St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 2, 1909

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aT wi ~ EAT TWO ME -FOUNDIN CLUB - Police Knew Just Where to Go to Find Crooks—Both Are Identified.

ATTACK MEN IN: HOME

Father and Son Knocked Down and Kicked Until They Are Unconscious. "THIEVES GET BUT $4

One of the . Prisoners Has Served Three Ferms in the Penitentiary.

Two members ef the Lyon Club at 1112 Howard street, in the North Market Street Police District,. were identified Tuesday as the men who invaded the home ‘of Fred W. Stahiberg, at 1414 Clinton street, beat and kicked Sahlberg and his 19-year-old son, Henry, and left them unconscious on the floor. The loot carried away by the robbers amounted to only $4. As soon as the robbery was reported te them the police went straight to the “Club, whose reputation was such nd there. ' ® they found Herman Dickhoener § meeph Buehfelder and two other skhoerier has served two peni- y sentences for robbery. He and snore ay ig were positively identified by - the Stahtbergs. Olub Closed by Creecy. ae . Following the arrest Chief Creecy or- - dered that the Lyon Club be closed, and - patrolmen were stationed at the door to _ prevent anyone from entering. When Sergt. Burke and two patrolmen went to the club and told the four men that they were under arrest Buchfelder >. fainted: , The slugging of Stahlberg and his son - took place at 10:8 p. m. Monday, but _ the police did not hear of it until 7:30 - @ m. Tuesday, when Mrs. Mary [an- ner of 1925 North Twelfth street went to the North Market Street Station. She - $8 a daughter of the elder Stahlberg and Visits him every morning. _ When she went to his home Tuesday ~ghe found her father and her brother helpless as a result of their injuries, _ inflicted by the robbers. Robbery Plot Formed. -The father, who is 51 years old, was in,so serious a condition that he was removed to the City Hospital. _ The statements of father and son in- _ @leate that there was a well-laid plot to raid the house for the purpose of “robbery. The doorbell rang and the @léer man answered it, his son remain- dng ‘in the kitchen. Young Stahiberg says that after the Om bell rang he saw two men crouching SS meee the back door. He hurried to the

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HEN Johnnie played marbles W He had a queer way Of grinning so long as he won. He’d stow all the “chineys” Away in his bag | E’D laugh and he’d chuckle H And titter with glee, “Have you got any more?” he would say And as long as the other boy Had any taws He’d play, and he’d play, and he’d play. if HE was “bunkered” His. song it would change, No longer his visage was gay. He’d turn to the other boy, Would Johnnie, the fox— “Let’s be partners and divvy,” he’d say.

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And vote the game “oodles of fun.”

H CLAY PIERCE CHAUFFEUR MUST STAVE JAIL TERM ad 12-Months’ Sentence $1000 Fine for Girl’s Death Affirmed.

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James Watson, chauffeur for H. Clay Pierce, must serve his twelve months’ jail sentence and pay a $1,000 fine for the death of little Christine Musick, his sentence having been affirmed Tuesday in the Supreme Court at Jefferson City. Watson was the first person convicted in St. Louis. of a criminal offense in connection with an automobile killing. The Pierce auto, run by Watson, ran down Christine Musick, 12 years old, on Locust street, near Garrison ave- nue. She died from her injuries. The machine was identified by its license tag, and Watson was arrested on a charge of manslaughter. Fourth Degree Manslaughter. Assistant Circuit Attorney Newton prosecuted the case, and obtained a verdict of manslaughter in the fourth degree, with the fine and jail sentence. Watson has since. been at liberty on an appeal bond. The trial the absence of witnesses, a two women who were with him (ime the auto, speading down the grade on Locust street, crushed out the little girl's life. The man, a druggist, sold his interests here after the fatality and removed to Tennessee. The women left for pro- tracted visits With relatives. All were finally brought back to testify. HUSBAND BITTEN BY THREE DOGS, WIFE SUES FOR $10,000 Mrs. Augusta Gloeckner, of 1520 South Eighth street, has brought suit in the Circult Court for $1¢,000 against John P. Collins, an undertaker at 617 Walnut Street, alleging that her husband, Car! B. Gloeckner, was bitten July 14, 1908, by three vicious dogs owned by Collins. Mrs. Gloeckner sayg that before he Was bitten her husband was cheerful of Watson was delayed by man and at the

ty . om * ae | eae : | oh 7 ae "PAs. 3 re OIL PARTNERS HIP CALLED PLAN TO RUIN H.C. PIERCE ee Friends of Standard’s Foe Says Alliance of Trust With State Is Projected as Another Blow at Missouri Man.

The petition of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana proposing that the State of Missouri go into partnership with it in the management of the oil business in Missouri is declared by a personal friend of H. Clay Pierce to be another scheme of the Standard to ruin Mr. Pierce and his oil business. This friend voiced the opinion of Mr. Pierce. The proposition is that a new Missouri company be formed to succeed to the business of the Standard Oil Co. of In- diana, which owns the Sugar Creek re- finery and o.ner property in Missouri, and that the new corporation be man- aged and controlled by pwo trustees, one appointed by the State and the other appoined by the Standard Oil Co. The petition goes on to say: “These trustees shall act as officers of this court, subject to its control and direction, so vote the stock and keep vigilant supervision over the affairs of the company as to see that it conducts same in such a way that fair, just, lawful and proper treatment is accord- ed to the public as well as to the prop- erty, company and its real owners. If ever, as to any action to be taken or pursued, the said trustees can not agree, the controversy shall be submitted to the judges of this court, or some one named by them, as an arbitrator, the decision of the judges or their arbi- trator to be final. “This respondent would prefer not to form &@ new company. It would prefer to remain in the State and have appointed such trustees, giving them. by irrevo- cable power of attorney, full power of supervision over the conduct of its busi- ness in Missouri as that outlined with respect to a new company. Waters-Pierce to Be Included. ‘(b) The stock of the Waters-Pierce Co., owned by the Standard Oll Co. of New Jersey shall be sold and trans- ferred and become the property of the Missouri company thus férmed; or, in lieu thereof, it shall be transferred to and held by said trustees for the same Gov. Hadléy made this comment: “The suggestion contained in the motion filed] nt Coweta See, tie Benalla 30 0, sey ee eee ee in th —_ at ¥ ° “It is simply a case, as I see it, ot a monopoly driven from the State ask- ing the privilege of conducting its bust- ness in conformity with the law. Would Bring Fair Prices. “The Standard Oil Co... of Indiana cannot do business in Missouri. Its legal representetives now say to the State that a new corporation will be formed the stock of which will be held in trust by agents of the State and the of! company acting together. ° “In this way the oil company under- takes to guarantee fair prices to the consumer. @therwise the State's repre- sentatives in complete touch with its ‘affairs would report the failure to do so to the court.’ Oll Lawyers Call It “Fair,” Frank Hagerman, attorney for Stand- ard Oil, said that he and Attorney A. D. Eddy believed that the State could ac- cept the Standard Oil Co.'s propesitien without legislative action, because the State would have no financial interest in the business. It would produce nothing. It would only supervise rates and audi: accounts The idea of having the State super- vise the business of the Standard Oi! Co. was thought out In New York in a conference between leading officials ot the company and Attorneys Eddy and Hagerman. “Our partnership offer may seem a bit startling,”’ Mr. Hagerman said. “We can think of no fairer way to cenvince the State and the people that they are to get a square deal. We have tol® the State to step in and watch us carefully, If prices don’t suit, the State may change them.’ The most startling statement in con- nection with the proposit‘on of the Standard Otl'Co. comes from the per- sonal friend of H. Clay Pierce, who veices the views of the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. when he says: “You can see what would happen to the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. If this new scheme of the Standard OU Co. weat through. W aters-Pierce wil Fight.

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re i Lawyers Declare Supreme Ct tion Practically Acquits I and Ends Famous Case. a .

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Many Depositors Ruined Financially Whe ton Institution Closed in June, 1905, “Only a Few Dollars on Hand to Meet Liabilities of $700, 000.

grand larceny. The charge was mon bank in Clinton, Mo., and ce eee Re lille bond, pending the appeal, and living in St. Louis. The action of the Supreme Court is regarded as ending the famous case, which had its origin June 21, 1905, when the Salmen bank closed its doors, having but a few dollars on hand to meet Habilities aggregating $700,900. Scores of residents of Clinton were financially ruined by the failure. ‘Jefferson City dispatches state that the Supreme Court's action was based on the fact that a stenographer was pres- ent in the Grand Jury room when Maj, Salmon was indicted. This fact was made the basis of a plea in abatement which the defense entered in the trial at Warsaw. but which Judge Denton overruled. THe Supreme Court holds that the plea in abatement should have been granted. The court’s action, it is stated, makes Salmon can be tried again. pher whose presence in the grand jury room caused the upholding of the pies in atg@tement. She appeared at the re- quest of the grand jury and on approv- al of the trial court. Manager, Sent to Prison. T. M. Casey, manager of the bank, who was indicted on 17 charges of for- gery, Was sent to the penitentiary ir 1907 on a five-years’ seutence. He con fessed to forgeries, which he said were committed to protect the credit of the bank and the name of his dead father, George W. Casey. Frank Salmon, Maj. Saimon’s nephew and a bookkeeper in the bank, was in- dicted with him, but was acquitted hy order of the same judge in whose court Maj. Salmon was convicted. It. was held that he had no authority to reject the deposit which, it was charged, he was wrongfully accepted. the principal of Clintot and The Salmon bank financial! institution Henry County. It was the best-known private bank in Western Missouri. The wide acquaintance and political influence of its proprietors added to the confi- dence which led many of its depositors to intrust all their capital to its care. Depositorsa Were Confident. Such was the feeling of confidence li ihe Integrity of the bank's management that many depositors did not take out & pass ®5ok, merely accepting siips of paper for the money they placed in the haak. Others loaned taeir money to Manager Casey and received a high rate or interest. This was the condiidon when, on the morning of June 21, 186, this sign ap- peared on the locked doors of the Sal- mion bank: “THIS BANK I8 LN THE HANDS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.” So firm had been the falth of Clinton in the finaacial soundness of the bank that many believed tne siory, soon cit cuwated, that Maj. Sa:mon waa return ing to Clinton—he was in St. Louls when the notice of failure was posted - carrying in each nand a big sult care full of currency to pay depositors, Despair was spread throughout the town and county when it became known that the bank RO. ON. Bayt Se

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April 1, 1907, by a jury in Warsaw, was {hres eet tentiary.. The larceny charged consist when the bank, of which Maj. Salmon was half 6 failing condition... Maj. Salmon has been at liberty ‘on $j a new indictment necessary before Maj.. Miss Florence Kell was the atenogra- The Supreme Court in 1 Jefferson City tides reversed ne et viction of Major Harvey W. Salmon, former: State Ts cas rer ‘once chairman of the Democratic State \Committee, on ae SN eae oe Major® Salmon’s 5 ap ¥ y ;

lican official, succeeded Cooke: tn soon afterward, and made ingu the bank's condition. The for delay, saying that Mtr tion so soon would, if it became k newn eause a run on the bank. a. But Swanger sent Bank R. M. Cook, who worked in a res of the bank to prevent outside if : ence. _A short time afterward ti he ¢ monwealth Trust Co., the St. | respondent of the bank, re the bank’s draft for $15,000, morning the bank closed. Traced te Pergerteti. The unsoundness of the bank ¥ traced to the “forgeries eo Manager Casey. He was law of G. Y¥. Saimon. could | the bank, was a church elder cn of simple life and exemplary He was the son of the late G Casey, a ranch owner and sto The elder Casey borrowed hew the the Salmon bank, arid it indorsed notes for large sums: — a a 4 te © he . s a

Waterway Is Used fon First T Ship Cally Decoralat fe Occasion. PANAMA, Feb, 2.—The P steamer Newport used “ota te the canal, which hes * a depth of 35 feet. . sons wi the boat. which left the ° to the right of Naos ing through the. nal. As the Naow bre completed, the Newpeo tend with « strong ¢ invent’ kept a straight ¢ ; orated with bunting at oe ce oe : “— age er Mani any: of « | ' when t 7 ay , . : t re ine tet Sloe

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At , AE RS mae sen nEN NE fant tb SPER te “ter eee AREER NE A LS NTC Ene ~ This Ballot not good aftér 5 — No, 3 { days from date of publication } Taft Inaugural Trip Election| “ay geod PesrDBeAtcH re vote FMS ty ini Se RI BEA, MRR BOTTOMS GANG LEADER MUST | AUTHOR, KILLS: “G0 TO PRISON) SELF IN HOTEL Duhil Of ics akces cic thee Uokneveaceversb cakuuwsesscs GOT | Se Supreme Court ce dds Con-| Writes Note; Then Shoots HSS HAND FB HSHL LAN HO A Governor and Friends Main- brought by the United States Govern- ment against a railroad for the violation of the Federal law regulating the time service of train dispatehers, was begun here today. The suit was filed by District Attorney }, Sims, in the United States ‘| Court, against the Atchison, Topeka &1' Santa Fe Railroad. Seven violations are charged, and if they are sustained fines aggregating $3500 may be imposed.

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-Rossmann’s path back to his : t love was a devious one, but he and | pin who less than four months ‘ 6 formally sold her interest in him al Anal rival, seemed as happy Tues- r. ‘Mf heartaches and a tragic death i not marked the course of their love. tie fees Rossmhnn was Miss Susanna : age r until three days ago. Last fall ie was betrothed to Rossmann. Then Adam Woechselberger, a widow, — } between tiie two. i = firs. Woechselberger was young and at at active, and she had money—Roseman hi ug ght. Money was the thing he most ieefied. He needed it so much that he ad _—* nearly all Miss Tengler’s | ved Money From Girl. jeff his manner toward her grew id, Miss Tengler made inquiries and that Rossman was calling on the . Indignantly she told him to botween them. Wavered, then and her money. *then,"’ said resolute Susanna Tengler, ‘must have my money back.” | Rossman did not have the money she had loaned him, His. excuses and prom- es did no good, and he was soon in a ice station on the complaint of his re- Cent fiancee. | He sent for Mrs. Woechselberger. The 7 Widow came promptly, so promptly that gh -* Miss Tengler still at the sta- chése the mt do you want?” she asked the i EP heugnttiy. os My money, $325,” said Miss Tengler. That's all.” : that all?” was the widow's dis- nf reply. “Here, take it,” and she f pot” of bills from her handbag ited out the $325. me $10,000 “Stage” Money. ts: Tengier was not so sure that her Shey was all she wanted, but she had i sald it was, and the police did not to, press the case. So she | “eomplaint, and saw her ” qweoer walk away with the tri- nant widow. few days later, October %, Ross- | Miss Woechselberger were | rea e “and wént to he her home, en Came a Giscovery which spoiled feymoon. Of the $11,000 hich to poss¢ss, $16,000 was ” a bogus bill. ) had been reduced one- | police station ransom. Dis- eer spent his time we | se Mrs. R Rossman shot and killed ; it, ) ving a note in which she re- abide her husband for having never ee an © geet ee Se ts SSP t pd fer had gone to live with at 211 Russell avenue. - © weeks ago, Rossman called f hey that he stil! loved Ker, and . + rry for what had happened. She } té- hear more. it Thursday he called again, and ne r More ready to listen, asked | Tengier to marry him. They narr two days later at Jus- ss home. » living In the Rutger street ich was uses the widow's. andard Oil Wants State f ‘or Partner > From Pege One.

A with all their resources and Mb thelr power, which they use in way, they have been unable @ Btate accepted the new prop- Standard O!1 Co. would at h over to the hew corporation r cent of stock it owns in the » Pierce OH Co. As the Waters Bue ce to buy all its goods i ‘Standafa Oli Co. you see re } would be placed ye Standard O11 Co., oe gcse a@ manu- ure at merchant, in the protection @ State, and having a monopoly of a ineas, thereby forcing the Wa- ree company to =, from it, Qa the aters-Pierce Missouri. It is the shrewd- yet devised by the Standard

tain Investigation Is Result of $600,000 Libel Suit.

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Prosecution Declares Inquisi- tion Into “Dummy Holders” Was Begun Before Libel * Episode.

Special to the Post-Dispatch. MUSKOGEE, Ok., Feb. 2.—Gov. Charles N. Haskell and his friends per- sist in the declaration that William R. Wearst is at the bottom of the Govern- ment investigation of the alleged Mus- kogee town-lot frauds and had it not been that Haskell filed suit for $600,000 against Hearst for libel the Federa: grand jury woul@never have been called upon to make the investigation involv- ing the Governor and his _ political friends. District Attorney W. J. Gregg and rep- resentatives of the Government declare that there is no connection between Hearst and the inquisition. They say the prosecution for the alleged lot frauds was planned long before the Haskell- Hearst episode. Owing to the method adopted by the accused of scheduling ‘‘dummies” for a dozen or more states, it has required months to obtain the necessary evidence, he says. The Governments expects to prove that under supervision of Dwight W. Tuttle of Connecticut, John Q. Adams and B. F. Marshall of Muskogee, who consti- tuted the Town Site Commission, that the land owned by the Creek Nation within the boundaries of the city of Muskogee was platted into about 4000 lots, many of which were then sub- stantially improved, and that within the same were tracts of large acreage wholly unimproved, which were used for pasturage and agricultural purposes and held by persons who acquired their occupancy or possessory rights there- to from the Creek Indians, but who had no title to the same. It is maintained that the title was held by the Indian tribe and that the tribe had no. power or capacity to sell the land. The persons holding these large tracts had no way under the law to acquire but a small portion of same, not ex- ceeding four acres in any instance, it being unimproved property, they either had to see it sold at auction to the high- est bidder or devise sonie way to evade the law and acquire it themselves. Said tc Have Had Dummies, The method devised by them it Its al- leged by Mott and his associates was to furnish the town site commision’ the names of “dummy” entrymen and have the lots scheduled in their names, and then after the patent was issued dummies to proe@tire quit-claim deeds far them conveying the land back to them- selves. The town site commissioners and approved the plan, it Is said. These large holders acted as agents of the cummies and held the purchase of the lots one-half of appraised value. The dummies were selected for the different communities in several states and 150 to 2000 lots were procured in that man- yg. The prosecution charges that this wus all done without the knowledge of the ‘dummies’ and without their having or claiming to have any right to thé prop- erty and in most instances they had never been in the territory. In October, 1904, the council of the Creek Nation adopted a joint resolutioi requesting the Secretary of Interior to investigate the selling of lots in the town sites. Again in 1906 the Creek Council me- memorialized the President and Congress to investigate these transactions. Fol- lowing this the President appointed Wil- liam D. Foulke, of Indiana, as special inspector to investigate the whole mat- ter of disposing of the townsites. Foulke Foun’? Fraud, Mr. Foulke made an investigation in November, 1906, and filed an exhaustive report setting forth the fraudulent methods employed in acquiring the prop- erty in the townsites, and the extent to which they were carried, and recem- mended the filing of suits to recover the property in behalf of the government of the Creek Nation. Upon this report Mr. M. L. Mott, the national attorney for the Creek Nation, was d@irected by the Secretary of the Interior to institute sufts to recover the property of which the Indians were de- frauded. Mr. Mott commenced the filing of the suite early in the spring of 1907. The euite were brought by the United States for the use of the Creek Nation. About that time Mr. W. L. Stude- vant of St. Louis was employed as spe- cial counsé) for the United States in the prosecution of the suits and since then Mr. Mott and Studevant have been as- sociated in the same and they have filed 225. bills in equity, affecting some 1200 of the lots. The suits are commonly known as the Mott Suits, and they are all based upon allegations of fradulent transactions in the manner hertofore set forth through which certain persons obtained title to a large number of lots at one-half the appraised value. The most of the suits knew | were filed In the spring and summer of 11907 before statehood. The investigations preparatory to the |final trial of the sults, which are solely for the recovery of the lots or their Value, developed many things not known | when the suite were filed. Among other |. thing’, the prosecu to Votes to be CAUTION

SIGNED. . vn eccnrsreocercccseecsvupgsenvess coves tk Sa" Pupils of high schools and of the next graduatin est ovals of aay pobiie or parochial school are eligible to be voted counted must be Anyboé@y is eligible to vote. blank. Send to Public School Contest Editor, Post- Dispatch. a - (nT <a —— class in the neh written on this coupon. Vote for one name only on this

for them. In many instances the large holders sol¢ the property long before requiring the quitclaim deeds, Based upon the revelation growing out of these civil suits, the Department of Justice in connection with United States Attorney W. J. Gregg at Muskogee, is investigating the violation of the United States laws relating to these transac- tions. Among St. Louis witnesses who have already testified are: D. Fayett Ewing, Howard Berger and J. C. Wilkinson, J. L. Webb of St. Louis is here now and others will probably be subpenaed to appear before the grand jury, which is expected to conclude its work by Thursday of this week. SHOE COMPANY EXPLAINS ITS NEW PROFIT-SHARING PLAN Employes Hear of Scheme for Their Benefit at Banquet at Planters. The profit-sharing plan recently adopt- ed by the C. E. Hilts Shoe Co. was ex- plained to the employes at a banquet at the Planters Hotel Monday night. J: F. Sensenbrenner, secretary of the com- pany, who was toastmaster, told how the profit-sharing plan will benefit the employes. Hilts ig the first shoe store in St. Louis to adopt the plan of sharing its profits with its employes. C. E. Hilts, the president of the com- pany, made an address to the employes, dwelling on the benefit of co-operation Tilose present were: Cc. E. Hilty president; E. P. Hilts, vice-presid J. F. Sensenbrenner, sec- retary; Charles EB. Williams, D. D. Jor- dai, F. E. McCall, C. E. Bryant, W. C Ikauschkelb, F. N. Kramer, J. J. Walsh, \. F. Apinbrinck, H. L. Veaghaus, Wil- liam Buerrmann, Theodore. Witte, Alois Courte, F. B. Lammers, J. Huff, J. V. Christman, G. Goatcher, C. E. Ganz, A. J. Stone, S&S. A. Drennard, J. A, Winchell, O. O. Murphy, F. J. Parate, =. Kessler, Theodore A. Meitz, Johr Metze, Faul Miller, John Unfer anda Thomas Ferrenback. MISSOURIAN LOSES $5006 OH HORSE RACE, CHARGES THEFT DENVER, Colo., Feb. 2.—The loser 9 $30,000 in an alleged confidence game, J. M. Blue, bank president and capitalist of Princeton, Mo., came to Denver last right, believing the police had arrested the men who victimized him. The police had under arrest a man whom the Sheriff of Princeton had been trailing and another man named J. Jones, alias West, who is said to be implicated. Jones has been held but the other man under arrest proved 9n alibi and was release. Chief of Police Armstrong says the right man js in Chicago and that he has notified the Chicago police to arrest him. Mr. Blue informed the chief that Oct. < last he was induced to bet $30,900 on a horse in a race at Council Bluffs. The race was declared a dead heat and ii was agreed to run it again at Spring- field, Mo., a month later. In the mean- time the stakeholder disappeared with the money.

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NORMAN E, MACK TESTIFIES 1N Tht CANAL LIBEL SUIT - National Democratic Chair- man Asked if Committee First Heard Charges.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Norman EB. Mack of Buffalo, chairman of the Na- tional Democratic Committee, was the first witness called today before the Federal grand jury, which is investigat- ing the Panama Canal libel case against the New York World. It was expected that Mr. Mack would be questioned as to whether the reports about the sale of the Panama Canal were offered to the National Democratic Committee during the presidential campaign last fall before they were published in the newspapers. It was expected also that Mr. Mack would be asked whether he had a con- ference with E, N. Engleman of the International News Service, who has al- ready testified before the grand jury about his investigation of the canal purchase and conferences with mem- ber of the National Democratic Com- mittee on that subject. Other witnesses who were waiting to testify when Mr. Mack went into the jury room were George Curteret, city editor of the New York World; John Spurgeon, night city editor of The World; J. L. Frazee, a World reporter, and P. J. Dempsey and Thomas Corco- ran, employes of the peerine department of The World. Mr. Mack wag unger investigation in When he was excused, J. Angus Shaw, the secretary and treasurer of the Press PublisHing Co., who had meanwhile ap- peared, was called before the grand jury. HOPKINS LOSES A VOTE; WAS (2 UN 2oTh BALLOT Special to the Post-Dispatch. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 2.—Thir- teen new bills were offered in the House today. Mr, King of Galesburg offered a bill to amend the law regarding in- corporated cities and towns and widen- ing their powers. The proposed act gives power to establish, } electric light plants and furnish gas Cities and towns are also given the right to regulate the price of gas and electricity and fix the standard of quality. The State prohibition bill was offered by Mr. Abbey by request. Mr. Donahue introduced House bill 35, providing that the names of candi- dates for judicial offices shall be printed on separate ballots and there shall be no intimation on the ballot. re- garding the party to which the candi- date belongs. Bill Shifted in Committee. In the Senate the bill providing for a revision of court practice in TIilinots embracing 1300 pages was shifted from the Judiciary Committee to the Commit- tee on Department and Practice. Sen- ator Humphreys opposed the change on

own and operate and electricity for private use. the ground that when a proposed act isd once referred to a committee it cannot be sent to another body for considera- tion. Senator Ettleson’s public service bill was introduced and referred to the Committee on Corporations and Public Utilities. The bill provides for the ap- pointment of a committee to have con- tral of public utilities. Senator Hay offered the administration charitable institution bill, which was referred to a committee. The measure ig to revise the plan of control of State institutions. The Ballots Today. The twenty-third ballot for Senator taken in the joint conference today was as follows: Hopkins, 74; Foss, 17; ghurt- leff, 16; Stringer, 76; Lowden, 1; Mo- Kinley, 1; Mason, 3; Sherman, 2; Cal- houn, 3% The twenty-fourth ballot was: Hop- kins, 8; Foss, 17; Shurtleff, 15; Mcixin- oc. ; Mason, 3; Calhoun, 2; Sherman, : Lowden, 1; Dixon, 1; Stringer, 74. “whe twenty-fifth ballot was: Hopkina, 78; Foss, 17; Stringer, @; Shurtlett, 15; Mason, 4; McKinley, Rar hing fos houn, 2; F. E. hart, 1; Sherman, a — oe ap \ ai < _ g ns ot ‘ py ~ . Brg 0s dairies J Sad 2 I PNG cee ee

viction of Tony Foley for Assault.

Tony Foley, leader of the “Bottoms Gang,’’ now in the Workhouse,-must go to the penitentiary as soon as his three months’ term in the Workhouse ends. The Supreme Court at Jefferson City Tuesday affirmed his five-year peniten- tiary sentence, imposed for assault with intent to kill Policeman Stapleton of the Dayton Street Station. . Foley and other members of his gang attacked Stapleton and wrested his club from him and Foley fired at him from the opposite side of Jefferson avenue. The bullet missed Stapleton and went through a plate-glass window. ‘ Foley appealed from his conviction, and while out on bond was connected with several outbreaks of the Bottoms Gang. He was in the West End Physi- cal Culture Club at the time when the Fox robbery occurred there. Soon after he was sent to the Workhouse, reach- ing there a few days before the shooting of Policeman Hutton by “Connie” Sul- livan in the West End Club. It is thought possible that the Mayor will be asked to parole Foley from the Workhouse so that his penitentiary term may begin at once. Oher St. Louis cases affirmed in the Supreme Court are: Clarence Moss, convicted of burglary in the second degree, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. William J. Moran, convicted of per- jury and sentenced to seven years In the penitentiary. DENT SUI CHOKED WOMAN S FINED $50 Z *

Minnie Belle Lightfoot, after telling the police that she was too ill to appear Tuesday, testified before Judge Pollard in the Dayton Street Police Court against James R. Hafer,, whom _ she caused to be arrested Monday night for choking her on the doorstep of her home, 612 North Grand avenue. This is the second time Hafer has been haled into court for disturbing the peace of Miss Lightfoot, to whom he was formerly engaged. Two months ago Judge Pollard fined him $100 for calling her up on the telephone and re- peatedly annoying her. This time Hafer was fined $600. Miss Lightfoot testified that Hafer re- turned to St. Louis a week ago last Sunday and began his telephone calls again. Last Saturday he called at her house. She was too ill to see him, but he annoyed her by persisting in enter- ing the house. Monday night she met him on Grand avenue, a few feét from her home and he grasped her by the arm and dragged her along the street. A motorman who was approaching frightened him into releasing her arm and she ran home. When she reached the porch he overtook her and, she says. choked her. She fainted and two men who live in the house ran out. ‘The poor girl has fainted,’’ they say Hafer exclaimed, and they picked her up and took her into the house. When she revived she called the police to arrest Hafer. Hafer, on the witness stand, says that. Miss Lightfoot wrete him twice to come to her. He says he broke off an en- gagement to her when he learned that she was getting a divorce from her hus- band, Edward Lightfoot, clerk of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He denied he had cheked the young woman.

Mill Tax Suits Continued. . Twenty-one of the 42 summons against the United Railways Company for fail- ure to pay the one mill tax demanded by the city, which were docketed in the Clark Avenue Police Court Tuesday, were continued one week by Judge Tracy. rthem Mendham, N. J. MENDHAM, N. J., Feb. 2—John Gil- mer Speed, author and journalist, shot himself today in his bedroom at the Phoenix House. He lived about ah hour. The bullet passed through his right tem- ple and then through a ‘pane! in the hall, drepping outside the hotel. He left a note saying that he had shot himself. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dudiey Grey of Morristown. Speed was a grand-nephew of Keats, the poet. He was born in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 21, 1858. He was the son of Phillip and Emma Keats Speed. He was a graduate of the University of Louisville, class of 1869. After his graduation, Speed practiced civil engineering and was engineer for several railroads, and later was City Engineer of Lopisville. He was connected with the United States Board of Transportation at the Centennial Exposition in 1876. In 1877 he joined the staff of the New York World and was its managing editor from 1879 to 1883. Among his works were “A Fall River Incident,”’ “The Gilmers in America,” “A Deal in Denver,” ‘The Horse in America,"’ ‘1905 M-16" and a number of others. He was a contributor to _Cen- tury, Harper’s, Forum, North Amer{\an Review, McClure’s, Ainslie’s, Outlook and other magazines.

NEGRO 1S SHOT 10 DEATH Al LUNCH STAND -

William McKay, a white man, shot and instantly killed Will Bradshaw, a negro, at McKay’s lunch stand, 1430 Morgan street, Tuesday afternoon. The negro had been at the stand only a ‘few minutes when there was a quar- ; rel. After the shooting McKay rah soutk cn Fourteenth: street to Washington av- enue and jumped on a moving pay-as- you-enter car of the Page line. Sergt. Kadeski of the Carr Street Dis- trict pursued him, but was too late to board the car. He followed on the car behind. Apparently McKay was trying to es- cape across Eads Bridge. Sergt. Kadeski telephoned police head- aquarters and a telephone message was sent to the East St. Louis police asking to watch the east end of the bridge. : THE BIGGEST 30 CENTS’ WORTH TO BE HAD ANYWHERE! The World Almanac for 1909, with ovcr 800 pages, containing thousands of facts, gathered from the best authorities al) over the world and assembled in one neat volume, is now on sale at the Post-Dispatch counter. It’s the biggest 30 cents’ worth te be: had anywhere—a library in miniature! By mall % cents. The supply is limited. Such Is Life. from Lippincott’s. Many are called, but few get up. Revenge is sweet to the sour. Man’s virtue rests on temperament; a woman’s, solidly on soul. Te keep friends, treat them kindly; to kill them, treat them often. The end: of one’s ambition becomes merely the means to greater effort. Money is a real tragedy! Give it and you make paupers; lend it and you cre- ate enemies; hoard it and you !mperil

your soul.

—_—— SN CASTORIA “J health of Suiaree”: against Experiment. What § tis CASTORIA., Sa Ren ee substance. . a ee ee ie Rape tis i og Th ye isch Me aiat RET : ¢ i . UGS Se are but Experiments, chs see. under his Himself in Room at mild Tinsalivg effec chahineg i suggrior © Laxative Phenacetin,

Johnnie Knew. re the oeaaes. ney Journal. n y: at are tho l ringing for” mkt secs

Johnnie Jump: Because somebody’s pulling ‘em! —_— oO

A the sole reason for the sale. Benne Femme and Grande Dame Curtains $ 8.00 values $3.00 $ 9.00 values $3.50 $16.50 valucs $6.00 Irish Point Curtains From two to four pairs of a pat- tern. $ 7.50 values for $ 8.00 values for $10.00 values for $ 7.50 $16.50 values for $10.50 Arabian Curtains From two to four pairs of a pat- tern. $11.50 values for $18.00 values for $21.00 values for $14.50 $39.00 values for $30.00 Nottingham Curtains From two to four pairs of a pat- tern. $3.00 values for $4.50 values for $ 5.00 $ 5.50 $ 8.50 $12.50 $1.95 $3.25 Make the best of this Curtain opportunity it opens Welnesday,

$6.50 values for $4.50

Department of Interior Decoration—Sixth Floor. And Now for One Grand Clearance of Curtains — Lace Curtains, Madras Curtains, Tapestry Portion, | | i: Etc., Congregated on Our Sixth Floor = |}. LACE CURTAIN sale—an event that will establish Feb | ruary as an important Curtain Clearance month. / In instances the prices aré much ceedingly common. The qualities, of course, are ow halt but half fa ta

+ Be 00 values for - $ 8.00 values for $10.00 values for $11.00 values for $13.50 values for $16.50 values for Madras Curtains (Colored.) "From one to sx pairs of a pate tern. $ 6.50 values for $ 9.50 values for $10.00 values for, $12.50 values for $13.00 values for Portieres $ 6.00 values for $ 6.50 values for | $ 7.50 values for $ 9.00 values for $12.50 values for

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favorite with fashion; seasons. Printed Foulards— | The showing of these always- popular Silks is now very complete. All the new color- ings are present; spot re and stripe effects, as well as conventional designs. 23 and 24 inches wide and 85 to $1.00 a yard. The New Faille Neva— 45 inches wide, and in all late shades; $4.00 a yar. Q2

It is a perfect delight to step from the elevator -on our Second Floor these days, and whether your quest be for Cotton, Woolen or Silken fabries, there need be no hesitation in making a choice. “The Silks Are Glorious” was the way one customer expressed it yesterday, as she : viewed some of the recent Spring novelties—and they are. In addition to Cachemire de 'Soie, Faille Neva, Satin Elysee and Crepe Meteor mentioned some days ago, there have been large arrivals of Printed Foulards and Natural and Colored Shantungs. Every indication points to the latter as a high indeed, Pongee and semi- rough Silks are to have @ vogue not equaléd in some Shantung Silks Shantung in the natural color: is the of and is su. jj

Tenth, Olive and Locust Sti

January in the Frrary bn women look in Those who have ing Poser mare we oceasion to compliment us, not only on extensive variety ag weil. Wash Petticoats of with umbrella ruffle, at

Our Petticoat Sale. Includes Everything From a Washable Petticeat to the Finest Silk — CS | wets oo” ~ i op tah ck Pep | 3 we as , a - ae - iis ‘ y -—— - & fees “a2 5) ee cn the wonderful values, but Nearly every known Petticoat material is represented: ° - i : ag

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_ fpamed es his Kansas bride, Miss Shafer | ters, and I began to be afraid ‘he was’

UE TO BOGUS DEATH PLOT Had One of Many Sweethearts Write Letter to Another Tell- ing of “Awful Tragedy.”

._ GIRL WAS .SUSPICIOUS Traveling Man Also Wanted for Shortage in His Accounts With Carriage Firm. Se With two wives in the West, one fian- eee in St. Louis find another on the Pa- eific Coast, Thomas H. Bolin began try- fmg to untangle his affairs by sending eut a letter stating that he; hdd been killed by an automobile. The letter, shown by it recipient to the police of Yakima, Wash., was compared with a circular, spread broadcast through the West and Northwest, ask- for Bolin’s arrest.. It led to his cap- here, and he is a prisoner at Po- Headquarters on charges of embez- hent and bigamy. ~ Phe letter was written, at Bolin’s dic- tation, by Miss Rachel Schafer, aged 18, ho broke her engagement and left her Oklahoma home two monthé ago to ac- company Bolin, a traveling salesman, to Bt. Louis, It was directed to Miss Scha- fer’s rival, Miss Ada M. Beck of Ya- kima. It related the fictitious fatal accident, “ana stated that, if Miss Beck wished to fearn further particulars, or to send for any of Bolin’s effects, she might write to Thomas Howard of 2216 Olive street, Bt. Louis. Alas, Ie Recognized. The name was fecognized by the Ya- kima authorities as: one of the two aliases used by the fugitive salesman. the other being ‘‘Howard Hastings.” ‘The number proved to be the house where Bolin and Miss Schafer were boarding, and he was arrested there late Monday afternoon, on information wired to the St. Louis police from the Washfngton town. . He is charged with embezzlement of $1200 from the Studebaker Carriage Co.'s branch in Provo, Utah; of having de- serted his wife and two children in Provo to rnarry Miss Adah Gustin in Clements, Kan., and of having later per- - guaded Miss Schafer to leave her: par- ents’ home near Hitchcock, Ok. . His ac- quaintanece with Miss Beck, whom he met while on a business tour of the State Of Washington, came between his gécond marriage and the elopement with Miss Schafer. ) Bolin admitted Tuesday that he was $600 short in his accounts with the Stu- Gebaker concern. He denied that he had more than one lawful wife, and eaid he had intended, in spite of his family in Provo, to marry Miss Schafer Feb. 11, as he had promised. “But I wasn’t going to make myself _@ bigamist by doing it,’’ he said. ‘‘I found some good way to ‘wife. I've been trying to shake I fol go, Fill go te Utah employers and my family. things a whole lot easier I could if they should take Oklahoma, for Miss Schafer’s got in Oklahoma that I don’t ea. thank you.” Although Bolin denied being a biga- , or having ever met the woman he told her, when she pressed him marriage, that he had two already. @ girl said, “that he these two wives some way, me the llth sure. Then he the letter to Miss. Beck nc an about his being killed. I | thought he was going to send word he was dead to his wives too. But @idn’t have me write them any let- | - os to leave me and go to see Miss Gjrt In Sorry Now. “If I had listened to my parents,” @aid the young woman ruefully, “I ‘would never have been here. I was en- ‘waged to a young man in my home town, and ‘my folks thought the world and all of him when Bolin came aléng. “My ‘parents. told me to be careful about traveling men, that some of them were like sailots, with a wire in every ‘port, but Tom talked so nice and wrote such beautiful love. letters that I just ‘couldn't resist him. ‘ “T came to St. Louis with him, expect- ing to be married right away, and we _ Went to the Rozier Hotel. Later we » when I complained about the he. told me about his two wives.”’, he information about Bolin's Kansas arriage comes from the Provo police. set state, in the circular asking for | hat he married Miss Gust- @ week after deserting that he deserted her 10 went to Washington. He only long enough to form | PEIES iT REPUBLICAN IN MAYORALTY RACE a Name of Shoe Company Pres- ident the Latest Suggestion.

Nomination Seems to Lie Be- tween Peters, Caulfield and Blodgett.

The latest Republican suggested for Mayor is Henry W. Peters, president of the Peters Shoe Co. Mr. Peters’ name is put forward coincident with the an- nouncement of Councilman F. Ernest Cramer as a candidate. an equal chance for the support of the Republican organization for Mayor. They are Congressman Henry S. Caulfield, District Attorney Harry Blodgett and Mr. Peters. The Republican organization is not likely to be friendly to Mr. Cramer’s candidacy. Mr. Peters is a member of the Republican State Committee and a director of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co. His experience in politics is limited. Congressman Caulfield and Mr. Blod- gett have been seriously considered as candidates, and it is not unlikely that one or the other of them will ultimately be chosen as the standard bearer of the organization. It {s thought now that chances are slightly in favor of Mr. Blodgett. Cramer Accepts Invitation. Mr. Cramer sent a letter to Leo A. Landau, John Rabenau, Joseph Coyle, N. P. Zimmer, Joseph Hirsch and John J. Meier, representing 30 civic organiza- tions, accepting their invitation to run for Mayor. The plans of the organization and of Mr. Cramer’s friends may be upset by the friends of ex-Circuit Attorney Sager, who are said to be raising a fund of $60,000 to finance his campaign for Mayor. Sager is not an active candi- date, and professes ignorance of any plans to start a mayoralty boom for him. Candidate Makes Pledges, In his letter to the committee Cramer said: ‘If I should be so fortunate as to secure the nomination and subsequently be elected to the high office of Mayor, I’ promise you, and through you to the people of St. Louis, that I will devote my every effort to the upbuilding and advancement of the city in which I have lived all my life, a city which in my ‘judgment is destined to become, when once the handicaps which are now sBti- fling its growth have been removed, che metropelis of God’s fairest and best country. “ ‘Equal justice to all and special priv- fleges to none’ will be the keynote of my. administration. To the accomplishment of this ideal I am willing to consecrate the best years of my life.’”’

Too Much for Mr. Bok. | From the Ladies’ Home Journal. Inquirer: To the best of my knowl- edge there is no excuse that would benefit a condition of bow legs in a gir) of 17. CRAMER A CANDIDATE Three men are now considered to have i TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2 ‘1909, DOE ALLELE, ELIE LID OLE «OO SO PR EAL A EE A TE TLE ORO =

styles an New Spring Drapery and Rugs New Spring, 1909, Art Ticking, new Cretonnes and new. aealinte in all the wanted patterns and color combinations; at splendid bargain prices.............., pevactecese™ Advance shipment of new Room Rugs and small in a grand assortment; colorings unexcelled; in Wilton, Sen Body Brussels, Crex, Tapestry~ Brussels, Kashani: Velvet and Bathro6m Rugs; and choice selection at these splendid gh 122c to 35c a rare

and exclusive styles. $3.00 Wool Ottoman Suitings..48ce $3.00 Camel’s-Hair Suitings. ..48e $2.00 Wool Crash Suitings. ...59e $2.25 Twilled Cheviots........59e $2.00 Wool Satin Plaids; ......59e $3.00 Navy Blue Cheviots 69c $1.50 Novelty Poplins 69c $2.00 Chevron Suitings. , 698c $1.25 Colored Freaéh Voile... .89¢ $2.50 Tan Crash Suitings......89e¢ Dress Goods, Oh,’ So Cheap We CONTINUE OUR PHENOMENAL SALE of Dress _ Goods for Wednesday. These extraordinary low prices are made possible owing to “the purchase of the stock of Silberstein Ladies’ Tailoring Co., 3830 Olive St., at a frac- tion of its cost. Mr. Silberstein imports high-class fabrics The Spring Quarterly wi the Ladies’ Home Journal Patterns Is An Excellent Investment } 6 bare IS NO END to the dissatisfaction 89c | 98ec $1.50 Silk and Wool Voiles... $2.00 Novelty-Voiles. . ¢2.00 Black Bordure Voiles. ...98ec $2.00 Satin Bordure Suitings. .98c $2.00 Grecian Border Suitings, 98c $1.75 Colored French Voiles. $1.18 $2.50 Colored Broadcloths.. .$1.25 $4.50 Novelty Silk Voiles...$1.50 $3.50 English Kersey Cloths.$1.69 $3.00 Colored Broadcloths.. . $1.89 in having a suit, dress, waist. or any other article of apparel if you are not entirely satisfied ,with it. t of all, ‘the style is not what/you would have it be, the fit is not perfect, the color is not in harmony with those you afterward found to be in vogue, and so on. We know this is the correct diagnosis of thousands of cases. Is it yours? The Rémedy: Buy a Spring Quarterly Sty#e Book! With it we give you a 15-cent Ladies’ Home Journal Pattern free. The pattern itself is worth more

than 20 cents, and the Quarterly at tgast 50

wanted ents: Two styles of Black Sateen Petticoats; one with deep tucked flounce, the other has two ruffles; reg- 89c ular $1.15 values; Wednesday Black Mercerized Sateen Petticoats; splendid quality; deep ruffle; finished with plaiting; regular $1.25 garment; Wednesday Black and Colored Petticoats Here are four attractively priced items for Wednesday on new and cents, but you get both for 20c Consider how much you are going to spend for clothes this Spring. You surely will want to invest your money in the best way— the best style—the best color suggestions— the best way to fit, etc.—everything the best, and: these are-found in the Quarterly Style Book, which contains 1500 illustrations, each one representing authoritative Spring styles. No guesswork. Take home One of these valuable books and study what you would like to wear. You can select your pattern whenever you are coer with. deep plaited flourtce, finfShed with sec- tional ruffle: Wednesday. Mercerized Jersey Top 93 with 12-inch circular flounce of taffeta silk; these are close-fitting "gps made to wear with the ‘new gowns; black only; Wednesday Black and Colored Taffeta eS OS i i dd a a eee eee eee ee eee eae ae

ready, thus avoiding making a hasty selec-

Wanted Rough Silk Suitings Shantung Silks are gaining tremen- dous popularity; plain, all - silk, rough weave; 27 inches wide; in a line of new Spring colors; priced at, per

— ee a a SO en a in, Till - —_ 36°Inch Irish Dress Linens ae ee Plain-Colored Irish Dress Linens, in gom- plete line of colors, including all-the de- sirable shades of pinks, sky, cadet, nile, helio, bro own; priced etl ie Both for . mem wees HOME JOURNAL PATTERNS

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A tremendous sale Monday and there’s more to come—

$18 Ostermoor Metrens Wists ico che eneuavessiodce eee only instance where the manufacturers have

<— atvisccbie went wear- Overcoat; value si 50; Wednesday $14.75 for Men’ S ‘2a. 50 Svite—Finest of all-wool cheviota, cassimeres and swell, dressy, up-to-date Re ane in fancy mixtures; also plain black and blue; artistically tailored and modeled after latest I fF Suits that sold for "$22. 50; Wednesday. ..cceceesssserecncscs if

THIS MICHIGAN WOMAN'S ADVICE Will Be Helpful to Every Girl and Woman Who Is Losing Weight and Strength. — Neglect or improper treatment of woman’s ills almost inevitably leads to a train of unfortunate results and fre- uently to a lifetime of misery. In time almost every organ of the body becomer/ affected, the nervous system is broken down, the digestion is weak- ened and symptoms of kidney trouble develop. Women who become pale and lose weight and ambition and are subject to headaches and fainting spells, need such a tonic as Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. They are especially adapted for girls and women of all ages, and give just the aid required to bring back health and strength to the nervous and ex- haus Mrs. 'h. A. Warriner, of Litchfield, Mich., says: “I was sick for about a year and every woman of my age will recognize the symptoms. My stomach would. not retain food, tapos orgy up with gas, causing me vornit. My kidneys were weak, hy lame and the pains in m “4 legs and feet were so ter: rible that I could not bear to stand. I had palpitation of the heart and dizzy, fainting spells, when everything got black before my eyes. I was nervous,

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Coats itted Coats; black and colorings. 34 and full length garments; vation lined, half lined and tailor iped seams; half-fitted and tight- all-wool materials of medium- weight kersey cloth, diagon- als, fancy mixtures.and covert cloths; full

—And Coats

Fur-Lined Full fur collars; garments fur lined throughout, with full skins of blend- ed Canadian mink; body of Codt is made of all-wool kersey; in black only; $10.00, $15.00 and $18.00 gar- ments, now at this low price—

Long Coats in a es at i Low Price OLE inventory discloses that we s#™l have too many Long Cloth Coats and Fur-Lined Coats. Our desire to dispose of these Winter garments at once esha to mark them at such low prices that they will not remain in our stock yery long. You will find desirable eg materials and high-class tailoring, and as-we are . still to have plenty of cold weather, this sale is most op portune. Long Cloth ] at 45-inch to 52-inch garments; | Skinner satin and half da long garments; semi-fitted and tight- | fitted Long Coats; finest all-v al roadclo imported novelty we and English coverts and or cloths‘and fancies; black and colorings.

Fur storm collars of eahibd coney a river mink; full-ekia. fur } E n

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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

‘TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1909.

RHA WINS “CHEERS I TILT ] puiit in Chouteau avenue and not ata your route.” “I have no route,’’ snapped O'Reilly. “Well, you have said that it would be impossible to build the bridge in Chouteau avenue,’ said Webster. “I re- member that, veéause when I called on you with Mr. Barret and the ‘Three Musketeers’ and asked you why you said that you told me it was none dof my business.”’ **Yes,’’ said O'Reilly, ““‘anmd I repeat now that it is none of your business.” Called Real Eatate Scheme, Duncan Patterson, a coal dealer, who said that he represented the Sixth Ward Improvement Association and the Chou- teau Avenue Citizens’ Association, at- tacked the Chouteau avenue approach. . “Tf this is a scheme engineered by the

Real Estate Exchange the people ought to know it,’’ Patterson said. He then produced a plat purporting to substantiate his assertion that the Iron Mountain Railway stands ready to give up its ground for the bridge approach. Gerhart answered Patterson heatedly. He said that the coal dealer had no right to make insinuations of a real es- tate scheme.

After this diversion, the Board of Public Improvements went into execu- tive session with all members present. Alfred P. Boller, the engineer, Council- man A. R. Thomson and Councilmar Charles Stix were invited to attend. Mr. Boller stated that he could deter- mine in two weeks whether it woctd be practicable from an engineer’s stand- point to build the west approach of the |

pridge in Chouteau avenue. Until his opinion is obtained the bill In the Coun- cil providing ior the bridge in Chouteau avenue, will be held up. The -public hearing developed Presi- dent O'’Rellly’s reason for not desiring the bridge built in Chouteau avenue. He stated that he was oppased to building the bridge in the street be- caubke it TONE Seere with the Tim- 5 tay ete ey ins Soe ae tas ST BR 2 a i > yy f° ee a7 By %E. ° Pin c Pe. S 4 ss eS; yin a 5 +" % ee. Mer ex 7 Peg 4 3 ‘es % om _ in Mr. O'Reilly in interviews has repeated- ty said he favored. Gerhart said that expért real estate Hydrogen Peroxide; Sei! bottle; 10¢ Slits aaa ce -ancee 19¢ Tooth Brushes; assort- ¢ 2 ; ed shapes and sizes..... 35c Shimmer Silk Ginghams—W sae we will place on sale 200 pieces Shimmer Silk Ginghams; an extra fine wash fabric; in the newest shirt-waist and dress styles; the colors are perfectly fast; warranted 35c quality ; sale price named for Wednesday, per yard (Main deo! J strong Silk iar’ large.. igi | Safety Pins; 1 doz. ensorife : : sizes on card; always ah : 39e Wire Adjustable Hair Roles: sses3--5 7 06

| eens Opening Sale of ™manded O'Reilly, and the two began dis- : —s as to whether O'Reilly had fa- | © Vored any route at all. '.. “What you are saying is fo this discussion, anyhow,” said Nottingham Lace ign to s long, in white or ‘Reilly

4 Offered te Show Maps. | “Well, it’s not my route,” said O’Reil- i “T'll show you the map of my route.” |. He sent a clerk to Gerhart with 4 "Map. Gerhart thanked him sarcastically. » “If you'll come to my office,’’ he said » Meaningly, “I'll show you some maps | you will appreciate. O’Rellly made no a ns ‘ = peely, and the remark was not explain-

5c —19x40, very fine merceri Towels Huck Towels; worth 1 se 10¢ —19x38. very good Unio Towels hemmed Towels: are ayy ue 19¢c value —Grand assortment a | Towels values; worth to 50ers ma Extra large Turkish Bath Towels; very slightly imperfect; WOFke BaGr i Aas 3s kbdinc tc 124 TOWZLINGS l 600 yards pure linen Glass — 5000 yards bleached Scotch Barns-

cameo designs; all good colors; yard.....

D —60-inch mercerized GMase gniendid quality, bleached Damask; eauti- ful goods and patterns; ac- tual 50c value; 9 1600 ...::: ere ase C —72-inch extra heav Damask bleached imported Iris Table Damask ; 65c value 38c —85c very finest Damask , leached mercerized Damask: you never saw such splendid value before; 2-46 inch; 85c goods at C —72-inch very fine, Damask jeavy bleached, all-lin- en Scotch Damask; $1.25 value, but these we bought very low; very good at $1.00 yard Napkins to match Our Immense Bargain ‘Basement Dress Remnants $= |Knit Underw'r | Musi Underwear Linens 5200 yards Aga Serge; all Ladies’ full-front | ure 1; 38 inches wide; | Men’s Heavy -Lined Se Linen- Ba aed Crash; 17- full fr abe Shirts; Ladies’ Union Suits esoaghe Covers; | 4 inch ; : ss: rae 32 4 ewest colors all the nm age Wim oa mt ! + Hg * coat =a All- :

A beautiful line of Scalloped and Bat- tenberg Doylies; regular 10c 19¢ and 25¢, values; Opening Price 80x30 Hemstitched Squares, with drawn borders; regular 39c values; Opening ‘ } Qc Price 18x54 Hemstitched Scarfs, with drawn borders; regular 49c. values; Opening sili li hem- Cleths ais border Table Cloths; 2%-yard size; $1.50 value; extra value. 95c > When Gerhart, replying to a _ sar- >. Gastic reference by O'Reilly to “‘the 700,- i 3 000 people you represent,”’ produced the = resolution authorizing him to represent > the Real Estate Exchange and Free ') > Bridge Committee, the members of the Board of Public Improvment read pam- . phiets and scrutinized maps with studied ifference.. After concluding the speech, Gerhart Walked up to O'Reilly. “To show there's no personal feeling in this,” he said, “shake hands.” O'Reilly put out one hand unsmilingly, and Gerhare shook it heartily. O’Rellly ks Information. _ After Gerhart had talked for an hour and fifteen minutes and had finished bis speech O'Reilly said: . _* “Now, Mr. Gerhart, would you mind -. telling us where you want the bridge?’ } “I think I’ve made that clear,” ‘re.

Hemstitched Sets 4,2 ° exits mercerized Hemsatitched Cloth and 6 Napkins to match; worth $4. 50; just 2.00 h D k Nepkintsociser...... 4C - ’ lit Napkinsjieg2ned Damask Din- ner Napkins; $ | .50 grade

—2000 Hem- stitched Cases;

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ing; worth 15c; how is this.. ley Toweling; l4c value . 600 yards very heavy all-linen Toweling 80c Toweling; extfa heavy ang — 20 inches wide; pure nen. es +++

Opening Sale of Heatherbloom Detticoals Embroidered Taffeta Heatherbloom shiring and tucks; extra Q&c 20c Hosiery, 10c ‘ - a t $2.50 (cine ates deh baad

Sheridan Webster, secretary of »\ She United Free Bridge Committee, | \erose, “pe continued his interrupt-

46-inch Imported Remnants vest satin

| y “abe full Umbrella Draw- 089, ! 2 >

nts 6 50- tach ail ‘eg * French Bleached Pillow Case Domes- Covert Jackets $ | 00 SKIRTS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. ON THE MAIN FLOOR—CENTER AISLE vide; all colors and black; Strauss & cloth Shirts; nice, neat, Fur Scarfs... cords; all colors; worth this new store at any time and you will always find a better quality at a lower price than is offered anywhere else in the city. : ‘ecru; worth $2.00; Sale of our new store. Big stock of Claflin’s “seconds,” always eagerly Towels; 17x32; worth dc: all at. drawn centers; regular 15c designs; 500 mercerized Cloths; 1¢-4 Sheets” *‘:’: hae extra | e —2500 : eacne Pillow Slips” peasy. “iinen- a finish had; 85c value 2 & Wash Goods Domestics nearer and such things,” he said. ’ heels and toes ; dren's polar ®- actual value 9c; . c Seersucker, Ginghams; t is the people’s belief that it should sheeting cloth; Wednesda engths ang over; Heavy ggg Taffeta Silk Petti- tie; 836i : o; Wane ML: J ust Read These Prices on St & St 3 $5.0 Strauss & Stumer’s $7.50 Black Cloth Skirts: 3 in plain or eo Mp | ; . , ii ‘ | | Strauss & Strauss & Stumer’s $12.50 Black Skirts; in fine Panama; Zz Q Coats; long and short; ‘ee 3. 98 ‘$ 8 Strauss & Stumer’s $10.00 Dress | CHOICE OF EVERY TRIMMED HAT: Strauss & Stumer’s “$17.50 Long Winter stock; formerly sold for $ | (00) Coats; full satin- “ay 9 8 ss e > iewuas & Stumer’s 695; 00 WAISTS OSTRICH TIPS— FLOWERS — Choice Long Coats; finest goods Strauss & Stumer’s $1.25 ? 5c 3 in bunch— C assorted ; on center Sinewen Mh Situs Me Vision UNTRIMMED FELT HATS—Choice every Waisis: visi re © Sees van teed ser, ot la worth $1.00 to $2.00 Opening Sale of | Strauss & Stumer’s All-Silk Messa- DIPRONS 1 Men’s Shi Strauss & Stumer’s $15.00 Tailored line Waists; black and $1 9 § . hirts Suits; in fine Panama oo 2 2 See? sf 1() : FURS Stumer price 19¢c; yard C Strauss & Stumer’s $25.00 Tailored én new, up-to-date patterns; Suits; in finest mate- : eae Opening Sale Wash Goods | ““** Strayss & Stumer’ s $60.00 Tailored trauss umer’s "¢ Suits; in finest materials and Fur Scarts. . be 98 5 ni | to 1744; OTS og 0.00 ‘ |The Opening ,". New Store Monday “Grand Success Lace Curtains Our _ 3 sii | From the moment we opened our big, new store at Broadway and Morgan on Mgnday morning we have — almost overwhelmed by the crowds of delighted 100 Rope Fortieres; $ 00; Wednesday s2.00 Lace Curtains; Annual Sale of Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, Towelings and Fancy Linens AG 1; wa S h d S lj OUR OPENING LINEN SALE is to surpass anything in size and values we’ve ever attempted. ) “It seems to me that the element o Wednesday, a. is certainly pertinent,” sald Ger. & pair .. ects an Ip S items below taken at random just give a faint idea of their character, and we’ve scores of ie 3 | Opening Sale of hits sep" = 0 former — in — aim <a this 'p greatest Art Needlework our history ot again this year is it probable that such values in Table Damasks Palftern Cloths TOWELS sought after and they melt away like snow. Also immense mill shipments Damask, asabtted eee put on sale at the closest margin of profit. Come and see. values; Opening Sees PP agg = size; $1.25 tease 5c quality; 39c fairly Bod. : ° —1800 eache _ extra Pillow Slip 36x86 : Sheet Blen She He and 42x36; worth to 12c wows Cases; 42x36 Sheets ~ 1x80; good. sheeting: round-thread besitn; worth 60c; e- worth to 15c¢ bleached, pelenane, gost cut worth 686.2. linen- Sheets; the Pi Bioacned Pinow Caress” 1 24C full flare; $1.50 value.. Maren fot Mase Cotton Hen; te | speeder Abe oF one gard wideand. “Have you any information ag to the to. 9%: for sibe:, choice, Wednesday ‘site for the bridge?” a ges ag : 10c Unbleached Domestic; ast colors; 43c 1 Chouteau avenue and not on the 15 pemennts of yard-wide paral ites with poset : - * \ . Suits, Skirts, Waists, Furs || Strauss & Stumer’s $5.00 mixtures ture, Satin-Lined Coats. Becnnalll S gt 50 ls Se Cs hte Priced to Clean Up at Once full satin- -lined Skirts; in fine voile, oan % 4. Q h' ama and fancy mixtures $3.00, $5.00, $7.00, $10.00... lined $9.98 10 SUITS : Law n an d Madras Waists. - all colors table; worth 50c.. C . Colored Felt Hat; large and ae shapes; embroidered.... Spring Suits colors..... ALL-SILK TAFFETA RIBBON—4},-in. 200 doz. Men’s fine madras and broadcloth Strauss & Stumer’s $5.00 $ | 00 rials attached workman- ? 5 00 ‘Strauss & Stumer’ s $60 | e fine Mink: Scarfs. . choice for ae henill patrons who have visited us. Never before has such a collection of Jependable goods of every description been offered at prices so low as ours. Come to made 0 1eavy chenille . Curtains, 3% yar Plenty of room now, and values you'll remember. Greatest linen values in our history. The : ail ° pee others equally as good, so don’t miss them. Sheets, Slips and Bed Spreads will be offered as in this great Opening 18-inch Hemstitehed Doylies, with Damask =2?°, Danetent asabitee 3800 Hemmed Huck Hang Cloths —Genuine good quality —2000 bleached — eache emme Pillow Slips Sheets sheets:“72250, "47" Cases; Bleached Hem- : worth 55c; 72x9v size 7 —4000 Bleached Pillow Slip 3 eh pod Oc «ete see 81x90, Pillow Slips Sheets EA Tat Rc l7c value Sheets we have ever 0 oe Sale i a We don't want to hear about the or wide rib; double knees, ladies’ ane onl | Ac C heavy quality ; i Be in Chouteau Avenue. . 38% inches wide; fine Silk Petticoats yt a flare and

10c value; Wednesday.

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ST. Louis POST-DISP LADD I OAL OO te TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1909. —_—_— ——— — ——oeo Our dining room enjoys the patronage of déscriminating 8t. Louisans, which is evidence of the excellence of the cuisine and service. The Eleventh Annual Sale of Infants’ and Children’s Sample Dresses--Savings of One-thire rd), [NFAN TS’ and Children’s Sample Dresses of finest quality Persian lawn, math ‘India linon and nainsook; prettily trimmed with German Val. or Cluny lace, nainsook embroidery, tucks and ustitching; ages up to 5 years. $1.50 for § le Dresses and Skirts worth $2.25 : 3. Sample Dresses Skirts worth $2. 00 for ‘Sample Drespes and Skirts worth $3.00 | wad $4.00 for Sample ones and Skirts ee om 50 for stenple Dresses and Skirts worth $3.75 $5.00 for Sample Dresses and wth: ax Also specials in regular lines. ‘ Extra Special Infsnts’ Pillow Slips ANTS’ Sample Pillow Slips, of white lawn 1 nainsook; trimmed with ruffle of embroidery, tucks and hemstitching ; values up to $2; choiee, 9 oo ois | Children’s rawer W Le | PJ ADE of cambric; full front; with hace vc a neck. and. sleeves; ages 2 to 12 yearay 2 r wee at 19¢, Child D 19¢ ADE of Mainstay muslin and cambric; foreed sides; worked buttonholes; with de embroidery or hemstitched ruffle and cluster of ages up to 18 yours; fogular We and She valuears ‘ — 2 f for ao ]f EN’S Sox; guaranteed for six months’ weal can be had in black, tan and all the want shades; put ae & one-half dozen in box; on per box, $ oe (Main Floor.) Curtains and Drapery Reduced ( Three-Piece Suit at $19.7 OTTINGHAM Lace Cur- OTTINGHAM Sash Lace : | N tains; Irish Point, Bat- N and Fish Netting; for “[ HREE-PIECE Suits will be quite the vogue this coming tenberg and Brussels designs; making den, library or dining- weakest oe pou des ew ie igptande: 4 coe ta hit ; 3 and 3% : er, an em 86 By white and cream; 3 and 3% room curtains, ete.; ecru and special price, and wa th offer t] to you at a like save —_— LE LO EL AIC IT: PI .~ ws . . as! f ae “ -

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= A Sale of Corsets, $1.69 BROKEN assortment of high-class Corsets, in fancy brocade and plain coutil; all good models; high bust; long hips; two pairs of supporters attached ; iy wens price, choice, $1.69. (Second Floor.) a

choice of these styles, 98c.

on ny Man’s Suit in Stock, $10 Tus is the offering that has startled the retail clothing world, and is quickly ridding us of our 10

stock of Fall and Winter clothing for men and pilot. He often made trips to hig coun- try place, a distance of 50 miles from Paris, and next year he confidently ex- pects to use the air yacht for business trips to Berlin and London. The air- ship is fitted up comfortably. Has Dene 30 Miles Per Hou The entry is made jointly by Sidney B. Bowman and Albert C. Triaca. The airship is of the familiar Lebaudy type of general construction,. but has the latest improveménts known to the art of aeronautics. It is 180 feet long, holds about 100,000 feet of gas, weighs 3500 pounds and has a 120-horsepower motor. In its aerial voyages it has made an average speed of 30 miles an hour. ‘On a trip I took with M. Clement,’’ said Mr. Bowman, “we sailed above Paris with vastly more comfort than you could find in most motorcars. The airship hasalmost no oscillation vi- bration. “The airship we shall enter for the $10,000 prize ‘will be altered in some de- tails in order to gain: greater speed. We shall probably take only three men in the race, although the air yacht is cap- . able of carrying a dozen persons.” The four entries before received are from Capt. Baldwin, Leo Stevens, Chas. J. Glidden and Mark O. Anthony. In spite of the fears of many experi- enced aeronauts that aeroplanes, with the exception of the Wright machine, are not sufficiently advanced to enter the contest, it is known that several of the leading exponents of the heavier- than-air principle in this country are bending every energy to’ have machines ‘feady for the great race. Opportunity Is Distinctive. Capt. Thomas Scott Baldwin, who was the first to make an entry in the Fulton flight, telegraphed that he had just re- ants of the State, to do our duty to the Democrats, but we are here not as Democrats or Republicans, but as serv- State and not to parties. The recount was the right thing and though it was costly it settled the question of who was elected.” Mr. Gmelich suggested that new elec- tion laws be passed as the outcome of the contest to avoid future controversies over mistakes. FINANCIAL PLAN FOR TURKEY PARIS, Feb. 2.—Foreign Minister Pi- chon informed the members of the French Cabinet today that Russia, Great Britain and France are in complete ac- cord on the Russian proposal to end the differences between Bulgaria and Turkey by hers#f indemnifying Turkey for the secession of Bulgaria and col- lecting the money thus credited to Tur- key in periodic payments from Bulgaria. For The Public New Formula Cures Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis and Hoarseness in Five Hours. Much is being done in these days to stop the ravages of consumption, but prqbably nothing has been so effective as teaching the public how to break up a cold and cure coughs, bronchitis, tonsilitis, etc., with simple home-mixed medicine free from opium, poisons, etc. A laxative cough syrup, free from whiskey and poisons is the prime need. A cough indicates inflammation and congestion and these in turn are due to an excess of waste and poisons in the system. A tonic laxative cough syrup rids the system of congestion while relieving the painful coughing.

—remember, the fine productions of Rosen- wald & Weil are included; choice... Any Boy’s akg or Overcoat in the House for $4.95 Values Range Up to $17.50: Sizes From 24 to 17 Years | ohh - style Suit and Overcoat for boys in short pants; every new weave, pattern and color is represented; odd garments wey in great variety from our © #@, best selling lines; regular cw = $8.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 3 and $17.50 values; choice of any garment, $4.95. Any Pair of Men’s Odd Trousers, values to $8.50, choice $2.95. HESE are by far the greatest Pants values yet offered in St. Louis; ex- cellent fitting Trousers, made by Rosenwald & Weil; a: $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, $7.00 and Ze: 88. 50 lines; choice of the

yards long; full width; -$2.50 values: pair, $1.50. OTTINGHAM Bed Sets; with two Shams to match; in antique lace de- signs; for full-size bed; worth to $2.75, at $1.65. URTAIN Muslin; . dotted and figured; for making bedroom curtains, bed spreads, one-half sash curtains, ete.; per yard, 12%e. ORTIERES; plain and self- toned Armure or tapestry ; with cord or Van Dyke edge; some with tapestry border; $7.50 values; on sale at 85.00. white; 29c value; yard, 19¢c. ouCcH Covers: 60 inches wide and 3 yards long;- in rich Oriental colorings or-] fringed all= Bagdad stripes. around; $3 value; for $1.98. WISS Ruffled Curtains; figured and dotted; full ruffle; a few with Battenberg edge and inserting; 2% yards long; $1.25 value; per pair, 89c. COTCH and Cable Net Curtains; | advance Spring showing; new- est creations; dainty designs; white . and cream; full len 4 yy ‘width; $4.50 value; at #3. (Fourth Floor.)

Sale of High-Grade Sewing B Machines

HESE are our own special branded Machines and are made by one of = most reliable makers of Sewing Machines in the country. $17.50 Sewing Machine, $10.98

ABINET of oak ; drawer; years; selected quartered latest improved stand; five- drop head; guaranteed for ten set of nickel-plated attachments with each machine; $17.50 value; $10.98. $25 Sewing Machine, $16.95

CABINET of selected oak, with golden oak finish; latest pattern stand: with ee oe device; four drawers; auto- ea matic lift set of nickel- plated at- tachments, rang a ten-year guarantee with each machine; $25.00 value; for $16.96. $35.00 King Sewing Machine, $25.00

THE latest improved Sewing Machine on the market: a very simple and well constructed machine; the work this machine will do is quite varied, and our expert operator will be merits; ments to show you its ments, and a ten-year jee of dress is very prettily mad a One oe ee them. T BEY are made of fine q chiffon broadcloth ; the cut V-shape front and back, Si: finished with self-straps and plaits both front and back, g segs. ing down front and forming a panel effect; coat ‘is 4° inches long and lined with self- has large patch sleeves trimmed with colored satin; pockets ; satin-covered buttons and self-col-. ored braid; turndown self-collar and wide satin ties come in black, blue, smoke and gray; this Ae an exceptionally clever model ; reg- ular $30.00 value; at $19.2 13. Winter Coats Reduced

QUE entire stock of Winter including Coats of Coats, Broadcloths, Covert, Velvet, Ben- galine, Cheviots, Serges and Cara- culs, also Evening Coats, reduced to a fraction of their value; in full length and three-quarter styles ; Empire, ! semi-fitted ard fitted models— $15.00 to $20.00 Coats, $8.95 $22.50 to $25.00 Coats, $10.98 $27.50 to $30.00 Coats, $14.75 $35.00 to $37.50 Coats, 19.75 $40.00 to $45.00 Coats, | 75 a complete set of nickel-plated attac guarantee with each machine; $35.00 value; for tie. $2.95 os Instructions for operating are given free wit $50. 00 to $75. 00 Coats, 50 “and. (Second Floor.) , ne (Fifth Floor.) (Third Floor.) Final Reductions on Women’s Coats ) Wednésda Basement Barg: r — $7.95 to $16.50 Winter Coats at $5.90 _ y gains = : : Children's Coats, 50c Child’s Rompers, Etc, — Made of all-wool serge; box * Children’s Rompers, Dr ~eeived this dispatch from C. H. Curtiss who is with Dr. Alexander Graham Bell at Baddeck, Nova. Scotia. “Received your telegram announcing the World-Post-Dispatch $10,000 prize for ee sgreaaty cages gang bas seicetin ns twenty drops every half hour jor machine. for the event which I regard four hours. Then one-half to one tea- as the greatest opportunity ever given époonful three or four times daily. ‘the aerohaute of America.” ive children less acvording to age. Mr. Bishop and the members of the Sedge’ pe ane sare See come Get the following and mix at home: One-half ounce fluid wild cherry bark, one ounce compound essence cardiol and three ounces syrup white pine compound. Shake the bottle and take ced machine.

Wednesday Basement Bargains’ Cambric Muslin Shaker Flannel Soft-finished Bleached Cam- Good quality, soft - fleeced,

Contest Committee of the Aero Club of America are working on the rules and regulations for the great race. “It is not generally known,” said Mr. Bishop, “that this will be the first real race for airships that the world has ever seen. All of the prizes offered abroad are for the performance of some specific feat, while in the case of the Fulton flight it will be a real race, and _. it will in this case certainly be to the switt.”

Difference Between Twins, From the Naghville Bariner. ‘The Lady: Why you're exactly alike, aren’t you? The Twin: Not exactly, ma'am, WI1I- lie he’s got 67 more freckles than me.

Pebruary tet to th, Quaker Oats Week. This is the week of good breakfasts—“Quaker Oats Week,” observed all over the United States. Doyour part; eat no other cereal this week. The best of all cereal foods.

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a ebruary Sale of _ | FURNITURE

Is Now in Progress HE occasion must of necessity ~ appeal to everyone with fur- ~ niture needs, as it embraces all the grades from the least ex- dependable qualities to the Sree Ate article: is Otfered

‘brie Muslin; 36 inches wide; cream-white Cotton Shaker for women’s underwear; Flannel; worth 61¢ a yard ; worth 814e a yard; at Se. on sale at 4c. Table Damask Bed Biankets Fine imported, highly mercer- Heavy Cotton Bed Blankets; 11-4 and 12-4 sizes; white ized Table Damask; 60 inches wide; six. styles; or gray; worth $1. 50: a pair; worth 59c a yard; at 39c. on sale at 98c. g Lace Curtains English Longcioth Nottingham Lace Curtains; Soft-finished English Long- exceptionally good quality ; cloth; 36 inches wide; 10- neat designs. worth $3.50 a yard lengths ; worth $1.00 a pair: at $1.98. bolt of 10 yards ; at 68c. Portieres Huck Towels Odd Portieres; all colors in Bleached Huck Towels; size the assortment; some can be 17x32 inches; worth 7%e matched ; worth up to $4.00 each; at 5e. a pair; at, each, '78e. Bed Spreads Drapery Goods Remnants of Swiss, Cretonnes White Crochet Bed Spreads; full size. worth $1.00 each; and Curtain Net: worth up on sale at 69e. to 30c a yard; Wednesday, 3 O'Clock Special __per yard, 9c. Men’s Shirts EDNESDAY at 3 o’clock we will place on sale 42 EN’S Negligee Shirts, of dozen cotton-filled Bed Com- percale and madras; forts; large size (72x78 inches) ; stripes, dots, figures and plaids; fancy silkoline —— 9 fd Cc cuffs attached or detached; regu- worth $1.75 each; ands filled.) lar 50c values; Wednesday, (No mail or ove lg Oo choice, 29c. ie

‘ Coffee Machines

'F OR Wednesday's : pr lagen. we ot er & : ty-five high - grade Coffee Machines; many styles and sizes ; made of pr ae : met in . Ais: ees

style; rolling collar and cuffs; ages up to 5 years; $1.25 ‘values; at rong HS White Petticoats, 9 Made of cambric; deep te

and Gowns 0 in light aN, dark worth up to 50c; this sale, 25c. DUC Dres IOUOU. flare ruffle of ‘lawn, with ‘The lot includes dark open embroidery ruffle, headed with embroidery in- sertion and tucks; cambrie dust ruffle; worth $1.50; a a sale at 98e. Women's Drawers, 19¢ Made of cambric; deep ruffle with . hemstitched hem and cluster of tucks; 25c values; at 19¢, Women’s gowns — | gyre’ of cambric erent styles. V-she styles re Mle with om beading; 75c

broken - checked with overchecks of ¢ om rs;

lace insertion and values; at 50c. 1.00 Corsets, 69 R & G, W. B. and Louise Corsets ; high bust; long hips and back ; two pairs of supporters attached; new models, and al] clean ; regular $1.00 Cor- sets ; Wednesday, your choice for 68e.

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WE DNESDAY we offer you unrestricted choice of any Worman’s Winter Coat in the Basement Cloak. Section at the remarkabl offering includes all our Winter Coats that sold for $7.95, $9. 95, $10.98, $12.50, $13.50 and $16.50. There will be a big crowd for these Conte: § ~ On| and it’s advisable to be here when the doors open. A TR geaebog kereaye and woreteds; some lined with satin low price of $5.90. This} ~~ To

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oa ae a e LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

r Pe ans. M. ade for Winners ~ of “Trip to Was. to See President Laft Conditions of 7% Election. Those Eligible: Any member of the high sehools in St, Louis and East St. Louis and of the next graduating class, highest grade, in any — or parochial school in the same ongressman’ Bartholdt’s Aid Is Enlisted in Behalf of School Children. SIT TO WHITE HOUSE -

Every Eligible Pupil Equal Chance.

’ 4 Bast St. Louis who-are to be the ilests of the Post-Dispatch for a week’s ip to Washington to see the inaugura- ion of President Taft, and the sights in 4 around the national capital, will be sduced to and greeted by the next ident of the United States. Congressman Richard Bartholdt, who Fepresents the Tenth District of Mis- jourl in the House of Representatives, nd. himself a loyal St. Louisan, is mak- ig arrangements which will insure that xe winners of the Post-Dispatch elec- ion will not leave Washington with- jut paying their respects to the na- ‘tion’s Chief Magistrate. _For the first few days before and taking the oath of office President ; Soe be an unusually busy man. A d and one affairs of state and lems of national government will de- his attention, but engrossed in as he will be, he will yet find to receive thegpupils from St. and East St. Louis. a Like a Political Campaign. ‘Interest in the election of pupils to be ‘of the Post-Dispatch party ues to grow. - Ambitious boys girls of eligible age and advance- {nm studies are organizing their and classmates just like any te for political honors. ‘The conditions of the election guar- ntee a free field and equal opportuni- for one anxw all. The announcement # the Post-Dispatch that no newspa- rs would be sold in bulk or quanti- merely for the purpose of securing lots makes certain the -elimination 0f favoritism. Every ballot deposited this election must come from news- ; printed and distributed for regu- ‘Yar, bona fide readers. 4 ‘Furthermore, no child or relative of ‘@n employe of the Post-Dispatch is eli- ‘Bible to election. + Care should be taken that ballots are Tec i by the Post-Dispatch before ” the date of their expiration. Ballot No. o, 2 _ printed in the Sunday Post-Dis- a last Sunday, with a limitaation a of fv @ days. This period of time passes /aeureday. Unless mailed by that day "Ballot No. 1 will be void. oe vo lot No. 2, printed last. Monday, ex- Friday; Baliot No.\ 3, printed in is issue, expires Saturday. © postmarks on envelopes containing “yotes will be accepted as final proof in 1 cases as. to the date of delivery. For ance, Ballot No. 3, if stamped by @ postoffice on Thursday, will be ac- although the envelopes them- May not be handed to the Post- ; h until Friday. E would be a better plan, however, >) Wait until the last few hours be. nding in your votes. | Standing of Candidates. ‘The standing of the contestants will be for the first time next Sunday ) Sunday Post-Dispatch. Ballots i after the hour of noon Satur- yl not ‘be credited in the list to be next Sunday but will, of ee appear in the totals when the landings are’ next printed. Afrangements are about completed for’ he trar tion of the party to Wash- ton n and its sojourn there during in art ratic week. Accompanied by ap- _ Ghaperons, the school childrer vel in Pull cars over an which will permit them to see 'Gaylight the most beautiful scenery on affords. Departing on Monday, £ the plans are so arranged that » will be at least three days for | ae ing in the national capital and “permit the homeward journey to bc le le in time for the pupils to be atif heir desks the next Monday.

wcial Travelers, Attention! 1000 will be reserved for you un- | i 8 o'clock Wednesday evening at the eum in order thaf you may hear ' sy Smith. Den't this oppor-

1 VALLEY TRUST yPANy XA ELECT RECTOR William G. Lackey, Bond Officer, : ne Member of Gov- t directors just elected to serve years on the board of the Mis- | A Valley Trust Co. ere Wilbur F.

© ington” TUESDAY EVENING, vunkdsrt 2,19 ae

cities.

Members of Party: Four boys and four girls from St. Louis; one boy and one girl from East St. Louis. The Ballot: Printed every day on page two of the Post- Dispatch until and including Feb. 25. boy or girl being tied with another candidate, both will be entitled to make the trip. In event of the fourth

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T, R. JR. A WEAVER NOW

President’s ' Son Is” Advanced to Apprenticeship at the Loom. HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 2.—Theodore Roosevelt Jr. of Gov. Lilley’s staff, who started at the foot of the ladder in Thompsonville a few months ago to learn carpet making, has been ad- | vanced to the loom under the guidance and instruction of Ted Connors. He is making good. He has not met with a weaver’s smash yet. The Thompsonville carpet mills are rushed with orders and are working until 9:30 nights. Mr. Roosevelt does EXTENDS LIFE POLICIES, DRINKS ENOUGH ACID TO KILL 500 “You'll Be Better Off Without Me,” Salesman Writes His Family. . NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Leon A. Adler, a salesman, who committed suicide in his apartment in West Seventieth street last night, took enough poison to kill 500 men, according to physicians. Three phials which had contained cya- nide of potassium were found in his

NE room, with indications that he had emp-

tied the contents of all three into a glass and drank them. Adler was 33 years old and leaves a widow and two children.) That he made careful ‘preparations for was in- dicated by the fact that he had his in- surance policies extended ‘until Febru- ary 5. In a letter which he left to his wife and children, he said: “You will be. better off without me. You will find the notice of the oxten- sion of my polféjes in my pocket.’ He carried insurance amounting to $7,006 Explains to the Public

Why ‘most cathartics and laxatives do harm. New Treatment advocated.

Nearly all cathartics or laxative medicines ultimately do harm to the human system, because they aet in such a drastic manner as to drain the natural fluids from either the liver, intestines or colon (large bowel). Cal- omel draing the liver and exhausts it, causing weakness and future trouble. Candy laxatives, syrups, salts and mineral waters drain the small intes- tines, causing abnormal secretions and inflammation while aloes drain and irritate the large bowel, causing grip- ing and pain. medies of this kind must be taken in ever increasing doses, which soon causes the membrane or mucus surfaces of the liver and bowels to

nét Work at night, his hours being from 7 a. m. to & p. m.

harden and close the pores from which the natural moistening fluids come. The wonderful new drug compound known as cascaroyal pills (Black- burn’s) is scientifically compounded so that the entire system is acted upon in a mild tonic manner and thus no single organ is depended on to relieve constipation. A mild, balmy, pleasur- able physic is the result, as ‘cascaroyal pills are made of such well known drugs as castor oil, cascara, wild lemon, black cherry, sulphur, ginger and the like. This cascaroyal pill puri- fies the blood and acts as a mild tonic too. The Blackburn Products Co. of. Dayton, Ohio, will gladly send a free package to any one who suffers from the baneful effects of constipation and you are advised to write for it. Ten and twenty-five cent packages of this new treatment can be obtained of most any druggist. * * *

QLDNGI~}- > - ~— Kline's, 509 Washington Av., Near Broadway We Have Just Taken Inventory and

Find Our Coat Stock Entirely Too Large!

It is the policy of this house never to carry over from one season to the other—in consequence reductions are really exceptional. Coats that sold upto Dee IW Soo cane cakes Coats that sold up to $25.00, now

$0.75 All our higher priced Every Winter Coat Now Must Go 550 || sooco no? $17.95 $17.50

Finest Velour Coats 30-inch, semi-fitted Silk elaborately ‘embroidered and About 25 beautiful, Velour Coats; braided ; Skinner’s satin lined; ported caraculs ; cial

$40.00 Caracul Coats Just 30 Coats; in various styles of finest im- lined with heaviest Skin- ner’s satin; a Wednesday spe-

values; Imitation Ermine Sets; $10.00 at lored and button-trimmed models. cated at near this price when the Spring season opens. low-priced at $11.75. $7.50 Trimmed Fur Hats, While They Last, As-an absolute final clearing out of all Fur Hats, we offer a lot of Brown and Black Trimmed Fur Hats, Wednesday, while they MUG Sse hs eek cc tccee meen. Neckpieces; $10.00 now, set

All of our finest costumes; Even- ing Gowns and Wraps, etc., at 1% price and less for final clearance. Black Marten Sets; 31] tailored, sa sae lined with satin and made of me- $*plain and fancy serges, worsteds, chevrons, hairline stripes, ete. The coats come in semi-fitted effects, in 34, 36 and 40 inch lengths, in plain tai- In a word, they are Suits that could not be dupli- Again tomorrow exceptionally SL OE Sale of Furs This department is likewise heavily overstocked and at the prices we now quote it will pay you to make your purchases, even though you would have ‘to lay them away until next winter. 3 Long, Double Coney Cluster Scarf, with large pil- low muff to match; brown and black; regular $6.50 value; set Fancy Gray Coney and Imitation Chinchilla Sets; - long throw; large pillow muffs; $13.50 values; Brook Mink and River Mink Sets; $15.00 values; at, net. Fancy Imitation Ermine Muffs; pillow shape; $5.0@ values; now ee eee eee $4, 15 were $10.00; Genuine Mink Throws and Fancy Neckpieces; worth $40.00, $45.00 and $50.00; $19.75 Genuine Nearseal Fur Coats; Skinner satin-lined: storm collars; regular price $35.00; $16.95 That Great Sale of New Suits Continues Finely Tailored Suits in Medium- Weight Materials, Suitable for Present f and Spring Wear, at...... Each and every Suit be dium-weight fabrics, suc Ad wonderful values at..... 509 Washington Av., Near Broadway Cincinnati St. Louis Kansas City

28 New Spring Skirts in the late effects and materials; $5.00

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~~ Anatomik .Shoes.

oS natomik Shoes On Sale at Brandt’s L. I. Taylor of New York is now giving a Demonstration of Dr. Cole’s Famous All persons having foot troubles are invited to call and see. the advantages of this shoe.

cr nee wow ewwoc owe @ SOE cw i : ; ™ ee Z Sy Gi Ss a eae. Sa eo gan) ER ea x ¢ YB ag ws eG ee es Ov D. ger x : oi Gis eae Agee hice Svs... |. to 50c. ah tik oees Wom- en’s fine Jersey rib- hed an d fleeced

+ ga Or Pants; worth Cag ET ES Wom- en’s Muslin Gowns; full ye with uare neck, sistaielaars tucks and ruffles; regular 50c kind. Women’s for full seamless black fleece- lined Hose; worth et ee ee £ oy mal waits a sng ne We Give and Guarantee GOLD CASH VALUE STAMPS. 83 Worth of Goods for a FREE! aN | 69 Alter- ations! special at.. 5.00 for “gS ste > * eee eee . Aes . ‘ ‘ = x ~ « ~ ~ . . — . s > mw , - a S { 4 ona ra . . ~ . a .*. a yo aiat Stine ats ae < AR trimmed; SEN Soe vo : fa cae ee eas 3 eee £ te ceetion Panama | Skir Beautiful | Black “chitton Pana- | ma Dress Skirts; the new gored ef- fects: handsomely # =A: ; BARE" re i

Spring Suits, in rath elty stripes; coat , long, inted ene” Ee anonaaty fect; ef- trimmed with sou- tacne braid tons; satin flare skirt; but- lining; trim- a to match anne oo colors blue, and b pe ge a while the lot las at. *nes ene * 10.00 1.96 for Ladies’ 3.50 Bweater Coats — Ladies’ collarless Sweater Coats; sin- me hee aa orany Y Bo y sg” of ty ; 25: Men’s Fur- . € special at 9 gry and ide -/} 2.95 for 5.00 Fur Sets—Ladies’ Coney Fur Sets, in black Band house. Paes in the ) or brown; large pillow muff; throw to match; satin lining; special for one day at. TS

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NERVOUS IRRITATION is not always due to business conditions. The man who starts the day right with a cup of the proper kind of coffee finds less to worry about than many of the other fellows. The proper kind can be made only from ‘ Puri-tan-ated”’, and the reason is that this is the brand which consists of the best coffee procurable, from which hds been extracted and discarded the useless, harm-doing cellulose tissue,

the part of the berry that contains a large amount of a form of tannic acid which is precipitated the minute it comes in contact with boiling water and thus freed acts harmfully upon the nerves and stomach. Buy ‘Puri-tan-ated” and you will get the most delicious coffee you have.ever drunk, and at the same time the kind that has been rendered harmless, the

“fang”

having been extracted. At reliable grocers in 1-lb, cans, granulated ™ CLARK, COGGIN & JOHNSON CO. Coffee Importers and Roasters Boston, Mass. PURLTEZIED DAVID NICHOLSON GROCER CO.

WINTER RESORTS. OCEAN STEAMERS.

weels PONCE DE LEON . 5 ROYAL POINGCIANA ... ROYAL PALM, . THE COLONIAL . Nassau, Bahama Isls. At LONG KEY, sewry south of Miami, has been established an ideal fishing , camp, with every comfort. 117 MILES NEARER CUBA. The new rail line along a Keys is completed to Knights Key.connecti with ae and Key West. nformation relative to tickets, hotelreservation,a sleeping and parlor cars, accommodations apply to FLORIDA EAS COAST 130 ADAMS 6ST. “—) CHICAGO OR ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA.

The Salt Breath of the Sea Brings Health GALE wean Atiantic an ofp en ie il nt com eerisk cad Saal and tonic Baths, is very helpful to inland residents ts and an ideal place for.n long or short stay. (Stone, brick and ~—s — UNG, General. Manager. Nadinola Cream Beautifies the complexion where other creams fail. Fifty cents and one dollar at all high-class drug stores. Wolft- Wilson, Rabotese, Judge & ne ton othe

To the Winter Resorts of Southern Europe via MADEIRA and GIBRALTAR An unparalleled trip—combining safety and Juxurious comfort -with test speed—by the flyer 8. 8S. DE CH- LAND, leaving New York February 16, for Naples (due Feb. 15-16) and Genoa (due Feb. 17). A stay of about 12 hours at Madeira and 6 hours at ) Gibraltar will allow ample time for sight seeing. Hamburg-American Line 902 Olive St.. St. Louis. HAMBURG-AMERICAN on—Paris—Hamburg ..Feb. 61 *Patricta Feb. a Amerika *To Hamburg direc TOURIST DEPT., pon Thies EVERYWuERE. Hamburg-American Line, 902 Olive st., St. Louis. 200, O00) PEOPLE USE - INTERNAL BATH The record of its edres and bene- fits reads like a revelation to hitherto saaaeaa: th it. F eek te ee ae of the J. Ri’ Cascade (the only ecientific appli- ance for this Sat tpl a * A book ha

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_ ~_ President-Elect Expresses His De- Ss ay 73 xt oe age ad ra a ayy a ob fs ne eas |. en. Pe Die oe Od > Rie 5 eS Oe es | WE pete § % we Po 4 g at ae “ite ¥ =e 4 ‘ PA f 5 Sy 24 * Pd +” - a . . ¥ of t : Bag 5 ae es naa vie FD Ae REA treat % 2 F - af ae te ee 8 6 Pare geist? ny _ ~ page Pe te ie eG | = fe Pras i f an 52 ities , $f as ie aa 4g ; Bt Pr, . oy Sat 4 Bet tie Ri, es) oa ? > Ea 4 3 wi r ae iad § oe . . - * + o% : ea : a ra ; = € > YlS J oe ay fe 5 . & af * Si - » . . ; M ai ‘ Br J iS be ae . ; wm a ™ == . . rane : ; : " lin aN TORIC “MARRIED AGAIN} ENABLING ACT Quincy Leads Fight to Regu- late Public Utility Rates. Ceremony Takes Place at Symmer Home of Her Fa- ther I in New Jersey.

“PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.—Miss Helen M. Maloney of this city and Arthur Herbert Osborn of New York were mar- ried today by the Rev. Stephen M. Lyons at St. Catherine's Roman Catholic Church, Spring Lake, WN. J., where Mar- tin Maloncy, father of the bride, has a summer home. The formal announcement of the mar- riage was made by Mr. Maloney to the Associated Press in the following state- ment: “Mr. and Mrs. Martin Maloney an- mounce the marriage of their daughter Helen to Mr. Arthur Herbert Osborn of New York. The marriage was solemn- ized by the Rev. Stephen M. Lyons, pastor at St. Catherine’s Church, Spring Lake, N. J., on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 8 a. m. in the presence of the family. “The above action on the part of Miss Maloney and Mr. Osborne is taken with the full sanction of the church.”’ GOETHALS PROMISES TAFT TO FINISH THE CANAL BY 1915 THREAT CAUSED MOVE

Electric Lighting Company Warned City It Would Increase Charges.

East St. Louis, Alton and Belleville will be asked to support a movement, started by Mayor John H. Best of: Quincy, for the passage by the Illinois Legislature of an act enabling cities and towns to regulate the prices of gas and electric light and power. Mayor Best’s plan is to give the cities, towns and villages the right to fix the public utility rates by ordinance, giving the public service corporations the priv- llege of appealing to the Circuit Court from any rate which they may consider unreasonable. More Direct Than Cooper Act. This plan is even more direct and im- mediate in its intended results than the Cooper enabling act, passed by the Mis- souri Legislature two years ago. St. Louls has not yet availed itself of the powers conferred by the Cooper act, al- though Kansas City has done so. The Cooper act authorizes Missouri cities to appoint commissions to examine rates, and to take legislative action for lower rates only on tne recommendation of such a commission. The Quincy proposal, which has been sent to the municipal authorities of East St. Louis, Belleville and Alton for their approval, contains nothing about a com- mission. It empowers the “corporate authorities” in each place to go ahead and reduce rates. The Quincy Bill. The proposed act, as drawn up by Mayor Best, City Clerk Berlin and Cor- poration Counsel Wall of Quincy, is as follows: Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, that the corporate authorities of any city, town or vil- lage, now or hereafter incorporated, under any general or special law of this State, in which any individuai, company or corporation has been, or hereafter may be, authorized by such city, town or village to supply gas, light or electricity to such city, town or village and the inhabitants there- of, be and are hereby empowered to prescribe and fix by ordinance max- imum rates and charges for tbe sup- ply of gas, light and electricity fur- nished by such individual, company or corporation to such city, town or village and the inhabitants thereof, such rates and charges to be just and reasonable. And in -case the corporate authorities of any such city, town or village shall fix or pre- scribe unjust and unreasonable rates and charges the same may be reviewed and determined by the Cir- cuit Court of the county in which such city, town or village may be. Threaten to Raise Rates. In his letter to the officials of other Illinois cities, the Mayor of Quincy states that the City of Quincy, being about to compel the electric lighting company to place its wires under- ground, has been threatened by the company with an increase in the rates fo. electricity and for gas, which it also supplies. The charge for gas, the mayor says, is now $1 a thousand “for gas of & poor quality,’’ and the rates for elec- tricity ‘are characterized as being ‘‘cor- respondingly high.” go to the root of the whole mat-/ In order that the company may not ter, thoroughly, quickly safely have the power to carry out its threat, and restore the action of the ‘the Quincy authorities, the letter states, determ! ‘ e LIVER to normal condition. ned to seek the co-operation o other Illinois cities in an appeal to the Give tone to the system and | '#!*!2ture. solid flesh to the body. The decision of the Supreme Court up- 4 Take No Substitute.

light Over the Progress That Has Been Made. PANAMA, Feb. 2.—Col. Goethals has Promised ,Mr. Taft, it was announced today, that ships shall be passing through the canal Jan. 1,,1915. Mr. Taft. efter his trip through the Culebra ‘cut, with the engineers, expressed himself as delighted with the progress that has teen made. That Mr. Taft is acting as pacificator in the strong post-election factional feel- ing is shown by the fact that invita- tlons have been sent to both Presiden: Obaldia and Senor Arias, at one time opposition candidates for the presi. dency, to the dinner arranged for today by Herbert G. Squiers, the American minister, in honor of Mr. Taft. He paid & visit yesterday to Manuel Amador, the former president of Panama.

Alfred B. Copeldnd, Artist, Is Dead, Alfred B. Copeland, an artist, who Was once director of the St. Louls School of Fine arts at Washington Uni- versity, 20 years ago, is dead of heart Cisease in Boston.

YOUR EY&& if they need treaimen. and to correctly *!: Your Glasses. if youneed g asses iserciastbely my business Made to Order $1 | ee ee Pair® the only oculist —e, in - ulg_Tepisterod with / of H o charge for testing, G.. MORITZ, M. D., the sannenices N,. oe nel cor, Was v. Optical Autiority ‘of the cal. AN OLD ADACE “A light purse is a heavy curse’ Sickness makes a light purse. The LIVER is the seat of nine tenths of all disease.

holding the act of 1891, empowering the cities of Illinois to fix rates to be charged by water companies, is quoted as ground for believing that the pro- posed law would be constitutional. Suggestions are asked from the au- thorities of other cities as to changes in or additions to the bill. ee HANDSOME HOUSEBOAT BEING BATTERED TO PIECES BY ICE Traveling Salesman Floating Down Mississippi Loses Craft ot, Sees

A Skin ef Beauty is a Joy Forever D®,7: T. “Gory GOURAUD’S ORIEN- OR MAGICAL BKAUTITIEN Removes ‘Tan, Pimples, Freckics, Moth Patches, Kush and Skin dixéases and 6oevery§3 blemish on , and defies It bas atood the teat of 0O years, and is 80 harmless we taste it to be sure is «© properly meade. Accept ne coun terfeit *imilar uanme.

i a y to a lady of the bautton . nee | ape oe an ie bul it { mn s arm of all skin prepera- tions." "Nee all Draggiste and Fanc) Gonds Dealers in the United States, Canada T. “vet Prov’r, 97 Great Jones St.. W. ¥. snow storms last week, is being crushed to pieces at the head of Slim Island, sev- eral miles north of Alton. The house- boat is owned by C. Behn, a traveling salesman for a paint house. Behn, with his wife and children, was making the trip from St. Paul to St. Louis in the houseboat. He left it at Grafton last week while he went to Car- roliton to sell goods. When he learned the boat was adrift, Neglected Colds he started a search for it. He found it arun into the at the head of the island, partly over- “Grip” and Pneu- turned, heing battered to pieces by float- monia. Lose no|'"6,jce, and he “hired Albert Williams, I time, but get at once | * Merman, to try to reach it. The a bottle RAD- rman started to it in a boat, which WAY'S A ADY | ¥% Overturned in midstream, and he RELIEF narrowly escaped with his life. The boat is called the Ark. It is 4 feet long, and is handsomely furnished. Academy of Science Honors Engelman. Members of the Academy of Science ney wedged ge 4 cr sere : . Iman, a _ peomatiat of Be. yan — 9 ae ath kis: Naot, Gh

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This wress $10.75

This Dress $10.75 Table d’Hote Dinner served tomorrow for 30 cents— between 11 and 4 o’clock. on Fourth Floor. } iN ever Equaled! Our Sale of HOUSANDS of brand-new spring Princess Dresses from three of Ne _ York’s best costume makers at half price and less. Every dress is ma in a new spring style and there are hundreds of styles from which to ch Materials are: Messaline, Taffeta, Rajah, Bengaline, Foulard and Pongee Si Satin, Serge, Henrietta, Broadcloth and Wool Batiste. Every shade that is s ho - | in wool or silk materials will be found among these thousands of dresses—black, catawba, gray wistaria, myrtle, smoke, wine, navy, red, taupe, brown, reseda, tan, lavender, Copenhesumael peacock and duck blue, garnet, mulberry, onion and maize. All beautifully trimmed with oe Styles, workmanship, fit and finish are absolutely perfect. All sizes from 3} 42 bust measure, to be sold out quickly and completely as follows:

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This Dress $8.75 broidery and tucks. $8.75 for $22.50 Princess Dresses $10.75 for $25.00 Princess Dresses $12.75 for $27.50 Princess Dresses $15.00 for $30.00 Princess Dresses : Pa ete es : oe a 2 e % . » ; eat, ee is } a - r a W - i, walnuts; 2 Ibe.for — . 25ce, or per Ib....... AY Delicious French Mixed. dies; 3 Ibs, for 25e, Or por Ib. ,...essecenecese : $18.75 for $35.00 Princess Dress $20.00 for $37.50 Princess Dressé $25.00 for $45.00 Princess Dress $30. 00 for $55.00 Princess CL

A fine houseboat, torn from its moor-. ings at Grafton during the wind and The Best Time to Buy Embroideries Is Now! HESE aré this season’s embroideries, from a firm of makers in St. Gall, Switzer- land, who are known the world over for their exquisite work. The originality and beauty of their designs; the perfection of the embroideries they turn out, surpass those of all other manufacturers. The season’s business over for them, they sold us these goods at a third below usual prices! Just when your season’s need-of embroideries is beginning, these come to you, also at a saving of one-third. Clean, fresh, new goods — no seconds — priced lower than you’d think possible. Wide flounces and Insertions to match, ble edge beadings; worth 35c per yard; Wide Flotince of Swiss and cambric, beautifully embroid- open and blind effects; suitable excellent value; ae Lo ne ee errr ered, in floral designs, for underwear and dresses; Allover Embroidery, for waists; $1.50 value; per yard 27-inch Flouncing, on very sheer and heavy material, in $1.00 and $1.25 both showy and neat effects; values; per yard 45-inch Flouncing, in large floral, Grecian, burnt plush effects; $2.00 values; at, per fe Embroidery in dainty rosebud, and leaf designs; $2.00 value; on finest sheer material, vine, floral, disc, dot and eyelet effects, excellent at, a cana $4. 25 also dou- Wednesday. 19e 20C in delicate “ee ef @ geese y a yard; he Swiss ut and QO per yard with on sate “ee v 0 @eeevneeteeeeewaeveevreveevervreeeee ee eee * 45-inch Flouncings, exquisitely embroidered on finest sheer materials; worth $2.50 yard, for.. 45-inch Allovers, in dainty effects; worth $3.00 special price and cambric \ Wide Double-Edge Bands, beautifully embroidered, in filet, eyelet and’ burnt-out effects; worth 50c a yard; special at...... Waist Frontings, elaborately embroidered on fine sheer ma- terials; worth 850 a yard; on sale Edges, Insertions, in this sale at, Insertions and wide Edges, on sheer and heavy materials, rm edges; worth 25c per yard; 35¢ $1.50 52.00 Beadings and Flounces up to 10 inches wide; an immense assortment; worth up to 25c per yard; modes and fashions. designed by herself and made in our own workrooms. ih es superb garments will be exhibited on our second floor tomorrow, thus a ing St. Louis women a rare opportunity to become informed as to Last Day of the Florida Costumes RS. E. M. D. Landenberger, our expert costume desi departs shortly for Palm Beach and other fashion resorts taking with her a magnificent collection of model costu na A ie a oe 5 54 ot uA a spas a4 4 . 7 ped a stat ane a . ExA% a Sate mos :

Undermuslins at ‘4 Off WF? bought from -New York’s best manufacturer, his en- tire overproduction and sample lines of Muslin Under- wear at one-third less. than regular prices. for 35ec Drawers and 20€ Covers. acl D ) na- $1 00 Ste " =i Petticoats, Covers, Drawers and Chemise. $1.50 $2.00 $3.00 pat 00 kinds. Petticoats. for 75ec Gowns Draw- ers and Covers. for $1 Gowns, Draw- rs, Covers and Petti- o0e 7de coats. for $2.25 Drawers, Combin:tions, Covers, Petticoats, Chemise and Gowns. for $3.00 Muslin Underwear of all for $5.00 Combinations, Gowns and for $6.00 Combinations of fine French Nainsook and Allover Embroidery. for’ $7.50 White Petticoats with lawn sles. dense A OU | 10: < oof Tine . Sere ; Pt 2 . x P ; Py . 5 e wFF “a ae27% me i, oe + Br. 3 es ah ® i ab 4 yan, ope . *S). = ap ee

: kaa te at pry il fe sats - age 2 ae ire , * “N ? _ hem ts ~ Valentines Our showing of these dainty tokens and emblems is now complete, in- cluding. not only a vast array of valentine cards, but also the most ingenious of mechanical novelties— both serious and droll. Also ex- quisite ribbon-trimmed and hand- decorated creations, and scores of charming valentine books, appropri- ately put up for presentation to the favored one. Prices ie to $3. 00 Valentine Postals, in an almost in- numerhble variety of appropriate subjects, with inscriptions to fit any rticulgr case. The usual price for tha 2 for Se Barr's price "5 f 3

H ousekeeping Necessities Wash Boilers, . Trays; made made of heavy of heavy tin, copper tin; neat japann bottom, No. 8 size, regular with floral price $1.35; border: sale price, 79c. 16-inch size, regular oreo % Bread B tect tehy es ee regular price re oxes, made of heavy tin, neatly japanned; regular price 65c; wae her - sale price, 58e. 20-inch size, ie al 25 price, 1D¢. 22- inch size, + Se prin 4

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heavy tin, neatly ja- panned, 100 pounds ca- pacity; regular price $1.25; sale price, GDc.

84-inch stip. tagelar oti Savory price, 3Dc. R oa sters, At — regular price to block sheet steel, regu- Garbage Cans; made of galva- nized iron, with cover, regular price 85c; sale price, G5c. will be. _,10e p er doz. | Fee, e “es Pe. of Cas ’ Be ae Fo ae %

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eee achilles. a © rer. Anand Aa A 2. ‘ “ae ’ _ WME _ Lap rath wenget’ Oy : = : | = RCULATION GROWTH } 1908 157,584 263,536 ta se Spesctica uses. That is the object of the con-

T.LO IS POST-DISPATCH 210-212 N. Broadway. ON RATES, BY MAIL IN ADVANCE. “and Sunday, one ye@r......cceceseses $5.00 without Sunday, one year. ee ROD La ° 00. only, One year ‘Keceeeunnee either by postal order, express money order ‘Lou is exchange.

AVERAGE PER DAY Daily 2.008 24,058 29,979 39,855 93,537 118,596 Sunday (Ne) (Issue) 27,052 48,612 107,199 197,327 aes 1878 1883 1888 1893 1898 1903 Biggest West of the Mississippi by 50,000 Daily ‘ 100,000 Sunday ONL wis newspaper showing cir~- AY ita Se over § years ago Cireulation books epen ell!

“First in Everything”

THE FUTURE AIRLINE. interest aroused by the offer of $10,000 by World and Post-Dispatch to the aexonaut 0 will duplicate the trip of Robert Fulton in = Sagres on the Hudson River ‘rom New to Albany is indicated by the fact that "entries were received in one day. The | is open to aeronauts of all nations and it prediction that the event will command a att ntion of the civilized world. “more appropriate time for a contest of s kind could be selected than the centennial Gelebration of Robert Fulton’s achievement in t ., Clermont which demonstrated the acticability of steam propulsion and naviga- m. From the Clermont have been developed oe Srert ocean liners, floating palaces, which 3 it possible to cross the ocean in safety and within five days. al navigation is ow. practically where navigation was in 1807 with several ad- ges in favor of the former. Numerous ad- have been. made in mechanical arts and placing in the hands of experimental : and mechanics resources undreamt of B Fulton’ s day. The Wright brothers with their : ‘ne he ane,- Zeppelin with his airship and others y demonstrated the feasibility of short The best inventive minds with ample : Z means are concentrated on the prob- ler m. ~The prize offer will, it is hoped, concen- experiments in one successful test which I solve the problem of aerial navigation for mt . trip of 142 miles from New York "Albany shall be made in an air vessel con- hs will be ripe for the development of the ransportation line with great vessels sail- ; in all directions. Perhaps the Mauretania e air will be the outcome of the trial. Who O7 8? Let us indulge the hope. i, i oA — Se

~NOUNS, PREPOSITIONS AND BABIES. “Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who declared -® woman is nothing but the relative of a he is the noun while she is only a position, is effectively answered by one of the epositions who says: “What do I care. The * sition governs the noun.” This is true grammatically and domestically, but ; i not the end of the matter. Themistocles told hians that he governed them, but that s governed him, and the baby governed Wife, ergo their baby was the supreme power Authority in the Athenian state. mt it so in all states and nations? Granting fo of the grammatical law to which Mrs. fon and one of the prepositions refer, do not in, hinge on the interest of babies? Mrs. thinks correctly as far as she thinks, but m’t think far enough. eee i “AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE. St. Louisan having business in Buenos Ayres a that the cheapest and most expeditious by way of England. On the long jour- )east “and southwest he did not see a ship i@ an American flag. Nor was one flying ut tr in the harbor of Buenos Ayres during ‘Stay. He returned to the United States by if Rio de Janiero on a tramp coffee ship and reaching New Orleans did he see the ‘ .& stripes. © found the metropolis of the Argentine a city, filled with wealth, modern and en- ing. Nowhere did he find American goods. ish h street cars, French automobiles, German re and clothing are preferred to our man- fes because of the fact that there are no t ships from this.country, which makes the 00 so high that the one of our goods rot sir ive. ‘fs the tale told by itis from nearly r quarter of the globe. They sail lonely ) . ens on every ship and in every port. We > merchant marine. Fifty years ago we the largest fleet of freight carriers in the esotey less than 8 per cent of our foreign ree is carried in ships flying the American ‘Bh ship teong an aggregate tonnage of 672,455, ieee n i by Americans, are registered in | Sountri As Congressman Gustav Kus- s pointed out, this fleet “nearly equals aon and steel tonnage of Nerway, ° sang | of Spain and exceeds that of Italy

Ri, act are humiliating. Laws framed to he dead industry of ship building should in the interest of the indystries y find profitable trade abroad. Restric- h have existed for 50 years without ay a ca n should ag removed. Re- ive way to

THE GMELICH VICTORY. The seating of Mr. Gmelich, Republican can~ didate for the lieutenant-governorship of the State, by a unanimous report of a committee of Republicans and Democrats, without a protest from any Democrat, is highly creditable to the Democratic ‘members of the Legislature. It is a commendable exhibition of non-partisan fair- ness. An unpleasant feature of the proceedings is the persistent report that the acquiescence of some Democratic legislators in this result was assured by an understanding that the price of fairness was the election of Senator Stone with- out obstruction or inquiry into the senatorial primary. The assertion that Gov. Folk was the principal factor in the understanding and that it includes the promotion of his ‘senatorial aspi-’ ration two years hence as the reward of his own complacence over the suppression of charges adds special interest to the alleged deal. Gov. Folk’s placidity in the face of evidence that he was cheated out of the senatorial nomination has given cause for wonder. Any effort to carry out any bargain that may have been made on the disgraceful basis of acqui- escence in the suppression of election fraud evi- dence will not be valid hereafter. The people of the State will not indorse it and no legislature will dare consummate it. The proof of a bar- gain would be the forerunner of another Dem-, which would wipe the present party organization out of existence. The Stone election is in itself a barrier to Democratic suc- To supplement that ocratic defeat, cess in the next election. shameful act with proof of a more shameful transaction would merely add an ‘earthquake to the cyclone. a, Le dm bia? ¢ CALIFORNIA AND JAPAN. Secretary Root’s letter to the Governor of. Cal- ifornia concerning proposed anti-Japanese legis- lation and his “memorandum for the President”’ ought to make the whole question clear for the Pacific Coast legislators. The order of authority of public acts is as fol- lows: * (1) The Constitution of the United States. (2) Laws passed by Congress in pursuance ‘of the Constitution, and treaties with foreign gov- ernments negotiated by the President and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (3) State constitutions. (4) Laws passed by State legislatures in pur- suance of the several State constitutions. One of the proposed California bills prohibits alien ownership of land in that State. This prob- ably is not contrary to any constitutional pro- vision or treaty, but it goeS on to enact that “aliens shall have rights as to personal property as accorded to citizens of the United States by treaties with the United States ex- cept as the same be affected by the provisions of this act or the Constitution of the State.” As Secretary Root points out, “this inverts the order of authority.” A treaty now in existence controls,

* * » the Constitution and statutes of.the State of] California to the contrary notwithstanding, and a treaty hereafter negotiated will annul any provision of the State Constitution or State law not in harmony with its provisions. Another bill aims to revive the specific dis- crimination against the Japanese in the Califor- nia public schools which was abandoned when the governments of Japan and the United States made an “informal arrangement’ by which ‘the coming of Japanese laborers to this country was prevented. Under this arrangement the Japanese Government undertakes to prevent the emigra- tion of their people to the United States and the President of the United States is authorized to prevent the entry of any Japanese either by the way of our own ports or by way of Canada or ‘Mexico, except those who have passports issued by the Tokio Government. If the proposed bill is passed and becomes a law it will be perfectly valid, since the “informal arrangement” is not a treaty. And it will retain its full vigor until the arrangement is converted into a treaty by the vote of the Senate. There is thus no question of law which is de- batable, but this attempt to discriminate against the Japanese by the State Legislature opens a question of policy of grave importance. In the absence of a formal treaty California can legis- late as she pleases on this point, but California's interests are not the only interests involved. The whole country will suffer the consequences of any affront to Japan by the State Legislature. Would it not be the wisest policy to refer the whole question to the Federal Government, which is charged with the care of all interests and lo- calities? At any rate, it would be well for the Californians to think well before doing what may bring on a clash. = = THE STILLING OF “LOUD” APPAREL. In placing under fashion’s ban the peg-top trousers with cuffs, the slant-pocketed and shoulder-padded coats and: the freak shirts that have been so dear to the so@ls of musical-comedy chorus men for several seasons past, the Mer- chant Tailors’ National Protective Association seems to have struck the contemporaneous drama a staggering blow’both below and above the belt. Happily, however, gentlemen who wish to be well dressed without being conspicuous are not affected by this new ruling of makers of the mode. Such men have never surrendered to the extremes of personal adornment that delight racetrack “‘touts” and others of that ilk, and so may continue to present a reasonably stylish ap- pearance without making any great change in the cut of their garments. They have never been “loud’’—consequently the new edict against, “noisy’’ apparel touches them not. But the immature chorus-man, the racetrack hobbledehey and the mock collegian—alas and alack-a-day! Their glory has departed and the “silence” of ths new fashions makes a desolation all around and about them! = = = rT rt If any street ‘aias.din en ee

ic eet Lol ot Bt. Boctenn) BoB \ € ss Ba s fraud | 1 written la is suggested for the presidency of the United Railways. He can conie nearer giving good serv- ice under hard conditions than any other, and the more ‘power he is given the better the serv- ice will be. = = eS = If Secretary Root had been the pugilist for whom he was mistaken in Hot Springs, doubtless he would have made his mark in the ring. He would have been an adroit sidestepper. i A Ae ree Se Mr. Painter gets a lemon now; what will ex-

chine to hand him the United State senatorship two years hence? == ~~ .; When you wish to show a person how to use a revolver remove the cylinder, put on the safety catch and keep your finger off the trigger. = = %

— Se One of the most interested and interesting del- egations to the Taft inaugural ceremonies will he the 10 school pupils sent by the Post-Dispatch. hi Li dr — rr More than $11,000 a front foot for Washington avenue property indicates that St. Louis’ realty values are “‘going some.” a L.A i i LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE Anti-Starvation Laws. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. Wage earners should sit up and take notice to that Oklahoma law which prevents the cutting down of wages below a minimum of 2% cents per hour. A Guthrie firm cut down the wages of some of its men to 17 cents an hour, but on the State Labor Com- missioner calling attention to the law, the rate of 20 cents was restored. Ten hours a day at 20 cents is $12 a week; at 17 cents it is only $10.20. Laws of the kind may well be called anti-starvation laws, for although a man can live on less than the minimum .prescribed, he cannot- make any headway or save anything, unless he is aljgolutely alone in the world, with no one having any ¢laim on him, which is not usual. To most men, less than $12 a week means slow starvation. es |

A Voice From the Submerged. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. A terrible earthquake in Italy, shoploads of pro- visions and hundreds of thousands of dollars sent to the rescue of those unfortunate people; thirty days thereafter a shipload (the Florida) of imported paupers has arrived in this country and this is only the beginning. St. Louis, no doubt, will get more than her share of them for the Street Depart- ment. There is at present between 9000 and 11,000 men idle in this city and it has been so for over two months. Men must and will live;. it is only a few who will commit suicide. This’ city has. plen- ty of money appropriated for improvements. Why don’t they use it now while there are plenty of men to do the work at reasonable wages? The ‘thoboes’’ (workingmen) ‘cleared your streets of snow recently and made it possible for Mr. and Mrs. Mil- lionbucks and their daughters to get the opera without a wet foot. What is a stoker? I will tell you. He is a ‘“‘hobo”’ fireman, who fires the boilers, 30 feet down in the bottom of a ship with tem ture at 113 Fahrenheit, who makes it possible for” those same Mr. and Mrs. Millionbmcks to travel around the world at the cost of the’ “hobo’s” sweat. Those “hobo” firemen were all right while they were trans- ferring passengers from- the Republic to the Florida. They are now hungry in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Millionbucks did not care about them after they were landed safe themselves. ST. LOUIS HOBO STOKER. Mrs. Jane F. Strong. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. We see in your Sunday issue an account of a cer- tain young woman suing her husband for divorce, basing her contention on the grounds of involuntary servitude, and hoping to win out by pleading the Thir- teenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Such contention is in direct conflict with the estab- lished >rulés of legal interpretation applicable to the r, of which, the United States Constitution is a part. The Thirteenth Amendment is, {n form and object, a remedial statute, and must be interpreted by ascertaining the condition of the common or un- written law at the time of the enactment of the stat- ute, the mischief against which the unwritten Jaw did not provide, and the remedy intended to be afford- ed by the statute, and then giving to the statute that construction which will most fully suppress the mischief and apply the remedy. This améndment was adopted Dec. 18, 1865, to suppress a mischief in order that the country would never be called upon to repeat the tragedy, 1. e., the Civil War, through which it had just passed. The conditions are so dis- tantly removed that it is contrary to logic and also reason to try to employ the Thirteenth Amendment as grounds for divorce. Considering the second part of this amendment, it appears that rules of law em- anating from the first part of this amendment must be consistently construed. Considering it from a moral viewpoint, such contention drags from its lofty pedestal that which goes to make the country or State solid or unstable, as the case may be, ‘“‘home.”’ SERVUS LBEGI.

SUPERSTITIONS OF THE GREAT. From the Pall Mall Gazette. A man ore absolutely governed by pure reason than Lord* Macaulay could not well be found. But in his diary he refers to an after-dinner talk about the feeling which Johnson had—of thinking oneself bound to touch a particular rail or post, and to tread in the middle of a paving stone. And he adds: “I certainly have this very strongly.’’ In one of his Hibbert lectures Max Muller said to the students: ‘Many of you, I suspect, carry a ha’penny with a hole in it for luck. I am not ashamed to own that I have done so myself for many years.”’ Charles Dickens refused to lie down unless his bed were placed due north and south. He gave notice of the rule before arriving at a friengd’s house or a hotel, but a compass was always handy in his bag- gage to make sure. Miss Justin McCarthy has told how Parnell gravely checked her stirring coffee ‘‘the wrong way,” and insisted that she should take an- other cup. A gentleman of Portrush sent Lord Rob- erts an old horseshoe when things looked il] in South Africa. Gratefully acknowledging it, the General added that he would keep this horseshoe in company ‘‘with one I picked up the day I entered the Orange Free State, and another I found at Paardeburg the day before Gen. Cronje surrendered.”’

A SICILIAN DUELIST. From the London Telegraph. No lover of ghe sword can pass over the death of San Malato without a word of greeting and fare- well to one who ‘seemed to have stepped into our prosaic modern life straight from the pages of Branfome. His fame had done more than penetrate the four corners of Europe; it had reached his own home. Some misguided Sicilian bandits held up a coach one night and summoned its solitary traveler to come out. From the shadowy depths of the vehicle came two short sentences, in a cold, stac- tato voice: “Spread out your cloaks; the mud must not spoil my boots when I descend.”” The cuyt- throats fled, with the awe-striking whisper of “San Malato” upon their quivering lips. TIME’S CHANGES. From the Londoh News. The Pgion rinaghesghn. fen aterm ce

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ROOSEVELT’S LATEST DISCOVERY. From today’s New York World. United States District Attorney Stim- son has made a remarkable legal dis- covery. Taking President Roosevelt’s view of the law, Mr. Stimson says that any newspaper can be criminally pros- ecuted for libel ‘in a number of distant and independent jurisdictions.”. Mr. Stimson adds that ‘in each of these jurisdictions, under well-known princi- ples of law, each of these publications would constitute a separate offense.”’ Mr. Stimson further says that ‘‘crim- inal libel proceedings may well engage the attention of the officials whose duty it is to enforce the law in those locali- ties.’’ According to this view of the ae ifa copy of one newspaper were - sent through the United States mails to any- body in the Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Cuba, Guam and anywhere else where the ‘Postoffice is a Federal bufild- ing or where a military or naval reser- vation exists, for that one act an in- dictment for criminal libel could be found in every one of these jurisdictions. The proceedings could be prosecuted simultaneously, as Mr. Stimson advises Mr. Jerome. Indictments could be found simultaneously. The proprietor, the ed- itor, the reporter or whoever was re- sponsible for the publication could be simultaneously arrested by every United States Marshal in whose district the of- fending publication had appeared. To put in the defense of truth, which Mr. Stimson admits ‘“‘would in the present case constitute a complete de- fense,”” would require that the defend- ant should produce in Guam or Porto Rico or San Francisco or. Hawaii, or wherever else President Roosevelt chose to try the case, all the witnesses and all the evidence in his defense. If acquitted there he could proceed to the next jurisdiction with his witnesses and his evidence and so continue until he was bankrupted or convicted. As the Milwaukee News well says: “There are thousands of newspapers throughout the country’’ which, “even aware of their legal rights, are yet fearful of litigation” for lack of re- roar: 8 “Such a threat,’’ the News adds, “as uttered by Mr. Roosevelt is calculated to silence them as effectually as if the Executive had the power to muzzle or suppress them by executive order.” Comparatively few newspapers are backed by ample financial resour¢es. Comparatively few Are conducted at considerable profit. In most cases the consciousness of service rendered and the privilege of advocating the princi- ples he holds dear must serve the news- paper publisher in lieu of large mone- tary reward. Not the most honorable, the most inconspicuous or the most careful member of the profession can feel secure from ruin if Mr. Roosevelt’s view of the law is accurate. By the power to subject any newspaper to great expense in vexatious and distant proceedings -the Executive would pos- sess resources of censorship greater than the Russian CdZar’s. He would not need to “black out” passages in a newspaper that criticised him. . He could crush the offending publication by the tremendous power of the United States Government. Under the Roosevelt interpretation of the law any President could, as the Milwaukee News says, “destroy liberty of pregs and speech and bring an end to popular government.”

MOORE’S FIASCO, From the Golden City (Barton County, Mo.) Register. According to the Post-Dispatch, the idle legislators at Jefferson City had some fun out of our new member of the Legislature Friday. It would appear that Mr. Moore was encouraged by the older members to introduce a resolution censuring the Post-Dispatch for the stand it took against Stone. The reso- lution was promptly voted down and the

P ms - ly. Boag or. > me ? ) matter if the reeqtution ¢ eRe Wate 6 JUST A MINUTE FOR VERSE AND HUMOR Written for the Post-Dispatch by Clark McAdams, -

APOSTROPHE TO A GROUNDHOG. EY you is—you naitchah fakah! My, but you is look profoun’ Sittin’ up deah so’t a-squintin’ En a-prophesyin’ ’roun’! Ain’ you done hea’ nothin’ lately ’Spectin’ lyin’ undergroun’? *e r Wha’s dis business ’bout you comin’ Lak a wise man from his tub En yo’ shadow meanin’ libin’ Six mo’ weeks on wintah grub! Ain’ you done hea’ nothin’ lately "Bout dis Ananiags Club? Wha’ you all know 'bout de weafer Mo'n a dog do or a cat? Am a groun’hog got mo’ brains ’an’s In a cullud gemman’s hat? Roogyvelt’s done gone a-git you— Yassah—lemme tell you dat!

THE CLUBWOMAN’S HUSBAND. Mrs. Dabbs observed her husband eat- ing what is vulgarly known as a hearty dinner. “Did you ever hear of Horace Fletch- er?’’ she asked. Mr. Dabbs rolled the name around in his head. “Fletcher? Is that the crank on chew- ing your food?” She regarded him with ner eyes nar- rowed. “Yes,” she said, “he is the crank on chewing your food; and you call him that because you are @ crank on not chewing your food.” Mr. Dabbs tried to shift the conversa- tion. He had not attended the lectures. He was not prepared to argue it. But Mrs. Dabbs never lets him off when she gets him on the grid. “Had you been Fletcherizing this evening,” she said, “you would have eaten about half the beefsteak you have consumed and would at this time be less than Half through your meal in- stead of bolting into the ctretch. You would feed yourself for exactly 80 per cent what it is costing you. You would increase your menta] and physical ef- ficiency just W per cent. You would leave the table feeling like a cross-coun- try run instead of a stuffed toad. You would, moreover, taste your food and enjoy the individual flavor of each dish, instead of shoveling it all in together and not knowing Whether you taste fish, flesh of fowl. 4 Mr. Dabbs was in his usual mid- prandial pains amidships; but he would have died before he would have admitted them. “What kind of @ ea man told you this?” he asked. She was busy with her dessert. “Honest, now,” he urged, ‘“‘wasn’t he & man who jooked as if he had spent the winter at Valley Forge?” But she was still busy with her des-

sert. “I knew he was,” said Mr. Dabbs. “They always are. And when I get into that pass with them, I'll take it up, too.”’ Saying which, he helped himself to an- other huge piece of steak. THE RELIEF WORK. There is a provincial impression in this country that the men who serve the peovle in high places are doing so Ot a great sacrifice to personal inter- est. Senator Bailey of Texag said on this subject in the Senate the other day: It is proposed to increase the salaries of the district judges to §8000 a year. Senators will bear me witness that there is not one District Judge in twenty who ever earned $8000 a year while practicing law. I know many of them, but I know only three or four who ever earned $8000 a year at the bar. Nor did anyone ever know more. In- deed, as the Senator intimates, there is nothing like as much patriotism in this country on pay-day as we are accus- tomed to think. Had Mr. Bailey con- tinued with what at least some of us know to be true. he would have said: It is dollars to doughnuts that if we in- creased the salaries of our district judges to $8000, at least 90 per cent of them would not know what to do with all the money, so far would their fortunes eclipse anything they had ever experienced. Nor is this truth peculiar to the particular service in question, It might be said with equal pith of all public service, not even excepting the Presi- dent’s cabinet. Indeed, of appointive of- fices as a whole the Senator might have said in all truth: My experience is that when anyone in the public service discovers that he can make more money at something else, why. there is about where he resigns. I have known a few men to resign from office, and I can’t recall that In the whole number any of them resigned for any other reason. We are all flagging the bread wagon ‘ the best we know how.

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x f » ~ os the city, is not re- Me bys sh teacher, saa mix sty oe pond wan ae into the A. B.C man super- imtendent. ¥ Sil iT Vee mentee B. A. —Origina ecessary in nary Letter ise. gos will do. A. O.—Chinese ilies dry sen because of heat. . too much light of . JACK.—Joh " Co., rectifier and S a chnaani Distillery Co. pe K.—The princi for acts of ite Map von laundry. is responsible — in the loss of Cc. F. J.—See Prosecuting A ca Four Courts, about seer fa 5 —— ge ¥. O. D—Copyright, 28 yéars right of ext tor Rais xtousion 14 more; may . M. Y¥.—Don’t put your name on the ie valentine you sen dons inclose your care’ oo 8S. P. G.—High School graduate Januar is uration ip. eligible to the inaug- J. W. L.—Se be melted, pine a with “Be will stick for mending. BUDE.—When tron turns from a liquid to a solid it { <x use the foundry wo so i oe a IGNORANT.—Dain wic are sandwiches eat with tine ae icles of food; nothing coarse. MAURICE.—Binns was e pone page 4 ibrar oer Gronse, orease a i e Grosse the Bluecher. ¥ — then "0 on JAMES.—Any old, ch mane costume er feet oar pe ly 8 y people on e reer os will get some eae sm and — ag i CITIZENS. —You have no action a mons bein W. S—A-Russian physician's rem- -edy for sty: Oil of eucalyptus, one dram; pure lanolin, two drams; pure vaseline, two drams. These . to be H. A. N.—Unlawful to ship ducks from any county. One may take 25 dvcks, killed by him, to "Wie resi- dence, in the usual manner of trayel. SUBSCRIBER.—The roads you men- tion may take a train across Fads iad e bio ‘do 0 pik goatnes. ae er ey do ur no e ay the Terminal. ’, one STELLA.—A typhoid fever tient recovered her lost hair by having her head shaved three times, after an ex- pert had otherwise treated the scalp two months in vain. C. O. DeeIn “gas herself, a young woman may n necessary for identification,’ place Miss in parenthe- ses before her name. Man doesn't sign himself “Mr.” P.-D. READER.—There is no rélie from stubborn and selfish aaa except through the courts or Gipsy Smith. Are you sure that you are ‘not im any way weeny seh have taken ore + epee papers. You second papers | two ag fier’ o Rice the first. lications for naturalisa- ks 2 must hag osted in a uous lace in a courthouse 90 B ggoeont. hey can acted thin. not be acted upon within 30 dase oelee to a general election CONSTANT.—Cotton United Kingdom in aw p+ bales—44 In 190 ort to all countetan am 73,349 running bales; =" took 70 per cent of oney counter-balance it in and be successful in his 8 set- KING.—8ouse (to po! Fang r under water at, er in the 8. “to pounce nee with violence; swoop a hawk.” The noun souse means vleniod meat. B, H. H.—In: Iilinois, 4 ign om ny to larceny or me may dicted and con cted at the same as the principal, or before, his conviction, and whether cipal is convicted or amenable ice or not, and punished as p H. &—A celluloid cement is- by dissolving 25 pare ey. yg spirits of cam alcoh Ealiuiola fasten raed — NT obs of the "the. following compound to w TH ae One alcohel,. 4 parts. — EDWARD.—K the Chinese illy in ryt 3 where it will not hy Be. for next season. A See Oe Sitomtaa"s i. be thrown * ay, because it of tf you a Chi Paks 8s not an flo a) say it ive oubtful Pitt the a pulb will do well second time. M. E. H.—The sub of real es- tate covers so many lds that no | saomueve work covering the ie Gram in Se under one rete a is, as well as princl rinciples, with which ({¢ very few are familiar. ean common principles of the leant er experi beet can * e works on the su tained at any law book store.

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“ einbcahe 1908 by A. C. MeClurg & Co. _SYNOPSIB OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. ‘» Jack . ee police ‘agent ae wi “with him into a Aas the man : aay, ore at date whom I seek | ana Iil I (Continued) AN OPPORTUNITY COMES. — { 661 proces, AM Jack Stephens; so you may senor.” sorry "Tis as I was told!’’ his face brightening: instantly, bis hands ' @elving within an inside pocket of his |‘ coat. “This card—see; it is written in the -Bnglish—it wil! tell you if I be trusted, if I be all right. You know the hand- writing, senor; the man who wrote it?’ ‘s a accepted the bit of pasteboard curi- . ously. It was the business card of a well-known sugar firm, and I ran my eyes hastily over the few lines dimly traced on the back, ‘Bearer is all he represents himself to be; you may do ‘Business with him safely—G. P. L.” I } ss glanced upward at the anxious face of te + the man opposite; he was evidently - with excitement. - *"¥ou know him, senor? You know the “handwriting? You believe him? What is it he says? I read noc the English.” ss “Yes, We are acquainted. He is George Loring, friend of mine. He says you ‘gre what you represent yourself to be, = that I may transact business with Now then, what e police?”’ shoulders, | ‘his hands deprecatingly. - “No, no; Cielo, no! Does he not tell you my name?” ‘I shook my head negatively, my inter- est already deeply increased. ' No! He was: most cautious. It was best s0; but now I tell you, and you _ believe.” Again he leaned rd, his - yolce sitking to a mere wh “T am ae a Don Emilio de Castillo.” ’ My face must have expressed. no fa- - -millarity with the name, for he sprang briskly to his feet, shaking a fat, offi- clal-looking envelope before my eyes. “What! you recognize it not” Caram- bra! then I shall show you, senor. You read Spanish, si? This will tell why I speak with the authority of my nation. See—I am Admiral of the Peruvian Navy. I have the power, the right, the authority to say what I now speak to ‘you. You beliéve that, senor?” “Yes,"’ I replied soberly, by now fully | awakened \to the fact that this was to be no ordinary meeting. ‘I believe all ‘you say; more, now I remember your mame, Don Emilio; but what are you doing here? What is it you desire of me?" A large military band went tramping by along the paved street below, the musicians playing lustily, vociferous vivas greeting each step of their ad- vance. My companion waited until the - poise had partially ceased, his lips part- ed, his cheeks flushed. “You know not! You know not what all this means?” he questioned, pointing _ with trembling finger toward the win- aposing. ‘Before I could answer he burst ie B forth vehemently; “It 1s war, senor; % War, disgracefully declared this very day between Chile and my country—the ‘sprang to his feet as if crazed with Navy. 7 ~ 4 sudden excitement, and began the room, waving his hands with wild gesticulations, “They think to fright us, senor, but they will learn a lesson. We'will fight, senor; fight to the .nife. It will not be vivas they will shout—these Chilean dogs—when the Peruvians come to their country. Then they will be begging on their knees for mercy. Sangre de Cristo! but we will show them what war means!’’ I watched him carnestly, already be- ginning dimly to perceive in all this a possible opening for my own escape. ‘“‘War?’’ I repeated. ‘‘And declared today? It has come suddenly, although ! am aware there have been months of controversy. Did Peru expect such a result?’ Ia she prepared?’ He paused in his nervous walk, his hands outspread on the table, his dark eyes glowing into mine. “Both yes and no, senor. We knew well that nothing save war could ever wipe out the Chilean insults to our coun- try. Yet we hoped for more time in which to prepare. vw.elo! it is not lack of men—no! no! the army is strong, valiant, senor; it will fight to the death. But the navy! «.os de Dios! we have not the ships, senor. They come not yet, those we have bought in Europe. ’Tis that which has brought me here in disguise to Valparaiso; ‘tis that which brings me now to -you.”’ I watched him closely without ven- turing response, and he sank into a chair, his elbows on the table. “Si, now I explain it all to you,” his voice falling so low I could scarcely follow. “We know for two weeks past war was to come. We have only a few wurships, one, two, three; not enough to fight the navy of Chile, or even guard our own coast. We have the men sufficient, but not the ships, senor. What could I do? I, the admiral? There was but one hope—the audacity of sur- prise. They must be taken from the cremy; we must strike the first blow and at the very heart of the Chilean I come here incognito; I come before war has been declared; I study and observe. To a brave man chances for action come, senor, and so I found what I sought. You know about the Esmeralda, senor?’ I sat up suddenly in my chair, grip- ping my cigar between my teeth. “The Esmeralda! You mean that steam yacht the Chilean Government purchased from Brazil?’’ “Si,” his eyes glowing eagerly; ‘‘you are a sailor, and so would know of her. ss firs 2 , x ies 5% ;: re f ' : oc ee ae . eh: ¢ B, Ny BF. . : IR QT} ea Sy Was os it Meh es * : 5 tat ri [ae ra ct a at + Pte Lanes ; Net * «oe ax Sei ye S 7: WN F ‘4 - $% 57 " = e os a Sygate: my. fF» 2 % =i 2 ‘ - : 4 >. ee Roe a fe ; ’ AS ‘¥ ike Re . Sd ’ ; en a ae ; De aed Cw ey Tabet ip» Beh aks ’ ‘ . b wars . Pe 0 . ee tee 5 4 e ; mY - ee z nad S : > cs : ? “4 . tod . $ % a Pag hy as ? Bee iby é , pes & teat ak +o ce ah Kost (ie awe S m . $ : , > A alll oY” mf ‘ S ue 4 Eat + a: Sa . See: Poa tf. ee eas ane fart sped 3 aa - - 5 . ar res 5 cae ag , mT. ee 4 ie . 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The first officer is a Yankee whaleman; the second I know not what, only he is a deep-water sailor.” “T see,” I acknowledged, taking a long breath, yet continuing to stare at him. “What you need is some one able to command such an outfit, one who can operate a steamship.” Like a flash the official pore came forth again. “Si, si, and you can do that, senor. I know: If have been told. You hate this Chile; you fight her already in the hills; you hide here now for your life. I come to give you a chance to get away free. But I not stop even with that: no, no, my country not stop with that. See! here I possess the com- mission, all signed and sealed by my Government, of a captain in the Peru- vian Navy. Only is the name left blank for me to write in. I write in your name; that makes you an officer of the Peruvian Navy. See you what it means? Chile dare not touch you except as prisoner of war. Is that not right, senor? But I do not stop even with that—no, no! 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, = the cowards! the bullies!” He “LOVE LETTERS WRITTEN IN COURTSHIP Lawrence Sterne as a Wooer and Let- ters Contributed in the Com- petition for Post-Dis- Prizes patch BY POST-DISPATCH READERS. % gg STERNE, author of “Tristam Shandy,” had a head ) full of humor and a heart that Je wore constantly upon his sleeve. Hav- Ang married a Miss Elizabeth Lumiey, vl unfortunately, possessed no sense Wr, and therefore became to him itry parson’s wife and no more,”’ me was goon adrift on the sea of on. A couple of letters to one _Fourmantelle threw light on the of this peculiar but gifted 7 who has been called “the hglish Rabelais.” . “4 “eg 9 Kitty: I love you to dis- Kitty, and will love you -o ernity. * * * I have but one obsta- (to my happiness, and what that is a kK * * * God will m a door, when we shall some time th more together. * * * I pray od that you may so live and so Emenee 000 day to share in my _fortune.”’ ‘Kitty: I have sent you a ) sweetmeats and a pot of honey, aoe the half so sweet as yourself; jon't aod vain upon this, or pre- SP GND ALLY SOLERO ee oe tae “world: that is nectar than A on A thoes is no better y to keep a baby a HE Post-Dispatch offers Fit- ty Dollars in prizes for the best leve letters written in the course of a courtship. Names will not be published when the per- sons sending the letters object. The prizes will be divided as follows: Secomd Prize .....s++-+- 15.00 Third Prise *e ©8028 eeeseeste 10.00 Every one has, at some time, re- ceived a love letter that made a strong appeal. Every one has somewhere a good letter received during courtship. Let us print these letters that they may serve as models to the young. Address LOVE LETTERS, POST-DISPATCH. The following are among the let- ters submitted by readers in com- petition for the above mentioned prizes:

sume to grow sour upon this character y sweetness I give you; for if you do, og send you a pot of pickles (by the |way of contrarys) to sweeten you up ‘and bring you to yourself again. What- ever changes happen to you, believe me that I am_unalterably yours, and ac+ cording to ‘your motto, such a one, my dear Kitty— ‘Qui ne changera pas qu’en mourant. "eeu "" History does not record who made the sweetmeats and potted the honey, but it does record that this vow of con- stancy till death did not sit hard on Sterne, who soon had another “light o’ love’ to fill his constant void.

seetmns to of had the same effect upon me as the rising of the Crescent Moon has on the landscape—softening all the rugged points, and rendering still more beautiful than what was already beauti- fu) in itself, in truth, your presence seems to have the power to double even the sweetness of a flower. Let me see you again at your earliest convenience. I am eager to be with you soon, dear; to ramble beneath the widespread, drooping willow whose tips just kiss the tiny billows of the murmuring river. Have you forgotten our evening stroll along that river’s edge, as we watched slowly sinking, more slowly ere his race was run, behind the distant hills, the golden sun? Write as soon and as often as possible, for if I cannot see you, it will be a partial pleasure to at least look upon the letters formed by your dear hand. ‘‘Would I were a glove upon your hand, that I might kiss. that cheek!’ Your affectionate admirer, WILLIAM M. From One Forgotten. My Dear ——:; Y OUR bright and cheerful counte- nance appears to me from out of the dark and gloomy clouds of Why Is Fat? Is it because one is born with the ten- deacy? Or is it one of ‘‘life’s trials,” or is it due to just plain, hearty appetite? The doctors say not any one of these phrases the question correctly. They say fat I8 because the fat person's digestive organs are defective. Such organs, it seems, don't change the fatty foods eaten by stout per- sons into heat and energy, a8 they should. Instead the food fats Qass on into the sys- tem unconsumed. Hence fat layers accu- mulate under the skin in quiet spots, such as the chin, abdomen, shoulder blades, ete. Let that digestive defect be corrected and the formerly fdt person goes back to his or her original shape. You can prove this on yourself, Seventy-five cents will secure from your druggist one of the large cases of Mar-

misfortune that have settled o’er my pallid brow. No more does the radiant sunshine of your smile drive beyond the horizons of my dreams their dark and threatening rolls. Could I but again have before me some earthly token of the reality of the fairest creature of the celestial regions who e’er deigned smile upon this mundane sphere of ours. To know and feel again the tread of those Lilliputian feet upon my heart and have you toy with my thoughts and feelings as does* the fairy with the daisies that wave and nod their heads in mirthful glee in their wake.

— A IT “OW | Stained My Hair Brown” Society Woman Wants to Tell Readers How She Stained Her Faded Hair Without Using Hair Dye. “2 think the readers of 8 ys the benefit of my wel known

your paper ought experience,’’ said a y years of age and some months ago -my hair was neatly all ay, faded, and falling out, and I used to bleach a, 1 fou oe I hair-dyes you dyed . my hair began to And then I had dye almost every week or ten to turn the color of the hair near “Finally I decided to try walnut-fuice —_— —. Well, Rag ne what a “i i wn my heir has now. and you'd never think I stalfied my hair at all. it bas srow. out remarkably fluffy sinee I have I apply it with a comb in a few Sale. = cy =_e, It stains nothivg never harms it fn the leas cue makes it.crow out aernntiy. - pene — lhe tip to root, so that BRot te t ts 2 et you have stained roots. write ber for = s5 Ha! and you will post: bg, Ww Bone. it b re- in, . Ad- Retire met Aiygi ~ gal § 1 ‘s yrienic Suppiy Building ti, Ohfo.

Why do you leave me so desolate? It seems as though my soul has been wafted from me and I am frozen where I stand, without your migsives. If you would only think upon the desolation you have wrought upon me, surely the silent appeal of this wreck would cause you to come again to my once happy realm and gladden and thrill being into thy life. The postman ifs received with open stare and I feel the pity his eyes give out since those sweet scented missives, scintillating with the essence of purity, fall into my pathway no more. To One Who Is Cold. Dear Leona: KNOW you think it strange of me to fall in love with you, but one can’t help it when they love one like you. You are the first girl I ever cared for, although I have many friends, but not one as dear as you. And it is a hard thing to think of giv- ing you up, of course if you couldn’t never learn to love it is useless to try to win your confidence, but I have come here for that alone, but I am not con- vinced, it is useless to try, I am a very common boy in welfare and have to work for a living as you do. But I would do my utmost to make your future life happy and sweet to you. Iam going to ask to see you again Sunday evening, and ff you want to see me write me soon, and if you don’t I am going away to try an relieve the great burden on my mind. Ew —p The Long Goodby. Dear Billy: Y OWN Garling, precious, loved one, heart of my heart and soul of my soul, it is two hours since you left and already it seems a cen- tury. How am I to live through 22 more hours without seeing your dear face; but perhaps the fates will be kind and I shall see you in the morn- ing at any rate. I am going to wear my pink frock, the one I wore when you called me your little rosebud, and walk down by your store about 9 o’clock in the morning. So look for me and at

man a good-night. So, darling, I will close this letter with a million kisses. From YOUR LITTLE BIRDIE. SEVERE ITCHING HUMOR ON HANDS Tiny Pustules Spread Up to Elbows — Could Not Sleep and Scratched Until She Bled— After Seven Months of Futile Treatment, Little Girl was Completely CURED IN TWO WEEKS BY CUTICURA REMEDIES “My daughter, twelve of was affii with a terrible itchin me ight

the hands which was so bad at n that she was unable to sleep. scratched herself until she bl The trouble an in the shape of small tules about the size of a pinhead which uced severe itching and then a hard —_ cones on Pein Ee alvays ae ee ae over oy BH Neodl bee ce Ter as the elbows. The doctor said it was eczema an would necessarily be slow. my’ daughter for a mon treuble always grew worse. ' Then I started in to use the Cuticura Remednes After I had used Cuticura Soap for two weeks, with Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills, her bands were healed. Mrs. M. Strecker, South ee Minn., April 1 and ee 7, 1908.’ WORLD FAMOUS For Torturiag, Disies Disfiguring Skin and Scalp Numors. The i and burning cf aerate easton real fosial ot hrad i as in — —- t ey ats ip warm bathe with

tables, as I pushed my way them up to the ge 3th bar, and the teldw standing behind. “Is there a Yankee whaleman here by the name of Tuttle?’ I asked. . “He's yonder in the back reom; through that door, mate,” said the bar- tender shortly. “Better not tread on any of the lads’ feet goin’ in, unless maybe ye’re here tonight huntin’ trouble. They're just "bout drunk enough now to be ready to start a row.” I picked my way with caution, the fierce Hilt of that devils’ chorus stun- ning my ears, the hairy faces confront- ing me scowlingly suggestive of any crime. Saint Andrew! I thought sober- ly, if this was still the day of the pirates here was a brood ready for hatching. With a feeling of positive relief I pressed open the heavy wooden door, stepped within, and closed it care- fully behind me. Soe tightly fitting and H eEFELLNy ate Ft he 1} : Er $5 Hl

_b. ACKERMAN, 610-12 Washington ha; Final Round-up Sa Certain lines of Winter garments re~ main to be disposed of. This time of the year cost is not considered, it being simply a question of how quick-. ly we can convert the remaining Fall and Winter stock into cash. :

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18 Black 52-inch Kersey Coats; sold at to $12.50; Final Round-up Sale Price. ...:.../+.0sa 16 Black 52-in. Broadcloth Coats, lined t +h out with satin, that sold at $12.75; ' $4, 95 “Ge Final Round-up Sale Price. eenmees 9 Evening Capes of chiffon broadcloth; ; sold al 3 $20.00 to $30.00; Final Round-up ) ¥ : 2% Sale Price. ..... i<j sass ouaue 7. ru i is 79 Broadcloth Coats; black and colors; yt. : them are lined throughout with Beldi Skinner satin; sold at $20.00 to $32.50; * Round-up Sale $10.7. PYic®. . .ccccccewscwe cue 6 Rich Velvet Coats; sold at $45; §$ ; 9 75 ; or Ww

Final Round-up Sale Price. . 3 Handsome Black Satin Evening Ca at $45.00 and $65.00; Final Round-up Sale Price. ..ssue- 82 Tailored Suits; 34 to 38 inch conta; a tow be this lot left over from last Spring, for $35.00 to $45.00; Final Round-up Sale Price. .... footed 45 Tailored Suits, in broadcloth, worsteds a novelty ae late Fall styles; $92.50 to $27.00: Final Round-up Sale Price /.ctwayeds 48 Suits of chiffon bre French and English worsteds that sold from * to $55.00; Final Round- | Sale Serna | 88 Net Waists that “ps at e490 and $10.00, Final Round-u @29a Sale Price... ...scvtevcsucces ae 3d. oF 78 ryt Voile and Panama SI sold pear at $7.50 to $10.00; -up Sale Price. . Round-up Sale _ Price

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ae convicts all the delicacies of the market, or to provide them with a change of linen every day, but it is a crime for the State to furnish disease- breeding sleeping quarters, such as it does provide in three of the five cell buildings at the prison. “These buildings should be torn down and modern buildings, which can be yentilated, into which a little sunlight may stream at times, buildings which can be warmed, should be erected. There is not a bathtub In the prison for the use of convicts. Shower baths, should be installed. . Appropriations Should Be Larger. “With conditions such as these dis- gracing the name of the State, I fail to understand how any public man, who is familiar with conditions, can talk ‘about the Legislature limiting appro- priations to the same amormt which was appropriated a quarter of a cen- tury ago, as Senator Stone urged in iis 1S POST-DISF

changes needed here,” said Dr. Chas- tain. ‘‘New. buildings are absolutely es- sential to the health of the inmates. We have done remarkably well in handling disease here, but I- shudder to think of the results if an.epidemic once got a good foothold within the prison. We were fortunate two years ago when we had a few cases of smallpox by detect- ing and isolating them immediately. The prison may not.always be so fortunate, however. “One of the greatest needs of the in- stitution is an appropriation to supply convicts with proper clothing. Under the present rules when winter comes many convicts are without undercloth- ing and without even vests to Keep out the cold. The State does not’ supply convicts with underciothing, and there are hundreds of men in here who have not money to buy such clothing. ‘Notwithstanding this fact, the men are required to march back and forth ‘ DALAL Rina tet what the deattier is. It may be raining, or snowing, or sleeting, or the sun may be shining. But no matter what the weather conditions are, these convicts must leave their warm cell buildings or factory buildings and march through the-open air. “Tuberculosis, pneumonia, bronchial! troubles and many other diseases result, and in many cases an excellent founda- tion for serious sickness js laid. No Overcoats Furnished. “Another matter which should have attention is the clothing furnished dis- charged convicts. When a man is re- leased from prison the State furnishes him a suit of clothes. Though the ther- mometer may register 10 degrees below zero, he has no overcoat. If he has not the money to buy one he goes without. That is not right and undoubtedly causes a great amount of sickness in men after they are released from the prison. stitution of this kind. It is the most fatal disease that prison physicians have /to deal with, and one of the most dif- ficult to handle properly on account of the environment. There is no way just now of arriving at the exact number of tubercular cases in the prison, but during the past four years there were treated in the hospital 123 cases. Of this number at least half were contracted after the men entered the prison. No one knows the number cy incipient cases which during confinement did not reach a stage where the men afflicted asked for medical attention. “The State should build on the prison farm near here a hospital for the treat- ment of tuberculosis. In my opinion the disease can be successfully combatted in no other way. If that is done, and the changes suggested by the Governor are made in the cell buildings. I am satisfied tuberculosis will have no foot- requires ‘special consideration in an “i short time.” Wants to Change Hullding. Warden Mall, in; his report , to the Legislature, asks for changes in one cell building. said: “The cell conatruction of ‘B,'' "C’ and ‘D’ should be changed. The old brick cells should. be torn away and modern steel cells put in in place of them. I am asking the Legits- lature to appropriate $100,000 this. year to make the change in ‘B’ building. I do not ask for changes in the others this year for the reason that I do not believe the Legislature will appropriate enough money for all at one time, and for the further reason that we cannot have more than one of these buildings torn up at one time, as we require the others to house the men. “My plans include the doing away with the entire first tier of cells in To the Post-Dispatch, Warden Hall buildings ne Save talked with a aadaed ot members of the Assembly about it, and I am satisfied there will be little hes- itancy on the part of members to vote this appropriation. I am certain there would be no hesitancy Wf they would visit the prison and see the condition of this building.”’

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address before the Legislature. this building, some of which are un- jhas got to change clothes. “In addition to these changes, I in- tend that the latest discoveriés in the treatment of tuberculosis shall be tried. Of course this will be done only with the consent of the tubercular convicts. There have been several recent discov- eries which are highly thought of by celebrated physicians. These have been given very little trial. Every effort should be made to stamp out tubercu- losis, the most prevalent of all diseases in prisons. There is no reason why it cannot be done. “The State has no right to shut men up in such holes as it now does. Some of the cells in one of the buildings are underground. Fresh air rarely pene- trates to them. Daylight never enters them. They are damp and foul. What chance has the man who occupies one of them day after day for months to escape sickness which will ultimately cause his death? None whatever, and as Governor I shall do everything in my power to correct this deplorable condi- tion of affairs. Plumbing in Only One Building. “Contrast these buildings with the other two cell buildings, which are of more recent construction and are as well lighted and probably as well venti- lated as any buildings of their size con- taining cells can be. “Only one of the buildings is equipped | with proper plumbing. “The correction of these evils at the penitentiary, the largest prison in the United States, is a duty which the members of the Legislature owe to hu- manity, and no little question of a few dollars should enter the minds of the legislators when they are considering this matter. All they need do is to } visit the prison, investigate these con- ditions for themselves, and I do not doubt for one instant that they will readily vote the, needed appropriation.” The Missouri Penitentiary has five cell buildings, known as buildings ‘‘A,’’ “‘B,’’ “Cc,” “D” and “E.”’ Cell building “A’”’ is old, but is pronounced by Dr. Chas- tain to be the-most healthful building in the prison. While the side walls are of masonry, the entire front of the cells is of bars. There is a window in each cell, overlooking a green. court These windows may be opened at any time, admitting plenty of fresh air. The cells are 8 feet 6 inches wide, feet 6 inches long and 9 feet high. There is a wide corridor which permits a free passage of air, and by having a few windows opened in the cells, there is alwavs a sufficient quantity of fresh air in the building. Above the topmost tier of cells is a large open space, to which the foul air rises high above the sleeping men. Cells Made of Brick. But across the green court are build- ings ‘‘B,”’ “‘C’’ and “D,” all of practical- ly the same construction. Here are thw cells to which the Governor finds serious objection. Not one cell has an outside window. The cells are built of brick, rising tier on tier. Each cell is 4 feet wide, 8 feet long and 6 feet 4 inches high. The only means of entrance for air is the low, narrow, barred door, not high enough for even a small man to pass through without stooping. There was a method in this construc- tion. At the time these buildings were erected, prison men believed cells should be so constructed that the prisoners could not leave them in a standing posi- tion, owing to a fear on the part of the officers that a prisoner would gain an advantage over the officer. At the back of the ceil is a small open- ing, four inches square, cohnecting with a. brick -chimney.- -This is supposed to supply ventilation. Dr. Chastain says it might almost as well not be there, for all the good it does. It is in “‘B” buila- ing that a portion of the cells are un- derground. After a rain a few days ago a guard explained the presence of water on the floor of this building by saying that after every rain the water seeps through the walls and floods a portion of the floor. “E” building, the newest one, has stee! cells 8 feet long, 8 feet wide and & feet high. It has good light and fair ven- tilation, a fan system having recently been Installed. Dr. Chastain says, how- ever, it is not as hygienic as “‘A’’ build- ~4 It has sewer connections in each cell, ‘‘Tuberculosis is a disease that always

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’ Three-Fourths of the Deaths in Penitentiary Are Due to Consumption.. > and Pillow Cases. Laces and $50,000 worth of Linens, White Goods, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Laces and Embroideries bought at less than’ '% of the actual value from some of the largest manufacturers in the East. No si : quantity has ever been brought into this city at the unheard- of prices. There have been great Linen and White sales held before, but none known of to exceed this. These purchases cannot be ¥ compared in lowness of price with those of the past. Item after item, which we will put forth in this sale'at the prices will be lower than we, in all our history as merchants, have ever seen. The ™ eondition under W hich we bought this enormous lot of W hite Goods and Lanens will allow us to sel] ‘*Lonsdale’ . Cambric (whieh every woman knows is worth 12%e a yard) at: a Ss and so on through the whole great list of dozens and dozens of items. To have you realize what this great sale means to you and every shopper, we will mention just a few of the dre exceptional bargains, and bear in mind that prices will be far lower than we hav e ever r attempted. Beginning Wednesday morning, these items will be found on our Main Floor yan eI $1.25 Longeloth, ssi, 75¢|15¢ Butchers’ Linen . 62c)50c S2vse* Embroidery, 19c]50c Allover Laces... lOc Yndia Linen, 4c Ap le | [1c to 80c White Goods, We will place on sale, Wednesday only, another re Wednesday we' place on sale 25,000 yards of 40. markable lot of India Linens, 28 inches wide, in to. 45-inch ersian Lawn,. I dia Lfnons, 55c Unbleached Sheets, 39c 49c Val. Laces 25c Per Dazen 55e 81x90 Unbleached Sheets of very Here is the opportunity of a lifetime; n 1 to 10 yard lengths; never before have we ever French Lawns and fine quality and weight; one of the 60) dozen French and German Val. plain Lawns. most suit- ‘ . . . ; able for given a value such as this; jusc think of it, goods very best bargains we have ever Laces, in edges and _ insertin ; to assorted widths: most

By a Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatcn. : JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 1.—In- humanity, bordering almost on murder ' by the State, in compelling convicts confined in the Missouri Penitentiary, to live in dark, damp, unventilated ells is charged by Gov. Hadley in an Ytnterview in which he says he will urge - the Legislature to appropriate funds to : Temedy a condition which, he says, has ~mo place in an enlightened community, end recalls conditions of imprisonment $m the Dark Ages. - .The Governor, who, more than a > year ago, was threatened with tuber- or has made a particular. study and learning that 75

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25c Linens, J0c It is not every day you can buy Linens at the prices we quote for Wednesday. Nicely hem- stitched Union Linen; 18x18 square; fancy openwork centers; the kind you have al- ways bought at 25c; Wednesday as many as you want until sold Aisle disease, loor.,

"Folk were because granted by Gov. he visited the Peni- 4 oid that Ginease.

5c Laces, 2'4¢ Wednesday we offer to the public 1000 yards of the most handsome assort- ment of patterns and widths in our regular 5c Laces, as long as they t 10c Pillow Cases, 5c dozen Bleached Pillow standard size, weight and something unusual at such ulous low price, wirile this lot lasts, 2500 yards of good xsi Ae Bleach Twill Toweling; excel Towels: red ponder ea peek tor oe eck sides; special Wednesday, Der yard, «rccseseus Aisle 3—Main Floor. Bad Spreads , Main Floor, Aisle 3. 29c Damask, 18¢ One case of fine I rted Bl Damask; 58 inches wide: nice patterns: this is not short | ood, clear, fres ust arrived fro Wednesday, per es Main Floor—Aisle 8. Cases of - quality; a ridic- waistings, wehildren's dresses and evenin worth 10c on full piece; sold at mill prices, per yd. 40 offered in Sheets, match; rs any of these values are usual- ly sol from 15c to 50c per yard elsewhere; — Basement—Aisle 3. while this lot beautiful designs; Wednes- day special, per dozen our price to you Wednesday Main Floor—Alsle 3. 12:¢}5¢ Em | | 714c Embroideries, 5c Just closed out from one of the largest Main Floor—aAisle 3. sista | 2:¢)$1.90 Main Floor, Aisle 3 29c Embroideries, 12c A most handsome lot of high-grade 18- inch Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Embroidery of the newest abr

Aisle 1—Basement. 25¢ Featherproof Ticking, Aisle 1—Basement.

Aisle 1—Basement. '5¢ Val, “see” Insertions. 1¢ isle 2.—Basement. 10c Curtain Swiss, 5c | We purchased ofan Eastern mill 5 cases or about 10,000 yards of Curtain Swiss: 36 inches wide, in full piece; we bought it at such a low figure that it will] enable us to give our customers a 10c value for |

be torn away and modern buildings ' will be erected, baths will be installed, eonvicts will be furnished with suf- and the use of the most modern treat- am for tuberculosis will be adopted. oe One Bathtub in Prison. - The Governor says he found the cause of the great tuberculosis death rate without trouble, and ‘points to three cel! buildings erected many years ago. No! one of the three has sewer connections. ‘There is only one bathtub in the prison and that is in the recelving room, and » ti convict ever uses it after his first day in prison. Bra’ in the three buildings are} narrow and are practicaily without place convicts in Missouri because he State has not provided other quar- Solid Brass Gas Fixtures, fancy pattern; 2-light fix- tures, worth $8.00, at 8-Light Fixture; $3.50 value Grape Inverted go tea come in white «nd complete outfit, our best mantle;

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% Choice of Jfiny Chila’s Coat in the House for a8 sce for”. 8198 ' 98e) | s Crime to Put Men in Cell. “Tt is a crime for the State to com- § See any man, no matter what crime he may have committed, to live in some of ie cells. It would be bad enough te keep a man there a few hours. Some sen have been kept in those cells for

$1.98 » @omens $15.00 Coats, $6.90 Grand opportunity to secure a stylish Winter Coat at less than half price. Elegant Kersey and Broadcloth Coats, 52 inches in length, fitted and Empire styles, trimmed and plain-tailored ef- fects: best satin linings. WONDERFUL Lot VALUES. Friday CF 90 find a few — rida —= -J Don tee $15 — Rugs $" A special purchase of 500 room-size Rugs enables us to offer this extraordinary bar- gain; full 9x12 size; sometimes advertised as being Pred at $10.00; on sale here Fridaf

\ ie ia e $2 Boys Suis, 98c Stock-taking has left us with odds and ends in Boys’ Suits; we pro- pose to clean them out quick, and in order to do so will put in $1.50 and $2.00 values in one lov; sizes are broken, but you will find plenty from 10 to 16 years; spec ‘ial saaeame pe Made of quality Silk; will not crores deep sec- | tional and » flounce, |g wide with dust ruffle; . G = black; Wednesday only. $2.98 Bs

“The prison pallor, the consumptive cough and the debilitated look of the great number of convicts which attracts n ss attention ‘In the prison is not to . “wondered at when one realizes the

sweep; all colors and 29c Drawers, l6c_ Full-cut Drawers; cambric; tucked stitched ruffle; while they last. Tere eee eee se 49c¢ Corset These Corset Covers are soiled from display; —=< and embroidered all| AY | sizes included in this lot; posi- | aay tively 25¢ and 49c 17¢ ten ie values; tomorrow.....-... FEW] ts of the best homes in the . The State is not expected to fur- ee ee oe ow

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Oil contains methy!? te, which is one of the best a remedies f. or Rheumatism and Rubthe Oil into —_ place and the pain | i Oa Laundry Btoves— mag eaat tron; S sh *; worth AE Ai 06 .50 — Washer, ” 98 | $25.00 Wilton Velvet Rugs; 9x12 ft.; extra heavy: come in all the latest and richest Spring pat- terns: 1200 going on sale at $27.50 Axminster Rugs: euch as Alexander Smith noted Axminster; come in latest and most beau- tiful Spring patterns: 400 going at i $37.50 Axminster Rugs; 9x12 ft.; the in Axminster and — 5 810.00 Wool Rag; 9x12 ft.; extra heavy; woven in one piece; all the latest Spring patterns; in floral, scroll and Oriental de- signs; 800 going on sale

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SE er oer eh tS $18.00 Bru awels Rugs; 9x12 ft.; extra heavy, all-wool; loom woven: come in ali the latest Spring patterns; 900 going in ' Re eee ge 923.50 ‘cone © — 9x12 ft.; woven in one piece; extra quality Brus- sels; come yy *tioral, scroll and Oriental designs; all new Spring pat- ‘ —For Wednesday's sell- As nay we viii pl lace on sale 300 rolls ‘ an< of genuine Floor atting; come ~~ in red, green, tan and : : -_ he ey two tone effects, 6 : ae ek ee at, a yard $7.00 Axminster eayre* = oP $2.60 Smyrna R Ruge; 36x73; = 350 floral and gy beautiful, rich e r i y Sa erns rental and, sxmiaate $1.50 srhere Woolen Flannel Shirts; (orna; $1, 59 & te hee . eg a. Od at. *** cos al he r t. oe be stn ttn dlianctlllh CL ea Reel tn A Ac i ll At A Ae Ae a a we — bee I Re AE Se PO AB PO mage 1. coe, Bo mmr 1“ sali, ie tae and 8.

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gas, which had escaped from a radiator. Neighbors are inclined to thipk it was a suicide compact. Capt. Harrington of the Central Avenue Police Station, who made a thorough investigation of the case, as well as friends of the couple, in- sist that the deaths were accidental. The Rev. Vahey was a regularly or- dained minister of the Christian Meth- odist Church of the Living God, which was shown by a framed certificate upon tue wall. He was 560 years old and his wife was a few years younger. Their only income, so far as could be learned, was a weekly stipend of $% which Mrs. Vahey received from a relative.

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- Pe se e FOUND KILLED BY GAS 7 bors Think It Was Suicide * & Compact—Couple Lived on $5 a Week. Ye ial to the Post-Dispatch. INEW YORK, Feb. 2.—The Rev. V. G. ._H. Vahey and his wife, Mary, were nd yesterday in their apartments on the first floor of a two-story frame Pullding in the rear of 29 Hauge street, = ey City, asphyxiated by Illuminating a JUL ba E A E al aga il ie! r i and ‘L”

_ Your time away from family or business really begins when you leave your home or ofliice. i ‘ $. » ; i Ss ae beeen ae 2 er ~ Sie ihe ae eR ic at ; 3 s ; 3 2 “7, 5 ae 3 " a Sesets a fix4 STEN TO THIS ALE OF WOE phone to take his sweetheart to a car-| pants,” shouted po Fee eee pet bag bee, was suddenly interrup.ed| The receiver being down, it's PONTICELLO, N. Y., Feb. 2.—Blake | by a friend who was about to sit down | with Blake. The girl is | Washington of Thunder Hill, while mak- | on Blake's lighted cigar. he attended the carpet bag bee ing final arrangements over the tele- “Look out there or you'll burn your | companied. fe ey" : Boa

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The Model—Ladies’ Department—Second Floor oe | : We Must Now Make Room to Install Our New Millinery Dept. This Compels Us to Offer You for Wednesday Final Reduced | rices on Remaining Stocks of Women’s Winter Garments QU will pay less than the cost of the ma- terials for Suits and Coats that will be ‘‘just \right’’ to wear for many, many weeks to come—and for next Fall, too. Be here early tomorrow morning. _You ‘ll get the best bargains you ever had.

Coat Bargains $10.00 Cheviot Coats...................$3.98 $12.75 Broadcloth Coats........ $4. 15

$15.00 Broadcloth Coats........ $16.75 Covert Coats; plain and fancy............+eeer

$17.50 Fine Kersey Coats. : oe Serer yo $16.25 Coats; in fancy novelty falies:.. 26sec cet eu ‘ s a « - Bargains in Suits fi $18.50 White Serge Suits; slightly soiled..........0. $19.75 Suits; in faney mixtures. . (a0 eel pees seen * $16.00 Broadcloth Suite; satin lined.’ . .. The New Platinum BITING. «6040 ce ceneeeen Teeth, which are he egy ep Rony ann Teeth GIORMOG 2s ccyccnsedevce ‘strongest set of teeth known, do | Teeth extracted, absolutely ite cover gh Snags rs the ten! pain nless CeCe teeedanve 888688 e corn o @ co artant guaranteed +14 00° Setn Ph —, uce thése ink bags vas: 4 s 0 ee wo . ave decided _— until Have impression a in them for........ pOcbnpab nea Examination and advice free —

1§ NATIONAL DENTAL PARLORS Crete'to sr 720 OLIVE STREET om & Open Daily; Evenings 9 p. m.; Sunday 9 to 4 Lady Ati ondan = ———

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- Skirts—A fter-Stock-Taking Reductions _ Inventory disclosed too many Skirts, and to make a quick and complete clean- up Wedgesday we have placed them in 3 lots, at unheard-of reductions.

$7.75-to $10.00 Dress Skirts, $3.95 A clean-up of al] odds and ends; materials are finest import- ed voiles, chiffon Panama; -plain tailored and fancy trim- med; in blue, brown and black; Wednesday

$10.00 to $12.00 Dress Skirts, $5.00 About 200 in this lot; of fine voile, chiffon Panama, French serge, broadcloth and taffeta silk; full 50 different styles; all sizes; in blue, brown and black; Wednesday ass - 7 7 , ° Z ——— - A, . - te —— ee on -_ ae ” ~ a

Choice of all broken lots; finest satin, taffeta silk, Altman voile, Panama, serge, broadcloth and mannish mixtures; in a wonderful range of styles and sizes; choice Wednesday $12.50, $15 and $16.5@ Finest Dress Skirts. $6.95 Ema SNF Veo if

$4.00 Taffeta Silk Petticoats ; in black only; reduced to

$2.49 After-Stock-Taking Clearing Silk Petticoats $5.50 Taffeta Silk Petticoats (‘‘Simon’s Re- | gatta’’); in all colors; :: reduced to...... - . - . * ‘ rs. ; “am $3.98

- $1.50 Colored Plaid and Checked Washable Waists ; $5.00 to $6.00 Black Taffeta Silk Waists, in a variety of styles $1.95 colors and black $1.50 and $2.00 Lingerie Waists; allover embroidered fronts; lace trimmed and plain tucked; all slightly soiled or mussed; reduced to. .........+++++esteeees | Waists at Still Greater Reductions $3.00 to $5.00 Fancy and Tailored Nets, Nun’s Veiling and Brilliantine Weists, in all colors. $6.00 to $7.00 Fanc o Taffeta Silk in novelty stripes, plain s 2 9 98c Net Waists, ecru and white; 79c a ane Fes

$19.50 New Silk Dresses,$9.90 The arrival today of 115 more of these beautiful Silk Dresses enables us to continue this unprece- dented offer another day—or while they last. They are of a fine quality chiffon Taffeta, one-piece Princess; in taupe, wistaria, ‘pink, rose, reseda, ca- tawba, brown, peacock, navy and Alice blue and black; also in stripes; lace and Cluny braid-trim- med, in nove] effects; pin tucked panel and sleeves; pointed cuffs; skirt trimmed with buttons to match silk; Dresses that are worth and can- ,; not be bought later for less than $19.50; $9 90 your choice, while this lot lasts °

| $20 and $25 Dresses, $7;95 Satin, Taffeta Silk, Broadcloth and French” 5% Batiste, in the popular colors and blaek;- & all the newest models and trimming ef- fects, suitable for early Spring wear; $20.00 and $25.00 values; Wednesday... osc. es ccseoes sees - d $7.95 |.

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WE DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY IF WE CAN'T FIT YOU Here's what we mean: If, at the end of 16 days, you can’t ent with the teeth we make you 4s wel! as you ever did with your natural ones, your money is refunded. We give you a written contract to that fairer’ UN FEB. 15th we have decided to make our Best Set of Teeth for $3, in order to introduce our new painless methods and patent suction, which 15 lbs. suction pressure, which enables you to eat as weil as with your natural teeth. _ effect. Could anything be

PRICES UNTIL FEB, 16th sET TEETH. Gold Crowns, $ TSe We give an ironclad 20-year guarantee with all dental work.

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z neuen ] tire fighting career. I won the decision by a block. In fact, had the battle been a few rounds longer, I would have hung his scalp in my “Knock-Out Closet,’’ wherein hang such famous and gallant warriors as Art Simms, Spider Welsh, Martin Ca- nole, Eddie Hanlon, Aurelia Herrera, Young Corbett, with a couple of notches; Jimmy Britt, Jack Clifford, and, to make the morgue complete, I have Negro Gans with two such awful! dark slashes as anybody would care to sec. The closet contains right now no less than twenty-five well-battered and dried scalps. BY BATTIANG NELSON. (Copyrigh Battling Nelson.) N one Se tha preceding chapters I - made mention of a blow that I have termed the “half scipsors hook.” I ‘wish to say right here that the discov- " of this blow is largely responsible r my entering the ranks of the cham- Soon after I had discovered is deadly blow I began to meet the ts for the championship title, Pe | keeled them over one after an- @ther. i 1 ne half wcissors punch is nothing than a quick hook which lands ‘ he top of.an opponent’s liver The Biow is always unexpected, and it is > painful that it fs dimost paralyzing That was the blow that I alt Joe Gans at Goldfield wien it Claimed’ that’ I had fouled him. But we will take that up later. ‘9The: left half-scissors hook is dealt ‘mith the side of the left hand. In com- the out of a clinch fight fans will notice | the left hand of a fighter is with- wn, as.a rule, from under the right “of his opponent: It. is just at this ‘ioment that the biow must be delivered. ‘Instead of hitting with the knuckles #% the fist I take a swing of not more an six inches and plunge the side of my hand with thumb and forefinger on of my opponent's liver. To test blow suppose one of you get a friend to tap you about three inches below the right armpit and a little forward. To be explictt, the spot is on the two lower a about two inches above the lower right ie ws ek eee see tt BS ae Mog wae. Licks Clarence English. Mr. English, called Clarence, to whom I gave 15 rounds of pretty bad usage in Kansas City in June, chailenged me for a return go.and I accepted. Tie battle ground was chosen at St. Joseph, where he made his headquarters . Again I packed up my fighting shoes, my dear old green tights and hustled off Missouriward. We were to go the same route, and English and his friends figumed that I would be easy over that distance; however, I found that I had won hundreds of friends in Kansas City. by giving the famous English such a brushing up previously, and imagine my surprise and delight when up@#@n my ar- rival there I was met at the station by Johnny Webster, the most famous brother Eagle that flies a hundred Kansas City admirers. The odds at ring- side were 3 to 2 in favor of English. Despite this my Missouri friends went down on my end hook, line and sinker for all they had. They said: “Bat, old boy, if you lose to this fellow we'll have to foot ’er all the way back to Kansas City. Be a nice boy and trim him right." I did all right, and my Kansas City friends to this day are spending the money they won on that battle. hand pocket of your vest. A slight on that spot will send a pain shoot- ‘ alith e way to the spine. have struck men with that punch and they would crumple up and fall in a heap. The pain ia intense. Often the blow is not seen by the spectators, and they. have an idea that the fighter who tgils ig quitting or “laying down.” * 44 Choynski Had Wicked Trick, Telea te Smother Bat. English tried to smother me with a series of lightning swings from the very outset. He was determined to outsfug me as well as use his splendid footwork to disconcert me. I saw through his scheme quickly, and in the first round contented myself with blocking and sparing my blows. I did crack him' two awful jolts in the wind before the round had closed, but he won the round all right. He came back again and I worked him into clinches at every op- portunity. Here I played havoc with his wind and roughed it with him fu- riously. Round three found Mr. En- glish bleeding pretty badly and, strange to relate, breaking ground like a good fellow. This round was all mine. I had him covering up, crying foul and doing his best to stall through. In round four I uncorked my special left-hand scissors hook, which, true to ite- training, landed hard on his liver. Back he went with both arms to his sides. It was now a’shame to take the money. I steppéed in and biffed him a counter with my right in the wind, which straightened him up. The balance of the fight went all my way. Think of it ! I was handed down $600—regu- lar United States dollars. My Kanteas vity friends had bet $600 for me as well. So there I stood, or rather I was car- ried out of the ning in possession of $1500—a small fortune then. As usual, I immediately wired every. cent of it home to mother. This signal victory concluded my year’s work. I had won in purses $23,- 000, besides, of course, much more in side bets, etc. I began the year fight- jing for $%. I ended up by earning $1500 in one evening. . Though the year was ended and I was still a long way from the lightweight championship, I had learned something that was destined to bring me fame and fortune. I had learned to deliver the half-scissors hook, and I made up my mind to try it out in the next fight. I then went home and took a long rest. I was determined to get a fresh start and go zefter the topnotch honors. Upongny arrival at-Hegewisch I was honored by being requested to come to the public school and talk to the boys 'on physical culture. > a “JEFFRIES MAY BOX THREE ROUNDS WITH AN UNKNOWN TONIGHT LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.—James J, Jeffries may appear tonight at the Naud Junction arena in a three-round beut with ag un- - mewn #5 an adde* attraction to the Welsh-Memstiec fight. Jefrries “ts being asked to spar three rounds im order to give his friemds here a chance to sce his _@endition aftér two weeks of discovered how to use this deadly pinch from watching Joe Choynski. had a wicked habit of placing his gers on an opponent’s breast while in the clinches of a fight as if to talk him. » ! the tips of his fingers touching ‘the ether fellow he would say, ‘‘Now, fellow, you want to be good.” Then fore @ werd could. be said in reply, the mere movement of the wrist, he 14 plunge the heel of his right hand Into the man’s liver. When a man bled up from the unexpected pain, would whang him in the jaw and the fight would be over. To try that w put the tips of your fingers on Be y object and see with what force you ¢&n bring the heel of your hand down | : the same object without removing e fingers. Try this once and seé Woes think of it. ee “As I have’ said, I was always sedis _ to learn something while a kid. I saw. _ Choyndki do this a couple’ or times ' end I began to study anatomy. I got a chart of a humah body and saw Where the liver was located. I 2 improved in the Choynsk! scheme ; palebet’ ‘the left half-scissors : hook, * ‘Incidentally, , this is* the first - time It ‘have ever tipped this off. There are many ‘fighters, however, who: will tell- you it was what put them out. spel _ Uaee ae sd With Peadly Effect. Cg early part. of, 1903 that of the Jeft | half-scis- deadly effect.. Then it T began to be # champion. The “Athletic Teme »” Memsic scrapper. At. that Was: airy from the Btate of: ) where he had won-a lot of im his four-tound. go with Young “that : or the lightweight ia k of the universe. eAhagon wn Sag his best when the oe padotets signed ‘me up, ex- wae to see’me trimmed. ni tye hot. rounds, and Memsic “probably the worst ne on ¥ a aa SN ind eo ee ae ae Te a | — 4 See Pee & ays ‘what will I EE ES EIS BB. eR Ne she i ie ~~ - BAS EB 31

he rapped on the desk rather rudely, as up. Eaid he: give a bona fide example” “A White Sock,” replied Robert, “‘Is a big baseball player entirely sur- rounded by Comiskey. I think Frank Smith is a pretty good example." “Very good, Robert. Now. Stanley Robison, in your sophomore days you learned how to raise the Greek pie to the teeth power. Explain to the class raise the Cardinals eight times.’’ ° “That's easy, boss—Roger Bresnahan is the co-efficient of expansion in this case. Just multiply him.” ,»Mr. Robison, your answer is inadc- quate. However, Mr. John I. Tayior will now inform the class what is the meaning of the term cranial elephan- tiasis. Also, who knows more about baseball] “than anybody in the world?’ “Cranial elephantiasis,” lucidly ex- plained Mr. Taylor, “is a delusion en- tertained by the affilicted whereby he thinks his hat band is shrinking. As to the best informed baseball man, well —but then I’m too modest, to answer that question.” “Yes you have the Wisdom of the Nile(s), all right. Now, Mr. Murphy, you once tickled the typewriter for so much per leakage—why do you think there is a possibility of legal interfer- ence with the national game?’ “Well, Mr. Herrmann, I am tor that everybody in Chicago thinks the whole National League championship race is nothing but a game of Chance.”’ “No levity please, Mr. Murphy. Mr. McAleer, what league holds the best poker. hand in baseball?’’ “Well, now, let’s see,"’ guessed Genial James. “There’s Davy Jones, Tom Jones, Charley Jonés affad Fielder Jones —that’s four Americans of a kind, and pretty hard to beat.” a “Take the pot, Mr. McAleer. Now, Mr. O’Day, tell us your idea of the most desirable umpiring system.” “T believe in three umpires,” Hank. ‘Three umpires, why three?’ “Well, there ought to be one behind said ‘|the bat, one on the bases, and a peace- maker.”’ “There, there, scholars will please not throw the school’s property about. Can any one tell of what the National Com- mission is composed?’’ *“‘Whitewash,"’ was the almost unani- mous answer. And school closed for the | day. “Bobby, what is a White Sock and | . this morning. He had been detamed last night trying to think of es some overlooked player from whom he might remove the blacklist. He eu HERM.aNN was a little late cailing out the first clase in baseball: could only recall of Doc Risling and that didn’t help his feelingg any. So : he called little Bobbie Hedges to stand to tread. California reformers, having swept up Sen Francisco, are-now turn- ing attention to the State im geenral and are just now performing the Augean — service of removing racing and withdrawn... .: 5 A In addition to ‘the- California @ naughts, Mr. McIntosh, from” tralia, and Mr. John L. Sulltyans: Bawston are additions to the scramble for the coveted plum of the fight bee tween Jeffries and Champion Johnson. — *"Eaying knows ’ow much money | McIntosh ig prepared to offer Jeffries te unchain his Promethean shape from-r tirement, while John L. Sullfvan clain he has a money changer up his sleeve who can slip over a few ee e aggregate of $75,000. Jeffries is beginning to hook up wit a sales agent with a view.to t i made plain from the fact that he fs offering for sale his ajfalfa yields six crops annually, his NEW YORK Ere RAGE HERE IN the most experienced amateur thon runners in the country, and Maloney, also of New York, who 1 several Marathon races the local star; Sidney Hatch, of cago; Tewania, the Carlisle Indian, other well-known runners to enter.

wania, Hatch and Forshaw will the fifteen-mile race on

S.S.S. Blood Poison. of the disease, here and there, but of all, an absolutely perfect bl and remove every cleanses and puri of a trouble. Then nature, quick] pene renovates and renews the —the blood is pure and the cause of Treatment Book containing many sired sent free.

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icle of os cae on mouth and throat, skin eru hair, sores and ulcers, etc., disappear, those who are curing OTHE ov with THE ONLY REH FOR BLOOD Pols 5 Ss. S. S. is the one and Satya ee ere Contagion This claim is not based on the treatment its success a more than forty years, during which era a thousands upon found a cure by the use of this great regelab . ae tS. splotches, the body entirely fea the effects of this insidious poison. When §. S. has thoroughly ch and purified the circulation there is no sem a of any future ¢ the disease Swirr SPECIVIC CO.,

prize ‘fighting from the landscape. ‘less, several clubs in the Herve State have made big offers for the bat- both promised to enter an “ne Caneel his een in an : : =

N the case of that Jeffries duck. ; promoters seem. to be rushing in where the Legisiature does not fear ~ It is smail wonder, therefore, this one or the other of the promoters fe e ae = x4 x —

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j €: ee ae S ie: : - ‘ . ; Sg ¥ : r , - oy yy . es * = ee spies : > “ * ss & Sa % oa Wt a te OR baat bead a 4 “ ry ~~ = i 2 '% s * ur m2 aah o eS ” x4 SAD: 2 a gs Roy - - + = % Pe. ee : ra vt QUIS FOST-DiSPATGCH | _ TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1909. : Se OS ee ee ee ee ee hs or eed e ‘ . oO 9 os LEE LO Ra ARETE NOES A at me Wee. 0 BB EN CI a ee oe ee ee ~ wn ee one. [eRe 84 8| POST-DISPATCH DAILY MARKET RECORD gee ee Tebbetts, Mo. iso a City, Mo. Are iinaie ‘Robinson at: Si ceccrnscterrr ee [Mlaeilens eet coca See D Wgante Trneckt.--..-+---+-+--+ 821 O'Fallon | fobn, Mlelouseh oes = . PRODUCE MARKET. AN ANC \e TEMS RAILROAD NEWS AND 60SsIP > @latry Fields........,. etaaeste Hanpibal, M ang ti Hagia, Mo The recetvers of, whe, Atlant. Birminghar

Jos. H. Ahrens ae bel, Mo. f Be ; ee quoted are wholesnte. obtained from iaarew I e dare ‘ "6 rd street commission, houecs. funds to the interest | Gartle a DAYS ss - Gallagher . Raiser, awK Arswngges = of” the a Saiertal ‘Hank “of. ‘Gormess” ‘shows ney matared Installment of aPrinctpat iries_B. Ever stt Russell........... 5200 Cote Brilliante | Bridget Keane Eva BUTTER— Creamery, extra, S201, ‘tolls, ise, | the following changes: company’s road equipment bonds terest from Lydia Lohru S147A Brantner pl. | George Simpson .... . 16th yt ee ese: acre OP n pails an Cash in hand, "decreased 70,146.000 marks. | together with 30 days’ aeccru Lioyd H. Muller 2244 North Market | Yola. Henry 2620 G EGGS Receipts, 93 local case’ and. 810 Dfscounts,ineres 984136, 000, me Tara, Jan. 1. Nese Elsie L. Bekemeter 2244 North Market | Camiile Bordmann through cases. Shipments, 454 cases. Extras, bills decreased 5.753,000 marks ° 0. re- The Atlantic Coast Line Rallroad C Joseph R« znicek Hettick, 111 Corndiia, Bposnemen cases iucluded, 43c. Strictly fresh firsts, Notes. n circulation increased 38,072,000 e ansic ' : ipts, 8 ports for December: ' Agnes Kutak 1520 Lafayette | George Samuel Pope Washington. D. C | cases included, 41%c. Current receipts, case 1008. : d le Virginia Henshaw ++++«.Carroliton, Ill | count, eases returned, 40c. Dep sits decreased 89,347,000 marks. G same _.. .§ 2.585, 101 Ine. 8 269,019 Gold in hand decreased 41,643,000 ma&rks. ga pho yg Es 1.590.978 Dec. 106,691

ames P. Williams...2803 N. King’s Highway | Oscar Walter Bollinger G Steeleville, Il POULTRI—a.ave -cnickens, Pacey = ” era 4 E. Eckelkamp....S8t. Louis County, Mo. | Zula Powis arrier Mills. til | spring chickens. stags out. pea es pounds and under, roosters, old. CHICAGO, Feb. @— oe Pana ProTeam @ FoFarrr FE RSS FEKE = ~ —_ a @ OO-1— wae > Pe Se

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. according to average: , m : 4@16s, 8% @9c; e , f to |leable steel. breakage, 40c; stove, 45c; light | Of the Post-Dispatch in St, Louis and ecasuring 3 ata: light. S@9%c; N York and Califor- brass, $9. 25; heavy brass and light copper,|its suburbs is greater than that of | | : nia, S%c._ New eo eers. ORS, $10.25; zinc, $2.50; lead, $3.50; pewter, §19;/ ALL other English Dailies COM- nen w at hes b OLEOSTEARINE—Nominal at 11@11\e. | finfoil. $21. aan | and omen at 60c less inc es y 4 ai 5 ok Sart ha 5%c:; packers’ prime, | oe * aa 4 q -. = -u co. . a : 40 VALUED AT $450 inches 9 7 General Produce. ’ ) | pair . ‘ GRASS SEEDS—Per 100 pounds: Timothy, $3@3.15 for fair to $3.30 * i. 3.45 for clean

CORN—Per 100 mind be Pearl, $1; rice, FIRST PRIZE—One Kimball Conservatory Cabinet Grand Upright, $1.15@1.25 eee a, at $450, will be awarded absolutely free to the person sending " BROOMCORN Common ton i: ane st on oe for we and , “ : us card on which they have written the words “Kieselhorst Sells Kimball track. Central Tyler 3085 for men which we ' Pianos” the greatest number of times, in accordance with the rules | | | _ SECOND E—One Apollo Piano-Player, valued at $250, including 6282 Tyler 1622 2. | ™ sell at $6.00 cut to . a Daag ed gees —— subscription to our 50,000 roll circulating li- ST, LOUIS WOMAN 10 EXHIBIT WE DELIVER EVERYWHERE ‘ ry, to the. next highest A, . THIRD PRIZE—One Purchase Check for $150 and a Music Cabinet val- RICK GOWNS ae PALN BEACH $10.00 in Stamps With 50c Tea. | \ ‘ ae PRIZES To the next 10 highest will | to : 00 5 00 IN . y | | i | o the nex ighest will be awarded Purchase §& ’ ; | M 6.00 in ith 30c Coffee. ' AU ION Checks for $125 each. Following these in groups of five, or more, each Manager of Barr's Dressmaking § aie | $ pagent § bet 5 . ‘ \ ine RULES AND CONDITIONS remarkable gowns designed by and made a a ae. ae has othes been making too answers must vg pocetvee at our office or bear post date not under the direction of a St. Louis wom- | § : much profit else deter. than February 16, an, Mrs. E. M. D. Landenberger, mana- | . . ; it. . o dds 7 Writing must be -oaaaa ‘to the naked eye. ger of the dressmaking. department of iecincctiver thane selhorst Sells Kimball Pianos” must be hapetienell Tl l tha Witter hare Dey Goods Co, duel | re | GB | 1 Kieselhorst Sells Kimball Pianos. will depart for Palm Beach next Satur- " : - a 2 a 2 Kieselhorst Sells Kimball Pianos. day, taking with her 36 of her own cre- r sats | ; EY ae ee heres e. 5 ius 3 Kieselhorst Sells Kimball Pianos, Etc., Etc. ations in stage costumes, evening gowns, aN > : = a <3 7 rite on one side of card only. Each contestant is veranda gowns and those for use upon Sf é wy «! ‘submit but one card only. “es eee tee “ ~? ae can gl under these wo or more answers tie for an rize ‘ ‘ har will be awarded. y prize, prizes of equal value These ‘gowns are on exhibition on th2] @ ' , ‘ anti The awarding of prizes will be in charge of three disinterested second floor of the store and are at- _ Judges, whose decision will be - final and irrevocable. tracting the admiration of all who see Use any plain card or paper, size as indicatea above. “,.. While it"Is not required that contestants use the coupon in sena- fg |te™ Mrs. Landenberger wit show IGHQICR Cored Beef, per id, . 5 | gyno it will facilitate the handling of the answers if they these gowns in one of the big hotels at Tee, Sean 8 mn or similar written form. Contest is open to every- the famous winter resort and expects _ body except employes house, i i eo Beage d F K f St nd T [ fr y P pioyes of this hous to take many orders as a result. ans 6S q al oma 00s, CANS OF eos C IMPORTANT FEATURES All of the gowns show exquisite taste n « . and remarkable ingenuity in the use of 4 F p f 5 g F f 2 he Dhan Sern ech terrs's, tara fcr th inaruments xo fice toe ee sentra | 00S OD OUBAY OUT TOT oa vo a ve ne a sing w t « ; H eo thousands of dollars to |S 4" evening gown of Irish lace. 12 Gans Fine Table Peaches in Heavy Syr 3 mest exquisite that can be bonght, y yrup OF ee F 1 Piano Co. you draped over satin. It is strictly di- x RICE PLAN, the rectoire. Poppies ‘are embroidered in 4 F k f § dl 5 f 25 ae a Purchase Ch ig high relief on the silk net panels, while at d eS ee 58 q 5 is 0] ceo Ray hes age EOL Sk, C z layer- the front and back are of Irish lace. 3 ID f) | ( F f 25 2 Ip [ - : oneed limit. in the The gown is valued at $500. 5, [ g bat BS, C 5. afg8 runes, 15¢ : ladly mai - gg Fuary ie t e 4 ae Siney Se Ene AY: OF Srey Arey eee Safety Matches, 2 boxes | st o : our pianos on application. trimmed in flowered cretonne covered /9 posties Mixed S Pi payments to everybody. with green and gold lace. The remark-/2 Bottles Chili Games ckles 4 CANS oar : able feature of the gown is that it has |2 ttles Catsup | CONTEST CLOSES FEBRUARY 16, 1909°@a not a stitch in it, the shawl effect is Ye hee produced by the draping being: caught { Bars Be ai STRING 2m -» Oo a DESK P- miup on the right side, twisted through

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KIESELHORST PIANO CO., CONTEST DEPT 2, 1007 OLIVE eS +» ST. LOUIS, MO.: the girdle in a directoire sash on the I herewith submit card on which I have written the words left side and caught down with gold Sweetheart Ne x Mt BEANS | “Klescihorst Selis Kimball Pianos”......)............ si oy ii ject to rules governing contest. e+ a oop This style of draping, Mrs. Landen- ie | (Large Cans) * ON . _— ve sy rae venta bah ie ea SCPA CORE HMO eres e bebe vogue when it becomes known. The en- Have you EP WOE dr Save wbebeeees cots sccccccvccece e tire design and combination of coloring j For || originated with Mrs. Landenberger. 2 Cans 10c Milk. .4......., cess ie iinesnaneses a jano?.... see } Y ; ‘ Pp * o Town. oe OPPS 868 OOS 0066 doe 6 Bled 6% do é Another evening gown is of filet mesh, Z op ga age < a a Milk or organ?........ Sisilk net trimmed in pompadour lace ro ‘Lan =. caught with Oriental sage-green beads.|Lamb Chops, It has a directoire coat effect, and is Lamb Stew, KIFSELHORST PIANO CO. St, Lous extremely dainty and beautiful. Its i cost is $250. a, ESTABLISHED 1879. Mrs. Landenberger designed and made i Pork Roast, Ib. the costumes worn by the members ot Pork Shoulder the “Merry Widow" company on its re-/ 3 ths. Shoulders Ib.. cent visit to St. Louis. Mixed Cakes, Ib Kidney Beans, 4 pkgs... Baked@d Beans, can Best Lard, Ib..

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ene eeapceceasas = 8=6& tS to be to BURIAL PERMITS. Aue eoreenhalgh, 80,° 4159 N. Newstead; Rertha | on Polke. %."5 1210 North Market; senility. : ! 7 Neate srk 5 a Jo _Cook; carbuncle, an — —-- - 7 —- —== ——o Hesckiah Hutler, "St, 1416. N, oot a bro : fF Baki ee ee YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD IF YOU og Fat a Sete | orn tpicieney. 4. 1110 8, Cardinal; éndo- i : 3 14 . Call up the Post-Dispatch (Main 3150; Concral 3418) the s < yous a aoe ri a Cross, 68, 308 N. Union; pneu- . \ | . i tic. industrial or professional male or female help. or desire bey. elo 0, 1440 NITE; pneumonia. . if stock. merchandise or land: Basatbemn s B. # flats ringnaseen. 51, . - ; eS ES Fn eS on Pe. reat aa | g e of the Post-Dispateh's «ape wade ad comrsoers wil f acvertise ed 4 Bs a . = ot Ba — | |. | BI ite your account. gay No lo adversioamane wit hast ged for an amout = ; : é ; x r. seas Pate x , - 2 .* : S

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Amalgamated Copper.. banks in the pest week ha im. & & FP. Co, com, heavy. The vot . Cattle . a - ago. g Am, Smelter com king bal-|: Hogs 4 10! 909 10 * ba. and at this/: 454 3. shipments of 47 or 656 =: ; as though there will | cs :|Prices Open Firm, Then Sag to De these increasing country NATIVE CA p ’ g activity in oats futures. . TLE—The ad . " and they ruled i ON EX L HA N Gt Sétect‘en the inert reies here’ "| prone that sow yenttviny was | Slightly Lower Levels, Moving | fies 7 Mig‘sstt's 4 ¥. direct effect on the interest rates here. took place here yesterday was oats was igc to te a Wry du@. all wiped t today. : sath ou ay The market started Sluggishly Throughout. cate ag were anvEW, YORK, Feb. 2—The following table | °¥ tae slow, with most salesmen being oaks n unw : e - a ow meey _ Sering the ng to accept lower bids. While some no clearances of oats last week i sales : : Cail. Time. Disct. an to ars ; Railway S 4s and St. Louis & pronda y q 2 3 4 ; F market on aii} The local wheat, market was extremely dull | with imoente ae ifs ae" ge ig = y 4 ) 3 : $6.25. | 2d narrow Tuesday, there being few feat- So's. were 52.800 bu. with shipments of 68, a 2 3 . % @4 =e RRR PASHE ee Lnaconda “WALL STREET:

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ee though advices 0 continuation of 5 from that country and a ed. There was not much dullness was the prin- characteristic of the cash and flour trades. There was a good increase in the visible supply of Europe, but domestic sup- plies are falling off, the big bulls in several marees pone lopeatas to be moving out quite large stocks. wm) a eneag ® a moderate advance at e start, but the ars soon began to get ~ Wabash preferred and the Harriman na. a i oe area te te eae Ls 64 nena ee > gemma ‘“ mayne nereree 38 nage I ameme to the crepe ae “C. , sie reely e previous day, an ces were Pacifics % each, New York Central % as w result of the variable weather. The| ac 500) yon NEW YORK BOND SALES Av ee oh depressed to small declines. Trading was and B. R. T.'1 point. period of freezing has been vagpetuag, The | a pe- . pit. 1 “? -+ 220... sia in’ th a = red Po ae nak riod of mildness. end there is very light snow] S sere 115.... 6 75 n @ extreme. Toward noon e mar- the total sales to noon amounting to] berian wheat is being offered for forward 5 $00 90 2000 Sou. Ry. 48 at 78%. sO pine division was fair, approximating ay ag al only 261,800 shares. shipment. At Baltic ports there are fair sup- | _,d0 58 ($100) Oy Ate Oe t, o% , Mt ee portion "of ceamys a cones cee’ toe $1.07 Sagi ed to $1 Plies and moderate exports of Siberian wheat. y - 200 CB. G.._ill., 48 at 102%. peotenday, tho han ee Sneek shen tween $1 O75 All the prominent stocks opened high- Argent fficial rt | St. L. & Suburban Gen. 5s.. 94 000 M. K. , . 48 at 86% the bulk of the arrivals en $1.07% a : itine-——According to an unofficia oo & Boatmen’s Bank 22: 000 : t 77%. : Yac hig er today. The changes were entirely | estimates regarding exportable surplus are be-| Nat) Bank of Commerce... ‘ "p. : ‘ sympathy s ing reduced. Our agent confirms his former Northwestern "81 000 R. I. ; ‘ e division . 3 at 92%. y was for lower prices. Best | Crease of 647,000 bu in wheat increase of 6,700,000 bu fractional. Anaconda and Lead ad- report. vanced % each, Consolidated Gas and a pA 0 6 ed "3S ani + mr Europe and afloat and a tot Bost Wool Market. ‘RR. I. 48 a ; 3, mix stock at $2.00] = Steel preferred % each, Smelting and oston : ; ; oxen at $2 and steers at $4 to $4.50 830 2 : AS AND OKLAHOMA CATTLE. 8. Steel common % each and Amalgamated BOSTON, Feb. 2.—The local wool market 1000 United Rallways 85. is awaiting the arrival of the new clip, and #1000 United Railways 2000 Colo. Sou. : . ae STEER ‘ ‘xy : y “ 4 . wheat unchang higher, Antwerp Copper % points. In the rails section what little remains of the old is being of- , ; . 1000 United Railways ‘ : : ie | fered at top prices. Montana half-breed comb , 000 Atch. cv. 48 at 104 , Eee weve OR vei come Atchison, Cc & 0 , St Paul and Er e ings pee U nited Railways . erage ay Be Beye wheat i higher, and was a holiday in st.

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Berlin wheat have sold at 25c, while other wools gained 4% each, M., K. & T. and Union | are cesrespondingiy strong. 20 0 United Rs iiwape is t 85% | ay : . It is reported that speculators have with- 2000 Unite allways 48 at , : 3 ‘ ) fede i: supply of wheat this Pacific % each, Pennsylvania, Reading | nearly 30,000,000 pounds on the sheeps’ backs,} 10 United Railways preferred at 64%. fps saee © ES a pate : r show! » tne: sf 4 Mi ri P ifie % h j 4D. @& It is claimed at Montana growers ob- alee panware nyewree ot iy , : 8 58 0 This ‘Sompuite with doieies an s80U acific each an \ tained 20c for their unsheared wool. 00 St. ud. general Os & ; ‘VES A ast | nomena St. L. & Sub. general 5s at 94%. CALVES AND YEARLINGS. "0 490,000 bu. when the total was Ohio fine delaine is scarce and light supply st & Sub. } stains Se at 941,. . SS, coos 150.... 6 saat 0 +, Last week there wa isncrease & 041. MISSISSIPPI CATTLE, of | 1,448,000 bu. ¢ . ct. j STEERS. Minneapolis stocks decreased 15,000 bu

R. G. % points. : is quoted at 38c to 40c. Shearing is actively At the end of the first hour the progressing in Arizona and 18c to 19¢c Is Suburban 5s at chan in th ket i id, with growers holding out for 20c. St. L. Suburban 5s at 941. : s Ye { § fot three dave.” ine + 160 = mn © merket were unim-/ “Pulled wools are strong and fairly active, S00 Ke. Vices’ Mlathene kee :; . Ist 4%s at 92%. oes lOOB. 5k 6 , ee 915.... 4 00 saninar sel lh rt a aap Eo . ee ° ") ’ , portant, but the ‘tendency seemed to be | but the foreign product is dull. inion” dana jae TT . ' Wabash 4s at 82%. as ie D. aia ‘ 148 last year, and Winnipes’ Qos, aeninet

° 5000 Wabash 4s at 7 2 75 2 560.... upward. Rock Island preferred and N. Union Sand at 118%. 5000 Jap. 48 at &2 sagen AND YEARLINGS. 116 last year. 2 New York Produce Market, 80 Union Sand at 119. Pp. Baas : ae 4 3 00 23... 2zl.... 3 OO There were no features to the late trading. ¥. Central advanced 4% each, Wabash NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-—Pork aulet mess, a tational) Bank cof Commerce at 284. 15,000 American ‘rel, ly * ot 2 h. 2 oe : 2 oo Operators were una ttected by the faint castere ; ‘ 6.75@17,.25. Lard quiet; e es *$2000 St. Louis Brew. Association 68 at yy: ‘ ‘ eral supp! bd rF side, and prices stuck around the wee ene BR. T. % each, and Spot. 40. 1oe49.80 Sdgar, raw, quiet; cen- 91." tal ee Pacific cv. 48 at 104%. and buyers proceeded if" off the ad-|C8tly easy levels, hag | very sluggishly nearly all the other important issues trifugals, 96 test, 3.64@3.67c, Coffee op- *} Third National Bank at 819%. 5000 R Gag ory 78 » ~~ vance they were compelled to put on yester- | Under the small trade. oreign news was Chi North tions opened steady; Rio No. 7, on spot, 7 *$14.000 United Railways 4s at 85%. > a 7 day. The market was 15@25c lower and|ather bullish, except as to supplies, in were at parity. cago-Northwestern ; . , 25,000 C. B. Q. (IIl.) 48 at 108. , , : y. ; country, 5% J 13'000 American Tobacco 6s at 106%, back to the Saturday basis with the top at which there was a large increase. Private declined % on its initial sale. ' | @b\e. ady; live aes “sales between sessions, afternoon and} 15'999 American Tobacco 4s at 76." $6.75 and the bulk solid from $6.35@6.60. Good ye tong firm markets abroad and The industrial stocks also made very | {5}; fancy firm: ery, extra, | morning. 3000 Atchison General 4s at 101%. 4) ge anes eae Pi oe Eee export bids and the ‘possibility of nome usne ; ; L . 5 a ng on the medium an eav Ogs. : " : : ~ ~» few changes. Consolidated Gas was an | 29@ ac: mate + aR. A Second Session. pon ergata) mer. a ati Packers were very bearish and beughe but Recs apts in the Southwest were lar er than exception however, showing weakness easier; nearby white fancy, 39c; fresh firsts, Bid 4000 Un. Ry. Frisco 48 at 73. sty nese before noon. They were bidding others, there was a quite good demand for $4l4c, Cheese, receipts. 2097 packages: firm: | —— , : . 2000 L. 8. M. 4s (1981) at 96%. ares t 25c lower and in places even more. the better grades > again. In the early trading it declined full creams, specials, 14% @18%C. Ely-Walker D. G. Ist pfd..... 96 2000 Southern Railway 4s at 78%. Butchers and shippers paid $6.60@6.75, while prices bore up well under the heavy i to 118, which is 1% points under its open- . ——o— seg ome common .... 2000 -§ Y. Air gurake $s, at 110, — ning + Bley yetd atthe Got tae and after a “very uninteresting "movement Ade — = — . nite allways com. ....... 5000 B. R. T. 4s at ‘ xed hog @6.35. Good lights | ’ , : : Porn : ‘ng. Foreign Exchange. do preferred 64 64 3000 R. I. Sa at 92%. Sold at $5.75@6.25, best pigs $5@5.40 and YS ewe Sey otic oie, to ae wn (Francis, Bro. & Co., 214 N. Fourth st.) nan giana: The steel and copper stocks were . - 5s 2000 M. & Cc 4s at . common trashy pigs and lights $4@ 4.50. sellers and September wheat at 93 54c sellers. ST. LOUIS Feb. 2. or or payments: cheap. The Mercantile Trust Co, quotes foreign ex- 99 100 8000 American Hide & Leather 6s at 98%. MIXED PACKERS AND HEAVY. Cash wheat ruled steady under a good de.|. New_ York—March opened unchanged ati Post- tch. . . the most-active stocks on the list, but Gon (for £1). 4.8816 | poe get ame, $100) ° 15,000 Interboro 6s at 103%. geet hogay ot 9 one’s cox, | flour for the day were equal to 143,000 bu. ee fee TP aehtt toe a ne ee a oa sine ae th ' Cable transfer, any oh or ) 487 ~ | Toledo Home Tel. 5s 5,000 U. 8. S. 5s at 108%. pees Mareres 9 - + pa aero ly Primary receipts of wheat were 353,24@ bu, | December, 1 point lower at 9. fi ions t Ph igh eir fluctuations were narrow. The heck (for 4 Bh: United Railways 4s 2000 Wisconsin Central 4s at 93. "BUTCHERS AND SHIPPE & with shipments of 335,761 bu, and local re- . prot jet. 4 to € " s bas & ee wae | re 690 bu. points niger Spots dull, 4 points higher. Market seemed to be irf a wavering k | position, with no special activity in any Ch . ci $1) 198 : A PS perm - eosnmnenee as Sales—G000 bal American, 5000 , ‘ eck, - BD. 1001 tate National Ban d e ales, ’ , ef the prominent issues. er Check, Belgium (for $1 oO aa. | Third National There was anste asaela. At 12:80 p. m.—Market steady, 2% to 4% bh , Mercantile Trust in the shipping and cash points higher. = Several Ww ow in ning. | Check, Austria (for gape Check, Holland (for 1 3 Mississippi Valley Trust

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Board of Directors an, specialists in nigh-grade invest- > -£tP n 5110 8G Boal sf securities, 600-601 Thi ational Bank 100 @110 n/100 @11 @94%6 ....4105%4 @108 |105@108% 194 @o99 . va Ba, At Louie, er LOUIS, Feb. 2. 3 ae Bir 101 14 @108 01 @% NEW PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION ee 4 “ae at 08%. Bass a ae as Se John 7 Beggs Breckinridge Jones ———— ..../95 @101 nj95 @100 |85 @90 eA - 5 50 vise * EMR, , beg SS et MAKES RIVALRY IN RELIEF WORK) 2$%20°2° BRS Bist! A a Bde Be Be BB BS Wilbur F. Boyle William G. Lackey ered, 1 e1ieqen leit,ae2 |n4igasoy | 5.000 Amn, Tob. 48 at 75%. a de a RS James E. Brock W. J. MeBride -18.. 624@63 j62%a@63 (55%@56% | Effort Will Be Made \to Combine ‘ian Bi Besse Utes. | Sl 1622225 00 : 8-18. ose... sgais [3 yellow..| 61% |81%@02% | 55 3000 Nor, Hac, Ss at. 75. ere 10K 22. 4:90 18.8 AML. August A. Busch Nelson W. McLeod FLATS FOR RE teteeenes 2 white.../63 @6314 |63 @é3ig |56 @b6%y Two East St. Louis 2000 ill. Ret. NI : slotline iy 1S wae. Ieee ie ee ‘ati pat at 100%. eect Gas ae eet ae Murray Carleton Saunders Norvell Seam Bie Organizations. $000 Un. Pac, Rig: 45 at 98%. ree BBL BAO BRITT BATT Charles Clark Robt. J. O'Reilly, M. D nee team-Heat .Y. . a | Seana Das ‘harles Clar obt. J. JY, MU. ANG &- PRANKE 1008 Cheetane | OATS. $1 nl | 2 149 @49% With the organization of a new. provi- + vee oon se neeee F - ia cece ae 86.... 78.... 4 60 : Y ~ o. 8 50% b 48 @48% 2 77 : 4 ‘ y umbia, 8.008, 134 jo9 °°": Jnowabi "ist sz [so api [ent association Monday night in East} Short Time Bonds and Notes. |, SHEEF—A good moderate’ numbr ‘arrived || Horatio N. Davis Wm. D. Orthwein REAL ESTATE WANTED . amare é by (a Rs if ‘ i > ee ~~ ° . : ; ee @ quotations are subjec yey as : 1, 714@49% . ld East St. Louis Provi- ted daily by D. Arthur Bowman, spe-j|erns and most of them reached the market ; W ~~ eee be add in each case 4 white. . 49% a 1 peo @50% 147 » 1 ” Mi age a ‘ d a “ 7 cialist inh b-grade investment securities, rether late. What few natives wig were John D. Davy = Henry - Peters aRe DBNCE wtd.—s or 9 9 = in a . ya en ssociation ecameé active. n | 600-601 Nationa n - -} On the common to fai | ly. But few 7 . t. for oe ; ST. LOUIS. Feb. 2.. sales were made during the forenoon. ; Auguste B. Ew ing H. Clay Pierce Box He Te. ‘hest‘Danelant” Bee 20UN Wtd.—Vacan : , ffort will be made to bring the two or- . c , Py Ae ; : s steaks tw e made sale wits ee market was slow and 15@25c lower, David R. Francis A ugust Schlafly | - Ww z m iit EGGS—Receipts 221 local cases, and 715 f the di h p through cases. Shipments 415 cases. Bxtras|S@nizations together for the dispensa- interest. © Per’ | pre cratten "chest Se Os So eo foes cases inc. 34c. Strictly fresh first cases inc, | tion of charity to the needy poor on the ataMe. iia ae D , dy 06 @A. ite August Gehner R. H. Stockton Wt ‘ fp “a is 70 | 0 LAMBS AND FBARLENGS. J li and 6 rooma ’ . . 4 . ee 1u . 80 S. E. Hoffman ulius 8. Walsh gra, "est of Union Bi Current receipts cise count cases re] East Side. The old association wil] am T turned 38ic. Tuesday i > Bs . ' open headquarters Tuesday. At. oie “4 7....$6 50 ae $6 3! . © ld associati ae ; --:. 5 75 948-w 70...; . The officers of the old on are & St. 1 hit?rTON A 70 Rolla Wells Can get it. Box H-82. .. 6 00 11.. 7c & President, Paul W. Abt; secretary, W. |Interboro R. TAFT T0 BE MADE MASON J. Broderick; treasurer, H. D. Sexton. The society was organized to dispense | x 2 02 d@ int Bes r AT SBT OW FED. (0 [itr scice Soce soteting tne wonee'c 8%s......N ae . 91 1896, and about $2,000 remained in the treasury after the cyclone affairs were S%s......May, 1 ‘ : % y art |For the Second Time in 100 Years Ree a. See ey asaeiaen eae PONS OR” ISTERED This Rare Honor Will Be was taken up to dispose of the fund, and headquarters were maintained’ for sey- weeks. There-is $1,800 yet in the

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otha on ts he high ti ich bel I few of the com-jthe high prerogative which belongs only ; er, Al 5 , S ’ of Men. J. B. House; treasurer, bert Another Prisoner Calls Revolver a ‘wan 1 Ine than_ com: ; A Reasonable Fee say Fe Free. Charges very low reed’ to the Ald mn 8t ito a grand master of Masons. tary, to accept. Prices a 2 Butchers paid from We Charge Nothinz kt w not vorably propriation wes made}. This honor is so rarely conferred that | Diehm. Be te . there is but a single instance of it on While the new organization behaone ae Cannon and Pays o6.50, to $676 Sor their hogs, while parkers * O record in the 100 years’ history of Ma-|formed the old gin Fy Judge $5. and” fair’ kinds and Se A fing a1 ey To Prove ur Method (Opp. Hotel Roster) sonry in Ohio, when, in 1892, the Hon. | met * oa ial aa. Gakuen kr ‘The use of the word “cannon,” mean- all of the eee ola ee wil Cure You. 1230 OLIVE ST., ST, LOUIS, MOQ. Asa 8. Bushnell of Springfield was | open headquarters. ing @ revolver, cost Phillip Gleason $5 | ; lar peed be until cured. the new society which will confer with | ("5 ene Og Bag = aud Skin Diseuses, Bieot || | I’vison, Eruptions, Kidney, —- | made a macnn) at sight. Pficial ¢ the old organization Tuesday morning in the Clark eteanes Seas wt armen pas Some months ago—in fact, before|the officials 0 Police Court, and calling a black stif FINANCIAL : Varicose end Moottes eee and Fistula, Rupture and _TO LET—BUSINES3 PURI OSES , is composed of Judge Taft's nomination for the presi- | seeking a consolidation hat a “dip” was five times as ex- — des . d Pe SI pi aicied dency—he expressed a desire to become | Mayor Silas Cook, 1. C. Haynes and pensive for Chester Dorey. He was ) . JON AS () ne, it oe cat call, write for infor team aeecenes oneness | tot iF, Gy WU, | sit. Matauri" ie | SECOND FLOOR FOR RENT &. Mellish an ran retary Jaceh Gleason, who lives at 2800 622 PINE STREET. street, was arrested with Charles Bow-| Mining Curb Brokers DR. KING, err aTaee as outnoadt corner of 24 and Wash Medical Association. read ae = Tth and Washi

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‘enee tx H. Bromwell, who, with Past Grand pO gi ees. Master Levi C. Goodate, united in a ANOTHER RECORD PRICE man of 2934 Olive street, charged with 54 BROAD sT., NEW YORK, OC! y of 8 petition to Grand Master Hoskinson to RENT fighting on Market street Monday night SPECTALISTS IN ALL a nn at Be Patrick's honor Judge Taft by making him a FOR OLIVE STREET ALS] cicason testified that Bowman tripped Listed and Unlisted Securities} o - REI N ER od Mason at sight. inline over his feet, and when he peti: Bought and Sold for Cash or on Margin Dr. S Cc | 14, who di home are reached to his pocket as though abou We mak falty of issu : Leute | ity, ‘ny : + : Naming = New Song, Plow’s Candy Company Renews to draw a revolver. FR reports on all miniag properties | 816 Chestaut St., St. » Mo. From Ally Sloper. Lease at About $1000 a “I thought he had a cannon,” said Staten Canada oe Mento, “mans ime. Robert Rustler: What did you say M nth Gleason. He was fined $5 and Bowman paperts are widely known a3 being particularly Chren ee pase fied ws” sult 15] was the title of your new sone? cee? was discha te var roughly up-to-date and very com- Poor foros my a4 effected by Cornet rged. lete, varying from 500 to 10,000 words each =a . /- tan 1007, Successful chorus lady: I call it “The| A transaction was h establishes Dorey, who lives at 2819 Cass avenue, ta cwa any mining stocks or are thinking ae a ee m y ' Proposal.” & Zeibig Tuesday while ®n- ! and Albert Dalley of 1017 Chestnut street | of buying aay write us at once for our report. SUBURBAN PROP jioms ee : os R 2 ‘ mark on Olive-streg;t J. | sent free. Now is the time to investigate and : ‘ ‘ : Ba, obert Rustler: And the key? other high-water an ae were arrested for beating Charles J. | tax. advantage of the coming seater’ —_ - | Suceessful rentals in the retail distr wine volved Smith, an ex-policeman, of 2819 Chouteau GET OUR REPORT ON ; | the renewal of the lease of iat » Soney avenue, Smith was arrested on & cross- store in the Carleton Building for alcharge. Dorey said that Smith het MARCONI ‘WIRELESS hinted oo ee | “smashed his dip." Dorey was fined 8%.) 44 ihn. of this stock. ok Barer a wee ma ae as ge. Pe. vy eq

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One of the most delightful affairs given in honor of Miss Mary Reynolds, . of Dayton, O., was the bridge party Sateen oe inthe vounger set! BNLZAQ) tJ Continuing Wednesday=~I Our Final Effort to Dispose of All Lingering Lots of Fall & Winter Goods f you have a piano like this |} Pink Kularney roses decorated the | 44 SRE ‘9 Many short lots. & numbers not to be duplicated, which the inventory revealed, bn ‘ to trade it in on an draswing-room, carnations, palms and — ferns were in the dining-room and vio- have been sorted: out & so deeply reduced in price as to rush them quickly. | pright, come to see us’ We , About thirt 4 ns ausonus dhe ween, 0 Ge anne , Every department is vitally interested in this final clearing movement. The goods in every in- ‘give you all your piano is girls enjoyed the games, at the conclu- Porth for it in exchange. , — [{sion of which @ course luncheon was| stance are thoroughly desirable. In this sale the price is the only thing below the usual standard. : NICE SQUARE PIANOS served. Some of the guests present were - . | fs : Ca AR i $25 Axminster % j quis, Myrtle Joerder, Miriam Flersheim, . wi it ; Hi a HAH Ht Mitt or e Pas é FOR SALE FROM Marian Bonsack, Adele Bonsack, Lee | B¥ 15 Brussels Rugs, $10.00 Women’ S Vests. I Hi “ae ch WK i pil c iy is A PN {it i Corsets ) : ea Yerger, Mary Horner, Barbara Scott, | % - 1 | = ' | sib Several imp orted From the renowned house of S. San- = Estelle Goodfellow, Marjory Eddy, Alice | §% _ : : 7 as Swiss ribbed, ure WANT | ‘} of iff Mii HN aes a ford ons—9x12 ft. size—a x : $25.00 T0 $50.00 illiott, Gladys Metculf, Virginia Long- | ij | You can save exactly $5.00 on every bleached — oH O | a ¢ eG il ce” fi ip sigcest anne of Ori tal & streth, Violet Nichols, Anna Nichols, | © | “one you buy tomorrow—they are Ger . | 7 pie one tilled—nov- we 3 ¢ extra size pure elty materials — sizes floral patterns—they are slightly acluding | such = well-known |! p,,nces York, Olive Outten, Mary Mills, | [@ 1° ft a3 | ih | | ty Tog aa * Knabe. Steinway, || ciotiide Brown, Elicta Daniels, Florence | full 9x . 81ze, & they come in an — eng & Pants— Hi iil zl Di 71 WATS ‘ > Gun eit | evict ob se a — good mismatched or shaded, which im- ar Weber Kaiser, Margaret Biebinger. 1 ssortment of new Sprin designs vc Values— HH VE. 6 mouwels-— erfe r ickering, Emerson, V , rd a pring 8 ag eee day, Bi in 2 quite A WA: i Sh eat >, NA ie a8: waheees perfection is hardly pronounced v ose and others. Mrs, George Simpkins will entertain | fgg —floral & Oriental patterns—in at- garment Wednesday . ¥ Shiekering & Son’s upright, Tuesday evening the members of the yA” tractive two-toned green & red — WE GIVE, REDEEM means that we can save you exactly $115.00. ee ee ee ¢ combination effects; also neat a AFTER-STOCK-TAKING BARGAINS IN $8.25 on each one tomorrow—they are ter, Miss Ethel Simpkins, at her mar- ‘day. A rehearsal will be held, followed | B% Ae ° : ! ’ | 1 decile adhe umes. | brary = all made in one solid 3 _ ~ 305.00 Sve gaeueae ae tat * fy piece without seam— : ’ because of their slight . blacks—some plain tailored, others trim- Sy o 1 | Children’s $5 & $6 Coats, $3.55 of kerseys, plaids, novelty stripes & mix Lo med with satin bands—these Coats werd $4 to $5 Lace Curtains, $1.98 ray, F. A. Luyties, Peyton T. Carr, ' ah high 1] ‘4 sdisdae W. K. Bixby, J. D. Bascom, Charles F. | § mms Bee —_ ures—som ave nl coluars, wide revers as : m™ | Bearskin or crushed .velvet—some & satin trimming — others 5 In our unsurpassed $10.00 : ‘ ye , & & $12 50 lines this season—- French Cable Net, LLace-Bordered Scrim,

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Bates, C. W. Whitelaw, W. M. Hough, ; a Py Sas. Beary ee ae. quilted lined—sizes up strictly plain tailored — Seotch, Point d’Esprit & French Guil- ee rp eg repo Selene “tive pit to 4 years—Wednes- black & rich mixtures-— B seam ange Bon eo pure Lace Curtains—white, ecru, ivory gee — ol |G} day.. 5 - $10.00 to $15.00 values— y & Arebion oa S0 pA J. B. N. Kehlor, W. K. Stanard, John A. Children’s $2.00 to $8.50 Coats, 95¢ “Wednesday choice choice of ‘several hundred Bate a 05.06 cue . for $3.50. Wednesday, pair Tere is a used piano that we || Rohan, W. L. Chappell, J. A. Buse, | iq. i . ‘. H, Huttig, Mrs. W. H. Odd lots—velvet, serge & bearskin—not a 1 sell for $115.00. Rolla Wells, ¢ ~ | | i\ a ais ! : | -Women’s $25 to $30 Dresses, $12.50 GOe- pair tec Lace Gankn son hs ae Burritt, B. W. Shapleigh, T. K. Nied- | Em BOE to $3.50 values— W. C. Teasdale Jr., Charles | Bg Wednesda ’ ; 1 : i OF Monthly Pay ments wre re cad f Women ad $5 & $0 Skirts, $3.48 : Ti £ Of soft messaline, taffeta, satin Duchess, peau ae 50 pair - Lace Curtaies wank ee th

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ringhaus, ! Glark, Adolphus Busch, A. T. Stewart, | Ba Infants’ Caps & Poke. Bonnets a O85 ote ° o 4 . : , oO , ; for Lace Curtain or t his 3 instrument is in fine con- "% Plai hs OE gree a ee Of all-wool Panama & voile—some plain tailored, | 1) Fees a chiffon 'broadeloth, ye most striking 3.50 pair for Lace Curtains w ‘h up to 00. wil Neat for years, ain or curly bearskin- m ads - others trimmed with satin bands & strappings— 4 || ie mk “winter Empire/ modified Directoire, Princess pair for Lace Curtains up to c ition an - ¢ the large affairs of Monday | & & rosetteg—in various colors—worth =. 75 n t ft ee &: Rese. | & Semi-Princess models—for street or — +4 gw for Lace Curtains worth up to $12.80. One 0 bY cut extra u h | ? 1. 10 pair for Lace Curtains worth up to $25.00 . wear—blue, green, black, white brown wis- 1.50 each for. Portieres worth vn to $4.50 We have was the tea given by Mrs. | & l 00 & $6.00 values—W ednes- , , afternoon a worth up to $2. 0 — Wednesday, actual $5. me. : | | taria — Wednesday, while 40 lr for Portieres worth up a Owe

E. R. Hoyt, Louis Werner, S. M. Dodds. Se atch ter Rope Valances “worth $1 USED PIANOS James C. Crowders at her home on day, choice for 7 : i 25 f choice for : : | last, choice of these actual $25 1.15 for 8-4 Tapestry Table Covers worth & »30 Vresses for Se yd. for White or Arta bian Cable Net ingt boulevard. 4 | . hand that are equally as ign Seabee, in a pale blue satin | SUE sil Bearskin Caps ___ Misses’ $10. $12 & $13.50 Coats | |) | ihe Waite ot A m™ | Also Velvet Poke Bonnets with lace ruching , | : Girls’ $5.00 Coats é She ee fat, Reveesitle. Conch: Kiem go od value as this.one. In the || empire gown, received alone in the ; : & room. In the reception hall, —up to $1.00 values—Wednes- 1 stvles—ful] lengths—sizes 14 to 1 41° ¢ 16e yard for Novelty Sash Lace a ore. the iilowine wall. ciatitiiies Pp 7 Several style l & “| Of English mixtures—flannel lined throagheqs-- 15e¢ yard for Furniture Slip Covertag. , ; — Wednesday which was attractively decorated in day, choice 18—W y 4: embroidered on sleeves—sizes 6 to 14— Wednesday own makes: Gabler, al? Japamese style, the little daughter an . : ~ dj i 5.00; Weber, $85.00 ; Kim- ane of the hostess, Miss Jeannette and | Bm Misses $15. $16.50 & $18 coats |) Girls’ $8.00 & $10.00 Coats ~ a yall "$100.00; Steinway, Master James Croweets Served: puney ‘ Boys’ 50c & 75c Knee Pants Tight-fitting Long Coats—satin lined through- i] HAIR ROLLS $1 ' 00; Bramb ch, $125.00; Miss Eidith Reynolds, who will be mar- ip out—all colors—sizes 14 to 18— : Of pure wool cheviots, meltons: & kerseys—in all : | pss ramba a Feb. 20, arid Miss Dorothy Reed, .a | ie he Wednesday ‘ ft | colors—full lengths—sizes 6 to 14— Net-Covered Hair Rolls—On comb l | enee: BSD. , a 7 | Dark cassimeres—neat patterns— | i: Wednesday —ades—-goed size—39c value— . q db 145.00; Vose & : q i: ury, $ charming debutante, served tea and cof ‘ well made—taped 73 Misses’ $19.75, $22.50& $25 Coats 17 Girls’ £4.00 & $5.00 Dresses Bxtra Full, Washable Hair eas k ncn size—-o9c vaiue—

jas ons $40.00; Starr, $115. 00. fee from a crimson-decked table in the , fe guarantee every one of |] iprary and in the dining room. Mre. seams—all sizes— in ReonBctetha--kanit Ertaahed— vations tries. , ‘ail-weet “antae anata EE nee iene inch size—59¢ value= 4 red—size 6 onl Wire Hatr Rolle—On combs—large size— William Hewitt Watsén, Mrs. G. A.| @# Wednesda while 60 black only—sizes 14 to 18— ; ys g 99 Wednesday ’ a saghlne Sis reer nesaay

- nd scarf He tH 2 pianos. Stool and Wurdeman, Mrs. H. C. Graves and Miss | Bj do t, choice for Wednesday - Fgoe: ‘with each one. Maud “McMillan served. The guests | fm zen las a -P} $330.00. were: Mmes. H. 8. Atkins, Virginia H. Player asanmit McKinney, Richard Mills, Lavina Crow | Battier, LC: Haynes W. A. & Pars . 124¢ Dress Ginghams, Sic c | SA 48 (5¢ Wool Panama for o0c About two hundred guests called. - , . New styles, fancy checks & stripes, also plain 7 f d Matilda Doerr, r stripes—fast wash colors— Ps 4 - aers at P. ee ns are we 5 All-wool, smooth-finish, 44-inch Panama— F

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- - ” ~~ = - a -~ i~ - — -_ - 7 rg ; a Gaughters of P. J. Doerr, wil 244c kind—Wednesday, yard : Thursday, Feb. 4, from New York on the laine 10c Outing Flannel, 5c black, ‘blue, brown, cardinal, gray & green Magmanip Arabic for an ‘extended trip te en er ne ate! HRS Bae —worth 75e— Wednesday, yard. . chen through Europe, visiting all the prin- Full pieces—pink & white, blue & white checks & stripes— weak Sessrre cipal countries, also the Holy Land. 10c value—Wednesday, V SSSR RY, a ee i | 39c Cash mere, 25¢ $1. 25 Black 714¢ Brown Cotton, 5c ae? aes geeT Fe 2." : M TRESS PiseSinch Engileh Coane OE Brilliantine, 88c ee ‘ ; oo iMacha thar Ss sage uae =SGe +ae “Wier ae U —\

Miss Julie Cabanne is spending several f t re 1 months with relatives and friends in Full yard-wide Sea Island Cotton—for seamed sheets— - \\ ee S A gg FS Wipe Se = Sif rs. mere—Wednesday, yard Ost Re Pw Silk>Finished, Imported Mo- mT il i San Antonio, Tex. T¥oc Cotton—Wednesday, yard \ Pics? eat TT en ee REN = =. yi OO iae~l « RSIS Ae PA 50c to 75¢ Silks, 35c hair Brilllantine—44 inches : By : a it 7, ' J) aneemqureme 5 Lo clo $1. 67. : or ies S © )\ a m4 39 | ; \ee>? aay rintury ‘7 Mrs. Anna E. Rush of 6240 Maple ave- Full yatd-wide, 12- = leces, En Longcloth—for women’s | , te _e ERIN @ al Peak OS . Wednesdet oa 88¢ | iit |! ine eatin Pull yard-wide, 10-y Pp & : , Na acul ANN | eA \ “¢ Ai DIAMAR ras": Odd pieces & small lots of pherpitaseas sei, 9 ny eae Seperate We Rereney | & children’s wear—-$2.25 value—W ednesday, 1 6/ : A AL: “4! his o aK ne . regular 50ec to Tic Silks ) ean Thursday afternoon. The table was : | % ae ER , aS me Peumeak aye $2.50 to $4 Fancy Chiffons, 98c SE s , adorned with pink carnations, pink and ete. Wednesday, "his is a standard, full-sized |j seen candieshades and green prevailed 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, 11: lic : ay Bl d ve : mal : q in all the decorations. Those present Pure Bleach 9-4 Sheeting—soft finished (only 15 15 pieces) ‘ & SSS Se Wi ayge, . i es n| poyany player- piano, and is were: Mmes. H. M. Kinner, J. E. Geis- —-19¢ value—Wednesday, y ' : a iv x Xe | RT OO CL 75c Plain Taffeta Beautiful. Metre: mtetaa . HW : Aine condition. If you have || singer, "Will Fairbach, Maud Ridley, 65c Sheets for 47c | i : ; , es * Ve too, See SSIS Si, . Allover . Embroide Chit. my intention of getting a || Minn& Dunning, age Gentry, Anna Ready made—full 214,x2%4-yard #1ze—seamless—unbleached ao ‘ le f ‘es eee hw ete aes iik, 44c. pine Bory a: wide—for Se, Ss J ‘ & , ¢ > wv ll hleeatiiemadiainensaiamnmemaenaat ae peayer-piano = 8 1n the near || © recap tae ages he agigd ser icdh wetted: Sea island cotton—65ce Sheets—Wednesday / * WW Only a few shades of our reg- Wednesday, yard.. . — [8 Wedngpday, while 200 pieces if ie Extra goed Gils Pinitea “ahirte—cafts y _ last, each attached—sizes 17% 18, 18% & 19—bar- 7 } 4 | > Commercial Travelers, Attention! ———t $1.00 Enameled Ware, 44ce—Turquoise, . bas ile haan Ph gains for large men. : If you’ are debt: Xe to 1000 seats will be reserved for you un > i° ; ee z ¥5; ai blue, white- lined 1 Dish Pans, Pre- | ay serving Kettles, Berlin Kettles, @ Men’s & Young |,Men’s & Young Boys’ $1.25 & i on ae “broken | mes L, or live ont of town, send til 8 o'clock Wednesday evening at the an a Aa | ‘ rye ess Berlin Sauce Pans—$1.00 val ’ ’ Coliseum in order that you may hear ee Ae Wednesday, while 250 pieces ue— Men's Men’s | iy sa sizes except 1 “oa We-coupon and we will * SEA 3 f2 eal ® you full deseription of ce and Smith. Don’t miss this oppor- —_ last, SO ot tt Tee 4d $6.00 & $7.00 $8.00 & $9.00 $1.50 Lo | | ‘gett, soluae style or with laundered neck over bargain you are in- || — “eeceaig Hey enRe tna = meeeiee wean Boe || DANTS| PANTS| PANTS : NEP cere See S nD, Perry ©. Clayberg Dies. oo Coffee Pots, C berg, many years very Soa a a ee Sy a a whoniths ne ouy of the frtarr Pans— $1.60 relese W ednes: at stor, tollet 4 Ly Bo onaplll Be In this sale for In this sale for | In this sale for Of domet ee ie 6 c i : ne coupon off here. can Medical College, died Monday at day, while Bye popes my

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