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i. J EDITORIAL SECTION. Pages 9 to 16. Fhe Omaha Daily Bee. MERCHANTS WHO USE THE DEE TALK INTO THE HOMES ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMATJA, SATURDAY MOKNIXG, NOVEMBER 11, lfor. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. Art Values Extraordinary NOVELTY FRAMED PICTURES for Dens. Libraries. Hull or Inning Hiviras " 18C values muiit be seen to be appreciated rrom iiim ciowr to Numerous Prrnsj- raphr Bargains. $1 r JARDINERE STANDS (like cut).. 65c 6So Nwklk Rucks, Gibson designs... toe Rose Designed 'Kerchief Boxes.. 75e Japanese Nut Howls 11 40 Japanese Nut Howls ffic Our Special Beginner."' Outfit $r..w. f:I.K and 1109 Other Wood Novelties from $s.(io down to 10c 4Sc 40c .. ;c CARPETS JAPANESE AND CHINA MATTINGS, regular 2'c and 22c grade, at, yard 1:V 27x.;.l-inch Rugs, fine for halls or bedrooms, regular ll.no values, at, each 4:h- GRANITE ART HWL'AKES. 9x9 and 9x12, worth $4 5u and $n.T5, Saturday at fcl.W and J2.! CASHMERE RUGS. SxU, regular $15 00 while they last, at ts.Kl ZO Per Cent Off liea-ular Prior on All STOCK HlttS S ATl'RflA Y. Inveatlaate These Values. COICH COVERS, 60 Inches wide. In three different pHttcrns, regular $!.5u values l,i; BILK TAPESTRY COUCH COVERS, In hII i-olnrs and patterns, worth up to IB. 00. your rhul'e Hstunhiy. Bt $4 li TAPESTRY PORTIERES. In fringes, corded and tnpestry bordered, all styles and colors, worth from 1150 to $12.i0 a pair, your choice Saturday, a pair, at $.!& OMAHA WFATIIFH FOKECAST Saturday Fair. IFTA TrTT7TTI 1 1 j i ti 1 1 Ml hi il r fl W Green Trading Stamp toot Main Floor. AND WE ARE QUITE THE BIGGEST THING YET IN "THE NEW RETAIL CENTER" Furniture Lot No. 1-1 Iron Bod, 1 Woven "Wire Spring, 1 Cot ton Top Mattress; complete, any si7,e, Saturday t C only for tyJ Lot No. 2 1 Iron Bed, I Spring, 1 Cotton Top and Bottom Mattress; complete, any size, 7 05 for fl BIG BOOK SALE hoys' noons. 50c Alpcr Soiics 16c Houml in cloth, printed In largo, clenr type. 30 tltlos. Foil FIFTFKX CKNTH. 50c H AH K AW AY 15c Hundsome cloth binding. Kood paper and lame typo, 24 titles, FIFTFKX CENTS. 2.V HKXTY SEMES 10c Good cloth binding In colors, very largo list of titles FOK TEX CENTS. GIRLS' HOOKS. $1.25 ELSIE SERIES 5ye Beautiful rod cloth binding, copyrighted to sell nt $1.25, 27 titles FOK FIFTY -NINE CENTS. 50c BOOKS 25c Hurst Home Library books for girls and boys handsome cloth binding, printed In colors. r book naper, large clear type. FOK TWENTY F1YE CENTS. SATURDAY AND MONDAY ONLY. LADIES, CUT THIS OUT Saturday Will Be Your Day in Our Ready-to-Wear Departmeri Short klmonot Heavy fleeced cloth, dark neat patterns, fast colors, worth 75c Saturday only Eiderdown Sncnues Tn all colors, the one dollar and twenty five cent quality, at Hippie Flannel Sacqm-u A mixed lot of elegant styles, marked fro-n $i.25 to $5.95 all Saturday, at Crepe SucquM Best C'vilan quality with Persian borders, our $1.25 qualify. Saturday, at Spevial prices- will be made Sattyday on all long Kimonos and Robot. A HT.IM1 SENSATION DonMe Green Trading Stamps on all In fants', children's and misses' coats Saturday. 39c 95c 1.38 75c Ladies' Union Suit $1.09 and Double Green Trading Stamps One-half vrool T'nion Suits, button front aud Oneita styles, in 1 fl fl cream aud gray, regular $1.50 value, special Saturday, each. . . . K.UU And Double Green Trading Slumps. e Sale of Ladies' Hose fleeted lined and lisle thread hose In all sizes, plain and all black, black with white feet or white aolea, regu- 1 fiA l.UU All wool ribbed lar 50c value, Special Saturday, 3 pairs for POPULAR PRICED MILLINERY SATURDAY Saturday art intere Genuine straight made goods no bankrupt stuff nor passe styles. New, fresh merchandise, one-half regular values three leaders P298-398 Every hat shown at these prices is a style element and an Intrinsic value far in excess of anything shown elsewhere. sting bargain day for every millinery lover. The Plateaux The Plateaux Higher Grande Millinery "Sinclair" creations of French models and products of our own work room. Beautiful two-tone street hats. In felts and velvets flower and fur trimmed and very new Ideas all moderately priced. The latest fad in millinery art. No style of headgear compares to the bold, striking Idea conveyed in the Plateaux. The frame work Is bent and twisted In the most unconventional way. Gen erally come In an underbrlm or panna silk with velvet top and duck wings, same tone as bat. Two specials In the Plateaux 3.38 and 4.98 Saturday Specials in Crockery Section 20 Per Cent Off JARDINIERES, POTS AND PEDESTALS Any one In stock -20 PER CENT OFF SATURDAY ONLY. ' Sale of Sample Hand Bas Latest novelties In leather hand bags, worth to $1.00 each Special Sale Saturday, each 50c Big Values in Comforts and Blankets for Saturday 60 pairs fine gray Wool Blankets, extra heavy, very large, worth A CA $5.60 Saturday, a pair rf.fJ 200 extra fine Eed Comforts, nice fluffy ones, pretty patterns, all J C knotted and tied, worth $3.50 Saturday 20 sample pahs fine Woolen Blankets, made by the Oregon Woolen Mills, come In gray, red, brown and plaid, worth $10.50 to $18 a pair Saturday, a pair, $10.00, $8.50 and Cotton Blankets 100 pairs fine heavy cotton Blankets, worth 85c pair, only, a pair 7.50 59c Sale of Ladies' Gloves mocha and heavy English Gloves, per pair, $2.00, $1.75, $1.50 and Every pair fitted and warranted. Best make of French kid, silk lined Walkln 1.00 50c Indies' and Children's Hand Knit Mercerized and Woolen Golf Gloves all colors, 75c value, special, a pair . ladles' Neckwear Thirty dsen of fancy' wash and silk stocks, prettily frlrmr.ed In lace and ruehlngs, and a large assortment of imported embroidered turnovers, -this lot worth to fifty cents all go ir on sale Saturday, each jCDC . Sale of Linen Handkerchiefs Ladies' embroidered Initial pure linen handkerchiefs, worth 0c each Special Saturday, each I2ic CUT GLASS TABLE TLTMBLERS regular straight shape, with 28 cut stars a 2Jc value Saturday lBLr each IOI. FANCY DECORATED GLASS LAMPS Beautiful new roods, fluent round burner, handsome metal finishes as an Induce ment Saturday, 25 PER CENT OFF. DINNER SETS FOR THE THANKSGIVITNO-TABLii Over 50 different pattern exceptionally line values 1I fill a set at SlJ.Oo, $13.50 and Special discount on three patterns to clone out Saturday. Bennett's Great Meat Market Always in tho Lead for Best Quality and Lowest Prices. Part of Our Big List, of Specials for Saturday. HAMS! HAMS! 4,000 pounds of choice selected Swift's Premium Hams, average weight of each ham from 10 to 12 pounds on sale for Saturday only 1 1 1 a pound 1 1C (Limit of One Ham to a Customer) CHICKENS! CHICKENS! Choice Fresh Dressed Springs small sizes f f j . pound at lUC Fresh and Small Pork Loins at .8c 3hoice No. 1 Sirloin or Round Roast, from our choice No. 1 native steers a pound at.......v 10c No. 1 Boiling Beef, id pounds for. , . .JMc Veal Shoulder Roast, 4 pounds for 23c Veal Stew, 6 pounds for 25c Fresh No. 1 Leaf Lard, 12 pounds for 91.00 Another fresh lot Bennett's Special Pure Kettle ff C Rendered Lard JS-ponnd palls JDC And Thirty Green Trading Stamps With Each Fail. At SOOD THINGS TO EAT AT OCR COUNTER. DELICATESSKN' Bennett's Big Grocery SATURDAY'S LIST OF TRADE WINNERS-QUALITIES BEST VARIETIES LARGEST. Forty Green Trading Stamps with sack Pride ot Bennett's Flour SI. So Fifty Groen Trading Stamps with three, pounds finest Java and Mocha Coffee ..Jl.UO Thirty Green- Trading Stamps with pound Tea, any variety '....6S; Fifty Green Trading Stamps with five-pound can Bennett , Capitol Baking Powder. .. .11.00 GRANULATED SUGAR, 21 pounds for HEADQUARTERS FOR BUTTER. Received direct from the best dairies. Bennett s Capitol Creamery, the best , produced, one-pound brick, (lull weight) Fresh Country Butter, pound. lXc Ten Green Trading Stamps with quart Bour Piekles loc ' Ten Green Trading Stamps with quart Chow Chow Pickles.. 13c Ten Green Trading Stamps with quart small Sweet Pickles. .10c Ten Green Trading Stamps with pint large Imported Queen Olives Diamond C Soap, ten bars 20c Thirty Green Trading Stamps with pint bottle Uedney's iMli Sauca N Moe Ten Green Trading Stamps with '. haIf-plia.pottle.Ueduo'a Cljlli Kauca v -tc Ten Green Trading Stamp" with three-pound ciui Burnbam's Clam Chowder SV Twenty Green Trading Stamps with can Diamond S fancy Table Fruit Jc Ten Green Trading Stamps with three packages Bennett's Cap itol Mincemeat 2nc Ten Green Trading Stamps with three cans Early June Peas.'c Maple Sugar, per pound 121c HEADQUARTERS FOR CHEESE. Cream Cheese, per pound from l'i'ic Ten Green Trading Stamps with pound New. York Full Cream Cheese COc Ten Green Trading Stamps with pound finest domestic Swiss Cheese Ten Green Trading Stamps with Jnr McLaren's Imperial Cheese Ua Five Green Trading Stamps with Jnr McLaren's Imperial Cheese 14c Bennett's Bargain Soap, ten bars 2Sc 3111ettes Washing Crystal, three packages Bo Apple Sauce, three-pound can. 8c orn, two-pound can 5c DEMONSTRATION JOS. TET LEY OO.'B INDIA AND CEYLON TEAS. 31xtv Groen Trading Stamps . with pound can Sunflower brand 7'r"C Thirty Green Trading Stamps with half-pound can bunflower brand o Fifteen Green Trading Stamps with quarter-pound can Sun flower brand 20o FULL LINE OP BISCUITS AND CRACKERS. Ten Green Trading Stamps with can irrotajia Fruit BIscuUs.loo Ten Green Trading Stamps wRlv three packages Uneeds,- Bis cuits -...loo BENNETT'S CANDY SECTION Thanksgiving Novelties In Great Variety. Turkey Candy boxes, each, toe and ....1 12c Roast Turkey Candy boxes, each. I5c anil 10c Bon Bon loxes filled, each 6c Angel Food Taffy, special, as sorted flavors, pound lie Ladies' Hand Bag $1.25 value 59c Thirty Green Trading Stamps with each. Jewelry Dept. Main Floor. Saturday only. CIGARS. CIGARS. A Genuine Briar Pipe; straight or bent rubber, born and celluloid stems 30c And thirty green trading stamps Porto Rico StogiB. for $1 do And thirty green trading stamps Kl Carrud, a genuine Porto Rico So Cigar; 7 for 25c 60 for $1.60 Patterson's Seal Cut Plug. $-oz. tin box 24c And five green tradlpg stamps Bennett's Special Granulated Smoking Tobacco, 1 lb 2oo And Five Green Trading Stamps. Specials in Hardware Saturday Don't delur boj-lnsr onr stove. When on hay from as yon liar best. Special delivery made on fovea and set up without eitra, rliarge. Thunksglving will soon be here; buy your carver now; 100 prices up from l.Ul Forty green trading stamps with any Savory Roaster selling QJJ up from JOC Forty green trading stamps with any Galvanized Wash Tub fQ selling up from tOC Forty green trading stamps with Furnace Scoop; f 60c and JfC Twenty green trading stamps with any Coal Hod selling up from C DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR LARGE LINE OF CHAFING O C DISH ES BEST MADE- A Q J prices up from Forty green trading stamps with any Flour Bin C selling up from i JC Forty green trading stamps with Universal Food Q Chopper, up from OC See our Special Table of lOc aud 15c Items. Fire Shovels 15c. 12c r He and DQ Imported Caudle f Sticks DC SATURDAY SHOE SALE 100 dozen Men's and Ladies' "Warm Slippers, all colors, at, pair 49c The best Men's Kangaroo Calf, lace or congress, plain or tip toe, full double sole (UNION MADE) -jp Afj Work Shoes, at, pair f33 3.00 Men's Patent Colt stylish Button Shoes, welted soles, at, pair , The famous Knox Brand, fine, stylish Shoes for men, box calf, vici kid and velour calf, button, bluchers or plain 5 A lace, rock oak bottoms, welt soles, at, pair Doctor Packard's Cushion Sole Vici Kid or Glaced Kanga roo, tip or plain toes, sold everywhere at A A jfl , . $5.00,. oar price per pair . , , .A . .; UU 1.50 The best Boys' and Girls' School Shoes, at, - pair Double Green Trading Stamps on all purchases in Shoe De partment until Noon Saturday. SOLE WESTERN AGENTS FOR DOROTHY DODD FAULTLESS FITTING SHOES. as2S SHE IT.iMimilliM" i isiums.imi.'lj of the present council, will be out again to represent the Fifth ward. Ho probably will have no opposition for the nomination. In the First ward a determined effort will be made to down Councilman Pete "V Tni...inir Each Est Back- who wants another term. The fram- V- Increasing Hen Vtj. iJyg up of tw Tfnth wMd took many of Back's enemlesout of the First, but these SriARP FIGHTS IN SPRING IMMINENT ,ntpnl t hmore ward boundaries In making I the scrap. No opposition candidate to Back k a a fut has Kaah da.ililnJ .tn Councilman Fred Hoye has announced emphatically he will not be a candidate for a third term from the Second. He said this when he was running for sheriff and Is going to stick to it. To fill his shoes Representative Mike I,ee Is making a brisk romriiilffn a la fVisOloa V TInn-.A nL. i. Candidate, for city office, next spring . , the treaMlrer.8 offl ot'h(!r ma jf fl -o wile u. inn ii viin v CANDIDATES OUT IN DROVES Army of Political Aspirants is Steadily EsPh Part? Has Quota of Men After Mayor's Chair and IWisrna .Want to Sit la ( onurll. walk down il'irnim street without encountering sev--f eral. x While Mayor Moores ha nothing to say on the subject It Is taken for granted by his friends that his health will not permit him to be a candidate for another term. who wants to land the nomination 13 Ed Reich, assistant street commissioner. Fight on Zlraman. A determined effort will be made by his political foes to prevent Harry Zlmman from getting a third nomination as council- To fill his shoes City Treasurer Hennings, ', man fmm the Third ward. Zlmman some Robert Cowell. E. A. Benson and W. J. " sB'i aa n out mac ne would go Broatch have entered the lists anl each Mor 'io Pl" "gain. A formidable lint has his campaign fully underway, except.0' aspirants Is now lining up against Zlm Mr. Cowell who Is not making the open , Thei include Dick Grotte. chief fforts the others are to get the nomlna- j clPlk ln th building department; Buck iayior. roreman ot me street cleaning Smith Is I department; Louis Burmelster, who served tlon. , Among the democrats Ed. P. W. C. In ih man. heard on etferv hand. Bullard, O. M. Hitchcock. M. F. Funk- ' P'""env i; v . 11. onoop. a v t n,n.nm .r. ai.n . policeman and now a restaurant the council before; Emll Mots, tin em- former keeper, mentioned. Some suggestions have been "-n1 the Inevitable Jerry McMahon. for made .bout City Comptroller Lobeck for : m-rI' '"vator conductor at the city hall, the place, but the latter says he bas not . h ha 8"''r1 srudges against Zlmman. the remotest Idea of trying for It. He has e vacancy caused by the death of his eye on a second term as comptroller ' ' r-".". -.u and will go after It if the chances look anything like success to him. The only man for the republican nomina tion for comptroller so far announced is John W. Fead, bond clerk in the treasurer's oftlce. CHy Attorneyship Hace. For the city attorneyship tho present incumbent, John P. Breen likely will be a candidate for the republican nomination. The democrats have not as yet mentioned any names for the place. Assistant Attor neys Herdman and Elllck both have been , suggested. Mr. Herdman, however, says be wants to retire to private law practice after next spring. Building Inspector Wlthnell, democrat, will try to get a second term. He bas no opponents In his party so far. Among the republicans, John Butler and Frank Wooley, a carpenter, have given notice that they Intend to land the Job If they can. Others are talked about also. Farmer' Bill Elbourn hasn't quite decided whether he wants to quit politics or try for a third terra. He believes he cculd b S nominated and elected again If he tried, k .Meanwhile Sam K. Greenleaf, who has been a clerk In the office for five years, has 1 been figuring out his chances and his friends have brought him ferward as a candidate. He wss a street cat conductor for ten years. Sam Stmonson. chief deputy In the office, also may decide to make a kid for the city cUrkship. Nothing has been heard from democrats regarding this "mC o. ,h. . on.et, Ths woods are full of timber for npub- h:n nominations for the council, but very few democrats have as much as peeped. Dare O'Urlea, ths only democratic member X has brought out the. candidates here. They Include Frank B. Kennard. Representative Barnes, W. I!. Taylor, Lee Orler and half a dozen others. According to the present plans of some of tiie couniilmen this va tancy may r.ot lc filled at all before the election. Fifth Ward Aspirants. In the Fifth ward to contest against Dave O'Brien at the election nmnng others for the nomination L. E. Lucas and Cor nelius Farrell, both members of the Fon tsntile club, are trimming away the under- brunh and Dave Christie is said to have his eye on the place. Those men aro In the coal, grocery and insurance business. respectively. Another who want, to get Into the coun cil ha. come out in the Sixth ward In the person of Mathew E. Muxen, who has given no'lee that he will tight Counclli.,n Evans' pretensions to the republican nomi nation. Councilman Charles G. Dyball of the Seventh ward unnojnees proudly so far there Is not a single candidate against him announced. He will try to get the republi can nomination. The Eighth ward has a bouquet of candi dates ln Councilman pchroeder. Frank Furay, secretary of the Elks' loJse; Cadet Taylor, whose long political record is too well-known and a brother ot W. B. Taylor: Billy Cowger. a former postoKce attache and Representative C. J. Anderson. Three la the Xlnth. In the Ninth ward Councilman Charles 8. Huntington desires to succeed himself and thinks he ought to. For the republi can nomination It Is promised ho shall have to state representatives opp.'ialn,; l.lm-Dr. II. A. Foster and Henry T. Clarke, Jr. Dr. Foster haa started his campaign and Is hustling for votes. There will be a big choice to pick from ln the new Tenth ward. Hero It Is said the list of aspirants Includes these: B. C. Miner, Ernest Stuht, who flopped over from a demo-pop affiliation; License In spector Sam Scott. J. F. Behm, Eddie Morris. William Hackel. Frank Kaspar and last but not least. City Gas Inspector John C. Lynch. The lineup for the republican nomination In the Eleventh ward Is not exactly a new story, so far as City Market Master W. F. Oerkn and William Coburn are concerned. Gerke seems to be in the lead. Coburn has been an office holder and city employe for years. A new candidate Is Frank Crawford, an attorney and one of the founders of tho McKlnley club. It Is said that former rostniaster Joseph Crow Is thinking about the 1125 Job ln the council. Others mentioned are Simon Trostler and Charles Johnson, the proprietor of a meat market. Sis la the Twelfth. Out In the new Twelfth ward, which com prises the northwest end of town, no less than six candidates are chasing down sup port for the republican nomination. They are: J. J. Smith, the yeast manufacturer and formerly a member of the school board; W. J. Hunter, grocer; James T. Dougherty, a hardware merchant; T. C. Craig, who has a clerical job in the Union Pacific head quarters; Robert Houghton, well known politician and bricklayer, and D. A. N. Chase, a wholesale spice merchant. There are others In every part of town, but nothing short of a census enumeration could discover them all. OMAIA LEADS IN BUILDING Mikes Greater Per Cent of Inoreaie in October Than Any American City. DEWEY HAVERLY'S DEPUTY Old Asauclato Aicalm Chosen as First Man Inder New County Clerk. D. M. Haverly, who will succeed John C. Drexcl as county clerk, is the first of the newly elected republican officials to decide n his npiointmnnts of subordinates. Frank Dewey, at present bookkeeper for Mr. Drexel. will serve as Mr. Haverly's deputy. All of the other men to constitute his staff have been selected by the new county clerk, but he is not yet ready to announce tie names. Frank Dewey has served with Mr. Hav erly already, having been a member of his force for four years while he held ths county clerkship before. He Is considered a very competent man. having become familiar with all the routine duties of the various positions. Strange Adventure in auto led to painful sccident. but Buck len's Arnica Salvo qu'.ckly healed all wounds. cents; guaranteed. For sale by Sherman & McConnell Drug Co. Mortality statistics. The following birth and deaths luive been reported to the Bonrd of Health during ?he twenty-four hours ending at noon Friday: Births Otto Fellcren. Si Grace, bov; Ocorae Luinh. Jjus South Tenth, girl; J.ihn Abr.ih'im. HA South Twelfth, boy. Deaths John Palmer. Fortieth and pnri pleton avenue, Mm. James Hir.-!er, Ciand Island. Neb., 'M; Jackson U. tair.s-ii-i, Vemplvtuu, iSX TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE Construction rni of Chicago Calls Attention to Omaha's Progress as Most Mffulflcant Feature of All. According to figures compiled by Con struction News of Chicago, Omaha leads the country ln point of guin ln building operations during October .over the same month last year. Says the News: Building construction in U parts of the country for October shows an Increase of 14 per cent as compared with the corre sponding month a year ago, but there is a slight falling off In the proportion of gain as shown for the preceding months of the year. This is In no sense unexpected, be cause operations have been at an abnormal rate and the percentages of increase for every month of the year have liven remark able. Official reports to Construction News from thirty-three of the ptlncipal cities show that permits were taken out during October for 12.M6 buildings, Involving an estimated cost of JU,M''.7t". against 11.42 fiermits, and i.362,liin for the correspond ing month a year ago, an Increase of sM buildings and t3.Zh4.6tn). It Is interesting to note that in the larger cities In the list the figures aru practically the same, with the exception of two In stances. New York shows a loss of 3 per cent, Philadelphia 7, Pittsburg 4, while Chi cago and Brooklyn both show gains, tho former of only 4 and the latter of 7 per cent. It will thus be seen that the great gaitiH and there are some remarkable per centages are in the smaller cities. Of thirty-three cities twenty-one sl,o in creases varying from 1 to 21 per cent, while eleven show hmses of from 1 to 42 per cent. The losses are so widely separated that they have no bearing upon the general sit uation. The most slgniticai.t features of the figures are the remarkable gains, amounting In Omaha to 22 per cent; Spo kane. K,9; Duluth. 110: Denver. S: Cincin nati. 81; Louisville. 75: Cleveland, ih. Co lumbus. 43: Toledo. 37; Indianapolis, 33; Mil waukee), 31. Davenport lends in the oe-, crease with 13 per cent. Nashville 3", N-w Orleans 2. Alleghenv 17, while the others I are really Inslgnilica'nt. I Interest Is Astounding:. Building has been going on at a remarka i ble rate ln all sections of the country for I a long time. The percentage of increases i for every month of the year has licen as i founding. Notwithstanding a conscientious ! attein;t has been made to keep us neat-Ivan accurate record of building operations ln all of the leading cities and the statistics presented from litr.e to time have accu j rately reflected operations, they give after all a very incomplete idea of what Is really ' going on. In the small cities, wherever J they may be found, there has been a va?t amount of construction, the percentage) of Increase oetng as great, lr not greater, man in the long lit of cities from which Is ob tained accurate' details c.f construction. It is worth while to stop and think occasion ally of what the other cities are doing In the way o construction. The situation U healthy and promising front every standpoint. There is tins that should be taken into consideration, how ever: Prices of building material were never higher, yet, upon the other hand, never has there been constructed more complete or perfect buildings than at the present time, people get more for their money, but they do not think so much of thst when they open bids and find that the cost of construction is probably T per cent higher than the figure at which the most ciiiiieten t experts had estimated If. Ex orbitant prices for niuteri'cl and lniur Vb 111 certainly put a dampvr on building. EXPERT ON FINGER PRINTS ! Mrs. E. M. Holland Tells now to Trace Criminals from Im pressions of Hands. Mrs. M. E. Holland, assistant manager of the Detective, a Chicago publication recognised by the poljee departments of the country as an authority. Is spending ths day In Omahu in the Interests of her finger print system of Identification of criminals. Mrs. Holland gave a demonstra tion of, the system at the parlors of the Millard hotel. Tho finger print system la now ln vogue ln many of the large cities of the country. Mrs. Holland explained the system to Chief of Police Donahue Friday morning and thero Is a possibility the system may be adopted by the local police department In tho nenr future. Spe.-iklng of the system Friday morning Mrs. Holland said: "We take separate Impressions of a criminal's fingers and thumb and then an Impression of the fingers and thumb to gether. It has been demonstrated that no two persons have the same lines. The au thorities at Scotland Yard. London, have a collection of ) 50.000 Impressions, there being a distinct difference between any pair. These Anger print Impressions have played an Important part in the identification ot criminals ln recent years and the system is becoming more In vogue all the time. "The Hues of the human fingers and thumb never change from the cradle to tho grave. You may scald, burn or other wise mutilate the skin of the human finger and the lines will reappear exactly the same as before the mutilation. 1 can re call an Instance In point where a criminal a man charged with murder scratched the lines on his thumbs and fingers, remem bering lie hr.d smeared the scene of the murder with the blood from his hands. The man was placed in a hospital until his hands heald. after which Impressions of his fingers and thumbs were taken and found to correspond precisely with the bloody Impressions found on a window sill at toe scene of the murder. The finger Impressions taken formed an Important part ot the evidence when the case came txi trial." y,A Keen in the habit of leaving one or two dogs In the store at night, which had kept them awake, but on the night ot ttio Are the dogs were not in the store. Deple tion of the stock in the store was very noticeable Just before the fire, they said. Mr. Beasley, a clerk for M. J. Kennard & Co., testified that Ruenker had increased his Insurance to 11,650 shortly before tho (ir WiHce, Sereeant SUrwart. who dis covered the Are. and Officer Goodrich, who burst ln the back door for. tne nremon, testified to finding rags lying about saturated with kerosene and these were produced ln evidence, still smelling of the fluid. For the defense Attorney Macfarland In troduced the firemen, who responded to the alarm, a sister of tho defendant i,d Ruenker himself. The defense Is based on he theory, the fire was the result of spontaneous combustion or accident, that there was no depletion of stock beyond the ordinary and no reason why Ruenker set fire to his stone. RUENKER SEEN AT HiS STORE Grocer Charged with Arson Said to Have Kmeraed from Place nt Mldnlabt. The arson trial of state against Charles G. Rueiiker U still occupying tho attention uf Judge Day and a Jury. If the testimony for the defense is not finished today the rrurt will sit Saturday morning to com plete the case. Mrs May Danlger and Mrs. Maud Seldner were the principal witnesses against Ruenker. They live In rooms ov r the store testified when they h&d alighted from a car at the corner of Twenty-eighth and Iavenworth on ths night of October 3, It was close to 1 o'clo; k and that while they were standing on the corner, Ruenker came out of his grocery store at 2m Leavenworth, locked the door and went across the street to bjs lioarding place. They also testified that ltutnker WORK AT DETENTION HOME Repairs Seeded to Make Place Com. fortable for Winter Will Be Made. County Commissioners Kennard, Hofeldt, Tralnor and Brunlng made a visit to th" Juvenile Detention home at noon Friday to ascertain what is needed to put the build ing ln good shape for the winter season. The commissioners also wanted to decide on a location for a "reflection" room wherein to place unruly Inmates so that they could have sufficient solitude to per mit of serious consideration of their con duct. The room at present used for this purpose ln not well located and the new room will be Isolated from the living quar ters of the children as well as from the street. The Juvenile cqurt officers are to have possession of room 4u7 In the city hall for their headquarters hereafter. This has mado them look up and take encourage ment, as up to date they have had no proper place to receive reports and Inter view those who have business with them. "Mogy" and his assistants will take pos session of the new quarters at once. Several applications have been filed with the Judges of the district court for the po sition of assistant probation officer, soon tn be vacated by D. M. Haverly, elected to the position of county clerk. No appoint ment will be made by the Judges until Mr. Haverly Is ready tr give up the job. DR. PAUL CROSSMANN DEAD Well Known Phyeieian Diei in Europe Daring October. LEADER AMONG HIS PROFESSION LOCALLY Had none Abroad on Aerount of . Failing; Health and uccumhed to the Attack Almost a Month Ago. Dr. Taul Grossman of Omaha, died October 13 at Dobbrikow, which Is in the Margiavy of Brandenburg, In the eastern part of Germany, where he hud gone a few months ago with his wlfo In the hope of recovering hla health. At lila request his body was cremated at Gotha. This information comes ln a letter to William Kegolke from Henry Suessenbach, of this city, who is also In Germany. Dr. Orossmann was a well known prac titioner In Omaha fnr many years, having come from Prussia, where he had been an army surgeon, lie was one of the foremost members of the German community here and was proud to wear the decoration of the Iron Cross, which had been conferred upon him. His office and residence were at Seventeenth and Douglas streets and his house Is noted for Its art treasures and collection of handsomely illustrated books, ln which the culture of himself and his wife was manifested. Although married twice, he had no chil dren. Ho leaves a widow, who accompanied him to Europe, and had previously been at his side at St. Joseph's hospital, to which he retired last summer when falling health compelled hltn to abandon his practice. GARRISON GOES TO MOLINE lie and Other Ofllclals Get Derided Promotions by the Plow Company. D. L. Garrison, tor many years resident manager of (fhe Nebraska-Moline Plow com pany, has been transferred to the home office of the company at Moline, III. Mr. Garrison's transfer Is a decided promotion. Mr. Garrison a ill be succeeded ut Omaha by C. C. Troxell, who has bc;en assistant manager of the business here for two years. J. W. At wood of Moline, 111., will be assist ant under lieslduiit Manager Troxell. The new arrangement was miule effectlvs Frl day. BED IN HOTEL CATCHES FIRE 'o One In It or the Room nt the Time and Loss Is .Xoniinul, A bed in a front roqju on the third floor of the Lunge hotel on South Thirteenth street caught fire Friday morning In a mysterious manner. The fire was ' ex tinguished with small loss. No one was In (he room ut the lime the fire broke out, which was 9 a. m. Drat Treatment for Colds. "Most ordinary colds will yield lo the simplest treatment," says the Chicago Tribune, "mocieiale hiiativcs, hot toot baths, a free perspiration and a.n avoidance of exposure to cold and wet after treat ment." While this treatment is simple. It requires considera! le trouble, and the one adopting il must remain indoors tor a day or two, or a fresh cold is ujinoet sure to tjc contiuciid. and In many Instance pnriniinnl.t t'nUnws. Is It not better to pin join fulih to an old reliable prepara tion like Chamlx rlaln's Cough Remedy, that is famous for its cures of colds and can always ! depeinli-d upon? Then no unusual precaution Is necessary to avoid coutractins a fresh ceild. It also coun teracts any t ndcucy of a void Ui result In pneumonia.