High-Grade Linen Department
Our direct importations and mammoth stock of linens enable us to furnish
Grand Clearance Plain and Fancy Silks
36-inch Black and Novelty Taffetas, 27-inch Wash Taffetas, 19 and 27-inch Nov
elty Silk, Taffetas, Messalines, Liberty Satins, Wgf , f
Foulards, Peau de Oygnes; values up to $1.50 3lu OSr C
in two lots at, per yard m r f r
Special Sale Bargains in Black Taffetas Best quality fast black domestic
taffetas at sweeping price reductions for Monday's sale.
T
aaae lniii
aJS
your wants in high grade linens at a lower price than any house west of Chicago.
$1.75 Black Taffeta 36-
in. wide, extra heavy
quality S1.25
$1.15 Black Taffeta 3C
in. wide, beautiful fin
ish, yard 85c
$1.35 Black Taffeta 36-
in. wide, splendid bar
gain, yard 98c
SILK PETTICOATS Made to your measure from this silk fo; 75c
You may select any of these special sale silks you wish, pay for the quan
tity required and 70c extra for making and we will make to your measure a
handsome silk petticoat in the full flaring style now so much desired.
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded.
January Rug Sale
We're allotting complete lines Of (he new 1900 designs at less than you'll find them priced
elsewhere in Omaha or the went.
KB MCWDAT'B OB1AT SPECIALS.
J 8.00 Kashmir Bar. 8x9 size, fast color, at $5.98
13.60 Kashmir Btug-s, 8x11 size, 60 patterns for
selection, at (9.98
30.00 Tapestry Brussels Bars, one seam, Hxl2
size, eaeh 914.98
(13.00 Seamless Brussels Bars, 10 wire, 7-6x9 size.
on sale at (9.98
(30.00 Axmlneter Bog's, xl2 size, 28 pattern- fr
election, at (31.98
$35.00 Wilton Velvet Bugs, x1l size, snap at (17.98
(30.00 Seamless Wilton Velvet Bars, 9x1$ slxe,
on sale at (33.48
XJnolsnms Heavy quality, worth to 75c square
yard, on sale at . 4o and 390
Floor Oil Cloth Best grade, on sale at, square
yard - 8o
7-foot Oil Opsone Shades 39c
7-foot Water Color Shades SaViO
THE 'RELIABLE STORE.
A Rare Opportunity
for the hotel man or housekeeper to fill up on sheets and
pillow cases at prices never before quoted in our high
grade Linen Department Monday.
$1.25 Sheets, size 81x90
each 850
(1.15 Sheets, size 81x90
each 75o
$1.05 Sheets, size 81x90
each 69o
95c Sheets, size 81x90
each 65o
80c Sheets, size 81x90
each 48o
11.10 Sheets, size 72x90
each .....7So
11.06 Sheets, size 72x90
each 6So
90c Sheets, size 72x90
each 69e
85c Sheets, size 72x90
each 65c
80c Sheets, size 72x90
each .... 36a
l!Hc Pillow Cases, size 42xS
each , $o
15c rillow Caes, size 42x36
each 10o
15c rillow Cases, size 45x36
each 10c
18c Pillow Cases, size 45x36
each llo
20c Pillow Cases, size 42x36
each .... 140
20c Pillow Cases, size 45x36 .
each ".14o
One hundred genuine Imported Mar
seilles Bed Spreads, extra I a rite
size, heavy knotted fringe, square
or cut corners the nest value
ever offered, worth 16.50; Mon
day, each (3.50
All mall orders promptly filled.
Elegant assortment of Irish, Scotch and
German Table Damask, 72 inches wide
warranted pure flax, heavy double
damask, including our $1.98 values
Monday, yard 98c
Pure linen dinner napkins, German make, sil
ver bleach, full size, never sold less than
$3.25, Monday, C for 9
Unhenimed pattern table cloths, size 8-4 as 2
yards, German silver bleach, warranted pure
flax, regular $2.60 values, Monday,
pach 81.75
Mammoth collection strictly high grade hem
stitched huck and Turkish towels, 35c and
39c grade, Monday, each 11)
Grand collection heavy Scotch satin da
mask table linen, 2 yards wide, pure
flax, the most durable linen in the
world, regular $1.25 values Monday,
yard G9c
Full dinner napkins, size 24-ln. square, beau
tiful range of patterns, heavy Irish dew
bleached damask, worth $4.50 doi., Monday,
dozen $2.75
Splendid assortment hemmed huck towels,
fringed satin damask and hemstitched birds
eye towels, 18c values, Monday, each....O
Mall orders specially attended to.
January Sale of Lace Curtains in Every Weave & Slyle
Duchess Lace Curtains in white or cream, at,
Pair $10.00
Cluny I.are Curtains In white or Ecru that
sold at $7.50 pair, go at ....$4.98
Cable Net, 54-in. wide, that sold at $6.50, go
at. pair $3.98
Brussellette Curtains in beautiful designs that
old at $4.98, go, at, pair.., $2.98
Brussellette Curtains that sold at $3.50 pair,
go, at. pair 5 j 1.98
Tapestry Portieres with heavy fringe that sold
at $5.60 pair, go, at, pair $2.98
Portieres In all shades, with tapestry borders,
at, pair $6.60. $4.98 and $3.98
Couch Covers that sold at $5.00, go, at
each $2.98
60-inch couch that sold at $3.00, go, at
each - $1.98
" Tremendous Clearance Sale of Women's Garments
Our cloak buyer is now in New York and hurry out prices
are evident in all lines of women's ready-to-wear outer
garments-qualities and assortments you'll find fully up to
your expectations, and prices far less than you'd expect at
any time for garments of such high quality and up-to-date
style. Winter stocks must be greatly
reduced within the next few days,
and all will go the bargain way.
HALF PRICE is the rule throughout our splendid
winter stock with many extra specials priced far below
the Half Price standard.
200 Women's Winter Coats, in colors and black; values to
$20.00, shown at .$7.50
100 Fine Caricol Coats that sold, regularly to $30.00, on
sale, choice '. .$9.90
Your unrestricted choice of any eloth coat in the house
that sold up to $40.00 during this sale at $15.00
$90.00 Beaver Coats on sale at $45.00
$50.00 Near Seal Coats, with beaver collar and cuffs, sale
price $39.00
Women's Astrakhan Coats Rousing bargains, $19.90
One-Piece Dresses Beautiful designs, all colors, regular
values to $23.00, at $9.90
50 Handsome Opera Coats, that sold at $30.00 and $35.00,
Monday, choice : . . .' ; $12.50
$6.00 Eiderdown Bath Robes, on sale at. . . $2.98
Children's Wool Dresses, $4.00 values at, choice. .$1.50
$6.00 and $7.00 Silk Waists in this sale at " .$2.98
Infants' Bearskin Coats, worth to $5.00, at $1.98
January Clearance Furniture Specials
Vt MJ&Z
Hh S3
y J. I .
i
IP
SioveDept.Specials
We have about 500 Oak
, stoves with 15-inch fire pot,
full nickel plated, air tight
checks; double steel casings
other dealers ask $12.00
to $17.00 for similar stoves.
We will close the lot at,
choice $6.95
4-hole cast Cook Stoves 18
in. oven, great snap, $7.89
Gas Radiators, cast base
and top and steel tubes
special at $1.98
Large size Sheet Iron, air
tight stoves, with nickel
trimmings, at $2.25
Couches and Bed Daven:
ports of all kinds and de
scriptions. See our offerings before
buying. You'll gain in qual
ity and save in price.
Just a few of the many
splendid bargain offerings
this week.
Solid Oak Dining Table, 54
inch round top, G ft. exten
sion, dividing pedestal with
patent lock, sale price, each,
only $11.75
Sample Metal Beds, one and
two of a pattern", 150 styles
in the lot for selection, on
sale at Less than Wholesale
Prices.
$35.00 Chase Leather Bed
Davenport, quartered oak
frame, steel construction,
at $26.50
$30 Genuine Leather Couch;
great snap at price ..$19.50
Kitchen Cabinets, Cupboards
Safes, Tables, etc., at. Iiarguin
Prices.
A good all maple, two-bin kitchen
cabinet on sale at, only. $3.75
Our Grand Opening
Lace Sale
which began Friday will continue
Monday and Tuesday with scores
of new lots added to the already
tremendous assortment of match
less bargains.
Zion City Laces, yard, 3Vc, 5c,
712C, 10c and 15c
We are sole selling agents of
these, the best wash laces made.
Fine Torchon Laces, splendid va
riety, yd. IY2C, 2V2C, 3V2C, 5c
Heavy Cluny Torchons, beautiful
patterns, 3M:C, 5c, 7Vc, 10c
Fine Val. Laces, on sale Monday,
lV-iC, 2MjC, SVc, 5c, 7e
Dainty Oriental Laces at, a yard,
5c, 7M:C, 10c, 15c and 19c
Fine Point d'Esprits, at, yard 2c, 6c
and 7H
$1 quality New Fancy Nets for Waists,
at. yard 4$)
$1.50 quality New Black Silk Nets, at,
yard 50
Venice and Applique Lares, big line of
15o to $1.60 values, yd.. 5 to 25
Fine Normandy Val. Laces, at yard
716 c, 10c, 15c and IJ)
Black Silk Chantilly laces, yd.5 15
Real Linen Laces, yd.2c, 3c to 10
One More Day of
the Great
Clothing Clearance
Men's Suits and
O 'Coats, $18 to
$35 values, at. .
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
and other well known brands
best values ever offered.
See ad.
in
Unparalleled Bargain OUeringsSlr January Underw'r Clearance
All odd. lots and broken lines will be hur
ried out at less than actual mill cost and bar
gain offerings on complete lines are the greatest
ever known in the west.
Ladies' Silk or Wool Vests or Pants, regular
$1.50 garment values, on sale at 98c
Ladies' Wool Union Suits, gray or white, all
sizes, worth up to $2.50, on sale at $1.50
Ladies' Vests or Pants, in wool, silk and wool
or Vega silk, odd lots, worth to $2.00 a gar
ment, on sale Monday at 79c
Ladies' Silk and Wool Union Suits, $3.50 val
ues, at $2.50
Ladles' Union Suits, worth to $1.50, heavy
fleeced, grey or white 49 anl 98
Ladies' Outing Flannel Skirts, on sale
at 25
Ladles' Knit Skirts 3J)
11 A. M. to 12 M. Ladies' I'ndervests or
Pants All wool, silk and wool or Vega
silk, $2.00 garment values, at 69
Men's $2.50 Undershirts or Drawers, pure Australian
wool, extra fine quality; on sale at $1.50
Men's heavy wool Shirts or Drawers, worth to $2.00
a garment, all sizes, at 98
Men's Winter Underwear, 80 per cent wool, all sizes
and colors, worth to $1.50 garment, at 69
Men's Fleeced Shirts or Drawers worth double, sale
prices at 29 and 39
Children's Union Suits, all sizes, winter
weights, great snap 49
Children's Vests or Pants Heavy fleeced,
all sizes, at, choice 25
Children's Outing Flannel Gowns, all
sizes, special, at 49
Ladles' VeBts or Pants, heavy fleeced, val
ues to $1, In 3 lots, Monday 23 39
and 49
Men's and Boys' Wool Sweaters, flno quality to $3
values at $1.50 and $1.98
Men'u Blue Flannel Overshlrts California or Army
flannel worth to $2.50, choice 98
O to 10 A. M. Men's Fleeced shirts or drawers, 50c
quality, at 25
IO to 11 A. M. Men's heavy cotton flannel gloves
and mittens, 15c values, pair ; 5
Big Sale in Hardware
Domestic Wringer, w'th
$3.75; we give you a
three year guarantee
in writing; on sale Monday $2.95
No. 8 Wash Boiler, heavy galvanized, worth $1. .69
The Waverly Gearless Washer, worth $7.95, on sale
Monday. This la a barRain, at $4.95
2-qt. enameled blue and white rice boiler, only. 49
10-qt. enameled gray dish pan, only 15
7
4-qt. enameled gray preserving kettle, only..., 151
Hay den9 s First for Groceries, Fresh Vegetables.
Fruits, Crackers, Butter, Cheese and Meats
Best pure Cane Granulated Sugar at
less than Jobbers' cost.
10 bara best brands Laundry Soap
for -c
6 lbs. choice Japan Rice for 25c
4 lbs. beat Pearl Tapioca or Sago. 25c
The best hand picked. Navy Beans.
lb 6c
J-lb. cans solid packed Tomatoes 8Hc
2-lb. cans fancy No. 1 Sweet Sugar
Corn for .' 7 Ho
S-lb. cans Golden Pumpkin. Hominy,
Squash, or Baked Beans for.... 8 Ho
Three 10c package. Vp-to-Uate Wag
ing Powder for I'o
Don't
Forget
Try S0 MYDEKPS First
it
Pays
Golden Corn, Apples or Tomatoes. 20o
Bromangelon, Jellycon or Jello, per
package THc
Peanut Butter, per Jar..... c
Oil or Mustard Sardines, per can, 4 Ho
Schepp's Cocoanut, pr lb ..20c
Fancy Uolden bantu Coffee, lb. .luu
Kauuy Aiaracaiuo Blend t offee, lb. 1 80
Fancy Porto Kiio Blend Coffee, lb.20j
Fancy Ankola Blend Coffee, lb...L'no
The best Tea Sif tings, per lb luc
Fancy Bun Dried Japan Tea, lb..-5o
Fancy Hplder Leg Japan, Kngll li
Breakfast, Oolong, Ceylon or Gun
powder Tea, per lb Sc
Fancy California Prunes, per lb.. 4u
Fancy Italian Prune, per lb.... 7 He
Fancy Cleaned Currants, per U1..8HC
Fancy Muscatel Cooking Kalslns. per
lb 8 10
Omaha's Greatest Vegetable and
Fruit Market.
Fresh Spinach, per peck iOc.
Fresh Beets or Turnips, bunch., be
Fresh Head Lettuce, per head, Bc-7Ho
Fresh Onions, three bunches for. . 60
Fancy fresh Cauliflower, per lb..7Hc
Fancy fresh Wax Beans, quart.. lOo
Fancy fresh Green Beans, quart.. 10a
Two heads fresh Leaf Lettuce.... 60 .
Three bunches fresh Radishes... 60
New Honey, per rack 12 Ho
New Fard Datea, per lb loo
Fresh rousted Peanuts, quart 6c
Large Cocoanuts, ea:h 60
Lurge, juicy Lemons, per do 15o
Big Highland Xsvel Orange Sale.
The most healthful fruit grown to
eat this season of ytar. The High
land Navels are the finest, richest
flavored. Juiciest and sweetest or
angps grown. Hale prices:
Regular :'6c size, per dozen 15o
Regular 30o size, per dozen iOo
Regular 35c size, per dozen ''Bo
Regular 40c size, per dozen 30o
A hundHome Tea Canister, TitliJ);,
with every pound of Tea Monday.
In the Field of Electricity
Ptlspaitil of IOO.
NB billion dollars expended by
the people of the Vnited Stales
for electrical service last year
Is the estimate of the years
business given by Thomas Com-
mnrfrtrd Martin, editor of the
Lltctrkal World. In the New York Herald e
annual review. He considers the estimate
the "lowest reasonable one that can be
made," and Is rightly regarded as a notably
good one for "an off year." Mr. Martin
say s In part:
"Whaf the public spends for electricity
la made up partly by the purchase of elec
trical machinery and apparatus and partly
by what It pays for the operation of the
plant already Installed. Now it Is, un
fortunately, the truth that during the last
twelve months enterprise has not died, but
execution has lingered for lark of funds,
tying the consumption of electrical appli
ances down to the varieties that need fre
quent renewal. Hence there has been little
to note In the nature of large development.
. "If $60,000,000 gross be taken as the income
of the telegraph companies tn 19o8 the
earnings of the telephone companlea must
be rated at not leas than mooo,0i. Placing
the number of telephone stations In the
country at ,O00.00O an average Income of
only 13 a year per Instrument would reach
toward that figur. and the average Is usu
ally put around HO. Why It la nobody
know, but It la universal testimony that
the Tarloua Kal telephone systems through
out the country showed less marks of
janlO thaa any other Electrical branch.
Klec'.ric light an,t power were not expen
sive, trolley riding was checked by factory
shutdowns and reduced office forces, but
telephony "kept right along. "
I.laht Tll'ower Plants.
The central station Industry, supplying
light and power, may be aald to have ma
terially improved Its position In 1908, bat
from the most diverse causes. Oficourse
It felt the panic In ways already Indicated,
yet theru la evidently a growth, which has
some relation to the number of people In
the country, Just like the consumption of
food. There was probably not much. If
any, lm rease In the earnings of the exist
ing companies, whose gross Income may be
put at 25,000,000, but a considerable num
ber of new plants came Into range and
many were actually started. ,
The total number of central station com
panies Incorporated from January 1 to Au
gust 1 was ZX. This does not Include mu
nicipal planta authorized, of which eighty
one were In course of construction during
the period considered. The capitalization of
these planta was given for S07, viz., M.??,
600. In the cases of Colorado (three plants,
3.62,000, Montana (seven planta. tlSftyiOO)
and Washington (nine plants. Sll.UtJtOO)
large water power developments account for
the figures. During the period considered
ltS7 plants were In the course of construc
tion In forty-two states.
These are striking flgurea of growth for
dull times, supported moreover by the data
of McGraw's Klectrtcal Directory, which
show for October 6,111 pltnts or systems,
or I.G4 for the UulWd Btatta and Canada.
of which 230 had not previously been re
ported; and nearly all of these had got
to the firing line of operation. The ten
dency to consolidation marks the growth
and lessens these figures, and In 1908 what
In earlier days would have been a separate
self-contained company often began merely
a a aubatatlon for an adjacent network.
The year has thus seen the Boston F.dison
company completing the absorption of many
outlying planta Into lta system, which now
ramifies over a large part of the state.
Telephone Habit Grows.
The point seems to be that the telephone
habit grows. The cost per message to the
user goes down steadily, but the use of the
service Increase more than in proportion.
Hence 11108 exhibited In many places the
curious anomaly of a company trying
quietly to check the gain In Its new busi
ness, minimizing its solicitation of subscrib
ers and equipping slowly those It did get.
'With easier finances this will all be dif
ferent, but 19(4 will be remembered by tele
phonists as a period of repression rather
than depreaston.
During the year the Bell aystem haa more
than held Its own, but the "Independent''
growth haa also been remarkable, requiring
at least 100.000,000 of new capital. There Is
still chaoa and feud, with no approach to
an entente cordial between Bell and Inde
pendent, as In other Industrial lines, but of
rhe I.0OO.0OO Instruments attributed popu
larly to the Independent systems, about S
per cent are understood to be knitted Into
the Bell network.
A latter day development is the starting
up of many new local companies thoroughly
autonomous as to service In their owa ter
ritory, but using Bell long distance lines
(or outer contact A further notable ex
tenelou of telephony during the year has
been its adoption by the trunk, railroads,
which one after another have come out in
favor and use of It.
Current ta Huge Contracts.
A great feature ot central station devel
opment in 1908 has been the taking on of
contracts for the supply of current In huge
blocks. This enlarges at once the station
ary motor service already given. The New
York Edison system has done this, for In
stance, on the industrial work of the New
York Central at . Forty-second street, but
the Chicago Kdison hus begun to lay its
plans for reaching a logical goal of uni
versal supply to even the largest consumer
within Its territory. President Insult holding
that the central station should in this re
spect be the analogue of the water supply,
last October, therefore, he made a contract
marking the new eta with , tlx: Chicago
Railway company, agreeing to stand ready
to furnish current of not less than uO.OOO
kilowatts, or say 40,000 horse-power, at a
fixed prxes for capacity required; and a
small further charge less than half a cent
for all current actually used. This Im
portant contract ruin ten years and la be
ing intently studied, as it may indicate one
of the aolving factors in the cheaper electrl-,
flcatlon of big railroad terminals all over
the country, to say nothing of affecting
the operation of street railways, besides
providing a new and steady business on a
vast scalu for the central stations.
Street Hallway S stems.
The electric street and Interurban rail
way industry Is the great earning member
of the famliy, gathering In nickels during
1908 to the tune of 1375,OuO,C'jO to tt00.000.0u0.
The margin on this has ben show a during
the year to be none too great, however. In
Cleveland Tom Johnson's l-cent fare
scheme eollapaed In miserable failure; la
New York City the vaiious Metropolitan
recelvera withstood sturdily the efforts
made to retain the old transfer system, and
In New England steps were taken to put
the fare above 6 cents In cases where It
doea not pay.
All this is symptomatic of the higher
cost of nearly everything and not excep
tional. The total capital obligations of street and
elevated systems reached in August, 19(.
the gigantic sum of !.l-'.1.Kt.9:S. being an
Increase for the year of 835S.616.5J3. The
numbers of cars at tht beginning of the
year was 8.2t4, and the length of track
was 38. M:' miles; figures which have gained
during the year from u to 10 per cent.
The marked element of novelty has been
the very general Introduction of pay-as-wiu-enLr
cars, making for the comfoit
of the passengers and certainly tending to
give the companies more of the fares they
earn, but have not collected hitherto.
Klertrlc Locomotives la Tannel.
Passenger trains hauled by electric loco
motives will be running through the Cus
cade tunnel of the Great Northern railroad
before January 1. 1S-.9. The electrification
of this long tunnel, which has been
such a source of trouble and an
nynrr since the road was built. Is
the largest i.nd'Ttuking of lis kind ever at
tended ill the west, and the Great North
ern Is the first of tie yrest western mail
to ai'opt electric propulsion for any consid
erable portion of Its roud.
Not only Is the Cascade development the
largest of Its kind In the west, but It is
the first three-phase railroad system to be
Installed In this country and one of the
first in the world. The most unusual fea
ture of this electric service, as planned by
the General Klectrlc company's engineers.
Is the fact that the motors, which pull the
electric locomotives and trains up the
grades, will naturally and Inherently be
come generators on the down grauee and
return electrical energy to the line.
The Cascade tunnel is a little less than
three miles In length. The electrification of
this division will eliminate the present con
gestion of traffic, because steam locomo
tives cannot pass through the great bore
very often on account of the stifling gases
and deadly smoke.. The danger of suffoca
tion will be removed, and the traffic cost
will also be lowered, as the electricity used
is manufactured in the vicinity from water
power. The Great Northern lias secured the
rights and titles for enough water-power
along the Wenatchee to develop lOO.OiO
horse power, and It Is said, upon good au
thority, that several of the heavy grades
near the tunnel will also be electrified In
the near future, and It Is prophesied that
the entire western division will be run by
electricity with a few jears.
While this railroad is the first in the west
to adopt electricity as a motive power to
any great extent. It is passing evident that
it will not be the last, as nearly every
railroad in that section, from the Canadian
Pacific to the Southern Pacific, is planning
more or less electrification work, which will
be started doing the coming year.
Steam Itond ttlrrtrtncatlon.
Tl e trend of the steam rallroadx toward
electrification went on unmistakably In
190s, ami allium mi the question whether
It Khali be direct or alternating current
Is not determined It has been settled by
several roada that It shall be one or the
other. With the completion itt Its New
York-Long Island-New Jersey tunnels
the Penns) lvania railroad Is getting
ready to equip electrically for operation
under both rivers and out to Harrison,
-V. J. The decision for a direct current
system like that on the Long Island rall
road was announced In December. rV
tn lhll.J.Iki.i . . -"
- ... . luy no( , heard, how
ever, for some time.
During November the Grand Trunk rail
road put Its single phase alternaUng .ye.
em into effect in the dangerously smoky
tunnel, under the Bt. Clair river at Bar
illa and Port Huron.
The New York Central has spent the
year developing its great direct current
service with most satisfactory results,
and W. B. Murray, electrical engineer of
the New Haven system, reported very
optimistically in December to the Ameri
can Institute of Electrical Engineers on
the recent months of single phase opera
tion. Now the Harlem division of the
system is to be equipped.
The Union Pacific, the Illinois Central
and the Northern Paclflo are all buckling
down to the new problems of electrifica
tion, which,' with more decent treatment of
the roads, will now go on more quickly.
Progress In Wlreleaa. .
' Wireless telegraphy and telephony
gained ground In 1908. All around the
coast and lakes there are now more thaa
120 stations to deal with the harnessed
cl. altering ether.
Klectrlc heating gained enormously la
lkob; electrochemistry and electrometal
lurgy both made for betterment, and tha
electric furnace was lntlmutely adapted
for the first time to the minute require,
inenis of the delicate trades of jewelry'
and dentistry.
Aa the year closed It was demonstrated
that cl triclty. the great vivifying force
that makes all tilings new, was also the
best agent in the world for putting people
to sleep. It la hardly fair to ask zaore
of one little brief twelve-months.
(