The Omaha Sunday Bee.
FOR ALL THE NEWS
OMAHA DEE
YOUR MONEY'S WORTH
FART TAO
EDITORIAL
. PAGES 1 TO 12.
VOL. XXXVI II NO. 45.
OMAHA, "SUNDAY MOKNINCf, APIUL 23, 1903.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Publisher's Stock Sheet Music at 10 cents
From IIALLWORTH & BENNINGTON, 28th St, New York
25,000 copies of new standard bits that have swept the country as the most successful songs erer
written. New York theaters have been ringing with these melodies all season. Many now
Introduced In Omaha for first time. Our entire counter space 1b given over
to this sale. Such favorites as "Wish 1 Had a Girl," "Shine On Harvest
Moon," "Mandy Lane." Songs you know and a thousand more equally as
good and refreshingly new and different in greatest sale Bennett's Music
Section ever offered. Every number Is regular 23c music; sale price
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SUMMER STYLB' BOOK and any 15c Ladles'
Home Journal Pattern, for 20
Wonderful Dinnerwear Clean Up
We intend to make complete clean-np of fine di..nerware pattern- t4.rm.rrow. Have m-do
.ah m.' knnw or t r rawer ybaucb. v
nrlrest with this object In view.
English and American semi-porceiam umuci
ware In five different patterns. Llne consists
of Bakers. Covered Butters, Cake Plates, Caa
serrole's. Covered Dishes, Platters, lugs, Sauce
Boats, Sugar Bowls,
worth to $1.75, at
25c
Bowls,
values
15c
. Cups and Saucers, Pickles, etc,
actually up to 60c,
choice
Lot 3 Get your choice of Bone Dishes, Cream-,
era. Fruit Dishes. Oatmeals, Plates of all
ktnds, values to 25c, IOC
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Embossed In gold, for polite
correspondence. Bought
from Berlin and Jones way
under priec, worth 4 Q
60c box, at J.SC
$100,000 worth of new spring merchandise, the over-
stocks and surplus lots from overbought jobbers and
manufacturers sold to Bennett's at about . . . . . . . ....
Cents
on the
Jobber's Stock
Tablets High grade papers
selling up to 35c. Omaha
Jobbers discontinu
ing this lino, choice
10c
This Entire Purchase Aggregating $60,000 to be Sold in One Week Commencing Tomorrow
A gigantic merchandizing achievement that brings to Omaha the most impress
Old and favorably known wholesale and manufacturing institutions on account of tne prolonged business depression are forced to unload millions of dollars in merchandise.
It was no longer a question of profit. It was a matter of realizing cash even at the cost of tremendous losses. ( .
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The Bennett (Jompany with its wen known aggressiveness realizing tne great possiuumes iur wonucuui iiut:; ai iuw pm-ci. ucau up iuu,uuu worm oi me season s most ae-
s'rible goods. i i i
Nothing this, store has ever done equals this great transaction. It's a mercantile triumph that must awaken in the breast of every true economist the earnest desires to share
in these astounding sales. . . '
Omaha will turn out en masse tomorrow. Merchandise, such. as is now in greatest vogue for personal adornment or for use in the home was never known to be so amazingly
under-priced. Bennett's will be the bargain centre of America this week. Extra salespeople in all departments. t
N.Y. Silk House Makes Unheard
of Sacrifice of Silks to Bennett's
$15,000 Purchase New
SUITS
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New York manufacturers clamor
ing for cash forced to take terrific
losses to dispose of jpig surplus
stocks.
Bennett's Buy at
60c on Dollir. 1
Five Cases Fine Suitings
and have them made
up into Superb
Suits.
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A gigantic deal, but tlie low price jus
tified it. We can now sell finest $40.00 and
$45.00 tailored suits in America fifteen dol
lars under price and give you
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Here is undeniably the greatest bar
gain Bennett's ever made. The suits in this
sale were made for the most exacting people
to our own special order. They are dis
tinctly high class in style, material and tail
oringsuits that bring $40.00 and $45.00
in America's best stores. Every size, every
color for everybody. ' To influence you to
come Monday we will make you a present
of the finest $5.00 silk petticoat made with
any suit at our sale prices
$19.50 and $25
Lefi & Elsmere $1 Silk Gloves 59c
Never before have these old standbys of the glove trade sold at such a price.
Genuine pure silk, two-clasp, double tipped gloves; all dollar quality, Qr
In black, white, brown, tan, gray and navy, pair " ; .
Fine Lisle Gloves, two-clasp, best 35c qualltiese, mode, black, white, brown, navy,
gray, at pair 23
PHENOMENAL SALES KNIT UNDERWEAR.
thousand dozen to us at very low figures.
100 dozen women's spring and summer
union suits, wide knee and lace trimmed,
actual 35c garments, now.., 23
Handkerchiefs atV Half.
Big Import stocks sold at less than cost
to land.
25c pure linen embroidered corner, cord
. edge, each 1 12
Appenzele embroidered, pure linen, 50c
handkerchiefs ' 23
Wholesaler needed money and unloaded
Women's 12V4c vests, sleeveless, taped arm
and neck, each . . . , 7d
Women's 26c long j sleeve vests, light
weight, sale price 15?
Monday's Great Hosiery Bargains.
Women's Imported Lisle Hose, Copenhagen
sky,- champagne, tan, green,' etc., 35c
goods 21
Geneva Silk Hose, special purchase. Never
before at such a price. Best 50c Hosiery
we have, at ..........' .'. -27V
10,000 Yards Wash
Goods
Bought way below ruling prices
phenomenal savings on every line.
Genuine Toile du Nord and A. F. C.
dress ginghams, 12Vic" and 15c
everywhere; Bennett's price, 7
Anderson Scotch Ginghams, very
choicest . styles and regular 25c
goods; special, yard .10c
$1.00 Persian Mulls, most exquisite wash
fabrics .ever shown and Arnold's spangle
silk, that every other store sells at 50c,
bere for ...25
Linen Suitings Plain colors in every new
shade, alBo fancy effects, 3 6-inch goods,
regular 60c lines, at. yard. ...... -25
Domestics, etc.
Case. 36-inch Beached Muslin, .soft
finish, also case cambric; both lines
are 10c goods, at .... ..VaC
Bleached Sheets 8ix90-i'nch," N. V. . Mills
Muslin, regular $1.10'standard brand, our
price 79,
Pillow Codes 4 5x3 6-inch, heavy durable
.goodu, .worth 12 Vic and 16c, special. .)
White Goods Iawns, Dimities, Madras,
for watBtg, children's wear and curtains,
12 Vic and 15c yard )
Huck Towels 60 dozen on sale, scalloped
ends, regular 2.9c towels, on sale at..9
Table Daniasks Bleached mercerized, 64
inch splendid quality, fine patterns, etfual
, to our best 60c line, sale price yard 39
Makers' Overstocks Girls Dresses. Muslin Under-
wear, Etc. Wonderful Bargains
Girls' Dresses of Manchester Oaletea and
best percales from Gus Lurie & Co., ot
N. Y., world's greatest m'fgrs. children's
dresses, very beautiful styles, all worth
$3.60, $3.00 and $2.50, at 81.25
Infant's long and short white dresses and
short skirts with waist, lace and emb
trimmed, $2.50 and $2 values, at. 98
Infant's Lawn Caps, emb. and hemstitched,
35c values, at 15
76c values, at 25
Women's Wash Petticoats, seersucker
tripes
Drawers and Corset Covers, big - lot 5oc
garments for 25
Line Net and Mescaline Silk Waists, values
lections, each
100 dozen Corset Covers, lace and em
broidery trimmed with ribbon, also laco
trimmed and hemstitched, tucked draw
ers, values to 40c, for 15
Corset Covers .and Drawers, special pur
chase, $1 lines1 for 59c
Muslin Skirts and Gowns,, very handaome
showy new styles, greatest values ever in
Omaha, worth to $1.75, at... ...$1.00
White Duck and P. K. Dress Skirts, tail
ored and emb. trimmed styles, valurs to
for si.oo
Waists 100 dozen white lawn waists,
lace and emb. yokes, all 75c garments
tor 2oC
actually up to $5, good styles, choice se-
81.93
Sample Parlor Suites
' We bought 200 handsome suites, everyone a full
fourth' under actual value.
$15.00 Suites, 811.25 I $30.00 Suites, $21.00
$26.00 Suites. 819.50 $40.00 Suites. 830.00
$32.00 Suites, $24.00 I $50.00 Suites, $37.50
lli tuui l)ed. One-fourth savings $12.BO to $32.00
Porch Furniture 25 per cent saving.
KVCS Made rug sir.es' Cx9 feet up to 11x15 feet,
at 7.0O to $19.00
All full 30 per cent savings.
$30.00 Axmluster Room size Rugs $23.75
bllATKKlKM Scrims, tttamlnes, Madras, Nets, etc.
specially priced Monday.
Rmnants table oil cloth, yard 10c
Odd window hac1'. cloning, at 16o
Brass curtain roilH, eauh 3
"iiunnett'a fpeciul" Sewing Machine, regular $20 valu
111-year guarantee $13.6
Murhlne needle, all kind, each 10
lilrt waist boxes, matting covered ii V
Men's and Boys' Wear
Black Sateen 8hlrt. 76c quality, alsea 12 to 19, Mon
day, choice
Men's 10c Rockford Socks, 6 pairs for 2 Bo, or pair.. to
Men's fancy soft shirts and white, stiff bosoms, values
to S1.00. for o
.Men's Balbrlggan Shirts and Drawers, io value.. lo
60c silk four-ln-hand ties, newest styles Bio
Men's worsted and casslmere pants, durable material,
regular 11.00 and 11. &0 line, pair 88o
Men's worsted and all woo) Casslmere Suits, seanon's
newest styles and shades, $1 and $12.60 suits.. 97.60
Men's soft hats, spring colors and shapes trom best
knuwn maker In country, $1.60 hats S1.M
Boy's Wear Second Floor
Boys' 7So and 60o Caps and Tarns, special.. Mo and 85o
Knickerbocker ants. 4 to 16 years, bent 11.60 and 11
line, at . 69o
Blouse Suits )5.00 values, sises 1 and 9 years.. tl.SS
.Hoys' Blue Bib Overalls, I to i years, each lOo
Boys' Keefers. tan, gray, red, green and fancy cloths,
$5 00 and $4.00 values 9i.bO
Knickerbocker Suits, new shades and patterns, $4 00
values, special W-TS
Lawn Mower, Special
14-lnch extra high grade ball-bearing mower, has
9m. wheels, best crucible steel knives $4.00
GASOLINE 8TOVKS Two-hole Junior, very best,
at $2.49
One-hole Junior, very best $1.65
Gasoline Ovens, 1 and 2-hole tUl, 91.75 and 93 00
And 40 Stamps. v
Wash Boilers, prices up from 96o
And 40 Stamps.
Self-Wringing Mops, 40c regular price, for '. .U9o
foultry Wlr. best grade, In full rolls, sq. foot ViO
78c Bread Boxes, large slso. special 49o
8oc Flour Cans, 60-lb. size, special 69o
Garden Rakes, steel 30o, 35o, and 400
And 20 Stamps.
76c Shovels, long handles, usual 75o kind 49c
40c Steel Lawn Rake 24-tlne, for 89o
$2.25 Garbage Cans, 25 gallons, special 91. CO
$1.76 Garbage Cans, 18 gallons, special 61.35
LIBERTY HOUBK PAINTS
$1.25 Gallon cans for 85
70c -gallon cans for 50
40c -gallon cans for 303
Values that stagger the imagi
nation choice new silks worth
$1.00 and $1.25 for 39c. Just think
of it! Where was there ever an
other such bargain? A Bennett
scoop that outshines them all.
Here's the assortment; finest
styles for 1909:
91.00 Colored Pongees....
.vo f-ouiam m . . ? .
91.00 Fancy Bilks, aU late
titd.
1.00 Wash Bilks. t
91.00 novelty Cheek Bilks
91-89 Bilks In 31,4 to 10
yard pieces
91.60 Black Silk Voiles...
Two Cases Spring Suitings at, 1 49c
Real Values $1.00 ;
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uuuuci noo auAiuus ID ICUUUB 1110 SIOCK. t Uf. DUJ er .
cleaned up the lot at half. Very . choicest 'new .
grey suitings, m various shades, beautiful strired '
effects; 44-inch widths; all liglk weight fabrics
and every piece right in style; absolutely nothing
choicer in the stores. In this week's sale these $1.00
materials for ."
25c Embroideries at 1-2
25c Embroideries at Half Wide
embroideries, up to 24-inch, edge,
insertions, bands, on Swiss and
Nainsook cloth, suitable for dress
es, for skirts, for the new combina
tion undergarments, all 4 Ql
25c quality 1 2C
$5.00 Oxfords for $1.98
Men's and Women's, Styles
Two important purchases low
shoes in season's best styles; high
grade linen., including:
Men's Patent Colt, hand sewed
and gun metal low cut $4.00 shoes.
Women's Oxford Ties, soft hand
turned extension soles, in patent
colt, patent kid, vicl and velvet
Kid, up-to-date $5.00 Bhoes.
All from well known makers.
In greatest sale of year at -
B i g Grocery Specials
Bennett's Golden Coffee .....96o and 40
Teau, large assortment 40c 'and 60
Royal Tomatoes, 12 He cans So
Helme's Melon Magoes, six for. .. .860 and 10
Ktib-No-More Soap, 8 bars for BOO
Poppy Evap. Milk, 6 cans BSo and 10
Capitol Baking Powder, lb 4o and 10
Sterling Gloss Btarph, C-lb. box. . . .60o and 80
Pure Honey, Mason pint jar a So and 20
Mignonette Peas, three cans Sfto
Sweet PU'kled Peaclies, quart Jar..S5o .
g. M. Pumpkin, can lOo and 10
Kadlum Move Polish IB "0 and 10
6nlder's Ualad Dressing 86o and 20
Macaroni, three packages 8So and 10
Lawn Urass Fertiliser, 2 6-lb sack.81.0O
Bonn Meal, lb., 8Ho Chicken Feed 3o
Mixed Candy, pound lOo
Muple Cream Candy 6o
KAXBIsTB
April 80th Is Raisin Day throughout America.
? rices Monday,
allfornla Muscatels, lb Be
Seedless Raisins, lb So
Seeded Raisins, lb
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49 c
Surpassing Embroidery Bargains
Omaha retailing can point to no better embroider)' bargains than those.
Half a dozen cases exquisite 24 to 25-inch Skirtings and Flouneings and
some allover embroideries. There are 2(5 different patterns, every piece
below cost to import. A chance to buy 75c embroideries 07
at ; 2C
29c For Wide Waist Nets
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29c for Wide Waist Nets 42-inch
nets, very popular for . waists,
yokes, sleeves or dresses; choice of
cream, ecru or white; variety of
neat dainty dot and small figured
designs. Nets made to sell qq
at 75c; in this sale at C
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Special
PENSION PLANJFOR RAILROADS
Hassarbasett Legislative Comnltte
Drafts Scheme vtttU Ion
New atrs.
The committee on railroads of the Massa
chusetts assembly has agreed to report a
bill for the establishment of the Boston &
Maine co-operative pension system, claimed
by students of Industrial Insurance to be
one of the most comprehensive plans of
the kind ever devised.
The system is the result of the re
searches of Messrs. Hale and Rich of the
Boston A Maine legal stsff. assisted by
Louis D. Brandels and. oilier students of
the subject It has beeq amended con
siderably In Um commit lee. mainly In the
direction of making It conform to Its ter
auliiuluxy la Um rMiuirniei.u of statute.
The train feature of the insurance I plan,
however, are left Intact.
The matter of acceptance la left to the
employes of the road, who are to vote upon
the plan as a body. Thereafter every per
son In the employ of the company Is to
be a member, except such as vote against
acceptance and who afterward file with
the president of the road a statement that
they do not wish or refuse to become mem
bers. All who enter the employ of the
company after the acceptance of the plan
will become 'members. .
The funds for the pension system are to
be provided by the men and the company
Jointly. Each member miat pay an Initia
tion fee of 81. and. after the first year,
an annual membership fee of s0 cents,
whtli the company must pay each month
aa amount equal to that contributed by
each employe during tLe preceding mouth.
The fund so raised Is to-be known as the
expense and contingent fund, while an
annuity and pension fund is to-be created
by a deposit from each member of not
more than 8 per cent of his wages, and
the company Is to contribute such amount
as may be necessary each month to main
tain the reserve at the figure where it
stood on the last day of the preceding
month. In addition the company Is to con
tribute In July of "each year aa amount
equal to the excess of the surplus arising
from the annuity deposits over tha sur
plus arising from pousion deposits.
In addition to the sums already stipu
lated as the railroad's portion of the gen
eral burden. It is called upon to contribute
each month aa amount such as the trus
tees determine Is necessary to pay current
pensions. The fund is to be administered
by a board of trustees, threa of whom
shall be employes, three directors of the
road and the seventh a person chosen by
these six. The trustees are to serve for a
terra of three years, except the odd man,
who is limited to a single year, unless re
elected. The mortuaV tables and the rates of
Interest to be charged are to be worked
out by the Insurance commissioner, the
state actuary and the trustees, and the
sums to which each class of Insured per
sons Is to be entitled are to be decided
upon by the trustees and the insurance de
partment. Ob the Wmi( Side.
Johnnie (to new visitor) So you are my
grandma, are you?
Or idmother Yes, Johnnie! I'm your
grandma on your father's side.
Johnnie Well, you're on Uut wrong side.
you'U find that out.
ONE MAN BUILDS A RAILROAD
Virginia, Mae Financed and Com
pleted by Stsndard Oil
Itogrrs.
One of the most remarkable transporta
tion enterprises of the time whs inaugu
rated recently with the opening to traffic
oi the new Virginian railway, of which
Mr. Henry H. Rogers, the well known capi
talist of New York, is the owner and presi
dent. The road is 442 miles long and ex
tends from Sewall's Point, at tidewater,
near Norfolk, Va., to. the town of Deep
water, on the Kanawha rlwr, in West Vir
ginia. The construction cost alone was
more than 4O,0uO,0uu, over half of which
was personally met by, Mr. Rogers. The
only securities Issued to the public were
di.OuQ.OuO of per cent notes of the Tidc-
I
water Construction company, due In 1M3.
and $3,760,000 Efulpment Trust 8' per cent
serial notes. The fact that a single capi
talist put up so large a share of the money
expended In creating so long and costly an
iron 'highway is a unlijue event In railroad
history, the usual plan being to rals nil
the funds fur such purposes by the sale of
stocks and bonds to the public.
The construction of the new road In
volved some of the finest examples of en
gineering In this country, and every im
provement known to modern.pl road build
ing has been Installed upon It. Although
the section wHlch It opens tip Is far from
being developed, the road la already assured
from Its own property of an annual haul
of l.ltiO.OuO tons of coal, which will bt fore
long be Increased to I.bOO.Ofif tons, and the
msnagers figure on earning more than
fixed charges during the next three years.
The railway Is virtually an east and west
line through southern Virginia from moun
tain to ocean. Its -completion makes ac
cessible 1,000,000 acres of the beat coal lands
In West Virginia, as well as great beds of
Iron ore. Vast virgin forests also are lo
cated along the line of the road, there be
ing In one county alone over SlO.OOO.OuO feet
of standing timber. Moreover, the load
passes through fine grazing lands, choice
wheat, corn and tobacco lands, and through
one of the richest trucking sections of the
state. It Is expected to be one of the m-st
important factors in the development of tha
resources of Virginia. Leslie's Weekly.
Its Varied fees.
V Teacher What does the wor4 "meter"
tnean, Harold T
Harold A measure.
Teacher What do they measure with It?
