJURE AMERICAN INTERESTS
Says that Because I. sited States Has
Done Mack for Island It is
I Expected to Do Too
Mack.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 11. -At the begin
ning of today's session of the senate Mr.
Culberson Introduced a resolution Instruct
ing tbe committee on the judiciary to in
quire into the question of the right of the
Republic of Panama to establish an inde
pendent government '
Mr. Culberson asked for present consid
eration of the resolution, but Mf. Cullom
suggested that it should go to the com
mittee on foreign relations. To this Mr.
Culberson objected, saying that the neces
sity for the determination of the point as
to the character of Panama as an inde
Dendent nation nrior to the consideration
of the treaty with that power for the con
struction of the proposed canal was im
portant. Mr. Aldrlch asked that the resolution
lie over for a day, to which Mr. Cuibeisja
assented.
Considerable time was spent in discussing
the question aslo the proper committee to
which a report by the secretary of com
merce on the sailors' home In Ban Fran
cisco should be referred. The report re
lated to a complaint against the home by
the British government. There were vari
ous suggestions, among others one by Mr.
Gorman, that the document be printed. He
took occasion to urge the printing of all
such documents and complained incidentally
of ths difficulty he Is having in getting the
testimony in the Postoitioe department in
vestigation printed.
Bard Opposes Cubaa Treaty.
. The Cuban reciprocity bill was then laid
before the senate, and Mr. Bard, rep. (CaL),
addressed the senate In opposition to theW
measure. He said that he stood alone on
his side of the chamber and, while he ap
preciated his liolated position, he did not
believe It would-long continue. He was
confident, he said, that in urging the pro
posed legislation the president is aotuated
by the conviction that we are In honor
bound to give further aid to the Cuban
people. But, while he fully respected the
president's magnanimity, he could , not
agree with him on this subject Indeed, he
had searched In vain to discover any moral
obligation on the part of ths United States
to do more for Cuba than has already been
done. Because we have done much for
Cuba we are under obligations to do more,
brings no conviction to my mind, he added.
Mr. Bard argued that tbe passage of the
bill would have the effect of Injuring the
sugar producery of the United States, and
he contended that our government la under
greater obligation to protect American In
terests than to promots Cuban Interesta
Ute failed to ses wherein the passage of the
bill could promote our trade with Cuba.
He did not believe our trade with Cuba
evuld be Increased by tbia or any other
legislation until the ananuf acturerg do
more to meet the demands of the Cuban
people in respect to the character of goods
supplied to them.-
Mr. Bard contended that the passage cf
the bill would be most Injurious to the
citrus fruit Interests of his state and said
that while he knew his opposition would be
futile, still he would feel that he had been
recreant to his trust If he did not state his
position.
Mr. McCreary, dem: (Ky.), supported the
bill In his first address to the senate,
which received careful attention. . .
He referred to the splendid work done by
the United Ststes in liberating Cuba from
Spanish dominion and said: "We must" not
mar our great record of magnanimity, of
generosity, but must go on and insure to
Cuba commercial prosperity and financial
success." lit would amend the bill so as to
repeal the differential duty on sugar, and
would strike out the Ave years' clause, but
whether these amendments were adopted or
not he would vote for the bill, because he
believed lfs benefits would exceed any evils
which might arise from Its passsge. He
declared that the presentation and advocacy
of this, bill by republicans shows a marked
advance In republican sentiment on the
tariff, and referred to the Lodge bill tor the
removal of the fluty on hides as another
evidence of a growing sentiment favorable
to tariff revision. "There is," he said, "a
break in the ranks of the 'stand pat' re
publicans, and ths day is breaking for the
democrats who advocate tariff reform."
Mr. McCreary contended that ths repub
licans have iO right to say that reciprocity
is exclusively a republican doctrine, saying
that Thomas Jefferson had advocated the
same policy before the republican party was
born, and President Pierce, a' democrat
had negotiated the treaty' with Canada,
the best reciprocity treaty ever exchanged
between nations. Moreover, Mr. Cleveland
had renewed the reciprocity treaty with
Hawaii, and the democratic national com
mittee of 1881 hd declared for that policy.
Tariff Causes Retaliation.
Mj. McCreary then began a general dis
cussion of the tariff. The surplus in the
treasury, he said, is a certain indication of
the necessity of a reduction of taxes.
He contended that our tariff policy, la of
such a character aa to call for retaliatory
acts on the part of many principal Euro
pean nations; that Germany's new tariff
was meant to meet our rates, end thst the
trade situation between the United States
and Germany was such as to arouse great
spprehenslon. Russia and France also had
followed the example set by Germany. 4
With general retaliation and with our own
products piled up in this country It would
not be difficult to Imagine the result. Mr.
McCreary referred at some length to the
agitation for a protective policy In Great
Britain, which, he said, had bsen Induced
by our own tariff policy,
"If," he aald. "under the able and ac
complished Chamberlain a law should be
enacted closing ths markets of that coun
try by aa high a tariff rate as our own,
and If Great Britain should sllow free trade
with her colonies It Is not difficult to ses
what ths result would be."
He closed with a declaration to the ef
fect that the day has almost sr rived when
the nations of the world would cease to
permit their markets to remsln open to ths
world while the markets of this country are
closed to them, snd he expressed the hope
that the pending bill would receive U the
senate a vote as "nearly unanimous as that
given it In he house of representatives.
Mr. Teller asked Mr. McCreary If hs
thought It would ease the. mind of Ger
many and other European countries from
which ths United States buys sugar to
know that the United States had entered
into an agreement with a country compet
ing with them t or a reduction of 10 per cent
on the rate on sugar, to which Mr. Mc
Creary replied that he was, for thla bill, be
cause it makes a breach In the tariff wall.
The senate, at S 8B, went Into executive
session and at 1:40 adjourned.
RATHB0NE STILL SAWING WOOD
By Inqalry, aargests Senate Commit
tee Oct Itemised Aeeooat of
Santiago Expeodltnres.
WASHINGTON. Dec. . ll.-Major E. G.
Rathbons has addressed a communication
to Secretary Root, Inquiring if ths recent
request of the senate committee on
relations with Cuba to have printed the
itemised account of receipts x. snd ex
penditures of the military government of
Cuba Includes thit accounts of General
Wood In Santiago from about July to
December, 1898, Inclusive, known aa "the
Wood '86 . accounts." Major Rathbone
atated In his' letter that the attention of
the senate committee on mllftary affairs
eras recently called to these accounts In
a written ' communication by one of the
auditing officers of Cuba, who attempted
to audit them i.nd who characterised them
as being In very bad aha pa. Major Rath
bone adds that I on November ' IS lfe
requested the committee, to subpoena the
ex-auditing officer above referred tQ.
Senator Hanna has decided to request
the senate committee on military sftalrs
to subpoena General Wood .to answer some
of the charges made by opponents of hi.
The committee was expected to close its
hearing December 16, but it Is now be
lieved that at least two weeks more will
be required. Should General Wood be
subpoenaed adjournment would be takrn to
give him time to return from the Philip
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