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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1909)
ft CORRECT DRESS FOR MEN AND UOYS FROM SIRE TO. SOW New Lntcn Dresses and Wash Suits Pongoo . Coats at $19.50 dSi.T FARNAM ST. THE BEE: OMUIA. SATURDAY, MAY 15. 100 Start oil liit urdajf Unsurpassable Quality, Style and Work manship in Our Suits Now on Sale In the makeup of these suits, every detail is carried out to perfection, being the production of the most ex clusive of New York's Fifth Avenue Tailors, and are hot to be classed with the Ready-to-Wear suits usually offer ed at special sales. Saturday we offer the greatest, values ever, in tailored suits worth two and three times what we ask for them Nearly 150 well tailored, handsome suits. Values up to $30.00 on sale Saturday at Over 300 finely tailored, beautiful suits. Values up to $45.00 on sale Saturday, at . . . . . '. ... ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL 3-PIECE SUITS AND CLOTH DRESSES ON SALE SATURDAY AT 4 PRICE Great Sale of Waists at $1.45 Dozens of handsome waists in plain tucked, handsomely embroidered and lace trimmed styles. Good values at $2.00 and $3.00, on sale Saturday at . . . . . " $1.45 H ! lfi Ml ihi Mm we'vte the very suit you want at the very price you want to pay. Sounds strange but it's the simple truth and we believe that in this age of newspaper exaggeration and misrepresentation the merchant that tells the truth about the goods ho sells must win the patronage of the sensible people sell ing the most clothing as. we do in Omaha, has made his store the principal outlet of such makes as "Kuppenheimer," "Hirsh Wickwire," "Stein Bloch," "Schloss 'Bros.," "Adler" and "Society" clothes. . The character of these garments are beyond criticism and extravagant phraseology. There are none better. Men's Suits of these master makers worsteds, cheviots, vicunas and cassimere in rich shade of slate, stone, green, olive and tan; stripes, checks, overplaids and black and white ef fects; in sizes to fit all builds of men. $15 $18 CROUNSE DIES WITH DAY Former Governor Expires ai the Clock Strikes Twelve. WILL BE BUBIED BESIDE WIFE Heqneata that Hli Body Be l.ald I ' the Family Lot at Fort Cal-hoaa- gyeepals of Hi Jr. ' " - ' Lit. x f.; -v Former Governor Lorenio Crounsa died on the stroke of "midnight Thursday. He had been lit ror ft long time, and at dif ferent period Jf his lllnoss had seemed on the verge' of death, but had rallied In rather remarkable fithion. For tin last few days the former governor has been falling- rapidly, and hope of recovery was practically abandoned early In the week. Moat of Wednesday and all of Thursday Mr. Crounsa waa in a state of cma. wltit occasional momenta of ccnselousnass. By hia request Oovernor Crounee will be buried beside hla wife at Fort Calhoun. The funeral aervicea will be held at the residence of Congressmsn Hitchcock, Twentieth and odge streets, beginning st 4 p. m. Saturday. .The body will reach Fort Calhoun at :30. The Omaha pellbear ers will aerve only to the railway station &WFUL RASH Mi OVER BOY'S BODY t i Era .Weeping Eczema Kept Spreading on Little Sufferer A Score of Treatments Prove Dismal Failurtt Grateful FatherTells of CURE ACHIEVED BY CUTICURA REMEDIES Tt rta ma rreat pleasure to expreaa ay deep gratitude to appreciation of the Incalculable benefit that tho Cuticur Boap. Ointment and Resolvent did my little boy. He bad an awful rash all over his body and the doctor said it was eceema. It was terrible ana ueea 1 tn wiim awfullr. Any plaoe the water went It ' . l .A,. would lorm nuiun www and it would become crusted. A snore or more & physicians faiiea uttfny ind dismally In tbelr elTorte to remove in; trouble. Then I was told to use the Cutioura Reme dies. I got a cake of Cuticura Soap, a bo of Cutimira Oint ment and a bottle of Cutrar and before we had used half tha Resolr. nt I oould aee a change In him. in about two month he was ntlrwly well. When people see him now ther ask, What did you get to cure your baby nrl il we -an say la. It was the Cuti- So In, u. Cuticur. wiU alweva hare firm I1onwf.mtfi Oeorge F. Lambert. 139 West BtTSahanoy CUy. Fa; Septambar 8 and November 4. .1&07. ... - MILLIONS OF PEOPLE Rely on Cuticur Remedies. Milliona of tha world s beat pople uaa Cutioura Soap snd Cuticura Oiiitraervt, assisted, when :YbtL . Hesulvent (liquid or pill O ror preaerv ing, purlfving and booutifyipg tha akla. for eczemas, irritations and loflarama-' tioos, for cleansina the sralo of crusts, nsJas and dandruff, and tha etopplng of falling hair, for bel.v rashes. ltcWM and chafinaa, and many aanaUve. antl eptlo purpoaea which readi y themselves to women, as well ae for all the purpoaea of the toilet, bath ana Bursery. Guaranteed abatJutely pure, k raulhout tlx wyrl4 fMft bn- "' Pro, 1ST CWuJ - mrHU Wtm, txUMa e saaai and tha othcra will be chosen from Wash ington county friends at tha burial. Lorenao Crounsa was born at Sharon, In Schoharie county, N. T., January 17, 1834, of German descent, both his grandparents being born across thewater. He was tha youngest of seven children, and when a boy worked In his fathera tannery. He was educated In the common schools and attended two terms at tha Nw York Con ference seminary, teaching school In tha winter to earn money for hla eapensal during th summr trnts. . Raised Battery tor War. When 21 year 'of age hi' began the study Of law and was admitted to the bar In 1857, at Ft. Plain. Montgomery county," N. T., opening an office In that ton, Where ha practiced until the breaking out of the civil war,' when ha raised at Ft. Plain Battery K, First regiment New York Light artillery, being chosen captain of the company. He served four years and was engaged In several battles, being se verely wounded while holding Beverly a ford on the Rappahannock river. . When partially recovered he resigned his com mand and In 18C4 moved lo Nebraska, set tling at ltulo, in Richardson county. In the election in October of that year tha future governor of hla state was chosen aa one or tlie county's reprssanta lives in tha territorial legislature. Two years later he was appointed a memhe: or tho rommlltees on Judiciary,; revision of the statutes, and to draft a constitu tion to be submitted to the voters of Uie territory a the next election. In October, 1W6, h was elected a Justice of the su preme court, being nominated by unani mous vote In the republican state con vention held In I'lattsmOuth. He assumed this office In March, 197. when the state was admitted, and served a term of sis years and was assigned to the third, or northern district, comprising all the state north of the Platte river excepting the counties of Douglaa and Brpy. Deellsrea Resomlnatlon. Governor Crounsa declined a renomlnatlon to the bench at the expiration of his Ju dicial term, but In 1871 mas nominated on the third ballot in state convention for member of tha lower house of congress, tie was elected that fall against General Silaa A. Strickland snd John Taffe, recelv lng 17,000 of the J7.S0 votes caat. He was re-elected to congress in 1874, but In U7( was defeated for tha senate. At the close - of his congressional cam paign, Mr. Crounsa took op his abode on a farm. In Waahlngton county and In 187 was appointed Internal revenue collector tor Nebraska by President Hayea. Twelve years later President Harrison appointed him assistant secretary of the treasury. In 182 the republican party nominated Mr. Ciounse for governor, against hla do aire, and tn tha election that fall he won by a majority of about 10.000 votes over J. Mlerllng Morton, the democratic nominee. snd General Charlea H. Van Wyck. tin populist nominee. He was Inaugurated on January I, 1893. and served one term, re fusing a renomlnatlon In KM through the medium ot a letter to tha public. Becoming a private cltlaen once more. the former governor resided on his farm in Washington county until 1900, when he was nominated and elected a member of tha state aenate, which body came near slectlug ntm to the United States aenate to fill out the unexpired term caused by Uih death of Senstor Haywsrd. Governor Crounsa was msrrled to Miss Mary E. Griffiths la 1M0 and to this unlou or.e son and hrea daughters ware born: William G . Jesale, Gretchen and Maria. The ' eldest daughter is now Mrs. Gilbe.-t M. Hitchcock and the second is Mrs. George M. Mclntyre. Mrs. Crounsa died In UK. . MURDERER SHOT BY POSSE William L Lansing of Presho, S. D., ii Killed While Beiigtin; Arrest HAD BEATEN WIFE TO DEATH Her Body Vu Hidden la Cellar Crime Prompted by ltefasal to Disatlss Divorce PRESHO. S. D., May 14. Tha body of the wife of William L. Lansing, a blacksmith,-was found lrt the cellar of their home laat night with the head crushed by a hammer. Tha husband was -missing at the time and waa suspected of the crime. A sheriff and poese Immediately began a aearch for the man. After scouring the couptry all night they discovered him twenty-two miles north of Presho, tn a claim shack on tha Brule reservation. He began a fight against capture and was shot through the chest, two bullets taking erfect. He lived but a short time. None of the poss was Injured; though he fired on the men several times. Positive proof is at hand to warrant the statement that Lansing's crime was tn Stanley county. The summary shows 2,561 final proofs, with 2,083 of them In Stan ley county, the rest being scattered over the district generally. Hughes county added 120; Lyman, 89; Hyde, 69; Potter, 6; Sully, 47; Hand 29, Corson, 27; Faulk, 22; Sprlnk, and Beadle 4. The Corson county tracts added are Indian heirship lands which have been sold. The return shows that an ooca slonal tract yet comes In through final proof In the counties of Beadle and Spink, but that part of the state la pretty well up In that line. . (EL These suits are especially priced for Saturday's selling and positively cannot be purchased elsewhere in Omaha for less than $20.00 and $22,50 and our suits at $25.00 are great conceptions of tailoring art. Clothing TTti oys We know all about boys for we havo been clothing them for years. There's a whole army of mothers in this vicinity who never think of going elsewhere for boys' clothes for the thor oughbred, stylish appearance of our boys' suits appeal on sight to the ideas of mothers. Hwell suits in the new tones of color, with two pairs of knickerbocker pants S2.75. S3.75 (Si $5.00 The careful, sturdy make, the splendid wear resist cloth and superior quality will ap peal to the practical side. 3 o FREE The Metropolitan Art Portfolio with Col ored Crayons. Try for the $100.00 in Gold. The Home of Kuppenheimer Clothes, John B. Stetson Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Carhart Work Clothes Everwear Guar anteed Hosiery for men and wo. men. . . 7,4,,' raiiTi -w nil"1111 i premeditated. He had threatened his wife normal BBADITREKT'I REVIEW Of TRADE Irresalarltjr Still Characterises Croai and Indaatrlal Bltaatloa. NEW YORK. May li-Bradstreet's to, morrow will say: Irregularity still characterises the.trade, crop and Industrial situation. In Industrial lines the concensus of reports Is that fur ther Improvement has been registered, es pecially in the Iron and ateel. coal, coke, woolen manufacturing and leather tradea. Building is active and lines of tradn cater ing to this Industry are feeling beneflrlaj effects. It Is a between-sessons period in wholesale and Jobbing distributive trade; orders from retailers are merely of a filling In character and hardly equal to expecta tions. Manufacturers of woolen goods are buy ing freely of raw material at Boston and sales of new domestic clip wool to arrlvg have aggregated K,i0,on pounds. Eastern shoe fsctorle's orders on hsnd are below ind her brother because of divorce pro ceedings which she had started on ac count of cruelty. The crime occurred about i o'clock yesterday afternoon. The three children were at school across the rosd. The victim wss evidently stunned by a blow of the flat, carried Into the cellar, her skull crushed by a hammer, the body hidden under the floor, covered over and partly burled. Lamtlng remained at the house tlx hours after his crime. He worked about the yard, waiting for dark ness, when It was planned to kill the children. Ha ate supper with them over the cellar door. The little girl noticed blood stains. She suspected him and re ported to the authorities. A aearchlng parly mado the discovery of the body seven hours after the crime. Lansing started Jirih at dark after falling In an attempt to kill the children. Iowa Husband Dies Heroically, But in Vain Wife Tried to Start the Kitchen Fire with Kerosene, and Both ' Succumbed. Busineaa failures In the T'nlted Htatea fnr the week ending with May 13 were 224 against 214 last week. 301 .In the like week or isw. 'M in 1907, lm in 190G end 191 In 1905. Canadian failures for the week num ber 31 against last week and 3 an the like week of lWa. Wheat, including flour, exports from the United States snd Canada for the week ending May IS aggregate 1.2,0O buahela, against l.ttZ.PW bushels last week and 2.?W,8 bushels this week last yen". For tne rorty-slx weeks ending May 1J this year, the exports are lK.Ko.o bushels. against 183.075.C7S bushels In the correspond ing period last year. Corn exports for the week are 1 SI. 241 buahels, against 28.734 bushels last week and 102.221) buahels In 1808. For the forty-six weeks ending May IS, corn exports are 2S.6W.169 bushels, against 44.467.K8 bushels laat year. Nebraska (Continued from Third Page.) cusslons, drills, suggestions for the good of the order and a social period. Last evening the session waa devoted to Initiatory work, Enterprise lodge ,No. having charge of the work. After the h-'. ness meeting an elaborate banquet waa held. The next meeting will be held In thla city In November. 4; .Votes. Kebraaka BEATRICE The Fairview ball team yes terday defeated the nine from Central school by the score of 4 to 3. SPRINGFIELD A 11.000.000 rain through out Sarpy county yesterday and last night has put a smile upon the farmers that won't com off. KEARNEY Three of the prlnrlpal resi dence streets are now being curbed with cement snd the movement bids fair to spread to all the mora prominent residence streets of the city. COLfMBl B The work of putting In the foundation for the new Cnlon Pitclflc depot will be completed this week, and aa much of the other material 1s here, there will be no delay In the construction. KEARNET An effort is now being made to organise a "home guard" ball team and it may be successful. There are two or three of Kearney's old "white wings" In the city and some good amateur players. BEATRICE The Adams village board has been organised by tha election of A. W. Snyder, chairman; A. C. Bryson, clerk; R. C. Pearson, treasurer; J. W. Evans, marshal, and W. H. White, street commis sioner. KEARNET The Kearney High school will graduate a class of twenty-four at commencement and the exercises will be held on two evenings at the opera house. The class consists ot nineteen girls and five boys. KEARNET In the district court Perry B. Deets wss awarded a verdict ot fl.tift agsinst the Union Pscaflc on account of damages sustained while unloading sheep at Gibbon. The train was moved while he wss unloading. , COLUMBCS-The Nebraska Blene. the German paper, la now located In the Jour nal offlee, occupying the west side of th Journal, building. The latter paper is adding a new newspaper preas and other machinery to Its equipment BEATRICE A big meeting will be held kills next Teuaday evening to discuss the proposition in i.inunm lownanip ana create a to consolidate irhools township high school at Ellis. all the ? a State Su perintendent Bishop will address tlte meet- in lng. SPRING FIELD Burglars made a raid on several houses during the severe elec trical storm last night, the residence of Carl Ahrendson was entered and 12 taken Will E. Miller was touched for 11.78. Carl Frank for M cents and the men were scared away from the residence of T. N. Graham after they had opened a window ready, to enter. DICKENS During a severe electrical storm here Tuesday evening the barn on the E. Bundy fsrm about nine miles south east of town waa atruck by lightning and entirely rnnaumed. together with some harness, hay, grain and aheds. The lose will 1 be several thousand dollars. Mr. Bundy had Just lately located there, having moved from Cotad. LINDSAY John Ruppert was fined tTS and costs In the district court at Columbua thla week for the Illegal, selling of liquor. Mr. Rilppert has for a number of vears been running a saloon at St. Bernard, a small Catholic parish, procuring only a government license to do so. Recently some parties In Columbus took the matter up, with the result that he was arrested. BEATRICE A. H.VHolllday of the Mid land Lyceum bureau was In the cltv yes terday conferring with the Chautauqua board relative to holding a ennutauqui here In August. The concern has con tracts for putting on chautauquaa in sev. eral Nebraska towns, and as the Beaturlce Chautauqua association decided some time ago not to hold an assembly this year. It la very likely arrangements will be made with the Midland concern to hold a Chau tauqua here this summer. BEATRICE C. B Dempster, president of the Dempster Mill Manufacturing company of this city, yesterday announced that the company would aoon bmln the erection of an addition to the foundry and also an ad dition to ths steel tank factory with a warehouse room on the aecond floor. The buildings will be built of brick and con crete and the change meana the employ, ment of about seventy-five more men. Mr. Dempster ssys If crop conditions are fa vorable the company will put up an en tirely new factory for tha manufacture of the Implement lihe. Kemper, Hemphill as Buckingham, All klnda of plating. - a broken lot suit sale today clean, regular, undamaged, new, not shop-worn or old-styled the term "broken lots" should not call to mind visions of a lot of draggly, ungainly, specially bought "odds and ends," for it means NOTHING of the sort in this case. We are going to dispose of all odd remainders of THIS season's young men's and boys' clothes going to dispose of .'em at really low prices going to offer you the CLEANEST line of attire in the city, even if it IS advertised as "broken lots." We will have told you enough when we state they are all of "Sam Peck" make. Kemper, HempctK tt Bucklngnaaa, All kinds of plating. nes Kei l4 aa Typewriter. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May 14.-A apeed for typewriting waa mads here laat night by K. A. Treisger or jsew xorn, who wrote an average ot 1 worda from ropy each mlnjte for fifteen minutes. Trefxger was second In the International contest In New York recently when Rose L. Frita won the hour contest. CRESTON, la.. May 14. -(Special.) News of a terrible tragedy comes from Nodaway, whereby Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dicks of that place both lost their lives from the effects of burns received In a fire Sunday morning through an explosion from using coal oil to start tha kitchen fire. Mrs. Dicks, who waa starting the fire, was so badly Injured that ahe died the aame evening and Mr. Dicks suc cumbed to his Injuries Wednesday. A fam ily of six small children are left In straightened circumstances. Mrs. picks had started the kitchen fire, but thinking It had gone out she took a gallon ran of kerosene and began pouring the oil Into the atove. It proved to be the old story. A few '.lniterlng coals had re- I mained from the first tire, and the oil Immediately biased up and a terrible ex plosion followed. Ths bjrnlng oil wss thrown all about tha house and over the unfortunate woman. Her husband ran to her aasiatance and with bedclothes at tempted to smother the flames, which, I after a time he succeeded In doing, but was so badly burned that his own flesh dropped from his teat and body. The chil dren were rescued from ths burning bed In which they were sleeping by ths father before he gave up. Richard Cserwonky. aceompsrlled by ths Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, will ren der Bruch'a Concerto In Q minor Boyd's. Saturday afternoon. New Land Tax 1.1st. PIERRE. S. D.. May 14. 8peoial.)-The Pierre land district has reported lo th state auditor the amount of new land U ge upon the tax lists ot tha state for this year through final proof, showing ever 40u,OOO acres to he addsd, moat ot woioa la ' Ah, iff A 4 mm if " i -at SS5- a r 1 ' cnoice 01 tame 01 147 boys' suits for spring 1909 from our up to $8.50 lines we've gene through eat satire stock of Voys' clothsa i took eat everything that had void dowa to, "odd gar- cents" re salt la a table fall of eholoe felaa serges and a fine array of cheviots and hard ftalahed worsteds la tars, browse and graya. Tha models embrace lsadlag aTorfolk and doable breasted effeete la alaea from to IS years. the aslf aame, superbly made a, perfect fitting "Sampeck" garaseata that have woa for sa so huge a clothes patronage. rat $15- choice of rack of 119 Yungphellowi spring Suits from our $20 lines. the carefully attired "TaarphsUew- who would .keep well Into tha style proeeastoa at "out ratea," jf ' VMM Mil A . V. B .! .. 1, I a ' ' - -- wByvwMM vnoio Brays, k v smoked grays and taaa, la cheviots, serges aad v worsteds. EMmu mi.l. with f j m i t front to coats, cuff trousers aa all that sort of thing. I Xa alaea 11 l 38, aad every gait a ataaalng spring style the niftiest pat ap by the reaowaed "gam peek" cones ra. Mlad yea gla aaa they're Mo garataata. - - i 1 Stnd for one of our illus trated tpring catalogs they're 4 neceseity about net home. II atU 3 1 'LiYm CI ni .rail. u TBI Y0UH0 KOPtTS OWNgTOM rs AhtT 1E1 lAis-iar DousldS Street Omaha-Nt. --ararW 111 "tT I II I II Specimen of the it startling suit values are now on display in our show windows. See 'em