THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 25, 1902.
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Some hints for Saturday buyers from the big
bargain grist of our
Twenty-fourth Annual
Clearance Sale
Finest Kid Gloves at Medium Prices
Three of our choicest makes. Two-clasp "Marvel" washable
Gloves, two-clasp fancy embroidered "Madonnas" and three-clasp
velvet kid ""Victorias" in a good range of colors.
Bunched to sell now at $1.48 pair.
Undoubtedly the glove chance of the season.
Interesting to Shoe Buyers
$2.18 pair
Is the Clearance "Special" on our "Princess," the queen of $3.00
shoes for women. Box calf, vici or enamel kid in 18 smart styles,
with welt or turn soles. Get your share while sizes are here.
Warm Stockings, Under Price
Some samples of how cheap you can purchase foot comfort here.
At 35c pair
Ladies' black cashmere Hose, seamless and reinforced.
At 75c pair
Ladies' fancy cashmere Hose, worth $1.00. Boots are silk
embroidered in contrasting colors.
Child's cashmere Hose, fast black, fine ribbed, seamless and well
reinforced. Small sizes, special, 17c pair; medium sizes, special,
22d pair; large sizes, special, 26c pair.
COMBINATION PURSES, black or colored, plain or fancy, worth
to 75c, for 25c each.
ZEPHYR SHAWLS, hand knit, sizes, 36 to 45 inches square. For
clearance, 85c to $2.10 each.
GREAT vSALE!
Every Article Reduced
98c
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Value $1.25 pr.
Value $1.25 pr.
Ladies' President Pique
KID GLOVES
All shades and sizes.
Suede and Glace
KID GLOVES
Broken assortment of sizes.
Ladies', Children's and Infants' "
WOOL MITTENS Value20cand25cpr.
Ladies' Pure Linen
HANDKERCHIEFS Value $1.00 box
Plain white, hemstitched, 6 in box.
Ladies' White Hemstitched 1
HANDKERCHIEFS
Some lace trimmed.
Ladies' Ribbed
VESTS and DRAWERS
Broken assortment.
Ladies' Knit-to-Fit Ribbed
VESTS and DRAWERS
All-wool.
69c
12c
49c
Value 50c
Value $1.75
Value $2.25
98c
$1.79
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neaaquaners ior ur. jaeger s unaerwear. sole agents tor Belfast
Linen Mesh Underwear. Lowest prices on Blankets and Comforts.
Ladies,' men's, children's Woolens. Hosiery atgreatlyreduced prices
8i8tia(ttieetsitte8otiocstt'
Muslin Undsrwear and Infants' wear at Tery low prices. Second floor.
High-class novelty costumes and wraps at greatly reduced prices. S cond floor.
Replenish the iinen closet with table linens, sheets, piljow cases, etc., at clearance pric9S.
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Supporters
A great Saturday sale of
ladies'HoseSupporters. Some
25 dozen of the well-knowa
"Marlowe" Supporters, of
3ilk frilled elastic. "Hook
On" style, all colors. Sold
regularly all year 'round at
50 cents. Your choice
37c Each
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ADJUSTER'S SHOE SALE
ADMITS HOLDING UP CAR
THE ROUnEU BENNETT THOMPSON'
MAKES SECOND CONFESSION.
He Relieved OreRon City PimnenKcrji
of Coin, nud Ik Also Rcxponnl-
ble for 0 Road Hold-Up.
Bennett Thompson, under a sentence of
20 years for highway robbery, admitted
yesterday that he had held up the car
on the Portland City & Oregon Rail
way and had committed all the robberies
on the Slavin, 'W hitehouse, Scholl s Ferry,
Harness, and Linnton roads, excepting the
hold-up of W. C. Alderson, principal of
the South Portland School. He also
cheerfully admitted having held up Dr.
Hawke, on the East Side. Jn all, he
confessed to 30 robberies, and net profits
53W), or an average of 510 per victim.
Thompson made the confession to Sher
iff J. J. Cooke, of Clackamas County, and
Detectives Snow and Kerrigan, of Port
land. Sheriff Cooke, who was not fully
convinced that Thompson was, the street
car robber, came to this city y'e&terday to
satisfy his mind on that point, and in
company with the detectives visited the
prisoner in the County JaiL Thompson
at first refused to talk, but upon being
told that any statement he might make
would not be used against him, he frank
ly admitted the street-car robbery. He
saJd that he had gone to Oregon City
from Portland on the electric car and
crossed the bridge, walking out on the
country road that runs parallel with the
car track to Willamette, and concealed
himself in the brush about one-half mile
from Oregon City. When the car made
the up trip to Willamette he placed a
tie across the track, but, fearing that the
passengers might be warned, he remained
concealed. The tie was removed, and he
replaced it and waited for the down car,
the passengers of which he robbed.
"I can name every person who was on
that car," he said to the officers. And
then he gave a list of all his victims, the
exact spot where and the Ume when he
stopped the car.
"How did you get away?" he was
asked.
Thompson winked. "I had no easy time
of It," he said to Sheriff Cooke. "You
were hot after me, and had you 10 min
utes of daylight left you would have
landed me in the Oregon City Jail."
Then Thompson told how he escaped.
He had spent a portion of his boyhood
In West Oregon City, and was familiar
with the country. Leaving the track, he
PJfollowed the old county road to Elk
Rock, where he descended the bank to
the river, and there found a boat tied to
a tree. He could hear men talking a
ehort distance from him, and these he
rightly Judged to be the Sheriff and his
officers. Without delay he Jumped into
the boat. Darkness had set in, and he
had no trouble getting away. He drifted,
he said, some distance, and then he pad
dled to Milwaukie on the East Side, and
boarded a Portland-bound car.
Questioned by the Portland officers,
Thompson said he was guilty of all the
hold-ups on the five roads menUoned, ex
cept that of Principal Alderson. Aider
son, he stoutly declared, was the victim
of another footpad. He said he figured
In at least 30 robberies and obtained $300,
or $200 more than he previously confessed
to having taken-.
When the officers took their leave
Thompson bade them a pleasant good-by.
His confession apparently had no more
effect upon him than the 20-year sentence
of Judge Frazer!
two guests. Men' friends will be wel
comed. .
Resolutions- of sympathy to the family
of the late Mrs. George T. Myers were
also ddopted, Mrs. Myers having been a
charter member and active worker In the
! club.
The programme of the day was devoted
to pottery. Mrs. Rose H. Hoyt being In
charge. A valuable paper was read upon
the pottery of American Indians by Mrs.
Josephine de Vore Johnson. The fact that
all her InformaUon had been gathered
first hand from the Indians themselves
made her paper specially valuable. It
was not culled from encyclopedias and
learned treatises In the magazines. The
work of the various tribes from the Az
tecs down to the Indians of today was
described, and an excellent collection Il
lustrating the different stages of the art
furnished an object-lesson that was most
interesting and Instructive.
Miss Agnes Watt gave two particularly
enjoyable vocal numbers, "The Merry
Maidens," by Francis Thome and "Hush,
Thee, My Baby," Georg HenscheL She
was very heartily encored, but did not
respond.
FAVORS MEAT INSPECTION
"Woman' Club Passes Resolution to
That Effect.
The Important feature of yesterday's
meeting of the Woman's Club was, a con
sideration of the necessity for having a
thorough and perfect system of meat In
spection In Portland. Mrs. Ellen R. Mil
ler, of the Portland School of Domestic
Science, in a clear, practical way, pre
sented the subject so as to arouse the en
thusiastic co-operation of every woman
in the room. She handled the subject
without gloves, being well armed with
special Information on all the leading
points that had a practical bearing, so
that even before she finished she had her
hearers convinced of the urgent neces
sity lor taking action on this matter. The
earnest 'discussion that followed her pa
per resulted in the following resolution, ofl
fered by Dr. Mae Cardwell, which was
adopted unanimously, no dissenting voice
being heard:
"Resolved, that the Woman's Club in
dorses the sentiment of Mrs. Miller's pa
per, and recommends that consumers shall
insist upon being supplied with inspected
meat,"
It was decided that the club anniversary
should be celebrated next Friday, Instead
of January 27. There will be an informal
afternoon reception and tea, from 2 to
E."each member being expected to bring J
Fine Apple From Forest Grove.
A grocer offering a lot of fine yellow
Newtown Pippins for sale yesterday stat
ed that they came from near Forest
Grove, and showed what energy and good
Child's kid button shoes,
sizes 1 to 7, spring heel,
35c
Ladies' kid button shoes, coin and
square toe, $2.50 to $4 4 rn
grades, pair $Ii3U
Men's box and calf kid lace shoes,
latest toes, $3.50 qual
ity, pair
S2.35
Boys' tan lace shoes, all
sizes, pair
95c
$2.15
Ladies' heavy and light sole lace shoes, patent or kid
tip, latest styles x...
BARON'S SHOE STORE
230-232 MORRISON STREET NEAR SECOND
judgment could do In farming. He said
they were raised by a man who came here
from Utah for his health, and who, after
loafing around for a while, concluded to
buy a worn-out farm with a worn-out
orchard and amuse himself and benefit
his health by putting them to rights. He
has been three years on, the place, and is
now sending to market tne finest apples
Imaginable. In conclusion the grocer re
marked that energy and good judgment
are all that is needed to make farming
profitable in Oregon. The farmers and
others who have been writing letters on
the subject of "Can Farming Be Made
to Pay in Oregon?" might look Into the
methods of this man from Utah.
Hunt Clnb Paper Chase.
The members of th'e Portland Hunt
Club will hold -a- paper chase this after
noon, starting from the east end of Burn
side street at 2:00 .o'clock. The finish will
be on the Sandy road, near the Barr road.
Two boys, mounted on fleetfooted steeds,
will act as hares, the club members fol
lowing in the chase!
ftUMiP SAUL,
GREATEST DRAWING CARD OF THE SEASON. GLANCE OVER THIS LIST OF BARGAINS
AND REMEMBER THIS SALE LASTS ONLY SEVEN DAYS MORE.
Boys' Knee Pants
50c values . : .25c
75c values 50c
$1 values 85c
Russian Overcoats
$3.95 Values
$2.50
$8.00 Values
$4-85
Our stock of
Boys' and
Youths' Over
coats is badly
broken up, but
what we have
will be closed
outat a sacrifice
LEADING
CLOTHIER
BOYS' UNION SUITS. AT
ONE-HALF PRICE
50c Union Suits 25c
$1 Union Suits 50c
Men's Underwear
At prices way below any Clear- UilSlUaleQ
ance Sate in town. Reduction
Natural Gray Sanitary Wool Un-
Bo.ys' Reefers
Oxford Gray Reefers
$1.50values, 3 to 8 . 95c
$2.95 values $1.85
derwear, best 75c value, CAr
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SUITS
DUMP SALE PRICE..
Men's Fine Natural Wool Under
wear, great $1.00 values, 7Qr cr c m c
DUMP SALE PRICE. . i9 $ bailor Milts
Men's Derby - Ribbed Wool Un- $3.85
derwear, $1.00 values, 7Q
DUMP SALE PRICE. . ?-
Wright's Genuine Health Under
wear, fleece-lined, DUMP 7Q
SALE PRICE "t
$7 Sailor Suits ,
$4.55
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Men's French Ribbed Wool Un
derwear, colors, pink, blue and
natural, $1.50 values, CI 1A
DUMP SALE PRICE P I icf
GREAT REDUCTIONS
all over the store. You cannot
afford to miss this opportunity.
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Notion department.
Basement Dept.
Household necessities of
every description at a great
saving. No more attractive
place in the entire store for
housewives than this big"
basement. Useful kitchen
utensils of every description
greatly reduced; also Cut
lery, Lamps, Crockery, Glass
ware, Silverware, Cut Glass,
etc.
Two car loads of Granite-ware.
Umbrellas 97c Each
We placa on sale today 100
ladies' Umbrellas, of twilled
gloria, bone, pearl and natural
wood handles, 2B-inch, steel
rod, good, strong frame. Every
Umbrella in the lot worth at
least $1.25. Some worth $1.50.
Your choice while they last at
97c Each
Umbrella department, Hor-rison-street
entrance.
Hen's Wear
Saturday is the day we supply
men's wants at special prices.
The annual Clearance Sale offers
exceptional opportunity for men
to practice economy. Everything
can be bought at a big savin r.
Hosiery, Neckwear, Shirts, Hand-
kerchiefs, Underwear, Gloves,
Hats, Umbrellas, etc., etc. All our '
high-grade Neckwear worth from -
$1.50 to $3.00 reduced below
03t. AH styles of men's Shoes
at clearance orices. Morrison- f
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"Willamette" and "Eldredge B" Sewing Machines at clearance prices.
Picture Framing to your order. Best work, lowest prices. 2d floor.
Great January values in Toilet Articles, Drug Sundries and Stationery.
The first snow fall of the
season is greeted with great
delight by the little folks
Don't deny them the healthy
pleasure coasting affords.
Our stock of sleds is com
plete. Coasters or high sleds,
spring or steel runnars,
prettily painted, 35c to $3.00.
Costumes--Wraps
We're selling all remain
ing high class novelties in
Evening Costumes, Wraps,
Dresses, Long Coats, Silk
Skirts, etc., at prices far be
low eost." Velvet Jackets
and costumes at ridiculously
low prices.
Silk Waists and Petticoats
at Clearance Sale Prices.
Remarkable values in
Walking Skirts and Suits.
Carpet Dept.
Better be awake to the ad
vantage of buying Carpets
and Lace Curtains during
the Clearance Sale. There's
a saving you'll appreeiate.
Curtain material at very
lowest prices.
Table Covers greatly re
duced. Splendid bargains in Com
forters and Wool Blankets.
.(Third Floor.)
All copyrighted Books, the
$1.50 kind at 89c.
Hundrads of worthy bar
gains in fine Muslin Under
wear. Bargains in Trunks and
Traveling Bags.-(3d floor,)
Brass and Iron Beds at
C earanee Sale Prices.
Bargains in Gloves and
Ladies' Neckwear.
Entire stock of Ladies',
Men's and Boys' Shoes at
Clearance Pr.ces.
All Hosiery and Under
wear greatly reduced.
Sheets and Pillow Cases
at Clearance Sale Prices.
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An immense array of Lace and Comic Valentines lc to $5.00 each. (Book Department.) I
The Clearance Sale
is fast approaching the end Buying should be
done at the earliest possible moment Linen closets,
wardrobe and pantry should be replenished at the
present remarkable low prices Wearing apparel
and household necessities of every description have
been greatly reduced Buying now means a saving
of from 10 to 25 in every instance.
I 'Round the Store
Men's Clothing
In the Clearance Sale of Men's and Boys'
Clothing is included everything in the
entire stock New, stylish, well-made,
ready-to-wear Clothing at prices fully
less than you have to pay In exclusive
clothing stores. (Second floor)
Hen's all-wool Oxford gray and Invisible
plaid yoke Overcoats, handsomely tail
ored and this season's $15.00 & q
eoats; your choice pll.yo
Men's all-wool cheviot, cassimere and wors
ted Suits, cut in the latest fash- e -g g
ion and reg. $15.00 values at.. pll10
Men's fine, all-wool, fancy worsted and
cheviot Suits, best styles and Cio AC
fabrics; all the $18 values at. . pI.OO
Entire stock of Boys' Clothing at Clear
ance Sale Prices.
SCOW CONTRACTS LET.
Port of Portland AIko Receive Bids
for New Dredgre.
The Board of Port of Portland Com
missioners, at a meeting- which was not
attended by ex-President Hughes, opened
and received bids for the construction of
the hull of the new dredge and for two
scows. Only two bids for the dredge hull
were received. They were from the Port
land Shipbuilding Company. 526,500, and
Joseph Paquet. $29,700. Both were re
ferred to Engineer Lockwood for exam
ination, with Instructions to report at a
meeting to be held Monday afternoon.
Bids for the scows were received from
the Portland Shipbuilding Company, $3400
for the two; Joseph Paquet, ?2SS0 each,
and B. F. Smith, $2825 each. The con
tract was awarded to the Portland Ship
building Company.
In both cases the board ordered that
any changes the contractors might want
to make, after the awarding of the con
tracts, must be submitted to Designing
Engineer Lockwood In writing, and
authorization of such changes much be
received from him in writing, or they
shall not be considered valid.
The secretary was instructed to adver
tise for bids for 1000 feet of 20-inch pipe,
and 20 wooden pontoons for the dredge.
The fuel question was considered but no
action was taken.
Chief Engineer Kennedy, of the O. R.
& N. Co., who was, at the previous meet
ing, made a member of a board of en
gineers to consider all drydock plans, ap
peared before the Commissioners and
made a few remarks. . By the action of
the last meeting, Mr. Kennedy and Mr.
Lockwood were appointed members of a
board of three, they to select the third
member. Mr. Kennedy said that pressure
of business prevented his acceptance of
the appointment. In addition, he felt that
drydock plans required the consideration
of an engineer experienced In such work,
and he told how a difference of a few
feet in the driving of the piles for the old
East Side drydock made a. failure of the
entire work. Mr. Kennedy thought that.
If the board intends to build such a dock
as It plans, it should engage an engineer
who has successfully built such docks,
have him prepare the plans and super
vise the-work, and let the contract for
construction to any reputable contractor
The board of which Mr. Kennedy was
made a member was "created, by motion
of Commissioner Hughes, Just after his
resignation as president of the Port of
Portland was accepted.
BLIZZARD STRUCK PORTLAND
And It has also struck the Brownsville
Woolen Mill store with a. big supply of
blankets, which are being sold during this
bankrupt sale at about half regular
prices.
The product of these mills is well known
throughout the entire West. The store in
Portland has been running for 27 years,
and now that they are selling off their
large stock, the people are taking advan
tage of the opportunity to stock up with
good wool goods. The new location Is on
Washington street, between First and
Second.
TANK ON STOVE EXPLODES
Six Children Injured and a Room
Tliey IVere In Wrecked.
NEW WHATCOM, Wash.. Jan. 24.
While six children of Robert Shields were
gathered around a stove this morning the
water tank, which had frozen as a result
of the blizzard which commenced to rage
during the nights exploded, injuring all
six. Frank, a 13-year-old boy. suffered a
double compound fracture of the left
thigh and may die. Pearl, aged 7, was
badly cut by flying pieces of Iron. The
room is completely wrecked.
Good Coffee
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Is superb, and you
CAN 1 1 digest It.