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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1908)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1T)08. -BOTI FIOIIS New Bags for Fall The Fall season lins nddoil now beauty in bags. This year, as in previous seasons, our leather goods department is well stocked with a great variety of styles in fine goods. The price are the most reasonable we know for the quality of the goods. "Women's hand bags made of tan, brewn and black, calf and seal leathers, leather lined, fitted with coin purse. They come in large, medium or small. 'Sizes. COMK IN AM) on walking the street could easly see that Omaha wag fast filling up with atrangera, for tliey wer to be seen on every aide. MfiHTS OP ftl'lVJEIU TITRKED Ol Klertrtca! Effect Mora nrtlllaat Taaa Kver Before. Never has a more beautiful and fairy like spertsele been presented In Omaha than lasl night when the. eight thousand In randegcent lights burst forth In their soft radlanoe of red arid white from the great festoons gracefully drooping from the cen ters of the intersecting" streets, on Pflrnam from Tenth to Seventeenth, and on Six teenth from Howard fd Burt. There were similar shorter strttcMes on Douglas smd odge, and along the cross streets east ward to Fourteenth. The apexes of these pyramids In red and- white lights were caught from the highest buildings, and with the ropes of white fights along each' side of the streets gave (he effects of long electrical bowers, made additionally Beau tiful by the mafly electrical decorations of stores, theaters and hotels In the Ak Par-Ben colors. Added to these all of the electrical signs ware reproduced In the Ak Gar-Ben Colors, making the whole a scene or Indescribable beauty. The city hall was. the only building that was ilumlnated In outline, and even that Is not yet completed .The effect on that building Is .much .enhanced by great fea toons ,of bunting In Ak-Sar-Ben colors. Another extremely pretty effect was that of ths Kmg theater, whlrh Is brllllanty set off with the carnival colors In Incandescent lights, and looked, much like a huge elec trical boquet. I . In .the initial trying out of the great ropes of colored lights, some slight defects were discovered, . but not enough to mar the harmonious effect of the whole and those were soon remedied. The scene frcm Seventeenth, street looking eastward on r'arnam, and from f'arnam northward on bixunuh was one of extreme beauty and van ul;:i'red by , thousands. The general vtrJJit i3. that the. carnival Illumination tnij year ar (ar. ahead of any lion tof ne und; itukvn. .Anotlmr. iirwtty effect wl.l be not ceii on Dpuglus . street looking west wald from Thirteenth, Jhe graceful i ut- tit Ui main entraneu to Hie cmnval ; : iiiida of King's highway Lives that pj- i.. . .' a finished- cffnjt that will bring for.li ' 1 VjT admiration, , , tic kpcrlencu of last year lit which 'a' licaVy ram wanned off the coloring of. ih ; "S!U. .lUV.iU'I , obviated this season by rgM!lijSf 81heilniT('Sclnt globes a mori enduring ooatf-trf".Tajto that, will be Imperv ious to fitiii. ; While t'l.e illuminations of last night were of rare lieauly, the effects will be tremend ously Improved tonight and for the re mainder of tlie Alt' Bar-Iin festival by the inuninlnatlon of the great buildings along r'amam and Sixteenth streets. The new welcome arch across Fainam Street, at Eighteenth, will not be lighted until Thursday night, delay having been occasioned In placing the decorations.' ' A portion 'of the lights on the arch - are ready, but Mr. Mlchuelsen says he will not order the current turned on until the' dec orations are complete. Ropes of tile Incandescent lights have been strting on both sides of the following streets: K.u nam, from 'Tenth to Seven teenth; lnniK'.as from' Fourteenth' to Six teenth; Poi'.fto, front.! Fourteenth to Six teenth; KArney, from-Hburfeenth to Six teenth; .Howard from 'Fourteenth to Six teenth; Fourteenth, from Howard to Dodge; Fifteenth, from Howard to Dodge; and Sixteenth from Howard to Burt. " Tickets for Two Halts Spectators' tickets for both the corona tion ball and the Cinderella ball are out and are on sale at O. D. Klplinger's, H. J, I'vnfold's, Sherman A McConnell's, Beaton Drug Company and Mjers-Dlllon's. As there are but a limited number of ticket Benson & Thome Company Fall Opening and i Exposition of Now Juvenile Autumn Apparel Friday and Saturday Special Price Attractions in Every Department In the Stork Section Infants' long nainsook slips, each; 39( Children's colored coats in fetching new models, special values at .$5.00 In Cloak Section Girls' coats for ages '8 to 14 years, extreme values, at $7.90 and $5.90 Youths' Furnishings Interwoven sox, linen heel and toe, pair 25c Write for New Catalogue. BENSON THQRNE CO, 1515 13.7 DOUGLAS" KEACH ALL DIPTI Vanity bags in brown, tan, green, blue and black seal leathers, all lined leather, and strap handle on back, in small or medium sizes. - SEE THKM to both these events, owing to the limit of space In the den, the demand for the tickets promises to be quite brisk. LIKE OF MARCH FOH DAY PARADE Arrangement Are Made and Police Are Ready to Lead. The Ak-8ar-Ben Board of Governors, In conjunction with Chief of Police Donahue and Captain Dunn, Thursday designated the line of march of the daylight parade for next Tuesday afternoon. The line of march was made subject to the approval of the police department so that depart ment would be enabled to better handle Mie crowds and safeguard the public. The parade will start at Sixteenth and Cuming streets and proceed south on Sixteenth to Douglas street, thence east on Douglas to Tenth street, south on Tenth to Farnam street, west on Farnam to Fifteenth street, south on Fifteenth to Howard street, west on Howard to Six teenth street, north on Sixteenth to Har ney street, west on Harney to Nineteenth street, north on Nineteenth to Farnam street, east on Farnam to Fifteenth, north on Fifteenth to Capitol avenue, east on Capitol avenue to the market house on Fourteenth street where the parade will llaband. I'MOP PACIFIC SPECIAL TRAILS Service for Ak-Sar-Ben Will Include Several Caravans. The t'nlon Pacific has announced Its spe cial train service for Ak-Sar-Ben week which will Include a large number of spe cial trains as, well as extra coaches on the dozen trains now running in and out of Omaha each day. A second section of train No. 4, the morning train Into Omaha from the west, will be run September 30 and October 1. On the night of September 30 and October 1 two Special trains will leave Omaha for the west, the first about 11:30 for Grand Island via Stromsburg and the rtecomi about midnight for Grand Island over the main line. A large number of extra coaches will be put on all the regu lar trains ..expect Nos. 1, 2, 7' and 8, on which excursion tickets will not be hon ored. Kxrursion tickets will not be good on train No. 16, which leaves Omaha dally at 2M p. m., but will be good an all other regular trains. LODGE OBSERVES BIRTHDA Eleventh Anntvfreorr of Local Fra ternnl t'nlon Occasion of Social Session.. A large audience met In Fraternity hnll on Wednesday evening to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of Mondamin lodge, Fraternal Union of America. Mrs. Lizzie Plerronet presided. Music was given by Mrs. James Lyons and her sister, Miss Nellie Stevens. After an Invocation by Row O. H. Bchleh, Past Fraternal Mas ter R. E. McKelvy gave an address of welcome. Then came the roll call of charter, member, -each ope receiving a handsome' souvenir bearing the motto, "Past masters In the art of right living." Miss, Russell McK-elvey sang two selec tions, which merited encore. Mr. Schltih and Nelson Pratt gav the ad dresses of the evening. Mis Lancaster sang and additional music was given by Miss Clark, Mr, MeCray and H. B. Parkin son. Miss Call gave an elocutionary reci tation. , .1319 DEATH RECORD" Arthar Thorns, SIOUX FALL8, 8. D., Sept. J4 (Special.) Arthur Thome, one of the best known of the younger newspaper men of this part of the state, and until recently, editor pf the Hartford Herald. Is dead at the home of his parents at Hartford as the result of an attack of heart failure. , 'Monijst the Shoes Boys' "Ilenthor" specials, $2.50 and $2.00 Girls' Henson & Thorne footfonn shoes, $2.50, $2.00 and $1.75 Furnishing Goods Pony guaranteed stock ings, special boxes, 3 pair at $1.00 lists and Caps Children'! hata, new shape In felt, specially priced at $3.00, $1.60 and 91.00 Bee, 9-24-'08. S "RUSTIN DID NOT KILL SELF" Statement by Dr. Lavender at Hear ing of Charlei E. Davit. DEFENSE APPARENTLY STARTLED Coroner's lh r lrlnn Makn Tklo A arrtlon Before Uitrtri for D feasant fun InUrpoi Objection. (Continued from First ra;e.) Rustln not ti answer the next question of the county attorney until he had made s.n objertlon. "We had Just as well settle this matter now." said Mr. Ourley, after objecting to Mrs. tliifstln statins; to the court what her dying husband had told her. "There U no theory In lav on which that answer can be admitted In this case, and I will bring many authorities here to show the court the Impossibility of admitting tile answer to that question. It would be hear say and It cannot come Into this case. If the court has any doubt on the matter I shall be glad to argue the point at any time." The county attorney retorted: Yen. It tan, Sara Enarllsh. 'Now, I don't care how much time the counsel takes In making arguments on this matter. He can stand here and read all the authorities and read about all the cases he pleases, but when "we are all through w will find that the circumstances In this rase control the question and that the answer given by Mrs. Rustln can be admitted." ' "Well, we won't take up the time now, as everyone within a thousand miles of Omaha knows what Mrs. Rustln's answer will be and I had Just as soon the court room of people would hear It. But we will argue later as to whether It Is to re main In the record," said Mr. Qurley. The county attorney agreed to this and Mrs. P.ustln replied that her husband said In explanation of how he was wounded: "A man shot me." Conrt Room Crowded!. When Judge Crawford entered the court room It was crowded' to the capacity and the bailiff was kept busy keeping places vacant for witnesses. Just a few minutes after 10 o'clock trie county attorney arose and said: "It Is unnecessary to make any prelim inary statement In this case, but we will proceed at once to the hearing of Charles E. Davis, who Is charged with first degree murder." Mrs. Martha Archer, who live at 4109 Farnam street, almost opposite the home of Dr. Frederick T. Rustln, was the first witness called. Mrs. Archer told of being 111 and sleepless the night of September 1 and the early morning oi September 2. She said she did not know whether she was awakened or was awake when she heard the pistol shot which caused her to get up and look out all the windows and later go downstairs to Investigate. On being questioned she said she looked out of the north window of her home Im mediately after hearing the shot and saw nothing. "The report was so plain that It seemed to come from directly in front of the Archer home, perhaps on the lawn," she said, "but after going to the other win dows I returned to the north window and saw a light In the Rustln home. I heard a woman scream, then children scream and a thud as of a falling body. I saw a man walking on the south side of the street", going westward at a slow pace and with his hat well drawn down over his' eyes. Looked Like Working Man. "Did he look like a working man?" asked the county attorney. "I believe he did." "Did you think It strange to see a man going along at that hour of the night?" "No, I thought he was going home from the election." "As to his Blie; could you tell how big he was or whether he was short?" Here Mrs. Archer pointed to Assistant County Attorney Elllck and said the man. as near a "he couli set, was about the size of Elllck. Robert Archer testified that he was awakened by the shot which made a report so distinct and clear that It seemed to come from his own porch. "Dut I Just thought some one had shot a dog," he said. "We hear a lot of Bhots up in our neighborhood at night." Better Look at the Clock. Hut regardless of Mr. Archer's Indiffer ence as to what the shot meant he testi fied that he told his wife they should strike a match and see what time It waa as they might want to know some time. He said he did this and his watch, "which kept good time," showed it to be 3:25, which was probably ten to fifteen minutes after the report of the pistol shot. Mr. Archer told In almost the same words as his wife of seeing a light in the Rustln home, hearing a woman, then children scream and a noise as of something heavy fulling. He said he did not see a man or anyone when he looked out at the north window. Dr. Lavender was the thlid witness called. When the county attorney called Dr. Laven der, Dr. M. Langfeld, a witness, appeared at the bar and said to County Attorney English: "I have more Important business than staying here all morning." The county attorney looked at the phy aician a minute and shaking his glasses at him, replied: "You are here on a subpoena, are you not? and you will stay here just as long as we need you. I am the one who says 4n what order witnesses shall be called." Detail oi the Story. Dr. Lavender then proceeded with his story, the attorneys giving him the greatest liberty In expressing his opinions, the find ings and conclusions reached by perform ing the autopsy on the body of Dr. Rustln. He told in detail of tracing the bullet which killed Dr. Rustln and of finding it untnarred laying against the spinal column. "It weighs eighty-six grains," said the coroner's physician," and had It been fired at close range and passed as It did only through thin tissues, I believe It would have gone entirely through the body or Imbedded itself In the spinal column. I have ex amined several hundred people who have been killed by bullets and this is my belief based on my experience." Attorney Gurley asked the coroner's ex pert If the amount of powder back of the bullet would not have something to do with the velocity and force of the ball. "It certainly would," replied the physi cian. "But 1 have taken all things Into consideration, the thickness of the vest through which the ball passed, the muscu lar abdominal walls of the athletic physi cian, the fact tnat the ball passed only through Uiln tissues, through the thinnest part of the liver and finally through the small blood vessel, the vlna cava. Then I found It turned point downward and lay Ing lightly against the spinal column." Dr. Lavender testified that no trace of powder could be found In the bullet wound In Dr. Rustln's abdomen, but the cloth of the vest waa slightly scorched around the hole made by the bullet. Mrs. But la an the Staaa. Mrs. Frederick T. Rustln was then called to the stand. She waa walling In an of fice outside the "court room. She retold the story of the evening of September 1 and esrly morning of September 2, when she bad her husband good bye st Fortieth and Farnam streets soon after 7 o'clock in the evening, and found him dying from a bullet wound In a ship chair on their front porch, after being awakened by the report of a pisteL Both the county attorney nnd Mr. Ourley showed Mrs. Rustln the utmost courtesy during the hour she was on the witness stand and her testimony was given almost as she tola the etory to officers, and later the coroner's Jury. She was given great liberty In making little explanations, which Would not ordinarily be admitted by a court If one of the attorneys objected. In answer to questions she said: "Fred, my husband, wss conscious when I asked him what was the matter and when he replied 'A man shot me.' I have always believed that he could tell me more. After telling me that he also told me to send for Dr. Lord, and when I wanted another surgeon besides he suggested Dr. Rich. Then he only muttered." "What did he mutter anything Intelli gible?" she was asked. "Ves. I think he said Tolly, oh, Polly.'" -"Do you know to whom he referred when he said Folly?" Didn't KnoTT Who It Was. "I do not know to whom he was re ferring, nor did not know then." As to whether Dr. Rustln had hi hat on when found by his wife In the porch chair, Mrs. Rustln did not know, but offered the statement that If he had been bare-headed she would have probably noticed It. She said she telephoned to Mrs. Luther Kountse and asked her to go over to the Rustln home and comfort the children. She said Mrs. Kountze was there when she returned from the hospital and the house had been straightened. She said she did not know who picked up the physician' straw hat and placed It on the hall tree, where It was found by detectives. On question was asked Mrs. Rustln by Attorney Ourley which foreshadows the tes timony to be given by Officer Morgan, to whom Mrs. Rustln talked at the Clarkson hospital after Dr. Rustln's death. "Did the officers ask you at the hos pital If Dr. Rustln told you anything be fore he died?" she was asked. "I don't remember what waa said at the hospital." "Did you not tell this detective, Morgan, that Dr. Rustln had died without saying one word?" "I certainly could not have told him that, as Dr. Rustln did talk a little." "Arc you sure that you did not tell the detectives that Dr. Rustln did not ay any thing?" "I am sure I did not tell them that, If I told them anything. I told the firsts of ficers to whom I talked Just the same thing which I have told so many times ainre that Dr. Rustln' did tell me a man shot him and did suggest that I telephone to Dr. Lord." Say She Did Not Scream. Mrs. Rustln also testified that she did not scream or did not think she did, except when she called her servant to assist her In getting her husband In from the porch. She also said the children, whom the Archers said screamed, did not scream, but got Into bed with each other and she stopped to comfort them when going Into their room after the water bottles. In answer to a question by the county attorney Mrs. Ruetin said she did not see a pistol either on the porch, In her hus band's hand or around the house, "I don't believe" I ever saw one except In show windows," she added. With Mrs. Rastln's testimony, the stories of the ArcheYind 'the story of the" Rice woman told before the Inquest conflict In some details, - Mrs. Rustln said she was called to the telephone by Dr. Rustin at 10:30, when he told her he was leaving the office. About twenty minutes later she retired and went to. sleep, not awakening until she heard the pistol shot. The Rice woman has sworn that she cnlled the physician's home by telephone and talked to Mrs. Rustln. Mrs. Rustin could give no Idea as to the time when she heard the pistol shot. "I did not see a watch or clock until I saw Dr. Rustln's watch lying on the desk after the physicians had arrived and taken It from his clothing. It was then 4:20, 1 believe, and Dr. Lord was calling the Clarkson hospital." With Mrs. Rustln's testimony, the morn ing hearing was adjourned to meet again at 2 p. m. Mrs.- Rustln may be called to the stand later, after some of the other witnesses have been heard. Physician Tells Story. Dr. M. Langfetd, the first physician to attend Dr. Rustin, took the stand as the first witness of the afternoon. He told of being called to the Rustln home and at tending the wounded man. Asked If Dr. Rustln was conscious when he arrived, the witness said he could not say; that when he attempted to restrain Dr. Rustln's right. arm, the wounded man said, "Are you afraid of a shot?" "Then he said something which I took to refer to a gun and called his wife Polly. That was all, I believe, which Dr. Rustin said." "Can you tell what time It was when you reached the Rustin home?" "I should say it was about ten minutes to 4 o'clock." " Did you see a gun on the porch or In the house?" "I did not." "What was on the doctor's person?" "Nothing but money, keys and a watch." He then told of the calling of the am bulance, the trip to Clarkson hospital, the operation on Dr. Rustln's abdomen, whlrh was found full of blood, and both the phys ician and surgeon still believed there was hope for Dr. Rustln's life. "But he was In bad shape and the opera tion was performed largely without an anaesthetic, because of his low condition," County Attorney English objected to ques tions asked Dr. Langfeld by Mr. Ourley as to what Dr. langfeld told the officers when they were called to the hospital, and the court sustained the objections of the prosecution. Lord Told Police. Dr. John P. Lord, the surgeon who at tended Dr. Rustin and who was a partner of Dr. Rustin from 1900 to 1904, was called fr the stand and told of being called to the Rustln home at 3:20 o'clock the morning of September t. When Dr. Lord told of the trip and pass ing the man, he waa asked: "Do you know Charles E. Davis?" "No, lr." "Did you see him September 11?" "I did." "Did you observe him closely?" "I did." To Cure DIARRHOEA Dysentery, Cholera Morbus or Choc Infantum Uk WAKEFIELD'S Blackberry Balsam You better get a bottla today. You may read it tonight. It ia a most reliable rem edy for all loos condition of the bowel. All druggist tell it. Full iz bottla 86c "From your observtlon of the man whom you saw on the morning of the Id and Charle E. Davis, was there a resem blance?" "I thought there was a similarity." "Was this similarity close or otherwise?" "Rather close." Never Bare of Selclde. Dr. Lord told of the scene at the Rus tln home and said he did not think the physician was conscious after he arrived. He also told of Mrs. Rustln begging the surgeon to wait If they rould for Dr. Rus tln' mother to see her son before he was taken away In the ambulance. "Did you Inquire how Dr. Rustln was Injured?" asked Attorney Ourley. "I did not." "Did you have any knowledge as to how he was Injured?" "I did not." "From the Information you got over the telephone, did you expect to look for any one who had shot him?" "No, I don't think that I did." "Now, didn't you, when you were called by Mrs. Rustln, have the suggestion come to you that Dr. Rustln had shot himself, and not that someone had shot him?" This question aroused considerable dis cussion, but the court allowed Dr. Lord to answer and he said: "There waa a conflict In my mind aa to whether he shot himself, or was shot by another." Dr. Lord said he was within about l.'B feet of the man whom he passed on Far nam street, when he first saw him, and watched him closely. "Did you pick Davis out of the crowd September 11, or was he pointed out to you?" asked Mr. Ourley. "He wai pointed out to me." "You testified at the Inquest and did not mention seeing a man, did you?" "No." "At the hospital, the morning of Sep tember 2, did not Officer Leahy ask you if you saw anyone, and did you not tell him that you did not?" "No, lr, I did not tell him any uch thing." "Did not you tell Detective Morgan that you saw no one?" "I did not." "Tell about your conversation with the officers." "I told them that I had seen a man on Farnam street, and we had to tell them that we saw no gun and all the other cir cumstance surrounding the shooting which we knew." . Mr. Koontic Takes Stand. Mrs. Luther Kountze, a close friend of Mrs. Rustin, followed Dr. Lord as a wit ness and told of Mrs. Rustln calling her by telephone from the hospital and asking her to go over and look out for the chil dren. Mrs. Kountze said she went to the Rustin home about 9 o'clock and found officers already there. She said she as sisted in straightening things up and found a soft straw hat, which she thought was old, on a box in the hall. She said she did not know how the hat got on the box, but she hung It up on the halltree. Fred J. Stack, undertaker. In the employ of Bralley & Dorrance, told of receiving a call for the ambulance early on the morn ing of September 2, when Dr. Lord called and told them to hurry, as Dr. Rustln had been badly wounded. He suld he looked at his watch and made an entry on the am bulance record, showing the call came at 4:10 a. m. The record was produced In court. With Don Moon, his HSslstant,Mr. Stack drove to the Rustln home, going on Farnam street from Twenty-fourth street. He said that at Twenty-eighth nnd Farnam street they passed a man walking slowly oh the. south side of Farnam. street. -Mr. Stack described this , man as short and portly, dressed in dark clothing, dark hat, and he thought it was about 4:30 o'clock when the ambulance passed the man at Twenty-eighth street Don Moon, 322& Cuming street, the under taker's assistant, confirmed the testimony of Mr. Stack and described the man whom they met at Twenty-eighth street, noticing him particularly because of his slow walk. "I thought he waa walking too slow for a man going to work that early in the morn ing," said the boy. Clgrnr Stabs and Tablets. Two white tablets and two cigar alubs were lying on the porch the morning that Dr. Rustln was shot, according to the testi mony of Hannah Dineen, maid at the Rusiin home. When she went out to sweep off the porch, as was her custom, she found one of the chairs, a steamer chair, drawn close to the railing and par allel to It. A cigar stub lay on the railing near the chair. At acme distance from this was another porch chair, and near this, on the porch floor, was another cigar stub and two small white pills, one of which had been crushed, looking as if It had been stepped on. She swept all of these things off into the grass. When Miss Dineen came home from Dun dee the night before the tragedy, about 11 o'clock, she saw a man, she said, standing on the northeast corner of Forty-first and Farnam, who crossed the street to the south when she approached. He walked slowly and seemed undecided as to where he wanted to go. Miss Dineen says he walked west a little way on the other side of the street, then came back and stood directly across from the Rustln house and was still there when she went In. He was dressed In dark clothes, and waa of a rather heavy build. He seemed to be smoking. Benjamin A. Keyes. night watchman, tes tified that he had seen a man at Thirty first and Farnam at'shortly after 4 o'clock, who was walking east on the anuth side of the street slowly. "He seemed to be sick," said Mr. Keyes, "and was very pale. He walked slowly, with his head down, and was mumbling to himself. He was short, heavy, with a full smooth-shaven face, and was wearing a dark suit." "What would you say a to his resem blance to this man?" asked County At torney English, pointing to Davis. "There 1b a very strong resemblance," waa the answer. Harold I'nderhlll, the I taper carrier who testified before that he saw Dr. Rustln the night of the tragedy about midnight was put on the stand repeated what he had formerly stated, that he saw the doc tor on the south aide of Farnam street, while he was standing at an election booth waiting for returns. That there waa no one sitting on the Rustln porch at 1:10 was the testimony of Frances E. flalyards, another night watch man who passed the house about that time. He left his beat about that time because of the illness of his wife and declared that a he went home there were a number of people moving about on the streets. Rle Woman Appear. C. H. !mstat, the conductor of the car which left Farnam about 11:20 declared that a woman strongly resembling Mrs. Rice got on at that point and came to some street east of Sixteenth. Ha noticed her carefully because It was rather an un usual thing to see a woman In that part of the city alone at that time of the night. A. W. Larsen, a foreman of the Harney street barn, was on Olmstat' car and also noticed Mr. Rice when she got on. lie was more positive In hi Identification than the conductor. County Attorney English asked him If the car which left Sixteenth and Farnam at about 10:10 wss a Dundee car and he promised to testify on that point at the next session. An adjournment was tsken until : Fri day morning. Mr Gurley asked County Attorney Eng- A Government Bond bears only 2 Ixtbubp the principal Is absolutely aafe. The mortgages of this Association are aa nearly absolute Id the way of safety as anything can he. bs they are first liens on Improved real estate, are repayable by the month, and wo arc paying our members 6 annum payable soinl-annunlly. Safety lies In the character of the Investments, their conservative earning power and conR.qunt freedom from arrears, and the ample reserve, car ried to protect them from contingent losses. We have over $;5, 000,000 In securities, a reserve of $93,000, are under State supervision nnd sub jected to regular examinations. We loan money only on flrt .mortgages on Unproved properties. How ran anything; be safer? We receive Investments of $50 to $3,000 any day, from any part of the country. The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass'n J 014 Harney George K. Gllmore, Pres. $2.50 Razor for 87c and Free Honing' Were the feature that made our store a lively one yesterday. Kemeniher tiles razor are on sale a long as they Inst. Come early to get a good slctloit. Myers-Dillon Drug Co., 16th and Farnam llsh how much longer It would take to pre sent the state's case and he replied that about half of the state's testimony was in. The first witness to be called Friday morn ing will be Mrs. Abble Rice. OLD FIRM FORCED TO MOVE Joseph F. Dlla Memo vet to Masonic Temple Bulldlna ew Store, Strictly t'p-to-Date, Modern In Every Particular. Joseph F. Bllx removes to 204 North 18th street on account of expiration of lease in Schlltt hotel building. Mr. Bllz has been In business In Omaha for twenty five years, the last fifteen years of which time he has been located at 322 South 16th street. The business for the past eight year has been managed by his two sons, Mr. Bill having retired at that time. The store Is one of the substantial business houses of Omaha, and has long since pop ularized Itself by strictly honest and straight forward business methods. In addition to a large line of dry gooda, notions,' anI gents' furnishings, the store has always been headquarters for yarns and knit goods, the latter being the pro duct of a factory operated in connection with the store. As Mr. lillz has decided to turn the business, over entirely to .his two sons, the firm name bas recently been changed to' Joseph . F.: Bllz' Sons. The nev store Is a great Improvement over the old, as there 1 much more room and the ad vantage of sufficient light. The front has been remodeled according to the New York Idea and It will pay anyone to make a special trip to the store In order to In spect the new front. After It waa decided that the firm would change Its location, a closing-out Bale was held, and practically all of the old goods on hand were disposed of. They are not only In a new store now, but have an entire new line of goods. The policy which has distinguished the store In the past will be strictly adhered to In the future. The formal opening was held on Septem ber 19th, at which time large crowds took advantage of the opportunity to see the new store and Inspect the new goods. A cordial Invitation Is extended to any one who may desire to visit the store. Our Letter Box Contributions on tlmery topics invited. Write leBtbly on one side of the. paper nly, with name and address appended. Unused contributions will not be i turned. Letters exceeding .0 words will be subject to being cut down at the discretion of the editor. Publicatlun of views of correspondents does not com mit The Bee to their endorsement. The nettlnH No Brian Money. OMAHA, Sept. 113. To the Kdltor of 1'h: Bee; There Ih no belling. The odds of 3 and 4 to 1. freely offered weeks ago In New York on Tart, brought no Bryai. money. Three days sgo the New York' Times gave a challenge from a citizen of Buffalo, N. Y., which Mr. Bryan always "carry's" In September, but never by big majorities In November, In which he offered to bet $3.X0 to 4,UM-5 to 1 that Taft will be elected, with "no takers." The same paper of the Zlst Inst, prints a Chicago special telegram which says: "No Bryan bets In Chicago" on the outcome of tho presidential election, for the reason that "Bryan money remains In hiding." Repub lican say that any offer of Bryan money would be promptly covered, many times over, and odds given. And yet Chicago Is In Illinois, another mighty state which Mr. Bryan'e ticket la going to "carry" in Octo ber, but never In November, by only about 6ft,000 majority thla year. But for the fac tions fighting Deneen for governor the ma jority would be 100,000. COMMON SENSE. II Mar. SARGENT, Neb., Sept. To the Editor of The Bee: Will you please tell us through rr TRY I The Only Natural Laxative YVater on which you can rely to relieve CO II STI PATIO II Take i glas on aria Ing In the morning. in fult botttn and tpliu Ht., Omalia. Taul W. Kuhns, Secy. your dally paper If a single man. can taka a homestead on the reservation about to be opened In Tripp county. South Dakota? MRS. S. J. PENNT. Ans. If he Ib not already an owner of lfiO acres of land or has not exercised his rights under the homestead. law he ma enter at the coming distribution. FIRE RECORD , ,, ,, Denver Coliseum. DENVER. Colo.. Sept. 24. The Coliseum, on Champa street, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, this city, was com pletely destroyed by fire of unknown origin this morning. The Coliseum was one of the city's landmarks and until the completion of the city's Auditorium was the j largest public hall In the city. For a number of years It has been used as a prize fight ar an. It was located In the block pur chased last year by the government and would soon have been torn down to mako room for the new postnfflce. The total loss does not exceed JiS.flOO. e!P?ajsa E3HaaBaBBsBMU Table d'Hote Dinner 25c EVERY NIGHT AT HANSON'S NEW LUNCH 311 South 16th Street Friday is TFTISH DAY J. T IShe Calumet You've Tried the Rest. Now Try the Best. The Schlitz Cafes 316-20 South 16th Street. - A MI SEMF.XTS. KRIIfi THEATER 1.1.&A J VI lSc 25c. OOc, 78o TONIGHT. MATIMCK K ATI 1U)AV Wvlroine home "My ' Swei-t-hfart" from a Micci'wsful tour of the world. . MISS X'.f i HELEN BYROHd MY SWEETHEART A Plt'Tl'ICKSVj'H fO.MKllY SKT TO Ml'KIC NL'MAV. JAXK EYKK Next Week.TIIK WIZAItl) OF OZ Phones Bell Doug. 43: Ind. A.-14B ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Mat. Every Say, 8:lfcl Every Klg-bt, BilS t "I'aiadUe Alley;" Charles Wuyritt and Co.; "Slivers;" Keano unci Briscoe. Ilp. rip; Armstrong and Vnne, Majestic Trio end t lie Kmodruuie. rrlcs. 10c. 3Sc and 50o BOYD'S THEATER On Week, BtertlMa- Sunday Mat lnes Wsd. and Bat. Frtdtrlo Thomn sou prsnts EDWARD ARELES la BREWSTER'S MILLIONS mth Ojlyinal Cast. sats now on sale, A6o to $1.80. S32ES3 jrnQnesi Douj. iftog: Ind. l.iui - Ttuiiiiaicauy - Waffa-lsb rare .Mr. . Teiuile' . Telegram coartosntially, it' IClltM Wetli. "TUB CIACUg OXKI.." MATS TL'KS. THUIlS HAT. I Ak-Har-i i J T i 'J I i if' I V 1 i i, a 1 A IV i V 1