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Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1005.
I Pira,a:Dal hinstaas fiffte at SpeSaD Piroees j
Smyrna
LADIES' PATTERN HATS AT $2.50
ALL THE ORIGINAL WINTER MODELS from MME. OLG A, 5th Ave. , N. Y.
The Hats Worth up to $12 and $15
Mora than 200 of the roost beautiful and ex
clusive Pattern Hats ever seen outside of New
York. The fashionable winter models are the
choicest designs of Mme. Olga, the renowned
Fifth avenue designer. Beautiful evening
hats, dress hats and dressy promenade hats
of the highest character very latest winter
style features. A wonderful holiday sale
These Elegant WINTER.
PATTERN HATS re
worth from 8.50 up to $15
-34 floor SATURDAY at
2
I $2 and $3 CLOCKS ad 98c
I ni cat n A Til I in M. SATURDAY
4 All guaranteed to keep perfect time for one year made by Western
(LIOCK UO. some goia CIOCKS iner iu mi iiu
lshes with fancy flowers, etc. a number of
alarm clocks made to retail at $2 to $3 In
Jewelry department Annex 8 to 10 only, at each.
RUGS MAKE FINE GIFTS
Every housekeeper Is delighted to receive a nice
rug for Christmas.
FINK AXMIXSTKR RUS
27x00 sfze, $2.50. 3Cx7E size. 93.98.
HANDSOME WILTON HUGS
27x54 size, $8.98. 36x63 size, 9A.98.
. HIOH GRADE SMYRNA RIGS.
30x60 size, 92.50. 36x72 size, 3.B0
Artloom Couch Covers. Etc.
Artloom Couch Covers. 0 inches wide, I yards
lone worth $7.0, at
Artloom Table Covsrs i yards square all colors,
worth 1160, at
Artloom Table Covers Oriental patterns,
at ;
4.50
1.98
,.2.98. EES
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TO THE LATE SHOPPEft
Ihe Brandos store, with its per
feet organization and its immense
holiday stocks, it ready to give you every possible help in your Christmas buying. To
assist those who have been unable to shop at their leisure we have specially prepared this
advertisement, filling it with special bargains in practical gifts which can be quickly and
easily selected- Please come early in the morning if you can. : : : : : : :
FUR SCARFS
ARE PRACTICAL GIFTS THAT
WILL DELIGHT ANY WOMAN.
All these furs are good, well chosen
furs the best fur values this house
ever offered 6eeond floor.
adles' good fur scarfs, a splendid variety, QQ
at ZOC
adles' long and short fur scarfs, speclnl f QQ
bargains, at l.U
Ladles' fine fur scarfs, all popular and choice furs,
at
Ladles' excellent grade long and short fur scarfs,
at
LADIES' GENUINE ERMINE LADIES' EXTRA FINE BEAVER
SCARFS 85 up 2450 SCARFS,
LADIES' GENUINE CHINCHII- LADIES'
LA SCARFS HfiCuDlTfn LAMB
2.98
3.98
.998.1250
GENUINE PERSIAN
1 yf ftj up E 1 CI LAMB nqa OCA
at If" tot?!. SCARFS, at J".g,""
98cl50 ?S9 .'K.C. . . . 12.50 up to $19
CHILDREN" 2-PIECE FUR SETS
pretty gifts
at
Ladies Silk and
Lace Waists
Made In the swellest fashion
stunning evening and dress
waists special values at
3.98-4.981S14.85
Children's Cloaks for Christ
Children's Dresses, all ages, at
98c, l50, I98 S 998
Ladies Elegant
OPERA COATS
at Half Price
Ladles' Elegant $76 T COO
Opera Coats, at tJD
Ladies' Stunning $65 'Z'JSQ
Opera Coats, at J
Ladles' Handsome $150 1 I SO
Opera Coats, at.
All Our Ladies' Evening
Dresses and Costumes at Jl'ST
HALF PRICK.
LADIES'
BATH ROBES
and
Lounging Robes
These comfortable robes are
made of fancy blanket cloths
and warm eiderdown an
acceptable gift for any wo
man priced specially at
298.398.498
CLOSING OUT ALL THE TOYS
Saturday we clear away oar entire stock of toy?. We
start every year with a brand new stock and never show any
carried over toys.
All theOdds and Ends of Fine Toys Will Be
Sold Saturday at Half Our Former Prices
The balniiee of our stock of drums divided into
two lots:
All drums that were ")0( 7."h' and 8(V. at, each. .250
All drums that were Utfo, $1.50 and $2, at, each.50o
r-1 .11 Tnv Ctrtt-oa 1 hat an1 A t mm ft 9r UD tO
namuir ui mi vui ', - v' - -
$6 Including toy gas and alcohol ranges, at half former prices
ABC. and building
Entire stock of fancy calendars.
each, at 10c each.
Ralance of our boxed games and
blocks at half former prices.
50c
Balance or our ent ire
sto:k of Iron Toys,
Fire Enjines, Hook &
Ladders, etc., at Just
Half Form : r Prices.
All lots of tovs too small to advertise will be closet! out in a
hurry Saturday at JUST HALF OUR FORMER PRICES.
10 Bargain Squares of Handkerchiefs
All kinds of Christmas Handkerchiefs for ladles, men and children sheer all
linen, silk, embroidered and lucu f Ift. I j)C uPClJi
ertged-lnitlaled and box hnndker- " C-I II C 1 J C-. D C to JOW
k chiefs, worth up to J2. at
I ladles' Ctirlstmos Kid (loves-eho Icest street and $1.00 tO 2.50
I evening shades. regular department, at per pair 14 ' "
FINE SHOES
For Christmas Wear
Ladies' High Quality Shoes Finest goods of dress? patent
leather, soft colt, gun metals,
etc. remarkably good values,
at
Men's Dress Shoes for holiday and dress wear
best grades of patent leathers, calfskin,
colukin, etc. at
2.50
2.50
O'BRIEN GIVES UP SECRETS
Democratic Councilman DiTulgsi What
, ( labaujb laid to Him.
HEARING OVER ORDINANCE IS BtCUN
ftay Ueaeral M(tr Asked Him to
Vote Aaralnst Twear-Klsht.
Uollar Proposition, bat
He Kefased.
Councilman Pave O'Brion was the first
witness called In tha proceedlns before
Judge Button to enjoin the elty from mak
ing a contract for five years with the
Omaha Ga company for t3) per lamp per
year, lie . told of the talks he had with
Oeneral Manager. Clabaugh of tha gas
uotnpany . preceding consideration of the
various ordinances relating to the making
uf a new contract, lie sold:
"About four weeks before the first intro
duction of the ordinance Mr. Clabaugh
came to my office. He said they had
f three bids for 122. for 13 and for I3. I
told him I would vote for the 125 bid, but
would not vote for the others. He said
the company did not want the $23 contract.
He said: 'O'Brien, I am up against it. I
have always done this work before and
Murphy has got the credit. 1 want it my
self this time, and I want you to help me,
oeuause my position depends upon it.'
Dlvalaree More Secrets.
"I want to say that Mr. Cla
baugh had put me under oath
uu an occasion when he called at my of
tice. He then told me he was going to
make the councllmen who voted for his or
dinance the most popular men in Omaha,
because the company was going to grant a
'reduction to private consumers. I told
him the reduction would be Juat as good
lHforc the pasange of the ordinance as
afterward and refused to pledge myself,
letter I met some of the council members
who knew the same thing Clabaugh told
lie. It was common street talk. I then
called Mr. Clabaugh by 'phone and told
him I felt at liberty to use what he had
told me as I saw fit and that I would not
be any longer bound by my pledge to
him." '
Of the election of Charles S. Dyball to
the council witness was led by questions
of Mr. Giller to tell what he knew. He
said Mr. Clabaugh hnd pleaded with him to
vote for C. S. Dyball because It was tho
dying request of "Billy" Dyball to have his
brother succeed him.
Merer Heard of It.
"There was no one closer to Councilman
Dyball as a friend thun myself," said wit
ness. "The Sunday before he died I spent
an hour with him. He never mentioned
the matter to me at all. I understood aft
erward that Mr. Clabaugh had his resig
nation, accompanied by a wish that his
brother should succeed him, but I told Mr.
Clabaugh I could not accede to his re
quest, as 1 represented the democrats in
the council and did not want to set a precedent."
This testimony was all admitted against
the continual protests of Mr. Connell. Thw
court admitted it on Mr. dlHer's state
ment that It was all directed to the alle
gation of a conspiracy. Witness also said
Councllmen Back, Huntington, Evans and
Schroeder had pleuded with him to vote for
Mr. Dyball, but In vain.
Mr. Connell objected to the Introduction
of any testimony. He set up that the pe
tition did not state a cause of action and
that plainlifT, T. W. Blackburn, was not
entitled either to a temporary or perma
nent Injunction.
Court Overrules Objection.
The court overruled counsel's objection,
as he did many others, allowing the objec
tion only where the questions asked by
Mr. Giller were clearly leading or Improper.
Judge Sutton said the present hearing
is only preliminary anyway, and the evi
dence will be sifted out. It will not go to
the supreme court unless the parties agree.
Preliminary questions to Councilman
O'Brien related to the introduction and
references of the various gas ordinances,
and particularly to the famous morning
meeting of October 11, when the mayor
called policemen to the doors of the council
chamber to keep the minority members
from breaking a quorum. ,
Witness said the committee report on the
$2$ ordinance was neither adopted or re
jected, that . Councilman Huntington put
the motion on adoption after the city at
torney had advised against any action,
that no one voted In the negative, but that
the city clerk, directed by Mr. Connell, or
urged by him, had declared "five votes In
the affirmative; the, ordlnnnuu Is passed and
Its title agreed to."
"The ordinance was then rushed over to
the niavor," said witness, "and he at onc
signed, and returned It to tho clerk, with
the contract and bond, similarly signed."
He said no member of the council hud en
opportunity to read the ordinance, and
that the president of the council, Mr. Zlm
inan, had not signed It.
Hoy on the Stand.
Councilman Fred II. Hoye followed
O'Brien. Questions brought out the fol
lowing testimony:
"I had three conversations wivh Mr.
Clabaugh of the gas company. On each
occasion the word was brought to me by
Councllmen Huntington and Dyball that
Mr. Clabaugh desired to see me, to talk
over the proposed gas contract. On the
first occasion I told him 1 was against
the I2S ordinance, but would support the
$2S contract, providing for sixty-candle
power lights. Mr. Clabaugh told me the
company could not afford to supply lights
at that figure, because it hnd to pay a
royalty of J7.50 or f$ to the Welsbach com
pany. "At the time of the second conversation
I was a candidate for the nomination for
sheriff. Mr. Clabaugh told me If 1 would
support the ordinance I would have the
company's support In a political way to
secure the nomination and election, und
that the company would contribute to my
campaign. I cannot say Just what was
meant by contribute. 1 was ulso told by
Mr. Clabaugh that Tony Donohoe was put
In the race for sheriff by one of the com
pany's men, Mr. Kierslead. and that If I
would support the ordinance they would
pull him off and let me have a free Acid
against Mr. McDonald."
Asked the question, "What relation do
you understand Mr. Klerstead bears to the
gas company?" Mr. Hoye replied:
"Only as a kind of lobbyist, I take It."
( Did ot0anKe Mind.
"At the third conversation," said Mr.
Hoye, "Mr. Clabaugh asked me if I had
changed my mind about the gas contract.
I told lilm I hnd not in the least. He
then said the company was going to make
u cut to private consumers and would let
the councllmen take the credit. He said
this would help me in my campaign. I
told him I would vote for the (28 contract
If tho cuts were Incorporated In the ordi
nance In a business wjiy, so that the com
pany would be bound. Mr. Clabaugh would
not agree to that, l)tit I afterward had an
ordinance drawn with that provision In It.
It was read and referred, but never passed.
"I had several talks with Councllmen
Huntington and Dyball on the (28 proposi
tion, which they urged me to support.
They and the company would then help
my candidacy they said they would do
what they could for me anyway. I told
them 1 would not support the ordinance
even for a nomination and election. They
suggested I make my ordinance proposition
to Mr. Clabaugh, which I have already
told of that I introduced."
On the Dyball resignation. Mr. Hoye said,
Huntington hud told him Clabaugh had the
resignation.
.AsHlNtant City Attorney Herdman ' was
unexpectedly called to the stand by Messrs.
Weaver and Giller for the plaintiff. He
j was taken all over the scenes and Incidents
of the meeting of the council on the morn
ing of October 11.
stolen In box lots. Nearly all of the plun
der was recovered In pawnshops. On one
of the boxes were found bloody imprints of
a thumb and fore-tlnger, the theory being
the man who broke the window at tho no
tion store made the Impression on the box.
The case may be one where "blood will
tell." Detectives are working on the case,
and Sullivan's finger Impressions, together
with those on the box, may be sent to
Chicago for examination by exports.
Narrow Kseape.
from poisoning, caused by constipation, had
Mrs. Young. Clay City, N. Y. Dr. King s
New IJfe Pills cured her. 2io. For sale by
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.
WATCHES. Frenier. 16th and Dodge.
Holidnr nates.
The Erie Railroad, ihe Picturesque Trunk
I.lne of America, announces special holi
day rates over Its lino from Chicago De
cember 23. 24, Vi. 30, 31st and January 1, to
Columbus, O. : Akron, O. ; Youngstown, O. ;
Jamestown, N. Y. ; Salamanca, N. Y. ; Buf
falo. N. Y., and local stations. Apply to
your local ticket agent, or J. A. Dolan,
T. P. A., Railway Exchange Bldg., Chicago.
DIAMOND8. Frenzer, I5th and Dodge.
JUDGES HOLD STAR CHAMBER i at t,,e samP '"P-Un' of w" wl,h
Four of Keren Map Oat rrosrrnin for
the Venr, Redlrk and Dr.y '
Eirhisglng.
A rumor about the court house Is to the
effect that the program for the meeting of
the district judges January 1 Is already
mapped out. Gossip has It that four ot
the seven Judge", namely. Judges Day,
Kennedy, Estello and Redlck, have gotten
together without consulting the other three
Judges, who will be in the minority, and
lrave decided that only two changes shall
be made In the assignment ot the dockets.
Accordingly Judges Redlck and Day wl!l
exchange places, giving Judge Redick the
criminal docket and Judge Day a law
docket, and Judges Soars and Kennedy will
exchange, giving Sears a law docket and
Kennedy an equity docket.
I .ant year Judge Redlck announced he
would under no consideration want to have
charge of the criminal division at any time
during his term on the bench, but he Is
said to have been persuaded to reverse
himself by friend who want him where he
will have direction of a grand Jury in case
It is called. The same program contem
plates the Issue of a call for a grand Jury
matters affecting the public welfare. The
talk of abolishing one of the equity dockets
and Increasing the number of law dockets
has largely subsided.
Croon.
Not a minute should be 'iri when a
child shows symptoms of croup. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as
the child becomes hoarse, or even aftsr
the croupy cough appears, will prevent the
attack. Jt never falls and Is pleasant and
safe to take.
Safety. Speed and Comfort
Are the watchwords of the New York Cen
tral lines and that they are made good
is sufficient reason for the popularity of
that Great Railway System of Lines.
Location of Wr Vessels.
The permanent naval recruiting station at
the federal building has Just begun to re
ceive dallv bulletins from the Navy depart
ment giving the dally location of all ships
of the Cnlted States navy in every port of
the world. The Information will prove Inter
esting and valuable to relatives and friends
of thoce now In the naval service, and Is
accessible to all who 111.1v be Interested in
the movements of t'ncle Sam's warships. .
Full dress studs, Edholm, Jeweler.
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If you will eat more
you can do more work, enabling you to earn
more money, so that you can buy more
Uneeda Biscuit
do more work and earn still more money.
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NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
MAN DROWNS JN OLD WELL
Kelson t. Hansen, Cobbler on North
Tmenty-fonrlh Street, Takes
II U Own Life.
Nelson C. Hansen,' a cobbler, with shop
and living apartments at 1703 North Twenty-fourth
street, was found dead at the
bottom of an old well at the rear of th)
above number Friday morning by Block
Watchman ijiwr.-nce Jasperson. The In
dl.ationa Were Hansen took his life while
In a lit of temporary Incanlty. He was 45 I
years of age and left n wife and 18-months- I
oid daughter. The body is at the morgue,
where an iuquesi will he held. j
Mrs. Hansen was unable to aaalgn any
direct cause for the act, but slated her
husband was drinking more or less for
several days and took several napaon a
sofa before he hurried out of his shop
about 2:30 Thurso. y afternoon and went
to the rear of the building, where the well
is situated. At that time the wife had
some misgivings, but when she suggested
to neighbors that her husband might have
Jumped Into the well her friends scouted
the Idea and reassured her by saying
Hansen would return soon. With the hops
the man would return she walked the. floors :
of tier rooms with her baby all nlgn and ;
at daybreak confided her suspicions again j
to Watchman Jasperson, who secured a 1
hook and rope, discovered the body In the
well and immediately notified the police.
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GREEN TRADING STAMPS ySSS CASH OR CREDIT
CASE WHERE BLOOD WILL TELL
t.ood Chanei
tf stent
to Try Fingerprint
f Identiacatlon
a Prisoner.
A case where the finger-print system of
Identification of criminals could have been
used developed at the police station Friday
morning when Detectives Donohoe. licit
feld, Davis and Mitchell arrested twenty
five suspicious characters. In the bunch
j was James Sullivan, alias Baker, of Des
I Moines, known more or less to the police.
I The thumb and fore-flnger of one of flul
, livsn's hands showed several fresh
! scratches, which may prove a clue to the
I robbery of the Damon-Kolh Notion com
pany's store, lltj Harney street, Wednes
day night, when worth of notions eeie
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You Need No
Money
To buy a Suit or Overcoat of us.
Ftrp in and pick out what you
wish from our immense clothing
stock, pay a small payment down
and balance at
$1.00 A WEEK
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SUGGESTIONS FOR
XMAS GIFTS:
Mufflers, all silk square and C fir
Oxford shapes, tl .60 and.
Bilk Initial Handkerchief OC,
at -
Fancy Handkerchiefs, 50c OS.
and -L,L'
Linen and Cambric Handkrr-er)c
chiefs, In box, worth U. at...-'v'w
Anything you wish In the furnish
ing line.
MEN'S NECKTIE BALE
Men's All-Silk Four-ln-Hand - IE
worth 60c, at w
Watches
FOR CHRISTMAS
Come In and Get Our Prices
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We have only the highest giads
movements and cases, via:
ELGIN and W ALTM Afl MOVE
MENTS, Boss, Ducber, Hamp
den, 20-Year Cases.
Prices as cheap as cash JeweHsrs on
$1 00 WEEKLY PAYMENTS
Dress Up
For
Christmas
$1 a Week
Will Do.
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WATCHES ON
CREOIT FOR
XMAS. Our
Prices Will Com
pare Favorably
With Any Cash
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