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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
BRILLIANT SCENE FOR OPENING
Brandeis store ROtunda Represents
japanese Poppy Field for
Its Decorations.

One of the most elaborate interior dec
orations ever conceived in the west is now
nearing completion in Brandeis' store. 1t is
being designed to greet the thousands or
out-of-toWn visitors who will come 10
Omaha for the Ak-sar-Ben festivities and
Il will be In readiness tomorrow In time
for Brandeis' annual fall opening. The
immense task OF installing this lavish
scheme Of decoration has kept a force Of
twenty five skilled workmen and decorators
lahoring night and day for two weeks.
This latest achievement is typical of a
Brandeis undertaking in that it Is worked
on a brilliant and massive scale, Forty
thousand peoples are used In trimming and
1000 electric lanterns light the scene. Loads
OF sea moss, ferns and beech leaves are
used for backgrounds and the entire store
is generously included in the elaborate dec
oratipe scheme.
M central field for the designer lies in
the great rotunda and court in the center
Of the store. The scene represents a Jap
anese poppy field. From the floor to the
top Of the rotunda the court is aflame
with red peoples, The frieze on each floor
Is comprised OF beech leaves banked with
sea moss and ferns. Monogram banners
hang at either extremity of the rotunda.
Groups of s~tatuary representing the sea-
sons bear alott urns Of blossoms. Thou
sands Of silk Japanese lanters with incan-
descents give light 10 the scene, TAN an
tique hraziers burning oriental incense
flank the court. Baskets OF peoples en-
circle each Of the massive pillars in the
store, while a circle Of lanterns hang above
them.
The second floor varies somewhat in
treatment from the first, showing beech
sprays, asters and ferns in profusion.
The entire effect is one Of magnificenct
and Il will certainly be classed as one OF
the most prominent features Of carniva'
time In Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

and the men who are now known as
bosses" will be the first barons, counts
etc. The paper makes no common on the
matter, and undoubtedly recognizes the real
worth of the story, but not 50 the people.
They take it seriously says the writer,
and today l heard a number of men, of
more than average Intelligence, discuss
at a club, in all seriousness, the advent of
Queen Helen. These are the men who,
when they go to New York for the Grst
time, are disappointed when they see no
Apache Indians."-New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
DR.. PORTER AT THE CONGRESS
Omaha Physician VIII Represent Fra
ternRI Organizations az Tuber-
cuIosis Congress,

The International Congress on Tubercu-
losis will assemble in Washington, d. c.,
tomorrow, and representatives from nearly
every state in the union, the national gov
eminent, foreign countries and the fra.
ternal organizations Of the United States,
represented BY Dir. Ira 3. Porter Of Omaha.
sovereign physician Of the Woodmen OF the
World, will take an active part. Fifteen
hundred official delegates are expected &c
attend, and forty foreign governments arc
to send representatives.
The discussions, which are TO be carried
on by the most eminent tuberculosis sps,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
An Innovation in HnndIing of Heavy
Freight,

The Wabash has Just constructed and
put in service at its ST. Louis Fourth Street
freight station a new and novel arrange
ment for loading and unloading heavy
freight on wheels, such as automobiles,
threshers, traction engines and the like. In
stead of an elevated platform, which in
wolves going up and down a steep incline.
the plan includes a depressed track which
brings the floor Of the car level with the
surface of the street, thus making it easy
to roll heavy shipments on or off or into a
car readily and with very little effort OF
power.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

asked him what time It was. He said 81
was o'ciook sags, u don't believe that
It's right! It's Just Z o'clock. you can
take Il from me- Well, yfr honor, the
first chance ! got I took Il from him, and
hunc
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

SPECIAL showing 81 fair millinery Wcdaes
day at Riley Sisters, 37 South Sixteenth
street.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
In J~ustiacation.

III ne vi. m,a ses ~
seems to be sustained. You were found
with the watch In your possession,
steal It. / met him on the street and I
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
MeIorose Rouge

Msloross Rogue does not rub on: perfeei IN
color. unlike and superior 10 any other, SOC
Jar for SO,
SHERMAN a MCCONNELL DRUG CO.,
Iath and DOdg sta
THE W DRUG co.,
18th sad HaFney SITS.
MYER s-nILLON DRVG co.,
Coz leth and FRrRAm sts.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
Draperies from the Omaha Clothing & Furniture

Tapestry Curtains, good heavy quality, o. n
Omaha Clothing and Furniture Cos AI.IS
price $3.50, our price, pair. ......:.. .,...C
Tapestry Curtains, extra heavy French ca 0C
effect, Omaha Clothing and Furniture NJ. Ill
Co.'S price $1,000, our price, per pair. ......'T
Couch Covers, stripe effects, Omaha Cloth I'm.
ing and Furniture Cos price $125, NH
our price
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

Nottingham Lace Curtains. good quality, Om- On
aha Clothing and Furniture Co.'S price SlbO, nHH
Brussels Net Curtains, every fine texture, on nm
handsome patterns, Omaha Clothing and NJ Mn
Furniture Cos price $500, our price. ........~~'SS
Muslin Curtains, for bed rooms. Omaha an
Clothing and Furniture Cos price 13c, HE
our price 49,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13
THE NUUANU TO SAIL.

The bark Nuusnu, Captain JosseIyn.
expects - complete her load Of sugar
today or tomorrow and to sail for New
York by way OF Cape Horn. on Satur-
day She arrived IN Honolulu. Janu-
airy =. and gets quick dispatch she
VIII D. the first Of the Cape Horn fleet
d SAWS vessels u sal This season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13

nothing has been done toward recti-
fying ii so far as the collector Is con-
cerned. Harbottle's testimony WAS
that Holt purposely did IT, but we
have nothing 10 say about that. The
fact is IL was not rectifed and need
not repeat what the Governor has
said To you on this fact"
Mr.. Campbell stated that when Har-
bottles friend informed him that Holt
was paying double commissions he did
not believe it and in fact contradict
ed the Information. This was on ths
strength of the regular monthly state
ments OF collections furnished 10 him
by Collector Holt.
But on aualyzing the Statements
Mr.. Campbell continued, II found that
they were falsely made out. Here Is
list OF the November collections
which was sent TO me. The order for
commissions was made out by the
assessor. the list was checked BY the
assessor and the whole thing submitted
by the assessor.
This list contains lie names Of tax
payers on whose taxes the county was
charged 10 per cent. commission. Yet
all but forty-fiye OF them paid their
taxes through county departments
such as that OF roads. The county
made It's own officers collect the taxes
of seventy-one of its employees and
thin had to pay commission on the
collections.
This, too. was in addition TO the
fnctusion OF a number OF names from
the October list in the November list.
which caused the payment of double
commissions 10 Harbottle OF which he
gave information"
1t win be remembered that Harbot-.
ties story. as leaked out. had Il that
when he called Hollis attention TO the
error in his (Harbottle's) commissions
Holt clapped him on the shoulder. say
ing; IT'S all right. ! want 10 show
YOU that ] have no hard feelings" or
words to that effect. Holt had some
short time before this reported Incl
dent reinstated Harbottle as a deputy
collector, at the instance Of friends
and relatives. after having dismissed
ifim for insolent behavior.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13
AUTOMOBILE HACK
NOW IN BUSINESS

Last night the FIRST automobile hack
10 be put into use in Honolulu for
public hire was driven about the
streets by Frank Lillis, the pioneer in
this business here which has attained
great growth in the majority of the
mainland cities. For twenty years
Lillis has handled the ribbons behind
his hack horses. Now he sits at the
steering wheel of one Of the best ma
chimes in the Territory. 1908 Frank
lin. ana does his business in a modern
way. If he makes success of the
venturia, and there seems little reasoR
to doubt il, four other machines will
lie in connection with his hack stand
this fall. while other automobile hack
stands will probably be started.
Mr. Lillis proposes to charge only
regular hack rates for distance drives
although a special rate win be charg-
ed by the hour At the regular rates
he expects to be able 10 make up in
the extra business he win do for the
extra expense on running the machine.
His auto viii stand at the corner o.
Union and Hotel streets, where his hack
has always been
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13
OVERLAPPING THE BUoYs.
THE EINAU SLIP

The dredging Of the Kinau slip was
completed day before yesterday by the
dree7geT Reclamation, and the pipe lire
that carried away the spoil has been
towed over 10 the Alakea slip, with
the pontoons On which II was carried
70 be stored until II Is required for
other work
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13
MARINE


| The trial trip of the Mauns kea, the
new Inter-Islandf steamer, seems 70
have keen successful and fatteringIy
satisfactory. Yesterday President
James L. Mclean Of the company re-
eeived eabIe message from President
Kennedy as follows: san Francisco,
February L, 1885 p. m. Trial trip very
! successful; speed 1858.
This is. a speed considerably in ex-
cess Of that required by the contract
for the vessel and is considered very
high speed for vessel OF that size Il
is not clear from the cable whether the
trial trip was made yesterday or the
day before. II was to have been made
the day before. but it may have been
delayed a day The cable makes it
certain that President Kennedy is not
coming back by the Alameda, as 1t was
| thought he might, as the Alameda sail
ed some days ago and is due here to-
morrow. 1t is probable that the Ma
una Kea, under command of Captain
Freeman, viii sail within very few
days fer Hosolulu.
The Mauna Kea is -the largest and
fastest vessel that has ever been put
in the interisland trade. She is 30
/ feet long, and sc feet beam. She has
double bottoms, triple expansion en-
gines and 24o0 horsepower. Her
guaranteed sea speed is fifteen knots.
She has steam steering gear and a
cold storage plant. Her freight capac-
ity win not exceed that of the Kinau,
but she viii have much greater pas
senger accommodations. She has
sleeping Accommodations for $50 passan-
gers OF whom l26 can be put in cabins
on the upper deck The dining saloon
! is amidship and has seating capacity
for IS. When the steamer is loaded
the top OF the bridge is % feet ahoye
the water. From the top of her funnel
to her keel is IS feet. The Mauna
Kea is schooner rugged, and carries
eight boats, several life RATS and a
crew of from 20 to so men all told.
LANSING WITH LATE FILES.
The Union Oil Company's oil steam
ship Lansing, Captain Richard Dick
son, arrived in Honolulu yesterday fore
noon eight and a half days from
Oleum, on San Francisco bay. Through
the courtesy Of the officers Of the yes
sci, the Advertiser was furnished San
Francisco papers for three days later
than the latest files heretofore received.
These give in detail the story of the
assassination of the King of Portugal.
The Lansing brought about 5000
barrels of fuel OIL About $4,000 bar
rels OF this is being discharged here.
The remaining 20,0e0 barrels will be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13

chairman GtHaTJ brought up me
question Of tie assistance 10 he given
% tue new College Of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, the request being
made that some Of the heads OF the
bureau departments be allowed 10 as
sist The new coEsS2e br giving lectures
5a the subjects upon which they were
authorities. This request brought out
strong expressions 81 opinion from the
members Of the Board that everything
possible should be done by the mem
hers Of the Board and hy any and al
rhe employees Of the bureau 30 assist the
college work and staff.
W. VII! cooperate IN every way
possible. said George R Carter. an
expression agreed 10 by al the other
members
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13
RoUTINE AccoUNTs.

ROUTINE ACCOUNTS.
Everyone but Cox was present when
the roll was called and the long min
utes read. A subdued feeling was IN
the air and lasted out the meeting.
JANUARY FIRES.
Chief Thurston reported having turn
ed out with his department to six
alarms Of IRE during the month OF
January. the property loss being esti-
mated at $500. The property at risk
was covered by insurance for $Sl,SO1
ENGINES FOR FLORAL PARADE.
A request from A. J. Campbell. chair
man Of the carriage committee Of the
Floral parade. for two engines and two
hose carts to take part in the wash
ington birthday event was granted
OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
The Hawaiian Pineapple CO. com
planned Of the roughness OF Iwilei road
and Jose J. Dias complained OF the
delay in putting electric lights on up
per Liliha and also asked for ma
cadamized road.
Residents - Kapahulu and Kapio-
iani park addition petitIoned for a
road. E. H. F. woIters spoke in sup
port Of the petition. stating that since
1878 not a glue bush had been Eut o. a
stone moved. Another Kapahulu resi-
dent complained that W. wolters had
blocked one Of the roads, making
balloon trip necessary 10 get home.
Then, after the SPECTATOR settled
back for the fun OK the evening, came
the whispered motion to adjourn and
the, hurried getaway OF the chastened
members.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13

TIE Hongkong NTaru- which left .
smallpox patient here a little over two
weeks ago. was not detained in quar-
ant5ne il san Francisco.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13
CASE or COLD FEET

CONTINUED from Page one.)
merely corked up to acquire new
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Everyone but Cox was present when
the roll was called and the long min
utes read. A subdued feeling was In
the air and lasted out the meeting.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-13
THE MARsToN sAIIs-

The only deer sea vessel departing
yesterday was the dve-masted schoon-
er " f. 4Iarston. CAPTAIN Peabody.
which sailed early in the morning for
The Crockett Refinery. She had been
in port since January Is The Co-o-
na1o IS loading and win probably get
away early next week
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-08-20

any of their help to pretty well see
through him. But Lady Meg's hot on
Il. | suppose it's what I'm here for.
and I must let him try-or pretend to.
It's all one TO me. and II pleases Lady
Meg Only he and have nothing else
10 do with each other! I'll see to that.
10 tell you the truth, don't like the
look In his eyes sometimes. and | don't
think Mrs. NUnt;s would either!"
As u medium Sophy was a failure
She was antugonis;ic, purposely an
tagonistic. said Jean Coulin, attempt
Ing to defend himself against the pres.
idents suggestion that he had received
something like $4,000 from Lady Meg
and given her not iot Of supernatural
information in return. This failure of
Sophy's was the first rift between
Lady Meg and her. pharos could have
used II against her and his power was
great. hut It was not at present his
game 10 eject her from the household.
He had other ends in view. and there
was no question % the hundred pound
note vet.
II Is pleasant 10 turn TO another fig
ure. one which stands ont In the
meager records of this time and bears
It's prominence we'll Casimir, marquis
de Savres. IS neither futile nor sordid
neither Schemer nor impostor. He was
q brave and simple soldier and gentle
man, holding his ancestral principles IN
his heart, but content TO serve his coun-
try in evil times until good should
come. He was courteous and attentive
10 Lady Meg touching her follles with
a light hand, aud To Sophy he gave his
love with an honest and impetuous sin
cerity, which he masked by Il gay hui
NOR lest his lady should be grieved at
the havoc she herself had made.
Last among the prominent members
Of the group in which SOphy lived in
Paris Is Nine. Zerkovitch Her hus-
band was Of Russian extraction, his
father having settled in Kravonia aud
become naturalized there. The son
was now in Paris as correspondent to
one Of the principal papers OF Slavna
Nine. Zerkovitch was by birth a Pole
not remarkable woman In herself
but important in this history as the ef-
fective link between these days and So
phys life in Kravonia. she was small
and thin. with auburn hair and very
bright hazel eyes, with light colored
lashes. An agreeable talker, an accom-
plished singer and kind hearted wo-
man. she was an acquaintance to be
welcomed. Whatever strange notions
she harbored about Sophy in after days
she conceived from the beginning and
never lost a strong affection for her,
and their friendship ripened quickly
from their first meeting at Lady Megs,
where Marie Zerkovitch was frequent
visitor and much interested in Pharos'
hocus pocus.
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y
were the tenets which reigned In the
Rue de Grenelle and in the houses OF
Lady Meg's royalist allies.
So on one side OF Lady Meg are the
mobiles and their noble ladies', sulking
and scheming, and on the other, a BIZ
Earre contrast, her witch and her wiz
ard, Nine. Mantis and Pharos. Where
the carcass is, there will the vultures
be. Should the carcass get up and
walk, presumably thS vultures would
wing an expectant way after II. Nine.
Mantis, the woman OF the prophecy
about something bright" had follow
cd Lady Meg TO Paris, scenting fresh
prey. But a more ingenious and pow
erful scoundrel came on the scene In
association with Mantis, probably very
close and not creditable association, is
Pharos, alias Jean Coulin. In after
days, under the republic, this person
age got himself into trouble and was
tried ct Lille for obtaining no less a
sum than 10000 francs from a rich
old royalist lady who lived in the
neighborhood Of the town. The rogue
got his money under cover OF a vatlei-
nation that MacMahon would restore
the monarchy, nearer approach to the
real than he reached in his dealings
with Lady Meg, but not probably on
that account any the more favorably
viewed by his judges.
The presidents interrogation of the
prisoner, ranging over his whole life,
tells us the bulk OF what we know OF
him, but the earliest sketch comes from
Sophy herself in one of the rare letters
of this period which have survived. "a
dirty, scrubby fellow, with greasy hair
and squint in his eye," she tells Julia
Robins. "He wears black cloak down
to his heels and gimcrack thing
around his neck that he calls his peri
apt-charm, suppose he means. Says
he can work spells with it, and his pre-
cious partner Mantis Kisses u Qtalics
are Sophy's) whenever she meets him.
Phewl I'd like to give them both a
dustingl What do you think? Pharos,
as he calls himself, tells Lady Meg be
can make the dead speak to her. and
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But It's no promised"

"But it's no promised"
"1t's better"
"My dear, lin very fond of you"
"That's allT'
Enough for tonight. What's he
thinking of down therer
"Tbe emperor? I'm not SO much as
sure he's there really. Somebody said
he had started for ST. Cloud this morn
ing"
Pretend he's therep'
''Then, of anything except how many
men die for what he wants."
"Or of how many women weepT
Her reply set new light to his pas
sion. you'd weep?" he cried.
"Oh, suppose sor' The answer was
half a laugh, half sob.
"But not too muchl No more than
the slightest dimness TO the glowing
start"
Sophy laughed In a tremulous key.
Her body shook. She laid her hands
In his. mo more, no morel Surely
Marie and the student are boredi
Isn't IL supper timer Oh, Casimir, II
l were worthy, If were sure! What's
ahead Of us? Must we go back2 To.
night, up here, II all seems so simple'
Does he mean war; He down there
And you'll fightr' she looked at him
for an instant. He was close to her
She thrust him away from her. "Don't
fight thinking Of me-" she said.
How otherwiseT' he asked.
She tossed her head impatiently. 81
don't know-but-but Pharos makes
me afraid. He-he says that things
love die"
The young soldier laughed. THAT
leaves him pretty safe" said he.
She put her arm through his, and
they walked down. 1t had been q
night to be forgotten only when all is
Yet she went from him unpledged.
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This harmless II somewhat absurd
transformation was carried out with a
futile elaboration smacking of Lady
Meg's sardonic perversity rather than
Of Sophy's director methods. Sophy
would probably have claimed the right
to call herself what she pleased and
left the world to account for her name
in any way 1t pleased Lady Meg must
needs fit her M with story. She was
the daughter of a creole gentleman
married to an English wife. Her moth
er being early left a widow. Soply had
been brought up entirely in England;
hence her Indifferent acquaintance
with French. If this excuse served a
purpose at first, at any rate II soon be
came unnecessary. Sophy's marked
talent for languages (she subsequently
mastered Kravonian, very difficult
dialect. in the space of few months
made French second native tongue
10 her within year.
The times were stirring n prelude to
the great storm which was 50 soon to
follow. Paris was full of men who in the
next few years were TO make or lose
fame. to rise with bound or fall with
n crash. Into such society Lady Meg's
name, rank and parentage would have
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TIHAT feverisb month of July
fitting climax to the scorching
arid summer of 1S70-had run
full half its course. Madness
had stricken the rulers OF France. To
avoid danger they rushed on destruc-
| ton. Gay madness spread through the
veins of Paris. Perverse always, Lady
Meg Duddington chose this moment
for coming back to her senses, or, at
least for abandoning the particular
form Of insanity to which she had de-
voted the last lve years.
One afternoon she called her witch
and her wizard. You're pair of
quacks, and I've been an old fool" she
said composedly. sitting straight up in
her high backed chair. She flung u
couple of thousand franc notes across
the table. You can CO." she ended.
with contemptuous brevity. Mantis'
evil temper broke out. "She has done
this, the malign onew Pharos was
wiser. He had not done badly out OF
Lady Meg, and madness such as hers
Is apt to be recurrent His farewell
was gentle, his exit not ungraceful, yet
he, too, prayed her to beware Of GER
tain influence. "Stuffl You don't know
what you're talking about!' Lady Meg
jerked out and pointed with her finger
to the door.
Early on the morning of Sunday, the
18th, having received word through
Lady Meg's maid that her presence
was not commanded in the Rue de Gre
nelle Sophy slipped around to the Rue
du Bac and broke in on Marie Zerko,
witch, radiant with her great news and
imploring her friend to celebrate it by
a day in the country.
1T means that dear old Lady Meg
will be what she used to be to me-" she
cried. I'VE shall go back to England,