TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER lfi, 1005.
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Sheriff Power Offers Reward for Eirh !
Fugitive, On of Whom U
Do Laeey, larr Prnltea
tlary Sentence.
rive prisoner! not away from the county
Jail Friday morning between 2 and 4 o'clock.
They are Fred Leonard, In for holding up
a bunch of men In a drug store; Harry
Delvirejr, under sentence of two years for
obtaining goods under false pretenses;
Hugh ard and James Young, chicken !
thieves, serving a six moaths' sentence,
which would end December 20, George
Castle, awaiting trial for stealing a tub
of butter.-"
Jennie McPherson the matron, hearing
a noise of falling tin trays In the kitchen,
got up and proceeded to Investigate.
Reaching the kitchen door, she saw two
men standing near the door leading Into
the yard on the west side1 of the JaP. Her
first thought was that the men were burg
lars, she says, and she Inquired what they
were' doing there. They did not answer
and she moved toward them.
"Then I noticed another man." said Mrs.
McPherson. "standing near the window
through which food is passed from the I
kitchen Into the cell room. He came to- ! H
Ward me tnil than nn tsf tha Mt.ra ...
mo shove which sent me against the
tove. Then all three passed out, one man
Jtaervlnfl, Im hi V. - kl. - V. .kl.k .
- t ,iw imiiua ill niiura, WIIIVJII I
ha had been trying to put n as 1 came
Matron Gives Alarm. i
Mrs. McPherson at once gave the alarm 1
to Night Jailer Nick Power, a son of the
sheriff, who was on watch down stairs,
and to Jailer Roach, who sleeps up stairs
In the southwest corner of the building.
The police station was at once notified
and telephone messages also were sent to
near-by towns to watch out for the escaped
prisoners. I
Sheriff Power has offered a reward of
1260 each for Leonard and DeLacey and
IM each for the others.
All the circumstances surrounding the
escape point clearly to outside aid having
been extended the men who got away. The
sheriff haa In his possession a powerful
brace, fitted with a strong steel drill, on
which soap had been spread. It would not
have been a hard matter to pass the drill
In to a prisoner, but the handle of the brace
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SUITS THAT SATISFY TIIE DEMANDS OF MEN OF GOOD TASTE.
Brandeis' are sale agents in this
ocality for the celebrated
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CLOTHING The apparel that the
custom tailor cannot Surpass in
style, fit or finish,
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Brandeis' is the only house in
Omaha to display the new London
Green suits for men, the season's
rutin; fad. correct in shade, per
feet In style. Ask to see them.
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Look for name in strap
The York
Brandeis' showing of perfectly tailored fall clothes is now at its height. The leading styles, cleverly fashioned hy New York's
best tailors are here. Our reputation as caterers to the dressers in Omaha has led us to bring to this city the finest assemblage of
hand-made suits, top coats and cravenettes that was ever seen m Omaha. Every garment bought here
means a genuine saving of one-third to one-half clothes money The highest class, ready-to-put on
t-uits, including the famous KOGERS-PEET make-at
A VERY SPECIAL OFFER I IN MEN'S TOPCOATS and RAIN COATS AT SIO
You will require one of these practical coatg for cool September days. TOP COATS are well tailored In the best, smartest fashion coverts, orsteda,
cheviots and fancy mxitures. The IIAIN COATS extremely long, with wide gweep at bottom worsteds and casslroeres, with Venetian or serge halt and
quarter lining a value you can't find elsewhere at f 10.00. "
r tne nnesi ussemuiHKu tu
$17 to $30
Men's Fall Suits at $10.
Here are the most dependable suits ever shown at the
prtce clothes in newest patterns the season's
best styles single and double-breasted models
a wide, rich variety at
$10
Men s Fall Suits at $12.50
250
New fall models of single and double-breasted suits
new Quaker grays, stylish mixtures, etc. long
lengths 31 and 32 Inches the stylish single and
double back vent hundreds for the selection of
particular dressers at
A flat custom last. The
kind for w hich particu
lar men hunt up a
custom shoe
maker and get
sometimes
Here ready
tor your ser-
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EXTRA SPECIAL OFFER.
$1150 Suits J Top Coats
Wo bought of an eastern manufacturer all
his drummers' samples of suits and top
coats at about 60c on the dollar every
body knows that sample suits get the
erttatest tare in making. This is the
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chance ror you. finely tail
ored suits and top coat suits,
are strictly all wool materials,
In single and double breasted
styles; top coats are 32 to 34
In. lengths every one well
worth $12.50 Saturday,
at.
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BOYS' NEW FALL SUITS AND TOP COATS
boys'
$5
2.50
The "Buddy Tucker' and "Buster Brown' Suits Swellest lltt'e children's and boys'
suits or the season made in smart lashlon ni toe most durable T
all wool materials straight or Knickerbocker styles, ago 3 to f ill 'nd
18 years at J
Boys' Knee Pants Suits at $2.30 They will rsslst the hard wear that the
school boy demands of thorn well made little etons, norfolks and double
breasted styles, very special at
TOO CoatS for Little Bovs swellest I Boys Vonu Pants Suits-Perfect fitting, manly
i.v .u . r" " suits, newest ana
slfn on sleeves, worth $4, 15 & $8, at
most becoming
styles, ases 12 to 10.
Boys' Knee Pants Suits $1.93
haa been sawed to make It small enmish to
pass through the Interstices of the cell door. 1 Z
Here is a suit for every dfiy school
wear that cannot be equaled any
where at this molPst prloe good, all
wool materials and the newest, most
up-to-date styles for the
little fellows; very spe
cial, at.
1.98
BASEMENT SPECIALS
J5
FREE
Wltii every child's suit at
SJ.SO and up, choice ol
500 FINE BOOKS
Good literature of the
boys' sort best American
authors, well worth 75c a
volume given away free.
MEN'S $7.60 SUIT, 5-Oood service
sble suit blue, black or fancy-
single or double breasted, baseme
Boys' SOc Cordudoy Knee Pants, 25c
Boys' $1 60 Long Pants,
at
Boys' to.00 Long Pants Butts, O Qt2
ages 1 to 19, at A.O
89c
for
SATURDAY
1.48
1.50
Men's Od4 Coats and Vests QQ
basement, at , ""O
Norfolk and Double Breasted Suits
Hoys Ages 3 to 16 good,
strong material basement,
at
Men's 13 00 pants In base
ment, ai
vice now,
A french
calf
but
ton boot.
medium
wide toe.
winter
weight sole
A boot that men
commend; you too will appre
ciate its value.
Most -styles are 15
We stow thirty styles,
all complete from A to E,
hi all the different kinds of
leathers.
All distinctly new.
On sale Main floor.
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This handle was originally round, about
two and a half to three Inches In diameter.
It Is now square, about an Inch and a halt
In diameter. There has been an attempt to
efface from the four sides the marks of re
cent sawing.
Each Took His Tarn.
Vlth the steel drill the five men probably
'"spoiled" each other In the work of drilling
out the rivets which held the Iron bars of
the cell. The five were In one cell, on the
second tier, and far enough away from the
Jail office so that there was little danger of
discovery unless some other prisoner should
have sounded an alarm.
Six rivets were drilled out from the In
side and one end of a flat cross bnr was
loosened from the side support. With this
end free the matter of kicking oft the bar
was easy, although the prisoners had to
break It sharp off at one end, and a short
perpendicular bar also was broken oft In a
similar manner.' This made a hole In the
Iron work about thirteen Inches long by
seven wide, and having a side extension,
whera'.the perpendicular bar was broken
over which a man could pass his arm, al
lowing the short end to pass under the arm
pit. As none of the escaped men was above
the avernge In bulk, to work out wu com
paratively easy.
Once outside the cell the men elthe;
dropped from the gallery to the floor be
low or walked around the gallery and down
ttis stairs In front of the entrance to the
office from the cell room. Here, on a cot,
Morris Bass, a United States prisoner, was
sleeping, and they seemingly could not
have gotten by him without brushing
against his cot, or at least awakening htm.
Pass says they did awaken him and that
one of the men slugged him, but Nick
Towers, sitting In the office a few feet
away, heard not the slightest sound of
anything wrong. Bass evidently Is under
suspicion by the sheriffs force as being In
the plot. Jailer Roach thinks he probably
was the tool of the persons on the outside,
without whose active aid the escape could
not have been effected. This Bass denies,
but he Is being put through a line of ques
tioning that may develop something later
on.
Still Hemmed In.
Arriving at the point where Bass had his
cot, the five men were still surrounded by
alt sorts of bolts and bars. But there was
In front of them the opening, closed by
an Iron door, through which the food Is
passed from the kitchen Into the cell room
This door Is fastened with a hasp and a
heavy lock on each side, and the men
whose business It was to see that these
were secure swear that the Inside lock was
properly locked last evening. The Inside
lock was either left open or was opened
In some manner. The prisoners took It
with them, so that It cannot be ascertained
whether It was filed off. This seems to be
out of the question, because It could not
THE NEW FALL HATS FOR MEN
Everything- that Is new this fall will ba shown In our Hit Dipartmant Saturday. The
styles that are absolutely best and latest will be offered at moderate prices. It is ou
m - V.
$2
aim to continually offer better Hats lor less money inu Buy wuo. iu
try. The "Brandeis Special" Hat ha aH the quality and style of a $3 hat the new
stiff and soft shapes at
Fine grades of fall hats In the new stiff shapes also the new telescope. Fedora and Alpine
soft styles all the correct fall shades 1 'ifi-Z SO-Si 1
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The famous John B. Stetson Have soft and derby styles the most popular hat in
Omaha a great assortment of these new fall hats at
3.49
Men's tl Negligee Shirts, new fall pat- CAC
terns, your choice
Men's $1.00 and 2 new fall Shirts, Qftf
your choice at f3
Men's derby ribbed underwear, TP i C.
fall weiaht, worth 75c JJC'T' JC
Men's Muning- Union Suits, best
fitting union underwear made ,
$l-$3
Big Sale Men's
SUSPENDERS
10,000 dozen good, substantial
Suspenders, made up for
the United States Government
for the regular
army use good,
stout materials
would regularly sell at 35c
pair we bought
them very cheap and
offer your choice
Saturday for
per pair
5
Sheet Mvsic
Free! Free! Free!
With each 60-cent purchase In our
Music Department we give one piece
absolutely free. All the big hiu and
all the production songs.
Concert
We hava specially engaged Miss riuby
Coleman of Chicago, late with "The Run
aways," to sing In our Music Department
Saturday. Coma and hear all the popular
and semi-classic songs featured by people
who sing them as you hear them at the
theater. Make us a call at this depart
ment Saturday. Always up-to-date
SALE OF
MEN'S SHOES
IN THE
BASEMENT
$59 sa $198
Consisting of 3,200- pairs
men's good, serviceable,
worthy shoes; in all the dif
ferent leathers in patent
leathers, vici, box calf, ve
lours and kangaroo calf and
satin calf.
Men's Slippers,
worth more . . .
75c-98c
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havs been done without attracting atten
tion. On the other side of the little door was
a similar contrivance with a bull lock, the
staple of which Is generally pushed down
through the hasp. Everybody agrees that
this was the case Thursday evening. And
lislit here is the point where Jailer Roach
and Sheriff Power assort that the evidence
of outside collusion is most apparent.
There was no possible way for the prison
ers to reach It. nor could they have any
personal knowledge that the door was
not fastened on the kitchen side unless
some person had arranged to have It un
fastened and had so Informed the men or
had told someone on the inside who oould
give them the word.
Pass Through Kitchen.
There are two doors to the kitchen. Into
which the men passed by way of the cubby
hole, against which them axe generally
leaning several tin food trays. As these
were disturbed by the escaping men. it
hardly seems possible that their confeder
ate or confederates, were waiting for them
in the kitchen. They could easily have
been there, however, according to Mrs.
McPherson's story. She says the heavy
outside Iron door leading Into the kitchen
from the street was not locked, which Is
always' the case In the daytime, when the
inside wooden door stands open to let air
Into the kitchen.
As to the Inside door,- Mrs. McPherson
says that owing to the recent damp
weather it has swelled to such an extent
that It will not lock. If It was locked it
could easily have been opened from the
outside, since Its protecting door was
open.
When seen early Friday morning Sheriff
Tower said:
"This affair has positively made me sick.
outside, and there are certain matters on
the inside, perhaps of neglect more than
anything else, which also look bad to me.
"At present I have no accusations to
make against anyone, but I propose to
have the most thorough Investigation that
Can be made into all the circumstances.
The rewards I have offered for the five
men ought to result In their capture, unless
there are people In this city ready and
willing to hide, feed and clothe these male
factors. If there are such, of course they
can lay hidden until later and thus quietly
get away from this section."
No trace of the escaped prisoners has
yet been secured.
HCi Sopt. 27 Oct. 7 tasiulit
SOMETHING DOINQ ALL THK TIME.
Croat Day
Parade,
OCTOBER
KomsoMO' pi
Hurioum
KmJitmtlo mi
Httm kapmrt
9mm Omm9 mud
Bum Kmmncmnum.
Grand EUctrlo
Pigunt,
Klfht October
Oiii
A coacious display or
ALLICOMICAL SOSJIOTS -PfttSaNTiO
IM A
Brilliant Blan of
Bswlldiring Bituty.
CRAMB COURT BALL, NICMT OOTOBIR I
REDUCED RATES ON ALL RAILROADS
HI VOW LOOA4, ACINT.
LITTLE BIRD REVEALS SECRET
Tells About Approaching Marriage ol
Sergeant Rentfrovr and Miss
Etta Anderson.
A little bird has given It out that Louis
Rentfrow and Miss Etta Anderson are to
be married at Council Bluffs next Wednes
day ihornlng. Mr. Rentfrow Is one of the
sergeants on the metropolitan police force,
while Miss Anderson has served for two
years as police matron at the city Jail.
Roth are highly esteemed In the police de
partment and in social circles. A short
wedding trip Is contemplated to Miss An
derson's old home at Charlton, la., and to
other places In Iowa. The bride and groom
will make their home at 2411 North Eight
eenth street, where Sergeant Rentfrow has
a commodious residence.
Aa EskssIsc Dorter
uses gentle means, such as Electric Bit
ters. In curing dangerous diseases, like
biliousness dyspepsia, etc. 50c. For sal
by Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.
It 'looks like a dirty Job. put up on th j KILLIE'S PICTURES ARE RAReI""1 H""man BeaU for county engineer.
. buijui m-iu a jeuer or regret, in-
Tell Wonderful storr of the Boxer I "mating in diplomatic words that he would
again like to be county engineer himself.
Theodore Johnson presided, and gave all
aspiring nominees more or less encourage
ment, while the audience followed suit.
Xfm for the Army,
Chaplain Percy H. Silver of the Thirtieth
Infantry at Port Crook, has been granted
leave of absence for one month.
The two foregoing orders went Into effect
Friday morning, and the two officials havs
1 ready entered on their respective duties.
A company of the signal corps. United
States army. left Fort Vancouver, Wash
InKtun, September 15, for Fort Omaha to
take permanent station at the latter place.
Privates Hubbard Jones. Comnanv CI..
and Henry Mohlongan, Company k., Eigh
teenth Infantry, tort Leavenworth, have
been ordered sent to the. government hos
pital for the Insane at Washington, D. C.
Caotain Thomas Swobe. Quartermaster's
department, who has been temporarily in
charge of the office of chief quartermaster,
Is ralleved Irom that duty and will resume
his duties as depot ouartermaster In charaa
of the Omaha quartermaster's depot.
An automobile has been provided by the
t'nlted States army for the special use of
the t'nlted States signal corps company
now attached to Fort Omaha. The auto is
used for general signal purposes in con
veying signalling detachments to different
points about this locality for practical
signal work to and from the fort.
Major M. Oray Zallnskl, quartermaster's
department, having reported In compliance
with Special orders No. lilt), war depart
ment, has been formally announced as vhlef
quartermaster, department of the Missouri,
relieving lieutenant Colonel J. Estcourt
Sawyer. Major Zallnskl la also charged
wlfh the duty of adjusting and settling
telegraph accounts In this department un
der the provision of paragraph l.liw, army
regulatloua.
The following general court martial sen
tences have Just been promulgated from
headquarters department of tits Missouri:
private John MtConahan, C'omny L.
Nineteenth Infantry, alias Recruit Robert
Richardson, desertion and fraudulent en
listment; dishonorable discharge and three
year s imprisonment at Jefferson barracks.
Recruit John E. Beihler, mounted service,
alias John E. Zugenbuhler, fraudulent en
listment; dlnhonirable discharge and six
months imprisonment at Jefferson barracks.
Private IKoy Krakea. Twenty-ninth bat
tery held artillery, losing his arms and
equipments, lurceny and absence without
have; dishonorable discharge and on
year's Imprisonment at Fort Riley. I.yinan
W. Johnston. Coniiany F, Twenty-eighth in
fantry. Jefferson barracks, desertion; dis
honorable discharge and six month's Im
prisonment. Private William P. Peck,
rominy K. Twenty-seventh Infantry,
Jefferson Barracks, desertion: dishonorable
discharge and two years lmuriaonment.
Private Charles Vance, Troop C, Ninth
cavalry, violation sixty-second article of
war; dishonorable. discharge and sis
uiuutb a linynaoutusnt at Fort Rllsy.
Revolt In China and Ite
Outcome.
Rev. Charles A. Klllle of Pao Ting P"u,
province of Chi LI, Northern China, a mis
sionary of the Presbyterian church In
charge of a district comprising a population
of nearly 2,000,000, delivered an Illustrated
lecture at Westminster Presbyterian church
Friday evening.
Dr. Klllle was In China during the Boxer
outbreak and was at Peking during the at
tack on the legations and missionaries by
the Chinese. His pictures, taken at the
time of the siege, are full of, thrilling Inter
est and of historic value. A great many of
them cannot be duplicated, and form a
photographic story of one of the most
thrilling, pathetic, dramatic and romantic
episodes of history.
The pictures showed the fortifications un
dertaken by the beleagured legations and
missionaries in Peking and the gallant de
fense made by themand the final rescue by
the International armies. Other nirtnr..
told of the destruction of missions and the
murder of missionaries and the awful priva
tions and persecutions the missionaries were
subjected to at the hands of the Boxers.
There were pictures, too, of the restored
missions, of the new cemeteries In which
the bodies of the murdered Christiana had
been assembled for decent sepulture, the
lowly homes of the native Christians all
through the province, groups of natlva
Christians and of American Christian work
ers who were still devoting their lives to
the great work of evangelising China.
Following the exhibition of the pictures
with the aid of a stereoptlcon. Dr. KIMle
showed and described a number of Chinese
curios, idols and weapons and ammunition,
Inclusive of a bullet that lodged in his pil
low, fired at him by a Boxer during the at
tack on the legations at Peking.
The lecture was very brief, most of the
time being taken up In describing the pic
tures. He said: "I have simply sought to
Interest you In the Importance of mission
work and the need that we have of your
help. The field Is a ripe one. The Chinese
are more willing within the oast three
years to accept the gospel of Christ than
ever before. It behooves us to seek to
Christianise them, else we will be con
fronted. Indeed, with the yellow peril."
CANDIDATES OUT IN FORCE
GOODMAN RETIRES AT LAST
Venerable Southern Paelfle Official
Leaves Service Tom Shoemaker
Quits Short Line.
At the age of 74, after serving the road
In one capacity and another since Its ad
vent, T. H. Goodman has resigned the
position of general passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific In California and laid
down the reins of active business. He en
ters upon the pension list of the Harrlman
system for the remainder of his days. Mr.
Ooodman Is one of the oldest and best
known passenger officials In the United
States. His name and that of the Southern
Paclflo have been associated so long ever
since the road was established that.
though he has been less aggressive of
late years, only because of his advancing
age, railroad affairs and men on the Pa
cific coast will require time to adjust them
selves to conditions without this veteran
mingling among them.
Just who Mr. Goodman's successor will
be Is not known at Union Pacific head
quarters, where the announcement of his
resignation was given out. It will not. It
is said, be a Union Pacific man.
Another Important change In the line of
Harrlman officials Is the resignation of
Tom Shoemaker as acting traffic manager
ef the Oregon Short Line, with headquar
ters at Salt Ike City. Mr. Shoemaker
leaves the railroad service to accept a
lucrative position with a New York fruit
company. Neither Is his successor known
In Omaha.
Meeting at Washington Hall
Largely Attended by
Aspirants.
Is
Chamberlain's Colic. Chorera and Diar
rhoea RemeJy cures diarrhoea and dysen
tery in all fcrmr and In all stages. It over
falla
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A meeting of the Douglas County Re
publican club no number, no qualifying
adjective was held Friday , evening at
Washington hall. Not a very large audi
ence, cutslde of candidates, was present.
And perhaps this speaks mighty well for
the prospects of the republican ticket this
fall. Everybody seems to have a lot of
confidence In the republican ticket.
Three candidates for the shrievalty-
Messrs McDonald, Donahoe and Hoye, In
the order called on were present. Donahoe
lent the only spice to the occasion by tak
ing a sly shot at Candidate Haller's al
lusions to Gustavus Adolphua and Martin
Luther, and at that he was quite conser
vative. Besides Mr. Haller, there were two other
candidates for county judge. Senator Ben
F. Thomas and former District Judge Dick
inson. Both made nice talks along the
line of duty to be performed, and how
they proposed to perform It.
Other candidates who delivered congratu
latory and hopeful talks wers Messrs. Ure
and Osixom for county commissioner, W.
B. Ten Kyck for police Judge, E. F. Bralley,
W. M. McKay and W. W. Msce for coro
ner, C H. Kubat. George C. Cockrelt and
v. nr. i-a.unan i or justice of the Jyeace, ( if Vo.lman is convicted.
Ellery a Royal Italian band of fifty-five
instrumentalists Kpent a few hours In
Omaha Friday afternoon enroute from
Kansas to Portland, Ore.
Charles Moran of 807 North Nineteenth
street, a carpenter, reports to the police
that while working at Fortieth and Cum
ing streets his tool chest was stolen.
On account of the storm last night the
meeUng of the Fifth Wsrd Republican
club at Sixteenth and Corby streets was
postponed until Monday night at 8:S0.
The meeting of the Sixth Ward Repub
lican club in Idlewild hall last night was
declared off on account of rain. Not a
patriot showed up through the downpour. !
The Young Ladles' Sodality of St. Pat
rick's church will entertain their friends I
Saturday evening September 23 at New
Turner hall, Thirteenth and Dorcas streets.
Prises will be awarded to children for the
best flower and vegetable gardens main
tained during (the year In the different
wards by the Civic Improvement league
Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock In I ho
city council chamber. Principals and teach
ers of all Omaha schools are urged to at
tend. Nettle Miles of 212 South Twelfth street
was arrested Friday afternoon by Patrol
man Sandstrom snd booked at the city Jail
on the charge of grand larceny. The
woman, who Is a colored character of bad
repute, is said to have stolen 135 from the
hatband of J. H. Bean, a stranger la the
city.
Charles Croft was sentenced ten days by
Police Judge Berka Friday morning, when
Croft was arraigned on a charge of va
grancy. Croft was recently released from
the reform school and the polic officials
stats that ths prisoner had a memorandum
of a number or well known police charac
ters when searched at the police station.
NARROW CALL FOR ONE MAN
Oeenpant of Bnagy Barely Escapes
Serious Accident In Collision
with Street Car.
Some man he dldnt stop to give his
name came very near not reaching his
home last evening In as good physical con
dition as he left earlier In the day. He was
driving a one horse buggy and his convey
ance was struck by a North Twenty-fourth
street car about 6:10 p. m. at the Inter
section of Sixteenth and Webster streets
with sufficient force to push the buggy
nearly over. The wheels, which were
rubber tired, scraped sldowlse on the street
until the tire of one slipped off and down
on the hub.
Blissfully Ignorant of the disarrangement
of his tire and, apparently of the narrow
escape he had undergone, the man con
tinued west on Webster. The curtains of
his buggy were drawn tight so he could
not be seen.
Passengers In the car held their breath
when they perceived the rig approaclng
the crossing. It looked as if certainly a
disastrous accident would ensue and It
would, but for the timely skill of the motor
man In Instantly reducing the speed of
his car uTitll, when It struck the buggy, It
was going very slowly. The motorman's
work was almost miraculous, as he had
but a few seconds In which to get his car
down from a good rate of speed.
GRAVER CHARGE LATER ON
Crand Lareeny to Be Filed Aa;alnt
Man Who First Gets Thirty
Days.
ueorge i-ewis was convicted In police
court Friday morning on a charge of vag
rancy and sentenced thirty days. The more
serious charge of grand larceny. It Is stated,
will be filed against Lewis soon.
Lewis recently was arrested by Detectives
Mitchell and Davis while trying to sell a
valuable alligator grip. The grip is said to
have been stolen from the room of J. E.
Sellek, Twenty-fourth and Douglas streets.
Sellek Is administrator for the estate of fhe
late Police Judge Learn and the grip con
tained valuable papers pertaining to the
estate, which has not yet been settled up.
Lewis is charged with destroying alt the
papers in the rear of 1703 6t. Mary's avenue.
The police are holding for Identification a
valuable Century camera outfit, parts of
which are marked "C. H. H." The camera
is valued at S66 wholesale. No report of a
stolen camera -has recently been received
by the police.
ORCHARD & WILHELM MOVE
Furniture Company Employs Most of
Dig- Vans Oettlnsr Into New
Hoagland quarters.
Furniture vans were hard to get In
Omaha Friday. Moat of the largest and the
best of them were busy moving the Im
mense stock of the Orchard & Wllhelm
Furniture and Carpet company from tha .
old location In the Continental fRbck on
Douglas street between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth to the new Hoagland building at
Sixteenth and Howard streets. The task of
transporting a stock of highly breakable
furniture arrose the retail business district
began Thursday night when the firm did
the last day's business at the old stand.
The vans toiled until 11 o'clock, when work
was knocked off until Friday morning. By
night It was expected all the goods would
be In the new store.
Nearly a score of vans was needed and
a force of 12 men and boys. Including the
ninety regular employes, had their hands
full all of the time. The Orchard A Wll
helm stock la worth several hundred thou
said dollars, and to move It In a day and
a half meant quick action. The procession
of loaded and empty vans traveling back
and forth between the old and new loca
tions almost had the appearance of a
parade.
The Arm will be open for business In the
flew stand Monday morning at t o'clock.
Saturday and Sunday will be given over to
getting the new place In shape to receive
customers and arranging a lot of new, as
well as the present stock. Resides an en
tire half of the new building from base
ment to the roof over the sixth story the
Orchard A Wllhelm people will use up the
fifth and sixth floors over the south half
of the building where Thompson, Belden &
Co. will have their new location.
DIED.
Sn.LIVAN Michael, at his residence, 2891
Cuming street.
Funeral from St. John's Colleglste church.
Twenty-fifth and California streets, Satur
day at 9 a. m. Interment Holy Sepurclwa
cemetery. ,
Otto Vogtman was arrested Friday af tar-
noon by Detectives f errls and Dunn and
charged at the city Jull with being a fugi
tive from Justice. Vogtman Is said to
have stolen a horse at Ulenwood, la., and
then ridden the animal to Omaha. The
prisoner gave his address as Platlamoulh.
The srrestlng officers will get a reward ef
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