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THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 13, 1307.
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IDEAL CIHHRISTIM A G2IFT;
For the past three months we have been preparing for C HRISTMAS, and have gathered together a choice collection
of useful and appropriate articles, particularly desirable for C HRISTMAS GIFTS.
Our Curtain Department presents the choicest collection, of Luce
Curtains and rortiores that has been our good fortune to seure..
select from with such a wide range of prices that all can be suited.
Our Oriental Hug Department offers over 600 choice pieces to
select from with such a wide range of prices that all can be suited.
Our Carpet and Domestic Rng Department Is overflowing with bar
gains. We have a choice collection of Axinlnster and Wilton Rugs that is
specially .worthy of your attention.
We are offering a high grade Royal Wilton Rug. 27x54 at J 4.60.
The sketches represented in the border shows the designs of some
of the furniture representing the CHIUSTMAS SHOWING.
Following are the descriptionn and prices of the pieces illustrated.
2 Birch Mahogany Arm Chair,
like cut, with lose silk plush
cushions, very fine finish,
Price $13.50
3 Parlor Table, like cut, with
genuine mahogany top and
shelf, hand-rubbed and polished.
Price t . .$13.50
6 China Cabinet, like cut, early
English $20.00
6 Dining Table, like cut. 8 ft.
long, 4 8 in. wide, early Eng
lish $29.00
7 Buffett, like cut, early Eng
lish $27.00
8 Arm Chair, like cut, leather
seat, early English $7.00
9 Dining Chair, like cut, leather
seat, early English $3.75
10 Weathered Oak Stand, like
cut, 29 inches high 75
11 Weathered Oak Tabourette,
like cut, top 9x9, lSJnches high,
price 55
12 Desk Chair, like cut, made oj
birch, finished in mahogany,
also comes in oak, price. $5.00
13 Magazine Hack, like cut,
made of weathered oak, price
$6.00
14 Sewing Table, like cut, solid
mahogany, dull finish with two
swell drawers, one drawer parti
tioned for threads. price$13.75
15 Pedestal, like cut, Imitation
mahogany and quarter-sawed
oak, polished finish, price $4.00
1C Lady's Desk, like cut, made of
best quality quarter-sawed oak,
and polished finish with large
drawer, price $8.00
17 Rocker, like cut, made" of
solid mahogany, finished dull,
very comfortable, price. .$0.50
18 Dressing Table Chair, like
cut, In imitation mahogany, cur
ley birch, oak and bird's-eye
maple, rubbed and polished fin
ls". l"-ice $4.75
19 Cellarette, like cut, in weath-
ered oak, with sweat box for
cigars, tile top for mixing,
glasses and fixtures, price
$22.50
20 Music Cabinet, like cut, made
of birch, finished mahogany, rub
bed and polished, price. .$G.25
22 Child's Morris Chair, like'eut,
made of weathered oak, upholst
ered seat, and back of Imitation
leather, price $2.50
23 Turkish Rocker, liktf, cut,
made of genuine leather, hair
fni'J $70.00
25 Wenthered Oak Chair, like
cut, genuine Spanish leather
t $18.00
2C Weathered Oak Ladles' Rock
er, like cut, loose genuine Span
ish leather cushions. . .$23.00
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BANKERS DENY HOARDING
Omaha Men Accused by Eastern Press
Hare Warm Replies.
JO ABNORMAL RESERVES IN WEST
Lmui ob Grata and Stork Paid Off
Hapldlr During the Fall Canaeo
Legitimate Incrcaae of
C'aah la Baaka.
Bankers of Omaha declare the position
taken by eastern newspapers, which con
demn western bunks for "hoarding" money
because the reserves were large at the
time of the bank statment, is not sound
and Is entirely unwarranted by the facts.
For several days Jthe bankers nave been
receiving marked copies of eastern papers
and letters from their eastern friends,
which criticise the bankers of the west,
particularly of Omaha, for holding back
money at the time when it " was most
needd. In an editorial of almost a column
the Boston Transcript refers to the "dis
graceful banking" of the west and Inti
mates that when the western bankers again
ask for money with which to move crops,
h will not be sent. "Since looking over the
bank statement," says the Boston paper,
"the bankers of the seacoast are thoroughly
disgusted with the way many qf their
frantic aud costly efforts to send relief to
the west have been treated there."
"The position of the eastern papers Is
not justified by the facts," .said Victor
Caldwell, vice president of Vhe United
States National bank.
Always Carry 89 Per Oat Hrwrvt,
"I have read the editorial ln the Uoston
Evening Transcript. A copy of it was
mailed to me. The difference between
banking In the west and banking In the
east Is that ordinarily banks In the west
carry about 80 to 35 per cent of available
means all the time. The condition of the
Omaha 'banks simply reflects the condition
of the west. Omaha Is In the center of th
richest agricultural territory on this con
tinent. Its people are thrifty and pros
perous. When the east closed down the
weal was necessarily compelled to do the
ame, the only difference being that loans
carried by the Omaha banks represented
the wealth of the country beck of them,
the ability and willingness of the people
to meet their obligations, .so that In a
short time the available means of the
banks naturally increased because behind
them was the wealth of the community.
Behind so many of the eastern loans were
so many bonds, stocks and securities that
had been so thoroughly exploited by bold
captains of industry that when the water
began to run out, realization upon them
was slower than upon Hans that had be
hind them the grain, live stock and solid
substantial assets.
"I presume that the Omaha banks should
have sent all their money to Boston so the
holders of copper and mining securities
could en4y their codfish and beans without
worrying over their inability to realize
upon them that is upon the securities, not
the beans, beans would be more easily con
verted Into cash than some of the se
curities." '
Cash Follows Capital.
President H. VV. Yates of the Omaha
Clearing House association said: "I don't
lel1eve a- single Omaha bank has crowded
a business man for money In order to In
crease the reserve, or withdrawn money
from the channels of trade, where It should
he all the time. In order to hoard the
money In the vaults. I do not know of a
single loan which has been unreasonably
called.
"We don't need to worry about the east
helping the west to secure money when
the crops are to move. Money follows
cupltal. We have the capital out here and
the east will be compelled to send the
money they owe us.
"If the eastern press means that the
financial Institutions of the east are help
ing us by sending a few of their customers
out here (6 borrow money, I should have
to admit that we )iave been gkatly helped
by Boston and the east. Thousands of dol
lars of Omaha money have been loaned
on eastern paper within the last two years.
If some of these come due and the jnoney
Is brought home to serve our own custom
ers, the east cannot object seriously. We
will not worry about the threat to let
the west feel the pinch, as the east has
never relieved the situation, except when
the money was due out here and had to
come."
Llncola Baak New One.
During the course of the article the Bos
ton paper refers to a Lincoln bank which
showed a greater cash reserve than the
eastern bank which had been sending some
money out to the western Institution. It Is
pointed out by Omaha bankers that the
bank Is a new one, started In Lincoln Just
before the financial flurry and had about
all its deposits on hand, as it had no time
to get loans.
"It la a plain scheme of the eastern banks
to secure the big share of funds distributed
by the secretary of the treasury," is the
way one Omah banker put it. "It appears
that the east la clamoring to got the
deposits on the ground that the western
banks are full of money."
WOMAN LOSES HER REASON
Mind Becomes Unbalanced and She
and Two l.lttle One Are
Cared For.
A woman giving her name an Mrs. W. P.
liussfll, with her two little boys, 4 and 0
years of age, was taken from the North
western train at Union station Friday night
In a deranged mental condition. She was
taken to the matron's room at the pollen
station. Saturday morning she appeared
rational and Officer Hlel started to escort
her to the train. She said she was nn
her way from Alberta, Canada, where her
husband Is, to Fairmont, Neb., where sue
said her mother lives. On the way to
the Btatlon she balked, refused to go fur
ther and imagined she saw her train going
out. The two children began to cry anl
between the three Officer Hlel had hla
hands full. He Anally got her and the
children nack to the station. Captain Mos
tyn telephoned to the city marshal at
Fairmont, but he knew nothing of the
woman or her mother. She said her
mother's name Is Mrs. Ward. The author
ities are trying to locate her relatives.
FEED CORN GOES TO NORTH
Grain from Nebraska Shipped There in
' Response to Demand.
BUYERS COME DOWN TO OMAHA
Cauaanltes Are Coinpeleld to Look
Toward Egypt (or the Goldea
Grata for Their Einpty
Crlua.
YEISER WORKS FOR NEW TRIAL
Filea Motion aa Flrat Attack on Law
Under Which Pnmphrey
Waa Convicted. '
The technical attack on the law under
which Charles Pumphrey was convicted of
killing Ham Pak will be made by John
O. Yelser, Pumphrey's attorney, next Sat
urday morning In Judge Troup's court.
Mr. Telser hopes to show that the section
of the statute under which Pumphrey was
charged is unconstitutional because the
title of the act of the legislature is no
broad enough. Mr. Telser filed hla formal
motion for a new trial and the court took
It under advisement until Saturday. If It
ia overruled Telser will Immediately file
a motion In arrest of Judgment and In the
argument on the motion the attack on the
law will ba made. If the motion Is over
ruled Punphrey will be sentenced to a
Ufa term In the penitentiary by the court.
40 Big
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40 YELL-0
IVAGONS
Chcrokco Nut
56.00
For Soft Coal Heaters and
Furnaces there is a lot of real
heat value for the money
from this coaL
Lump Sizes $G.25
A Mot. Strong Caking CoaL
Sterling c,!,. $7.50
The Omaha market needed
this coal. A combination of.
several good qualities, clean,
convenient size, clinkerless,
hot, lights quickly a steady,
6trong cooker.
Order Sample Ton
Phone
D 252
Economy Nut
$7.00
Same old reliable washed
Nut Coal we have been sell
ing for 20 years. More used
in Omaha now than before.
Economy Must Be Good
Lump Sam. Pric.
Sunderland Bros.
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Harney
Local demand for feeding corn at Min
nesota and Wisconsin points has caused
many shipments which would naturally
come to the Omaha market to go to Min
neapolis during the last week or ten days
and the demajid seems likely to continue
fur some time, causing northern buyers
to come almost In to the city limits of
Omaha to buy corn.
While corn Is selling around 49 cents Vn
the Omaha exchange, many points In Min
nesota have a market for the rough feed
ing corn at ai to 6b cents per bushel. This
difference In the price Is sufficient to turn
the tide of shipments from points on the
Omaha road as far south as Hciiiian, Neb.,
and may get some tew cars from Blair,
within twenty-two miles of Omaha. A dis
patch to The Bee from Herman Saturday
says:
Iast year nearly all the corn from this
station went to Omaha, but this year It has
nearly all gone to Minneapolis, (ii'uln men
claim there is a belter market there Ihull
in Omaha and Hie last si-ven days tills
station has forwarded forty-rive cars of
grain.
Members of the Omaha Grain exchange
say the market is not In Minneapolis and
that the actual demand of that market Is
small, but it Is shipped to Minneapolis and
forwarded to Interior points without un-J
loading.
South Dakota also Is short of feeding
coVn and Is looking to Omaha for a supply.
Some dealers have placed orders for lots
of twenly cars each, which are being
shipped from Nebraska stations and some
direct from Omaha.
While rains of Thursny. and Friday
north of Omaha stopped some of the farm
ers from hauling grain, a good many will
be able to haul Monday. The receipts at
the Omaha market Saturday were 101 cars,
twenty-nine of which were corn.
many thousands of dollars, aa It la the time
for making many remittances for current
business and holiday purposes.
TEN YEARS F0R WILLIAMS
Sentence ef Married Man Who Ah
dacta Girl and Dearrta Her aa
lie Did Hla Wife.
William Williams, convicted of the ab
duction of Clara Balls, 14 years of age,
from her home in Yankton, S. D., was sen
tenced to ten years in the penitentiary by
Judge Troup Saturday morning. In pass
ing sentence Judge Troup told him he
thought the crime would call for the ex
treme penalty, which Is fifteen years, but
as it was Williams' first offense be would
reduce it somewhat. Williams made a
statement to the court In which he said
that trouble with his wife in Denver had
caused him to go wrong and lie aaked for
a light sentence. Julius Cooley, his law
yer, waa not present to argue the motion
for a new trial, but Williams said he was
ready to have the court act without the
presence of his lawyer.
Williams induced Clara Balls to leave
her home in Yankton and go to Sioux City
with him. Later they tame to Omaha and
lived In a room on Cuming street. Wil
liams then left . her and went to Grand
Inland, and friends Intervened when the
girl became destitute.
Edward Leonard, a 19-year-old boy, peni
tently told Judge Troup he could not under
stand what Induced him to take a package
containing $n7 worth of Jewelry from a
room In the Arcade hotel, where he was
working.
"I Just took It down to the baggage room.
Intending to look at the Jewelry, Judge,"
he said. "I intended to take it back to
the room, but I didn't have a chance. I
have never done anything like this be
fore and I can't understand what Induced
me to do It."
Judge Troup gave him a lecture and sen
tenced him to two years In the puniten-tiary.
OFFICERS BUY OWN BONDS
Treaanrer and Comptroller Mast Par
the Premiums, Says Deputy
County Attorney.
County officials-elect, except the treas
urer and comptroller, will have to pu
for their own surety bonds, according to
an opinion Just rendered by Deputy County
Attorney Magney. Some of the olHclals had
directed the agents of their bonding com
panies to present their bills to the county
commissioners, but, under the opinion, the
commissioners will refuse to pay for anj
but the treasurer and comptroller. Tin
law provides the bonds for these
officers shall be paid by the county.
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DEEDS SI6NED BY GROVER
Instramenta Dearina; dlamatoi-ea ol
Ex-PreaJdeat and Mra. Cleve
land Transfer Omaha Lota.
Two deeds signed by Orover Cleveland,
former president of the I'nltPd States, woro
placed on ille in the reglxtcr of deeds
oftlco Saturday morning. The deeds con
veyed to David C. McDowell, treasurer of
the lOxpresaman s Delivery company, the.
lot on the northwest corner of Twenty
second and Cuming street recently bought
by the company from Mrs. Cleveland. Tha
deeds were signed by both ex-President and
Mrs. Cleveland and the corslderatlun was
H,10. Mr. McDowell also filed a deed trans
ferring the property to the Expressman's
Delivery company.
Idaho Eqnala Contract Speed.
PHILADKLI'JIIA, Pa., Iec. 14 The bat
tleshlii Idaho, built at Cramps' shipyard
in this city, returned today from an oltlciul
trip at sea off the Delaware breakwater.
It was announced that the battleship
reached a speed of 17.14 knots an hour and
that the trial had been successful. The
spued contract culls for 17 knots.
MAIL THEFT WORK OF GANG
This la Theory of Poatofltee Officials
aa to I.oaa of Two Valu
able Poaches.
Postofflce authorities 'investigating the
mysterious loss of the two pouches from
the wagon Wednesday night between the
postofflce and Union station are now con
vinced they were stolen and believe the
robbery may have been committed by the
same person who perpetrated the successful
theft of pouches at Denver recently.
The miBsIng sacks are said to have con
tained letters with drafts, postal notes and
other forms of money destined to Nebraska
and Colorado points. One thing Is certain
In the minds of the officials, and that Is no
employe of the postofflce department is
Implicated In the robbery.
The only hypothesis offered is that-the
pouches were stolen by some one dlxgulsed
as a workman about the depot. It is quite
certain that the two mlsiting pouches were
not put aboard any outgoing train, else
they would have been heard from through
some source by this time.
That the pouches were stolen In Omaha
there now seems to be no doubt on the
part of the postofflce authorities. Inquiries
were made at the . postofflce Saturday
morning by one or two of the Omaha banks
of certain remittances that have not been
received by the consignees af Columbus
and other points that are supposed to have
gone out on that particular mail The
aggregate amount, it ia said, may run Into j
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Christmas Cheer .
would turn into Cheerless Christmas without
Good Things to Eat
Look to Santa Claus for your prwaents, if
you will, but for delicacies of the reason
for the Christmas table, tro to Courtney's
"a lit b tiern Ku,nj ls Jn readings to serve you at Holhluy Season. To those who uunt aomethlng
a tt e etter than usual" we are able to jfive ample satisfaction. JJulnUcs that are reully (luiuty. New
edibles that are really new. 1 lts to eat Courl ney lm9 lt.
Carload of
Christmas
Trees
iust received
select one now
15c to -$5
In Courtney's Fruit Dept.
In our fruit department you will find for your Christmas din
ner everything grown in this country and many other countries.
Hothouse grapes from England, Malga grapes from Spain, Dates
from Tunis, Figs from Arabia, Paradice nuts from South Ameri
ca, plnans from Mexico, chebtnuta from Italy, stuffed prunes from
Germany. And from our own country we have everything, in
cluding kum-quata and grape fruit, oranges and tangerines, per
simmons, cauliflower and cucumbers, parsley and mint, water
cress and green onions, head lettuce, pomegranates, Jumbo cran
berries, etc.
Table
Decorations
Christmas
Tree
Decorations
Table Winss and Warmth and Cheer to Christmas Dinner
We are pleased to be able to offer the Rhlne-MoBelle Wines of C. S. Escardt. Krenznack. Germany
These wines are justly celebratted for their purity, age and excellence, aa are also the Sauternes of Picard
& Co. of Bordeaux and the Burgundies of Poulet Pere & Flla of Ileaune, France, and which agenciea we
have eecured. May we not have a trial order of these fine wines for your Christmas dinner?
leaning Dranas or imported Champagne, quart, Cohasset Punch (something newl . ai o.
.ftl.Wj Wllliama. and Newman's old fashioned Cocktails,
.$1.23 very fine, ready to drink $1.23
.$1.8.5 Old Maryland Uye Whiskey (our own bottling) per
.fl-2 BaI1n IW.OO
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Imported Cognac Brandy (12 years old).,
King William Scotch
Old Crow (bottled in bond)
Phona Douglas 647
ourtney & Go,
17th and Douglaa Sta.
Omaha.