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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JUNK 23. 1006. S T ! Cash s credit miSBSBm I n AV I 1: PCX 16l!J & fARNAM STREETS. OMAHA. The Peoples Furniture & Carpet Co. Established 1887. Cash or Credit OUR LIBERAL CREDIT SERVICE Embraces everything that is beneficial, honorable and just There is nothing Vague, Equivocal or Mysterious about it. Boiled down to a common sense statement of fact it is simply this: We give the largest possible value for the smallest pos sible price and allow you to pay in the way that is easiest and most convenient for you. We make everything pleasant, agreeable and satisfactory. No store in the city can or will do as much for you. Ladies' Princess Skirts Just received another Tot of beautiful gray princess nkirts made full and well stayed, will be on sale tomorrow, Saturday, at Ladies' New Linen Coats We are showing some new linen coats, handsomely embroidered others cut pony style regular $,9.00 values, specially priced for tomorrow, at. . . . . 5.00 6.98 W. H. ELBOURN COMES CLEAR Former Citj Clerk Found Hot Guilty of Be murkiuc Eallots. JURY STAYS OUT JUST TEN MINUTES Two Ballots are Cast, the Fnsmes Btandlna- Elrrea to On tor Aen.nlttal Klnoarn la Dlixharaed. Ladies' Wash Suits Do not fail to see' our popular priced Wash Dresses, trimmed with lace and tucks, all prices up from Ladies' Lingerie Waists All our odds and ends, of Lingerie Waists will be put on sale Saturday " values up to $1.45, trimmed with lace and tuc.ks, sale price. value for .. Young Ifen's Suits Well made double brented styles, worth $7.60, on sale Saturday for 4.75 V,l invMiir fin nrniriTFn Pubjio piayfround Formally Opened with , Appropriate Fxeroiiei MjMr? OF ADDRESSES DELIVERED . .. ..T""V loath. Hrml.drd that Mlmlo Govern ment of Thlr Vltr la in Okl Lesson of Fatarv D.Im Responsibilities. l.iiaha's Juvenile city at twentieth and Harney' streets waa populous last night with the children and th grown paople who came to witness the ceremonies at ten rant nn the formal opening of the city 1 hey leathered by hundreds and occupied lunches which the little folks had placed In front of the plstform erected for the orchestra and speakers. Thrf exercises were held under the auspices of the Civic Improvement league ttnd the committee on public playgrounds 79c sy$ I BP? is Ik - im? i Men's Men's I Shirts Shoes k I Fancy and white, New lasts, good" (t ' V B worth 75c, on sale stock, worth $3, on . y Saturday for sale Saturday for v 1 48c 1.95 Clearance Sale of Men and Boys1 Clothing All our odd lots must go this price will do it. We will place on sale Saturday Mens Wool Suits, well made and trimmed, our regular $10 Summer Underwear Plain and fancy, worth 36c, on sale Saturday for 23c of which Frank Heller Is chairman. Mayor Dahlman was expected to be present to preside over the meeting and dedicate the playground, but Mr. Heller received a message from him Just before the meeting saying that he had missed the train at Nebraska City and could not be present, but would make up for his ab sence by helping the boys and girls In the future. Judge W. W. Blabaugh, president of the Civic Improvement league, pre sided in his stead. Mayor Sugarman and the other officers of the Juvenile city sat on the platform with the speakers. lit? Has Osi Government. was US' ,855 tts officers by Frank Heller on. the "Juvenile City." He explained the workings of the city by Its system of mayor, police force. Judges and council. George Sugarman, the mayor of the Juvenile city, greeted the audience In the name of the young people and gave the key of the city Into the keeping of Judge Blabaugh. In his address Judge 81abaugh paid a tribute to Frank Heller, to whose efforts the establishment of ,the city Is largely due. He exhorted the young cltliens te obey their officers and stand up for them, for the reason that a government cannot story Saturday's Irresistible Prices Here are a few interesting offerings for Saturday only, that should tempt the most discriminating buyer. It will pay you to come ju6t to see. It will pay you better to buy. ROCKER (like cut) designed for beauty , and built for comfort. The value of this . article la recognized at a glance. It's substantially constructed of hard wood, golden finish, has wide curved arms and stand unless its officers have the support of the people. F. I. Sherwood, the new director of the playgrounds, told of the growth of the Juvenile city movement in various parts of the country, describing several large playgrounds In Chicago, the scope of whose influence Is great. The little people greeted all the speakers with applause, but when the name of Su perintendent Davidson was announced, the cheers were deafening. Mr. Davidson toid the children to obey the laws of their lit tle community, for it would teach them obedience to the laws of their city. The cnnaren listened with interest while he told the story of the disobedient engineer no caused a wreck, and another of the obedience of General Grant. Object of the City. Judge Howard Kennedy of the Juvenile court said the most Important purpose of tne mtie city was to teach the boys and girls the duties of citizenship. He thought it would do much- more than people dreamed of to keep the children out of the Jurisdiction of the Juvenile court. Miss ElUabeth McCartney, chairman of the civics committee of the Omaha Wom an's club, told of the work of the Wom an club In the encouras-ement. ami the same time that of Mr. Heller and the Civic Improvement league. The club had given 1150 toward the establishment of the city, she said, which was to the club at the time a considerable sum. Heyn s orchestra furnished the music for the occasion free of .charge. The Juvenile city quartet, consisting of George Sugar man, Jack Whittaker, John Ver Mehren and Hubert .Ver Mehren, sang a selection. The Jury In the case against W. H. FJ bourn. charged with tampering with pri mary election ballots, returned a verdict of not guilty after beJng out ten minutes. The verdict was. read In Judge Sutton's department of the district court at 4:11 o'clock yesterday afternoon and Elbourn was at once discharged from custody. His wife was with him In the court room when the verdict was announced. The Jury reached the agreement after two ballots, the first vote standing 11 to 1 for acaulttal. Another ballot was imme diately taken, resulting In the agreement. The Jury retired at Just 4 o'clock and ten minutes later the gong in the corridor sounded, announcing it waa ready to re port. After the verdict was read Judge Button thanked the Jury and dismissed it until Monday morning. Mr. Elbourn followed the Jurors out into the hall and thanked them for their verdict. He declared he was con fident all through the case that It would end with an acaulttal. W. J. Connell, Elbourn' attorney, argued to the Jury for over an hour in the after noon. He declared the evidence was not sufficient even to cast suspicion on his client. - Elbourn, he said, would be a. fool to try this method of raising his vote when he could avoid suspicion by marking in the blank ballots. Some enemy of El bourn's, he said, had changed the ballots in order to throw suspicion on Elbourn. Slap at- the Grand Jury. He spoke sarcastically of the "Immacu late grand Jury" that had returned the Indictment and charged that the Jury had returned Indictments they should not have returned and failed to bring In charges they ought to nave brought in. He said he could congratulate every witness except ex-Mayor Zirnman for fairness In giving testimony. "Greenleaf," he said, ' waa tinctured with bitterness, but Zimmau was soaked through and through with malice toward F.lbourn." He charged Zirnman with Insincerity In advocating dollar gas and began to dis cuss Zimman's attitude before the council on the gas and electric light questions when Judge Sutton interrupted htm. "Dollar gas and the electric light ques tion have nothing to do with the merit of this case," said the Judge. "No, and I am going to drop it," re sponded Mr. Connell. County Attorney Slabaugh In his argu ment declared it his belief that the re marking of the ballots was done in the vrult by electric light. Only three per sons had the combination to the vault, he said, and of the three Elbourn was th: only one who had a motive. Judge Sutton, In his Instructions, directed the Jury that Elbourn was not charged with neglect of duty and the mere fact the bal lots were In his custody was not sufficient to warrant a conviction. The evidence must show the markings were changed by the defendant In order to warrant a cOTivlctlon. '1 naturally feel- elated to have my inno cence established," said Elbourn, "and I hope some day the truth may be known and the responsibility placed wherever It belongs." 2.00 addle shaped aeat, bark and seat up holstered In Keratol leather, regular Bel ling price J3.60. tomorrow, each. Ragdad Couch Covers 50 inches wide. 3 yards long, with heavy knotted fringe all around. They are pretty and aervlce able and give most harmonious effects In home decoration regular selling price 13.50 tomorrow .f esch X.nslO Tapestry RruKsel Ruga (8x1 2 ft.) a large . assortment for your selection. They've beauty and style. The colors are good and the patterns suitable for parlor or ' dining room; these have been regularly sold for lift. 60 to $18.00. jour choice, tomorrow 13.95 Saturday Evening 7 to 9:30 Imported niue and White Cereal Jar Twenty-four different x Inscriptions, "coffee", "tea", "beans", "oat meal", "hominy", etc., regular price 35c, Saturday evening !7e Japan Fgf Shell Cup and Saucer Dain ty and attractive, regular 50c- value, for each Or 6 for 91.00 Not over to any one party. 17k Open Saturday Evenings Orchard & Wilhelm (2arpet So. qiq16'18 South Sixteenth Street defendants were tried were returned in Kansss City by the grand Jury on Decem ber 11 The cases hsve been handled for the government by A. 8. Van Valkenhurgh, the district attorney and his assistant. Islie Lyons, while the defendants have been represented by some of the ablest counsel in the west. Of the eleven rssea brought up at this term the government has secured seven convictions, ons de fendant was acquitted and three casts were dismissed. . Qeorge K Thomss of New York, a freight broker, and his chief clerk. L. B. Taggait, whose case was the first to be tried, were convicted of securing rebates from rail ways on shipments from New Tork to Bt. Louis and Kansas City dry goods con cerns. At their trial several prominent merchants, who admitted having signed contracts with Thomas, testified to receiv ing at various times sums of money from mysterious sources. Many thousands of dollars were thus received and some tf the witnesses admitted the likelihood of it coming from Thomas. The penalty pro vided is a fine of, not less than ll.CXX) nor more than I10.Q0O, or Imprisonment In the penitentiary for not more than two years, or both line and Imprisonment. George H. Crosby Esrapes Trial. Oeorge H. Crosby, assistant freight traffic manager of the Chicago, Burling ton & Qulncy railroad, who was charged with conspiring with Thomas and Tsg gart to pay concessions, was discharged by Judge McFherson. The court sustained a demurrer, presented by Judge O. M. Spencer of Pt. Joseph, Mo., general solic itor of the railway, who contended that no evidence had been presented to connect Crosby with the alleged conspiracy. The Armour Packing company. Swift and company, Cudahy A Co., and the Nelson Morris company were tried Jointly and con victed on the charge of accepting con cessions from the Burlington railway, in connection with connecting lines on pack ing house products for export via New Tork. The Burlington Railway company was convicted on four counts of granting con cessions to the packing companies of Ar mour, Swlht, Cudahy and Nelson Morris. The penalty provided In the case of the packers and the Burlington Involves a finu of from $1,000 to $2,000 on each count, but not imprisonment. ' Other Cases Dismissed. The rases of the Chicago, Milwaukee A Bt. Paul and the Chicago .Alton com panies, charged with offering concessions. and A. H. Kresky, a freight broker of Kansas City, charged with conspiring to secure concessions from these railways, were dismissed upon the suggestion of Dis trict Attorney Van Valkenburgh. who stated that he believed the railroads In this case had been Imposed upon. As the case against Kresky was predicated upon that against the railways it was useless to try him. In the case of the Chicago Alton Rail road company and J. N. Falthom, Its former vice president and F. A. Wann, its former assistant traffic manager, charged with having given concessions to the Bchwarzschild & Sulsberger Packing ' com pany, the defendants set up a plea of im munity upon the ground that some of their employes had testified before a federal grand Jury at Chicago concerning the same transactions for which they later were In dicted at Kansas City. Judge McPhersun sustained the government's demurrer to this plea, but continued the cases over till next fall, when the similar cases at Chicago probably will have bwen disposed ' of. This Alton case Is distinct from that In which Kresky was concerned. 0 V MOOD V DISCI SSKS THE CASE FINES FOR PACKERS (Continued from First Page.) FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Showers aad Cooler la ,h...L. Today Fair Tomorrow, Warmer In West Portion. WASHINGTON, June 22.-Forecsst of the weather for Saturday and Sunday: For Nebraska Showers and cooler Sat urday; Sunday, fair and warmer In west portion. For Iowa Showers Saturday; Sunday, partly cloudy and showers in east portion. For South Dakota Showers Saturday and cooler In central and eas,t portions; gun dsy, fair and warmer. Loral Record. OFFICE OF THE WKATHER RCREAL". OMAHA. June 12 Official record of tem peiature and precipitation, compared with the corresponding day of the las three yeara: 19fst. IWIS. ism. 19W Maximum temperature.... m 7 T 71 Minimum temperature.... ? (1 fii ii Mean temperature 71 62 70 4 Precipitation T .00 .00 T Temperature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1 and comparison with the last two years: Normal temperature fj Deficiency for the day t Total deficiency since March 1 60 Precipitation since March 1 10. Ml Inches Normal precipitation 20 Inch Deficiency for the day ?! inch Deficiency since March 1 J.S7 inches Deficiency fur cor. period, 1!.... 4.11 Inches Dtticiency for cor. period. 1!M 1.93 inches Reports from Stations at T P. M. Btat Ion and State Temp. Max. Rain- of Weather. 7 p. m. Temp. fail. rinmnrri, cmuay M Cheyenne, cloudy 62 Chlcairo. cloudy en lvei,port. cloudy 8 Havre, raining 50 Helena, cloudy M Huron, cloudy Kansas City, cloudv 84 North Platte, cloudy 74 Omaha, cloudy 78 Rapid City, cloudy in t. lioula, cloudy 84 Bt. Paul, part cloudy M Halt Itke City, clear 64 Valentine, cloudy at "T" indicates trace of precln U A. WELSH. Local Forecaster. FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. An Old and Well-Tried Remedy. MSt. WINSLOWS SOOTHINO SYRUP SMtwsq UMd tKovsr BIXTT YF AhS b n.Lluh'8 74 .IS .04 78 .. HI .in 62 .10 70 .00 Si) .00 3 .00 80 T T SS .00 bi .02 w .00 7 .00 illation. ? kTi wi PfhrtcTbrciLoa. itfe TTIM tLaOrUa. ALU IS all VaJK; THIS th is; 3 MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHWfl SYRUPs AX&fASSJIOOrUBaklKD. ' lb ,rU, 4 Sold br ttrunrWts la irmtf jisrt Bs NIC sod Hltal the Burlington Is right; but It Is a con tention of no possible Importance. This is so because on the same or following day the Burlington filed with the Interstate Commerce commission a tariff rate of 3o cents from the Mississippi river to New York. And on and after that date no one of the public could ship from that river to New York for less than 35 cents and it was the same whether the shipment went west from St. Louis over the Clover lysf or northwest over the Burlington, or other points on the Burlington lines at the Mlsvlssippl river. And the contention that the Burlington did not file a "concurrence" to the new and Increased tariff rate of the Clover Ieaf Is of no Importance for another ren son, namely: The Burlington af'er August 8, did turn the freight prepaid over to the Clover Leaf and in the language of the Blklns law. "participate in any ra.es so filed or published" so that on and after August ( all shippers of like products of like classification were compelled to pay U cents while the four pseklng companies got their goods througn at 23 cents. It is my opinion the contrect of June 17 wss of doubtful validity when made and after August 1 was a "device" within the meaning of the law. Of eo much of the t MA. I L .ll.kt . ...... V. . Whether the statute covers export slilp-'i of th Plnln that ments is a more serous question. UWe many other questions thre la no way of concluding the question except by a de cision of the highest court of the land Judge, McPherson said that the con clusions of the Interstate Commerce com mission on the point of exports are em barrassing and added: But regardless of what the commission said, those Indictments have been returned prosecuted to conviction. 1 The constitution covers exports In the same clause that It covers commerce between tits slatea. And the statutes In auestion do the ssme and after a great eal of concern and thought. I am not able to sre the distinctions that defendants' counsel seek to make. Judge McPherson said that he wss fully persuaded that the verdicts in the packing house cases snd the case of the Burlington are right and he assessed the fines against all of said corporations. "These parties, he said, "were all gether in this scheme, with like and purpose." Omaha Man Interested. In speaking of the Thomas and Taggart eases. Judge McPherson said that evidence has been adduced to show thst Oeorge A. Parton, for the firm of Parton Bros., wholesale shoe and leather dealers, had received large sums of money from va rious railways through the defendants, and continued: Not only so, but the following nsmed concerns received the sums stated from rallwaya: Barton Bros.. .; Robert Keith Furniture company, Kansas City. $1,372; the Wehb-Freyschlag Mercantile company. Kansas City, $.Sno; Emery, Bird, dry goods. Ksnsas City, lS2,0fo; Burnham, Hanna, Munger Dry Goods company, Kan aas City, $M.W6; Hargine. McKittrick Dry Goods company, St. Louis. $10.000; F. P. Kirkendall Shoe company of Omaha, ll.fim So that, aa nearly as can be gathered from the evidence, the defendants, sfter deduction for tnelr own services from money receied from rallwaya, aid to the concerns named within four years, as re bates, the enormous sum of txl.VX.H. And the evidence fairly shows there were other rebates paid by them. I sssume all these concerns will be pro ceeded against for receiving these unlaw ful rebates .which can be done either by indictment or Information, ss the last vestige of tlw plea of immunity for cor porations has been wiped out by the de cision of the supreme court of the t'nited States March t, lint. In this case of Hale agalnat iienkle. History of C'nsos. The appearance in the fedsral court heie this morning for sentence of the represen tatives of four meat parking companion, one railway and two individual defendants, recently convicted of violating the Elkina law, marked the end of the rebate raaes to be tried at this term of court. On other case, that of the Chicago dt Alton and two of its officials, has been re-aet for trial in September. Tbe Indictments upon which the various to- motive Attorney General Says Conviction of Plrst Importance. WASHINGTON, June 22. On being asked concerning the action of Judge McPherson at Kansas City today in his decision against the Armour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy Packing companies, the Burlington railroad and the individual defendants, Taggart and Thomas, the attorney general said: "The consplrsry was for obtaining re bates on a lars scale and maklng'dlscrlm- I inations to shippers highly Injurious to the public welfare. The methods adopted in concealing the true nature of the transac tions showed clearly that the defendants wilfully, knowingly and deliberately sought to defy the law and that there was a gross contempt of Its prohibition. After giving It careful consideration I concluded that the extent of the discriminations showed that It was a case where the sentence of Imprisonment was especially desirable and 1 directed the district attorney to urge on the, court, in case of their conviction, the desirability of such a sentence. "I regard the outcome of this case as of the first Importance. The sentence of Im prisonment Imposed for the first time on persons guilty of rebating will. In my judg ment, have the most potent effect In check ing the widespread practice of unlawful dis criminations." Attorney General Moody has always been if a person guilty of rebating could be Imprisoned for It the prac tice would soon be broken. As. however, the Elklns law contained no provision for such a sentence, It became necesssry for Mr. Moody, In order to put Into effect this theory, to find some other means for do ing so. On an examination of the author ities Mr. Moody discovered that under the authority of the supreme court of the I'nited States, in the case of Chine against the I'nited States, a conspiracy to commit a crime against the I'nited States, Itself punishable only by fine, the defendant might also be punished by imprlsnnmrnt. He directed the United Statea attorney In each district thst, "In the event of obtain ing a conviction on a charge of conspiracy of thla kind, you are directed to present to the court the desirability of inflicting the penslty of Imprisonment, to the end that those unlawful practices, which have re ceived almost universal condemnation, may be discoursged and prevented as far as ex isting law will accomplish that result." DIAMONDS Edholm. 16th ana Harney, Dermaline Soap .... Although a medicated soap. Is not vnade simply for use In obscure and unusual cases of sores, wounds or rashes-It Is a SOAP FOR EVERY DAY VSE, and is unequalled for general toilet purposes. 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Piano buyera who joe$i any certificate or due-bill of $25 or more toward a piano art specially invited ta inspect our stock and male careful comparison. Ve Display Over Six Hundred Instruments The latest and best from thirty prominent manufacturers, including the famous Steinway & Sons, Steger & Sons, A. B. Chase, Emerson, Hardman, Kurtzman, McPhail, etc. SPLENDID BARGAINS IN OUR EXCHANGE DEPT. Arion, upright, walnut case $118 Arion, oak case $125 Vose & Sons .$125 Singer $136 Vose ..........$138 Erbe&Co '......$144 Wheclock $155 Gramer $165 Steinway, Steger & Sons, Reed & Sons, Emerson, Les ter and Steck slightly used uprights at one-half regular selling prices, on terms of $10 down and $o monthly. See the $300 new full sue piano we are selling this week for $175. On terms of only $6 down and $3 per month. New pianos for rent, $3 and up. Pianos tuned, moved, boxed, stored or repaired at lowest rates for reliable service. Schmoller&MuellerPianoGo. 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