The evening world. Newspaper, May 31, 1901, Page 7

WOMAN'S BODY * werp. HAD PETRIFIED, Thirty Years in a Grave Hasn't Changed Its Appearance. The hody of Mrs. Josephine Hen- shaw, reburled to-day In Woodlawn Cemetery, had changed to solld stone @uring the thirty years that It lay in a grave in the old churchyard of the Pres- byterian Church on Samuel street, West Farms, ¢ When Mrs. Henshaw died she weighed 18) pounds. The petrifled body buried to-day in Woollawn weighed fully 500 pounds and several men were required to handle It. The witening of a sireet recently cut Into the cemetery in West Farms and made nec the removal of sev- eral bodies, Undertaker Willlam But- ler, of One Hundred and Sevent, enth street and Boston avenue, engaged to tra. Henshaw to Woodlawn hi rotted away and ised to find Chat the body hanged but little in appear- ance. The features looked 7 ‘were molded in clay, H men wore required to lft tt to the sur- Ag the heavy body was beng pleced hi on a plank it slipped, and the head broke off much as n ‘pleco of fraglle statuary might be broken by careless handling. The entire body seemed to be as brittle as limestone. WHITE BABY IN AFRICAN WILDS, The Natives Travelled Miles to See Child of Brooklyn Woman. . Mrs. De Witt C. Snyder, who was formerly Miss Gertrude Wood, of No. 8% Btuyvesant avenue, Brooklyn, {ts at her old home, where sho will try to re- cover from the effects of a fever con- tracted while doing missionary work 1,0 miles up the Congo River in the heart of Africa. Mrs. Snyder was formerly an active worker in the Classon Ayenue Pres- byterian Church, Brooklyn. She was married to Dr. Bnyder about two years ago. The couple sailed for Africa in October, 18. Mrs. Snyder was then fn the bloom ahd beauty of her youth. She is now a wreck of her former self, adirs. Snyder travelled further up the Congo and Kassal rivers than any other rnlte neman had ever gone A was born to her in a yillage in the Jimmie, ‘The ttle one ateracted much attention, and the natives ex- prested unbounded wonder and admira- fon, and dan around the misson- aries’ hut inc fon of the birth of the white baby: Then Mrs. Synder’s health failed and she started for home with her baby, Jeaving her husband behind. ‘The baby dled on loard the ship when near Ant- MAROONED MEN TO BE RESCUED. Two Left on Navassa Island Will Be Brought Back Home. John Hit, John A. Bell, William A. Pumphrey ant Jnmes A. Woodward, all of Baltimore, the four men who have been practically abandoned on Navassa Island tn the Wedt Indies since Decem. of the 1 any m the United tates after they had gone there to work. ‘The partners have at last agreed to pay for their return, and the steamer Alps, which left on May 18 for Cape moon her return, June 12, 9 the tsland in Phosphate pany went ite rights ML. Jefferson of Baltimore. n Mr, Jefferson esulted in tne wn reROUrces, 1 no food TI Haytlen, will brini Bhe te aie in Ni The men firet the employ of the ti; At one time they: i what they could trap or shoot. recelvéd supplies from a Bri ship and from the Unite ernment at differe: recelyed no outald ASLEEP FOR TWO WEEKS. Two Cold Shower Bath to D MONTREAL, Can., May two cold shower baths a day Miss Du- quette, twenty-four years old, of La- celle., Quebec, continues to sleep pence- fully as sne has done for two weeks. Bhe Is the daughter of a rich farmer and has been subject to hysteria, On recelving her first cold bath nearly two weeks opened her cyen and sald‘ 8 very cold," walked to a chair went asleep and’ has slept on since. “Ho! For the Mountains!’ a Day Fail Ho! also for the news of Mountain Resorts, which will appear in the OUTING SUPPLEMENT, the Sun- ‘day World's Twentieth Century Bummer Resort Edition. Frofusely iluatrated, First Issue Next Sunday, June 2, Ghe etande throughout the country. 1 5S. wEeTTS World... any price! $30,000 Will Be Cut Off the Price of Our Clothing Stook With One Sweep of the Pon. And the entire $30,000 will be saved to those of our customers who accept this invitation to take advantage of the Year's Greatest Clothing Opportunity. For 3 years past our greatest clothing sales were in June. Year after year, for some reason or other, manu- facturers could not dispose of all the goods they made up for Spring trade, and by selling their stocks to us at great reductions enabled us to arrange these great clothing sales that were the talk of the country. But Chis Year We Muse Sell Our Own Clothing, And the losses that last year fell upon other shoulders descend now, upon our own. We have had We to now not over 6 warm, sunny days—rain, rain, nothing but rain —and you can imagine what such weather conditions did to our clothing business. Mountains of unsold clothing—and what will we do with them? Ca them over to another season? Not much! We must se! them, and we must sell them now. After we’re through with our own goods, we’ll attend to overstocked manu- facturers, but the clothing on hand must sell first. We rely upon the power of price to do the work, and we There will be no small, unimportant reductions. GI will take no chances. Every price will be cut deeply down to cost, and below cost, and in many cases to half price. Ohe Great Sate Starts Go-Worrow,; the Values Will Border on the Phenomena, It’s the opportunity of the year—the greatest chance you can hope for this season—and, what is best, from our own splendid stock, and there’s not a finer collection in the country. every single garment emanates You won't be able We begin with the following values—Read about them—Come and see them. to resist—that we are sure of! Oo | . $6.50 Wen’s Summer Suits tor $3.50. \Wen's $2.00 Grousers tor $1.00. Stylish stripe flannel and stripe cheviot effects—-Coats and trousers made| 850 paira to be sold at this price. Don’t wait if you want a pair or two. They are of neat stripe worsteds in proper designs and colorings for Spring especially for warm weather wear, with trousers turned up at bottom, fitted with belt loops and in every way made as good sults ought to be. ent Sinimer: well made and well fitting trousers, good enough for any- body to wear. $10.00 Men's Suits tor $5.50, | , Think of all fine worsted and strictly all-wool cassimere suits in latest) Men s SS. 00 Crousers for 57. &5. mixtures, as well as plain effects in black smooth surface Thibets, selling} In this lot there are 785 pairs to choose from, all of them very fine wor. for $5.50 and perfectly made, well lined and carefully tailored suits at that. steds or cassimeres, in thoroughly up-to-date patterns, carefully and kilfully made, in fact, as good as the best you ever bought for $3.00. *g $72 and $/4 Suits for $7.50. apis Tenia GEER CELI CL choose bei ee nigh marvellous assort- Men s SS and 56 Dress Grouser: ‘3 for Ss J ment of the season’s choicest through and through worsteds, French| If you can appreciate high art in tailoring look at these 600 pairs of the striped flannels, homespune, Scotch tweeds, etc., made up in the newest choicest pantaloons that ¢ver graced the counters of any store! Choicest cut, in strict conformity with fashion’s latest dictates. imported fabrics; exclusive, confined etyles; most expensive and perfect Men "3 S75. OOand S78. 00 Suits for S59. 50. trimmings; all for three dollars! Have you ever bought the like for $3.00 anywhere ? The pick and choice of our stock, the’ cream of the best that America's ’ 5 foremost wholesale tailors produced for Spriag and Summer of 1901, go} Wen s Bike and Solt Crousers, $7.75. into this lot. Choicest foreign and domestic cloths in dozens of the swell- 400 pairs of these to fall victims to a price reduction from $2.50 down to est patterns shown this year, some made with the fashionable broad) $1.15——lese than half price! They are made with extension bottom, of shoulders, others cut in the conservative styles, and every suit a master-| newest checks and plaids of a very high grade-—and just consider 1I5 piece of tailoring. the price, ° Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing. Boys’ $2, 50 Suits tor $1.25. Boys’ $4. 00Suits tor $2. 50. Young Men’s Sucts tor $5.00 How oftencan you equal this? 50 styles of These are of fine blue serge, fast indigo blue| The materials are fine all-wool cassimeres, splendid woollen two-garment suits, in choicest | color, warranted not to fade. The cut, the de- | tweeds, cheviote and stripe flannel effects, sult- patterns, ages 7 to 15 years, and made to wear sign, the trimmings, the workmanship--- able for all ages 14to 19 years, with long trous- well—made as our clothing always is! | as good as the original price of $4.00 warrants. ers, of courée; to see them is to want them! Boys’ $5 Suits ror $3.00. | Boys’ 50c. Knee Panis, 25e. These are in the popular 2-garment styles for boys from 8 to 16 yearsold,| A special quality of Woollen Knee Pants, made of good, strong and re- made of Cheviots, Cassimeres, Tweeds and Worsteds, stylish man-fashion; Hable materials that will wear well, and made up as strongly jin every Vest Suits, that at all other stores would command not less than $5.00. way as we know how; and there’s no better way. rea Ouse Op teal Dep 2 For Saturday, June ist, a Special Sale of is conducted by graduate opticians of long experience. No charge for examining and testing of eyes. The prescriptions of physicians e and eealiets carefully attended to. 5 ee Broken lenses replaced with entire =e satisfaction and at small cost, and prices on everything far lower than those of exclusive opticians. Just note a few of them. Solid Gold Spectacles, in straight and riding bow temples, fitted with the finest quality of peti- scopic lenses; sold elsewhere at $3.50 a / 95 pair; our price for to-morrow only Solid Gold Eyeglasses, in offset and adjustable frames, fitted with the finest quality of peri- scopic lenses, elsewhere sold for $3.50; I 9 5 on sale to-morrow at UJ Our Famous ‘‘Signet’’ Eyeglasses, made in one style only, a rimless eyeglas: with extra large lenses and 14-karat gold spring, mounted with Blank's patent triple strap, which prevents the lenses from getting loose @r shaky, elsewhere sold at $2. ; here to-morrow jae $2.50 apiece; vA 50 Men’s and Boys’ Imported and Domestic Underwear. Summer and the warm weather are likely to come in with a rush. Don’t delay the purchase of your warm weather underwear—have it ready. Here’s a chance to get it cheap: Men's Genuine French Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, quality and make of the best, silk trimmed or plain, with short or long sleeves, sizes 30 to 54; regularly worth $1.00, to-morrow at 10 Cases of Domestic Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, with long or short sleeves, all sizes; regularly worth 50c. apiece, here to-morrow at Men’s and Boys’ Jean Drawers, with knit or taped buttons, all sizes; regularly worth 50c. aplece, here to-morrow at 25 (Main Floor, Centre, 16th St. Bide.) Leather Club Bags. If you need a good, serviceable, stylish bag here’s a chance to get it:at a saving in price. Dark Olive Color Leather Bags, in imitation of Hornback Alligator, deep Oxford shape, muslin lined, brase plated Jock and catches; sizes and prices follows: 14-inch, 1.15 50 35 (Main Floor, Front). Razors and Scessors at Half Price. Barbers and those who shave }: themselves should take advantage of this half price sale of razors and scissors; itisn’t often that they are to be had so cheaply. Wade & Butcher's finest quality of Razors, medium hollow ground, fully guaranteed; regularly worth $1.50; on sale to-morrow 18-Inch, 1.35 English Club Bags, of genuine alligator, full cut one-piece ry qeusects, leather ewined, inside My, po 16-inch, 1,25 J handle, 801i d for 75 brave ples ane Geo. Wostenholm & Son’s ‘True Pipe’ a are a fri Le Razor, made in Sheffield, England, hollow 4 ‘ame; } eround; worth $1.50; on sale to-morrow for 75 ind prices as followa: June issue new on cele at all book and news —the best of its kind printed anywhere at UWisses’ Gadlored Suits, also WMisses’ and Sirts’ White ana Fancy Organdy Dresses, It are interested in books and authors Rook- and all that’s going on in the world of thought, you should read this magazine Ss 00 Continuation of The Trade Sale of Men’s and Women’s Summer Shoes and Oxfords at about Half Price. Patent leather shoes are fashion’s favorites this season. That’s why we were able to buy about 30,000 pairs of fine F Tan and Light-Weight Shoes Za and Oxfords from overstocked 3 — : manufacturers and dealers at about half their actual value. They are all new and perfect in every way, and are the very kind of shoes that are sure to me notwithstanding the craze for with the approval of good dressers, Now’s your chance to save money—read MEN'S SHOES. Men's tan and black Kid Lace Shoes, at vA 45 tan Calf Lace Shoes and tan calf double sole Oxford Ties; also covert cloth Lace Shoes; all sizes; all of them $2.50 shoes. Ht Z 95 Men's tan and black Kid Lace Shoes, tan and black Calf Lace Shoes, tan and black Oxford Ties, all Goodyear welts; also some fine sample shoes, worth up to $3.50 and $4.00 a pair. Men's Shoes, the best that ever saw a! He 2 os bargain table, including patent leathers | in lace and button styles, patent kid, tan kid and Rus-/| sia Calf Shoes, most of them absolutely and unquestion- | ably $5.00 values, BOYS' AND GIRLS' SHOES. Boys’ and Youths’ Satin Calf London Toe Alt ISe vate Shoer, alt sizes up to 5's; also covert cloth Lace Shoes with good leather soles, sizes up to 2. Misses’ and Children’s Tan and Black Kid Spring-heel Shoes—sizes 314 to 2. Misses’ and Children’s gray and brown Canvas Shoes, with good} Leather Soles. All of them unquestioned $1.50 and $2.00 values. | Bicycles and Bicycle Soods. If you need a thoroughly reliable, high grade, up-to-date bicycle, try the Fowler 1901 Truss Frame Bicycle at 15.75 This well-known wheel was made to retail at $40.00. We bought the last of them from their maker, who was re- tiring from the bi- cycle business, and we bought the big- 4 = gest bicycle bargain of the season at that. Everybody who has bought one of these wheels from us is highly pleased with it. They are selling rapidly. Don’t delay if you want one. THE MORROW COASTER AND BRAKE, sold everywhere at $5.00. Our special price for to-morrow, only 3. SS Every bicyclist knows this famous and ingenious at- tachment. It can be applied to any make of wheel, and assures comfort and pleasure to the rider. It enables you to ride 50 miles while pedalling but 35. Morrow Hubs fitted to your wheel, furnished with new spokes, for 4.75 Send us your address and we will call for your wheel without extra charge. Hartford Tires, each, 2.50 Guaranteed Single Tube Tires, each, 1.25 1901 20th Century Oil Bicycle Lamps, each, 1.35 Baldwing, 0. K. or M. & W. Rainbow Gas Bicycle Lamps, each, 45 (Second Floor, Rear.) for Travelling, Vacation and Confirmation Wear, at Very Mcderate Prices. 50 MISSES' ETON SUITS, reduced ~ 100 MISSES’ ETON SUITS, reduced to 65 MISSES' ETON silk lined, to DRESSES, with Valenciennes lace trimming, at GANDY DRESSES, bon and lace trim- mings, at GIRLS’ WHITE ORGANDY DRESSES, GIRLS' FANCY ORGANDY DRESSES, guimpe style, with large collar of Valenciennes lace and ribbon, at J. IO Martella, Clear Havana, Cuban made, Puritanos (Second Floor, Front.) In the Dress Shirt Section for Saturday, June Ist, — we make this very special offering: WOMEN’S UNLINED TAFFETA SKIRTS, 14-inch, 16-inch, Scissors and Shears, of a good quality of 7 4 eae steel, 5 to 10 inches; worth SOc. a with rows of hemstitched band trimming, a very dressy garment, 70. GO 3.65 3.95 morrow, only 25 {very special at % ‘(We in Wiese.) {Cale Mann Beast > (Recoad Floor, Frost.) t scladpgiocnben 2 aa S, 75 t worth fully $1. W735 SUITS, duced a 14,75 MISSES’ WHITE ORGANDY } circular cape, ribbon and braid trimming, at _ elaborately tucked and trimmed 9, ZS } Children's Shirred Mull Hats, with trim- | MISSES' FIGURED OR- in exquisite designs, with rib- 7,90 6.90 patent leathe the offerings : : WOMEN’S SHOES. cA ISe Your choice of Women’s Kid Button: Lace Shoes, with patent leather ama’ tips; also Box Calf Lace Shoes, Women’s Oxford. |tan and black. Some of all kid and some! witht ¢l tops; Tan Juliettes and White Canvas Oxfords, all in all lots; regularly worth $1.50 and $2.00. Your choice of Women’s Kid Bi He T.4S ond toce Shoes, with kid and leather tips, all sizes; and also Women’s Tan and) Bla Oxford Ties, several styles; all sizes; including also he dreds of pairs of the well-known ‘‘Anita’’ shoes’ tiem regularly cost from $2.50 to $3.90 a " Your choice of Women’s Tan Kid # Ht 4 95 sewed Welt Lace Shoes, Russian’ Mannish Lece Shoes, Black Kid Button and Lace Black and Tan Oxfords, with turn and welt soles; \all Russia Calf Heavy Sole Oxfords and Patent Leather@l both high and low cut shoes; all of them $3.50 to OWN values. a And many other equally attractive (Main Floor, Centre, 19th St. PS - Hans for Commencement Exercises, x dings, &c. An interesting collecti¢ at an interesting price. In this big and choice. sortment will be White Gauze Fans, a Silk Fans, White® Spangled and Lace. perfectly plain and! ‘ effects without 6 with plain and carved handles, an almost endless) ga variety to select from; a choice for : (Main Floor, Centre.) Women’s White Sloves : for: June Weddings, Commen Exercises, &c. In anticipation of the great dem for white gloves tor wear at these so functions, we have secured a m cent collection of White Glace Glove White Suede Gloves, White Silk Glow White Lace Mitts and White Silk Mi on all of which you will find our pr extremely reasonable. Here are samp offerings: Z Women’s 2-Clasp White Glace Gloves, with silk embroidered backs, perfect fitting, all sises,, per pair, Women's 2-Clasp White Suede Gloves, pe: pair, Women's 20-Button Length White Silk Gloves, rer pair, 8 (Main Floor, 18th @&)% Sheet ’ & Childre Wear. Even if you had the time, patience, the skill and the desire! make up the children’s wardrobe yo self, it really wouldn’t pay youto do when you can buy well-fitting, stylislm garments of a good quality at suck little prices as these: am Children’s Nainsook Dresses, yoke sleeves and 4 skirt trimmed with embroidery and tucks, at Children's Long-Waisted Dresses, waist of eolid ” tucks or hemstitching, embroidery finish, very fine and regularly scld at $1.95 and $2.50; a choice to-morrow for a Infants’ Long White Bedford Cord Coats, f cape trimmed with ribbon and braid, wot $2.25; on sale to-morrow at Children's First Short Coats, of Bedford cord, nil 1 Children’s Leghorn Hats, trimmed with ) Worth crepe and flowers ; } §2.75to $3 Children’s Mull Hats, with lace crowns; } tomorrow mings of lace and mull; 1 A} ‘Children’s Washable Hats, in pink or blue, with ieee brim and lace trimming; reduced to. {Secund Flocr, 19th St. Side.) oer ia ele nie REO Special Price Reductions in % High- Grade Cigars for Saturday, June ist, only. La Belle Bonita, Key West, clear Havana, Purl- tanos Finos, box of 50, Finos, box of 50, Great Metropolis, Sumatra wrapper, fine long: Havana filler, Puritanos, box of 50, Havana Specials, Havana wrapper and filler, 10c. value, Conchas Selectos, box of 50, Flor de Alboni, Sumatra wrapper, long mixed! Havana filler, Specials, box of 50, ste Prize American, Sumatra wrapper, fine Jong; combination filler, Puritanos, box of 50, ug Modesta, Havana seed wrapper, long filler, Conchas, box of 50,