Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1903, Page 10

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1903. 25¢ LACES AT 3¢, 5¢ AND 10c Tll()l'fi',-i NDS of yards of plain and fanecy laces and insertings, also galloons and bands in Venice net top orientals, torchons, cambrio, neat and dainty patterns, also wide showy patierns— valenciennes, ete., worth up to 25 4 3C, Sc and loc worth up to 25¢ a yur(l—-:lo.(.lt... 50’ 7]/.’20 a“d ]OC “GRAND DISPLAY OF NEW SPRING GOODS Early Showing of the Fabrics and Frocks That Will Reign During the Coming Season E HAVE prepared to anticipate an early demand for spring goods. Tomorrow we open a great display of the newest and smartest things of the fashion centers of the world. As usual it is at Brandeis' where the first anthor I/ itive showing of styles is made. Each department will reveal a glint of spring. The master minds of the originators of fashion are represented in our complete display. The goods shown here are those destined to the greatest popularity this spring. - —— Spring Dress Goods in Newest Effects Advance Sale of Spring Silks wh‘ ARE showing the most complete line west of Chicago of 27-inch and 2-tone glace silk for shirt waist suits. They come in hair line Etc. 1,750 yards of silk siriped waistings In creme, sky blue and all colors— : . stripes in taffeta and Louisenes in 10 different size stripes, new colorings, blues. greens, reds, browns, shot with white and black, new check silks from the small pin checks to alarge check, in plain and changeable effects, pretty new fi vk i - b 30¢ al . ; " ; : new designs in liberty and twilled foulards, mostly in the new small dots and Here are the most fashionable fabrics known for spring wear: new geometrical effects. A great many of these new silks are exclusive patterns and are shown only by us. Prices, 69C tO $1 25 per yard Embroidered Silk Dress Patterns Embroidered Shantung silks (Pongee), some Pongee Robes with ample material for trimmings. semi-made, all in one piece, in the latest fashion, only one pattern of a kind, ranging in price $17. 50 to $21 25¢c EMBROIDERIES AT 8¢, 7ic AND 10c RAND display of embroideries, and insertings suisse, nainsook and Correct Ideas in New Spring Suits Initial Showing for 1903 of Swell Tailored Suits for House, Street and Shopping Elaborate preparations have been made in this department for showing at the earliest possible moment, the newest and most fetching spring ideas, We have just received a complete and beautiful array of spring’s most fash- ionable garments, The styles and dress fabrics for this season are more than usually attrac- tive in weave, texture and color. Such fabrics as voiles, mistrals, tweeds, suitings, banicures, etamines, cheviots, etc. Among the new shapes the popu- lar blouse with new wide and round ruche, the new Riveria with and with- out double capes and peplins, pretty shopping effects in the popular walk- ing skirts. In this display are also many charming effects in costume skirts. The prices of these suits are 14.85, 19.00, 24.50, 29.00, 39.00, 49,00 and up to 98.00. We wish to announce the continuation of our display of a New York tailoring company's model suits and skirts. During the next two weeks we will continue taking orders for these garments, which will be made to your individual measure and fashioned according to your own fancy. Early Sale of Fine Wash Goods Mercerized Waistings—One immense lot of very fine white mercerized walstings and fine madras cloth. actually worth up to 35¢, go at, yard i 190 White Goods— such as India linens, nain- Ginghams—Bargain square of fine ginghams —such as French, Scotch and chambray sooks, fancy weaves in lace effects, 4 10C iioghame, 3 inohes wide, worth etc., worth 25c, go at, yard ...... i 15e, ut, yard .. Brandenbergs and Percales, 36-in. wide in Dimities—Immense lot of all kinds of dimi- foral designs, dots, stripes, eto., ties, lawns, batistes, etc., in the newest worth up to 15¢, go floral designs, worth 25¢, go at, 1 Sateen—Extra good quality sateen, in small floral designs, polka dots,stripes,etc., WOrth 15¢, g0 8t, YArd ........ 5S¢ Special Values in Table Linens . All of our fringed table cloths in 8x10 and 62-inch and 72-inch Irish, Scotch and Ger- 8x12 size, pluin and white, also red and man, all linen bleached and silver bleached blue borders, worth $1.50, goat, QIS table damasks, also something new in Hne : C hemastitched hloached damusk, 50 All the balance of our plain hemstitched WOr'h 79¢, g0 at. yard C pillow shams and lunch cloths—would be 72:inch all pure linen German silver bleached cheap at 5Uc—go at, 25‘; and full bleached Irish tuble dlm69c each asks, worth 81, go at, yard ... One big lot of napkins. These are drum- 64-inch pure linen silver bleached table mer's sampl aamasks, worth 50, at, \ 290 ples, somg are slightly soiled, but otherwise perfect, wortl yurd - u '..1.59 ary 8, In commemoration of Lord Dalmeny’s #2.50 dozen, go at, dozen boats are held In readiness at Hong Kong tenant in the Life Guards and goes much |to sall for this port if their services arg in society, but has no Mking for politics American Syndicate Will Transform 8t Petersburg’s Transportation Faoitilies. Advance Sale of Spring Conceptions in Walstings, Silk Chal 2,000 yards of Silk waistings, in the newest and prettiest, plain, dotted and striped affects, Persian designs, worth easily 6Uc and 69c, at.. B Highest Grade Mercerized Vestings at 50c White, Course Oxford Vestings at 29¢ i ite Vesti at 30c bt ok ol Bl b ufbon our exclusive showing. Hand- The skirt is Mohair Melange, in pretty tints, 46-in. wide, at 85¢ White Waist Linens, extra wide, at 59c Oatmeal Cloth for outing wear at $1.25 from........ 65 exclusive patterns, containing 12 to 15 yards in the most artistic embroidered colored designs rerbe bl et Bl e it o Lo 98c to $1.50 New Phoenix Mills Colored Taffeta at 75¢ Yard 125 pieces new plain and glace taffetas in every shade of the rainbow, including all the scarce changeable effucts. If you are looking for any particular shade you can’t match 75 elsewhere—see this fine taffeta we are selling at, yard o c Extra Specials for Monday Only Nl;‘:rl::::wne corded silks— ki 390 N';;r";l:::t'.” guaranteed taffeta Y 2gc .\'l;:rb;:r': nu‘t.l-n stripe g"nlfllrj‘h'—' 750 i O YR i s DG ... 09c New Etamines— New Voile Etamines—Scotch Suitings—New [lohair Sicillans— the much admired Heavy Creme Woolens. Great Dress Goods Specials onBargain Square | Dress Goods of all wool and silic and wool. plaids, serg eloths fur evening wear— regular 75 goods— B8 cccivenns Imported and domestic dress goods in black prunellas, mohairs, crepe 25¢ Cheviots, mountain serges, etamines, can- vas, pruvellas, 50-in Mohairs, fancy weaves—regular $1 val- 4 C ues—at. . . Final clearance of Fancy Wool W 75¢ and 85¢ gualities, ail. New Japanese plain silk— per yard New all silk pongee— per yard New black iron frame grenadine— per yard tings —| New washable taffeta, black and colors— per yard Voorie New 36-inch black taffeta— et .79c¢c 7S¢ New Phoenix mills 27-inch taffeta— per yard s ee W’E respectfully solicit a visit from you to our new shoe department on the second floor. Wae are showing in advance, all the new and catreme styles of spring footwear, in prices from $3.50 to $8. « We make a specialty of genuine bench-made shoes, Ladies’ Hand Turn Shoes $5 and $6 Ladies’ Hand Welt Shoes $5 and $6 Ladies’ Bench-Made Shoes $8 We are sole agents for Dr. Reed's Cushion Sole Shoes for men and women. Prices $6 and $6 New crepe de chine, black and af} colors—per yard Muslins — Good quality bleached and un- bleached muslins, 36-inches wide, go at, yard and all colors.~ Armures, etumines, mis- trals, cheviots, worsteds, mo- 69 C Broadcloths—8$1.50 and 82 crystaline, 82 quality \mf;l T e N French Flannels, Scotch Flannels, 2 sc ‘On Monday we will open about 200 of the newest and prettiest ideas of the early spring designs in chiffon, maline, soft braids, novelty moderate, rungingfrom................ Special for Monday and foli . hair lustres, serges and fancy weaves-—worth, 8125, at quality, mohalr nished worsteds, $1.50 quality; venetians, quallty; Sicilians, 81.50 Advance Spring Display of MILLINERY. materials, etc., also a splendid assortment of hats for tourist and winter resort wear. The prices pricwarovry §1.25 t0 $10 100 dozen bunches silk graj le value. grapes—a truly remarkal on sale Monday each bunch containing 16 ular price is 81.00— He has played but twelve games, ver. Palmer, forced thus from second. sticks at third, having be vera sticks o & bettered his average The Individual averages are: third_ time over the course and on the fourth round several others dropped out. The races may be resumed tomorrow. BOUT LASTS OVER TWO HOURS but ars has been the manager of the Saints, .leave in the morning for Tacoma, Wash., where he will manage the Tacoma team in the Pacific Northwest league. Mr. McKibben tonight sald he had the signa- ture of Johnny Kling of Kansas City to a contract for the coming season and that Kling will catch for Tacoma. Harry Mau- pin, the well known slant artist of 8t. Joseph, has been signed by McKibben. Sither Farrell or Whistler, he thinks, will be appointed manager for St. Joseph. {OAKS FALL TO ESHERIN Big 'Frisco Hace is Won by Schorr's Popular Horse from = Good Field on Muddy Track. OLYMPIAN GAME PLANS HALT Ohioago Committee Recommends Ohange of Date or Place. 'WOULD AVOID CLASH WITH ST, LOUIS FAIR Ave. required. 186 or study. The family's political hopes rest ghithe yousser acn, Nelll On Tesbing 54 | DUTCH - CARS «CEASE TRUNRING majority Dalmeny came into the inheri- tance from his mother of $10,000,000. His Strike Ties Up All Raflroad Trains Flying to and one ambition in life is to cut a figure as a Amsterdam, Emery Seaman . Palmer . Brunke Encell Conrad . Marble | Beselin | Potter Krug | Zarp ... Schneider ... A. C. Reed. Fritscher Huntington | Yoder . Wrestlers Struggle for Downs, Neither Succeeds in Scor- + ing Point. OVER SIXTY MILLION IS TO BE SPENT cricketer. FRANCIS TO BE CHIEF GUEST St. Louis Exposition Boomer to Meet Big Britisl at Ban NEW YORK, Jan. 31L—The wrestling | bout at Madison Square Garden tonight | between Tom Jenkins, the world's champion | catch-as-catch-can ‘wrestler, and John | Plening, the ‘“sutcher Boy," ended In a draw. The men were on the mat prac- tically from 9:50 until midnight, when the International Executive Asked to Put Back a Year or Author- Underground Rallway, New Street Car System, Sixteen Bridges and Big : AMSTERDAM, Jan. 31.—Cavalry and ma- rines from various stations have been brought here to reinforce the local garri- Clty as Loea~ tion of Event. Power House Form Part of Gigantic Scheme. Ac- CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—H. J. Furber, presi- clation, today said of the proposed transfer of the dent of the Olympian Games as: 1904 games from Chicago to St. Louls: We have as yet recelved no offictal noti- fication from Kurope, but there s a strong robability that a transfer to St. Louls will B made. There ia something more impor- + tant than either the Olympian games or the feeling of unite these two t and which support each Bt. Louls exposition. It s the friendship which should great cities of the middle wi should in every undertakin other to the best of their abflity. The officers of the International Olympian Games assoclation have placed before the ternational Olympian commission, whose eadquarters are in Europe, a statement tting forth the complications which have arisen owing to the Bt. Louls exposition until 19M. Uy resentations on the part of St. Loy the Olymplan games, it held in the same vear as the world's falr, seriously embarrass th the Chicago assoclation n rep- night ccided to urge ng to the chairman of the were not agreeable Chicago would consent 10 a transfer of the contests to St. Louis, but If neither of these courses shonld meet the approval of the International Olymplan commission Chicago was prepared o carry con- 'he responsibllity of a_decision out the program in 194, as originally templated. now rests on the foreign commission. In taking the position which it has, cago uas felt that it should ot local pride or ambition to stand in the way of the success of an undertaking like Loulslana Purchase ing received the sanction a the extent of $6,000,000 of the government, Is now a national enterprise. d support LAST WEEK WITH THE BOWLERS Gate Citys Make n Nice G centage Durln Week. the Games. W ,Omaha .. . Gate City.. \Clarkson .. National . German ... 8t. Charles Western 2 Krug Park 2 Last week marked the close of thirds of the bowling season. The tmportant feature of the week's play wa 'the work of the Gate City team in takin ] 2 2 2 a2 ifive games out of six from the Germans. The postponed series was plaved of, well as the regular meeting of the sche ule. The result boosted the percentage o the Gate City men considerably. Mean while the Omahas took but two out of thel three games with the Nationals, and thu dropped a-little in percuntage is one team somewhere within striking dis tance of the leaders once again. But it | » long journey yet to a tie. The National and the Clarksons were a tle Place lant week but this time the Natiopal lost, while their rivals won, and took th position, the two being now scparated b: pome forty-seven points of percent r Test of the teams are strung out the sam @s before. The Westerns and Krug Park o oul 3t for last place, ench havin iro all three games of the week' Sarten:” 1n the individual averages thirty one players are now inside the honor W.:"l s Up from seveneenth place to sec- Emery *stlll leads. while Jumped Seaman bostponement of the s that Chicago latter enterprise, o stponement of the games until 1905, atat- International Olymplan commission at Paris that If this Chi- permit the xposition, which, huv- to United States in in l'er.l “Thus there | Denman | Ahmanson . { H. D. Reed. | Weber | B A Keiler, | Alf Keller. Jones . Wigma! | Francisco Sheldon | Hartle Chandler . Forscutt Tracey Glichrist | Lehman . | _For the | Emery lead: | made 157, with 208, Hunting splits, Afty-sl: 33 the le belng chalked | In all’ three cases this refers to the only who_have | games. Compa a less number would r to them. without an_error. Krug Parks. showing the actual work of date as a team. The pin strikes, spares, splits nmr .| each are given. forty-two games, it fs an interesng fact throughout the rank b sponds | lost and won, | exception to the rule | Pine. Omaha._ .. 36,09 Gate City 35,990 Clarkson. 35,689 Natfonal, 35,58 | German.. 35.607 | St. Ch'les 34,540 | Western.. 34112 | Krug Pk 34162 643 841 632 616 o0 584 o 174 W1 | bowlers attending the two-thirds of the season finished ue in strikes, having Denman 18 high man on spare: ton has made i 169 169 | 169 168 155 1 167 5. 167 the most to his credi men layed the full forty-two son with those who lLad of course be Only two men have played three games. stralght In a single evening These are Marble the Gate City team and Francisco of the Figures have bee of computed each team to average, the erfors made by Each team has played or 210 individual games, there being five men to a team. are glven in the table in their orders as they stand in the percentage column, and The teams that * aimost ot the Tank by pin average corre- o that by percentage of games The Nationals are the only Ave. Btks, Bpre. Spits 357 43 865 454 Though there was much talk of several national bowling tournament at Indlanapolls beginning Feb- ruary 2, it is_now will ‘g0 from Omaha a time that three this city, Captain Weber of Captain Clarkson of the Clarksons and Al | apparent that no o t was thought for layers would repr the Germar Krug of the Germans, who went last year and pulled off fitst prize in t interest has been aroused among | Time: the palr con. al bowlers by the announcement that ed balls will be allowed at, the Several Oni ! use the weighted ball constantly, and cod | The welght of fifteen | apells tournament. do without it. unloaded ball " is Balls hardly ordinary pounds and_one-haif. s 0 welgh from s to twenty-two pounds. the Omahas, vidual averages column, us | weighing nineteew and ‘a h ¢ | &, Potter's welgha * | Hartley vi) pounds. H. Reed “The Emery | making the balls roll truer. s | accurate when loaded y | " s t seventeen { Huntington's is the s s increases. no good. That McKibben Take: ST, JOSEPH, Mo., Jan. 31. gram.)—Byrok E. Mciibben, elghteen pounds Indlan- ha players on about yre loaded so venteen ‘and one-half | “Bllly" the man who leads the indi- Emery of aded ball pourds. G Wood and ‘a half same size and rolls & nineteen-pound sphere load certainly helps & “for it has a declded inflience They are more | Omahar But efficiency does not increase as the weight When you get them up to seven- teen and & half pounds more weight does | 1t_simply pulls your arm xtra two pounds is ample to eteady your ball, and that is all you . Joe M. lot,” sald in that extra off ant.” Special Tele- who for three clever daughter of John Schorr, won the California Oaks at Oakland today from a good fleld. The weather was cloudy and the track muddy. | Esherin was the favorite. The race was valued at 32,500 of which the winner's share was $1,950. Thé mile and a sixteeath handi- went to Durazzo, the favorite. Result: rst race, futurlty course, seliing: S Nullah' third. | cap [y Fullen won, Rinaldo second, Time: 1:13. Second {4ng: Quiz IT won, Mexicanna second, Laura F, M. third. Time: i Third race, one mile, selling: _ Diderot on. Dunblase Second, Urchin third. Time: Fourth race, one mile &3d an_elghth, | caltfornia Oaks: Esherin won, Nigrette | second, Graxina third. Time: . 1:57%. FIfth race. one mile and a sixteenth: Durazzo won, The Fretter second. Hesper third. Time Sixth ra Hogan won. Golden Go third, Time: 1 16 futurity course, selling: Matt ottuge second, I Do Races at New Orleaus, NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3L—The Durnell & Hurz palr, McChesney and Scotch Plaid, ruled favorifes at even meney in the bet- ting on the Merchants handicap, worth 32,110 to the winner_the principal number of today's card. The firm's chances de- | pended upon the former and the liberal price quoted looked like a gift. Despite all sorts of interference, tne chestnut son of MacDuff galloped in ‘ahead in front of his field i prising race, but was ou‘classed. McChe: ey and Jim Clark, both ridden by Redfern, were the only winning favorites., Weather clear and trick good. | Results First race, seven furlongs, selling: Karl Kahler_won, Hedge secgnd, Paul Creyton third. Time: 1:3 Second race. five Agnes Mack sec Time: 1:01 4 race, handicap, six Bummer second, Foster third. Time: 1:14 25, Fourth race Merchants handlcap, one mile and a sixteenth: McChesney won FHargls second, Harry New third. Time 14 Fifth rac Brief won, H third. Time d Sixth race, one mile: Jim Clark won, §t. Tammany second, Bard of Avon third 1:413-5. furlongs: Applesweet won nd, Henry McDanfel third Third Scorplo won, furlonigs Mrs. Frank selling, one mile and a half: Satin Coat second, Hayward | South Omuhans Win Late. The basket ball team of the South | om 1g Men's Christian assoclation cha up 28 credits against the 26 of the Young Men's Christian Association Reds,” or second team,. in the contest at the South Omahans’ gymnasium last night The score at the end of the first half was 111 and, nor was the victory last half minute of the last half, when | Miller of the Magic City aggregation made fleld goal. Prior to this. the scage stood and After the game there was a peace offer- | g in the form of refreshments. In two | weeks a return game will be played at the quarters. Ice Yacht Races S KALAMAZOO, Mich, Jan. 3L—-An at | tempt “was made today to sail the first races 'n the international yacht regatta on Gull lake. The yachts were to sail five times over a five-mile course. TH best time was 1:16, just one minute outside the time limit, And as & consequence the Judges declared it no race in both the trials. Beveral of the yachts withdrew after the SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.—Esherin, the | Esher, in the string of | e, three-quarters of a mile, sell- | Ed Corrigan’s Hargis ran a_sur- | won until the | police declared the bout at an_end. cording to the conditions of the match the first bout was a Graeco-Roman affair and the second was catch-as-catch-can. Ae no fall ‘was scored, Jenkins had no oppor- ;‘Ilrllély to try some of his champlonship olds. Bowling Entries Stay Open. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 31.—At the re- | quest of Thomas Curtis of Brooklyn and for | the benefit of New York and other eastern | bowlers, the entries to the national bowling | tournament will be taken IIS to February | | "The extention was granted in deferen to the New Yorkers, whose preliminary ar- rangements were held back by a misunder- standing World's Fair Team is Beaten, HOUGHTON, Mich., Jan ~The Por- | tage Lake Hockey team defeated the St. | | Louts World's Fair team tonight, 10 to 1. WILL NOT SELL FACTORIES| Clgar Makers of Ha: an Agreement Ten Yea; na Enter Into | Good for g | HAVANA, Jan. 31.—Six of the prineipal | | independent cigar factorles have now en- | tered into an agreement mot to sell their brands or plants for ten years. | Two other firms, among the largest in- dependent concerns. have not signed, owing |to the fact that under the wills of the | tounders they are not permitted to trans- | fer their business except to the owners' legal heirs. There have been no definite results yet from the conference of American retailers |and others with the Independents with reference to the American trafic | =y — WATCHING TURF SWINDLERS ‘ French Police Hope to Land Others of the Dwyer and Cour. tenay Gang. Press Publishing Co.) NICE, Jan. 31.—(New York World Ca | blegram—Spectal Telegram.)—The French | detectives who arrested Dwyer and Courte nay are watching others who are suspeeted of belng members of a gang of turf swindlers. The men Bow in custody prob- ably will be tried in Paris Budhauser, who was expelled from Parls last summer for eimilar offenses, came back to France recently sing himselt off at Marseilles as Dwyer's jockey. The police have photographs of him in jockey costume. He is suspected of having put “kpockout drope™ into Huton's liguor. Bud- | bauser has fled to Naples Thirteen Pers: Are Drowmed. | CORFU, Island of Cortu, Jan. 31.—The British schooner Ploneer ran into a tor- pedo boat destroyer bear the channel of { Cortu today, and tbirteen persons are be- | | lleved to bave been drowned. Two bodies | have thus far been picked up. | (Copyright, 108, by {of much soctal | First NEW YORK, Jan. 3L—Referring to the negotiations that have been long pending for the construction of electric traction in St. Petersburg, the American tomorrow will say ‘After more than a year's practically in- cessant negotiations with the Russian au- thorities, Murray A. Vernock of Pittsburg, backed by New York capital, has gained the concession. The entire construction will cost not less than $60,000,000. “The offer of the American syndicate was in the first Instance refected by tha St. Petersburg municipal authorities, they be- ing hostile to foreign tenders in general and to the American scheme in particular. “This decision, however, did not balk the Americans who entered into direct ne- gotfations with M. Witte, the Russian min- ister of finance, who has, according to pri- vate advices just at hand, finally approved | of the enterprise. , “The project involves the construction of an underground railway, the changing of the network of existing horse tramways into electric roads, the drying up of the Cather- | ine canal, the building of sixteen fron bridges across the river Neva, the conver- sion of a hospital into a huge power sta- tion and the erection of a new hospital, TALK ABOUT THE ROSEBERYS Matrimonial Matters Bring Family Much in the Public Eye at Present Time, (Copyright, 193, by Press Publishing Co.) DON, Jan. 31.—(New York World Ca- al Telegram.)—The earl of family has been the center interest for some weeks, mounced that his elder ybil Primrose, one of the test heiresses in Britain, was betrothed Charles Grant, whose sole distinction seems to be that he Is a dancing man. The match is said to have been strongly opposed by Lord Rosebery, but, as the | young woman has & will of her own and lkewise a fortune of her own (having in- herited it from her mother, a Rothschild), cems to have carried her point. She years old Her younger sister, Lady Margaret, mar ried three years ago, at the age of 18, the earl of Crewe, a widower twenty-three years | Rosebery's it was hter, Lady | and printed at the exposition. son, In view of the strik eventualities, and the Dutch fronclad Evertsen is held in readiness at Nieuwediep to come hero |t requested. The postal service to Haarlem and Utrecht Is carried on by motor cars. All trafic on the Netherlands railroad 1s at & complete standstill and the move- ments of troops are impeded, as they are obliged to leave the trains and efther march here or come to the city in boats. During the day It was announced that the State rallroad had agreed (o stop the entire service to and from Ameterdam, owing to the threat of the strikers to pro- claim a strike throughout the country un- less they did eo. But later a telegram was recelved from the Netherlands Railroad company, agreeing to the demand mnot to carry goods for the transportation com- panfes in support of whose men the rafl- road men had gone out on strike. The State rallroad having agreed to act in ac- cord with the Netherlands company, the strike 1s considered at an end. The leaders of the unions have, indeed, decided to call off the railroad strike and have ordered work to be resumed at 6 tomorrow morning. THE HAGUE, Jan. 31.—The engineers of the Netherlands railroad here went on strike today No trains are leaving for Amsterdam or Rotterdam. A special cabinet council was called to consider the situation, but as the Nether- lands rallroad 1s a private company, the minietry decided that it could not inter- fere except to preserve order. L1 Fo“7” GRIP hen Grip.” by (Copyright, 193, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan. 81.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Ex-Governor David R. Francis of Missourl, who is on an European mission as the president of the St. Louls exposition, will be the chiet guest at the American soclety’s banquet in commemoration of Washington's birth- day. Mr. Francis will arrive in London February 21 and the banquet will be on the 23d. The heads of Great Britain's manu- facturing firms have been invited to meet Mr. Francis and it is said that every phase of British commerce will be represented. The lord mayor of London, the chiefs of other great municipalities and chambers of commerce and members of the diplomatic corps have also been invited PARIS, Jan. 3L.—Among projects which the approaching St. Louls exposition has given rise to s & suggested American edition of the Paris Figaro, to be edited The Figaro always has taken a friendly interest in Amerl and at the present moment Jules Huret, the cleverest reporter on its staff, s fllllng & commission as speclal envoy to the United States. EDWARD TO SEE THE COWBOYS Makes Arrangements for a Visit to Cody's Wild West Show. (Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan. 31.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Buffalo Bill had a call this week from Sir Stanley Clarke, the king's equerry, to arrange for a vieit by the king and queen to the Wild West show at the Olympia on his return from Windsor. The show 1s doing excellent business. FLOODS FLOAT FURNITURE Dead Animals and iHousehold Goods Each Other in Scot- land's Streets. Jostle Grip prevails, everything fs That Grip is epldemlio s proven the rush orders for Dr. Humphreys 7" The telegraph and telephone wires are kept hot by the urgency of the demand LONDON, Jan, 81.—Melting snow has | caused extensive floods and serious dam- age in Scotland | The Tay has overflowed in Berthshire and | older than she and with three daughters of just about her age. Next came the report that the former prime minister's elder son and belr, Lord Dalmeny, was engaged to marry Lady Marjorie Grenville, the only daughter of a still famous beauty, the countess of War- | wick. Lady Marjorie was 18 in October. | She is handsome, fond of all outdoor sports and a fearless borsewoman. She has not gone into general soclety yet, spending her time mostly at Warwick castle. Then came Lord Rosebery’s party, Janu- | “reformers.” Foreign marines are patrol- | Cor, | and quantities of household furniture are | Taken early, cuts it short promptly. Taken during its prevalence, it preocou- ples the system and prevents its invasion. Taken while suffering, relief is speedily realized, which is continued to an entira many carcasses of deer, cattle and nbrnp: the streets of Perth, In In- Nesse has overflowed and the rallroad bridges have been damaged. The | Dee has flooded part of Balmoral and caused great destruetion. | floating 1o verness the cure The use of “17" Cold that will break up an ol hangs oo, Chinese Officers Capture Arms, | stinate CANTON, Jan. 81.—The Chinese authori- | At ail Druggists, tles have captured arms and ammunition ;"“!m of price. and commissary stores collected for the | [jum cents, or malled, on Doctor's Book Malled phreys' Homeopathic Medicine Co., liam sad Joho Bts., New York