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1 XtyWMtiXU j PART TWO frA VOL. XXL PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1902. NO. 19 JfttWRffl 'PAGES 9 TO 16 :: " " ij Short Lengths of Black Dress Goods Below Cost THOUSANDS AKD THOUSANDS OF YARDS OF WHITE GOODS EYEHY YARD GREATLY UNDER-PRICED Victoria Lawn at w 16 l-2c 15c White India Linon at 10 (-2c 50c White French Lawn at 38c 25c White Swiss Mull, 60c extra quality White Warp Pique- 45c 30c White Dotted Swiss, I9c 15c White English Long Cloth, gc 30c and 35c fancy White Nov elty Dress Wash Goods, at 19c S&gs?m&&. NEW AND STIRRING UNDER-PR1CE OFFERING Not a thing is presented below that thousands of people do not need right now. Not a price is named that is not made for this oc casion and heretofore unmatched in the economy it offers ou. Here are reasons beyond argument why you should be prompt and early at the Lipman-Wolf e store tomomp w LADIES' PETTICOATS Of extra fine mercerized Sateen, made with deep circular accordion-plaited flounce, trimmed with, two rows of narrow ruffles and finished at the bottom, with 'one row of ruffles; black only. ' While they last at $1:68 ' H0MEFURN1SHINGS 92.7S Scotch Lnce Curtains in newest deslgms, $1.45. $lj2u, ijn.GO, 1.75 -Drapery and Upholstery Materials, In most de sirable designs and coloring, 05c. 1000 yards Printed Sllkollne, Oc yard. All Tapestry Cushion Covers at one-third less than regrnlar prices. Strong:, attractive Hammoclzs, special. 75c. 40-inch Certain StvIss, special 7c jnrjl. RARE SILK OFFERINGS 900 yards (no more) of the celebrated Arnold, Constable & Co. guaranteed Black Taffeta Silks, the 85c czesp. quality, at Oy L $1.25 High-Class Fancy Silks, in striped and figured Louisines and striped qk and fancy Taffeta, at C $1.00 Checked Skirting Silks, Qp $1.25 Black Novelty Silks, in figured and polka dots, taffeta, corded and 07 plisse effects OC $1.25 Colored Moire Velours or at o9C $1.00 and $1.25 Foulard Silks, iiTplain'and, satin finish, newest designsm fccA dress patterns of 15 yards, at. 4?' "P $1.00 and $1,25 Colored Peau de a Soie, plain and changeable yt 85c and $1.00 Imported Louisines, q in a large variety of colorings. . . vy C $1.00 White Waisting Silks, corded 70 0 taffeta mousseline oL Black Ironframe Grenadines, 47 inches wide, all pure silk. ' l - $1.25 Quality ;:.. . .. At'$ .95 ; $1.50 Quality. . . ., :. . . . .- .At'$l&0 '$2.00 Quality :. . . '. . -. . .. ; At $1.65' COLORED DRESS GOODS LOT I LOT 2 LOT 3 Jibout SOOO yards assort Jibout 2500 yards assort Jibout ISOO yards assort -, ed 58 to 44'in. Suitings edSO to 54in. Suitings ed SO to 56in. Suitings ' our 50c, 60c, 6Sc' values ourunsqualled$l values our choicest 1.25 and Mixed Hopsack Mixed and Solid ?l'35 values Weaves Chalkline Suitings English Check Pinhead Mixed Natte, Hopsack Tailor Suitings Checks and SangHe weaves Mixed Small - Mixed Unfinished Heavy Skirtings - Stripes Worsteds and Meltons Mixed and Solid Ground "Herringbone Melange Amazons Raye Suitings Weaves and Venetians Solid-color Cheviots Solid-color Granites Venetians Mixtures Prunellas and Broadcloths, Cashmeres, etc., etc. Whipcords, etc., etc. Etamines, etc. Special at 59 c per yard Special at 68c per yard Special at 87c per yard MILLINERY Our entire stock of elegant FrenGhEatteraHatsiMateis than half price. $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 Pat tern Hats at $9.95 New Rough-Straw Sailors, with silk ribbon band, broad brim, regular 75c, at 50c SHEET MUSIC 10c 5000 copies of Popular Mu sic, Songs and Instrumental Pieces, slightly worn from being handled, at our music counter. We have taken all these counter-worn pieces and marked them at one price 10c special. MUSIC FOLIO CUT PRICES Collection of Baritone and Bass Songs, Standard Songs, Plantation Songs, Comic Songs, Duet and Quartet Folios regu lar publishers' price 50c; our special price, 25c LADIES' SATIN BELTS Made of black plained Satin, with oxydized buckles; regular 50c at 33c LACES 40c Venise Lace Bands at 25c 50c Venise Lace Bands at 33c. $1.25 and $1.50 Venise Lace All-overs at 98c. 75c and 85c all-over-French Revering, for Waists, 55c1 12c Imitation Duchess Lace, 7c. ,., .;, . $17.50 AND $18.50 r-, - wi TAILOR-MADE SUITS AT $12.75 One hundred fine Tailor-made Suits in newest Eton, jacket and blouse styles. Made of broadcloths, homespuns, covert and Venetian cloth. Colors are black, nayy,'tan, brown and castor. Stylish trimmings. All jackets silk lined. Two Hundred $5.00 AND $6.00 SILK WAISTS AT $3.29 Made of fine quality taffeta silk, in this season's most popular styles, including the famous Gibson styles. Colors are black, white, light blue, pink, cardinal, tan. All dr.es'dmker-finished and lined. -'" ' ; , PLATTE VALENCIENNES LACES Platte Valenciennes Laces Regular 12c at 8c dozen. -Regular 17c at 10c dozen. Regular 20c at 13c dozen. KID GLOVE FESTIVAL $1.00 and $1.25 Jeanette and Theodora Suede and Glace Kid Gloves odd sizes will be closed out, per pair, 59c $1.25 President, Pique and Dena Overseam Kid Gloves; Paris Point and one row em broidery, 98c . $1.50 3-clasp Fanchon Suede Overseam Kid Gloves, fillet em broidery; white, pink, -mode, slate, tan, black, $1.33 $1.75 London Quality Tre fousse Pique Suede Kid Gloves, $1.39 $2.00 3-clasp famous Tre fousse Overseam and Pique Kid Gloves; all street "and evening shades, $1.69 - $1.50 2-clasp Tanforan Eng lish Walking Gloves, L33 . LEATHER GOODS $2.50 Leatherette Suit Cases, canvas lined, lock and Key, $1.95 &S.00 and. 7. op Leather Suit CasesV canvas lined,' with straps or clasps, tan and olive, Kb - rA OS $8.50 sole leather, Suit Cases, leather lined, tan only, $5.95 $1. Coin: Purses 10c, 15c," 25c Coin Purses at 7c, uc, 18c. 1 1000 ' Children's Coin Purses at 30 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c and $1.00 Metal Purses at iSc, 26c, 33c, 49c and 69c 75c Leather Finger Purses combination Pocketbooks, Card Cases and Wallets, at 47c. S1.00 leather Finger Purses, I Pocketbooks, Card Cases and music x.ous, 79c 35c Pocketbooks and Coin Purses, at 27c Children's Wrist Bags, in as sorted colors,- 18c STATIONERY .At Half Price " Dundee Linen BpncJ Paper, cream or blue, 60 sheets of pa per, 60 envelopes; always "sold at 50c box;. special, , 25c box LADIES' HOSIERY Ingrain Lisle Thread Hosiery, stainless black, plain or Riche lieu ribbed, special per pair, 28c BOYS' HOSIERY Boys' extra heavy Ribbed School Hosiery, special per pair, 16c GIRLS' HOSIERY Girls' Ribbed Hosiery, me dium weight, fast bfack, special I per pair, 16c AN INTENSELY ERgSfHNGSte OF CUT GLASS ONE QUARTER, ONE .THIRD, ONE HALF REGULAR PRICES A dazzling display. Its bril liancy, fine cuttings, modern ideas and lustrous white color has stamped our -cut-glass the finest made. Exquisite Bowls, Nappies, Decanters, JDishes, Vases, Trays andTijmblers, on sale tomorrow at ONE QUARTER,' pNE THIRD, ONE HALF REGULAR PRICES Children and Infants WHITE SWISS CAPS AND - BONNETS Poke Bonnets, French Caps and Caps with Ruche, real value 55c and 60c, 39c NOTION' COUNTER 1500 cards of Superfine Shell Pins, sfraight-'or crimped, special per card of 1 dozen, - ISc Bow Barettes, the, latest hair clasp entirely new, special, 15c Comfort Hook on supporter, silk pad, colored and black elastic, special per pair,4 25c Fine Hardwood Toothpicks, special per Box of 1000, 2c CHILDREN'S LAWN .DRESSES 1, 2, 3 Years In fancy-figured lawn; pink, blue, lavender; circular yoke, embroidery inserting, lawn ruf fle; special at 39c BEEF TRUST SUIT Government's Bill for'lnjunc tion Filed at Chicago. CHARGES AGAINST PACKERS Unlawful Combination, and Conspir acy In Restraint of Interstate Commerce Arbitrary Fixing: of Price The Blacklist. i CHARGES AGAINST THE BEEF TRUST. Conspiracy to preent competition by instructing: buyers to refrain from bid dins: against each other. Inflating: 'market prices to induce owners to make large offerings, and thus force down quotations. Combination to raise, lower and fix prices arbitrarily. Keeping a "blacklist" of delinquents. Impcslrg arbitrarily charges for cart age or deller where no such charges hae been customary. Arranging with railroad companies, by means of rebates unlawful rates of transportation. "WASHINGTON, May 10. The bill of complaint against the so-called beef trust, which has been prepared under the direc tion of Attorney-General Knox, was filed today In the Circuit Court of the United States at Chicago. The following is the petition In full: In the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, Northern Division: The United States of America versus Swift & Co. and others. PETITION. To the Honorable, the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States of America for the Northern District of Illinois, Northern Division, sitting in equity: Your petitioner, the United States of America, by C. H. Bethea, Its attorney for the northern district of Illinois, act ing by and under the direction of Philan der C. Knox, its Attorney-General, brings this. its bill of complaint, against Swift & Co., the Cudahy Packing Company, the Hammond Packing Company and Ar mour & Co , corporations organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Illinois; the Armour Pack ing Company, the G. H. Hammond Pack ing Company, Schwartzchild & Sulzber ger, corporations organized and existing under and by -virtue respectively of the la wslJf' the? States ofJew Jersey, Mich igan, and NewTork: Nelson Morris, Ed ward Morris ?Co., doing business at Chi cago, 111., East St. Louis, 111., and South St. Joseph, Mo , J. Ogden Armour, Pat rick A. Valentine, Calvin M. Favorite, Ar thur Meeker, Thomas J. Conners, Charles F. Langdon, Michael Cudahy, Edward A. Cudahy, Patrick Cudahy, Albert F. Dor chert, Gustavu3 F. Swift, Louis F. Swift, Lawrence A. Carton, D. Edwin Hartwell, Jesse P. Lyman, Frank E. Vogel, Louis Pfaelzer, William Russell, Albert H. Veeder and Henry Veeder, citizens, re spectively of the State of Illinois, residing at Chicago; Edward C. Swift, a citizen of the State of Massachusetts, residing at Boston, and Ferdinand Sulzberger and W. H. Noyes, citizens of the State of New York, residing at the City of New York, in that state, and on information, and be lief, alleges and respectfully shows to your honors: Scope of the Combine. First That said corporations, partner ship and per&ons for many years last past have been and are now engaged in the business of buying livestock, to wit, cattle, sheep and hogs, at divers points throughout the said United States where stockyards and such llko and open com petition markets for the sale of livestock exist, at Chicago, in the State of Illinois; Omaha, in the State of Nebraska; Sioux City, in the State of Iowa; St. Joseph, in the State of Missouri; East St. Louis, In the State of Illinois, and St. Paul, In the State of Minnesota, and slaughtering such livestock at the several extensive plants for that purpose maintained by. certain of the said defendants, respectively, to wit. the plants of Armour & Co., at the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois; at the City of East St. Louis, in the State of Illinois, at the City of Kansas City, In the State of Missouri; at the City of Oma ha, in the State of Nebraska, and at the City of Sioux City, In the State of Iowa, the plants of tho Cudahy Packing Com pany at South. Omaha, Kansas City and Sioux City aforesaid, and at Cudahy, In the State of "Wisconsin, the plants of tho Hammond Packing Company at Chicago and Omaha aforesaid, Hammond, in the State of Indiana, and South St. Joseph, in the State of Missouri, the plants of Nelson Morris & Co , at Chicago, Eas; St. Louis and South St. Joseph aforesaid, the plants of the Schwartzchild & Sulz berger Company at Chicago and Kansas City aforesaid, and the plants of the Swift & Co. at Chicago, East St. Louis, South St. Joseph, Kansas City and South Omaha aforesaid, andi St. Paul, In the State of Minnesota, and at the several said plants, converting the said livestock Into fresh meat for human consumption. Second That the said defendants for many years last past have been and are also engaged in the business of selling cuch meats at the places where they are so prepared to dealers and consumers In divers states and territories of the said United States other than those wherein the said meats are so prepared, and sold aforesaid, and. In the District of Colum bia and In foreign countries, and ship ping the same meats, when so sold, from the said places of their preparation over the several lines of transportation of the several railroad companies serving as cocimon carriers, to such dealers and consumers, pursuant to such sales; and In so doing have been and are engaged in trade and colnmerce among the several states and territories of tho United States and the District of Columbia and with foreign nations. Third That the said defendants for many yeare last past have been and are now engaged in the business of shipping such fresh meats from the said several points where the same are so prepared for consumption over the several lines of transportation of the several railroad companies serving the same as common carriers to their respective agents located at and near the principal markets for such meats In other states and territories than those wherein the said fresh meats are so prepared for consumption as afore said and in the District of Columbia and la foreign countries, for 6ale by those agents In those markets and in such other states and territories and the District of Columbia and In foreign countries to deal ers and consumers; and have been and are through those agents selling the same In those markets, and In so doing have been and are engaged In trade and com merce among the several states and terri tories of the United States and the Dis trict of Columbia and with foreign na tions. Fourth That of the total volume of trade and commerce among the said states and territories and District of Columbia In fresh meats, the said defendants to gether control about 60 per cent, having during the year 1901 purchased and slaughtered as aforesaid and sold and shipped In the form, of fresh meats as aforesaid 4.000.000 cattle, 5,000,000 sheep and 6.000,000 hogs. Fifth That as to such trade and com merce among the several states and terri tories and District of Columbia and with foreign nations In fresh meats, the said defendants should, and but for the acts hereinafter complained of, would be and remain lrt free and unrestrained competi tion with each other. Preventing: Competition. Sixth That the said defendants. In vio lation of the provisions of an act of Con gress, approved July 2. 1S90, entitled "An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies," and In order to restrain competition among themselves (which would otherwise exist), as to the purchase of livestock necessary to the production of the meats produced by them, have engaged in and intend to continue an unlawful combination and conspiracy between themselves for direct ing and requiring their respective pur chasing agents at tho said several stock jards and open and competitive markets, where they customarily purchase such, livestock, to wit, Kansas City and St. Joseph. Mo.; Omaha, Neb.; Sioux City, Iowa; St. Paul. Minn.; East St. Louis and Chicago, 111. (aforesaid), the same being livestock produced and owned principally in other states and territories of tho United States and shipped by the owners thereof to such stockyards and open mar kets for competitive sale to persons and corporations engaged in producing and dealing In fresh meats in tho manner aforesaid to restrain from bidding against each other except perfunctorily and. with- out good faith when making purchases of such livestock on behalf of the said, de fendants respectively, and by this means inducing and compelling such ownprs of such livestock to part with the same at such stockyards and open markets at prices less than they would there receive If such bidding were really competitive as between the said purchasing agents of the said defendants; arid the si defend ants have caused and are causing their agents respectively to refrain from bid ding accordingly, and have Induced and are inducing each other and will, unless restrained by this honorable court, con tinue, In pursuance of such conspiracy, to Induce each other to refrain from bidding as aforesaid, whfch aforesaid combina tion and conspiracy is one in restraint of trade and commerce among the several states and territories of the said United States and District of Columbia and with, foreign countries. Seventh That the said defendants, In further violation of the provisions of the said act of Congress, approved July 2, 1S90, and In order to further restrain competi tion among themselves, which would otherwise exist, as to tho purchase of livestock necessary to the production of the meats produced by them and to ob tain for tnemselves and each other unduo advantage of the owners ard shippers thereof in the buying of the same at tna said several stockyards and open markets, have engaged in and Intend to continue an unlawful combination and conspiracy among themselves for bidding up, through their respective purchasing agent3, tho prices of livestock for a few days at a time at the said stockyards and open markets, so that the market reports will show prices much higher than the stato of the trade will warrant, and thereby In ducing owners of such livestock in divers others of the said states and territories to simultaneously make large shipments of such livestock from such other states and territories to such stockyards and open markets Instead of shipping the same to more natural and advantageous markets and at more natural and advantageous times in the due and proper course of such trade and business, and by this means and by reason of the resulting large offerings thereof of such livestock (and by thereupon refraining from bidding against each other) obtaining such live stock at prices much les3 than it would, bring In the regular way of trade if such combination and conspiracy were not so engaged in and continued; and have beer and are now from time to time through their said agents fraudulently bidding up the prices of such stock, and will, unless restrained by this honorable court, con tinue to do so, which said combination and conspiracy last aforesaid Is also ono In restraint of trade and commerce among the several states and territories of the said United States and the District ot Columbia and with foreign countries. Flxinfr of Price. Eighth That the said defendants, in violation of the provisions of the said act of Congress of the said United States, ap proved July 2. 1890, entitled. "An act to protect trade and commerce against un lawful restraints and monopolies," and In order to restrain and destroy competition among themselves as to such trade and; commerce and monopolize such trade and commerce, have engaged In and Intend to continue an unlawful combination and conspiracy to arbitrarily from time to time, raise, lower and fix prices and to maintain uniform prices at which they will sell directly or through their respective agents such fresh meats to dealers and consumers throughout the said states and territories and the District of Columbia and foreign countries, and that the arbi trary raising, lowering, fixing and -maintaining of such prices, in pursuance of the said combination and conspiracy, is being and is to be effected through the action of divers of their agents and attorneys to your petitioner upknown, in secretly hold ing periodical meetings at some place or places to your petitioner unknown and there agreeing upon the prices to be adopt ed by the said defendants, respectively. In such trade and commerce to be enforced by them until at a subsequent meeting: the same may be changed, when such prices are notified by letter and telegrams In plain language and divers codes and ci phers and they have been and are main tained by said defendants by adhering to the same in their sales made directly and, among other ways, by colluslvely restrict ing and curtailing the quantities of such meats shipped by them in such trade and commerce to the markets aforesaid, when ever necessary or conducive to the main taining of the prices so fixed: by Imposing against each other divers penalties for any and all deviations by the said defendants or any of them from the prices so fixed; by establishing a uniform rule for the giving of credits to dealers throughout the said states and territories and District of Columbia and foreign countries, and for the conduct of the business of such deal ers, with penalties a3 between the said defendants for violations thereof; by noti fying each other of the delinquencies of said dealers and keeping what Is common ly known as a "black list" of such delin quents, and refusing to sell such meats to any of such delinquents; which said combination and con spiracy above set forth Is one in restraint and monopoly of commerce among the several states .and territories of the Unit ed States and the District of Columbia and with foreign countries. Ninth And the said defendants. In viola tion of the provisions of tho said act of Congress, approved July 2, 1S90, have en- (Concluded on Pago uj