EDITORIAL SECTION.
The Omaha
UNDAY
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PAGES 1 TO 8.
ESTAHLISnEI) JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOKNINO, JUNE 4, 1905.
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Ladies' Summer Dresses
An Immenup dlnplny of dainty My lea In nil the vpry wwoiit fabrics; ftP
white and nil color. rices from f'jn.fni to ,JJ
On Monrliiy we will offer nn elegant Hedinsoto unit In white, radet, light
blue and natural linen, a perfect tnilor nmde suit, renlly cheap A tl(
at ?18..V. for IT.JU
Children's Pique Conts
Little ones, from one to four yearn, former prices $2.00 to $4.00, Clfi
all now JOG
Children's Aprons
Linen. Olnahnnis nnd Lawns; plain and fancy trimmed, In lace and 1
embroidery, prices from r.oc to UG
Infant's Bonnets
Fine lawns, plain tucked, eniliroidery trimmed, lace trimmed and j! O
ribbon trimmed tOC
Boy's Waists and Blouses
White and colored, all our ".V and We Mock,
at.
39c
3.95
fS.rVtj for $.1.W Tliat'H what you pet when you purchase one of our
heavy Taffeta Silk Petticoats, worth .?.-.ro, at
Ladies' Uudermuslius
A MOST ASTOXISIIIXi; SALK OK !OWNS, roitRET OiVKRS, SKIRTS,
DRAWERS. PETTICOATS. THE DAINTIEST DOLLAR CO
I NDEU.MLSLIN EVER PET ON SALE IN OMAHA, ALL AT.. DJC
New Bustles
Three cases Scott's Bustles. All their best models Just put on sale. "JP
Drab and White at ."joe and C
LADIES' FANCY MERCERIZED LISLE VESTS, Swiss ribbed, faucy
torchon trimmed, low neck and no sleeve, regular 75c and $1.0t PQA
values, special Monday each DJC
LADIES' FANCY LISLE SWISS RIBBED DRAWERS, wltb French band,
umbrella knee, line torchon trimming, regular 50c and 7Sc values, OA
special Monday, three pair for .. 1,UU
100 DOZEN FANCY LISLE AND LISLE LACE LADIES' HOSE, in dark
blue, tans, browns, and blacks; ttllk embroidered, plain und fancy P
colors, regular 50c values, special for Monday, pair JL3G
Ribbon Sale
J0O pieces of fancy and plain extra quality Taffeta Ribbons; Just the width
and figures for faucy girdles and sashes, values worth 85c yard,
special Monday, yard jC
20 DOZEN FANCY SILK CELTS, regular girdle widths, good wearing, in all
the evening shade light blue and pink, white, browns, dark blue
and black, regular 50c value, special Monday, each
25c
All Over Laces for Waists, Yard 59c
A lucky purchase of fine Oriental and Anglaise Laces in creams and
whites; 19 inches wide, the latest for hot weather waist enables us
to give you laces worth $1.25 to $2.00 a yard, Monday,
yard
59c
19c
At Bennett's Busy Silk Section
We purchased 20,000 yards of rich, handsome shirtwaist suit silks from one
of America's greatest manufacturers at a very low price, and put them ou
sale Monday at a price less than what they cost to make. They, come In all
-the new shades, pretty figures and a big lot of plain colors, T5 yards in
each p'ex. enough for a full dress, worth up to $17.00 a pattern, O JP
Monday only, a pattern 0. D
, WHITE CHINA SILK, guaranteed to wash, worth 30c yard,
Monday, yard
Big Sale of Light Weight Wool Goods
2,000 yards of fine French pauamas, come In light and dark colors, crisp
finish, dust proof; the right weight for summer skirts, worth up to TQ
$2.50 yard, Monday yard JJC
Big Sale of Wash Goods
5.000 yards of fine wash goods, In light nnd dark colors, thin and heavy
. weights; goods in this Mg lot worth 10c, 15c and 25c yard, all go f
Monday, at yard JC
200 yards fine Wash Goods, nice sheer qualities, lots of creams and y I
white, worth up to 35c yard, Monday yard 2C
Fine White Madras for Swell Shirt Waists, 20 patterns to select from, J f
32-lnches wide, worth 35c yard, Monday yard ..IDC
Silk Crepes, Yard 25c
All of our fine Dress Crepes, light grounds with beuutiful floral pat-
terns, worth 75c yard, Monday yard , DC
, Domestics Cheap
36-Inch Heavy Brown Muslin, Monday, yard c
36-lncb White and Cream Curtain Scrim, yard "30
86-lncb Bleached Muslin, worth Sc yard, only yard gc
72x90 and 81xlM) Bed Sheets, all ready for nse, Monday each .-39o
BED SPREAD8 Full else Med Spreads, heavy crochet, all ready for use, 7C
worth $1.25 each, Monday each . iuC
TOWEL SALE 500 doxen Turkish and Huck Towels, extra heavy, very " "lOlr
large. In bleached and creams, 26o onus, Monday each...., IajC
DRKS3 NETS Special sale of all-over dress nets, In cream and white, 42-inchei
wide, comes In different mealies with embroidered figures, Monday we prlce7R--,
them at $1.75 and M OC
A great many of them are worth to K.00 a yard.
1,200 yards rTtncy Net Top ibices wita heavy edgee, from 4 to 10 Inches wide. (En
nine, worm up to voe yard, special Monday, yard -w
in creams, ecrus and wl
BOO pieces Normandy Val,
worth . up to 40o yard.
worth up to We yard, special Monday, yard
trices with Insertions to match, 2 to 9 Inches wide, ftr
Monday only yard
Continuance of Bennett's Big Sale of Rich American Cut Glass
This sale started Saturday, and is continued Monday. It" 8 a sale of America ' most
respendent cuttings on very best artistic blanks that art in glassware can produce. It's sale
of choice first-class perfect cuttingsue purchase only such- The makers weed out th
Jfaws and scalawags, and leave them for the casual comcons.
If you see cut-glass advertised at prices laid out to look less
than Jiennctfs, yon re safe to take our word that the items are
Seconds, Job Lots and Left- Outs.
'e ire showing over 3,000 pieces, something like oOO specific
styles, including:
Flower Vases Susar and Creams
Uowta Glasses
Salts and Teppors Oiive Trays
Spoon Troys Sherbets
Tumblers Desserts
Water Bottles Decanters
Our low cut prices reduced 31 1-3 per cent, for this sale.
SPECIAL SHOWING OF NEW D1NNERWARE PATTERNS
THE MOI'XT VKUNX-IYetty pink decoration new slinpe-Kold traced himdl.s; any piece or size you may Q Qfl
wish. May be hought In separate pieces One hundred piece set for,. "''"
Clips and Saucers, QA I Plates at. each. 15c, 12c f A I Platters at, each. 25c
set..... OUC and UC and
Xew Ha vilaud China Sets. New Knclls'i Porcelain SHs. prices from f.".08 to 1125
DOUBLE tJREKX TRADIXU STAMPS OX ALL D1XXERWAIJE MONDAY. SECOXD FLOOR.
20c
BENNETT'S BIG GROCERY
BARGAINS IN ORKATKST VARIETY ALL OVER OUR
POP! 'LA R GROCERY PEt'TION.
Twenty it2.ori Green TrndinK Stamps with two-pound
can Hennett'B Breakfast Coffee
Twenty (Ji.OO) Green Trading Stamps with pounl
Tea
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps with pound pack
sue P.atavla Sultana Raisins
Ten 111 Green Trading Stamps with large buttle.
Columbia Catsup
Ten iSl.OGi Green Trading Stamps with pound full
Cream Cheese :
Twenty $2.0 Green Ti.idlng Stamps with three-pound
can Hurnham's Clam Chowder
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with bottle Bennett's
Capitol Extracts
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with quart Sour
Pickles
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with pint large im
ported Olives
Saratoga Chips, c Corn. 2-pound I Oil Sardines.
H-pound sack..vC can " can ,
Grape-Nuts, in. Tomatoes, three-7. I Potted Ham.
package IUC pound can 'cl can ,
California Prunes, C Rice,
pound 'C I Dound
Table Syrup, two and one-half pound
48c
"48c
15c
20c
20c
20c
18c
10c
23c
4c
4c
...5c
8c
CLOSING OUT SEEDS Vegetable and Flower Seeds ONE
CENT PER PACKAGE.
June Wedding Gifts
Pictures A Treasured Remembrance.
150 imported Miniatures, handsome colonial heads In rich
iiicLil sold frames, a dollar value 39c
Ten J?1) ;reen Trading Stamps.
Each picture packed in n box.
W rac-Simtlo Waier Color Heads, in ornamented oval bead
cold frames, SxlO; elegant variety of subjects: QQ
thone two dollar rabies for .0
Tacked one In a box. Xote window display.
Pyrography Novelties Make Suitable
! Wedding Gifts.
rhotosrsrures. Pastels, Carbons and Water
Colors from $10 to
riCTl'RE FRAMIXO the frame makes the picture.
We do It expertly and our prices ar right. Second Floor.
StandardMetalFoldablcBed
Is a Great Space and Labor Saver.
Till: 8TANDA1U) IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY A FOLDING
iu:d. in looks and appearance it is just a
handsome standard metal red, with the ex
tra advantage of reino foldarle. open oli
folded. the ventilation is perfect; a 7 c
monday at iu j
This includes the 20-year guaranteed Rip Van Winkle
Spring. Resides the handsome bed, we offer Monday at $ 10.75,
we show ten other styles, ranging in price to $23.00.
Monday we offer twenty-live
of the celebrated Stearns '&
Foster's Felt Mat- QQC
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tresses, at.-
These are made of hand laid layers
of felt of snowy whiteness, ntcrlltzed
and guaranteed not to mat. Factory
guarantee accompanies each mattress.
Kxamlne these and compare with felt
mattresses; sold elsewhere at flo.00.
Xo C. O. I), orders.
85c
Millinery, Millinery Monday Millinery
A Very Hih-Clfc.ss Showing of Mid-Summer Hats. Embroidered Sailors with Edgings of
Valenciennes Laces, Trimmings of White Winj(s or Quills
White Chip SaJlors With Seasonable
Trimmings, Tuscans and Milans
All these attractive mid-summer modes are fresh, new goods,
are down to the liour emphatically, and are
straight from the work rooms. It. amounts .
i r. q arr-liTcivii o uani'trtiiin f nn eh S
Trimmed Hats. Trimmed Hats
For Ladies' and Misses', all in perfect condition, and a very
handsome assortment. Must close them out to make fuller
room for later summer storks. $8.00 ... , i.C
values for
Other Hats on similar lines, efctra good values, $2.49 and 1.49
oo
A Remarkably
Interesting Book
"(iOKItOX KKITH." by the atithor
of "Ilvd Kock" Thomas Xelson
I'ae. A masterpiece of resent
day- fiction; published by the
Rerlbnera to sell at one dollar and
a half; handsomely illustrated
and substantially bound In cloth;
we have 5(H copies all In M f
a bunch ut a cut price; kL 1
Monday special r V
BENNETT'S CANDY SECTION.
Five (50c) Green Trading Stamps Iflr.
with pretty Japsnpup Teapot VW
Twenty S'2.00) Green Trsdlng Stsrnps
with pound box Bcniutt's Siiecisl OCr
' Chocolate Creams "
Bon Con Boxes, 2c
each " w
(KiARK.
Wvona. a long filled be Cigar. fif
fifty for I.UU
Forty (4,QQ Ureen Trwdhn Stamps.
Thick Stronghold Chewing 4QC
Tohaccn, ptuud
Thirty (aon) rtreen Trading Stam ps.
Patterson's Seal Cut I'lng Sniok- '2tic
Ing Tobacco, 8-02. tins
- Five (to.OlO Green Trading Stamps.
Porto Rico Stogies, RfJ
100 for I.ov
Thirty t$3.00) Green Trading Stampa.-
Clothing Sectiori
Children's Wash Suits
and Outing Suits
See the
.-75c values..... ...39c
$1.00 values 50c
$1.50values 75c
$2.00 values.... LOO
Outing Suits
We maintain that anything
worth doincr at all is worth do-
in-' rfcht. even to the smallest detail. Our Outing Suits plainly
show that we practice. what we preach.
$7.50 Men s and-YoungI' Coat and Trousers 5.00
f 10.00 MeVfl-and Young Men's Coats and Trousers. 7.50
f 12.50 . ileuSi and Young Men's Coats and Trousers 8.50
$15.00 Men's and Young Men's Coats and Trousers 10.00
Hardware for Monday
Fifty (JS.0O" Green Trading Stamps with Double Green Trading Stamps on Ice
cream Freeiers. we enrry tne hlte
Mountain. Arctic ami Wonder.
No. 9 Nickel Plated Copper Tea (tQ
K-ottl I.VIO
Fifty ($5.00) Green Trading Stamps with
No. 8 Nickel Plated Copper Tea Q fir
Kettle Fifty (15.00) Green Trading Stamps with
No. 7 Nickel Plated Copper Tea. QQr
Kettle.... Vw
Twenty (2.)) Green Trading Stamps with
three-piece Child's Steel Garden 1c
Set 25c. 16c and lw
Ten (11.00) Green Trading Stamps with any
Ire Pick 24c, 14c, 12c Iflr1
and 1UW
Twenty ($2.)) Green Trading Stamps with
anv Steel Grass Uook, 45c 3Sc, iSc fCp
and l
Forty fjl.00) Green Trading Stamps with
snv Vniversal Food Chopper, ji.ra Cl.4
tlM and VC
Thirty ($.1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
any Screen Door, $1.76. $1.50, $1.25, '7tlri
8Sc and M
Ten ($1.00) Green Trading Stamps with
Screen Hinges and Screw, 15c iOn
and
Double Green Trading Stamps on best
double SHlvage Screen Wire Cloth, lc
per square foot
Double Green Trading Stamps on all
Paints and Varnishes.
Double Green Trading Stamps on Ijiwn
Mowers, prices and styles to suit every
one.
. Rop Portlerea.
Third Floor.
These are Just whut you want to make
your room look and feel cool during the
hot weather season.
We have then; In all rolors, and will sell
them Monday at greatly reduced prices.
For Single Doors, $2 60 I OS
value I. C
For Single Doors, $3.2S ,
value
For Double Doors, $5.75
value
For Double Doors, JC.50
value
For Double Doors, $7.25
value
For Double Doors, $9.00 .
value
. 1.98
.3.25
3.75
4.00
5.25
GET A HAMMOCK!
Hammocks Full size, with pillow and valance, up from . '....08c
Fifty ($5.00) Grwn Trading Stamp with every Hani mock lip to $2.50
100 ($10.00) Green Trading HtAnnm with any Hammock, up from '..$2.50
Hammocks Mexican Sea Grass, regular $1.25 kind 98c
Forty ($4.00) Green Trading Stamps. MAIN FTOU.
Porch flats. Porch Blinds
See our new line of Standard Sewing
Machines, Machine Belts,- Machine
Needles.
' Third Floor,
Rugs New Lino and Cheap
These, rugs are excellent valuea, and It
will pay you to come in and see them.
Below find llnted a few of theae values.
Smith Brussels, 9x12, y QQ
Smith Seamless Brussels, 9x12! 2Q QQ
Smith Seamless Velvet, ixia." 26. 50
Smith SeaViiiess WllVon.sili 30.00
Third Floor!
100 Young Men's Suits, 14 to 20 years, sold up to Z A Q
$7..r)0, Monday only JtJ
STRAW HATS
Now that the hot weather is hero, you perhaps need a
straw hat, and no matter what kind you want, wo have it a
little cheaper or better than anybody else.
rorto Rican and Manilla Straws In novelties nnd staple shapes, at m1Xtf
$2.00. $1.50. $1.25 $1.00 and
Bough and Plain Braids Sailors, at $1.5o, $1.00, 75c, 50c
and.
25c
4rAStetson Hats, 9 r AlTate Stiff Hats, T ff
,DU $4.00 kinds... J.J Uj $'1.50 kinds.... J.UU
1.00
All kinds of Straw Hats garden, fishing, outing, sporting of any kind, C
for comfort and shade. 25c to.' JC
Stetson Hats,'
$5.00 kinds . .
Best $2.00 Rtiff and Soft Hats on Karth.
1HK-VERY LATEST IN NECKWEAR Four ln-hands aud wide
Clubs,-three for
SPECIALS FOR MONDAY
Men's I'ink Spring Needle Union Suits, worth $2.00, at. . . 1.50
One hundred ($1000) Green Trading Stamps.
Suspenders. 50c
Fifty $5.00i Green Trading Stamps.
Underwear, plain and fancy colors, worth 50c 35c
Twenty ($2.00) Green Trading Stamps.
BATTLE FOR INCUBATOR BABE
Child Whose Lift Wu Sated bj Artificial
Meant Objeot of Suit.
SEQUEL TO STORY OF THE ST. LOUIS FAIR
Mrs. Blealtlejr of I.raTrniTOiih Suva
Mr. Ilarelar of Mollne to RrroTtr
roa.ea.ton of lnfaat with
. Struniia History.
A rretty lS-month-old till that an one
of tha "liuubator babies" exhibited at the
St. l.ouis exposlilofi and as such was an
object of Interest to the thousands of vis
itors to the building of the Imperial Con
cession company will lie. the central figure
In a lawsuit to be tried next Thursday la
Mo'.lne, 111., In which families of three
states Kansas, Illinois and Nebraska are
Interested.
Tha child, like many of the other "In
cubator babies," was adopted by a worthy
couple, who took the little hue to rear as
their daughter, little thinking that a few
months later, when they had begun to love
and regard the fair-haired, blu-eyed bane
as their own, they would be called upon
to defend their possesion In court. But
urh is tha Irony of fate. Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Barclay, now residents of Moiine,
111., who adopted the little one. havu been
made defendants In a suit brought by Mrs.
Joey Bleakly of l-awiom-e. Kan., claiming
to be tha mother of the child, to have the
adoption papers aonulled on the grounds,
as she alleges, that she was Induced to
sign them by false representations.
The atory how the child came to he one
of the St. Louis exposition "Inruhator lut
blea" and of the facta leading up to the
suit brought In the courts of M.iiine by
i Mrs. Blrskley to recover posion of the
little on la an lnterel(ng one.
Mather Never Saw Child.
Mra. Blaakley, who seeks to recover poa.
aesalon of the child as her daughter, la tha
vita of Joey Bleak ley, son of Joaeoa bleak-
t
ley, treasurer of Leavenworth county aod
ona of the wealty and leading men of the
state of Kansaa. An Interesting feature of
the story as it will develop Is the fact that
Mra. Bleak ley has never set eyes on tha
child, but wllUsee the little one for the first
time when It Is brought Into court.
Mrs. Bleakley was Misa Lottlo Thompson,
one of the belles of Lawrence, Kan. Mrs.
Barclay, who adopted the little one, was
formerly Miss Sanborn, daughter of F. E.
Sanborn of this city, president of the F. E.
Sanborn company. Her husband Is a travel
ing representative of a large agricultural
Implement house.
In February, 1904, Mrs. Bleakley was In a (
hospital In St. Louis, suffering from a
severe attack of scarlet fever and compli
cations resulting therefrom, when she gave
birth to a buhy prematurely. She says she
was told the child was dead and that she
was called upon to pay the expenses for Its
burial There seems little doubt but that
tha attendants at the hospital fully be
lieved the child would die, and, In fact, it
was mora dead than alive when one of the
nurses In charge of an Incubator, later
forming one of the exhibits at the exposi
tion, took the Infant to experiment upon.
This baby, It is said, was the first child re
ceived by the Incubator company and by
I one of those strange freaks of nature it
lived, although It had taken thirty-two
hours of hard work on the part of the
nurse to resuscitate It after the had re
ceived It. While this was going' on the
mother was steadily growing worse and for
a while her life was despaired of, hut she
finally recovered sufficiently to be taken to
her home In Iiwrenre In April.
Nurar searches Oat l'arrnta.
At the time Mrs. Bleakley returned to her
home In Ijiwrence sha and her mother, who
hud been at her bedside In the St. Louis
hospital, were unaware that the child had
lived. Knowing It had come Into the world
before Its time, they had never thought It
possible It mould live and were In entire
Ignorance of the Incubator.
Tha nursa In charge of tha Incubator was
not Informed aa to Ilia identity of tha
child, but later when It formed one of the
exhlbtta at tha Incubator company's con
cession at the exposition sha became much
attached to It When Mra. Barclay. At
tracted by the beauty of the baby, sought
to adopt It, the nurse assisted Mrs. Bar
clay In discovering its parents.
They found out that Mrs. Bleakley was
tha mothnr of the child and a representa
tive of the incubator company went to
Lawrence with a request that Mrs. Bleak
ley consent to the Barclays adopting: the
baby. Mrs. Bleakley referred the agent to
her husband and father-in-law, and the
latter, Mrs. Bleakley alleges, coaxed her
Into signing the papers.
"Joey's father had always been extremely
kind to me, and he had my confidence and
he succeeded in coaxing me Into signing
those papers. He told me that he would go
to St. Louis and investigate, and if the
child was mlnti he would bring it home.
and that he would only use the papers In
case he had to prevent them bringing a
baby here that was not mine. Mr. Bleak
ley went to St. Louis, got the .baby from
the Incubator company, acknowledged It as
his grandchild, and turned It over to Mrs.
Barclay with the adoption papers which
Mrs. Barclay, I have no doubt, received
In good faith. Mr. Bleakley, when he came
back from St. Louis, told ma that he had
Investigated and found that the baby was
not . mine and that I need not worry,"
stales Mrs. Bleakley.
...Mother Wa(a Her Baby. -'
Later Mrs. Bleakley dlxcuvered the adop
tion papers had been !Ucd and sha then sua
pectfd that she had be.-n deceived and
that the baby adopted by the Barclays was
her child. Sha went to St. IjouIs' and as
sisted by some of the physicians at the
Bothseda hospital, where she had been, she
Anally satlnfled herself it waa her baby.
She secured the services of a St. Louis at
torney, but It was sonio time before she
could learn the address of the Barclays
and the whereabouts of the baby was only
finally located through the assistance of a
friend who traced " the child to Mollne.
When this was ascertained the suit to' be
tried next Thursday waa at once instituted
by Mrs. Bleakley.
Forest Flrea la Mlehlsjan.
MENOMINEE. Wis., June 3 -Foi eat fires
are riming nrthwst of Escanahn. near
Northland, Mich. Much damage has been
done.
VACANT LAND IN ENCLOSURE
The Railroads And The People
A PEKIE8 of timely articles on tho pending railroad problem, written by Edward 1
Rosewater, editor of The Bee, embodying the facts gathered and conclusions
reached in a third of a century's study of the question is now running in Thp "
day Bee, The topics treated are:
1. Railroad aa Public Highways
2. Overcanttalliatlon aod Sto:k Watering
( 3. Credit MoWller Coa.tructloa
4. Consolidation and Pooling
5. Rebatas and Discriminations
6. Railroad Domination, 5Ut and National
7. Railroad Legislation, Mat and National
8. Railroad Supervision or Government Ow nershlp
These articles are written in popular form to be readily understood by the or
dinary reader. They give a general survey of the railroad situation from the
standpoint of the people, pointing out abuses and suggesting rational remedies. '
Every one who wants to be thoroughly informed on this uppermost of currenl
issues should read each one of these articles.
Fifth of Series orv Paje Three of. Editorial Section.
Such Traoti Witpeu Siji Are Henmed in
by OsttUmen Out WV : .' . ,
aaatBaaasasaaa "",
COURT RECORDS ?UPpORT TESTIMONY
William A. niaarU, Raaamea Wltnaa
Stand, but Sothlna: Save Tech
nical Kvldenee la Elic
ited from Him.
entire forenoon, and an adjournment was
taken at noon until Monday at : a. m.
William A. Bisseli resumed his testimony
In the land fencing- cntiea Saturday room
ing In the federal court. But little was
developed other thin technical detail and
testimony of an assault John Krause made
at one time upon one Charles Wilkinson,
a homesteader, presumably Browing- out of
fencing- matters. There were not essen
tially important facta brought out In tha
rruss-exanilnatloti of Blsaell, which wua
brief. '
Tha most important witness to testify
Saturday 'morning waa Bi uee Wilcox, reg.
Ister of the land omra at Alliance. In
which land offloa district the Krauee broth
ers' ranch and alleged Illegal fence en
closures aro locaud. Mr. Wilcox's testi
mony related exclusively and In detail to
the existent of vacant public lanJs
within the Krauso enclosure. Ills examina
tion was fortlflfd with the records of the
Alliance land office, which were made part
of the exhibits of the case.
lie waa questioned regarding fifteen or
more sections of land, notably aectiona 13,
14. 10. 11, I, 4, of town'hlp :'5, range 41. and
sections 3, Zt. K. M. 27. 26. 3S, U, t-'. 13, 24, 13,
14, 14. 11 and 10, of township K, range 4,
aa to the existence of vacant public land
In these se-tlons on August 1, Ka. Ills
answers Indicated that over, halt of each
of these sections were vacant on that date
and had never ty.-en previously filed upon.
Tha sections were then under the Krause
brothers' fence, and are still under that
fenr, but much of the land has since
been entered, though not ajl of It.
i Mr. Wlloox a examination occupied, the
LARGEST BANK DEPOSIT HERE
Nearly Tea Million Dollars la Amoant
Shown by First
National.
The largest deposit ever shown In the
statements of the national banks of Omaha
Is now with the First National bank. It
amounts to t!,S00, 473.39. and shows the re
markable Increase of tl,4'H,5M.82 In deposits
since March 14.
An excellent condition of business la
shown by the statements of all the na
tional bunks. In March the aggregate de
posits were l.'S.OOO.Onu and the statements
of May 29 poiiit to 34,0e,O0O as the amount,
bring an increase of about IS.O'o.OOO In tw
and one-half months. It Is said to be the
largest per cent of Increase for the same
length of time In the history of the city.
"This condition illustrates the rapidity of
growth in wealth and prosperity of the
state and the country hack of us," said
Luther Drake, president of the Merchants'
National bank. "The agricultural classes,
by reason of good cro and higher prices.
rs perhaps today better off than ever be.
fore. Conditions are unusually good and
the prospects are bright for a successful
season in business."
ADAMS ON GRAND LARCENY
Man eaapeeted of Taking Met a' Ola
uioad la Held on Formal
t'barac,
Sam Adams, arreted Tuesday evening at
Fourteenth and Podge atreeta, on the
char-o of being Implicated In the theift of
the diamond etud from I.ouls R. Mets, will
have a preliminary lutrlng in police court
next Tuesday morning. A charge of e;rand
lar-eny has been tiled agalnat Adaina In
police court. Adams is the man who ran
Into Offlrer Leahy at the time of the rob
bery end was Identified aa one of three
men Implicated In the thft of the diamond.
Harry B. Davis, undertaker. XaL 121,
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