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Omaha Daily EDITORIAL SECTION. ; Pagjs 1 ti 8. Qc-ea Into th Horn THE OMAHA DEE Best tft West ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1905. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. I HE Bee A WKATIIKIt FOItKCAST SaUinlay; l air, Warmer. IT MM & m GREEN TRADJN3 STAMPS EVERY TIME NEW SPRING MILLINERY DUCHESS SATIN SHAPES, worth to $2.00 each, nZ Saturday, for J BIG CLEARING SALE OF WINTER HATS -NOTHING RESERVED LOT 1 All Pattern Hats worth up to $15.00 V go at ' LOT 2 Your choice of our fine Trimmed and Tail ored I fats, worth up to $8.50, at LOT 3-All Hats worth up to go at Irv the Dry Goods Saturday HOSIERY SALE SATURDAY LndieH and children's extra quality wcolen, fleece lined and plain Mafo hose, every pair warranted C fast dye. worth to o'lo a pair, Saturday, a pair, nt J t CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR CHEAP Fifty dozen boys' and girl's fleece lined shirts and drawers, sizes 18 to 30, told at 35c each. f C This enliro lot Saturday, a garment mJC CORSET SPECIAL French Coutille, straight front, short hip corsets in drab and white, colored: fancy embossed taped girdles, J Q regular 75c vitlue, Saturday, ench TfOC SATURDAY SPECIALS IN NECKWEAR Fine lawn, lace and embioid . ered Insertion choniiKettes, allovor lace chemisettes and stocks, fancy embroidered wash stocks, sfll; and lace trimmed stock all go Saturday, each, 5 Mo and . DC NECK RUCHINfiS The Ideal tourist wash neck ruches, jmt up Ave to a box, double and single tops, worth to 75c Saturday, - TP a box, 50c and JDC LADIES' KID !VE KPKCI.L--T?eynler's Lelia French Kid Gloves. glace flnifih. nev.' French stitching. "full line of popular shades, Saturday, a pair Every pair warranted and fitted. 1 I . . . ......... a . . roii)RED DRESS GUOIlS New anil color combinations in mohair and worstod weaves make splendid, dinahle dresses for school wear, skirts and waists, Cfl aflard, only 3UC RL4CK DRESS GOODS New shadow check Panamas, granites, mohairs, tiiuise, India twill serges, Sicilians, plain Panamas and mel- PA rso, worth 75c uud 80c yard, Saturday, a yard, only ?UC CO I FORTS LESS THAN COST Silkoline covered comforts, QQ filled with nico, fluffy cotton, worth $1.35, each, at JQC isflozen comforts,, covered with a Ining, filled with pure white cotton, worth $3.95, 1 i hr Saturday, each, only J ISIti M r.l I.1I1 NAIjE IlDIES' FLEECED WRAPPERS UIUI , . Ill UV 04-.K70 l " ' I i V '100 odd-waists for boys, In b'.ouso irom & 10 13 years, eacn An elegant Gingham apron for house t Ladles' Dressing Sacques and Kimonas, lar .oc ana use vaiuo on sale at Ladies' Outing Flannel Gowns, various styles, some plain and others rancy trimmed, all sizes nnd colors, twentj-flve cent values sale price PALM UN RECIPROCAL TAX Siyi All Cotof aniei Affected Ought to . , Withdraw From Slate. CITES NEED OF GOO ,H FRANCE IN OMAHA Takes with Juilcc l.etton. Who Hold' Insaranc la Not Commerce, Quoting federal Court I)f cUlon a Support. PuFtniaster H. E. Palmer of the insurance firm it H. E. Palmer, Son & Co. was asked Friday morning as to his views relative to the reciprocal tax law pertaining to insur ance , the constitutionality of which has just been' afflrim-d ny the Nebraska su preme court. He suld: "1 note Judge Letton n.iys the busline of Insurance 1h not commerce. He inherits , (hat l(la from an old decision of the su preme rouit, Paul against Virginia, made a quarter of a century ago. He in put aware, I presume, the I'r.ited States supreme court lias practically reverned Itself on fiat ques tion, and lately within the lust twelve months decided a cuse to the effect that Insurance Is commerce, und It certainly In interstate commerce und has bwn for years. Companies organized In New York are do ing, business In every state In the union. Our business people and our farmers, everybody Is compelled to buy Insurance, and largely from foreign corporations, for the reason that our capitalists have other channels for Investment, and, considering the experience of the last thirty or forty years, are not Inclined to invest In Insur ance stock. It la too hazardous an Invest ment for a profitable return. Beat for the Least. . 'The main proposition with us all and with everybody who buys fire Insurance is to get as good quality of Insurance a pos sible at the lowest price possi'Me. It stands to reason then that the companies should not be burdened with unjust taxation. The cost of doing business is charged up against the premium reeeipts of each and every state. If It la found the premiums are too little to meet the expense, rates are In creased and the burdYn falls upon the buyer of course. "This reciprocal tax business is not well understood. For Instunce Massachusetts has a law railing for 1 or 2 per cent straight tax upou foreign companies doing business In that state, Thts reciprocal tax. as It la called, la for the license foe and practically for the largest share of the burden of taxation for any company from a sister state that seeks to do business to Massa chusetts. Now', v have no companies or ganled in Nebraska that are asking to do business in Massachusetts or that care to titer the state; but Massachusetts has companies' here, and we are glad to have them because we nt4 them. Oris; I aa I Law of 1&T9. . "la ur original law of irs. cppled from the New' York and Wisconsin law. there la a reciprocal tax clause that was construed to meat It ahould not be applied except In cases' wbere. our companiea were corn Mailed to jm.y the tax. That would mean f ere oor' companiea had applied to do I Vises bi Uaasaohuaetta, for Instance. ITTIP 3 5.00 2.50 $5.00 1 A(l I.VU ...... .......... .a- pretty plaids ar.d checks, new designs flno quality of sateen, with silkoline J SEUIM) FUWIR. Plain and funcy trimmed, reg- M t KJU RUIU ttl , J and mother friend styles, f ltlv wear f p : uc all sizes and colors regu- ff JJ regular oifo dollar and 7 r t DC and had to pay this special fee that if no companies from Nebraska were affected by the law, then In that case, no tax should be levied on tho Massachusetts company doing business In Nebraska. So, for twenty-live years or more no attempt was made to enforce that clause In our original law. Tills, law, by the way, was -considered In the senate only four days and had but very llttlo consideration In the bouse. "Now, as a result of a new Interpreta tion of this law the state of Nebraska is going to levy a tax upon a few companies doing business In this state amounting to 137,000. Some of tho companies may, with draw In preference to' paying the tax. Every one of them ought to withdraw. It Is not generally understood by the peoplo of Nebraska that we have several largo r.ianufacturlng Interests here and com mercial Interests right here In Omaha that cunnot secure Insurance enough to yive them the protection they want, so there is a very great demand for good insurance companies. Ilreckenrldxe la Invincible. "It. W. BreckenrlJge of this city is now in Washington. I understand that Thurs day lib made an argument before a senate committee on the question of Insurance be ing Interstate commerce. I have read some points of his argument, which seems to be invincible. What the people need more than anything else is national control of Insurance companies thut they shall be controlled the same as national banks, sub jected to national laws no one cares how severe they may be, so there will be but one set of laws to govern these companies. "Today there are forty-eight different copies of Insurance laws to which the com panies ure subjected. There are forty eight states with a. full equipped corps of grafters to examine Insurance companiea at $u0 a- day per man and expenses. This graft has amounted in one year to over ti.tio.ooo. AVho bears the burden? The policy holders, the men who are investing in insurance, the men who are paying the premium for life insurance have their divi dends cut down by the fact that millions of dollars have to be paid to the different state organizations for 'state supervision, which give no protection to the policy hold ers or any Ix neHts whatever." Y. M. C. A. GETS PRESENT HOWE erurea Temporary Qaartera la Robr koagB Uulldlns latll Perma nent Plaeo la Erected. Secretary Wade of the Young Men's Christian association Friday morning closed a deal with Rohrbough Bros, for tempo rary quarters in the Omaha Commercial college building at Nineteenth and Farnaro streets, the occupancy to Le from March 1 until the new association building at Sev enteenth and Harney streets shall have been completed. Secretary Wade announced the association mill open up in the Hohr bough building promptly on March 1. This plan Mr. Wade N llevea will prove better than erecting the proputed temporary struc ture. The Young Men's Christian association will have three rooms on the first floor and the entire top floor 'on the college building for Its use. For Sunday meetings the Lyric theater will be used. whUo for evening ses sions additional rooms will be used ou tae Valentine Remembrances in Art Beautiful Mottoes and cute picture, neatly mndf la Passepartout. Ills-. 8A1.E PH1CR I"C Comic sayings in lenthe roue frames, easel bark for futtur, brother .or O In sweetheart. CAKE PRICK Hand painted Mottoes "My Symphony,' "Footpath to Peace," "A Tusk. etc. the greatest variety from the world's irrcatest- writers appropriate gift to mother, sister or sweetheart, Ifi.-. 8ALK PRICE OVC $1.00 value Cupid Pictures, framed in oval frames, brown tones, HALE ROr PRICK OVC $2.00 sale price Cupid Pictures in quartered oak oval frames, 22Hx2fi4, rich brown tones-Special Valentine f art Price I.OJ Wnfr Color Heads In oval 8x10 gold flumes, beautiful new subjects, sale price H:iturduy and Monday, 5QC PY ROGRAPH Y ' novelty' valentine ARTICLES. Weather Carved, ready for quick O'Xf burning 4SJV Valentine Heart Shaped Panels, the big eraze in New York and Chicago fir bale price picture framing double green traptvo stamps Saturday. Defiance Graniteware Perfectly Baked Enamel In A Pleasing Brown Tint Berlin Kettles, Tea Kettles, Coffee Pots, Pails, Dish Pans, Pudding Dishes, Mixing Bowls. Wash Basins, etc., Items worth up to (15c. SATURDAY MOKN IX(J, WHILE THEY LAST. . No exchanges made. Forty green trading stamps with gal vanized Wash Tub 72c, C8c and. . Twenty green trading stamps with galvanized Pail, 24c, 22c and Forty green trading stamps with any CoiTee Grinder up from Ten green trading stamps with extra good Scrub Brush Hardware Basement. Bennett's Great Meat Dept. IS OMAHA'S MOST RELIABLE MARKET. Part of our big list of specials for Saturday. CHICKENS. CHICKENS. Strictly fresh dressed Springs or Huns, pound ,110 Fresh dressed Roosters, heads and feet off. lb.... 8c Pork Shoulder Roast, per pound Cc Choice Beef Sirloin Roast, pound 10c Rolled Rib Roast (all bones out), at 10c Pot roast of chuck, from our choice native beef, 7c & 5c No 1 Lean Rib Boiling Beef 8 pounds for 25c Veal Shoulder Roast, 4 lbs. .25c Veal Stew, C lbs.. .25c : deijcATESSEX. Good Thing to Eat. A full line of all kinds of high grade sausages and cooked meats from Welsel & Co., Mil waukee; also a full line of Kosher sausage from David Berg & Co., Chicago. . HAM SALE. Swift's selected Premium Hams or S. & S. Beef Co's. selected Majestic Hams every ham guaranteed to be the best mild cured hams on the market, average 10 pounds each, on sale, at, a pound 12 c And thirty Green Trading Stamps with each ham. Your choice of Cudahy's Rex Ham, Swift's Winches ter or Morton-Gregson's Otoe Hams, a pound, at. .llc And thirty Green Trading Stamps with each ham. BACON Morrell's selected narrow strips Peacock Ba con, average 5 pounds a strip, at, a pound 15c And thirty Graen Trading Stamps with each strip. first and second floors. The three rooms on tho first floor will be used for office, reading and social room and a coat and supply room. The gymnasium on the top floor, which Is 1x32, will be divided so as to provide for a boy's department. Dress ing and bath rooms also will be provided. Secretary Wade hopes to occupy the base ment and gymnasium of the new building by September 1 and the entire building by January 1. SKILLFUL PIECE OF TRICKERY Counterfeit Silver Dollar Containing More Para Metal Than a (ienalst Coin. "See that sliver dollar?" remarked Cap tain John Webb, handing a sliver coin of that denomination to a reporter for The Bee for examination only. "Well, that dollar has exactly the right weight, is made of genuine silver, but is a counterfeit nevertheless. By comparing it with a law ful coin an ordinary individual would not detect its spuriousnes8. The stamping and milling is almost perfect, but by a closer examination you will detect it has a slightly dished appearance, wherein the genuine coin appears perfectly flat. This dished appearance is on both sides of the counterfeit.1 There is actually more silver In the coupterfelt coin than In the genuine, as the counterfeiters have not yet been able to produce an exact counterfeit of the alloy put In the genuine for coinage purposes. Possibly the .reason for the dished appearance of the counterfeit is that the die is struck while the metal is hot or warm, wherein the genuine coin Is struck by the dies while the metal Is cold. It Is not yet definitely known where these coins are made, but It is thought that they are manufactured In Mexico. Tl la individual coin was recov ered Thursday from n bank at Cpuncll Bluffs. I have not learned that any more of them are in circulation. There may be a number of them', but their spurlousness would not bo detected until they reached a bank and were handled by experts." Captain Webb recovered a counterfeit $20 gold piece from one of the Council Bluffs banks Thursday. The coin was found on the street by a boy and turned over to the bank. The coin evidently had been car ried as a pocket piece and was worn al most smooth, the die markings Just being barely discernible. The coin was of a poor quality of alloy of brass and nickel and had not apparently ever been put Into circulation. WARE MOTION NOT YET FILED Meanest for Xew Trial Mar Xot Be Mad for Two Weeke Mare. The motion for a new trial in the case of Rev. George U. Ware, recently con victed of conspiracy in -fraudulent land fil ing in Hooker county haa not yet been submitted to the United States district court. It was learned Thursday evening the probabilities are the motion may not be Mid for two weeks. In the meanwhile Dr. Ware Is still out under 15.000 bonds and Judgment is suspended until the de fendant's attifrneya And time to perfect lha motion for a new trial. INTERESTING CROCKERY ITEMS FOR. SATURDAY WK DID XOT SHOW TIIKSK GOODS IX. THK WINDOW, BIT THKY AHK K1XKK GOODS AND LOW Kit ritKKD THAN AXV WK HAVE YKT OKKKltKD. Plates, all sizes 10c Cups and Saucers (coffee or tea size) 10c Fruit Saucers, regular 10c for 5c Meat Platters 20c, 25c and up It's a lows to us but we need the room. 100-piece CHINA DINNER SETS, pretty sbape and pink decoration, complete dinner, break-. i QO fast and tea set, for Saturday r. ,l,JO SPECIAL DISCOUNT SALE OX OAS POUTABLES, HATIIIDAY. 23 PER CENT OFF HAND PA I XT ED C1I1XA. Cl'T GLASS AXD LAMPS. 21 Per Cent Off SATURDAY 25 Extra fine crystal Berry" or Frult twenty-five cent one, on sale a. m. Saturday, each 19c 54c I9c 35c 10c 10 Green Trading 10 Green Trading 10 Green Trading Julius Onsar, filled I'erfecto Ci-tar, 7 for , GO for Porto Rico long filled 80 for And 30 Green Trading i-tiw HILL TO BUILD IN MONTANA assaaaaaBBBBBBni Will Run Line of Burlington from Billing to Oieat Falls. FORMS JUNCTION WITh GREAT NORTHERN Road Will Traverse Rich Coal Lands, Opening; a Territory 'ot Kow Tapped by Any Other Railway. The Burlington will build during the coming summer from Billings north to Junction with the Great Northern at Great Falls. This will make a total of &Jo miles of new road which the Burlington is to build In Montana, and will traverse one of the richest and untouched portions of the state. It will open a large coal field j tooi ui urrai rails ana a gooa minion country In tho mountains. The Burlington already has acquired large tracts of valua ble coal lands and branches will be built from the main line into these deposits. It is said the contract for most of the w.-k has been let to the firm of Guthrie A Co. of St. Paul, which has sublet large por tions of the work. The road will traverse part of Yellowstone county, all of Fergus county and part of Cascade, county. The right-of-way is Just being secured In the section north of Billings and It Is thought this will be secured at a nominal cost, for every land owner In the section over which the road will traverse Is jubilant over the fact that a road? will be built. Most of the route is over the range country and (the recompense will be small evun if the owners desire pay at all. Harrlmaa Into Paehlo. Colorado Springs is all worked up over the prospects of the I'nion Pacific building from Kit Carson to Pueblo. This would i give the Harrlman lines an entrance Into j Pueblo as well as an eastern outlet for i the proposed Arizona and Colorado line, a j subsidiary of the Southern Pacific, which it is planned to extend from Salt Lake City to Durango. where the new coal llelds were recently bought by Mr. Harrlman. Colo rado Springs is of sufficient size that the builders might well afford to diverge a trifle to include that town on the new ; line. The Union Paclnc would then secure a direct connection with tho Cripple Creek district as well as with Puobhj, the most important freight point In Colorado. Thla would, also put the summer resorts on a Harrlman line and be an incentive to tour ists' travel. Harrlman also la building feeders in Cali fornia. At the aame time he is trying to prevent J. J. Hill from building into Port land, along the north bank of the Columbia river, and also making a desperate fight to prevent George J. Gould's Western Pacific from getting the desirable terminals it ia after on the Oakland water front. To strengthen his position on the coast he haa authorized the construction of a line from a connection with the Mount Shasta line at Natron, Ore., easterly Into Oregon, aud also several branch lines In Oregon and California. These branches will aggregate about 400 miles and, including equipment, will coat about tUOuo.OOU. Part of lb Har Saturday Now ou Sale All the Knox special fine oxfords, gun black and tans and Doctor Packard's cushion sole kid lined, foot form, easy shoes T M $5.00 value, af Ladles' warm lined beaver top kid or ' calf foxed shoes, former prices iT f - $1.76 and $1.50, now at $g Ladles' velvet and felt house e "Uppers r"C Boys' storm calf Rock Oak Sole School Per Cent Off. ouuvs mai win give the ser vice, at Xew, . un-to-dnte Dorothy styles now on sale. Bowl, our'regular 10c BENNETT'S BIG GROCERY Our Saturday's list of money savers. Every Item guaranteed best values. 50 Green Trading Stamps with three pounds finest Java and Mocha Coffee $1.00 40 Green Trading Stamps with pound Tea, any klnd.68c SO Green Trading Stainpswith tw enty pounds best firanulated Sugar 91.00 10 Green Trading Stamps with pint bottle Diamond "S" Chill Sauce 25c Genuine Imported German Dills, dozen 20c 10 Green Trading Stamps with 3 pks. Uneeda Biscuits 15c 10 Green Trading Stamps with can Red Cross Cream. 10c CHEESE. CIIEKSKT CHEESE. 10 Green Trading stamps with lb. Red Cloud Canadian Cheese ; . . '. . . 20c 10 Green Trading Stamps "with jar Bayles After Din- ner Cheese 24c 10 Green Trading Stamps with pound finest Domes tic Swiss Cheese 22c Country Roll Butte'pcr-pound 18c Stamps with qt. Sour Pickles 10c jj Stamps with qt. Chow Chow 15c j Stamps with qt. Swoet Pickles. . . .20c f MLUri. MI.NtJfc.Mfc.AT fc Our pounds Hoc Saratoga Chips, 4-lb. sack, 5c. -lb. sack 10c Red Cross Evaporated Cream, made In Colorado, the best ever ten Green Trading Stamps with large can cream 10c 10 Green Trading Stamps with pound can Bennett's Capitol Baking Powder 24c 10 Green Trading Stamps with two cans Mount Kineo, Maine, Corn '. . 25c 10 Green Trading Stamps with two cans Little Dex ter Sifted Peas 25c 10 Green Trading Stamps with pound package Schepp's ' Cocoanut ' 25c 30c Gedney's Pickles, bottle .16c 12c Brockport Corn, can.. 8c 10c Gelatine, pkg. .5c 20c Columbia Catsup, pint pottle 1.2c E Z Stove Polish, can 5c WIGGLE STICK SPECIAL. 10 Green Trading Stamps with six 5c sticks Wiggle Stick Bluing 25c 10 Green Trading Stamps with three 10c sticks Wig gle Stick Bluing 25c WORCESTER SALT SPECIAL. 10 Green Trading Stamps with five pound sack Pure Table Salt I 10c 5 Green Trading Stamns with 2Va-lb, pure Table Salt. .5c JELL-O. 10 Green Trading Stamps with 3 pkgs., assorted. . . .25o 10 Green Trading Stamps with two packages lie Cream Jell-o 25c BENNETT'S CANDY SECTION. Saturday's special prico on Yankee Peanut This la u fresh made and simply delicious pound 10c f ' 10c Pound. 10c I'ound. SATURDAY IN CIGARS a Havana shape 5c ...2fi 11.60 Havana Clippings, hi lb ISo And 5 Green Trading Stamps. Black Bess, a good cigar for the money, B0 for 11.2a And 30 Green Trading Stamps. Clirars by the box, up from. 25c Pipes up from ..lc Stogies, J160 Stamps. rlman purchase last year of 204,000 tons of steel rails Is Intended for these lines. UNION OF THE CHURCHES Purpose of the Consjrearatl'inal. Prot eatant Methodist and lotted Brethren. ' Referring to the meeting at Dayton, O., of representatives of the Congregational, Protestant, Methodists and United Bretn ren cliurches.looklng to some sort of basis of union, Rev. L. O. Balrd; pastor of St. Mary'a Avenue Congregation church, said: "At the last national meetings of each of these churches delegates were appointed to meet In council and canvass the matter of a closer alliance of thet denominations and see what could be done as the moat feasible way of bringing into a practical working union these three churches. Union as one church la the ultimate purpose. The action of the council at Dayton will bv re ported back to tho national meetings of each of the churches represented, and then further steps will be taken. "The govern ment of these three chutches Is similar. The United Brethren, It Is true, has bish ops, while the other two have not, but aaido from that Is much the same aa the Congregational and Protestant Methodists. They all are democratio In form. The Protestunt Methodists are an offshoot from the Methodist KplscopaL They are strong est in the east, and the United Brethren haa Its greatest strength In Ohio, Illinois and Indiana "The whole thing ia merely another atep In that greater movement for obliteration of denominational lines and a closer rela tion of all church organizations." The Associated Press dispatches refer to the Dayton meeting as the "trl-state couu cil," giving the Impression that It is not a national function. Rev, Mr. Balrd says there is no signllicance In the ."trl-state" part of It, and he does not understand that the term is properly used. The meet ing Is a delegate convention, representing the whole of each church. TREASURER WITH OTHER TWO Flnk tiets Old Salary aa Also Da County Clerk and the Sheriff. The decision of the supreme court deny ing the writ of mandamus to compel the county clerk of Douglaa county to pay into the treasury all fees collected by his office in excess of 1,W0 also affects the offices of county treasurer and sheriff. The law which caused the trouble was passed In 1SXJ6 and It was held by those affected by It to contain a "legislative r.:Utake." The old law provided that in counties of more than . 3.000 inhabitants the county treasurer ahould receive $3,oco, the county clerk and sheriff t2.K00 each. In the law aa amended by the, last legislature the words "and less than .60,000 Inhabitants" were placed after the words 2S.0OO In the old law. This excluded Lancaster and Douglas counties, as they have more than C0.OUO Inhabitants each. No 'provision was made for , the salaries of these offi ce in counties . of more than 60,ovC. and It taaa held , by member wf Shoe Sale the new styles in brand of men's metal, patent colt $4.00 3.50 .$2 Dodd CI SATURDAY ONLY Men and Young Men's Overcoats and Ulsters, Z "1 C sold up to $10.(K), at Another big lot of Men's rind Young Men's Suits received. All new, up-to-date patterns a real melton suit A Qfi among the lot, worth $12.50, at All our $20.00 Men's and Young Men's Overcoats, Q QQ A big snap in Children's Suits, for Saturday only Ct C suits worth to $;i.50, at All odd Trousers from suits and small lots, value to AH :V).r)0, at A.UU. .V.i'ii's wool Underwear, camel's hair and natural wool, CCJp irnrtli 1 00 nt J J? Boys' fleece lined Underwear, .at Boys' wool Sweaters, all styles, worth $1.00 and $1.50, J And fifty green trading stamps. - Bov's Flannel Night. Shirts, worth 50c, at 25c Boys' 50c Fur Mitts, at 35c Men's and Boys' blue and fancy wool Shirts, worth $1.50 95c Fleeced and ribbed Underwear, at 39u And twenty green trading stamps. 25 per cent discount on Men's wool and mercerized Union Suits $3.00. $4.00 and $5.00 Boys' Pyjamas Men's Pyjamas SPECIAL Saturday Only Any pair of Scotch wool Z C Gloves in the house, worth 50c and 75c, at J Men's $1.00 Outing Flannel Night Shirts SHEET MUSICMovedto2d Floor, Main A sle-SHEET MUSIC . - t w vm' I V liAll' jr FROG AND THli COON"' -big bjtir on "THE HCilTAW MAN." great two-step hit n New YorK. SALE PRICK "BAMBOO SLIDE." Cuscaden s March In Omaha playing it, SATURDAY, the county board that these coun ties would have to be placed In the same class with the smaller counties. In which no population limit was fixed. This would have reduced salaries to $2,000 for the treas urer and fl.GOO each for the sheriff and county clerk. The court held that coun ties having more than 60,000 Inhabitants should be governed by the old law. It was one of the contentions that the legislature Intended to fix another class Including these two large counties, but failed through oversight to do so. BOARD WANTS COURT TO ACT City Equalisers Dlaposed to Paaa Vp Questions of Aaaeaamenta to the Bench. W. A. Saunders again had the floor before the City Board of Equalization' Fri day In arguing against tho reassessments proposed for a number of ancient sewer districts. It looks as though the question will be carried Into court, anyway, and the board is disposed to overrule the pro tects and let it get there as quickly aa poHetble. A protest filed by A. Gsantner as agent for Mrs. Augusta Stabrey against taxes for a brick' sidewalk' on lower Cass street was overruled on a report from the en gineering department asserting the state ments about defects in the walk were not correct. One objection waa because the bricks were alleged to be only 2'i Inches In thickness Instead of 24. It was found the specifications called for only two inches. To offset the charge that only two Inches of aand had been used Investigations showed a thickness of nearly four Inches after several months of traffic. The speci fications do not call for subdralnngo or driveways without addltllonal cost, as al leged. ASPHALT PLANT BIG PROFIT Municipal Machine Will Pay for Itself in One Year and Half. In compiling a report on the operations of the municipal asphalt plant for the first year City Engineer Rosewater finds the plant will pay for itself In 4 year and a half by reason of money saved under the old plan of letting asphalt paving repairs by contract. After deducting IS per cent for depreciation, Insurance and repairs, the net cost of repairs per yard for the first year's 'operation is found to be less -than 70 cents. The gross cost, without deducting the amounts paid by corporations and In dividuals to replace paving destroyed, was under O. The contract prices uaed to re.nge about 11.15 a squar yard. The report Is not yet complete. It will show the result of the plant's operation In detail. Mortality Statistics. The following birth and deatha have been reported to the Board of Health dur ing the twenty-our hours eliding at noon Friday: Births George Vern. UU Ersklne, boy: Al'nso Indsey. 283)1 Karnev. airl. Deaths Sarah A. Dickinson, 2ft3 St Mary's avenue. 72; Greer Hair, 4i'.i South Twentieth, 71; Mary Johnson, lajs South Twentieth: Henry Brown. South Omaha, 36; Parbara Briggs. Thirteenth and Mason, 6, lienryl Brown, 2ut North lvntu, ti. Great Sale Valentines REDUCED PRICES. Lar;e Celluloid and Silk Valentines In boxes, yf Q regular $1.26. $1.00 and 70c, for .TW Beautiful Cclluliod Valentines in boxes. regular TCe and 50c values, at ..4t Celluloid and Comic Novelties (hat sell reg- ularly at 25c and 15c, at ...... Large assortment Valentine Post Cards, regular 5c and 2 for jrc values . . IU Prices cut on all valentines. See window display. Gift Books as Valentines Large assortment of handsomely decorated and illustrated Gift Books, each tied with red and whlt ribbon decorated with gold hearts comes in hand-' some box a beautiful valentine gift. "the Lover's Mother Goose," "Evangeline" (Il lustrated by Christy), "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" bv Riley, "Riley's Love Lyrics," "Shakespeare's Sweetheart," "Her Letter" by Bret Harte, etc., etc. OTHING ' small sizes, ' 10c II .65c .90c 75c err. Tf l.nRl.Y and "THE BTJLL- y wilo fca turday hit. from Wm. Paversnam great 'Vi and Two-Btep, every music lover a special...... ....15c ....17o LOVER COURTS PENITENTIARY uuoonsoiate tsuitor Held for Bending Ob iceie Letters to Adored Wants NoTriaL BIGS TO BE SENT AT ONCE TO PRISON With Girl Ha Worahlps Repelling Ills Entreaties, He Haa Noth ing; Mora to Live For, 11 Saya. "Can't you send me down .to Lincoln now and be done mid it. Judge?" asked Hans Jensen of United States Commis sioner Anderson when he was arraigned before that official Thursday afternoon to answer to the charge of sending an ob scene and unprintable letter to Miss Anna Vasey of South Omaha through the malls. "I don't care what you do mid me. I might joost as well go down to Lincoln now aa wait. I've got nottlng to live for any more mlt Anna going pack on me and calling me a hobo. Might Joost aa well go to Lincoln now aa try to sleep on der lloor in de county Jail here and get nod dings to eat." Judge Anderson Informed the disconsolate Jensen that all he could do would be to bind him over to the federal grand Jury' In &0O, and did so. Miss Anna Vasey, the prosecuting wit ness also was in the court and she testified that Jensen had been Inflicting ..."Unappre ciated attentions on her for over a year. She did not care for him at all, although he made her a present of a watch, which sha had sent back to Mm, and ho sent it to her again. Miss Vasey denied that she had ever obtained any money from Jensen or that shn had ever given lilm any en couragement, hut that he was "crazy gone on" her, and she couldn't shake him off. Site never knew about his buying a home for her or fixing up any rooms or any thing else. He hoarded at a South Omaha restaurant at which she worked and kept' forcing his attention on her. und hint An one or moro occasions threatened to kill her if she did not marry him. Not so very long ago he wanted her to give him 17, ao he could pay his board. Mis Vasey gave her own recognizance In S1U0 to appear at the grand Jury In the case. ' Jensen formerly worked in the ateck yards and only recently left his position there. H.i ia passionately in love With the girl and wanted her to make up with him In the court room, but she would not do so. and Jensen left the court room mitteiaty unhappy In custody of Deputy Marshal Sammonx, who took lilm over to Jtill until he can secure ball. He is about 2 or 27 years of age and Miss Vasey Is three or four yeara hla Junior. Entertalulnir ru Enemy. Don't entertain a chronic, runlng sore or wound. Cure it with r.ucklen a Arnica Salve. Sic; guaranteed For sale by Sher man at MeCormoll Drug Co. M. r Not Guilty. A little before S p. m. yeaterdav the Jur in the federal court In the rasa against David St. Cr, a Winnebago In dian, charged with the theft of laud allot ment records from the Wlnnebawn agency brought In a wrOlul v not guUi.