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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1909)
TIIE BKK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1000. iST earnam-st. TTailor-Made Suits that excel the mnde-to-order garments in style, beauty nnd tailor- . ingr. Hundreds of new models in our special showing Saturday, at ; . $25. $35, $45 I Gowns and Dresses i- Made of broadcloth, serge and fine satin finish woolens, in t one-piece styles. Some elaborately trimmed, others plainly tail ored; special showing Saturday, at $15, $19.50, $25, $35 . ' . i sr-v " 1. t ? ivonmg ana uancinR uresses EF of silk poplins and white net over silk trimmed with light evening P shades. Special showing at . $25, $35, $45 Coats and Capes 5 from all the noted designers nnd many adaptations from the French models. A very, very extraordinarily special showing Saturday at $15, $25, $35 Reliable Furs "Vte are showing such an array of attractive styles and such a large varied assortment that anyone-interested cannot afford to pass us by. Mink Sets at $35.00 to $250.00 V Lynx Sets at $60.00 to $125.00 Black Fox Sets at $25.00 to $60.00 Russian Lynx Sets at ..... $12.50 to $25.00 Squirrel Sets at $10.00 to $20.00 Jap Mink Sets at .... ... . . ..... . .$15.00 to( $50.00 Wolf Sets at . . . . . . . .". . . . . . ....... $20.00 to $40.00 s I Get tlhie Most for Your Money x Win h M OREGON PLAN UNAMERICAN System to Let Minority Bule, Sayi Senator Beach, of Portland. THAT STATE IS SICK OF DEAL Republican Ave Aroused to Revolt and Former Nebraakaa Hopea This Slate ' Mar Kaeape Similar Reaalta. Nebraska. I hope, may never have the lime experience with the Oregon plan of electing senators my own state haa had. But I fear with the statute on your booka th experience will be a bitter one. 'If there ever waa a ayaiem devised to let the minority ' rule tn a better fashion than this, I have never heard of It. Oregon's experience has already aroused the republicans to revolt and next year they wilt hold assemblies that are really conventions and - will . 'suggest' candidates for office who wilt be real men. A state with a normal republican majority of be tween 35,000 and 40.000, I think, will never acaln let the minority dictate Its officers." In this way State Senator .Seneca C. Beach of Portland, Ore., on, his return from a, trip to Chicago, gave expression to his sentiments on the "Oregon plan," which will soon be tried in Nebraska. Mr. Beach formerly lived in Nebraska, running the rV.romaburg Republican In 1881. He is president of a printing firm In Portland. Portland tn state of Revolt. "Portland haa already revolted," con tinued Mr. Beach, "and with the selection of former United States Senator Joseph rUmon for mayor, the coast city sees hope for better things. The business interests of Oregon, since the erase for the 'ideal' In politics,- have suffered tremendously. This la no fancy. With the Initiative and referendum it haa been possible for one section of th state to pass a law directly antagonistic to a law passed by another section making it Illegal absolutely to do any fishing In 'Oregon If laws pasaed by the poeple are observed and Involving In uncertainty the large amount of capital lit this on line. Capital hesitates to run any rUk when similar laws may be passed again affecting other industries. The harm is done in our primary system by democrats who vote as republicans In the primaries, putting up weak candidates on th republican side to be knocked down at eke Ion. . I have the name of 6.000 men. ka wn to be democrats,-who voted th re publican primary ' ticket for Cake when Chamberlain's name waa not even on the ballot and was wilt ten in. The democrats had no more than twelve names on the state and county tickets, showing they eared nothing for any office save senator. Takinar the I'ledge. Weak-kneed republicans were Induced to sign statement No. 1 on the primary ticket pledging support for the people's choice for senator. They would do this rather than force the people to have confidence tn their own discretion or pledge themselves for their party candidate. Then, when by democratic aid a woak republican like Cake was put up, the vote went to Chamberlain, who in the tariff fight was seventy-five times absent when important votes were taken. Chamberlain was popular, having teen twice governor, but his record since being elected senator has made the people sick. The people, unthinkingly, are too prone to vot for the chimerical In poll tics. They see Utopia ahead and chase after It. Oregon voters hav the Initiative and referendum, the recall and almost every other form of populism until they are satiated." ; Sinaior Beach knew Oovernor Shallen-bt-rgir as a boy when he lived In Polk county and helped entertain him on his re cent vlcit to the coast with his ataff. UNION DEPOT FOR LINCOLN? Conference of Bin- Railroad Official Taking; If Question at the Capital. Lincoln may soon have a new union depot. At any rate there was a big conference on In Llnooln yesterday looking to buying .of the present Burlington depot site and trans forming it into a large union depot to be used by the Burlington, the Union Pacific, the Rock Island and the Northwestern. Presidents, general managers and super intendents of these roads are meeting with the city council of Lincoln to see what can be done. A. L. Mohler, general manager and vice president of the Union Pacific, and VV. L. Park, general superintendent, left Omaha this morning on a special train for Lincoln to attend the conference. H. V: Mudge, third vice president of the Rock Island. F. O. Melcholr, C. L. Brown, superintendent of the Nebraska division, and pther Rock Island officials leftX)maha this morning In a special train after 'spending the night here. They were headed for the conference. George B. Han-It, president of the Bur lington; D. Wills rd and D. Miller, vice presidents, stopped over in Lincoln to be at th conference. They are enroute to the west ALESHIRE'S VISIT FRUITFUL Quartermaster General Makes Omaha . Depot a Big One. AMONG LARGEST IN COUNTRY Brigadier General Respond to Ms mands He Saw Were Proper and Which Major McCarthy Had Lone; Urged. The recent visit of Brigadier General James B. Aleshlre. quartermaster general of the United States army, to Omaha, has already borne fruit In the determination of the War department to greatly enlarge the Omaha quartermaster depot and make It a direct dependency of the auartermaster general's department at Washington. Heretofore the Omaha depot has been under the direct supervision of the Depart ment of the Missouri, the quartermaster in charge, being an assistant to the chief quartermaster of the department. Major D. E. McCarthy, chief quarter master of the Department of the Missouri, has since his Incumbency of that office for the last three years urged the import ance of the Omaha depot as one of the great army supply distributing stations and accompanied General Aleshlre on his recent visit to the depot, explaining its many ad vantages and ' admirable facilities as a shipping as well as a storage depot. Gen eral Aleshlre at once saw the force of Major McCarthy's recommendations and has acted accordingly. It la understood that the depot will be measurably enlarged and that It will. In the near future, be made one of the princi pal depota of the country. Early in the present year It was made one of the group of five large purchasing depota of th country, and Omaha haa prof ited largely by the sales of quartermaster supplies to It, these aggregating nearly 11,000,000 yearly, with the prospect of be ing Increased annually. The Omaha depot under the new arrange ment will continue a a purchasing depot, and as one of the Important quartermaster depots of the country will be second only to the great depot at Jeffersonvllle, Ind. NO INDIGESTION OR STOMACH TROUBLE A little TJiapepsin' will make you feel fine in fire minutes. There would not be a case of Indiges tion her if reader who are subject to Stomach trouble knew th tremendous anti ferment and digestive virtue contained In Diapepatn. This harmless preparation will digest a heavy meal without the slightest fuss or discomfort, and relieve the sourest, aold stomach in flv minutes, beside over coming all foul. Nauseous odors from th brsata. '. , Ask your pharmacist to show you th formula plainly printed on each M cent case of Pape's Diapepsiu, then you will readily understand why this promptly cure Indigestion and removes such symptoms a Heartburn, a feeling like a lump of lead In th stomach. Belching of Gas and Eruc tation of undigested food, water braali, Nausea. Headache, Biliousness and many other bad symptoms; and, besides, you will not need laxatives to keep your stom ach, liver and Intestines clean and fresh. If your Stomach 1 sour and full of gas or your food doesn't digest, and your meals don't seem to fit, why not get a SO cent case from your druglst and make life worth IvlngT Absolute relief from Stomach misery and perfect digestion of anything you at Is sure to follow five minutes after, and, beside, on case 1 sufficient to cure a whole family of such trouble. Burely, a harmless, inexpensive prepara tion like Dlapepaln, which will always, tither at daytime or during night, relieve your stomach misery and digest your meal, is 'about as handy and valuabl thing as you could hav tn th house. Adv. DATA ON STREET CAR AFFAIRS Answers to City Clerk tier's In- qnlrtes Are Conilnsr front Qjarr Cities. City Clerk Butler Is beginning to receive answers to the list of questions he sent to forty or more cities, asking for data on street car company regulation and fares. The letter from the city clerk was sent out In compliance with a resolution of Judge Berka, councilman from the First ward, who Inulsted th council should have auch Information before acting on th ordi nance fur a reduction of atreet car fares. Most tit th cities answering so far have sent In copies of their ordinances, which will have to be read and analysed. The Kansas City clerk sent a copy of the new ordinance over which the council and the street car company are stilt quarreling. Other cities. Ilka Ht. I,ouls, answer the questions I briefly, without bringing In quotations from th ordinances. As yet th answers received ar few la number. HE family which from necessity must get the most for its money always is the family we desire to serve. The combined purchasing powers of our 22 great stores works wonderful economies and enables us to undeiscll every other louse furnishing institution in this country. Wage earners appreciate the savins: the smaller their income the more appre ciative they are. It affords us pleasure to help ieople save we take delight in seeing how much we can cut under the prices of other stores. Get the most for your money always. Notice particularly these wonderful sale specials offered for Saturday. .ant---. --" m !- 8-inch Tension Shears The Shears That Sharpen Themselves Special for Saturday Only W Mm f JJ BASEBURiNER This la a handsome Base burner of very elaborate design, a perfect pelf wmm feeder, with a large coal raaga ilne. Has new and improved flues, a most powerful heater. It Is beautifully orna mented with nickel trimming, and Is worth 50 per cent more than the price asked. Special for Saturday This is a first class 8-lnch pair of Shears, equipped with a new simple attachment that keeps them always sharp and enables the user to cut anything from wet tissue paper to the heaviest cloth. These shears are made of carbon steel. A simple turn of the little thumb screw shown on th cut, tightens up the blades closely as may De aesirea. Any one wno has had the exasperating experience of trying to use a dull pair of shears can readily appreciate the value of the new Invention, whlcB keeps the shears always sharp and In proper condition. The shears are 8 inches In length, perfectly finished and heavily nickel plated. . . USE Met l.'-'' i c D 0 D D D D D t D C D C D 0 D C D D C I 'J :',;.''.i''i!'jif' 4 Mi -s.U f. - ("'J" U.H ti hj. , .Tn ROCKERS 15 Six Hole Steel 3 Guaranteed for 5 years ; complete with high warm ing closet, as shown in illus tration. These steel ranges are a marvel at the price. Positively the best ever sold at anywhere near the money. Have six 8-inch holes, extra large square oven. Cole's Hot Blast HEATER A most remarkable stove, burns anything. Soft coal, hard coal, wood, coke, lignite or cobs. Wonderfully economical. New 1909 designs. Body Is made of best rolled steel and has a deep cast fire box. Nick eled trimmed. Special for Sat. Upholstered In guaranteed Nan tucket leather, full spring seat. Back is very broad and exceed ingly comfortable, frame of solid oak quartersawed. . We offer 98 of the rock ers Saturday at the unheard of price of. . Massive American 1414-1416-1418 DOUGLAS STREET New York Life Building Changes . Name New Year's It Will Then Be Called After the Omaha National Bank, Its New Owner. ntnih. nmnln. who for eighteen years have been calling It the New York Life building, will hav to Bet used to a new rnm ftr January 2. for or. that date the Mg ten-story structure at Seventeenth and Trumom afreets will be rechrlstened by the officials of the Omaha National bank. which has bought It ana it will inereaiier be the Omaha Natiotial bank building. Already tenants In the building ar pre ... . . .knt paring to have tne cnanee mouo uu won new supplies of letterheads ana advertis ing mutter. At first It is expected some confusion will result on account of these conservative ones who will still Insist on calling the present location of the bank by the old name. The bank officials do not anticipate that the confusion will be very long continued, however, for the old build ing will pass Into' the hands of new own em and will be by them renamed. ti.. rim aha. National bank will take possession of the building December 81, and on the day following, iew iear ujr, u formal change of name will be made. It Is expected that the contract for the remodeling of the first floor of th build ing to accommodate the banking rooms will be let within he next ten days. CUDAHY'S" LIVERPOOL MAN R. W. NIckerson, Her o Be Com- pan?, Sas Jlo Uicrnuinaiio Against Yaakee Meat. R. W. Nickerson of Liverpool, England, representative of the Cudahy Packing company. Is In Omaha on his biennial visit for conference wltli the Cudahy company. "There is no significance to my visit that could in any way concern the public," said he. "I am merely her for conference with the company, which we have every two or three years. "Trade matters ar progressing favorably In Kngland and I guaxs we are getting our phare. There Is nothing to be said about any discrimination against American meat products in England and none exists that we are aware of." Range f- 7 fr? m "m ti ar a m tv i - r n u fir . mi m II fire box. Nick- HEJU.UJ i J rrr'--J I WW trimmed. www Liza VH 1,nlnR of these 'Prf : ': 1 VyV J" ranges are; guaran- f fA S ' TTUlv&: Jli A Tney are rlvited as hg?-UN if ?Jt Dj Wn 8tronff,y " a Bteel l uroSv T boller An aflbest08 tftj" 1 It IK Deep cast fire J I - "itm-' ' A bo1' Elaborately I I 1 . K yQJ mented. Special for II orrKAjf J J S : r- -. K IT H nnMf T7irnT ! A T Tf rv desks s J& I 1 These desks are made of solid K r I I Hlt 1 1 II ' oak, and are richly carved,' has ' - K V j"i J LI ill Hvll wH l roomy writing compartment Ej 111 1 H I i fl m, l wlth $iseon D0les weU ar- S 111 $T 1 H I 1 ff I Jf lJy ranged. Large drawer. Legs . S t? i J.. 3asi..L LJL)ai J! 1mL J .L are very heavy and gmm. nn , H of massive deslcn. JI.Do 3 Special for Satur- i rQ day IS R """u"""cjcjcatSijeiiii5d5dSES; has been advertising for some time and only In the last few days have there been many Inquiries. No trouble In the grading work for the new Morris theater Is anticipated. Several contractors are figuring on the work and it la believed dirt will begin to move next Monday. Third Tragedy in Whitney Family Two Sons and Mrs. F. B. Spear Meet Accidental Death Mother Active in W. C. T. U. Mrs. Frank B. Spear, who met with death by being thrown from an automobile while enroute from Dlller to Lincoln Thursday morning, was the daughter of Mrs. L. L. Whitney of Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Whitney was, for many years, one of the leaders In the Woman's Christian Temperance ui)lon work In Nebraska and since her re moval to Topeka, about eight years ago, has been prominently Identified with th Woman's Christian Temperance union In that state and expected to be present at the convention now on In Omaha, but the tragic death of her only daughter has pre vented her presence here. An extremely sad feature In the death of Mrs. Spear, Is that this is the third sudden death In Mrs. Whitney's family. Two sons have within recent years died either suddenly or by accident, and Mr. and Mrs. Whitney are now berert of all their children. Death (rum Mloatd t'wUon was prevented by (J. W. Cloyd. I'lunk. Mo , who healed his dangerous wound with Bucklsn's Arnica tiulv. Cc. bold by Beaton Prug Co. GRADING OUTFITS ARE SCARCE Dirt Movlua- dimes Are So Batf that the CoBtrartors Call la Vala. Th scarcity of grading outfits, which has been retarding on or two big jobs of dirt moving In and around Omaha, is about to be broken by th annual fall re turn of th railroad grading outfits. These big concerns, which CO out on th plains west and noi th to take heavy contracts, drift back eastward In the fall In time to take contracts for the winter. Several of these hav returned to relicv the situa tion, which had become threatening. On firm which ha a lari ail winter Job, COY BRIDEGROOM OF EIGHTY DEFTLY SIDESTEPS ALIMONY llrlrh Tolstedt Prove that Age Doe Not Bloat the Polat of Flnan- . clal Astuteness. Ulrlch Tolstedt, a coy young bridegroom of 83 years, at odds with his wife, appears to have been a fairly astute man. It now appears that when he and Mrs. Tolstedt, who la said not to have been his first help meet, fell out, he quietly sold his land in Iowa and Omaha, and, turning It all Into cash to the amount of 130,000, went to parts unknown. Thus he sidestepped any alimony should this eventuate. Also he started suit to replevin an auto mobile from his wife, bringing suit against her in her nam before they married. Why he used this name. "Nellie Kerby", has not been made clear, unlets h feared ti make legal acknowledgement that she waa hi wife. This Is not very satisfactory, for It Is not disputed that he married th woman who la S8, forty-flv year his Junior. Th auto replevin suit went against the octogenarian In county court, Judge Leslie holding that Tolstedt gave It to hi wife. Tkt Baboale PIbkbo destroys fewer lives than stomach, liver aid kidney diseases, for ' which Electric Bitters Is the guaranteed rumedy. loc. Sold by Beaton Urug Co, MCHAELIS JUDGE ADVOCATE Sneered I. lent. Shean, Whose Dlsap. pearance Army Officer Attrib ute to Temporary Aberatloa. Nothing further has been heard at army headquarters of First Lieutenant D. E. Shean of the Sixteenth Infantry, who has been absent since October 1. An order has been Issued relieving him from duty a Judge advocate of the general court mar tial now In session at Fort Crook, and sub stituting First Lleutena'nt Otho K. Mlch aells of the Sixteenth Infantry as judge advocate of the court. It is doubted at army headquarters that there Is a woman In the case as the mo tive for Lieutenant Shean'a disappearance, but It Us believed he may have wandered off in a fit of temporary mental aberration and that he may yrt be heard from. TO REMODEL HANSON CAFE Hobertaon Will Upend Five Thousand Dollars RearruiiKluu" Basement for Speedy Service. C. W. Robertson, who has Kecured a lease on the basement of the Hanson Cafe Beautiful, has taken out a permit to ex pend 15,000 In rearranging the rooms. Mr. Robertson docs not f..-l that the present arrangement Is conducive to quirk service and wants It put In shape so that he feed a large numbeK of people In a short time morning, noun and night. PHYSICIANS BECOMING FAMOUS Austro-Amsrican Doctors Gaining Fams by Their Wonderful Success in Treating Chronic Ailments Which Have Baffled Qthsr Physicians and Which Other Methods of Treatment Havs Failed to Cure Th scientific "New Method" treatment which th Autro-Amerlean Doctors ar using is proving a boon to those suffering with chronic diseases who com to them for treatment. Hundreds of seemingly hopeless case have been completely cured, and th fain of these doctors has spread so that many people have come hundreds of miles to consult them. And In doing so, they have made no mistake, as all cases curable hav been accepted and cured those Incursble have been frankly told so, and the case rejected without fees, as th Austro-Amerlran Doctosa make no charge, for consulta tion and examination. Not what Charles S. Hardy of Sloan, Iowa, ha to say after two week' treatment; Hloan, Iowa, October IV, 1909. To the Auatro-Amertcan Doctors Gentlemen: I wish to thank you and also let the public know about your treat ment I have been m sufferer since April, 1101, from pains in my side, hip and back; suffered from rheumatism fur four years. I have been In the hospital .and also treated by local doctors, but I must say. I have never received from any of them the benefit that I hav from you. I came to you two week ago, and am steadily Im proving. When I cam to you I could hardly walk or bear any person to touch my body today th soreness 1 almost gone. am stronger and In a few days will go to work. Anybody suffering as I did, ought. In justice to themselves, call on you and take your specific remedies and treatment. I wll) cheerfully let any person know, who may writ ma, all about my case. CHARLES 8. HARDY, Kloan, Iowa. Mr. Hardy's esse I only on of th many whom th Kew Method Treatment has helped. It will pay those suffering with paralysis, rheumatism, goltr. gall stones, epi lepsy, disease of th liver, kidney, stomach, blood or any chronic or lervous dlneas of men or women, to call on th Austro-Amerlcan Doctors. They ar located at Bulla :. Rams Building. Fifteenth and Harney, just opposite the Orpheum Theater. UU great dlaa-nctlcln. Dr. Milan, glv personal attention to all patient.