The Omaha Daily Bee, ce i EDITORIAL SHEET. PAGES 9 TO 16. g 5 ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1904. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. 11 IVVUI AawVefCWe? THE B.ELIABLR STORE. Through a very fortunate purchase of Real Duchess, Point Rose and Rose Pompadour Laces we are enabled to offer these goods at a special discount of 23 per cent from Saturday, May 28, to June 7, the date of the Auditorium Opening Ball; This also Includes Point Rose Godete, Berthas, Stock and Cape Collars, Handkerchiefs, Complete JRobes, Medallions and Point Orna ments. We extend a special invitation to the ladies of the three dties to attend our opening display of these goods Saturday. i aTle -WT'- Saturday Specials 10c 25c 50c 50c 50c 25c Wash Belts, on sale at. ...... ......... ,.... 50c Silk Belts on sale at.. $1.00 Silk Belts on sale . at $1.00 Lace Collars on sale at f 1.00 Embroidered Lace Yokes at Silks from Sweetser-Pembrook 15,000 Yards, Black and Colors, on Sale Saturday The SweeUer-Pembrook Co. of New York have been in business fifty years and are well known throughout the world. The reliability of these Bilks is unquestionable. THE CLIMAX ON SILK BARGAIN OPPORTUNITY Five great lots of rich and costly silks, the very cream of their entire stock, on sale at less than half price. Sale starts promptly at 8 o'clock Saturday morning and continues until each and every yard is disposed of. L0T2-Black Taffeta Extra quality silk, full 36 in. wide, worth $1.75, from Sweeteer-Pembrook stock LOT i- Black Taffeta All pure silk and 27 in. wide, from Sweetser Pin brook stock, Saturday 9 100 Pieces Plain and Fancy Silks from Sweetser-Pembrook Stock at 25c Fine Silks for Kirnonas, for Waists, for Dresses, for Silk Suits, Silks for Children's Dresses, Silks for Linings and Drop Skirts. Silks for Party and Ball Gowns all from Sweetser-Pembrook stock, on sale at 8V clock prompt, for, only LOT 4 Elegant Silks taffetas, peau de soie silk for 6hirt waist suits in great variety from Sweetser-Pembrook stock, worth $1, at if LOT 550 Full Bolts of Silk for shirt waist suits, In navy, 0 brown, green, wine, gun- metal and all popular shades, from SweeUer-Pembrook stock, worth up to 11.60, at mam in, raw TUB RELIABLE STORM. GREAT RUG SALE We have purchased direct from the manufacturer their ENTIRE MILL STOCK Of Odd and Regular Sized Room Rugs and place the first shipment on sale SATURDAY, MAY 28 The entire Carpet Department will be devoted to this sale. 9x12 Axminster Rugs, worth 8-3x10-6 Axminster Rugs $27.50 IQ 7K worth $25.00 IE flf Saturday 10. IW Saturday itJiUU 6x9 Axminster Rugs, worth 9x11-3 Wilton .Velvet Rugs $20.00 IO Cfl worth $26 IC Of) Saturday ...I&.UU Saturday lUsVU .7-6x10-6 Wilton Velvet Rugs 6-9x9 Wilton Velvet Rugs worth $20.00 IO 7R worth $18.00 (fl 7F Saturday lUs IU Saturday lUi I U 300 Reversible Small Rugs, 15x27, Saturday, QC. each faUU Make Saturday your carpet day, before DecoJation. Ladies9 and Children's Underwear Ladles' Fine Cambric Umbrella Draw era and Corset Covers, lace and em broidery trimmed, worth 89c to 50c, at $1.50 to $2.00 Ladies' Cambric Skirts, 98c Extra wide lawn ruffles, with double rows of insertion, em broidery or lace, your choice Saturday , 19c to 25c Children's Skirts and Drawers, 12,c Made of extra fine quality eambAc, witn ciustera or tucks, great bargain at 10c Ladles' Fine Jersey Ribbed Sleeve less vests, both plain and fancy, at .-...A... 15c Children's Ribbed Hose, double heels and toes, at 10c Ladies' Hose, In plain and fancy , colors, at .. . 23c to 85c ladles' Fancy Llsle; Thread Hose, black and all colors, - t at n iiva oiu- 25c h double 98c 2c ted Sleeve- 10c 873c ,2c Thread I9c n, '-l, :iw,. ' ,,, null' jr $19.85 BEDROOM SUIT $15.00. 20x24 bevel plate clans on dresser, swell front, top drawers In dresser and commode nicely-finished, a great CI snap at $5.85 IRON BED $3.85. Brass rods and knobs on bead and foot a handsome bed for s q g the prlca 0uO Special Furni ture Values $12.50 COUCH AT $7.50. Upholstered In velour, Is 90 Inches wide and CH feet long;, has steel construction spring, patent button fasteners, a couch worth $12.60, Sat- Cfl urday .... JL 0" $15.85 COMBINATION BOOK CASE AND DESK $10.50. Solid oak, 6 feet ten Inches high, 8 feet 2 Inches wide, nicely finished, f gj f Saturday for M. J J J $9.00 EXTENSION TABLE $6.50. Solid oak, with 42-lnoh top, a beauty, for K.50 SANITART STEEL COUCH FOR 6.50 3.95 Great Bargains in Our China Dept. tSli 5c for Decorated Pitchers, at, each 20c, 15c, 10c, and .......ilti. .,... Fancr shape seml-porcelaln cups and saucers, QQ Havlland A Co.'s decorated fruit and salad dowis, regular ii.du values, eacn S-quart imported majolica water pitchers', eacn .49c 19c Water tumblers, each Decorated Toklo vases, "each : 5c 8c Venetian glaits vases, rose bowls, card trays, eta. regular 26o to 60o values, each ..OC Decorated cuspidors, . each A WOMEN'S TAILOR SUITS Saturday $6.95 500 Women's Tailor Suits, made of all the best fabrics and most up-to-date styles a cleanup of two manufacturers' stocks, including suits worth up to $18.00 and $20.00 f O .YOUR CHOICE SATURDAY.. Sample Silk Shirt Waist Suits $12.50. 50 Sample Suits,- in all the newest weaves and most stylish designs, worth $20.00 the gre&test bargain of the season at JLJmf JJ A magnificent line of Silk Shirt Waist Suits, in pon gees, taffetas, shantungs, etc., the great- est line shown in the city at $25.00, I fill WOMEN'S SILK GOATS AT Choice of any Cloth Jacket en our counters at............ $20.00, $18.50 and 4.98 5.00 WOMEN'S $7.50 SILK A C "CAPES AT ...flaVif $3.00 WOMEN'S CAPES AT..;............. WOMEN'S $5.00 WASH SUITS FOB Women's Walking Skirts, worth up to tlO, HH . . 2.98 . 2.98 Shirt Waist Specials 49c 1 . many 98c $1.00 WOMEN'S WAISTS AT WAISTS IN LINEN LAWNS and many other wash materials, worth tip to $2.50, at , WOMEN S JAP BlLJt. 4 7 C WAISTS AT I.jCO tl.25 WOMEN'S WRAPPERS AT 6o Men's Furnishings Men's Fancy Hose, 8c 500 doz. Men's Fancy Lisle Thread Hose, both plain and fancy, worth up flf to 50c, at . . . . O3U A limit of 3 pairs to a customer. Men's Fine Madras Shirts, with' separate collars 1Clf and cuffs, at. Men's Undershirts and Drawers, 25c Plain and Fancy Colors, worthi up to 75c per 9tf garment, at.. Boys' Shirts and Shirt Waists, 59c Both Light and Dark Colors, all sizes, your OQa choice .........M...UvU Corset Special W. BH Erect Form cor sets, World's fair spe cial, with hose sup porters attached, $1.50 quality, 7 EZn Saturday at A lot of summer corsets and girdles, in 1 small sizes, at i--'' Dr. Warner's Rust Proof corsets, for stout fig ures, sizes 20 i AA toS6, at.... l.ViV Extra Special Shoe Sale Saturday An Omaha Jobber needed money. Ws boight the entire surplus stock la JLra bUn eolt and patnt eolt, wortb 1 n s up to KM), on sal. Saturday l.vh at J2.3S and Th. oelebraUd Margmerlt. tl.OO sho made by a well known Cincinnati firm Women's CEO, $2.00 and f2.ES slippers and oxfords. In patent eolt and vloi kid... .1.K 98c Child's sample shoes, hand turned at . Women's fin. I2.E0 and IS. 00 band turned and Goodyear welt -exfords. Brooks Bros.' -, Boys', youth' and little Kent's satin ealt and Ylcl shoes, worth 11.60 , - - Child's red and blue tl.00 slippers 69c 1.98 98c 69c The swellest and best line of black and tan oxfords In Omaha. Double Trading Stamps in Shoe Dept. Sole agents In Omaha for the Stetson, Crossett and John Mitchell shoes for men and the Ultra and Groyer shoes for women. Decoration Day Millinery Specials 1.00 1.00 $350 Ladies' Black Trimmed Hats.... $250 Children's Trimmed Leghorns....... $2.00 Ladies' Street OsC Hats,. 50c Children's Pique Hats 19c Hat Special The greatest line of hats you erer saw at the mice closed . A . out from a large eastern manu f il t d0llar' Hats worth up to U))C $2.50 at Sale begins Saturday and continues until every hat is sold. See Our 16ih Street Window Parasols Children's Parasols, in all colors, at ... ....... 19c Children's Fancy Parasols, in all the newest shades, - from 25c to .f 1.50 Ladies' Fancy Silk Parasols, in all the fancy checks and stripes at. ........... .1.50 to f 2.50. Gloves 'A full line of ladles' Kayser silk gloves, in all the new shades at 50c, 75c and .$1.00 Ladies' lisle gloves, Paris point stitching 25c and ............ 50c Ladies' Kayser silk gloves, in three-quarter and elbow length and plain and lace at 50c, 75c and :. $1.00 At Our Drug Counter Beef, Iron and Wine, bottle. 25c Toilet Powder (all odors), per package . . . ... 5c Chamois Skins, each ...... 3c Eubber Complexion Brushes, each ............ ...... 15c An excellent Perfume, oz.,.10c Dr. Charles' Flesh Food .:.,.;.39c Graves' Tooth Powder .12c Violet Talcum Be 4711 Glycerine Soap, cake. . .10c Spectacles Eyeglasses Up-to-date styles, care fully fitted by expert opticians. . LOWEST PRICES Wholesale Grocery Prices We Sell You the Goods and Give You Trading Stamps Free Compare these Prices with other $oalled Bargains. Force, Vlfor. Vim, Halt Vita, Ea--0- or Nutiita, per pk .7o t-lb. pkg. Breakfast Rolled Oats.....7Ho Larr Sacks Oatmeal ISHo Qcod Japan Mo, per pound ........IVio Fancy Pearl Tapleca, per pound ....SHo I bars best Laundry Soap for lto 1-lb. pkf. Condensed Mincemeat... to Bromangelou. Jellyoon. Jello or Fruit Fuddlne, per pk Quart Cans Golden Table Bymp.M....7o The Beet Kacar.nl, per pksr. ...SSio 1-lb. pka. Best Corn Starch 4c t-lb. Cans Boild Packed Tomatoes.. .-.740 t-lb. Cans Ooldea Pumpkin or Suaah...7tto Mb. Cans Pineapple Butter 7V4o 1-lb. Cans Boston Baked Beans, with r without sauce Ho Potted or Deviled Ham, per oan.. Vtfl Larva Bottles Pickles, any kind want H Larce Bottles Pure Tomato Catsup t4o I.arce Jars Pure Fruit Jam J1 Fancy Olssies Pure Fruit Jlly .io Raxale, the new cum. per pka ..m prikd ntcrr srKoiALa. Larg-. California prunes, lb ,...tHo Larce California peaches, lb ...THu KiiKllih cleaned currants, lb ...... ....7Vio California seedless raisins, lb .... eo Lendon layer raisins, lb 7VH New York apples, lb m...7)so Callfemla srafies, lb m.,I.m..W WHOLESALE! FILKSH FRUIT PRICKS. Larre, Juicy, Beedleas Lemons, per dos..l0o Large, Sweet, Juicy Orances, per dos...l2o 1-lb. pkr- California White Flcs So Fancy Mixed Nuts, per pound 10a Colorado W<e Closer Hemey, per rack..Uo ABSOLtJTELT MTHI CTTER. WB RA.VB NO LICENSB TO HHLIi TOU ANT SUBSTITUTE. Th. Very Beat New Grass Creamery Ofln Butter, per pound eaVfU GET FREB3 8AMPLB OF WILD CHEHUIT PUOSPHATB AND BOOT BSBR IN GROCSRT DiiPT. Big Meat SaleSpecial for Saturday. WHILE THH PUBLIC IS WONDERING AT THE) HIGH PRICK MEATS, READ OUR PHICES THET ARK CUT IN HALF Mutton Lesm, per-lb - llo Mutton Chops, per lb............. llo Mutton Reast, per lb. bo Mutton Slaw, per lb...... .....to Veal Roaat, per lb Boiled Mm ml eer lb - 12c Veal Bteak. per lb 140 Boneless Ham, per lb ...Wo 1 Fancy Smoked Bam Butts (no bone), lb. .Mo 1 Lard (all brand.), per lb.. .....To I ard Compound, per lb Haras, per lb Bacon, per lb Ho Cal. Hams, per lb Ho Veal Bteak. ner lb Try our Fancy Breakfast Ba usage for your Sunday morning meal. FATHER ON HEELS OF CUPID John Loftai Gots to Marriage. Lictnis Offlos Llttls Too Lata. LOVERS GET CERTIFICATE AND ARE GONE Groosa Give. Saaao of Jaaie. Riley f Chleae and Bride Claims Oaeavfca a. Ue Ueaie. A young man. well dressed, but excited, rushed Into the office of th. marriage Uuens. clerk at the county court bouse Jut before closing time Thursday after boon and asked for a lloenae to wed Isabella Loftus, and Clerk Morrill straight way put bira through the usual cros. esaiulnatloa, to the satlsfaoUon of the re dulr.meots of the statutes. Meantime a comely girl with pink checks and a ploture hat waited eutsld the door and promenaded nrevously up and down the corridor. avaen the nrellnilnarlea ware completed the young man, who said his nam was James Riley and that he lived In Chicago, thrust the coveted document Into his pocket and disappeared with the young woman of the pink cheeks, the picture hat and the nervous manner. The clerk's record of th transaction showed that the young man was James Riley of Chicago and that It la the Inten tion of the young people to reside In that elty after the ceremony should have been performed; that Isabella Loftua la th. daughter of "John Loftua of Omaha" and Is M years old. So far as the oounty of Douglas Is con cerned the Incident Is closed, for few and far between are the applicants for a license to wed whose demeanors are not more or leas upeet. But so far as the parties In this particular event are concerned there Is another chapter to the story, the detail of which Is shrouded In some mystery, but which la plain reading to the' clerk, long fo miliar with the truth of the assertion that the course of true love never did run smooth. Father of Girl la Pareelt. It came to the surface this morning, for when Mr. Morrill cam to open th. mar rU office) an slderlz man wag walling; to examine the reoords of the day before. Ha was much disturbed too, and inquired with great particularity as to the license that had been Issued to Jamas Riley and Isabella Loftua. He declined to give his nam or any of the facts concerning himself or the young people that he sought. His principal concern, after ho found that a lloenae had been Issued, was to and out who the In tended bride and greom had Selected to tie the knot v James Riley of Chicago had neglected to leave any reoerd as to this matter further than to say that they would "go to a priest." and the elderly man went away slowly, shaking his head. The Omaha city directory does not con tain the name of John Loftua, the name given as that of the father of the girl, but It is presumed that If there Is such a per son he was the anxious Inquirer of Friday morning and that he found himself too late to head off a wedding that waa mani festly not to his liking. Test Pelsoaed u4 Two Dostd. LAS VBOAB. N. M.. May .-Ten persona here have been poisoned and Joseph Tafaya and two members of his family are dead. Areenlo has been found In meat eaten by ene of thoee poisoned and lit a water bar rel. 4 evd Jury baa beau uaabls to. ax the U PROBES INTO BEEF TRUST loorst Agent of Ffstids&tS ooiotsU In YMtifiUs tom:h Omaka Paoktrt, SPENDS FIYE WEEKS IN MAGIC CITY Oolleeta VeJmable Kvldeae Wltkoat Re-reaJia Ideality aim Leavrea fo Ktaiu City to Coat, pleto Bis Mlaaiea. During the last Ore weeas a rnlet unas suming and pleasant-appearing man has been spending his time about the stock yards and packing houses at South Omaha, He has not been courting the rays of the Ume-llght of publicity, but has preferred to be Introduced aa a newspaper man "looking for material for an Industrial story." The nan la Thomas M. Robertson and his business, special agent of th. Bureau of Corporations of the Department of Commerce and Labor of Washington, D. C. On two ocoastona at least Mr. Robertson baa been introduced to newspaper report ers, who conversed with blm at various times and went away without knowing his mission, which Is to Investigate ths packing houses of the country with a view to end ing out If a "oommunity of Interest" exists among them. It Is generally oonoeded that Mr. Robert son has no easy task on his hands, but It Is understood the seeming Impossibility of securing satisfactory results Is not so im possible as It may appear, for It Is hinted that the secret agent carries away from South Omaha with him a volume of Infor mation which will go far toward proving that there Is a combination among the largo meat packing concerns. Little Deabt or Kvldeaee. There seems to be but little doubt that the time Is drawing near when the meat packers will have an opportunity to faoe the Interstate Commerce commission to explain away facta which have been gath ered to show that the Injunction Issued three years ago prohibiting them from hav ing a secret understanding has been broken. Mr. Robertson Is not much given to talk. In fact when seen regarding his mission be absolutely refused to say anything con cerning his work or what he had found out Ho saga his business la to llatea to pther people talk and to make notes of what they said, which notes are to be submitted di rect to President Roosevelt The president will go Into the smallest details of the In vestigation, It la understood, providing enough Information can be gathered to show that a combination exists. It has been learned that very few Of the live stock dealers at South Omaha could be induced to say anything to the secret agent about a combination among the various packing concerns. 'In the language of one man, "the packers have the live stock men 'buffaloed;' they are afraid to talk for fear their business will be ruined by ths packers refusing to buy stock from them." But notwithstanding all these difficulties. It la understood many facts which will go to malts up a largs volume of damaging evidence has been secured In South Omaha. It is said one of the principal things In vestigated la the payment of mileage upoa refrigerator cars by the railroads to taw packers and that It has been found that tho private car lines owned by the packers are paying dividends at the rate of 3Vi to 60 per cent upon the Investment. This la said to be one plan of rebating the pack ers a portion of the freight paid on ship ments, which they believe Is legal. Mr. Robertson hag .oomfileted big wotk hero and left yesterday for Kansas City, whore ha goes on the same mission Tn which he visited South Omaha. At present. It Is understood, three employes of the national department are working upon the case of tho peckers and that within tho next few weeks all of tho Information will bo gathered and tho work finished prepar atory to beginning action against tho mem bers Of the meat trust Foamier ( Sieger, 111. J. V. Steger of Chicago, the head of the piano manufacturing Ann of btrger A Sons ef feUeaer, I1L, la a guest at the Millard. His visit to the west Is simply to look after his trade. He Is the founder of the town of Sugar. It Is a city of l.toO In habitants, flrieen miles from Chicago. The Btegar company enjoys the distinction of never having had a strike among lis em ployes, which Is accounted for In th. fact that th. plant Is operated on th. profit sharing system. Mr, H lager is the guest while in the city of Messrs. Hchmoller eV Mueller. , aortallty StatlaTWo. Tho following births and death have been reported to the board of Health dur ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon rrlilay; births Ous Palmeeano, 1117 California, girl; William Swanaon, 2620 bees, girl. Deaths Charles 11. Oaeteyer, 41$ South Twentieth, 41 1S-K. .Wedding Kings. kAlhoim, Jeweler,