The evening world. Newspaper, May 21, 1901, Page 5

o-2 eeiang 3 5 will an © Then “Lawyer. Han to Romantic Life Story of MinnieWalkupKetch- am Reaches Climax in Lawyer's Fight for Part of Her $500,000 Legacy. With a detective on guard at the door of her temporary home, at No v Eighty-eight strest, Mrs. Minnie W: wp Ketcham, a figure in two domest! tragedies, walts for a Chicago lawye who In seeking to secure a comfortable Biice of hor large fortune. When comes the oMcer of the law wi be far away. Mra, Ketcham {a living in the family of Delancey HH. Louderbaca, the righ hand man of Charles T. the atreet raliway mag: Rum that she is to marry a Fifth avenue mt! Monatre, but this she denies. ‘There ts pending tn the Supreme Court a sult brought against Mra, Ketcham by Dethieff C. Hansen, of Ohicago, who acted as her attorney three years ago, when she had to fight la the courts to austain a will drawn by John B. Ketcn- am, leaving her ail of his property, va.- ued at close to $5),000 ered, Is one expected was against whom + guard Tried as Girl for Murder. of this suit stretches romance ow in the life of this beauttfu and gifted woman When only reves teen years old she stood trina and was acquitted, on a charge of having mur- dered her aged husband, James Reeves Walkup, who had been Mayor of Em- borla, Kas. e she met James B. Ketcham i r dis death the newspape of Une United Staten were compeiled to vote columss to developencnta up by the dead man's to the estate 3 ; gne won eventually and hi come here to see forgettfu | | | | ti gulned dine SLEUTH GUARDS BEAUTY HER FORTUNE. are SAVE DOO? eve OEISie OreKe1 NOT. UCAR'S DEATH CRD *ASTRESORT.” FACES SLATER. IE WALKUP KETCHAM. brightness. " ge ul fifteen she possessed ull of the alluring charms sh which the daughters of the langor- | oun South are gifted | ' Marrica Old » byened that at ! Walkup : m Emporia. Mardi Gras to :he boarding-houre o and there he sa fad passed tw ac Mra, Wall Rh he fe} He was precipitate but Minnie wi eof K time the Weount upon a friend, er, who had hastened to a clUzen of r there made the Eurone. Tt was a coincidence that in th mer of 1892 Mra. Walkup, of N leans, and wealthy James 8. of Toledo. decided to locate In ¢ Nir. Ketcham became. widely kno’ fa man about town, Mra, Walkup pur- chased a modest renidence at No, 3421 Indiana avenue and lived there with her mother under her maiden name. Ketcham llved w'th hie wife at the Lexington Hotel. He met Mra, Walkup ‘and became Infatuated with her. He wanted to marry her, but the wife was In the way. Ketcham had half a million dollars. He gett-ed $100,000 of it on Mre. Ketcham, a divorce wan arranged and the waa free to do as he willed. Tt was known in Chicago that Ketcham wan a victim of the drink habit and was fast becoming an alcoholic slave, Early fn 187 he went to live at the Indiana avente home of Mra. Walkup. She nureed him through hia debauches, and in September, 1897, went with him to Milwaukee. Died in Honeymoon, Too, The records there show that he mar- t thal me, enough, Ketcham remained dof the beautiful New Or- t the same length of time He Med a relatives of her ound that by ths som. Toledo came his brothers, with mands upon. her, She refused to hem. Se pares ameation the pol upon thelr he ting upon t nef: -queationed Mrs. ek erted Ketcham'a former let, Joe to Do! station, giving him the int” de Tr was shown by the nt them. Thes took the body from gred' the enre. Thi for Mer, and hustled him from police am had ‘drank’ him= ulopay that opay, pelt’ to den His y 4 hi eto, Wy sued x nd engaged a fF eh at members o¢ the Chic: eran fe less string of victims no one wondered. =| fusing to allow the commencement ex- | sewer gas and dust from the filthy streets are inhaled Wants Money to Build| Nine of Spades Sends a Home for Friend- Mulhearn Into less Men. Hysterics. A pack of playing cards in the hands of an inmate of the Passaic County Paterson, N. J., sent Thomas n, the wife murderer, into hys- st night, and his condition was County Physician McBride din to administer a nerve he prisoner, essed to shooting his who was known as the Gyps and who told fortunes with a ering clan, The queen had made a good sum of money on the stout, inelinel to] ce. he day on which she hatr and) brown ni The Charity Organization Soctety has | sent out warning against Milo T. Bo- ard, who is seeking to collect $2,500 to start “The Last Resort,” a home for friendless men. Mr. Bogar such tp nad to U tone to fulhearn has ¢ rs of the bur they claim that tes use as ref- jaines of Mehop Potter and other Protestant Episcopal clergymen without authorization. Mr. Hogard ts shot wife, turned up uh of Missouri and Texas re- inhattan will recognize tcom | ¢ cue In St. Louts, hat stat Ar real estate opei u popular tn rtled |. He begsed , at bie diamonds, i When he landed in jail ay bankrupt and a defauiter with an end- ompany’ plete wreck, He hfession and lis admits that of him, He wpent tw the city Jail tn St. Louls. Ag at he Went to Texas. There he had 1 questiona-|y le check transactions. A year aco he | 5, of want- je to New York, hearn returned a he had made CHURCH BARS HIGH SCHOOL. tory ut Somerville Nefuses neement In Edifice. OMBRVILLE, No J. 3 -The naistory of the econd rmed Church of this place, in re- hearn sald to an Evening World 1 porter: “That fellow Gordon had no business ercises of the high schoo! to be hekl tn the church. has stirred up a row, ‘The Second town and t there for se What S.S.S. Does for Children. Children are constantly exposed to all sorts of dis- eases, The air they breathe is filled with germs, 17% Ines for into the lungs and taken into the blood. At the crowded school rooms and other public places they f} come in contact almost daily with others recovering from or in the first stages of contagious diseases. You can't quarantine against the balance of the world, and the best you can do is to keep their blood in good condition, and thus prevent or at least mitigate the | disease, You have perhaps learned from observation jf or experience that healthy, robust children (and this means, of course, children whose blood is pure) are not nearly so liable to contract diseases peculiar to them, and when they do it is generally in a mild form. On the other hand, weak, emaciated and sickly ones scem to catch every disease that comes along. This is be- cause their blood is lacking in all the elements neces- sary to sustain and build up the body. Poisons of every description accumulate in the system, because the polluted*and sluggish blood is unable to perform } its proper functions, Such children need a blood purifier and tonic to give strength and vitality to their blood, and S. S. S. being a purely vegetable remedy, makes it the safe: and best for the delicate constitutions of children, S.S.S. ic not only a perfect blood medicine, but is pre- eminently the tonic for children; it increases their |p appetites and strengthens the digestion and assimila- tion of food. If your children have any hereditary or acquired taint in their blood, give them S. S. S. and write to our physicians for any information or advice wanted; this will cost you nothing, and will start |f the little weaklings on the road to recovery. on Blood and Skin free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. i i> cote CUNY eth ons merearintrantan RSIS Another Homeftitters’ Day. Another day of Bargains such as outside of this store never seems to happen. We mean to make Wednesday—Homefitters’ Day—a fixed insti- tution in this business, and in order to make the day ‘‘ famous for furniture ’’ we are quoting prices that are the talk and wonder of the trade. Go over the list, see if it contains anything you want, and if it does get it now. You’ll not equal a single one of all the prices quoted at a single store in all New York to-morrow. e Only 4 Days More of the Big Price-Reduction Sale of Co. rm ° Jine Surniture at One-Fourth Off Regular Prices. Every Spring we go carefully over our Furniture stock and mark for slaughter the lots or pieces of which we have too many or too few, as well as the rather expensive furniture that has not sold fast enough to suit us. These we tag with ared ticket read- ing ‘‘14 off.”’ Then we advertise them and in less than a week they are all gone. This sale commenced Monday morning and promises to eclipse any and all previous sales of the kind we have ever held. For Homefitters’ Day we have added hundreds of additional bar- gains in highly desirable furniture, only a small number of which are enumerated in these quotations : : $160.00 Parlor Suits, 1-4 off, 120.00 | $32.00 Brass Beds, 1-4 off, $60.00 Parlor Suits, 1-4 off, 45.00 | $80.00 Parlor Cabinets, 1-4 off, $48.00 Leather Couches, 1-4 off, 36.00! ee aoaee See ee $18.00 Velour Couches, 1-4 off, 13.50 acd id $44.00 Sideboards, 1-4 off, 33100 | Serr nrereceneren tate $32.00 Ciaina Closets, 1-4 off, 24.00 | 20; co et Top Deake toe $20.00 Extension Tables, 1-4 off, 15/00 |S12,00 Moris Chettey na ot, $52.00 Odd Dressers, 1-4 off, 39.00 $16.00 Ladies’ Writing Desks, 4 i , 1-4 off, $16.00 Chiffoniers, 1-4 off, 12100 | oazco Hall Stande,/1 of 24.00 60.00 16.87 13.50 4.50 15.00 9.00 12.00 16.50 (Third Floor.) Ot and Sas Stoves. Special Price Reductions for Homefitters’ Day: Our wicklegg blue flame Oil Stove is perfect in con- struction, very easy to operate, and is guaranteed to be non-explosive and odorless; the 2-burner size The Siegel-Cooper Model Cooking Stove, large size, has broiler compartments and three holes on top, Gas Cooker, with asbestos lining, separate cooking holes on top, large 16-inch oven, Wolf Cooking Range, with asbestos-lined ovens and broiler compartment; special to-morrow at 5.75 6.75 4.75 = eno 78 Lawn Mowers, Hose and| Upholstery Soods. } 1-4 off, Garden Implements. | To decorate the home in a way There’s health, pleasure and|that will leave it cool and comfort- profit in gardening when it is/ able, avoiding that hot, stuffy look properly done. Good tools, expe-jso undesirable in the warm sea- rience and a willingness to work!son, is not such an easy matter as are about all that’s necessary. it looks. We will be pleased to The tcols you can get here atmon-;show you how to do it and also ey-saving prices such as these: |how to save money on the cost. Look over some of our special of- |ferings for Homefitters’ Day, and |bear in mind that each item of- fered represents a dozen or more equally as good, but which we haven’t space to mention here. | $1.25 Ruffled Muslin Curtains for Your choice of pretty figures, stripes or dots. Curtains are all three yards long. 50c. Ruffled Bobbinet Curtaining for 36 This {s of fine Bobbinet, with beautiful, lace insertions 2.00 and edges. MY 6Sc. Ruffled Bobbinet Curtain goods, of a The 14-in. size to-morrow for 2.25| finer grade, at, per yd., The 16-in, size to-morrow for 2.40 | 36c. White Figured Madras for We also carry the famous Penn Mowers, and| offer them as follows: The 14-in. high wheel for The 16-in. high wheel for The 18-in. high wheel for 3-ply Garden Hose, regularly worth from $1.50 to $3.00 per 25-ft. lengths, to-morrow for 50-foot lengths to-morrow for Hose Reels, each, at Grass Hook at 15c. and Spades, Spading Forks and square or round pointed Shovels, Malleable Iron Rakes, 12 teeth, 14c.; 16teeth at Hoes, riveted steel, 6, 4 or 7 in, at Flower Set, 4 pieces; Hoe, Rake, Pick and Spade, at Lawn Roller, balanced handle, 150 lbs., at Canal or Garden Barrows, at Garden Trowels, all steel, at 4c., 6¢., &c., and 88 These Our Lawn Mowers are the ‘Universal,'’ made by the Phila. Lawn Mower Co., and are of stand- | ard merit—goods that have stood the test of time and are warranted by us. The 12-in. size to-morrow for 47 19 New and novel figures, double width. 35c. Cretonne Table Covers for 19 3o-in, square, fringed all round, washable. 40c. Fine Scotch Curtain Nets for 22 ‘A special lot of exceptionally novel weaves, 36, 42 and 48 inches wide. 85c. Snow Flake Lambrequins for 58 They look pretty, are cool an4 wash aplesdidly. Cream E colored stripes; also some of sateen in this 8.00! 9.00 10.00 1.05 2.10 50 25 prunes wit jot, $1.50 French Cretonne Pillows for These are well filled, and the coverings cretonnes and linen taffetas to be had; re 85c, to $2.50 per yard. $3.00 China Silk Lambrequins for 1.90 Pretty patterns, in washatle silks, with knotted tassel fringes. $4.00 Nottingham Lace Curtains for 89 re of the finest My worth from 70 2.15 The quantity is limited, and 18 | fin ia a tare chance. they'll te snapped up catly. 20! BAMBOO PORCH SCREENS. 35| ‘These are of the best uality, made of the \hard, shiny outside splints of the bamboo. 6.00! 1.50 12 They are the best looking screens, too, and by far the most durable. They will keep out the sun and let in the air, something that most screens won't do. These sizes and prices: i haxsit, OF 8x8 ft., 1.28 8x10 ft,, 1.60) Turf Edgers, steel, 8-inch, at 30 ft, 95 1oxa ft., 1.€0 roxio ft, 1.95 Wood Rakes, 24 teeth, at 30 fixate, 1.12 rast, 1.90 r2atote., 2.40 Basement.) Third Floor, Front, 1*th St. Side ¢ 7 red WI s, fe 13 y Safety Straps, made of go Sroceries. (Fouts Foe} Raber Td Whee mat of esque eh ay mes th t thing for ke Lamb: Hindquarters farcy Canada Spring Lamb, |Cocoa; ‘*Harel? concentrated Breakfast Cocoa, jumping out of the vel 38 q y pring | Id., 11) very nutr, an, 20 ol Rods, the adjustable kind, with nickellet Parasols of white sa! quality, Hned Mackerel: Selected Lorg Islani Mackerel, each, g | Beans: N.Y. State Pea or Marrow Beans, 5 Ibs., 23 at 12) with nearsilk, have three Nes, 1.75 Milk: ‘*Fern’ brand Condens:d Milk ot Superb | Rolled ata: Kita dried and sterilized. S Ibe.) 9} carnage Straps, large size, made of good quality Cream, can, : 6% May te Syrup “Hazel” brand fancy Vermont Sap ther, 10 rules, : a qt. can, yulasty Tomatoes: '‘Mnteo" or ‘Shiloh’ brands cold neste ae PAM eye sof white asilesia, with green lining of 15 packed rei ripe Jersey Tomatoes, can, 8 Pineak pleg Booth 5 “Gold Seal’’ brand fancy sliced nearsilk, special at 50 afeariieres Fancy sweet California Oranges, dor., 20 Ldaed) ovate eel ee Parasola of + 2 tutfle, lined . 1.00 ‘Moonteam' of Orange Blossom’ fancy arpberriess) 2 aris rand) Red i ands Blacks Bre; with gteen ned 85 Second Floor, Centra, gar Corn, can, :) gi seized Raspertleay.< 10, Rooms arene mines len rewrote inars Racdsiot; yas ‘ Tapioca: Fancy Pearl Tapioca, 5.Ibs., 19 ee Ps; Selected Cervel ‘ ; i The TS apeclal thin sales ET TRUMPS. 9 Spicea: Preah around Peppet, Mustard, Allpie, | THE BIG STORE UY 4 ACITY IN ITSELF £ Ginger, Ib., { Rice: Fancy Flint Head Rice, 4 Ibs, . (ez 7 : Madr fancy Queen Olives (25c. size), WS) . Prunes: Out apecial sale of Santa Clata Prunes mein iad RS 59} I ( 0) has mot with great success, tremendous numbers Sry a of erdets Letug teceived; we have plenty to supply Steagood Soap,.4 caker ep 10 ia. lo i all 4 demande ani quote for extra large, Ib., 8¢.; pseeiatant Feet Eas lad ay mn ms i\ Ory i medium large, Id., 6 | Fancy Evaporated Whole Pee!ed‘Apples, |b., 1 Weil “i \ Beets: Fancy Strawberry Beets, 3-1b, cas, Q| Cracker Dust, fresh ground and rolled, 4 Ibs., 192 SOT AVE. pchuati roman OBST : : 4 Bi 1A REV “ad Ui tae 3 colteat ba BU RO ONY A ste eee rene aR tg hao « De D aR elink ital A Special Sale of Ohree Hundred Casesof High Class Chateau Red Wines, the Berton Freres Bordeaux brand of strictly high grade wines of absolute merit, imported in glass. Quantities and varieties are as fol- lows : is 70 cases qts. 30 cases pts. 60 cases qts. 30 cases pts. Chateau Margaux, | Chateau Maryaux, Chateau La Ri Chateau La Rese. 50 cases qts. Chateau Leoville. pts. Chateau Leoville. qts. Chateau Branair. $ pts. Chateau Branair. These Wines were brought to this country by one of the largest and most reputable importing firms in the trade, with the in- tention of being disposcd of io high-class restaurants and hotels at $12.00, $15.00 and $18.0 per case, being Wines that are sold at the best hotels in the city at about $1.50 per pint bottle, and which never fail to give satisfaction. A remarkably favorable transaction permits us to offer them to you at the following prices: Chateau Leoville, 1887, one dozen qts., § ; two dozen pts., $6.25 Chateau La Rose, 1887, one dozen qts., $6. two dozen pts., $7.25 Chateau Margaux, 1887, one dozen qts., $7.25; two dozen pts., $7.75 Chateau Branair, 1887, one dozen qts., $8.50; two dozen pts., $9.00 Samples of the wines opened will be ready for your inspection in the department, and for your further protection we grant you the privilege of taking the wines home, so you may test. them thoroughly, as well as secure the judgment of your family and friends. If at any time) within ter days you are not fully satisfied in every respect we will be pleased to relieve you of” the wines and refund you the purchase price. As the number of cases to be sold is not large we cannot guarantee to fill all mail orders, but will do so in the order in which they reach us until stocks are exhausted. We also make the following special quotations for other wines, so that you may fill your requirements for the wine cellar should you call upon us for a share of the imported wines ¢ Laubenbetmer & Niersteluer, Imported Rhine Wine, from Burckhardt & Sochze, Deideshetm-a- R., case 12 qts., Rudesheimer_ & Hochheimet, imported Rhine Wine, from Burckhardt & Soetine, Deidesheim-a- R., case 12 qts., Seuterne, imported in glass, {rom Dubos Freres, Bordeaux, France, case 1? qts., Haut Sat *, imported in glase, from Dubos Fretes, tix, France, case 12 qts., Mount Vernon Rye, 2.50 Finch's Golden Wedding Rye, ga’., 3.00. 6.00 Oia cabinet Rye, gil, 4.00 Wins Department—Feurth F'oor, Cont.) 5.25 e08 7.60 Our Great Reduction Sale of Carpets and Thugs now being held in connection with our Reduction Sale of Furniture will enable homefitters to buy the best and choicest of floor cover- ings at prices that even here will be entirely out of the question when this sale is over. We need space for new goods, arriving and.~ to arrive, and to get it we have cut prices to the quick. ; Tapestry Brussels Carpets, in the newest styles and colorings, the quality that usually sells for 75c. a yard, in this sale at 50. Ingrain Carpets, in handsome Brussels designs and colorings, perfectly reversible, usual z selling price, per yard, 35c., in this sale at 25. 3 Royal Wilton Rugs, made from the best worsteds, in extra high pile, rich Oriental effects, ») 9 sizes and prices as follows: 2.65/8 ft. 3 in. by 10 ft. 6 in, reduced 27x54 inches, reduced from $4.50 to frora $30 to 22.50 36x63 inches, reduced from $6.50to 4.25 | 9x12 {t., reduced from $35 to 24.50 Oilcloths—Good, seasoned goods, at a saving cf one-quarter: * Third Floor, Front, 19th St. Gide.) » The 50c. per yard grade for 37% ee 35c. per yard grade for The 40c. per yard grade for 30 ies Window Screens and {A Half-Price Stock Reduction © Sale of Fine Walt Papers. We will continue to-morrow (Home@tters’ © Day) our big Half-Price Sale of fine Wall Pa- ~ pers, which was inaugurated Mondsy fer the purpose of reducing our surplus stock, it being Screen Doors. These will admit plenty of light and air and shut out flies, mosquitces and other annoying insect invaders. And the prices we ask for them are very low indeed. Screen Doors of three-quarter- etd fas inch stock, made too large by nearly a million rolls. ; a aan } your grade and style of paper in our store is included choice to-morrow in this offering ; the chance of the season te get of any size at 69} desirable Wall Papers very cheap. Screen Doors of . $1.50 Imported and Pressed Wall ’. I natural wood, Papers, reduced to, per roll, 75 3 strongly mortised, EEE all the desirable 90 75c. Wall Papers, reduced to, per roll, 3934 \ REVEL a Os oie 40c. Wall Papers, reduced to, per roll, 20= y) a Y Oy creen oors, al —s \pnatu ra 1 finisa 20c. Wall Papers, reduced to, per roll, 10 RON eS os Hd ra 10c. Wall Papers, reduced to, per roll, 5S ie) si ~ Beneat 1.05} 4c., Sc. and 6c. Wall Papers, reduced to, per roll, Wall Papers with borders sold in come bination only. 25 Borders proportionately low priced. (Third Floor, reat.) Window Screens, = — J with hardwood frames, strongly built and fitted with best quality of screen cloth ; choice of 4 sizes to-morrow for (Basement, Reclining Go-Carts and Baby Carriages. If a daily outing is good for you, it’s good for baby, too. Should you need a good, reliable, stylish go-cart or baby carriage, buy it at. Siegel-Cooper’s and you will save money. Read these special prices for Homefitters’ Day: TWENTY DIFFERENT STYLES OF BABY CARRIAGES AND GO-CARTS IN BOTH THE®* RECLINING AND STATIONARY STYLES; have full reed bodies, shellac finish, strong gear with rub- ber-tired wheels; green enamelled, upholstered in velour, denim and Bedford cord; fitted with fine sateen parasols with puffed 7. 00 ; ruffles mounted on strong, adjustable rods. Your choice at 4@ 29 DIFFERENT STYLES OF RECLINING AND STATIONARY GO- CARTS AND BABY CARRIAGES, upholstered with corduroy, velour and Bedford cord; some have green enamel gear, rubber-tired wheels, full sized reed bodies and pretty parasols, 70. 00 mounted on strong, adjustable rods; your choice at e 27 OF THE HANDSOMEST DESIGNS OF RECLINING AND STA-.., TIGNARY GO-CARTS AND BABY CARRIAGES, with full size reed bodies, upholstered in all the newest effects of Simile Lambelle, cor- duroy, velour and plush; strong steel axles and springs; some fin- shed with green enamel, rubber-tired wheels; all have dainty pare, sols of satin and silk, and some have Point d'Esprit net /4, 00 lace covers; your choice at 'e Write or call for our catalogue. , Baby Carriage and S§o-Cart Hixings. If your Go-Cart or Carriage needs a few fixings to make it complete take advantage of these low prices: