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CITY NEWS
THE WEATHEE
wM* -4 The Predictions.
MinnesotaGenerally fair tonight
and Wednesday, except possibly snow
flurries in northeastern portion warmer
"Wednesday and in north portion to
night fresh southerly winds.
Upper MichiganLight snow tonight
and Wednesday rising temperaturej
brisk southerly winds.
WisconsinPartly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday, with probably snow flurries
in east and northern portions rising
temperature fresh to brisk southerly
"winds.
IowaGenerally fair tonight and
Wednesday warmer Wednesday.
North and South DakotaFair and
warmer tonight and Wednesday.
MontanaGenerally fair tonight and
Wednesday warmer in east and south
portions tonight.
Weather Conditions.
Clear weather is general this morn
ing except in the region of the upper
and lower lakes, where it is cloudy, with'
toow falling at 7 a.m. at La Crosse and
points in eastern Wisconsin. Of the
two high-pressure areas yesterday morn
ing, the one over the Rocky mountain
region has remained nearly stationary,
while the one over the lower Missis
sippi valley has moved eastward to the
Allegheny mountain region, while the
"low over the extreme northwest has
devoloped somewhat, but with little
progressive movement. These condi
tions have brought about the decided
rise in temperature in the middle and
lower Missouri valley, the middle and
upper Mississippi valley, the upper lake
region, and the Canadian provinces east
or the Rocky mountains. It is cooler
than it was yesterday morning in south
ern Montana, Washington, Oregon and
Wyoming, with 2 degrees at Lander,
Wyo., which is the lowest temperature
reported on this morning's chart. Pair
weather is expected in this vicinity to
night and Wednesday, and the "low
In the northwest will cause a further
rise in temperature on Wednesday.
T.~ S. Outram, Section Director.
I ABOUND THE TOWN
Thieves Sack Boom.Charles Hol
qtdst reported to the police today that
thieves entered his room at 1512 Van
Buren street NE, yesterday, and stole
his gold watch and two suits of clothes.
Ice and Snow Bulletins.The Wash
ingipn weather bureau will send out
the first ice and snow bulletins of the
year next Thursday. Section Director
T. S. Outram sent in the local data
today. Minneapolis reports four and
St. Paul three inches of snow.
Dr. Bly's Second Trial.Dr. Theron
H. Bly was placed on trial for the sec
ond time before Judge H. D. Dickin
son today. The defendant is accused of
performing a criminal operation that
resulted in the death of Hilda Rosen of
Two Harbors,. Minn. The first trial re
sulted in a disagreement.
Sues for Divorce.Emma S. Walters
has begun suit for divorce against Ed
gar C. Walters. The wife charges de
sertion and cruelty. The husband al
leges that the cruelty and abuse was on
his wife's side. He admits that he
left his wife, but says that he has
always contributed toward her support.
Calendar Printing Bids.Bids on
printing the district court calendar,
opened by the county commis
sioners yesterday, show a reduc
tion as compared with last year's
figures. They were as follows:
Legal News, 22 cents a case
Nygren Printing company, 20 Jones,
Krueger & Co., 2Q Currier & Ballen
tine, 18% University Press, 15V..
The last-named firm is now doing the
work at 25 cents a case. The new bid
will save about $200 on the 1906 cal
endar.
NECROLOGIC
JAMES W. WOODMAN, a resident
of Minneapolis for many years, who
formerly lived at 225 W Twenty
seventh street, died at his home in Ban
gor, Me., Saturday afternoon, Dec. 2.
Mr. Woodman was at one time assist
ant building inspector and a prominent
member of the Tuttle Memorial church.
JOHN LAFFEBTY, one of the oldest
residents of Minneapolis, died Dec. 4
at his residence, 119 First avenue NE1,
aged 76 years. Mr. Lafferty came to
Minneapolis in 1855, and has resided in
the city continuously since. Seven chil
dren survive toim. Funeral from St.
Anthony church Thursday morning at
9 o'clock. &
ADDA BTJTH, eldest daughter of
E. H. and Lila E. Trowmanhauserj died
Monday at the family residence, 1903
Crystal Lake avenue, aged 16 years.
Funeral at 2:30 tomorrow. Interment
at JLakewood cemetery.
JAMES CHABLTON, 75 years old.
'died last Saturday at the residence or
William Laird, 3911 Snelling avenue.
fThe funeral took place from the resi
lience today ait 2 p.m. Interment was
at Lakewood.
XBEET
yctmsr man in South Minneapolis, died
suddenly Sunday evening at St. Barna
bas hospital. funeral took place
from Gleaso 'sThundertaking parlors
today at 2 p.m.
ROCKEFELLER IS
IN MINNEAPOLIS
JOHN D. WILL SPEND BEST OF
THE WEEK HEBE.
He Is Young Has Heavy Head of
Brown HairNot a WigEats Three
Square Meals a Day and Says Mil
lions Do Not Worry Him a Bit.
John D. Bockefeller is in Minneap
olis and will spend the rest of the weeK
here.
Bockefeller is a young man, not old
he has a heavy head of Drown hair and
does not need to wear a wig he eats
three good square meals a day and
doesn't know what dyspepsia is all
of which is contrary to the general
belief concerning John D.
Is there any truth in the story that
you contemplate giving $10,000 to the
Minneapolis City mission?" a reporter
asked Mr. Bockefeller this morning.
"No, there isn't," was the reply,
"for the simple reason that I haven't
ten thousand cents, let alone dollars,
to give"a startling, bold statement
for John D. Rockefeller to make, yet
none the less true.
Has Standard Oil. stock "gone
bump?"
Not at all. The John D. Rockefeller
who is in Minneapolis is a member of
the Harry Clay Blahey company, which
is this week appearing before the foot
lights at the Bi-jou operahouse in "The
Boy Behind the Gun." While John D.
Rockefeller, the richest man in the
world, was teaching his Sunday school
class in New York last Sunday, John
D. Rockefeller, "the poorest Rocke
feller in the world," was portraying
the part of "the gunner's mate of the
flagship 'Mikasa/ on the Bijou
stage. And while some might question
how true to his part at that hour was
the New York man. there is no doubting
the,'sincerity of the portrayal by the
man who was behind the footlights in
Minneapolis, for this individual with
drew Feb. 3 last from a berth as gun
ner 's mate, first-class," on the cruiser
New York of the United States navy
to join the company of Harry Clay
Blaney, having spent eight years and
six months with "Uncle Sam, whose serv
ice he entered at the lowest notch, that
of apprentice, third class.
I am the son of Henry Rockefeller
and wife, 534 East Eighty-third street,
New York," said John D. Rockefeller
to a Journal reporter today. "My
father is a wholesale cigar manufactur
er. He has told me our family is a
connection of that of John D. Rocke
feller of Standard Oil fame. He even
told me to trace it up at one time, but
I never have, never intend to, and ex
pect to continue to paddle my own
canoe without bothering my head oyer
any distant relationship with the rich
est man in the world.
"How did I happen to go on the
stage? Well, Charles E. Blaney, the
playwright, married my Bister, Alice
Rockefeller. And it was thru this con
nection that Harry Clay Blaney offered
me a place in his company this year.
This is my first season on the stage. 1
am delighted with the life, and intend
to follow it. It just suits me."
Christmas Gifts for Men by "Hoff."
Neckwear50e to $5. Hoffman's Shops.
ACGEPTED CONVICTION
TO ACQUIT ANOTMR
There was a peculiar turn in the cases
of Charles Baxter and William Morgan,
charged with conducting a gambling
house at-326 Nicollet avenue, when they
were called in police court yesterday,
and as a result Baxter was discharged.
Lawrence Chamberlain took the stand
for the defendants and swore that he,
not Baxter or Morgan, was the proprie
tor of the place. On this testimony,
Baxter was dismissed, but the police
had seen Morgan handling chips the
night of the arrest, and their testimony
convicted him.
Henry Mosely, charged with conduct
ing -a colored gambling resort in the
rear of 245 Nicollet avenue, was also
found guilty.
Morgan, Mosely and Chamberlain,
who was found guilty on his own testi
mony, appeared in police court today
for sentence.
Mosely was sent up for twenty days
in the workhouse and Morgan was al
lowed to pay a fine of $15. Chamber-
UNUSUA PIAN O
BARGAIN S
That is just what the people are getting at our December
Sale of Pianos. We've told you how it happenedan enormous
stock of pianos, about 200 too many, and our determination to
dispose of them before the first of the year. Splendid new pianos
are going one-third to one-half their value. Seeing is believing,
and ten minutes of your time spent in our warerooms will con-
vince you of the genuineness of this great piano saving oppor-
tunity. This statement has been verified by the large number of
sales recorded the'first day.
We are going to make
THIS PIANO SALE
the greatest one in the history of our house. There is only one
way to do this and that is by offering unusual bargains. They are
here ready for your inspection.
$10 SENDS ONE HOME
and you can pay the balance at $2, .$3, $4, $5,r $6, $7, $8 and $10
a month.
New and shopworn pianos, $125, $136, $145, $155, $160, $170,
$180, $190, $200, $215, $220, $230, $240, $255, $270, $290.
Used pianos $80, $90, $100, $110, $li5, $120, $130, $140,%50,
$160, $180, $190. -et
Pine Steinway upright piano, nearly new, for $390.
pj Representatives for the Knabe-Angelus Piano.
lain, because of his age, was put
charge of the probation officer for one
year.
Miss Nellie Donegan of
rave the finest exhibition
a
FOREMAN, a well-known
Foster & Waldo
36 5th St. S., Cor. Nicollet AvP
Australia of roller
skating ever seen in Minneapolis at the
Casino Rink last evening. Miss Done
gan 's engagement is for this week only.
WOLXD HAVE POULTRY DRAWN.
Health Commissioner Ohage of St. Paul is.
working for an. ordinance prohibiting the sale 'of
fish an 1 fowls that have not been drawn. He
contends that animal food of this sort is liable
to taint unless drawn soon after killing. Meat
dealers and commission men take the opposite
stand, Insisted that drawn poultry is more sub
ject to deterioration than the undrawn, owing to
the action of water from melted ice in the
visceral cavity.
MORE TRAVELING
STATE LIBRARIESSj
NUMBER WILL BE INCREASED
THIS WINTEB.
State Public Library Commission at
Animal Meeting at Capitol Reviews
Work Already Accomplished and
Plans Future ActivitiesClub Work
and Study Classes to Receive More
Attention. The state public library commission
held its annual meeting yesterday in
the capitol at St. Paul.
Traveling libraries still continue to
be the important work of the commis
sion. There are now about 335 libra
ries circulating thru the state, contain
ing 15,000 volumes. The libraries will
be increased to 350 this winter. These
are fifty-volume libraries* to be loaned
to small villages or to new, struggling
libraries twenty-five-volume libraries
to be loaned to farming communities
and ten-volume home libraries to be
loaned to isolated families. In addi
tion, there are special juvenile libraries
and collections of Scandinavian and
other foreign books, to be loaned on de
mand.
Club work and study classes are to
receive more attention. Libraries on
special topics have been prepared for
thirty clubs in the state and magazine
articles and other reference material
are furnished as requested. The High
School Debating league, conducted by
Professor E. E. MeDermctt of the state
university, is supplied with books on
the topic of the year, so that high
school boys out of reach of books may
borrow material and enter iihe state
competition.
Women's Farmers Institute.
The Women's Farmers institute has
asked for assistance and will be sup
plied with books on home economics.
This reference work for people all over
the state is steadily increasing, and ab
sorbing the time and personal atten
tion or the assistants, but it promises to
be one of the most useful and perma
nent branches of work undertaken by
the state commission, which is in real
ity becoming a real state circulating
library.
The organization of public libraries
will continue thru the winter. During
the past year seventeen libraries have
been Visited and assisted in many ways,
while the seven libraries at Brainerd,
Little Falls, Redwood Falls,' Worthing
ton, Alexandria, Wheaton and Morris
have been thoroly organized and classi
fied by the commission librarian.
Libraries will be organized during the
coming year at Grand Rapids, Virginia,
Madison, Moorhead, Park Rapids, Zum
brota and Wells.
The Summer Library School.
The summer library school of 1905,
conducted by the commission, included
fifteen pupils. This school is held at
the university, and is planned for the
librarians of the small libraries. The
curriculum is very complete, touching
every phase of library work which is
needed in a small library. The school
will be continued on the same lines in
1906, if there are pupils enough.
The commission prints a bimonthly
bulletin of library informationt and
news from Minnesota libraries, which is
distributed thruout the state. A list
of Scandinavian books recommended
for purchase is.-being prepared by H.
Askeland of" the Minneapolis library,
and will be published this winter by the
commission, for the use of town
libraries
A league of 'library commissions was
formed at the Portland library meeting,
whose object is to do co-operative work
needed by all the state commissions.
They are preparing to publish many
leaflets and handbooks, bookmarks and
booklists for small libraries, with a
portion of the sum given by Andrew
Carnegie for such purposes. The work
assigned to the Minnesota library com
mission is the preparation of a hand
book of commission work, including the
history of the movement, the activities
undertaken by each one, and the laws
governing the work, in each state.
The Financial Report.
The financial report for the past fiscal
year is as follows:
Appropriation $6,000.00
Traveling libraries:
Books $1,805.60
Binding 886.25
ases 136.20
Catalogs 100.00
Supplies 118.50
Total $2,546.
Printing 356.28
Furniture Office supplies".'!.'.".'.'.".'!!.'.'!.'!!.'.'!..'.'!.' i44!o7 5._air,"
Rent 100.00
Visits to libraries 105.83
Incidentals (including moving). 412.17
Salaries (librarian and two assistants). 2,230.00
Summer school, 1904 1 95.75
Total $6,000.00
The appropriation for the comino two
years is $7,500 a year, which was ap
portioned as follows: $?,500 for travel
ing libraries and $4,000 for general ad
ministration, including office supplies,
traveling expenses, printing bulletins
and booklists and various library helps,
and salaries.
Christmas Gifts for Men by "Hoff.'
Opera Hats, $7. Hoffman's-Shops.
TODAY I N THE DISTRICT COURT
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
GIVES HENNEPIN
AND LYNDALE UP
PABK BOABD FINALLY SUEBBN-
DBBS BOULEVARD TOCITY.
Thorofares Have Been Source of Trou
ble and Quarreling for Twenty Years
W. M. Berry, for Thirty-two Years
Superintendent of Parks, Resigns, to
Be Succeeded by Theodore Wirth.
W. M. BEERY,
-for Thirty-two Years*Superi_te__ent of p.
a Parks, Who Has Resigned.
After years of quarreling and trou
ble and many threats to give it up as
a bad job, the park board has finally
decided to abandon Hennepin boule
vard from Groveland avenue to Lake
street and Lyndale boulevard from
Western avenue to Twenty-ninth ave
nue N. The board assumed control of
these streets about twenty years ago,
and since then has been trying to keep
heavy traffic off them. Its efforts have
been attended with so little success
that the surrender, which was suggest
ed at the meeting yesterday by Com
missioner Phelps, went thru- unani-
mously.
May Condemn It Again.
The surrender of Hennepin avenue
will raise an interesting question con
cerning the ownership of-certain pieces
of property now in the boulevard.
When the board assumed control the
street was widened eleven feet on each
side, the property-owners in some cases
donating it under agreement with the
park board that it should be for all
time exempt from assessment for tho
improvement of the street. Other prop
erty was purchased outright and was
therefore taxable. These agreements
however, were made with the park
board on the understanding that tho
property was to be used for park pur
poses only.
Now that the property reverts to the
city, these property-owners are in a
position to reclaim their property if
they see fit. If thev decide to do so.
the city council will find itself up
against a hard proposition. A commis
sion will have to be appointed to ap
praise the property
claimedeand
damages and benefits on'1
I
Judge D. F. SimpsonMinor court
-cases.
Judge Andrew HoltVerdict of $82
for plaintiff In salary suit of Kar
rlgan vs. Baxter. Suit of Dr. Bes
sle P. Haines vs. W C. Knight to
collect $305 alleged to be due for
services.
Judge F. C. BrooksBond vs. Pike
& Cook, suit to collect $3,000 on
note still on trial.
Judge John Day SmithJury, juve
nile court and chamber matters.
Judge H. D. DickinsonLaura Shaw,
convicted of grand larceny In the
first degree. Second trial of Dr. Bly
for alleged performance of criminal
operation with fatal result.
Judge F. V. BrownMusgrave vs.
Minneapolis Street' Railway com
pany for $40,000 damages to flat
building still on trial.
Grand JuryIndictment for murder
In first degree returned against
Walter Webb, colored, for killing
of Elijah Holmes.
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REMORSE AFTER SPREE
DROYE HIM TO SUICIDE
In a fit of despondency following a
protracted spree, Walter- McDonald,
coachman for Dr. E. A. Hutchins, 1J25
First avenue N, committed suicide in
his room in the barn last night by shoot
ing himself in the heart.
Dr. Hutchins did not hear the shot,
but went to the barn to order his rig,
and found McDonald in a pool of his
own blood. Coroner Kistler was sum
moned, and on deciding that it was a
case of suicide, ordered the body re
moved to the county morgue.
McDonald was 26 years old and had
worked for Dr. Hutchins for. a year.
His home was in,Ohio, wher% he.:_had
ing property, a process ,that"will take
time and money:,- -s-
In its communication" the special com
mittee recommending the surrender of
the two streets to the city, comments
on the injustice of compelling the en
tire city to pay for the maintenance of
these business streets thru a certain
favored section. As the park assess
ment is uniform thruout the city, this
is exactly what is being done with Hen
nepin and Lyndale avenues. When they
were taken by the board, an attempt
was made to exclude business traffic
and for a time this was possible, thru
the co-operation of the municipal court.
A supreme court decision opened the
streets to business traffic so that th*
have been heavily traveled in recent
years. As they were constructed for
pleasure driving only, they were near
ly always in bad condition from the
heavy usage and the board was with
out funds to rebuild them. Now the
respective wards thru which the streets
run will be compelled to maintain them
and it will be done without taking park
money from the. entire citv to maintain
a business street for a favored section.
Unused sprinkling fundstofore these
boulevards now in the hands of the
several relatives.. $&?&.>
turned over th four
Wl1
1
wards.affected. as follows: Third ward,
$560 tenth ward, $96, for the Lyndale
N boulevard. The fourth ward will
receive $240 and- the Eighth ward $346
for the care of Hennepin avenue dur
ing 1906. f,
North Minneapolis residents, assisted
by the North Side eommercial club,
presented a petition asking that Kee
gan's lake be taken into the citv park
system, as it is believed that the" liquor
problem can best be- settled by the
park board's assuming control of the
entire lake. Residents of Prospect
Park, in Southeast Minneapolis, asked
the purchase of a high knoll at Pros
peet and University avenues SE, for
Park purposes. The cost would be about
$15,000 and the property owners who
will be benefited are ^willing to stand
the assessment.
W. M. Berry Resigns.
Another piece of business transacted
yesterday was the acceptance of the
resignation of W. M.- Berry, who has
been superintendent of parks for
twenty-two years. Mr. Berry's friends
and supporters on the board paid the
retiring official a high compliment for
his services and a committee composed
of Commissioners Loring, Folwell and
Northrup will draw up formal resolu
tions. Mr. Berry's resignation has been
practically demanded by the younger
business element of the board since
the investigation of the Minnehaha
park scandal that resulted in the dis
charge of Park Policeman John Eyan
who was for years in charge of' the
park. For this reason' his resignation
was not unexpected.
Theodore Wirth of Hartford, Conn.,
a man of wide experience as a
park superintendent in the east, will
succeed Mr. Berry. He comes to Min
neapolis with the highest recommenda
tions. Mr. Berry may' be ,retained in
some minor capacity.
TRESPASS CASE APPEALED
Case Involving Disputed Logs Comes
Up in. April.
The -Shevlin-Carpenter Lumber com
pany has carried the trespass case
brought by the attorney general up to
the supreme court on a demurrer. The
district court overruled the demurrer
at Duluth Saturday, but the case cannot
gp to trial till the appeal has been de
cided. It cannot get on the supreme
court calendar until the April term,W and
so wilLnot be tried until next fall.
Attorney General X,ouWS
^y
wpOTrnTfcCiitmfmxj.
asses
th surrounds
8
recommend to the next legislature that
the' law be changed && that appeals in
state cases may be pltf the supreme'
court calendar forHHfei owrent term, so
WHEAT DECREASES
N0T SIGNIFICANT
i
REPORT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
INDICATE DIVERSIFICATION.
Figures Cause Deep Discussion at
Chamber of Commerce, and It Is Ad
mitted that Theorists May Find Ma-
terialSurprise that Receipts for
Season Were Not Considerably
Smaller. Changing conditions in the north
west and the probabilities in agricul
ture for the future were discussed at
the Chamber of Commerce today, fol
lowing the publication of the annual
report of F. W. Eva, chief grain in
spector. In the crop year of 1904-05
receipts of wheat in the northwest fell
off by 1,871 -carloads, the total being
125,564 loads. In the same period
eoarse grains showed an increase of
about 5,000 cars.
No doubt is entertained that this
showing will give rise to much infer
ence the country over that will be er
roneous. It is expected by the cham
ber officials that economic writers will
see in the comparison the swift march
of diversification, and that much com
ment, theoretically correct, will be over
drawn and the situation overstated in
consequence.
Really the surprising thing is not
that the receipts fell off, but that they
decreased by only 1,871 cars. The three
statesMinnesota, North and South
Dakotaraised, on the crop in ques
tion, according to government report,
153,793,283 bushels, compared with
171,146,171 bushels in 1903. A decrease
of 5,000 to 6,000 oars might reason
ably have been expected. But high
prices drew up winter wheat from the
southwest and western wheat from ter
ritory ordinarily tributary to the Pa
cific coast, and. so the decrease was
really light.
Bust Hit the Wheat.
The crop of 1904 was the smallest
for many years, due to damage by rust.
In ordinary seasons the northwest will
continue to produce 30,000,000 to 50,.
000,000 bushels more than was raised
that season, for years to come. Event
ually the tendency towards diversifica
tion and intensified farming will change
conditions materially.
Altho the breaking away from wheat
and the turning more ,to coarse grains
and dairying is a feature so marked as
to be noticeable generallyespecially
in southern and southwestern Minne
sota and in the Red river valleyit
will probably be at least five years be
fore it begins to have effect upon total
yield. New land is being opened to
wheat in measure to offset that given
over to other uses. This is especially
true of western North Dakota. From
Bismarck to Dickinson many little val
leys now have their wheat patches, and
along the Heart river considerable is
now produced. Wheat, both spring and
durum, is now raised twenty miles
south of Mandan on land once 'thought
to be barren.
Consideration of the effect of a de
creasing northwest acreage may be dis
missed, the grain trade feels, for at
least five years. How the thing will
have shaped itself by that time cannot
be foretold. The Canadian northwest
will have its influence. The acreage in
the three states will be affected in
some degree by prices, but practically
it will stand unchanged.
The one feature ox most importance
is the variation in yield per acre. For
several years the yields have been
found less dependable. Climatic con
ditions and the presence of parasitic
or other inimical influences make pre
diction wholly impossible as to produc
tion, but as to the total acreage sown
to wheat, it appears almost certain that
"there will be no decrease of importance
for some years to come.
MRS. MARTHA W. REEVES
Who died, Sunday evening, aged 68
years, and whose funeral will take
place at 2 p.m. tomorrow from the fam
ily residence, 152 Division street SE.
Mrs. Beeves came to old St. Anthony
in 1857 with her husband, the late
Isaac P. Beeves. She is survived by
six sons, five of whom reside in Minne
apolis,
FISHING THRU ICE
The-state game and fish commission
is giving out licenses to erect fish
houses on inland lakes, for the pur
pose of taking pickerel, redhorse and^
suckers thru the ice. The licenses hold
good from Dec. 15 to April, and the
fish must not be taken for commercial
purposes. About five hundred licenses
have been granted to catch whitefish
with nets in Lake Superior, between
Nov. 10 and Dec. 10.
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With the inclement weather
comes .attacks of Chills,
Colds, ^Grippe and Pneu
monia, and if your system
is weak you're going to be
among the number. Fortify
yourselfl\by using the Bit
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prevents the above, but also
cures Indigestion, Dyspepsia
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Journal.
When Fashion ReignsWomen Outfitters.
403'
Annual December Sale of
Fashionable Coats,
Furs and Suits.
Eight Hundred Beautiful Winter Coats,
Ladies' Cloth Coats for Street and Evening Wear,
Ladies' Fur Lined Coats for Street and Evening Wear.
Children's and Misses' Coats in heavy, warm materials.
As this sale goes on the interest increases. Every garment of the
latest fashionable style.
LADIES' AND MISSES' LADIES' CLOTH COATS,
CLOTH COATS, 50 inches long, black, green, navy
Made from fine novelty gray and plum, also fine imported nov-
worsteds, covert cloths and plain elty tweeds, tight fitting, Empire
materials, good $15 and $16 coats, or overcoat styles, good $25.00C
tight fitting and d_ 1 A A A
Cloth Suits of fine gray mixtures
and novelty worsteds, $20.00
and $21.00 suits
for $12.50
Al Thompson and W. F. Schiffman
were caught in the act of robbing
Pike '8 drug store, at Second avenue S
and Fifth street, early this morning, by
Patrolman William McLeod.
McLeod was passing the store, when
he noticed that the basement door was
ajar. Flashing his light, he saw Schiff
man prowling about the basement. The
patrolman fired a shot at the man's
feet to frighten him and Schiffman
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ELEGANT CLOTH COATS FOB STREET AND EVENING WEAB
50 inches long, made from fine broadcloth, kersey and novelty mate-
rials, tight fitting or full ripple back coats, the finest coats produced
this season. December Sale $Ol__ A A
Price, $37.50 and P_-_D.UU
TAILOR MADE SUITS AND GOWNS.
Cloth Suits of fine worsteds and
broadcloth, in_ green, navy, plum,
red and black, long or short coats,
$35.00 to $40.00 d_OC A A
suits for p_0UU
Fur Jackets, Muffs and Scarfs
included in this great December
Sale.
Fur-lined CoatsTwo hundred
fine coats at $75, $65, $55,
$45, $35 and $25.
Handsome Silk Gowns and Suits in Broadcloth, in Crepe de Chine,
Radium Silks and Lace, black, white and colors,
$50, $60 and $75 gowns
held up his hands and walked out into
McLeod's arms.
Just as the shot was fired, Thompson
who was acting as lookout, _ran out of
the alley, back of the store and escaped.
He was later arrested at his room, 2"
S, by Fifth street
O'Mally.
The men have admitted that they in
tended to rob the building and have
also admitted robbing Tim Burns' sa
loon at 128 Washington avenue N, a
week ago.
Both men were arraigned in police
court, charged with grand larceny and
waived examination. They were held
to the grand jury in $1,000 bail.
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FREE STAMPS
Present this coupon with purchase
checks of $1 or more Wednesday, Dec.
6th, and receive free
20 S. & if.
Green Trading Stamp*.
GREAT PURCHASE
SENSATIONAL SALE
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The entire surplus stock of L. Epstein,
Manufacturer of High Grade Furs, at
about Half Price, and will be placed
on sale Wednesday morning on same
basis of purchase.
The lot consists of fine minks, martens, ermine,
long silky foxes, in sable and Isabella, sable and
gray squirrel, Isabella and sable opossum, gray
wolfs, muff longs, lynx, brook minks, blended
cqney, nearseal clusters, made up in the four-in-hand
tie, stole, bluster collarette, Zaza and shawl effects.
$35.00 Scarfs for. $20.00
30.00 Scarfs for. 18.00
25.00 Scarfs for 16.00
20.00 Scarfs for 12.00
15.00 Scarfs for. 10.00,
12.00 Scarfs for.....,..:.... 7.50
10.00 Scarfs for. 5.98
6.00 Scarfs for 3.98
5.00 Scarfs for. 2.98
3.00 Scarfs for 1.50~:.
1.25 Scarfs for 69c
Fluffy Muffs, large pillow shape and the round muffs,
in Marten, Sable and Isabella Fox, Sable and Isa-
bella Opossum, Sable and Gray Squirrel, Ermine
Muffs, Long Goney, Brook Mink and Near Seal.
H% $23.50 Muffs for $15.00
v^:yi8.00 Muffs for. 12.00
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q: X-T^.2.00 Muffs for. ^6.98
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