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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1912. a i'l YOUNG MAN! Be Certain Your Easier Alfire Is Correct, by Selecting a Sarapeck Suit Tomorrow Xo matter how individual your, tastes nor with what difficulty you have been fitted elsewhere in the past there's a Sampeek suit waiting for you here, perfect in fit, m tailoring aiid the color, fabric and style you most favor. Splendid clear-finished Blue Serges in Nor folk or single breasted styles English soft roll or the more conservative long flat roll. , . no)sacks, tweeds, cheviots and worsteds in ! ' Iiaiidsome colors a fine showing of rich, snappy ' mixtures, too. 1 . 15 to 535 ; A plenitude of correct accessories Imperial Hats at $3.00; "Mark Cross" Gloves, $1.50; Neckwear, Hose, ShirU. Spring and Summer Cat a toga nou rtady. Stnd for a copy now. 1518-20 Farnam Street as follow to Local Weather Observer Hares today: "Carlo-tolloa la Cairo proper! At I I a. m. break was reported In Uw Truth mi lore. Tbls Braved to ko tacktnf of water la eiarharg raoa froat Tenia otroot drainage pans. fHtoatloa troll la bead at It a. av Ma danger pprehended." Lara Araa la Ara ansa Threatwaed. MICMPUia. Toaaw April a. flaw tat appeared In the lav back tao Mississippi adds la the ataaae of th flood altuatloa loot eight aaa at oawa courier war aa their war behind tao too stretch o weakeo lag embeakaaeats. waralng ateatara aw From Oaedeo Lake, lift mil aorta of Memphis, la Hulbert. Ark, aondltloa aaa aertlculsrly tkreeten- Near Bulkort a atrotck at revetment IN para lana threat ta collapse, rarawra have btawd tha lowland aa4 reatdsata of Haikort oar moved ta upper floora wblio mtrrbtsts aro pack ing their Mocka la ka aklppsd ta plsoat of aatotjr. tar landtag, Ark., alaa la (n Inuaiaaat danger and at kalC a deesai polau ta Irvm seatb of Cairo threaten ta osilaps Aa tar outk a Bayou Hark, tk low iaada outside tao aula levees aro to undated. Faraoer hav mo rod tbotr famlue la tbo tawa aaa tbotr tack aad farming Implements to hick ground. Th government dredg floet at Mem pkkt I MUul utlbked la 'saving Ufo aad property. Oaaolla launch war ant oat tram Charleston, Mo., to Bird Mill aad Wratt to rssous resident of tho lw villages, ko ara reported clinging to beua topa sad ta tneea ta anowor to aa appoal from Randolph, Tenn.. a squad of militiamen loft htmnphtg tola morala with unU tad suuli for refugee. At Memphis U1 morning th . rlvor tag waa its loot, rla of four-tenths atno T 'clook last night. HICKMAN. sty, April l-Worker ttlll ar idling thlt morning to strengthen th Iotmi do tho braak and beat back ta flood. Tho climax of th etatroih may coma at any moment with lb broaklng of th Heat foot km btlow bar. Hun dred of ataa ara trying to strengthen It and (hooM It go out unexpectedly It I foarod many lire would a loot, aa tbo aiotna of escape for too worker la limited. Ta rhror already la waafclag over ta top of tko lvro In many placet, and several ornlnou loaka hava bna dia- oovrd and toipod la th but twenty four bourn, i Thieve or bocoratna actlr .la th flooded aectloa of Wast Hickman (ad county authorttloa ara dlacuailng th ad Tlaabfllty of asking for a company at mllllia to protect property. tUfugoo continue to arrlv la groat number. Mr. William Venter of Is land No. I, who wa mcued by a launch, la almolt distracted, berauae her bua baad and children acre left behind, bav in sought rttug In th attic of their homo. To auch retreats, the tart, th Inhabitant of th Island war driven sev eral daya ago. I , One woman walked twtlve mil In eight hour with tlx children. Mb car ried th youngest. A family from Missouri spent a half day In rowing across tbo river In a skiff and th men were nearly eihauatod before they got oat of tho aurrent, A steamer I plying along . th river below bore picking up marooned reel dents, decree have beta rescued In ttal manner. Tbreo hundred are quartered at Tlptotivine, Tenn. " ' Organised relief work 1 being uo ceoafully carried on aero wltk lb meant at hand and as funds arrtv th refuge will at least be spared the hardthlp of hunger, Wtgoa trains of provisions and bedding have arrived from fulion, Ky., and t'nlon City, Tenn. Tho Nashville, Chattanooga and Pt. Loul railroad la running train to East Hlrkman, a mil away, where a temporary tutlon baa mm F001TEAR AT HALF PRICE. Citi E.:k ..oes, Tta Crula Sbts, nitt Eack Cxfsris, mi Silk Psspt, Irprlal lubuck Sboes ii d54.CS tt S8.tl Eniet for SB $2 anl $3X3 it th ibo y wut If Mff, wt hm tt, for ditbaT lady or ttuui, boy or girl, at half price. Oxford, Pnmpa aad Sboet ta all ta bUert lagta, ara barv is aQ ltbort--for ? rsCIALg Me . Ik 1 5 ! ea 1:31 P.ll. tatonUyUPeM. Alexande L UlCrCSiodnocrPaxtonCft. Oa th hill, where tents hav boen pat up. tho women of Mlckm atslsted at preparing tho camp for tho refugtes. distributing food, clothing and bedding. Mlaalaalppl railing at La (roooo. LA CROK8E, Wis.. April i.-Th Mlc tlttlppl river fell one-tenth of a foot at 8L raul during th last twenty-four hours, a decline of three-tenth at I .a Crosse and five-tenth at Dubuque which Indlctte that there I no aerlou Im medlat danger of flood on tho upper river. At La Crosse th river I five feet below tho flood stsgs, at 81 Paul eight toot below, aad at Dubuque tlx feet below. Effect of th present ststo of tho up per river, however, bat not been fully felt In tho flooded district. At La Clair. Is., today there wa a ris of four-tenth, at Davenport four tentha, at Keokuk eU-tenth and at Dea Mobwa raped , two-tenths. At these Points the river could continue to ha for several gay longer. Abva at. Lea la Danger Mae. T. LOUIS, April L-TIm Mlaalsalppl river at St Louis reentered K.I feet to day, a rte of tl of a foot la twenty-four hours, and It I expected to reach U feet, one foot above the danger Una. The Mltttssippt from Hannibal to Orat ion Is rising and the Illlnola river, which empties Into th Mloslstlppl near Urafton, I falling: Th Missouri from Kansas City ta Booarlllo ta rlalng, while from Booavtll to St. Charles tt I falling. At Hannibal, Ma., the Mtasistfppi stood at 17.1 feet four foot above tb danger line. The water In th Hannibal district bat aproad ovr th lowland and Interfered with th operation of train. Water ha be gun to eeep Into In cellars la Hannibal. t'aralheravlllo la Da agar. CARUTHBRAVILLK. Mo.. April l- Only a deeperata tight oaa prevent th rating flood from breaking through tho lev In thl territory. Should a crovaat eecur to entire t. FYaacta basta would he mandated and tho Iota of Hft and property would be great Th flood today kurtta th high wttet mark of Hot mora tkaa twenty Inch and continue without abatement. Tk situa tion la hourly growing more asrtoos. Aa army at aaoa Is working day and Mght to protect all weak placet and th en si neere ara hopeful of . Th rrlaoo railroad, wblcb forms th levee protoo tloa la front of thla city, stands only a foot abovo th torrent and men art at work placing andbaga along tho lino. The local militia compaay ha boon placed oa duty aad th companies from Poplar Bluffs, Mo., and Jonosbora, Ark., hv keen ordered out. K U reported. They art expected lata today. Caruthers vlll la full of refug from tha low lands at Ttnnteeet la front at tnl alty. There la ae levee prowctloa aa the Tea aeteee Md aad h outre are being washed away. Ail available tmr are search ing tha mwlaads for aufftrer and stv tral hundred have keen brought la. Tw hundred tenia sent out by Oev msr Had ley to ah titer the homeless save arrived and nubile buUdlags of th city kava been thrown open tor tbo asm purpose. AU train north and wast bar beta aut at commits! oa several daya and Canitherevllle la eonnected wltk th out side world only by on trala a day from Memphla, 1 aa, and each trip of thl l expected ta be tk last. Th crest at ta flood at not expected kar for five r gut daya aad tk Increased riss will place tk levee under serious strain. Missouri stuiag at Kaasaa Cty. , KANSAS C1TT. Mo.. April L-lItvlog Hsta aix-tntha of a foot sine yet ter ser the Missouri river has atutaed a depth of B.I feel akov low water mark kar thl miming aad continued to creep p towards tbo flood stag of twenty three fact P. Connor, the government weather toroosstar, said th river would become stationary during the an tweaty-toar sourt and bagla ta tall toeMrrow. Th Kaaeat river and ether tlint streama were falling rapidly today. Norther, afoataaa laaadated. GREAT FALLS. Moat. Apr! k-Cben-munlcaUoa wltk Olaagow, the center of the Mom aim flood district, was cut off today, all wire being gotra aaat of Hinsdale. Tao floods ara confined largely ts tk Milk itrer valley between Cblaoek and tha North Dakota line. The kfav soust river at aot unusually klgk aad ae trouble la ei parted kg this tertloa. hue till lite deep aa th mounts! aa. The d Big Horn river ara tall and aro reported to e rtaaag. A despatch from Havre today stated that sH west-kouad Great North era train that ksd keea delared ay Oooda oast at Glasgow new were gokag through. arm or ocsaji wnuaaM. HauraX Mm QSS4A ei KOTTU RDAM. . aroxev UVKKPOOt.... cm t amua Otraeia ENGINEER BUSY ON BRIDGES Preparing; Flans at Eeqnert of Cobji- . tiet Over u Bute. SFXCIFICATIOIfS ASZ CHA5GED keeailt Is thsl More fell Street ere la Bla Arranged tar the Hlnh tvaya at Xeaeaeha Ha bet Caaaad Coat. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Neb.. April l-apecla!. Tko office fore fit Suta Eaglnaer D. D. Price la busy as a one-armed paper hanger preparing pfsns and specification for bridge. Three was a larg amount of state aid bridge work In tbo office before' tho recent floods played havoc with bridges la the Platte. Elk horn and other vailles. While therr ar no funds available for more stats sld bridge .the lew provides tor the Stat engineer fur nishing plana and specifications on appli cation ot the various counties, and many auch requests are now coming to the of fice, with the demand Just commencing. Plana mad by th department are all standardised as far as possible, aad with slight changes of specification those mad for on bridge of a certain length will answer for snolher, und up to last summer the office bad a fairly complete outfit of plans for almost every sised bridge. The last legislature, however, changed the requirement to stand a strata ot twenty ton Instead of twelve a heretofore, and new plan are re quired for all constructed sine that dste. Thla makes tha wsrk due to th flood consistency greater. Iloghea Caaast Come, Justice Charles R Hughes of the United States supreme court, who ksd been In vited to deliver the sddrets on the oc casion of the unveiling of tho Lincoln monument on tho eapltol grounds, has written XOcretary of State Walt that he cannot accept the Invitation. Ho writes that It would giro blra great pleasure ts do so, but he cannot come during the session of tho court, aad as he has not had a vacation for tlx years h la pretty wen worn out and feel th need of a rert. Who tho monument commission will endesvor to procure for that service is In doubt st present as well a th data of unveiling. It had been Intended to bava thla ceremony In Mar or tha fere part of June, aa th statue will be reay by that time, but the date will hav to be fixed to ault th convenience of the person who delivers the iMm, Wot I: men are now enaaged digging the trench for the foundation of th (ton racade which flanks the statu on el!P-w side. Th office at th secretary of state la receiving a larg number of renewal. of live stock brands all of which centra this- year unless renewed. There ara S.ou of them registered in tho state and in tecretary of state estimate there win be t least l,50 of them renewed. Now (tlflea Arrive. The new rifles ordered for the guard at th penitentiary hav arrived and were glvea a trial oa the target range today. Ihey are of th mag tain type, thirty caliber, high power, and proved out satle factorlly on th rang. Mr. Anas Meredith ot Denton. Md.. write tne governor to ascertain tk ma of th various counties In th tata aad tbo oounty seats of each. 8h any that her Brother, William Celllaon cam to Nebraska a number of year ago and ah heard that he wtt dead and left a considerable eetata. and shs dsslrea to write to tho vsrlout county officials to ascertain the truth about th report The Mat railway commission ha given th Lincoln Traction company th right to stats kond or preferred stock to th amount of N, to eaplttltss better ment already made to tha company's property. Ask t Advaaea rase. Tho attorney general' office has asked th tupreme court to advance th case or tn ttt sgatnet M. Elem from Rtchardaon county. The state caused the srreot ot Klsm for violation of th order of ta pur food department forbidding th payment tor cream th urn day ef purchase, and tha lower court dismissed tne eompuunt the state appealing. It la desired I hav a final decision before ins Busy cream buying sei msaces. TS object of tk regukttloa wss to obtain better testing of cream, th acpartment believing If cream l paid for as purchased, especially during th rush season, tha laspoctloa aad toning will b perfunctory It made at all, but that If payment ta delayed tor a day a samptt win be uksa aut aad th teat mad whaa tha rush of delivery for th day at ended. Arthur W. Nixon ha appealed to tn tuprette court from ta verdict of th district court ot Richards county, where he was caovlcted f atUlag liquor without a license aad fined MP. He seta up ststy-tkrea alleged errora of th trial court rises Bapersrdeaa Road. Th supreme court hit fixed th supsr. edeaa aoad of Allen H. Pray, at K.400, which ha been given, and be ha bees released oa ball. Pruya waa convicted of manslaughter tat Dodrt county sad sen tenced to a term at from oa to lea year. H became Involved m a auarral la a alooa o Chrtstmaa dsy and shot snd killed Uw keeper f tk peace. His defense was set! -defease. Today wss the last day ef the shooting aaaoa aa decks aad geese and many burners were out taking advantag of It Owing to th lata prtng and th xtra high water tew Uaoola sponrmea ears reported good bags. laopeotlea of Gaard. Th final report of Inspectloa of the Nebraska Nations! Ouar. show there ara LM oa th muster roUs, wkteh Is tbJrty-nv lea than but year. Com pany K of the First regiment with atxty ono BMmoors at th elargtat compaay la tho guard and Company D of the asms regiment wtlk twenty-four member ta th Com Cos asalttlta steady. Th Nebraska Code com mission aa aouaroa that It la about ready ts call for aids tor pristine Its report Tk oaamiaatoa. which rnaalm ot Judge Poet of Columbus. J. H. Broady at Lin coln and E. L King of Osesola. It was named la weed oat ekssttt aad repealed taws wkiea hava Isaad their way into tha cod aad also those which kav keea declared kavand ky tha uproot cavrt It ta alaa tx pec ted t mak rscomaseada tMas ta th aext tegklature for leglti twa whtck ta th aptatsa of tko cats mis Men Is seeded Tktt portloa of Its re port, however, has not yet beea formi latrd. Ta pesl tea tta ry aad th hospital for th Mean traded In stairs today. DaateJ Hotter waa returned to tha prison from Hastinra aad Peter Jeaaaa waa taken tram tk prlaaa la Hasting. Jsaaea hsa six years ef aa tlglittsa year i aad ha htst ha mtad. Holly. . Originality creates interest in clothes '" . Freakishness is shunned by people of taste. Simplicity combined with out of the ordinariness is much sought in dress. That's why men who appreciate and demand refinement in dress are customers of Browning. King & Co. 1 The garments we sell are made in our oun work shops, designed by our own staff of designers. This fact assures you of exclusiveness and individuality in all Browning, King and Co. clothes. -: These are just such clothes as will put you in the front ranks of the well dressed on Easter day. y- Top Coats $15 to 935 Men's Suits $15-835. Young Men's Suits $15-330 Stora CIom. Saturday Eveninf at 9 O'clock pronounced cured, lie wss sent up from Boyd county. F. A. Crosby, one of the social experts engaged In tha Men ami Hellalon forward movement raised somewhat of a storm in an address today at ft. Paul' church. In that address hs severely critlciied moral condition In th Lincoln Hi.Th school and that tha churches should tske some actloa to Improve student life. He tound no fsult with the school' a school or with th teachers, but tt was condition which hs condemned. Not only teacher, but friends ot the school, art inclined to take tasu with him In hi statement. FIEE WIPES OUT ENTIRE FACTORY (Continued from First Pag.) saying that hs roughly eatlmsted the lota at about S3M.MD, he would apt talk. Valuable paper which were kept In th office were placed In a fireproof safe, to gether with a considerable sum of money. Th office manager barely" had time to lock the same when the Ore bum through th office wall and he bad to mak hi escape. It I believed that th aafe and It content were saved, although th huge Iron box was In th part of th building where the fir wt th hottest Tn .8 otcmfg ad kwakw wdakwd kwd Esaeaslva Tools Rained. Some ot th most expensive tools and machine were ruined by the fir and th sreatstt less will be occasioned from these. Many ot tho Implements made by th Stroud company were manufactured her exclusively, were also th rne ehlne with which they were mad. As th result f th disastrous bit is over 1M men will be out of work. Mr. tnxtd would aot say whether hs would rebuild or not. aoveral month ago be mad tw ulna to Winnipeg. Manitoba, for th purpose of considering a proposi. tl'jn to start a big plant there. It ta possibi that Mr. Stroud will aiore there. Th big, plant wss a monument to Mr. Htroud's energy aad perseverenc. for when ka embarked la business her over twenty your ago be had almost nothing stcspt his pluck. Olii Jaunty spring costs, unusual val use. at n 00; tor age I to t, aa low as tJ.U. Benson dt Thorn Co. Vice President of China Not Killed SHANGHAI, April (.-Dr. Sun Tst Sen ex-provtslonal president of the Chines re public, will leava bar for Wu-Chang to morrow on a visit ta General 14 Yuan Hanf, th vie president of th republic Th dispatch from Shanghai dispose ot tk report cabled from Tien Tala yester day that the vie president had beta as sassinated. Sidna Allen is Again Located MOUNT AJRT, N. C. April l-Btdna Allen, bunted In connection with the HllbrrHI court house assassinations, t sssa again hut night in th mountain twelve mile from thl city. Sheriff Hsyaes ot Surry county with detectives and bloodhound started en his Iran to day. Sbug Smith, a reputable resident f th mountain, telephoned ta Sheriff Harass that ffldna Allea was at kit home last night for food. WILSON INVADES ILLINOIS (Coatlnaed frost first Paga.) prslss ts ths Illinois presidential prt- msry aad predicted that th Chicago and Baltimore conventions would be th mat set wholly eompestd ot delegate chosen direct ry by th people. The balance of hie talk waa devoted to the tariff and re forms he had promoted In Now Jersey. At JolieL Governor Wilson addressed a eery large gathering from the court house steps. At Dwlght ks msd a un-ailnuts oar platform speech. At Pontlae Governor Wilton spoke ot reforms put through tha New Jersey leg. Islsture. He related bow the employers' Habit! ty Mil was f treed through the legta- Isture "deaptte ta opposition at e poraUoss.- Bcaeata Cared la Id) ! aw Days. Th Pari hi edict oe Co., !S4 Pin Street St Louta, Mo manufacturers of Laxative Brom Quinine, hav a new and wonder ful discovery. OROVbTS BA-NARX CUTIS, wMeh they guarantee t cur any can t KZEMA, aa matter of bow long standing, k tt II day. wfB refund money If H fall. OROVK" SA-NAP.E CUTIS ta perfectly cteaa aad does aot stain. If your druggist hasn't It send a ate. and tt will be sent by malL HYMENEAL KraU-Destat. Mat Elbe! Deoala. daughter at George H. Dennis, and Mils L XraH. both of Weeping Water, Kea, were married by Rev. Charles W. 8a Tioga at his residence Thursday nooa. Tk (room's sister. Mrs Car ley Close, accompanied them. Lace Curtain Sale Monday, April 8th AYc m place oa al a $50,000 stock of ' - high clnss lno curtain, to bo told at ono- third nt than tbo regular selling prict on . Monday, April 8th. Bule irtarti at 8 o'clock. All the curtnins nre this loasoQ! patterns. i There are no seconds or imperfect curtains ii the sale. Every pair will be sold at one- third off regular price. ; ' See Sunday papers for descriptions - and values. ' Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Company Boy' Norfolk suits, ale pasia Jacket atyta. special values ta lunittnm mix Mr. Working Man, Your Easter Suit Is Ready for You at Our Store. ' You dont Deed th eaak yoor ercf tt U toed. Aa ' EASY CHARGE ACCOUNT wait, yoo her. Wly heeitat? Our men', aatta ar fun of ityle. snap and boat of all, Qoailty. Our Hat and Ska. Ukswtaa. I To Make Good to Yoa Means t lot tt) Dt Wont you com in and look n over. Too ar watootM gran tnoucta you don't bar. Just llul down and bobm oa nay day will dross yon as vail a ttoajfa yoa paid gpot oajk. W Ar Strong on Ladies Suits, Drtss Coats and Mllllnory. Bring tho Ladlaa Alonf With You M. T. HOatPtaClsT. Mtssgir Ceancfl Brnltg Branch at Si H. Xala St, Perfume Specials Saturday 1 pack as ea. Per Saturday we offer exeeptloaal price oa perfume. Every vain has her favorite. Why sot remember iiR at astsr wltk a dainty packv sgs of her favorlts odor. Bpacial 1st ef Me sad Ike triple extract, all odors, oa Ma W carry a full lino f Cetya, Uoublgaats, Hudnut's, Roger di Usa- et s ana rsincri ciim.ii sot toiiei waters in aula ana saacy tetrs rfttcluefnino jue, vfc In fsacy packsgss 11.0 cety jsotusminot rtoae eacnet powuer sso Houblgmnt's Ideal Toilet Wster at-lg Houblgant'a extract, ongtnsl IS fancy package, t.;i; bulk, oa. ll.T Hudnut concrete esaeoc of Gardenia, packsgs klja tic Peroxide of Hydrogen ya Tc Rubber Olovee ajas We gusrantee thla glov to be the eual of any f l.as glove sold. fdo Do Mars' Hensoln and Almond Lotiea gg o Pebeco Tooth Paste aa tie Ssnltol Tooth Pasta snd Powder las lie boa of tint lines stationery jas aVaSTaTa CAaTBTM Th gift that please old and you eg alike. This year ws hav a vary attractlvs assortment of fancy baskets snd Raster sovelties and Esstar asft. W are agents for tb flaes. candles made and ara constantly rt oslvlag treek salpmeBta. , Park a Tllford le to 11 IK Cuth't J 0c lb. lmnr . besiass those of local fsme. frBrten't e to lc, and Woodward a ap from c. ataT rd Cbuttlams Tbey lart meit la your mouta Join the ever iarreasiac sum bar ot Mary Oardea dtotsas. Pound ass; toe lbs. TBS "Follow the Beoton Path" Beaton Drug Co. Farnam and 15th SL 7 S tures aad bta aerges. at W at Btuaua dt There 0 . TOKOHAMAu... axrwutr sami - was takes t tha asylum aad to sow