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TIIE OMAHA DAILY PEE: TI1URSDAY, MAY 4, 1905.
' PROMINENT MEN IN Still
! Variety of BnsineBS IntereiU Inrohed in
y Old Gas Engine Case.
L 'stockholders are eeing sued
JaJajmeat Creditors Ask (or the
Firmrat of Claims Amonnl.
Ina; to Six or Seven
Thouaand Dollars.
, A suit is now on trial in Judge Bears'
court which "hows anew that human na
ture Is ever trusting, even when money Is
involved. It Is a suit against the stock
holders of the old Omaha Gas Engine com
pany by judgment creditors holding claims
amounting to between 6,0OO and $7,000.
Among the prominent people In the list of
of stockholders defending are Dr. Walter
O. Henry, Dr. K. XV. Cook of Plattsmouth,
Charles A. Trary, cigar dealer; Frank A.
Brownlee, secretary of the Board of Fire
and Police Commissioners; Oustave Ander
son, United States commissioner; Squires
4c Smith and John I... McCngue, the latter
holding; one or .(wo chares, understood to
have been taken for rent.
In 1899 there was organized In Omaha the
company named above, with a capital stork
of $100,000. The organizers were H. K.
Clover, who claims to have a patent im
proved gas engine; Otto Gugler, H. C.
Akin, Dalton Ridley and Dr. Frank B.
Coulter.
Tha company gave all of the capital stork
to Clover for his patents. Then, in order
to gat money for operating expenses, the
stock wss Increased to $150,000, and the ex
tra amount was put. In tho treasury for sale,
with Bamuel McKee ns authorized agent.
This Is where a few more Omaha men got
Into the good thing. About this time Wil
liam O.' Pratt, W. C. Gcnn and McKee
Conceived the Idea that they ought to get
control of the company and be the whole
thing themselves. At least, this is the
allegation of the litigants now In court.
Akin Thrown Over Transom.
McKee, having the handling of the stock
that was for sale, with his friends called a
meeting for the night preceding the annual
meeting of the company. It was averred
that at ,thls meeting enough stock was is
sued to friends of the man named to give
him eontrol, and that on the following
night they ousted the old officers, throwing
President Akin bodily out of the meeting.
They also had to depose Dr. Coulter, among
others. This was on January 2, 1900, and It
Is alleged this Is tho date when 100 shares
of stock were Issued to Ounnar A,. I-.lndo.uest,
forty-five shares to Squires & Smith, and
various blocks of shares to others. A
new board was elected, and Pratt, McKee
and Genn were In the saddle.
Interested parties did not like the looks of
things as they were framed up at this point
and undertook to get a look In. Attorney
Lysis I. Abbott, acting for the Paxton &
Vlerllng Iron company, sued out an at
tachment for $500 on the plant, located at
Twenty-eighth and Sahler streets, and this
brought the affair quickly to a head. Ab
bott's suit was filed May 10, 1900,. and on
the 24th of the same month Dr. Coulter
asked for the appointment of a receiver.
Judge Dickinson granted the application
and named as receiver his bailiff, Edward S.
Stout.
When the receiver went to take posses
sion he found, as alleged, that much of the
valuable machinery and tools had been spir
ited away or disappeared. It is further
alleged that the custodian was taken out
at night for several nights, and treated,
while the looting of the plant was going
on. Writs of replevin failed to turn up
much of value, and Attorney Abbott's cli
ents only got about $28 worth of stuff. At
the show-down the assets of the company
amounted to a little over $400, while the
Judgments have piled up to the extent of
nearly $7,000. As the plant put In was un
derstood to have cost several thousand dol
lars, the creditors were very angry, as well
aa surprised.
Claim of Defendants.
Suit was brought against the 'Stockhold
ers, and it Is this action Judge Sears Is now
engaged In hearing. Defendants, of whom
there are half a dozon besides those named,
set up that they never subscribed for any
stock; that If they did subscribe they paid
for the same, and, lastly, that as some of
the Judgment creditors are also stock
holders, they should be compelled to stand
their share of any amount that may be
found due.
On the stand Wednesday morning Com
. tnlssloner Anderson admitted that he had
put $6,000 Into the concern. Dr. Coulter
feels that It was because of his name on
the list of officers that several other men
bought stock, and, taken all around, the
case Is quite notable. The lawyers representing-the
discordant Interests comprise
half dosen or more of the best at the
local bar.
MARRIAGE BOND IS DENIED
Defense of Man- Who Is Arrested on
Charge of Abandoning
Hie Wife.
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Some ; weeks ago Isaac .Sllkett was ar
rested for wife-abandonment., When ar
raigned In the police court he pleaded as
a bur to prosecution that the woman was
not his wife. He suld he had never been
divorced from a former helpmeet. Dis
charge followed soon.
Neat BUkett was arrested on a charge of
child-abandonment and (or some time has
been confined In the county Jail. On Mon
day he was arraigned before Judge Day
ami pleaded not guilty. Wednesday morn
ing Mrs. Sllkett, aa she supposed herself
to be until the police court episode, ap
peared before Judge Day and gave bond
for the man who had denied her. She
did this, aa she said, so that he might be
able to. go to work and contribute to the
support of herself and child, and Sllkett
promised to do this.
DAY FOR MASONIC ORDERS
liraad Commander of Scottish Hlte
' start Knights Templar Will
Hold Forth.
Grand Commander James D. Richardson
of tha southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish
Rite Masonic bodies of the United 6tates
will arrive. In the city this afternoon
about 8 o'clock from Sioux City for a brief
visit of inspection of the order in this city.
He will be given an automobile ride about
the city during the early part of the after
noon and In the evening an Informal re
ception will be tendered him by the Scot
tish Rite body at M&sonic temple.
Grand Inspector Oustave Anderson left
I Brandeis for Millinery
Special prices on newest summer designs
just received in our reat millinery Dept.
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LICBIG COMPANY'S
EXTRACT Or BEEF
jCOMPRESEED.VIGOri
Evsrr advanced ehmlelia dmK
the value of eonesntrmied arA nm.
ducts la coavalexenM or Impaired
aigesiion. ileum uomfanys
ErrSACTlsbrfuthsbeitofthMa. i
Excellent for the Sick and a roud (v
thing for tha veil.
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Hundreds of the fresh innova
tions in millinery for .early ' summer
wear are here. The new shapes are
more than ever attractive the novelty
sailor, smartly trimmed with a bright
silk sash is to be extremely modish.
New Street and Trimmed Hats Straight from tho hands of the design
ers jiew xuscan, hemp, milan, etc., turbans,
sailors, plateaux, etc. the new effects in trim.
miDjr smart style with simplicity,
at I .
Stunning Models lor Summer and Outing; Wear newest
sash trimmed sailors, turbans and brim shapes all of them
new designs the prettiest daintiest summer shades nm-
ployed in the trimming, at ; '. i
Millinery Sale in Basement
Ieat and dressy street and trimmed hats new,
$5
fresh scores of styles-
the basement, at
-genuine bargains in
50c H 98c
Ladies' Neckwear at 6c-10c
Stocks, embroidered turnovers, collars and cuff sets,
lace edged collars, etc. the newest effects to give a
tresn touch to the costume nov
elty effects seen for th first time
in Omaha, at
tsu eueciB to give a
6'c-10c
THE NEW SHIRT WAISTS
Silk Shirt Waists Extremely elaborate silk
Jap and Taffeta Shirt Waists, also plain
tailored, stitched and tucked.
waists, many samples,
at
2.50
2 SHIRT WAISTS AT, 95C-Lawns,
Linen, Swisses, etc., some hem
stitched trimmings, some lace
and embroidery trimming's, at. .
$1.50 Lawn and Swiss Waists
Tailored, pleats, lace and em
broidery insertions, at ........ ,
Shirt Waist Suits
The new summer styles and materials;
- launder perfectly, fresh f QQ I CA
. novelties, at ..ImZfO'JtDVf
Ladies' Cravenette Coats.
Perfect rain protection and dressy coats for all occasions,
stylish cravenetted cloths, at
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J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS BOSTON STORE'
6.98 I
VFIRST AICr
TO THE
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FILES
CAREY'S
MAGNESIA
FLEXIBLE
CEMENT
ROOFING I
IS OUARANTESD FOR TIN YEARS,
f E MAKE A SPECIALTY OF REMOVING TAR AND GRAVEL OR METAL ROOFS
Sunderland Roofing & Supply Co.,
Phone S71. 108 FARNAM ST.
All Paint Looks Alike
In. the can, and to the man who knows lit
tle about paint. When you have tried It
for live or ten years you know the dllter
enee between ordinary paint or "Lead and
Oil" and good paint that la
LOWE BROS.'
HIGH STANDARD PAINT
IT GIVES BUST HESI LTS HKCAI SEl
1 There is nothing put In It because it's
cheap.
2 There Is nothing put In It to make It
poor.
S There la only material In It to make It
the best.
4 It therefore SPRKAD8 BEST, WEARS
BEBT. 1OOK.S BEST and consequently
COSTS THE LEAST.
See us for anything-in paint or painter's
supplies. v.
Myers-Dillon Drug do.,
(Paint Department.)
116 Harney. Tel. 3425.
Goods delivered free to any part of the
city.
OMAHA WEATHGn REPORT.
Tharadajr Fair and Warmer.
BENNETTS
A Rousing Coffee Sensation
BENNETTS BREAKFAST COFFEE.
TUT UP IN TWO-rotJND (Full W eight) SEALED CANS
Flve Thousand Two-Pound Tana for This fpeclal Sale.
TWO-POUND CAN
for
Sixty ($6.00) Green Trading Stamps with Each Can.
NO MORE THAN TEN CANS TO A CUSTOMER.
THURSDAY ONLY
This Is fresh roasted. It's n deliclously flavored coffee f nil body
as fine a coffee as need go on any table. Thousands use it dally.
COFFEE SECTION B AS EM ENT.
tetasr
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48c
Dinnerware! Dinnerware!
'Way .down prices and extra Green Trading Stamps on
several patterns.' Ten Per Cent Discount and Double Green
Trading Stamps on open stock.
TOILET BETS Large variety at al
most any price a special .
ftix-nipfA apt fnr l.VJzr
six-piece set for.
Others at $2.75 and $3.98 and elegant
values fur $4-88, $3.83 and $2.75.
Double Green Trading Stamps on AH
Sets This Week.
CANDLE SHAPE HOLDER AND
WROUGHT IRON CANDLESTICK,
all complete any cojor, pink on.
blue, green and red, for mrSt
GLASS PEPPER AND SALT SHAK
ERS new colonial shape beef metal
tops a bargain. OEr
two for
Worth Double the Price.
CROCKERY SECOND FLOOR.
CslTWr a QUALITY IS OUR'"MOTTO I
'UfttUIClia"1
lueii, ST. LOUIS.
BEST UtlWAUIC TOa arc wot paying lor dui im LRV":"V T J
trim !, ftc; tit for F1i Quality Havana Toknrro, K4VAL to Imported
Clara. Bold direct t0 tit rUUr bjr W.U. KICK! WWLH W maannaw
STterBest of
Everything
at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for Siou
City to meet Grand Commander Richard
son a a special Committee of reception.
The grand commandery. Knights Templar
of Nebraska, will meet in this city at Ma
sonic temple Thursday evening in annual
session. The meeting will continue over
Friday.
Officers are to be elected for the coming
year and other general business pertaining
to the order transacted. A large attend
ance of Knights Templar Is expected from
all quarters of the state.
Vaudeville Pala Fight.
Bruce Rehlrdon and George Brooks of
the vaudeville team of Brooks and Carr
engaged In a quarrel at Thirteenth and
Cuptiol averue Wednesday afternoon at
2 ;t o'clock, and as a result Umoks was
severely cut about tha face. George brooks
claims that Rehirdon approached him on
the street and wanted tu sell a package
of needles, which the former refused to
buy, and. being angered, whipped out a
riior and proceed-d to cut prumiselously
Brooks was not seriously lnjurudk Both
men are under arrest.
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Purify your house with Gibson's Boap
Polish. Or ctut a room will do tiie
work,
We're ai
No Expense
In selling our men's special! fit $3.50.
They are only one line of a hundred
that we carry. We would have to
keep ail the help we now have, pay
Just as much rent, do as much adver
tising, use as much light If we didn't
have a "$3.60 Special" in tha house.
That's the reason we're able to put
so much real value in every pair
wa don't depnd on them , for profit
on .the contrary we give you what
would be our profit. That la certainly
worth considering.
Drexel Shoe Co'.
1419 Farnum Si.
Omaha's l'V--Data Saaa HoiM.
ASK FOR OUR FREES CATALOGUE.
The Only Double
TracK Railway
to Chicago
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Have You Thought
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, Planning Your Trip
Mo the
PoHlaivd
Exposition
Through the
Northwest Territories
of
Canada to Vancouver
and Steamer to Seattle,
returning via. Bait Lake.
The Grandest Scenery
on the American Continent
EXCURSION
TO
DES MOINES
SUNDAY
MAY 7, 1905, VIA
ROUND TRIP
Western League Ball
OMAHA VS. DES MOINES
Special train will leave Omaha
Union Depot 7:30 a. m.; Council
Bluffs City Depot 800 a. m.
Returning, leave DeH Moines 7:15
p. m.' '
No Intermediate stops for
passengers.
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TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER
Yott might, prhapi, ha
mor foot-comfort if you
wor no thos. But, aa tt
ti ncema,ry to wear aboea,
mhf not war thosa that
(Iva ta tjnojt comfort, coat
tho lIr mooy, and ara
atyllah jid arvlcMbI, too.
Ooinod Bboaa ar mod I a
of prfrtloa "Makar to
r waftivr."
;? $3.50-$2.50
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vramaut blank.
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Crtat Sale of
. Madame Curie
Conver Stock
Thursday.
See ad on Page 5
TBI RBLIARLR STORK.
Great Sale of
Madame Curie
Conver Stock
Thursday.
See ad on Page 5
Great Clearing Sale Continues.
The surprising bargains we art' offering
In this great stilu la bringing -crowds of
enthusiastic buyers to our store daily.
All spring suits and jackets ara marked
at prices Irreslstnbly
low.
SUITS
GREAT WAIST BARGAINS
MAX ROTH SURPLUS STOCK.
Tretty waists at
$1.00 waists at ' ..
BTYTaSH SPRING
y spring suits
at
$24 spring suits
at
$2o spring suite
at
$15 spring suits-
at .... .
GREAT BARGAINS IN COVERT COATS
$Ift and $1S covert Jackets " J Q QQ
$10 and $12 covert Jacket
at
$8.( covert coats
at
$6.( covert costs 2 QS
sperial at
Tretty silk suits, worth f Q(
U.5(i-peclnl at ....
Handsome silk suits 1lOfi
worth 20.(!0 at Jy
Women's $C.0 walking skirts 2.QS
New" pHnama" and voile skirts at Ib.toi,
T oo, $10,110, $12.60, and 115.0U.
FROM I $15? waists at 6o
i) waists hi ,..........
$3.00 waists at .Vmm
u'nmM IIS tin Cravenettes special JS W
AT HALF.
... 15.00
... 12.50
... 10.00
7.50
7.50
5.00
.2r.c
.45c 1 $5.00 Silk Coats at
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Trimmed hat Bargains Thursday
For tomorrow four remarkable bargains will lend unusual attractiveness
to our underselling capacity In the trimmed hat sections.
I Qft The choicest of our regular three dollar and fifty
i0 -cent trimmed hats.
The best of our $5 and $6 trimmed hats and tail
ored shirt waist hats.
Some of our swell seven-fifty and eight-fifty trim
med hats.
For pattern hats. Not one hat in the lot worth less
than ten dollars.
Exra Specials for Thursday
$3.00 Trimmed Shirt Waist Hats i '. 08c
1.00 New Hough ritrnw lints .........39c
$2.00 Misses and Cnililrou's Trimmed Hats
80c Children I'luy Hats
25c luncli-s American Beauty Uoses. three lu a bunch, with foliage
50c bunches Daisies, twelve in a bunch
2.98
3.98
4.98
lJo
lc
23c
SEVEN DOMESTIC ROOM BARGAINS
75c Atlantic Mills bleached sheets, Klx90
size, torn not cut CQ0
special at SJtf.
16c Atlantic Mills Pillow Cases, 01P
42x36 size-spechU at 13W
$1.39 Bleached all llnpn Damask napkins
30x20 size Special at, dozen
FROM 8 TILL 10 A. M.
We will sell Lonsdale Company's muslin,
10c quality
at, yard I
FROM TILL 11 A. M. ,
$6.00 black silk underskirts O QQ
1 to a customer, at -J
AQi-. Mnhk bleached sheets. 72x90 size.
torn not cut . 4Qc
special at ,
18c Atlantic' Mills Pillow Cases, ... 4c
45x36 size special at
;.:..:.98c
FROM 10 TILL M.
We will Bell 12V4c seersucker ginghams,
In Jill styles y' fiC
at, yard ...w ......... w
FROM 8 TILL 0 A. M. , ,
Women's gingham wash oQs
underskirts, at
READ THESE GROCERY PRICES
MONET SAVERS FOR THE PEOPLE
HA YDEN'S TMfci ONLY STOKE THAT
RETAILS TO THE CONSUMER AT
WHOLESALE PRICES.
48-lb. sacks high patent Minnesota
Flour $148
10 bars Swift's Pride, Beat 'Era All.
or White Paris laundry soap 25c
10-1 be. best kiln dried cornmeal t.15c
7-lbs. best kiln dried oatmeal 15c
4-lbs. hand picked navy beans, Pearl Tap
oca, Sago, Barley or Farina 15c
Bromansulon, Jellycon, Fruit Puddlne
or Jello, package rrr.. 7V4o
Potted ham. Deviled ham or Potted
tongue, can 3V4c
1-lb. cans fancy Alaska salmon 9c
si ' . I ........( n M ' amh . If.
ll or inuniniu nuiuiurn, v.... ..............
1- lb. Jars pure fruit preserves JHo
Fresh crisp ginger snaps, lb SVio
X-Cello breakfast food, pkg oo
2- lb. pkg Nudavlne oatmeal 60
CHOCOLATE DROP SPECIAL
1,000 fresh made chocolate drops, regular
25c, as long as they last
for this saie, pound "Vto
, PINEAPPLES PINEAPPLES
First ' arrival, fancy, large, rips, sweet
pineapples, selling everywhere for 12tto
and 15c.
our price i?
Qt box"s fresh ripe strawberries 7w
Large Juicy lemons, per dozen ........loo
E3AYOSrx3 BROS.
GRADUATION DAYS
Are almost here. Every graduate expects soms token
to keep In memory of that day. This Is a very Im
portant event In the lives of our young people. Nothing
pleases more than something from our stock. Come in
and let us suggest some appropriate gift. Our Btore is
full of suggestions. Look for thevname,
S. W. LINDSAY, Jeweler,
lfilS Douglas Street. ,
BALDUFF'S
Pure Jersey Ice Cream
It cools and invigoratest You can eat all
you want without fear, because it's pure and
' good. And it's rich too you never eat richer,
All the popular flavors, ready to be served at,
your bidding, or we will put it in one of our
QUAMT BARRELS
Which just fits the pocket, so you can
TAKE ONE HOME
It's 40 Cents Per Quart
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1518-20 Farnatti. 'Phone 711.
F. P. RUTHERFORD, D. P. A.
1333 FARNAM STBEET.
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