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OMAHA, SATURDAY MORXIXU, .11:1 A 11, 11HK
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
SHRIYER REPORTS TO STATE
Assessor Send Budget to Board of
Equalization at Lincoln.
SOME ETTEIIESTINO FIGURES IN IT
tlerehaadiee Aumiiril Fall Off and
Tatal Personalty Earloslv n(
Railroads Little fader Tea
Million Dollar.
The report of County Assessor W. O.
Bhrlver to the Bute Board of BuubIIis
tlon wai completed FYIday and mailed to
tha secretary of the state board without
tha railroad value being Inserted. The
Stat board which fixes the valuation of
railroad property has not acted yet and
tha valuations will not be known until
tha board art.
Tha assessed valuation of personalty
without railroad, palace and private car
llnea at one-fifth of tha full value. 1
W.7R1.754. Lairt year excluding the same
Item tt was t9,7n2.1SB or an Increase of
S79.6G at on fifth value, or about IW7.
Ono full Yalu. If tha Increase made by the
state board laat year Is Included the fig
urea till year will fall a little below
them. The real eatate summary ahowt
17,737 acre of cultivated land and non
rultlvsffed. The total assessed value of
farm lands on a one-fifth baal 1 HA 445, -776
or an average of S49.14 an acre.
There are 68,170 town lot represented In
the asaeasnwwit valued on a one-fifth basis
at 1102,351,576. an average of ti,6n5.o2 each.
Merchandise Fall Off.
The largest falling off In comparison with
laat year Is In merchandise - account,
merchants all pleading they had reduced
their stocks since last yoax. The assessed
valuation thla year, at one-fifth of the
true value I 11.143,247. Laat year It' was
C2S6.4S4, a difference of $143,000, represent
ing I71,000 decrease on full valuation.
Omaha's Importance aa a waterway sta
tion Is reflected by the report showing 11
"steamboats, sailing vessels, wharf boats,
canalboats. bargea and other water craft''
were assessed, the average value being
placed at $14.65. There are 1.27S typewrit
ing machines, the average value bring 133.20.
Money In the bank. Is listed at Sl.080,000.
Douglas county . residents own 525 pianos,
which are estimated to be worth $112.75
each. Tha assessors found SS7 other musical
Instruments, assessed ' at " 137 each. The
county gloried In 234 automobiles and they
were worth S7S4 each, if the assessor's re
port can be believed. Automobiles are
much mora valuable nowadaya than thresh
ing machines, for the assessor returned
the latter at $171.50 apiece and found only
fourteen of them In the county. Four hun
dred and eight dogs were returned and
their value waa placed at $7.70 each. Gold
watches, silver watches and clock are as
sessed at $10.60 and 6.210 were found. Bi
cycles, tricycles, velocipedes, motorcycles
were valued at $16.80 each and 228 were re
turned. Farm . Animals and Kraln..
The number of farm animals' and- their
average value aa shown by the -report are
as follows: .
Number. Value.
Horses 10,670 $3.0Q
Mules, etc - 93.1
Tattle 13.600
fheep a rut goats A. S.fhHti
Hogs ............................. 16,012
The amount of grain and Us average
value per bushel Is as follow:
Bushel. Value.
Wheat 1,175
Corn 118,230
Rye
Oats 13,8 0
Kaffir eorn 20
Barley 27,:0
The assessor folT&d 247 buhnls of potatoca
and ascessed them at 65 centa a bushel.
There were 116,378 chickens, geese, etc., on
hand In the county and they were assessed
a wort 40 rente each.
The property of franehlsed corporation
waa valued at $16,314,400.
7.K)
33. 1
S.W
1.00
$0.i
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.55
.45
.61
.70
PEACHES ENOUGH FOR ALL
Ahandnnt Crop) Fata Price Down
Where Kverrbody May
Reach Them.
An abundance almost unprecedented ha
placed peaches within the reach of every
one, rich and poor, this week and they
mill continue o until the home grown
crop la exhausted. They have been com
ing Into 'the local market at an average
of five carload a day of late and are
selling wholesale at from 60 to 66 cents
a crate of four basket, the basket con
taining from two to two and a half dosen.
California plums are selling for $1 and
$1.26 a crate wholesale, the same fruit
bringing from Il.tO to $2 a crate at thla
time last season.
Raspberries and blackberries are about
gone, the home crop being practically all
there la left. These sold for $3.50 a crate
of twenty-four quarts, whoiraale, Friday
morning.
Watermelon are plentiful and aelling
wholesale from 16 to 36 cent each.
Cantaloupe are coining chiefly from
Texas Just now and selling wholesale from
60 cents to $t a crate. They are so dis
tributed, however, as to enable the grocer
to retail them from 6 to 10 cent each.
Head lettuce ! the only thing that Is
scarce. This sold wholesale Friday morn
ing for 76 cent a dosen.
WHY ONLY TWO YEARS BAN?
Oae Thins; 4ke Rlevator Allowance
Omaha Men Do ot I f
derataad.
Railroad officials hae not been able t i
learn Just how extensive the recent rulurg
cf, the Interstate C minerce commission is
In reTerenc to the elevator allowances at
the Missouri river. They say tiiat all the
Information tnev have I the report car
ried by the AseociaL-d Press. They pre
sume the ruling will stip the payment of
elevation rn all grain which I put Into an
elevator and Oiua lose It identity, but w II
make no chiae on grain which Is simply
put through the elevator In trnlt.
The Omaha Elevator company has a con
tract with the t'nlon Pacific calling f.ir the
I arment of elevation ehirpei at Council
14 uff. It is exrectrd that the eleva'or
company will bring suit on It contract
and the matter will thua be taken to the
h Kher courts.
The decision of the commission aays tr-e
t'nlon Pao'flo shall nol pay the e elevato
altiwancea for two year. Why the two
years' specification I mad pusses Omaha
men:
Pleaaaat Ways far Sammer Days.
Grand Trunk-I-ehlah Valley, double track
route, Chicago to New York via Niagara
falls; Grand Trunk-Central Vermunt-Boe-ton
A- Maine route from Chicago to Boston
and the Grand Trunk Railway System to
Montreal, Quebec and Portland. Double
track from Chicago to Montreal.
For I articular of special low round trip
fares, descriptive literature, etc., apply to
Geo. W. Vaux, A, & F, T, A., Ui A darn
et- cmc . , . ,
Clearance Specials
Hosiery and Underwear
ttAJKnln tables will h hive nf :io
tJvltr tomorrow. These extraordinary
arMprinl sales:
Imported full fashioned two thread
lisle hose, best 25c Qualities; tlr-ar-l"K
at 214?
Women's full fashioned Imported
hone, split sole, regular price 3nr;
sale price 21cs
Children's Imported fast black riblv d
stockings, full fashioned, all sizes,
26c quality, for 15
Women's low neck sleeveless vesta,
tape neck and arms, regular 1 On
line, for
Women's low neck, sleeveless vests,
hadnsomely trimmed, taped neck
and arms, 25c quality Saturday's
clearing sale price 12H"
Double Green Trading Stamps on all
above Items.
Monday
ataTaTsflataannnnnlB
Wash Goods Sale
extraordinary
1,100 pipi-os now suiniiior
falirifs in gigantic s;ile.
15 o u g li t up jnliliors' floor
stock alutut "Joe on tlic dollar.
"Watch Sunday ircr..
We close every Tuesday at 1 p. m. daring July and Aigasl
l give our employes a holiday.
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Saturday
A Crtavt Ribbon Clerxrunce
rialn Taffeta Ribbons, three and a
half Inches wide, regular 19c line
at. yard 10
Five-Inch all Silk Taffeta Ribbon.
In all the best shades and colors,
35c qualities at, yard . . . . 1 fg
Embroidered Collars, laundered
stiff, many beautiful 25c lines;
clearing at. yard 10
Silk Rows, In all colors, 25c goods
clearing at 10o
OUR GREATEST JULY CLEARING SALE
Summer merchandise of every description is marked to lowest point now fr final clearing. Positively
every dollar's wtTlh must go. Prices are so uncommonly reduced that great throngs of enthusiastic buyers
are attracted to every department. Thousands will turn to Bennett's Saturday for their summer needs.
Gloves & Handkerchief
Greatly Underpriccd
We arw making prices on the son
son's moat doslrnlile line that shuuM
crowd Oi (inrtincnt with throng
of cnthu.sla.atlc nhoper. Ilartiy an
goods of such quality prloctl so ridlc
ulouidy low.
Plxteen-button Icneth silk gloves, best
quality, double tipped fingora. all alzrs
and colors, oni' of the best known
makes, regular $2 00 line; sale prtee.
pair 11.00
Elbow length silk and lisle gloves, snmll
sizes only, formerly fl .15, clearing nt.
pair So
KtnhroMerette handkerchiefs, also crop
barred effects, worth S'jp, sale price So
Pwiss hemstitched handkerchiefs, laco
trimmed, reRiiliir 1 Oe line, reduced to 5o
Double Oreea Trading; Stamp on All
Above Item.
Omaha's Greatest Sale Men's Shirls
We look for the most spontaneous outpouring of shirt buyers
ever attracted to a sale in thi3 city. Never before was there a
sale planned that meant so much to you. We have just consum
mated a gigantic purchase, entire floor stock of New York mak
ers at 40c on the dollar. Thousands of attractive percale and
madras shirts in neat, tasteful patterns, as well as plain whites;
shirts all worth from $1.00 to $3.00. Note the astonishingly low
prices on each lot. Harney St. windows have created town talk.
Early comers will get the "plums." Four immense lots:
LOT 1200 dozen fine shirts in madras ami percale, litflit or
dark patterns, plain or plaited fronts, cuff on or off; iXQa
regular 75c values; choice, Saturday HfJK
LOT 2 .'?00 dozen men's fine shirts "manufacturer's seconds,"
. some slight imperfections in the weave or make which do not
in any way impair their wearing qualities; best styles, Q
worth to $2.50, in Saturday's sale at 0C
LOT 3 300 dozen men's fine shirts in large variety of plain and
fancy shirtings, plain or plaited fronts, cuffs on or iRQ
off, values to $2.00; choice, Saturday , O.VC
LOT 4 200 dozen men's fine shirts, very latest imported shirt
ings, in newest weaves and beautiful effects. Mostly all coat
styles, plain or plaited fronts, cuffs on or off, values 1 A
to $2.50 and $3.00; choice, Saturday I.IU
July Clearing Sale o! Men's Straw Hats
Our mid-summer clearing makes it possible for you to make
a saving from a third to a half.
Every Straw Hat in the house included, in this sale. Fine split and Milan
braid; lare, medium and small shapes; $4.00 hats are cut to $2.98, $3.00
to $I.9S, J2.00 to $1.00, $1.60 to 98c, 75c to 3t?c.
Genuine Panama One-Plece Hats, all perfect goods; $6.00 hats for $3.90,
,.$8,00 hats for $4.90. $10.00 hats for $3.00.
" ' ' . )
Clearance Sales on Summer Lines in Hardware
O i I i i i ii in i i I
Sharp Price Reductions that make it profitable for you to
buy now. - . .
Umbrella Sale
1. 000 Umbrellas from maker, pressed
for cash at 40c on the dollar
Women's Umbrellas, with massive pca'M
liiid silver hardies, and silver and gold
effects. Men's 28-lnch natural wood,
l.t in and silver trimmed handles. Most
durable silk and linen top with wide silk
taped edge; all mounted on best paragon
fiBmes and steel rods. Umbrellas that
are clearly great values at '
$,".00, go on sale for one day
only Saturday ,
$2
Sensational
Clearance Sale
Women's Suits
Men's
Suits at.
Less Than Half
A suit, no matter how nil rurtive it may look, if it larkfl quality
and Maying power, is an expensive investment whatever the price.
This Saturday $10.00 Suit salo appeals to men who know good wooW
niateilal? and who appreciate good hand-made tailoring. We are
honetrt abot.t it when we ttli you these are our best $22.60 sult3.
There are also threp or four $25.00 ones among them and they are
q-.iali'.y suits, too, that would have had even higher price tags at
tached to them in most any other store. There are no "plugs" among
then', not lii "off" style couldn't possibly find more dressy, gei-
tee' clotht.'s anywhere. Now, the time for clear
ing Mock has come. Our July clearance sale
makes it pri sible for you to buy these superb suits
Saturday irr
Your Judgement will tell you that this Js the sale for you, once you see
trie suits.
Another Important SHle IncluuVs suits worth up to $15. on. Two and
three-piece suits. In our moHt desirable fabrics, charing sale
price
Gray check and ntrlpe two-piece worsted and casslmere J10.U0
suits; In jSiUurday's clearance.
s dressy, gei-
$10
7.50
5.00
Cutting into the suit htock for a final clearance. Positively every
suit must go Saturday. Your pick of 85 handsome wool tailored
suits, tailored silk suits and silk dresses, worth
$25.00, nt remarkable and almost incredible. .
low price of
On account of crowded condition of our alteration depart
ment we will make no alterations in these suits. "We have made
the price low enough to cover all alteration charges if any are
necessarv.
7.50
CLEARING LAWN MOWERS.
Twelve -inch New Norkajiall bearing
Mowers, that have been selling at
$4.50 all season; clearing at $3.25
Sixteen-inch New Norka, ball bear
ing Mowers, that were $5.50; clear
ing at $4.45
WATKR FILTER AND COOLER
(XIMBIXED.
Makes water clear as crystal, has
been selling regularly all season for
$4.60; clearing at $3.65
Cotton Covered Hose, single stripe,
guaranteed quality; clearing price,
loot 1)
Children's 15c Garden Sets, now 10c?
Hemp and Braided Cotton Clothes
Lines, fifty foot lengths 24
And 20 Green Stamps.
Champion Jelly Sieves 15
and 10 Green Stamps.
Glass Lemon Juice Extractors. . 10
And 10 Green Stamps.
16-inch nickel Towel Bari....JO
And 10 Green Stamps.
Ice Cream Freeiers, up from $1,00
And 30 Green Stamps.
Galvanized Garbage Cans...g5 up
And 30 Green Stamps.
Mop Sticks, special 10
And 10 Green Stamps.
Wire Clothes Line, worth 25c. 10
. I'rires on All Hammocks Reduced.
Big variety, all best styles $2.60
and $2.75 hammocks, now $1.?S;
$3.00 hammocks, clearing at $2.35;
$4.00 hammocks, clearing at
and $6.00 hammocks for $.1.00.
Surprising Clearing Sale SKoei
Few 3ine In this great stock have escaped the mid-summer
mark down. Here are sales that should make the busiest Saturday
ot tbe on; ire season:
Children's $1.60 patent leather laced
shoes, with white tops, sizes 6 to
8. at Wo
Misses' and children's barefoot san
dals, all sizes up to 2, Saturday
nt 69e
Bovs' snd youths' 11.25 grey canvas
oxfords and shoes, with leather
soles, at 89
Children's H.25 black kid skin and
red goat skin oxford ties, sizes to
eight, at 690
Boys' tennis slippers, all sizes up
to two, at 60o
Man's $3.50 Oxfords In hlg clear
ance, several hundred pairs, men's
fine leather and vlcl kid oxfords,
smart snappy styles, on sale for
flrnt time Saturday at $1.98
WO ME IT'S OXrOBD TID XV THE
JULY CLBABAHCB
$:! SO vlcl kid and patent leather
oxfords, season's dressiest styles,
Saturday, choice 1.98
Closing Out
Girls' Wash Dresses
Saturday we give you unrestricted choice of any girl's wash dresa
in the house for sixty-nine cents. That means $1,50, $2.00, $2.50
and $."5.00 dresses and plenty of them. The best styles of the
year, Sailors, Russians, Oretchans sizes to
fourteen years. Your choice without a single j)
exception, Saturday w r v
Kimono
Clearing Sale
Long and short styles, sample
line lawn kimonos, some lace
trimmed, other plain band
trimmed; $1.50 values Q
cut to 0C
$2 Shirt Waists
Saturday at Half
A big lot of fine, showy, white lin
gerie waists, light colored lawns and
polka dot effects, in a groat clear
ance. These are our best
$2.00 waists; on the Bale J Mf
tables Saturday at vFV
Bennett's Big Grocery
Sensational Clearing
Sale of '
Cups and Saucers
Three thousand Cups and Saucers
French, German and Austrian
china tea, coffee, chocolate or
bouillon shapes all beautifully
decorated, every one positively
worth from 75c to $1.50; choice
Saturday for 25C
One lot of Johnson's English deco
rated hotel ware, half thick style,
consisting of cup and saucers, all
styles of plates, bakers and platters,
worth 10c and IBc, choice So
Four thousand fancy china salt and
pi pper shakers, many different
shapes and fancy decorations, val
ues 10c, 20c and SOc, at 60
One More
New Dollar
Node! Corsets
Introducing this Corset In
Omaha during our clearance sale
at a price that Just covers cost of
making. There never was a bet
ter dollar corset made. The
makers have just sent us one
hundred dozen in the light sum
mer batistes. All are exquisitely
modeled to conform with fashion's
dictates; hose supporters attached,
every siie. A positive savins to
you of 31c if you buy Saturday.
..1.60 and 40 Green Stamps
Prtde of Bennett's Flour, sack
Bennett s I'apltol BukltiK Powder, 5 lb. can $1.00 and 100 Green Stamps
Bennett's Best Coffee, three Pounds S1.00 and 1 00 Green tstamtm
Bennett's Best Coffee, pound 36c and 30 Green Stamps
Teas, assorted, pound 680 ami 60 ureen (stamps
Nutmegs, one doses and grater lOo and 10 Green Stamps
Hay lea' Luncheon Herring. 2 Jars SOo and 10 Green Stamps
Worcester Tahla Salt, two sacks lOo and 10 Ureen Stamps
B. C. Sweet Wrinkled Peas, five cans 6O0 and 80 Green Stamps
Best We Have Corn, two cans 85o and 20 Ureen Stamps
Bur Fruit Jams, large Jar 3 60 and 20 Ureen Stamps
New York Full Cream Cheese, pound SOo and 10 Ureen Stamps
SwIhs Cheese, fancy quality, pound S6o and 10 Green Stamps
Peanut Butter, two ,1nrir...., flOo and 10 Ureen Stamps
Gem Milk, large can
Hatavia fancy Salmon, can..'
B atari Cora Stareb Special three 1-lb. pkgs
Klood of Grape Juice, pint bottle
Hulk Manxanllla Olives, quart
Kulslns, large, pound
H I. ye, three cans
Snider s Pork and Beans, two cans
Japan Rice, two pounds
BUTTEK, BUTTXm. BUTTE
Special offer of fancy freali Country
Butler, direct from the farm, lb., 850
And 10 Green Stamps.
(linger Snaps pound
O rah am and Oatmsal Cracker Special
.lOo and 10 Green Stamps
. ..B3o and 10 Ureen Stamps
. ,.84o and 20 Ureen Stamps
. . aso and 10 Green Stamps
. 95o and 20 Ureen Stamps
1 130 and 20 Ureen Stamps
i..., 85o and 10 Ureen Stamps
8O0 and 10 Ureen Stamps
, 14o and 10 Ureen Stamps
Saturday, pound JOe
BZSHETT'I OAMDT Grocery Section.
Salted 1'eanuts. pound lOo
Raspberry Props, pound lOo
Shelled AlmondH. pound 45o
Glass Hat. filled with candy, a for...lOo
Saturday's Best Specials in the
IVIEAX MARKET
Fresh Dressed Spring Chickens,
each 35
Fresh Dressed Hens, lb... 11 He
Rib Roasts, all bonea removed,
lb lRc and 12H4"
Sirloin Steak, lb 12c
Round Steak, lb 13Hc
Choice Pot Roast, lb., 10c tx7c
Pork Shoulder Roast, lb...8Hc
Five hunded yearling Legs of
Mutton, lb HHc
Mutton Chops, lb 10c
Mutton Shoulder Roast, lb., le
Veal Chops, lb 10c
Veal Chops, lb 7c
Mutton Stew, 6 lbs. for 2.V
Boiling Beef, 6 lbs. for,... 25c
Veal Stew, 4 lbs 25c
Spare Ribs. 4 lbs 25c
Three thousand pounds Swift's
Premium Hams, best brand, se
lected and guaranteed ... 10 He
Rex Lard 5-lb. pail 63c
And 15 Green Stamps.
Go-Carts Simply Sacrificed
Still greater reductions (Saturday to make
a quick clearance of the entire stock.
$12.50 Folding Go-Carts, now reduced
to $7.98
Big, comfortable Reed Carts, with parasol.
$20.00 lines $12.00
$16.00 lines for $8.5U
BALK OAK AND MAHtXJANV DRKNSKltM.
Sixteen Styles, two or three of a kind,' reg-
11 !a 1 $28.00 pieces; closing out at. .$18.75
KTK.RL1.NO FVRMTl'KK POLISH Have
been selling it for twenty years, regular BOo
size; Saturday for 23
Latest $1.50 Copyright Books at 69c
Only a few of each title. These are books which we have withdrawn from our
"bate Fiction Library;" are in excellent condition. These and many other titles
In the line:
The Black Bar, The Great Secret,
The Coast of Chance, t The Weavers,
The X.ad7 of the Mount, ; V The Shuttle,
BosaUnd at Bed Gate, AS LONG AS TKET LAST S9o
Our Greatest Rug Clearance
I'licrs ire h'.ngcroiiNly close to half now. Don't reiiiemlx-r when ft tiffs
were ivt r marked as low as now. This July clearing certainly is our great,
est, erpcclti.'Iv for jlou. More variety than in any previous sale and (surely
Mgger bargains than one expects to find in Omaha.
In Sa:urday'r sale are over one hundred and fifty very handsmme sample
Ru& in room sizes, very fineBt carj etlngs, suitable for your best rooms, for
, Instinct' Genuine Royal Wilton Rugs, full nine by twelve foot Hi.e large
varimy 01 hrlght new patterns, regular $45.00 grades; clearing at $24 85
Best Body Brussels Rugs, nine by twelve feet, quality which never Hells" for
less than 432 00; clearing price S18 75
Axminster Rugs, nine by twelve feet, very heavy and one of the mom serv
iceable flrcr coverings on the market, regular $30.00 Rugs; clearing
t ; SHI 8"
Tapestiy L'rcssele Rugs, worth regt larly to $1 6.50; clearing at. . . Tsy'75
CBOSS BTKlrB CTJBTAIHS
Urenadlne effects, colors harmonize with all kinds of furnlshhiKS llht n'rv
summer draperies, clearing- at splendid reductions.
'7.i"VLrt'n." pa,r V690 ' 2r 'i-tslns for, ptir 89o
$1.5 Curtains for. pair 81.19 ti.OQ Curtains for. t'alv . . . . f.1 49
13.00 Curtains for, pair 81.89
KXBT WAIST AND UTILITY BOXES
Upholstered In cretonne, green burlap and Japaueae matting, or plain polished
cedar boxes, all reduced 20 per cent.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BITES
Tekamah Statesman Pulls in Vain at
Pockrtbook on the Walk.
THINKS HE HAS FOUND FARM
Small Boy, After Watehlna- Jsdae
- Hopewell Strain Hie Mrenath
fur a While, Pipes
ltlai Off."
Lieutenant Governor Hopewell tiled to
pull a farm up throush the sidewalk at
the Burlington station Friday morning
when he a In 'he city enrouie to his
home In Tekamah.
Cares of public office, overseeln his
farms In Bun county and Incltental'y lak-Irg-
some Interest In various and sundry
era I merchandise stores, the llfUtenant
governor of Nebraska ha forgotten many
of the summer pastimes of the "lung,
hungry, lean, 'ornery gang o' boys you
want to hang." and he stepped from the
train apparently absorbed In meditation
over what to do in Omaha between trains.
As the lieutenant governor made his way
toward a street car, carrying the bis suit
case, his eyes fell on a pocket book. Its
ktal leather tides were tanning In the sun
shine. Borne traveler had evidently Just
dropped tt. or a hack driver had charged
the passenger hi "roll" and the purse had
been thrown ay.
But another look convinced the lieutenant
governor that large amount of paper
money was sweating within the leather
cover. From all appearances there was
enough to choke a tunnel or buy a Burt
county farm.
Gases at That Money BasT.
For a moment, the lieutenant governor
looked at the purse. He evidently thought
of how quickly the found finds an owner
and the lost Is found when want ads are
used and he stopped to pick up the big
porran.
Now, the lieutenant governor has pulled
rutalmgaa three feet long from his gar
ten, and displumed whole hills by grubbing
prickly-elm stumps with his hands. But
that po kefbook on the sidewalk Friday
morning did not respond to the powerful
"yank" of the lieutenant governor. It had j
the resistance of a cabbage after the
ground is froxen or a stay chain picket
of a horsepower, when driven lr. a gumbo
road.
Just as the sweat was heginlnng to fill
the crown of Mr. Hopewell's hat. a tawny
face half black with dust, peered over the
top of the viaduct. The governor did not
look up. but there he stood waiting near the
pockctbook. and this la what the kid said
when he spoke:
"Stung."
Cheers, bat ' Vntes.
"Governor Sheldon Is in Kantns, looking
aftir some private business and we look
for his return Saturday or Sunday," sold
Governor Hopewell. "I cannot say that the
nomination of Mr. Bryan this morning
caused any unusual excitement in Ulncoln,
rom the fact that It was a foregone con
clusion. A big delegation of citizens drov
out to Ills home early In the morning to
tell him about It and surprise him, fearing
that be might not have heard It. Mr.
Bryan has a great many friends in Lincoln
and they naturally take great pride in his
nomination tor a third time. I question
whether he will receive any more votes In
Lincoln In November than he did eight and
twelve years ago. Nebraska will of coure
he the great battle ground of the campaign,
but I do not think there any existing con
dition here that will cause the democrats
to make any material gains In the Htat).
"Tha flood conditions about Lincoln are
still bad and the water Is reading slowly.
A number of dead horses ami other stock
He scattered about the lowlands that weM
drowned in the flood. The railroad peopla
are overwhelmed with work In clearing
away the debris of the flood and gettini;
their yards In condition again. The city
authorities of Lincoln will have a big job of
work on their hands cleaning up and
restoring sidewalks as soon as the watv
subsides sufficiently to permit the work to
go on.
"I shall not attend the Territorial
Pioneers meeting at Milford tomorrow, but
may return to Llnccln In the event that
Governor Sheldon does nut return."
ICE PEDDLERS RAISE PRICE
Small Dealers Jump Up, but Large
Ones Not Yet.
Harlfora Hoatf Geis Oat.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., July 10,-The sale
by the. New York, New Haven A Hartford
Railroad company of its holdings in the
Huston A Maine road, amounting to some
UO.iXa) shares, to John L. Illllsrd, a banker
of Meiulen, was consummated in Boston
on June 30. The transaction waa fur
cash. Mr. Hillard today In confirming the
report of the sale stated that the . pur
chase by him waa a erxonal one and was
of an Investment character. In railroad
circles here it is learned that the vale of
the Boston Maine stock entirely and
absolutely relieved the New Haven road
of any Interest in that property.
LATTER SAY THEY WILL NOT
Declare They Will Malatala Saaie
su-liedale of Prices They Started
Oat With at First at
Season.
As usual the agile mercury snd price of
Ice have gone up together snd hundreds of
consumers, who have been paying 40 cents
per hundred will b- compelu-d to pay DO
rents In the future for Ice. The mercury
Is still free.
But the advance has not been made by
the big Ice companies and they predict
that their present price list will be main
tained throughout the season at least It
will not slide downward.
"A large amount of tho Ice delivered to
the resiliences Is sold by 'peddlers.' who
1 do not own a pound of Ice from one day to
I another They buy their Ice from those
! who ship It to Omshs," said a large dealer.
A Frlghlfal Kaperlear
with bllliousness, malaria and consti
pation, is quickly overcome by taking Tr.
King's New Life Pills. 36c. For sale by
Beaton Prug Co.
"It is such deslers who have been selling
Ice for ) cents per hundred and under
selling the regular dealers, who havw bsen
compelled to push the price up ten button
holes. The big Ice companies of Omaha
made a price of M cents per tiundred May
I. for ice delivered to realdences. and there
they have kept It regardieae of the p'ddlera
who have been selling for 40 cents." .
Compared to tha prices of last year the
schedule of the Ice uian now looks like
this:
1908. lf7.
Butchers 16 00 per ton $3.00 per ton
Grocers 7.00 per ton b.it per ton
Families, del'd. .50 per cwt. .40 per cwt.
With ona or two exceptions the large
Ice companies hsve been compelled to ship
Ice to Omaha from the far north. Only
the cool weather which has lasted prac
tically up until Friday saved the dealers
from exhausting; their supply, and all being
dependent on shipping In Ice.
Train loads of Ice are coming Into Omaha
weekly. The dialers pay 11. Zb per ton for
it f. o. b., the cars In northern Minne
sota. The freight to Omaha Is 11.75, mak
ing the ioe cost thera 13 when switched to
tbe unloading tracks. Thera la a shrinkage
In shipping, which makes the Ice cost at
least H per ton when It Is In the cars.
The Ice dealers psy t4M per day for a
man and team to deliver the Ice. This Is
said to cut the profits of those who sell
to tha butchers at t& per. ton to almost
nothing, while that sold 10 grocers and
others at 17 50 per ton does nol yield a
very large profit according to the dealers.
It Is claimed the dealers who ship In a
tralnload of lea at a time sell It to tha
peddlers for L3 to 360 per ton. They
have been delivering It- to the residences
ons, two and three miles frura where It
was loaded In their wagons for fc per ton
or 40 cents per bundled.
Matter af Caajeetare.
Whether the dealers shirking la the Ice
have raised the 'price to the peddlers or
whether they hava simply learned that
they tin get M cents for the Ice the same
as the lsrge companies. Is a matter of
J conjecture. All peddlers have not yt
I raised the price, but the lowest It now
$4.26 for a SOO-pound book, which formerly
sold for 13.76.
The peddlers have made some trouble
for the larger Ice companies, who do not
regret that thry have been compelled to)
push up the price. One of the large com
panies refuses to sell to the peddlers at
any prloe, claiming that they demorallza
the business.
Manufacturers of Ice in Omaha are run
ning their plants to (heir enntuity and
manage to supply their cuatomers wttrt
Ice and give reasonably good service.
RUNAWAY HURTS YOUNG FOLKS
Horse Scares at Trains and Dumps
Oerapants of WaojoM tin) on
' the Gronnd,
Several young people, who were rullnsr In a
wagon belorjslnjt to the Prtibus Candy
company, had a narrow etcaje. f run . i. 1 1
Injuries Friday morning, when tho homo
ran away. The waa. on was driven by Mike
Saba, 1214 South Twelfth streel, and he was
aoooinpanled by his sister Nina, Edith
son, Kieventh and Cas.ellar street ami
Johnson. Eleventh and Cat te Mar streets,
and Mary ltuffcr, 2727 South Twelfth street.
As tha horse was belr.g driven across
the Eleventh street viuduct, he became
frtaiitened at the engines In the railway
yards beneath, and ran away. The driver
was unsble to control the animal, and.
when the ally between Howard and Jack
son streets was reached thj horse turned
west and crashed Ir.to a heavy truck
wagon. Tha Dreibus wagon was overturned
and the occupants thrown out, all receiving
scratches and bruises The Johnson girl
was the most seriously Injured. It was
feared she was hurt Internally. She was
taken to her home.
