THE OMAHA
DAILY
lJ H -SB
BEE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2f, 1009.
Bell l)cm(. SIB Both rbora
Closing Out the Flannelette Dress
ing Sacques at Half Price -
Not a ttrra't quantity, but every one a decided bargain. "' '
$1.15 Flannelette Bacquee. reduced to 68c.
$1.60 Flannelette Bacquea, reduced to 76c.
S3. 00 Flannelette Sacques.' reduced to f 1.00.
All tbe wool a 1 bat roe aacquea. In pink, light blue and lavender
that told at $6.00, reduced to, each, $3.00.
All tbe China Silk Sacquea, in light blue and pink, that aold at
5.60, reduced to,' each, $2.76.. . ;
Come Friday Manufacturers' Surplus Stock of. New Col
ored Dress Goods at Special Prices.
Friday will be another great day of a very unutiual clearing of the
big dreis goods purchase, cloeed out to ua for below value. See dis
play In Sixteenth street window. The fine showing of new stripes is
very handsome. ;
Dress Skirts 'and Petticoats to Your Special Measure.
Handsome up-to-the-minute atyles. Choose any, material or .color
yon like and have It made to your special measure, -
Bee, t-lS-0t.
Job hunting again today and numer
oua billa were Introduced to give the gov
ernor an opportunity to put a few more
cogs In hia political machine. One meas
ure by droves of Lancaster provides the
governor shall appoint the membera of
the board of secretaries of the State
Board of Health. Those appointments are
now made by a board consisting of the
governor, state superintendent and the
attorney general. Let the people rule.
Wilson of Polk haa a "bill which pro
vides the governor shall appoint a Board
f Charities and Corrections, consisting of
three members. These persons are now
-selected by the governor, land commis
sioner and the state superintendent. Let
the people rule.
Holrrvea of pouglaa haa in a bill pro
viding thbe governor, ahall be the state
architect and tie ahall appoint a deputy
at 13,000 a year and an assistant at
$1,600. The state architect is now se
lected, when . needed .fey. the State. Board
of Public Lands andBulldlngs. Let the
people rule.
Changing; Basklag l.tw,
Tha Joint committee on banks and cur
rency ' Is meeting nightly. In the hope of
making suitable amendments to the bank
guaranty law recently drafted that will be
satisfactory to the- membera of the legiala-
r.f-
"Benlhor" :a Most
Recent Coal Model
Produces itiav Long Sylplr
like Llnea so Much In
Evidence lor Spring.
5'. . . V ':
First Showing, Willi! Hace ' 'Small
Womea" n Ijjuar Footing , With
."Heavier lsW., v
. . i ', ,
' That 'the 'new, fong, 'iiafn, hlplesa coat
will Jump to flrat Vla'ca for. wo.men's wear
this, spring, is ah aaaured fact.'! Fash
ion's unwavering fsger points the way.
Take for lnntancej' thla model: a lung,
plain, hlpless ooat 'if rpm 60 to 52. inches
In length the sltefe pres'sod perfectly
plain no . fullheasv-rtothlng; feminine
more mannish ttiaft ever, before.
. The coat In question may be had here
in plain Kngllsh 'Covert cloth genuine
British,' too and K profuse with' self
Covered buttons. general effect Is
radically different because of the strap
ping U'a strapped from shoulder to hem,
with a self -material, and la half lined
with satin finished Measallne ailk.
The Benson . & Thorne Co. soils this
garment with the assurance that a local
"mantaHorjcould toot produce Ita equal
undea"450. Yet the introductory price
here "(alio S? to 18)"' arr ar .-.
u ,,.,,, 330
Another "Bentnor" Model.
Another e o a t
n prescribed
Benthor "
pen, but made
of an im-
i;-ted cheviot
1 it a novel
"lierrlngbone
effect." la re.,
lleved with a
ahawl collar of
Ottoman silk,
piped with blue
ailk, and witb
the cuffs to
conform. The
back In ahort
Empire effect,
and. tha gar
ment , profuse
with eelf cov
ered button
trimmings.
This model
naif lined with
satin, and
wile the
Hveat local cus
tom tailor
could not pro
due it for less
than IIS to 14.
It Is - effaced here, s
tslse It to IS) at. only .,
I rSraall Womm"
,.$20
Idea.
Until sow the .'small woman," ho '
enumerated in siaes 3) to X. has been
neglected la these.- extjemss of fashion,
and It haa remained for the Benson
Thorqe Co. to Introduce a line of gar
ments ESPECIALLY mads up with thee
slaes .In view.
Tbe "small woman" Idea la hailed with
delight fry hundreds who have been com
pelled sacrifice the original "style" of
a gamant to a 'cutting down" process
which destroys fvery vestige of Una and
f.eV-; .k;v.ir.j V
t Tha stomaa' purchasing a else tl to 31
UKfiji. koowa" that . the garment haa
feeea MADE VP with HSR also in view-,
aha GETS the mode that baa been pre
vloualy Impossible for HER.
Tbe , above niodela t and many others
equally striking, form part of the 'pro-spring-
exhibit at the
BENSON & THORNE C.C
. vr .' iittiyattaa Saaaar,
1918-1817 Douglas St.
J '. ..i-
T" -aw-. J . .-
auaek iU Xr.pta. tnd. A-1S4
tare. It Is the Intention to Insert a saving
clause In the bill which will make all
actions at law or procedure., begun under
the present law ' valid, aa under the old
law, when the new one goca into effect.
Many bankers are protesting agalnat the
size of the guaranty fund and there la an
excellent prospect that the committee will
be forced to reduce this before the; measure
la finally reported back with Ira. O. K.
More leeway la to be fciven savings banks
In making loans and the'' bill .will be
amended so they may loan twice more of
their capital stock than was originally
specified.
There has been objection to the amount
of capital stock decreed in the organisa
tion of new banks, the bankers generally
demanding that the lowest amount be fixed
at 315,000 instead of 110,090 as In the bill.
There is dispute over the provisions govern
ing the manner In Which new banks ahall
be organised and allowed to come tinder the
provisions of the guaranty act.
P. F. 3M. by Donahoe of Holt county In
troduced today, Is for the purpose of regu
lating and controlling public service cor
porations furnishing gas, electricity, heat,
water or power for the public or private
use In the cities of the state and .places
definite powers over such corporations In
the hands of the railway commission and
authorizes municipalities to . acquire and
pirate such corporations. It Is practically
the Wisconsin system of rekulation with
features of the New York law added.
The bll lprovtde.i - that public - serWe
corporations must furnish adequate service
and the charge therefore must be Just and
reasonable. These corporations must file
with the railway commlslson within a time
fixed by the members schedules of their
tolls. No change shull be made in a sched
ule save with notice to the commission and
they shall comply with orders of the com
mission with respect to char gee.
Provisions are made against extending
rebatea to any public officer or employe
or to any patron under penalty.
Rearelatln Home for Friendless.
Senator Miller of Lancaster today intro
duced a bill to place the Homo for the
FYlemdlesa In Lincoln In charge of a beard
of three persons appointed by the governt;
and for a reorganization of the plass of the
liomme. The purpose ,of the measure, Sen
ator Miller says. Is to provide homes for
the children at the home and to retain
them aa wards of the atate as long aa they
are nbt adopted Into homes, but primarily
It is to see that they are given homes. The
bill establishes a school tor dependent chil
dren at the home. He says the bill Is In
accord with prominent charity workers' in
Lincoln.
Secretary Piper of the State Board of
Charities and Corrections hsd not heard of
the measure before It was introduced and
was aurprlsed that there ahould be an: ef
fort to change the management. At pres
ent the State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings has control, and the superin
tendent Is appointed by the governor. The
record of the home for the last biennlum
reveals an enrollment November . 80, 1906,
of sixty-two, with a total enrollment dur
ing the biennlum of 235. and a present en
rollment of aeventy-four, indicating that
the children are -not retained there any
longer than It la absolutely necessary, and
are furnished suitable homes when this Is
possible. Six of the present members are
aged women, who will remain in the home
all their daya unless the present bill throws
them out.
The finance committee of the house rec
ommended for the erection of a new admin
latratlon building at the Peru Normal schoof
H0.000.
In the committee of the whole the house
this afternoon chopped down the 3100,000 ap
propriation for the Kearney Normal school
to 360.000. It alao chopped out 31S.O0O from
the appropriation of 3S0. . f or a normal
unooi ai Ainawortn ana added a proviso
that the city ahould donate eighty acres of
land instead of twenty, as provided In the
Dill.
Work for Sirdar Coaaaalttee).
Although this is the fortieth day of the
aeasloa in the house and the thirty-seventh
in me senate there have been only two bills
signed by the governor, though a number
of house measures aie ready for him.
While thla may indicate a laok of business
ability on the part of the members, there
are some who attribute the alowneaa with
which affairs have been puahed along to
the fine Italian hands of a few of the
legislative organisers who wish to place
the passage of bills absolutely In the hands
of a elftlng committee. A sifting commit
tee la appointed usually about a wek after
the expiration of the forty-day limit for In
troductions of bills when there Is no pos
sibility of additional measures being
thrown into the hopper.
The Judiciary committee has - been ex
tremely liberal In reporting bills back to
the aenato for consideration and while this
is apparently la the Interest of fair play it
all contributes to the loading down of the
general file and with the result the mem
bera are kept busy considering measure
after measure in committee of the whole
and few of theae measures are of vital Im
port A little later the sifting committee
will be appointed arid no bill may be ad
vanced etcept through the sifters or by a
vote of the houae.
Properly to regulate the advance of bills,
the sifting committee must ba organised
and this Is the big duty of the "organ
isers." If they are as successful In the
makeup of thla committee aa they were
in the makeup of the atandlng committees
of the house, they will have things pretty
much their own way. Few of the billa
passed by the house have a place' hlgii up
on the general file. Such as are ont niacsd
advanlageoualy now will doubtuviiave to
run the gauntlet of the sifting bydyt. jt will
be easily aeen what a chcia- eYanate
may have upon the obJectidLhle houae
bills and thla Is one reason, aside from any
consideration of primary filings, wlty the
projectors of the Omaha charter are mak-
Ing such strenuous efforts to f el the
"homo rule" bill out of the way before tha
work 'of sluing brglne. It haa been openly
declared In the house that the Omaha
charter will be kept Juat little behind
the house stork yarda bill with the purpose
of forcing the adoption of that measure
as a price if the adoption of tha Omaha
charier by the houso. This will be diffi
cult of accomplishment In the house un
less there are strong hands to govern, but
there are Indications such Is the plan 4u
view.
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ROt'TIMB PROCEEDINGS OF SENATE!
Oregoa
Seaatorlal Flaa
Bill Passes
that Body.
(Krom a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Keb. 25. (Speclal.)-The
sen-
te pasaed the following billa today:
H. K. 1. by Humphrey of Lancaster En
acting the Oregon plan Xif nominating
Lnited States senators.
H. R. so.'by Carr of Keya Paha Commis
sion merchants to take out licensee from
the Pure Food commission.
H. K. SO, by Dolezal of Saunders Pro
hibiting the sale of dynamite firecrackers
snd plotols for shooting blank cartridges
after law.
S. F. 99. by Leverty ef Saunders The
Board of Irrigation to be the State High
way commission.
S. F. 134. by King of Polk For the parole
of first offenders convicted of felonies, or
other Convicted persons. If the district
Judge sentencing them la convinced their
aegree or moral turpitude warrants such
action.
8. F. 20. bv Tlhheta of Adams Olvlna-
blacksmiths a lien on horses for shoeing
them.
8. F. 2S. by Fuller of Seward Compelling.
telegraph, telephone and express com
panies to make a full exhibit of their books
to the county assessors.
The following bills were introduced and
read for 'the first time:
8. F. 840, by Majors of Nemaha-To in
corporate the records of the encampments
of the Grand Army of thp Republic, De
partment of Nebraska, with the official an
nate of the atate.
8. F. 341, by Buhrman of Howard Relat
ing to the survey of public roads.
8. F. Mi, hy Donohoe of Holt In armeal
to the district court, when Judgment Is
against appellant, it shall not be collected
of sureties If principal haa aufficlent prop
erty to satisfy same.
H. F. 843, by Brown of Lancaster To nr.
mlt State Board of Public Ioands and Build
ings .to arrange for foresting of .unleased
aallne lands by arrangement with any cor
poration or municipality.
a. r . an. ny uartos of Saline To provide
for the punishment of persons guilty of de
frauding hotels.
8. F. 345. bv Rsrtna nt Ratlnn r,nii.
for an Inn-keeper's 'lien on property belong
ipa: to or in guest's control.
8. F. J4. bv Kin of PnllcTht
sold In the original packages within the
state shall have the weight or volume In
clusive. of,t he packago or cask containing
the front side thereof!
yiura or pnnrea in tngnsn on
8. F. 347. bv Fuller nf f).nri1-Rililn.
to open season on game and fish. To pro
vide for a closed season on doves.
S. F. 34H. bv Miller of l,nniaal.rilt fir,..
collected from saloon keepers shall be paid
to city, treasurer and shall rn tn hni
fund, one-fourth, of same shall go to com
plaining witness whether case Is contested
or not.
S. F. 349. by Miller of Lancaster-Prohibiting
the detention or confinement of any
female In any house, room, building or
premises bv force, fsl
datlon, fnr purposes of prostitution or with
imrni m cause sucn remale to become a
prostitute.
8. F. 350, by Miller of Irfincaster Pro
viding for the creation and location of a
state public school fop it
Governor appoints board of three membersH
","" asnise ann nave cnarge or home for
friendless at Lincoln.
.8' f 4 I361, by VoPP Pf Dodge To provide
for the corporation of safety deposit com
panies. , .
B. F. 362. hy Volpp of Dod-ge-To supervise
and regulate surety companies and-to pro
vide for fair, reasonable and uniform rates
by such companies. Gives auditor right to
regulate charges. -
8. F. 363, by Laverty of Saunders To de
fine the rights of two or more drainage
d'ntrlcts when organised for the purposts
of draining the same stream and territory
in the same valley.
BIO CRIST OF BILLS IX THE IIOUSB
Ftve HO advert and tVenty-eTa (he
J : '. '' Heeerd."" -" ' '
LINCOLN.' Feb. ' 26. (Special.) The
following billa were introduced in the
house today -H.
R. 483, by Brown of Sherman Pro-
Videa for the revocation of liquor license
aa a penalty for treating or selling liquor
on primary or general election day or on
Sunday.
H. H. 484, by Fries of Howard Bill for
a road law.
H. R. 4 35, by Noyes of Cshb Prohibit
ing the sale of liquor In restaurants and
preventing its sale anywhere except at the
H. R. 488, by Smith of Cass Providing
for the branding of liquors under the pure
food act.
; H. S1. by Dolezal of Saunders Pro
viding for the punishment In case of slan
der. H. R. 488, by Dolezal of Saundere Con
tracta for Joint bridges.
H. R. 48. by Blystone of Lancaster
Veterinarians who have had ten years' ex
perience may be granted license to prac
tice without taking examination.
H. R. 490. by Butt of Douglas Pro
viding that certification from register of
deeds that signers of a liquor license pe
tition are owners of real estate ahall be
prima facie evidence of the qualifications
of the signers.
H. 'R. 491, by Klllen of Gage Giving
cities of the first and second clans of pop
ulation of less than 25,000 privilege of In
corporatlng under the commission plan of
government. Question shall be submitted
on a petition of lo per cent of voters.
H. R. 492, by Boland of Douglas Gives
Water board of Omaha power to com
promise any litigation and give to any
person a franchise to operate a water
works plant In Omaha for a period of not
more than twenty-five years.
H. R. 493. by Ktllen of Gage Providing
a fine for any person trespassing on rail
road property.
H. R. 494, by Klllen of Oage Giving
witnesses In liquor cases one-fourth of the
fine assessed whether the defendant
pleads guilty or Is convicted.
H. R. 495. by Bates of Cass Provides a
license fee to be paid by merchants using
trading stamps.. v
H. R. 496, by Bates of Caas-Provldes that
newspapers surer lor line I may uae In mitl
gatlon to cut down damagea the fact that
me piainnrr
nas agreed or
has reeelved
damages for
other papers.
the same libel
published in
H. R. 497, hy Pllger of Stanton Appro
priating 3116.000 for the purchase of normal
school at Wayne for the state.
H. R. 498, by Marlatt of Kearney Pro
viding that candidates shall publish on the
ballot their platforms in not mure than
forty-one words when voters have peti
tioned for aama.
H. R. 4!S, by Groves of , Lancaster Pro
viding the governor shall appoint board of
secretaries of Board of Health.
H. R. 500. hy Brown of Sherman Appro
priating 310.000 for the foundation of a pen
sion fund for teachers of the State univer
sity, the regents to adopt a, plan similar to
tbe Carnegie pension fund.
H. R. &ul, by Henry of Holt Creating a
corporation commission of the secretary of
state commissioner, who mav armnlnt
deputy.
I
ngl
H. R. HIZ. by Allen of Holt ProhlhUI
and limiting the issue of stock bv coraora.
tlons.
H. R. 6Cf. by Brown of Lancaster Permits
the reduction of gross receipts of Insurance
companies the amount of the re-lnsurance
premiums, the amount remaining to be
properly and taxed.
11. R. 504, by Barrett of Buffalo Defines
intoxicating liquor aa containing more than
I tier cent alcohol.
H. R. I6, by Boyd of Hamilton Provid
ing weight of package and contents shall
be printed on outside of original packages.
H. K. . by I-awr-ncs of Dodge Provid
ing applicants for liquor license may pub
lish notice In any paper In the city.
II. R. 507. by Wilson of Polk Governor
ahall' appoint a hovrd of charities and rnr.
rcctlon ip be composed. of three persons.
H. R. 508. by Brown of Lancaster rrn,
vioing lers ior notaries.
H. It by Humphrey of Lancaster
Le-rallzlna corn Improvers association.
H. 'R. 610, by Case of Frontier Permitting
secretary of ' board of charities and correc
tion to prosecute truancy cases in country
districts.
H. P. 611. by Humphrey of Lancaster
Providing Interest to be charged by pawn
brokers. H. H. 611. by Claims Committee Fixing
the rates surety companies may charge for
surety bonds furnished- state officers.
H. R. 613. by Snyder of Hsrlan-Prohlblt-
ing contracts based on contingency of aa
election.
H. H. 614. by Snydee of Harlan Giving
governor right to parolo convicts who are
affected with mortal Illness.
H. R. ili. hy Connelly of iKiuglas by re
quest) Making failure to support wife and
tauaren a misdemeanor.
ItMXICN TOBaCCO TRUST
Secretary Smith Discloses Secret of
Biff American Combination.
EIGHTY-FIVX - M1S0R CONCERNS
aaall Caterle at Stoekaolders tnatrnl
89 Per teat ef Cigarettes, S3 Pa
Ceat af Ple sas Tt Per Ceat
f Smoking Tobaeeo.
WASHINGTON, D. p., Feb. 2B. Herbert
Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations,
today made public subdivisions II and III
ef part I of his report on the tobacco In
duatry. They deal with the present or
ganization of tha tobacco combination, so
called, ita degree of ' control in that In
duatry and the development of that con
trol. These divisions of the report, resulting
from a thorough ' Investigation Into the
business operations' of the tobacco combi
nation, contain an elaborate ' discussions
of the methods by which the manufacture
of tobacco, except cigars, haa come under
the control of a comparatively few capital
ists. Commissioner Smith says:
"In the tobacco combination are the
American Tobacco company and Ita three
great subsidiary combinations, the Ameri
can Snuff company, the American Cigar
company and the British-American com
pany, besides eighty-two other subsidiary
concerns doing business in the United
States, Porto Rico and Cuba. The combina
tion represents a total net capitalisation
of over 318,000,000. A. very small group of
ten stockholders controls 00 per cent of the
outstanding voting stock of the American
Tobacco company, through which com
pany the entire combination Is controlled."
A Hat of the auosidlary companies con
trolled, ' "including over twenty hitherto
secretly Controlled, so-called 'bogus in
dependent concerns' ' Is given in the re
port. It Is shown also that the combina
tion Is practically the only important ex
porter of tobacco manufacturers from this
country. Astonishing figures are given in
respect to the development of the combina
tion. In 1891 it controlled 88 per cent of
the business of cigarette manufacture, and
thla proportion practically is maintained
today. In cigars Its output increased from
4 per cent of the business In 189T to 14.7
per cent in 1908; while in manufactured
tobacco (chewing, smoking, fine cut and
snuff) "the Combination's output increased
from T per cent of the total In 1891 to 77
per cent In 1908. Finally, In '1908, the com
bination controlled of theae separate pro
ducts, respectively, plug 32 per cent, smok
ing 71 per cent, fine cut 81 per cent, and
anuff 96 per cent." In the year 1908 the
combination used In the manufacture of
its various products nearly 300,000,000 pounds
of leaf tobacco.
"An Idea of the absorption of compet
ing plants," says Commissioner Smith,
"and of the changes through combination
within the last decade may be had from
the fact that In 1897 the combination had
ten plants, each producing over 60,000
pounds of manufactured tobacco or anuff
per year, while there were 243 Independent
plants of the same class. In 1908, on the
other hand, the comninatlon had 45 plants
of this clan and Independent maufacturers
140. Especially conspicuous has been the
absorption of the large plants, each produc
combl nation had eight plants, each produc
ing over 1,000,000 poupda of these products
per year, while La competitors had forty
six such plants. 1904-the combination had
thirty-four plants '; of', this elate and Inde
pendent concerns only, seventeen.
J'JJesplte . the ..combination's , enormous
expendttuEe-s -for tr advertising- and- " in
'schemes' 'and desrpKe" frequent price cut
ting by mean' ef ' Its so-called 'fighting
brands,' there has been.' In several branches
of the ' Industry, a. constant tendency for
competitors to gain business more rapidly
than the". combination and thus to reduce
its proportion of the output. iThls tendency
haa been overcome only by continued buy
ing'' up of competitive concerns. Many
weaker concerns have been virtually driven
out. of business or forced to sell out to the
comblnatkm. elnther Ty reason of the
direct competition f the latter, or aa an
indirect result of : the vigorous competi
tion between the' combination and larger
combination, either by reason of the
larger and more powerful concerns which
It acquired, however,, the combination haa
usually secured control only by paying a
high price. The Immense profits of the
combination have enabled it to keep up
thla policy."
COL. COOPER CALLED BOLTER
. (Continued from First Page.)
schedule of the joint debate in middle and
eastern Tennessee, which he did.
"What waa the first attack?"
"Carmack called me a bolter."
"Didn't you bolt the tlcke.t and vote for
General Fusseli against Governor Bates for
governor?" ,
"I never voted for a republican in my
life. I did vote tor Fusseli and against
Bate."
"What else did you object to?"
Dasaaaded Removal of Taft Plctare.
"The statement that I dominated the gov
ernor, a man who waa a bigger man than
I am and who waa my friend. It was
aimed to hurt and slur him."
It was a compliment to you, waa it not?'
"No, sir, it was not. It was meant as a
slur. I waa a private citizen and had no
mouthpiece; no office and no way to
protect myself."
"Tou say you are not in politics? Did
you not tell the proprietor of the Maxwell
houae that unless a certain picture was
removed the democratic committee would
Change Ita headquarters?"
"After a request from the manager of the
Maxwell, I went to aee him. The pictures
of the democratic state candldatea were
put up. Alao was one of Judge Taft. I
demanded that either Taft'a picture be re
moved or the pioture of the republican
candidate ror governor ds nispis ru iw
that the democratic committee waa not re
sponsible for tbe Taft picture, for at that
time Carmack waa charging that we were
trading Bryan for Patterson."
"I cannot aee the competency of these
questions or facts,'' said Judge Hart xotl
ahould stick to the cass, gentlemen, or we
will be he.e forever."
The state next reverted to the Newe
Sclmilar editorial in March 1S, which
Colonel Cooper said waa the nrst ereaa
between himself and Senator CarmacH. He
denied that he knew that another Vnan
had written it. but admitted he heard yes
terday that another man claimed te have
written tbe article.
Charge Casper Is Uefaalter.
Tha state on . beginning cross-examination
yesterday announced it would try
croas-exsmlnatlon, announced It would try
ta Drove that Colonel Cooper was a de
faulter to the extent of over HoO.OuO while
clerk and master of chancery of Maury
county.
The state resurrected soma other legisla
tive records concerning an Investigation
into the defalcation Of State Treasurer 11.
T.'Polk. In theeary eighties. It offered to
prove that thousands of dollars of the
stste's money waa Invested by Polk with
Colonel pancsa B. Cooiwr and others In a
Sicilian silver mine scheme, a walnut log
An AjfinUy
J or Each Man
Among my Spring
collection of wool
ens there's one
cloth that "hits
you just right"
"your affinity."
Men say that my 1909 stock
is great completely eclipses
everything else in town. Just
think of getting first choice
you can have it for the mere
trouble of coming now rather
than later.
There's another advantage:
You'll get better workman
ship than during the rush,
and prompt delivery.
Exceptisnal Clothes $25 up
I)ifclica:IlDr
1JI5 Fjuntam.6t.OmalLA
14 5oiI2tluSt. tlncola
scheme In North Carolina and a scheme
to buy the Nashville American.
Colonel Cooper said the suppose Irregu
larities In his office of clerk and mastor
In chancery were due to bad management
and poor bookkeeping and that every dollar
waa made good. He admitted that Polk
was his partner In the ventures named, but
declared that he (Cooper) never handled the
money and had no knowledge tha it was
taken from the state's strong box.
Colonel Cooper repeatedly urged Judge
Anderson to let the state ask "any ques
tion on any subject." When court ad
journed the cross-examination had reached
only the commencement. It Is llkoly that
the witness will be ott tbe stand all dsy
tomorrow.
DAY F0RNEBEASKA
MEN INC0NGRESS
(Continued from First Page.)
reason of the Interior department setting
aside vaat areas of land In the northwest
which are underlaid with deposits of lig
nite coal. These lands have been settled
for eight or ten years, homes have been
built upon them, the coal underneath being
shown by investigation to be of no com
mercial value whatever. The homestead
ers In the northwest went onto these lands
a few years ago and complied with all the
requirements, but when they came to prove
up they could not secure patents for the
reason that tllelr lands were in the area
declared by order of the department to be
coal lands, and therefore settlers could not
know whether they were going to be de
prived of their homes. They could not
raise money on their landa for Improve
ments and great hardships were Imposed
upon them.
Helps Many Settlers.
There are some 8,000 or 10,000 homestead
ers in the porthwest who will receive pat
ents to their landa by reason of the adop
tion of this amendment. This will afford
great relief and give homes to thousands
of people In the states of North and South
Dakota, Wyoming and Montana, who en
tered upon land in good faith as agricul
tural land, but who have not been able to
prove up on their lands In accordance with
law and get a patent because of the ex
ecutive order calling these lands coal lands.
Minor Matters at Capital. .
Marshal Seth Bullock of Deadwood is In j
the city for inauguration.
Thomas Thorson, republican nationa'
committeeman from South Dakota, and
wife are in Washington for the inaugura
tion. W. C. Cook of Sioux Falls, chairman of
the republican state committee of South
Dakota, is expected to reach Washington
on Sunday to participate in the Inaugura
tion of Judge Taft.
Senator-elect Coe I. Crawford of South
Dakota will arrive in the city tomorrow,
bringing his credentials with him.
j. W. Langer of Wllber, Neb., Is In
Washington.
Charley N. Eastman has been appointed
Spring Longings
wi.hu for new and lighter wear
ables will soon be yours, for Spring
will turn up when you turn over the
very next page on the calendar.
Bo, lfe up to you to get down your
order for a new. Spring Suit in our.
order books then it will be up to us
to prove that by our combination of
2 expert cutters, t expert salesmen
and 60 sewing tailors, we can and
guarantee a perfect fit and as com'
plete satisfaction in our special aaa
spring suitings aa most tailors with
higher price notluns will furnish you
for 40.
gss ear windows for these special
3 spring '09 suitings. f
MacCarthy-Wilson
Tailoring Co.
804-SOrJ South lfltb Street. ..
Near tetb at farnaBi Ste.
,ayinisflt3DL
Tonight will
Night at the Automobile
1
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and special attractions will
I HOME MONEY TO 101 S
Oh Business or Residence Properties
No commissions to pay.
No renewals required.
Interest rates reasonable.
Loans repayable in whole or in part any day
, Frompt attention in all cases. , t .f
Building loans a specialty.
The Conservative Savings Uoan Ass'n
4 A1 A TT
Geo. P. Oilmore, Pres't
OTSJS
BRAND
Pure Straight WiiiskeY
THE WORLD'S BEST
SEVEN YEARS OLD
FOUR FULL QUARTS FOR $4.00
tmrrio it runm
Is slsls pecks! le ssssals! Is
Courtney's Lot Brand Pure Strslcbt
the dirtillsr s art. r vtecny scea in ins
I absohitrlytmrs. stnisht whiskey,
WHO KNOW and want THE BEST.
Lotus Brand Whialce is particularly hna whiskey for parts)
eular people. Especially ecorniaendsd for morlirinai end family
aaa. We guarantee satisfaction.
. Send for Calalo fA raoc? Groceries and Imported Delicacias.
KITE!-
ENCESi
COURTNEY
Any Bank. Ex
press Company
or Wholesaler
in Omaha.
1080 Doatfla
regular and Fannie Eastman substitute
rural carrier route No. 2 at Brooklyn. Ia.
Henry J. Sohonwellcr haa been appointed
postmaster at Krantburg. Codington
county, South Dakota, vice A. Bauer, re
signed. PILES CURED IN 8 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT guaranteed to eurs nay
cass of itching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles in M It days or snonay ref undod. C4q
Bigger,
vertlnjng
buslnoss.
Better, Busier That's what ad
In The Bee does for your
Updike's
Pride of Omaha
Flour
No other miller
has the opportun
ity to secure the
best wheat all the
time. We have 103
elevators and the
best wheat that
comes to . them is
delivered to the
mill. We merely
.say to you. buy it
because it is better
than any other
flour you can buy.
Have a pride in it
because it is made
in Omaha.
At all grocers
UPDIKE M1LL1NO COMPANY, OMAHA.
Hundreds of Popular Hits
ta ear
10e MUfeXO BTOABTKSS
A. HOSPE CO.
U13 Douglas Street.
OMAHA AUDITORIUM
be Omaha and Council Bluffs .S'pcittvru'
bile Show . Admission will be fiftv cenfc"
be
in
order.
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Paul W.Kuhns, Sec'y
I Lotus
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tut ets
WHISKtf
mion
Iksnsks mt lews
WKitkav la the finest product ef
wood, smooth end mellow, tju'
scran mare old. J-OR THOSE.
& COMPANY
firspsy
BBsMoa
St.. OMAHA. N.
Lotus BrsndW his.
ty for shinmrM te '
any paatio 9oaes
other Ihsa Nsbra.
ka sad lasts.
IF YOU ARE CURABLE
WE CAN CU&E YOU
OMloe Honrs to t
i anj. i.y
Writs today te
Average Time to Oars '
Hupture.,..One Visit
Enlarged Veins,
....Om Visit
Cataracts , . , ,19 Daya
Catarrh . . .10 Daya
Goiter 0 Daya
Piles . ... to Days
GERMAN DOCTORS
Main and Broadway, . .
oovxotb Bi.vrr. ' xow,
WHEtyB TO KAT.
Friday s Fteh; Day
tMATlNf ,
J5he Calumet
141 M3 Dougla St
Meal Tickets Frea ai Hanson's
Ersry person who takes a meal af Tolf
Hanson's basement restaurant may guss
the number who visit there during the
day. Every day the nearest ueas wins a
meal book.
' Toll Hanson's Lunch Roqm
The most attractive, brlghest, airiest
and moat economical lunch room in Omaha
Meal Book Fre at -. -ROBERTSON
CAFE
t :
GUESS NUMBER SERVED EACH DAT
Table d'Hote Dinner
Every Sunday mmi Hdair '
BOYD'S ?
tonoRT AID All, Will
6
Matinee Saturday.
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Matinee aver Say ta. Svery "ig-hi.u
Homer LJnd Co., Rogers t aly, Lin
ton A Insurance. L Arustiis Kalinouakl
Bros., lliluKo. Minnie niuimka, a
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