Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1893, Page 8

8 LIFE IN THE PENITENTIARY Ex-Oonviot Oharles Lincoln Talks of His Experience in Nebraska's Prison, DEATH IN LIFE FOR THE CONVICTS THERE Hard Worked, Poorly Cared For, Severely Punished, and Finally Turned Out ¥ niless and in Rags—Si of Official Injustice. ple Story il? That was the ating the mind of Charles Lincoln, a% ex-convict, who had just been released from the Nebraska peniten- tiary, as he wended his way to Tue Bee of fice on Sunday to relate some of his experi ences while an inmate of the state penal in- | stitution asked that some of the abuses there be corrected m order that the unfor tunates whom he had left behind might not | be compelled to suffer some of the wrongs | that had he undergone. He was tur To steal or not to st question that was and d loose last Thursday in the without a cent in his | s fu reaping | garb of un ex-convict pocket, to profit by his exper the inevitable rew 1 of crime, henceforth the life of an honest, citizen if pos again enter carecr of an outla Lincolu is 45 years of age, and, to his own statement, has passed rs out of the and live law-abiding ( ipon the | according | less than | st twenty outside of ud bars, )t given the £ that the be given to each convict is released?” he asked. “They out without a cent I as) 1 for but they told me to skip. 1 from Lincoln, working for my meals at farm houses, but what am I to do now but steal? 1 got here yesterday and asked ut several places for work, and told the truth about myself, but that was the very thing that provented me from obtain- | ing'it. 1 want $) be honest, for 1 have had enough of prison life, but 'will have to con: tinue to b a criminal. They turned me out with clothes that branded me as a convict, and last night I stole this hat. Kven if it is | an old one, 1t is better than the one they gave me when 1 left the peni tentiary. 1 had no overcoat, and I had 1o steal one. T left it dow below here, for 1 was afraid to wear it daylight for fear that | might meet the fel low who owned it before Tdid. 1 am telli you the truth to show you the position that Ifind myself in, and you can call an ofeer if you wanit to. Put yourself in my place and tell me what you would do was | ys shall when he turned me some money walked he Punished for Being Hungry. “We have at lea 1the bres in prison, and it is as good as anybody gets, but as much can't always be said of the rest of the fare, That was what made me get my first punishment down here at Lincoln, 1 was b that strike of 1557, when we struck for better grub. A convict named Brennan and I were placed in a cell and our hands were put out through the bars, and then chained together. We could n sit down lie down, and they keptus there for nine. n days, except when let down to get our bread and wate; When I was finally released frc 1t and lot down thic last time, 1 1 insensible. Probably that was why they did not put me upagain. That long ar on the top of my head 1 got before t locked me up there, for when 1 suid [wanted | grub that was fit to cat Adams hit me with his cane across there and knocked me to the floor. Then they took me up and chained me up. 1 have been punished a_dozen times, and 1 don't complain about it whenever I violated the rules, but I do say that the pun- ishment is too severe. 1 was smoking once at night in my cell, and the guard found me atit. I knew I would have to go up, aad as they always scarch you to sec that you don't take any tobacco into the solitary ‘T cut up whole plug and stuffed it in the toe of my shoe. Then whenever | was let down to eat 1 could get out a chew, and that would do me all day. | punish- 1to the trung up for eight days after they cht me back after my escape, and when y let me out i the yard again and I was put to work unloading coaly I had to carry u ball and chainthat weighed thirty pounds. I wore that for sixty days, and it was finally taken off at the request of one of the Women's Christian Temperance uaion ladies who visited the prison and asked the warden to re > it. ‘Ihere has to be some system of punishment in the prison, and I know that as wel anybody, but it is a lit- tle too stiff down hege, Some of the Bad Features. have been in three penitenti- and 1 know something about prison life. 1t is hard enough at the b wathout being made worse by guards keepers who don’t know what me is. [remembs o nd or pity named 1d then 11 jumped on him and smashed his head with their billies. All he did was to skip once plate of h to get anothes had more on it. The pen don't begin to be now what it used to be, for they don't feed us well, and things ain't in_any kind of shape. The bedding is in awful shape, an the bed ticks are not filled when they g thin. 1 have asked often to have mine r filled, and it would go for months after that before it was done, and others the same way. It would keep you sleeping on the iron slats. The ‘worst thing is the bedbugs and cockroaches and lice. It is impossible to get a night's sleep in that cell house in the sum bad cnough in the winte X I could sicep in the summer was by stealing coul oil from the shop und rubbing it allover my body. Then the bugs would not come near me, I would take the littlo vial that 1s used for u vinegar bottle in the cell and carry the oil to the cell in that When Nobes was the warden there he used gang, that vut in all the 1zh the cells and killing the | " g benzine, oil of cedar and turpentine in the cracks. That kept them down, but there hasn't been anything of the kind there lately *“The prisoners have not been lool as they should be by the prison doctor, Dr. « sed to give what they eall ‘houso nything and everything that | P icine of any kind When 1 broke this finger, by having it caught be. tween two barrels on the ¢ gave me @ dose of that, and sent me to my cell and I } had to have it set by a colored convict who was something of a doctor. If & man has any monoy down there heecan get a Soft job in the pantry, for the steward will take the money and got him the place. Prisoucrs in the solitary have to put up the same way if they want to sce the wa If they have any mouey the coll house runner will take it and then they will have a chance to see the warden, but if not they will have to take their chance Solit “The h 1after Cells and “Bath® Roowms. salitaries ain't is what they and the other but it is generally known us tho senate. When the warden sends a man to tho hole, it is either “Take him to the lower house,) or to the upper house, as | the casc be. The lower house meins three ind the senate means tor ten days or more, 1f & man goes to the lower house the warden calls on him every morniug after the third day, but if he goes 10 the ite he never hears from the warden until after eight days, and he knows what is coming when he goe/in there. The bathing ain't what it ought to be. in the oid bath room the tub was u barrel cut down, and when u company was marched in they would go in onc at a time, one vight af #he other, and the water wouldn't be cnanged antil the whole company of thirty-five had | been in It is different in thenew bathroom, which fa where the laundry used to be, there fwenty-f Al they put two men in fubrat the same time. They have five min. wtes for o bauth. If there huppen to ve visi tors thiero they will put only one man in o | tub, nd the other P will have to waft, but if thero are no outsiders there it Is two every timo, two one ho upper h alike. The call the is the © tubs Food Tssuen and Tasks. “16 js the same way with the foed. A min gots his tin cup only half full swhen there is nobody around, but if any of the Women's Christian folks are there the eups will be dished up full. The tasks are all right for wost of tho mon, but it wakes Some of nfix it, them work hard no way the; boy who wi get his task out by noon o the resv of the time to himself. natural to him them he euards on the walls are an ugly lot o dozen times just to drop the rrying them out to at them for fun, convict that all went through the foot of aking the men out ny odds for myself, because I am would like to have the | half-way I have seen men shot because they havpy At ill The guards shoo Isawone of them shoot at W nd the the oftic don't ask out of there, but I boys who are left nt, r who was t there treated n't do but Williams, that it down from here for life, can y day, and have 1t just comes lids ¢ And so Lincoln continued to answer qu tions and express his opinion, either favor various persons and penitentiary ble or things otherwise, of connected with il sm and ne a better remedy than Salvation the For rheumat get HAYDEN BROS, Seo Them Fomorrow—Spr Anekets, Sprin Ladies' spring w gingham, in and all the varic plain angd no The la | displayed in the nd are positively bey lies' i Apes. in fine rench exqu 1ty silks. t pric ps at Yoe. W, up to wriety of ladies' tailor made B, at $2.50, at $2,95, spring juckets at at $3.75, at $4 Plea goods are 38.00. Ladie at $7.f 0 up te actually worth #2.7 * spring capes at & ), at $9.00, at $12.50, up LADIES WAISTS, Ladies' pe e, at Gde, Ladies' sate at $1.50, e, worth up to § silk waists at at #5.00, up to t lf usual pr wns and wrap)| nd lowest prices. made at about Ladies’ less var skirts at 35e, at 43¢, at 50c, at sated ¥1.50, up to $1 Ladic ilk sk £4.00, at £5.00, uy Infants’ embroide at Ve :d | at Infants’ 5.00, at 2,00, Children’s y the lowest pricc and stylish garments, OUR HA silk in endless v provements'in way of new this de fixtures artment through taken by our large stock of | men's and boys' soft and_ stift child goods, comprising th noveltics from' the eastern These goods up in all color: 51 dozen boys' cloth brim, 29¢, In men's soft and ends left #3.00 and $4.00, Odds and ends $ we hav in dlc to $1.50. HAYDEN BR the Burlington I Absintheur, Boyd. This is a play victing the downward young man who becon of absinthe dr is said drama of mo age merit., Lean and the authoress p! 15 both ar wnce may be ¢ play the of a good perfors lay evening at the production Barrett s Lovers of the are true - ntation of Lize their exy Hanford will play Mar partin the playing of honors wi and Barrett production, ion which The fivst p n's new the Boyd of the most nc at 1 season. uttered of the Omaha ser medy, ovening, should able _events ot Nothing but py comedy theater goers know the - . The concert to be given this evening for s home prom- edit to those airs of the home. hich pub- > worthy the benefit of the Young Lad i to be, it should be, Cl 10 are 8o active in the a Among the deserving object lic attention is deawn none g mo! than this home for young women Lf-supporting, yet need outside he the but the bake id ea maker. he progra is p and warrants a full house, be given at being as follows: Kreutzer Son Mr tow “The cof G ML HIteheock, piano; M. iian Violin, song Mr. Wi 1 and Prayer W. Cotton, Andunte and Alle, 1B Whitior » Mr. Cahin, 1d Bk Der Freiseh Aria—Sec Mes. i rto-0p. 69 Thou Art Mino ALl o iss Mary Poppiet AT Walters Preistivd . o (b) Spunis ©) Nocturi M. Hans Kibert The Nightingale Mrs. J. W. Cotton, Duct—@) The Angel : (b) The Wanderer's Eyenini 8 Miss Mary Poppleton, Mrs, Mo Ballard and Polo M Hans Aibert, - Piles of people have plcs, but De Witt's Witch Huzel Sulve will cuj Tickets, Plense! Jurlington's hem, The * at la24 Farnam street, The following mar sued by County Name and Adaress, § Willlum H. Manehess lda V. Greene, Portland, Me A Jumes E. Cox, Ashland, Neb t Noru E. Rochford, Owahu $dumes M. Bryan, Grand Island, {Delia 1. Kelley, Omaha ige licenses r, Omaha Ne arlington is at 1324 Farnam sty ket tations, Antouy himself, the he dividea h the masters in the great Booth you_cannot Qil. & Wraps, Spring » Sceote te s styles of high grade k of these goods ever th Lt ) #19.5 do not be misled by the price; the up , at 81 to $16.00. he fine: s in en cloaks at ).50, up to oty er named for reliable DEPARTMENT. We have just completed extensive im- th tl in out hats an ate: marke to be sold at about one- hats, stitched | a few odds from H0¢ to $1.50, worth children’s hats, all nice styles, from 5e_to 50c, worth from (8} » presonted at | h a moral, de- | 4 a brigl ve to the habit be a to Juli ¢ appointments, expecting a the critic the gi in Omaha of iptain Lettarbl prove o the local the- e has been seen, and omediun, who a :1p to nalesti ally str neert w Washington hall, the program Heethoven 15 Alby Ltz Weber iiller Brads| Wi . Chiopin-Wilhelmy Delit Rubenstein Vicuxtemps new ticket oftice is were Judge Eller yesterday Onice I Mvr. 'HE_OMAHA it AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Oity Conncil Puts in an Evening of Earnest Routine Work. GETTING READY FOR THE ELECTION ft 3 Retween the Varl- Party Lines atie Pric Gossip. Fight Will Be Warm « Factions and Cligues an. Will Be Overlooked -1 maries — Magle City The city conncil met last night and trans- acted routine business. A petition from twenty-nine voters of the Fourth ward, asking that the place of regis tration and voting be changed from the Stock Yards stable to the old school house on J street, between Thirty-second and Thirty-third strects, was referved back to the petitioners. Councilman Bruce insisted on favorable action. but Bulla thought a majority of the voters of the ward should fgn the petition and he carried his point A petition frow J. W. Cress and praying for a sidewalic on the north side of M street from Bighteenth to Twenticth streets, was referved to the committec strect A D tric was referred lights A petition for a of T'wentieth street from J to G stree referred to the committee on strects and alleys The clerk was instructed to dray rant on the overlap fund for 315 in Johin Briggs to partly rec n lost time by reason of w badly wound torn on a nail while assisting at t} ter livery barn five, On motion of Wyman the city instructed to draw’ a warrant for orof J. D. Bennett for laying sidewalks srdance with special ordinance No. 8 The following reso! 1 was unanimously adopted: Whercas, Tho stat intoxlcating Tiqu L requires 1 his notice ving the th t others, it on 1 alleys. ition from citi light at Twentieth to the ons ask 0. A comit to sidewalk on the west side wis for t hand, Carpen clerk was st i rosulating the traft in the state of Ne pplicant for i 0 weeks i the news st eireulation in the Cr, for the purpose of pplicant for license for the LAvspiper. which, b 1 p theref Resolved, That the publi in Douslas county be and are herehy reque to submiit to this body on or betore the 4th day of April, 1898, sworn statements of the efreulation Douglas eounty of thelr respeetive newspipers during the months of January. Febraury andMarch, nd where more than one “regular dall same newspaper is published ulation of h edition shall be separ- ately shown in said afidavit. Boe it further Resolve at the city clerk mail a copy of | this resolution to publishers of all the daily newspapers printed in Douglis connty Police Judge Fowler submitted his report for the month of February us follows: Total number ¢ 70; amount of fines and costs ¢ 5 amount paid to sehool fund, $ paid to general fund, amount paid ehief of police, 316, The city attorney was instru an ordinance providing for the laying of a six-foot sidewalk on the north sideof M street from Lighteenth to Twentieth streets and west side of Twenticth from G to J str A small batch of bills was referred to the finance committee, council adjourncd to next Monday n Shers of newsp in at ) 1 e id st ot ed to draft BEFORE Facts Th Must Be Considered Voters of the City. It fs now less than a month until an election will be hield at which the voters of South Omaha will be called upon to choose their servants for another term There has been no change in the character of the contest about to take place. Itis simply law and order and business methods against the field, whatever that may coutain, The present city government has inherited 1 overlapof over §18,000 from its pi r. The financial affairs of the city were inan almost hopeless state on the 1st of August, 1892, tho beginning of the fiscal year. Notonly were the current expenses to be met, but it was nec: for paylog back indebte nothing _in sight for pose. The ity i thought and duc’ ¢ { levy an occupation overlap fund va by the ht R 51 to provide ness and the us Ha wn as an not a popular measure —it never is—although adopted in many cities in cases of emergencies. The fund thus derived, together with the regular income of the city, has placed the finances in better shape than they have ever be | South_ Omaha organized into @ munieipality. ~ The police fund will hold out to the end of the fiscal year n August, the engincers fund is also ample, the gen. cral fund ditto, and * the strect re fund will just about’ hold out. The salary furid will run into April and the public light fund will be exhausted in May. The fire and water fund is exhausted, as it has never been more than sufficient to pay more than current ex- penses, leaving out fire hydrants. Prac- tically all the occupation tax has been col- lected, or nearly $11.000, all of which has been applied to liquidate the overlap indebt- edness Mr. Wy mittee, hus st would begin with not more 3,000 overlap, notwithstanding the fa > ddition to the current expenses an over- 1y | lap of 818,000 had to bo taken care of by the cic [ present aaministration. he question to_be settled on is, shall this st petuated, or shall we o b 1t is not a question of what political party shall govern the affairs of the city. Good men, respectable citizens, whocan command the respect and confide of the law abid- ing clement, should be ted for office, and if this is done the result need not ve feared. & t ne an. chairman of the finance com- ithat the nes at the coming ill of things be per- vk to the old wiy ? Tolice Dolngs, Svenke's saloon, at Thirtieth and Hoffms . was entered Saturday night and small amount of goods taken. John Chinch and Bert Hoffm two young men, we wfterward arrested’ by Ofticer and charged with the offense morning Judge Fowler gave the boys sor wholesome advice and_discharged them, 1o prosecution was at hand William Henry, the man arrested by Mag. gie Smith for disturbing the peace by under- taking to remove from her voarding housc some furniture which he claimed, was dis charged upon a hearing of the case. Mr. Henry will seek to get possession of his goods by civil proces: st ky Democratic Primu At the democratic pric Wednesday the followin; gates will be in the field as cus ticket EFirst Ward—A. M. Gallugher, Rud Hurtz, . 8. Whitten, Frank Humpert, E. Brockett ond Ward P, C. Caldwell, M. J. Fluhert el Hurt, Joseph Humpal, Andrew I A Ward—Fd Me M. Horn, John n, John Fanning, Thomas Killeliey Fourth Ward—Frank Rager, Read Darnell, Morris Degan, James Carroll, Edward Doy le, Magle City Gossip. T hian Sisters expect a grand t at their calico ball, to be given ton March 14, at Knights of Pythias hall. ( ico s in demand for the occasion, and where 5 aries to be held ticket for dele the regular cau is- Je e akin Powde?: The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum Used in Millisas of Homes—40_Years the Standard, 1,005.62 in | sinco DAILY BEH: i -— e e R AU | & TU be also, nd Mrs, wlico goes therowwlll the young m A daughter hasbeen born to Mr. Thomas Saunders, O. J. Martin il go to Portland, Ore., Wednesday on bukimess for his company Officer Reihartwwife 18 very ill with ma- larfal fover. Atome time her husband al © up hopes carlot feve d in the family of Broakey "wenty-cighth _street His little daughterds sick with that dise Mr. and Mrs. @George Wilson of Shen 1 Are guests of the f. y of A Miller, Twenty-seeond aud J streots Wilson is Mrs. Miller's mother. Mrs. R. A, Carponter returned home yes 4 visit with friends at Oakland, Mrs. Will Cressey and children accom d her h and will remain in the city time lay night the Home Circlo club mot the home of W. B. Cheek and not having a high five quorum out fo stitutes, O, J. Martin ¢ ss Jossi responded and ¢ off the H. Mrs pan for son first win Brown Graham stponed on in the United y-third_und 14, The patron ill grive his chalk storm nchurch, evening, Ladies Missionary socicty s of the public The board of recistration for the city South Omaha will sit Friday and Sat day, March 24, fr m. to o and 1) turday, me hou above, evision of o lis| 4 persons who have change: places of sidence since last registration, or are not How reg that their names istered should sec are | noun | have 1 | trip. | willorder it for youor T'he couference bonrd of the First dist church met Sat lay evening as an *d and transacted business which will 1 bearing on the futureswelfare of the Methodist socioty m this city. After due deliberation it wus decided to build a brick church on the same ground where the charred remains of the present structurc stand. Work will be begun as soon as plans can be decided upon - Metho Industry, 1z louder in The Compo Board ultural Implement ploted, The same is ° of the Knitfing and Hosiery mills, Wool scouring _establishment, and other enter prises. With good markets for their products, abundance of vaw material and splendid shipping facilitics, manufacturers are en; on this new fleld of protit D. Smeaton, room 17 ker bui Omaha, Neb,, is the locul agent of the Galveston assoctation, and he will be furnish all particulars, Toe hom the association is Box 948, Minncapotis, Minu, The hum of ind North Galveston, Factory and the e nearly ine, TAKE Gt NCURSION, See Gothenburg's Wate Great Water Power— Power is the Manufacturers pe of This Stat Let the people who ar the water power project join Green's Favmers Exc leaves the ld4th p. m., on the Union Pacific visit Gothenburg. Mr. Green makes a one the round trip. The canal at Gothenburg is only miles lon but t} operation is the e as the one projected for Omaha The suceess of the one demonstrates the feasibility of theother. An examination of the Gothenburg plant will 1« pay ny one for the time and expense of the The heretofore inglorious Platte river has been given new interest and new value by the great water power de- veloped on its banks in the midst of the most fertile grain fields tributary to Omaha. ' Its accomplishment is more important than the opening of new gold ficlds, Time and continued working surely exhaust the latter, but the most ant nse will not in all earthly time :n diminish, much less exhaust, the thenburg water power. The Commercial club of Gothenburg is receiving daily more than one hundred letters g about the offer of free power enterprising pluc and about houses and stor There is not an empty room in the young city, but the building boom has commenc For inforr inquire of V Omaha. intevested in at Omaha ion which inst. at 6:40 railway, and fare rate for must ut the excursion n, Karbach block, e Next Texus ursion Leaves Omaha Thursday, March 16, For particulars write or see C. A. Elmen, 1514 Capitol avenue. - "ake home a box of Baldufl’s fine cand- ies, 16th and Capitol avenue. None better. . Lowest Kates to Texas. incoln 2 p. m. Macch 16, Ad- dress Lw Porte Land company, Lincoln, ———— See the celebrated Sohn Ford & Charlton Music Co., =il A fine upright piano, used only six months, at half price. Ford & Chatlton, 1508 Dodge. piano at 508 Dodge What Is Tt? In point of fact it is the freedom from poisonous and spurious ingredients, the ex cellence in flavor which gives to Dr. Price’s Delicious Flav- oring Extracts of Vanilla, Orange, Lemon, etc., their wide popularity and increas- ing sale. The retail grocersare learning that quality rather than price is necessary to retain the confidence of customers and make a suceessful business$ Chrysanthemums. This exquisite reproduction of & wat kminilu.' I8 _furnished free with the A Morot, Its sizo Is Sxio blors, t at ull newsstands with the inker. und i€ your newsdonler Isout 1o u ean'seud ten 3 cent stamps (20¢) withithl; Ivertisemeont for the mazazing and pietmre to The Honio-\ Co., 3 Unfon Square, New York, You will find’ tmthe Home-Maker the most superbly illustrited magazine publishod Architects, Surveyors, Contractors 1 full supply of Mathes -color lome- nehes in Home We hav | matical nstruments, Drawe ing Papers, Tracing Clothy Transits, Rods, ©hains, keve els, Tapes; Squarzs. lllus- trated Catalogue free, THE = ALOE = &= PENEOLD #C0 114 South 15th Strast, Next to Postoffice. DAY, MARCH 1 of Catarrh, It every person who has entarrhal disonse would tuko the proper stops to oradioato it ot the begt ning, this poworful maludy would ot scoure ind destroy as it docs today. M rs Katio Harrington, of No. 417 North Seventh streot, Counell Biuffs, whose husband Is in the 0 v of the C. & N. W. raliway, te/'s how wged her o MRS, KATTE HARRINGTON, 417 North Seventh Streot, Councli Biuffs. “About one year azo [ began to notice that I was ngeatureh 1 had taken n se- vere cold —just how [eannot say—but ny hewd stopped upand my co d did not Jeay alwiys did before, 1 bozan to huwk and spit | from” my “thro t and bronehinl tubes. This aliurmed me considerably for I ulways foursd th t [ would have consuniptisn be. <0 tany wnd Shop Thoir trontment has pleasant o use and I have it. My symutoms of ei- nicery, my sk tmenrly 10 tike trentient > physiclins most heartily to fore it got 4 hold on my lunzs, 1 saw were ba 1z cured by Des Copelan 1 that [ went to the . thorou iy i it confidence n areh ure iniprov.n wod Tam glad 11 I commend the my friends." Outside of Omaha, 1t hosame ¢ sire to st dence fment pursned by fective rosults to Mt their as to those price cunts, casos who mptom blanks sent vonlt nppl RAISE, cte Relief From I Bladder Disease, 0 Sharon, & firmer's dent of Macedonia, ounetl BLufPs. §s a noti- » neo of how eaturrh affeets the kid- neys and blndder: s Sharon suys “When a furmer's wife cannot work sho 1s In a very badstate, Thave becn ailing or sIx yenrs— half sick and haif well © 1 wiis 80 bad that It sec 1 could not er. T could 1ot work nor sit up. I had wcatarrhal troublo of the biadder and kidneys and suffered wore than [ 1th houe physici ais who coula only MRS, SUSAN SHARO atnizht coula not turn over thumped wnd tumbed rov breath was short I could ht. 1 De © very weuk u t back on e entirely. T and Irritation of the bludder with mstant burninz d pain, ot 50 low that for elght- eon days before seefng Drs. Copelund and Shepard | wus confined to my bed. My enso wis thought by my neighliors to be u fatul one. PRESENT CONDIT: ndition Lis been ch ellund nll my dise; asgone, . My kidney 1 bladder are sound and I aily cured. The troatment of Drs land und Shep.rd seemed 1o 2o wt once to the seat of the whole disease, I hive notonly been given comfort and relief but aftor months sed since my treatment [ find the resuits aro permunent and lasting. 1 rojoice in my present bhealth and comfors und am glad to testify in their behalf.” “My whole eat und sicop w Lim 4 new wo ROMS 311 AND 512, NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING, OMAHA, NEB, es:—Catarrh, and all_diseases of Throat and L rvous Dis- sensos, Chr oo Honr to 11 . m.: 7 to pom Su New Vork Hospita TREATM T for all Chronic, Nervous, Private and Special Diseases. yoeuars experl . ASES OF WOMEN reated nt £.00 o month and all licines f w N All Other Troubles | Reasonable Charges. Call on or at ddress DOUGLAS BLOCK, OMAHA, NEB Just in—Our Impo Exclusive Sty Spring Woolens, THE ation of s in March | AMERIGAN TAILORS Paxton Hotel Buildi THE RENOWNED COAL SAVER K Baves one quarter of your caal bill, pravents s0o and cinders, destroys coal was, producss per compustion. ki llar flues clon, makes hot tiro In five niinutes. aots equally well oa hard s on 801t conl One package custing < conts 1s sutliolont 10 treat one cosl. For furihar information allon or wddrews with staup, L. 8. ELLSWORTH & CO., 406 8. 13thS. Omaha,Neb. an teth, 1 | DR, SEVMOLR PUTNAM | in isclearor | s it | i F Fourrows of as as ever went on meet their eyes. butsix styles of handsome dom shown at window. Hand- tractive as the selves are thing else in Suit | 3010 Special. | IVE THOUSAND MEN will stop in front of our big Douglas street window this week—-and be lost in admiration of what the y'll see displayed. | handsome suits a “bust’” wil There will be suits -but six as styles are sel- one time in one some and at- suits the m- there's some- !hlat window even more attractive—and that’s the price that's at- tached to each suit. Half the suits in the entire win- dow bear a card like the top one of the two in the center of this ad ~and the other half carcy tiie $6.75 card. The $5:75 suiis —of which two whole rows are shown-—-are in four separate shades and square corner sacks. themforeightor " —and youwould The suits at all wool fancy brown and gray newest spring up elegantly and trimmings. sold such suits year ago got four dollars mor. handsome checked cheviots in styles-in both round and Through the glass you'd take Suit | 36.75 Special, | (and ESETSTERISNTINTEY nine dollar sults n'tbhe m'staken. $6.75 are in fine cheviots—in mixiures -in the efiects made with fine linings ““The Nebraska” for ten dollars a our neighbors Six hundred of these suits g0 on sale today—at these prices—and if any of your neighbors happen to ask “What's Nebraska doing this wezk,”’ tell them that we’re holding our Annual Spring Suit Sale. You can trade till 8 o'clock tonight. Saturday till 10. RAYMOND, THE JRWELER INE GENEVA watches and ch ronograph® made by Patek, gold are the most perfect in the world ister split seconds—quarters ladi repeaters—etc,—for Philippe & Co. in solid —they reg- —5 minutes—minute S or gentlemen—We have them for $150.00 to $800.00 each. RAYMOND, FIFTEENTIL AND DOUGLAS, OMAHA. 1316 Douglas Street, Omaha, Neb. Tho emtnent s regta cons Ty usod, inal woakaow, nig treatmont for lows Of viLil pawor. e Medlelno or instra ¥oroCareo 550184 2 m. 10 Y po, Write 10 or Consalt Personally 6. W. Williamson, M, D. )g:g SPECIALIST. S/ President of F\ I } & “Ew ERA MEPICAL aw SuRGICAL (C4 DISPENSARY. ultation Free,) d Surglent ar: cetul ustic used. ness, Syphil medies. N P, P, 0. box 65 NEW ERA MEDicaL AND SurcicAL DISPENSARY MAIN ENTRANGE L e g5y87er SUITE 6. Ulee No posi= Mercury. 1. Vo, privata, h1aod as diplom e wnd eartiils Partios unablo Lo v 5491t by m Al oF 0 cprass |ATALE OF TWOD | iution was preseuted i, LG | Ad | The Best Truss Made eltsupports the abdome1 and con presses Lho FUDLUTe 80 48 to bring tho hroke partstogetner and offect n cure, P'rivate room for fitting trusses. Lady In attendan lady customers. THE ALOE & PENFOLD CO., [RYTEN ) 136, 03y i Blos, wallow comyies. 3 fircdse reun i broin 8 tmpw &teatines to purform the @1 7en Lo Gver eating ar v b T T wkln andurinary disoisss A rogalie a1d Bhow. 18 atl{ersstlng with th) graa:ast s 10~ AILEORMS Of privaty Jsa 0s NO morau- Lmy iy b) troasl at hons by Faly pAcC31, 00 marcs by (11l ate VLA fra s Coreasp)ata yorivate Suataysliam. tolzn, 3 b tor oir ai IRECTORIES 1804 —[Mr. ston of followln, Neb., roIr bruary HasTINGS, G enn.]- D counctl, I Where b mplled a clity dire tory for 't Whereas, 1o of the sune this city: and rons, We 1 find nty dir ed, Thit our thunks ws hid the printing and bind= verformed by e ully oxaming nd comp! have o it'n tull iy therefore We oxtend 10 (ho snid for tho cars and patro he has glven in compiling for this city snd county this Sntist: ctory work A" motion 1o adopt tho same Junlmous vote DachY W. W curried by MILES, City Clorle (Issued at the Sume Time CLASSIFIED LIST, Hastings City, " sifind Avr. niphaboeiically iTunsen, wiphi Holsteln, ulphbe Juniuti, wiphabetically KKenesiw, alphabeticaily... LeRoy, wiphabetienllv.. Muy flower, alphatetically Pauline, aiphabetically | Prosser, alphibet | Kose and, aiphaboticaily i colinty businoss, olas:| | | ulphabetic- s City business, clus- sifioo, un‘ Adims ¢ phubetic ity furmers, ai- ally. 5140 .08 otal 740011, 04! 4, My printing Is not done in Milwaukee or Deirolt, bat in the city that supports the dire:tory. J. H, GLENN, Pablisher City and County Directories i STRENGTH, VITALITY, MANHOUU™ PARKER, M. D., No, 4 Bulfinch at., M2us., chict consulling ‘physician of (he ¥ MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 0 whory d tho GoLD MEDAL by tho NATIONAL Ass0c1ATION foi the PRIZE ESBAY on Exhausted Vitality, Atrop Sy, Nerr Physical Jebility, and all Disea.co and Weakness of Man, ] GUHE the young, (he middle-aged and oid. 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