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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 20, 1007. FATAL WRLCK IN INDIANA Twenty Ft, f aid to It Te d in lie fiu- Ctliit n FOG CONCEALS THl SIGNAL AT FCWLtR Mail Orders Receive Prompt and Careful Attention Phone 981 Douglas Our Drug Sundries Dept. Offers Some Unusual Bargains At This Pre-Iiveitory Sale a-- aw - - "m m m i ar j in a - oip a it .av wa v mm a.it,, IWJr TTV IPtIM II II I! t J IJ 1 1 "A L I Tl ni,M II 9 1 SJit" la Spite of Effort of Operator, Trains Meet and louche Harn from Coals la Gn(l, INDIANA PO LIB. Jan. 19.-A special to the News from l.afavette nays reports re ceived there Indlr-ste that twenty-five peo- j pie. were killed In the wreck of the Big I Four passenger train No. 3S near Fowler erly today, twenty of whom were, cre mated. Those killed, It Is stated, were ' nearly all In the combination far, which ! took fire and burned. The sleepers turned i r I - -m.- - - At I H I the Big Four flyer wn unable to see the i light of the aemaphoro which directed ' him to atop, at a westbound freight had tha right-of-way. The train dispatcher, 1 knowing that tha dense fog would prevent the trainmen from aeelng the block signal, rent outside and waved his lantern fran- . tically and fired at least half a dosen shots from hla revolver, but the trainman went raahlng by with their train and a moment later tha crash came. Tha tender of No. 31 telescoped the bag rag car i the rear end of the tender cut through to within ten reet of the rear of tha amokar. Tha firemen of both trains were killed Instantly, but tha engineers escaped by Jumping. ' Tba report of tha collision was heard all aver town. Fire balls and whistles called tha people to the aid of tha Injured. Wreckage Catches Fire. Immediately following tne crash the wreckage caught fire and the 'bodies were tmrned before they could be extricated from tha ruins. The heat of the burning cars was so Intense that the would-be res cuers could not get near enough to help. The Injured and soma of the dead were taken to Kankakee, III. One man who was pleading pltdously for aJd, was pinned under a car seat. Ha was rescued when the flames Were within six feet of him. Another man waa thrown out of the window of the smoker Into a ditch. These were the only two passengers rescued from the smoker. The killed Included men, women and children and all that could be seen at day break this morning waa the smouldering keletona of human bodies and the wreck age of tha smoker and the baggage cars. ' Nona of the passengers In the sleepers was killed. Coroner Comley has taken charge and Prosecuting Attorney Hall will assist the coroner In making an Investigation of the wreck. Tha sleeping cars were not destroyed by lira as first reported. Statement by flnperlntendent. General Superintendent H. F. Houghton of tha Big Four said his Information at 10 a. m. waa that between ten and fifteen .persona were killed, -while the Hat of seri ously Injured waa not Jarge. Indianapolis' survivors and Injured will reach the olty at 1 p. m., he aald. "Tha Indianapolis sleeper," said Mr. , Houghton, "waa tha last car of the train. No person on It waa hurt. "Fire Injured were taken to tha hospital at Kankakee. One of them died on the way, "Tha survivors were put aboard the next train for Indianapolis. It was , necessary to send this train back to Behalf and over 1 tha Lake Krle cV Western and Chicago ft i Eastern Illinois to get back to the main Una for Indianapolis. Borne of the pae engera wished to go back to Chicago and were sent there. "We sent a wreck train from here at 6 av m but tha train from Kankakee waa there ahead of It. ' "Our Information la that No. 38 ran past tba block at Fowler, probably because of tha fog." Partial Mat of Dead. later report state that tha Pullman cara, with tha exceptlcn of the vice president's private car, did not turn over, but left the track and were burned after tha passengers bad been taken out. The known dead: MINOR GRIFFITH of Bhelbyvllle, Ind., Areman on freight. P. J. WH1TTAKER of Indianapolis, con ductor on passenger train. J. M. MAQUIS of Indianapolis, baggage Waster. HENRT OUTCAULT of Cincinnati, flre bB on passenger. Injured: John Kobbla of Indianapolis, slightly kurt. W. T. Hall of Memphis, Tenn., slightly Injured. Edward Tripp of Indianapolis, badlv ruised. He was engineer of the passenger train and waa thrown throuarh the window f hla cab. . Trala Waa Rasalag Fast. CHICAGO, Jan. M. Passenger train No. M, which left Chicago at 11:30 o'clock last From Chicken-Pox to Cholera Cure-Alls No Longer Tolerated. In srly days every barber shop wss Sin Operating room and (he town physi cian resorted to bleedln as the sure cure for all ailmsnu from olilcken-pox to chol re. As a result, many, including- our first Freoldsnt, died prematurely. Tae present low rate of mortality is due tn large measure to the advances maa in medical science and the knowledge of the speclfle treatment needed for each dls ease knowrit ' There la no disease more common amoiut American and English people than dyspep sia. 80 prevalsnt haa It beoome that thou sands suffer with It half unoonsciou.lv eonslder the aymptoma as natural to their "ul resign themselves to living on tn that condition. There is a remedy for dyspfpia, ,n1 nly one, recommended and endorsed gen rally by physicians: Stuarts byrpepsu Tablets have stood the test of year of use by millions of suffsrers. have been sub jected to governmental analyse in Europe and .America and alone have bee fouT to contain tho elements which nature has put Into the stomach for dlgestlon-pepsln diastase and other ferments. Btuart's Dyspepsia Tablsts relieve the stomach and bowels In a perfectly natural .way by helping them do their work. If the stomach is weak in gastric juice, Btu art's Tablets make up the denctency if the muscles sr Inactive, Stuart's Tablets Invigorate them. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets digest every form of food enterin. the sUnrith. oae ral tha active prln iple of ths Tableta being capable of di gesting ia grains of meat, eggs and other foods. Thsy are not cathartic pills their aouoa ta simpiy inst 01 a aigestiva. tuart'S Dypepsla Tablets cure nothing but dyspepsia, waterbreeh. ur stomach and kindred ailments resulting front the Imperfect digestion of food, but that dis eases they positively cure. We will gladly send you a trial paekag te prove the truth of our claims. Stuirt s Dyspepsia Tablets can oe gotten or all druggleta at s cents. F. A. Stuart Co Stuart Bldg.. Marshall. Mich, emarkable Pre THIS Pre-lnventory Sale will be remarkable from two points of view First It will be ths longest Inventory sale on record in Omaha, beginning ten days before the first of February, when we start invoicing. Second To conduct a sale for this period of time it will necessitate the daily sacrifice of the best seasonable merchandise in the store. This is exactly what we propose to do for the next ten days. We intend to offer, fresh bargain surprises that will interest every woman and make the swiftest kind of selling. We begin this new campaign Monday with an unprecedented array of new bargains new because they will be greater than all former offer ings. Our past 'sales won many new patrons to our store, but this Ten-Day-Pre-Inventory Sale will brings hundreds and hundreds more. We will positively give better goods for same money than any other store. A Sensational Sale Of that beautiful Marie Antonlette Silk, the prettiest the world haa ever known for styilsh gowns. Sold by us and everywhere at $1.25 a yard. Jl'ST F1VK SHADES LEFT, old rose, reseda green, tan, grey and black, Mon day, while they last, a yd.50 Another Monday special Is real. Imported Japanese WaBh Silks. 36-ln. wide and an exceptional value at 69c, the quantity of these silks are such that Just be fore inventory to greatly reduce the amount, we make this spe cial offer Monday of this assort ment at, a yard 48a? $1.25 Oil Boiled Black Taffeta. 75c Save 60c a yard and buy our 27 in. black oil bol'ed taf feta silk (wear guaranteed), limited amount to a customer. Monday at 75 Dress Goods WHERE CAN YOU FIND EQUAL VALUES? Monday we are going to sell swell Tailor Suitings at a great sav ing here la a great line of grey grounds, with new plaid and check effects, th'at are without a peer. Their real worth Is from $1.75 to $2.25 a yard. Monday, pre-lnventory price Is, a ydl.25 (8ee 16th St. window.) 66-ln. Chiffon Panamas will be sold Monday at 80c yd. Navy blue, reseda green, brown, green and black,! regular $1.60 quali ties, yard 1 80s 68-ln. Meiton Cloth, plain colors, mixtures and black, always sold at 75c yard. Monday at this pre lnventory sale, price, yd.. 35 All Wool . French Challls and French Flannels, worth 50c and 76c yard, to close at once. .29? Ladies' Great Waist Sale Still On Allover Lace, embroidered and plain nets, all silk lined elegant Taffeta Waists, in biack that sold up to $7.50 each, all on one table at, each $4.75 All Wool Batistes Plain and fancy Mohairs, In black and col ors, that sold up to $3.50. your choice Monday at $1.98 Heavy Cotton and Wool Waists One lot of Black and Colored . Eatlnes that sold up to $1.60 each, Monday at, yard....39 night was known as the Quen City special, and consisted of a combination baggage and day coach, three sleeping cars and the private car of C. B. Schaff, vice presi dent of the road. The train was running at the rate of fifty miles on hour, when the accident occured and the force of the collision was so great that the tender of the paasenger engine was driven the- entire length of the . com bination car. In which were a number of oaseencers estlmatde at from, fifteen to twenty-five. All the dead and Injured were taken from the wreckage of this car, none of the passengers in the sleepers hav ing been hurt. Boon after the collision, the wreckage caught fire from the engine coals and all the coaches, except the private car of Vice President Schaff were destroyed. Starr of Hurt Ivor. Paul D. Harris, an attorney of Chicago who was en route to Florida, was, so far as known, the only person to escape from the combination car. He reached La fayette on another train and reported that the dead and Injured,, as fust as they Were drawn from the wreckage, were placed first In the first sleeper, the. Cincinnati sleeper. This car caught Hre and tha victims were hastily removed to the next car the Indianapolis sleeper. The Kre aUo spread to this err aud it became necessary to 1 again transfer the dead and injured, this time to Vice President BoharTs private car, in which they were taken to division headquarters at Kankakee. One passenger j was pinned under the wreckage and burned to death. The engineer of the paasengcr train waa seflously injured, but 1 will survive. j The fireman of one of the engines was r,.h.H 10 death Hla body waa re. ' overed. According to Mr. Harris, both trains had orders to stop at Fowler, but the pas senger train ran by the block signal, which the engineer failed to see on account of fog. Vice President Schaff was not on board the train, but his wife occupied the private car. Mrs. Schaff was not Injured. Btatessent at Chlcac. The following official statement regard ing the wreck at Fowler, Ind., was Issued from the omce 01 tne Big rour raiiro io in this city: - . .. . Traln No. ffl. known ss the Quee City ..i.i Mh 1. ft rhl. aim at last niht V.iiiiHH with No. al fast ' marcha.n- riiaa freisht train. 600 feet east of tne east switch at Fowler. Ind. No. SS ran by a hod sisnal at Fowler. This was a tele graphic block signal, and the red lixht was burning brightly, but ths engineer failed to see It and stop, probably on account 01 the very heavy fog. The dead are as follows: J. A. SHANNON. Chicago: died on Spe clxl train enroute t Ksnkskee. CONDl'CTOH H1DDINGKR of the pas senger train. BAGG AGEM ABTKR MAGKB of passen ger train. FIREMAN AT.fOTT of passenger trail. ELEVEN OCCUPANTS OF COMBINA TION CAK: names not known to officials. The Injured: H W. Kmk, Grand Rapids. Mich.; In. : ailen serious. L g. Lang. Chiuagt,; sllfil.tly hur Advance Showing of Ladles New Spring Suits and Covert Jackets An Underwear Spe cial of Unusual Importance Ladles' Wool Underwear Union Suits,-Vests and Drawers These are broken lines, not all sizes of a line, but all sizes are repre sented in the different lines theee garments sold up to $1.25- your choice Monday for, a gar ment ' .59cs Merode Underwear, 79c Fine, heavy Merode, silk-taped, two thread Cotton Union Suits that always sold at $1.25 a suit, on sale Monday at, suit 790s 50c and 75c Hose 25c Monday Just received, another special rvjp ment of fine. Imported Hosiery direct from the largest Importer In the country. The new ship ment comprises allover lace lisle, ankle lace lisle and plain lisle silk embroidered, black, white and all colors. Through an un usual price concession and on a narrow margin of profit we are enabled to offer Importer's regu lar 50c and 75c values at-, a pair 25 (Monday, center aisle.) Also in connection with above spe cial we have a late shipment of misses' and children's pure wool ribbed Stockings, the regular ,25c kind, which we will offer Mon- " day at 17 A saving of 8c on a pair. AN EXTRAORDINARY UNDER WEAR AND HOSE BARGAIN. In Our Men's Furnishing Section. A very fine derby ribbed 2-plece value without an equal, form fit ting, beautifully trimmed and full fashioned, sold all season at $1.25; a great special for Mon day, a garment 75 100 dozen men's cashmere hose, bought at a special purchase and a value that never sold less than 20c a pair; will be offered Mon day at this pre-lnventory sale at, pair 12 Kg Two pair for 25 M. A. Creton. New York; left leg Injured. D. W. Tripp. Lafayette, Ind.; engineer pasoenger train; injuries serious. Minor Griffin. Shelby vllle, Ind.; fireman on freight train; serlouBly, but not dangerously hurt. . . , W. B. Harris, Indianapolis; both leg crushed; will die. E. P. L Barnes, residence not given; slightly injured. Slgnul Wmm mil Right. 1 The passenger train consisted of a com blnxtlon baggage car and coach, two reg ular Pullman sleepers for Cincinnati, one regular Pullman sleeper f'r Indianapolis and Hlg Four official car No. 401. occupied by Mrs. C. M. Schaff, wife of Vice Presi dent Schaff. The engine of the passenger train tele scoped Into the combination car and the wreckage Immediately caught Are. The combination and two Cincinnati sleepers were entirely consumed. The Indianapolis car was not rtsmaged. Tho occupants of the Meters escaped with out serious inliiry. only a few people being Pllfrhtly bruised. None of tho occupants of the Hig Four omclHl car was injurea. 11 Is reported that there were thirteen people In the combination and all of them were killed, with the exception of two, who were hndlv Injuied. The octupants of this car were either killed outright or eo seriously injured as to be unable to escape and their bodies were burned In the car. As soon as possible after the accident the Big Four private car was run to Kan kakee with the Injured people, who were placed in hospitals there. At the point where the accident occurred there is onlv a single trnck and trains are operated under what Is known as the "tele. gr;irh block." The red stop signal at Fowler wns burn ing brightly-and the accident was caused by the failure of the engineer of the pas senger train to stop In accordance with the signal shown. Official Report. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Jan. 19. The follow- ng is the official report of the Big Four wreck at Fowler this morning: Train No. SB. due at Fowler at 2:05 a. m.. had orders that K.O. St. witn lonauctor Hlddlni?er and Engineer Tripp, would wait at Fowler until 2:17 a. m. for No. K6. No. 31 ran past the rati board at Fowler and collided with No. . 5u0 feet east of th east end siding. The collision occurred at 2:15. both engines were badly damaged and thrown off the track. No. 3s'a baggage car was entirely dent:oyed by Are. which destroyed the rest of the train except th sleeper Tabong, which was Injured to the extent of having Its trucks knork'd off. Eight injured persons were taken to Kan kakee. III., on a special train In the priva'e car of Vice President Fi-haff and cared fo" at the Knkttke hospitals. Engineer Tripp was ban ly Injured and nis nreman was t onductor liiddinger ana uuggage- j man McLiM1 are .upposed to be burned up I In the wreck and cannot he found. Biigl- 1 K M neer Cobble of No. was not Injured There were nrteen people in me comDina- . tton car and only four of these can be accoosieat rer. io one wu uijureu in 111 damaged sleepers. The engine ran through the combination car. Setrvlvora at KaaWaVee. KANKAKEE. 111.. Jan. 19.-8even sur vlvors of tne Big Four wreck at. Fowler were brought here In the private car of Vice Presid;nt Schaff. With them was the body of John Srhannan of Wllllamsport. Ind., who died on the way here. The private car waa the only one on the train not burned. It was aald that possibly twenty-five prisons were burned In th wreck. Only five are aald to have been rescued. The conductor and baggageman of the paasenger train . are missing-. The engineer ot ths freight train tel Great Values in Mus Min Underwear . The entire lines of our Muslin Un-. derwear on sale Monday at dis count prices a special showing at 68c, 45c and : . . -23c In the Linens Our great sale left an accumu lation of remnants of Damask Toweling. Napkins and White Goods, odds and ends of Fancy Linens and Bed Spreads which we will close regardless of cost or present value. Here are Instances where dimes takes the place of dollars. Remnants of Table Damask, In bleached and unbleached Scotch heavy weight, good wearing qual ity, worth 50c yard: 2 yards for 59 24 yards for 73 3 yards for 89 Remnants of Table Linen 72-ln. Scotch Goods, full bleached and half bleached, Irish damask and other remnants, worth up to 85c yard: 2 yards for ; 08 2 yards for 81.23 3 yards for $1.47 Naplfin Odds and Ends Of the last two weeks' selling, in 6-8 and 6-8 sizes, put up in half dozen lots and worth double that we ask: 6 for .... .69 6 for 49c4 6 for 29 6 for 10 Toweling Remnants of Toweling, In lengths from 1H yards to 6 yards, of fine Irish twill and damask, fin ish, good value at 7 He: In rem nants, a yard 4 Remnants of Toweling, In 2 to 6 yards long, In all linen, brown crash, some 12ViC values ln the lot, yard 7 2 to 6-yard length remnants of Stevens' all linen brown crash, BarnBloy and glass, worth fully 16c yard, In remnants, yd.H passengers that his train had a clear track according to 'orders, and that the passen ger train was going at the rate of fifty miles an hour when the collision took place. The Injured In hospital at Kankakee are: Harris, W. B , of Indianapolis, both legs mashed; will die. Tripp, Ed, of Lafayette, engineer of pas senger; may die. Lung, L. H., of Chicago. Link, T. W., of Michigan. freton, M. A., of New York. Twenty persons are believed to have been killed or burned In the wreck and It Is believed that more passengers were burned to death than were killed by the collision. There were twenty-five passengers In the combination day coach and baggage car and only five of them escaped alive. The passenger train consisted of three Pullmans, the private car Of Vice Presi dent Schaff of the Big Four and a com bination day and baggage conch. Some of the passengers In the Pullmans and private car were Injured, but none killed. None of the freight crew was injured. gome of the injured passengers were brought here In the private car. Mrs. Schaff. who bad been visiting In Chicago, was in the private car on her way to Cincinnati and she had some of the Two Valuable Recipes One Cures a Cold Quickly rtisples and Blotches Dr. E. E. Walker, writing in the Ladles' Home Journal, states that facial blemishes come mostly from improper bowel ac tVm. First of all, the cause must be removed by the use of cathartics and lsxatlves that the Individual has found effective and applying a lotion from the following formula: "Pre cipitate of sulphur, one dram tinc ture of camphor, one dram; rose water, four ounces; apply several times a day. Cure a Oold la 14 Honrs or any cough that Is curable. Go to any good prescription druggist and get Concen trated oil ot pine, one-half ounce; gly cerine, two ounces; half pint of good whiskey; mix and shuke thoroughly; use In tablespoon doses every four hours. This formula Is given out by the great lung and throat special ist (t Philadelphia, and he declares that It haa no equal but warns people against using the ordinary bulk oil of pine, and patent medicines sold under the name of "Oil of Pine." These contain much resin and other Im purities and are sure to produce nau sea and kidney disorders. The real Concentrated pil of pins comes put up for medicinal use only in small half ounce bottles Inclosed In a round screwtop rase and sealed. This Is to protect It from light, heat and atmos pheric changes. - Iixvemtory Towels Limited quantity, about 150 doc. of those hotel and barber Tow els, fringed and hemmed, with neat colored border, worth 60c dot., each -34? Mixed lot hemmed and hem stitched hucks, cream and white Turkish and fringed oatmeal Towels, slightly mussed, worth 12 Vic, each 7 Fancy Linens About 250 pieces slightly soiled square union linen, neat open work, 25c value, each.... 12 Odd lot of slightly soiled linen pieces, hemmed and H. S. Trays, round and square dollies, fringed and scalloped, values up to 50c, sale price 15 Table full of Scarfs, Trays and Lunch Cloths, all linen, satins, damask embroidered, scalloped and whipped fringe, values up to $1.00, sale price, each . ..48 Grand Offering in Laces and Embroideries ' 100 pieces 18 and 45-inch Allover Laces, heavy Venice, baby Irish, Irish .crochet, German and Nor mandy Vals. and Fancy Nets creams, ecrus and whites 50c to $2.00 values. Three big lots: Lot 1 50c and 75c values. -25 Lot 2 $1.00 values 50t Lot 3 $1.25 to $2 values.. 75 Beautiful match sets in Point de Paris, Valenciennes and Venice, edgings and lnsertlngs, wide, medium, narrow. Two lots: Lot 1 25c to 60c value, yd.10 Lot 2 10c to 25c values, yfl . .5g Matched Val. lace sets and broken sets, edgings and lnsertlngs, Ger- . man and French, 6c to 10c val ues, yard 2 18-inch Flouncings and Corset Cover Embroideries, heavy edges and beaded edges, 50c values, at '........29 Entire, stock. Baby Irish Batiste, fine Swisses and Nainsook edg ings, bands, festoons and lnsert lngs, broken sets, $1 to $2 val ues, yd 39 20,000 yards Flountlngs and Cor set Cover Embroideries, bands, edgings and lnsertlngs, 19c to 50c values, sale price, 19c, 15c and 10 Injured taken on board and brought here, assisting in dressing their Injuries. The number of Injured Is said to be about forty. Three of those brought here are not expected to live. Ten Bodies Burned. CINCINNATI. Jan. 19. At the Big. Four headquarters in this city this morning It was stated that the names ot the unfortu nates who were roasted alive in the wreck at Fowler, Ind., will not be known until later In the day. The bodies of ten people were conrumed with the timbers of the Ill-fated cars. The conductor and baggage master of the passenger train are missing and the fireman was killed. Several in the sleepers were injured, but all escaped before tn fire added to the horror of the scene. The killed were In the combination coach, which bore the brunt of the crushing Impact of the collision ahead and the heavy sleepers in the rear. SAXTA FK LOCOMOTIVK EXPLODES Three Trainmen Killed and Fourteen Cars In Creek. DESOTA, Kan-, Jan. 19. The locomotive drawing eastbound Atchison, Topeka Sc Santa Fe freight train No. SS exploded on a bridge near here this morning. The bridge was demolished and the engine and fourteen freight cars went Into the creek. F. W. Bartell, engineer; W. W. Dortch. fireman, and H. E. Shaw, brakeman, all of Argentine, Kan., were killed, their bodies being burled under the wreckage. ROCK ISLAXD THAIS IX DITCH Wasbont In Illinois Cnnsea Accident Which Injures Several. PEORIA. 111.. Jan. 19. Train No. S37 on the Rock Island railroad early today ran Into a washout two and one-half miles west of Bureau, III. The engine, baggage car, chair car and sleeper were derailed. T;.e engineer and fireman were seriously hurt and three or four passengers slightly Injured. All of the Injured were brought back to this city. Two Other W reeks. HAMMOND. Ind.. Jan. It. By the wreck of a suburban train on the Lake Shore & Michigan railroad last night thirteen per sons were Injured, none of them fatally. The wreck was not reported by railroad offlcla?siiitiI today. Thoee Injured were all residents of Chicago and vicinity. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 19. The Winnipeg flyer of the Great Northern road south bound, was wrecked ten miles out of Min neapolis about t a. m. today. The entire train, with the exception of the engine and baggage and mail cars, left the track. Three roaches, the observation car and two sleepers turned over. Three passengers, two men and one woman, wlib were In the overturned cars, were Injured, but not seri ously. The Injury was caused by a train which went west about midnight last night. The cars left the rails and for a stretch of half a mile the flange of one of the wheels cut th tts of. the fish plates. Whsn the Winnipeg flyer .struck the track on which the bolt had been cut ths rails gave way. Dasement Bargains This la the recognized basement of Omaha for the frugal and eco nomical. The savings here are worthy of your investigation. MONDAY'S MONEY -SAVING INKLINGS 12,000 yard 8 Flannelettes, Out ings, Suitings, Charabrays, Ging hams, Cretonnes, Calicoes, etc., worth up to 12V4c. All to go Monday at the phenomenal price of, a yard 3 15,000 yards high grade Long Cloths, Cambrics, Muslins and fine Shirtings, worth 15c and' 12 c a yard, Monday we will place the entire lot on sale at the lowest price ever quoted on same goods, yard The greatest white goods value of the season. To make things hum between 8 and 10 a. m. Monday, we will ell good Apron Ginghams, In all colors, at, only, a yard . . . 1 g 6,000 yards best 36-lnch 12V4c. Bleached Twills Monday, yd.. 3, 20,000 yards Loom Ends, new shipment, Outings, Flannelettes, , Percales, Ginghams, Challls, Cal icoes and Quilt Coverings, worth up to 15c a yard, Monday at, only, a yard 1 HERE'S ONE Regular 12 Vic double width plaid Suitings, in greys, browns and blues, Mon day morning at, yard 4H Bargain counter of high grade Chambrays and Fancy Striped Ginghams, the 12 Vic and 15c kind, but Monday they go GH FLANNELETTE SPECIAL Vast assortment, extra wide, excellent quality, beautiful Persian, Jap anese and Scotch Plaid designs, worth 20c a yard. In Monday's clean up they all go at, a yd.3t LININGS Job lot spun Glass and Percaline Linings, the regular 12 Vic and 15c qualities, Monday at. yard 3Vi Winter Comforts and Blankets AT MIDSUMMER PRICES $1.25 soft Silkoline Comforts, Monday, each 98 Large slse $1.60 grey and white Blankets, Monday, pair $1.17 Special line $6 Comforts, strictly high grade $4.75 Splendid assortment beautiful Sateen covered Comforts, double sides, filled with finest French lining, worth $4, your choice Monday, at, only $2.75 OFFICERS WATCH NEGROES jor at Fort (ill Eayi He is Beady for Trouble. RUMORED UPRISING CAUSES STATEMENT Colored Troops nt Fort Mono Glad to Go to Philippines 80s--nect is Token In -Colorado. FORT BILL, 'Okl., Jan. 19. Major Charles W. Taylor, commanding officer of Fort BUI, last night Issued a statement bearing on the rumored threats of negroes to forcibly release Corporal Knowlea of the Twenty fifth Infantry, colored. In the guard house awaiting court-martial on the charge ot assaulting Captain Edgar B. Macklln at Fort Reno on the night of December 21. "I have heard of these plans, purported to be well materialised, but I want to say emphatically that we are prepared for any such contingency I do not anticipate any trouble at all." Knowlea Is closely guarded night and day. His defense will be an alibi FORT RENO, Okl., Jan. 19. It Is nn nounced at the fort that the battalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored, slated to serve In the Philippines would sail March IS for the Islands. The negroes axe pleased with the Instructions. Negro Saapeet Token. LA JUNTA, Colo.. Jan. 19.-Z. T. An drews, a negro, 'waa arrested here yester day charged with having knowledge of the shooting of Captain Macklln at Fort Reno, Okl., a few weeks ago. Deputy United States Marshal Frank of Denver arrested Andrews after Lieutenant ire No woman who uses ''Mother's Frlen4" need fear the suffering and danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child is 1 1 i j good n?-ed. Our book RMoth , amL" is worth its weight in eold to every woman, and will be sent free in plain envelope by addressing application to Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta, Ca. SaleS Another big case of those Ladles' double sole, fast black 16c Stock ings, which we have been selling at 11c pair, this la the third case on sale Monday at, palr.H BIG BARGAIN COUNTER IN HOSIERY FOR MONDAY Ladles' Lace and plain black aud tan Stockings, IS Vic and 15c and 26c values your choice while they last, pair 7Vi Ladles extra quality 36c white and grey ribbed fleeced Vests and Pants, a great value 23 Misses' and Children's fine fleeced Underwear, worth 85c, to close Monday at, garment 19 lOo and 16c Embroidery Edging and Insertions, Monday . . . .4 10,000 10c and 6c Cotton Torchon Vals and Appliques, edgings and Insertions, Monday, yd 2 Ladles' 60 Handkerchiefs, now 3 'or 5 Men's 5o White Handkerchiefs. Monday, 3 for 5, Ladles' soiled Fancy Embroidered Collars, worth up to 35c each, Monday while they last we will setl them 6 for 5 "ThiakJ" OUR HOUSEFTRNISHING DEFT. OFFERS SOME MONDAY VALUES THAT ARE EXCEPTIONAL. Beautifully finished wooden knife boxes, for silverware, each. 10 Gray enameled stew kettles, 12 inches in diameter, each. . .19 96c aluminum stew kettles, with covers 65 Wash boards with either glass or enameled points 29 Mop sticks, with adjustable. handles, 16c kind, for, each. .Qf Alarm clocks (warranted).. -65 Special in the China Department BASEMENT. Gas mantles, strong weave, with cap and double wire support, 20c value, each .9 New Inverted gas light, complete, adjustable .to your fixture-' at $1.25 Fancy china bisque figures at ONE-HALF PRICE. New white and gold best English porcelain 100-plece dinner sets -for $13.20 Colonial drinking tumblers, usu ally sold at $1.00 per dozen: on sale, In set, at, set 35 Brandt, also a deputy United States mar shnl, from Oklahoma, Identified the man as having been around Fort Reno at the time that Captain Macklln waa shot. Andrews will be taken bafore United States Commissioner Trimble today. STOCKS DEPRESSED ON STREET Speenlatora Fenr That Money Will Go Into Improvements Rather Than Dividends. NEW YORK. Jan. 19.-Stocks have been depressed by the consideration of the ex tent of the requirements for new capital and no response haa occurred to the ma terial relaxation from the stringency of the money market. , The topic of capital requirements has been kept before the public by utterances of Presidents Hill of the Great Northern. Thomas of the Lehigh Valley and Flnley of the Southern, Inferences being draw:i from the remarks of the two last named of a possible coming reduction of dividend disbursements and diversion of earning Into the needed betterments. The unprofit able results of the underwriting of the American Telephone and Erie convertible bond Insues served to discourage confidence in the ability of the market to absorb pros pective Issues. DIAMONDS Frenier. IStt, and Pod? Collision In Mississippi. MERIDIAN. Miss., Jan. 19. Engineer Jack Tew of passenger train No. I. south bound on the New Orleans Northeastern railroad. Junied from his cab last mid night and was drowned. A northbound freight had overlooked the passenger train and a head-on collision resulted. Fireman John Carroll was seriously Injured by Jumping and three passengers wers slightly hurt. And many other painful and terlotu ailments from which most mothers suffer, can be avoided by the use of "Mltlart Fruit" This great remedy is a God-send to women, carrying them through their most critical ordeal with safety and no pain, ' 1 in