Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 26, 1903, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: BATURDAY, SEP TEMBER 1903. 26, Men’s $2 Pants at $1.10 Extraordinary ment. These pants are in Union cas They are actvally worth $2.00 a pair today, per pair ...... Three Extra Specials Boys’ Ciothing Dept.—34 Floor. Boys’ laundered and unlaundered mother’s friend walsts, dark 25 and light volors, at. & Regular $1 value mother's friend ‘walsts, per fectly launderod, 45c Double sole and knee stockings for lly sell av 250 & pail \ aa'eile Basorday ab & pairee 13C Sale of Neckwear at.10c and 15¢ bargain in men's working pants that came with this suit ship. slmeres, hair line stripes, etc, From Pfeiffer & {BRA A TREMENDOUS CLOTHING PURCHASE[ Solomon, 36 E . Houston St., MEN'S FINE FALL SUITS Choice of the entire stock on sale Saiurday at Half Price Never was such a tremendous clothing bargain offered by any store so early in the season. By a lucky stroke of business we se- cured the choice of the eutire Pfeiffer & Solomon, manufacturers, clothing stock, including an immense line of very high grade and up-to-date suits made for fall 1903. The name of Pfeiffer & Solomon is widely known to stand for well madestylish & dependable clothing. We bought at a low figure and are able to sell these suits regardless of their real value. THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY GLOTHING BARGAIN WE EVER OFFERED. Every one of these suits is handsomely made of the newest fall ma- terials, cut in the very latest fashionable designs and show the Al! are swell suits suitable for dress marks of skilled workmanship, or business. Every suit in this lot was positively made to sell as high as $10 and $12.50, and not one is held over from last season. They are all new and up-to-date, a big Saturday eventat.... Rogers-Péet & Co. and Brandeis Special Clothing The flnest ready made clothing that can be bought the country over. ticular pride in these lines and assert tha’ no merchant tuilor can secure bstter results Wouderfally handsome patterns.,.. in style and durability. We take par- $10 to $35 Boys’ and Children’s Suits and Overcoats BOYS' CLOTHING DEP ARTMENT—THIRD FLOOR Boys’ All Wool suits in late styles and colors... Boys’ Splendidly Made All Wool Suits, every late style.......... $1.98 Nobby Suits and Overcoats for | The swellest little Suits and Over- Boys, the new military, Norfolk and Russian styles in overcoats and the Norfolk, sailor Norfolk and other styles in suits, at Thousands of new silk neckties, made for this fall's trade—bought at a great sacrifice —strictly up-to-date pat- terns, four-in-hands, im- perials and tecks, actually worth up to 60c each— Saturday special DETROIT GRAND JURY PROBES Bix Men Oonneoted with Publio Work Obarged with Conspiring to Defraud. MAYOR OF MATTOON IS UNDER ARREST $llinols Man Got Into Fight with Newspupers Grand Jury Dis- eovered S lent to Put Him on Trial. DETROIT, Sept. 2%.—Six indictments were Teturned this afternoon by the grand jury which has been Investigating municipal affairs, particularly the Department of Publlo Works, for the last two months. Five of them were made public in court late this afternoon and they name ‘the following persons: D. W. H. Moreland, former commissioner of public works, recently removed from office by the council; Herman Wartell and T. J. White, former employes of the public works department under Moreland; John Hock, o former employe of the Depart- ment of Public works and a contractor; Henry Mordian, & contractor, and his asso- clate, Robert Conway. Moreland is named in each of the five indictments read in court this afternoon, two of the indictments charging him with conspiracy to defraud and the other three with misappropriating or converting prop- erty of the city to the use of others In the first of the indictments alleging conspiracy it is charged that Moreland, Merdian, Conway, Wartell and White con- #pired in March, 1902, to defrayd the city of $,000 through the payrolls of the Department of Public Works for street sweeping and teaming, and In the second, that Morcland, with Wartell, White and Hock, conspired in the same month to defraud the eity out of 31,000 through street sweeping and teaming bills. The other three indictments charge Moreland, under a special statute, with converting 1,795 feet of curbstone, valued at $500, to Thomas J. Kennedy; with cenverting sand worth $500 to Henry Merdian & Co., and With con- vertiug ctushed stone worth $409 to John Archer and Jobn Hock. The sixth indict- ment was not read In court. Mr. Moreland came Into court early this evening and when asked to plead, declined on the advice of his attorney. The judge entered a plea of not guilty and fixed Moreland’s bail on il five indictments at .50, It was given. ; John Hock was also admitted to bail ia e —r—ee— “Don’t Scold Irvitabllity is a nervous affoction, Strengthen the nerves with Dr. Miles' Nervine. Sleep better, eat better, work better, feel fer, 40d be better. Sald on Co., Ind the sum of §1,80. Warrants for the arrest of the others were placed.in the hands of officers to serve. Up to a late hour none of them had been arrested. Henry Merdian is 1ll at his home and will be unable to be arralgned in court. A certificate to this eftect was presented to the court this afternoon. Mayor of Mattogn Indicte MATTOON, IiL, Sept. 25.—Mayor Francis M. Menke of Mattoon was indicted by the grand jury today on twenty-nine counts, charging him with malfeasance and mis- feazance in office. He was placed under arrest and bond was fixed at $,000. This wos later reduced /to $2,500 and Menke got bondsmen. His trial was set for next week. State's Attorney Voight is arrang- ing to conduct a vigorous prosecution. Mayor Menke 1s accused of entering into contracts with gaming houses, immoral places and Sunday saloons. The Indict- ment is a result of a tumultuous state of affalrs thiat has existed In Mattoon for some months. Two local papers have been urging that action be taken against Menke. He visited both offices and threatened bodily injury to the editors. The reply was additional denunciatory editorials. VIOLATIONS OF SCHOOL LAW Parents Are Hauled Up and Told to Compel Children to Leave Work, Complaints were flled in police court charging that Jacob Janovisky, Twenty- second and Willlam, and Charles Passick, butcher of Tenth and Bancroft, were vio- lating the compulsory education law by keeping their daughters, Bessle Janovisky and Florence Passick, both under 15 years of age, factory. Mr. Passick was taken into court and sald he had done his best to get his #irl to attend school, but that she refused to go. He was told that he must compel her to attepd and was given untll next Friday to do'so. Janovisky will be ar- rpigned as soon as apprehended. The fine for violating this school law ranges from & to $5. Postoflice at Farmer Robbed. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D, Sept. 2.—(Special Telegram.)—The United States authorities In this city were toduy motified that the postoffige at Farmer, on the Omaha rail- 10ad in the eastern part of Hansou county, was robbed last night. No postage stamps were taken, but the stamp and monsy order funds were carried away. A stranger who had been hanging around Farmer for several days and whose actions had been somewhat suspicious, has been arrested on the chargy of having been implicated in the robbery. It is eald his shoes fitted tracks In the ground near where entrance to the bullding was effected. The prisoner ‘was brought to Stoux Falls Iodu for s preliminary examization. werking the Bemis Omaha bag | overcoat styles and the .98 stiff hats, latest styles in org, were bought to retail at $2, Saturday special at e suits, all the new shades, includis al plue, red and castor, a $7.50 value at SWELL NEW HATS FOR FALL WEAR. Special for Saturday—fine soft and $1.50 coats for Boys, made of the very finest cloths in the new swell military and Ru latest cuts in roy- 3.95 all proper col- *1.50 Men’s sample Hats—in both soft and stiff shapes, latest blocks and new fall colors, abi..i O8c ana %1 25 Boys’ unci children’s caps—new fall styles, golf, Norfolk, yacht, etc., great variety at. . . ENGINEER 1GNORED SIGNAL Passed Bign of Danger at Rapid Rate and Averted Robbary. BANDITS ENTER STAID NEW ENGLAND Make Unsucecessful Attempt to Hold Up Train on New York, New Haven & Hartford Road in Rhod Island, WOONSOCKET, R. L, Sept. 25.—Because the trained eye of Engineer George W. Boss recognized In the awkward swing of a lantern the work of a movice he pulled the throttle wide open and drove his train swiftly by a danger signal set dead against him and frustrated what is belleved to have been an attempt to hold up the boat train at Plummer's Lodge, a lonely spot a mile morth of Whitin's station on the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail- Four cars, full of passen- gers, unconsclous of peril met and avoided, were landed safely in Providence, and the engineer, who had assumed an awful re- sponsibility, repaired to the office of Bu- perintendent A. R. Whaley to report that he had matched his judgment against the fron-clad orders of the road and won. That there was a deliberate attempt by ten men to hold up the train there wi little doubt, but litte was kpown ot the matter until tonight when Deputy Sherift Bacon was called Into the case by Superin- tendent Whaley and, fully armed, took his place by the side of the engineer and accompanied the train from Worcester to Providence. He will ride on the engine again’ tomorrow night, and in the mean- time the police are scouring this section of the state, to locate the gang described by the engineer. The boat train drew out of Worcester at 6:10 last night and was due in Providence at 7:20. It had reached a point within an eighth of a mile of Plummer's Lodge, where Engineer Boss saw a green signal light, Indicating a clear track. Suddenly the light changed to red and the engineer closed the throttie and set the airbrakes. Light Swung Uneasily, As he did £0 & lantern was swung across the track, but not in the easy manner acquired by experienced tralnmen, and it flashed across Boss' mind that the man who gave the signal was not stopping the train for any good purpose. For a second he hesitated, balancing in his mind the chances of wrecking his train if he went on and the probability of its passengers being robbed and perhaps killed If he brought it tq a standstill. As far as he could see an unobstructed track lay before him. Another second and bis mind was made up and he rushed past the signal. Leaniog out of his cab, Engmeer Boss saw the man with the lan- 25c¢-49c¢ These Shoes on Sale on Second Floor. Your money back at once if you can equal these vaiues elsewhere any- where near our price. All New Fall Styles Men’s Shoes A Special Cut Price Sale in which we will offer men's fine Goodyear welt sole shoes made of viel kid, velours calf, box calf, wil- low calf, patent colt skin and pat- ent enamel leather at almost halt price, they were made to sell for this fall. In some cases where the lots are small the prices will be less than one-half. For {nstsnce we have about one hundred pair of men's patent leath. er shoes made by Edwin C. Clapp, Torrey, Curtls & Tirrel and Stet- son, that were made to retail ths fall from $ to $7 a pair; which we will sell today at §2.60. All the men's shoes in this pur- chase, all the new styles which were ‘made (o retall for $3.00, and sell as nigh as $3.50; we will sell for $1.98. All the men's shoes in this pur- chase made to retail for #.00 and £ and this embraces every new and up-to-date style in ‘the market, in ci kid, calf skin, enamels and gatent leathers of all Kinds; g0 to- ay at §2.50, $3.00, $3.50. Fall Opening Sale of Underwear = Shirts Fall weight underwear—Derby ribbed underwear, just the right weight for fall, btue, salmon afd eoru, would be a guod valuo ut 50c, Saturday special at Colored dress shirts— Men's fine colored dress shirts made up for our fall opening— all hand made and laundered, fine pleated bosoms, square front , C=1. cuffs attached or detached Fine negligee shirts—All the new, up-to-date patterns in fall fabrics, worth up to 82, Samrdny special at. Boys’ and Girls $2. 00 and $2.50 Patent Leathers, $1.25 ON BARGAIN SQUARE 400 pairs llon 2 and 24 to b}~ These Shoes on Sale on Second Floor. Swell Shoes For Women For Balls, Parties, Thea« ter and Street Wear. O SECOND FLOOR-—8pecial of 38 different styles ladies’ fine welt sole pewed shoes, In kid and box calf, ent leather, regular Pjce $.00, all sizes’ all widths, today Armstro u{s Ih ester advertised $3.50 “Dorcas button welt shoe—the swell street shoe—on sale today at §2.60. 81 styles of fine surpass kid, vicl kid, pat- ent colt and imported enamel, turn and welt sole shoes, made to I 1 this fall for up to $5.00—go today at §3 Two new styles of hand curned kid shoes imported cloth toppings—on sale today, at $3.00 and $3.60, 8 different Bl)h‘l Dr. Reed's Cushion sole shoes—light, medium and heavy weight soles—all the new fall styles—today, $i.00. Four new fall styles of swell dress shoes —in surpass kid, kid and imported patent kid with full Louls heel—today, $6.00. AK-SAR-BEN Ball Siippers The Swellest Styles. The finest slippers in Dmaha, ©On our econd Floor in Slipper Dept. today, BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ SHOES in our Special Exclusive toes, button'and lace, Girls' calf, $1.50' and $1.75, made of kid, soles, plain iasts, go at 9c, oalf an all the new toes, and ¥ Little boys' ehoes, and Patent Calfskin S8hoes- made by Burley &Stevens go on bargain square on second floor, at.. school shoes, sizes % to 11 Goodyear welt soles, made of kid skin, velours, calf and box lace_or button, plain or patent tips, go at 95¢, Girls' shoes, sizes 11% to 2, d_patent tip %, $1.00, W, Girls' shoes for High school, low heel and spring heel, in in every leather as wall as all the new re lar lnzut Torm lasts, sizes 334 to 6, Ko at LB, $L76, $1.08, $9.26 Girls' Patent Enamel and in sizes from 9 to 13, 1 to 1.25 These Shoes on Sale in Basement. IN BASEMENT—One Iot of nearly A thousand pair of women's kid skin_shoes, (wo styles, at 9. 20 different styles, kid, tox calf, and velour calf and Dongola lace #hoes, all sizes, regular price $2.50, £0 At'§1.50, all sizes, 600 pairs MEN'S good dress and work shoes, \vorth up to 2.50, go at $l 59 200 pairs MEN'S heavy worl 8 10es, with buck- 1000 puirs S SLIPPERS s at dc, Toe and. Children’s shoes, sizes 1 to 5, without heels, and 6 to 8 with gpring heels, plain and patent ‘tips, in all _the new styles of 76e, $9¢, 98¢, $1.00 and $1.; in first class wewed and o at ble, 8125, $1.89, in spring heel and low half heel, d velour ekins, sewed and Goodyear welt lace ‘and button, nll the new , $1.98, §2.00 and $2.%. gizes 6 to 13%, from kindergarten sizes to \ 1ds, in nice soft vicl kids and calfskins ‘and just the Children’s sl}fi?'kf’nd'of"noxa-. nelther too heavy nor too lght, at 7oc, ¥, and 1 .25 Shoe Dep’t soles, plain und wire on Second floor. {%"aka" 2.6 “Brande 35c¢ our special leader, 8 cocieninsis 75cC Boys' school shoes, sizes 1 to 2, and 2% to 5 made of vlcl kid, box calf, velour and enamel, single, double und triple quilted, go at $1.25, $1.35, $1.39, §1.50, §L.75, is Special” Hats The swellest and dres- siest of fall hats, in stiff and soft shapes—pearl, tan aud black—85 style, regular §3 value— $ tern jump from the track, two other men standing on the ladder holding the station- ary light and tampering with the signal, lle seven other men were lined up along the roadbed. Immediately, on reaching Providence he reported the matter to Su- perintendent Whaley, who at once started an Investigation of all the circumstances, and later gave Deputy Sheriff Bacon charge of the case. The boat train is followed a few minutes later by an express and mail train and it Is thought that the attempt was perhaps directed against the latter train, which was confused with the boat train, FIRE RECORD. Damage to M. H. De Young's Home, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.—~The hand- | some home of M. H. De Young, proprietor of the Chronicle, narrowly escaped burning today by a fire which was started by‘ crossed electric wires on the roof of the' theater annex to the main bullding. An| engine company stationed only a block | away was quickly summoned d pu.-\ vented the spread of the flames though | not before §10,000 damage was done, The ' structure in which the fire occurred was erected by Mr. De Young for the enter.| tainment of guests when he was governor | general of the midwinter fair. ness Block in Kans WELLINGTON, Kan., Sept. 25.—Fire, be- lieved to have been of incendiary mixln.l destroyed an entire block of business house at South Haven, near here, early today, causing a loss estimated at §75,000. On Torento Island. TORONTO, Sept. %.—Fire on the fsland today destroyed the power house and ma- | chinery, the wharves and shelter. The | Hotel Hanlon was saved from the flames. The loss Is §70,000, A Polite Denia Everybody knows the man who is careful never to say “No" abruptly in answer to a question. “No" is a hard word, but one may sometimes be made ridiculous by a re- luctance to utter it, says an exchange. A certain man who had this habit was once met by two women who had been dis- cussing the pecullarity, and one of them said that she was positive she could make him eay “Oh, no,” flatly. So she addressed him thu “Let me see, Mr. Smith, you are a wid- ower, are you not?" “As much a widower, madam,” he an- swered, with a polite inclination of his head, “‘as it is possible for & man to be who has never married.” The woman had to own herself beaten.— Moblle Register. —_— Committed to the Tombs. New York, Sept. H.—iLarry and John M. Wilson, wanted In Philadel- Somertield WORD FROM THE FAR NORTH Letter Beceived from Oaptain of Zeigler Polar Expedition in Ioe Field STRANGE CONDITIONS ARE PREVAILING Lack of Animal Life and Large Num- Birds May Fre- Disturbance ‘of Nature. bers of Dea diet NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—The steamer American, which s bearing the Zeigler Polar expedition northward, month of July, according to a letter re- celved here by Willlam Zelgler from Fi who s in command. The letter was writ- ten in the Barents sea on July 20 and was brought south by a sealer whom American met by happy chance. lmmense quantities of ice were encountered, there was a strange absence of animal life, and many dead birds were seen on the cakes of float- ing ice. It is thought that there must have been some unusual disturbance of nature in that part of the polar reglons to account for these conditions, and the letter will be of Interest to scientists. The letter 1s dated July 20, 193, and reads as follows: We are rapidly nearing a sall and in hope of this reaching you 1 write hastily We left Archangel on the Fourth of July but were delayed by a storm in the White Bea, reaching Vardo, Norway, July ¥ At Vardo we took on' additional coal and walter, vi Ler vening of July Bince ‘then we| have 5 of the ice pack vainly loc We made a direct course from striking the ice at g longltude north fatitude, and then went fnto to .85, but it was so solid_that turned ‘and went eastwa along the edge of the pack looking for u lead until we were near the shore, in plain sight of Nova Zembla last night in latitude 2.4 north. Going Northward and Westward. Not finding a Jead of any character worth golng into the ice, we are returning north- ward and westward where we intend to push into the ice between the 46th and 47th parallels of east longitude The captain thinks it will be the place to try to force Instead of being a particularly good year as to lce conditions, the Indications t far seem to prove otherwise, and the strange silence from the lack of life that broods over this waste of ice is peculiar. We have, indeed, struck a pecullar sea- son. Numbers of dead birds strew the cakes of ice and not one polar bear has been sighted and only a stray seal once in a great while. It either indicates im- | mense flelds of lce north or lots of open water, Let us hope for the latter. Every- thing ‘aboard has been pleasant and har- monlous. Men are in splendid condition and ha; although impatient to _get north, Fae horse and dogs are In good | form and we are thankful for the coal we took on at Vardo, for we shall need every ounce of it as we look at the long, un- best our way. phia on & charge of larcency from a Pitis- burg capitalist of 321,00 through a stock deal, were arraigned agsln ioday and com- mitted to the Tombs to awalt extradition broken mass of jce. As this letter was written more than t | months it is believed that a favorable |lead was found and that the party’s base, Frans Josef Land, was reached. i was bound over to the United States grand encountered | unusual Arctie-like conditions during the | MUST ANSWER TO UNCLE SAM Man Who Writes Alleged Obscene Letter to Woman is in Jail, Edward Walker, & former resident of Lin- coln, Neb., but later of Kearney, will have to answer to the United States authorites for writing an alleged unmailable letter to Mrs. Eva Bays of Kearney from Lincoln, addressed to her at Kearney. Deputy United States Marshal Walling went to Kearney Thursday and took Walker to Lincoln, where he was arralgned before United States Commissioner Marley. He jury and will spend the interim in the Douglas county jail until the case is finally disposed of. Missed & Train That Was a Day Late, or two, The clock at the that the train had left Sullivan five minutes ahead of time, and MoConnell sued the railroad company for $5,00 damages. On a trial of the case it wes proved beyond a doubt that the train McConnell missed should have gone the day before, and was really twenty-three hours and ffty-five minutes late.—Indlanapolis News. South Dakota W. REDFIELD, §. D., Sept %. Telegram.)—The fifteenth annual convention of the South Dakota Women's Christian Temperance union is now In session here, All the state general officers, branch sec- retaries and many superintendents present. The outiook for a fine conven- tion is good. Delegates are coming in on every train, The Redfield union s work- ing nard and successfully to entertain all and make the convention all it should be, One nationkl worker is present and en- thusiasm is high. The sale of the Indiana & Illinois rall- road to the Illinols Central last week recalls an amusing story. When the, Switz City dlvision of the Iilinols Central was bullt it was known as the Indiana & Iiinols Southern. It was & DArrow-gauge road, the roadbed was bad, the engines and cars were bullt on a minlature scale, and, while there was a schedule, had a train been on time the fact would have been regerding as a miracle. The road was known as the “Try-Weakly." | About twenty years ago Joslah Me- Connell desired to go to Switz City from | Sullivan, but missed the train by a minute Qualined, “Say,” querled the herd-luck victim as he meandered Into a barber shop, ‘‘ean you give me a job?" “Well,” replied the boss, assistant. Can you handle a razor?” “Well," refoined the applicant, “I have always shaved myself." “And do you know how to work the * asked the lather mixer. “Do 17" exclaimod the party of the first part. “Say, that's right where I live. I edited a tillage paper for nine long years.” “I do need an sclssors —Chicago Ne ) BECAUSE BECAUSE SHINOLA s tie rest Faste saoe rolisn. BECAUSE ONE SHINE LASTS A WEEK. it is lfipuafl with lll.ln::l lxrfi:\m’k) o~ ially when the e used, BECAUSKE you gt 100 IHINI. FOR A DIME. BECAUQE -hhwcn nu bon. it costs no more thaa polishes which are of leather u is -p.d.nv desirable for women' ladies u leanly, A larg bux-uyourmla'-,iu. aET Used on men's, SHINOLA :m- st i ‘.';:;::;:v:-\\\ | T TO DAV- —_— SHINOLA CO. Rochester, N. ¥, __- Shineia Dauber and Polisher 30¢. by mail postpald. , Seopas -~