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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

whether he will receive any more votes in
Lincoln in November than he did eight and
twelve years ago. Nebraska will Of course
be the great battle ground of the campaign,
but ! do not think there any existing con-
dition here that will cause the democrats
to make any material gains In the state.
"The flood conditions about Lincoln are
still bad and the water Is reirding slowly
A number Of dead horses and other stock
lie scattered about the lowlands that wer.
drowned in the flood. The railroad people
are overwhelmed with work in clearing
away the debris of the flood and getting
their yards in condition again. The city
authorities Of Lincoln will have a big job Of
work on their hands cleaning up and
restoring sidewalks as soon as the watef
subsidies sufficiently to permit the work to
go on.
Il shall not attend the Territorial
Pioneers meeting at Milford tomorrow, but
may return to Lincoln in the event that
Governor Sheldon does not return
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
WHY ONLY TWO YEARS BAN7
One Thing About Allowance
Omaha Men Do Not I'm
derstaud,

Railroad officials have not been able 10
learn Just how extensive the recent ruliRE
Of the Interstate Commerce commission is
in reference to the elevator allowances at
the Missouri river. They say that all the
information they have is the reports car
rled by the Associated Press. They pre-
sumo the ruling will stop the payment OF
elevation on all grain which is put into an
elevator and thus loses its Identity. but viii
make no change on grain which is simply
put through the elevator in transit.
The Omaha Elevator company has a o n
tract with the Upion Pacific calling for the
Payment OF elevation charges at Council
h uffs. II is expected that the elevator
company will bring suit on its contract
and the matter will thus be taken 10 the
h CHER courts.
Tit decision 81 the commission says TIE
Union Pacific shall not pay thee elevate f..
allowances for two years. Why the two
years specification is made puzE es Omaha
men.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
ICE PEDDLERS RAISE PRICE
Small Dealers Jump Up, but Large
Ones Not Yet.
LATTER SAY THEY WILL MOI
Declare they VIII Same
Schedule of Prices They started
Out With at First of
Season.

As usual the agile mercury and price OF
ice nave gone up together and hundreds or
consumers who have been paving 40 cents
per hundred will b. compelled TO pay %
cents in the future Tor ice. The mercury
is still free.
But the advance has not been made by
the big ice companies and they predict
that their present price list will be main
tanned throughout the seasonal least u
will not slide downward.
"A large amount of the ice delivered to
the residences is sold by 'peddiers, who
do not own a pound OF tee from one day TO
another They buy their ice from those
who ship II to Omaha said a large dealer.
1T is such dealers who have been selling
ice for % cents per hundred and under
selling the regular dealers, who have bsen
compelled TO push the price up ten button
holes. The big ice companies Of Omaha
made a price OF 50 cents per hundred May
/, for ice delivered TO residences. and there
they have kept IL regardless Of the peddlers
who hava been selling for 10 cents"
Compared TO the prices Of last year the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Omaha'S Greatest Sale Mems Shirts

We look for the most spontaneous outpouring of shirt buyers
ever attracted to a sale in this city. Never before was there a
sale planned that meant so much to you. We have just consum.
mated a gigantic purchase, entire floor stock of New York max
ers at 4Oc on the dollar. Thousands of attractive percale and
madras shirts in neat, tasteful patterns, as well as plain whites;
shirts all worth from $100 to $500. Note the astonishingly low
prices on each lot. Harvey st. windows have created town talk.
Early corners will get the 'plums - Four immense lots:
LOT 200 dozen fine shirts in madras and percale, light or
dark patterns, plain or plated fronts, cuff on or off; 10
regular 75c values; choice, Saturday. ................ wv
LOT 300 dozen mems fine shirts manufacturers seconds"
some slight imperfections in the weave or make which do not
in any way impair their wearing qualities; best styles,
worth to $3.50, in Saturdays sale at. ...............U wv
LOT 300 dozen mems fine shirts in large variety of plain and
fancy shirtings, plain or plated fronts, cuffs on or CO.
off, values to $500; choice, Saturday. -. ,...........OSN
LOT 400 dozen mems fine shirts, very latest imported shirt
ings, in newest weaves and beautiful effects. Mostly all coat
styles, plain or plated fronts, cuffs on or off, values m
to $3.50 and $500; choice, Saturday. ............A Saw
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BITES
Tekamah Statesman Pulls in Vain at
Pocketbook on the Walk.
THINKS HE HAS FOUND FARM
Small BOY, After watching judge
HOpeUen strain His
for n while, pipes
Him on"

Lieutenant Governor Hopewell tried TO
null a farm up through the sidewalk at
the Burlington station Friday morning
when he was in The city enroute to his
home in Tekamah.
Cares Of public office, overseeing his
farms in Burt county and incidentally AK
ing some interest in various ami sundry
general merchandise stores, the lieutenant
governor OF Nebraska has forgotten many
OF the summer pastimes of the long
hungry. lean, 'ornery gang q boys you
want to hang" and he stepped from the
train apparently absorbed in meditation
over what To do in Omahs between trains.
AS the lieutenant governor made his way
toward a street car, carrying the big suit
case, his eyes fell on a pocket book. It's
seal leather sides were tanning in the sun
shine Some traveller had evidently Just
dropped il, or a hack driver had charged
the passenger his roll" and the purse had
been thrown away.
But another look convinced the Lieutenant
governor hat q large amount Of paper
money was sweating within the leather
cover. From all Appearances there was
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
RUNAWAY HURTS YOUNG FOLKS
Horse scares AT Trains aud Dumps
Occupants of Wagon Out on
the Ground.

Several young people who were riding IN n
wagon belonging TO the Dreibus Candy
company. had a narrow escape from serious
injuries Friday morning. when the Horse
ran away. The wagon was driven by Mike
Saba. 1914 South Twelfth street, and he was
accompanied by his sister Nina. Edit
son.. Eleventh and Castelar, streets and
Johnson, Eleventh and CASTELAR, streets,
and Mary Hoffer. Z27 South Twelfth street.
As the horse was being driven across
the Eleventh street Taduct, he became
frightened at the engines IN the railway
yards beneath. and ran away The driver
was unable TO control the animal. aud.
when the ally between Howard and Jack
son streets was reached the horse turned
west and crashed into q heavy truck
wagon. The Dreibus wagon was overturned
and the occupants thrown out all receiving
scratches and bruises, The Johnson girl
was the most seriously injured. II was
feared she was hurt internally. She was
taken TO her homA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

AS for a SOO-pound book. which formerly
sold for $3.75.
The psddlers have made some trouble
for the larger Ice companies, who do not
regret that they have been compelled to
push up the price. One of the large COM
panies refuses TO sell to the peddlers at
any price, claiming that they demoraIize
the business.
manufacturers OF ice in Omaha are run
ming their plants to their capacity and
manage to supply their cusiomers with
ice and give reasonably good service.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Sensational Clearing
Sale of
Cups and Saucers

Three thousand Cups and Saucers
French, German and Austrian
china-tea, coffee, chocolate or
bouillon shapes-all beautifully
decorated, every n positively
worth from 75c to $3.50; choice
Saturday for .25c
One lot of %Johnson's English deco
rated hotel ware, half thick style,
consisting of u and saucers, all
styles of plates, bakers and platters,
worth 10c and 15c, choice. ...... SO
Four thousand fancy china salt and
pepper shakers, many different
shapes and fancy decorations, val
ues 10c, zoe and soc, al. .........5 Be
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
July Clearing Sale Of Mems Straw Hats

Our midsummer clearing makes it possible for you to make
q saving from a third to a half.
Every Straw Hat in the house included in this sale. Fine split and Milan
braid; large, medium and small shapes; $500 hats are cut to $29S, $500
to SI9S. az 90 to $100, $3.50 to 9Sc, 75c to 3c
Genuine Panama One-Piece Hats, all perfect goods; 5000 hats for $500,
900 $500 hats for $500. 5000 hats for $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Hartford Roaa Gets Out.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, July 10Th sale
by the New York. New Haven & Hartford
Railroad company Of its holdings In the
Boston & Maine road, amounting to some
40, 600 shares, TO John l., Billiard, a banker
OF MeTiden. was contaminated in Boston
on June 30. The transaction was for
cash. Mr.. Billiard today in confirming the
report of the sale stated that the pur-
chase by him was a personal one and was
OF an investment character. In railroad
circles here 81 is learned that the sale of
the Boston & Maine stock entirely and
absolutely relieved the New Haven road
OF any interest in that property.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

For a moment. the lieutenant governor
looked at the purse. He evidently thought
Of how quickly the found finds an owner
and the lost is found when want ads are
used and he stopped to pick up the big
sporran.
Now, the lieutenant governor has pulled
~rutabagas three feet long from his gar
sen, and displumed whole hills by srubbing
prickly-elm stumps with his hands. But
that pocketbook on the sidewalk Friday
morning did not respond to the powerful
"yank' of the lieutenant governor. 1t had
the resistance of a cabbage after the
ground is frozen or a stay chain picket
Of a horsepower. when driven IL a gumbo
road.
Just as the sweat was beginning to I'll
the crown of Mr.. HopeWelrs hat. a tawny
face-half black with dust, peered over the
top Of the viaduct. The governor did not
look up, but there he stood waiting near the
pocketbook. and this is what the kid said
when he spoke:
ssGt,pn %
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

Governor Sheldon is in Kansas, looking
after some private business and we look
for his return Saturday OF Sunday" said
Governor Hopewel. II cannot say that the
nomination Of Mr.. Bryan this morning
caused any unusual excitement in Lincoln,
from the fact that it was a foregone con-
clusion, A big delegation Of citizens drove
out to his home early in the morning to
tell him about ~ and surprise him, fearing
that he might not have heard IL. Mr..
Bryan has a great many friends in Lincoln
and they naturally take great pride in his
nomination for a third time. / question
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Pleasant Ways for Summer Days.

Grand T~runk-Lehigh Valley. double track
route. Chicago 10 New York via Niagara
Falls: Grand Trunk-CentTsl VermOnt-Bos-
ton a Maine route from Chicago TO Boston
and the Grand Trunk Railway system To
Montreal, Quebec and Portland. Double
track from Chicago to Montreal
Por particulars OF special low round trip
fares. descriptive literature. etc, apply 10
Geo, W. VAuL A. 9. p. 4 T. A., lSS Adams
St. Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

Fresh Dressed Spring Chickens,
each 80. 800
Fresh Dressed Hens, lb. II &c
Rib Roasts, all bones removed,
ID. 15c and 12HC
Sirloin Steak, Id. ...... .12hC
Round Steak, ID. .12Hc
Choice Pot Roast, h., 1Oc tO-7c
Pork Shoulder Roast, Id. size
Five hunded yearling Legs of
Mutton. ID. ............11hc
Mutton Chops, ID. .1OC
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
SHRIVER REPORTS TO STATE
Assessor Sends Budget to Board Of
Equalization at Lincoln.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES IN IT
Merchandise Assessment FaIIs on and
Total Personality Exclusive of
Railroads Little Under Ten
Million Dollars.

The report Of County Assessor W. G.
shriver to the State Board OF Bqualiza-
ton was completed Friday and mailed to
the secretary Of the state board without
the railroad values being inserted. The
state board which fixes The valuation of
railroad property has not acted yet and
the valuations will not be known until
the board acts.
The assessed valuation Of personally
without railroads. palace and private car
lines at one-fifth OF the fun value, Is
&c. s1, 75A Last year excluding the same
items II was $9,7O2.1B or an increase Of
1850 at one fifth value, or about $3g7,-
900 fun value. II the increase made by the
state board last year is included the fig
ures this year will fall a little below
them. The real estate ummary shows
1877 acres Of cultivated land and non
cultivated. The total assessed value of
farm lands on a One-fifth basis is n2,48.-
T5 or an average OF 800. Il an acre.
There are g, ITO town lots represented in
the assessment valued on a o%ne-fifth basis
at Si02, 381 BIO. an average OF S1,5O552 each.
rchand Falls on.
The largest falling off in comparison with
last year is in merchandise account,
merchants all pleading they had reduced
their stocks since last year. The assessed
valuation this year, at one-fifth of the
true value is S2.12,247. Last year it was
$,28. 434, a difference of $14S,O0, represent
ing S715,Ooo decrease on full valuation.
omaha's importance as a waterway sta
ton Is reflected by the report showing 19
steamboats,, sailing vessels. wharf boats,
canalboats. barges and other water craft
were assessed, the average value being
placed at 314.65. There are 1,279 typewrit-
ing machines, the average value being 1884, 20.
Money in the bank is listed at S1,0s0, 600.
Douglas county residents own SIS pianos,
which are estimated to be worth $l12.T rs
each. The assessors found Ss7 other musical
Instruments. assessed at S37 each. The
county gloried in z34 automobiles and they
were worth 37S4 each, IL the assessors re-
port can be believed. m are
much more vatuable nowadays than thresh-
ing machines, for the assessors returned
the latter at 3171 80 apiece and found only
fourteen of them in the county. -Four hun
dred and eight dogs were returned and
their value was placed at $40 each. Gold
watches, silver watches and clocks are as
sessed at 1850 and 5,216 were found. BIZ
cycles, tricycles. .velocipedes, motorcycles
were valued at s15.s 80 each and 22S were re-
turned.
Farm Animals and Grain.
The number of farm ANIMALS and their
average value as shown by the report are
- fIt.--.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
The amount OF grain and its average
value per bushel Is as follows:

The assessor found az bushels OF potatoes
and assessed them at IS cents a bushel.
There were 1883 chickens. geese, etc, on
hand in the county and they were assessed
as worth 70 cents each.
The property OF franchised corporations
was valued at SIS. 400.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

watsrmelons are plentiful and selling
wholesale from l5 TO 35 cents each.
CGntaloupes are coming chiefly from
Texas just now and selling wholesale from
30 cents 20 81 a crate. They are so dis
tributed, however. as to enable the grocer
TO retail them from 5 to 10 cents each.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

Champion Jelly Sleeves. .......15c
and 10 Green Stamps.
Glass Lemon Juice Extractors. .1OG
And 10 Green Stamps.
16-inch nickel Towel Bars. loo
And 10 Green Stamps.
Ice Cream Freezers, up from S1.OO
And 80 Green Stamps.
Galvanized Garbage Cans. $50 up
And 80 Green Stamps.
Mop Sticks, special ...........1OC
And 10 Green Stamps.
Wire Clothes Line, worth 25c. .1OG
Prices on All HammOcks Reduced.
Big variety, all best styles-$2.5O
and S2.75 hammOcks. now $1.75;
$500 hammocks, clearing at $2.35;
$500 hammocks, clearing at 1928
and $500 hammocks for $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
PEACHES ENOUGH FOR ALL
Abundant Crop Puts Prices Down
Where Everybody May
Reach Them,

An abundance almost unprecedented has
placed peaches within the reach of every
one, rich and poor, this week and they
will continue so until the home grown
crop Is exhausted. They have been COM
ing into the local market at an average
of five carloads a day OF late and are
selling wholesale at from so to So cents
a crate OF four baskets, the baskets con-
tanning from two TO two and a half dozen.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
CIearapce,S Sales. on Summer Lines in Hardware
Sharp Price Reductions that make it profitable for you to
CLEARING LAWN MOWERS.

buy now.
CLEARING LAWN MOWERS.
Twelve inch New Norka ball bearing
Mowers, hat have been selling at
$3.50 all season; clearing at 1925
S~ixteen-inch New Norka, ball bear
ing Mowers, that were $3.50; clear
ing at ..... S4.4O
WATER FILTER AND COOLER
COMBINED.
Makes water clear as crystal, has
been selling regularly all season for
$3.50; clearing at. ....... $685.
Cotton Covered Hose, single stripe,
guaranteed quality; clearing price,
Children's 15c Garden Sets, now 1Oc
Hemp and Braided Cotton Clothes
Lines. fifty foot lengths. Pfc
And 20 Green Stamps.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

Raspberrles and blackberries are about
gone. the nome crop being practically all
there is left. These sold for SO. so a crate
morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
:; e. e. e.. So

Introducing this Corset in
Omaha during III clearance sale
at a price that just covers cost OF
making. There never was a bet
ter dollar corset made. The
makers have just sent us one
hundred dozen in the light sum
mer batistes. All are eXquisitely
modelled to conform with fashions
dictates; hose supporters attached,
every size. A positive saving to
you of SIC If you buy Saturday.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

Head lettuce is the only thing that is
scarce. This SOLD wholesale Friday morn
ing for 10 cents a dozen.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

California plums are selling for 81 and
S1.25 a crate wholesale. the same fruit
bringing from $3.50 to 81 a crate at this
time last season.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
. FriEhtfnI Erperience

with bil!iousness, malaria and consti-
patton. Is quickly overcome by taking Or.
Kings New Life Pills. 25c. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

Children's $3.50 patent leather laced
shoes, with white tops, sizes 6 to
q, at . . . . . fSO
Misses and children's barefoot san-
dals, all sizes up to 2, Saturday
at ........ ......' .oSO
Boys and youths Sips grey canvas
oxfords and shoes, with leather
soles. at sec
Children's S1.25 black kid skin n
red goat skin oxford ties. sizes to
eight, at ........ .oSc
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

Boys tennis slippers, all sizes up
10 lWOi at ....'s. .oOC
ance, several hundred pairs, mems
fine leather and Wei kid oxfords,
smart snappy styles, on sale for
first time Saturday at ..... Sl.98
wOMENS OXFORD TIES IN THE
JULY CLEARANCE
$3.50 vic kid and patent leather
oxfords, seasons dressiest styles.
Saturday, choice .......... .Sl.S8
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Saturdays Best Specials in the
MEAT MARKET

Mutton Shoulder Roast, h., TIC
Veal Chops, 1Oc
Veal Chops, Id. &c
Mutton Stew. 6 lbs. for. .25c
Boiling Beef, 6 lbs. for. csc
Veal Stew, 4 lbs .25c
Spare Ribs, 4 lbs. 25c
Three thousand pounds Swift's
Premium Hams, best brand, Sc
lected and guaranteed ..10hc
Rex Lard 5-lb. pail. 49,. Csc
And Is Green Stamps.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

this:
1905. 1907.
Butchers ........ 800 per ton $500 per ton
Grocers .......... 100 per ton 800 per ton
Families, del'd. 80 per cwt. 40 per cwt,
With one or two exceptions the large
ice companies have been compelled TO ship
ice to Omaha from the far north. Only
the cool weather which has lasted prac-
tically up until Friday saved the dealers
from ~exhaustiDg their supply, and all being
dependent on shipping In ice,
Train loads OF ice are coming into Omaha
weekly. The dealers pay N.26 per ton for
it T.. o. b.. the cars in northern Mime
sofa. The freight TO Omaha Is tl.75, maxi
ing the ice cost them s. when switched to
the unloading tracks. There is a ~shriDkage
in shipping. which makes the ice cost at
least 81 per ton when II is in the cars.
The ice dealers pay $3.50 per day for a
man and team TO deliver the ice. This is
said to cut the profits OF those who sell
to the butchers at 8 per. ton to almost
nothing, while that sold 10 grOcers and
others at $50 per ton does not yield a
very large profit according to the dealers.
II lie claimed the dealers who ship In a
trainload OF Ice at a time sell 1t TO the
peddlers for sa8 to $3.50 per ton. They
have been delivering II, TO the residences
one. two and three miles from where IL
was loaded in their wagons for y per ton
or 70 cents per hundred
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Matter of Conjecture.

Whether the dealers shipping in the ice
have raised the price 10 the peddlers or
whether they nave simply learned that
they can get 90 cents for the ice-the same
as the large companies. Is a matter Of
conjecture. All peddlers have not yet
raised The price, but the lowest is now
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Surprising Clearing Sale Shoes

Few lines in this great stock have escaped the midsummer
mark down. Here IN sales that should make the busiest Saturday
of The Ell. ire season:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

enough to choke a tunnel or buy a Burt
No1nVy form,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Saturday
A Great Ribbon CLEARANCE

Plain Taffeta Ribbons, three and a
half inches wide. regular 19c line
at. yard 1OC
Flve-inch all SILK Taffeta Ribbon.
in all the best shades and colors,
35c qualities-at. yard he
Embroidered Collars. laundered
stiff. many beautiful Csc lines;
clearing at, yard ........1Oc
Silk Bows. in all colors, 25c goods
clearing at ............10c
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
GO-CartS Simply Sacrificed

schedule of the ice man now looks like
this:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
GREATEST JULY CLEARING SALE

ndbe of every description is marked to owes point now fer final clearing. Positively
very department. Thousands will turn to enneu Saturday for. their summer needs
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11

LOO pieces new summer
fabrics in & igantic sale.
Bought up jobbers' floor
stock about 25c on the dollar.
Watch Sunday papers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-11
Animals and Grain

The number of farm ANIMALS and their
average value as shown by the report are
as follows:
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toria, Address, with references, The
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that they also are willing to accedc
to sane popular demand for public
control-two noteworthy statements
when it is remembered that they EN-
! anate from tthe largest public utility
corporation in the world
1t is to be noted that although
many secuted this scheme, declaring
that it would be Necessary to perfect
the wireless telephone before such a
thing could be brought about, Wash
ington only the other day was a con-
Meeting link in what is perhaps the
longest telephone call yet made sue
cessfully. The newspapers this week
chronicled this event, entailing a
three minute conservation between
Cleveland, o., and Tampa, Fla. via
Washington, something over fifteen
hundred miles, whereas the record
radius for long distance talk has
heretofore been about thousand
miles.
With some such plan in operation,
members constituents, notified in
advance that he ould make speech
on certain day, could remain in their
Offices or their homes and hear every
thing he might say, from the time he
rose to his feet for recognition, to
his graceful descent from a high
fight Of oratory mid prolonged ap-
plause from the galleries However,
with that phase Of the proposition
running smoothly, the order of things
easily might be reversed, in which
event the members would never have
to leave their homes, but could go to
the telephone, get in touch with the
Speaker by acousticon and arrange
for the delivery of speech or the in
PRODUCTION of bill or two, and then
go about their private affairs OF life
as unconcernedly as if they never had
been on Uncle Sans payroll at ST.
500 per annum, and mileage.
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housework in family OF three, good
wages for right party. Apply 50
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