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TTTE OMATT.V SUNDAY BEE: "ATWRT 11. 1007.
All Summer Merchandise. Close d - Most Wonderful Bargain Prices f(
Specif Pearl Butlon Sale
Special Sale New Embroideries
A big line of Loom End Strips of Embroideries, In
serting and Edges in 3 Va to 6 yard strips. On sale
Monday in four great lots.
Mail orders
promptly
Jilled a?id
sailsaction
guaranteed
Send for
catalogues and
samples
they're free
for the asking
10,000 dozen of Class A Pearl Buttons, actually worth
from 5c to 10c dozen, all go on sale Monday at one price
2VaC dozen.
1st lot, worth to 10c a yard.
3rd lot, worth to 25c a yard,
t 10
4th lot, full width Corset Cover
Embroideries, at 15
35c white Kmbroldered Ftr-lts, i apodal loC
at 3H
special ..I 15 $1.50 ladies' Hand Pags, spec
2nd lot, worth to 15c a yar
t 50
THE RELIABLE STORE.
50c silk Kmbroldered Bells,
ial, at 4 ur
i
Special Rug Bargains
It will pay you to buy early, particularly while these
very special prices prevail Our New Fall Stock is nearly
complete and our prices mean a splendid saving to the pur
chaser. Buy now, pay later if you wish. Our new credit
system provides for payments to suit your convenience.
17.68 Kumlra Ruga. reversible, ori
ental patterns, colors guaranteed,
size Sx9. special $5.98
$8.00 Ingrain Art Squares, i : I ra
heavy quality, size 8x12, nt. .13.49
flS Tapestry Brussels Hugs, size lx
11, twelve patterns to select fro'Ti,
special at 911.79
$1 fin Reversible Smyrna Ruga, size
S0xJ, special at 09o
$12 Brussels Ruia, size 8-SxlO-f., big
assortment of patterns fur seler
tlnn, at (8.49
$28.00 Saxony Axmln:itr Hues, size
9x12, fifteen patterns to select from
special 930.98
Popular Priced Wash Goods
White Goods, Linens and Domestics in our Famous Do
mestic Room. The greatest line of bargains ever given in
Omaha for Monday.
Comfort Prints, yard So
American Blue Prints 3Vio
86-Inch Percales So
36-lnch Sllkollno 3V40
15o Batlsto So
16c Ginghams 7ViO
12 He Zephyrs So
12 He Hop. Fancies) 6o
12 Ho Toll lu Nord Ginghams.... 6o
19c double fold Dress Goods. , . .12 '-jo
12 He German Blue lOo
10c bleached Muslin 6j0
8 Ho unbleached Muslin So
75o Sheets BSo
9o Sheets t9o
69c Sheets 39o
$1.00 Bedspreads 69o
$1.25 Bedspreads , 7 So
81.50 Bedspreads B9o
$1.00 bleached Linen B9o
8!io bleached Linen 49o
25c Towels 13V0
Odd Parlor Pieces and Dining
Chairs
on sale this week, while they last,
your choice, Just Half Price.
Over 100 odd Dining Chairs,
1 to 3 of a kind, and about 75
odd parlor pieces, in great vari
ety of style, including Parlor
Rockers, Settees, Arm Chairs,
Corner Pieces, etc.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
Lawn Furniture
Every piece in our complete line must go and will be
nffWd at iust factory cost. Take advantage of our per-
------- u ,
feet credit system in your furniture purchases. It provides
for payment to suit your own convenience.
FRAUD AND FRAILTY SCORED
Corrupt and Incompetoent Insurance
Law Administration Condemned.
BRECKENRIDGE REPORT READY
Denoancfi l.amce Undistributed Divi
dend Funds and Recommends H
tUtnns In Herniation of Law
t.orrrnlua; Insurance.
Severe condemnation of large undis
tributed dividend funds and an unreserved
denunciation of what Is termed "Incom
petent or corrupt administration of the
unsatisfactory Insurance laws In force In
the several states," are features of the
report of the committee on Insurance law
of the American Bar association which
has Just been made public by Ralph W,
Ureckenridge, chairman of the committee.
The report will be read to the association
at Its meeting In Portland, Me. August 20,
and will be a special order for considera
tion by the association.
The report Is lengthy and comprises a
detailed discusuion of proposed legislation
to Improve the Insurance laws of the dif
ferent states. The other members of the
committee submitting It are: Hurton
Biultli, Atlanta, Oa.; Rodney A. Mercur,
Towanda, Pa.; William R. Vance, dean of
the law department of George Washington
University, Washington, 11. C; Robert
Punlap of Chicago, assistant general
solicitor of the Santa Fe system.
ot to I rge Fedeixl Control.
The committee has decided not to urge
In this report federal supervision of In
surance! companies as it has done In
previous reports. Tho reason for the change
Is that opposition to federal supervision
Jjst at present Is pronounced and the com
Biittce decided that It could secure better
ment of stale supervision. In brief the
report recommends the adoption of a res
olution covering the following points:
niuinnrnvmi and condemning the prev
alent custom which makes state insur
ance cutninlssloiuTships political prises
to te dlBtrlbuted s such without regard
to Illness or knowledge of the insurance
biislnrcs.
That nil companies created under foreign
countries be required to make a deposit
In at teast one of the states before
trat'saotinji business anywhere In the
Lulled Stutes.
Tho repeal of the valued policy lsws. .
The ireutlon In each state of tho office
of fire marshal.
The enactment of a federal statue
fni blild'iiK I he use of the malls to persona,
Sssocltitioiis, copartnerships or corporations,
condui t 'ng ony kind of insurance business
In tle I'nlted Stutc. who sre not licensed
to trarsact s-.icb business by the stale
where such peraons. associations, copart
nerships or corporations are domiciled,
or umh-r whoso Ui any such corporations
are created.
The spiK'illonn-ent and contingent distri
bution of the deferred dividend surplut on
existing lit e policies of all c mpanlcs as u
condition precedent to llio transaction of
business outside of the home stales of tho
Several conii allies
fcUla covering u'.l these recommendations
$1.25 Axmlnster Door Mats, best qual
ity, size 18x36, on sale at 980
$2 00 Velvet Rugs, size ;!7x54, extra
heavy quality, at 91.39
Bans Wood Curtain Stretchers, on sol
Monday 88o
10c Extension Curtain It o.ls, brass
finish, 81x54, at So
? ft. Window Shades, best duality
water colors, with good rollers, on
sale at, each 30o
We are sole Omaha agents fur the
new Window bade Material BRKN
LIN :t won't crack or wrinkle
best material ever produced.
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19e Towels lOo
15c Towels 7V40
12 He Tea:'.el Down 7 Ho
1921 Outing Flannel 6Ho
Fruit of the Loom Muslin lOo
Lonsdale Muslin 100
Hope Muslin 7iO
9-4 Pepperell bleached Sheeting, 850
9-4 LockwooJ bleached SheetlnK. S6o
$1.00 Cotton Blankets 69o
$1.25 Cotton Blankets 69o
$1.60 Cotton Blankets 79o
81.60 Wool Blankets 680
2.00 Wool Blankets 81.19
$2.50 Home Made Comfortables. S1.98
10c Shaker Flannel ,6V4o
Wash Rags lo
loc Domes, all linen 3o
UHe Dollies, all linen So
16c Dollies, all linen 7Ho
znc uonies, an linen loo
About 1,000 different great snaps In
mis room at sensational low prices
BARGAINS AT HALF
but the first and third have been drafted
and are submitted with the report.
Wrath at Mismanagement.
The report begins with reference to the
popular indignation at the corruption, In
competency and extravagance in insurance
management disclosed by the recent invis
tlgatlons and declares there Is no non
discriminating distrust of Insurance cum
panics and their management.
"There Is no occasion," the report con
tinues, "for general distrust of the life in
surance companies of America, though It
may well be doubted whether all ot tho
schemes of life Insurance which enjoy cur
rent popularity will bear scrutiny; and It
is certain that the sentiment of f raternallsm
Is widely prostituted by the dishonest and
extravagant managements ot some ot the
so-called fraternal orders."
After discussing the magnitude of the In
surance business In the Cnlted States the
report answering the question, "Why In
surance breeds corruption?" continues:
'Your commutes have sought from every
available source of information about the
conditions which create the legal questions
related to insurance. Borne of theKe ou s
tions present serious problems, not only of
law, but of expediency. The Inquiry whv a
legitimate and beneftclent Instltutton like
Insurance should breed the corruption and
dishonesty which havs been disclosed In
the last three years Is a natural one. One
cause of It Is the system of state super
vision In vogue; but back of that. In the
opinion of your committee, the responsibility
for corruption by company snd state of
ficials with respect to life Insurance lies in
the "extravagance, manipulation of Invest
ments, excessive commissions or riotous
desire for bigness," winch was aeveiorea
out 'of the failure to apportion frequently
and account for. the inunenso surplus ac
cumulated through the deferred dividend
policy. It Is not Intended to charge that
the difficulty Is due to deferred oiv'd -nd
Itself, but It Is due to the piling up of the
dividends which are not Hpportionca ana
not accounted for until the end of the
period, and to the treatment and advertise
ment of these unanportloned snd unac
counted for dividends as assets of the com
panies instead of liabilities.
Quotes from Wisconsin Report.
The report then quotes from the report
of the Wisconsin legislative Investigating
committee published in Y.ori which cites the
case of a Milwaukee man who died six
days before tho expiration of the tontine
period, his estate thereby losing $17,fio0 In
deferred dividends. The report then says:
The guarded language of this rlort is
worthy of note: The company Is obligated
I to distribute such forfeited surplus lo the
! other poUcy holders of the class to which
! the forfeited dividend policy belongs. But
i we are Informed that ojienly It Is charged
that in many cases this has not beep done;
! that settlements have been made upon an
I arbitrary basis, always to the advantage
of the Jackpot created by these dejerrel
I dividends. And so It is that these Immense
smns or money in stgnt nave teen rt-gamt a
as spoils by Insurance managers, whoso
consciences have been commercialised ac
cording to modern standards; by the state
Insurance ileositnienta snd their hamrera
I on: and worst of all, by a number of state
legislatures which, with little knowledge
and less scruple, have treated st legitimate,
loot these moneys raised by voluntary
tsxations to provide against disaster and
calamity and which ar a trust fund for
thrifty and prudent rlllzens. widows and
ornhans of the Culled Sthtes.
The Individual hu misappropriates trust
funds deserve censure and punishment,
but It is Just as dishonest to steal under
the protection of law as without It; it is
Just as dishonest for the states to lay un
holy lands on trust funds, as for an In
dividual; and the states commit a
monstrous injustice when they seek
even to partially maintain themselves by
legislative raids upon trust funds; more
High Grade VJhite Goods
We have on hand about 1,000 pieces of St.
Gall Swisses imported direct by ourselves. They
are in dot3, stripes, figures, etc., all hand work.
In order to reduce the stock quickly they will
go at exactly half the marked price.
White Knglish Jacqnards:
26c grade lOt
35c grade 12
39c grade J5
60c grade 1
India Llnons
15c grade 8
19c grade 10t
25c grade '. 12
30c grade 15c?
Persian - Lawns
15c grade 84 4
19c grade 12 H
25c grade 15
39c grade 10
English Long Cloths
12 He grade 7$
15c grade 10
19c grade 12 H
Charming Styles
Actually priced below value of materials for quick clearance. You'll
find it impossible to match these values elsewhere.
$15.00 and $18.00 Tailor Suits, in fine panamas and English Suitings, plain
colors or fancy mixtures, charming bargains,, in Monday's sale at.. 7.95
$20.00 Silk Suits, in the prettiest new shirt waist, styles; come in checks or
plaids, with pleated skirt, sale price 8.90
Nobby Wash Suits that sold up to $4.00, on sale Monday at 89c
$5.00 and $0.00 "Wash Suits, great assortment of colors and materials, on sale
Children's 50c Wash Dresses Great snap
Monday, at 15
Children's $1.50 Wash Dresses Choice
Monday 49
Extraordinary Sale of Waists A great line
of $1.00 Waists, at, choice 29
92.00 and 92.50 Lawn Waists on sale Mon
day ; 95
$5.00 and $6.00 Jap Silk and Net Waists
splendid assortment, at S3. OS
Hayden's the Grealest
Jell-O, Jellycon, D'Zerta or Bromangelon,
per package TAc
1-lb. cana Assorted Soups 7'io
3-lb. cans Baked Beans 7Hc
1-lb. package Macaroni SVsO
Large bottle pure Tomato Catsup or Wor
cester Hauce 8VC
Peanut Butter, per Jar 'Jo
Fancy stuffed or plain Olives, bottle.. 9c
011 or MuHtard Sardines, per can.... 3 Vic
1-lb. pktf. Corn Starch 4c
1-lb. pkif. Cold Water Starch c
H-lb. cans Breakfast Cocoa 19c
The best Soda Crackers, per lb 6c
The best crisp Glnner Snaps, per lb,. . 5c
12 bars best Family Laundry Soap..., 2 5c
over It Is the climax of cowardice to com
mit extortions In the name of the police
power, but most of them are doing It, and
thus they commit the Identical offense they
condemn and punish In the Individual.
People Have Corrective Power.
The corrective power, says the committee,
Is In the hands of the people who should
wake to a sense of their responsibility.
The report then takes up the subjert of
Insurance supervision to which Is traced
the second great cause of the evils Infecting
Gossip and Stories About
Cleveland at Home.
.SIDE from a few of the ex-prest-
dent's intimate friends, who are
chiefly dignitaries ot the uni-
verslty jdrcle. the people of
'iVTr Princeton know very little con
cerning the personal affairs of former
President Cleveland, reports a correspond
ent. They get most of their Information
about Mr. Cleveland and his doings from
tba metropolitan newspapers, and then
guess at the rest.
Tho ex-presldent Is a rich man how
rich nobody knows. It Is ststed by every
body to whom I talked that he Is a
millionaire at least, and by some his
wealth was estimated as high as $3,000,000.
lie he 8 no' holdings In Princeton except his
restdenco property, but he has extensive
real estate Investments In New York and
Buffalo. The principal part of his for
tune, however, Is In stocks, lie Is sup
posed to havs friends In New York who
are In a position to pick Judicious Invest
ments and who look after his interests.
The ex-presldent Is not In the business
of shearing lambs, and he will have noth
ing to do with speculative transactions
that are the least bit shady, but when
ever there Is money to be made by le
gitimate Investments In stocks be Is not
averse to taking a hand.
Mr. Cleveland was a farmer, Just for
a little while, but he soon found that
farming Is not his long suit. A few
years ago he bought a farm of 1(0 acres
east of Princeton, thinking that he
would keep some cows and get his family
supply ot dairy products at first hand.
It was a losing proposition from the
start. As was to be expected, every
body imposed on him. In the first place,
not being a good Judge of soil, ho
bought a farm that was cold and wet
and of small value, although he paid a
round pries for It.
Mr. Cleveland soon discovered that he
could not afford te be a farmer. He sold
his farm, and now be Is buying his eggs,
butter, and poultry In the open market
and saving money.
Although the ex-president Is seen very
little in Princeton, he is extremely demo
cratio In his dress and demeanor when
he appears In public. lie relegated his
silk hats to everlasting oblivion when
he left the White House. In the winter
he wears a "slouch" hat, and In the
summer he prefers straw headgear. He
dresses for comfort and not style.
From liad lo Worse.
The late panUl g. Laraont was a strong
Great
Clearing out
a great sacrifice.
Brussels Net Curtains, worth
up to $9, go at, pair. .. .$7.59
Brussels Net Curtains, worth
$5, 16, go at, pair $3.98
Novelty Curtains, worth from
$1.98 up to $10 pair. They
are all the best bargains of
fered this season.
Zlon City, Cable Net, Cluny
and Arabian, worth from
$5.75 to $8.60. Bale price, per
pair $3.7S
Chenille Rope. Portieres, for
double doors, from $2.98 up
to, each $8.00
in Summer Garments
Monday at, choice 1.50
Beautiful Summer Dresses, in lingeries, mulls, Swisses and
batistes, trimmed with fine tucks, laces and embroideries,
that sold up to $12, choice Monday 2.98
special
Pure Food Supply Department in the West
The best white or yellow Cornmeal,
sack '.
1-lb. pkff. Bryan SmokiiiK Tobacco...
The best Tea Slf tings, per lb 1
Fancy B. F. or Sun Dried Japan Tea,
pound
jer
.10o
.l.Sc
2 Vic
ler
.'!5c
. 1 uc
Choice Santos Coffee, per lb . . .
Fancy Maricabo Blend Coffee, lb ...1
Fancy Porto Rico Blend Coffee, lb . .
CHEESE AJTD BUTTEB PRICES
7Vio
.00
Choice Dairy Butter, per lb
Choice Creamery Butter, per lb . . . .
Fancy Creamery Butter, per lb ....
Fancy Full Cream Cheese, per lb . .
Fancy Full Cream Brick Cheese ....
Fancy Full Cream Llmburger Cheese
.210
..Zc
.260
.1-10
.150
.15o
Insurance. The committee declares that In
many slates there are capable and ef
ficient Insurance commissioners, who are
conscientious In the performance of their
duties, but declares they are the excep
tions. It says:
The trouble Is that the state Insurance
departments, always keeping In mind the
few exceptions, are sinecures. They pro
duce ripe, rich political plums generally
distributed by the governors of the several
slates, sometimes by some other officers.
temperance man always says an old friend.
Several years before his death he vlsiled
relatives In Scotland, and returned with the
following yarn:
"In a little town In Scotland the grave
digger had been Induced to give up his
habit of hard drinking and sign yt he pledge.
At a public meeting he gave his experience.
I never thought to tell ye,' he said, 'that
for a whole month I havna touched a
drap of onything. I saved enough to buy
me a braw oak coffin wl' brass handles and
brass nails and If I'm a teetotaler for
another month I shall be wantin' It!"
Drlng On Your Other Birds."
Apropos of something, relates the Cen
tury Magazine, Whistler once told a cock
fight story so vividly that only a man with
a sailor Instinct could tell It as well, mimlo
It so keenly, and enjoy It so thoroughly.
It was a story of a strange species of tho
American cock, pictured to the smallest de
tail so beautifully that one forgot that It
was a story.
Some American sailors were at a cock
fight In a seaport town In England, when
one of them remarked to the owner of
the chamolon:
"We have got an American cock on board
that can whip any bird here."
"Go fetch "lm on," said the champion;
"chuck 'lm In and see. If 'e licks one bird
we 'ave plenty more to throw In that can
lick hany blawsted Hamerlcan bird you
can fetch 'ere."
"All rlfcht; we'll bring one," said the sail
ors. Whi n they got aboard they rigged up
an American eagle. After their own man
ner they painied, trimmed, spliced und
reefed fore and aft, transforming the eaglo
to a cock. When ready they went ashore
to pit their new American game cock
against all Kngland.
At the pit the sailors chucked In their
cock, which looked around for other sur
prises, as he backed close lo the wall.
"Now, bring on your birds!" yelled the
sailors. A strutting cock was tnrowru Into
the pit, and was another surprise to the
poor dismantled eagle. He backed up
closer to the wall, wondering what would
happen next. The cock walked three times
majestically around the circle, cuffing at
his strange opponent, the eagle, pitiably
abashed and bedrabbled, crouching lower
and lower, and looking around and above
him for an explanation of wrist It all
meant, while the crowd were yelling madly
for the Knglish fighter. The eagle made
himself smaller and smaller, but at last
finding that he could get back no further.
Drapery Sale
all odds and end3 in Draperies at
Ruffled Net, Nottingham and
Swiss Curtains, suitable for
dining- rooms and bedrooms.
In all the late designs, go at,
pair, $2.50, $1.25, 98c. and 7 Bo
Rope and tapestry portieres,
for double and single doers,
extra heavy tapestry, plain
and oriental borders Por
tieres worth from $6 to $9
salt) price, $5 and $3.98
Also with heavy fringes at,
pair, $2.25, $2.75 up to. .$5.00
Rope Portieres for single doors
each, $2.25. $1.25 and....89o
1.00 and $3.00 Wash Skirts on sale, to close
at, choice 81.50
Women's Satin Rubber Coats, regular $18
values, sale price $8.90
Lawn Kimonos, good assortment to select
from, at 15
92.50 Lawn Wrappers, delightful biVga'n.
at, sale price 81.19
Visit our infants' wear department. Many
bargains Monday.
FKESK TBUITS AND VEQETABI.ES
Omaha's Orcatsst Market for the PeoyTa.
Fresh Mweet Sugar Corn, per doz 10c
Fresh Beets, per bunch la
Fresh Currots, per bunch lo
Fresh Parsley, per bunch lc
Fresh Cucumbers, each .....lc
Fresh Onions, per bunch lc
Rresh Kadlshes, per bunch lo
Fresh Cabbage, per head 2'?0
Fancy Cooking Apples, per peck 3.c
Extra fancy large 240 Lemons, that retail
for 50u dozen, our price, per dozen,
only S0c
Extra fancy, medium size, that retail for
80c per dozen, our price, per dozen .. 2".
Fresh roasted Peanuts, per quart ...... uc
Knowledge of the Insurance business Is
the last thing required; the man with a
pu" gets the Job. in one of the eastern
states, the commissioner Is a practicing
physician and Is also the state bank ex
aminer. In one of the western states a
friendly acquaintance with an Incoming
official placed a proof reader from a Job
printing office In charge of the Insurance
department of that state and that gentle
man Is now as compotent as the average
commissioner.
The reports of the Investigating commit
tees In New York and Pennsylvania are
Noted People
and thinking that something wss expected
of him, as the cock dashed at him again
he stretched out his long claws and took
his opponent by the neck.'
Here Whistler ended, with an Imitation
by motions of what the eagle did. Ho
stretched out his arm, shaped his hand like
a claw, which by this time looked like a
real one, drew it to his mouth, and with
one bite pulled off the head, as he thought
an eagle might do. Then he looked blandly
about the room, as the eaglo hod done, at
the astonished crowd, snd said: "Now.
bring on your other birds."
4
Owns Stevenson's Birthday.
For some years past the story of how
Robert Louis Stevenson "deeded" his birth
day to little Annie Ide, daughter of Henry
Clay Ida, former governor of the Philip
pines, has been told as a rare InBlght
Into the beloved author's personality. The
recent marriage of this same "little girl"
to the famous orator, W. Bourke Cock ran,
gives the story renewed interest.
Miss Ide's marriage to the congressman
Is the result of a love affair that began In
the Grand Canyon of Arizona, continued
across the Pacific to the Orient and the
Philippines, and led Into the Kgyptlan
desert. '
Mrs. Cockran has had more than her
share of romance and travel, says the
Kroadway Magazine. When a small girl
she lived In Samoa, Mr. Ide being land
commissioner of the Islands. There it
was that Robert Ixjuls Stevenson had his
home, and ho took a great fancy to the
little Annie Ide. One day when she was
deploring the fact that her birthday fell
on Christmas, he 'offered to present her
with bis. which came due on November 13.
A formal deed was executed and since that
day November 13 has been doubly cele
brated. Miss Ide wss married to the famous
Tammany orator last year, two days after
her "Stevenson's birthday." It was after
the celebrated Taft love-making trip to the
Philippines lhat the love affair ripened Into
a betrothal.
Ton Much i'uulit-lty.
They sat on the vine embroidered porch,
looking at the glorious planet in the south
ern sky.
' I supiiose you know, Miss Gladys." said
the young professor, hitching his chair
nearer, "lhat Mars is nearer to us now
than it will be again for a period of fifteen
years?''
'.Mercy, no!" she exclaimed. "I didn't
know that. Take your arm aaay. Prof.
M Goozle, please. I feel as If everybody
on Mars was watching usl" Chicago
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Marvelous Silk Bargains Monday
All summer silks must go regardless of cost ami our stock of
Illark Silks must be reduced fully one third within the next ten tlays,
hence these matchless bargain prices on high grade silks.
OlHv, 75c and $t.(H) Silk Suitings,
Taffetas, Peau de Cygn.es, lAmla
lnes, Mescalines, etc., over 60
pieces to select from, on sale
Monday In domestic room 37
Beautiful Dress and WtustlrtK
Silks, regular 1.25 a yard val
ues, ends of bolts, In lengths
from AVt to 25 yards, will be
closed Monday at, yard . . . -18
Ten pieces checked Taffeta, all
sizes and colors, 36-ln. wide,
regular $1.50 value, on sale Mon
day, while they last at, choice,
Per yard ) 9g
High Grade Linen Department
. Interesting items for Monday. The largest stock; tho most com.
plete assortment; the lowest prices.
72-ln. bleached double satin finish
Table Linen, guaranteed all pure
Irish Unen, regular $1.50 grade,
at, yard 98
68-ln. unbleached and silver
bleached German, Irish and
Scotch Table linen, extra heavy,
worth $1,25 a yard, at, yd. 89
Lunch Cloth -Extra heavy hem
stitched satin finish Irish Unen
6-4 and 5-4 sizes, worth up to
$4.00 piece, at $2.50 and 82.25
Napkins to match all Unen, 18x18
to 27x27-in., at, dozen, $3.60,
$3, $2.60, $2.25 $2 and 81.75
Towels Extra heavy Turkish,
bleached and unbleached, large
size, regular 35c quality. . .!9
High Grade Wash Goods Dept.
Last call for clearing out all Summer Wash Goods. The prices
are so ridiculously low that you have to examine them to be convluced.
50c Wahh Goods 10c 50c silk
warp wash goods, 39c silk mulls,
50c silk warp zephyrs, 60c
Arnold's silk and other goods,
worth up to 50c per yard, all to
close at, yard 19
30c and 50c Wash Goods at 15c
39c silks, 39c zephyrs, 39c silk
wash" fancies, 60c poplins, 50c
lines that are broken, all at 15
Big Sale on
The city ordinance says that every
resident must nave a Garbage Can.
12.50 heavy galvanized Garbage Cans,
16 gallons, Monday
$2.00 heavy galvanized Garbage Qans,
12 gallons, Monday
Extra heavy, stave sides, water tight,
galvanized Garbage Cans, SO gal
lons, with cover, orih !.... 8a. 78
8c heavy enameled Chamber J'alls.
12-quart size, enamelel top, only 73o
7Bc large blue and whltt- Sauce Puns
or preserving Kettles, Monday only,
at 3So
pointed to as evidence of the Inefficiency
of the Insurance departments of these
states. It Is also pointed out that charges
by Mr. Vance of the committee published in
February, 1906, show that some of the large
Insurance companies, though unquestionably
solvent, pay as much as t-M.ixX) in annual
blackmail to state examiners. This churge
it is asserted, has not been denied.
Some Hare State Officials.
Mr. Ureckenrldge, discussing this part of
the report, said the exceptional commis
sioners, who were both honest and capable
were, among others, Vorhees of Ohio,
O'Brien- of Minnesota, Barry of Michigan,
Cutting of Massachusetts and the commis
sioners of Georgia. He declares no sus
picion of corruption attached to the Ne
braska insurance Bepsrtment during the
Incumbency of Insurance Commissioner
Pierce.
The committee discredits the recom
mendations of the Washington conference
of Insurance commissioners declaring that
some of the legislation was recommended
by a mere majority of a minority of the
commissioners In attendance. Some of the
legislation asVed by the commissioners Is
declared to be hysterical and the commis
sioners themselves actuated by a hatred of
the Insurance companies and a desire to
Increase their own powers without provid
ing corresponding checks upon them. The
need of sane legislation to correct present
evils and to prevent future ones Is pointed
out. There is declared to be a need of In
surance supervision In order to protect
policy holders from fraud.
The supervision of Insurance should not
entail a financial burden upon the state,
but neither should the business of the slate
he conducted st a profit; when that occurs
either one class of taxpayers Is being
robbed at the expense 'if another or some
body connected with the state government
has a graft.
It Is stated that twenty-eight stales In
the year 12 received from the Insurance
companies exclusive of taxes ovfr 5,o(W,00
more than they expended In the super
vision of these companies. This It Is pointed
out ultimately leads to an Increase In the
cost of Insurance to he policy holders.
Matter of Some Alarm.
The committee views with alarm ,he
tendency In some of the states to require
that a large proportion of the reserve value
of Insurance written within the state be
Invested In the state. This It Is declared
would result In costly Investment agencies
In each slate ami In so restricting the com
panies they could not seek the most desir
able Investments.
The report points to the action of some
of the German Insurance companies In re
fusing to pay fire losses after the San
Francisco earthquake as evidence that for
eign companies should be required to de
posit In some one of the (.tales at bast
ir.o.'o.
The report lays considerable emphasis on
the recommendation that deferred dividend
surplus funds be distributed annually snd
be credited to the policy holders to which
they belong. This Is only fair to policy
holders and will require the companies to
treat their dividend surpluses as a liability
and not as so asset and will require them
an- Omaha Headquarter for
IUat k Silks. The results of Mon
day's special prices will more than
ever prove tnis assertion true.
We offer: s
f 1.2.1 Mack Taffetas, 2"-ln. wide,
Monday at, yard 89
91. AO Black Taffeta, 3C-ln. wide,
Monday at, yard 81.05
$l.RO Rlack l'eau de Sole. 36-ln.
wide, Monday 1.19
Water Proof lllnrk Jap Silks 75c
value. Just 20 pieces, on sale
Monday at 5i)
Towels Extra large size Damask
and Huck Towels, plain or hem
stitched, sold regularly up to 50c
piece, at, piece 25
81x90-in. bleached seamless Sheets
made from extra fine sheeting,
worth 95c piece, at, piece. -G9
4 2x36-ln. Pillow Cases, bleached,
made from soft finish muslin,
worth 16c piece, at, piece 12 H
lied Spreads Full size marsellles
and honey comb spreads, all new
designs, worth $3.50 piece, at,
I'lece 82.00
Bod Spreads Extra heavy, full
size honey comb spreads, fringed
or plain, worth $2.25 piece, at.
Piece 81.49
25c and 35c Wash Goods 12 He
Irish , dimities, Custer dimities,
organdies du lux, organdies cor
reaux, silk tissue and about 15
different lines that sold up to 25c
a yard, at 12
10c and 25c Goods at 10c Vd.
French cambrics, French batls-
yard 10
ties, French organdies, zephyrs,
ginghams and other goods that
sold up to 25c, all to close at,
Garbage Cans
59o galvanized Chamber Palls. Mon
day 39o
$1.98 extra heavy copper bottom Wash
UoIIitb, Monduy 91.39
$1.15 copper bottom Warn Boilers, 69o
Closing out Rubber Garden Hone,
MrC, 7Ho and 6Ho
Lawn Mowers, worth $3.75. Monday
at 93.49 ( '
LrtlWIl 11 'J WPIH, WOrUl 0.49, aUOTMIHV
at $3.A5
Lawn Mowers, worth 18.5't. Mondsy
at 94.95
tsig Biue on Tinware, c, be, i
and lo
to be more accurate in their public reports
with respect to their liabilities. It will
also, says the report, remove the tempta
tion which arises with tho opportunity to
make Improper use of funds not required
to be accounted for except upon their own
terms. The committee refers to the argu
ment used against legislation of thin kind
that it would be unconstitutional as Im
pairing tho obligation of contracts and
states that It does not assent to that view.
It does not consider this question Impor
tant, however, because so many of the
larger companies are abandoning this form
of policy. The future of life Insurance
will not be seriously Impaired by the de
(erred dividend policy, it Is asserted.
Word on W lid-Cat Concerns.
Discussing wild-cat Insurance companies,
the report says:
We have advised the association In our
preceding reports that the laws of most
of the slates are Inadequate for the pro
tection of the insured; for a number of
them permit the incorporation of Insurance
companies on both stock und mutual plans
without a cash deposit or Its equivalent.
The theory of such laws is that the obliga
tions of subscribers for stoek Is a protec
tion to the policy holders; but the country
Is full of the wrecks of Insolvent com
panies whose operations escape the scrutiny
of the Insurance departments of their homo
states because they transact none of their
business therein, and conduct It under the
eye of Incompetent or complacent Insurance
departments of other slates, only among
the Illiterate poor. These tire the companies
known as "wildcats;" their business is coti
fimtd to the issuance of worthless fire In
surance policies thev pay no losses and
they conduct It mostly through the United.
States malls.
The committee , recommends as a cure
for this species of Insurance evil federal
enactments to prevent the use of the mails
by these companies.
Laws Productive of Frand.
The committee recomiqends the repeal of
valued policy lsws such as are In force la
nineteen nr. twenty st.ites, requiring the
payment of the full amount of the policy
In the event of the total destruction of the
property insured regardless of the value
thereof at the time of destruction. These
laws, It Is asserted, are productive of fraud
and their ultimate result la the Increase of
file insurance rates. In some Instances cited
the rate being almost doubled. In- this
connection the committee also recommends
the enactment of state fire marshal laV
providing for file murshala, whose duty ft
shall be to Investigate all fires to determine
whether or not arson had been committed.
It la estimated that one-third of all fires
are of incendiary origin. The Ohio law,
with some slight modifications, is recom
mended. Referring to federal supervision of Insur
ance the report rays the majority of the
committee, namely, Messrs Dreckenrldge,
Smith snd Mercur still remain advocates
of this plan of supervision with reference
to Interstate companies, but It Is stated
that pjuerful Interests arrayed against It
will prevent Impartial consideration of the
subject and the committee urges the SO
ceptance of the recommendation Upon
which the committee Is unanimous. The
divergent opinions of the committee, it Is
stated, are not as to the efficiency of
fede'ral supervision, bt ss to the power
of the government to rrrnsss
