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Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
ladies' Toilet Cases

Consisting Of Comb, Brush and
Mirror Sets. Handkerchief
and Glove Boxes. Manicure
Sets, Photo. Tie and Jewelry
Boxes. ETC., worth from 800
up to $40. at zoo up to s4.z5
Gentlemen's Shaving Sets, Mill
tary Sets, Cigar Boxes, Shaw
ing Mirrors. etc, worth from
~ to $40. at. $500 to 500
Great Handkerchief Special
Fancy embroidered, plain sheer
linen or scalloped and en-
broidered h a n d ker hiefs.
worth regularly 15c to 25c-
all at one price Satur-
ueJ ''''.s' -. .....E N
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23

| Ladies' Dress Skirts-In chew
lots, psnamas, broadcloths, ETC.,
all newest styles-worth up to
S1o-sale price .......... "a %
Fine Silk Underskirts, at SO. 90, S4.LJ,
| $5.9S, $3.50, $1,000.
Eiderdown Bath Robes-Worth IS
to s7.50-during this sale, will
60 at $8.9S and. ....... sac
$500 Silk and Nuns Yelling Waists
special, Saturday, at ..... .$2.9S
Stylish Waists-In great assortment
Of color and fabric-special. $1.49
From 8 Till o A. M.-s2.00 sateen
| underskirts with deep founce in
all colors and black. at go. soc
From $3.50 Till 9:8O A. M.-$2.o0
Eiderdown Dressing Sacques, in
| all colors-Ereat bargain, at soc
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23

balances paid in cash.
mot included in totals because contain
ing other items than clearings.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23

KINGMAN, Kan, Dec. 22.-The jury in
the case OF Mrs. Rosa Null charged with
the murder OF her husband. Harvey Null
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23

Hundreds OF 81 articles, all
suitable for Christmas gifts
special Saturday. 1E.
at. AON
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
Kansas Woman 4couitted

PIX wedding rings. Edholm. teweler
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
Ribbons Ribbons

NfDDOnS kIbb0nS
The greatest Ribbon sale of
the entire sesson-better bar.
gains than ever before offered
Baby ribbon, at. per yd. =. .hc
No. 2 satin and gros grain
ribbons, yd. IKE
DC ribbons, at, per yd. .2HC
7c ribbons. at, per yd. .s1sC
&c ribbons, at, per yd. .4hC
lie ribbons. at. per yd. .61&C
16c ribbons, at, per I'd. .71sC
zoe ribbons, at, per yd. ;. .tOC
25c ribbons. at, per yd. 121sc
soc ribbons. at. per yd. . .1bc
35c ribbons, at, per yd. IKE
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
ladies' Silk and Embroidered Hose

nS Sass ss III. scS %
plain black natural gray SOC
:, Ss s.v White, $. s S : 4 P so. S special $50
10 1. % 1 mad elegant Soc
plain blacks. white or fancy eoo r'sa.! $50
L. ss st, designs. nicely ummsa'pal bar ESQ
en- @ all sizes worth regularly l9c
and t.sas s S .ss
Three pairs
Fines, Line ss s ' Hos. in omaa' Soc
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
DeImar Jockey Club Loses.

in August last, returned a verdict today Of
not guilty.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
REPORT OF THE CLEARING HOUSE
Transactions of the Associated Banks
for the Week.

NEW YORK, Dec. %. - The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet shows the
bank clearings at the principal cities for
the week ending December q, with the per-
centage of increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year:
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23

eco Sample Coats ust received
by express. Come In fine kerseys,
broadcloths and handsome fancy
mixed Enthusiastically all satin
lined and all handsomely trim
med-splendid values, at SIS and
s2O-for the one day. Saturday,
only, at. .SS.9o
200 Children's COats-Secured by
our New York buyer at a great
bargain, 800 to $1,000 values
in three lots, Saturday, $4.05,
@3.95 and ......... 49,. @2.o5
Mems Suits-In great variety Of
style and fabrics. SIS values, at,
choice ....... ......... $6.9S
S25 Elton Suits-Made Of fine broad
cloths, in all colors-specisl.S16
From 8 A. NJ. Till 12 M.-Ladies
s. silk underskirts. at .S2.os
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
$50 Great Clearing Sale Holiday Merchandise 49,
CLOSING OUT HOLIDAY GOODS

Christmas goods OF all descriptions
snee we nave marked them without respect
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23

prices far below their real worth.
Siberian Squirrel Neck Scarfs-Very hand
some-regular 50 values-special at 800
Dyed Opossum Neck Scarfs-60 inches
long-very special, Saturday, at. $500
Fine Double Fox Scarfs with large tails
and cord. $40 values-special at $500
81 90 Eastern Mink Scarfs with six tails
special Saturday, at .......... S2.9S
1000 Stylish Scarfs to select from, great
est values ever shown at $1.00. Sf.95,
e2.06 up to So. 90
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE
Mild Weather Facilitates Christmas Trade
and Building Operations.
NEW CONSTRUCTION RECORD FOR MONTH
Reports Regarding Commercial Com
ditions Are Uniformly Good, No
Sections MA king IN Unsat-
isfactory showing.
NEW CONSTRUCTION RECORD FOR MONTH

NEW YORK. Dec. 2.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will
say:
Although mild weather had greatly facili-
tated Christmas trade and building opera
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
CANADA.

Total, Canada ..., H,l13,2ss l5.;
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23

Furs, Goats, Suits, Sklrts-alI 60 {
MAGNIFICENT FUR BARGAINS.
Ladies' Krimmer Coats-Made from the
best selected skins sold at $4,000
Special Saturday, at ..........u. .$39.75
S175 Persian Lamb Coats-Mink trimmed
great bargains, at ..........- $1,000
$S5 Beaver Coats-Made of finest north
ern beaver, special at ....!...... $4,000
Handsome Otter Coats-Regular s17b
vRlues-special at .........ss.,. $4,000
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-23
Hundreds of Rare Bargains
in Our Great Christmas Sale

Fs Coats Suits Skrts-a far below their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
Senatorial Resisnations.

Portland Cregohian (Rep.l
 The political ideals of MT. Edgar T. the New York State Senate. afford a unwittingly displays their tortuosity
 n the course Of So S9me bs Sp91 deity of the high-toned American din- ner tbale. MT. Depew is now little bet ter than a fallen idol and even the may safely venture to shy rhetorical thinks Depew ought to resign be demands it." not because he is q trick ster, a fraud and a sham. The Sem ate. has several men of that ilk whose resignations Mir. Bracket would never think of suggesting: and of course, If he thought the good of the party re- quired Depew to remain in the, Senate, he would insist on his remaining. with all his sins. Mir. Depew must resign, not because he Is a disgrace to the na- tion and not because his example is a menace to the morals of the country eft the Republican, party in New York. This is the brand of political morality which makes Depews and Platts possi-
 A New York paper adds that the. honor and dignity of the State de- mands of Senator Depew to step down and out. because his power to serve the State in the Senate is gone This strikes the reader in oregon as. very funny. The "honor and dignity" of New York was not consulted in the least when Depew and Platt were sent to the Senate; why talk about it now? As for serving the State. neith-- CT of them was elected member of the Senate for that purpose. They were elected to serve certain well known corporations, and they have per formed that service loyalty. and faith fully. It is little late in the day to blame them now for not being able to do what they never undertook to do.
 New York was awakened; it seems, H,1.. and Depew in the Senate covers her with shame and humiliation If every other State that has member of the same stamp there should sud- denly become conscience-stricken the penitential tears of the nation would solve the irrigation problem for one year at least. This precious pair has been found out; in other respects 1t Is hard to see why they are any worse than they have always been. or why there is any reason for their resigna- tion that was not also reason against fhNir election
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
ABOUT MATCHES.

It seems almost incredible to be told use about three quarters of a century, but such is the case. When, in 1927, John Walker, a druggist in a small English town, tipped small splint of wood with sulphur. potash and a prep aration of antimony. and found that after drying 1t would ignite by rubbing 1t on sandpaper. he took a long step towards filling a long felt want. Matches of various kinds had been made and used before, but this was the first that would produce flame by rubbing it on a rough surface without any other preparation.
 Walkers matches were not perfect, by great dea.. They were expensive. hard to ignite, and they spluttered and popped and threw off sparks in every direction. making them far from an ideal domestic fuel producer. but they were such a vast improvement over the old methods of obtaining fire that they became popular. Then some one sub stituted phosphorus for the splutter- ing antimony and another advance was made. They were still sulphur matches. however, and the fumes were not pleasant, but many of us remember when there were no other kinds of matches to be had. They are still used to some extent. but the odorless kind have superseded them very largely.
 AS might be expected, the first matches were very expensive. A block containing a gross sold for twenty-five cents, or about seventeen cents per hundred. Now we often get them at the rate of two hundred for one cent. and no one thinks it necessary to be stingy with them. They need to be cheap for a writer in St. Nicholas says the people of the United States use an average of five matches day, for each man, woman and child in the entire Union. Any one who will take the trouble to figure it out will find that the total number used amounts to a sum that we can hardly imagine They are so common, so plentiful and SO cheap that no one thinks of economy in connection with their use. If they were totally abolished and no substi- ute could be had we could then appre- ciate their convenience. Like many other of the minor conveniences of our daily lives we undervalue them be- cause they are cheap. That man Walker deserves a monument.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1905.

Here at this glad Christmas time we find the Canebrake Herald indulging in all manner of evil-speaking. Seek ing to rebuke The Advertiser for what 1t calls mud-slinging," because 1t has seen 1t to cTiticise Mir. Corners printed utterances, our Canebrake mild-man- nered contensporary insists that If The Advertiser had one iota of common fpoiiticai) )decancy and modesty, 1t would sing mighty how," etc. and why? Be- cause 1t failed to support Bryan in 1896, and this is 1905. two Presidential and three State elections having intervened. in all of which even The Herald was not more loyal than The Advertiser. And this is called argument by supporters of MT. Conner. The people have sense enough to see the weakness of such talk. By the way. The Advertiser published a full stenographic report of Mr. Corners speech, and The Herald has not done so, nor has any other paper that is supporting Mir Conner. If The Herald thinks The Advertiser has misrepresented Mir. Conner. why don't it publish Mir. Corners remarks about Governors. State officers, members of the Constitutional Convention and members of the Legislature being ,un- able to treat the people honestly and fairly because of their environment" Let your readers read what MT. Conner said. and not what you say he said. You may do the mud -slinging."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
Rirht .On the EaI

Night Om the Ear. We'll. old man, did you get Christ mas box this year?
 Yes. by jove. tried to kiss Mabel under the mistletoe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
STRUCK ANOTHER sNAe.

It Is interesting, and at times really amusing to see one of our Republican contemporaries buck and gag over the eccentricities. to call it by no harsher term. of our President. They try hard to sustain him but occasion ally he is. too many for them and they let it out.
 The latest instance of dissatisfaction is in connection with the Bishop affair. Joseph W. Bishop. it should be remem- bered, was the press agent" at Pan- anna who sent matter to the press of the country, ito influence public senti- ment." as he brazenly admitted. He was a sort of Mole St. Nicholas news paper caterer. who sent out only such matter as his bosses approved. and he was getting ten thousand dollars a year for his services in that and other ways.
 But when it became known just what sort of service this man with the high salary was giving the country there was a pretty general expression of dissatisfaction, specially among Senators, and he lost his job. For some reason which is not clear. Bishop is one of Roosevelt's pets, and he was determined that he shouldn't lose anything. so he at once nominated him for Canal Commissioner, to take the place made vacant by the removal of Wallace. To make the act still more inexplicable and incomprehen- sible. the President arranged that in addition to the salary of $750o a year he should have an extra $2,5o0 a year flor extra services" No doubt those extra services were to be a continua- tion of his despatches to the public. All this was too much for the Senate. and that body rescinded its confirma- ton of the six Canal Commissioners, nominally because of some irregular port. but really because Bishops name was in the list The Senate had had enough of Bishop, it appears, and did not intend to have him crammed down it's throat. even by the President. Speaking of the affair The New York Mail. a staunch Republican newspaper, declares that there is no reason why the canal work should be embarrassed and clogged merely in order that the President may rub him into the Senate. The president has made a mistake in this nomination. and 1t is to be hoped that he will withdraw it."
 There is no reason except Roosevelt ism. as The Mail should understand and that is the only way to explain a great many things he does. When he wants to do favor for a friend he pays little regard to the proprieties or to the wishes or privileges of other de- partments of the government Acting on the q am the State" theory he blunders ahead, thinking that what ever he says or does is right. and that no one should gainsay it. It is well that the Senate is not willing to bow | to his will in everything.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24

the most powerful machinery in an- other. We turn or press a button and get a brilliant light and another man turns button or crank and starts his train of cars. It is at the same time as powerful as the waves and as delicate as the starry rays. In short we ad- mire it, wonder at it and fail to under stand it. We know some of the things it can do, but don't know the how or why of it.
 When Franklin applied his knuckles to the kite string and experienced a slight shock he probably wondered how it came to him, and how the effect was produced, and scientists are won dering yet over many of its problems. To a great extent they are still grop. ing around in the dark, and as they have been for generations. One of the maxims of Publius Syrus was: Tt is vain to look for a defence against lightning" but he lived before the be- ginning of the Christian era, and had never seen a lightning-rod. And yet the lightning.rod sometimes fails to do what it is intended to do. all be- cause there are yet some things about the electric fluid that we don't know. Will human beings ever know all about 1t?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
Sidewalk Pencilinss
Hol,a.v. ., st,tc onIcials.

The Capitol not even on Thanksgiy- ing Day,1 said an old Montgomery cNi zen, has ever looked as deserted as .s did yesterday There was an earE exodus of Capital officials. ann tnsis sha clerks but only a few si them isla the city. Everybody who is employeo IF the idea that 1t was essenIai 10 Res through their days work early. Inis they did and, accordingly, there was a rush in the morning and early after- noon hours. There was as pig vol ume of work as usually accumulates on Saturdays but the proximity of Christmas brought speed to the officers and clerks in the Capitol.
 Not so many left Montgomery to spend the holidays. Governor Jelks is to spend Christmas in Montgomery for about the first time in his administra- ton. He has previously chosen to go to his home in Eufaula but this year he is living with his family on Bain- bridge street and he will be here dur ing the holidays.
 hJustice N. D. Denson and J. R. Dow deli of the Alabama Supreme Court will spend Christmas at their homes in Lafayette, and have already gone there. Judge J. M. Carmichael. State Auditor, has gone to Ozark to enjoy Christ mas. Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Pool is at Faunsdale for the holi- days"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
Why American Shipping Is Dying.

Tom WatSon's Magazine.
 Our internal tariff has killed our commerce by refusing to Americans the right to buy ships where ships can be bought cheapest.
 Unless an American builds his ship in this country, out of materials whose price has been increased. by the tariff; he is denied the right of registry and of the protection of the American flag.
 Hence the American's home-built ship costs him more than similar ship would cost him in England. Scotland
 The Englishman takes our ocean, going freight away from us because the~American cannot compete.
 WhS~cannot the American compete
 Because~~the American has to pay a higher price for ships than the Eng lishman has to pay.
 What is 1t that compels the Amer ican to pay too much for ships?
 The navigation laws which deny him registry unless he builds or buys at home. and the tariff duties. which compel him to pay an unnatural. ex- tortionate price for the materials, or for the home built ship.
 Thus our precious protective system. which has produced the curse of trusts and concentrated wealth. has stranR- led our commerce.!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24

Accarding to an English statistician 152 American girls have paid 61,000.- Oo0 for foreign titles, but that is not strange. We Americans are an enter prising people and when we find any thing for sale that we want we buy it. if we have the price. The girls had more money than they had use for. they found foreign titles in the market and bought them--some of them at marked-down figures, no doubt. That some of the goods were not worth the money is not surprising, for sensible men sometimes purchase gold bricks, and if a romantic and ambitious young lady chances to buy a snide nobleman. or gets a title that won't wash, 1t Is no. more than could be expected. On the other hand it is beyond doubt that numbers of American girls have mar ried noblemen in fact as we'll as in name, and have found no cause to re- gret it Still some of those foreign titles are purchases, neither more nor less.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
WE DO NOT KNOW,

Do we know what electricity is? may sound like an idle question, but it is not. There has been so much said and written about 1t so much of experi- mentation, and so many students since the days of Benjamin Franklin have studied 1t that it Is strange to be told that none of them yet know what it really is. They know some of It's ef- fleets but even here they are largely at sea. The best of them don't know how much it takes to kill a man. At Sing Sing. where electrocution of criminals is practiced, it is considered that 1000 volts are more than sufficient to cause death, yet we are told that Tesla and Lord Kelvin have each taken a mil lion volts. We are told now of a Brooklyn scientist who claims to have discovered a secret whereby his body Is made safe against five million volts
 And yet we are constantly seeing ac- counts of human beings being killed by touching a live" wire which cer- tainly was not SO heavily charged as Kevlin and Tesla have withstood.
 Almost any day we have new evil dences of what electricity can do and of the many and varied applications of 1t. and the more we sec of it the more we wonder and admire. We see it turning the delicate driIlof the dentist or jeweler in one instance and driving
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
The welEhtiest Policeman.
Westminster Gazette.

Among its numerous other records Australia rejoices in the possession of the weightiest policeman in the world
 His name Is Constable Don, and he al commission in Melbourn He con fessed to that body that the turned 2l stone. Like Sir John Falstaff and most substantial men Constable Don is of a jolly disposition. One reporter says his examination resembled a scene from Christmas pantomine He and other regulators of city traffic are "an- moved by cantankerous persons" ''What do you mean by cantan kerous persons?" queried a diminutive royal your own height" pron1tiy replied inc bulky constable who philosophicaiiv addsd; s and "rbe rb5sidssrgr iSsger the man the more and thin royal commissioner was sorry ba smoke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24

The State Democratis Committee is
 composed of men who were chosen by
 popular vote in a primary election. MT.
 Mallory the chairman, has called the Committee to meet on the 9th of Jan
 uary. and already the charge Is being made by some newspaper adherents of MT. Conner, that if a late primary is ordered 1t will be done to injure Corners chances. That is paying poor compliment to Mir. Mallory and the rest of the Committee. who it is to be pre- sumed will be governed by what they consider will be to the best interest of the Democratic party, whether a late or early primary is ordered. This much must be considered in any event, and that is the fact that no man who had not registered prior to the November election in 1904, or who has become of age since that time can vote in a pri- mary ordered prior to the First of next July. That would cut thousands out of the chance to express their choice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
Jury Duty.
Haynevllle Examiner.

IIG7N
 Every man who is drawn to serve on a grand or petit jury of his county should come forward, and serve on the jury unless there Is some imperative reason why he should remain at home, and that reason should only be on ac- count of his own sickness Or disability or the sickness or some near relatlve: get our laws administered; they are the men who determine whether a crime has really been committed. and wheth- CT the laws have really been compiled with, and if the evidence Is sufficient they find bills of indictment and put the offender on trial, by his peers, and every man drawn on the grand jury should feet that his county has need of his services during the time it will be necessary to serve on the jury and choerfully give that week of his time to seeing that the laws of the country are enforced.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24
Clarke County Democra

DBHIOGI
 The Executive Committee of the Democratic party is called to meet in time and rules for the Government of the primary election next year. Some favor a late election that as many as full age next year may have a chance to register and vote. but when we see thousands that might vote disqualfying themselves oy deliperateiX PCT I,, ,refusing to Is weakened. We know there are good reasons in favor of late primary Inn portant issues are before the people fall, and it is of greatest importance to the people that these questions should be ably discussed and we'll un- has two sides, and the voter ought to see and understand them. Some men seem to want to see but one side-they are dangerous voters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-24

There is no mistaking Admiral Dewey's attitude on ths question of hazing at Annapolis. He declares that any cadet guilty of it should be dis missed. and that the dismissal should be final without any possibility of re- appointment or reinstatement. He thinks further that the Secretary of the Navy should possess the power of dismissal and should always exercise 1t upon any cadet found guilty.
 And on this question we notice that a contemporary suggests the applica- tion in all such cases of the old He- braic :eye for eye. tooth for tooth" doctrine. That is, whenever student in any school or college is guilty of hazing he should receive an applica- tion of the same treatment and in the same manner. No doubt either of these methods would make the practice so unpopular that we would soon cease to hear of 1t.