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THE MORNING' OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2S, 1903. USE TAX TO KILL Lawyers' Plan to End the Trust Evil. OTHER REMEDIES GIVEN Better and Cheaper Service When Competition Ends. STATES COME AS LAST RESORT American Bar Association Fear the Day I Coming When the "Worlc Srb Cam Find hut One Possible Employer. REMEDIES PROPOSED. Tax them to death, or if that la too radical, make the franchise tax gradu ation, upward instead of downward. Compel cheaper and hotter service by railroads, tor example, wherever, by any combination, competition is pre vented. As a last resort, the state- can enter the industrial field as a competitor. HOT SPRINGS. Va.. Aug. 27. At the morning session of the American Bar As soclation the annual address -was delivered toy Hon. Baron D. Colt, of Rhode Island. United States Judge of the first circuit. Judge Colt's subject was "The Reasona bleness of the Law." "Walter S. Logan, of New York, made a verbal report from the committee on com merclal law. He commended the National bankrupt law and then discussed the trust question. He said it would have to be set tied by lawyers; if . they did not do It, the demagogues would. If combinations con tinued competition would cease and com merclal Jurisprudence eventually be en tirely changed. The committee, he said. had reached the unanimous opinion that modern industrial combinations should be Btayed. Hon. Charles F. Manderson, of Nebras ka. said the report was circulated to rend the association asunder. He asked that the report be read. There was opposition to the motion, and considerable confusion ensued. The convention, however, agreed to hear the report at once. The report says the question is the lm portant one now before the American bar. It says combinations are rapidly driving out of business the small dealers ana luo siiuui pivuuctjs. i jicsc mu classes heretofore have furnished the largest number of petitioners in bank ruptcy courts. But now. Industrial com binations of gigantic magnitude, too large for a bankruptcy court to manage, and to rich to need ever be called before lt have been substituted. The report adds: Commercial Relations Changed. "The modern combination's primary ob ject Is to control trade and commerce in plain articles of production, and substi tute a more or less perfect monopoly in place of a more or less free competition. It changes entirely the basic principle of commercial relations between man and man, and if they are to continue to grow and develop In the future as in the past, will render necessary most important changes in the principles of our commer cial laws. "Combination as an economic force Is fast coming to take the place of competi tion. The producers are combining; trans portation companies are combining; tradesmen are combining; workmen as well as employes are combining: every thing seems to be coming Into some form of combination, and everybody seems to be a combiner. The competition that still remains Is fast disappearing. Workmen are refusing to compete for jobs. Labor unions are enlarging the spheres of their activity and extending their operations. The union of the employers Is still stronger and more far-reaching than the union of the workmen. "We are now hav ing combinations of combinations. The Steel Trust. "The United States Steel Corporation is a combination of a dozen heretofore competing producers who themselves were combinations of still other producer?, and these In turn often combinations of still others. To trace them back to thoir be ginning is like discovering all the multi tude of sources that go to make up the volume of tho swollen Mississippi. The property which the Amalgamated Copper Company now controls was once perhaps 1000 mining claims, each one very likely owned In common by a half-dozen miners. The department store trust has combined the business of hundreds of merchants, some portions of which they acquired by purchase and others in some other way. It is estimated that the Standard OH Company has taken, by contract or by force, the business of 10,000 corporations and merchants in all parts of the Union. The few present great railroad lines of the country have been made up by the comomauon or hundreds of smaller lines, eomo extensions of one another and oth ers competing lines. The Shipping Combine. "The ambition or the shipping trust, perhaps the pet project of the great American combines, has been to control all the ships that sail the ocean. A hun dred years ago there were hardly two ships owned by the same individual or corporation, and even B0 years ago there was scarcely a shipowner, individual or corporation that owned a half-dozen ships. No one knows but that within the next ten years a. greater financier than J P Morgan will arise who will combine l:ito one organization all the industries cf the land so that the workman who works for wages can find but one possi b!e employer, and purchaser of wares can find but one possible seller. The steps toward the formation of one universal industrial corporation which shall crowd out all other corporations and as sume to Itself all the Industries of the land have already been more than halt taken. It Is not so far to go from now to that end as we had to go to reach the present Industrial conditions. "A monopoly Is economically desirable; that is for the monopolist.' The United States Steel Corporation can produce, no matter what it sells them for. Its goods cheaper than the elements out of which the combination Is composed ever pro duced them. The Standard OH Company is economically holy, for it pays 49 per cent dividends. The sugar trust Is eco nomically correct, for. whereas, the indl -visual sugar refiners lost money on small capitalization, the sugar trust pays big dividends on a large capitalization. The railroad combinations are economically Impregnable, for they pay. Exceptions to the Rule. "If Mr. Morgan's shipping trust and Ir. Schwab's shipbuilding trust are fall ures, they are exceptions to tne ruie "We cannot, therefore, 'rely on natural forces, on the laws of supply and de mand or on economic considerations to limit the growth of modern combinations. If they are undesirable, if the people of the American Nation would be better off without them, or with limitations put on them, they must put these limitations on by the action of their legislatures, their Congress and their courts. "The American bar must act, and the American Bar Association must take the lead. If the Northern Securities Corpora tion had been allowed to go on, the next thing to follow it would naturally have been a United States Securities Company, which would bold the majority of the stock of every railroad where the Ameri can flag flies." The report proposed the following rem edies: First We can tax them to death; or, if that is too radical, we can tax them until their growth and enlargement Is Impeded. There are Constitutional nrovlslons re quiring direct taxations to be uniform, and in view of these provisions it Is probably Impossible to discriminate In the matter of direct taxation against corporations holding large amounts of taxable prop erty. There is, however, a franchise tax Imposed by most of the states upon cor porations at the time of their incorpora tion, and annually thereafter. This fran chise tax is. in almost all states. In some way graded so as to tax the small cor poration at a higher rate than the larger one. Tho first million dollars pays a higher rate than subsequent millions. In our Judgment, the graduation should be continued, but it should be a grading up Instead of down. We would leave, per haps, the first hundred thousand free, and the first million cheap, and raise the rate with each succeeding million. The United States Steel Corporation has a capitalization of over fl.O00.O00.000. The graduation stages might be slow and easy enough to please the most conservative and yet result In a taxation of 10 per cent upon the last $100,000,000. How long would the United States Steel Corporation con tinue under that system of taxation? Require Cutting of Rates. Second We can compel them to render better and cheaper service. 3f the com bination of tho Northern Pacific and the Great Northern Railways is a great enough public disaster to have the atten tion which It has attracted, it could be prevented much easier than by a hundred Sherman anti-trust laws, by a single United States statute that required any corpo ration engaged in interstate com merce to reduce its rates 50 per cent to and from every point where competition has been prevented by combination, merg er, common control or agreement. Con gress can enact that any corporation or individual who engages in interstate com merce must furnish its service's or supply its goods at lower rates wherever by any combination competition Is prevented than where competition is left free. Third If necessary, the state Itself can enter the Industrial field as a producer and restore the force of competition to' Its former supremacy by becoming Itself a competitor of the great trusts. Great applause followed the reading of the report. The report Is signed by all the members of the committee, consisting of Walter S. Logan, Henry Budd, Gardiner Lathrop, George Whltlock and John Mor ris, Jr. At the night session a resolution was adopted directing the report to be commit ted with Instructions to the committee to report remedies for Illegal combinations which threaten commercial Intercourse. This action Is regarded as a victory tor the party which contended that the sub ject of trusts is an appropriate one for tho American Bar Association to con sider. EX-POLITICAL POWER. John I. Davenport, ex-Xntionnl Sup ervisor of Elections, Passes Away. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. John I. Daven port, ex-Unltcd States Supervisor of Elections, whose death has Just oc curred at Stamford, Conn., was once a power In Republican politics In this city. After serving through the Civil "War he became a newspaper correspondent in Washington. In 1ECS, when Congress ap pointed a committee to investigate elec tion frauds in New York, Davenport was made the secretary of the Union League Club Committee, which had the matter In charge. This marked his start In poll- tic.''. Upon the enactment of a law for the Federal supervision of elections, he was the first appointee as supervisor in this city. He continued in this post until 1S92, when the bill was repealed. It was Davenport's custom to make ar rests on the night before election, and his prisoners, men of all sorts, were thrown into a cage which he had built in a room of the General Postofflce. The use of the cage brought Its builder much notoriety. Davenport, who was at one time ac counted a wealthy man. Is said to have died in comparative poverty. Prominent In Jay Gould's Mnrrlngc. WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Aug. 27. Rev. George Lelghton Is dead at his home in Tunkahannock, at the age of S3. In her suit five years ago for a widow's share of tho estate, a woman declared that Rev. Mr. Lelghton married her to Jay Gould when the latter was 19, in a small town in upper Now York State near Rouse's Point. She had no marriage certificate. The case hinged on Mr. Lelghton's ability to prove the marriage. He said he could remember marrying several young couples at the time described, but could not recollect either names or faces and had no record of the wedding. CRESCEUS MAKES RECORD Ketchnm Drives 111m a. Mile on a Hnlf-Mlle Track In. 2:0S 3-4. DAYTON, O., Aug. 27. A new world's record of 2:05?i for a half-mile track was made by George Ketcham's Crcsceus this afternoon. Ketcham drove. Cresceus was paced by Mike the Tramp, a runner, and by a steam automobile. The pre vious record for a trotted mile on a half mile track was 2:09l,4. and was made by Cresceus at Kansas City two years ago. Owing to the short turns In the track Cresceus broke IS spokes in one sulky wheel in making the turns, and It was feared he had Injured himself a bit. Whether the fears are well-founded will develop in his exhibition tomorrow. Fraternal Congress Adjourns. MILWAUKEE, Aug. 27. The National Fraternal Congress today voted to meet next year In St. Louis, and elected officers as follows: President, Edwin O. Wood. Flint, Mich., supreme commander of the Knights of the Royal Guard; vice-president. F. A. Falkenberg. of Denver, head consul of the Pacific Jurisdiction of the Woodmen of the World; secretary-treasurer. M. W. Sackett. of'MeadvllIe, Pa., supreme recorder of the A. O. U. W. The next congress will meet in the fourth week of September. N'err IUce Pest In Louisiana. ESTHERWOOD, La.. Aug. 27. Seaweed is a new rice pest for Louisiana. It grows tremendously and will kill oat the best field of rice in a short time once it gets started. It Is only found on land where salt water was put on the ground last year. Hundreds of acres will be ruined by seaweed and grass. One Dollar Snvcd Represents Ton Dollars Enrned. The average man does not save to exceed 10 per cent of his earnings. He must spend nine dollars in living expenses for every dollar saved. That being the case he cannot be too careful about unneces sary expenses Very often a few cents properly invested, like buying seed for his garden, will save several dollars outlay later on. It Is the same in buying Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy. It costs but a few cents and a bottle of it In the house often saves a doctor bill of several dollars. For sale by all druggists. TURKS MAY KILL ALL Feeling Against Europeans Is Very Bitter. POWERS. KUST REKA1N QUIET Any Hostile Move Will Be the Signal for a Massacre Rising in Albania. Is Now Feared. LONDON, Aug. 2S According to a dis patch In the Daily Mail from Uskub. the Turks are very bitter toward the Euro peans, believing It to be their Intention to drive the Turks out of Europe. The cor respondent says he is convinced that any hostile action by any European power will be the signal for the massacre of every European In European Turkey. An other serious danger is the fear of a ris ing in Albania where there are now only 10.000 Turkish troops left. WAR NOT THE OXLY REMEDY. Russia and Austria Will Support an Amplified Reform Scheme. LONDON. Aug. Z7. The Sofia corre spondent of the Times discussing the sit uation in tho Balkans says a war be tween Turkey and Bulgaria is no longer regarded as the only remedy, it seems probable that in order to save appear ances. Russia ana Austria will support an amplified reforn scheme. It Is quite clear that a new departure must be made. The visit of the Czar to Vienna 13 expected to mark a new stage in the policy of the two powers. It Is rumored from Adrlanople that the troops are using petroleum to bum the forests sheltering the Insurgents. It Is also stated that the Turkish officers have received orders to pursue the rebels Into Bulgaria. Telegrams from Burgas. Turkey, miles northeast of Adrlanople, state that a Russian cruiser has entered that port. Excitement is Increasing In Servla. con tinues the correspondent of the Times, on radical leaders are inclined to advocate the establishment of an autonomous gov ernment in Macedonia provided due al lowance is made for Servian claims in the north of Shar. Tho large Insurgent suc cesses are hailed with enthusiasm. The Sixth Regiment, notorious for Its share In the conspiracy against the late King Alex ander, is especially eager for war, and it seems not Improbable that King Peter, yielding to military dictation, may even tually place himself at the head of the warlike movement. The Vienna correspondent of the Times says the Balkan outlook is dally darken ing and Turkey Is taking precautions for the safety of Constantinople. TRAIN IS BLOWS UP. Every Car Is Smashed hut Only Seven People Are Killed. SOFIA. Aug. 27. The eastbound dally express from Budapest to Constantinople was blown up near Kulell Burgas, about 25 miles south of Adrlanople. early to day. Seven persons were killed and 15 were Injured. Dynamite bombs were used. Every car was smashed. Appar ently the outrage was the work of revo lutlonlsts who traveled on the train. The appointment of Marshal Ibrahim Pasha to command the troops in Mace donla has been canceled, and the com' roand given to General Masslr Pasha, who commanded the brigade sent to paci fy the Albanians early In the year. The Governor of Ipek, Albania, has been dismissed for Incapacity and misconduct and Is succeeded by Said Bey, who com manded the troops at Metrovltza when the Albanians attacked that place last Spring. The difficulties of getting anything but rumors from tne interior of Turkey or any other part of the country are very great. The telegraph wires are not open to correspondents except for news satis factory to tne TurKs, ana letters are opened and suppressed If considered un desirable. Passenger Threw the Bomb. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 27. The bomb which wrecked the train near Kulel Burgas was thrown by a third class passenger, who was In the buffet car. Only two cars were destroyed. The dead include two Mussulman women, two children, and three trainmen. KAISER WANTS ISLAND. Fernande Po, In Hands of Any Other Nation, Would Be a Wedge. BERLIN, Aug. 27. Major Curt Morgen. the well-known German colonial expert, writing In the Colonial Gazette, asserts that the German government has already taken steps and Is preparing to take fur ther steps to Insure the Island of Fer nande Po coming Into the possession of Germany whenever Spain Is ready to dls Posa of It. Major Morgen says: "If tho Island were to fall into the hands of a military and naval power like Great Britain it would constitute a wedge in our flesh such as we have permitted to be driven into us at many points, but which we must hereafter guard against Tho writer adds that the possession of Fernande Po carries with It the commer cial and military domination of Germany West African colonies, and urges German capital to emulate the recently-formed Liverpool syndiate and prepare to achlev economic conquests of Islands. CHURCH THREATENS AVAR. Slinh of Persia Warned to Cut Loose. From IJrltnln and RuHsia. BERLIN. Aug. 27. The Christian Or! ont, a German missionary paper published in Berlin, prints correspondence from Te heran alleging that the leaders of the Persian Mohammedan Church have served notice on the Shah that unless he purged the country of foreign religious and com merclal influences, especially British and Russian, the church will precipitate revolution. The church leaders also demand that the Shah restore the religious and economic conditions which prevailed In Persia century ago. The correspondent says the anti-foreign movement is not directed against the Ger mans, because the natives are convinced that Germany has no political intentions and they consider 'Turko-German friend ship to be a forerunner of good feeling toward Germany throughout the Moham medan world. MET HIS DEATH IX DUEL. Police Arrest Berlin Physician "Vh Shot. Another n Result of Quarrel. BERLIN. Aug. 27. Dr. Schwartz, man ager of the State Hospital at Muelhausen. Alsace-Lorraine, killed Dr. Schloss. who was the leader of a strike movement on the part of the outdoor relief physicians at Muelhausen, in a duel two or three days ago. The surviving principal and the seconds apparently tried to conceal the cause of Dr. Schloss' death, attribut ing It to blood poisoning. . according to one report. The police took possession of the body as It was about to be cre mated at Gotha. and the arrest of Dr. Schwartz followed. The duel was the result of a controversy lasting for months between the manage ment of the National sick insurance funds and several thousands of physicians em ployed by the free hospitals or outdoor relief. About three months ago the physt- 'jt'iic, "Different Store" 7 - 9th Grand Ffictay Economy Sale A marvelous array of matchless Bargains for Friday shoppers. The splendid quality of the merchandise adds wonderfully to the real bargain worth. 'Tis easy to match prices 'tis impossible to match qeality for no other Portland house carries such meritorious merchandise as does Olds, Wortman Sc King. Be on hand early Fa today for your share of-these values as well as hundreds Ladies' 50c Hose, Pai, 24c We shall place on a special hosiery counter before opening hour this morning a lot of Ladies' White-sole Hosiery, full fashioned, ingrain lisle with extra high-spliced heels, French toe and double soles. They are usually sold at 50c a pair by the ordinary run of stores; our price is 40c always a little under; but today a special price rules, viz., per pair - Ladies' $12 Jackets $4.75 These much-needed Jackets, for wear the coming: Autumn days and present cool evenings, the tight and half-fitting styles, 24 and 27-inch lengths, materials of Kersey, Beaver, Melton or Cheviot. Splendid overgarment, radically reduced for today's selling; colors are of tan, castor and gray: Regular $J2 values, today for $4.75 Regular $15 values, today for $7.50 Regular $18.50 values, today for $8.75 Regular $30.00 values, today for $9.75 25c Atftogmph Albums 5c Autograph Albums serve to keepforever green in your memory the friends of long ago. "Old friends are the best, so whene'er you meet one good and true, leave not the old one for the new." Albums daintily finished and handsome in design, with decorated, padded covers of floral pattern edged in gilt; very pretty and attractive, splendid f 25c values; Friday only clans threatened to leave the state's serv ice in a body unless their compensation was increased from 7 cents to at least 10 cents a visit. They also demanded cer tain other ameliorations of their condlUon. The physicians in the Muelhausen Hos pital, under the leadership 6f Dr. Schloss, actually did go on strike for a time, but resumed their duties, pending an .investi gation. Dr. Schloss and Dr. Schwartz since then had a bitter personal quarrel. WATER MAKES FATHERS GO. Occupants of French jionnstcry Fight Hard Agnlt Expulsion. PARIS. Aug. 27. The?" expulsion of the Redemptorlst Fathers from their monas tery at Lesesables, department of Vendee, was carried out today, after an exciting experience. The barricaded building was surrounded at 3 o'clock this morning by soldiers, police and firemen. The monastery bells summoned a crowa of people to Its defense, and missiles were thrown out of the windows and several of the besiegers Injured. After a four hours etfege, the barricades were forced and the fathers retired to the roof, where they continued the defense until dislodged by streams of water. Many arrests were made. Pnnic on Underground Railway. PARIS, Aug. 27. A fire which broke out In a car of the Metropolitan Underground Company at. the Hotel de Velle station caused a panic among the passengers, who Jumped from the train. Several persons were Injured and one woman fractured her skulL The other passengers were less seriously injured. The fire was caused By electrical flashes due to defective connection. It was dur ing the rush for the exits that the people were Injured. Eruption of Vesuvius Is Subsiding. ROME, Aug. 27. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is slowly decreasing. The stream of lava has diminished in veloc ity, having widened to about 100 feet. Several fissures near the crater are en larging, some towards Naples being 33 feet wide. The government has ordered the telegraph offices in the villages around Mount Vesuvius to be kept open all night, so as to be ready to send out alarms If necessary. Ex-Premier Denies Humbert' Story. PARIS, Aug. 27. Ex-President Cas lmir Perrler has written an open ietter denying all connection with the Humberts except In the matter of receiving a trifling contribution for political purposes. He specifically denies the reports that he sought the hand of a member of the Hum bert family. Chinese Desire to Sell Railroad. TIEN T3IN. Aug. 27. It is learned the Chinese desire to sell the Niu Chwang Railroad. As a commercial speculation 'It Is hopeless.. In July the road earned $S0.000. while the mortgage interest alone amounted tc nearly ?110.000, without count ing the working expenses. BnniKhed Prince Aguin at PeUIn. SHANGHAI, Aug. 27. Chinese reports from Pekln assert that the banished Prince Tuan is "there incognito, and that he has had several secret Interviews with the Dowager Empress while the Emperor was asleep. Humor of Assassination Unfounded. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 27. The rumor published yesterday by the VIedomosti that an attempt had been mad to assas sinate the Russian Ambassador at Con stantinople was entirely unfounded. Lonbet Aid Flood Sufferers. BERLIN. Aug. 27. The French Ambas sador has presented $1000 to the Foreign Office. In behalf of President Loubet. for the relief of the sufferers from the recent floods In Silesia. Xewsdenlerii In Annual Convention. NEW YORK. Aug 27. The twenty-first annual convention of the National Asso ciation of Newsdealers. Booksellers and Stationers of the United States. Is now In session here. Several addresses were made at the'opening session on the sub ject of extending the association work into a wider field. OLDS, WORTMAN & KING BIG SPECIALS-? FOR VALLEY NOW A LAKE Iowa Storms Paralyze Rail way Traffic. x RIVERS RISE VERY 'SUDDENLY Sleeping People at Fair Grounds Xenr Council Bluffs Are Caught and- Two Men Are Drowned' Trying to Rescue Them. COUNCIL. BLUFFS, la., Aug. 27. The Missouri River Valley from Missouri Val ley, 20 miles north, to Pacific Junction, 15 miles south of here. Is almost a. lake for the entire' distance, and of the five trunk lines running east from here only one, the Illinois Central, Is able to get a train in or out of the city. Two persons. H. H. Larue, of Corning, and A. R. Fash, a Clinton, la., horseman, lost their lives while attempting to rescue a number of persons from the fair grounds, which were suddenly flooded. Larue was electrocuted while pushing a boat under an electric light wire and Fash was drowned. Three others are missing, and are be lieved to have lost their lives on the flooded fair grounds. The flood was caused by a sudden rise in the Nodaway River early today, which submerged the grounds before those having charge of the exhib its know of their danger, part of them be ing asleep. The water reached a depth of 21 feet on the grounds, and washed away a-number of buildings. Tho railroads are the heaviest sufferers from the flood. The Burlington east and south has half a dozen bad washouts, and their track Is under water at a number of other points. Their bridge at Malvern was washed entirely out, and traffic 13 badly blocked. The "Wabash road, which runs south, has several washouts. The Northwestern tracks between this city and Missouri Valley are nearly all under water, and no trains have been run over them today. The Rock Island Rail road has been unable to get trains further west than Atlantic, and the Milwaukee Is blockaded at Neola. KANSAS RIVER UNUSUALLY HIGH. Missouri In Also Rising, and Many Bridges Are in Danger. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 27. Unprecedent ed heavy rains north and west xl Kan sas City have caused the Kansas and Missouri Rivers to rise suddenly to un usual height. A bulletin Issued today by the local "Weather Bureau announced the Kansas or Kaw River would rise five to seven feet at Kansas City In the next 4S hours, and a rise of equal magnitude. It is said, is coming this way down the Missouri. Two temporary pile bridges here were carried out by last week's rise and others were damaged, and it is feared the ex pected rise may carry out more of them. The current Is swift, and it carries much driftwood. If the bridges go out, it would cripple the traffic of the big packing houses and other establishments across the Kansas line from here and cut off communication between the two Kansas Cities. TRAIN GOES THROUGH BRIDGE. Engineer and Fireman Are Carried Down, but Svrim Ashore. CRESTON, la.. Aug. 27. At Kent. Ia.. the engine and 17 cars of a freight train on the Burlington road went through a bridge that had been weakened by the high water, carrying- down with it the en gineer and fireman. Both escaped by swimming to shore. Ten and one-half inches of water fell over Crestoh and vicinity after midnight last night In six hours washing tracks out and destroying hay and grain. The THE of others. Ladies' DoIIa? Gi dies 48c Satin or grosgrain finish, plaited, corded or graduated styles, in blacks or colors, but mostly blacks. All have rich oxidized buckles and ornaments, the very best 75c and $1.00 values ever offered by any house in Portland. Special Friday at iC 35c Hotse Apfons 20c Ladies House Aprons of fine, dainty white lawn, edged with embroidery and tucked, wide hemstitched hems and clusters of hemstitched tucks in varied sizes; usual 35c values; tor Friday s sale your choice 10c Fall Flannelettes 7c yad Some of the very latest arrivals in new Flannelettes for making up into the Autumn garments, the newest ideas in colorings and designs, goods just from the looms the newest of the new, as the headline denotes the J -usual 10c values go today at, per yard $25 Shopping Bags 78c An almost indispensable article for every lady shopper, not only convenient but "necessary for every-day use. We offer a quantity of these for OUR STORES WILL BE REOPENED AND BUSINESS RESUMED ON MONDAY, 1 9 : EXPERIE CLERKS WANTED o s to(iecetc9ioa(ii(ie(8taatet99tiiei i FURS CLOAKS AND SUITS LAST SHIRTWAIST SALE OF THE SEASON THEY AL.L. MUST GO All our $3.00 and $3.50 Shirtwaists, both in heavy and thin material - All our high-grade organdies and silk, mull Waists, regular price from $6.50 to $7.50, will close at FINE FURS Our fur store is now showing all the latest effects in Jackets and Boas for Fall wear. Place your orders now before the Winter rush and get the warm weather reductions. Headquarters for Genuine Alaska Sealskin (London dye). storm was the worst ever known in this vicinity. River at Topeka Is Slowly Rising. TOPEKA, Kan.. Aug. 27. The Kansas Fifth and Washington Streets only, Friday only, regular 7 c AUG. 31, O 3 283-285 STREET $3.15 River at this place Is slowly rising. At Manhattan tho Blue River Is overflowing its banks and hundreds of acres of grow ing crops are ruined and farmers are be ing driven from their homer 1 $1.95