THE OMAHA
SFTTKMBKl? 2d.
Greatest Bargain Saturday of the Greatest Bargain Season in History of this Store
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Special price reduction Saturday throughout nor entire, complete lin of
Trunks, Grips and Suit Cases
er.so cn rownnK si it cask special i.ps.
A handsome heavy, leather Suit Cksp, inn lined, lth shirt fold, two heavy strap, all the
way round, polished bran i,rk and side lnlt. heavy leather corners, with large brass protect
ing buttons, a cane well worth $7 .5ft, choice of 24-ln. or 2G-ln. size, special $4.08
Complete Lines of the Bent New Fall Hat Styles.
Out-of-town customers should write for our special Tnink Catalogue.
Ladies Hosiery
Sample lines of a. prominent importer
and surplus stock of a well known manufac
turermatchless values for Saturday.
Ladies' Lisle Hose Embroidered lnce or
gauze, all colors, values to 75c, 49c and 3oV
Three pairs for $1.00
Ladies' embroidered, lace or gauze lis'e hn?o,
worth to 50c pair; sale price 25c
Game and Lace Lisle Hose In all colors, worth double.
our prices. 15 and 2'.s
Children' Host Fine, medium nnd heavy ribbed wkh
double knee, )ieel and toe, worth to 35c par, Satur
day, pair ..i. an,l J j)
Complete Xew Lines of Wool, Cnslimi re nnd Fleece
Lined Hose for Kali and Winter Wear, at Lowest
. Price. Mail Orders Promptly Filled.
Big Dinner Ware Sale
Havlland Dinner Sets. $40.00 value, at .... $35.00
Havlland Dinner Seta; 135.00 value, at.... $30.00
Austrian China Sets, $30.00 value, at $23.00
Austrian China Sets, $18.00 values, at $13.50
Austrian China Sets-, $15.00 value, at $9.95
English Porcelain Dinner Sets, $15.00 value. $10.50
English Porcelain Dinner Sets, $12.00 value, $8.50
English Porcelain Dinner Sets, $10.00 value . gfj. 50
Specials in Toilet Sets
Decorated Toilet Sets, $10.00 value, at $7.50
Decorated Toilet Sets, $6.00 value, at $3.9.5
Decorated Toilet Sets, $5.00 value, at $3.25
White and Gold Toilet Sets, $6.00 value, at.. 3,98
Decorated Bowls and Pitchers, $1.50 value, at.. 79
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THE RELIABLE STORC.
Great Manufacturers' Stock Sale of Women's
Outer Garments
At a most opportune time our New York buyer secures the surplus stocks of
several of New York's prominent manufacturers. The exceeding warm w-n.tr.er
V throughout the country, resulting in many countermanded orders and light sales,
left the manufacturers with large surplus on hand which they were anxious to dis
pose of and our buyer secured great quantities of high grade outer garments at
prices as low as 45c and 50c ON THE DOLLAR.
TWO BIO SHIPMENTS RECEIVED FOR SATURDAY'S SELLING.
35c Ribbons J2ic
A full hne of extra wide All Silk Taffeta Ribbons, nil staple colors 'J.V and 35c
a yard value?: on sale Saturday at l'2'zV
50c Hair Rolls 25c Regular full sized wire hair rolls, with side combs, also
solid hair rolls with net cover, regular MV values, Saturday 125c
35c Fancy Veilings 10c All new patterns and colors, plain and fancy; great
snap at, yard . .10c
$20.00 Tailor Suits $10.00300 nobby
tailor suits from Shaff & Silbernian, 83
Canal St., X. YM all newest fall styles,
$20.00 values, on sale at $10.00
$35.00 Tailor Suits $19.90175 high
class suits from Turkel & Festner, 11
University Place, X. Y., greatest bar
gains ever, at . $19.90
200 Elegant Sample Suits Values from
$40.00 to $100.00, coloring scarcely any
two alike; prices are $25, 35, $50
nnd $75
$7.50 Covert Jackets $4.95 Lined or un
lined, all latest styles; Ak-Sar-Ben
week special, choice $4.95
Fine Broadcloth Jackets Most complete
assortment and ' best values shown in
Omaha, $7.50, $10, $12.50, $15
$4.00 Children's Coats at $1.98 Child
ren's bearskin coats, in all colors, regu
lar $4.00 values $1.98
Children's Coats of All Descriptions
Every imaginable stvle and fabric, at
$2.98, $3.98, $5, $7.50 to $25
Beautiful New Dresses, in voiles, pana
mas, silks, etc., all leading colors and
styles, greatly under-priced ; on sale at
$20, $25, $30, $35 and up to $90
$10.00 Voile and Panama Skirts $4.95
300 handsome garments in the lot,
trimmed with buttons and taffeta bands,
choice .....$4.95
$5.00 and $6.00 Silk and Net Waists, in
ecru, cream or white, at $2.98
Women's $2.00 Long Kimonos, all colors;
on sale at 98c
Women's $1.25 Percale Wrappers Great
snap Saturday at 69c
Grand Opening Sale of Fine Furs Satur
dayYou can readily save from 25 to
o0ro by buying here and now. Most
complete stock in Omaha for selection.
Millinery
An entire new showing of
high class street hats, at
prices $5.00 to $18.00
500 Handsomely Trimmed
Hats that have been used
for show models in Xew
York, secured at a great
bargain for cash, values to
$10.00, at. .$5.00, $3.95
$3.50 Black Ostrich Plumes,
French curl, 17-iu. long; on
sale, choice $1.98
All hats marked in plain
figures here.
Saturday's Cut Price Drug Sale
Demonstration of Pond's Extract (roods. Don't miss It.
fully compounded. Prompt attention given mull orders.
Every Saturday.
Prescriptions Care-
76c Rubber Olovea 28o
25c Hydrogen Peroxide 9o
60c Hydrogen Peroxide 33c
11.00 Pomp Ian Massage Cream 65o
7Bc Pomreian Massage Cream.. 49o
60o I'ompetan Massage Cream .. .ado
SFXCXAX TOD AT OBLT
16c Dr. Oraves' Tooth Powder.. 13o
26c Dr. Lyons Tooth Powder.... 14o
All :6o Sanllol Tooth Preparations 19o
26o Pond s Extract Tooth Powder 30o
26c Swanadown 13c
25c Katln (Skin Powder lo
60c Java Rice Powder &7o
JOo Pozsoni'e Powder 87o
60o Carmen Powder 39o
25c Mennen's Talcum Powder.. ISo
26o Colgate's Talcum Powder... 15o
26o Craddock's Talcum Powder.. 10o
15o Tetlow'a Bath Powder 80
20o Tetlow's Batli Powder loo
25c Crushed Rose Talcum Powder lOo
5c Mennen's New Sen Yang Talcum.
at . . . 20o
Joi-gen's 'Violet Glycerin Soap. A
for IBs
Luna Oil and Buttermilk Soap, box,
at Dlo
15c Imported Castile Soap, cake ..So
10c I'ocoanut OH Soap, he, 6 for 950
10c William's Shaving Soap .... So
10c Turtle OH Phavlng Stick.... 60
:tc Hires Hoot Heer 1BO
Ladies Corsets
, Complete new lines of all best makes shown
in Omaha's greatest Corset Department.
Warner's Rust Proof Corsets New models to
suit each figure, long hip and back and high
bust, as well as medium and short ones
prices from $1.00 to $3.50
La Greques, in the latest models for slender,
medium or stout figures; our regular $10U
long hip, high or low bust models; special
Saturday at $1.50
Nemo Self Reducing Corsets, in complete as
sortment of new styles; price $3.00
75c Corsets, in fine sateen, boned with 11011
rustable steel bonin;-. Iilc web hose sup
porters, front and side; great snap Satur
day at 40c
Fancy Silk Striped Satin and Batiste Girdles,
worth to $1.00, pink or blue, choice.
Mail Orders Promptly Filled.
29c
Weiv Books
All the works of Fiction, regular $1.50 edition,
on sale at 98c
All $1.00 Copyright Rooks on cale. at. i 43c
All 25c Paper Novels, on shI, each T'af1"
NKW NKCKWUAK
The very latest novelties with fancy wide niching.
on sale, at 25 an,l 50?
, NKW ItKI.TS
!Wp Klastlc Helts, at 15
50c Klnstlc Melts at 250
Jjil.OO Elastic Belts, at if)
Special Hale on Hand Bhrs Saturday, (rcat Bargain. ,
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Matchless Bargains in Winter Underwear
A big purchase of Men's, Women's and Children's Underwear, bought for our jobbing depart
ment was delayed in shipment until too late for use in this department. The mills made us a special
price concession if we would receive the goods, which enables us to offer them to our customers,
while they last, at less than regular wholesale prices. SALE , BEGINS SATURDAY AND CON
TINUES ALL NEXT WEEK. DON'T MISS IT. -
Men's Shirts and Drawers, in fine Australian wool or camel's hair, made to sell
at $2.50 a garment; on sale at '. . . . . .'. .$1.50
Men's Shirts and Drawers, in fine quality natural wool, $2.00 a garment values,
on sale at $1.25
Men's Camel's Hair Shirts or Drawers, natural greys, single or double breasted,
worth $2.00 a garment, at, . . . , . 98c
Men's $1.50 All Wool Underwear, greys, tans and all colors, at .75c
Men's Combination Suits Silk and wool, all wool or extra heavy cotton, values
to $5.00 a suit; in 3 big lots sale price . . $2.98, $1.98 and $1.50
Men's Wool Fleeced Shirts or Drawers Wortti Ladies' Hne him and Wool l nlon Suits Very
to $1.00 garment, greys or fancies,
at -15 390 nl 200
Men's and Boys' Wool Sweater Coat style, or
with 4-ply collars, over 100 different styles, at
less than regular wholesale cost.
Men's Fine Wool Sweaters Worth to $6.00,
at 9S 81.50 $1.98
Men's nnd Boys' $1.0O Sweaters Big assort
ment, at 500
Children's Sweaters Regular 50c values,
choice, a: 250
Men's 50c Heavy Wool Hose, at 250
Mall Orders Promptly Filled.
special bargains for Saturday's selling.
at $2.98 nd 82.50
Ladles' Wool I'nion Suits Greatly under
PHced, at 81.50 and 81.98
Ladles' Fleeced Vnderwear Worth to 7oc gar
ment. Special Saturday. 250 390 and 490
Ladies' Union Suits Good quality, fleeced gar
ments, all sizes, great bargain. 390 an 500
Children's Wool Union Suits $1.50 quality, all
sizes, at 980
Indies' Vests or Pants Heavy fleeced gar
ments, great snap, at 150 &nA 250
Children's Cotton Union Suits All sizes, spe
cial, at 250
26o Bryant's Root Beer
tl.OO HHr Finish
75c Hair Brush
60o Hair Brush
10c and 15c Tooth Brushes
15c to 35c Tooth BrtiHhes .
60c Phsvlnn Brushes
$126 Ideal Hair Brush ...
tl.OO Ueal Hair Brush ...
10c
750
BOo
860
. 60
lOo
a so
890
78o
Saturday's Hardware Sale
$1.60 BtI WhMl Boiler Skates, at,
only 890
$3.60 Wooden Coaster Wagons, at,
only
$2.00 Boys' Tricycles, the last sale, .
at
Xonsofurnlahlnff Snaps
36e polished solid steel Pancake Grid
dle, at 3
t6o steel Frying Pans, cold handle,
at 190
Union made Parlor Brooms, only 15o
Your choice of any Vood Chorr'
made Mo
Mrs. Vrooman's 26c Sink Strainer lOo
Pure linen Mops, worth 30c, only IBo
Best quality Mop Sticks, only.. ISo
10c rolls Gold Band Toilet Paper, 3
for 80o
Good Toilet Paper, smaller rolls, 10
for 86o
Beet Quality Weak Boiler XJsk
Everyone knows that the Llsk Boil
ers are the very best made. We have
sales on cheaper boilers, but have de
cided to cut the price on the best
boilers made, for one day.
$2.00 No. 7 Lisk block tin, wood han-
uik i upper Buller 81.49
$2 '.'5 No. 8 lAnk block tin, wood han
dle Copper Boiler 81.59
$2.50 No. 9 Llsk block tin, wood han
dle Copper Boiler 81-S9
These boilers are guaranteed for S
years. This Is a snap.
The Home of the Wash Kaohln
We need not tell you that we sell
one hundred wash machines to every
one sold by others in Ouiaha. Tills is
a well known fact.
Ssturday we will sell $S.OO Kotary
Washers for 9-9H
Bavory Roasters, the genuine. Satur
day 930
Mrs. Pott's polished Sad Irons, $1.25
quality 89o
75c Bread Boxes, japanned .... 49o
98c Flour Cans, 60 lb., decorated 5o
Builder's Hardware 6ale
Combination button Plyers, 60c qual
ity 89o
$1.25 Jennings made Saw 79o
May dole Brown Hammer, on sale 99o
4 tine Potato or Spading Fork 4o
Coal Scoops, worth 75c 49o
Solid Steel Spade. Saturday.... 490
Try Hayden's Jap-a-Lac, Taints and
Varnish.
Read Hayden's Big Grocery Sale for Saturday
The best brands Laundry Soaps, 10 bare
for -6o
The best pure cane Granulated Sugar at
Less Than Jobber's Cost.
The best white or yellow Cornmeal, per
sack J6C
6 pounds Japan Rice -o
The best peRrl Tapioca or Sago, per lb. bo
The best domestic Macaroni, pkg. .. 8Vo
3 lb. cans golden Pumpkin, Hominy, Squash,
Hauer Kruut or Baked Beans, per can Tiic
ilaarmann'a Pure Malt Vinegar, bottle 6c
Oatmeal and Graham Crackers, per lb 8Hc.
Puffed Rice, per pkg 7Ho
Zest Breakfast Food, per pkg 6"
Wheat Berries, per pkg oe
Bluejay Oatmeal, per pkg 7',c
Corn Starch, per pkg 5;
24 boxes best Parlor Matches for.... 26c
1 lb. cans Assorted Soups Hie
Oil or Mustard Sardines, per can .. 4c
Large bottles pure Tomato Catsup or Wor
cester Sauce, per bottle 8ViO
The best hand picked Navy Beans, lb. 60
Choice Sun rrlcd Jaran Tea, per lb. J5e
Fancy Basket Fired Japan, English Break
fast, Oolong, Ceylon or Gunpowder Tea,
per lb 3So
Golden Pantos Coffee, per lb ISo
Fancy Maracalho Blend, per lb 20c
Fancy Ankola Blend, per lb 26c
EAB THXSB
BUTTXB
CBXI11 ABB
FBZOZB
Choice Dairy Butter, per lb lo
Fancv Dairy Butter, per lb 21o
Fancy No. 1 Country Creamery Butter, per
111 24e
Fancv Full Cream Cheese, per lb 16c
Neufchatel Cheese, each 3c
Fancy full cream Brick Cheese, per lb. 15c
THE XiAST OX TKB TaKOVI WIX.BOB
FXACHBS
These are extra fancy No. 1 quality, finer
picked, per crate 75o
We have any kind of fruit 70a want for
Canning.
M HAYDEN'S EMI
Big Umbrella Sale Saturday
The entire sample line
of WM. RICH & CO., of
New York.
An immense assortment,
of high class soods
many of them worth to
$5.00, gold nnd silver
plated, horn or natural
wood handles, Union
taffeta and all silk cov
ers, all have silk cord
and tassle. Not an um
brella in the lot hut is
worth double Satur
day's prices; handles
alone in most cases arc
worth much more; at,
choice.... 98c, S1.50
Big Shoe Sale Saturday
All of the items mentioned below are especially priced
for quick selling. Bring the children in and notice the prices
and convenience of our Children's Department.
Men's $3.00 and $3.50 welt sol? shoes in box calf vlcl kid and patent
colt .81.98
Women's shoes and oxfords, absolutely worth up to $3 .50, most all
leathers -81.98
Misses' and child's school shoes, vorth up to $1.75, tan or black $1.00
Closing out all the women's oxfords, former prices $1.60 and $1.75,
at ....n, $1.00
Boys' youths' and little gents' school shoes, worth u to S!.7.".
at ?l.li)Hl 080
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Children's shoes, worth 75c and $1.00 In re, tan cr Mr
Agents for Stetson and Crossett shoea for in . : , i. ; . ::
Quality and Grover shoes for women.
Mall Orders Filled on Above Prices.
Mason Jars! Masc. ...
We aro aoing to make Saturday the banner f.io day uf 'J..-, h. ji i The
trusts have got together again ami Mason .lars are unuml i'. m iimcIi higher
We have bought three solid carloads i'.f thrui ami as '.oiik .is tlicy las; v.c
will sell them at the following:
Pint Mason Jars, with caps Hiid covers, per lr.z n eao
Quart Mason Jars with caps ami covers, pi-r dozen 490
Half-gallon Mason Jars with taps and covers, per n2"ii 60e
Buy now for your present and future use.
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LAW m JUSTICE TRICKED
Loopholes Through Which Crime
Evades the Penalty.
LIGHT UPON THE DAUK SPOTS
Technical Construction br the Courts
and HaJr-Spllttina; Attorneys Tip
the Irales ef Jnstlee Some
Instances Cited.
An Informing and Interesting paper on
"Loopholes of the I -aw" appears in the
current number of Colller'a Weekly from
the pen of C. P. Connolly, for years prose
cuting; attorney of Silver Bow county, Mon
tana. A part of the raper follows:
The unsubsldtsed publicity of the present
era Is letting In the light upon the dark
pots In the administration of our criminal
lawe. Lawyers of prominence throughout
the country have for years publicly and
privately criticised the rresent growing ten
dency toward a too technical construction
of the laws in the criminal departments of
our state courta. The evil has grown to
such magnitude that the decisions of cnuru
of appeal In eaaea In which a public Inter
est has been aroused are made the subject
of ribald Jest among the learned as well
as the Ignorant. It haa brought into In
repute the temple that should stand In
public esteem highest of all in the orderly
dispensations of our modern clvillia'.lon.
There are Indications everywhere, how
ever, that public sentLnent has become so
aroused on this subject that something
must soon be done to rid the law of those
Rnclent quibbles that have done more to
encourage crime than all the crime schools
of the big cities. Kvcn the minlaters of
the gospel out In California trained their
pulpit batteries on tho evil, moved by the
iieclsloii of the supreme court of California
in the Schmlts case. The demoralisation
of Juetlce caused by this decision has been
so great as to create widespread Indigna
tion and bring deserved public rebuke.
The Ominous Case of Abe Bnef,
Abe Ruef. nn astute lawyer, as well aa
a graduate of the Cniversity of California,
so far believed he had committed a great
legal as nell aa moral crime as to make
a public confession, moistened and sensa
tionalised by his own tears. The supreme
court of the slate bade him dry his tei.r--ihey
were uncalled for. The antl.evtic
technicalities of the law had washed v. h'te
his sins. The appellate court cf California
found 'laws In the record which n.'s'it
have Just'fied a reversal under ordnary
rules, but the supreme court based Us de
cision upon the ground that no crime had
been committed by Schmlts and Ruef.
Reams could be written telling of deei
slons so hair-spllttlngly technical that the
man of aense must laugh at them.
W hen a Strap la Not a whip.
On the 8th day of Aptil, last year, at
Paker City, Ore., two men beat a woman
It would bo very interesting to know
f a bow manv veara vour family etarsician
Of KdOllCf llS hM Precribe'1 Ayr, Cherry Pectoral
a1 a-' tnr rnbs roMs sn4 all fflrml nt tuna
a m l jf. troubles. Asi him the next time you see
AeUfatt to eti your Joctot mboul . . . . . . . ' .
W Cherry Pecfera It u . rcevar mtJx- 'm- wesnowpnystusnswDonsveusea
m aresef mfxHrm. eWter'. wxJlim for O'Cf half Century.
i.C Artwem.,
1 ow.'.i :
on the public street with some kind of a
heavy strap. One of the.e men held a re
volver In his hand so as to compel the
woman to stand and take the btatlcg.
while the other brutally beat her with t'ie
strap. The men were convicted by a Jury.
They were convicted under a atatute that
provided that "if any person shall asult,
or assault and beat another with a cow
hide, whip, stick, or like thing, having at
the time in hts .ossession a pistol, di k
or other deadly weapon with in ent to In
timidate and prevent such other from re
sisting or defending himself, such perion.
upon conviction thereof, shall be puulshej
by imprisonment In the penitentiary noL
less than one nor more than ten years."
The district attorney In h s Information,
charged the fact that the defendants hell
a gun while they bfat th" woman with n
leather strap. The ca?e was reversed on
the ground that the Information "contains
nothing to bring the strap within tl"e cU.s
of Instruments mentioned under 'cowhide.
j whip, stick, or like thing.'" "Where the
Instrument ued Is not one of those named
in the statute." says the curt, "the.i it
must be so described as to bring it within
the term 'or like thing.' and it is not suf
ficient to refer to It as a bather alrap
Therefore, the Information is tnsufficlnt
to charge the crime defined ty the a'.a:
ute." The Difference Between "o" and "n."
Jn the case of Ntitt agains' the State
which will b found in the Mx;-tlihd Ala
bama atale reports at page 10, the pr.s
oner, Nutt, was Indicted for the murder of
Luke Hodnett, by striking him with a gun.
Nutt objected to going ti trial on the
ground that a copy of the indictment lud
not been served upon him. inasmuch us i,i
the alleged copy of the Indiclm.nt served
on blm the name of the deceased was
spelled I.uke "HaJnett" lnM,ad of I. k
"Hodnett," as It was spelled vti the erg
nal indictment. The copyist I ad luough.
the loop ufltr the "o" down a thirty-scc-and
of an huh too far. The court ue: ruled
the objection and required the defendant to
proceed too far. The defendant waa c n
vieted and appealed. The original Indict
ment on Which the defendant was trUd.
in which it must be remembered the name
was correctly spelled, and the copy served
on the defendant, were In the original
form, carefully tarried before the supreme
court of Alabama. We can almost see this
great court, adjusting its nose glasses, or
taking a microscope and carefully ex
amining the two papers, and then deliver
ing itself of this profund opinion;
"The law requited, that the defendant be
:eivcd with a copy of the Indictment. The
ic.ison of this statute Is that the accused
may be Informed of the charge against
him, so that he may prepare f ir his de
Tense. The Indictment charges the murder
of I,uka Hodnett. The paper served as a
copy describis tiie slain as I.uke Hadnett.
It follows that a literal copy of the indict
ment was not ni fact served on the de
fendant. Tile xanancf in the present case
may appear slight, and possibly It may bt
ustunied that the defendant was not mis
It d by il. Sell, it is u variance. A copy
of the indicln ent was not served. If we
were to disallow th'a objection on the
rruund that trie vaiunce did not mislead,
we would enter upon an unco lain fie'd of
probabilities, and know not where we
would find a limit. Be'ter to err in favor
of life and liberty than to enter upon
ground ao dangerous "
A (rook Released.
Six montl.s ago a deputy ileik of one of
the dielrict courts In Montana was cun
victcd on t wo charge j of forging warrants
or cerufi.ates for Jurors fees. He had
Issued the warrants In the names of fleti
l.uus person. He had confederates who
obtained tne cash from the county treas
urer on these warrsnta. The amount of his
peculatim was something like J.V.f). He
was sentenced on the two charges to sev
c:ul years' imprisonment His attorney
went to the supreme court on the Issue
that the copies of the warren's or certifi
cates aa set out In the lndk'trpents failed
to thow that the seal of the clerk of the
court was attached to them, and that In
the absence, of such seal, which was re
quired by law, the warrants or certificates
wore void, and no crime was committed.
The supreme court sustained this conten
tion, and the deputy clerk Is now a free
man. although one of bis confederates,
weighed down by the sense of his own
guilt and the disclosure of it. died as an
Indirect result. Vet no lawyer, educated
under the present system, will question the
correctness of this decision, if Judicial
precedents have any force at all.
In another case, a case of cold-blooded
murder, the rrosecutlng attorney neglected,
by one of tliore unavoidable mental lapses
to which we are aM subject, and which no
one eeemed to have discovered unlll too
late, to set out In the body of the indict
ment the name of the county where the
murder was committed, though the name
appeared In the caption. There were any
number of Instances whh h advl.-ed the
defendant of tiie venue of the crime. All
through the trial reference was made to
the exact locality. It waa proved beyond
cavil. The defendant himself took th
ainnd, described the place, and named 1 1 1 .--county
In the te'ling of hia atory. He did
not know that he hail not been legally
charged with a crime In that particular
county. In fact, he supposed he had. Hut
after his conviction of murder in the first
Cegree, hi lawyer discovered the flaw.
They raleed the question, and the supreme
court, of course, reversed the rase. Had
the defendant been arquitted, hla acquittal
would have been legal. Having been con
victed waa Illegal.
The Standard till Fine.
Taie the opinion of the federal court of
arpeala In the Standard Oil case, revere,
lug Judge Kenesaw M. I.andia. Aa In Ihe
opinion of the supreme court of California
in the ft -limits tare. It alms at the base of
the prosecution and lavs down doctrines,
which practically legalize the offense. U
pals a premium on ptrjury by deciding
that unless the defendant admita it knew
the lawful tariff schedule it can not be
convicted. There Is no burden on il to
find out. It is, of course, practically im
possible to prove knowledge of that kind.
It Is solely within the mind of the agent
of the corporation, and he Is not going to
sacrifice bis position by telling the truth
If It Jeopardizes the Interest of hie em
ployer. Again, the opinion practically decides
that the Standard Oil company may be
a trust In crime but component rxnts for
punishment. You may convict HawooJ
of a murder which he In alleged to have
planned, but you can nut convict the
parent oil company of the crimes of its
agents lta Harry Orchards. The court
pleads for the Innocent hlockhold. i s; hut
why worry over the wronga of stockhol
ders, who, by continuing to hold stock In
a corporation whose principal profits ure
derived from defiance of the laws, become
partners In the guilt of their agents and
officera?
Criminal Law a Joke.
We are told that we should respect the
ci'iurts; but when we read the words of
one co'irt flagellating another, which shall
we reelect? Is the riot act more becom
ing w litn read by a higher to a lower court
than when read to a convicted criminal be
fore llm bar of Justice? The waddling
logic ef some of these corporate decisions
is like a devious path in a thorny wood.
You can hide guilt anywhere In the brush,
while blind Justice gropes in the open
road.
"It la when the courta refuse to hold
event) and exactly between all who come
before the bar that they become degraded
in the respc.i t of men," said Cnited States
Judye William II. Hunt of Montana from
the bench recently.
One must take the administration of the
criminal law in our country humorously
If he takes tt at all; and yet how Mr.
Dooley sal Lack arid laughed about ihe
way the r'tendi tried ths Dreyfjs iael
WOODEN INDIAN REPLEVIED
fainted Cigar Sln la Honied to (onrl
by (unstable! tirnrit
Church,
To pay for the war paint smeared over
his face to make him look like a real re 1
skln on th warputh. a wooden Indian
which has stood guard at the cigar store
of Joseph Hroughton was replevlned by
Moon & Nelson, decorators, Friday snd
hauled to court In a moving van.
Constable (icorge W. Cliurvli captured
the aboilgine under ordeis fi cu Justt-e
Anderson. ani Mood puurd m-er It will1
It was removtd to u pliu e of safety ' M-mn
& Nelson, who r plevlne. the Indian.
they repainted and set lis brohen arm. je t
it on a new iiedi atal and got it ready to
help celebrate 1 1 if carnival, all at the eft
of which, they assert, hns tint been
paid.
THE MIDWEST LIFE
Vacation is over and as the dally
work la once more taken up, one should
not overlook the importance of taking
out tl.st life Insurance policy which has
been so long delayed. The Midwest Life
of Lincoln Issues all the standard forma
and at a premium rate aa low as the
lowest.
The paid-up capital jitock of The Mid
west .Life Is now f 1 20.000. all Invested In
first morgages on Nebraska Real Exist
and deposited with th Auditor of p.ibllc
Artounta of the statu for the security of
Its policyholders it, lr.-m.,tm Hnd
Interest receipts fur the ear I'.iiiS will
exceed $63,000, all of whih remain In
Nebraska.
Among the stockholder of the Midwest
Life are found successful and represen
tative business and professional men from
all over tho state.
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