THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 0, 1007, n M A SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION and SALE GAe "Auto" Sewing Machine IN OUR. Warranted for Ten Years n fa ta Zaun! to Anf M8.00 Haofclaa on ths market. The "Auto" is a We invite every woman in Omaha to visit this interesting and BRIEF CITY NEWS. Christian Endtivor at Seattle Th" twpnty-tlilrd Inlf rrmtli.nal Christian En deavor convftitWm will lie held ut Stattlo, Wash., July 10-16. Hew Store New gooas. Clothlns; to' nipn and women, hms, shots, furniture, rsrpets, draperies, stoves. Cash or credit, t'nlon Outfitting- Co.. 1315-17-19 Karnam. Electrio Power Question Wedncxday nlaht City Engineer Hoii.'water will ad dress the Commercial club on the subject of water power and electric power for Omaha. Look Oat. for More Kain The executive Committee of tho He tall Grjccrs' assocla tlon Is making arrant?' mrnts for til an nual picnic. Boveral pluces have been sig gesteU and a visit will he made to S'nvrat ticfoiH the cjiiewllciti is determined. LeaaJTot Upon Others, Rely upon your own slrentrth; earn your own dolmrs; suve and deposit as many of these dollars as you can. Deposit them with the City Sav ings tank at ititli and pouglus streets, the oldiac, largest and strongest savings bank In Nebraska. Flcolo Dinner at Kiotut John Calkins of tM Kroudway, New York Clly. will glvo a picnic dinner Thursday evening to the sales force of Hayden tiros.' women's suit department.. Mr. Calkins is Hayden Bros. New York resident cloak buyer and has been In Omaha the last few days superin tending their New York buyers' sale. llonty Stolen from Trunk Anthony Sor lo, 415 North Thirteenth street, reported to the police Tuesday somo one broke Into his room, forced open his trunk and ex tracted his roll of JiO. C. II George, 4013 North Twenty-fifth street, also eomplalnod of the loss of a woman's gold watch, which tie said hud been stolen from his home lii'woen 11 o'clock a. in. and 1 o'clock p. m. ne said nua been stolen rroi lii'woen 11 o'clock a. in. and 1 JRifora Divorce Cases Ida M. mi lit fni fllv'firpA frnm'tVi M. MoNab has llllam J. Mc- .N'ul) In district court. She asserts he uses provide for her. Two divorce decrees were siKned by Judge Kennedy Tuesday, Alice M. Bell, second one of them, .charging Charles II. Bell with abandonment. Grace McNeil was given a dicree from John Mc Neil on grounds of extreme cruelty. Joseph Feller On Trial Joseph Feller, charged with a statutory offense against his stepdaughter, Katherlne Berllnger, was placed on trial before a Jury In Judge Troup's court Tuesday morning. The girl in her testimony on the witness stand said she had supposed until the present trouble arose that Feller was her own father. He married her mother when the girl was but 2 years old. The alleged offense was com mitted April 1. Party for XJttle reiki Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marrow entertained at a children's party Saturday afternoon in honor of the birthdays of their two sons, Walter, aged 4, and Wallace, aged 2 years. The birth days of both boys come in May, so a Joint party was given for them. Those present were Hutli Ralph and Truman Redficld; Donna and Dewalne Chase, Mlldren Caroth urs, Beside Shields, Emma Carothurs, Lyda Weary and Buella Heberlng. Memorial Day Polio Plana Orders were Issued by fillet of Police Donahue Tuesday Twelve Good Breakfasts for 12 Cents S SIiFeddcd Wiisat I 14 Biscuit for a quarter you have a delicious, breakfast for a penny more real nutriment than is to be found in any other food in the world for the same money. It contains all the body-building elements of the whole wheat made digestible by steam-cookiiig, sheddding and baldng. For breakfast heat the Discuit in oven to restore crupness, pour hot nvlk over it, &dd a little cream and a little talt; or, sweeten to taste. Shredded Wheat is also delicious and wholesome for any meal in combination with fresh or preserved fruits. At your grocers. r . S wm oiiciioiiciiiitsiifiiiiitiicai. NEW HOUSE FURNISHING DEPT. Madame Reeves, one of America's most expert operators will demonstrate to visitors the wonderful possibilities and advantages of the "Auto" Sewing Machines. We declare the "Auto" to be the best automatic sewing machine In the world. Come to our houaefurnlshlng department and learn what splen did work can be done by this machine. As fast as Madam Reeves can work the machine the makes the most delicate Mexican drawn work, Roman lace and embroidery as easily as running up a seam. She even shows how to darn stockings on the machine Other high grade machines at $19.50, $22.50, $25.75 and $26.75. good, reliable machine that sells for the conduct of tho police department on Memorial day and directions given for the choice of a detail to form a plutoon for the liend of the p.'irade and to remain on the ppcclnl duly until nil exercises srinll be completed. SerpeHnt Hayes was selected to command the platoon and he chose r'a trollnen Good. Ilyle, Dibble, llrown, Nellst-n, Blckord, Dclehanty and Brugmnn. Cottage Burned While Repaired Fire from an unknown source destroyed most of the one and a hnlf-story frnme cottage undergoing repairs at 2K13 North Fifteenth avenue, owned by Louis E. Welly, at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. The flames com niunlcated to th roof of the house at IMS, occupied by Samuel Mancaso, doing a small amount of damage to the roof, and then to Devlin Bros.' warehouse at US19, where $100 worth of damage was done. Add: ci on Inheritance Tax D. I.. John son, an attorney, will deliver an address to the members of the Heal Instate exchange at tho regular weekly meeting of the ex change Wednesday noon ut the Commercial club. The theme of Mr. Johnson's uddress will be relative to the provisions of the new inheritance law recently passed by the leg islature, which was framed by Mr. Johnson and provides for many changes In the descent of property of the estate of an In testate. Purse Gone, bnt Bahjr Safe A baby car riage did not prove a safe hiding place In which to put her money for Mrs. Parks, visiting relatives at 1409 Harney street. She went shopping Monday, taking her baby with her In a carriage, and upon entering s. store wheeled the carriage to one side while she could look about And placed Jier nnrVfthnnk enntnlninr 13 Smonff the babV'S I coverings. When she returned later and I looked for her money It was gone, but the baby was safe, j Officer Bad His Byes Bnty Ftffle Burke, a notorious character of the lower world, was sentenced to serve ninety days In the j county Jail by Judge Crawford Tuesday I In police court on a charge of larceny j from the person. She was accused of hav-J . . . . . .. . i mg laxen o rrcm a mate victim anu con tended he dropped the money on the floor but the emergency officer testified he saw her produce the money from her person when he approached her house and peered through the window. Old Woman Back in Jail Mrs. Mary Echacfer, Fifth and Jones streets, was ar rested by special officers of the Union Pa cific railroad on a charge of petit larceny Tuesday. Old, tottering and ragged, this poor woman ekes out an existence as best she ran at her shack and occasionally she I Is hauled to Jail by the road's officers for picking up coal or scrap Iron. During her last visit, a month ago, she fell from the top of tho men's tier of cells at the Jail to the cement floor below In a fit and It was feared for a time she had been dangerously Injured. However, she recovered at the hospital and next day was released by Judge Crawford, as no one appeared to testify against her. Railroad Win the Case The jury In Judge Bears' court returned a verdict In favor of the Missouri Pacific railroad In the suit brought against It by M. O. Cunning ham as administrator of the estate of Adolph Larson. Larson was a laborer and was helping push a car along a sidetrack In the alley near Eighteenth street In No- i o mm ii If you i . 1 r0cBy puy lvvo I M l SBf 5 0 s See the Em broidery and Drawn Work Done on This Machine. t"l S at a popular price. instructive demonstration. vnmber, IPO"!, when It was asserted a Mis souri Pacific switch engine bumped Into the cars and rushed them back over I.nrson, who w.ih Instantly killed. Suit was brougld. for f."..0"0. Mandate in Hngnei Case The formal mandate from the United States circuit couit of appeals reversing the Judgment of .t0 awarded to Henry J. Hughes against the Western Real Estate, trustees for dam ages sustained by the plaintiff through the collapse' of a building on Douglas street npar Fourteenth street In the summer of 1H03 has been received at the circuit clerk's ollice In pmaha. The decree not only re verses the Judgment of-the lower court, but directs thut a new trial be had In the case. Hugh.s sued for $.0.0H originally, but ob tained a Judgment of only J5.000. Could Rot Wait to Prosecute Al Par don, proprietor of a barber shop In the basement at Fifteeenth and Farnam streets, and Ed Plttnian, his barber, charged with swindling O. A. and William O'Brien, farmers, from Belgrade, Neb., were discharged In police court Tuesday, the complainants falling to appear. Tho O'lirlen brothers each asserted he had been charged $2 for tonsorlal services, when all he had authorized was a shave and hair cut. Both men were obliged to re turn home, however, and could not remain In Omaha to prosecute. Woman Sues to Stop Abase Edna E. Hogg hds tiled a cross-petition In the di vorce suit brought against her by her hus band, Fred Hogs, In which she asks for an Injunction to prevent him from abusing her or assigning his salary In any way to take It out of the Jurisdiction of the court until the case is decided. She charges Fred left her penniless on a number of occasions and has been guilty of cruelty. She wants a divorce and the custody of her . child given to her mother. One of the peculiar features of the case Is that the plaintiff In the eyes of the law Is an "Infant," be ing under 21 years of age and the suit la brought for him by his father. litigation Betwsan - Contractors Lam -orcaux & Peterson have begun suit In dls. trlct court against Phelan, Shirley & Cal lahan for (11,172 damages alleged to have been suffered by their failure to keep a contract the plaintiff claims to have made with them for the grading of a portion of the right-of-way of the Pacific coast ex tension of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. The petition states the de fendant company claimed to have a con tract for the construction of a part of the road and sublet the grading to the -plaintiff company. After the contract had been ac cepted and the plaintiff had made prepara tions for carrying out Its part of the wcrk the defendant refused, according to the peTTtlon, to make good the contract. Brain Shaken bf Pall Asserting he was forced off a moving street car, owing to the overcrowding of the car, John J. Schmltz, brick mason, has begun suit against the Omaha A Council Bluffs Street Railway company for $5,020 damages for personal Injuries. September 23, he says In his petition, he boarded a southbound Sher man avenue car. He was forced to stand on the back platform, he says, owing to the crowd on the car. At Douglaa and Farnam streets more people jot on until he asserts the car was dangerously crowded. He says the conductor while col lecting fares In the crowd Jostled him so he lost his grip on the hand rail and was thrown onto the pavement. He says hla brain was shaken up and) since then he has suffered from dizziness and numbness of the head and his eyesight has been badly Impaired. Kirk's Jap Rose toilet and bath soap It Is transparent so clear you can read through It. All grocers arid druggists sell It. COLONEL PRATT NOT SERVED Returns to Onialm to Fight Divorce Case and Yet Esrapea Summon. . Colonel James H. Pratt has returned to Omaha for the purpose of fighting the suit for divorce, which comes up before Judge Kennedy on a preliminary motion Friday morning. The matter to come up Is the motion of Colontl Pratt and several of the defendanta In the suit to quash the service upon them. Colonel PratUcontends Douglas county Is his residence and hence service by publication upon him ta void. The plain tiff has taken steps to secure personal service upon him. but Colonel Pratt had gone to his farm at Bennington Monday and was still there Tuesday morning and the summons had not been served at noon Tuesday. Henry W. Magee. Colonel Pratt'a Son-in-law. an attorney from Chicago, will appear with General Cowln In the case. Tho Grand frn Railway System Will Sell Special Excursion Tickets To Atlantic City. N. J., May 30 to, June S, Philadelphia. Pa , July 12 to 1. Saratoga Springs, N. T., certain dates la July and September. Norfolk, Vs. (Jamestown exposition daily to November SO. Toronto, Ont., June 1 to September 10. Montreal, Quebec, June 1 to September $0, Halifax, N. 8., June 1 to- September M. Temagami. Ont., June 1 to September M. Muskoka Wharf, Ont., June 1 to Septem ber to. Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., certain days in July, August and September. Full particulars of tbe most interesting routes In America, fares, limit of tickets, stopover privileges and a supply of descrip tive publications will be sent on applic&tloa to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. R. T. A., Ut Adams St.. Chicago, m. Douglas (644) printing Co.. H4-U g. lth. Mangum at Co., LETTEK BPJiCIAlJ8TS. S 1522 SHELDON MAY NOT STAY OUT Govricr Vill Ettrt, bnt Ttrhrpi Ctoio Eeoca n to Last wi h i oosuri. OTHER ENGAGEM.NTS PRECLUDE THIS Detail of the Pinna for the Trade Kiroraloa Complete and On ' lined to All TartU ipanta. Governor Sheldon has written a letter to the Commercial club formally accepting the invitation of the club to accompany the I Omaha trade excursion to the Pacific coast states, but Is unable at present to assure the club that he will be able to be with the excursion until Its return. He has had an engagement of long standing to deliver an address near the middle of June and be fore the excursion will return and has not been able to be released from this en gagement, but will accompany the excur sion, with his Secretary, for the greater part of the trip. Arrangements have been made for the governor and several prominent represen tatives of Omaha business Interests to de liver brief addresses at the reception to be tendered the Omaha Invaders at Spokane and a program Is now In preparation. Active preparations for the entertainment of the Omaha trade expansionists at Butte are being lade afid much space Is being given In the Butte newspapers to the sub ject. Committees of prominent business men have conferred with Mayor Corby of that city and a royal good time la as sured the Omaha visitors. Letter of Directions. Many minor details essential to the suc cess of the excursion, which will leave Omaha from the Burlington depot Sunday at 2 p. m., are being given consideration by the trade extension committee of the Commercial club and a letter was issued Tuesday by J. H. Taylor, chairman of the committee in charge of the excursion, to the persons tfho will participate, gls Ing ex plicit Instructions regarding the arrange ments on the train. The train will be made up of a baggage, composite, dining, compartment car, two standard sleeping cars and a fine observa tion car. It Is announced that the train will leave Omaha promptly at 2 p. m. Sun day and arrangements have been made to receive mill at nine cities along the route. The Individual members of the trade ex cursion committee have worked Indefatlg ably for the success of the excursion and Its success Is greatly due to this committee. II. S. Weller, who Is chairman of the com mittee, has been unavoidably absent from the city on business and J. H. Taylor was ! selected as chairman pro tern. The other ! members of the committee, who have ' worked night and day for nearly a month, I are: Joe Kelley. Dan B. Fuller, Q. H. I Pratt, C. E- Johannes, D. J. O'Brien, E. H. I Allen, E. A. Hlnrlchs. W. W. Johnston, Z. T. Llndsey, W. E. Reed, C. S. Hayward, C. J. Lane and J. C. Colt. BIG REALTY DEAL WOUND UP Deeds for Hundred and Sixty Lots In Korth End Are Placed on Record. Deeds were placed on file Tuesday trans- l ferrlng the title to 16) lots In Monmouth Park and Collier Place, which are bounded b Ames and Grand avenues from Thir tieth to Thirty-sixth streets, to Hastings & Heyden from the Byron' Reed company. The deoda conveyed tltlo from Rev. Francis J. Collier and wlfo of 'Woodstown, N. J.; Rev. F. C. Collier and Mary C. Denlsc, widow of Dr. J. C. Denlse, and Miss Hettle E. Collier, who lived for many years at Nineteenth and Dodge streets with her sis ter, Mrs. Annie C. Meredith. The large tract was formerly a cornfield and was bought last Mar-h by Hastings Heyden for over $33,000 cash and has been platted and Imprived by the Installation of all modern conveniences. The struts have been paved, gas and water pipes laid and shade trees planted. Monmouth park contains sixty-three lots and ninety-seven lots have been platted In Collier Place, many of which were sold last Saturday, when the new residence sub divisions were placed on the market. The ladles of Kountze Memorial church will serve you with Ice cream In thi "Streets of Paris" afternoon and evening. Auditorium. Admission 10 cents. LECTURES TO THE FARMERS Addresses Delivered by Scientists I'nder Direction of the Rock Island Road. Fulton S. White, commissioner of the agricultural and horticultural department of the Rock Island railroad, Is delivering a course of lectures along the lines of the Hock Island road In Kansas, Iowa and Ne braska. The road has equipped and at trucllvely furnished a special car with a complete and varied display of tine grains, fruits and farm products. The car Is open for Inspection, lectures given and valuable bulletins on grains, grasses and other farm Protect Baby's Skin C Here's the differ enca in ikickneu between the outer skin of baby and you, mother. CTho outer layer of baby's skin is to tender that vouss ' tf u esulv burned, and also I ...', ) ? oflert iittlo protection to w"2 tiny blood vest It and nerves. CCosne, unnghtly skin is often caused by not know ina how to protect it in -HI babyhood. Pond's Extract Soap feeds the skin, keep it sott, helpi its perfect devel opment, preserve it (toe delicacy. The Pood'i Extract tone the gland and tumuUtet circulation, preserving health and rosy color. Its whltenttt indicate k purity. Buy it always for Baby. Ftom Your Druggist Armour & Company Solo licensee from Pond's Extract Company D. A Sampson. Cien I Sales Agent Oman. Th finest, purest &nd best flavon ar V&U& Delicious ii niiii'!jj?iw .. '."::zm products will he dlstrlbt'ted free. The lec- ture applies largely to the resources of eastern Colorsdo. The Intlnerary through Nebraska begins at Belleville at 7 a. ni. Monday June 10, takes In Thompson. Fairhury. Hebron, Nel son, Beatrice, Taw nee. aJnnsen, Plymouth, I-Witt, Lincoln, tlavelock. concluding at Council Bluffs at 2 p. m. Saturday, June 22. FIVE MILLIONS OF INCREASE Burn. Advance In Vnlnntlon for Cnnnty la Predicted by Assessor Reed. A boost of valuatlrns In Douglas County amounting to about $5.pii,ono is predicted by County Assessor Harry Reed. Who Is now at work on the schedules returned by the deputies. If this prediction comes true It will be $1.5"" 0,000 larger than the Increase last year. Mr. Reed estimates J2.000.000 of the Increase will be In real estate improve ments and $.1,000,000 In personal property. Real estate will not be reassessed until next year, but the assessor Is allowed tinder the law to add to Its valuation the value of Improvements made since the last as sessment. This Includes new buildings and additions to buildings. The principal part of the Increase will come from the large business buildings that have gone up In the last year. Among these are the M. E. Smith building, the Carpenter Paper company building, tho P.yrne-Hammer structure, owned by Crelgh ton university, the Webster-Sunderland building and the Brandels building, which Is only partially completed. The tabulation of schedules will not be completed for several dnys and the force In the assessor's office are rushing their work to get ready for the meeting of tho County Board of Equalization, which will be held June 11. JAMFSTOW. EXPOITIO!, i Korfolk, Vs., April "O-t oreni her SO). Low round trip rnx- via Chicago, Mil I waukeo St. Paul Hallway. Season, sixty day and fifteen day tickets on sale daily at greatly reduced rates. Full Infor mation regarding rates, routes, etc... free on application. F. A. Nash, general wes tern agent, 1524 Farnam street. Omaha, Neb. enshore anil Jnmrilomi Kxnnsltlon on low fare tickets to Norfolk, going or re turning via New York, over Pennsylvania lines. Sold daily with long return limit. Oct posted through W. H. Rowland, T. P. Agt., V. 8. Bank Bldg.. Omaha, Neb. Visit the Japanese tea garden, Audi torium, "StrentB of Paris." afternoon and evening. Admission 10 cents. Slave you got yours yet? 1 miMi':4Joi.l Don't wait until the 'season is half over. Now is the time to get your Keep Klean8 has been our slogan for twenty five years. We have been in the laundry business, at this loca tion, since 1KS2. Our experience and knowledge is at your com mand. "Washing" has been c:r special study and we have con cluded "The Good Old Way" Is most satisfactory. All our family washing Is done by the vacuum process with E-Z hand washing machines. This method preserves the most delicate t fabrics and is Just as effective whether the article be a heavy woolen blanket or a delicate lace. The water is forced through the cloth entirely re moving every particle of dirt. No rubbing, m pulling arart of the weh. Received and del ver.'d at your door. The Model Laundry 'Phone Douglas 62S "THE GOOD OLD WAY HOT Kl.S. wz-"iirjriri IS ''lift BttlCMw E332lssi$ TXT TED JTXW Hotel Kupper llth and KoOse, KANSAS CITY, M0. tn the Shopping District. Ntsr all the Theatres. BOO beautiful Booms. 100 private baths. Hot and ccld water in all rooms. Bpaelooa lobby, parlors. Telephone in every .room. Beautiful Cafe, Perfect Cuisine, $1 to $2.50 Per Day European Flan. KUPPFR-BES(M HOTEL CO. r. A. BEWBOM, Mgr. Stratford Hotel A Huropean Plant Chicago. Ills. Offsr you refined, quiet and elegant so cooirooJutioQ. Located cornet orcity's two hnctt boulevard, It I convenient to entire uusfnet cemsr and close to heat theatre and shopping riUlrict. "Hi room. 150 pnvte bmhi; luxurious writ ing aod. reception rooms; woodwork aiuhncuur thruosiiauti bnu bus mid ail modem rcnufurts; tek-pfaonein every room, besunful dininsv rooms tti best of everything at moderate price. WlrhldHB and J Ark son ihl ChL-.aA lVi"'W'L'llJJ-.,-,lfcl!;iJ,wwwJJ' at-Tr an K2J V 1iT-r;i-f1 $10 Jumper Suits OMAHA r.MJrV Tun ti $4,000 for what.? For six cylinders and seven passengers. For 50 miles an hour, actually, when wanted. For safety, comfort and economy. For passing everytrdng on hills. For arriving first. All that's worth having in a touring car -Franklin Type H. Shaft-drive Runabout. 91,800 4-ey Under Touring Car, $, Sea 4-cyllnd.r Light Tourlng-Csr, Si.ggo A-cyllnd.r Touring Car, (4,000 I. o. b. Syracuse Powell Automobile Co., Iftil 2044 Farnam St. START END MAPLE LEAr ROUTC 9 ( The RIGHT teOtAJD To ST. PAVLi ncl Cl,y Ticket OlflM. j iVUT nOTEI.9. "gain the timely Inn," say Shakatpeara, and we think tn Hotel Belmont NEW YORK deserves this title "Timely' it is at the Tery doors of the Grand Central Station with surface and elevated lines right at hand and a private passage to sub way station for both express and local trains. And "timely" H is in that it furnishes the wealth of conveniences the com pleteness of service the satis fyins environment which mod em notelcraft aims to attain. CM m Hotel Blmoat, lit,.. t-our rr la Iswitiilutf. High lyo of rirrproof MtUTOtlo, Tifo(rMTfi ftlorto. Mora tnaa thiiUMQtl f ma. at-atUMlaUva of aoio a aolld rack. Tla latest addltioa to tbi gnat totals RATES Rsuau without bath, S2.50 and upward Kooau with bath, $.50 sad upward Parlor, bedroom asd batK, $ 10 and up srd Ve would wnlcnsts ou bars sad try la auk fen look npoa lht hf--l a youf New York heats The Hotel Belmont 42nd Street and Park Avenue, New York City. B. L M. BATES, Maainf DirncteT. FOR $6.90 (Exaellx Like Cut) Will be sold to mail order customers only. Here is a chance (or our mail-order customers to get one of the most popular gar ment of the season for less than the goods would cost. This Suit it made of an excellent wool material, in beautiful new black and white, brown and white, and gray checks. Has 13 gore plaited skirt finished with straps. Would be cheap at $10.00. - Rturt at ovr tuosns nf get money baclt if not KxHifactory. When you order ask f ti Of) for Special Suit No. I CpO 'oasi,M, - ., ijm H. Touring-Car, $4,000 Seven passengers ELsssnsxBnsjssgi "0 RIGHT RIGHT Chicago Great Western ii 1 11! 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