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We Offer Extraordinary Special Bargains in Every Department
In Order to Sell Everything in the Steinfeldt Siock Before Night
This has been ihe most successful sale ever attempted by a store in the west. The crowds have been encrmotis and the bargains the most astonishing of any that have ever
been offered in this or any other western store- Monday will be the last day and everything in the Steinfeldt stock, will be sacrificed It will be a day of those immense bargains sueh as can never be found except at Jirandeis.
Just Received From the Steinfeldt
Stock Shown Monday the First Time
25,000 Yards Spring Shades
Worth Up to 75c Yard, at 29c Yard
AJl the silk dress taffetas in navies, browns,
grays, tans, old rose, glace combinations, all
shades of green, Alice, pinks, eiel, cream,
white and black. Just at the (7T fTy
right time when silks are so )))
much in demand 75c all silk
taffetas, yard t
SI wide Dress Silks 39c
Black and colored taffetas, rough dress silks
in all the leading fashionable shades. Two
, solid window displays of these JT TT1
superb silk values have been" J (
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Plenty of selling space on bargain squares.
Extra salespeople will await you. Greatest
of all silk sales. ,
Newest fancy silk suitings, taffetas, louislnes, messa
llne silks, etc., worth 1.00 to $1.50 yard,' at per
ard 69 and 49
36-lnch genuine Peau de Cupid dress silks, worth
$1.25. at per yard QQtf
Colored Japanese silks, satins, etc., worth 60c yard,
at per yard 25
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Balance of Steinfeldt Steck at Still
Greater Reductions for Monday
ress Goods
15,000 yards of 44-inch Wale suitings sold by
jobbers at 6( yc yd. navies, At
browns, greys, cardinals,
resedas and blacks regular
price 51)c, at, yard
60-inch grey mixed suitings, fine mohairs, fancy
serges, henrlettaa, all perfect QOn AO
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Which Became Slightly Wet From the Bursting of a Sprinkler Pipe.
Of alhthe bargains we have offered from the Steinfeldt stock, this is the most extraordinary.
The thousands of Omaha women who have seen the window display, all declare that these arc
absolutely the biggest lace curtain bargains ever offered in Omaha.
118 CASES OF NEW SPRING CURTAINS, ALL IN PAIRS
Only a few are slightly wet The most of them are entirely sound and perfect.
Practically Our Entire Basement Devoted to This Sale. 50 Clerks to Wait on You.
' - Plenty of Room. The Assortments Are Almost Unlimited.
LOT 1. $6.00 LACE CURTAINS at 98c Each
All the very finest Curtains from the stock corded
Arabian, cable nets, extra fine Nottingham, clunys,
etc. all perfect not over three pairs
to a customer entire lot at,
each
98c
LOT 2. $2.50 LACE CURTAINS at 49c Each
All the extra fine sound and perfect Lace Curtains,
' in white and Arab many 60 inches wide and Zxz
yards long. "We could sell every pair ft ai
for $2.50; but we offer them Monday, lryj) f
pairs or singly at, each
Waists ff0mthe Steinfeldt Stock
$2.50 Fine Lingerie Waist for 69c
Tomorrow' we place on sale all of the fin
est white lawn, lace-trimmed lingerie waists
from the Steinfeldt purchase, all of the very
best waists in the lot, some of them showing
very slight imperfections. The waists will be
placed tomorrow, on large bargain squares on
the main floor, and are going to be sold, as.
long as they last, at 69c each, which is one
of the greatest waist bargains ever offered by
any store. .
LINGERIE WAISTS at 35c EACH
la this lot are all the waists that are In every
way equally us Rood a quality as tbe above lot. but
they show more imperfections. These will be on sale
on large bargain squares in the bauement, at 35t
each. This is a phenomenal bargain, and we advise
you to come early.
LOT 3 $2 Lace XQ
Curtains, for E&.
Thousands of pairs of new spring Curtains
white and Arab, plain and figured. We
could easily get $2.50
pair for them, but we
offer them tomorrow to
our customers for. ......
39c
LOT 4-S1.50 Lace
Curtains for, Each
25 c
All th full size . Lace Curtains some
slightly wet, but thousands of pairs are
perfect would be
: a big. bargain at
$1.50 pair, at,
each
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25c
LOT 5 $1 Lace
Curtains for
All the good size Lace Curtains some
Hlichtlv wet all in Dairs. worth ud to
$1.00 a pair (not more
than three pairs to a
customer), each,
at
12c
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12c
Special Notice All the lace curtains in this sale are in pairs, from three
to fifty pairs of a kind, but they will be sold singly if desired.
FINAL CLEARANCE
of Women's High Grade
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All prices reduced in our great
Kur Section Monday. Every
coat Is made of selected fur
and Is in absolutely perfect
condition.
Astrakhan Coats In lengths
from 24-inctaes to 36-lnches.
The finest of skins that sold
for $50 up to
$75. at
$50 and $76 Krlmmer Coats,
only the finest of skins used
in making, JOC
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$100. 27-Inch Hudson
Seal Coats, at . . ...
$125 Hudson Seal
Coats, at .........
$45 to $75 finest. Near Seal
SSStT, 2250-35
$50, 36-lnch Pony nC
Coats, now at
$100, 45-inch Pony $1Q
Coats, now at , "
One extra fine 50-lnch Hudson
Seal Coat, worth JCQ
$125, at .m... UM
$275 Swedish Otter ' 1QC
Coat, at 'M
All the balance of the fine Mink, Black Lynx. Squir
rel, etc, Throws, Scarfs and Wraps now at a frac
tion of their former prices.
FUR LINED COATS Steinfeldt Stock
$17.50 Squirrel lined Coats. .$7.50
$25.00 Sable Conie lined Coats. ... .$10.00
$30.00 Martin lined Coats .. . ... . .$12.50
Women's Fine Winter Coats In blacks, mixtures,
etc., broadcloths and kerseys, striped coverts, worth
from $15 to $35, in one big lot, at 810.00
Women's Coats That sold up to $12.00, all In one
big group, at $3.t8
Women's Suits 2 and 3-piece Suits, broadcloths,
cheviots, etc, black and colors, worth to $25, in
one big lot at 910.00 and $12.50
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VALENTINES
Also articles for Valentine Day
for decorations, parties, etc., such
as crepe tissue paper, plain, red
hearts, all sizes, arrows, dinner
and tally cards, writing paper for
invitations, etc. Stationery Dept.
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NEW SPRING
SHOWING OF
RUGS'!
A new lot of beautiful Velvet Rugs 9x12
size, bright new designs, shown for the
first time this spring easily $19.98
worth $22.50, at.
g Two Jewelry Specials
S Axminster Rugs in fine floral and oriental
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0 Famous English Wilton Rugs, strictly high 0
Xaw Balta We can match
q any shade of silk or drega
f goods. Special In our belt
J section 60 doxen Elastic
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Ball Hair Fins Now all
the rage large and
small sizes on front
bargain square you.
choice, each. . . . 15
Valentine Novelties
Heart shape candy boxes, etc.,
at, each. Ec up to 60c.
Sweetland Brandels East Arcade
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department in the west. Plenty of room plenty of S
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Fine French Batiste
Hand Loom Embroideries
and Waist Fronting
Combination effects in English eyelet, cro
chet, hexagon, Grecian, etc. fiUftli
worth up to $2.00, at, fJltlM
a yard. KJKJJ
$1.25 Embroideries at 69c
22Y2 and 27-inch fine French Batiste hand
loom embroidered, flouncings, English eye
let, Maderia, crochet, hexagon, Japanese,
, Grecian, shadow, etc. per yard, CQn
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.WIDE EMBROIDERIES
18 and 22-inch fine Swiss, nainsook and cam
bric embroidered flouncings, skirtings end
corset cover widths worth I Q a O Q ft
up to 60c a yard, at lub'fcUb
12c Lacos at 5c Yard
Fine French and German Val. laces and inser
tions all new designs, many to
match worth up to 12V1;C a yard, at. Oil
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BIG BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED
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Delaware Surpasses Any Boat of Any
Navy in the World.
COST ALMOST F0UB MILLIONS
tillin aad Bollr rroteetcd by
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parKr Kaablra It to Ha
Twraty-Elsat Data.
" NEWPORT NJiWS. , Feb. 6.-Th
reat battlcihip lK-lVware waa aucceaafully
launchcU from th VrJ of ita builders,
tha Newport Kei ShlpbulMlnr and Dry-
dock company, today. The launching
wilnrsaed by 8.(I0U people.
Compared with ' the. battleahipa, - com
pleted or under 'construction, of the navy
of any other foreign country, the Delaware
aurpaaaea all. It la one of four aister
ahlpa authorised by congresa which will
form an Indomitable aquadron. Tha other
veaaela are the North Dakota, being built
at Qulm-y, Maaa.; the Florida, which will
be built at the New York Navy yard, and
tha L'tah, to be built at Camden, N. J.
Tha Delaware la to carry aa heavy armor
and aa powerful armament aa any known
esae) of ita clau; will have a apeed of
twenty-one knota, which la believed to be
the highest practicable for a veaael of thia
type and class, and w'.ll have tha highest
practicable radius of action. Tha arrange
ment of its main battery guns la such
to permit a broadside fire X per cent
greater than that of tha broadside fire of
any battleship now built, or, ao far aa Is
known, under construction. Ita defensive
qualities, other than thoaa dependent upon
armor protection, are such aa to give the
maximum degrea of protection to all the
vital portlona by means of unusually ef
ortive compartmental subdivision, ao that
In conjunction with Its a-nor protection.
tha defenslva qualities of thia veaael are
believed to be distinctly superior to thoae
of any battlushlp hitherto designed. The
hull Is protected by a water line belt of
armor 8 feet In width, whose maximum
thickness la 11 Inches. This -armor belt
glvea effective protection to' tha boilers,
machinery and magazine spaces. Tha aide
above the main armor belt la protected by
armor 7 feet 1 Inches wide and of a maxi
mum thlcknesa of 10 Inches. Above the
main casement armor amidships the side
la protected by armor of 5 Inches thick
ness, which affords protection to tha smoke
pipes, tha major portion of the secondary
batteries of 6-lnch guns, and the hull struck
ture.
The plans for the Delaware were pre
pared by the board of conatructlon in com-1
petition with plana submitted by various
naval architects and shipbuilding compa
nies and aubmitted to a special board
under the presidency of tha former assist
ant secretary of tha navy, T. H. Newberry,
and later approved by congress. Tha con
tract for the Delaware was placed August
6, 19U7, at a price of 3,967,000. to be built In
accordance with the department's design
for both hull and reciprocating machinery.
Its keel was laid November 11, 1907. The
Delaware la 610 feet in length on load water
line, bo feet t Inches in breadth and Ita
mean draft to bottom of keel at trial dis
placement about tl feet. Its coal bunker
capacity la ,600 tons, which Is sufficient
to send It a 10-knot speed a distance of
6,720 knota, or t days' steaming. ' Pro
vision la also made for the stowage of a
large amount of oil fuel without In any
degree reducing tha capacity of tha coal
bunkers. It will have triple expansion
reciprocating engines and will require over
90s men to man 1L
Its armament will consist of a main
battery of ten U-inch breech-loading rifles,
and Us secondary battery will ba fourteen
1-Inch rapid-fire guns, four -pounder sa
luting guns, four 1-pounder semi-automatic
guns, two S-inch field places and two
machine guns of .30 caliber. It has two
submerged torpedo tubes.
Tbe Delaware will have a displacement
on trial of S0,Un tons, or 2.100 tona greater
than tha British Dreadnought and 7U tons
greater than Great Britain's latest vessel
at that type, tha Vanguard.
GERMAN VILLAGES IN DANGER;
Larger Kivera Still Basing, Though
Small Ones Fall.
HURRICANE ADDS TO TEBB0B
Storas Desnallahas Balldlngra la Rfclato
Valely aad Many Town Are
Cat OS from tha Oat
aide World.
BERLIN, Feb. (.Many cases of loss of
Ufa continue to be reported, from various
parts of Germany aa a result of tha floods.
The waters of the smaller streams are
now subsiding, but the larger rivers like
the Elbe, the Main, tha Rhino and tbe
Oder still are rising.- Tha lower sections of
Frankfort-on-the-Maln are flooded. A ter
riflo hurricane raged In the Rhine valley
last night and demolished the Wiesbaden
machinery hall and other buildings ' in
course of erection for an exhibition this
summer. The heavy rains along the Rhine
valley, however, - ceased early this morn
ing and today tha confluents of the Rhine
are falling and the Immense havoc wrought
in many towns Ja becoming visible. The
river police of Cologne have stationed
steamers at various points along tha Rhine
to give assistance as required. The dike
commission yesterday decided to take
measures to strengthen tha Rhine dikes.
Tha Danube still is rising at Regenburg.
Several villages are cut off from communi
cation from the outside world and . are
threatened with partial destruction. Tbe
gibe la carrying down great masses of tee
whioh have partly destroyed the scaffold
ing of the new bridge being erected at
Dresden. Tha Mulde. a confluent of the
Elba, has flooded the country around Des
sau. The ducal forests are under water
and a number ef deer have ben destroyed.
Tha Oder Is rising rapidly aad roeny barges
frosen into tha lea several weeks ago axe
threatened with destruction.
OLD GATEWAY IS THREATENED
London Likely tab Lose One of
Ancient Relics of Mediaeval
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Active Salesmen ties Want Ada.
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LONDON, Feb. . (Special.) London
Is In danger oX 'losing one of Its most
valuable relics of mediaeval times the
old gateway In Smlthfield, which ' be
longs to St. Bartholomew's church. Be
sides being one of the oldest Norman
structures In Europe, this gateway has
associations which make it both ro
mantic and gruesome. Opposite the gate
way In the .early days was a famous j
battleground, where many great tourna
ments were held, aeveral of which fig
ure ' in legendary lore. Many a knight
after a hard-fought battle was broug.it
In through thia gateway to receive tbe
last sacraments in the ancient church.
Also it was through this entrance that
the Smlthfield martyrs were led to the
stake to be burned to death. Their ex
ecution took place almost opposite the
portals of the ancient St. Bartholomew
archway, and cltixens crowded on top of
the structure to witness the event. ' Be
fore the burning took place the mar
tyrs were .brought into the church and
their faith waa tested. If they did not
answer certain questions of dogma cor
rectly they were condemned to be burned
at the stake.
When in 1544 the property of the
monasteries In England was aelxed by
Henry VIII he gave the St. Bartholomew
priory and church to Lord Rich. Two
hundred years previous to this time the
old priory was celebrated throughout
Europe and In Henry's time It waa one
of tha wealthiest of church establish
ments. Today St. Bartholomew's is con
sidered the finest specimen of Norman
church architecture In England. , Though
the church- is a huge, rambling struc
ture, which might well ba called a cathe
dral. It has been literally buried by mod
ern buildings which have enclosed it on
all sides.
By tha side of the church runs one of
the quaintest a treats In London. It is
called Cloth Fair, aad la not much wider
than in breadth o( a van's arm. it
was In this little passage In the early
days that the beautiful fabrics and cloths
that went to make up the picturesque
costumes of the Elizabethan times were
old. The neighborhood has Interesting
associations for Americans, for it was
around the corner from the old arch
way that Benjamin Franklin served his
time to a firm of printers.
An effort Is -being made to raise 810,
000 with which to buy the land on which
the old gateway stands, lit order to re
tain It as a relic. Already about half of
the sum has been subscribed. If the
money is not raised a modern office
building will be built around tha arch.
ENGLAND LOOKS TO FORESTS
Royal Commission Proposes to Timber
Nine Million Acres of now
Barren Land.
LONDON. Feb. .-(ft1ec!al.-It Is
charatterlatlc of the way In which English
governmental affairs are "muddled
through" that the most Important series
of recommendations produced for many
years by a royal commission should be
the work or a commission anointed to
deal with a subject which has no relation
to the subject reported on.
The report puts forward a series of well
considered proposals for the afforesta
tion of the United Kingdom, which. If
carried out, as they probably will be.
promise to change not only the face of
he country, but the character of the peo
ple, and to provide an Immense new In
dustry, which it is hoped will go far to
wards solving the problem of unemploy
ment. It Is the work of a commission ap
pointed in 19U8 ' under a royal warrant
to Inquire Into and report on coast erosln
and to suggest some organised plan for
the reclamation of land that haa been de
voured by the sea. The commission beld
many sittings and examined witnesses, but
the conclusions on roast e rosin are still
to bo learned: In U08 it occurred to some
that the question of afforestation should
be considered and after a little perfunc
tory discussion the Coaat Erosion com
mission waa told that it might look Into
that question aa well. The report which
haa Just neon produced Is the result.
. But as briefly as possible the commis
sion has discovered that there are S.noo.OCO
acres off land In, the United Kingdom
available -. for afforestation without en
croaching on tha land devoted to profit
able agriculture. In other words this land
Is either derelict or unprofltably used and
Is eminently suited for the scheme which
Is proposed.
The plan is that all this land should be
acquired by the state and an elaborate
system of state forests created. The land
Is to ba purchased oompulaorlly. If the
owners object to sell, and the money Is to
bo provided by a public loan, the Interest
on which will be met, at first, out of the
taxes. It Is stated that the most profit
able plan to secure a proper rotation of
the timer crop is that 160,000 acre should
be acquired and planted each year, . and
the approximate cost of this Is placed at
about 110,000,000 a year. The average cost
of the land is placed at 133 an acre and
the coat of planting at the same amount,
with an allowance of about S3 an acre
for extra or incidental expenses. The net
deficit will be $4SO.0( in the first year and
will rise progressively to $15.C5e2fiO In the
fortieth year, after which the forests will
become Increasingly profitable to the state.
At the end of eighty years the foreats
should pay to the state an annual revenue
of SOT,50ltiO, reckoning timber at the pres
ent prices, which ought, however, to be
materially enhanced. This revenue should
be perpetual, as the acheme. of course,
provides for planting to take the place of
all the trees but down.
Looked at from another point of view
the state will then he Is possession of pro in
ert y worth S2.81O.O00.U0O. or about 3f,00..
000 more than the outlay, reckoning the
cost of Its creation on the basis of 3 per
cent per annum compound Interest.
The most Interesting festure of the
scheme from the American viewpoint la
Its probable effect on the timber trsde of
the worl-J. Great Britain now imports
S, 500,000 loads of timber a year, of the
kinds that can profitably, be grown In
this country. The value of this timber Is
about 1100,000,000 and on the basis of one
load to the acre, which la that accepted by
acientlflo foresters, the country could pro
duce every stick of the timber' that It Is
now importing and spend at home, the
1100.000,000 that It is now paying every year
to foreigners.
Yellow KfVfr In Mexico.
MEXICO C1TT, Feb. a Two 'additional
cases of yellow fever were reported from
Mar Ida, Yucatan, today, making three
cases In all. Quarantine has Jeen estab
lished against boats arriving at Mexican
ports from Qulntanaboo, Mexico, where
smallpox is raging.
A Shootlaa" Kcrapo
with both parties wounded, demands Buck
lens Arnica Halve. Heals wounds, sores,
burns or Injuries. 26c. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
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