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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1906)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, AFIUL 25, 1006. 8 flMM' iff 1L.W1? ""MM IsV-'" '' ti'JWUMiiWiOl KUtHEBffllBit'a1"' ra Burns Stock A Crockery Torrent Burns Stock MM ML THIRD DAY OF THE SAMUEL BURNS SALE FRESH SECTIONS OF THIS VAST STOCK PUT ON DAILY. THOUGH SALES FOR FIRST TWO DAYS HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS, VERY LITTLE IMPRESSION SEEMS TO BE MADE ON THE HUGE STOCK-A $30,000 CROCKERY STOCK IS A GIGANTIC BUNCH. GREEN TRADING STAMPS EVERT TIME ' CREEN TRACES STAMPS EVEIT HUE OM A II 4 WF.4THF.R r(lr.r4(lT-Jitt Fair. fiilr. OM All WK4THF.R FORECAST Wednesday Fair, Cooler. PI? R)IL li l WEDNESDAY IS RED LETTER DAY . Ten Green Trading Stamps Free lo Each Book Shown at Premium Parlor Main Floor. No getting in on thl4 unless you show your book or get a new book. Red Letter Day 'mong Our Ladies' Suits With every Ladies Wool Suit sold Wednesday Red Let ter Day we will give Double Green Trading Stamps. 1 There will be several Sensational Suit Sales Wednesday. One Big Lot of Suits at $9.90. , Another Big Lot of Suits at $12.50. And a Choice Lot at $15, $17.50, $19.50, $22.50, $25, $28.50, $35, $37.50 and $45. On these Suits we will give Double Green Trading Stamps -'Wednesday. Ladles' Wash Shirt Waist 8ulta A very nobbby suit, made of heavy Linen, with blouse sailor waist, full flare aklrt, trimmed with bands, C O C colors white and cadet, all sixes, on sale at Also Large Assortment of Suits, in Lawns, Linens, Batiste and Sateen, in pink, blue, nary, white and black, assorted patterns, T QC all sizes, on sale at MJO Very Trrtty Ladlca' Saita, made of a good quality of Lawn, In white with black polka dots, tucked waist, large sleeves, full flare skirt, C set off with black piping, on sale at Extra Bargain In Silks OOc pure Silk Crepe de Chine, beautiful lustre, soft and clingy, in all shades for street and evening wear, including white .cream and black. 24-in. wide. Special sale, QQa a yard DJG Waist and Suit Silk A large assortment of small designs in waist and suit silks, sold regularly from 69c to 75c a yard, all colors, ?Q TO CLOSE WEDNESDAY, a yard 'afiiC Colored Dmi Goods 56-ln. New Grey Tailor Suitings, wtlh dainty col ored checks and irregular plaids, always sold at $1.60 a yard, A A RED LETTER DAY ONLY, a yard I.UU i 64-ln. Sicillians in red, blue, brown and black, high lustre, and PA dust proof, regular price 85c a yard, Red Letter Day, yard. JUC Black Dress Goods 54-ln. Black Panama, firm, crisp finish, dust proof, our. $1.60 Quality, RED LETTER DAY ONLY, J QQ 40-In. Black Chiffon Tamtse A soft, clinging material, makes "JJJ very dressy suits, the $1 quality, Red Letter Day, only, yard. . . . I .25 Dozen. Full Size Jlcd Sheets, made of a good heavy quality CQ seamless Sheeting, regular price 65c, Wednesday only OJQ And ten green trading stamps with each sheet. , 900 Full Size Bed Spreads, with good heavy Marseilles patterns, f AA ' regular price $1,35, Wednesday only I.UU And twenty green trading stamps with each spread. fiO Pieces Dress Ginghams, both light and dark patterns, O ' Wednesday only, a yard O3C Bed Letter Day In Laces Fine imported Lace Bands, Appliques, Galloons - and. Venlse trimmings, in ecru, cream, white and black, fft worth to 76c a yard, sale price, a yard 1UC . AND DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS. French Lisle Gloves 23c Ladles' Milanalse Lisle Gloves, fine finished stltchlngs, 2 button length, full line of new spring shades, nr sale prloe, a pair .-. jC Extra Green Trading Stamps on Embroideries Heavy and One Nainsook Embroidery Edges, Insertions and Beadlngs, worth to 25c yd., sale price, a yard 1 0c, 7Mc and DC ' AND DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS. Sensational Sale of Ladles' Plain and Fancy Cotton Hose All colors, all sixes, 35c 45c and 25c Ladies' Spring Underwear Special Laldes' Swiss ribbed Union Suits, low neck.- no sleeve, umDreua knee, lace trimmed, worth 60c a X C suit, "RED LETTER DAY price, a suit. . . . . . j OOC Sale of Corsets and Girdles New Spring weight Batiste Corsets, and Batiste Taped Girldes. In blue, pink and white, worth 48c each, SALE PRICE WEDNESDAY. ; 25c Extra Sales People, Extra Space, Extra Facilities for Wednesday. Extraordinary Price Inducements Hundreds of thousands of pieces piled up and around the great sales tables. Oddities and interesting "has-beens" vou'd wish to buy for the sake o' Auld Lang Syne. SERVICE PLATES-BURNS-SERVICE PLATES Samuel Burns' Handsome Service Plates, from the best Eng lish and French factories, sacrificed like this: $20 ..$15 $22 a dozen Service Plates, for $12 a dozen Service Plates, for $6 and. $40 a dozen Serv ice Plates, for $30 a dozen Service Plates, for Burns' Bread nnd Butter Plates (not all in full dozen sets), given away like this: $10 a dozen, Burns' price, for $8 a dozen, Burns' price, for $4 and Big Lot Odd Meat Platters -Parts broken lots, worth $4 to $5, at 4.00 3.50 of sets 1.00 Here's Something for Ceramic Artists Burns' White China for Decorating Unique, Rare, Most Interesting AT HALF PRICE AND LESS .7.50 ANOTHER DISPLAY OF LIBBY OUT GLASS. Libby is the top-notcher in the world of cut glass. Burns was his "Samson." BON-BONS, VASES, JUGS- ONE-THIRD TO ONE-HALF OFF BURNS' PRICES. FRENCH CHINA DINNERSETS Mont Historical SHrction ever displayed in the city Huron' price $45. to $30 yours Wedncs-V uay ior 17.00 ENGLISH SKTH Burns' prlcetl4.75 i'otirs At Hennctt's OTHER NETS (Some a few plecea shy) (r Burns' price ran up to $20 for $8, $7 and. . JARDINIERES, QUAINT POTS, PEDESTAUS, UM BRELLA JARS AT ONE-HALE AND LESS. GENUINE ROYAL SEVRES ART PORCELAIN "The Glory of France" in the line of Decorative Porcelain $35 pieces Glfl $25 pieces OQ for Oltl for SO EVERY KIND OF PLATES Breakfast, Dinner, Tea or Service All Odd, very few of kind OK Barns' price no to 75c Yours for .Ot Burns' price 40c, OOc, and 6O0 Yours for 10c STEINSI STEINS! STEINS! It's a resurrection of ye olde days in this display of Samuel Burns' Steins. His price $1.60 to $2.00 Hla price 75c ( f JKj Ours $1.00 to. Ours 83c and 25c Every woman Is a lover of China. The opportunity of her life Is at Bennett's NOW Second Floor. Red Letter Day ii Millinery Desirable Millinery at Low Prices A swell Rolled Sailor with Broad Brim, fancy shape, worth $3.50, 1 AO yours Wednesday for. . JLtZr 0 Pretty Line of Beautiful Black Hats No better line in the city Hats that were priced up to $8 and A CI ft $9, Wednesday an extra special for Red Letter Day rmJ3 : , . i ' -d Y Misses Hats! Misses Hats! Large Flaring Hats, particularly good for young misses, trimmed with Flowers and Rib- k Q bon, worth $3, for , 1tO SEE THE WINDOWS! SEE THE WINDOWS! Red Letter Da.y in Carpets, Rugs and Mattings CHINA MATTINGS, regular 19c grade, a bargain 12C Half Wool Ingrain Carp". good, heavy and closely CiC woven carpets, at 45c and w Very best two-ply, extra super. Park Mill, All Wool BEr Infra In Carpets, at 75c and icw Tapestry Brussels Rugs. xl(V-. In floral and eonven- 1 1 QQ tlonal patterns, regular H5 value, while they last. at.."3"-' Palisade Brussels Rugs, 9x12, In floral and conventions! pat- terns, all colors, regular $19.60 value, a bargain s 5.Q8 Red Letter Day in Draperies Brass Extension Rods, entend from 22 to inches. CCC Wednesday, each "'v Colored Swisses. M Inches wide, good patterns for Curtains or Ruffled Bed Bets, sell regularly at 15c, while they lat, glc yard Heavy Tapestry Couch Covers, M Inches wide, with knotted fringe on both aides and ends. In Persian stripes, Qftc each ,JW SPECIALS IN HARDWARE WEDNESDAY Special on Enamel Ware Granite Measure H and 1 gallon 83c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. And 6-Quart Coffee Pota 33c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. Nice Japanned Hand Painted Umbrella Stand. . . . 89c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. Extra Good X-Ray Coffee Mill 54c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. Extra Good Steel Hoes at 4Sc, 3c and 30c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. 2 4 -Tooth Steel Lawn Rake 42c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. Extra Spading Fork, 84c and 74c And Forty Green Trading Stamps. Extra Good Solid Spade 65c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. Carpet and Rug Beaters, 25c, 20o, 15c and 12c And Twenty Green Trading Stamps. Wall Paper Cleaner, 18c and 15c And Twenty Green Trading Stamps. Extra Nice Enameled Sink Strainer 35c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. WEDNESDAY IS RED LETTER DAY Bring your books to Premium Parlor Bal cony otid get ten Green Trading Stamps free to every book shown. New books for the asking. RED LETTER. DAY SHOE SALES 1K)UBLK GREEN TRADING STAMPS ON SHOE PURCHASES. JLoZ&A S RED LETTER DAY Ladies Gibson, Christie and Ribbon Ties, Patent Kid, v:: v:a .j r... m.j.i w jr w ?w v svi mu ant uuu i iciai Zsjf 3 van-uia.ta ur vuucoiaiie Sr -M asm A A a sBk aa am $2.00 and - I. JU MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S CHRISTIE AND RIBBON TIES, PATENT KID OR VICI KID Heavy or light soles at CI Hfl $2.50, f2.00, $1.50, 91.35 and tl.UU LITTLE CHILDREN'S 8LIPPERS AND TIES Newest CA styles Black or Chocolate at fl.85, S1.00, 75c and J)Q MEN'S PATENT PONY COLT, OUN MKTAL OALF OK VK1 KIU -Several of best makers Black or Tan OxXords ff1 pa 3.00, S4.00, $3.50 and p.J) Rattling Red Let ter Art Bargain 1,000 Mirrors. In gold frames, fitted, else xs, for q Red Letter Day, each IOC And Ten Green Tradin Stamps with each. (Limit two to a customer.) DOUBLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS ON PICTURE FRAMING. A few more of those elegant dlnlnc rooin pictures, a food $3.60 OH value, for l.VO STATIONERY RED LETTER DAY BARGAIN BICYCLE PLAYING CARDS . best trade, pack......... lJC TJLVuSi .?l 8K COOK ' BOOK." new 1906 edition, regular fl.Jfi, And Fifty Green Tradlne-' Btamps. Den Oreen Trading Stumps with each of the following- Items: Bennett's Lunch Paper. 4 fiO sheets IUC 10 yards Shelf Paper. m flace) &C Bennett's Amsterdam Linen Paper. for neat correspondence, - per pound (100 sheets) is' :i MEN'S SOFT SHIRTS Worth 50c- And Ten Green Trading Stamps. MEN'S SUMMER MESH UNDERWEAR 29c 25c And Ten Green Trading Stamps. BOYS' 20C SCHOOL HOSE at And Five Green Trading Stamps. .Dutchess I li IS Suf lOt A BUTTON. .oo a RIP. 12c SPECIAL LOT OF ODD TROUSERS Out of Suits Worth up to $6.00 at. $2.50 Dutchess oeT. Just Received WOOL KINDS $5.50 to .$2 COTTON KINDS $1.75 to. ! Dsinijler The One Minute Gas R.aie Greatest baker and broiler on the market; gives instant distribution of heat; Baves about one-fourth gas bill; pays for itself in a year's ; r'' T a a i a ' 2 h use. .ueinoiiBirauon ou in Dasemeni. El Jap-a-Lac! Jap-a-Lac! The Great Floor Stain Wears like iron, thirteen colors all sizes from Vz Pt to one gallon. Double Green Trad ing Stamps on all Paints and Varnishes Wed nesday. Basement. BENNETT'S BIG GROCERY Pound can Sunflower brand Tetley's Teas 76o And Forty Green Trading Stamps. Half-pound can Sunflower brand Tetley's Teas And Twenty Green Trading Stamps. Two-ounce can Sunflower brand Tetley's Teas , 10c Large assortment Diamond 8 Fruits, Jar 10c LA I CR RAISIN BPECIAL-Several hundred pounds tine lnrge five Crown Cluster Lyer R&lsins, lb .l&o And Ten Green Trading Stamps. Pure Strained Honey. Jar 12Ho And Ten Gren Trading 8tamps. Klower and . Vegetable Heeds, pkg..2o Anderson's Tomato Soup, can 6c Splendid quality Salmon pound can Jiijjc Imported Macaroni, pound pkg.. ...lbo And Ten Green Trading Stamps. Bennett's Capitol baking Powder, pound can 24o And Ten Green Trading Stamps. Bennett's Capitol Kxtract. bottle.. 18o And Ten Green Trading Stamps. Diamond S Fruits, ran 25c And Thirty Green Trading Stamps. Bennett's Excelsior 'liur, sack... .1160 And 8venty Green Trading Stamps. Bennett's Breakfast Coffee, 2-pound can 4So And Thirty Green Tradli.g Stamps. Corn, 2-pound can Bo Anderson's Tomato Soup, can 6o Gedney'a 30c Pickles, bottle 163 10c Package Gelatine...' 5o Pantile Soap, cake Va !nnett's Bargain Soap. 10 bars. ...26c Cocoa Velvet Toilet Soap, 8 cakes.. S3 CANDY SECTION. A large assortment Elating Sweet Chocolate, per cake o FRl'ITS AND VEGETABLES LETTl'CE. UNIONS, RADISHES. C'rCl'MBEHS, PIEtPLANT, ORANGI-.S. LEMONS. STRAW BERRIES FRESH EVERY DAY. Fresh Fish! Fresh Fish! STRICTLY FTtESH CAUGHT FJSH OF ALL KINDS. GUARANTEED STRICTLY FRESH. SPECIALS FOR WEDNESDAY. ' FRESH NO. 1 TROUT. 1 1 J fres'h'smaLl'trout,-' U at .....IUC ROUND PERCH, I lbs. OR tor Meat and Fish Section NO STAMPS OR ENVELOPES! LUari from Ban Tranoidco Tranimitted Tree All Over Country. WRITTEN ON MERE SCRAPS OF PAPER Usisks Oflr Gets l.re VoUsie mt This Matter aad Dellrs It ' , Hatdly as Pot- ' . " alkie. Not In ths memory of ths Oldest In habitant or even the Careful Observer has Unci Sara before carried general mall matters free of charge and at that without ths protection of an envelope. But this precedent has bven established by ths San Francisco earthquake which overturned so many . traditions whoai origin the mind of man dous not antedate. Vaatt volumes of letters, unstamped, and many of them without envelopes are at ths Omaha postofflce and doubtless other postofflces throughout the country. They liave been sent by sufferers In San Francisco In the desperate hope of reach ing relatives and friends. Destitute of money, of home." of everything, thesi people could do nothing but send their mall this way, and Um-le Sam, great and good, cast off the formality of solemn law and said all mall which San Fran ciscans wanted to send would be received and trace mined stamp, envelope or what 41i letters war wrlltea on any kind of aper that could be picked up In tha emergency; on cards, wrapping paper or pieces or paper sacks. But they caiuu through all right. The messages were brief, and the gt-neral 'trend of them were: "We are still alive, but have lost sverythlng." The first Invoice of the mall reached Omaha about 11 a. m. Monday. The day being a holiday most of the carriers had gone out on their single delivery of the morning, as there was to be no carrier de liveries In the afternoon, so the distributing clerks took charge of the delivery of the belated mlsives and delivered them In per son out as far as Hamilton and Fortieth streets on the west and to Templeton ave nue on the north. Where It was found a direct delivery could not be mads ths Omaha poatofllce clerks took up a subsciip. tion among themselves and bought ths ne cessary stamps to cover the local delivery, same Scraps mt Paper. Bom of the scraps of paper were scarcely three Inches In length. One of this char acter was delivered to a woman at ths Her Grand hotel and when she read ths message that her friends were alive and everything was lost but courage and hope she fainted. She soon recovered, however, and was overjoyed to learn from the scrap of paper that they were still alive. Many of the letters were appeals for Im medlstfe assistance from friends and asking for help to bring them bark to Omaha. One letter was received Tuesday morning written In pencil on a letter carrier's slip which Is addressed to a Mr. Schaf. South Thirteenth street. It Is from U H. Wlb ster, who Is evidently a letter carrier at Baa Francisco, whoa number Is tl The letter is la German. It Is brief and states simply: "All are well and sfe. hut tha city Is In ruins." The name of Mr. Schaf doea not appear In the Omaha city direc tory and a tracer has been sent out from the postofflce to find Mr. Schaf. The distributing clerks and messenger boys of the Omaha postofflce realising the anxiety of Omaha friends for Intelligence from San Francisco, denied themselves the privilege of a holiday Monday In order to carry the missives to those who mere await ing them. Tuesday's malls brought In an other large Invoice of San Francisco mall similarly destitute of envelopes and stamps, and all of It has been carefully delivered. Most of ths letters and cards are written In pencil. HOIRS Or TERROR AND MISERY OaSaka Mast Writes af His Eiperlrace mm tks aa.ua. mg mm Pp.uIua Mr. L. Channel of 1015 North Twenty, ninth atr-et writes to Tha Bee from Oak land as follows: OAKLAND. Cal.. April S0.-TO the Editor of Ths Bee: No story will ever be written that will tell the awfulness of the forty eight hours following tha terrible earth quake. No pen tha world ever knew could ever place on paper the Impression of any on of ths hundreds of thousands who felt the mighty tremble. ' No pen can ever record the suffering of those who were crushed to death or burned In the ruins that encompassed them In an Instant after 1:13 o'clock Wednesday morning. I was stopping at tha Grand hotel, located on Market street, whea I was s wakened by the terrific shock and by chunks of plaster fulling oa lbs bed. I beard meo and women f running up and down the halls, some screaming at tha t6p of their voices, others praying and others moaning as though they were In great diHtreas. My bed was rock ing and quivering, tossing me from side to side, causing about the same sensation as being on a vessel during a violent storm at sea. - I expected every moment that the house would be crushed to pieces and all within would be burled alive In the ruins. I looked out of any window and could see the streets lined with men, women and children, runnlsg In every direction, with nothing to protect their bodies from the chilly air but their night clothing. I dressed myself as quickly as possible and went out on (Market street. For a half hour or more one could not see half a block because of the dust raised by fall ing walls. On the store bench ni-ar the car line I saw several badly Injured men and women who had managed to crawl there from wrecked buildings. Ths walks and streets were covered with brick and stone. Nearly every window was broken and destruction was everywhere prevalent. In many places the asphalt on paved streets had cracked open. In other places the sidewalks had been elevated two or three feet and the street car tracks bulged up and out of line. In a very short time smoke was seen coming from business houses In all parts sf the business district, which added greatly to the excitement, and when it was learned that the water supply was cut off everybody was frantic, for they seemed to grasp tha situation and that their beautiful city was doomed and tbelr property would soon be In asbes. In less than an hour tha awful furnace ' l aaetblug fiauita a as sweeping over the business portion of the city, wiping out acres of Una buildings. The people were driven from their homes by tha thousands and by night over luu.OOtf people were homeless. Women and chil dren were compelled to sleep In the streets with but little protection from the cold. All they had left was such articles as they could terry on their arms or drag along on ths street. Express wagons could not be secured to assist In getting their goods away. Men and women dragged their trunks and other articles for miles over the streets. Some would, after dragging their trunks for several blocks, become exhausted and leave them in the street to be consumed by tha flames. Every con ceivable vehicle was brought Into service and propelled by human strength. Many horses dropped on ths streets from the heat and thirst. No water was to be hud for love or money. Thousands of people had not a drop of water for forty-eight houra Tha first day there were plenty of cheese and crackers and canned goods, which kept the people from suffering from hunger, but no water to quench tbelr thirst. Ths second day or twenty-fours hours after the conflagration started one could nut get even a cracker or a crust of bread. Toward noon tha patrols began to break Into tha grocery stores In tha doomed dis tricts: "They'll be burned anyway," said ths officers. "Let the people have a chance to get something to eat." I saw women with diamonds on their Angers and pearls about their throats beg ging a big sergeant of the guarda to allow them to enter stores for Just one ear of green corn. I saw one woman wiapird in . sealsklu and man U presuius ijr liua band) In fine garments, eating baked beans from a tin can with their fingers. Men and women who three days ago were worth I100.0U0 to S1.UO0.00O are today beggars, walk Is" tho streets without a bed to sleep in. The rich and the poor are on the same level; they are all hungry and thirsty, and without money. I made a strenuous effort to get out of the city tha first day, but the boats across the bay atopped running In the morning, thereby cutting oft every possible chance for anyone to leave the city that day. I had plenty of cheese and crackers and canned fruit the first day. but on Thursday morning I could not find even a cracker. The boats were running Thursday morning, but there was such a rush I considered It dangerous to attempt to cross the bay dur ing the excitement and did not reach Oak land until 1 o'clock. On reaching Oakland I soon found a good Samaritan In the per son of William Waddell, formerly of Omaha, who took me In and supplied all my wants, which was greatly appreciated after such a strenuous tlms, extending thirty-two hours. Such an experience Is sufficient for a lifetime. L. CHANNEL. BOIXDAIIIKS OF TUB DBITRl'CTIOX District Devastated by F.arlbejaake 4 Fir la 'Frisco. This telegram from Mr. Calvin of the Southern Paclflo company to Vice Presi dent Moliler of the Union Pacific, dated tha 23d. outlines the destroyed portion of the city of San Francisco as follows: Burned dlntrlct Is general inside the fol lowing lines, whjrh can be eaeily trsred on i map of Han Flam i.K o. I i. ki lining in ftunt of the Keuy Li.tMlut, mikI running --otith lust Inslila tUa W iu the turrir of Brnnnan and First ' streets Rrannan to Bnnn ,.,, . V r Zl'.y? C0,r"'T .K""'th D'slon nor! ": " " i narrison, south to Twentieth, west to Church, north to Mar- ealt TA"V:? irank"- n'"th to Jack!", east to Van Nes, north to the by. east along shore destroying docks to H,,nsnme then.e along East eireet to point of be ginning. Dorks and piers South Sdimoine were not burned. Some portlonn of tl.e city nutxide of the limits described were somewhat damaged by the earthquake. 11HIEI AD DOCTORS ;o W ICS I' Note Dr. airbolaa e. . The Overland Limited Tuesday morning carried seventy-five nurses and twenty-five doctors from the Whits Cross society of Chicago. They were sent out by ths White Cross First Relief society and were In charge pf the noted Dr. Nicholas Senn. Miss Carolina Perkins and Miss Mary Baumer of Omaha belong to this associa tion. Major Farrell. who had charge of the nurses In Cuba in lha Spanish-American war, was with the party. Red Cross Sends Moue . WASHINGTON, April t.-The Red Cron-t today telegraphed 1100,000 to San Frunclsco upon a request from there by Dr. Devlue, the Red Cross agent at San Franclxco. NEW YORK. April 24-Tha Red Cross here today telegraphed $100,000 to 8an Fran cisco, Dr. Devlne having wired that It was needed Immediately. Bub-treasury transfers up to noon aggre gated IJ. 000,000. ALBANY, N. Y., April M -The hill ap propriating $260, WIT for California became a law today and 1 100,009 was telegraphed Ut Dr. Dovlue, f