Nebraska Newspapers

    The- Omaha Sunday Bee.
EDITORIAL SHEET.
PAGES 11 TO 20.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1904.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
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Second Week of Our Great Clearing Sale of Dry Goods Monday's
Attractions in the Cloak and Suit Department
Elegant Waists at a Sacrifice.
Nearly one hundred Ladles' Waists, in allover lace, Cbl
neHA and JaD Silk. Pongee Silk with Bulgarian trim
ming, and Crepe de Chine regular
from $8.50 to $15.00 all Monday
A DOLLAR TETTICOAT FOR 49c
black spun glass Petticoats, deep
ruffles, Monday at
WOMEN'S DRESSING SACKS Our entire stock of col
ored Dressing Sacks, at one price, Cf).
worth up to $1.25 WUG
LADIES' DRESSING SACKS Finest white lawn, batiste
and mull all at less than makers' cost CIO a
11.00, $1.48, $1.10 and (JUG
LADIES' SILK FOULARD SHIRT WAIST SUITS-Ele-gant
styles, green and white, blue and white, black and
white, white and black, and champagne ana 7 nc
white value $15.00 and fUS.OO-all at fiUlI
GIRLS' OATS Pique, washable marked
75o-at
GIRLS' nATSChlffon, linen, silk
$1.25, $1.48, $1.75, $2.25 and $2.45
all Monday at
Pajasols
We will continue to give double
Green Trading Stamps with all Para
sols sold .Monday and Tuesday. (i
WOMEN'S UNION SUITS, worth 40o
Monday at
WB CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF KAY BRAND
OF SANITARY NAPKINS IN CORSET DEPARTMENT,
Great July Clearing Sale of Silks
Monday, and Monday only, our Silks will be Just half
price. Every one knows what this
coma early and get the best value
$1.00 Silks for shirt waist suits Monday, per yard.'.
$1.00 Foulards In choice styles and colors Monday, per yard..
$1.00 Pongee In plain and also In plaids Momtoy, per yard . .
$1.00 Heruits flaws in new iau siyies Mummj, yer yniu.
$1.00 Ixmlslnes in fancy patterns Mondy, per yard
$1.00 Taffetas In 50 different shades Monday, per yard.-.
All these fine silks, not a yard worth less" than $1.00 yard,
Monday at half price, which Is less than cost of making.
PONGEES FOR MONDAY FOR 750
broldered Japs, the finest of Imported silks of their kinL Regular 5fi
11.60 at Bennett's, Monday for, yard............ 1
$2.50 AND $8.00 VALUES FOR 600
. the best values ever offered, will be
of our $3 and $2.50 black Grenadines and CmlTonettefl, 48 ana 48
Inches wide, for the small sum of, yard
WASH SILKS FOR MONDAY AT
PER YARD Plain China Silks
290
in
nearly every color, wasn cords in
dlf-
ferent colors. . A fine, line off fancy
foulards, aU at one price fop
this sale, yard
' HIGH WATER 1 FALLING
Kansa y Wnolesale Merchants Are E
tiiwdng to Thsii Deserted Bnildings.
RAILROADS ARE RESUMING OPERATION
4vitU Bttwm BfiOO mm 000 Hosae-
leas Fespl Kaasai City, Km.,'
wf Will Isams Ho CwJl'
") -to Aid.
KANSAS CITY, July . Flood waters at
Armourdale, Argentine and lower Kansas
City, Kui., on the Kaw and west to Man
hattan, half way across Kansas, have fallen
steadily since late yesterday ,and today con
tinued to reoede. Ths water at Manhattan
beoama stationary at midnight, after rising
Steadily all day yesterday, and then began
to go down, eliminating the last danger of
further damage at the mouth of the Kaw
or along Its course. Ths stags here was
two feet lower than yesterday. In Armour
dale, however, the water still stood over
Stx fset deep in the lowest places.
Ths Missouri river at Kansas City and
Bsfth also receded and no additional dam
age to Harlem or to the oast bottoms will
result from the overflow of that stream.
In the west bottoms on the Missouri side,
where ths flood resulted from back water
from the Kaw, the fall waa more notice
abls than elsewhere,! and at the big, whole
sale houses confidence was restored and the
merchant began to return their goods hur
riedly taken away at ths first sign ot dan
ger. At ths stock yards the fall was slow
and conditions were still bad. Moat of the
pens were flooded, and H will not be possi
ble to handle receipts before Monday.
Rsvtlrosvds Resaano Operations.
The railroads are recovering, and today
very Una west and aouth operated some
trains in and out of Kansas City, although
With little regard to acbedule. Railroad
offloiala and buslnsss men whose Interests
were affected aay the damage locally to
property is Inslgnlnoant when compared
with last year's losses. One reason for
this, of course, is the faot that the water
was ten feet lower this year and the rail
roads and morchanta profited by their ex
periences in 1903.
The relief committee of Kansas City,
Kas., which la caring for ths i,000 or (.000
homeless in the suburbs of that city, have
decided that no outside aid la needed except
that granted by the War department The
committee decided to accept any contribu
tions that may be made, but not to appeal
tor them.
Lieutenant Colonel R It R. Loughbor
ough, of Fort Leavenworth,' Kas., who was
sent by the War department to investigate
the situation, has recommended that $.000
rations be given ths city today and addi
tional food supplies be sent each day as
needed. An officer accomjianled the ra
tions and with them were sent cooking
Vtenulls, tents for 800 persons, S00 cots and
. 400 blankets. A rvfugee camp has been
I ened as last year, and all the sufferer
Y being well taken care ot
r
prices T QC
at.
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We place on
Just opened ouo tune
pleating and
49c
4.48c
lace marked
OBc
and
19
IS
.. ... 19c
Wash Rags
1,000 dozen Turkish and Knit
Wash Rags, only each ,
II the Big Hash Goods Dept.
Monday we will place on special ta
ble 1,000 pieces of new wash goods and
will divide them Into three lots. They
consist of all the very newest designs
In thin cotton goods and are regularly
worth lac, 25c and 86c yard.
LOT 1 Worth 15 cents
yard, at
LOT 2 Worth 25 cents
yardj only .
great cut means,
offered this year.
So
yard, only
LOT 8-Worth
J
YARD Embroidered
Pongee and Em-"
YARD The greatest cut and positively
at Bennett's Monday on our entire stock.
nuveiy
t stock
69c
Throe Special Sheet
"ltVrie' Collection
Inoes' Collection
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The Celebrity" Two Step
The Shannon" Waltzes ;
Many persons are returning to their
homes In ths higher parts of the flood dis
trict as ths water recedes, but it will be
many days before the great majority of the
flooded houses are inhabitable.
, Conditions In Kansas.
WICHITA. Kan.,, July 9. Ths flood situa
tion In Wichita today shows little change.
The Little Arkansas receded slightly after
midnight, but an early morning downpour
caused ths back water to go back to its
old mark. . This Is causing the most trouble.
Chlsholm creek has risen during the night
and Is now higher than it has been at any
time. The Second street bridge, which was
the only .means of getting to and from
College Hill, has been closed.
No trains have reached Wichita since
Wednesday. The town la practically iso
lated and the only means of moving about
is by boats. ,
Valley Center and other points south
of here report s fall in the Little Arkansas
of more then a foot during the night.
TOPEKA. Kan., July . Soldier creekK In
North Topeka, has returned to Its channel
and the back water practically receded
from the yards and streets. Business men
are opening up their stores and cltlsens
moving Into their homes. The Santa Fe
road today sent Its first train since the
flood east to Kansas City direct.
The Union Pacific is using other lines,
their own esst and west lines being out
of service. The Rock Island, as well as
the Missouri Pacific, has resumed traffic
ARKANSAS CITY, Kan., July S.-The
Arkansas river is stationary and the Wal
nut la falling slowly. Arkansas City faces
the worst ..ood in its history. The dikes
are weakening and people In the low
lands have been warned to leave their
homea Prt of one bridge Is out and all
railroad traffic Is at a standstill.
Tents for Flood Victims.
WASHINGTON, July .-Aetlng upon a
report from General Bell, who Investigated
the conditions at Kansas City, Kan., grow
ing out of the flood. Acting Secretary of
War Oliver has telegraphed General Bell
to Issue 1,000 tents and Ave days' rations
for ths relief of the flood sufferers. The
supplies will be drawn from Leavenworth.
This is an emergency measure and will be
followed by further relief if necessary.
TO FORCE TAX ON MORTGAGES
City Treasurer Trying to Devise Way
to Collect This Kind
of Due.
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City Treasurer Kenning Is seeking to
devlss a way to compel cltlsens to psy
taxes on mortgages as assessed under the
last revenue law. Many persons have re.
(used to relinquish taxes for this kind of
holdings. Many others, however, have paid
on mortgages as well ss their other prop
erty, kind Treasurer Hannlngs points out
thst manifestly It would be unfair to let
the objectors escape. Therefore he Is try
ing to discover a sure snd easy method of
coercion. Bo far his old scheme of dis
tress warrant and collecting van is the
only one he has seriously entertained.
A legal Question Is Involved as to the
constitutionality of the law authorising ths
assessment of mortgages.
Black Dress Goods .
special sale Monday 10 pieces 4tf-lncli
high
finished French Voiles, fine and coarse mesh, a
good $1.25 quality, while they last, yard
75c
Colored Dress Goods
25 pieces very fine all wool albotrons in all the Pret-QO
ty light and dark colors, regular 60c value, only, yd Www
NAVY BLUB MOHAIRS AT 290 YARD 15 pieces navy
blue English mobalrs, with delicate lace stripe ef- Aft.
fects, very cheap at 75c yard, Monday only, yd. ., .JC
LINENS
60 dozen fine Lines Huck Towels, 18x88, cheap ICm
at 25c while they last, each .- I WW
75 dozen fine Irish Linen Table Napkins, in bleached and
silver bleached, size 22x22, in all the newest pat- I f?fl
terns, a good $2.25 quality while they laBt, dozen ,OU
Extra fine quality fringed Bed Spreads, worth I AP
$1.75. at Is CQ
72-inch bleached Table Damask, in the newest double
border effects, regular $1.00 quality, ST
only, yard ; UuC
86-lnch Oream and White Curtain Scrim and Swiss, e
Monday morning, yard ...... t-DC
5c
7c
10c
5 .cents IsC'C
I IrMIT ntT CflflT Every woman
LlUnl Uf lUUI whole trams
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Is the FIRST that contains In 'It this "evidence of thlngsnot '?""-,1f1hrtTirT!,?T0v nPirpT a t" I y' SfFfcted
the Dorothy Dodd shoe is secured by the exclusive use of the FIRST QUALITY OF SPECIALLY SELECTED
ER The shoe la three ounces lighter man any orainary. women buvo ju un ma.. .i.
NO DOUBT ABOUT 1TI THE DOROTHY DODD SHOE IS NOT ONLY A PERFECT FITTING SHOE BUT IS THE
MOST DELIGHTFUL WALKING SHOE YET KNOWN. , Fast, color eyelets always.
Oxfords, 83.00 and S2.50; Shoes, S3.50 and S3
Uusic Offers for Honday and Tuesday
) as- and $1.00 in "S & H."
l2oceacn
OTHER NATIONS TO BLAME
assign Newspaper Bays OovetoasneM of
Amerioa ud England Oaosed War,
MUSCOVITES FIGHT FOR THEIR POSITION
Japanese Ascendency In Far Bast
Would Work Irreparable Dana
- age to Rnssla, So War
Was Accepted.
ST. PETERSBURG, July . M. Souverin,
manager of the Novoe Vremya, in a lead
ing article in that paper which la attracting
much attention, declares that it is not Man
churia nor Korea for which Russia la fight
ing, but It la its future position in the far
east, where covetous hands are stretched
out, not only by Japan, but by the United
States and Great Britain, which la the
cause of the American and English sym
pathy, for Japan. '
Russia, he continues, has been spoiled by
easy, bloodless victories In the far east,
consequently was not prepared for the
struggle which was only avoidable by fol
lowing: Tolstoi's teachings and letting the
Japanese take what they wanted, with the
result that Russia would again be placed
under the Mongolian yoke, destroying the
national spirit and the unity of the empire.
The contest, therefore, was acoepted under
unfavorable conditions. The Russians, as
plainsmen, are out of their element In the
mountains. The Japanese were able at the
outset to put in the field twice as many
men as waa Russia, and thsy have dis
played marvelous skill, but these advan
tages are being overoome.
Still 'the eventual Russian victory on land
will be barren so long as the Japanese hold
the sea. This Is why the Baltic squadron
acquires such enormous Importance in the
destinies of Russia, and why the ardent
wish of a majority of the people is to see
the last division start at ones to reinforce
the Pacific fleet.
The Novoe Vremya's article tends t to
strengthen the belief that the division o(
the Baltic squadron which Is to sail from
Cronstadt July tS, under sealed orders, Is
to proceed at once to the Pacific.
Rl'SSIAN THEORISTS ARB AT WORK.
t
Speculate Regarding; Probable Action
of Koaropatkla and Japanese.
ST. 'PETERSBURG. July . 1:10 p. m.
The capture of Kin Chou by the Japanese,
announced from Toklo today. Is not offi
cially confirmed at ths War office, but
there is no disposition to deny ths prob
able correctness of the report, as the latest
advices received here made It plain that
the Japaness were advancing In forc along
the ralroad against ths Russian posi
tion. The emperor and his military suite, who
Wt St. Petersburg last night for the
Volga region to bid farewell to the Fifth
and Sixth army corps, may already have
received General Kouropatkln's report, but
the general staff has , not yet received
General SakharofTs report, which usually
ROUSING 2D VEEK OF OUR JULY CLEARANCE SALE
This sale is remarkable because It Is not a sale of second hand merchandise, but is a sale of new, clean fresh,
sweet-as-new-mown hay goods. The prices we are making are GENUINE SACRIFICES. With quality, honest weights
and full yard sticks, our prices leare competition stranded and we give" S. & II." Green Trading Stamps to swell our
swollen bargains.
TI10 Jewelry
GENUINE ONE-PIECE
LAR BUTTONS-rolled
or riveted pearl back
buttons, rolled plate
lever top Choice Monday
With five buttons $1.00 in Little
Stickers.
Solid one-piece or lever top collar
teed permanently exactly the same button
as sold by .furnishers at 25c our price
' With five buttons we give $2
Green Stickers.
Visit optical room for good
Rimless smoked eyeglasses, best gruue
(1$ ln"S. & H." Green
Trading Stamps) snVw
MOST-
wants to walk with elasticity and grace.
and Insure remarkable Immunity from fatl
Oodd Shoo for Uomen
Green Trading Stamps
with each.
follows Kouropatkln's at a short Interval.
The occupation of Kin Chou, while It is
not believed that it will exercise material
influence on Kouropatkln's strategy, la of
importance to the Japanese, as It brings
them wtlhln reach of New Chwang, facili
tating General Oku's Junoture with Gen
eral Kurokl, who may already be in touch.
How far the Russian commander-in-chief
attempted to contest the possession of Kin
Chou with the Japaness the War office
says will be revealed when the official re
port arrives. .
The Japanese report of the severity of ths
fighting might Indicate Kouropatkln's de
sire to hold Kin Chou so long as possible
for the purpose of preventing a Juncture
of the Japanese armies, but the threaten
ing position of the Japanese columns east
ward may .have rendered Kouropatkln's
withdrawal further north imperative. It
would not bo surprising, after the Junc
ture of the Japanese armies, Kouropatkln
decided to retire even from Ta Tche Klao
and Hal Cheng and concentrate his forces
about his iaaln position, at Llao Yang.
This would render easy the Japanese plan,
repeatedly predicted in these dispatches,
to get possession of thoss place flank
ths Russians out of New Chwantf, fortify
a line from New Chwang to Taku Shan and
Fen Wang Cheng, secure control of the
railroad, establish a new base at Nsw
Chwang and , prepare to advance or re
treat, or to resist Kouropatkln's advance,
as the case might be, at the close ot the
rainy season. i
News of the evacuation of New Chwang
by the Russians would seem to be the
logical sequence of the announcement of
the occupation of Kin Chou by the Japa
nese. EX GLAND MAY MOVE MORIS SHIPS.
Desires to Give Japanese Not Even
Moral Support.
LONDON, July . It Is said In official
circles that there Is no likelihood of a
serious question arising from ths failure of
the British gunboat Espiegle to reach New
Chwang. So long as foreign life and prop
erty are protected the British government
Is not disposed to station a gunboat at
New Chwang. It Is stated, moreover, that
Russia la fully advised as to the purpose of
Foreign Minister Lsnsdowne In respect to
the protection of British interests and sub
jects. Ths presence of a British squadron In
waters near ths gulf of Chi Li has been
the subject of considerable talk In diplo
matic circles and the orders for ths squad
ron to withdraw aouth Is credited to be
the desire of the British government to
show Russia that it haa no Intention ot
giving even moral support to ths Japanese
fleet by the presence ot a large British
force in the vicinity of the scene of the
letter's operations.
STOESSEL
MAKES
REPORT.
Rnsslaa Comma ad r at Port Arthar
Confirms News of Japanese Fallare.
ST. PETERSBURG. July . 10 p. m.
Official reports from Lleutensnt Genersl
Stoesnel, comraander of ths Russian mili
tary forces at Port Arthur, dated July 7,
confirm the reports of the attempt of four
Japanese' torpedo boat destroyers to enter
the harbor at Port Arthur Auna hut do
Section
PEACHES
BUY NOW FOR. PRESERVING
Fancy Texas Eiberta
Free Stone Peaches
COL - ,
plate!
collar
C
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Green j
I
buttons, guaran
10c
PER CASE
In Little
eye service
BASKETS
ajgii
This 1s a 'snap, mind you! and you'll have
to be early to set IN ON It.
FRUIT DEPT., BASEMENT.
Crochet?! Srodiery!
IV. H. Crindley & Co's. Royal English Porcelain tOO-Piece
Dinner Sets, beautiful pink decorations on green background
full gold treatment. Price them anywhere and you'll
find them fifteen
Monday our price ,
ONE QUART ROOT
stoppers, per dozen
MASON FRUIT JAR CAPS
per doaen, twenty-five cents,
and J2.00 In Little Green
Stickers
Colored Decorated Water
Bets pitcher and six
' tumblers and tray AO at
complete .....HUv
t3 1-8 per cent discount on
all colored or decorated
Jardinieres largest and
best assortment In ths
wast.
No. 1 Common Lamp K
Burners, each ...... Sffw
QUART MASON FRUIT JARS
per dozen, fifty-five cents
end $2.00 In Little Green
Stickers
HAVTLAND A COMPANY'S
RANSON BREAKFAST
PLATES each twenty-flve
cents, and (2.00 In Little Green
StlQkers
COMMON WATER
8 ounces, just the thing for
Jelly, etc., per dozen, iwenty
flve cents, and $2.50 In Little
Green Stickers
Perfect fitting shoes give buoyancy to the
gue.
This all Important feature In
LlfiATtl-
not confirm the Che Foo reports of heavy
Japaness operations July 4 and B against
Port Arthur and do not mention the al
leged sinking of a Russian guardshtp June
27, as reported from Toklo,
The torpedo boat destroyer Lieutenant
Burukofl returned safely to Port Arthur
July 2 from New Chwang.
General Btoessel says that up to ths time
hla reports were forwarded not a single
fortress battery had fired a shot at the
besiegers on ths land aids and that the
railroad was then running twelve miles
beyond the perimeter of the fortress.
BTZBIB HEIRS TO BB PAID.
Chinese Government Undertakes to
Pay Indemnity of etaS.OOO.
WASHINGTON, July . Minister Conger
has cabled the State department that the
Chinese government, after making a thor
ough investigation of the Incident, haa or
dered the punishment of the officers and
soldiers who fired on and killed Louis
Qtzel, the newspaper correspondent. In ad
dition It has undertaken to pay an Indem
nity of 128,000 Mexican, which sum will be
turned over by the State department to the
widowed mother of Etxel in Denver and to
other members of his family, according to
the decision of the dead man's adminis
trator. SEPTIC TANKS FOR SEWAGE
City About to Build First Plant of
tha Kind on Saddle
Creek.
Work Is to begin soon on the Saddle
creek sewer disposal tanks, whloh are to
be located In ths ' extreme southwestern
part of the city. They will be the first
sewage disposal works of their kind to be
constructed in Omaha, the first In the west
being designed a few years ago by City En
gineer Roaewater for Indlpendenoe, Mo.
Saddle creek is a sometimes waterway
running through a depression along the
western edge of the city and Just over the
ridge that prevents drainage eastward Into
the Missouri. Tha creek flows for some
miles through farm lands and empties Into
ths Papllllon. Within the city it drains a
large area occupied by prosperous homes
whose owners have long been clamoring for
a sewer. The latter is now undei- construc
tion.
In order to prevent contamination of the
creek water it has been neoessary to build
the septlo tank. Tha tank proper la thirty
feet in diameter, attached to a filter bed
receptacle tOxSO feet in else. In the tank
the solids in the sewage are liquefied by
standing for five hours and permitting mi
crobes to multiply and dee troy them as
substancea Then the mass passes over the
filter beds, of which there are three, each
being filled with coke, and one below the
other. With the aid of ths coks and the
areation the sewage Is transformed into
clear, pure water. ,
The contract for the Job has been
awarded to County Commissioner James P.
connouy lor w.-ai, wmca is about Kt.OuO
less than tha cost estimated by City Engl-
nan iiinm iwi rirw-ii.in-ii'siii-i)in n si'n umi ssm rfswsr TstlBTTsllllsBllUllllnlll I iftTllllf'l I llJTf" "ft' filIA'tiilW,lli'aii7"M'si-J"lTl Ltf 'I'1 fllJl5TgffTTi'T -y
Watch
Repairing
Expert
850 BASKETS ONI.Y-As Ion
as the supply holds out,
Monday, 9 Kit
per b&pktt 4,vG
And 1.00 In Little Green
Stickers thrown In.
Watch
means
genius
needle
repairing
mechanical
to the
point ot
fineness. We guar
antee a satisfactory
Job, and will advlae
yoti honestly be
fore n touch It.
Prices most mod
erate. OF 4
1.00
And 4.urt In Little Green
Stickers Thrown In.
dollars and up, "7 QO
BEER BOTTLES-Patent
68c
TUMBLERS Capacity
Vooden-
vare Dcpt.
"Our Diamond" Four Stroke
Washer, only $5.95, and $15
in "S. & H." Green Trading
Stamps.
A Curtain Stretcher for 95c
and $5 in "S. & H." Green
Trading Stamps. -:
FESTIVAL PLANS UNDER WAY
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Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Working for
Grandest Festival of All.
enusunsBunwnp
WILL SURPASS ALL PREVIOUS EFFORTS
Drarr Feature of the Celebration of
the Tenth Year of the Kingdom
of ftalTtra Will Be of
tHlsbest Order.
As the summer months grow apace and
the corn Is beginning to take Jts stand on
the broad and fertile lands f the king
dom of Qulvera, In the tenth year of the
reign of King Ak-Sar-Ben and the nine
teen hundred and fourth year Anno Domini,
the thoughts of the many loyal subjects of
the merry monarch naturally turn to the
fall festivities, when hearts beat firm,
hand grasps hand and oonfottl fills the
air.
In accordance with the royal edict that
this year's campaign be started. General
Superintendent Gus A. Rense has rolled
up his sleeves and has started his men to
work on the 1904 floats at the "den." Man
ager "Pony" Moore has opened an office
at 216 South Fifteenth, where he la ar
ranging for this season's street fair, and
Samson, the king's right hand man, la
as busy as a cranberry merchant.
This year's parades, the electrical pa
geant la particular, will. It Is declared.
ex?el any previous attempt in this direc
tion. Tha theme of the electrical parade
will be allegorical and symbolical of
Nebraska's semi-centennial, recently cele
brated. The floats will be more elaborate
and artistic than ever before and will be
a line of brilliancy that any real king
would be proud to lead.
Omaha the Originator.
All of ths vassals of this dynasty may
not know that the Introduction of elec
tricity In the illumination of floats origin
ated In this city eight years ago, the
second ysar of the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities.
Within the past four years Milwaukee,
Cincinnati and Kansas City took up tha
Idea and last year the Veiled Phopheta of
St. Louis followed su!t after sending a
delegation to Omaha to consult Designer
Rense at his workshop In the "den. At
that time, almost a year ago to the day,
ths St. Louis delegation frankly admitted
Omaha's supremacy in this direction and
said they stopped over at the headquar
ters of the Priests of Pallas at Kansas '
City but an hour out of courtesy.
Those who have visited the rendezvous
of the Mardl Ores, Veiled Prophets,
Priests of Pallas and Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
concede the palm to the latter.
Since the purchase of the Coliseum by
the Knights last winter, between M.OOO and
t&.OOO have been expended In Improvements
and making the structure safe. The brick
foundation hss been thoroughly over
hauled, new supports placed under the
galleries, part of the flooring relalii, the
wiring examined and Increased, a number
of additional exits placed and other Im
provements of, a minor naturs madn.
Ths street fair this year will be held from
September M to October I inclusive. The
I
GROCERY
Bennett's for Groceries, vex pojmlil
Monday specials.
tl 00 worth "S. As
II." Green Trading
(stamps with each
ot the following:
New Torlc Cream
.... 20c
Uneeda Biscuits,
IP?::. 15c
Bennett's Capitol
Baking Towdsr,
a-t",..c'V.....24c
Flavoring Extract,
ir-.'i.iac
Hawkeys Cremra,
Seven
Dollars
in Little
Green
Stickers
with
S 1.17
See!
at".: 15c
Pumpkin.
S-lb. can.
10c
Frame Xloney. J $j Q
from best dairies
BUTTER Direct
dally
Fresh Country Butter,
per lb
Bennett's Oapltol Creamery,
per lb
Medium Sour Pickles,
per pint
13c
22c
..5c
THAS Oolong, Gunpowder, 4Q.
Lngllsh Breakfast, etc., per lb.tf QC
COFFES roasted
fresh every morn
ing. Rio Coffee, 141.
per lb....C
ilaraalbo CofTm.
apr.!b:: 15c
Bennett's Break
fast Coffee most
tfb..'.48c
FREE!
ICB COLD BUTTERMILK IN
BUTTER DEPT.
July Clearance in
Art Section
We must have the room for our big
fall purchases Soma prices out In
half, others ARE BIG BARGAINS.
ta.48 Pictures In heavy t TA
gold frames Ialr
$2.68 Pictures In burnished I IQ,
gold leaf frames Iir9
$2.00 Underwood and McFall's I CQ
up-to-date glrla IU9
$2.80 Etchings In hardwood Qfli
frames, 14x28 UOG
Bargains In Pictures at 9Qt
to, fcki, Bc, 8o and. t9U
BURNT WOOD BARGAINS THAT
PLEASE THE POCKETBOOK.
60o and 60o Boxes, QQ
(tt e f 2si G
6SoBoxes, 55C
5 ZZIZZZi.39
$1.00 Jardiniere Stools, TQC
$1.40 Japanese Nut Bowls, 08C
ABOVE MUST BD 8EEN SO
PRICES MAY BB APPRECIATED.
location will- be-the-aumeas "last-season,
namely, an Irregular plat extending front
Famam to Dodge and Seventeenth and
Nineteenth streets. The amusement com- -mlttee
this year consists of C. M. WUhslm,
chairman; Mel Uhl, Fred Meta and "Pony"
Moore, manager. Manager Moore has al
ready started his typewriter clicking and
has advertised for bids for the construction
work Incident to the fair. Mr. Moore says'.
"I expect to go to St. Louis in a few
weeks with a view of negotiating for sev
eral'Of the superior class of Pike shows for
our street fair. One of the most thrilling
attractions we expect to put on this year1
will be the "Leaping the Gap," a feat ac
complished by two bicycle riders starting
at the same time and going part of their
Journey forty feet through the air. There .
will be about twenty Midway shows and
several good bands, confetti battles and
other new features yet to be announoed.
The conditions seem favorable for a larger
crowd than last year, which numbered over
200.000."
Samson was up to his wishbone In corre
spondence when the question, "How goes
the battle?" was asked him the other day.
Samson Is Jolly.
"Well," replied the Jolly old scribs, "I
have no regrets to report. We have, aa you
know, hitched our cart t a star this year
and expect 2,500 names Inscribed on thd
royal records before his majesty shall have
made hla annual entry next fall. The books.,
showed 1.604 last initiation night, which
was a week ago last Monday and desig
nated as Elks' night The 'sharks have
been doing some fast swimming since thas
and it Is expected that at the Initiation tow
morrow evening another large bunch will
be put through the crucible. I have sent
out 160 letters to prominent merchants of
this municipality, requesting that each one
appoint a hustler to assist the twenty-two
'sharks' In their noble work of rounding up
the mavericks. Many favorable replies
have already been received They will
meet at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning at the
Paxton hotel to talk it over, and those Who
eat will be invited at 12:30 to dine at Bal
duffs. "I am also going- to ask every member to
try to get at least ons member between
now and fall. And I wish particularly that
the fact be disseminated throughout the
length and breadth of the land, namely,
that the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben stand -for
Nebraska as well as Omaha. Our horizon
in not limited to tha city limits. There In a
community of Interest between the Knights
of Ak-Sar-Ben and every citizen of the
Antelope state."
CONDUCTOR IDENTIFIES MAN
Street Car Employe Picks Out Pris
oner aa One Who Cave Him
Bad Money.'
The hearing of George C. Mansfield and
Ed. Fuller, charged with knowing some
thing of the recent appearance of apurious
dollars In Omaha, was cslled befors United
States Commissioner Anderson, but owing
to the absence of material witnesses, the
case was continued until Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Mansfield was positively
recognized by street ear Conductor Ed
Fleury as ths individual who passed a
bogus dollar on him on ths Walnut Hill
line near Kxug Park.