TIIE OMAITA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1905. 1 i. Your Choice of Whipple & Co.'s HEN'S PANTS Worth up to $5 rffnri nr. n rn im rn cfTl !7fl n (O A ...and... Men's S4 and S5 Fonts from Whipple & CO., at U 90 THE MOST REMARK ABLE Entire Retail Stock of Uhipple N . I frtiiil ni f ill If Jy f Chicago CLOTHING SALE EVER HELD o., 311 Broadway, Q. V., Formerly the lioltz Clothing Co. WHO WERE FORCED TO RETIRE FROM BUSINESS OWING TO THE EXPIRATION OP THEIR LIPASE, IN THIS PURCHASE WE SECURED WHIPPLE'S COMPLETE STOCK, ONE OF THE FINEST IN NEW YORK. Men's Dress and Business Suits-Men's Tuxedo Coats and Vests Black English Walking Coats and Vests Black Cutaway Coats and Vests All Sizes Extra Slims, and Stouts, up to 46 Hen's Long and Short Overcoats Also Hen's Odd Pants and Fancy Vests. THIS CLOTHING IS FROM NEW YORK'S MOST CELEBRATED WHOLESALE TAILORS, INCLUDING FEGHHEIFslER - FISilEL GO., The Washington Tailors, and DAVID MARKS & SONS Your Unrestricted Choice of All WHIPPLE & CO'S FINE MEN'S SUITS OVERCOATS Actually worth $15, $20 and $25 Sale of Ladies' Spangled Collars We bought a New York importer's entire sample line of ladies' black spangled cape collars at on enormous reduc tion these are some of the most beautiful and elaborate spangled collars ever seen in Omaha all the very latest style! scores of different designs all sizes, including extra large size they are for fashionable dress and evening wear actually worth up to $1.50 if sold in a regular way Saturday at 19c. 23 53 35c Handkerchiefs at 12c Ladies' embroidered hand kerchiefs, scalloped, revered and tiematltchod, mnny suitable for making dresser scarfs and corset covers also men's 1 all linen handker- IJ si m ' . y- chiefs worth i II AOI to 35c at II mim V 25c Hosiery at 10c and 15c Ladies' and men's and chil dren's plain, tine and heavy ribbed fast black hosiery, some fleece lined, many with full fash ioned foot, a few In fancy colors 2,"c quality, at. per pair 10c-15c Ladles' Turnover Collars Ladies' hemstitched and embroidered turnover collars and stocks, some Cp 1 fip with tabs actually worth up to 35c each, at VALENTINE SALE Grentest stock of Valentines ever placed on sale by a store In th west will be seen at Brandels' Saturday. This stock was bought direct from the manufacturers and we are enabled to offer the prettiest, daintiest and most artistic shnpos, as well as comic postals and lm- provea comics ai me mom. exiruoruiu.njr ywn-a. Beautiful Valentines One In a box at, each Buster Brown and Comlo 1r"2Ac Poster Valentines at, each "J' Buster Brown heart shape tr.mFtC Valentines at, each v Lace Valentines all styles, at, each. 5c Comic Valentines for lc 10c to $1 Ladies Wrist Bags IN ARCADE Ladies' crushed leather and broad tail velvet wrist bags also envelope bags all ) s h a d e s of if j O leather A ble ffif KMf special, at ' 100 Calling Cards at 39c Printed In a few minutes in Arcade All the latest styles of type SHEET MUSIC JUbT FOR FUN" The new waltz song bit, 1 C at, per copy Uv My Indian Queen Teasing- I Was Only Fooling- You (new) In a Blelah With the Girl You Love When the Slelg-h Hells Sweetly Chime Alexan derUfa Ain't Worth Uvtn When You're Broke (new) Blue Bell Come Home Soldier Boy (answer to Blue Bell) By the Dear Old Delaware Jolly Me Along She Still Believes In You Billy My Drwim ot Love (a new sentimental song) Satisfied Oneonta isortliern Ughts Moon winas (a new three-step) Circus Parade (E. T. Paul's latest) Water melon Am Enough for cimDoif of Eliza Slmrklr (.country dance)- Your choice per copy. l-dgnts Moon winas (a I Circus Parade (E, ;flat8r-i n r Mine (by 1 3f Teasing) I ff a-: 11(0) YOUR CHOICE OF ALL Whipple ftCo.'. MF.W.s FANCY VESTS Worth $3-$4 and $5 at 98c. Swell new styles for dress and business made of fine pique new fancy cheviot, in single and double-Breasted styles Velvets, Bro cadesnew browns in single and double-breasted a matchless assortment of Vests, Actually worth $3-$4 and $5, all go at Metiqdantr Shirts and Sweaters 25c 2,000 men's negligee shirts, boys' Jersey shirts and wool and worsted sweaters, plain aud fancy colors regular fl value great Saturday special, at....'t Men's Shirts at 50c Negliges and laundered shirts all new spring effects neat stripes and figures reg- CAp ular $1.00 value, at J Vl Great Clearing Sale Men's Heavy Underwear, plain and fancy, fleece lined and derby ribbed, worth Cp up to 75e. at Men's 150 Underwear at 45c Flat and ribbed weaves, plain and fancy M IJ colors, broken lots ot all wool underwear 'ffjQ go m one ioi, t Men's high grade under wear, worth up to Clfip &a at cmrmHnt Uw vi " " o 50C WINTER CAPS AT 13C Men's and boys' winter caps Fancy colors made f with double band. I t ounh. s f GORGES IN THE OHIO RIVER Worst Condition in Years Prevails on Lower Eeachts of Stream. V I ONE GORGE IS NOW. FIFTY MILES LONG l',aterai ItlTera Are Froaen, All Boats Are Tied I'D and People on' Banks Are Beconi 1 Ins A us Ions. J. VAN3V1LIE, Ind., Feb. k. The worst oondltlonj In many years prevail on the lower Ohio liver. The gorpe nt Cloverport, Ky., which formed the tlist of the week. Is growing in size hourly and Is said to be almost .Ifty miles In length. People are crossing" the river at Cloverport on the g"if. v The gorge at French Islands is holiJlng intact and a new gorge several miles In length formed at Newburg, Ind., ten miles above this city. A gorge is form ing a quarter of a mile above the city and another Is forming about half a mile below here,' which promlnes to fill the channel of the river In a few hours. A gorge is also reported at the Iulsvlllo & Nashville railroad bridge at Henderson, Ky. A large gorge is forming at the mouth of the Wabash river that promises to be come several miles In length. Green river is froien over for the first brtheBaby rr If you want a good food for your baby, a food that is en dorsed by physicians, a food that contains a large amount of digestible constituents, a food that feeds, a food that will nourish, sustain and pro mote the frTowth of your baby, try Mellin's Food. We will send a sam ple for you to try. W.lll.l. J U f la A MIT tmtmtm' tmud. waicn received the Uru rrkse, the klht re of the Leetiiona Tur , tksse tseeilllan. St. UkU. Iliak. er taan a aeia atsoai. IiKlXlN $ FOOD CO, BOSTON, MASS time in many years and all boats are tied up. Pond and Rough rivers are froien over solidly and the Wabash Is one solid sheet of ice from Terre Haute, Ind.. to its mouth. At Vnlontown, Ky., the Ohio is froten solidly and people are crossing on the Ice. A gorge is reported Just above West Franklin, Ind. Cold Wave In Central South. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. S.-The general cold wave probably reached Its southern most boundary today and spread a blanket of sleet and enow over the central south. A fail of sleet ranging from one to three inches is reported from Arkansas, Missis sippi, Tennessee, Oeorgia, Alabama, Okla homa, Indian Territory and parts of Texas, while falls of snow extend still further south. In Arkansas the fruit crop is said to be damaged, while in MlSRisnlppl and soma parts of Louisiana truck gardens suffered. Many head of cattle, it is believed, will be loHt In some parts of Texas. The tempera tures range from 7 above sero at Little Rock to 3) above at Dallas and slightly higher in MisslHslppi and Louisiana. The MlsslHsippI river nt Memphis is full of Ice and navigation Is suspended. Cold In Ohio. CLEVELAND, Feb. 8.-Last night was the coldest of the winter, the ofllclal ther mometer at the weather bureau falling to i degrees below sero. At several points In the state a temperature of ID degrees below was reported early today. PITTSBURG, Feb. 1 The coldest weather in six years was experienced today In this city and vicinity, when the thermometer In the outlying districts reached 18 below sero and in the city proper 7 degrees below was registered. Owing to a bad break in a gas main In West Virginia a gas shortage was general all over the country and In tense suffering resulted. A number of manufacturing plants were obliged to quit work on account of the cold and inability totralse steam. The upper and lower mills of the Carnegie Steel company closed down today on ac count of no gas and 1,000 men were sent home. Coal and river interests are par alyzed by the cold weather. The rivers are frozen over, necessitating the closing of all the river mines. Thousands of miners are affected. Cold Wave Goes East. CHICAGO. Jb. J.-The treat of the cold wave has pavaed eastward. The mercury today touched JO below sero and then climbed slowly up. The official forec;ut places the minimum here tonight at about s-ro. LA CKOSSE. Wis.. Feb. S.-Yestorday i. record-breaking temperuture was exceeded toiiay. The temperature at the two local stutlcns where observations are taken weii 32 below at the river station, a fall of 2 degrees, and 24 below at the federal build ing, a fall of 1 degree. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 3. In Milwaukee the thermometer registered 8 below sero today. At Madison it was 18 below and at Oreen Bay 20 below. Ice Interrnpts Traffic. NEW YORK, Feb. 3,-Marine traffic In the harbor and In the westerly end of Long Island sound was badly hampered today by ice. Only powerful steam craft could force their way through the fields of floating ice, composed of lines broken from the ice sheet over the Hudson river and of thick new Ice formed last night Ferry boats were much delayed or alto gether tied up.. Long Island sound for several miles east of Hell Gats is packed with ice. If the cold snap continues for a few days it Is feared that traffic In the harbor will be tied up. DES MOINES, Feb. 3 The coldest tem perature reached today was 12 degrees be low zero. Reports ot suffering from the continued cold are Increasing, but extreme cases are given speedy relief. No other fatalities save that of George Hall, a man who was found frozen to death at Creston, are reported. Trains have not yet resumed the schedule, eastern trains arriving from three to four hours late. Ullasard In the Sonth. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 3. A blizzard pre vailed today through Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma and was general In Arkansas, with below zero temperatures in Missouri and Kansas. The snowfall In Missouri and Kansas averaged four Inches, from one to two Inches in Oklahoma and five inches in Arkansas. A strong wind drifted the snow in Missouri and Kansas and trains were late. The coldest point In Kansas was at Concordia, with 12 below sero. It was 7 below bero at Kansas City, above at Ok lahoma City and 16 above at Fort Smith. Races Are Postponed. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 3 On ac count of the Inclement weather and poor condition of the track the races at Essex park were postponed until tomorrow and the entries stand. There was about three Inches of snow on the ground today and the thermometer stni at zero. Breaks Weather Record. ELK1NS. Va., Feb. 3. Seventeen degrees below sero was the temperature at this plnre today, the lowest ever known here. CUMBERLAND. Md., Feb. 3,-The ther mometer here today marked 6 degrees be low zero. At Terra Alia It is 10 below. At OianWvllle, Md., John Deacby was found frozen to death. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Feb. 3 One of the henvlect snowfalls In recent years has jprcud Its mantle to a depth of six Inches over th central south. In Mo m phis the street car service is doinorallaed and all trains are reported late. The same condi tions are reported from points In Missis sippi, Arkansas and Texas. DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 3. Half an Inch of snow has fallen over northern Texas and the temperature stands 4 degrees below the freezing point. Wheat has been greatly benefited In this section. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 3. This 3ct!on Is experiencing the severest winter in years. The ground is covered with snow to the depth of from five to nine Inches and snow is still falling. The Cumberland river is frozen for the first time in sevoral years. FIRE ON STRIKERS (Continued from First Page.) tlon of the men had to lie made within a day. I summoned the principal manufac turers and asked them to choose their most trustworthy and influential men, and this was done." Strike Spreads at Soanovlce. SOSN'OVICE. Feb. 3. About 4D,CKX men ar- now out on strike. At a meeting of t .ikers today the men forcibly dragged officers belonging to the management of various concerns to the placa of meeting. All the speakers insisted on the preserva tion of public order. The men's demands Include a minimum wage of 75 cents a day, eight hours to constitute a day's work, various reforms in factory management and old-age pendens. After the meeting 12.0U) strikers marched six miles to the Dombrova quarter In p. ifect order, but everywhere persuading workmen to strike. This afternoon strikers went to the rail way station of Streshemoschlz, seized and bound the officers, wrecked the station buildings and stopped trains In Loth direc tions. Moscow oblea Favor Reforms. MOSCOW, Feb. 3.-At u private meeting of the provincial nobility today, after a discussion of the reform proposals, It was decided to vote for a modified form of un address to the government to the effect that the membvrj of the nobility are eagerly awaiting a word from the emperor which would show that the bonds uniting the throne and the people are still un broken and that the f-mncror would, when lie deemed advisable, summon elected rep resentatives of the people to participate in the government. MEN K I" K I YOI It Hlllt ON by dally shampoos with Cutleura Soap and weekly dreiing of Cutleura. Independents Keep Hut. PEORIA, 111.. Feb. 3. According to tt statement mado by ouinuct Woouier, Jr., vice president of the Woolncr Distilling ompany, the Independent distillers will not meet the cut in the price of high proof spirits announced by the trust yesterday The latest quotation for high proof by the trust Is tl.lVi. The independent price for high proof spirits is $1.23. DEATH RECORD Frank W. Pariah. CLARINDA, la., Feb. 3 (Speciat Tele gram.) Frank W. Parish, president of the Clarlnda National bank, died suddenly at his residence about 4 o'clock this afternoon. He was at his bank as usual today up to 1:30 o'clock, when he went home complain ing of being ill. He was born In 1846, In Iowa county, Wisconsin, and at the age of 15 enlisted In Dillon's Sixth Wisconsin artillery, serving in the union army until August, 1865. After the war he was In the hotel business at Council Bluffs and in Texas. Ho was also an employe' of the Burlington road, running between Burling ton and Council Bluffs. Since 1S75 he has resided In Clarlnda, where he first en gaged in the drug business and then be came a banker. He was president of the Clarlnda National bank over twenty years. He was a Mason, member of the Grand Army and tlder of the Presbyterian church. He is survived by his widow and a daugh ter, Grace, aged 17. Mrs. M. H. Rricksen. SCHUYLER. Neb., Feb. 3.-Speclal.) Mrs. M. B. Ericksen, a widow, aged 78, died here yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A, Dworak. Mrs. Ericksen was ill during last week, but Improved for a time. Mrs. Erick sen is another gone from the very oldest residents of Schuyler, she end her hus band having come here over thirty years ago. Four daughters, Mrs. Adolph Dworak and Mrs. Dr. E. Lamhofer of Schuyler, Mrs. K. B. Cloyer of Central City and Mrs. Kreymborg of Ellthorn, sur vive her. George R. Dongbtr. SCHUYLER, Neb., Feb. 3.-(Special.) George R. Doughty, a Schuyler attorney, died at his home in this city at I o'clock last evening. lie was 46 years of age and had been in falling health during several years past, especially since a prolonged and almost fatal illness about four years ago. His wife and two sons, about 8 and 10 years of age, survive him. Mr. Doughty had been In Schuyler about twenty years, having come here from Poughkeepsle, N. Y where he was engaged In newspaper work. Cugrot llukbrll. KEARNEY. Neb., F.b. 3 (Special Tele gram.) Eugene Ilubbell, 6ne of the pioneer reaidtntn of Kearney, died at his home in the northern part of the city at an early i owa &7X ,jtnt& tveUty mod tdelfttuiLp ufyi & GOOD THINGS OF LIPE. 3& acetous tit4 comdml dtfyXfji jftwol of DELIGHTS THE rr PALATE ll 1?-' Iff STRENGTHENS THE NERVES FREE 8AMPLBS COME! FREE INSTRUCTION wmmmmaawamKm hour this morning. Deceased had been sick but a couple of days and died of heart fail ure while sitting in his chair. He leaves a wife, but no children. He was 50 years of age. Mrs. Elisabeth U. Duvall. LOGAN, la.. Feb. 3 (Special .) ThU morning at 10 o'clock, at the Logan MeU. odist Episcopal church, occurred the fu neral of Mis. Elizabeth Oerbnll Duvall, who died Wednesday at tuo Woodbine home of her son, George Duvall. She was born May 1, 1H4&, at Bern, Switzerland, and was tho mother of L. P. Duvall, Login's only tailor. Kdnard O. Krals. Edward O. Krniz, uged 2S, died at his home, 2Wi South Twenty-eighth street, yes terday noon, as the result of blood poison ing. Jle leaves a wife. Funeral announce ment will be made later. Deceased was for many yurx head salesman for tan Began Uboe company of this ctyy.