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NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER, SATURDAY AUGUST is 1900.
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A
umst Savings ' a
August Savings in
Women's and Children's
Underwear and Hosiery.
Children's ribbed cotton waists, well
made, strapped seams 19c value. At
1 5c each, 2 for 25c.
Children's tan lace lisle hose, several
pretty patterns, in all over lace, spliced
heels and toes regular 50c value. At
25c a pair.
Children's ribbed cotton hose, spliced
heels and toes, double soles and knees.
Regular 19c value. At 1 5c a pair, 2
pair for 25c.
Women's sleeveless, cotton ribbed
rests, low necks, lace yokes. Worth
25c. At 2 for 25c.
Women's Empress tights with trim
mings ot wide lace regular 5Uc value.
At 39c, 3 for $1,00.
Women's extra siz vests, low necks,
no leeve3, lace insertion around neck.
25c value. At 1 8c, 3 for 50c.
An August Reduction
Sale of Babies' Hats
and Caps.
Babies' Lawn Hats and Caps, prettily
trimmed with lace insertions, French
knots and dainty embroideries, the
majority are hand-made. See the re
ductions !
$1.98 and $2.25 values, now $1.00. t
$1.50 values, now - 75c. '
$1.00 values, now - 69c.
75c values, now - 50c,
August Savings in
Muslin Underwear.
Women's Nainsook and Cambric
Drawers in 8 different styles, trimmed
with embroidered insertions and fine
tucks, others with lace insertions and
edges 75c value. At 39c.
Corset Covers of good quality nain
sook, 10 styles to select from, some
have trimmings of lace insertions, lace
yokes and wash ribbon, others are fin
ished with beautiful embroidery were
50c and 69c. Now 29c.
An August
Shoe Saving.
Women's and Children's Oxfords
several odd lots that formerly sold
from 75c to $1.00. At 59c a pair.
, An August
Waist Saving.
Waists of fine white lawn, very sheer,
button front, trimmed with rows of Val.
insertions and panels of embroidery,
back and front finished with fine tucks,
deep tucked cuffs. Regular $1.50 value.
At 75c.
'Tis Blanket Buying Time
Saturday, the fourth day of the
Biggest Bedding Sale
The first three days selling equals that of last year's entire sale.
We expected a big increase but hardly as much as this. We can
only repeat a past adorn nation "If you need Blankets, bu7 rhem
NOW".
Blankets bought now are an investment that will pay a good dividend in the
Cold Days to come.
Wool Blankets.
11-4 Blankets, soft and fleecy,
made of fine combed wool, with
just enough cotton to prevent
shrinking. These come in white,
with wide pink and blue borders,
neatly finished with mohair binding.
$3.00 value ot $2.49.
$3.75 value at $2.98.
$4.00 value at $3.39.
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, Blankets.
These are indeed worthy blank
ets, only the finest selected wool
being used the figures tell of the
liberal reductions :
$4.50 value at $3.89.
$5.00 value at $3.98.
$5.50 value at $4.39.
$6.00 value at $4.89.
$7.50 valise at $5.50.
$8.00 value at $6.00.
Deep borders of blue, pink, red
and yellow.
Sheets and Pillow
Cases.
The sale prices on Sheets and
Pillow Cases should attract every
woman who is bent on economical
shopping. These prices are made
possible on account of several pur
chases of mill clean-ups, bought at
such advantageous figures as to en
able us to offer them at correspond
ingly low prices.
Pillow Cases.
42 and 45 x 36, 12Jc value, at 1 0c
42 and 45 x 36, 15c value, at 12jc
v 45 x Ba, 19c value, at
Size 63x90.
Sizs 72x90.
Size 72x90.
Size 81x90.
Size 81x90.
Size 81x90.
Bed Sheets.
59c value.
49c value.
55c value.
69c value.
75c value.
80c value.
15c
At 49c.
At 39c.
At 44c.
At 59c.
At 63c.
At 68c.
Here's an August
Pillow Case Bargain.
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A mill owner had too many of
these Pillow Cases and offered us
over 150 dozen at a greatly reduced
figure, we accepted his offer, and
now you have the best pillow case
bargain of the year. These cases
are 45x38J, and are made of one
I of the best known standard cottons.
Regular 18c value at 1 2c
The New Jacquard
Comfortables.
A new Sanitary Comfortable that
will wash well, there being no bat
ting in the center extra soft and
fluffy. Medium and heavy weights.
$2.39. $2.98. $3.98.
Sample Bed Spreads and Comfortables One-
Third Under Value.
Howe" Sanitary Blanket, the best and most
popular medium-priced blanket made.
Sold in New Haven only at the Howe &
Stetson Stores.
August Savings in
A new novelty the Peter Pan purse
in red, brown, green, black and fancy
leathers, 25c.
Beaded Purses and Bag3 in jet, steel
ana gut a large selection of many ailt
erent designs 50c and upwards.
Leather Belts, all the new designs
and colors for Fall wear. At 25c, 50c
and $1.00.
Children's Fancy Purses, aborted
co!or3. Regular 19c value. At 1 0c.
Silk Elastic Belts in black and white,
with handsome buckles of gilt and cut
steel. Regular $1.00 value. At 59c.
gust Savings in
Lawn Pillow Tops, stamned with
chrysanthemum, butterfly and daisy pat
terns, including material pumcient to
complete embroidery. At 50c.
Stamped Collar and Cuff Sets of fine'
handkerchief linen several new pat
terns. At 25c.
Fringed Damask Tray C.'oths, stamp
ed with Conventional and Floral de
signs. At 1 0c each.
Chatelaine Bags of white linen. stamp
ed to embroider, very neat and pretty.
At 25c. .
August Savings in
Men's Wear.
Good Lisle Hose, well made these
are mill runs of 25c quality. At 1 5c pr.
Negligee Shirts of good quality mad
ras and percales, dark and figured pat
terns, also plain white cuffs or collars
to match. At 50c.
A small lot of Balbriggan Underwear
in black and white regular 50c value;
At 29c. . '
Lille Underwear in blue, pink and
white very fine quality regular $1.00
value. At 49c.
August Savings in
'Kerchiefs and Veilings.
Women's all linen, plain hemstitched
hankerchiefs, there are also a few
mussed handkerchiefs in this lot val
ues run from 15c to 25c. At 1 0c.
Plain and Fancy Black Mesh Veiling,
large and small velvet or cheneille dots
worth 25c to 39c a yard. At 15c Yd.
Corset Cover Embroideries in blind,
English and eyelet designs, 1 yards
necessary for cover. 25c, 39c and 42c
a yard.
The New Butterick Patterns for September are HereIOc, 1 5c and 20c-
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A Clearing-Up Sale.
To clean up our odds and ends we have thrown
into our windows several good things in footwear at
a quick sale price.
Window Number 1.
In Window One are samples of a large lot of Wo
man's Dongola i atent Tip Blucher Oxfords with a
lew white Canvas Oxfords at 98 cents.
Window Number 2. t
Men's, Women's. Misses' and Children's Tennis
Shoes, Goodyear Glove Company's Make, 75 cents;
and 50 pairs of Misses and Children's Canvas Boots
and Oxfords, 85 cents.
Window Number 3.
Men's Russia, Wax Calf and Patent Colt.Oxfords
$1.98.
Some of the above kinds will come in
handy for your vacation.
ONLY GOOD SHOES
THE NEVvMH A YEN
SHOE CO.
842 and 846 Chapel Street.
Fresh Killed, Poultry .
The finest young
The finest young
Fancy Broilers and Roasting Chickens.
Ducklings at 20c lb. lull oressea.
Fowls at 20c lb. full dressed.
SWEET POTATOES
Splendid cookers, 40c pic
RIPE NATIVE TOMATOES
The best ones ripen first; our price 40c basket, 5c,
quart. -
BARGAINS IN FRUIT SYRUPS
Regular 25c goods, our price 10c bottle while they
last. .
LOWER PRICES ON FLOUR
Pillsbury, Washburn, Jones and White Loaf
Flours, 65c Bag.
When Telephoning orders to New Haven Store coll 630 or 031. Office call 4203.
WELCH & SON,
c.i. Haven 28-30 Congress Ave West Haven
EXTENT OF VALPARAISO
DISASTER UNCERTAIN
(Continued from First Page.)
from the normal tides of between three
and four inches.
; Victoria, B. C, Aug. 17. The Valpa
raiso earthquake was recorded by the
seismograph at Victoria. This after
noon E. Baynes Reed, the officer in
charge of the Victoria meteorological
station, obtained a record of the shock,
which, while not so severe as that of
April at San Francisco, was prolonged.
From the local record the most recent
earthquake shock occurred about 4:10
o'clock yesterday afternoon and lasted
from that time until S o'clock. The
heaviest shock was felt at 4:43, when
the swing of the boom of the seismo
graph was about ten kilometres. The
next severe shock was at 5:45, and this,
too, was prolonged.
SV3IATRA AM HIE VIM
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Won Trtnl Hooevelt Cup Kuees
Mnrblehend Yesterday.
Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 17. The Su
matra, owned by , Francis Sminner
the Eastern Yacht club, divided the
honors to-day in the seventh and eighth
races for the selection of the hree de
fenders for the (Roosevelt cup. The Su
matra won the first race, u triangular
affair, and scored for the second time
in the series. Vim won the second race
of the day, a three mile beat to wind
ward and return, coming home in the
lead for the first time since the trials
bcran. Both races were sailed in very
light airs from the southeast and south.
In the first race the yachts were sent
op a three mile beat to windward and
those boats that stayed inshire or to
the nrrth. beat out the rest of the fleet
that went wind huning out to sea, at
the first mark.
The regatta committee h(ld a meet
ing after the second race to-day and
announced to-night that all but six
(boats had been eliminated from the list
of contestants. The six yachts which
will be requested to continue the trials
to-morrow are: Auk, owned 'by C. F.
Adams, 2d; Bonidrei, owned by G. H.
of Wightman; Caramba, owned by C. H.
V. rosier; opoKane, ownea oy jj'.
Lewis Clark; Sumatra, owned by
Francis Skinner, and Vim, owned by
7. h. Park.
Three of the six will be selected to
defend the Roosevelt oup.
FIGHTING FOR WIDOWS SHARE.
At the opening of the case, Mrs. Wells
applied for the office of administratrix
of the estate. Judge Anderson denied
the application for appointment and a
few weeks later he appointed Judge
Lemuel G. CXlft of Mystic as admlsts-
trator.
Mr. Wells made a- pecuniary settlement : GIRLS DISPLACE "BUTTOKS."
with Mrs. Wells, whereby she agreed to ; The charity school boy and the boy In
live apart from him and to leave him to buttons were two types of boyhood out
live as he chose. Miss Wilcox cared for , o wWch Dlckens contrived to get a
fJ'&gTEXtt" S-t deal of humo, The first named
bill of service it develops but these ser- j has entirely disappeared, while page
vices were not remunerated for while, ,boys of the ..Joe the Fat Boy- clasa are
the late Mr. Wells was alive. The aimo3t extinct, and the last specimens
Mim r.t the widow for her allowance is' are t0 be foun(j jn clubs and hotels.
At one time the possessm oi a DrigiiL
little bov in buttons was held to indi-
and for
afotntnrv for J2.000 absolute
one-half the remainder of the, estate of
$7,000 after the bills are pald.
WILL BRYAN MISS HIM.
Cummings Will Not Attend the Recep
tion to the Peerless.
Politicians, this morning were re
marking upon' the coincidence that
Mayor Cummings chose for his vaca
tion four weeks during which such a
momentous happening is to take place
as the home coming of William Jen
nings Bryan. The peerless in Connecti
cut, and Cummings 500 miles away!
That seems incredible, but It looks as
though it were going to happen.
Meanwhile Uncle Alex. Troup is the
There are many letters to be read and
it Is said that some testimony of a sen.
sational nature is expected to develop.
'Mrs. Wells Is represented at the hear-1
ing .by Attorney Donald a. porklns of
Norwich, Attorney A. P. Tanner of
' New London, assisted by Atwrney
For same time previous to her hus-; Warren B. Burrows, also of New Lon-i
band's death Mrs. Wells had been liv- don. i
cate that the mistress had. risen above
the rank at a mere suburbanite and
was reaching the fringe of society, but
now the parlor rmid has taken his
place. " .
Within the past nine or ten years the
demand for page 'boys for private
houses has dwindled to almost.- nil ex
cept In the case of doctors, who com
bine in them the duties of door openor,
medicine carrier and (boot cleaner.
People nowadays prefeV to have &
smart parlor maid to open the door and
receive callers, or to employ a young
foreigner of 18 or 20 years of age, who
not only acts as footman, but also as
window' cleaner and general handy man
for a trifling wage, ' leaving after he
has earned the language.
Tr tho Woet F.nd olubs and hotels
receiving menrber of the National re-, howevePi there is still a demand for the
Sensational Testimony Expected In
Suit for Mrs. Hattie Wells. j
The fight of Mrs. Hattie Wells ofi
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Old Mystic tor xne wiaow s allowance
in the $10,000 estate of her late husband,
Franklin H. Wells, taken up one year
ago soon after the latter's death in
testate, was resumed Aug 13 at a con
tinued hearing before Judge of Probate
Arthur P. Anderson of the town of
Groton and N'oauk,
ing apart from her husband. In order
that she may convince the court of her
rights to a widow's allowance, or that!
she should share at all In the estate,!
of ' her late husband by allowance, j
weekly or otherwise, so as a widow, she
must bring convincing proof before the
Miss Wilcox has retained Judge
Sweeney and Attorney Henry Agard of
Westerly. Attorney Hadlai A. Hull and
Attoreny William E. Joseph of New
London will appear before Judge
Anderson representing the heirs of the
estate, including the Misses Minnie
reDtion commiitee, ana is to nave
Bryan up in New Haven, and will lend
him for an hour or two to Archie Mc
Neil of Bridgeport, who, so it has re
cently and enthusiastically been dis
covered, was always a friend of the
traveling statesman. Archie McNeil,
you know, is a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor, and
candidates this year must appear to be
very radical, especially when they are
running against Mayor Thayer, who in
the radical business seems to have a
distinct advantage in the fact that he
has producted the goods.
As the plans for the reception to
court that her separation was justified ( and Dora Wells of Old Mystic, George, Bryan in New Haven and Bridgeport
by circumstances,
Soon after Mrs. Wells separated from,j
her husband, Mr. Wells went to live
at a boarding house conducted by Miss
Nancy Wilcox of Old Mystic, It was
said that Miss Wilcox was employed by!
Mr. Wells as housekeeper. Miss Wilcox
is charged by Mrs. Wells with being the Miss Minnie Wells
cause of her separation from her hus- ter nf the deceased,
band. lAfter his separation
Wells and William Wells of Old Mys
tic and Mayor Everett Wells of Pen-
sacola Fla.
There are several claims against the
estate, Miss Wilcox claiming .$2,000 for
services rendered as housekeeper, and
claims of $1,000 each from George and
a brother and sls-
from his wife.
have 1een coming to a head, a good
deal of speculation was aroused as to
just how Uncle Alex and his doorkeeper
of 10 years ago were going to ride a
horse without either riding in front
The thing was solved this morning,
when Mayor Cummings left town for a
month's vacation, which was planned,
of course several week ago. Stamford
Advocate,
services of the boy in buttons.
What has become, also of the "tiger,"
the perky little being in top hat and
top boots who sat with folded arms and
supercilious air on the baak seat of the
high dogcarts driven by the younj?
bloods of thirty years ago?" London
Daily Mall.
AT MT. WASHINGTON.
Registered at Summit House, Mount
Washington, Sunday and Monday, were
the following Connecticut people:
Charles H. GllWn, Hartford; Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Cary, Norwich; Mis Catherine R.
Atwater, Miss Grace Atwater, Georgo
E. Nichols, E. E. Sanythe, Louis H.
Weed and Mrs. F. S. Hotchkiss, New
Haven; A. H. Gamsby, Dorothy B.
Gramsby and Miss Marlon B. Hubbel!,
Bridgeport; Frank J. Rogers, jr., Stam
ford; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Ferris,
.George E. Ferris. Mis Maud I. Ferris
and Miss Emma Ferris, Sound Beach.