The Oregon daily journal., June 11, 1905, Page 2, Image 2

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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAIA PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY. MORNING, JUNE 11. lftJ.
BATTLE BEGUN FOR
CITY FATHERS GOT
FRIEND Of HOi'lS
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-HAY-WARD-MLHQNS
"Stakn$nveMnnonDoHarfancf Three WitlaTLftftby Widow of
Z Noted Spiritualist and Fbrty-Niner Involved in the Affair '
: That May Yet Be Settled In the Courts. z
DAUGHTER AND NIECE CLAMORING
Life and Actions of Alylnza Hayward Ruled by Spiritualist Who
Caused Him Many" Ups and Downs but Whom He Never
77 Would Consent to Give Up 'Eventually Died Wealthy.;'
o,i.i nian.-h hilMifd Wirt to Th- Jo art I)
New York, June 10. A sensational
iontrovery which will probably oovapy
"' the attention' cif the courts kaa begun
U over toe Hayward. millions, involving
thr. wills left by Mrs. cnarlty nay
ward, tlva widow of the noted splrltullst
and forty-niner, ana tne i" o. e.
- - 000,000 4 being1 contested for by Mra.
1 Andrew 8. Rose, a daughter-and -Mra.
. Tfconiaa 8. Henry, a piece of the wealthy
Callfornlan. i. .. '1 V ' 1
v -Tha rasa involves Kimi of the .best
.known lawyer. In New fork and Call'
' fornla. Reveatlona made today ahoW
; that -.there are peeularitlee In the wills
of .4ae .dead woman tha may require
' long legal work to unravel. . In srlte
Vol tho conservative statements of the
heirs It la known, that, deflnlt steps
: hava been taken for a contest which will
probably open ra a lew uaya. j, ,
' Thro Coafllctlar "Wills.
The first wlllis dated 2 years ago,
.while' the testator's husband was living
a nrt it-Is asserted tnat tnis wm iwi
moat of the property to Mra. Henry,
. - wlfa of Judge Thomas Henry of Newark.
The second -will, alleged to have been
--made In gun. Francisco lir HOO, 4evee
' all of the property to Mra.'. Rom of Ha
23 fcaat Fifty-seventh street, Manhat
tan. The third will waa made the day
before Mra. Hayward died.' at the home
- of her nlooo, Mra. Henry in Newark.
h"cT reverses the laat will, leaving the
-major part of the estate to Mra. Henrr.
I am very sorry that publicity should
, have been given to reports that there la
' family dtasenslon regarding -Mra 'Hay
..' ward's win." said Judge. Henry today.
, "Everything will ba ' settled' without
erloua trouble.Rathr:than enter Into
a long -legal flprht with -her relaTtvws my
"7Wlfe will renounce all right .Jo the
"money." . . ' -
Judge Henry refused to say Who draw
' the will on the dajr before Mra. Hay.
' ' ward's death and ha also refused to ay
- "what1 provision' It made.-1 It is stated
- that the will practically out 'off Mra,
.Rosa and left almost alt of the property
"rto Mrs. Henry. . , t ..''
'. . . . Mrs. JEaywara Qaoted.
:, '"Mrs. Hayward was amased' to hear
.' that tiers waa a; will dated 180J." aald
Judge Henry : earlier In the day.- "Sh
- told m thkt "If such a document waa
. In existence that she muat hava been
Imposed - on. - She accordingly entered
Into correspondence with William Nel
eon Cromwetl.-Ker. attorney, and Mr
" Dlpgee of San Francisco, and learned
that the will was In existence; giving her
entire1 estatf to Mrs. Ttoee, Tier Oauxhte!';
She -then consulted with Mr. Cromwell
and, the new will wad drawn.- Put it
makes-no -difference to ua which will
Is probated. Mra. Henry and I are on
the beat possible .terms with Mra. Rosa
and her family and -we will hava ne
family feud or family lawault to apoll
. the pleasant relatione that now exist."
1 Mrs. Andrew S. Rose,- the daughter.
-naa her home at J! East Fifty-seventh
street snd a country home near Green.
wtcrt, conn. - She is now In California
attending the details of settling the
aetata.
. ' Xayward's Xlatory. .
The affairs of the Haywarda have en
tertained the people of California for
manjryea.ra-and.what- waa-nnt printed.
was of an exceedingly Interesting char
acter, oven to the citizens of the Golden
State, where many old families have a
large collection of akeletona of a
alngularly obtrusive character.- t v-5--'
Alvlnxa Hayward had mora upa and
downs than almoat any man In Call
. fornla; from millions in bank to mil
lions in debt his' fortune has oscillated.
When he died he disappointed prophets
by leaving a huge estate. Including tbe
great Hayward building on Montgom
ery street, Sao Francisco, one of the
most imposing structures In the west,
and which he erected as a monument
to. hlmrnlf. . A. month or so after his
rtmtli lil ii HnjwsiJ uuld It. gnu It 1IUW
bears snotheY s name.
-Hayward -waa a aptrltualist, whose
Jnind -was- under complete- subjecfton to
a middieiged woman. She " was1 his
guide, philosopher and mining engineer,,
and statements of prospectors snd re-
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A SLICE
'A
ports of eminent mining experts were
as .the soughing of wluda la tha pine
trees It the" makara had not seen bar
first. She . ruined Hayward three or
four time; caused him to separata from
hia family, drove, him from California,
alienated .his friends, and continued bis
companion In hia travels. .
When the L'tlca. of which ha, was part
owner with .JloUart and Lane-tbat
Charley Iana who financed the silver
movement soma years ago, and made
white metal, papers as thick in the land
ae leaves on the brpoka of tha. forests of
Vallambrosa, and who la now defendant
In a- suit brought by his son Tom fof
an accounting: of mining funds was
turning out a -million a month Hayward
aettled a fortune on Jila wifa. -J
' ' Xneosaa 0t Off. '
Then a Are broke out In one of the
lower levels of the mine some of tha
workmen were found a year or so late
In tha grotesque, ghastly poees bf men
who have died fighting tooth and nail
far air and the Hayward Income wag
cut off. Alvtnia got., back from his
wlfa. tha portion he bad given her, apent
It, and floated dead-nsbwlse on tha
strean of mief ort un or awn lie.-when
ne was aymg ne surrerea aione, A con-t
tlnent Was Just sufficiently wide to
bold tbe Haywards.
" Hobart waa the balance; wheel In the
big triumvirate;-ha -hated spiritualism
and when little Eva. the Indian maid
Who- did the prospecting for Hayward's
sp)rltuallstlc mine finder, told his part,
ner where tha yeTlOw metal waa to be
found by tha ton, laughed, protested,
or cursed, .as the mood .was on him,
Little. Eva!' discovered a, hole in the
hillside) :np near Angela., and Hayward
told Hobart that It was the. greatest
mine la the world. " The latter laughed.
aald ha would not put" a dollar In it,
and would not lend a dollar to be used
In Ita development Habart dledi Hay.
ward's Interest aocount was something
tremendous; bis principal had gone Into
that discovery of Sva.
. Car Ke Waa Blfhi. ,
One day when he was going to hli
magnificent home at San Mateo a dis
patch wss handed to hjra.
"By Ood." ho cried. "I knew she was
right..-My man wires that ths King Is
the biggest-thing in tha state. . I spent
a half million dollars la that property,
not mat l wantea tna -mine, but Juat to
prove that my partner waa a liar, ' He
knew 'all the time where tha vein waa.
but waa too mean even. In hie death to
ten me."
;, For tha gold taken from that Drdoertr
the lawyers f the family are ;now pre
paring to fight. -
;TRUCE,IS EXPECTED.
..(Continued from Page Ona)
-Japan ha a, by this war, become the
great power of the east and tha rival
European nations along the Chinese
coasts are believed to be already plot
ting to allow Japan a big Indemnity
rather than put her In tha place at Port
Arthur which , Russia occupied when
she waa the great eaatarn power. It is
said here that the plot of the cowers is
hat-Mauchurl shall be delivered Intact
10 vnina ana whatever -eonoesslons shs
may; make for railways, etc., muat hava
the approval of tha nations whlcB now
hava long leaseholds In Chins.
Japan may get more than a billion
dollar a and some unimportant. Russian
territory If the European concert has
Its wsy.
4-
BILLION INDEMNITY.
Japan Will Sena ad total cost of Waa
From Bnasla.
' (J(rn.l KmwH.t S.l
J.onaon. June 19 It Is stated frnn
suthorlUtiva quarters today that Japan
la not 'desiroua of nesotlntinr t.
Just now; Tut believes it would be much
oeiier lor me lasting nature of a Peace
agreement if hostilities should not end
until after the next land h.ttle Th.
Japanese are confident that Oyama will
bo able to administer a decisive defeat
to LInlevltch which will enable tha Jap
anese to demand more ' advantageous
terms. Including the disarmament of
Vladivostok.
It Is understood that Japan Is pre
pared to stand out for. Indemnity. On
thla point It Is believed that Roosevelt
will urge leniency on Japan.
In financial circles It is. believed that
the demand for indemnity will be for a
billion dollars, aa It la estimated that
Japan haa spent that smount since tha
war began. Other eatlmatea place tha
expense of the war at not over 1100..
000,000. . . ... .' , t
MRS. JONES WISTER TO '
START; A WILL CONTEST
("perlal Dl.ptCt.br Leaaed Wire to fhe Journal)
Philadelphia, June 10 Judas Lel.h.
man-. In the-Orphans'court today i.or-1
dered ,that a citation be awarded com-1
peiiing Anna Welghtman Walker to show
cause why an appeal from tha decision
of the register of wills sdmlttlng to pro
bate the will of William Welghtman, her
dther; should not ba sustained snd tha
decision set ' aside.
This action mesne, that a determined
effort, la to 'be made to break the will- el
the, wealthy menufsetorrns; rhemlst. who
died leaving the bulk of his eaute, valued
at Wftone.ouo, to hia only remaining child.
Anna Welghtman Walker.
The' contest was Instituted by Mrs.
Jones Wlster, whoss first husband waa
Dr. William Welghtman. Jr., In the In
terest of-Mary Rogera Welghtmaa. their
daughter. Recently Mrs. Jones Wlster
relinquished the guardianship of her
daughter and Charles B. d'Invllllers was
appointed in her place. . ' v
. Sefaortar la Calif erB.la.T' -'
(rectal Dlepetrh by ieeeed Wire te The Jeurael)
. La Porte; Ind., June 10. Private ad
vices received here from California
stste thafJW. Brooke, the absconding
North Liberty, Indiana, bank- president,
is In that atato with his wife and the
atartllng Information accompanies the
statement that no positive effort has
been made to capture him. Tha letter
referred to alleged1 that Brook Jolped
his wlfa when he jumped hia bond and
he has never made any effort to escape.
FOR
Municipal Scandal . Exposed -4y
untncrnorney in rvin
" waukee Council.
BANKER BIQ'ELOW MAY
"TURN STATE'S EVIDENCE
Men Who . Formerly Backed Fi
Viancier Have Deserted Him ;
.7 and He May Tell Secret w
8eeUl INapatck ty Leased Wire te Tte Jearasl)
Milwaukee, June 10. Milwaukee's
graft scandal, exposed by District At
torney McOovern a Investigation into
petty steels In connection with the
coupty contracta, will probably result
In the Impeachment of Otto J. Seldel.
Jr., tha recorder of deeda, and the In
dictment of a-doxen members of the
board of . supervisors. A. number of
prominent business . men Interested 10
county -contracta may be Involved be
fore ths grand Jury, which convenes on
Tuesday, finishes- Its work. '
While tne present investigation being
carried on by the district attorney, naa
already atlrred up tha people and the
politicians, the men. concerned 4n It are
practically only small' fry. ' It Is gen
erally predicted that the stats's attor
ney will look after 'bigger game, and
that the grand Jury will aeek to get to
tha bottom of the alleged f 100,000
boodle transaction In connection with
the granting of the streetcar franchise
to the Milwaukee Railway A Electrio
Light company. In thla-deal one olty
official la aald to have received a lump
sum of f 60,000.
t The Indictment yeaterday by the gen
eral grand Jury of Frank O.' Blgelow,
tbe-former president of tha First Na
tional bank, -on 17 eounte, will. It la
expected. change ths' entire- status of
affairs, as Blgelow is reported to have
been financially Interested in the street
car franchlaa. The men who -formerly'
backed Blgelow hava now deserted htm.
and it la stated that ba may resent their
action by .revealing some of the secrets
which former grand Juries have not
been able to learn. , ' "
HOOD RIVER PREPARES
FOR BlG.GATilERIM
eSBssssasssssBsBxesBsaBesssi
Next Saturday Meeting of Good
Roads Convention : Will
Be Opened. '. ,
(SpeeUl Dispetch te The JearaaL) ' ' -Hood
River. Or- Juno 10. Hood River
Is enthusiastlo over the good roads con
vention to be held hero under the aue
plcea of the national association Satur
day, Juno IT. W. E. Loucks, national
organiser, addressed a large gathering
this . afternoon. The' Commercial club
named committees and pledged . ftOO to
defray ths expenses of a national delega
tion and oxperta who will demonstrate
good. J oad-mak Ing. Hundreds have beea-r
In vittd.-Pf-the laeeseeted ef ether tllies.
Reduced railroad rates snd a Urge
crowd Is expected Saturday. Tha pro
gram 1 arranged for three aesslons. A
flrmal Invitation has been extended to
W. U. Moore, president of the national
association, who is expected here "With
special train en rout to tha con
vention at Portland, ...
FLOOD MAY CHANGE
MEXICO'S BOUNDARY
(SpeeUl Dispetch by Leased Wire te The Joaraal)
El Faso, Texas. Jena a0.r-Ta aave
thousands of acres of land In tha El
Paso y allay, negotiations hava been
opened- with,-Meakio for pei mission to
cut a curve In the Rio Grande river seven
miles below El Paao, turn the stream into
Mexican territory for a short distance
and straighten tha channel,' This would
cut off a few acrea of Mexican territory
but 'would save thousands of acres of
Texas from Utter destruction, , and tbe
telegrams are flying fast from thla city
to Mexico City snd Washington.
If the stream la not straightened It
will cut Its banks, waah out-the railroad
and flood El Paso valley.
, Or, Titos Is Cleared.
(Special Dispetch te The Journal, t
C....I. jn- m-n. Titus.
the Soclaliat who haa been -on trial on a
charxe of ballot box stuffing, was today
acquitted. r-n :
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Camas Swale Ditch, Under (Jonitructioa Ntr Oikltnd, Oregon, to Put
Engagement Announced of Miss
- - if...... n a. rs . ., .j.
U. , rrjarjjaiwi i. Liwiwriw rojf" .
i - mona nooin. . ,
LIFE IS DEVOTED TO
BETTERING HUMANITY
.v-
Though Reflnedr Cultured and
'Wealthy, Bride-to-Be Has
; Worked for the Poor. , - 4
(Special Dtepatrh r Leased Wire te The Jeeraal)
New York. June 10. Ths keen Inter
est of womankind In all walks Of lire,
not only In this , city. . put throughout
ths country, waa centered today In tha
announced engagement of Mias Margaret
D. Prater, elder daughter of tha late
Theodora Prater of Brooklyn,, to Ray
mond Robins of . Chicago.. - This unl
veraal interest Is because of ths fact
that Mias Dreler, tendesly reared' among
ths moat rsflned surroundings . snd
guarded from heir infancy from rough
contact - with tha world, .is tho flrst
woman of wealth and aocial position o
ally herself with trades union.
t- She was - the -. prims mbver - in the
formation of ' tha New Tork State
Woman's Trade Union leaguo- This
union, only recently, organised. Is
spreading throughout ths United States.
Its objects are to secure fewer hours.
better' wages and sanitary surroundings
for working-women. In its organisation
Miaa Dreler worked In harmony with
tbe American Federation of Labor. '.
. Not alone in this but la .other
branches of philanthropic and charitable
work, lending to the uplifting of ths
tolling masses, haa Miss ureter oeen
active. Her bsautrfuT- howa onMon-
tague terrace, - Brooklyn - heights, haa
often been- the meeting place or tnoae
associated with, her In . 'this - kind of
work. With abundant wealth and leis
ure she turned from enjoyments which,
her . position offered to aid thost less
fortunate In life's Journey.
Mr. Robins, like his- nsncee. is a
worker for the poor. He Is tho head of
the Northwestern Settlement 'society of
Chicago. He was born in jJiuegrass,
Kentucky-.- descending from a family
that-for generations - haa occupied a
prominent place In ths social and intel
lectual world. e is a lawyer oy pro
Minn hut has east sslde the practice
of It except aa It may ba of use in hli
work for tha laboring claaa. His sister,
Miss Elisabeth Robins. Is a well-knows
writer in London.- '-. : . -
CENSURES .OFFICIALS
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(Continued from Page One.)
u.a. owlna- to tha fact that all tbs good
ar.hnnl land had been prevloualy taken
up. Most of It was on top of crags anaj
useless for any purpose wnatsoever save
tho .creation of sorlp. But-tnosa wno
bad filed on these erags for, U.J an
acre could turn around and aell them for
that la the prlco of the scrip in tns
onen market .usually iney couia uu
much better than that by taking up lieu
lands In the best part of tho timber belt
-It has been ths practice pi ins ring
to have dummies file as1 soon as the
recommendation for reserve land'' was
made and then take scrip when tbo gov
ernment acted upon tbe advice of Its
corrupt agents. Th'ame could not
hava been worked without Intimate
knowledge of all that waa going on and
the knowledge could not hava been oo
talned from outside sources.
Tso of Many anmmloa
"I can establish ths fact that as
algnmenls .hvspeenslgned.Jnblankg
by Innumerable dummlee-al the ilme
they made affidavit tnat the claims tney
filed on were for their own use and
benefit This, of course, means perjury
on one- side and subornation of perjury
on tba other. It would bo Impossible
td enumerate tha different lumber com
panies which hava Acquired vast tracts
of timber land In thla wayv Ths list
Includes nesrly svsry lumber company
doing business In the stste.
It hes bean brought - repeatedly -to
the attention of tha officials, state and
federal, - that transactions were ". being
pushed through which bora on their face
every Indication of fraud. But It has
done no good. For. Instance, 40,000
acres of inline tliulHs land alwg the
north , fork of the Feather river havd
been acquired, it Is believed, by one cor-
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poratlon . operating . through one man.
This is. one eaae among many. Tha
very , fact that large numbers, of corn
tlguous 'claims have passed , into- one
man's grasp shows that ths Intention
of tho law. has been thwarted. In Ore
gon tbo governor woke up to the fact1
;.,''. To fcewaUM 9w1ztdls, ;
Mr.' Heney. described in ; scathing
terms ths attempt-that was made at tho
last session of tho legislature to paas
a bill making Valid tho land titles ac
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finger' of Investigation when it sought
to-delve Into the muddy transactiona of
the bill amended and Anally the gov
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. Just what tho land grabbing frater
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to the end Is bf less interest than tbe
future course of tho accused officials.
The guillotine la being put in repair and
those whooppose the operation may be
hastening their own heads toward ths
basket. i: '--' '. .
WILL ARRIVE. TODAY.
Attorney Xeaey
pedal Aflwat Bona Coming1.
' Vnlttd ts r""""
Frsncis-' J.- Heney anil W. J. -Bums of
ths secret service will arrive In Port
land this morning, prepared for the re
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from Wsshlngton, P. C
Judge Pe Haven is alao expected to
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he will open court tomorrow morning,
when arguments will be made on the
demurrer filed by Senator Mitchell s
counsel to the laat of tha Indictments
found against him.
Accompanying W. J. Burns on tnis
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BIG DEAL IS CLOSED
(Continued from Page One.)
companies known as the City A Sub
urban and ths Portland Street railway.
- Stockholders' la FoTtlaad, :. ;
- Of a large list of Portland stockhoja
srs tho principal holders bf ths stock
ars ths Corbett estate, tho Falling es
tate. C F. Swlgert. H. C. Campbell, Mra
C H. Lewis, Tyler Woodward, J. C.
Ainaworth. Rufus Mallory. Cyruo Dolph,
tlist-F irstiNtlonal.bnk and- Mrs. TU I
ford. Ths Corbetrand-ratWg aalates,
It la said, hold about - 1500,000 and
Messrs. Swlgert and Campbell an equal
amount of the stock. The msn 'last
named, who invested In tho stock of ths
old City A Suburban when the property
waa not generally regarded as a prom
ising financial venture, with receive
about $7(0,000 for their present hold
ings. ' 5 '
' The company as at present organised
was rapidly bringing the lines to the
head of the Hat of the country's beat
streetcar -systems. At this tlm It Is
equalled In few cities, and In point of
excellence Is probably surpassed by but
on streetcar system In tho entire eoun-
f try; In trre lust year twn t0,SO0
and 1100.000 Of new capital has been put
Into ths property for enlargements snd
Improvements. A large part of the
main lines have been reconstructed, with
heavy steel and ths most modern style
of granite paved roadbed. The company
owns large carahops, located on both
sides of ths river, where It manufact.
turea from 40 to 10 cars of ths highest
standard every year, and employs 160
to 200 men. keeping a large amount of
money at home that other companies
expend In eastern carshops.
Ths company employs 1,000 men. and
Its -payroll averages $7, 000 a month.
---Xmproremaats Oostexaplated.
It has sevralpla nsojejlatjaant.
flUW UllBf Wayr6ne of which will be
parried forward Immediately. This -Is
the ahortenlng of tha Vancouver line,
making a terminal on Shaw's Island for
the Vancouver ferry, and giving a 10-
mlnute Instead of 40-mlnute service to
Vancouver.- That the system Is In ex
cellent condition waa shown on the
opening dsy of . the' Lewis snd Clark
exposition, whan 1(1.000, exclusive of
transfers. - were handled, - without delay
or confusion. The dally records of ths
company show that It Is handling an
average or lll.OOO people dally, ex
clusive of transfers. Tha cspaclty of
the company with Ita present equipment
is easily more tnan ZOO.ooe people daily.
Its car barns are modern snd ampls
to accommodate tbe equipment. 1 A bam
built recently on Killlnsworth avenue
ranks with ths best esr bams In ths
country and the largo barn snd plant
at the head of Washington street Is Of
the same character. The company Is a
large owner of -real estate; It has val-
uable waterpower and. riparian rights
on the,' -little Whits Salmon, snd on f the
Ssndy river. ? . , I
. The Intentions of the purchasers with"'
regard to management ars not known.
A new board of directors wfll be elected
snd local representative Will doubtless
have place- on the board. - Until the
stock ' Is formerly transferred no ' an
nouncement from the purchasers. Is ex
pected. -.. -
STANDARD. OIL CRUSHING
.SMALLJEXASPflODUCERS
(SpecUDUpatcb ay Wire te The Joaraal)
Pallas, Tax., June 10. Texas oil
men are much Incensed and demoralised
over yesterday's cut In prices of the raw
product of the Texas fields of from to
to So a barrel. Humble oil Is down to
lto a barrel. Texas producers dsclsre
that.lt Is now plainly svldsnt that the
Standard monopoly ha gotten posses,
ston.of all facilities snd has started 1
t crush out the small producers abso
lutely. Th operators at Humble who
wrofas .. t . have. -3,000,000 - barrels In
storage, tank are trying to find a way
to protect themselves. , - .
TIGHT-ROPE PERFORMER .
; MEETS TERRIBLE DEATH
(Copyright, Bearst Mew gtrrtee, Vy teeaed
Wire ts The JearaaL)
London, une 10.-lHerman Pavldson, aa
Liquors, Flasks, Etc,
Brandy Pulue, .half pints...... 604
Chicken Cock Whisky, fives.. 91. IK
Latest Stylo Pocket Cork . " -
Sorsw..... ,., :...a5ej
Flasks, alligator,' seal, pig
skin ....,..,,,...93 down te 50 4 .
Gillette Safety Razors
A vacation Joy; special
Monday . .-. ............ 93.9s'
OT WATBB SOTTLII - Karap '
Kumfy, all styles and prices. u
BATB3B0 OAFS Silk snd
rubber .. -60 to 25a)
AZB FtUOwB Just like the army
boys use ....... .93.00 to 91.60
Metal Perfume Ato :
r mlzer t
Can't leak in your' trunk. A 1 .
cut glass ...i.....:.:..;..fa.o
Imitation ................... 91.25
; i r;; " '.".". " ' "
V-l; Poison Oak .'-
SImm's Infallible Cure ...... , ..254
Mosquito Repellant
uvmu vno Business 1
. ... . j, . . .1
-254
Headache Wafers
Keeps Straw Hats
. Clean
' 4 WotaatVa. .
otJ.oTal.uabU on vaca- "
..,.,254
. Alcohol Lamps
All siyles ........... 94.05 to 35
Spirits for aame, per plnt,.....35at
& Co.
ROYAL
TM13 NEW STORE
EXCLUSIVE
Ladies9 Furnishing
Goods House
Coats,. Suits, Skirts. Millinery. Un
derwear. Hosiery. Gloves, stc -
Jjditil5ilA-5blrnal$t4ui
Colors ar brown, black, green, terra
-eottar-amt- grayr all 4ate- styles, -well
made and up-to-date In every way.
2 values at
Udies Walking Skirts
Made of Mohair and Panama cloth,' In
light and dark shades, , at special
$2.95. $3.50
$3.95, $4.95
- Silk Petticoats , w, ;
la black and color, wellimade. good
quality of taffeta silk; regular ll.to
values. .......
: - " $5.95
. Italian Cloth Petticoats 7
In' black and colors, mads with deep
sccnrdlon-pialted flounce, trimmed
with tucks and insertion. t.j
values at ,
l..v.;..-.$2.19.,: ..;
Boys' and Girls Hats .
f llor Hatsfori boyi snd "girls In
Milan and fancy braids,, worth Si
and 60c. To lose, . -
I, 19 Cents" .
ereat-redoctlonron- air "MlinnfyT"
M. E. FRASER
''..' 171 WASHINGTON ST.
American, whll walking a tight-rope to
day In the prenenc of a large crowd In
Hastings, fell (0 feet and was Instantly
killed. He was fn' the middle of hi
performance when he was ieenlo'eltp
and a he toppled over he grasped Wildly
for th rope, but missing it, fell whirl
Ing through the air, striking th ground
almost at th feet of th spectators. .
A- great, cry went up a he waa seen
to fall and for a moment thr Vas a
scene of wild panic among th women
and children. Pavldson ba been giving
exhibitions throughout th English prey
inces. ";'
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