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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1906)
7 Scandal forces me out of businessMy stock to be sacrificed for I will have vengeanceCost what it may, everything- goes and at a price to sell it at sight THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, . DECE3IBER 20, 1906. JT jnT Jlp j5 frO OFEGOXTJiWr "ttESDV. "DECEMBER 18. 1908. - wtifr 4 ttHormfc f Ml ll4 nt rJ J A CROSS-CONTINENT CHASE. OF THOUSANDS OF MILES ENDS IN DEFEAT IN PORTLAND Lsssl The;Story of R. L. Hollingrshead, Who Arrived in Portland About Two .Weeks go, i-roves Again; i nar , i rutn is airanger. l nan r iction. U-33 DEMAND r th r th Mtmitj taitr prt oi Ultwn lny toe lund Soma of fir tl votr Mi 4 KtolNnfflhctd has ben ffiinr' mmbfr of th Arm of Hoi 'K'-in conduct! a lirge and urc- f.rt trparimt-nt tor at Dwatur for a iir of yT li-i it month aifo Mr HotUncahad H unio himstf a young and beautiful kir- romins from on of tha bast .inilV rtf Columbua, O. and ona o( th lta f tlte xmart mi rhera Mr- Hnll$ahead amid new aurrwunri- ti. immvdialtly bvcaim a favorlta Ina L.itur' ban orlst Tha happlnessa l Ihr ynting -roupla wta however, of hort duration for Mrs. HoU.nj-hBd ba (int wry aumeffva to tha Junior mm- iw or ih riraa. Mr Caldwell and tha atlon being mutual. h at onra ' rlaird I h nif. tie Dtnppointmtati Encountered by Mr. HoUtafthflad la tho Putfuit of Hid calved word from the daiaettvw In Port land that ibey wart hara. bnt upon ht lund ""JJ lll.UIUb.ll I IL. up hJ available caih and neither ha at ban ian Inc-a by Mr. HoIllngnnad- Immediately after their dtiapnearanea he notified the police and a certain de tective ag-eney. after two monha' work located rhetn at the beautiful town of TttuaviU in Florida He at once took' measure to apprehend ihem there, lea v Ik Ma buxlnea and atartlng on tha chase penonlK-. but l her eeemed to have reoelred mrornutloa of hla coming and went north to Now York City ona day before hla arrival He then tok the nest train for New York and liport arriv ing there found the aame disappointment awaiting him, they had gone to Montreal. From Montreal to Houston. Teiax the husband followed them. Than from Houston to Fresno. Oil., alway eniv In juit a ahori time after their neper tore. In Fresno be lost track sf them for some time but after walling what aeemed to him years Instead of week, he ra- arrlvat hare found that they had taken page that very mornliuj on a steamer bound for tha Orient. HU business haa eeeti closed and all his wareg put In storage and rather than f face the disgrace and dishonor of gotns; back to hla home town and aaaln opening up hta business, he has had all his goode I hipped here, three solid car toa.de of 1 miscellaneous merchandise and intend to dispose of them at any price and con tinue the chase acmes Iba Pacific ocean He intend;) to take passage In two weeks at which time he experts to have closed all hi business transactions. Mr. Holhngshead at the hotel last night aid. l wtl epend my last dollar to brine; Ihem to account. - I have lost all heart and Interest In my buslne and I don't care what I ee my goods for. out t realise 1 muxt get rid of them In nme manner even If I have to give them away Wife a I want to be free to telle Ihem i my life If necessary. "I hav been to the different merchant j In this dty and hone of them can handle tnis larae quantity of goods in addition I to their resular stock, and I wilt toe 1 oonged to set rid of them at retail. "I have been hunting- the town over for an empty store large enouth to hold tho goods but have met with no success so fsr. but will not give up for auch a J trifle as this and 1 shall keep on the lookoat until i nnj a building where I can dispose of them. It means oulck 1 action though, for I Intend to take pas age for the Orient on tha first steamer sailing; and whatever I do must be at once, as it la a case ot necessity that X realise on tha goods now In storage here, as there Is no telling- where this chase will end up and I may need the money as I am determined to receive Justice though I have to follow them to the end of the earth." detectives an eampany. a tnbHclr of ' the I A I 1 T i I T Lor ef Ii lure t flats Use persaMUta At CWoe. be founds feranru a ek'lted ssntce. i t -1 . bu position en any other bene tijii M lil M -r tit reilure to i-eiy water, er of failure polUetn: are ood b; m meny ei im Sf l-e. wad- oane has 3 mi Uu1U! wooseof'lalke (or the oee of itiel ortlnary day labor sr. iM oofl 1 pik-o in any ey hie mviv &mWAr T W )" (frnan mile. f th. I xoKllul. H H tM.ii.bl. IMn M ic . tm to uitftcttrr in. Wlk tt i . I . i . i crHUi.iJiitrelfat-il't. CTMCM-t-t. . .-... . 1Wr will oo l omiruJllhl.l. ' " " 1 net n rr.-yn Hiwiin .an fl' ' " " " Every dollar's worth of my stock to be turned into cash; 10 days only before my steamer sails, and everything must be sold before then." Sell I Must. Sell I Will. Entire Hollingrshead & Caldwell $128,500 Stock (Decatur) to be Sacrificed for What It Will Bring; Tou know the reason know why I am making this sacrifice. Tuesday's Oregonian tells you all about my disgrace and th'e" scandal; compelled to quit business to apprehend my former partner; that's the reason, and the only reason, why I sacrifice my stock $128,500 worth of general merchandise of all kinds and at prices that almost stagger belief. To sell it, and sell it at ,once, is my only aim, and any price to sell the goods is the way they go. Sale Beg-ins This Morning at Nine O'clock at Remember the Place da he Holm an Block Remember the Address No. 210, 212 and 214 FRONT STREET It is the only large vacant store I could get 160x75 feet in size almost a solid half block and, large as it is, it won't be too big, for this is the greatest stock ever placed on sale in Portland $128,500 worth, and consisting of Millinery, Ladies Suits, Ladies Cloaks, Boys' Clothing", Waists, Men's Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Shoes, Household Goods, Carpets, Dry Goods of all kinds, and over $20,000 worth of Holiday Goods. You've never known such a sale before a sacrifice forced upon me by scandal and it is simply compulsory that I sell this stock at once, no matter what it brings. OUT-OF- TOWN MERCHANTS will find it to their advantage to attend this sale and replen ish their stocks, for these prices average but 10 to 25 cents on the dollar of wholesale cost. Remember the place, Nos. 210-212-214 Front street, and the time, 9 o'clock this, Thursday, morning. Make no mistake. Look for the Big White Signs Nos. 210-212-214 Front street, corner Salmon. A Few of the Thousands of Bargains in the Great Scandal Sale Men's Business Suits. Good ones, well made, all $1.69 sizes; worth up to $12 Men's Finest Socks. Blacks, tans and fancies, all sizes; worth 25c, at, 5 pair . . Plain and Fancy Calico. . . All colors; my entire stock goes; worth up to 71 r 12c, at, yard Y2 "5000 Good Handkerchiefs. . Men's, women's and chil- lc dren's; some worth to .ioc; choice, each. Men's and Women's Shoes. Hundreds of pairs to go ; worth to $2.50; pick 'em out ACr at, pair Women's 10c and 15c Collars. Thousands to be sold; laun dered, fancy and other 1 fk styles; choice, each Women's $1.50 to $2.50 Corsets All makes, all sizes, all in one lot, and you get $2.50 r ones for, each Jv Boys' $5 and $6 Suits. Mixed lot including fancy novelty styles; all ACr sizes Ladies' $2 Shirtwaists. .. Hundreds in one lot, fancy styles; worth up-to $2; IQr all at l"t Reg. 10c Lamp Chimneys. 10,000, all in one great lot; none worth less than 1 10c ; choice Ladies' $25 Long Coats. . About 50 in all; plaids, checks and mixtures; latestff QQ styles; choice. pJyO Ladies' $5 and $10 Skirts. All this season's stvles: all col ors and black; $5 and $10 val.; each. $1. Muslins Choice of my entire stock of Unbleached Muslins, in cluding Peppercll and all the best makes: all yard wide and worth 12Hc to 15c, pick out the best at, yard Amoskeas' Apron Gingham, only 10 bolts of it sells all over at 9c yard. Come quick if you want any, yard..2 The finest of French Dress Ginghams, best of patterns and colors, worth 25c, 35c, choice, yard 5 Entire stock of Finest French and All Wool Flannels, worth up to 35c yard 9 Full size Bed Sheets, good muslin, worth 50c, 65c, slight ly soiled, choice 19 Jlundreds of dozens of Towels Linen, Huck. Turkish, Bath, Damask, etc., plain and fancy borders and fringed, large sizes, worth up to 35c each 5k Table Damask 1, 2 and 3 bolts of a kind, widest widths, finest qualities, 50c and 60c grades flumped in one great pile at, yard 15 Fine Satin Table Damask, best imported goods, French and Irish makes, pure flax, worth up to $2 a yard, while it lasts, yard 37t Table Damask, worth up to $4 per yard- one of the finest grades you ever saw. Kvery woman who comes In time to secure a supply of this will be lucky in- deed, choice, yard 49 S00 Large Full Size Bed Spreads, a mixed lot, plain or fringed, some in fancy colors, worth up to $2..r0, choice 37J Men's Clothing Hundreds and hundreds of Men's Suits, "black, fancy and mixed. In double and single-breasted, that I bought to sell up to as high as $10.00, your choice at $1.69 200 Men's Well-Made Dress Suits, double and single-breasted, blue, black, serge lined, worth up to $13.60, out thev go at $2.98 Men's Extra Fine Dress Suits, guaranteed all wool, nobby and handsome, worth up to as high as $18.00, at $4.98 Men's Tailored Suits, blue, black and fancy and lined with silk and satin, no tailor can make finer, worth up to as high as $25.00 to $3 5.00, all in one lot. pick them out, your choice at -. $6.25 Hundreds of Men's Guaranteed All Wool Odd Coats, every size and Btyle in the assortment, regularly sold for from . $12.00 to $15.00, the entire lot goes at 49 BOO Men's Odd Coats and Vests, the pants of which were sold at Decatur; these are from suits that sold from $25.00 to $30.00, the coat and vest for 75 Men's Vests, from my finest suits that sold up to as high as $25.00, take the vest at 25 All my Fancy Vests In white and colors, some of them of the finest silk and of the very latest materials, vests that I sold up to as high as $8.00, out they go at 85t Men's Pants at 59c. 800 pairs of them. -Well made every one of them; worth up to $5, your choice, per pair, at 59 Men's Pants worth $10.00 for $1.75 The finest of Custom-Made Pants, none better, pair, $2l48 200 pairs of Men's Corduroy Pants, these would be bar gains at $6.00, per pair jgj 15 UMBRELLAS The entire stock of 50c to $2.00 Umbrellas will be placed on sale at Wc each. All well made, fancy handles. You'll surely want to buy them by the dozen, for every one can afford umbrellas at this price. Choice 29 About 600 of the Finest Ladles' and Men's Umbrellas, best gold-plated and fancy pearl and silver handles, pure silk; makes that I sold up to $7.50 and $8. Choice 75 The finest of Umbrellas, best grades, finest of silk, elegant and artistic handles. There are men's and women's styles and some are worth up to $10.00. You get them now at, each 98 UNDERWEAR Only four lots are mentioned here, but there are hundreds just as big bargains and you want to come and get your share of them. Ladies' Union Suits, finest cotton and ' all wool, pearl buttons, silk finish, worth up to $1.50, choice 39 Ladles' Wool Vests and Pants, real ly fine values, silk and satin finish. Kverybody asks you $1 and $1.50 , for them. Here's your 'Chance to secure them at a mere nothing. Choice ..25 Children's Union Suits, all sizes, regular 60c and 75c qualities. Buy what you want at, each IO Silks at a Bargain My entire stock at this one price, for I want to make a clean sweep of tt all plain, fancies, and the finest novelties, all colors and black. There's no reserve you simply pick the best and choose up to $5 silks at, yard 39 Yard wide Twill Duck Shirting, fancy patterns, worth up to 25c, per yd., 5 Flannelettes, none finer, worth to 25e, yard 7 CALICOES Thousands of yards of Calicoes, all colors and patterns, all the best make and including 12c German Indigo-Blues, per yard..2V4 Corsets A great counter full literally thou sands In the' lot Corsets that have sold at $1.50 up to $2.50,all to be sold at lie each. Over a hundred makes represented, including all the best and most favorable known makes black, drab and white; ' lace, ribbon frnd fancy trimmed, and there's plenty of all sizes, so you and every other woman is sure to find exactly what you want. Pick out $2.50 corsets If you want. Choice. 5 Full and complete line of all my finer and finest Corsets, any make you want, and the very Berne you will pay $3.50 to $5 for at any department S.tore. Choice ,....39 Crockery BOO Lamp Chimneys, plain and crimped top, all sizes; sold In Decatur at 10c, buythem here for 1 China Cups and Saucers, rich hand decorations, all shapes, worth up to 50c, choice i Fancy Vases In Venetian glaze, china, gold decorated and hand painted, worth 60c and 75c, choice .....Qd Great assortment of China Cracker Jars. Chocolate and Tea Pots; decora tions are beautiful. Values In this lot up to $3.00, choice 39 China Dishes of every kind, Cake and Fancy Plates, Cups and Saucers, Salad Dishes. Berry Bowls and other pieces of every description French, Austri an and German China, an assortment of bewildering beauty. Values are $2 up to $5. These are on sale at 15. 25 and 50 for the best Ladies' Cloaks and Suits Slaughtered Yes, that's the word actually slaughtered for all go at prices nev er known before. You actually buy them for less than the linings cost. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to buy them at next-to-nothing prices. Doors open at 9 this morning. Be her then, and get first pick. Ladies Skirts $1.00 There's 5000 of them at this price, black and colors and fancy; many extrava gantly trimmed; worth $5 to $10. Choice $1.00 Ladies' $20.00 Long Cloaks $3.98 Made of handsome plaids, latest styles, finest silk and satin linings worth $15-$20, and your size is in the lot, too; choice $3.98 Ladies' $3 Wrappers 19c Made of flannelettes and calico, fancy trimmed, deep flounces, all in one lot; choice 19 Ladies' Waists 19c Each Any of them easily worth $1.50 to $2.00; all fancy styles, well made and all sizes. No limit buy as many as you want; choice 19 Ladies' Suits $3.98 This includes my finest, worth up to $25 and $35; black and colors, all sizes; all the latest styles, and hundreds of other BARGAINS JUST AS BIG I must sell this stock regardless of sacrifice. Your price is my price. No offer refused. First come, first served. Boys' Clothing 500 pairs of Boys' Knee Pants, heavy materials; these include some of my finest stock, worth up to 75c, per pair 5 Boys' Suits only 4e, and they are worth up to $7.50. Every style of suite sailor, Norfolk, blouse, etc., in blue, black and fancy. You never saw such a bargain before, suits worth up to $7.00 we are selling at 49 Boys' $10.00 Suits, pick them out at 81.49 Boys' Finest Suits, none better, worth $12.50, now on sale at $2.90 Big lot of Boys' Coats, all odd ones, our very best, pants were lost in transit, these being from suits that sold as high as $12.00. You get the coat now for 25 Boys' Overcoats, any of them worth three or four times the price, all kinds, including my very best makes, all going at 91.49 and $2.98 Men's Furnishings 5000 pairs of Men's Black and Tan Hose, regularly sold as high as 25c, per pair 3 My entire stock of men's regular 10c and 15c Linen Collars, Including all sizes and styles; sold by the dozen. You get the box of 12 for .15 Thousands of Handkerchiefs, all kinds, worth up to 10c and 15c, all you want of them for, each 1 Men's Suspenders, hundreds of doz ens, right in the original boxes, President and other makes, fancy and plain webs; suspenders worth up to 50c. All go in one lot and you'll buy a year's supply when you see them, pair 7 Men's Underwear all my broken lots on sale at Jilc, and they are worth up to $1.50. All wool and silk trimmed. Remember, worth up to $1.50 per suit. Your choice at J....15 Men's Blue Flannel Double-Breasted Shirts, all kinds, regularly sold at $2.50, at 89 Dress Goods Thousands of yards of Fine Wool Dress Goods, plain and fancy pat terns, many all wool, light and dark colors. You'd find lots of 39c up to 50c goods in the lot. Come before the best ero. Choice, yard 5 Imported Dress 'Goods, widest widths and finest qualities. Mo hairs, Prunellas, Venetians, Broad cloths, etc.; solid colors and fan cies, worth up to $3 yard 39 All the best of Dress Goods, worth up to $4, at 0c yard. The finest imported novelties, black and col ors; most all 54 inches wide. Pick our $4 grades, yard...: 59 Hose and Belts Ladies' and Girls' and Boys' Hose, plain and ribbed, all black, the kind that are seamless and that are sold all over at 25c up to 60c. Buy all you want at, pair, 5 Another lot, much finer and worth up to $1 a pair 9 Girls' Black Hose, all fine quali ties, go at, pair 9 Hundreds of Ladies' Belts the kind you see in the store windows at 50c and $1.00. I take my whole stock and give you the choice of every one at, each 11 Ladies' Linen Collars and Cuffs, the newest thing, worth 15c and 25c. You'll have to come early for them, as there is but a limited quantity. Choice 1 Bedding The entire stock sacrificed. Hun dreds of Blankets, all wool, plafti and fancy btriped, worth $4 and $5. go at 87 Finest $5 and $6 Heavy All "Wool Blankets, largest size, fancy borders $1.10 Over 600 Pillows in one grand lot, best ticking, filled with good feath ers, full size, worth $2.50 '-44 Finest of Pure Down Feather Pil lows, soft and fluffy, large size, worth up to $7.50 '.$1.37 Extra Large All Wool Gray Blan kets, worth up to $7.50 pair, $1.79 All my Finest Robes for sofas, etc., some all silk, fancy and Oriental patterns, worth up to $25.00 at $2.49 and $1.75 Handkerchiefs for All Handkerchiefs by the thousand for men, women and children. A big lot. worth up to as high as 25c, at, each 1 Women's and Children's Embroidered and Lace primmed Handkerchiefs up to as high as 36c at , 4 Ladies' Handsome Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs, the very best I had in stock and worth to 75c, your choice at 9 All my Imported Handkerchiefs, for which I was famous, worth up to $1.25, your choice at 19 A great lot of Silk Mufflers, five hundred dozen plain and fancy, the largest of large sizes. Just the thing for an Xmas gift and worth to $3.00, your choice for 59 EVERYTHING GUARANTEED EXACTLY AS ADVERTISED There's no make-believe about this sale it's a bona fide forced sacrifice, for I am compelled to sell. Therefore I make the prices so low that everything will go in the quickest possible time. "IVTATT ORriPR If you cannot come to Portland, order by mail. All orders will be filled the "- Vliyi-10 same day as received. Address all orders to Mr. R. L. Hollingshend, 210 to 214 Front street, Portland, Oregon. Freight will be paid on all orders of $25 or over, and everything guar anteed as represented or money refunded. SALE STARTS AT 9 A. M. TODAY, THURSDAY .tRhemKr.' 210 TO 214 FRONT STREET gS5Sns3S CURTAINS 500 of them or thereabouts every odd pair I have in stock, as well as broken lines,, finest of nets and newest patterns. You'll see at a glance that these are $2 and $2.50 values and you'll buy them by the dozen when you see them. Choice 25 Imported Lace Curtains Cluny, Arabian and Fancy Nets, largest, fullest size, perfectly exquisite. Curtains that are as fine as any you've ever seen and worth up to $6.00 a pair.... 98 Men's Fleece Lined Underwear, worth up to $2.50, all sizes, at.. 37 Men's Underwear, worth up to $n.00 per suit, your choice at 42 Men's Wool Underwear, the best makes and there are no ' finer, worth up to as high as $5.00 per garment 73 Men's Guaranteed All Wool Sox, regularly sold as high as 60c, while they last, per pair 8 BOO Men's and Boys' Wool, Half Wool and Cotton Sweaters, none better, no matter what they are worth, and there are some worth up to es high as $3.00 values, your choice at 29 Men's Overalls for 37c, and 37c buys the very best I had In stock and sold at $1.00. All the best makes at ' 37C Thousands and thousands of Neck tics, all o fthe latest kinds .and styles, including all my Xmas ties, worth from 60c to $1.50, take your unlimited choice at.. 19 Shoes Hundreds and hundreds of pairs of Shoes men's, women's and chil dren's; all my odds and ends bunched together in one big lot, including shoes that I have sold as high as $3.50, all go for.. 45 600 pairs of Children's Shoes of all kinds and styles, worth up to $1.50, for 49 1000 pairs of Women's Shoes, all the best styles of dress shoes, worth $8.00, for $1.29 Men's finest of Dress Shoes, worth up to $7.50 per pair, at $1.69 Men's Shoes, most any kind you can mention, of the very best makes, worth up to as liijrh as $6.00, per pair $1.25 Men's Slippers, all leather, fancy trimmed and of the very best makes, worth $3.50, at the very low price of 89 Men's Vlcl Kid. Box Calf and Patent Leather ShoeB, worth from $7.00 to $8.30. Including all of the best makes, per pair 81.98 Ladles' Xmas Slippers, all the latest stylos, plain and fancy, including the fur-trimmed Juliottes, worth up to $3.00, per pair 79 Children's $1.50 Slippers for.. 59 Misses' Slippers, worth up to JJ.iiO per pair, at. 69 Wanted Fifty cash boys and girls. Also, 100 Salesmen and Salesladies Apply at S this morning to Mr. Holllngshead. Steals Toys for Children. . NEW YORK. Dec. 19. A Christmas shopping tragedy developed In Police Court here yesterday when Mrs. Kate Smith was arraigned for stealing toys In a department store. The woman told a tearful story, which moved Judse and spectators. She said her husband had given her $10 to buy toys for their four children, all he could afford. When she reached the shopping- district she was dismayed to find that her pocket had been picked and the money stolen. Rather thaiVllsappoint the children of Christmas joys, she decided to turn thief. Her story was investigated, found to ha true and Mrs. Smith, was discharged. The depart ment store officials voluntarily withdraw ing the charge after the Judge and a number of persons in court had offered to pay for the stolen goods. For any case of nervousness, sleep lessness, weak stomach. Indigestion, dys pepxla, relief 1b sure in Carter's Little Liver Pills. Fire Destroys Farmhouse. ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 19. Special.) Word haa reached Albany that the farmhouse of Harry Lyons, near Mehama, was destroyed ty fire. The building and its contents were entirely destroyed. The fire originated from a match accidentally droDDed on the dress of Miss LyonB, who succeeded in escaping Injury, but the fire spread to the building, with the result detailed above. The loss is $100, with no Insurance. Yonr Druggist will Tell Von that Murine Eye Remedy Cures Eyee. Makes Weak Eyes Strong-. Doesn't Smart. Sootliu the Paia and Sells for 50 cent. Oregon City Enterprise Sold. OREGON CITY, Or.. Dec. 19. (Special.) C. E. Thomas and H. A. Galloway, re cently of Troy, Ohio., today acquired the ownership of the Oregon City Enterprise from L. L. Porter, ex-State Senator. The consideration was about $3500. Last Sep tember Mr. Galloway leased the property and began the publication of a small daily In connection with the weekly En terprise, which Is tho pioneer Republi can paper in the county, having been es tablished in 1866. Both publications will be continued by the new management, which will take possession January 1.