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THE FILIGREE BALL
*^? Being a Full and True Account of the Solution of -
" the Mystery Concerning the Jeffrey-Moore Affair.
BOOK I.
The Forbidden Room.
CHAPTER HI.Continued.
I Remain,
I have already mentioned this mantel
more man once. This I could hardly
avoid, since In and about it lay the heart
of the mystery for which the room was
remarkable. Bu t tho I have thus freely
spoken of it, and tho it was npt absent
from thoughts for a moment, I had not
ventured to approach it beyond a certain
safe radius. Now, in looking to see if I
might not lessen this radius, I experienced
that sudden and overwhelming interest in
Its every feature which attaches to all
objects peculiarly associated with dan
ger.
I even took a step toward it, holding
up my lamp so that a stray ray struck
the faded surface of an old engraving
hanging over the fireplace. It was the
well-known oneIn Washington at least
of Benjamin Franklin at the court of
France interesting, no doubt, in a gen
eral way, but scarcely calculated to hold
the eye at so critical an instant. Neither
did the shelf below call for more than mo
mentary attention, for it was absolutely
bare. So was the time-worn, if not blood
stained hearth, save for the Impenetrable
shadow cast over It by the huge bulk
of the great settle standing at its edge.
I have already described the Impression
made on me at my first entrance by this
ancient and characteristic article of fur
niture.
It was Intensified now as my eye ranand
over the clumsy carving which added to
the discomfort %f its high, straight back,
and as I smelt the smell of its moldy and
possibly mouse-haunted cushions. A
crawling sense of dread took the place of
my first instinctive repugnance not be
cause superstition had as yet laid its
grip upon me, altho the place, the hour
and the near and veritable presence of
death were enough to rouse the Imagin
ation past the bounds of the actual, but
because of a discovery I had madea
discovery which emphasized the tradition
that all who had been found dead under
the mantel had fallen as if from the end of
this monstrous and patriarchal bench. D o
you ask what this discovery was? It can
be told irua word. This one end and only
tlils end had been made comfortable for
the sitter. For a space scarcely wide
enough for one, the seat and back at this
special point had been upholstered with
leather, fastened to the wood with heavy
wrought nails. The remaining portion
stretched o\it bare, hard and inexpressi
bly forbidding to one who sought ease
there or even a moment of casual rest.
The natural inference was that the owner
of this quaint piece of furniture had
been a very selfish man who thought only
of his own comfort. Bu t might he
have had some other reason for his ap
parent niggardliness A s I asked myself
this question and noticed how the long
embracing arm which guarded this cush
ioned retreat was flattened on top
the convenient holding of decanter and
glass, feelings -to which I can give no
name and which I had fondly believed my
self proof against, began to take the place
of judgment and reason. Before I realized
the nature of my own impulse or to what
It was driving me, found myself moving
slowly and steadily toward this formid
able seat, under an irresistible desire to
fling myself down upon these old cush
ions and
But here the creaking of some far-off
shutterpossibly the one I had seen
swaying from the opposite side of the
streetrecalled me to the duties of the
hour, and, remembering that my investi
gations were but half completed and that
I might be interrupted any moment by
detectives from headquarters, I broke from
the accursed charm, which horrified m a
the moment I escaped it, and quitting the
room by a door at the farther end, sought
to find in some of the adjacent rooms the
definite traces I had failed to discover on
this, the actual scene of the crime.
It was a dismal search, revealing at
every turn the almost . maddened haste
with which the house had been abandoned.
The dining room especially roused feel
ings which were far from pleasant. The
table, evidently set for the wedding
breakfast, had been denuded in such
breathless hurry that the food had been
tossed from the dishes, and, now lay in
moldering heaps on the floor. The wed
ding cake, which some one had dropped,
possibly In the effort to save it, had been
stepped on and broken glass, crumpled
napery and withered flowers made all
the corners unsightly and rendered step
ping over the unwholesome floors at once
disgusting and dangerous. The pantries
opening out of the room were in no bet
ter case. - Shrinking from the sights
and smells I found there, I
passed out into the kitchen and
so on : by a close and nar
row passage to the negro quarters clus
tered in the rear.
Here I made a discovery. One of the
,-wiridows in this long disused portion of
.the house was not only unlocked but part
ly, open. A s I came upon no marks show
ing that this outlet had been used by
.the escaping murderer, I made my way
,back to the front of the house and thus
to the stairs communicating with the up-
. per floor.
It was on the rug lying at the foot of
.these stairs that I came upon the first
of a dozen or more burned matches which
lay in a distant trail up the staircase and
along the floors of the upper halls. A s
these matches were all burned as short as
Angers could hold them, it was evident
that they had been used to light the steps
of some one seeking refuge above, pos
sibly in the very room where we had seen
the light which had first drawn us to this
house. Ho w then? Should I proceed
or await the coming of the "boys" be -
fore pushing in upon a possible murderer?
I decided to proceed, fascinated, I think
by the nicety of the trail which lay before
jne.
But when, after a careful following in
CASTOR IA
-/ for Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
* Bears the
'Signature of
MONDAY EVENING,
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A Great Detective Story
By the Greatest Living Detective Story Writer, -
ANNA KATHERINE GREEN.
Author of "The Leavenworth Case," etc. CW^,
SYNOPSIS OF OPENINO CHAPTERS.
The first instalment of "The Filigree Ball"
gives an account of mysterious occurrences In
the old manision in Washington at the wedding
o( Miss Verouicn Moorj, owner of the house, and
Mr. Jeffrey, both of well-known Washington
families. David Moore, one of the Moore fam
ily, one night informs the detective who relates
the story, that a light bad been seen in one of
the 'windows of the gloomy house, popularly be
lieved to be haunted. With another detective
he enters the house and finds the dead body of *a
liidy in the library. It proves to be that of
Veronica Moore, Mho had been married two
weeks before. To gratify a whim the ceremony
had been perfotmed in the old house, the festivi
ties having resulted in a panic on account of the
finding of the dead body of a stranger in a
room full of tragic memories and usually kept
closed. The detective iinds a long white ribbon
tied around the lud 's right wrist and attached
to a pistol -which lay on the floor. The bullet
had pierced her heart. After a preliminary
Investigation the detective concludes that It is
- case of murder.
the steps of him who had so lately pre*
ceded me, I came upon a tightly closed
door at the end of a side passage, I own
that I stopped a moment before lifting
hand to it. So much may He behind a
tightly closed door! But my hesitation, if
hesitation it was, lasted but a moment.
My natural impatience and the prompt
ings of my vanity overcame the dictates
of my judgment, and, reckless of conse
quences, perhaps disdainful of them, I
soon had the knob in my grasp. I gave
a slight push to the door and, on seeing
a crack of light leap into life along the
jamb, pushed the door wider and wider
till the whole room stood revealed.
The instantaneous banging of a shutter
In one of Its windows proved the room to
be the very one which we had seen lighted
from below. Otherwise all was still nor
was I able to detect, in my first hurried
glance, any other token of human pres
ence than a candle sputtering In Its own
grease at the bottom of a tumbler placed
on one corner of an old-fashioned dress
ing table. This, the one touch of in
congruity in a room otherwise rich if not
stately in its appointments, was loud in
its suggestion of some hidden presence
given to expedients and reckless of conse
quences "but of this presence nothing was
to be seen.
Not satisfied with this short survey,a
survey which had given me the impression
of a spacious old-fashioned chamber, ful
ly furnished but breathing of the by-gone
rather than of the presentand resolved
to know the worst, or, rather, to dare
the worst and be done with it, I strode
straight into the center of the room and
cast about me quickly a comprehensive
glance which spared nothing, not even
the shadows lurking in the corners. But
no low-lying figure started up from those
corners, nor did any crouching head rise
into sight from beyond the leaves of the
big screen behind which I was careful to
look.
Greatly reassured, and indeed quite con
vinced that wherever the criminal lurked
at that moment he was not In the same
room with me, I turned my attention to
my surroundings, which had many points
of interest. Foremost among these was
a big four-poster which occupied a
large space at my right. I had never seen
its like before, and I was greatly attracted
by Its size and the air of mystery im -
parted to it by its closely drawn curtains
of faded brocade. In fact, this bed,
whether from its appearance or some oc
cult influence inherent in it, had a fascin
ation for me. I hesitated to approach it,
yet could not forbear surveying it long
earnestly. Could it be possible that
those curtains concealed some one in hid
ing behind them? Strange to say, I did
not feel quite ready to lay hand on them
and see.
A dressing table laden with woman's
and various articles of the toilet,
all of an unexpected value and richness,
occupied the space between the two win
dows and on the floor, immediately in
front of a high mahogany mantel, there
lay, amid a number of empty boxes, an
overturned chair. This chair and the
conjectures its position awakened led me
to look up at the mantel with which it
seemed to be in some way connected, and
thus J. became aware of a wan old draw
ing hanging on the wall above it. Wh y
thls-irtcture, which was W totally uninter
esting sketch of a simpering girl face,
should have held my eye after the first
glance, I can not say even now. It had
no beauty even of the sentimental kind,
and very little, if any, meaning. Its lines,
weak at the best, were nearly obliterated
and in some places quite faded out. Yet
I not only paused to look at it, but in
looking at it forgot myself and well-nigh
my errand. Ye t there was no apparent
reason for the spell It exerted over me,
nor could I account In any way for the
superstitious dread which from this
seized me, making my head move
slowly round with shrinking backward
looks as that swaying shutter creaked or
some fitful noises, which grow out of
in answer to our inner expectancy,
drew my attention or appalled my sense.
To all appearance there was less here
than below to affect a man's courage. N o
inanimate body with the mark of the slay
er upon it lent horror to these walls yet
sensations which I had easily over
come in the library below clung with
strange insistence to me here, making It
an effort for me to move, and giving to
the unexpected reflection of my own im
age in the mirror I chanced to pass, a
power to shock my nerves which has
never been repeated in my experience.
It may seem both unnecessary and out
of character for a man of my calling to
acknowledge these chance sensations, but
only by doing so can I account for the
minutes which elapsed before I sum
moned sufficient self-possession to draw
aside the closed curtains of the bed and
take the quick look inside which my
present doubtful position demanded. But
once I had broken the spell and taken the
look just.mentioned, I found my manhood
return and with It my old ardor for clues.
The bed held no gaping, chattering crim
inal yet was it hot quite empty.
fixings
notreally
moment
forsilence
thing lay there,.and this something, while
commonplace in itself, was enough out
Of keeping with the place and hour to
rouse my interest and awaken my conjec
tures. It was a lady's wrap so rich irt
quality and of such a festive appeUrance
that it was astonishing to find it lying
in a neglected state in this crumbling old
house. Though I know little of the cost
of women's garments, I do know the
value of lace, and this garment was cov
ered with it.
Interesting as was this find, it was fol
lowed by one still more so. Nestled in
the folds of the cloak lay the withered
remains of what could only have been the
bridal bouquet. Unsightly now and scent
less, it was once a beautiful specimen
of the florist's art. A s I noted how the
main bunch of roses and lilies was con
nected by long satin.ribbons to the lesser
cluster which hung from it, I recalled with
conceivable horror the use to which a sim
ilar ribbon had been put in the room be
low. In the shudder called up by this
coincidence I forgot to speculate how a
bouquet carried by the bride could have
found its way back to this -upstairs room
when, as all accounts agree, she had fled
from the parlor without speaking or stay
ing foot the moment she was told of the
catastrophe which had taken place in the
library. That her wrap should be lying
here was not strange, but that the wed
ding bouquet
That it really was the wedding bouquet
and that this was the room in which the
bride had dressed for the ceremony was
apparent to the most casual observer. But
it became an established fact when, in
my further course about the room I
chanced on a handkerchief with the name
Veronica embroidered in one corner.
t
r-(To be continued to-morrow.) ..
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niNNE&ROMS DRY GOOD S GO!
Handkerchiefs
A lot of Handkerchiefs that sold
at 7c to 15c each, now on sale at
an average of less than half price.
Some embroidered and lace trim
med, others in hemstitched linen,
with handembroidered initials, C
each O
15c Handkerchiefs for men and
women, hemstitched Bel- 4AA
fast linen, now at - v v
Children's Dresses
A small lot, but excellent so far
as it goes, to be closed out at
greatly reduced prices. Find them
in the Muslin Underwear depart
ment, at 25c 50 c and 75c.
Undermuslins
Splendid values are to be had
during this sale. For instance:
A Cambric Corset Cover, cut to
waist line, neck trimmed |CA
with Torchon lace, for mm9\r
Another one, made in Marguerite
style, trimmed with tucking and
lace insertion, is a bargain AC
Good Muslin Drawers, finished
with cambricruffle and clus- AC.
ter of tucks, sale at mm%M\M
Nainsook Gowns, yoke of tucking
and lace insertion, sleeves and V
shaped neck finished with OAp
lace edged ruffle each 0FO
^ ^ HucS k Towels
Either of these for 10c Bird's
eye Huck Towels, 20x40, full
bleached with red borders, Bleached
Huck, 23x45, fringed, absorbent.
The size alone will show what a bar-
fain
you are getting. 4k A A
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Laces for Trimmings
Have you any idea how many lace novelties we carry in
stock in order to meet and encourage the demand for these
dainty trimmings? We won't say how many it takes, but we
certainly never before had se maay as are waiting for you now.
This little list includes the most pepular.
Genuine Cluny Bands, 50c yard.
Fine Batiste Galloons, 25c yard.
St. Gall Venice Allovers, $4.50 yard.
Real Antique Bands, 59c yard.
Calais Applique Bands, 49c yard.
Black Filet Straight Bands, 25c yard.
Black Silk Cluny Bands, $3.50 yard.
: Some-
HEAL THING.
The tales that people tell ns ,
Oft cause our, tears to flow,
But It takes the wasp to get there
With Its little tall of woe.
. * ' Chicago News.
Rheumatisson, m
* *** THK PAIN KI2JSO."
Those whohaveever felt its keen, cutting pains, or witnessed the intense
suffering of others, know that Rheumatism is torture, and that it is right-
ly called-The King of Pain." " /
AH do notsuffer alike. Some are suddenly seizedwith the most excrucia-
ting pains, and it seems every muscle and joint in the body was being torn
asunder. Others feel only occasional slight pains for weeks ormonths, when
a sudden change in the weather or exposure to damp, chilly winds or night
air brings on a fierce attack, lasting fordays perhaps, and leaving the pa-
tient with a weakened constitution or crippled and deformed for all time.
* An acid, polluted condition of the blood is the cause of every form and
variety of Rheumatism, Muscular, Articular, Acute, Chronic, Inflammatory
and Sciatic, and the blood must be purged and purified before there is an
end to your aches and pains. External applications, theuse of liniments and.
plasters, domuch toward temporary relief, but such treatmentdoes not reach
the real cause or cleanse the diseased blood but S. S* S., the greatest of all
blood purifiers andtonics, does cure Rheumatism by antiddting and neutraliz-
ing the poisonous acids and building up the weak and sluggish blood. : If is
safeand reliablein all forms of Rheumatism. Itmakes
the old acid blood rich and the pain-tortured mus
cles and joints are relieved, the shattered nerves are
made strong, and the entiresystem is invigorated and
toned up by the use of this great vegetable remedy.
*3 K you have Rheumatism, writeus, and our physicians will furnish with-
out charge any information desired, and we will mail free our book on
Rheumatism^^
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THE MINNEAPOLISc^uBNAt.''
Watch Our Alteration Sale.
You will hardly recognize our second floor when we have completed the changes now in
view. But before we can start we must get the stocks down so that we shall have room to work
on our new fixtures, etc. There will be extra low prices until the reduction is sufficient.
190 ^,
' The Bobbs-Mernll Co.
Wash Goods
Manchester Chambrays at 12&
a yard, regular 18c and 19c grades.
A big line of these, in plains, fancies
and dots.
Egyptian Tissues and embroidered
Swisses at 15o a yard, kinds gen
erally sold at 25c. Styles are all
good.
BasementA lot of thin goods at
4Jc a yard, including Lawns, Dim
ities and Challis, etc.
Others at 6$4o, such as Lawns,
Batiste and Dimities, in dark and
light effects.
A lot of 18c cloths at half price,
9c a yard, including fine Dimities,
Printed Crepes and Sheer Batiste.
Drapery Department
Lace Curtains at Half-Price. This includes all lots reduced to a pair or a pair
and.a half, in all kinds and grades. Then come larger lots on which the economy is
almost as great.
$2.25 and $2.50 Scotch Net Cur
tains, pair
$3,00 and $3.50 Scotch Net Cur
tains, pair
$4.00 and $4.50 Scotch Net
Corded Arabian curtains, pair
$4.00 and $5.00 fteal Irish Point
and Brussels Curtains, pair
$5.50 and $6.00 Real Irish Point
and Brussels Curtains, pair
$8.00 Real Irish Point and Brus
sels Curtains, pair
$10.00 Real Irish Point and Brus
sels Curtains, pair
$13.50 Brussels, Renaissance and
Arabian Curtains, pair
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$16.50 Renaissance and Arabian 1 4 O K
Curtains, pair,. .v - - &*!
$20.00 Renaissance and Arabian AKk Q R
Curtains, pair M*frfciJ
$25 Brussels, Renaissance and 4T P Q C
Arabian Curtains, pair - - dS***
150 Tapestry Table Covers, 8-4 size, Offer *
go at
DRAPERIESThis little table of values, will
show how well you can do If you buy here now:
$3.50 Draperies for $2.35 a pair.
Offerings In Ladles' Suits
Suits are bulky things and hard to take care of when the store is torn up.
Prices show how much we are willing to sacrifice in or^cr to get your help in reducing stock.
$ 1 5 for Wool Mixture Suits that were $18.50,$20
$18.50 for Wool Mixture Suits that were $25.
$20 for Voile Suits that were $25.
$25 for Voile Suits that were $32.50.
$27.50 for Voile Suits that were $35 and $37.50
$30 for Voile-Suits that were $40.
$35 for Voile Suits that were. $42.50.
$40 for Volte Stuff that -were $50.
$42.50 for Voite Suits that were $52.50.
$45 for Voile Suits that were $57.50.
$50 for Voile Suits that were $65 and $67.50.
$50 for Black Voile Suits.that were $75.
WALKING SUITS.
$12 for Walking Suits that were $15.
Planeir Galloons, 79c yard.
White Venice Medallions, 55c yard.
Cotton Cluny Bands, 18c yard.
Cotton Antique Bands, 15c yard.
Black Silk Fibre Bands, 75c yard.
Teneriffe Allovers, $1.50 yard.
Antique Allovers, $1.50 yard.
Summer Furniture at One-Half
Tuesday morning our entire line of Porch
and Summer Furniture will go on sale-at a reduction
of One-Half This cut will last until all the pieces
are sold, but as we have now only about 125 pieces
left,, this opportunity will not last very long.
THEY'RE USUALLY NOT WELL DONE.
Tonkers Statesman. '
"What Is a rare book, pop3"
"A rare book,, my is one which has. not
been roasted by the critics."
WE swfFr SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
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$5.00 Draperies for $3.35 a pair. \\ .
$7.00 Draperies for $5.35 a pair/
$10.00 Draperies for $7.35 a pair. *
and2.98
CURTAIN SWISSESThe assortment of
these is immense. All are cheaper than they-are
ever likely to be again.
3.25
4.25
36-in. Standard C. T. N. Swiss, all new and
fresh regular 15c goods, AIA
yard... ...: 2U
40-in. Colored Swiss, pretty stripes, \Ag%,
our 20c grade, at, yard - **
6B25
7.25 9.25
Wide Imported Swiss,, handsome AQ
patterns, 40c goods, yard ds*M#
Curtain Scrim, white and ecru, pretty *?k*%
stripes, while it lasts, only, yard +m%*
Silkoline, Cretonne and Art Muslin, for cov
erings, very low priced during this sale.'
36-inch Silkoline, best quality, 5 c yard.
36-inch fine Art Muslins, fast colors, 9&C yd.
Cretonnes, in handsome patterns, at 9 c yard.
Window Shades, 3x6 feet, made of good
opaque, with fixtures for this wOv
sale
Heavy Extension Curtaia Rods,
each
$15 for Walking Suits that were $20.
$16.50 for Walking Suits that were $22.
$20 for Walking Suits that were $25.
$22.50 for Walking Suits that were $28.50.
$25 for Walking Suits that were $32.50.
$30 for Walking Suits that were $37.50.
$35 for Walking Suits that were $42,50.
Twenty White Lawn Suits, waist ancj skirt
trimmed with embroidery and tucking, flA
were $3.50, now *Pdti.
Striped White Dimity Suits, waist trimmed
with embroidery, were A ISA
$4.50, now djOt I
White Goods
A fine, sheer 40-in. Lawn that has
a regular retail value of 20c a yard
is now offered at 12%C. Special
circumstances connected with the
buying enable us to do this.
Down stairs there is a little lot of
odds and ends, consisting of striped
and checked Lawns and Dimities.
Price is 5c a yard, hardly half what
it usually is.
"King of all Bottled Beers.**
Brewed from Bohemian Hops.
BOLD BY 0. S. BHACKETT & CO.
Wholesale Dealers.
D. M. Chut ,
President.
Emerson Cole,
Vlce-Prest.
84Hennepin Avenum, Templo Court
Both Telephones7f5.
LAKE FOREST SCHOOL FOR BOYS
:vg (Formerly Lake Forest Academy.)" ^
Thorough instruction In all branches, fitting for
college or university- Equipment complete.
Physical training ample play ground situation
healthful and delightful. The house system
under which the boys live and the large num
ber of masters assure individual attention. Cat-,
alogue on application. Address.
JOSEPH CXTRTIS SLOAKE. Head Vaster. Box
XySi'^-'TS M ^ke Forest, 111.* ^*-H -v- i
JOURNAI WANTS BRING "BIZ'
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New RibbonsNew Bargains
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That word "bargains" is so often abused and misapplied
that we don't like to use it unless the values are very much out
of the ordinary. Today we use it as it ought to be used. We
got track of 2,500 yards of high grade Fancy Satin and Taffeta
Ribbons that could be had for a price. We saw the goods and
they suited us. The price suited us still better. The ribbons
are 3 to 7 inches wide, and include the prettiest designs
imaginablestripes, embroidered plaids, polka dots in white,
pinks, blues, helio,maize, Nile, turquoise, scarlet, black and black
and white. Our prices would be 35c, 49c and 59c if
we had not struck a "snap." These will go at
THE-
North American
Telegraph Company
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(ORGANIZED IN 1880}
Continues to furnish the same
efficient service thai has made
the. venture a
QRBAT SUCCESS.
Geo. B. Cola
tiec'y & Trea*
Cedar Lake toe
! Company.
STORAGE
Household Roods specialty. On. - -
-" equaled faculties aod lowest ttUa. '
Paoktog bjr experienced men.
BoyiTransfer & StorageCo,, 46 MSI
Telephone Hein 0B0 both exohasset.
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Washable Stocks
Washable Stock Collars are the
proper thing now, and you may rest
in the comfortable assurance that
you will find any style here that you
want, including the very latest
things on the market. Those at 25c
and oOo are especially good values.
Made with tab or bisliop fronts, in
white and colors.
Bathroom Fixtures
We have a stock of handsome
nickel plated Bathroom Fixtures
that surprises everybody by its
completeness and elegance. And
what makes them even more at
tractive is the price. For cheap
ness these can hardly be matched.
A Bathtub Seats, made of polished
hardwood, hung on rubber covered
hooks this is the $1.00 kind, on sale
at 69c.
Shower Bath Sprays, $1.48 value,
at 98c.
s 4 J
kind, $1.25.
Sponge Hold-
ers, made of
solid brass, 75c
kind, 60c.
A
Combination
Sponge Holderand
Soap Dish, worth
$3, sale at 92.25.
*
5c
Wardrobe Hooks,
worth up to 60c, at
10c and 45c.
Nickel
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOEGEMEEAL
Land Oflice. Washington. D. C , May 29, 1903
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provis
ions of section 56 of the act of congress approved
January 14, 18S9 (25 stat., 642), as amended
by the act of congress approved June 27, 1902
(82 stat., 400). that the survey and examination
of certain lands in the Leech Lake, Chippewa of
the Mississippi and Winnibigashish Indiau reser
vations, in the state of Minnesota, ceded by the
Chippewa Indians under the provisions of the
act of Jiuuary 14. 1&89, have been made, and
that the pine timber on said lands will be offered
for sale upon sealed bids for separate sections
and in addition thereto for groups of ten section*
in numerical order of the townships, as follows
Township 141 north, ranges 27, 28, 29, 30 31
west township 142 north, ranges 27, 28, 29, 80,
31, 82 west township 148 north, ranges 27, 28^
31, 82 west township 144 north, ranges 25, 26
west township 145 north, ranges 25, 26 west
township 146 north, ranges 25. 26 west township
147 north, ranges 25. 2fi west township 148
north, ranges 26, 27, 28 west. The bids for this
timber will be opened at the Cass Lake land of
fice commencing at 8 a, m. on Saturday, Dec.
5, 1903. All bids to receive consideration must
be filed In the district land office at Cass Lake
before 4 o'clock p. m. of the day preceding that
set for the opening of bids. Printed lists of the
timber to be sold, giving the minutes of the
examinations, showing the quantity of pine re
ported as on each tract of land, and copies of
the rules-and regulations for selling and remov
ing the- timber from the land may be obtained
on application to the register and receiver of the
land office named, or upon application to the
general land office, Washington, V. C , for ninety
days prior to date of sale. A deposit in form of
cash or-certified check of twenty per cent of the
amount of the bid, according to the value of such
timber - as per the government estimate, must
accompany each bid, which will be retained and
credited as part payment of the purchase price
should the bid be accepted and the agreement and
rules and regulations complied with, or to be
forfeited if the bid Is accepted and the required
bond and agreement is not furnished within ten
days from the notice by telegraph of the accept
ance of said bid. The right Is reserved to reject
any and all bids. W. A. Richards, Commission
er. Approved: Thos. Ryan, Acting Secretary.
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