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THE OMAHA DEE
Best West
VOL. XXXVI-NO. 71.
i OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1906.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
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OMAHA WEATHER FORECAST Friday Fair.
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Stars open Minings till 6. Sitcidais till 10.
GREATEST FRAME AND PICTURE SALE
1,000 Frames, various sizes, values up to $6.00, Satur- Ci-v
. day, 79c, 69c, 59c, 49c and .... yfC
Frames on Display in 16th Street Window All -Week..
250 Unframed Pictures to Refit Your Old Frames, also ' CCIv
Frames on sale, values up to $3.00, Saturday. J J C
r Pictures in 16th Street Window with Frames. ;
BEGINNERS' PYROGRAPHY OUTFITS.
500 Outflts for Beginners Especially A Glove and 'Kerchief
Box, a Bottle of Shellac, Two Practice Panels, 1 OO
sale price........... (I
Start Saturday.
School Paints and School Tablets We Have 'Em. . ,
School Stationery
Cheaper Here Than Elsewhere
School Tablets, for pencils, 120 ruled leaves, at 3c
School Tablets, size 8x12. 80 ruled leaves, at 8c
Lead Pencil, "Express, " nlcklfl Up and rubber, dozen 12c
each lc
Carter Ink, 2-ounce bottle . , 3c
Slate Pencil", plain or soapstone, dozen. fie
two' tor , lc
History Paper, large or small sizes, ruled (60 sheets) 3c
History Covers,, bound in leather and cloth, small and
large sizes 9c
School Straps, large size 10c
Small size Sc
Young Artist Crayons, 12 assorted colors In box, .... .5c
Colored Chalk, 12 assorted colors In wood box ..... .5c
Crayon, 1 gross box white school crayon, at. ....... .7c
Composition Hooks, 40 leaves, good ink paper, each. . .4c
Composition Hooks, 72 leaves, best Ink paper, stiff
covers .Sc
Japanese Pencil Boxes, decorated, lock and key. .... .8c
Slates Noiseless and the best quality
Size 5x7, single 8c
Double 15c
Size 6x9. single .13c
Double 25c
, STATIONERY SECTION Main Floor.
Tl FOUNTAIN PEN $1
ON SrtLE SATURDAY
1000 Solid 14 Kt. Gold Point Fountain
PttlS, fully guaranteed by The
Bennett Company to last one year,
positively worth $2.?0 A A
each, on sale Saturday, ea. "
Stationery Section Main Floor
Friiits and Vegetables
Two Hundred Baskets Grapes J
tor Jelly, basket A
Sweet Potatoes, very fancy, fl Aa
THREE POUNDS -i-VL
Complete Line All Strictly Fresh.
OMAHA WEATHER FORECAST Saturday' Fal
mLW 1 L
by Store Open Sttvt&oy 'Till 10 P. M
Bennett's
Candies
Several hundred pack
ages Lemon Drops,
half price, 1
each ..'.2v
Two for 5c.
Cigars! Cigars!
Cigars!
La Clnora, a two for 25c Imported
cigar, as long as supply C
lasts, each , . . DC
B0 for $2.50
Entonia, a West Indies 10c C-
cigar, four for mDG
60 for 2.60.
Dennett's Special Granulated
Smoking Tobacco,
pound OG
And Five Green Trading Stamps
All our 30c Tlpes,
at, each JC
And 30 Green Trading 8tamps
Sett urdayin th a
r Crookory
fc-'Amari Bowls, Trays, etc., from Japan Regular 38c goods selling f Q
now at half price each,
New Dinnerware in All the Latest Shapes and Decorations .Ifl
Treatment of gold, exceptional values, blues, pinks, etc., set. . . . . . P V
Dark Blue Lugano Very finest English porcelain, good shape, Z QQ
sold by the set 100 pieces special . ...IJ0
Also in open stock. Buy one piece at atime.
Cut Glass Values Better Than Ever On cur $5 table we have all the lat
est cuttings and articles that would usually sell at $7, $8 and
' $9, on this table at each
.$5
Beautiful Ioga Ware In all styles of Vases, Jugs, Flower Vases,
Nut Bowls, etc., Saturday any $1.25 piece for. .
Pretty Colonial Water or Lemonade Jugs in Glass at each
85c, 65c and
Tumblers to Match dozen at $1.00
Hundreds of Jardineres All the latest shapes, decorations and finishes-
prices, 19c, 34c; 69c and. up to a Handsome Jar and .
98c
45c
Pedestal for
$20
Specials Hardware Saturday
&;; Bale of Ranges Btill Continues
Don't Miss This Bargain
74c Galvanized Wash Tub, CO
special. ........ ... ..... JUG
64c Galvanized Wash Tu'J. A flB
special TC
66c Galvanized Wash Tub, 1Q0
special J JG
19c Galvanized Water Pall, J
special .-.1C
J 2c Galvanized Water Pail, J?
special ,1JC
24c Galvanized Water Pail, O
special IOC
19c Sapolln Stove Enamel, IP
special (JC
Extra Nice Bread Boxes, CS.
73c, 63c and. . . .JJ
And Thirty Green Trading Stamps
Yellow Label Stove Polish,
And Ten Green Trading Stain pa
Extra nice Letter Box, yJO.
at.r . rOC
And 30 Green Trading Stamps
Mrs. V roo man's Sink 1ft
Strainer, at IJC
And 20 Green Trading Stamps
Shaker Flour Sifter. lC
And 20 Green Trading Stamps
Trouser Hunger Will hold Crt
tour pairs, special ao7C
PAINTS! PAINTS!
Double Orwii Trading H tamps on all
Paints Saturday. , .
Saturday Bargains m
5hoes r
We now have in stock the most up-to-date
exclusive line of fall and winter styles In the
the "smart shoe" the Dorothy Dodd ever
shown in the big shoe section. ' ; ,
All leathers, all styles
and all sizes. Every
one can be fitted per
fectly. Best shoes to be had for
boys and girls a pair.
Sr..'.,. 1.50.
Men's Shoes The best shoes for w,ear and
work. Also styles that are examples of ex-
clusiveness in fit and workmanship, f
at "prices from $5 to. ...... '.. . ...
CLOTHING'
Exclusive clothes, made from exclusive cloths, hand tailored,
from beginning to end. Very finest to be had.
KOHN BROS., Chicago
Fine clothes for men and sold by us exclusively in this city.
Suits and overcoats "made with the justly celebrated K. B.
shoulder," Union Made Clothes from
$25 to $iO
Dutchess .Trousers 10o a 1 but
ton, $1 a rip. $7.50, $6, $5, $4,
$3, $2, $1.50 and.... 1.00
Boys' Clothes Some of the
choicest and best fabrics we've .
ever had. Prices in keeping
with these true values $7.50,
$5.95, $4.95, $3.95, $2.95, $2.45,
$1.95 and . .$1.50
You'll find some big bargains
in; school suits.
: Brokaw Bros., New York, Fin
Vest of.,,, fine clothes for men.
' ' New v 6tock ready fon ryonf '
selection ; $ju ana..zo
AH Last Season's SuitsSold
.up to $35, kt. ........ . .$15
Men's Fall and "Winter Weight Underwear
A garment from $3 down to .' 50c
Union Suits The "Mentor" line-'a suit from
$5 down to........ ....'...$1.00
Shirts Soft flannel, collars attached, some
thing new from $3 down to. ..... $1.50
Shirts Last call. Soft shirts, Wilson Bros.;
Manatawas sold up to $1.50, at 50c
FALL STYLES IN MEN'S HATS
Bennett's Leader, in black and pearl, at. :.$2.50
Telescopes, rockets, fedoras and college In
black, brown, pearl and nutria, at $3, $2.50,
$2 and.. .$1.50
J Men's Conservative . Styles In black, brown,
pearl and nutria, at $3, $2.50, $2, $1.50 and $1
Stetsons All styles $5 ones for $4.50. $4 ones
,at...... $3.50
Men's and! Boys' Caps At $1, 75c, 50c and 25c
Fall Overcoats and Raincoats are ready Our
special number in rain coats, worth $25, at $15
Bennett's Great Carpet and Rug Sale
Still On. Come While You Have a Big
Variety to Select From
Remnants of Granite and Union Ingrain Carpets, rom 1 to 20
yards in a piece, sell regularly from 35o to 45c,, a yard . .
Remnants of Cotton Chain Ingrain Carpets, from 1 to 10 yds
in a piece, sell for G5c yard, while they last,
yard
Remnants of All-Wool Two and Three-Ply Ingrain Carpets, from
1 to 20 yards in a piece, sell from 30o to $1.10, in this sale, .
yard '. .
Remnants of 16-4 Linoleum, some room sizes, very best quality
of printed goods, sell for 85c a yard, In this sale,
yard ' ......... . . . . . .
Remnants of Brussels Carpets, iy2 yards' long, bound on both
ends so that they make good rugs, worth $1:50 each, in this
sale
Remnants of Wilton and Extra Axminster Carpets, 1Y2 yards
long, bound on both ends so that they make splendid rugs,
worth $2.25 each, in this sale ,
75 c
1.
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BENNETT'S BIG GROCERY
List of Money-Savers for Saturday.
Bennett's Excelsior Flour, sack $1.50
And fifty green trading stmaps. '
Teas, all kinds, pound .68c
And sixty green trading stamps.
Java and Mocha Coffee, pound 88c
1 And twenty green trading stamps.
GINGER SNAPS, pound Be
Pickling Spice, pound 2c
And ten green trading stamps.
Bennett's Capitol Baking Powder, lb. can 21c
. And twenty green trading stamps.
Schepp's Cocoanut, pound pkg. 23c
And ten green trading stamps.
BUTFEIt Headquarters for the best always.
Special Offer Bennett's Capitol Creamery,
the best ever, one pound brick, full weight,
SATURDAY ONLY 25c
New York full cream Cheese, pound ....20c
And ten green trading stamps.
Olive Special Large Queen Olives, pint, ,20c
And ten green trading stamps.
Uneeda Biscuits, four packages 15c
And ten green trading stamps.
Chocolate Menier, pound 45c
And forty green trading stamps.
Blood of the Grape, quart bottle . .' 50c
And forty green trading stamps.
Sour Pickles, quart lOc
And ten green trading stamps.
Chow Chow Pickles, quart 15o
And ten green trading stamps.
Small Sweet Pickles, quart 20c
And ten green trading stamps.
California Ripe Olives, bottle 10c
And ten, green trading stamps.
16c
35c
49c
55c
Extra Clerks. . Extra Deliverymen.
Red Cross Cream, 2 large cans. ....... .20c
And ten green trading stamps. '
Jell-O. assorted, three packages 25c
And ten green trading stamps.
Wiggle Stick Bluing, 6 sticks 25c
And ten green trading stamps.
Diamond S Fruits, Pineapple, can 25c
And thirty green trading stamps.
Ginger Ale, bottle 10c, dozen bottles. . .91.00
Bennett's Capitol Wheat, package 10c
And five green trading stamps.
Bennett's Capitol Oats, package 10c
And five green trading stamps.
Gedney's 25c Pickles, reduced to 15c
MKAT8. MEATS.
Strictly Fresh Dressed Spring Chickens
Selected, choice, lb , lfic
Fresh Leaf Lard, 11 lbs for $1.00
I'ork Shoulder I toast, lb , 8c
Choice ftatlve lteef Shoulder lloast,
lb 8c and 6o
Roast Beef off the Bound, lb. . .10c and 8c
Rib Boiling Beef, 10 lbs. for 25c
Morrell's Peacock Bacon Selected, all lean
narrow strips, average 6 to 6 lbs.,
on sale at 1TH
SO Gren Trading Blanmn with each trlp.
Bennett's Special Lard Guaranteed
strictly pure, in Ave pound pail, at. 03c
0 green trading stamps with each atrip.
DELICATKSSEX.
All high grade aaupoK from WelsM A
Co., Milwaukee. Full line Koshnr sausage
from Javld Berg & Co., Chicago.
All kinds salt and smoked flsh. New
Holland herring.
CAPTURING CUNNING BANDIT
Adventum of Deputy. KarshaU on the
Trail f Smooth Gam
CLO TIME CROOKS OF INDIAN TERRITORY
Uow.Panr MttU Bob Keetor o
Earth th Notorious Shooty,
mm Artful Dder Cost
of the KUIIb.
Ths merging ot Indian Territory Into
tho slate or Oklahoma will witness' the
passing or the old-time gusrdlans of the
peace, the picturesque United States dvputy
marshals. It Is true that the new stale
will have its quota of these law officers,
but the duties that they will be called
upon to perform will not be of the same
character as those which kept the old
timers busy.
Fourteen or fifteen years ago, when Bud
KU. Bill McCell. Jim Fisher. Bent Cobb.
Jiick Ellis and Old1 Man Depew helped to
uphold the peace and dignity of the United
Bute In th Choctaw. Chickasaw, Creek
ana Seminole nations, there war plctur
'MO.U doings. Black Tiger, the famous
Seminole outlaw; Bell Btarr. th woman
bandit, and her brother, Jim July, then
hHld le board ' and ' th "nation" was
fairly llled with bootleggers, bora theleves
and lesser criminals.
The old deputy marshal were fearless
men. Pome of them had doubtful reputa
tions er they entered th servla of Unci
8am, and In more than on Instance tb
deputy marshal's commission was given
by th officer of the federal courts as a
sort of compromise and treaty of pear
with ah especially troublesome, enterpris
ing and energetic law breaker. Where such
was the cas the deputy who won his
pur in this peculiar manner became nota
bly efficient and loyal to th powerah
enred.
Two decade ago there flourished In th
southern nart et tb territory a maS
character who was widely known under
th sobriquet of "Shoofly." What his real
name was and where he hailed (rom were
mysteries that have never been solved,
lie had a pronounced Yankee twinge and all
th mannerisms of the regular down eaater.
Aettv as m Bootlegger.
He suddenly cam to th notice of the
territory officials as a bootlegger on of
th cutest, slyest and moot successful per
ambulating dispensaries that ever retailed
liquid woe to the denixen of the "nation."
The fellow moved so rapidly and covered
so much territory that he really seemed
ubiquitous. For a long ' time his only
means of identification wer th peculiar
method that he employed In the transac
tion of his business of "introducing nd
selling" and th uniform success he had of
evading the officers of the law or of giving
them1 a glimpse of his person.
He wss the artful dodger personslfiea and
In' lieu of a better name he was christened
"Shoofly" by th officers who sought hlro
they paying him an unconaclou compli
ment in so naming hint. For a while
"Shoofly" was content to break tb law In
th on particular of idling liquor to the
Indians and such of the white residents of
th "nation" as hsd gained his confidence.
After a while, however, his criminal enter
prise took a wider range and he stole
horse, held up travelers, and In course of
time wu charged with practically all th
offenses on th calendar. It is known to a
certainty that ther were oyer forty war--tint
issued against him from the federal
xurts situated In Paris, Wichita and. Fort
nlth. ,
' T'nlted States marshals pitted their cun
ning against his In their effort to rapture
him. but all without avail. Practically
all the old-time deputies In th territory
had taken their whirl In trying to appre
hend him, but on their return from the
Cham they would have- to confess thst they
stood no show whatever with ihe sly old
fox thev were after.
Talilii M m im rk.
jtt Atoka In those days there was a dep
uty named Bob Nester. or "Bob Nasty." us
he was familiarly known. II was s
weasen-faced, undersized fel'ow. and the
u would nlnk out for aa
officer of the character of deputy marshal
in that section of the country. "He might
do for some third rate district In Ohio,
where th lawbreakers practically arrest
themselves," would b the thought of the
casual observer, but those who knew Bob
realised that ther was - no man In the
territory more fearless than he, and there
certainly was no officer more devoted to
duty.
Bob had a fine appreciation of the effi
ciency of th deputy marshals of the "na
tion" and It troubled him that Shoofly hail
so long remained Immune from arrest.
Practically all the other officers wer mat
rled men and they could not afford to
chase th arch criminal for month and
months, aa their only means of compensa
tion was the fees they received for making
arrerts and attending the various courts.
Bob, who was single, and who felt that
he could afford to do so, undertook to up
hold th honor of his fellow officers and
started out on morning In June with the
determination of camping on the trail of
Shoofly until he could bring the latter to
Justice, even if it took all summer to fight
It out on that line. k
By means known to himself he sent word
to the object of his search to that effect
and then took np the most persistent man
hunt ' that has ever been recorded in th
annals of th territory.
. Bob had a fine grsy riding bonis thai had
In Its veins some or the famous blood of
the Barrel Denmark stock of Kentucky.
Mounted on - this magnificent animal, the
man made a strange contrast, but what he
lacked In physical attractiveness he made
up In the cold, calm courage of his coun
tenance and th fearless, stern expression
of his eye. He was certainly th Incarna
tion of Nemesis when he set out on the
trail. For months and months he followed
every clue that would lead- to the where
abouts of the human prey1 he sought, but
without avail. He almost gave up the hunt
In despair, when one night, while he was
camped In the open air near Cole Nelson's
crossing, on th Klamltta river, in the
eastern part of th Choctaw nation, he was
awakened by some on who stood beside
bun.
In th dull glow of th small cama fir
th person's features were Indistinct, but
th carriage: of th man, together with
soma plainly marked physical characteris
tics, mad him a person who, once seen,
would always be remembered.- He had se
cured Bob's weapons while the latter slept.
He coolly informed the astonished and
chagrined deputy, who had Instinctively
missed his weapons, that he was the long-sought-after
Shoofly and he gravely stated
that the deputy, In pursuing him, was on a
veritable wild goose chase.- He advised
Bob to return to Atoka and put in. his time
earning money by arresting the less, clever
criminals, who were numerous enough to
make good and easy picking for an ambi
tious deputy marshal. '
Bob could do nothing else than act partly
on the advlo given him, and he had to
return to headquarter for pew. weapons
and a horse to take the place of the beau
tiful ai.lmal he had lost In so humiliating
a'manner.
Desplt the failure Bob again equipped
himself and took up the pursuit for the
second tim with greater- determination
than ever to succeed. This second chase
led him up and Aqwn the breadth of the
territory of th five civilised tribes tim
aqd Urn again. Everywhere that Bob
appeared he was Informed that th person
he sought had been ther a short tim be
fore and that th latter had taunted Bob
on his Inability to even catch a cold. -
On forenoon Bob Nester happened ' Into
the coal mining town of Krebs, a short
distance from the older portion of 'McAJes.
ter. It was In November and trTe air was
cool and snappy. He wandered about the
town in an aimless manner , until about
11 o'clock. His thoughts .wer of Shoofly,
and for th first time Bob began to feel a
sens of dlscoursgim-. nt over th prospect
of capturing th wily criminal. While in
this mental attitude he happened to glance
over toward a frame building short dis
tance from him. The structure was -a. crude
affair and was used as a restaurant. There,
leaning against the house, and lasily dos
ing In the sun, was a person whose features
and general bearing were vaguely familiar
to the officer. He pondered fr a moment
on th man's Identity and then It suddenly
flashed on him that Use parson so comforta
bly dosing In th tun bath was no other
than th notorious Shoofly.
Oot Hla Hast.
Bob did not hesitate, a moment. Drawing
his loaded 46 Cplt from the holster and tak
ing from his pocket the warrant h had
for th outlaw's arrest, he confronted
Shoofly with th words, "Wake up!" Th
fellow did so only to look down into the
cold muzzle of tb six-shooter. Bob then
said:
"Shoofly, I have a warrant for your ar
rest. I'll read. It in a mora convenient
place. Com with me."
"Bob," was) Slioofly's answer, "I'll never
go with you alive."
With that he made a motion as though
he were about to pull a weapon. Bob was
too quick tor him and shot first. The
brains of the outlaw wer spattered on the
unpalnted board wall of th building and h;
sank In a lifeless heap on th ground.
Th long quest of th deputy marshal
was over. He had "got" hla man and had
achieved success where all his fellows had
failed. All that now remained was to re
port th matter of the outlaw's death and
th circumstances that accompanied It to
th proper federal authorities. This Bob
did and was ordered to see that th' re
mains received burial. The details were
attended to by the officer. He saw that the
body was properly clothed, that a coffin
had been provided, the gray dug and a
vehicle employed to take the remain to
their last resting place.
Bob Nester was th only mourner at th
funeral of Shoofly. He rode on th dray
that bore th cheap pin coffin to th pot
ter's field and his was the only tear that
fell when th clods of dirt thumped on the
shard thst concealed all that was mortal
of the cunnlngest criminal that the terrl
tory haa rver known.
When all was over Bob Nester rendered
the following bill:
Vnited 8te. Dr.
To Pobert Nester. Or
November 1 To burial suit for Shoo-
To r-aoer shoes for
Bhodllv i
To boiled shirt for
. Shooflv " l.so
To drsv uvl for htul
loa avooflv j a
Total
To digging grave for
Shoofly j
To coffin for Shoofly....'
To bullet used in kill
ing Shoofly
1.00
6.00
.05
m.80
The United States court allowed Bob the
amount of his bill and Clerk Fitspatrtck
maintained for years that no outlaw the
territory had ever produced had been killed
as cheaply under federal auspices as had
Shoofly. The death of the outlaw had a
depressing . effect on Bob Nester. He
seemed to lose all Interest In life after that
and In a short time he gave up the dutle
of deputy marshal arid then disappeared
from 'th ken of hla fellow officers. His
great success was the fruition of the su
preme effort of his life and he retired while
his laurels wer yet green. Kansas City
Star.
HE COULDN'T GET A FILL
St. loaia Negro Eats th Stock of
Loach Mast mud Sighs for
i
More.
On a wager that he could eat the entire
stock of a barbecue lunchstand at Twenty
second and Papln streets, Oeorg Andrews,
a negro, known as "Big Boy," put up a
performance in the presence of a large
crowd .of envlou witnesses that eclipses
all tales of "grub" consumption la that
locality.
"Big Boy," who states that he haa never
had enough to eat in his life, is a Vir
ginia product, but has been In St. Louis
for some time working as a teamster. His
past performances, such as eating a whole
ham at one sitting, wer well known to bis
friends, but when he offered to eat the en
tire stock of the lunchstand If they would
pay for It they took him up.
J. C. Brown, who keeps th lunchstand,
the policeman on the beat, and a large
crowd witnessed the feat. Andrews started
In on a pile of spare ribs, about six pounds,
which he cleaned up, and then pruci-eutd
to finish the stock of twelve pounds of
mutton sandwiches. When th bill had
reached It W th crowd began to Investi
gate their pockatbooks and decided it was
pro-
tlme to stop, and, although "Big Boy"
tested, they called off the wager.
Andrews Uvea at 23 South Compton ave
nue and weighs about 200 pounds. When
aaked how much he eat ordinarily he said
that he was always hungry, as he could
not afford to buy enough to eat. He mod
estly offered to make a lunch of twenty.
Ave chickens of frying slse if anyone would
pay for them. St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Great Pampas Levels. '
The pampas of Argentina, so far aa an
abaolut level la concerned, are said to ex
ceed any other large area In the world. On
railroad runs 176'inlles without an inch of
curve, and it might have continued in the
same way for thirty mllr further.
The wagons used in this level country
are fifty feet long In some case and from
twelv to fifteen feet wide. The rear wheel,
are from twelve to fourteen feet high aud
th driver's scat twenty feet or more abovs
the ground. . The horses used at times num.
ber as many as threescore to a wagon. Th
principal Idea of such a large wagoa Is tg
hav something that will not be engulfed
by th mud during the rainy season and
th dust of th dry season of the bottom
less roads of the pampas, and it also bus
Its economical advantages in a country
wher men are scarce and horses plentiful.
Catch Fish by 'Phoa.
Th lateot us of the telephone is In lo
cating shoals of flsh. The electric appara
tus is a German patent. A microphone, in
closed In a water tight case, connected
with an electrlo battery and telephone, is
lowered Into th water.
So long as th telephone hangs free no
sound Is heard, but on its coming into
contact with a fchoal of flab the constant
tapping of the 11 u agtlnt the microphone
case produces a series of sounds which at
one betray their presence.
Th cord attached to the microphone Is
marked so that th exact djtti of th
shoal is dcalgnated,
If you hav anything to trade advertise
It In th For Kxchang column of Tb
Be Want Ad page.