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. rr Ee Rm —— am “<a rere — THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1900, MISS EVA GRAU ISONED . BON-BONS thy'po Set Daughter of the Weill Known [anager and Niece of the Grand Opera Impresario Re- ceived Package by Mail. cities ie icici nici i-inteb Beautiful Girl Stil in Her Teens, a Favorite } in New Rochelle, With. out a Known Enemy ; in the World. Who ts it that desires the life of Miss Eva Grau, the pretty seventeen- year-old daughter of Robert Grauwand niece of Maurice Grau, the famous impresarto? What man hates the young girl so that only her | death will please them? Some one does. Some one. actuated by murderous wv woman, boy or girl impulse or revenge, has tri d to} poison her. she cannot tmagine. Who, her parents and | So far as they know, Miss Grau bas not an enemy | in the world | Robert Grau lives in a beautiful home at 22 Meadow lane, Rochelle Park, NeW Rochelle Hie ‘aughter still a school-girl, is one « One of that ained p 3 NEW SCHIBN ntinued from F popular of the young set of that arts toeratic suburt It vas day that the postman | brought to the hove a tignily wrap A0 tet 08 HOOF 8TH Fett He bed square pac fens HSE eagerness to see what it was he tore | off the Wrapper without noting the tharacter of the handwriting Father of the Woman Inside were two «mal xe rer ’ ! h ' ; Amohes Wy Uiree Ince wale They, MYSTERY OF JULIA LANG Beaten in a Figh pore Marke "Regus Ha ss t Used a Knile, Co.,” and were filled wit each about the size of the girle, pretty little Moge a With an exelar ’ ght , Miss Grau ran to her 1 | wonder who sent met ' ent,” che excl ‘ay ‘ Just a8 she was raising it to her |aiver Parncon th b * noticed Lunt it con 1 a om hole . l oe ee | thing the mater with the ; The ther and daughter then ” the cand fs aeeh of th . bonbons a emall hole had been bore W and a cavity we with a wh powde 7 ssa! ahaa SCHARN KNOWS When Mr Grau ceturned b ‘. evening he was told o on - . mmediat all o y ~ hemists to be lyzed re spector I ns be. . a | physicians Ll igen see te : that th ndoubtediy 5 gr Heep nev son i Drugaist sot, who made a Py 4 erficia) ¢xaminatioa he ca * ‘ ° tau ss Wi) me ri ‘TERROR OF KIDS" TRIED substance He ‘ : several hourr to determine whether scilexGian wewuee CAeiianed: gag) eee NO BROTHER'S FRIEND, MAYBE, tmtosiers 1 one Maura and iruggist tasted the oar sai tisa: wie but could eet » « UJ Mrs. Grau to-day war | ‘ . . gard the ® lisered i ‘ ited the poise Ther to the sende When Miss Grau opene b 4 Hecond 8 stroyed the # ann M4 es be pieced passe eee The family scouts the idea that an : 2 girl acquaintance of Miss Grau cou - ‘ - D> Pe eetaated dy jealousy, Lecause the P e , } gay she has no sweetbenrt, and te |" 7 . 4 too young for any man to pay ber} OL, pee * wertous attertion . So far as sbe knows she bas cot Se z an enemy in the world. girl is inclined to believe some on MRS. PRICE TALKS. was trying to play 4 joke on ber Mee ue a r s DENVER HAS 27,146 MORE PEOPLE NOW. INOTON, Ave oo —T ef Denver, Col., ae just ann census buress ts io je 1 This 34 per cen’. — Down Elevator shat. rhe young ROUMANIN A WARLIKE, Makes Demands on Raleneto t of That A Patth 4 y 4 D, a Ae to whethe tempted to stray fey i* thet we dj og ae tet PD, ym a fourth story yw at residence this morning "yar. nd was inetantly killed Hin skull was crushed ia, NOON, Aug. A desperate | from Neifis with the Boers ty going on tales from § r date of Su « Lydenburg district in the Trane- ngage lord RK reports today of the . ' he at # the capture of ‘hirty x t uiry, alt ur the wr chief, Olivier, in the Orange '* fe iry, alt under B erated f Datmanutha Gen, Botha ts defending a thirty miles jong has three tong Toms’ and many rapid-fire nnon rea “ Sunda ming wih od stock from three pointn by exce al Gott dar “§ « « dete ined t ”" tthe ine ¥ 4 duMcult and wel | fe tactlow and 1s lags favo to pax tsa et at ee wen, S , aaa 4 we nave hither | J ‘ er three times | Ant ‘ he War Office r nays 7" iy aten rronal © Br eam itor at "Vint ire ve Los ait and wires as te rae ben eRptureg.” AD LAST OTAND; EAL OLIVIER! TAKEN. i ‘Roberts Reports Terrific Battle Day Sunday East F All of Pr etoria. HOTEL VENDOME TRAGEDY WAS CAUSED BY RUM.|} (Continued from First Page) | | ‘everything In my power to make! “T ran out of the room tnto the MRS. COLGATE ¢ hunflred and twelve A MILLION DIVIDEND, Honors Countess Strafford, ihe Metropottan Trust Company ts @ dividend of % per cent. | to-day on behalf of the Readjust- t Committee to al. creditors of Price, | MoCormta their | Sees ich & CO, who have filed ‘The firet dividend to be paid by the Rites Company will be in exo of TO BE THE QUEEN’S LADY-IN- Queen Victoria Whose Late Husband Met a Tragic Death. A TRANSPORT 0) OVERDOB, V. &. Shtp Californ fan Setied trom wieeo, bat Has Not ached Maniin MANTLA, Aus ? ted States Aled trom 7, via Honolulu, Wa Week over Commission Pre t New Fall Dress Goods. Exceptional ‘Display of the New Fall Grays, the fashionable color in Dress Goods for the coming season, 25 styles of stripes, 22 styles of checks and plaids Rat aatare fe . . — in every conceivable fabric, h none but he simply! hall, then Into the next room, No. | i i bse ts, cad CAE wens Ua eee at Y foreign and domestic, from They were drunk around Kid Me-| was shot and to send for a doctor. | Ne, NW { i Tl the lightest silver tints, to the " time, and Man \fter he fired the two shots at! /, mo darkest Oxfords, ge sh who knew them well in’ me he fired another rhot, and I saw| *, nee or ut” Prices ted velp me to got them him stazger toward the window, He heen part F c se? TICES §0C., 68c., 75°: 850., Its tare Salk 1 stagwered back and fell toward Vee, wewie® $1, $1.25, $1.35, $1.50, $1.65 ise tha e doo It was then | ran ont into tt that would havel the hal! eb ielelebleinininie init up to $4.25, Hidu't ‘On Saturday afternoon he told me| soclety ts tm u Mutter over the report! ‘The fart was tnfatuated, and his All 54 to 56 inches wide, that be had attempted to aj. (24t Lady Strofford is to be made aj stately manne: of courting her won THREATENED SUICIDE.‘ Heenan Ween, btceuning taen Weta The! Mes Coumte” thee meee maton Peaaal Gp Ta lor, °° he continued polntme fs oxpected to be an-| On the part of the nobleman’ “tron, ry - y when or where He hat yoy r Jand they were martted tr on os eee Strafford te the widow of] ‘his city, shout sixteen months agu Broadway & 20th && I ows ar rt. Who wea killed by being Af the ceremony the and ois . Ww = 5 \ a railroad about a year y to his country seat “ ; ‘ 7" ago, ‘i been married on and ere * ‘ s ad way nl n then " , rarriage to the Bar! e ‘ Vi rin * ‘arr e % aed we morn See mein pet a sare LADIES’ DEP’T. rama a was wi » “ wrelerg Mere at os It may, he Wont adout| ¢ Broadway rgth Street Store) = r on . whi e devoted servant, ad-| =f $ ‘ se anid . LADIES’ TAILOR- ah » fe ” 7 . Ne at ; ; si MADE SUITS, ' » fuch of her ume w ; oneal ‘ are ee s lady ; One special lot in black and ; eden Fe ; is phe navy Cheviot: and Venetians, fly- t ' . veo. —-———--— ——— | front coats, 34 and 36 sizes only, ai re fico | {h# Weel from Boston. He had no, his wife died, about three years ago. 9 75 ' \ weak [tamage but a dress-wuit case. Hig Since then he has lived away from | ° art " fo 1 took a + te sand ance indicated wealth and ere. He ts not a wealthy lumber- | : Plendid | ave tt ) eto fre tee ‘i yement, Most of his time was spent man tras is known here. At one | Were $23.00, he bew Be caians’ ben sic Gham Ge. Ceiealia about the bar time he was a ork in the First Na- 1 1 kind eae Mica wiite When Stridiron registered Sotur-|Wonal Bank, any later In the County ’ § He t caine day night they epent the night Bullding. After that he became a hree “or, 13th Se. wae cone loved an + Wea tile , | drinking together salesman for one of the lumber frm | BROADWAY | Cor. Canal St. wit in tay mind) ig, 1s Suntay afternoon they reeumed | here. He was dissipated Stores. Near Chambers, eact Ww WO | sew ail exeumetve atikls their apree, and spent the entire af He hia an tern og in each other's company te SHUT FRIEND TWICE. Nothing was seen of them last 0 night, but this morning they break * vat Li Hoy Turnbull rushed into fasted together “ tt of the hoter at 930° They left the hotel at 8.30 o'clock ‘ { i son im if hurriedly motioned a) hut returned tm half am bi ur ng at tl After a few moments in the ro. he tunda they went to Stridiron’s room P) M No, 207, om ihe Porty-first street side | Whe y reached the eights fo th ‘i gedy hey 0 tridiron ng for (he It was hot in the room and Easor going to the Tone. Hi ‘his bands to 8 head. | pemoved bis cout aud vest, then bis | Hs face w ed wit ollar and neckt! / me That man in . het me ils appearance wae noted by a be! rr jong | Wier He'e killed himself 1 boy who went to the room in re-| Twelve dollars now; more later on; $40 at the average tailor store. 4 i all about sponse to a call shortly after the men| | at reduced prices twice a year ONLY, between seasons, to keep ee I ped. HW ih came! romehed It | Jour full force of cutters and tailors together for the rush that every va | ORE ' [season brings us. Now our Fall stock is all in order; and up to the ; | Through an open door Kason’s SHOTS RANG OUT. time of the Fall opening every piece is included in the special price fead body was seen stretched out en ‘a , | Jotler t is The door was partly open a the STRIDIRON’S STATEMENT. | the fo ind could sve Heoun stending in 1A, F4L2 SUIT _ Made to Order $f? 00 Conceded ness! The bead lay toward the window.| 1 sieves at the open window. |[O TOP COAT in Our Best Style, © = Value $30, and | Meneat tg the, When he Knocked eson wate | | and which we make af no other time than our two saier for less than $15.00. = at quickly toward the doo. and shouted | | very pattern is new and shown in the full piece. All the fashion m n was burried to New York | Get mt! | jal le Fall stripes in Cassimere and Untinished Worsted. Also an ex. NBM Hoe Rot s wourds were! Uf bad gone down the hall only 9} jtensive assortment of black goods in Vicuna, Diagonal (that will not \ ank sara i dw eos pea few steps when the shots rang oat. | | gloss), Thibet, and heavy weights in Melton, Kersey, English Worsted 1 together sits die heme in a hon Before Stridiron lapsed into un jand Wi nipcord, None of the exclusive Fall Openings’ to come will y moot: li} ue doctors hosed that be hed pre.{conectonsaees he asked that his otler 3; no buyer of a $40.00 suit will be better dressed than r the dome 894| coven conseioaniens tong Gdeees pemmndg ye hte ower who seice this opportunity, ) im 5 On for = , “ue € actdunt of the » ~ octoce,| 2 more he shooting" gesstor O’Mailey was reccked just Ws Time of Sale Positively Limited. By ; ond vou was pronounced dead by the| #! he was iy bai hotel. He | together a0") \mbulance surgeon, He had sent the| lh * ced i ey sieling! | oO nN boul . en ; d srougd hie right temple and | 8*¥ hs ” | on aight through his brain wnt i ENTIRE ro iN a peletier de STRIDIRON A WIDOWER, . Cor Nassau ana Ann Sts., N, Y. » Drive fron Foes A STRANGE LETTER, — | —_xewviit» The trenton Wort) Look for Balleing Covered wah » o'elo him 1 wante \4.| CHICAGO, Aug H. H. Strid Red Rewotwns Umbrellas. a Pa took ebarge of the body | iron leaves two daughters, aged four » We) tis the Coroner, In Ms pocket Was) toon and sixteen years, now living 1 and I got! fe note that showed his inten-| wiih nis sister, Anna C. Stridiron, «t ‘ handed him the| tion of conmmttting euicide It read jus Seeley avenue. Striairon forme: ty Every American he said “Sunday, Aug. 26 lived at 902 Jackson Boulevard, until tas : “ » your room ap] the. Netter. the: Gap. tho: bottenl ® . citizen with the wel- nid: “J thave a room of the deed, The eta gg, |S : shan’ He md: “eum acaietends wih. te wen He fee] © (Hee aI fare of his country wi town eo whe have been kind wil) SePrtrt marraer PoTerenall . r b aanait ect wes, aP CRre irene wanted at Warlua | at heart should in- SHOT IN THE BACK. ee fe hi If We then got Into my room. He) ‘The note was neither signed nor | at as orm imse upou |threw himee!t on the bet and T stood | atdreased me ae & ee I the political situa- 1 front of the glass putting on my; The suicide and bis victim were 1220 beat, Maton Inland ferry, connecting | ar Toe shot] Both were guests of the hotel, which collar, While | was standing there he shot me from behind. strack me in the hack of the head. te. 00. of Re Senpenebie Spier tad Waa another shot at me essed in the height of fashion. wit Vrain for Mogwenet. tion. World Almanac, 256 ALL DEALERS,