TIIK I'.KK: OMAHA. SATl HDAV, JANI AKV 6. 191J.
A Rousing Week-End Bargain Festival
Tomorrow mils tho first week of this splendid nmnr y-;iving Clearance Sale the
j-torc has ltoen crowded oven- day this week with purchasers who have found ovory price
"'reduction a genuine and hona fidn savin.
Assortments are still very good, but we urge Unit your selections be made tomor
rowthe very article which yoir want most may bo gone later.
Half-Yearlv Event Continued
Semi-Annual Reductions
on Metropolitan Clothing
log (8L Co
DFOwmn
23 Discern.!
on
Coys' Suits and
Overcoats
Young Men's SuKs and
Overcoats
Girls Wool Dresses
Women's Wool Skirts
:.33l3 Discount
A Savin? Ot 0 :e-Tiiird on
Junior and Small Women s
Co its
SuattWjnna's Fur Coats
Ju.iior a.d maL Women's
Miils
.AlIernoDn nnJ Evening
Frocks
Ladles an J Children's
Fur Sets
Girls' Co:ts
Infants Lonj Coats
Juntor 3"d Small Women',?
Wool Dresses
Shoe LV.vily Reduced
The high grade footwear sold here hardly
needs any further oonuiundation than tho fact
that we sell the same eutoniers year after year
tho very generous price reductions now make
jour purchase here doubly important.
Coys Shoes
Good, snappy, boyish. lat; imvrnt, leather. In button
or lace stylet; tans In lace stylm; f j.50 values, now
'. . . ' 32.G5
S' oes For Growing Girls
Pntcnt, flull leatlwr and TiMiwith jMcnt leather tips;
al7.es 2 4 to-6. $2.fo; 3.00, M.V) and. 4.0U value, now
82.35 . " i
Children's : hoes
now-
Dull calf and kid leithar, slzts 5 to S, $2.00 values.
Bizet 8V4 to 11,
Patent leather,
fl.CO valuo, now
.SO values, now
81.53
$4.lHi aua $;
. '. S1.C5
Fables' slues
Uh pink, blue, rod and velvet tops;
31.15
Mis.es' bi oes
Tan or dull calf, aires 11 to 2,' $3 and $3. CO valuen, now
82.G5
High-top button boots, sj.dt) values
52.05
Special lot ot shots, ti.ii and $2. CO values
S1.G5
Ladies" Sho:s
TJull calf, jatnt, velooze and suede; sizes 2 to 8
$8.00 shoes, now . S1.05
$5.00 shoes, row , ; 8.S.H5
$4.00 ahoes. noW 82.')5
Special lot of ladles' shoes; all $5 and $G values, now
';si.93
Wc knew that the Announcement of this Event would bring to our Seventeen Stores
many Customers anxious to take Advantage of the Reductions on the kind of Cloth
ing we sell. These goods arc not made up for "Sale" Purposes, but consist of the
balance of the broken lines of Fancy Suits and Staple Overcoats.
HALF-YEARLY REDUCTIONS
ON MEN'S FANCY SUITS
Formerly $15 and now $12.50
Formerly 20 and $J2, now $14.50
Formerly $'25 and 2S, now $18.50
Formerly $32.50, $35.00, $40.00, now.. $21.50
Mixed with these Fancy Suits are a few broken
lines of plain Blacks and Blue.
ON MEN'S STAPLE OVERCOATS
Formerly $1? and $20, now . . .: '. . .14.50
Formerly $22 and $25, now $18.50
Formerly $28 and $30, now S22.50
Formerly $32.50. $35.00, $40.00. now ....$25.00
All Staple Overcoats, consisting of Black and
Oxford Cheviot, and Vicuna?, Kerseys and Meltons.
"A NATIONAL INSTITUTION"
Browning, King
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
& Co
15th and Douglas Streets.
Store Ooses at 0:00 O'clock Saturday Kvenlnsr.
FRIDAY COLDEST
DAY OF WINTER
Wy more
cuse.
to 38 degrees below at yra-
(ContlnueJ
fell
from First I'age.)
;Hl:T WEtTKHN TRAIN SAVKD
n
k BAKU
i u if mn
1518-20 Farnam Jaitrcet
LA rOLLETTE ISv
wEABOIiLAPSE
' CVntlnud frjin First rlf )
land arid lands-crrtatn1nB precious met
als, with rultable rovls'on and control,
tha revenue from that source alona would
todar. be almost sufficient ta defray all
ot tha expenay of our national govern
irienL And. Iiat 'a more Important, tha
truata and monollcs which now exist
and threaton tha welfare of all of our
leopl would not have been possible.
"Tha atatute of 1ST aa to coal lands
provided for tu sail of known ooal lands
at not than $U);icr acre, 'if more
than Kteea mllea from a' complete raltr
road, and "not lesa than St per acre'
for land within fifteen rollea of a com
pleted railroad.
"Voder thl art an Individual could not
acquire moi e than lt acreJ. tlul an as
uclktkin nf Indtvlduala mlrht' acquire
aa many tlmea 1 afres aa there xvere
peraona in the acaociatlon. not exctx:dlnir,
however, tiO In alt
"Tha act made tt perfectly clear that
while I be land might be (old fur not ltx
than $10 per acre In the one caae, and
not leaa than V per acre, tn Ilia other
cane, that it ahoul be aolj for lta fu.i
valiie.
"Contidt-r what happeni d, how - that
Itaiuis.wai adinlnlatered by thla Govern
ment in the discharge of ita duly to luc
people who owned that land.
"Tula valuable property of all the peo
pie waa aold from 173 year after year
Conn to 4a just aa though contfrexs luij
Hrittvu Into that law a direction to the
t'tJira government that It . must not
charge more than 110 (t mora than IS) an
acre In cllhar of. tha caaea defined by tb
vialute.
"What would be thought of tha agent
uf an individual or a corporation, ii
acted ( .ell ao many million acres, of
.and Wlon'giiig to the Individual, or the
corixiration, lilj written Instructlotia stat
ng that he mum nut eeli uny ot tha land
for lexa than 10. who would dlspuae of
.and much mol e valuable , than lit an
acre for flu an acre?. How long would
aurh an agent be permitted to serve an
individual or a corporation?
The manner In hlch theae lands were
oid waa a cleir betrayal of the, trust
committed to the administrative depart
ment of thla government. I'nder aucli
aumlnUtration vt the alututa ast wealth
paniHd ficnn the hands of the people into
ihi liamls of intllvlduals and corporations
at. tlx-, nominal price ot I'.O and. t-"0 pei
"cie." - ' . ...
Our kind of Hoys' euits and overcoats
at S discount ara. decided bargain and
peop'e are not flow to recognise that
fact. Kenson at Thorna Co., L..-Q Farnam
8t.
year It fell to in dt rees, sulil t ore
caster Welsh, 'between l,nrr to nuny
anxious telephone (ju.Tlcs as to tho
weather.
"The coldest Omaha weather that I
recollect," continued Mr. Welsh, "was on
February 1U when the mercury
dropped to- 26 below. That really was
culJ weather u-irt it caused tin untold
amonunt of suffering.
Mr. Welsh snvs thtt lie believe the
present cold wave will last until Monday
at Irast. and possibly for a week more.
Cold rt Other I'lacra.
Hut Omaha 'waa not the coldest spot
on the map. Huron. 6. I'., carried off
'the' belt for being the coldest "plara fir
I Ihc Mlrurl valley country. There, at 7
(o'clock yesterday morning- the weather
I bureau reported 21 degree s below and
I crowing colder, Duluth, Minn., waa the
I coldest placa in the .t'nted States, there
' the thermometer reading gliuwlng 25 de
grees below aero.
t All up through the Missouri river val
ley 15 to 20 .degrees below were Just or
dinary temperature, while over In Iowa
many points, reported much colder. At
all ot these places brink nprthwAt winds
accompanied the cold, '
There was no place In Nebraska that
was very hot, Crete being the warmest,
tvhere at 7 o'clock it was 6 degrees above.
AH of. tlx railroads enuriivK Omaha re
ceived detailed weather reports from the
agents along their lines. These reports
were ll'.ed, so that they showed conditions
at T o'clock.
On the Omaha division of the Hurllng
to Lyons won the record for cold, the
rvri'tta tan there betng H degrees below.
At PlaMsmouth It waa 1; Schuyler, lf,
hnd O'Neill came along with 12 degrees.
On the Lincoln division Crete reported
1 degrees above, while Columbua found
Tt 12; Stromshtirg. 10; Loup City,- K. and
Drwell, II below.
On the AUlanva division temperatures
ranged from aero at Alliance to 10 degrees
lelow at Broken Bow.. .
Tha Wymore division, covec'.ng the
south lxirt of the state, showed gero at
Passengers Stalled Twenty-Four
Honrs Are Rescued la Iowa.
MASON CITY, la., Jan. 5.-After suf
ferlni? severe cold fer nearly twenty-four
h urs rassensers on a C'hlcaco Oreat
Western train, which had been stalled two
mlies from Hurcltinal since 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, were reached by a res
cue crew this afternoon.
They were taken to farm houses, then
to Hurchlnal. which town surterea a
speedy reduction of Its food supply.
rni.DF.IT UAY OF THE SEASON
Twenty-Four Ilelow at IlaroH, Four
In Kansas t'lty.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 5. A cold
wave from the northwest centering over
tna Mlaioufl vWT"we iat diatriot to
day the lowest temperature of the win
ter. The readings ranged from 4 degrees
below aero at Kansas City to 2t below
In Huron. S D. In Sioux City the mer
cury reglstertd IS degreee below. In Dca
Moines la below. In St. Joseph, Mo., C
below.
Tha local forecaster said tho minimum
temperatures had been reached and tha.
tha mercury" would rise In Missouri, Ne
braska, and Iowa tonight and tomorrow.
Tha extreme cold waa not felt far wea.
of tha Missouri. In Wyoming. Colorado
and western Nebraska temperatures wer.
from 10 to 15 degrees higher than jester
day. Lenver was 16 above.
Tho southwest did not experience ex
treme temperatures. Wichita was 10
above. Dodge City, Kan., J and Oklahoma
City IS.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Jan. 6. Temperatures
in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois
ranged from 2 degracs below to 1? gegrees
above aero today.- At Hannibal,- Mo., the
thermometer registered 2 btluW and at
Cairo. 111., 14 above.
In St. Louis the thermometer recorded
the lowest s temperature of tha winter,
ubove aero with the prediction of 3 above
scro tomorrow. Kight hundred and thirty
six homeless men slept last night In the
shelter maintained by the police depart
ment. DE3 MOINES, la.. Jan. B. The govern
ment thermometer registered 15 degrees
Suits and Overcoats to Order
$17.50, reduced from $25 & $30
SATURDAY, JANUARY CTH WE T1KGIX OUK GREAT SEMI ANNUAL
CLEARING SALE
Every Suiting and Overcoating in our store greatly reduced in price.
Every parment guaranteed perfect in fit and style.
3 voo4-joe 50UTH IS': strict. A
Five Steps South of Errnaiu.
ina
1510 Douglas
Street
feat a
13R EOTS
A . .77 ?VT7
mrmual O
feeei ' Stoire
1510 Douglas
S.reet
btiow aero at S o'c!6ck thla morning. The
Mississippi river at- Burlington wa?
blocked wltb Ice this morning and the
temperature waa U below xero. At
Davenport Jt was 14 degrees below rero at
t o'clock this morning.
At Keokuk work on the big power dam
was sunpeoded when the thermometer
showed li egrces below, while at Water
loo, wlthf the merury at 23, traJn service
was demoraated.-sThtvluttur was tha cae
throughout-moct tf central and eastern
.owa. - Oskaloosa reported. M below, Ce
. ar RapUs Vi, MarshaJltown 1S jburling
.011 II and Davenport 12. . .
WILSON DENIES REPORTED
. BREAK WITH HARVEY
THENTON', X. J.. Jan. S. Clavernor
Woodruw Wllaon of Xew Jersey In an
authorised Interview here today said that
so far as hia Information went the spec
ulations contained ,in newspaper dis
patcher that a breach had come between
Colonel Harvey of Xew York and him
self were entirely without foundation.
'My attention," he said, "has of course
been drawn to the fact that the last two
numbers of Harper'a Weekly have made
no mention of my name, but this la cer
tainly not due to any breach of any kind
between Colonel Harvey and myself.
Colonel Harvey runs the weekly entirely
on h!s own Judgment-"
dence and the Jury was excused while'
ths attorneys argued the ipieKtion.
Judge Carpenter overruled the objec
tion "and permitted the records of the
directors' meetings to go In evidence to'
show what business was transacted, but
not to prove that certuin defendants weiu
present at certain meetings. ,
Arthur Colby, withdrawn temporarily,
was suceeded on tho stand by Jerome H.
Piathnforir.e.r, asMstant manager of'tliui .
dresser! beef department of Armour & Co.
. I 'I I i I li li Si 'i -IV
Thi cold weather makes: woolen dressy
for children necessary. .We are c.los:ng
ours out at ." . d.sqount. Supply your
wants now. BensTn& Thbrtie, 1S20 Far
nam St.
PACKERS ORGANIZE COMPANY
(Continued from First Pago.)
earanceDaie
JUST UMJr
' The success of this great annual clearing sab ha resulted ai v; predicted when it started. It is the greatest and most
successful in our history, and Saturday will break all record. have an enorrmuj quantity of goods to be disposed of.
Every garment oflered is desirable and wanted and will be sold to you Saturday at just one-half the original selling price.
Our Entire Stcck of Tai orci Suits, Coils, Dre;$2S aid Furs On Si!a Saturday at Half Price
SUITS AND COATS AT HALF PRICE
$15.00 Tailored Suits auj Coats, Annual
. Clearance Sale Price.... $7.50
$17.50 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $8.75
$19,50 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $9.75
$22.50 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $11.25
$25.00 Tailored Suits and Coats Annual
Clearance Sale Price $12.50
v-$29.75 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $14.85
$25.04 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price. $17.50
$39.50 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $19.75
$45.00 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $27.50
$50.00 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
1 Clearance Sale lrice $25.00
, $55.00 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $27.50
$59.50 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $29.75
, $G5.00 Tailored Suits and Coats, Annual
PLUSII COATS HALF P11ICE
$29.75 Plush Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $1-1. S5
$35.00 Pliwh Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale lrice, $17.50
$39.50 Plush Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $19.75
$-15.00 Plush Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $22.50
$50.00 Pluh Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $25.00
$55.00 Plush Coats, Annual
Clearing Sale price. .$27.50
DRESSES AT HALF PRICE
$15.00 Dresses, Annual Clear
ance Sale Price $7.50
$19.50 Dresses, Annual Clear
ance .Sale Price $9.75
$22.50 Dresses, Annual Clear
ance Sale Price. ... .811.25
$25.00 Dresses, Annual Clear
ance Sale Price $12.50
$29.75 Drepses, Annual Clear
ance Sale Price $11.85
$25.00 Dresses, Annual Clear
ance Sale Price S 17.50
Clearance Sale Price. .$32.50
AH Our Fur Coats it a Crest Sacrifici
$45.00 French Coney Coats
Clearing Sale price. .$29.75
$Co.U0 Fur Coats Clearing
Sale price ...$32.50
$75.00 liussiau Pony Coats
Clearing Sale price. .$-12.50
$S5.00 Hussian Pony Coats
Clearing Sale price. .$17.50
$10UK) Hussian Pony Coats--'
Clearing Sale price. .$59.50
$110 e.ir Seal Coats Clear
ing Sale price 02.50
VELVET COATS AT HALF
PRICE
$39.50 Velvet Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $19.75
$15.00 Velvet Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $22.50
$50.00 Velvet Cqats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $25.00
$55.00' Velvet Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $27.50
$59.50 Velvet Coats, Annuul
Clearance Sale Pric. $29.75
$05.00 Velvet Coats, Annual
Clearance Sale Price, $32.50
ALL OUR FUR SETS, SCARFS AND
MUFFS AT A GREAT SACRIFICE
$7.50 Fur Sets, Muffs and Scarfs-, Annual
Clearance Sacrifice $-1.25
$10.00 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarfs, Annual
Clearance Sacrifice $G.50
$12.50 Fair Sets, Muffs or Scarfs, Annual
Clearance Sale Price. .$7.50
$15.00 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarfs, Annual
tired aa president and lxtiia B. Dully and
W. It Mitchell resUned aa director and
that these offleera were chosen: Presi
dent, Jeafe II. Lyman; secretary and
reasurer, Jami D. Standiah; director?.
. OKderi Armour, G. K. Pwlft, Edward
Morris. V. A. Va.lcr.tinc, Arthur Meeker,
dvrard Tililcn, A. II. Veeder, Tl'.omaa
E. Wilson, Jesse F. Lyman, James D,
tJniiish and Ker.nath McLaren. I-aier
tauuia F. Swift rucciUed A. H. Veeder aa
director.
Two ledgers contaliUns the records of
director' m.eetlnsa of the National rack
ing company from March 27. to June
8, YAo, were offered In evidence.
Counsel for the defendanta vigorously
objected to the introduction of this evl-
DR. SUN WRITES
NOTETO POWERS
(Continued from First I'age.)
suggestion and ai-ked some questions '
about the feudinK ff American troops t
China for the protection of the railroads
from I'ekinK to the st-a, it waa stated
emphatically at the Stato department
today that this government would not
dispatch any soldiers there until the
rowers Immediately concerned In Chinese
af.'aiis had been thoroughly consulted
and the dapartment had more informa
tion from the scene of th truble.
One of the legations in I'ckjng made
the auggeatlon to Mr. Calhoun that the
American government send troops to
China to oarry out Its part of thexBoxer
treaty. State department officials refuse
to give the name of the legation.
Oulr On iiO:.io qi lNixv."
That Is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look tor
tiia msri&ture ot K. V. Grove. t'ed ths
worid over to cure a cold tn ooa uay.
BBITIi
Tal. B. IOla
Ertiaiita oj Coart
1. I .ua
WKTTT
Clearance Sale Price.
$8.95
$19.50 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarfs, Annual
Clearance Sale Price. .$11.75
$25.00 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarfs, Annual
Clearance Sale Price... $14.50
$20.75 Fur Sts, Muffs or Scarfs, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $16.95
$35.00 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarfs, Annual
Clearance Sale Price. $19.00
$39.50 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarf s, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $2-1.50
$45.00 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarfs. Annual
Clearance Sale Price $29.00
$50.00 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarfs, Annual
Clearance Sale Price $33.50
$55.00 Fur Sets, Muffs or Scarfs. Annual
Clearance Sale Price. . . ...... $37.50
4 :RM barring J
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JEWELER
16th and Harney
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