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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE) SATMIDAY, DECEMBEU 9, 1M5.
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
Christmas S ocks at their best now
Lay your plans to buy your Christmas Gifts now and
you can avoid the worry and inconvenience of shop-
Bigger assortment frether goods.
You can make your selections more easily.
Shop at your leisure through broad aisles and
well-lighted salesrooms.
OUIt STORE IS DECKED IN ITS CHRISTMAS FINERY.
LARGEST CHRISTMAS STORE WEST OF CHICAGO.
In the crowds.
BRING TOUR CHRISTMAS LIST TO BRANDEIS
Evtry dollar you have to spend does more service.
Hundreds of the nest tcaptible gilts for everybody.
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Dainty Christmas Gifts
CHARMING NOVELTIES in
JEWELRY
Thouand of the prettiest, mo6t acceptable
gifts for Christina tide. You will be surprised
to see how many dainty, pretty little novelties
are selling at a trifle.
Pmoch Pins, Cult Buttons, Stick Pins, 5c
Sterling Silver Waist Sets, 5c
4a cyruna Oliver fifti nnn, IOC
Stick Pins, Sterling Silver, lC
for suv
Cut Glass Salt and Hair 2 -ICut Class Tumblers. Wins '
Pepper, each vlBrushes.cwl01ases, Bait Cellars, etc., each.
Extra. Specials ii Silverware
78c
83c
TVs Hue Bros. Floral Surar
Shell and Butter Knife at, set
Wallace Bros". Berry Spoon,
floral design
I Cold Meat Forks, Moral
design
Wild Rose Cold Meat Forks,
each
15c
49c
25c
W. A. Rogers ' Tea Spoons,
set of 6ix
W. A. Rogers' Table Spoons,
set of six
39c
75 c
Some Xmas Novelties at 25c
25c
Chcpnl" Leather Dept.
Manicure Pieces, Combs (fancy tops), Fancy
Fobs, Memorandum Books In oxidized silver, Fancy
Combs, Puff Jars, Hslr Pin Jars, Engraved Child's Cups,
Baby Pins engraved "Omaha," Purses, Wrist Bag's; choice at
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Special Sha tvinj of Lxiiei'
Coats and Furs
Every woman loves pretty things to
wear. We enumerate a few of the many
appropriate Christmas gifts this great
department offers.
Eye nirvg Gowns and Opera Coats
AT HALF PRICE
$75
$150 Evening Coat
at
$125 Evening
62.50
$100 Evening
a?6! $50
$75 Evening
Coat
at...
CHILD EST CLOAKS
Child's Coots, worth up to
$4.00, at
Child's Coats, worth up to
$5.00, at
Child's Coats, worth up to
$S.OO, at
37.50
$00 Evening
32.50
$50 Evening
Coat
at...,
$40 Evening
Coat
at...,
Our stock of Leather Goods has no equal In the west.
Novelties from Japan, Berlin, Paris, London; Stun
ning Shopping Bags, all leather lined
at $20.00 down to
...98c
Patent Leather Bracelets 25c
fflS PATTERN HAT SALE
AH the exquisite Fall nod Wlater Pattern
Hata bought from New York's
. Leading Sth Ave. Milliner.
This la a remarkable sale of the most artistic
and modish hats all original and exclusive
models of the highest character many are
beautifully trimmed ' with fine ostrich
plumes a large number of the finest dress
. and evening hata F f ft as
Children's Hats
In this stock were many fine .Children's and
Misses' Hats handsomely . y XT A
trimmed models, at each t,03
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EXTRA SPECIALS SATURDAY
Imported Sample Line Highest Class Novelties
These were imported for the Portland Expbsition, but arrived in this country too late to be shown
there. They have been on display In our front' show window and caused great admiration. Stock consists of all kinds
of Leather Novelties, Imported Ink Stands, Imported Hewing Sets, Import! Collar and Cuff Boxes, Imported Toilet
Beta, and all kinds of Leather Picture Frames, in fact, a countless number of useful and so much desired Holiday
OocJs. An opportunity to buy such a line of goods occurs but seldom.
. On account of buying them so advantageously, the prices will be
about one-half what this class of merchandise generally
sells for. Prices will range from
Extraordinary Special Sale High Class Cups and Saucers
Imported Sample Line, many of them hand decorated, worth up to $2.00 each, Q
go at, each , f JZJC
Extraordinary bargains in large Christmas Calendars and Fancy Christmas Irt f C 1C. tQA
Cards, worth up to $1.00, at, each lUC-1 Jt'AJWJt
EXTR.A SPECIALS IN TOYS SATURDAY
We earnestly recommend your attendance at this sale, as none of these prices
can ever be duplicated. It Is because we buy for cash, no matter how large the quan
tities, that we can sell goods so cneap.
24.50
$20
1.98
2.50
3.98
Child's Wool Dresses worth Q (I
up to $3.00, at. v U v
Ladies Silk Petticoats
I New styles and colors, new assortment Tqa y98 750 Q93 1950
Just received for holiday trade J 4T " " 'l
New Novelty Cloth Coats, popular
mannish cloth tnd plain coats, gray
and tan mixtures, sold O f O
formerly at $12.50, at O-JO
10c to 2m
One big lot of all kinds of Doll Go-Carts,
Doll Carriages 'anU Doll Folding Cabs,
worth up to $2.00 each,
at ;
98c
One big lot of Combination Game Boards
plays 20 games. This Is a regular
$2.00 article, opening CQ
sale price, each. , JC
The Daisy Air Rifle sells the world over
for $1.00 each, goes JJC
The regular $1.00 Crokonole Board;
our price c as long IP
as they last, each DC
Nothing so delights a child as a Laundry
Set; the 50c size we will sell I P
at, each IJC
It includes wash tub, ironing board,
flat irons, ringer, drying rack, etc.
The regular 75c size will
go at, each
The regular $1.00 size
at, each
25c
49c
4f
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New Covert Coats, choice of heavy
winter coverts, satin lined, new
mannish and tourist Q QO I
backs, worth $15, at. ... J JO
Cravenette Special 75 Cravenette Coats worth up to $8, mado In T QQ !
tan and grey pleated back, with belts, at J U I
wSu Ladies' Fur Sale
y'k4 . Squirrel Zaza Scarfs 9 4.08 to 914.85
Beaver Stock scans v.vn to sib.uo
Persian Lamb Zazas 9 9.08 to 924.50
Ermine Tippets and Scarfs. 914.85 to 975.00
Blended Mink Scarfs 9 0.08 to 908.00
Chinchilla Ties and Zazas. .917.50 to 939.00
Ladies' Fine Scarfs, Vlctorines,
Zazas, etc., at 93.06
Ladles' Splendid Scarfs, of most popu
lar furs, at 92.08
Big assortment of long and short Fnr
Neck Scarfs, at 91.98
Child's Sets, Muff and Scarf, In Angora
Lamb's Wool, Imitation Chinchilla, Beaver,
Krimmer, Imitation Ermine, Brook ,
Mink, etc., a set, from $14.85 down QQa
to91.08, 91.50 and....... UU
Fur Jackets Persian Lamb, Blended and
Natural Squirrel, Golden Otter, Krimmer, etc.
i HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW WILD ROSE WAISTS?
J Tho newest Idea in Waists of the season, made of fine silky veilings,
an colors, snirred, with wild rose design, embroidered QQ
yoke; made to sell at $5.00; Saturday &.JO
SPECIAL RIBBON SALE SATURDAY
6,000 yards of warp prints, satin taffetas, messalines, taffetas, Liberty
satins, ombres, etc., widths from 2 to 8 Inches, worth
up to 75c yard at, yard 3C
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BhFOKE THEJWLE'S BaK
Bit of Comedy Added for Those Who
Attend a.orning Eenitn.
NEGRO HAS A NOVEL IDEA OF TUN
tltnici Gathrlght Teatlnaa that He
Was Omlj flrl Wheai H
Cfca Hit Wlta with
Rtitr,
3iectators who attended Friday morn'
lng s matlne ot "The people's Bar" rt
treated to a bit of comeay not down on ta
' res mar program.
Clarence liutnrighl, colored, appeared be
fore 'the oiiie Judge on the charge of.
driitike.int'as and disorderly conduct, his
head being swathed In bandages, j alroi
man lsch; who made the arrest, testified
a to Outhrlght a conduct Thursday even
ing, when the colored man chased his wife
eight blocks at the point of a rasor and was
nmilly captured in tne railroad yards on
, Nicholas street after making a poor stand.
"What were you chaalng your wife that
. way for? Do you not know such dcltona
h re not nice?" queationed the judge,
"judge, A wus only playing wlf mab
'wife; dat's de way Ah piays. Mah .wife,
xhe'e a playful gal. too. Ah doan mean no
ham, Judge, when Ab chaaes mah wife
dataway," replied Quthrlght.
Then the police judge looked 'in the ook
of rules and failed to And any reference to
i,;-m - leaWfigy
Its popularity Its long
since justified its otme.
Tbe king Duality among
shirts ofjual price.
$1.T)0 n3 $1.2? in fast
1 color fabrics and white.
Leadiig dealers
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chasing a wife with a rasor under the head
ing of "play," so ha fined the prisoner 14
and costs.
Quthrlght's reference to his playful con
duct created considerable merriment in the
Dodge street court room.
Patrolman Leach . testified Quthrlght
chased his wife through one ealoojj ana Into
a second, where the woman escaped
through a rear door before the man could
reach her. Quthrlght then ran out of the
front door of the second saloon, with the
polloeman after him. Patrolman Lesch
fired a shot into the air and Quthrlght fell
to the ground with nervous prostration, but
rallied and was caught later in the railroad
yards, where he had a little scene with the
officer.
When patrolman Dan Leahey hastened
Thursday to 207 North Seventeenth street
to quell a disturbance he at first thought
the Omaha Woman's club and the Milk
Dealers' association were arbitrating mat
ters, but when he got within wig-wagging
distance he learned that Potter Aikens and
Anna Smith were exceeding the speed limit
on both conversation and actions. The ar
resting officer reported Aikens tore moat of
the women's olothes off. Both parties were
arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace
by fighting.
The prisoners pleaded not guilty when
arraigned in police court Friday morning.
The case will be heard Saturday morning.
Miss Smith declared Aiken to be a bold,
bad man and that .thrice did he spoil the
symmetry of her garments by making in
cisions not in accord with the fashion
book.
Edward Shea waa sentenced twenty-five
days by the police Judge Friday morning
tor lifting a pair of trousers from a counter
at the Berg-Swanaonstore. A. Johnson, a
clerk of the store, testlfled he suspected
Shea of the theft and offered to measure
the man for a pair of trousers, Juat for a
ruse, the result being Johnson found the
trousers hid beneath Shea's coat.
After treading the prtmrose path for two
weeks Boston Green appeared in police
court Friday morning on the charge of hav
ing slipped from the water cart.
Court Sergeant Whalen recommended that
Mr. Green be released on probation. The
court acted on the recommendation.
During the two werks Colonel Green ab
sented himself from the police station hia
business affairs went to pieces. He Is now
busy answering an accumulation of mall
received at the station.
evidence everywhere in the lecture room.
The patronage was very good and It is
estimated that about $75.00 was cleared by
the whole undertaking.
ells Mora of Cbamserlala's Coach
Remedy Than All Others
Pat Together.
The following letter from a locality wbert
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is well known
shows by the unprecedented demand for it
that the medicine sells on Its own merit.
Mr. Thomss George, a merchant at Mt. El
gin, Ontario, says: "I have had the local
agency for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
ever' since it was introduced into Canada,
and I sell as much of It as I do all other
lines I have on my shelves put together. Of
the many dosens sold under guarantee, I
have not had one bottle returned. I can
personally recommend this medicine, as I
have used it myself and glvep It to my
children and always with the beat results."
feuatrbea Woman's Handbag;.
Some unidentified man snatched a hand
bag from Miss Carrie Meyer, 618 South
Twenty-fifth avenue, at 7:65 lust nlRht. She
was returning home after her day's work
and as she was passing Seventeenth and
Davenport a man camo rapidly up behind
her. As he passed he snatched the hand
bag and ran away with it. Miss Meyer
said the pockelbook contained money, but
that the loss was not great. She only
reported to the police In hopes that t lie
sneik thief might be punished as he deserved.
Horribly Baroed
was C. Rlvenbark of Norfolk, Va., but
Burklen'a Arnica Salvs healed his bums
without a scar Heals eta, too. tie. For
aale by Sherman A McConnell Drug Co.
Oriental pearl rings. Edholm. Jeweler.
Ceaareaatloaal (hires Basar.
A most successful basar and entertain
ment whs given by the Sunday school of
the First Congregational church on Friday
evening for the benefit of foreign missions.
The entertainment consisted of tableaux
Illustrating popular and well known char
acters ot fairllifti- books, rlooiha at -which
bitc-a-U.-'.e va on ssle. well r,a relrh-
4 lueuts and other good luiitge. were in
UNION PACIFIC TAX HEARING
Witnsisii Summoned by tht Company
Prove Good for the State.
.I0W VALUATIONS WERE FINALLY REACHED
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Burglars entered the room of H. Engelke,
Zia ttoutn inirteenin street, ana stole -'..
Charles Brown has secured a permit to
erect a brick building at lolo Dodge street
to cost xw.
Almcda Nelson has been granted a decree
of divorce from Ernest Nelson, on the
ground of failure to support.
The women of the First Methodist En's
copal church will give a chicken pio dinner
today from 11:S0 to 130 at the Young Men's
Christian association rooms.
The demurrur of City Treasurer Henninss
to the bill of John T. Outliers to prevent
the consolidation of city and county treas
uries will be heard by Judge Bears Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock.
Three boxes of cigars and U have been
reported to the police as stolen from the
grocery store of M. Rubenovlls, Sixteenth
and Ugden streets, Thursday nlgnt. Tlie
thieves broke In at the rear of the store.-
While trying to sell a rasor to David Dia
mond. 113 Farnam street, a stranger
grabbod Mr. Diamond's purse, containing
frta. and ran Aay. Mr. Diamond said lis
watched the stranger run until he was out
of sight and then telephoned the police
station.
Bert Schloemllrh, who has been in vari
ous lodging houses of the city for several
months puat. was arrested laat night by
Ofllcer Shields. He is charged with robbing
the saloon of Charles Krber at Tenth and
Douglas streets lust week. He had been
employed by Neber as a bartender.
Judge Day and a jury were occupied try
ing the case against Charles Schneer. ac
cused of having been engaged in the holdup
of Fred Lutlie. when ti and a watch were
taken from him. The jury brought in a
v. rdict of guilty. Schaeer's partner. A. C.
Williams, was convicted by a Jury last
week.
Judj,' Kennedy has directed a verdict for
the defendant iu the case wherein Ludwlg
Lanrton is plaintiff and the Illinois Central
Railroad company defendant. The court
found that, as the trs'ioiopy "stood, there
was no i-ase made against the company.
The suit as for ti.'Mi fur Hit killing of a
hoy who . plaving on or about a trestle
bndgs of ilia railroad.
Bx-Laad Commissioner Follmer Tells
of Tronble the State Board
Took to Fix oa the Kail
road Figures.
In the Union Pacific tax hearing Friday
morning two of the three witnesses for
the railroad failed to make good, in so tar
as the interests of ths railroad is con
cerned. These two were Qeorge D. Foll
mer, (ormer land commissioner, who was
a member of the Board of Assessment
which assessed the railroad property in
1904, and the other was George II. Gibsou.
county clerk of Sherman county. The third
witness was E. M. Searle, father of Auditor
Searle of Keith county.
Mr. Searle testified that all of the real
estate in Keith county had been assessed
on a basis below the actual value of the
land. The good land, he said, had been as
sessed at ' about 75 per cent of its value
and the poor lands at about 60 per cent.
On cross-examination ha admitted his own
lands were assessed at about CO per cent
of their actual value, and when asked by
the attorney general for other Instances
where land had been undervalued he men
tioned the name of H. L. Gould and then
added that all land had been undervalued.
Action of Assessment Board.
Former State Land Commissioner Follmer,
while admitting that Governor Mickey bad
volunteered the Information to other mem
bers of the board that the aggregate as-
, sessment of the state would reach (400,000.
The Grover Graham
Dyspepsia Remedy
This truly wonderful preparation
possesses such remarkable properties
for the correction of all forms of Stom
ach Disorder that the cures effected
by it have, in some instances, been al
most miraculous. Messrs. Sherman
& McConnell, Druggists, in Omaha, are
prepared to Issue, upon request, some
Uterature, which tells all about the
GROVER GRAHAM DYSPEPSIA
REMEDY, free of charge.
The "VERDICT," a Journal devoted
to the eradication and cure of all
forms of Stomach Disorder, is dis
tributed free to all who are Interested.
If you are suffering from any form
of Stomach Disorder, Dyspepsia, Heart
burn, Gastritis, Ulceration of the
Stomach, or any form of disease aris
ing from an Impaired digestive sys
tem, try a bottle of the GROVER
GRAHAM DYSPEPSIA REMEDY,
which Is sold to you with the positive
assurance that the very first dose will
remove all distress, and the most
cL;c?l? cii ts uufcW cari In :.
short time. Sherman A McConnell,
Agents, Druggists, Omaha, Neb. .
000, stood by the findings of the board. The
board had not considered any other class of
property, he said, while assessing the rail
roads, and on this property be said the
board had adopted no particular system In
arriving at its value, but had used every
particle of information It could secure to
arrive at a Just decision, and he believed
the board had done that. Mr. Follmer re
fused to say that the stocks and bonds
theory or the net earnings theory had been
the one by which the board reached its
conclusions, but that these two systems
had been used in conjunction with other
factors, the proper deductions being made
for stocks and bonds owned in other com
panies. Sherman Coaaty Practice.
The testimony of George H. Gibson, who
is now serving his fourth term as county
clerk of Sherman county, revealed a pe
culiar state of affairs in that county in the
matter of assessing property. While Mr.
Gibson was emphatic in his declarations
that land had been assessed too low, he
admitted upon cross-examination that one
township had been assessed outrageously
high, and the three higher than they should
have been. Nine townships, he said, bad
been assessed too low,
"You were a member of the County Board
of Equalisation," ssid Attorney Genera
Browu, "did you vote for this low assets
ment?"
"No, sir, I did not," retorted the county
clerk hotly. "I said either raise the other
townships or reduce the four. The board
refused to do that because the members
claimed I would not have time to summon
the parties In to testify, so the assessment
stood. We did our business under the dic
tation of W. R. Mcllor, who secured the
reduction ot his own property and that of
his friends, and the records show that the
Mellor plan was used all through the as
sessment." "The state board Increased your asses i
ment, did it not?" asked the attorney gen
eral. "Yes. sir, 1 per cent.".
Disposing; ot the Increase.
"Did you spread that Increase over .the
records of your county?"
"No, sir, I did not. The law required me
to do that, but I thought it waa not neces
sary, so we just increased the levy."
"How is the land in your county assessed
when compared with the assessment of
railroad property?" asked the attorney gen
eral. "Land is assessed hrgh enough when com
pared with ths railroads. Yes, sir, It Is.
The railroads are not assessed near high
enough."
John X. Baldwin had bo wore questions
to ask ths wltnesr
AVENUE OF HIDE0US SIGNS
Enormity of the Offenses Committed
Agalast Travelers by Billboard
Adrertlslag.
On a recent Journey to and fro on one of
the chief railroad lines between New York
and Philadelphia we were more deeply and
painfully Impressed than ever before with
the extent and enormity of the offenses
committed against the traveling public by
billboard advertisers. To a traveler on a
fast moving train It appears as If the road
between the two points named, except for
short spaces in cities and towns, was lit
erally through one long avenue of whisky,
plU and liver cure advertisements; one long-drawn-out
invitation to buy somothlng for
pains which he never had, or to Invest In
wares of which he has no need. Bargains
in suspenders shriek at him from every
fence, and chances of a lifetime in mat
tresses and kitchen utensils are dinned in
his ears from every wayside barn and shed.
The rocks remind him ot the miseries of
indigestion and the trees hint at the woes
of backache and bunlona. In meadow, wood
and. field It is the same obtrusive, hideous,
exasperating show of things that, for the
most part, one would like to forget or get
away from on a railway journey.
Nothing la spared, no object in nature I
too beautiful and attractive to escape the
daubs of the brush or the hammer and
nails of the billboard man. Natural scenery
that would otherwise be refreshing and in
viting to a traveler escaping for a few
hours from the hot pavements and brick
walls of the city is almost eclipsed front
his view by seemingly endless stretches of
garish and obnoxious signs. Some mis
creant bolder than the others has gone
ilong the particular line In question re
ently and tacked up his signs on every
-ayside tree, so that noble elms and
hapely maples are put to the Indignity of
xtolling the merits ot wretched nostrums
of every name and nature. Surely some re
lief ought to be obtainable from these
shameless and outrageous lnvssions of the
billboard vandals upon the rights of the
traveling public. That the public has rights
In matters of this kind there can be no
question. The courts have so decided in
numberless cases where ordinsnces have
been passed by cities and towns regulating
and restricting the business of public ad
vertising. The defacement of natural
scenery by obtrusive and hideous Sinn
boards should not only be prohibited in the
Interests of aestheticlsm and refined taste,
but on the still more practical grounds that
such exhibitions are a positive damage to
property values and to the material com
ort and general welfare of the public.
Dr. B. W. Hall, Bennington; W. F. Black.
W. W. Morris, Albion.
Brigadier General T. 3. Wlnt, command
ing tha Department of the Missouri, baa
returned from an official visit to St. Louie.
James Stirling und Thomas Thompson of
Wyoming nre registered ttt the Arcade.
They are both heavy shipper ot stock
from the western ranges.
Dr. J. C. Agoe, Valley; Q. L. Bhumway,
Scott's Bluff; John Petrle, Lincoln; ,W. H.
Clemmons, Fremont; H. V. Klesen, Bea
trice, are evening arrivals at the Paxton.
F. E. Lynch, Lincoln; C. C. McNlah and
Wife, Fremont; 8. P. Yoho, Lincoln; R, A.
Davis, Gibbon; J. H. Davenport and wife.
Lincoln, are to be found at the Millard.
O. A. Chapman. Valentine; W. A. Smith,
Nelson; P. E. Taylor. Tekamah; Dr. A. E.
Ingdnn, Paplllion; C. A. Ibsen, and D. C.
Woodring, Lincoln, may be found at the
Murrnr.
Pocket Books and
Hand Bags Get
Cheaper Each Day....
We are showing in our Big Window
several hundred styles of rocket
Books from which you may choose at
a price gradually growing less as fol
lows: ,
Your choice Dec. Oth for. .... .$l.SO
Your choice I . 10th for $1.40
Your choice lec. 11th fur. .... .91.30
Your choice I . 12th for. . . , . .$1.20
Your choice Dec. 13th for. .... .91.10
Your choice Dec. 14th for. .... .91-00
Your choice Dec. 15th for. .OOt;
Come early and you'll get a shop
ping Bag, worth from $3.00 to 15.00,
for $l.f0 or 91.10.
SHERMAN & McCOHHELL
DRUG COMPANY.
t'orner (Sixteenth and Dodge, Omaha.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
F. Q Kinney of Bloomfield la a guest at
the Murray.
K. J. Browne, Norfolk, and J. B. McDon
ald, Lincoln, are guests st the Henahaw.
Harvey Chllcoat. Orvllle Allen. Howolla;
Charles Houston and wife, Plalnvlew, are
at Jhe Arcadu. . ,
At the Her Grand A. M. Mosher, Lin
coln: A. M. Morrinscy, Valentine; and H.
V. Thomas ot Genoa.
Nebraakans at the Merchants' T. J.
P.Iiu.mi'eid. F. McKill. Uncoln; Ed. H.
Ees. O'Neill; A. H. Miller, Culbertsou,
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