TIIE OMAItA J DAILY
BEEj
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1003.
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Jab wary Special Sale of Ready -Made
Sheets and Pillow Cases
The difference in the price of the ready-to-very
few people go to the trouble of making th
curing a perfect Sheet after "washing.
. 63
65
z90, plain hem, 85c quality now
i99. plain hem. $1.00 quality now
; 63
x90,. double bemstlrb, $1.00 quality now 85c each.
65
x99 double hemstitch, $1.20
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72
x90, plain hem, 90c quality now
x0, plain hem, il.tiu quality
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72
72
x, piam nem, ij.ib quality now voc earn.
x. double hemstitch, $1.10 qual. now 8c each.
x99, double hemstitch, $1.25 quality now $1.05
ach
Ready-Made
Size 42x59, plain heni; former prices 10c, 20c, 26c
each, now 10c, 16'c,.-2c each.
Size (45x36 plain hem former prices 18c, 19c, 22c
each, now 10c,'l4c, 19lfec, 22c each.
January Clearing Sale of Comforters and
Blankets.
$1.50 Comforters, 98c each.
$2.60 Comforters. $1.98 each.'
i $5.60 Down Quilts, $3.78 each.'
$3.00 Faocy Jacquard "Bacon"' Blankets, $1.98
each. - .
$1.73 White "Bacon" Blankets, $1.29 each.
60c Gray Cotton Blankets, 89c a pair.
50c Crib Blankets, white with pink or blue bord
ers, 39c a pair. -- -
Bargain Square in Basement.
Remnants of 36 Inch wide Bleached . Muslin,
lengths from 2 to 8 yards, at, per yard, 5c, 6c, 7c,
8c; regular values 10c, 11c, 12c, 10c yard.
Women's unlaundered Initial linen lawn handker
chief, real hand embroidered, hemstitched, regu
lar 10c quality, tm special aale Thursday at six
for 25c. .
Only eight more days to take
Table Damask by the Yard.
All $1.25 Bleached Damask, sale
price 89c yard.
All $1.60 Bleached DamaBk, sale
price $1.10 yard.
All $1.65 Sliver Bleached Dam
ask, sale price $1.10 yard.
All $1.25 Billver Bleached Dam
ask, sale price 89c yard.
All $1.65 Bleached Table Cloths,
each.
All $2.25 Bleached Table Cloths,
each.
All $2.50 Table ClothB, sale price
BIG DAY FOR OLD HARVARD
Sean Briggi Maket Three' Addresses,
j j Last to Alumni.
BANQUET CLIMAX OF BUSY TIME
(.rrriw Sheldon and Other I) 1st I n
BaUbcd Son ( Cambridge Meet
Former Infractor d Share
In Speaking-.
Dean L. B. It. Brlggs of Harvard put in
a strenuous day among his Omaha friends
.yesterday. At 10:30 he addressed pupils at
the high school, at 8:30 the public4 school
teacher at First Congregatlonanl church
and In the everting the Harvard alumni,
whose guest he n at the Omaha club.
Governor Sheldon, '93, was one of the
Harvard alumni who attended and made
an addrcHs at the banquet; Pean George P.
Costlgan of the law . department of the
University of Nebraska and .Dean Henry
Baldwin Ward of the medical department
were others. N. P. Dodge. Jr.,. one of the
most enthusiastic Harvard , men in the
west, acted as toastniaster. The meeting
between Dean Hrlggs, who had boon at
Harvard since 187. and the western alumni,
was a cordial and' Interesting one.
College Wonts the Beat , Woman.
In his address to the high school pupils
Dean Briggs championed the cause of the
college woman. He said:
'The college women are the best women
In America todav. The college girl Is
quite as delightful aa any ether girl and
suite as good a companion, through life.
There are pedantle girls who go to college
and pedantic girls who do not. College
women are not content with the frivolous
life; they must have something earnest in
their lives. s v
"Commerce Is not the best thing In the
world. A collage education has a rash
value and a far higher value. One gets
frequent visions of something far above
th ordinary alms i of an ordinary life,
something more then commerce. My advice
is, go to .college If you an,
"Does it pay tn go to. college? Scarcely
auyone who 1ms ever gone to college would
rart with that ' period of his life for any
amount of Dtouey nd that might be taken
aa an imwbi. Some say It does not pay to
spend K.00fv oy a Ji '; boy. Alt does pay
financially and that Is the side on which
many are accustomed to look. Railroads
and steel kings are looking for college
men to fill the higher salaried offices."
"The college idea Is get together the
chosen youth from all parts of the country,
shake theui together and cultivate In thorn
noble ideas. In (the life at a univer
sity the companionship Is said to be
more valuable than the lessons. Thar Is
an approach to a cure for provincialism In
a university training. President Rooaevwlt
has aptly said that it is the business of a
university to encourage rrt every way a
few productive scholars of the very highest
grade and to turn out a great variety of
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Alwsvs remember th full came.
tr hvi signature ot tvery
-Telephone Douglas flS Retches All Departments
use Sheets and Pillow Cases is no little that
em. Our sheets are peamleps and torn, thus se-
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These Sues in Sheets.
68c each.
85c each.
81x90, plain hem, 90c quality now 5Sc each.
81x90, plain hem, $1.00 quality now 78c each."''
81x90, plain hem, $1.20 quality now 98c each.
81x99, plain hem, $1.30 quality now $1.08 each. :
81x90, double hemstitch, $1.30 quality now $1.08
each.
81x99, double hemstitch, $1.40 quality now l!l8
each. .
90x99, plain hem, $1.40 quality now $1.18 each.
90x99, double hemstitch, $1.50 quality now $1.25
each.
quality now .$1.03
72c each.
new kuc earn.
Pillow Cases.
Size 50x36, plain hem, former prices 2uc, 24c, 31c
each, now 6c, 20c, 27c each. -
Hemstitched Pillow Cases, from 3c to 5c each ad
VERY SPECIAL $1.35 Black Peau de
Soie, 23 Inches Wide, Thursday
79c a Yard.
A ailk i of great service deep, rich black
will not muss or crush, eheds the dust perfectly;
for costumes, waists, skirts and coats.
Extraordinary value, Thursday, 79c a yard.
EXTRA Handsome $1.25 Fine Imported
Black Dress Voile, 83c a Yard.
Yes, see It! We ask the closest Inspection. H'a
different our special prices on black dresa goods.
No seconds, no odds and ends, simply to attract
attention. Selected from our regular stock. Voiles
are to be one of the next Beason's most wanted
fabrics. Tine, smooth, crisp, hlgh-claHs in erfect.
By all means, see It.
January Linen Sale. ,
advantage of these great linen savings.
Bed Spreads.
All $1.50 Bed Spreads,,
sale price $1.00 each.
All $1.75 Bed Spreads,
sale price $1.39 each.
All $2.25 Bed Spreads,
sale price $1.89 each.
Table Cloths.
sale price $1.00
sale price -$1. 69
$1.79 each.
All $3.00 Table
All $3.75 Table
All $4.00 Table
All $6.00 Table
All $7.50 Table
useful citizens. The college part of a uni
versity training Is to make mrm useful
membtrs of the community."
On Drowning; to Teachers.
Here lies a king who ruled as ho saw fit;
The universal monarch of wit.
"A mild literary subject," was the way
Dean Briggs Introduced his topic Wednes
day afternoon at the First Congregational
church when lie. addressed the teachers of
the .Omaha public schools on the subjnet
of Robert Broamlnp, the great English poet.
The, lecture was dlvUlod Into five parts,
first. Browning's regard or disregard for
form; second, rrrusic In his verse; third, his
obscurity; fourth, Brownl (mas a rioet, and
fifth, the iman revealed in his works.
"Browning knew his lack of form," said
Dean Brlggs, "and he often disregarded
the form of a prose sentence. He did not
think of unity In a sentence. He knew
perfectly well what he was doing and
really cared more for form than most
Kngltsh poets. When he had a new thought
to express he searched for a new form In
which to express It.
"It is the fashion nowadays to read
poetry like It was prose, especially blank
verse. I shall not read that way, for he
really took pains with his meter. Ho paid
more attention to his critics than a man
of his jxe should.
"Some cannot see music in his works
and ho is of course called at times harsh,
and he Is harsh In a way. Many dis
tinguished persons have denied to Brown
ing music In his verse. I think he has a
real music which anyone should recognize
aa music. , He has a certain musical
glamor.
Thla poet Is one of the very 1 greatest;
he had -obvious faults and It Is easy; to
point out these , faults, but If you have
read Browning 'long, nearly every other
writer of Kngltsh poetry seems thin, 'fills
Is an audacious statement, but true."
Poison Dos To Small.
HASTINGS. Neb.. Jan. C.-Speo'l Tele
gram.) Jealous because he thought his
wife had gone to a S cent moving picture
theatre with another man, John Snyder,
an employe of the Bostwlck hotel, last
night attempted to commit suicide by
f wallowing poison. The dose-was insuffi
cient to cause death. When a physician
offered to give him something to relieve
Ms suffering Snyder threatened to kill him.
This morning Snyder was able to resume
his work.
nhtpballdera on Strike.
NEWCABTI J3-ON-TYNE. Jan. S2. The
threatened strike tfi the shipbuilding In
dustry in Tyne district became a fact to
day when some i. men who had refihted
the proposed reduction In their wages did
not return to work. Some ports on the
northwest coast are also affected.
Burns concert and dance, Friday, 24th,
t p. m.. Edward Crelghton Institute, 10
South Eighteenth street. Prise essay by
high school student Singers, pleera, danc
era. Tickets, Mc.
Private Bask Sasnends.
CHICAGO. Jan. C-The private bank of
A. C. Tisdelle suspended payments to de
positors today. A rail was sent to police
headquarters for officers to quell possible
disturbances around the office, but there
was no trouble of any kind.
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Better come Thursday.
Bath Towels.
All 20c Bath Towels, sale price
15c each.
All 25o Bath Towels, sale price
19c each.
All 45c Bath Towels, sale price
25c each.
AH 75c Bath Towels, sale price
50c each.
Cloths, sale price $2.00 each.
Cloths, sale price $2.69 each.
Cloths, Bale price $2.89 each.
Cloths, sale price $4.28 each.
Cloths, sale price $5.00 each.
SHOOTERS CRACK MUD PIES
Good Attendance tt the Central Ne
braska Tournament at Hastings.
OLSON LEADS THE AMATEUES
Merr of Concordia, Kansas, HIK Gun
for the Professionals and Also
for r lrst Day's Events
One More Day.
HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. 2S.-(Bpeclal Tel
egram.) The central Nebraska trap shoot
ing tournament, which began here today,
brought forth a field of forty-one shooters!
Including a number of professionals from
Kansas and Nebraska. Olson of Holdregs
was high gun In the amateur class, with a
total of 104 otu of US targets. Of the pro
fessionals William Horr of Concordia,
Kan., made a., score of 10S and Barber of
Iowa was next high professional, with a
mark of W. The shooting averaged well,
despite the dark and windy weather. Among
the principal scores were:
2. 3. 4. 8. . 7
16 IS 13 18 a IS
11 U 11 W 1, u
14 10 13 1 37 12
13 II 8 13 2D 1",
14 12 12 18 ID 1
13 12 12 IK 13
13 13 12 19 it) 14
12 13 18 18 14
V 11 14 17 17 1
11 14 12 15 Id 9
B IS 15 IX 10
12 12, 10 18 20 14
14 11 14 17 19 16
9 9 8 13 15 ..
8 12 10 12 18 ..
10 10 13 15 19 9
12 11 JM 11) 9
13 13 13 18 18 14
Herr
Thorpe
Olmstead
Mnlsworth ..
Ed wards
Welsman '. ..
Olson
Harvey
Leofgren ..
Halrd
Gish .
Pleper
targets and 6 and 6 Jor twenty targets.
Thorhoot will be continued tomorrow.
rONVEMIOM tiOKN TO DKADWOOD
Soath Dakota Commercial Clnba De
ride to Meet In the Hills.
PIERRK. S. D.. Jan. 22. (Special Tele
rram.) The Commercial club convention
today aelectcd Deadwood as the next place
of meeting. The resolutions presented by
the committee did not meet the approval
of the members end were parted In a num
ber of places, principally where they at
tempted .to condemn the catalogue houses
and the parcels post, those subjects being
held to ba outside' the province of the or
ganization. President Rice appointed the
standing committee for the eomlng year
and matters of finance and representation
Of clubs were referred tov the committee
appointed on these subjects.
City Ofllrlals I p tow Contempt.
PIERRH 8. D.. Jan. 22.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) Mayor Albright and Street Com
missioner Laughlin were called Into circuit
court., today charged with being In con
tempt of court for proceeding with the
filling of a part of a street agalnxt which
restraining order had been Issued to
prevent grading in front of certain prop
erty. On hearing the contempt case was
Clsmisaed, but the order against grading
was continued until a hearing could be
bad In court.
NT LILLIK OLIGX Of ROSALIE
Nackolls Coaaty Clao Proves to Be of
Ma Valaa.
NELSON. Neb., Jan. ZL Advices received
today by Sheriff Jonea satisfied him that
the child held by the band of gypsies here
Is not LJllle Olsen. and unless someone
claims the little girl before tomorrow he
will order the release of the band.
TO PRKVEAT THIS GRIP.
Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the
cause. There Is only one "Bromo Quinine."
Look for signature of E. W. Grove, be.
BCRKETT BILL IS ENDORSED
Stockmen's Convention Approve it by
' Overwhelming- Vote. '
V, : i
CERTAIN AMEND3IENT3 WANTED
Mailnsm Prl for I. retries: . raslas
Land Phoald lie fnt Cents
' rn A ere OWcera te Be .
F.lecled Today,. '
DENVER, Colo., Jan. S.-The eleventh
annual convention of the" American Na-
tionul Uve Stock asseelatisri was unable
to complete its , worli .this afternoon and
adjourned until tomorrow morning, when
officers for the ensuing term ; will be
elected and the place ol th' next meeting
selcctod.
The meeting was taken up In a discussion
of the Burkett bill for the leasing of publie
lands and It was approved by an over
whelming vote.
The question of leasing public lands fpr
grazing came up In the report o( the com
mittee on resolutions on the subject. The
majority report favored the passage Of
Senator Burkett's bill, with certain amend.'
ments, made by the committee.
The most Important of these amendments
provide afnaximum grazing foe of 4 cents
per acre and a minimum of one-halt cent
per acre. Other amendments to the bill
provide for the movement of live stock
across the public lands and for fencing
rights.
Alvln Saunders, managing editor of the
Chicago Breeders' Gazette, , stated that
there was a great market for lve stork
nd live stock products in Europe, but
that owing to prohibitive tariffs in the na
tions of that country live stock products
were practically barred out. "It Is only
by means of a reciprocal tariff," he said.
"that these markets can be opened."
He introduced a resolution, which was
adopted, appealing to the ways and means
committee of the house find tlie financial
committee of the senate to take up the
matter and favoring the ' appointment of
a nonpartisan tariff commission, as pro
vided in a bill introduced by Senator Ber
crldge ,to Investigate these 'conditions.
OMAHA IN THE LEAD
(Continued from First Page,)
must Involve the whole territory of the
nation, and thoso who effectively favor
the Improvement must be willing to stand
as faithfully for remote localities as for
their own. We will not make progress un
til we . are able to formulate a compre
hensive scheme that will embrace all our
available waterways, and that will make
provision for their continuous development.
in determining me oroer oi me improve
ment, the importance of one river as com
pared with another must be conclusive,
but it is still true that if we are to do
anything of real value, the end must be
seen from the beginning.
This meeting Is peculiarly interested In
making the Missouri river a highway of
commerce, and there is no man more con
cerned than I sm In the project: but I
want you to begin the conferenoe with the
firm conviction, if 1 may paraphrase aa
old saying, that If we do not stand to
gether, we will fall Separately.
With respect to the engineering prooiems
which attend the Improvement of the Mis
souri river, I am not oomuetont to spuak.
How the channel shall be inado. X leave en
tirely to that efficient corps : of investi
gators, the members of which are day by
day conferring not only last Honors upon
their profession, but laxjlng , -advantage
upon their fellow men. If, litiwever. I csn
not speak upwn how It shall be done, I
have a word to say upon wb$ if shall be
done. r y
Railroads Are Congested.
Before the storm of financial trouble
broke over us two or three months agp
Storm that Is already subsiding, and the
effects of which must soon disappear It
was known to every Intelligent observer,
and freely admitted by the railway com
panies themselves, that the transporta
tion facilities for doing the business of the
Ignited fctates were miserably Inadequate.
The moment we again reach the altitudes
of prosperity, ana It win not d long, uiese
farlittiHs will attain be Incapable oi ren
dering the service which the business of
the country nupuraiiveiy uumanua. uur
hnuinesa in necessarily limited by our ca
pacity for transportation, for without trans
portation, commerce i iiupuBii.io. n
therefore follows that unless we are will
ing to be restricted In our growth, we
must enlarge our carrying Instrumentali
ties. The railway companies seem to agree
that they cannot expand to meet the
necessity. It may not agree with them as
to the reason for this inability, but what
ever may be the cause, the fact remains.
Whin Individual or corporate enterprise
cannot give what the country must have.
there is but one tning to oo. urganii
society. In the form of a government, must
supply the need.
No More Federal Aid to Railways.
I think we would all be exceedingly re-liif-lant
to enter unon anotiier courBe of
f;overnmental aid to railways. There are
usupeiable difficulties In the way unless
we are ready to unite upon government
ownership and operation of railways. At
yet 1 am unaoie to uring my iiunu 10 ino
conclusion that the government should
enter upon so vast an undertaking,, slid
therefore It seems to me thgt we are im
pelled by the very force of .circumstances
to look toward the improvement of our
waterways and make them perform thulr
share of the work of carrying the mer
chandise from one part ct the country to
another. If the cost or transporting
freight by water was as great aa trans
porting It overland It would still be wise
for the people ttexpend then- money In the
dlKgir.g and preservation of watey chan
nels rather than to expend an equal
amount In the enlargement of the rail
ways; but the truth Is that when once
suitable channels are created the cost of
carriage by water Is less then one-half
the cost of carriage on land. This dispar
ity furnishes a conclusive reason for sup
plementing the Inadequacy of railway
transportation by an efficient system of
water transportation.
There Is another reason which to me
hss been still more persuasive. The gov
ernments, both national and stale, have
entered in earnest upon the most serious
task that they have ever assumed. The
abstract duty of the common carriers to
render their service for a reasonable com
pensation, and to render it without dis
crimination, is as old as . the day upon
which the first freight wsgon or stags
coach began its journey. When, however,
governments like ours attempt to enforce
these plain maxims of equity and fntr
dealing upon railways which aggregate
2).J0 miles of main trsck, which are cap
It sliced for more thsn H5.OUO.000.0uO, and
which serve a territory so vast In extent,
filled with divers Interests and overrun
ning with a business which Is not only un
paralleled, but almost Inconceivable in Its
magnitude, they are beset with difficulties
and surrounded with problems which are
appalling.
- Rivers Connect Railways.
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers, from
north to south, cross every transcontinen
tal railway in the United States. They
connect all the systems which do business
In the western country. If these rivers
were so Improved that commerce woul.l
move freely upon tiiem open aa they
would be to every man or every company
that had the capital and the energy to
Nature's good, healthy,
red blood will cure most any
disease.
Coffee, in many people,
destroys the red corpuscles
and impoverishes the blood.
A definite change is made
by leaving off coffee entire
ly and using well boiled, de
licious Fostum in its place.
You can prove this by trial.
Read "The Eoad to Well
ville," in pkgs. "There's a
Reason."
own and cprst a tugboat their Influ
ence upon tlie maintenance of fair vales
and their effect In preventing dlscrimlna-.
uons. euner ss to Individual or locsltllr,
would simply be lnealeulshle. If the
Amerlisn people derived no other silvan-
tare from the expenditure that will be
necessary to bring theoe wslers Into use
than their corrective force upon rsilwsy
rates, the return upon the capital Invested
would be rieher thsn unon any other ex
penditure they could make.
These siiKs;estlons are not the result of
any nostuity toward trie rs wave. I a
rather rejtersting what the larcer-mindod
men engaged in railway management them
selves declare. When we have hurnexel
the turbulent current of the Missouri, and
when It is ready to receive its burden of
traffic, t hope to see and expect to see
the railways ro-operetlng with this new
lactor in the business life of the country
Let the M!ssou river do that part of the
work which It can do best, let the rsilwavs
do that part which they rsn do best, and
the outcome will be beneficial not only to
tin people, bit to the railways. -We are
never so universally and continuously pros
perous as when we sre in exact harmony
with nature's everlasting laws. v
i Mast Be aa laane.
Allow ne to conclude with a word re
specting the beot method of attaining our
desires. Congress will not. ought not, to
adopt a measure so far-renching. and In
volving the cut lay of so Immense ah amount
of money until the peopla are aroused te
Its Importance, and Insist upon Its enact
ment. IT we have not the initiative and
referendum In form, w have them tn sub
stance. Whenever a project such as we
are now considering Is promised, the lm
provement of our waterways must he
come the subject of discussion around our
firesides. In our fields, factories and of
fices, and there must be an expression of
the sovereigns of the republic before our
hopes can be realised or our dreams ful
filled. It is your duty snd mine, believing
as we do that the werfare of the country
requires that, these things should be done,
that we lift up our voices, not only here,
but everywhere, until wster transporta
tion becomes an Issue In our public affairs.
Cities Depend on River.
Congressman E. H. Hubbard spoke with
fhthusiasm of the waterways, movement.
He said that as a congressman he should
say that congress was not always deaf,
and advocated that continuous agitation
should be the aim of those who wanted to
see an appropriation made.
"Wrapped up In the Tate of the. Missouri
river," yald Congressman Ellis. "Is tlie
fate of every city on Its banks. The tfreat
cities of the world are 'located on water
ways. Real terminals are only found on
navigable waters. No great city has ever
grown on the prairie and never will. Rural
Interests also are vltslly concerned, as the
farmer Is more interested in transportation
than Is the merchant in the city. The
wheat of the west Is now carried to the
eastern seaboard for one-sixth the rate paid
before the locks of the Soo were con
structed and the ability to use, the great
waiterway would bring transmissourl wheat
fields 800 miles nearer Liverpool." He
queried as to how the farmers of this dis
trict are to compote with the foreign pro
ducers 1f ull their resources are not util
ised, and he called attention to the com
petition of' the districts of the northwest
Just beginning to eompete. The principle
applicable to the grain growers he applied
to the other agriculture and productive In
dustries. Thomas Wilkinson of Burlington, presi
dent o the Upper Mississippi River Im
provement association. In his address de
clared that congress should appropriate
150,000,000 annually for the Improvement of
Us rivers and harbors. He said no coun
try had better possibilities In its water
ways, and In spite of the fact the sums
expended in their improvements In this
country werei beggarly. He told how It
would pay the United Staler to improve Its
rivers.
Henry T.- Clarke of Omaha, vice presi
dent of the Transmlsslssippl Commercial
congress, spoko Jn part aa follows:
' Control of the Missouri. '
At the fourteenth session of the Tran-
Misslssippi Commercial congress held in
the city of Bk-attle, Wash., In 1903, I in
troduced a resolution aakhir congress to
straighten the Missouri river where prac
ticable and to protect Its banks fnyra
eroBlons.
Mr. Clark then outlined the efforts since
that dato to create Interest in the project
up o lie presen meeting.
I wish now to address myself particu
larly to that section of our country which
was traversed by the Missouri Hv forty
to fifty years ago and more, iiils great
stream was used extensively for commerce,
and large steamers piled upon Its waters
from New Orleans to St. 1ouis In winter,
and from St. Louis to Kansas City, St.
Joseph, Omaha, Sioux City and points be
yond, in the summer. 1-ater the railroads
from Chicago were built. They competed
strongly for this freight that formerly
went uy water ana in oraer to secure ii,
rebates all the way from IS per cent to 50
per cent or more were given, thereby in
ducing the shlnners to leave the water, and
the result has been that the steamers have
been driven from the river; but now that
he matter of rehaes has been abandoned
snd those who give or receive rebates are
liable to Indictment and Imprisonment. It
Would seem that the time has come when
we may again In the near future have
great commerce on this, the greatest of all
rivers, irnd I hope that the day Is not far
distant when we shall see powerful steam
ers on this great river carrying freight
from Fort Benton, Mont., on to St. Iouls
and the gulf at one-third or less the present
frels-ht charges. Bear In mind that when
the Missouri river Is opened for navigation
from Bt. Ixiuls north It not only gives mis
territory an opening to the gulf or any part
of It, but will enable and perml of an in
terchange of products between the agricul
tural states of the west and the manufac
turing. Iron and coal producing states tribu
tary to the Ohio.
At Omaha, during the high-water in June
and July, caused by the melting of the
snows in the mountains, the ..Missouri river
carries In solution about 81 per cent of
silt. These figures arse furnished by the
engineer of the Omaha Water company.
This silt Is constantly being taken from
points above and below Omaha, depnatted
In the Mississippi between St. Ixmls, Cairo.
Memphis and the gulf. This silt Is what
forms the sand bars which In their turn
forces the river In an opposite direction,
thereby cutting the original banks and
forming new channels, Uy studying the
vagaries of the river, I am satisfied we will
be able tn place this silt and ssnd
wherever desired, and thus preserve the
banks Intact.
My suggestion after years of observation
and studv would be to straihten the river
when It Is low by cutting through the
sand bars where practicably by the use
or ordinary railroad and highway ma
chinery, using oxen for power, because
oxen will not flounder In sand ss will
hnuaes and mules, and by confining the
water to ' a direct channe as near , as
possible. Asa direct result, the rrver will
scour deeper and there will be fewer
erosions.
The sand bars sre almost always created
by Inactive water along the banks where
tlie erosions are going on. I would place
Mr cables of three-fourths Inch Iron In
links of fifteen fort with hooks and eyes,
costing fVt cents per foot, and by fastening
one end of these cables to a pile or "dead
man" on the shore and the other at a
point desired, say 500. feet more or less
down and out In the stream at angle de
sired and where the river Is cutting Into a
large bend. To these cables, trees and
brush can be attached bv wire, gutiny
bags tilled with sand to hold In positron;
as occasion demands, t 'would also place
rabies to which are fastened trees and
brush from one sand bar tn snotHeVfor the
purnose of keening the channel! In rVice
and where we want Also maHm dike
in the saw wav. Tlie erosions 'nvaHshlv
ercue In the outer circle of the bend.
Freslons and avre'lons ere caused bv gen
eral law. snd I M"k rViat beyond nv
doubt the M'ssour' river run lm controlled
bv this rrl4vv Inexpensive method. The
time for dolnir the work, of course. Is
larrelw durlne the ptri"d of low wster. that
everything may b rartv for hiah wster.
with steamers, machinery and men ready
for fmnwoni'v durlne the' same.
Doable Banqart la Evening:.
One of the big features of the conrress
was the double Jointed banquet at the
Hotel West and the lot el Momlamln this
evenlug. Mayor W. G. Bears was the toast
master at the Monduniln and O. J. Moors
at the West. The spnaktrs at both ban
quets were the following: John I Ken
nedy, Omaha; J Albert B. Cummins, gov
ernor of Iowa; Coe I. Crawford, governor
of South Irnkota; George l. Terklns.
Sioux City; Warren Oarst. lieutenant gov
ernor of Iowa; Albert W. Jefferls. Omaha.
Among the sptakers tomorrow will be
the following: Congressman Joatph E.
Rsndsl! of Ixulslana, president National
Rivera and Harbors congress; Coe X. Craw-
; . . .
, ot saafcti mmim tmtim mwmmnmmtkn mns gwata so. at i .- -a wa . . wiri.T4r.
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PRICES fJEXT
$4.00 and $.00 Fursv
at a..
$10 and Skirts 990.190.R90
, in black and colors tii Hr sj
$lJ'and $2? CoatsQ90.50-g j
It will pay you to buy these garments even
if you do not need them now. No opportun
ity as. this Is likely to present itself again.
ACIUFACTURER'S OUTLET
N. E. dor. 16th
ford, governor of South Dakota; B. P.
Blrdsall. member of congress from the
Third district of Iowa; Henry M. nears-'
loy, mayor of Kansas' City; Lawrence M.
Jones, Kansas City, president Missouri
Valley Rlver" Improvement asociatlon;
Captain Isaac P. Baker, Bismarck. N. I).:
George Ij. Sheldon, governor of Nebraska;
Rev. 1 M. Glasgow, FaullTna, la.; J. B.
Case, Abilene, Kan., president Transmis
sisslppl Commercial congress.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Dill Passes Senate Amending Law
Itrgrardlna Allotment of Lands
to, Indiana.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. H (Special Tele
grara.) A favorable report was made today
to the aenate on Senator Gamble's hyi
amending the existing statutes regarding
allotment of land In severalty to Indians
on various reservations.
Senator Clark of Wyoming secured the
passage through the senate ytodsy of his
bill providing for a form of circuit atll dis
trict courts for the district of Wyoming at
Lander, annually on the first Monday in
Oc (fiber. '
Beriator Killtrklge secured the passage
la the senate of hs bill providing an ap
propriation of flTS.OOO for an addition to the
poBtoffice and courthouse at Sioux Falls,
8. D.
-General C. M". 8chwartg and wife of Lin
coln, who art in Washington on their wa.;
to New Tork, were guests of Congressman
Pollard and Mrs. Pollard at luncheon, to
day. Bids were opened today for the construc
tion of the postofflce at Mitchell, 8. D. Tho
lowest bidders were Moore te. Daunos of
Kokomo. Ind., at $7,M0. J. H. Welse of
South Omaha was the next lowest, at 981,
M. THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
few reople Know How Useful It lm la
Preserving "stealth and Beauty.
Cost Nothing" To Try.
Nearly everybody knows thut charcoal
Is the safest and most efficient disinfect
ant and purifier In nature, but few realise
Its value When taken into the human 's"
tern for the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the. more you
take of it the better; It is not a drug at
all, but almply absorbs the gassea and
Impurities always present in the stomach
and Intestines and carries them out of
the syatain.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onion
and other odorous vegetables.
Qliarcoal effectually -clears and im
proves th complexion, it wliltuos th
teeth and further' acts as a natural and
eminently safe cathartic
It absorbs th Injurious gases which
collect in th stomach and bowls; it dis
infects the mouth and throat from th
poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal In one form
or another, but probably the best char
coal and the most for th money is in
Stuart's Charoal Loxenges; they are com
posed of the finest powdered Willow
charcoal, and other harmless antlseptica
In tablet form or rather in th form of
large pleasant tasting lozenges, the char
coal being mixed with honey. ' j
The-dally use of these loxenges will
soon tell in a much improved condition
of the general health, better complexion,
sweeter breath and purer blood, and th
beauty of It is, that no possible harm can
result from their continued use. but, on
th contrary, great benefit.
A Buffalo physlcion, in Speaking of th
benefits of charcoal, says; -i ad via
Stuart's Charcoal Loxenges te all patient
suffering from gas in atomach and bowel
and to clear the complexion and purify
the breath, mouth and throat; J also be
llav th liver Is greatly benefited by
th dally use 'of them; 'they cost but
twenty-flv cent a box at drug stores,
and although In Jurat sens, a patent prep,
aratlon, yet I believe I got more and bet
ter charcoal '.n Stuart's Charcoal Loseu
ges than in any at th ordinary charcoal
tablets." '
Send your nam and address today for
a free trial package and see for yourself.
Y. A. Stuart Co,, Z09 Stuart Iildg, Marsh,
all. Mich. ......
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it;
DON'T GO ' HOME
for your noon lunch when "yon can
get sucli excellent meals at
The Boston Lunch
and the food is all home cooked.
Every bit of pastry la made right,
on the premises. The location,
also, ia convenient, and the advice
cannot be excelled anywhere, for
They have the proper system
at the BoBton." .. -'f
TRY IT
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1613 FA RN.1M STREET. ""
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tat your noonday lunch at tils'
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i i ; . Her Grand Service
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NOON DAY LUNCH
6M CALUMET
Prompt Service
AMUSEMENTS.
BOYD'S THEATER
This Afternoon and Tonight
Italian Grand Opera Co.
Matinee U TIOV1TOBE
Night. . .X.VCIA DI iAalMUUIaOO
Artintu and UrclK'Mtra of 111) .People.
Frlccs, 60o ta M.OO.
Positively no free list.
Thursday, Friday mid HaturdHy
Bargain Mai. Saturday B&c and 0Oo
HOETENSE NIELSON
In The Ibsen riay
A DOLL'S HOUSE.
Coming THE BED MJX.I
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
Matinsto Dally, 3:15 Every Might, 8:13
THIS WEEK Knimet. I voy & Co,
Meianl Trio, Webb's Peals sml Sea IJoiis.
Those Kour (lirls, Carbrey Twin Brothers.
Peto Baker, Hurry UeC'oe snd the Kino
dreme.
ran
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KICKS 10c. ;&c nnil DOc.
KRUG
THEATER
Paces 18-S5-53-74.
Matinee Today ' 2."ic Tonight Ths
tJreat Melodramatic Me nan 1 1 on,
CUSTER'S LAST .FIGHT
The Historical Sensation of the Aa.
Tknrsdar MY 1)1 1 10 GIIU..
n m m mm am m 8 8 1
ROLLER SKATING ALL
THIS WEEK.
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