Tnn omaiia" daily hee: Saturday. Arc.rsT 12. 100,- Z.BC ALTERATION SALE NOW ON UJUJL U U S) v e-r Sri ! 1 ' ft CLOTHING SECTION 1 n . vfv,,f?4't- The See New jtfelH; How Way V.fV;Ea$y .7,-S: 1 u'X'j i s . . . ) . 3l ) THE MERITS OF A USEFUL AND NECESSARY ARTICLE. ' . "' D. Cl C. The D. Cl C. Lbbscarf Collar, the most comfortable collar on earth. Over a million in use. Distributed from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Strictly high grade Linen Four Ply, made in eleven styles. They are made in Detroit. SQUARE END AND ROUND END. Notice the Reinforced Band and Concealed Button Pocket, guaranteeing a LASTING necktie space, not found in other . .'makes. : .Prices : Two Collars 25c Half Dozen 75c Per Dozen $1.50 We are sole agents for Omaha. On sale for the first time Saturday A. M. . . NOTICE in the Clothing Dept. SHOW WINDOW, where a man shows how easy it is to move your tie. 1L 2L INTEREST SETTLES ON BATTLE Qurltara Prepare for the Wm Bfaaearers at Camp iatn Cobb. KEARNKT, Nb.. Aug. 11. (Special Tele grm. While Camp Amut Cobb la crow lng In Interest with officer and troops In camp, the Interest la also Increasing; with the visitors and residents. Friday the whole camp waa on the qui vlve In anticipation of the engagement to take place on Sat urday. The ambulance and hospital corps have carefully planned to care for all who may bo unfortunate, as the engagement Is certain to occur, the maneuvering already having commenced. All the afternoon the nlgnal corps of the opposing forces has been Signaling the location and strength of eaoh other and the rattle of musketry and boom of the cannon may awaken the honest yeoman n the. neighborhood ,of the battle ;eli lefbr; da,wa.'i All the colonels will be engaged except Ehrhardt and Traynor, who will be held In the rear for emergency pur poses. Colonel Bills is on the ground and haying Inspeoted the troops and their fire arms has announced that all are In healthy working condition. All eyes are now upon General Culver to see If he will slaughter . his men or win a victory without carnage. The guard mount in the morning and the tfress parade of the evening are becoming yery popular with the excursionists as well as with Kearney people and la quite satis factory to the officers and troops In camp. On Wednesday night General Culver after 11 o'clock mado a personal Inspection of the camp. To a few he was quite a surprise and found but few Irregularities of minor Importance. .Colonel Charles W. Kaley of the gov ernor's staff visited the camp for a day en rout to Portland. ' Colonel John A. Ehrhardt spent a couple i of days with the old -boys at the Grand Army of th Republic reunion, returning to the camp Friday evening. It ' la thought the grand review of the roopa by the governor and hla staff will take place Monday afternoon and on Tups day th troops will be paid off if all goes trelL Brisaeaaea. Beat Marshal. . NORFOLK. Neb., Aug. 11. (Speclal.) Fiye members of a bridge gang at Nlo ' brara. Neb., last night walloped the town rnarahal when he attempted to arrest them. The man with the star took the count, being sent to the mat' by a vicious blow from a heavy billiard cue. which la thought to have fractured hla skull and from which be may 416, Th flv brldgemen war ar rested and jailed. They are being held awaiting developments In the case of the wounded man. The brldgemen are said to have been drinking. RIVER 19 TAKISO THB FARMS Several nave Been Compelled to Abandoa Land. PIjATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Aug. ll.-(Spe-clal.) The relentless current of the Mis souri river continues to give the farmers along the east bottoms great anxiety. Reeder Hubbel, who owns a fine farm on the banks of the stream ust east of this city. Is preparing to abandon his prop erty. The river Is cutting away his land rapidly and he believes that it will be only a question of a short time when other farmers along the river will be com pelled to take a similar step. A number of years ago Mr. Hubbel traded for this farm and anticipated successful years that would make him enough mojmy to retire, but hla present misfortune will practic ally deprive him of all his possessions. The river is cutting into Its old channel on the west side of Hobo island. This island is becoming depopulated, many of the farmers moving to Bellevue and other places In Nebraska. Since the spring floods they have been lt a state of fear lest they may be drowned out. Peter Marko had 200 acres on the Nebraska side near Bellevue and It is all gone. During the recent flood fifty acres of It was eaten up by the stream within one week. Governor Settles Trouble. NORFOLK, Neb.. Aug. U. (Special.) Governor Mickey stopped in Norfolk last night, en route to Norden, Neb., for the purpose of Investigating an insurrection that had arisen at the Norfolk Hospital for the Insane. Steward Peters had dis regarded the authority of the superin tendent, Dr. Alden, and had Insisted that in spite of the orders of the superintendent he be given the apartments In the admin istration building for the use of his fam ily which had been selected by the superin tendent. Governor Mickey, after hearing a review of the difficulty at the hospital, decided that the superintendent Is the head of the Institution and that an In stitution can have but one head and that, therefore, the instructions and orders of Dr. Alden shall be obeyed. According to hospital authorities today the difficulty Is settled and affairs will, it Is thought, run smoothly. Shooting; scrape at Hretaa. PAPIM.ION, Neb., Aug. 11. (Speclal.) Today the constable from Gretna brought In Jamea Curley for shooting at John Stender. Curtey was the aggressor. It la for Guas 1 i 'Are. you stnggsrlng under the burden of a secre t , weakness which la a slow but sure drain on your strength and vitality? In your present condition are you fit to hold a responsible position? Can anybody rely on you or can roil rely on youraelf? Is your body almost wrecked and your brain In a whirl? t la terrHile to be in this condition, but It Is still worse to allow It to progress and become more aggravated, for It will then till your whole life with failure, misery and wo There are thousands of runlned and cheerless homes tilled with discontent and unhapplness, lacking In love and companionship, through th aeauai weaknvsa and ihyaluU Impairment of men whose years do not Justify such a condition. We make puny, weak men strong, and every vital organ perfect. Infil trating that old feeling of youthful flre. vim and courage. Do you want to be strong, possea nerves of steW. self-confidence, strength In every muscle, am bition. srH. energy and endurance. In order to make your life complete? We have gladdened th hearts of thousands of young and middle aged men whi wer .plunging toward the grave, restoring them to perfect specimens of phy sical manhood, full of vim, vigor and vitality. We Car Qalrkly, Safely ail Tharaaahly Stricture, Varicocele, Emissions, Nervo-Sexual Debility, , Impotency, Blood Poison (Syphilis), EectaL Kidney and Urinary Diseases, and all diseases and weaknesses of men due to InherAanoe, vll habits, ex cesses, self -abuse or th reault of apaclflo or private dlsea a. CC?L'LTJIT13.1 FKEL Jfr?I ". ' ymptom blank wwww a. I A iw.l I utt, omc Hur-4 a. m. to I p. m, , Sundays. 1 to 1 only. ELECTRO MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 13C far nam Btwan 13th and 14th Stc, Omaha, Nab. stated, but waa shot In the arm by Stender. Both are young men about 25 years old. Obera- Dies of Injuries. FREMONT, Neb.. Aug. 11. (8pecial Tele gramsAlfred Oberg, the young man who waa Injured by being run over by a thresh ing machine near Cedar Bluffs yesterday, died at the hospital in this city today. The accident happened while the threshing out fit was turning from the highway Into a field. Oberg fell In front of the thresher and It passed over his chest. vHe was 25 years of age and lived at Havelock? Neb. News of Nebraska. WTMORE The graders at work on the race track have finished, and left town yes terday. WYMORE The Yoder drug company has Bold out to George W. Kpley of Topeka, Kan., and he has taken possession. BEATRICE Mr. Orvllle Farlow and Miss Mercy Tllton of this city were quietly married at Marysvllle. After a wedding trip they will make their home in Beatrice. OSCEOLA The stable .ol County Super intendent Cole was destroyed by fire and arrests may follow, as a number of drunken men were seen about the place. OSCEOLA Oscar Erlckson, Earl Hare and William Shoemaker are under arrest charged It h assaulting Robert McBeth. Th dipsomaniac law may be invoked In their casxa. TKCCMSEH The members of Bt, An drew's Caihollc church of this city are planning to hold their annual picnic at the fair grounds, next Tuesday. An interest ing program of sports will be provided and a basket dinner spread. A I "BURN Arrangements are being made to take the colored man. Andrew Nollaiid. who mot with the accident at the Missouri I'acltlc station at this place. Wednesday morning, to Independence, Mo., at which place he claims his home. TECl'MSKH-John Smith, a farmer living east of Btelnauer, is suffering with a broken collar bone. He was driving and turned Ills rig out to let another pass, when a wheel on his wagon broke down and threw Mr. Smith out to the hard roadbed. R EAT RICE The Woman's Christian Temperance union held its regular meet ing at the home of Mrs. L. P. Brown. Delegates to the county convention to be held at Adams next month were selected and considerable business of interest to the union transacted. BEATRICE The annual children's out ing given yesterday by the Salvation Army was held on the Chautauqua grounds. A sumptuous dinner was served to the chil dren, after which an enjoyable afternoon was spent in games and outdoor amuse ments. About 100 were in attendance. BEATRICE Yesterday Ambrose Htraw der sold his farm of ) acres located north of Fllley to Fred Schuster for $10,400, or $i5 per acre. Few farms have been sold at such a price In Gage county recently, and Judging from the price paid yesterday land in this section Is gradually Increasing In value. BEATRICE Last evening at T o'clock at the home of the bride's brother, Henry Hargls, occurred the marriage of John H. Hummer and Miss Ellen Hargls, Rev. Edgar Price ofhclatlng. Only the relatives of the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony. The young conpla will make their home In Beatrice. BEATRICE Word waa received here yesterday that the labor unions of IJn coin had selected Beatrice as the place for holding their picnic on Ibor day. The event will be pulled off on the Chautauqua grounds here, and It is expected that alwiut 2,f residents of the capital city will be present on that occasion. Hl'MBOLDT Guv Moiser. a vounor man about kM years, who has been for Borne time working this section of the country In the Interests of a farm record, put on the mar ket by Frank M. Gates of bennlson, Kan., haa been arrested and bound over to answer In t lie district court to a charge of em beazlement. preferred by his employer. BEATRICE Two divorce sulta were filed In the district court yesterday. Mrs. Ber tha 1. Senear asks for a legal separation from her "husband, Frank R. Senear, on the grounds of cruelty, and Mrs. Melissa Johnson asks the cuurt to grant her a divorce from her hu-hand, John Johnson, alleging extreme cruelty. The parties in question all reside In Gage county. Rl'SKIN Ixmg delayed Incorporation of the village of Hudkin was effected yester day. A petition bearing the signatures of all but alout five of the taxpayers was presented t the county commission ers, who took the necessary action. Fol lowing are the names of the board ap pointed: G. W. Grenard, K. J. lonaid. John E. Jones, W. A. Hall and Percy Buird. Al'BVRN Mrs. Elliabeth Gillespie died at the home of her son, Kinney, seven miles east of this city, at 4 o'clock yes terday evening. She was about years of age at the time of her death. Th cause of her death la contributed to heart trouble, brought on by the extreme heat. About 3 e'clot k ahe went out In the yard and was found at 4 o'clock dead where she had dropped, overcome by the heat. TECI MSEH-Mox Ooetx, living five mile northwent of Tecumseh, has threshed his oata fioin a thirty-acre held. The yield waa sixty bushels to the acre, of splendid grain, and he sold it for 22 cents per bushel. Jamea Kelley. living four mllee east of the city, received an average of forty bushels to the acre from a field of forty-one acrea of wheat. The grain tested aixty-three pounds to the bushel, and is worth 70 centa on the Tecumseh market. EDGAR A commercial club waa organ ised in Kdgar lat evening, consisting of nearly loo members. The name and style ui wis organization is tne tudgar Com mercial club and its objects are the pro motion of the business Interests of Edgar. Th organization waa completed by the election of the following ottlcera: Presi dent. H. C. Hart; vice president, Lee Hill; finance secretary. J. J. Walley; secretary, W. K. Montgomery, An executive commu te waa elected, as follows: Jamea Mc hMilT, M. '" Ui, A, iUwly, NEBRASKA DAY AT PORTLAND Governor Dni jcttsi iof mt 21 si Occasion for the State Celebration. , EXAMINATION OF NEW YORK COMPANIES Goverameat Flies IMats and Tlaas of Portion la Xebraska of rathflader Irrigation Scheme. (From a Staff Correspond'"'11 ) tJNCOLN. Neb., Aug. 11. (Special.) Governor Mickey has Issued a proclamation to the people of the state Setting apart August 21 as Nebraska day at the Lewis and Clark exposition. He will leave August 17 in order to be present at the ceremonies. He will deliver a brief address on that occasion. The state's commission at Port land has the matter In hand, and the in vitations are Issued by it. The personnel of the governor's party has not been an nounced, but he will not take his military staff because it Is necessary to leave for the exposition before the encampment work is attended to, and that would prevent the attendance of Adjutant General Culver. To Examine Jk'ew York Companies. J. L. Pierce, insurance deputy in the office of the auditor, is In New York, to take part in the examination Into the af fairs of the New York Life, the Equitable, and the Mutual, "the Big Three." which are now occupying the center of the stage in the Insurance world. According to an Associated Press dispatch, Commissioner R. E. Folk of Tennessee, who Is In New tork with the officials of five other states, those states may examine into the con dition of local companies. When Mr. Pierce left Lincoln for the east, he denied knowledge of any special investigation into the affairs of the Nebraska companies, say ing that they were examined as often as the .means at the command of the depart ment would permit. For some time a report has been quietly circulated among local In surance men that some action on the part of the state official was pending. While no definite action was taken by Auditor Searle, who is the official head of the department, it is understood that Fierce Intends to discuss the plan of work with his fellow officials, and then leave Accountant Wiggins to do the actual work. Looks Like a Solclde. F.rAest Robinson. SO years old, employed as cook at a restaurant at 1134 O street. died this morning under circumstances which lead the coroner to believe that he committed suicide. The man was a cripple. His features were violently contracted and the position of the body Indicated that ne had died in a spasm. Coroner Graham In dicated the belief that the man had taken poison, although the other evidence was confined to a cup containing some clear ll&uld. Will 8nd Tall Corn to Portland. Secretary Bassett of the State Board of Agriculture will send some fifteen-foot stalks of corn to th Portland exposition. The corn comes from a farm In Nemaha county and of.a field of 3f) acres, with corn ranging In the neighborhood of fifteen feet in height, while the ears are ten feet above the ground. Files Government Canal Plans. John E. Field, the engineer In charge of the canal construction for the Path finder Irrigation project, has filed the de tailed plats of the work ' on the Interstate and Laramie canals In the office of the secretary of state to comply with the pro visions of the. statute. The plats show that the larger area of lapd to be watered by the Interstate carvlies in Nebraska. In some inatances there- are entire town ships which lie undftr ;the; canar. while large fractions of other townships, will be irrigated. This will result Jn giving Ne braska by far the greater portion of the tract to be benefited and at the same time insures the state the first water from the canal, since the Interstate, according to present plans, will be the first to be com pleted. Work has already begun on its upper sections. Refurbishing; Supreme Conrt Rooms. Workmen are placing new steel ceilings in the rooms used by the supreme court at the state house. The walls will be covered with denim. For several years no attempt haa been made to Improve the appearance of the quartera occupied by the court, and recently ' they have been rather shabby. Incidentally, the denim on the walls will hide from view the paint ing of the great seal of the state which has been on the west wall ol the consult ation room formany years. As a work of art It proved to be a failure, and Su preme Court Clerk Lindsay, who Is in charge, has concluded to save the esthetic feelings of the judge from any further shocks. Bays Fnrnltare for Kearney, The furniture ' committee of the State Board of Education, comprising Tom Ma jors, C. H. Gregg and I P. Ludden, has contracted for the furniture with which to equip the new normal school at Kear ney. A large number of bids were opened. Th contracts were awarded to the low est bidders In each class, and not, as Is the usual custom, to the bidder whose total on the entire lot of furniture was th lowest. The awards are as follows: Rudge A Guenzel, IJncoln; 300 folding chairs, $160; 3"0 tablet arm chairs, IK teachers' chairs. 8 kindergarten tables, ; 20 kindergarten chairs, W. W. Welch, Chicago; M tablet arm recitation seats, f33T.6o; 30 chapel chairs, 147.60. Nebraska School Supply company, Lin coln; 30 commercial desks, ti4.&o; 30 chairs, J37.50. Omaha School Supply company; all desks, estimated at 120, I1.&& each. Mr. McVey, Kearney; 16 teachers' desks, tH)7 M It Is claimed now that the building at Kearney ran be completed in time to avoid any possibility of a lapse. The roof is nearly all on at this time, and a large gang of plasterers will be put to work In a few days. Enforce Inebriety Ijiw, AUBURN. Neb., Aug. 11 (Special.) Al bert L. Adams was adjudged a fit subject for treatment at the Hospital for the In sane as an inebriate by the Board of In sanity and was committed for a period of three years. Adams is a barber by trade and Is about 33 years of age. He has been addicted to the excessive use of in toxicating liquors for about ten years. About a year ago his wife notified the saloons not to sell him, and since then he haa beencompelled to get someone to get It for him. When he could not get whisky be would resort to lemon extract, patent medicine and bay rum. Day before yes terday he got a pint of whisky and when tM waa gone he drank all the bay rum In the shop and then went to the house and drank what lemon extract he could And and ended up by drinking a bottle of patent medicine, the effect of which was to render him apparently crazy, and be assaulted his wife and no doubt would have seriously injured her had not neighbors Interfered and arrested him. giii r CORRECT DRESS FOR MEN AND BOYS. 01 am hconny Event Tnkp nny of our ofTVr. for Saturday and compare thorn with those to bo found nt otlior stores. That's whore you'll discover ilio ureatost You'll find It moans a paving of from one-third to one-hnlf In every ense to buy here. Our alteration sale Is the moat Inviting; nale we have ever held. Head the following list and note th extraordinary character of the reduction. Unequaled Pants Savings Men's $2.50 tmd $3 Outing and Middle "Weight rants, also pants from $12 and $15 suits gj f 1 1 (where coat and vest are sold) t ww M about 800 pairs in the lot grand M special values $7.50 & $10 PANTS 55 $5 PANTS AT $3 Men's $5 pants priced for Quick clearance. 16.00 was their price-mark until now. About 1,100 pairs of famous Paragon and Sternberg Brothers make. New stripes and colors in wor steds, cheviots, homespuns, tweeds, cassl merest in peg top or conserv tlve models. Every Size for Every Proportion Clearlha up the) best high art trousers known In America. Special Im portations, especially for our finest custom. W e always sold them at seven rifty, eight fifty and ten dollarsSaturday 3 Summer suits half less than half About one more day to sell the hundred suits now on hand. There are small and large sizes, and its a lucky man who Is the size for them, If he buys here. $10 Suits, $5.00 $20 Suits, $10.00 $18 Suits, $7.50 $2 Suits, $12.50 Hot Weather Outing Suits Specialty Reduced. $10 Suits now - $5.00 $18 Suits now S9.00 $12.50-$tf Suits S7.50 $25 Suits now S15.00 YOUNG CHAP Mni foot above the Instep. Nolland says that his home Is at Independence, Mo., and that he has a father living at that place. SEW Tilt IS INDIAN MTIGATIOW Government Officials Are Served with Injunction. PENDER, Neb., Aug. 11. (Special.) Be fore Judge Kennedy In the district court today Hiram Chase, attorney for the Omaha tribe of Indians,- filed two new pe titions In the case pending against E. A. Hitchcock, secretary of the Interior: Colonel W. H. Beck, distributing agent, and Superintendent McKay of the Omaha agency. As a result a temporary restrain ing order was issued preventing the parties named from paying out, disposing of or In any way controlling the funds of the tribe now In the treasury o fthe 1'nlted States to the credit of the Omaha tribe ofIndlans. Cnder the other petition the same de fendants were ordered to furnish a bond of $1,000 not to leave the Jurisdiction of the court until the Issues Involving the tribal money have been heard and determined. Drrntor Mar Get a Railroad. DECATUR, Neb., Aug. 11. (Special.) A party consisting of Oakland's representa tive business men were here yesterday afternoon In consultation with prominent citizens In regard to a. railroad from Oak land to this place to be built by the Great Northern. The visitors stated that the Oak land Commercial club would bring all their Influence to bear on Mr. Hill to extend a line from that city here Immediately. In view of the fact that the line would tap the cream of Burt county's agricultural region It could not help but be a paying proposition from the start. Takes Poison by Mistake. " FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 11. (Special.) Ous H'erndon, a colored porter at the New York barber shop, took a dose of corrosive sublimate today by mistake and had It not been discovered very soon after and a stom ach pump used fiua would not have been porter much longer. He bought the medi cine to use externally, but Instead of com plying with the directions he drank It. Near a Loses Foot. Al'BI RN, Neb., Aug. 11. BpecJal.)-An-drew Nolland, a colored man. beating his way from Omaha to Independence, Mo., met with a serious accident at this place last nlgbt In the Missouri Pacific railroad yards. He was attempting to board a southbound freight about midnight when he came In contact with the coal chutes and wss partly knocked under the mov ing train. Nearly the full train passed over his foot. He was found and taken to the county Jail, where .It waa found nec essary w unpulat lb (root pari of tits In Desnerate Straits are many, who could be cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumptlork 50c and 1 00 For sale by Sherman & Mo Connell Drug Co. Sheep Herders Fight Dnrl. CASPER"? ,Vyo Auk. 11 (Special.) Andrew AndersJn was shot and killed today by Henry Holland at their sheep camp on Deep creek, near Lost Cabin, sixty miles west of Casper. The men were herders for J. B. Okie, and quarreled over a division of the range. Anderson began shooting at Holland, who was unarmed. Holland ran to his sheep wagon, procured a riile and returned Anderson's fire. . r . NIGHT CHICAGO TRAIN Number 12. It lesws Omaha. .,8:05 p. m. It arrives Chicago 9:03 a, m. DAY CHICAGO TRAIN Number 6. It leaves Omaha 7:25 a. m. It arrives Chicago 8:45p. m. AFTERNOON CHICAGO TRAIN Number 2. It leaves Omaha 4:00 p. in. It arrives Chicago .....7:20 a. m. Tickets, berths, folders, rates and information at City Ticket Office. 1502 Farnam St. i -ISnvg CITY TirKXT s OFfCX lilt FAR SAM OMAHA, NEB. Aik Jot ShU on Travel" the Baby M A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure " if he is properly fed and weU nourished, then he is happy and "everybody is happy." Your baby will be healthy and happy and a well-spring of pleasure, if you will five him MeUin'g Food. Sample bottle sent free of charge. M.llla'a reel Is the OUT lafaats wku received the Crass lrje, Ike klssest sward ef tae Lsauiaaa Far caaaa Lsiti.a. St. Leais, !. HUk. -a taaa a geld SMdeJ. fctSlXIN a fOOU CO., BOSTON, MASa. I ' LEA? kt rouxc n yiy to st. cut m twoi REAI BTERN TMERI0MT!R0AD TO pJViHlY JHE LAKES or MINNESOTA $12.50 FOR THE ROUND TRIF PAUL MINNEAPOLIS si V"'. . . I , TWO The Nebraska Shirt Go's. Stock of Fine Imported Shlrtintf, ronslHtltiK of some 30,0110 YARDS OF CHBV OTS. MADRAS AND FRENCH PERCALES, we will place on sale at HALF I'RICE. Saturday, Aug. 12th at 1517 Farnam St., iiml continue until sold. In addition to the above stock we have purchased the FACTORY, PATTERNS, ORDERS, etc,, and will make up any, of these goods for you at our NEW FACTORY, 21ST AND FARNAM KTS., as soon as It is completed. BURGESS SHIRT COMPANY.