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MOTICE) Don't worry about your payments. Come
tO SllffcrCrS fin'' w'u,t x,,u w,in' P" us when you win. AVo will
,j p, sloiv your jj-oods free lor ii dns our cnliro orjj;nni'.ution
Event
$ supreme bargain
ui lku diurmi
is ill nlir sPl' K'(. Let lis luIp ou.
Year
bra mm STORES
31st Annip
ersary Sale
The Lower Prices Prevailing in Every Department
During This Sale Will Result in the Actual
Saving of Thousands of Dollars
to the People of Omaha.
Week
Beginnin
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M
ONDA
March
31st
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BRIEF CITY NEWS
Stack-Falconer Co., Undertakers.
Bailey, the Dentist, t'lly Nal'l. U 25C.
Fidelity Storage & Van Co. Doug. 1516.
Have Boot Print It Now Hcacon
Press.
Tornado Insurance, the kxk1 kind. Hd
K. Turklnton. 602 Hee Hldg.
O. B. Big-utter Law offices removed to
M3-S45 0mahu Nat'l. Hank Bids. 'Pel. D317
Llg-htlnir Fixtures repaired and refill
lahed. Burgesf-Uranden Co. Douglas M.
First -rational Bank of Hemlngford,
Neb., pays 6 per cent on time certifi
cates, also have few mortgage farm loans
to place at 7 per cent, $."00 to J1.000. Cal
vin J. Wlldy, president.
The State Bank of Omaha pays 4 pur
cent on time deposits. 3 per cent on sav
ing accounts. The only bank in Omahu
whoso depositors ate protected by the
depositors' guurantec fund of the state
of Nebraska, Lib and llar.ney itreets.
Mrs. Crooke Soeks Divorce Mrs. Grace
U'looko has In ought suit for divorce
against H. C Crooke on the grounds of
desertion.
Loses Everything- Mrs Stella Saun
deiB. 2ls Lake street, was one of ihe
lctimH of the Htoini whose house was
t'litliely destroyed. She lost everything.
Lost Wedding Rlugr Mrs. lilla Noo,
colored, living at 2122 Uurdette street, is
M'aivhinii for her wedding ring, which
was taken off her finger by the tornado
Sunday iveiiliig.
Will Give Twenty Per Cent of Sales
Tom Kelly company, now located at 203
Ncith Sixteenth street, wilt give 20 per
ient of its tales Saturday to the relief
:und for the sufferers.
Wishes to Hear Prom Relatives .Mrs.
Jl. C. .Shorn, 2016 Sewaid street, Is at
the Methodist hospital In rather a pre
i arloiiB state. Her Injuries are numerous
and alio wishes to hear from relatives.
Donate Day's Work Girls employed
h the Hurgcss Shirt company donated
n day's work for the benefit of cyclone
utifft.rers. Different citizens donated ma
terial and the girls worked it into shirts
without charge.
Horses and Mule Unhurt A whim of
the eyHone was evidenced at Fortieth
and Dodge streets, where six horses and
a mule were tied In a barn and the struc
ture was blown completely away and the
animals uninjured.
Were Kot Injured In the reports that
followed the cyclone the name of Mrs.
W. W. Sherwood appeared In the list of
injured, while that of the baby was num
bered among the dead. Both, however,
escaped uninjured to any serious extent.
rorraer nesldeut Sends Oheok Tho
Bee Is In receipt of a check from C. 13.
Hennen of Moundsvllle, V. Va., for M, to
bo added to the relief fund. Mr. Hennen
is a former resident of Omaha and sends
his sympathy to the sufferers.
Comes to Help His Mother Ed. P. j
O'Connell. an old Omaha boy, but now J
.ommerclal agent for the Rock Island at .
Denver. Is In town, looking after tue i
wants of his aged mother, who was In- '
jured by the tornado when hei home it I
S700 California street was destroyed. j
Murray Not Injured Whllo hln rela- 1
tlvei. were seeking InNhe ruins of the
Idlewlid pcul hall on North Twenty-
fourth street foi his body. Paul Murray.
colored, 2U21 I'dikei street, was ve1 ;
much alie and was assisting in th-. i
i if cue work in the ieinlt of Lake street i
Will Donate rive Per Cent - The firm
if uikiu Brut . 11 1 donate to tlie gei:-,
i-ial relief fund J per cent of the receipts ,
t every sale made on fiaturaa an i
.'lomla. ThU sum thould 'amount tj
tor.sidorable, as the two daye abo. t men.
i oneU' are the luslest f the v. eel.
Will Build at Once The Standard
laundry building will start construction
.''. once vh the corner of Twenty-fourth
-mil" .VII!' avenue. OiHy the excavation
ad been dus and the contractors' shacks
md tools, which had been brought to
i he site .ere blown away by the tornado. ,
SeUef Snpnllss Hartllefl Free Uirahp. '
dl' vads aie out !th a eenctal o:-'
stating that 'hi consignee Ij the .
gei.ctui relief committee all rhijments ol I
'voC, clothing, medic ncs ar.d supplies ior ;
streets, ha .i-.iik--3 Mil, the relief com
mittee to take ail ihe n-Ipts of th
ehow on Kiidii.v night, and then all day
taturilii , for the tornado sufferers. The
Bhow will open at 7 p in
All Knelt and Prayed II. ,. Burkland
and his family ut 211U Reward street fled
to the cellar when they saw the tornado
approaching and all. Including tlw chil
dren, knelt and proved. None was hurt
and the house wan but little damaged.
A piece of a boaid was driven through
the wall of the front room.
Neod Girls' Clothlnff The icllef nt;i
tlnn at Calvary Baptist church, 131$
North Twenty-fifth street. It hi need of
dresses and coats for girls around the
age of 4 and 5 years. An appeal Is sent
out that It would be doubly appreciated
If donations arc mended before sent In,
at) the relief station Is not in a ixjaltton
to repair clothes.
Nsncy Did Good Work Nancy ls a
fine saddle, mare belonging to Rev.
Charles W. Savldge and Immediately after
the storm Sunday night served the fire
men In carrying the firemen around the
debris at Thirty-third and Maple streets.
She worked fnlthfully for seven hours nnd
was Just us willing to keep on at the
end of that lime us she wns when first
pres-sed into service.
Ileed Gives Bent Pree A. L. Reed,
president of the Byron Reed company,
has thrown open to tornado sufferers
every vacant residence on his list. The
rents are at prices that maintained be
fore the tornado, and. In addition, where
patties have lost their homes, or their
household goods, he gives thorn the oc
cupancy of the houses one month, free
of rent.
' Missouri Pacific Officials Here Kir.U
Vice President J olim-on. Passenger Trattic
Manager Stone, Krelght Traffic Manaser
(Jlthcns, Assistant General Passenger
Agent Da enport, St. Louis, and Gen
eral Freight Agent W'hany and Assistant
General Passenger Agent Matthews, Kan
sas City, all of the Missouri Piciflc, are
In the city, sizing up the tornado situa
tion and conferring with other railroad
official on railroad business matteis.
Deaf and Dumb Children Help Llttlo
deaf and dumb students from III.' deal
Institute of Council Bluffs cun:e to
Omaha led by two Instructors, appeared
at relief station No. 1 and slgiillled that
they wanted to help tornado miffercrs
One of the little fellows grabbed a tin
cup, dropped In a penny and p.ised It
around. Every pupil donated mm; rang,
lng from a penny to 10 cents, and betore
tho cup had gone the rounds iystanuer
were surreptitiously slipping money into
it. A total of J3.G0 was raised.
1" iramen'a Meeting Postponed Owing
to tho fact that a number of the mem
bers sustained losses by the tornado the
rpeclal meeting and smoker that the
Veteran l'lietm n's atoi latlon which wan
to base be"li held Thurda night, luis
been Indefinitely postponed, tine of the
members sustaining considerable losa(vs
Secretary Kocsters. residing at .'219
Miami street. All lniliien.se tieo In a lot
100 feet away was broken off near the
ground mid the trunk driven through his
cottage, leaving a hole large enough to
drive a team through. He and the mem
bers of his fumll escaped without J
scratch.
Sentenced as Pickpockets Albert
Brandon, Pete Conley and II. T. Mtner
wcro arrested Thursday night by Detec
tives Fleming and Dunliolni an pick
pockets and suspicious characters. Knch
received a thirl -day' sentence In police
court this morning.
Young Preacher Was Scared A good
story Is told of a young preacher who
tiansgressed n little during U-nt by at
tending a dance. When the storm com
menced to howl his father, also of the
same cloth, warned his son that ho was
going to be punished. The young man
made headway for the basement ami,
after the storm was over, was found
under a large tool chest shivering like a
floated leaf In n fall breeze.
Bishop Quayle to Locture Bishop
William A. cjuayle of St. Paul will give
his lecture, "The Tragedy of Rip Van
Winkle, ' at the First Methodist Kplsco
pal chinch. Twentieth and Davenport
street.", Saturday evening, March 29. at S
o'clock. This Is the first of a series of
lectures glvi'ii by Ihe Brotherhood of the
Chinch. The nuuiugemont attempted to
postpone this lecture, but this was the
only date that could be secured, as the
bishop Is dated mouths ahead.
U. P. Employes Balse Fund The con
tributions of the employes of the I'nlon
Pacific to the general relief fund to i-hj
tornado sufferers has I cached well up
toward $!.i0u and Is still growing. Offi
cials of the company say that they will
take care of the men and wonen who
were In the tornado zone. Following the
lead of Ihe Union Pacific, the telephone,
electric light and street railway com
panies nre raising funds among their o'-
fii-lals and for the benefit of the em- !
ploy cm.
Isaac Carpenter Keturns Isaac W.
Carpenter, president of the Carpenter
Paper company, Ins returned from Flor
ida, where ho has been for some time.
In coming ligme Mr. Carpenter had to
pass part of 'the flood district. His train
could not get Into Terra Haute and It
was detoured around to Chuttauoogn, and
from there to Paris, III., to Chicago. Ills
tialn was hut seven hours late when It
reached Chicago, and he sa'd he did not
see any of tho flood except when he
croised the Ohio river before entering
Paris. Here b.it little dHinage had been
done.
Chlcaoro Dnnataa 3100.0OO Wni-.l I us
been receln1 by the relief committee
that tho ChlcuRO Chamber of Coiumcicc
has voted U),(0) for Ihe lellif of sutfi-r-eru
In Omaha and vicinity ard for Ihe
flood victims of Dayton and other flooded
sections.
Landlord Thoughtful J. W. Green and
wife,' whose home at 1412 North Thirty
second street was wrecked Sunday night,
had a kind landlord who peimltted them
to move Into another house owned by him
at 3107 Cuming without paying rent The
Greens In a similar helpful spirit invited
the family of K. Kdcn, who lost a house
of his own on Seward street In the storm,
to share their new home. Tho house oc
cupied by the Greens Is owned by Charles
Unlit.
Refuses to Give Up
House Blown Onto
His Lot by the Storm
A. Wavbrlght linn comolalned to Chief
of Police Dunn that William Selffe re
fiibcs . to 'give him back Jits dwelling,
which blrw over on Stlffe's lot. Way
bright lived at 322j Chailcs. Selffe's land
Was across a few lots at 11222 Charles
When the ttorm cam- along It .-arrled
Wnybrlght's home over on Selffe's land
and left it, somewhat damaged, standing
there. When Waylirlght went to haul
It back Selffe ordered him 'off the place.
Tho fiicstlon now Is to whom does the
house belong? Selffe says It will be held
lor payment n' a debt dtir him fiom
Waybrlght and tho latter saya It's agalnni
all laws of constienco for Selffe to re
tain this house.
OREGON RAILRCA? TURNED
OVER TO HARRIMAN LINES
Robert IC Strahorn. who established
the I'nlon Pacific advertising depart
ment In 1R77 and who lemnined here until
I SMI. has Just completed and turned ovei
to the Harrlmait sy-stcm the Portland
nnd Kugeiie & Fastern road, extending
down through Oregon 12, miles.
While In Omaha and while doing the
Union Pacific advettlslug work, Mi.
Strahorn wrote the book, "To the Rock
ies and Beyond." a publication that
long since became a school publication.
Mr. Strahorn has now become vice
president of the Oregon & Washington
Railroad it Navigation Co., In charge of
the electrification of all the lines n
Oregon and Washington, with head
quarters In Portland.
From here In the early eighties. Mr
Stiahorn was sent to Denver and Ihenee
Into Idaho. I'p there he quit railioad
lng and went to Boston, where ho en
gagefl In the buying and selling of bond.
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Let fkr Credit Servioe Help You Now! !
LADIE
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UfTS
NO OTHER CREDIT STORE IN THIS CITY CAN POSSIBLY OFFER YOU THE
MERCHANDISE, TERMS. SERVICE, TREATMENT, LIBERALITY AND THE LOW
PRICES THAT WE DO. OUR ORGANIZATION IS SO STRONG THAT WE ARE
ENABLED TO SELL YOU CLOTHING AT CASH STORE PRICES AND YET GIVE
YOU ALL THE TIME YOU WANT TO PAY FOR YOUR PURCHASES. RIGHT
AT THIS TIME WE SAY TO YOU AGAIN LET OUR CREDIT SERVICE HELP
YOU NOW-YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD.
An pxcoilcnl showing of fashionable, Unloved ladies' spring suits in whipeovds, mix-
t nres and fancies, in all the different shades.
Skirls in draped and Hindu el'feels. Some of the
eoal collars and cuffs are trimmed with Hulgavian
silk. Linings of peau de cygne and niessaline.
livery one finely tail
oved nnd of the latest
style. Theve isn't our
worthless than $'27..V)
for Saturdav
fVleri's Blue Serge Suits
These suits are suitable for all kinds of wear and
are alwavs drcssv. Thev are extra well made,
in the very latest style. ;md will
give the best of service. $1 0.00
values, Saturday
t
wen mane,
$10
Men's and Boys' Spring Hats
Latest stvlei and blocks -
$1.50, $2.50 and $3.50
Millinery
Latest debigns
$2.95 to $15
.
Great Furniture and Rug Values for Saturday t
Here are values that have all the profit taken out of Iheni.
Saturday's selling onlj. Many other values equally as good.
DINING ROOM TABLES
They are specials for
J7.50 ahien, largo tops, filled with
0-foot slides, sale fftQ QC
prlcn UUUU
$15.00 Pedestal Extension tables,
round topH, salo QQ CO
price OUtOU
DINING ROOM CHAIRS
$1.25 values, nijulo of linrdwood.
finished In golden, sale JQ ,
price I U '
f 1.76 values, strongly conslructe 1,
brnco nrniB, sale Ql ir
Prlco Ol.iU
$4.00 box seal diners, solid oak,
gonuiuo leather seats, Ql fJC
sitlo price ui.OU
KITCHEN SAFES -
$7.00 values, double doors, two
cutlery drawers, salo rtiQ "P
lrlco 00, IU
$12.f0 values, extra large (ji-i rn
and roomy, sale prlcn C)l,uU
IRON BEDS -
$2.50 values, good strong rt rn
uuallty. sale price 2m. Oil
$5.00 values, eniuuplod or Vernls
Martin finish, salo QQ "P
prlce ULi I 0
$12.60 brass beds, extra aa Qr
speclal value, sale price. . . ulO.UU
EXTRA SPECIAL -
$4.00 sanitary couches, strong fab
ric, heavy f rallies, salo rtfj ftp
price W!,Ou
SOLID OAK
DRESSERS
STOVES -
$.1.75 giiBollno'Stovcs, two- Aft "ir
buftior kind, salo price. Jjt I U
$5.00 laundry stoves, good grado of
cam Iron, very useful, n "ir
sale price WU.IU
$15 four-hole cook stoves, An rn
8-Inch lids, salo price JjQ
CHIFFONIERS -
$7 50 values, five largo rt nr
drawors, salo prlco JJ)t JJJJ
$12.50 vnlues, mirror tops, f'j qp
oxtra large, sale price. .. .Q tQj
DRESSERS -
$15.00 values, largo and rtn "p
roomy, salo price JjQ f Q
$20.00 values, American quartered
oak finish, salo 010 "7 C
p-'" oIa.0
RUGS
$8.60 Art squares, slzo 9x0 Mil rn
feet, salo prico. . . .' u4aUU
$10.00 UruBsols rugs, slzo (JQ 7C
Gxll foot, salo prlco WU.IU
$20.00 Velvet rugs, slzo Ain flC
!ixll foot, salo prlco oIl.uu
it i i .'Ail iuui, nuiu in li u
Ihvee lavge drawers, mTTjrpATTIC!
UM J rtfl iroliw.u eimiHl ...
'I""u" n.v...., i vnuCB. EOOd U'lltll nnd niinl-
Ity, Bale prico, per 0fn
pnlr bflC
$2.00 values, full width, protty pat
terns, salo price, per rti ir
pair A! lh
rn ..ill . . '
j iiiiiuw, guuu, eervico
ablo quality, per pair
$7.95
CLOTHING
DEPART
MENT
FORMERLY
AT 1405
DOUGLAS
STREET.
Union
utfittingCoj
OMAHA
CONSOLIDATED WITH
PEOPLES CLOAK AND CLOTHING STORE FORMERLY
PWIrV
unr
1405
CLOTHING
NOW AT
16TH AND
JACKSON
STREETS
DOUGLAS ST.
t
Telephone Girls at the Webster Exchange
r.?rr njrr ' v- . .
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f T .1' ,
texnado fjffc-ir will be bro'ujnt u j
umaha Irtf u: charge '
AuaubCE, la., Ssnds Clothes The Uie !
Is In receipt of a consignment of wear- j
In r.pparel from the Kpworth kaguo of ;
Audubon, la.. w:Ufh has been turnrd '
over to the relief committee. The leagva !
vends U sjmpathy and the expression
of hope that the distress will bi rapidly ;
To Donate Openlnc Secelpts K" K. '
ooff, who owns thr ntw p dure ttuatci.
th Alhambra. Tnerty -fourth and Parker1
r'ji
.&i&frmral.KiW'3 '
Itor lie innif wist und louitliiu u,
Spokane, enKaKoil In llif de lopini'iil ol
water uml elrotrlc- powm- nil throiiiili
the l'mlflo not tliwi'ft. inaMni; n foitunn
Then ho with tho Suuthoin I'dilfU- foi i
time and next went to railroad IiiiMiIiiik.
but noon KOt barK Into tb'' I InrrliuHii
railroad fumllj .
'HUB eytAU tt llUhUI.Nia 1IANIU.EU Till, d 11 'IHJUAItU ALL TiU.Ol'Cll Till, NllillT OV HOUHOlt,
OFFER OF HELP COMES FROM
UNI OF PENNSYLVANIA
The follov. Inc letter haa been reenved
by the local alumni of tho 1'tilvorslly of
I'onnsylvanla from the university
V s.r ail very much grlevm) in tiea
of tho dreudfjl expclenee ynu ham al,
been throush out In your par' o' th
rour.t-j an'1 !f there Is an.' at all
we can do at th unlvcnlty t, I, rip v
or anyone dpemletit upon you, do r.-jt
hpsltut" to write uu or w're us at um -ard
I will tako up th'- matter lnirr-,1,
:i'o!y nrd fee whjit can be done u,n
I'oporta hava to far been nUher nieimi
on nccounl of poor facilities for heurliiK
from the site of the hurricane a most o'
the wlrea seem to hava bucn blown down
You have our ntnuerest synvathy and I
hotm that w c" do riiu'thlni( to help
jou. Wll.LlAMljaJ Kl'l'KU, I'cun ,
IN THE"PATH OF THE STORM
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Donver Ifews flUrts rand Ttis Uoi
vur Ntiws has 'Started a fund for the
relief of the Omaha sufferers
rratemil Union to Zla'p Menibsrs
The supreme president, V A. Young of
the Fraternal Union of America, through
the local secretary of l!annr lodge 1
James D. Mason, has wired M' fur re
lief of FVaternal I'nlon membura and
their families. The chairman of the com
mlttee on distribution Is James H. Mason.
611 Taxton block.
Bancs Family's Wew Address The
family of Thomaa Itancu. whose home c
3002 Reward street was completely de
stroyed by the storm, Is now living at
ita Corby Mr Il&nre owned the house
and had no tornado insurance on It Une
of his daughters was seriously hurt j
Have You Ever Tried
Swift's "Premium"
Oleomargarine
Ol6
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Then how do you know you wouldn't like it?
It is a pure, wholesome spread for bread.
It is made in factories that are always open
to YOUR inspection.
Every pound is produced under the watchful
eye of the Government.
Don't let sentiment stand in the way of a
substantial saving on your food bills.
Try one pound of Swift's "Premium" Oleo
margarine. You will continue to use it.
Made only by Swift tc Company, U. S. A.
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