Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1895, Page 8

8 = THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. AND SONS, v MOSE F Strect J Corner Eleventh. | Low Tide Prices —Wiil prevail throughout this week. A golden opportunity for economi- cal buyers. All the prices quoted have been pared down to the lowest possible pomt, and there’s money to be saved by the purchaser on each and every one of the following items. Keep posted on our WEE LY sale prices: Storage Warehouse, 22d near M. Parlor Suites. S-piece Tapestry Suite. 5-plece Damask Suite. Parlor Tables. Antique-finish Table Odd Parlor Pieces. Gold Ti Gold Corner Chars. Gold Reception Ch: Mahogany-finish E + Banquet Lamps Banquet Lamp Onyx Tales 5.00 Miscellaneous. Solld Oak Bookeas: $7.00 Solid Oak Secretary Bool 15.00 Solid Oak Chamber Suit 16.00 Full Sized Oak Bedstead. 5.00 Solid Mahegany Dressing Tuble 19.00 Mabogany-tinish Ci Solld Oak Chiffoaier. 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PLACI Ol THE ROB ND THE CH SUCH COM ND BLACK, BLACK AND BLACK, TAN AND OTHER PRETTY EFFECTS. RD. ‘OLO) ‘OLORED. CHE s STYLES. WORTH ‘A YARD. 3896. AND NAVY BLUE AL. “WOOL BLAC IN Fi rH a 2 T <E LOOK AC W D THE Ph ok A WHOL! 2 AT 6c. A YARD. i E THE GOODS ARE A BARGAIN 396. If the sheep knew how little value was placed on its fine coat of wool, it would bah at every lady wearing a garment made of this material. ON OF ASSORTED FINE ALL-WOOL E OF THE PATTERNS ARE DIS NE_OF OUR STH ST. WINDOWS— FIVE PIECES ¢ CASI iy GOLDEN BLACK. A YARD. 390. A YARD. - WORTH $1.00 A YARD, BUT Placed on the roll of honor’ at 3gc. ‘8. Kaun, Sons & STi& MARKET SPACE Colds, Coughs and Bronchitis ® Cured by Taking YER’S Cherry Pectoral Awarded Medal and Diploma At World’s Fair. USE AYER'S HAIR VIGOR FOR COLOR. IF ‘THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BH SURE and use that ol:l and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teet! 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FRANKLIN & CO., Opticians, 1227 Penn. ave., Will Remove TO THEIR NEW STORE, No. 1203 F Street, ABOUT NOVEMBER 10. oct8-3m SPECIAL SALE CILT & ONYX TABLES AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. LAMPS, LAMP GLOBES AN SHADES. S. S. SHEDD & BRO., 432 oth St. N.W. ocl9-214 Cold, Bleak DaysWiil Come. Prepare for them. GET 8. B. SEXTON & SON'S Latrobes, Furnaces and Ranges. They Are the Best. For sale by ‘the PRINCIPAL STOVE seS3-3m WASH The ‘Concord Harness’’ IS THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST. ‘That's the simple statement of every one who bas ever used it. HORSE CLOTHING and ROPES of all descriptions. . LUTZ & BRO., 497 Pa. Ave. DEALERS IN TON, D. 0. och 16a Experts on Foot Troubles. If you're bothered with a corn or bunion, in- growing nails, or any other foot trouble, we'll Telleve you—quickly—painlessly. ‘Corns removed, 2e. Prof. J. J. Georges & Son, 1115 Pa.av. FOOT SpeCEADIEr®: (Next to “The Raleigh."*) oe! . Ladies’ Plush Coats —steamed and remodeled in latest style at small cost. (> Ladies’ Coats and Suits made to order. 1221 G st. nw. oc25-Sd _ poe Best Mainspring, 75c. Crystal; 19c. 156 We bave increased our force of watch Ors, livery of work. All work warranted for one year. oc23-1m,6* A. KAHN, Watchmaker, 935 F n.w. SPRUCE UP A “LITTLE” throughout the house will make it look wonderfully imptoved. ‘‘Model’’ paints are of our own manufacture. Cans of a gallon, Ladies’ Tailor, M. Gutman, tis ate. and guarantee prompt de- —A little paint or stain here and there $1.50. ‘Model"" stains, $1.75 gullon. Ali colors and shades. E. Hodgkin, Paints, Olls and Glass, 913 7th. im, iegert’s Angostura Bitters, cacicus stimulant to. excite the digestive organs in order. the most effi- the appetite, keeps Soldiers’? Home Temperance Union. Sheridan Hall was crowded to its utmost capacity on the occasion of the twelfth an- niversary of the Soldiers’ Home Temper- ance Union of the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The hall was beautifully decorated, and during the even- ing the home band furnished music. The exercises consisted of hymns and prayer by Rev. Mr. Mott, after which Misses Bangs, Barton and Harvey contributed vo- cal solos; Miss Alice Harvey, a very well- executed violin solo; Mrs, Harvey and Miss Von Entress, piano solos; Rev. Mr. Mott, a brief talk; Mrs. Holderby, a banjo solo; Misses Tilton and Bangs, recitations, and Rev. Mr. Mott and Miss Birdie Harvey, a Vocal duet. Each number was well receiv- ed and many were obliged to respond to encores. Miss Levy, the president of the unien, gave a summary of the work accom- plished during the year, stating, among other things, that scventy-nine signatures had been added to the temperance pledge at the thirty-five meetings held during the year. Among the guests present may be mentioned Gen. Stanley, governor of the home, and daughter, Capt. Irvin, deputy governor; Mrs, Gen. Kelton, Mrs. Tilton and Mrs. Winter. = Washington Birthplace Monument. Mr. W. J. Crawford of Buffalo, N. Y., who has the contract for the erection of a monuraent to mark tke birthplace of Wash- ington at Wakefield, Westmoreland county, Va., is on a visit to this city, for the pur- pose of conferring with Col. J. M. Wilson, corps of engineers, in regard to the work. Col. Wilson has general supervision of the work as the representative of the Secretary of State. Mr. Crawford says that the monument will probably be in position in February next, and that the dedicatory ex- ercises will probably take place in the fol- lowing June. Have your grocer send you some of Huyler's Cocoa and Chocolates with your next order. Once tried, always used. os a Dottars wit |S BE GIVEN i iON OF THIS STORY BY A WOMAN. ce iS. ie 1. 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Ie- leved, perhaps, that one, and the least, of his troubles had come to a crisis, Mr. War- ren talked wiih agreeable freeiom about various phases of the affair, laying especial stress on the presence of the tramps in ihe neighborhood and the circumstances that pointed to them as the abductors of Elsie. “All this will be cleared up in time," he said, “and my chief anxiety ts about my peor daughter. Williams coughéd awkwar¢ and said yes in a tone that he nay have meant to be sympathetic. ;He was stly disap- pointed with his errand. It coming out too tamely. This was no blood-stained criminal whom he had arrested after a stubborn resistance. The conviction forced itself unwillingly upon the chief's mind “This is the prisoner, judge.” that he had taken an Innocent man into custody. If only Warren would make some effort to escape, so that there could be jestification for clapping the handcutts on him! On the contrary, the prisoner was so much more than tractable that Williams had not the nerve to offer him the least indignity. When the chief thought of the affidavits sworn to by Gclding and Turner he felt as {f there could be no mistake, and when he recalled Mrs. Warren’s calmness and the action of the victim-of the assault he thought again that there could be no mis- take, but unhappily the two apparent cer- tainties failed to harmonize. Before they were half way to Denby Williams wished he were well out of it, and he almost re- gretted that he had run for office. ‘ They drove directly to Justice Drew's hevse, and found him at home. They also found Seth Turner there, fretting in the jus- tice’s parlor. He had been sitting ther for heurs, impatient for Mr. Warren's arrival, yet dreading the Lae that must follow, longing for it to be over. ange Seth,” said Mr. Warren when he sew him, in unconcerned surprise. “Hello, Nick,” responded Seth; ‘I The chief of police cut short what he would have said by turning to the justice, who entered at that moment, and saying: “This is the prisoner, juage.” The justice glanced at Mr. Warren over his spectacles, looked puzzled a moment, and remarked: . a “T've seen you before, haven't I? | “Not as a prisoner, your honor,” replied Warren, with quiet dignity. “I have lived in this county twenty-five years, and you may have seen me many times, for Denby is our market town, and I am often about he streets.” ; “Perhaps that’s it. then. I will hear whatever you have to say here, Williams. There is no necessity, of course, of going to the court hou: “T suppose I’ve said my say, your honor,” said the chief, producing his documents. “Here are the warrant and the affidavits on which the warrant w 2: “What have you to 88) the judge, addressing himself to Mr. Warren. “You have read the warrant, I suppose, and the affidavits?” “No, your honor. I knew well enough what the charge was, and I didn’t take the trouble. We'd been expecting this, rather.” “Who are we?” Myself and my wife, sir.’ “Oh, I believe she went up the mountain with you, eh?” = “She did. She rescued Freeman Dutton from death by fire and has been’ nursing him ever since. % “Rather singular. Well, say?” The justice spoke not unkindly, though his tone was. quick and business-like. “why, I'm not guilty, of course, your honor.” “You will understand that this is not a formal examination,”’ said the justice. “I was given to understand that it was a case of great urgency at the first. Since then I have heard that the victim of the assault is In no immediate danger. It seems to me, what do you however, that something may be gained by going over the matter now. That will de- pend on yourself. I shall not require you to answer questions.” f I'm here to do just that. your honor. I've only one story to tell, and I'd as lef tell it now.” “That's a sensible resolution. Suppose you look over this affidavit of Benjamin Golding and tell me in a general way what you think of it.” I may add, before you read, that the warrant charges you specifically with as- saulting one Freeman Dutton with intent to kill, with a weapon or weapons unknown, with binding him about the throat with a jeathern belt, with subsequently setting fire to the building in which you left him lying thus bound with the purpose of destroying him and the evidence of your crime together. That's rather a serious charge, all told. So "ts," assented Mr. Warren, calmly. “It sounds worse its talked off like that than when i ply flung in your teeth one lick at a time by a man who's mad clean through.” r. Warren struggled through the verb- > of Golding’s affidavit and handed it ack with a smile. “It's all straight, as far as it goes,” he sit gocs? Then there’s some- d?" asked the justice. in surprise, there’s lots about it that Gold- | ing doesn’t know.” ic is information and duh said Justice Drew aga i ‘IT won't S set fo! in. Then he you at present in the affidavit. ed that a good deal of belief?” that. the thi y have ol 1 noticed It's straight, other affidavit,” and the justice t Turner. Nick,” blurted Warren's né‘ghbor, e to it, and I wish 2 thousand times Thadn’t. I didn’t half realize—* “Have you sworn to an untruth, sir?” de- manded the justice. 5 “No, not that; it's true enough,” replied Turner, abashed. “May I read it?” asked Warren. The justice passed it over. Briefly, it set forth the rescue of Dutton and Mr. War- ren’s icious words as the unconscious man laid upon the ground. “That's all ” said: Mr. War- ren, kind); You couldn't have sworn to anything else, could you?” Seth hung his head. “I might have kept‘out of it,” he muttered, “but Golding got after me. He persuaded me that it was in the public interest, and so I quickly followed him here.” “You had a subpoena for another witness, ns,"” bene rked the justice, es, your honor. I had to leave Jac! to serve it. as King, the witness, was aeey in as ng party.” “My er disappeared this noon sir,” explained Warren, in answer to the justice's look of inquiry, “and the whole village turned out to hunt for her. * nminy!"” exclaimed Turner, under his breith, “I am very sorry to hear this,” said Jus- tice Drew, making as if he would rise, but chang nx his mind and remaining seated. understand the witness King would Abe to no more than the witness Turner Not another word,” interjected Seth. “What have you to say in explanation ot that remark of yours?” asked the justice of Mr_ Warren. “Nothing, sir.” The justice knit his brows. “I am sorry to hear you say that,” he said. ‘Golding’s affidavit charged you with Mr. Warren searched.” submitted to being holding unfriendly feelings for Dutton.” “That's about right.” “Have you carefully considered your re- fusal to explain that suggestive remark?” “I have. I canot expiain it. That's all there is to It.” “You mean you will not?” Mr. Warren nodded. The justice looked hard at the prisoner and fell to thinking. “I think,” said Mr. Warren, presently, “that it would be only fair to ask the po- liceman about how he found the victim, Freeman Dutton.” “Did you see the man Dutton, Williams?” asked the justice. “Yes, your honor; I spoke to him,” re- plied the chief, in unmistakable embarrass- ment. “Why in Sam Hill didn’t you say so? Your evidence is slender enough at best. Let’s hear your story. Wait!” The justice rose and went into an ad- joining room for a moment. When he came out Father Reardon was with him. The priest crossed the room quickly and grasped Mr. Warren cordially by the hand, bowing then to the*others. “Just siz down a minute,” said Justice Drew, placing a chair beside the prisoner, where he could watch the priest's face. “Now, then, Williams.” “Tisn’t much, your honor,” said the chief. “The prisoner's wife sugzested that I ask Dutton if her husband hurt him. I had supposed, you see, that Dutton was either dead or dying, or I should have done this on my own account. We went into the bed room and Mrs. Warren waked the man up.” “Did she speak to him?” “Only to rouse him. Then she told me to ask him. I did so. I asked him if Warren assaulted nim or was in any way responsi- ble for his tnjurics.” “Well, what did he say?” “He didn’t say “anything. should say he shook his head.” “If you're sure that’s what he did, you’d better say so plainly.” “Well, I gathered that he meant to an- swer no.” The justice glanced at the priest and Father Reardon nodded. “Rather important evidence at this late jiams,” remarked the justice, iron- “Mr. Warren, do you still persist in refusing to explain your words, which would mean, I take it, explaining your lity to Dutton?” He—well, I Well,” said Justice Drew, after a mo- ment’s thought, “the evidence against you is extremely slight. Still, there are things to be explaired, and I shall have to commit you for examination. Let it be remem- bered, gentlemen, that this has not been a session of court, though it will be while IT am signing this paper. There, formality is “Wanga went close to the grating.” again set aside with my signature to the commitment paper. Have your prisoner in court at 10°o’clock, William: The justice rose and went to a window, out of which he looked thoughtful Father Reardon whispered to Mr. Warren: “Drew is a very eccentric judge, as you have seen, but he is very, very shrewd, and I believe an innocent man is safe in his hands, no matter how damaging the eviderce seems to be against him.” no fear, father,” responded Mr. ; “but I guess I've got to thank you for giving the justice some information, haven't 17” “I won't admit or deny that, Warren,” said the priest; “but I do hope you will net suspect me of having violated any of the sacred requirements of my calling.” “Certainly not,” answered Mr. Warren, with an emphasis that concealed his utter lack of understanding of the priest's words —and many times during the night he won- dered what Father Reardon meant. “I hope it’s all right, Nick,” said Turner, appealingly, as Williams prepared to take his prisoner to the lock- “Of course ‘tis, Seth,” responded Mr. Warren. ve no fault to find, and Martha wouldn't have if she knew abcut it.” At the lock-up Mr. Warren submitted to being searched without a murmur, and he reflected with mortification how differently he vould have felt had he not restored Dutton’s diamond to its place. He was led to a cell and locked in. Shortly afterward he was led forth again to eat a supper with several other prisoners in a small room, where two keepers stood on guard. Then he was returned to his cell, and a long, uneventful night began. The painful reflections and apprehensions that afflicted his mind may better be imag- ined than detailed. He was confident of his speedy release and vindication; that re- mained siill the least of his troubles, but he could not muster confidence that those other matters, the strange disappearance of Elsie, the evil shadowed by Dutton’s return and the general mystery of the diamonds, in which he still maintained a keen interest, would all adjust themselves satisfactorily. He may have slept a little that night, but at sunrise it seemed to him as if he had lain awake for weeks. It was not yet the hour when coffee and hard bread would be served to the prisoners when a colored man called at the lock-up and asked the officer in charge {f he might see Mr. Warren. Greatly surprised, the officer said he didn’t know about it, and asked the caller's name and business. “My name is Wanga,” he replied, “and my business is to tell Mr. Warren’ some- thing.” His speech had little trace of dialect and none whatever of the broad, glissande style that characterizes a typical planta- tion negro. It was rather marked by a strong accent, such as a European might have who had mastered the language to a degree, and it interfered not at all with his comprehensibility. The officer hardly knew what to do. The request was out of the usual in the matter of time and the fact that the prisoner was held on so serious a charge. He kept Wan- ga wailing a few minutes until the day offi- cer arrived. “I guess it will be all right,” said the latter, “if we search him. We don’t want him to smuggle anything to the prisoner.” Wanga showed not the slightest disin- clination to being searched. Nothing was found on him that looked suspicious, al- though the officers were considetably startled when the black man drew from his pocket a small dead snake and laid it on the desk. “You will give it back to me when I come out, won’t you?” he asked coolly. “Gosh! yes!” replied one of the officers. What do you carry “We don’t want it. such a thing around for?” Wanga’s reply was an incomprehensible smile. He was presently conducted to a room across the middle of which ran an iron grating from floor to ceiling. Mr. Warren had been brought in and was standing on the other side of the grating. He was agitated with hope and fear to- gether when he saw the colored man, but he betrayed little emotion when he said: “What do you want to say to me?” Wanga went close to the grating and whispered: “I want to tell you about your daughter. I want to tell you about other things. I want to set you free. I can do it. I cag save you from every trouble. Send that man away.” 4 The speaker referred to one of the offi- cers who lingered in the réom on a pre- terse that it was his duty to remain. “This man,” said Mr. Warren to the of- ficer, “has ¢onfidential information for me. I believe I, have the right to speak with him alone.” The officer hesitated. He wasn’t sure about it They never had had this kind of a prisoner in the lock-up, but Mr. Warren spoke with such quiet assurance that the officer, knowing that no plan of escape could be put into execution, withdrew and closed the door. (To be continued.) Steers TO SHUT UP HENRY GEORGE. Delaware People Object to Single Tax Oratory on Sunday. Special Dispatch to the Philadelphia Press. WILMINGTON, Del., October 27.—City Solicitor Harman has been asked for an opinion as to whether the single tax orators have a right under the law to hold meet- ings on Sundays. Numerous complaints have been received at the police station about the meetings being held on Sunday. It is said that no other political meetings are held on Sunday, and the single tax men should not be allowed to do so. The proposed meeting in the Opera House next Sunday night to be addressed by Hen- ry George brought the matter to a focus. It is expected that an adverse opinion will be rendered, and Mr. George will not be al- lowed to speak here on Sunday. Huyter’s Pure, Delicious Cocoa and Chocolates aon by all grocers. Ask for Huyler’s and tak other. the doctors approve of Scott’s Emulsion. For whom ?~For men and women who are weak, when they should be strong; for babies and children who are thin, when they should be fat ; for all who get no nourish- ment from their food. Poor blood is starved blood. Con- sumption and Scrofula never come without this starvation. And nothing is better for starved blood than cod-liver oil. Scott’s Emulsion is cod-liver oil with the fish-fat taste taken out. Two sizes, 50 cents and $1.00 SCOTT & BOWNE, 7 New York THE LATE ANDREW J. MOULDER. A Washingtonian Who Attained High Honors on the Pacific Const. Mr. Andrew J. Moulder, superintendent of public instruction cf San Francisco, and cne of the mest widely known and talented educators of the Pacific coast, who died suddenly October 14, was a native of this city. Mr. Moulder was born here in March, 1825. He was educated at the Columbian College, of which institution he was, at the age of seventeen years, made assistant professor of mathematics. He also acted as instructor to the family of Robert L. Ran- dolph of Virginia. During the seven years Mr. Moulder taught at Columbian he put in a large part of his time studyihg law. He went to California in 1850. For few months he was engaged in quartz and pla- cer mining, but in December, 1850, was en- gaged as a reporter of the San Francisco Herald, afterward becoming managing ed- itor of that paper. The first public office Mr. Moulder held was that of controller of the city of San Francisco, to which he was elected on the democratic ticket in 1855. He was made superintendent of the board of funded com- missions and funded the debt of 1856. In 1857 Mr. Moulder became identified with the educational institutions of the state through his election as state superintendent of pub- lic instruction, and his work was appre- ciated so highly he was re-elected in 186). He organized the first state normal school, the first teachers’ institute, che first edu- cational convention and established some- thing that approximated a uniform system of text books. He also wrote a work on the school laws, and on school architecture, of which a large edition was circulated, and which aided considerably in bringing order into the schools out of the chaos of those early days. Mr. Moulder was nominated for the third term as state superintendent of public instruction, but he declined to make the canvass, as it was his desire to visit Europe and study the school system of the old world. He was commissioner of the state of California to the Vienna expo- sition. Upon his return from Europe in 1868 Mr. Moulder was appointed by Gov. Haight a member of the first board of re- gents of the University of California. He was active in placing that institution on a sound financial basis. He earnestly sup- ported the abolition of tuition fees and the opening of the university to all comers, wy men as well as men, free of charge. He afterward became secretary of the free library, and in 1882 he was elected superin- tendent of public schools by the largest ma- jority obtained at any election in the city, and later acted as secretary to Mayor Pond. At the last election he was again chosen to fill the important position of superinten- dent, being supported by all classes, demo- crats, republicans and populists. His funeral took place at the Trinity Episcopal Church. The services were sim- ple, as requested by the deceased. The flags vere at half-mast from all municipal and school buildings, and floral tributes filled the church. The services were very impressive. Mr. Moulder was an uncle of the Misses Abbot, Mrs. Barharin, Mrs. Gen. Thomas Duncan, Lieut. and Mrs. Downs L. Wilson, Col. John M. Wifson and Mr. Charles C. Duncanson, all of this city. ~ SSS BRIDGE JUMPER KILLED. Patrick Callnhan Fatally Hurt at Poughkeepsie. Patrick King Callahan, twenty-six years old, who lived in New York. jumped from the top of the Poughkeepsie bridz. into the Hudson, 212 feet, yesterday; and was so badly injured that he died at 11:25 last night. Callahan claimed to hava jumped from the Brooklyn bridge on July 27 last, and from the Blackfriar’s bridge, in London, seven years ago. If he had lived he intend- ed to claim the champicrship of the world. Without a sign of fear Callahan clamber- ed over the railing and hung from the edge of the footpath by his hands. His frien were waiting under the bridge in rowboats to pick him up, aud as soon as he saw them he shouted good-bye to those on the bridge and let go. As he neared the water his legs separated ‘and he struck with a noise that sounded like the report of a gun. He came to the surface quickly and moaning as if in great pain struck out for one of the boats, the occupants of which picked him up aud took him ashore. Then he was varried to a hote! and a physiclan was sent for, while his friends rubbed him down and gave him stimulants. A country doo came abd sa'd he was not seriously 1 jured. Dering the day the bridge jumper failed rapidly, and in the afternoon other doctors were called. They found Callahan in a state of complete collapse and suffering from hemorrhages, caused by a_ serious leceration of the perineum, extending into the bowels. They gave him hipodermic in- jections and sewed up the wound. He sank rapidly until his death. ——_--+e DISCREDITS THE TREATY. Doubt Thrown on the Alleged Russo- Chinese Compact. The London Daily Graphic says: “We are in a position to state on high official author- ity that the outline of the China-Russian treaty telegraphed from Hong Kong does not bear any resemblance whatever to the actual facts of the negotiations that have taken place between Russia and China. Moreover, the spirit in which the Russian government has approached the present crisis in the far east is entirely at variance with the antt. English attitude of certain Russian news- papers, to whose expressions of opinion un- due weight has been accorded in this coun- try Commenting on its information, the Dally Graphic says: “It was-derived from a source the competence of which ts beyond dispute. It was cony J to us in such unambiguous terms as to preclude any suspicion of arriere- pense A winin’s King Killed. The Don Chiscoite Della Mancia of Rome announces the confirmation of the report that King Menelek of Abyssinia has been killed by a stroke of lightning while at- tempting to turn the Italians out of Abys- sinia. King Menelek II was the most interest- ing and important native ruler in Africa, He was King of Shoa, south of Abyssinia, long before he ascended the throne of the larger kingdom His people are of the same race and speak the same language as the Abyssinians. Their country is sim- ply a part of Abyssinia, whose chief be- came powerful enough to be practically in- dependent of the ruler further north. It was his boast that he was a liheal descen- dant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. ——___-e2+—____ New York’s Registration. ‘The total registration in New York for the fourth and last day, Saturday, was 47,- 270. The registration for the corresponding day last year was 43,657. The total regis- ion this year was 281,085. Last year it was 3 i. Free to Bald Heads. We will mail on application free information bow zrow hat bald id, stop fallls hair renowe._A¢ lp seanes. aires “ALTE TIM MEDICAL DISP - ” incim- uati, Ubio. el23m to