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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1909)
TTIF. IW.Vr. OMAHA. SATURDAY. .TUNE .". 100D. 7 r. i WHBHBMMHMBBHBmHaaiMwv aw i i ii 111 j u . i i . . mm m . w x n n n ii n l I rr:i rw n m r full m I Mi yews MIm Polly Dimple will Tlslt this ftore Monday, P. M. Extra reward of fpifMl for Identification. TMC R LI A CUE STORE Muslin .Underwear & Hosiery Specials Skirts, worth up to $10.00 Cut extra lonrand full, handsome ly trimmed, in three big lots, Saturday at $1.98, $2.98 and $4.98 .Gowns worth to $3.00 Match- . less values at 98c and $1.50 Drawers, Corset Covers and Gowns, worth to 75c; choice, at . .' 25c Gowns worth to $1.50 Big as sortment of styles, at. . . .69c Skirts worth to $3.00 Big vari ety for selection, at.k . .$1.50 Ladies' Summer Union Suits at 39c and 50c Ladies Jersey Knit Pants; lace trimmed, on sale Saturday, at, pair 15c and 25c Knit Vests Regular 19c values; choice .10c Children's Muslin Pants.. 10c We Lead in Hosiery Assortments and Values I Ladies' 19c Maco Cotton Hose Blacks, tans and fancy embroidered; special oh Saturday at two pairs f or , 25c Ladies' 39c Gauze Lisle Hose Black, white and colors; great values at, pair, 25c Children's 19c School Hose; special, pair I2V2C Infants' 19c Hose; black and colors, at, pair 10c. Ladies 50c Lisle Hose All newest shades and black, at, pair 35c or three pairs for. . . .$1.00 $30,000 Worth of Men's, Women's, Children's Shoes From the Big Bankrupt Stock D. J. Mien Co., 150 Duane St., N. Y., On Sale at About Half Actual Retail Worth D. J. Allen & Co. had been in business only about one year, and there is not a pair of shoes in this big purchase of old make, every pair this spring's New York style. Mrrt Miss Polly Dimples hrrr Monday. Watch for announcement of time and place1 In Sunday paper. i I m,0W Plumes yMMk WiMk ivr. ii mi rwi nu vmucm the imivsr now is THE RELIABLE STONE Willow Plume Sale Extraord inary 100 beau tiful hand tied willow plumes black or white in lengths from 1(? to 20 inches; choice stock, val ues to $13.50, at $5.00 ime Fashion has decreed Willow Plumes trimming for summer and fall 1900. your opportunity to secure the greatest bargains ever in Omaha. See the beauties Sat urday at $5.00 Any of them worth double the sale price. $3.50 and $4.00 Men's Spring Oxfords, from the D. J. Allen bankrupt stock, choice 2.50 Men's $3.50 Oxfords and Shoes, from the D. J. Allen stock, at $1.98 Women's $1.50 and $1.75 Ox fords and Juliets, from the 1). J. Allen stock, on sale . at $1.00 Boys' and Youths' $1.75 quality Shoes, from the D. J. Allen stock, on sale at, choice $1.19 Misses and Children's $1.50 and $1.75 Oxfords and Pumps, rfoin the P. J. Allen stock .$1.00 An immense line of new styles to select from. 75c and 85c quality Barefoot Sandals 50c The immensity of this stock prevents display of all in windows or counters any one day, but each day new lots will be brought forward. See this Big Bargain Display Saturday. Garment Bargains Greater v Than Ever Saturday In the Display and Sale of the MAM KRETCHME STOCK The third big; shipment .received Thursday offering Saturday" Buyers Silk Suits, Wash Suits, Tailor Suits At Price Saving Over HALF Wash Suits and Dresses Thousands of them for selection, gar ments in the lot made to sell to $35.00- P C 7 n ffifl in three lots, at 4DJ l.DU'J I U $3.95 buys Wash Suits or Dresses, made to sell and well worth . $7.50; lace and insertion trimmed, aji the newest styles and colors. . Tailor Suits, worth to $25.00 Also silk dresses, in messalines, foulards, pongees, etc., as shown in window 1 choice ..-.- . . ... Four Specials for Saturday's Selling In Our High Grade Linen Department Napkins, good slss, German Stiver Bleached, worth $1.75 doien, special Bat ui'dFiv for .,........'. fiOo Ti rklNh Hath 'Towels, come In white and cream, worth lc, Saturday, each llo Sheets, heavy, strong and durable, size 8190, worth at com 69c each, special Faturdnv each ,........... 49o Pillow Cussm beat value ever offered, both sixes, worth double, special Sat urday, tncii (.........,..,..... i 9o Trimmed Hats, worth up to $10.00, biggest bargains ever on sale Saturday, at, each. . .$2.50 and $1.G5 New Hair Braid Shapes Black only, big assortment, regular $2.00 values; choico at 69c Headquarters for Children's Hats We offer largest assort ments and a price saving of almost half. See them Sat urday. $2.50 Battenburg Scarfs Saturday $1.19 We secured for cash at a great bargain the Cleaning Up Stock of Hand Made Battenburg Scarfs and Center Pieces of tbo largest fancy goods importers in New York. Center Pieces Both round and square, and an immense assortment of Dresser and Sideboard Scarfs. These goods are sold regularly at $1.75 to $2.50 each; but we will offer them Saturday, in two lots; choice 98c and $1.19 Limit of two to a customer. Grand Neckwear Sale Saturday we will clear up all odd pieces of Ladies' Fancy Neckwear at about Half Price, each 5 10 and 15 "5c Sash Itihbona 30c A fine lot extra quality 7-iuch ribbons, in white only, Just the thing for graduation, the regular price la 75c, our sale price for Thursday, yard 30 i a-.s , $7.95 Beautiful New White Serge v Suits, $15, $20 and $25 Pongee Suits The season's favorites. See the new ones, $25 and $30 Women's and Misses' Coats, values to $1.00 Silk coats, covert coats, white serge coats, from the Allen stock pur- tf C chase, at '. Closing Out Books We are closing out all but three lines of our big book stock and Sat urday, you can buy new books, at Half Regular Price We here quote a few of the bargain I prices: Chamber's Encyclopedia, vol..lO Chamber's Encyclopedia, vol..25f Josephus Complete Works.... 40 Americanized Encyclopedia, vol. 20 A IMg Lot of Odd Books, worth 60c to $2, go at, each.. 20 ftnd 49 All Kipling's Works, each. . . . ."25 83 Vs Pr cent discount on all sets of popular authors. Chicago ' Record's . Cook Books, at, each ....... 39 Five big tables of new books. All go at Half Regular Prices. 2,000 post card albums, each.. 10 Men's Furnishings from the Big Bankrupt Stock Purchase at Less Than Manufacturer's Cost Prices, in Saturday's Sale. Bargain opportunities seldom u ever equaled are here lor your selection. All 25c Hosiery, at. .12V&C All 60c Hosiery, pair. . .25c IN THE BIG DOMESTIC A magnificent new, line of fine Pongee and Kajah Coats, at , $10 200 Silk Messaline and Net Waists, values from $4.00 to $6.00, at $1.98 Children's Spring Coats, values up to $5.00, al siesz, snap at, each $1.98 Children's White Dresses Most complete line in Omaha, dainti est styles and ebst values, up from 98c A beautiful line of Dutch Neck and SailorWaists, $1.00 Up. Heatherbloom Underskirts, in colors or black, $3.00 values, choice .'. .$1.19 $1.50 House Dresses All colors and siezs, at . . . 98c Read These PricesFor the 5th Day Big June Grocery Opening Sae IVe Are Golnw to Make u m . t . mI J use rat sinner aienrn or in iw. 1 f i A 24-lb. sack best Rye Flour 7Sc 20-lbs. Best Pure Cane Granulated Sugar, lor '. H-00 10 bars best brands Laundry 8oap.25c 0 lbs. Choice Japan Rice 25c 7-lbs. Best Rolled Breakfast Oatmeal, at ...25c 6-Jps. best Pearl Tapioca or Sage. 26c Corn Flakes, Breakfast Food, pkg at 7V4c The best crisp Pretzels or Ginger Snaps, per lb ... v 6c 16-oi. can 1-u Lu Scouring Soap... Be Bromangelon, Oellycon or Jello, per package .:..7c Fancy Golden Santos Coffee, lb. . 15c Fancy Maracalbo Blend Coffee, lb. 18c Fancy Porto Rico Blend Coffee. lb.20c Fancy Ankola Blend Coffee, per lb.26c The best Tea Sittings, per lb 16c BUTTER! BUTTER! BUTTER! CHEESE! CHEE8EI CHEESE', Fancy No. 1 Country Creamery Butter, per pound tec Fancy No. 1 Dairy Tsbls Butter, per lb 23o Koncy No. 1 Creamery Butter, per lb. ...20c The best Full Cresm White or Colored Cheese, per lb 20o Foncy Full Cream Brick or Umburger Cheese, per. lb ISO BEAU THE BIQ FRESH VEGETABLE PRICES. Cheeper than you cn raise them, "one-halt- Hie price you pay. for them elsewhere. Freeh Hptnach, per peck , .be t bunches fresh Onions ta S bunches freh Radishes 6a ( bunches fresh Pie Plant 5c 2 bunches fresh Asparagus 6o Freeh Cauliflower, per head bo Fresh Peas, per quart So Fresh Wax Beans, per lb 5c t large Cucumbers for be New Cabbage, per lb 2c Fresh Beets or Carrots, per bunch. ...4c 1 bunches fresh Parsley, tc 2 heads fresh Hothouse Lettuce 50 A carload of extra fancy Florida Pine apples for Wednesday Can them Now. each 6c, 7Hc, SHc, 10c, 12o Posen , 60c. toe, 96c, $1.10, L36 ROOM Men's Suspenders, Neck wear, Garters, Etc., that sell regularly at 25c, in one big lot, at 10c Shirts In neat black and white patterns, all sizes worth to 50c; choice. .15c Men's and Boys' Hose In black, tans and fancies, 15c values, at :5c Men's $1.50 Combination Suits, at 49c MEN'S UNDERWEAR from the New York Stock at Less Than Half. Men's Shirts and Drawers worth regularly to $1.00 a garment, fine lisle and Egyptian cotton, on sale, at 15c, 25c and 49c Men's Combination Suits "Worth to $3.50, knee or ankle length, all sizes, in three big lots; on sale at, suit, S1.50, 98c and 69c Scores of other matchless bargains. - Men's Neckwear, Belts and Suspenders, from the New York stock, that sold up to $1.00, go at, your choice, Saturday 25c t'Avj" li'.W n MEN'S SHIRTS 50c and $1.00 values, from this stock, soft or pleated bosoms, light, medium and dark colors, all clean stock, in new, up-to-date patterns, all sizes, at 25c and 39c ings of all descriptions at lowest prices; most complete line In Omaha. Fancy Veilings Saturday. Regular 25c and jm 35c values, at, j UC An exceptionally great op portunity as the assortment is very large and the qual ities matchless, at, this spe cial bargain price. See them 104 DON'T FORGET Try H&YDEET First Asmashin Crock ery & Glass Ware Prices Saturday. Too much stock on hand compels us to reduce by half before July 1st. Don't miss these great snaps. 45c set cups and saucers, set t t-25 35c set pie plates, set. . . . 25 65c set dinner plates, set. 20 10c bakers, each 2 20c platters 5 26c set fruit saucers, set.lO 20c set tumblers, set 5 25c set wine glasses, set. . IOC 15.00 dinner set, 100-piece set -$6.95 IT PAYS I f r, i - "j inns? . I i nil1 ''...I A Carload of Screen Doors 79c Saturday will be your first and only chance to buy a now, extra strong 1H Inch , thick Hardwood l . n Uour, w'th 11.75, all perfect, any else you want, for .. . .780 Extra fancy nat ural finish Hard wood door, sells for $2.60 In other stores, our prlcn for one day only, at 91.89 Double galvanized Poultry Wire, at, only He and V4o Anil-rust Fly Screen Wire, black or green, only 3o Wire Nails base pries by keg ta.3S The famous round or square West ern Washers, at Sa.88 Domestic Wringer, guaranteed for three years, ut $2.83 Solid Copper 94.60 Wash Boilers, at, sob $a.49 No. 8 extra large solid copper Boiler, at aa.98 . This In a snap for one day in boil ers worth nearly (5.00. Pprlng Hinges, with screws go Coll Springs ,...6o 8 foot Step Ladders, one to a cus tomer, at, each B8o $6.00 Uwn Mowers, any slss Sat urday, for 93.99 $10.00 Lawn, Mowers, ball bearing, sny else, for 9B.98 Guaranteed Garden Hose, coupled up free, at loo to XBo Oanlen Hose, per ft. SHe, THo, Bo Saturday we will unload the famous White Mountain Refrigerators, sll parts removable for cleansing, all slxaa, at actual cost, the season be ing so backward. Wilson Bread Toasters, Mrs. Voor man's (Sink Strainer, 8-foot Celling Duster, s Wire or Wooden Coat ( Hangers, Wawh Board, 1 -piece Gar den Sets. Kak, Hoe, Grass Hooks.' Mall Boxes, 10-quart galvanised . Pall, heavy braided Clothes Line, Wire Carpet Beater, Urge Cotton Mop. 2 1ust Pans, Burs "Catch Mouse Traps, 6 rolls Toilet Paper Wooden Chopping Bowl, Padded Bleeve Board, 120 Clothes Pins a Bcruhblng Brushes, Knameled Wash Ualns, and i t ans Scouring Cleans er (each and all) for 130 Ma m m B M - am u m a J. m. 4m A Sm m, Jfc a am m, & . m. . & . am mm m. mm m Mm m. n a mm p-- - - - . m . . -Si mm SAu . m. a - S BIG SPKISCS' : FAMOUS UAUL KecolUctiorn of Record Train Rob bery on the Union Pacific priX OF YELLOW COIN SECURED Pvreatt Battles wltk the Bofc- ntXm sva Cptra ( Part ml the Wfm.ri Aietker ti.m braska Job. ti tAtt Miaard In vslue of loot secured by trala robbers SU11 remains to the credit of tha highwaymen who hold up the Union Paolfks train at Big Bprtngs. iseo., Hep mh.r ia grt. BitnUar achievements be for sad sines pals by comparison with ths mighty haul of swsg secured on that occasion. No single raid la ths rscerd of th Jasasses and Touagers match It, and ths bold highwaymen of tha mountain and nui st a tea never cams within a mils of the Bis- Springs pl'e. Prior to ir7 Uve hlghwsyroen of tha west confine their attention to stags coaches For ten years previous desultory train raids were made by ths gtarr and fUno gangs ts Indiana. Cut their plan of making a nor egual distribution or th coin of th nun try did not take root beyond the Mis sissippi until 1A, when th James gang fcsn operations st Oad s Hill, Mo. -Two yeaj later th I'ulon Pacific trsln was robbed at Big Springs. The amount of booty secured by ths robbors bad not bes.i equaled since, snd ths ease with' which ths deed was done, the tracking of - ths robbers, their capture- snd killing, snd ths recovery of ths money, forms a story of thrilling Interest, undimmed by sge. The. Hold and th Resalt. Big Springs was a water tank station on Big Springs, SA3 miles west of Omaha, and tb robbers secured for their plunder an even $110,000, mostly In $30 gold pieces which belonged to th governmsnt, and which was enrouts to Washington from ths Ban Francisco mint. All of ths six robbers were sooner or lster shot to death while resisting arrest. Two of the rob bers were killed by Sheriff Bardsley of Ellis county, Kansas, and with these two $40,000 of ths plunder was recovered, a.l that was ever secured Of the amount stolen. Big Springs was midway between Oga- lalla and Julesburg. It was on ths Black Hills trail and camping parVes of Texas stockmen, on their return after driving their cattle north, war quits common. A party of seven men camped about three miles from Ogalalla. which is twenty miles from Big Springs. In th summer of 1K77. They were supposed to be stockmen, and were quite frequently la town. The seeming leader of the party the others called him captain was Henry MeDon ald; the others were Billy Hefrtdg. Bill Bass, Jsck Davis, Jim Berry and one other, wbos name was either Mason or Collins. On shs night of September 10 the eaatbound overland mail and eaprtas w signaled to stop st Big Springs. In an In stant the train was In ths hsnds of the six bandits. They road a rich haul, for la th pra car they secured $U0,0U0 In gold snd currency. Three of the gang ' w-'nt through the train and robbed every passenger from "headlight to bull'seye." No one was hurt, and the train proceeded on Its way to Ogalalla, Ths robbers weie Sll masked. A young man from Mead- vine, FS.. MUlard Fillmore Leech, was In the em;.loy of ths company at Ogalalla. Hs was a slight, delicate youth, who hal coma west for his lungs' sake. Ho had don some detective work for the railroad company, and officials telegraphed him to take hold of tha case. Leech worked on several clues. One day as be was sbout to go to Julesburg to follow up a tip and was. putting his horse aboard a train, Jim Berry sauntered up snd remarked: I hops you oaten those fellows, Leech. If you will wslt for me I will go and get my gang and go with you." Leech could not wait. When he returned from Jules burg hs learned that ths herders had broken camp. An impulse seised Leech to ride out to the deserted ramp. Here lie found a piece of calico, which. It after ward turned out, was part of a mask worn by ons of the robbers. .He thought little of it. but showed it to his father by ac cident. Th old man said: "Why I sold McDonald si or seven yards of that goods about two days before the train was held up." Off th Trail. That night young Leech was on ths trail. He rode fsst, and on ths third dsy he un expectedly cams in sight of th herders. They saw him and started sftsr him. They rsa htm until sundown snd fired several shots. He got swsy. but ths next morning resumed the trail, keeping well out nf sight, Ons night hs crawled up to within fifty feet of them. Well for him that he did. They had lust completed a division of the spoils snd were to separate at day break. McDonald and Hefridge were to continue on to Texas. Jim Berry went east. Jack Davis and Bill Bass started for the southward. Leech heard Berry say to McDonald as they parted, "Write to me at Portland, Callaway county, Mis souri." Tills assured the young man that Berry wa on his way back to Missouri. McDonald and Hefridge would probably cross the Kansas Pacific railroad near Port Hayes, or Buffalo. Leech hunted up a ranchman, gave him some telegrams and an order to the station agent at Oga lalla for $J00. The rancher delivered the message. A telegram was sent to a fight ing frontier sheriff at Buffalo named Bull lock. He got some troops from Fort Hayes snd started out on the trail. In the mist of tha early morning two horsemen cams over the hills "Throw up your hsnds," shouted Bullock. "Trapped," said McDon ald, as hs reached for his gun. It caught in his rubber coat, the soldiers fired, snd McDonald and Hefridge fell f a II of lesd. On their horses was found $40,000 of the etnltn gold. Berry was traced to Missouri and killed as hu lay under a tres by ths sheriff of Audrian cojnty,, who had a posse out in connection with a Callaway posse. Leech lost the trail of Bass snd his partner. Bsss was afterward the leader of a gang of Texas train robbers snd was wiped out by the rangers. Josh Dsvis was killed in s drunkea quar rel In the Indian nation. The man Mason, it Collins, was always s mystery. At ths Urns of ths robbery be field the bag In which the money and jew elry of the passengers were put. He did not know how well his companions had don in the express car, and he ran away with what hs had In the bag, probably remov ing his disguise and continuing east on the train lie had robbed. He was besrd of several years ago in the copper regions of north Michigan. An amateurish job followed by speedy capture snd punishment was palled off on the Union Pacific st Buttermilk hill, two miles east of Brady Island, Neb., August II, 1886. Carl snd Knute Knudsen, lead ers, dynamited the express car of the At lantic express, securing $100t They were captured in ths sand hills of Lincoln county In a few days, were tried, convicted snd placed in tho stats penitentiary on August 30. The robbery of th train was the fourth sttempt mad by them. The whole enter prise from its inception seems to have been sreentusted with errors and mishaps. They started out from Sioux City with two horses and a light wagon. After getting to Gothensburg they abandoned the wagon, taking off the wheels snd hiding it In ths weeds. They were provided with saddles, and continued their journey horseback. Their Intention was to strike the railroad near Sidney and there hold up the Overland" sxpress. Befor reaching Sidney, however, they made an abortive attempt on a train, but one of them failed to get on to the car in time, and ths robbery was abandoned for that night. A day or two afterward an other attempt was made on evening near Bitter-milk creek, but this time Knute fell from the car and jammed ths barrel of his Winchester Into a mud bank. Fearing to use It :n this condition the attempt wss sbandoned. A third attempt was in terrupted by seme accident. At the fourth trial they exploded three sticks of dynumlle on the safe snd then gave up the job. They had purchased ten sticks st Sioux City. After lesvlng the scene one of the rob bers ran into a barb wire fence and Injured his horse so that he was obliged to aban don it. Then the other horse got away, they could not catch it, snd the robbers proceeded on foot. They were In s strange country, without food, puxxled ss to what was the best course open to them, and were caught while bathing In a creek. .Z'irX A. ?' Nocte. Ambro- reu. sir," said the office boy. rive nilnmnu l.i.. u - A L ... ... 1 v ' iiw was m l me DUDIIO library. ' What do you wsnt, little boy?" ssked one of the attendants. i wani a copy of 'Knock Kneed Am broxy Annie," said Billy. 'It's for Mr. Askmee." Chicago Tribune. fe He I ndrrstoud It. 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