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TTT TO TCT TXT TXT TT7" TTHT" ff fS TAfTT TTTi A TXT Be& t0 announce the purchase of the wholesale and the retail stocks of Pianos from the well known Matthews,
IlLrf iraliL-fl l ll lil M 11 L-LJ IvM ii 1 H Piano Co located at 1513-15 Harney street. This transaction, which includes all stocks consigned to agents by
ILr. i-i-sV tA MAN ' 1 aw A XX aa-WA M 11 the Matthews Company, as well as the extensive linees carried by that firm in Omaha, involves a transfer
of 247 new instruments, by far the largest and most important piano deal ever made in thi3 section. Beginning tomorrow morning and continuing until sold out, we will inaugurate the most stupendous cut price piano
Bale Omaha has ever seen. All prices in plain figures, that all can read, no reservations or restrictions. Whatever you do, be here tomorrow let nothing keep you away come expecting the greatest piano bargains
ever offered anywhere you'll not be disappointed. The public have learned that Bennett's advertising is dependable and you have our word for it no matter how great other piano sales have been this will sur
pass them all in magnitude, quality and value giving.' Lack of space permits us to list only a few of the many bargains. (
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$48
$132-
$175-
$490-
$395-
$165-
Buys a good used Upright.
11 a no In walnut that is
Worth $100.
Buys a- llradford
Piano In walnut
worth $250.
Upright
that is
Buys a Marshall & Wrndpll
Upright rinno In French
walnut, worth $330.
Buys a double bank and
pedal brass-pipe top Church
Organ that is worth $750.
Buys an Auto Piano, anyone
can play it, that is worth
$550.
Buys a used Upright "Starr"
Piano In fine condition that
is worth $285.
$69
Buys a "Crown" Upright
Piano that is worth $150.
$163
Buys a Werner Bros. Upright
llano In Flemish oak that
is worth $300.
$15 to 25
Buys choice of several good
Siiare Piano worth $50
and up. '
$396
Buys a Mehlin Son' In
verted Grand Piano that is
worth $550.
$118-
Buys a Simplex Piano Player
In mahogany that is worth
$225.
$18
Buys a used Mason & Ham
lin Organ that is surely
worth $40.
$156
Buys a "Brinkerhoff Up
tight Piano in mahogany
that is worth $290.
$28
Buys a new style Kimball
Orgnn . In walnut that Is
worth $65.
$290-
Buys a Henry & S. J. IJndc
nian Upright Piano that is
worth $465.
$74
Buys a Cccilian Piano
Mayer In walnut that Is
worth $175.
.$148-
Buys a Kohh-r & Campbell
Upright Piano in oak hat
is worth $275.
$185-
Buys a shopworn Khhmonri
Piano that is worth $350.
$55
Buys a new style Packard
Parlor Orgnn in oak that is
worth $115.
$270-
Buys a Kurtzman Upright
llano that is worth $425.
$110
Buys a 'Bach" Upright
Pimm in mahogany that is
worth $200.
$142-
Buys a Smith & Barnes Up
right Piano in oak ttmt Is
worth $265.
$210
Buys a Foster & Co., slightly
marred on one end, that is
worth $385.
$585-
Buys a Mehlin Interior
Mayer Pin no that is worth
$800.
$462-
Buys an I vers & Pond Baby
Grand shop worn piano that
is worth $750.
$92
Buys a "Kimball" Upright
Piano in rosewood that Is
worth $175.
$137-
Buys a "Wegnian" Upright
Piano in walnut that is
worth $250.
$218-
Buys the finest Marshall &
Wendell Upright in mahog
any, worth $375.
$390-
Buys a' Weber Upright Piano
that is worth $540.
$515-
Buys a Farrand CVriliu
Player Piano that is worth
$800.
$36-
Buys a "Kingsbury" Upright
Piano in walnut that is
worth $165.
$138-
Buys a "Norwood" Upright
Piano in oak that Is worth
$235. . .
.$182-
Buys one of the best Upright
Pianos made in Chicago that
is worth $350.
$375-
Buys a fine New York In
terior Player Piano that is
worth $550.
$288-
Buys a Krell-FrencTi Uprig?it
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Piano that Is worth $450.
$490-
Buys a ' Llnderman Player
Piano that Is worth $700.
Time is the proof that tells
the story of wear and worth.
If a purchase here should at any
time fail tb prove as represented
then the responsibility belongs
to us. The Bennett Company's
customers are fully protected by
an integrity that never wavers
in its surety of what is just.
To our multitude of friends
and patrons who need a piano
we say, with emphasis, this i3
your best chance now is the
opportune time buy for the
present and future.
Piano Department Third Floor an
THIS ENTIRE STOCK
ON SALE MAY 4tb
Liberal Terms
of Credit.
A HARVEST FOR
PIANO BUYERS
POLICE REPORT TO JUDGES
Document Showing: Work of the Year
for Grand Jury.
CHIEF DONAHUE PEEP AXES IT
Beta Forth Enormon Anoitt of Serr
fco Rendered by the Depart
ment In the Iat TwelTO
Months.
John J. Donahue, chief of the Omaha
police department, in a volumlnoue report
to the Board of Ptre Bnd Police Commls
alonera, give a full record of the opera
tion of the .department for the last year
In relation to all arrests excepting for
murder, burglary, grand and petit larceny
and vagrants.
The report deals principally with the red-
light district and the people who Inhabited
the district. Til e chief Introduces the
lengthy document with this paragraph:
"This mport will show the efforts of the
police department in the regulation of the
oolai evtl, the removal of questionable peo
ple from the residence district, the arrests
of women running disorderly houses, women
soliciting from windows and on streets, vags
and pimps, suspicious characters, fugitives
from justice, larceny from the person
amblers and the regulation of saloons, and
the disposition of all cases; also the re
moval of slot machines. This report does
not show the number of persons arrested
for murder, burglary, grand and petit lar
ceny and vagrants."
Resolutions of the board are quoted in
their entirety and the following of all reso
lutions and compliance with all orders pro
mulgated by the board are shown, and a
long list of arrests Is attached.
The first Important resolution adopted by
the board after its organisation April 15,
1907, was that ordering out of all slot
machines. This was adopted on July 8, and
was immediately acted upon by the depart
ment, every machine, there being over 300
of them, being thrown out. The bext sweep
ing action on the part of the department,
though not upon any resolution by the
board, was the ejecting of prostitutes from
residential districts. Boon, after this the
various clubs were Investigated to ascertain
If gambling was being carried on, gambling
being found in one or two clubs, which was
promptly stopped.
In August a resolution was passed pro
hibiting the taking part In elections by any
police officer, and this has been rigidly ob
served. ' The mayor's order, which was ap
proved by the board, prohibiting screens In
saloon windows, was complied with, and
strict regulation of saloons has been main
tained, the saloons being closed on Sunday.
All pawnshops In the city have been In
vestigated together with tne proprietors'
methods of business and the manner In
which the police and detectives have dealt
with them. Two weeks ago the . board
adopted a resolution to Instruct the officers
how to deal with the pawnshops In the
future and personal letters are now being
sent out to the policemen. The moving of
the "cribs" and the keeping of minors out
of resorts was also gone Into fully in the
report.
The total number of arrests for these
minor offenses for the year beginning April
15. 1907. Is 2,784, 1,M5 of these having been
convicted.
Sammary of Statistics.
A summary of statistics showlne the
causes of arrest and the number of ar
rests, convictions, discharges, forfeitures
of bond and binding over to court Is as
Ipllows;
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Complaint. " S S 2,
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Vag. and pimp.. 160 78 6i 14
In con'ctlon with
selling liquor
on 8unday .... 84 IS 40
Gambling 1M 13 156 ..
Larceny from
person 90 J3 5S 3
Opium joints .... 30 18 li'j 1
Women soliclt'g. 19 13 50 18
Vagrancy and
prostitution ... 5H6 338 19n 37
Dlsord'ly houses! 76 21 53 2
Busplri's rharac- j
ters 1423i ,101: 5
Totals.
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Number of occupants of cribs notified to
vacate and did vacate 162
Number of women In residence district '
notified to move and did move K
NumWr of fugitives from Justice ar
rested and turn over to authorities... 137
Convlaslons of the Chief.
"In conclusion I would state that tl.ls re
'port shows that the police department hai
been very active and efflc'ent during the
year," says Chief Donahue. "We had an
active working force of about sixty patrol
men, twelve detectives and five sergeants,
with the patrolmen dtvidtd Into three
shifts. During the year we have handled
some very .large crowds In a very success
ful manner and we have had very ftw
complaints from pickpockets or house bur-
WOMAN owes it to herself, her family and
posterity to be beautiful well kept teeth
lend an added charm of beauty to the face
PERFECT
cleanses, preserves and beautifies the teeth,
without injury prevents tooth decay and
imparts purify and fragrance to the breath
gflarles durlnjf the tlm of ' the ' largest
crowds In the city. We have received
some very nice compliments by letters and
In a personal way from the different gath
erings. We have letters on file from the
board of governors of Ak-Sar-Ben and the'
committees in charge of the laying of the
cornerstones of public Institutions where
large crowds gathered, requiring the efforts
of policemen to regulate, which were done
In a very successful manner. We have
also compliments from the democratic and
republican state conventions and the com
mittee in charge of the banquet for Secre
tary W. If. Taft, giving our department a
high commendation for the manner In
which it handled the people during his stay
In the city, and especially at the banquet.
As I stated at the beginning, this report
does not show the number of arrests for
murder, burglary, grand and petit, larcmy
and vagrancy. I wish to thank your hon
orable body for the courtesies extended
and the kind co-operation with me and the
members of the department and hope that
this same co-operation and feeling may
continue."
Board's Letter to Judges.
By this letter the pwllce board transmit
ted the report to tha district judges:
The Honorable, the Judges of the DiHtrict
trlct Court. Oentlemen: in view of your
communication to us on matters relating
to the police department, we transmit here
with a c py of the report of the chief of
police, made to the board April 27.
It contains many matters of Dublic Inter.
est, relating to the department, and covers
the first year of service of the present
board.
You will note that the arrests made during
the year, for what may be termed social
ana municipal orrenses, numbered 2,7M. I
Convictions were hud In 1,45 of these cases;
bonds were forfeited in K4 of them, mid
l.tttS were discharged. It appears that it is
difficult In such cases to secure a convic
tion. This makes It all the more necessary
that all brandies of the government,
charged with the enforcement of the law,
and the maintenance of order, co-operate
along definite lines. While the Board of
Klre and Police commissioners has and ex
ercises broad, general jurisdiction in the
shaping of the policy of the police depart
ment, yet It has no control over the crimi
nal procedure established for ili nuniuri-
ment of crime. That is lodged In the courts,
tne grana juries, the county attorney and
the city prosecutor.
We take this opportunity to ex mess to
you our earnest desire to contribute to the
best of our ability to tile movement for bet
ter and cleaner city government. To this
end we will instruct the chief of police,
and all officers of the UeparlmeM. to run
der to the court and all public officials all
possible assistance.
Very respectfully yours,
J. 1.. KENNEDY,
ItOBHKT CO WELL.
K. C. PAGE,
W. M. UIU.EH.
1.. B. JOHNSON.
' Acting Mayor.
tinarded In Their Expressions.
Chairman Kennedy of thu Board of Klre
and Police Commissioners referred In
quiries to E. C. Page, member of the
board, who was the committee to deliver
the document to the Judges. Mr. Page
said:
"The report is voluminous and covers the
work of the police thoroughly. I do not
care to make any statement of the matter,
as it does not seem within the bounds of
piopriety for a member of the board to
pass judgment on II when it is intended
for the ultimate use of the district court
and grand Jury."
"The district judges will not cxamlm: or
consider the report, but it will go to the
grand Jury Monday Morning intact for It
to deal with as It sees fit," says Judge
Bears, Jhe district Judge to whom the doc
ument was delivered Saturday morning.
He is the only one of the Judges who has
made even a cursory examination of the
it port. Judge Sutton having seen the out
side of it, but tiiat is all.
"I think the report Is very complete and
shows much activity on . the part of the
police," says Judge Scars, "but having
looked at Its sixty pages but about one and
a half minutes, do not feel In a position to
make any statement. It will undoubtedly
be of much aid to the grand jury."
TEN GRADUATES AT SEMINARY
ELKS BUY THE CR ANITE BLOCK
Young Men
Work
Now It end y for
In the World ai
Ministers.
Active
The commencement of the Presbyterian
Theological seminary of Omaha will be
held at the First Presbyterian 'church
Wednesday afternoon and evening. The
alumni dinner will be given at 5:30, when a
program of toasts and responses will bo
carried out. Rev. A. B. Marshall. D. D.,
pustor.of the First Presbyterian church of
Minneapolis and president of the board of
directors of the seminary, will deliver the
principal address, his subject being "The
Victory of Faith." The commencement ex
ercises will begin at S o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church.
Kev. M. B. IOwrie, president of the semi
nary, will deliver the address to the class
after Dr. Marshall's address.
These will constitute the graduating class:
George Arthur Belth of Emerson, Neb.;
William Robert Coventry of Elliot, la.;
John Young Crothers of Fort Morgan,
Colo.; Thomas George Nethery of Old,
Neb.; Ansel Ernest Nutting of Mllo, la.;
Norman Perclval Olney of Cedar Rapids,
la.; James Albert Black of Toronto, Can-
jadu; Frank Wesley Throw of Red Ouk, la.;
! Douglas Warden of Liverpool, England, and
George Hinsdale Winn of Osaka, Japan,
Will Remodel Building for Official
Home Without Delay.
MAY ADD ONE MORE STORY;
April 30. 19ug
OMAHA BETTERJTHAN EUROPE
Eiull Brandeis Returns from Abroad
to Better Appreciate
Nebraska.
Emll Brandeis returned home at noon
Saturday from a three months' trip through
Europe. Mr. Brandeis' appearance indi
cates that the trip has agreed with him.
"I had a splendid visit. Made an ex-
I tended tour of France and Italy, then went
to Egypt and back to Perls, it was my good
j luck to get a glimpse of the German em
i peror at Corfu. He came there on his yacht
and was received with all sorts of demons
trations. Several battleships of different
nations were there and it was a big time.'
I am glad to get home again. There is no
place like Omaha, after all. We have the
European hotels beaten to a finish right
here in Omaha."
When Mr. Brandeis arrived In Omaha an
array of flags was unfurled on the great
Brandeis building, and many were the In
quiries as to the occasion for this gay dis.
play.
NEW CHURCH G00"PS HOUSE
Wholesale and Retail Store Will Ra
Opened on Harney
Street.
II. J. Bourgeois, formerly of Dubuque and
Chicago, has leased the building at Ii:t-15
and 1817 Harney street and will open a
wholesale and retail church Roods house.
Tlie building, which Is controlled by'N.
P. Dodge & Co., will be remodeled to ac
commodate the store which Mr. Bourgeois
will conduct.
For twenty years Mr. Bourgeois has trav
eled in all parts of the world, selling church
goods (or the old houses of New York and
Chicago, but his friends among the clergy
of the west have encouraged him to open
In Omaha. At least two traveling men will
be employed to sell the goods to the tradj.
The bouse will known as the "Bourgeois
company."
Structure Said to lie StronK Enough
to Stand Remodeling and Weight
of the Proposed Addi
tional Height.
Omaha lodge No. 39, Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks, has bought the
Granite block, the four-story brick build
ing on the east side of Fifteenth street,
between Farnam and Harney streets, and
will remodel and refit It at once for occu
pancy its club and lodge rooms. The pur
chase was ratified by the lodge in session
Friday evening, though the price Is not
made public.
The Granite block was built about twenty
years .ago and has since been known by
that name on account of its solid construc
tion. It was built by the Wlthnells
and George L. Fisher, a member of the firm
of Fisher & I.awrle, architects, says it Is
In excellent condition, can easily withstand
the tearing out of partitions to make a
large lodge room and the walls are of suf
ficient strength to allow the adding of a
fifth story which some of the lodge mem
bers are advocating.
For a number of years the local lodge of
Elks have been endeavoring to secure a
home of their ownbut all their attempts
have met with failure. George P. Moore
of Chicago, a member of the Omaha lodge,
attended a meeting January 3 and injected
some of his enthusiasm into the lodge mem
rolling in the right direction. As manager
of the-traveling salesmen for . thq Carter
White Lead Works of Omaha and Chicago
Mr. Moore had seen many Elks' homes
and told the local wearers of the antlers
that they must not be backward, but niurt
secure a home of their own.
Building Committee Named.
At that January meeting a building com
mittee was appointed with T. B. McPher-
son as chairman. D. B. Welpton vice chair
man. Hernial: T. Mctz secretary and Rome
Miller, K. A. Benson, W. I. Kierstead and
Charles L. Saunders as the other members.
This committee asked for stock subscrip
tions and $15,000 was subscribed. 1'nder
this procedure, however, progress was made
slowly, and three months later a hustling
committee was appointed. This committee
was composed of H. B. Peters, Gould Dints,
D. B. Butler, G. A. Renze, T. F. Swift,
John C. Drejtel, G. F. Brucker, Frank A.
Furay, John E. O'Hearn, Frank Simpson,
C. H. Withnell and A. J. Storx. This com
mittee asked the building committee to se
cure a definite proposition and it secured
from V. A. Paxton for the Paxton Real
Estate company a proposition for the sale
of the Granite block. This met with the
unanimous approval of the tiustlers and
they promised to raise the entire amount
necessary for the purchase If the building
committee would recommend that the build
ing be bought by the Elks. This was dsns
Present Lease Soon Vp.
The lease on the present quarters In the
Ware block holds until July 1, and by that
time the lodge expects to be In the new
quarters, but if remodelling keeps them out
Mr. Paxton, who also owns the Ware block,
will allow them to remain In their present
quarters as long as they wish. The Elks
expect to expend 135,000 In remodelling the
building Just purchased, spending most of
this on the two upper floors. Interior par
titions will be torn out, hardwood floors
and casings installed, a new elevator put
In, and cither the roof rained or a ftftli
story constructed. The first ahd second
floors will bo rented and from the rentals
received stockholders will be paid 6 per
cer-t annually on their Investment In Un
building. The lot, 50x1 X. on the northwest corner
of Seventeenth and Jackson streets, owned
by the Elks, will be offered for sale and
the proceeds placed in the building fund.
The Omaha Elks are twenty-two years old
and the lodge Wis a membership in excess
of S"). They have occupied the rooms in
the Ware block twelve years.
Everybody is eating Johnson's Branu Bis
cuit. Get in line at Bennett's.
WIFE OF ADMIRAL THOMAS
Accompanied by Other Members of
Family She Goes to Join
the Big Fleet.
Mrs. C. N. Thomas, wife of Rear Ad
miral Thomas, in command of the Ameri
can fleet, was a passenger on the Over
land Limited for the west Saturday morn
ing, being enroute -to San Francisco to
meet her husband. Mrs. Thomas said that
as the admiral was to be retired In five
months he would not be able to make th
trip with the battleship fleet. She said the.
rules of the Navy department did not per
mit of a fleet being In command of a re
tired officer, so he would not accompany
the fleet.
Mrs. Thomas was accompanied by her
two daughters and granddaughter. Her
daughters are Mrs. John Yarnell, whose
husband is chief engineer on the Con
necticut, and Miss Ruth Thomas.
Deadly Fright
possesses sufferers from lung trouble tl'l
they learn Dr. King's New Discovery will
help them. 60c and $1.00. For sale by
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movable burners ebony black finish that never needs
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