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    THE OMAHA SUNDAY P.EE: JULY 19, 1903.
Special July Prices On Our Handsome
Black Swiss Taffeta Monday
$1.15 Quality, 27-ln. wide at, per yard 69c
All to go at less than -wholesale prices. A former lot of equal value sold out in a few hours time, many were disappointed
in not being able to supply their needs. It is not "Stiff" but just that swish and rustle to it that is dear to any woman's
heart. Sturdy, reliable, woven specially for high class trade. For costumes, wraps, waists, skirts, high class linings. Mon
day, per yard, G9c.
Our Great July Clearing Sale
Of John S. Brown &-Sons Fine Tablecloths and Napkins That Are Slightly Mussed and Soiled at Just One-Half Price.
Commences Monday at 8 A. M. TABLECLOTHS.
25 $176 Tabid Cloth. l32xltt
yards, In this aale at (1 M each.
2 $7.00 Table Cloth. lze 2x2 yd..
In this sal t $3.50 each.
B $10.00 Tabic Cloth, size 2x2H
yard, In thla sale at f " 0) erh
12 $10 0ft Table Cloth, slue 2x3 yd,
in thl aale at $5 00 each.
Extra Special Value, 85c and
$1.35 Handsome Black Im
ported Brilliantine, Mon
day, per yard, 55c and 98c.
Monday 55c for an 8Sc beautiful
.black English brilliantine 45-ln. wide;
nd 8c for a $1 $5 BO-ln. handsome
black light weight Turkish Brillian
tine. An extremely useful material
for skirt or suit for the, vacation
jaunt, or for home or business wear.
Great Clearing Sale of Wash Goods
We are closing out our regular stock of choice Wash materials at greatly reduced prices,
No job lots or styles from seasons back, but new, perfect goods. See them.
.Special Sale of Long Tan
Silk Gloves Monday at
98c per pair.
Xlbow length Bilk Glove.
Kayaer's make. In pretty shades
of tan and browns, with handsome
embroidered back and one of the
best number worth $2.00 per
pair. Monday's special price, per
pair, 98c.
NOTE We will alao include
some good long black silk (love
in this sale In sizes 6 Vi and 6, At,
per pair, 9 Sc.
Monday, Special Sale ol Snow Flake Curtains
Deautiful coaree stripe curtains In colors of green, yellow, pink old rote, light blue and red, suitable for Window Curtains, Porticoes, Over
drapes, ate. ,
All of our $1.80 Snowflake
Curtains for, per pair 89c.
Special sale of Colored Linens Mon
day. All our 50c 80-inch wide Col
ored Linen, per yard, 25c.
SILVER TUBE AHEAD OF TIME
T. M. C. A. Runners Oyer Nine Rouri
4. in Advance of Schedule.
IEN BOYS HAVE NABB0W ESCAPE
Wild Bin Between Aatomohtle and
Freight Train for Crossing
Message LeaTe Cleve
land talrkly
CLEVELAND, O., July 18,-The silver
tubed message from Mayor McClellan of
New York to Mayor liussa of Chicago,
which Is being relayed over the 1,004-mile
trip by Young Men's Christian association
toy on font, arrived at the Central Young
Men's Christian association In Cleveland at
M p. m.. nine hours and fifty-seven min
utes ahead of schedule. The last two mlks
were made through a heavy ram.
Since entering Ohio an average speed of
inly it and tbrce-quurteis miles an hour
has been maintained. No stop was madu
hers and the message was hustled on to the
uoy In l.oiain.
In leaving Ashtabula ten boys In automu
bile enrouta to their respective relay poln'a
narrowly escaped with their lives In dash
tug Across the tracks In front of a tra.n.
As they nrarcd the railway tracks In ilij
wantern and of the city they heard the
bell ring to lower gates. They also saw a
Iralglit train ahead. The lads feared the
delay might make them late at their posts.
They called to their driver to hurry across
ti.s tra. ks ahead of the train.
Th driver put on all speed and blowing
his hum furiously so that the gate tender
would leave the gates up made the race
tct It. At a speed of fifty ndies an bour
they dashed for the tracks In a raoe wttn
the freight train. They landed safely Just
a second ahead of the engine.
Hanner at Aaatabala.
The Young Men's Christian association
tunner reached Ashtabula, sixty miles east
at Cleveland, at ill a, m. today, nine hours
and nine minutes ahead of the schedule.
Oeueva, ten miles west of Ashtabula, was
reached fifty-nine minutes later, or at
7.X a. m.
- The silver tubed message from Mayor
McClellan of New York to Mayor Busse of
Chicago, was carried Into Ohio earl today
by the boys of the Young Men's Christian
association. The dash across the slate will
I Include a day of rest, probably Sunday, at
Toledo, it the present speed Is maintained.
At an average rata of a little over eight
miles an hour, the boy have relayed the
message from the New York City hall since
last Wednesday morning, each runner, walk-
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WE CLOSE AT 6 P. M. DURINO JULY AD AUGUST
EXCEPTINO SATURDAYS AT 8.30 P. M.
8 $10.00 Table Cloth, size '.'Hx3
yards, In this sale at $5.00 each.
t $l.i0 Table Cloths, sire 2x2H
yards. In this sale at $.1 00 each.
2 $10.00 Table Cloths, slxe 2Hx24
yards, in this sale nt $5 Ou inrh.
4 $100 Table Cloths, le 2Mx2H
yards. In this u.ile at It'.. u(i each.
Napkins.
9 dozen $10.00 5x8 Napkins !n
this sale at, per dozen $5.00.
4 dozen $12.00 6x8 Napkins In
this sale, per dozen 6.00.
4 dozen $12.00 3x4 Napkins In
And many other less expensive tablecloths and napkins too numerous
to mention. This sale offers an exceptional opportunity to Bave.
Fine batistes in dots, small figures, checks and stripes
on white back ground. Colors fast in washing, only, per
yard, 7Vc.
Fine dotted Swiss in new designs, small neat floral de
sign, stripes, some plaida, etc., a nice variety at, a yard, 9c.
Our 25c Sctoch Ginghams at, per yard 15c.
Our 25c TiBsue Voiles at, per yard 15c.
Our 25c Broche Imprlme at, per yard 15c.
Our 80c Linen Voile at, per yard 15c.
Our 60c Silk Ginghams and 50c and 60c finest Imported Zephyr re
duced to, per yard 25c.
Solid black Silk Persian Lawn, regular 25c and 30c quality at, per
yard 15c.
See our Howard Street Window. i
All of onr $2.25 Snowflake
Curtains at per pair $1.13.
Bee, 7 - 19
TELEPHONE 618 REACHES ALL' DEPARTMENTS i
lng, Jumping, wading and some swimming,
from a half ir.ile to three miles. Over
600 boys were utilised In conveying the
Silver tube to the Ohio state line. Upwards
of 175 boys will relay the message through
Ohio.
Until the tube was carried across the Ohio
state line, just east of Conneaut, no break
occurred, except at Fredonia, N. Y., last
night, when one of the relay runners was
stationed about three miles further west
than was expected. Llnncborn, the boy
who was to have been relieved at Fredonia,
had to make the extra run, but did so in
fine form, and no time was lost. At Dun
kirk, - the regular relay was resumed an
the message sped on, uninterrupted, across
the northern end of Pennsylvania and lntt
Ohio.
No Stop at Cleveland.
At 2:47 a. m. the tube was carried through
Erie, Ta. The Erie Young Men s Christia:
association's runners carried the messagt
to AshUbula. O. The Ashtabula boys de
livered the tube to the boys of Plains
vllle, and they, In turn, delivered the mes
sage at the Central Young Men's Christia:
association, Cleveland. Here the message
was received by -S. P. Fenn, president of
the board of directors, Central Cleveland
Young Men's Christian association. The
boys also were met and congratulated by
Superintendent M. D. Crackel of the West
Side Young Men's Christian association,
who conceived the relay race and carried
out the details.
No stop was made In Cleveland. The tube
was hustled on to Lorain, from where It
will be taken to Bellevue. when it win
be carried to Toledo by the Bellevue boys.
The Toledo association boys will take the
tube out of the state, to Adrian, Mich.
From Adrian the course will be to Cold-
water, Mich., to South Bend, Ind.. and then
to Chicago.
It Is expected that the message will be
delivered to Mayor Busse at the Chicago
city hall, Tuesday morning, nearly a day
ahead of the prearranged schedule.
Official Flfarra of Rare.
NEW YORK. July 17.-A. A. Jameson of
the Twenty-third street branch of the
Young Men's Christian aeorlaion. who
was In charge of the New York,Chlcag
race over the first division, which was
from this city to Buffalo, gave out to
night the official figures of the race to the
end of his Jurisdiction. He said: "Favored
with good weather, the boy runners wera
ab'e to make far better time than had been
antl-lpated. The sliver tube containing
Mayor McClellan' message to Mayor Hus
-f Chicago, whhh left here Wednerday
morning was carried to Buffalo In fifty
three hours and twenty-two mlnutos, 0r
nine hours and five minutes ahead of
tchedule time.
"It had been estimated that the runners
would average about eight miles ma hour,
but thb race has been much fester, tlu
average time pr mile being minutes
KiV seconds, a trifle better than nine miles
an hour.
"The tourse from New York to Buffalo
covered rt miles of road. On several sec
tions of the route the runners were da
layid by heavy going and In one or two
instances they bad to swim across lakes.
It took 6 runners to carry the message
from the clly hall here to Buffalo Voug
Men s Christian assjiiutlon beadquarierj. '
The runr.ers of the Batavla section, who
tcok the message Into Buffalo, encountered
lignt ra.rs. but the roads were In fairly
guod loud.tlou and they were only ileljyej
a few mlnuU. Kaln was reported wes.
of tutfulj and it is prolabre that th.
racers over the tein d vision mill be
retarded, but u seems haruly Imely thai
they will lose the tun already gained uy
the eastern runners.
Wew sorlt aaa rallaeelpata
cannot be more pleasantly or conveniently
reached than by th Grand Trunk-Lehlgo
Valley double track rout via Niagara
Fall. Solid through trains of coaches and
sleeping car. Magnificent scenery.
For descriptive literature apply to Geo.
W. Vaux, A. Q. P. T. A.. Grand Trunk
Railway System, U6 Adair St., Chicago.
3 $12 00 Table Cloth, size 2x3 yd.,
In this sale nt $t.u0 esch.
6 $12.00 Table Cloths, size 2x3 yd.,
In this sale at $6.00 each.
- 2 $13 00 Table Cloths. lzo 2x3 yd..
In this sale, at $6 75 each.
4 $13.50 Table Cloths Uf 2'4x2V4
yards, In this sale at $1iJ each.
. Napkins ,
this sale, per dozen $6.00.
. 3 dozen $15.00 8x4 Napkins in
this sale, per dozen $7.50.
1 dozen $20.00 3x4 Napkins In
this sale, at per dpzen $10.00.
All of our $2.75 Snowflake
Curtains at per pair $1.38.
- 08.
GEORGE D. BREWER CORONER
South Omaha Undertaker Unani
mously Elected by County Board.
BALLOTS CAST IN STAB CHAMBER
Commissioners Believe Their Plan of
Securing; Ontsfde Bids on Road
Paving Has Resulted In
Lower Prices.
6ebrge H. Brewer of South Omaha was
unanimously elected coroner of Douglas
county Saturday afternoon to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Harry B.
Davis. While the vote In the open meet
ing of the county board was unanimous,
the agreement was not reached until over
a dozen ballots' had been taken In com
mittee of the whole behind closed doors.
When the board took up the matter In
committee a motion by Ure to exclude
the reporters was carried, and when
the commissioners emerged from the back
room they announced they had taken a
death pact not to reveal anything that had
taken place. It, Is known, however, that
several ballots were taken before the de
cision was reached.
It waa reported that Ure and Bigg?
supported W. C. Crosby, while Brunlng
snd Tralnor stood for Brewer, Keunard
iinally casting the deciding vote in favor
of Brewer.
Mr. Brwer has never held political office,
but last fall he was mentioned for coro
ner. He withdrew, however, In favor of
Davis before the primaries.
After the election the board passed a
resolution of respect for Mr. Davis and
ordered the resolution engrossed and pre
sented to his family,
Ontslde Road Bids Lower.'
As a result of the efforts of the board
to secure outside bidders for the road rav
ins? work thlfl summer f?nuntv Rurvmvnn
Beal is of th opinion the county -secured
lower bid on much of the paving work
than It would have if left to local con
tractor. The tabulation of the thirty
seven bids .received yesterday shows M.
Ford, a paving contractor at Cedar Kaplds,
la., was low on five of th eight roads,
while local contractors had the best of It
on the other; There was no evidence
of a monopoly which was charged at the
first bidding, when . D. Van Court and
the Katx-Cralg Contracting company were
the only contestants. Mr. Beal Is of the
opinion the bids submitted yesterday are
generally fair. The low ones follow:
Irvlngtoa road to Bennington, M. Ford,
twelve-loot macadam with taivia, il.ti:
concrete, $1.0.
Mi.itary road, M. Ford. 2twelve-foot
mradam with tarvla, f 1.62; concrete,
$1,110.
Benson road. M. Ford, twelve-font
mcadani with tarvla, II. ti; concrete, $1.5.
Krug park road, Katx-Cralg Contracting
company, twelve-foot mcadani with tarvla,
II. Sb; D. Van Court, concrete, II 5'J; Dan
tiannon, sixteen-foot concrete. 1 1 S 5 .
Dodge a tree t east end, M. Kord, twelve
foot mcadaiu with tuxvia, 1.7; concrete,
J2.05. T
Dodge street west end. M. Ford, twelve
foot mcadaiu with tarvla, tl.il, concrete,
$2 65.
Clifford road, from Center street to Q
etreet, K. I). Van Court, twelve-foot
macadam with tarvla, $1.47: M. Ford, con
crete. 1 67.
West g street. E. D. Van Court, twele
foot macadam with tarvla, $1.40; concrete,
$1.65.
One Clerical Error.
The prices quoted are per lineal foot
On the Dodge street road a clerical error
was made la Mr. Ford's bid, tbe figure
appearing $2.17 Instead of $1.17, but from
comparisons with other price quoted it
was evidently hi Intention to bid $1.(7,
and he has aanounred he wlU mak the
correction If permitted to do so by the
board. Tbe bid were not acted oa by the
boad.
Douglas county will be rearranged as
I to road district in accordance with the
3 $15.00 Table Cloths. xs 243
yards. In this s-le a'. $7 50 each.
7 $25.00 Table Cloths, size 2(4x3
yard. In this sale at $12.30 each.
2 $25.00 Table Cloths, size 2Hx5
yards. In this -nle at $li.,"' ea!h.
3 $30.00 Table Cloths, nix 2x5
yards, in this sale at $15.00 each.
Word from Miss Streenstrup.
Thompson, Belden A Co. have lust
received a recent communication from
Miss Hteenstrup, our art Instructor,
who I now In Denmark, telling of her
safe arrival. For the next two
month Mis Steenstrup will devote
much of her time In visiting the fam
ous art center of Europe, and when
she return to this country In Septem
ber will be glad to meet her class
with some entirely new Ideas.
Monday
all of this season's fashions.
The Great July Clearing Sale
Continues In Our Cloak
Department.
Tailor made suit, white wash
suits, lingerie dresses, house
dresses, separate skirt, In cream,
navy and black Panama, all at
one-half the regular prices Mon
day. Special Sale Wash Goods
Remnants Monday
Lengths from 2 to 10 yards of
ginghams, silk moussclfne, lawns,
batistes, tissues, etc., values 15c,
20o. 25c and 3uc per yard, on sale
Monday at, per yard, only 6c.
All of our $4.60 Snowflake
Curtains at, per pair, $2.25.
Meet your friends In our cool and
cozy rest room. Manicuring In connection.
new law .enacted by the legislature of
1907 at the meeting of the board Monday.
Agreement as to the divisions waa reached
Saturday, the board following - precinct
lines as near as Doselble. Tha new diH.
tricts will be as follows:
No. 1 Florence precinct
i No. 2 Union precinct.
No. 2 Jefferson precinct.
No. 4 Ulkhnrn preolnct.
No. 5 Valley precinct.
No. 6 Waterloo precinct.
No. 7 Chicago precinct.
No. 8 McArdle, Benaon and Dundee pre
cincts. tfn. 9 Mlllnrd precinct.
No. 10 Douglas precinct.
No. 11 Kast Omaha precinct.
No. 12 Clontarf precinct.
The decision to give Clontarf a district
all by Itself is only tentative. The law
requires the district to be composed of
contiguous territory. As Clontarf la sur
rounded on all side by the cltle of
Omaha and South Omaha, It was Impossi
ble to find contiguous territory to attach
to It to make It conform In else to the
other districts, so It may have to be put
into one all by Itself.
THEY GOT A TASTE OF WAR
Concussion of Fort Hamilton's Bla-
uun t rentes Havoc In the
Neighborhood. "
The neighborhood of Fort Hamilton bad
a pretty fair Idea, when bedtime came
Wednesday night. June 17, of what General
Sherman meant when he uttered his fa
mous aphorism on war. Target practice
was carried on all day by the regulars
and national guardsmen with the . fort's
big ten and twelve inch rifles, and when
darkness set in awd firing ceased it was es
timated, from the reports of damage which
reached headquarters, that Uncle Sam will
have to pay for about $20,000 worth of
broken windows, crockery, ceilings, and a
long list of other things with the concus
sion of the gun smashed.
Fort Wsdsworth. on thb Staten Island
shore of the Narrows, kept pace with
Hamilton in biasing away at Imaginary
fleets down the bay;: but no damage to
surrounding property was reported. Every
body with a radius of a mile of the Wads
wo.th guns opened their windows early in
the morning, as they had been Instructed
to do by tbe military authorities, and pre
sumably they put their crockery and glass
ware and brio-a-brao to bed. It Is more
than likely that this obedience to Instruc
tlorj account for the absence of damage
reports, although It was remarked by many
at Fort Wads worth that the concussion of
the big rifles there was murh less than at
Hamilton.
The first set of shots at Fort Hamilton
set Bath Beach by the ears. Windows
were smashed on every hand, and when
the management of the Fort Lowry hotel
counted up Its score at the end of the day
It found sixty panes shattered.
A $3,0 oil painting was whipped off a
wall In the Casino, at Fourth avenue and
the Shore road. A mantelpiece In a sa
loon at 101st street and Fort Hamilton,
avenue was shattered Into pound pieces.
A score of report were made of ruined
plaster walls ceilings and foundations of
buildings in course of construction.
Theodore Eldrlge. of Bsth Beach, couldn't
bear th cannon boom loudly enough at
home., so be started toward Fort Hamilton.
He was walking through Fourth rven,ue
when a store sign was sent crashing on
his head by tbe concussion of a twelve
inch shot. He had to be treated by a sur
geon. Nw York World.
Pleasant Ways for Isiasier Dare.
Grand Trunk-Dehlgh Valley, double track
rout. Chicago to New York via Niagara
Falls; Grand Trunk-Central Vermont-Boston
A Maine route from Chicago to Boston
and the Oraud Trunk Railway System to
Montreal, Quttbeo and Portland. Double
traok from Chicago te Montreal.
For particulars of special low round trip
(ivrea, descriptive literature, etc., apply to
Oeo. W. Vaux, . 0. P. T. A., US Adam
et., Chicago,
ONE MORE FIRST TO SHERIDAN
Irish-American Athlete Wins Discus
Throw, Greek Style.
CANADA'S PB0TEST IS ALLOWED
Prove J n dire to Be In Error In Hie
Derision Yankee Will Star
la the Competition to
the End.
I"NDON, July IS.-rThe Saturday after
noon crowds filling the lower-priced sec
tions of the grand ttand at the Stadium
this afternoon had an opportunity of vent
ing theli enthusiasm over the outcome of
the three final events with which the day's
sport In the Olympic game was opened.
All these races were won by the United
Kingdom.
Bussell, United Kingdom, took the S,:X
metr steeplechase,' wllh his team mate.
Robertson, second. The only outsider to
challenge Great Britain's supremacy was
J. I. Elsele. New York Athletic club, who,
although handicapped by a sore foot, put
up a g-ood race and came In third.
Somewhat to the surprise of tbe expert.
I he United Kingdom also took flrat and
second place In the final of the UnO-meter
breast-work swimming race. In this event
Holman was the winner, with Robinson
second. It had been expected that Toldy,
Hungary, would walk off with this event,
but he did not even get a place, Hanson
of Sweden beating him for third. When the
result of this race was announced tho
crowd rose to Its feet, cheering and waving
flBRS. There was the same outburst of
enthusiasm when the United Kingdom won
the steeplechase, and then again when th
union Jack wa twice hoisted to the peak
of the flagstaff In the arena to signify a
British victory.
Whllo the weather Improved towards th
afternoon. It still continued threatening,
and later heavy showers Interrupted the
event repeatedly and forced the athlete
to taka shelter.
Comparative Mark.
The United Kingdom got another start
In its leal with the 4otal number of wins,
making the score up to date 2 to America's
9. Germany, like America, put on win to
Its credit. The United Kingdom also over
took the American score for flell event
the day' result bringing this up , to SI,
while America increased her scoroUo 40.
The event in which America I strongest,
the sprints and the Jumps, however, will
not come off until next wtek. The lose
of Bobbins, Yale, who hai to return home
on account of the death of his father. Is
a rather serious thing for the team, as he
I one of the bet of the American hurdler.
The American strong men this afternoon
again held their own; In fact they sur
passed all their previous efforts.
Martin J. Sheridan, Irish-American Ath
letic club, beat all previous record in
throwing the dlscu. Greek style, or "a
at Athens," with a throw of 128 feet 8
Inches. M. F. Horr, Irish-American Ath
letic club, was a good second, and Jar
vinen. Finland, who held the Olympic rec
ord, was third. These three men distanced
all their competitor, the man nearest
them being A. K. Searborn, with 116 feet
M Inch.
American Will Stay la.
The American athletes have received
cablegrams from all part of the United
States expressing "sympathy with the un
fair treatment accorded them." Other
sympathizers have asked If the reports that
the committee hd decided to withdraw
tha team from future competitions were
correct. The committee has no Idea of
doing anything of the kind, but, as set
forth In these dispatches yesterday, they
Intend to go on with the events, and they
still hope to show the best scores of any
nation In the track and field competition.
They are anxious, however, with regard to
the drawings for the sprints to be run
off next week. The official of the Ama
teur Athletic association say these draws
already have been made, but up to the
present time they refused to disclose the
results.
Canada's objection to the decision by
which Young declared, not to hove quali
fied for the final In the 100-meter cycling
race has been upheld, and late this after
noon after preslstent representations from
the Canadian committee, his name was
added to the list of starters for the final.
This 1 the first protest since the opening
of the games that ha been allowed. Th
protest was entered on the ground that
Young, who crossed the tape first in his
heat in the aemi-flnal, wa declared by
the Judge to have lost a lap. This the
Canadians proved to be untrue.
In the first section of the discus throw
ing, Greek style, Dorlxa, Greece, waa first,
with 109 feet, 4H Inches and W. G. Bur
roughs, Chicago Athletic association, wa
second with 107 feet. 7 Inches. In the
second section of this event A. K. Dear
born, New York Athletic club, was first;
Mudln, Hungary, second, and Georgandas,
Greece, third.
Sherldaa Takes Disco Final.
. In the final of the discus throw, Martin
J. Sheridan, Irlsh-Ameiicsn Athletic cluh,
wa first with a throw of 138 feet, S Inches.
Sheridan' throw beats the world's record
for the discus, Greek style.
Th final In the S.OOO-meter cycling event
was won by Jones, United Kingdom, In
8 minutes, 36H second. Bchlltas, Franc,
was second and Alffray, France, third.
Schllles protected the victory of Jons, al
leging a foul. Th protest was not al
lowed. ,
The final In the S.WO-meter steeplechase
was won this afternoon by Russell, United
Kingdom. His time was 10 minutes, 474
seconds. Robertson, United Kingdom, wa
second and J. V. E'.eele, New York Athletic
club, third.
Considering his disability. Elsele ran a
splendid race. He fell St the water Jump
In the first lap and lost yards which took
him some time to make up. He succeeded,
however, In getting third place before the
end of the second lap. At this time Bus
sell wa leading and Meadow, Canada,
was second. Robertson then came up and
for a time there was a fight between him
and the American for second place. Elsele
led Robertson for a time, but lost hi posi
tion to Robertson in the final lap.
The final in the JOO-meter breast stroke
swimming match was won by Holman,
United Kingdom. Robertson, United King
dom, was second, and Hanson, Sweden,
third. Time: I minutes. i seconds.
In the final tug-or-war the city of London
police was first, while the team made up
from the Liverpool policemen waa second.
The Metropolitan police got third.
The final In the five-mile flat race was
won by Volght, Unltfd Kingdom, time :
minutes 11H seconds. Owen, United K'ng
dam, was second and Svsnberg, Ewcd.n,
third. F. O. Beliars. New York Athletia
club, wss sixth. E. P. Carr, Xavler Ath
letic association, did not run.
rinal la Fancy Diving.
The final In the fancy diving was won
by Zumer, Germany, with Bvhrens, Ger
many, second. George W. Gaidslk, Chi
cago Athletic association, tied with Wal,
Germany, for third place. Zurner got aVI
points; Behrens, S3.!, and Wals and Gaid
slk, SO S each.
Th third section of the discus throw
was wort by Mudln, Hungary, with 10$ feet
TH Inche. Nlcklandr, Finland, was sec
ond, with 10 feet Inches. J. C. Carrels,
Chicago Athletic association, did not get
a sood throw. Th fourth suction of tb
discus throw. In which Martin J. Sheridan,
Irish-American Athletic eluh, wa compet
ing, was Interrupted by rain.
In the fourth section Sheridan wa first
with 122 feet 1 Inch, M. F. Horr, Irish
American Athletic cluh, wss second with
130 feet 4 Inches, and Jarvlnen, Finland,
wa third with 119 feet 8V4 Inche. All
three men qualified for the final.
D. R, Rohbln, Yale, one of the American
hurdlers, will have to return home on ac
count of the death of his father.
The final of the 10u-kllometer cycling
race wa won by Bartlett, United Klngiom.
Tlme 2 hour 41 minute ts seconds. C.
A. Denny, United Kingdom, wa second,
nnd I.nplxe, France, third.
The final of the ladles' archery conlest
waa won by Miss Newell, with Miss Dod
second and Miss Hlllowe third, all United
Kingdom. In the final for the gentleman's
archery Dod, United Kingdom, was first.
With 16; Brooks King, United Kingdom,
was second, with 184, and J. B. Richardson,
America, third, with 170.
HEROISM INSPIRED BY FLAG
How One Inn Frsaelneo Honse Ea
" raped the Hnrrleane of Flam ,
Two Year Abo.
At 1054 Taylor street. In the city of Ban
Fra.'iclsco, there stands today a house,
which. In Ihe greatest fire of modern times,
was saved from the flames by the flag.
When over 400 blocks of buildings lay In
smoking ruins, this house was the only one
left unconsumed along the east side of the
full length of' Taylor street a distance of
twenty-eight blocks, nearly two full miles.
At the time of the earthquake and fire,
April 18. 1908, Mrs. Biindley, a daughter
of Mr. Sheppard, was thero awaiting tho
arrival of her husband to take steamer for
Japan. She had long resided In that coun
try, and had had "earthquake experience,"
so to speak. Accordingly, as soon ss the
earth had ceased trembling, she proceeded
to fill tho bathtubs and all other recepta
cles In the house with water. She feared
that the disturbance of the earth had
broken the supply mains; and hardly had
she filled the last pitcher when her fear
was proved well grounded. The water
ceased to flow. But the first step that
made It possible for the flag to save the
house had been taken. Mr. Sheppard and
Mr. Dakln took the second step. In order
that tha household might have a supply
of drinking water they brought home from
a neighboring grocery a dozen or so bot
tles of water charged with carborjlo acid
gas the kind of bottles where you press
a lexer at the top, and the water fizzes
out In a stream under pressure. They are
commonly called "siphons."
At this time no one thought the house
In danger. It had sturdily withstood the
earthquake and the fire wasjnany blocks
away. But all Wednesday and Wednesday
night and all o4 Thursday the fire raged
In fury; and at last It came creeping up
the slope of Russian hill. The flames
reached the block In which the house was
situated. The heat grew Intense. The stdes
of th house sent forth smoke. The veranda
on the east side broke Into flames, and the
under side of the eaves on the north and
east kindled to a blaze.
Mr. Sheppard and his family had taken
one last look at their home with Its treas
ures, and had sought refuge with friends
across the bay. Mr. Dakln had stayed to
the last, hoping against hope. But all hope
was gone. The house was burning, and he
was warned away. He determined to hoist
his largest American- flag and let the house
meet destruction with the colors flying far
above It. He rushed to his room of flags,
selected his largest. Stars and Stripes,
mounted to the roof, attached the .great
flag to the halyards, and flung it to the
breeze. Then, with a feeling somewhat akin
to respect for the conquering power of
the" great tire ' king, roaring forward In
Irresistible ruin, and with a spirit some
what akin to the unconquerable pluck that
stirred the breasts of his comrades In the
days of the civil war, he dipped the flag In
salute. Three time the glorious banner
rose and fell; and then, fastening the hal
yards, Mr. Dakln descended the stairs,
locked the door, and with a heavy heart
left the house to Its fate. High in the air,
shining bright in the light of sun and
flames, above the house of pines that had
grown by the shores of the Atlantic,, stream
ing forth on a breeze that came fresh from
the Pacific, stood "Old Glory."
The white stars upon that flag were there
as symbols of the states of 'the union.
One star waa there for California and one
was there for Oeorgla; but three blocks
away, to the eastward, at the comer of
Vallejo street and Montgomery avenue, at
that moment there chanced to be a com
pany of men who represented all the stars
on that flag's field of blue a company
of the Twentieth United States Infantry.
Under the command of a young lieuten
ant, the company had been or. Its way to
San Francisco on the day of the earth
quake, and had been delayed on its Journey
twenty-four hours. It had entered the city
Thursday afternoon by the ferry from Oak
land, and was at that moment marching
under orders to go Into camp at Washing
ton square. The lieutenant and his men
had seen the flag rise and fall In salute,
and saw It now as It streamed forth In
beauty amidst smoke and flame.
"Boys," shouted the young lieutenant,
"a house that flies a flag like that Is worth
saving!" His men responded with a cheer,
and as Mr. Dakln was sadly wending hi
way down the northern slope of Russian
hill, soldiers of the Twentieth United
States Infantry were dashing up the east
ern slope at a double-quick. No time wus
lost. They tore away the burning wood
work of the veranda, broke open the door,
and discovered the bathtubs filled with
water. Some of them carried earth from
the garden, other mixed It In th bath
tub to the consistency of wet plaster, and
then certain of their number stationed
themselves at different window and as th
wet mud was carried to them they bom
barded every spt that had kindled into
flam.
One by one the houses In the block
burned up and burned out, until the old
house stood alone. Every blase that had
started upon Its eaves and aides had been
extinguished save one. There was one
spot under the eaves at the northeast cor
ner that could not be bombarded success
fully. Unless th fir st that point was
put out all that had been done were done
in vain.
Th soldier were equal to the emer
gency. A squad mounted to th roof. One
of the men lay flat upon th adge and
while four of hi comrade held him fast
by his legs, h leaned afar out over the
wide old-fashioned eaves. Others passed
to him bottles of the water charged with
carbonic acid gas. And there, hanging
far over the edge of the roof, s that he
might be able to direct the stream of water
on th fir burning fiercely beneath the
taves, he squirted the fizzing contents of
bottle after bottle, until the last' flanw
and the last ember were extinguished and
the house was saved, t. Nicholas Mag
azine. Marsaalltovra tall Kanaa Man.
MAR8IULLTOWN, la.. July lS.-t8peclal
Talogram.) F. M. Duckies, secretary of th
Pittsburg Kan.) Young Men ChrUtian
association, wa extended a call (hi after
noon to be general secretary of th local
Young Men' Christian association at $1,400
year.
Duckies Is now at Lk Geneva. Wl.,
will succeed John A. Goodell, who I to
be staid financial secretary after August L
HEX'S DISTINCTIVE CLOTHES
Entire Stock of the World's Foremost
Makers of Gentlemen's Apparel.
HTBSH-WICKWIBE CO., CHICAGO
Uoe on "ale Thursday at J. t. Bran
dels Son at Incomparable Price
Advnntaar Such a Only
Brandels Cnnld Offer.
To Omaha men of exacting tnste In
dres we rresent this superb Muck, which
Includes all the lightweight remly-for-serlce
suit In the peerless Hirsh-Wlck-w
Ire stock. This I that superior hand
hullt sj'pnrel for men that has made tho
American ready-to-try-on clothing the
envy of every Kuropean nation, lllrsh
Wlrkwire clothes are the first to success
fully Invade the trade of foreign land
In fashion' haunts on the boulevard of
Paris, along the stately streets of Don
don, where Innovations must bear the
stamp of gnlus to meet royalties' ap
proval. In every fashion center of Europe
the Hlrsh-Wlckwlre clothes occupy the
foremost position among the ready-for-service
clothe that gentlemen choose. .
Thl will be a sale positively without
precedent.
Your unrestricted choice of any man's
summer suit from the Hlrsh-Wlckwlre
stock, worth actually $25 to $35, Thurs
day for $12.60.
J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS.
NEW
SHOE
FIRM
Alexander, the Snmple Shoe Man,
Open Nev Store on Sixth Floor
of Pnxton II lock.
Mr. Alexander, the proprietor of the new
shoe concern which occupies two office
rooms near the elevator on the sixth floor
of the rax ton block, Sixteenth and Farnam
streets, says:
"It may seem paradoxical to say that ni
are the highest and yet the lowest shon
store In Omaha, but It Is a fact that can
be proven to anyone who will call and In
vestigate. We are the highest because you
have to take the elevator to reach us. and
this Is one of the principal reasons why ws
are the lowest. Wo can run our store at
uch less expense than If we were on the
grlund floor.
"Ariother Important factor In our busi
ness which enables us to sell shoes at such
low prices is directly duo to the fact that
tye handlo sample shoes and buy them be
low the cost of manufacture. We hav all
slzs and styles In women's and men's shoes
and carry a large assortment of both.
Sample shoos are selected In tho first place
from the stock by experts and are always
the best the factory produces."
The Sample Shoe store Is a very neat
arrangement and displays more or less
Ingenuity on the part of the management.
It combines two rooms which are very
orderly and attractive. It Is somewhat of
a departure in In the shoo line for Omaha,
but Judging from the business being done,
success seems assured.
Holiness Association Open.
MITCHELL, s! D July 18. (Specials
Today the South Dakota Holiness asso
ciation opened its campmeettng on its
own grounds three mile northeast of the
city on Rock creek and it is tho initial
meeting at the new location. The grounds
are Ideal, with the numerous trees, with
plenty of room for the location of tents,
the erection of a large dlplng hall and
sleeping apartments. Th grounds ate en
closed with a fence and have been laid
out In blocks and streets. Lots have been
purchased and next year will see the con
struction ot several cottages, one having
already been, moved from this city. Rev.
Mr. Carradlne Is the evangelist for the
week of the meeting and the singing will
be conducted by Mr. Inglet. The offi
cer of the association predict that within
five year they will be drawing ftom
3,000 to 6,000 people to their camp meet
ing. Fnrnlture Men Close.
The following furniture firms have de
cided to close their places of business at
6 o'clock every day except Saturdays dur
ing the months of July and August, In
order to allow their employes to enjoy
th benefits of early closing:
The People Store.
Hartman'a Furniture and Carpet com
pany. Union Outfitting company.
The Omaha Clothing and Furniture com
pany. The Omaha Furniture and Carpet com
pany. Willow Springs
Stars and Stripes
As Pure
as the
Bubbling
Spring
Made from
pure, sparkling
spring water
from the cele
brated Willow
Springs, by skill
ed brewmasters.
7.M
-'.'II fx
i'-.,iT.rVi,.irH -'
Only the choicest malted barley
and pureBt quality Imported Bo
hemian hope are used la its
making.
It Is the ideal family beer.
Order a case for your home today.
Thirty ($3.00) Green Trading
Stamps with every case, (2 dozen
large bottles) price. . . .$2.25
Fifteen ($1.60) Green Trading
Stamps with every case (2 doren
Small bottles) price.. $125
WILLOW SPRINGS
BREWING CO.
Office, 1407 Harney Ht.
1'licne I. 1306.
Brewery, 81 and Hickory' Bt.
I'lione, I). 1685.
. Out-of-town customers must add
11.5 extra for caM 4 botUes
which will be rtfundej wtu
turned.
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