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THE WORLD: THU ’ “HANDSOME NED” STOKES | Former Proprietor of the Hoffman House and Slayer of Col. | Jim Fisk. elf Josie Mansfield, and made no ability ominent man in time was James wn everywhe! “Ned” Stokes is dying. At an age) he when he should be in his prime he| Pretense tot is in the condition of a man of elghty. Literally he is dying of old age, tor in his life there has been crowded ‘ outs ot eat i ae ore, and by his auda fo much of sorrow and tragedy and Dusiness acumen had accumulated strife that the years he has lived do not begin to measure his experience.| He was a partner of Jay Gould ly thi years: Was the trolling spirit of the Fore nearlys thirtys: vents Ratiway, and) the owner of a tt Stokes has Iived in the shadow of @] Sound steamers He 4 crime. Walle popular with the masses be- cf) ” Bis cause of his outward good nature and The face of “Jim" Fisk has his love of display, he had many bit- ere been before him. ter enemlex Since his release from prison in} He, with Jay uid and a few others, 1877 he has never slept in a dark | Precipitated panic that resulted in 1 t Kk Friday He was a man ut- roum, nor has he ever been alone a t scruple. His saving grace night. ime cKxotiam that made him He has had enemies on every hand None knew better than he and most of his time has been spent in fighting. The life that is slipping away from % uncouth; A Seti ate , 7 4 ob- | wat the sort of a woman to appeal to h cool head anil ster him is a burden that he will prop-| ee ae es nature. made his ‘way into th | ably be glad to tay down. had a wife Im Boston, but that{® steadily that Somewhere in Europe the woman I not deter him from presenting, attracting the who made “Ned” Stokes a murderer Mansfeld a tine cottage at No.}imen tn fnance. ' tentment and comfort. West Twenty-third street, where he Among those who Is living in conten t va}, | Maule his home. him and like him was * 4 The name of Josio Mansfield !s sel- | isk and Jay Gould, tn partnership,| Fisk infited Stokes ty the } dom heard nowadays, but time was |owned the Grand Opera-House, at Twen-| West Twent i when it was so linked with that of third street and Elghth avenue. the Im : fan SOSTORINE the man who now Hes dying that one So potent was the personality of Fisk s 3 6 wa ISDN FIELD 2 that the Grand Opera-Houre barroom|«ix years old and in the 5 was not mentioned without the] was ty the fnancial world what the cor- Deauty. He was younger and a et other. he Waldorf-Astoria are to-|ingly handsome figure. His ha 1 align influence of this wo- g jet black save for a single » re ee This place and the house of Josle} white that was most a in the | + man on the lives of men will never! \ansneli were the acenes of gather- Nn Cais « be revealed in full, but there Is little] ings of the ‘inanelal glanta of the time. {ct Of Nomen ; hidden in the history of her connec-| Hom Tweed, then in the height of hIs! when they ‘em res tion with the crime that cost “Jim"| career, was a conatant visitor at both as Z places. 2 Fisk his Ife. In the rooms above the Grand Opera- House the Black @riday deala were eo ‘4 I C HARTER stockton, | PFepared, and in the house of Joste JThere appeared in een nc sewn.| Mansfeld “Jim" Fisk and his compan- , Cal, one Warren. He oe fons Ilxtened to the newa of the ruin easter, shrewd and uns and |/rar neatercuhes ure in the town. He a born adventuress She was veauthul, SEEEEHRER ERE she was a “good fellow," a felninieieieleeieteteleleteleieintnieieteltiet ters and telegrams that Fink had wrlt- ten, In these letters and telegrams were ie secrets of flnancial deals that had made financial history When he showed that he intended to exert hit power to the utmost in the | 4] crushing of Stokes, Josle Mansfeld sent him word that It was her Intention to of expression, and ei! dont Josie Mansfleld she read in that he did not know hims: Stokes became @ fixture of Josie Mansfield. and the friend o! Fisk, blinded by his own egotism, was 4 jong time learning the truth, When he did learn tt he took characteristte Were more brutal quest was innuendo in eve DAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1901, S NEAR THE GRAV ——_-—— +++ ‘Though a Comparatively Young Man, Doctor Says He’s Dy- ing of Old Age. eiig cured at Bloom 1a good woman and in| s eat citizen | CHAPLE KIV. + went refiiest be at hix side con- thful Dennist- ts ved" Stokes t fortune Is rminate his siys to Dennist «| Cure Has at Last Bezn Found, | a t.| The Unites States Health Reports Have at Last Indcorsed The here ate Doctors Have Produced the Evie aless Dennist was} dence. | What better evidence can any phy= sician give than to send you to hun- dreds of patients whom he has cured? was so winning tha Six hundred testimonials of pa= yin living down the mem-| tients whom they have cured are on rime a | fle at the offices of the original’ Kook ‘ Meenaertarr en jfung Cure. Not in some "far-off locality where no one resides, but im your own city, at your own door, you in i can call on them. Teeeit t a « You should call on their neighbors inethe . and ask them if they were actually nH i cured. We want you to know ihe We tee t it and was| truth, and what better evidence can Ile sued Sto! for $1a" a physician give than send you to see ral toy harm in cae Camos while Mz | actual cures—not one, but thousands, waiting tclal for {he Mutuce we| Thelr neighbors have no Interest in us, They will tell you the trath, ach of the, ‘] ‘These diseases steal upon thelr vice ho ara besrieesaric tims like a thief in the night, and { , nualy suing some-| While no physicians, except tke Drs, Cee y has been suing him. | Koch. have ever cured Consumption or Asthma, to-day the cure Is estab= Mshed, and it stands alone as the only successful treatment when given by” the physiclans of the original’ Koeh — battle between him and his lung Cure of the German-A: can By D. Stokes No name Company, f abure has been overiovned| We prefer not to hide our light 9 1 Joun W ale, wht wut There H Particularly bitter has heen the legal deft the soon became a flgur ey ec ene * had one daughter, Helen Josephine, at CHAPTER II. action. altciilaicercreoonies the press for under a. bushel; for -wes antes that time twelve years old. In Philadelphia, just after the war,| He threw Josle Mansfeld overboard Bee et ; mieliita Eiaiwas '. Oken Was nen- world to know of our cured patients; . with bold | there appeared on the business horlzon| with a suddenness that her «asp. | seine LEAS aE ete pete CHA PTER aa ve nie ont ° t and we believe it would bea criminal a the/a_ promising Ogure tn Edward S. Stokes. | All New York knew of tt a oa ene a bes es cet Kiet rulagbue S a Another trial re: i eet heen) th d act if we did not point out through urse of a was| He was very young, very handsome,| York wondered what he was sives shi Ata ve iit aieasoaieiad the afternod of the i say Fisk a t $o% cue entation the public press our wonderful di sy 5 a s Fink did not the ruln of men of millions associated Grand. ( ote. | to serve “four DAT e de Path ate fellate BE A) CoOL a hie aed bee i een BOG nes. He went Into swan there, Walting for tlm loved aim moat and lid | covery. sie Warren appearel] in San Fran-) maker of rare ability. He came of} York in suspense. the best blood In the Quaker town, and| He lald omreful plans and ruined xk Lawlor, the actor, was then| nls family connections were of the| Stokes financially. It wax his intention inner on the stage. Me met | highest. to make the handsome ne man who . loved her and married her.{ The fleld tn Philadelphia was too nar-|had stolen Josie eld from him unt of her misdeeds he was|row for young Stokes. He cameto New| a beggar. In this destrn he reckoned “J to leave her, and in 1867 she| York, looked over the fleld and calm-| little of the power of the woman and the trial of one | gered for a time 72, in York-|" The feeling t room wan crowd-| Intense, for Fis! id was to goon the! of the people. 1 of her relations| Ninth Regiment Broadway on pai Sn Wells’ Hair Tone WE IL he result of twenty year of experiment, carried on with a view to the production of a perfect hair preparation, preparation that may be used freely every day if destred: ° that tt Ina pleasure to use, oven if not a necessity; a preparation having alxo the moot recont up-to-date Ideas as to cleansing the AS acelp. and hair and Reoning both fo healthful conditton—pro- 1f moting the growth and luxuriance of the hair and whiskers. + IT I8 felt that In WELLS’ HAIR TONE the combination has at +E last been found—a deilghttul, restorative tonic wash, a superd, Fation, one we consider indispensable to any well: and the eame is submitted for your appro- js Antiseptic and Germicide and. will. destroy t may find lodgment on the scalp of hair THE DAILY use of water on the hair 1” objectionable; water, however Lright and clear, contains myriads of Invisible diseaxa rerms, which when deposited upon the scalp and halr induce scalp diseases and a deger jon and kes of the hair, IT MAY be said that WELLS’ HAIR TONE mands (as it wan de- signed \o bey midway between a ashampoo and the old-tinie con- Ventional hair tonics, When ured, rub it well into the scalp. NRELY UPON WELLS’ HAIR TONE for daily dressing of the hair, Ht will keep the scalp clean, healthful, free from andr and the balr in elegant condition, The ntains no oil Gr arease, “will: not sell clothing. hats, Wonnein vorccollare: is cleanly, cooling, refreshing delightful’ in use; however freely ured I harmless, dries fairly quick, so wat women, with whou it lv a great favorite, can use tt ax Well as men COOLING to Zovermd, aching heada, | Used freely in the wornieg weil Into the goalp, It will make the head feel trosi day, Keeps the hair clonn. fluffy. wavy brig like nA YOU dees your hal the “TONE aud In samo way as water, Une it wilt CATARRH AND SORE THROAT. T" mom simple, convenient and the tates vintnt most economical, rince It ts a powder to be disroly water. Tho most pleasant and agreeable to use, and above all and beyond question the moat effectise and valuable remedy for Nasal Catarrh; nd an an agrecablo, most efficient garglo for Catarrbal throat affections, Diphtheritic, fe uleerated, putrid, or any form of sore throat, in children or adults, In far superior to any other remedy, For offensive breath ¢ or foul catarrhal odor it in perfect. PREPARATION NEVER F; io aS SCLOALL AROUND THEY Se. r Rouse vie SrtA RD. For sa day Mebing at once, will plication, cleans the scalp and a Mandruft the fret time used. an eon and from direase, For shaggy. britt leas, uneven, sickly growth hair it ia perfection ple and harmless, {t fx an {teal halr dressing for men, woinen and chili tren TILE ie, Siza TONE in fully a4 large as, and the $1.0 or 3: tlmen; the: nize vot; moat of, the $1.00 Halr Preparations asc, bottles at Druggists or by mail. ze ind Ee. S. WELLS, Bi Chemiat, Jerecs City, Nog. E. S, WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City, No J. elelnicbnininicinielelninivieieinieietelnicinteletotat ofafotetetecteny tbiskicleieleleleieteleieielet Leaurelle Oil Balm. ie = Remarkable in the Instantaneous Smoothing of a Rough Skin. Instantly Cures Chaps, Chafes, &c. tk Ladies Who Sew, Gentiemen Who Shave, NO WAITING FOR RESULTS. When the face and hands are dry, feverish rough. or the skin trritated from Whatever Ca: advantages of using rele O81 Malm are t one application ia needed, which will dry int LOOTH-ACHE E, TABLETS, SPEC TiBILOUS, 25¢ wha leaving Amooth a oll, no gre nor soll an washed off, clean and harm! wating, nd ves. Deltghtt let, smooths the rosa grained Hanishes’ pt biotehes, bh 25c., 50c., $1.00 Bottles. Larzz size prepaid by Express on receipt of price, E.S. WELLS, Chemist. Jersey City a WELLS' INVISIBLE Velvet Cream (LIQUID) ‘ng and whitening the sk rtles, ae 0 os QAGHES, ANTS, BED BUGS: oS fe A Poison. Ties. fous on Ee Now Tity A ‘are - As aK ES. If aie ried i I blowilahess inperfections: HMurinices, Prive, led for Unriv “Fi-i-i youthtnl withe ‘Su Cleanses, 50C. WELLS’ At Drugeists or sent by Express bs te Irean prepaitan Does Not Evaporate. Water Bugs fitot piles Cures WIUM0Ue dediug ie bee wre, Lalleves pala, 70 BED pus What is Ch ot He Slaul Welle’ Invisible Velvet Cr othe Po s preter dhe Liquid, sone MANY der is ured firat bat! ri 5 y We cream er wht t A 1,0 bottle uJ UeoGeht “Rough on Corns" could not be the ¢ Drug 518TS 2. ¥ Taint ave ; a rexel x fi Shae fi et Howde a, irepa lai Uy Ux pruse " UFEEIAIS SENSOR the world withont unusual merit. Te, 2 a Line atneronthiee £ "E.'S. WELLS, Chemit Jersey GRocERS Bs. Bhs chafes, way be injunction pro- | Fisk walked up’ the stiirway Stokes loonie Mansfeld had He. | atopped ont and shot him. Fisk | murderer was fleld went to Euro; ‘anada and went de wis an ovation ene j L , ‘yers took hold of Josie Mane-! The people cried for the i appeared in New York, She called? ly went into Wall street. She had in her possession piles of bt- fleld and) cross-examined her. Never Stokes, and !t looked as though the He returned to New York, got a dl-! said eeiicierisiet da eeiiebleisbicieisinicicitetrinieb de bey ebededeiebeteieie nic ieete tet! ae NOT A DYE For restoring Gray Hair to its original color, BLACK OR BROWN. An elegant dressing. Soltens and beautifies, So grease nor « Prevents the h re hens and heals scalp. and $1.00 bottles, 710 GRAND ST., Jersey City, N.J., U.S.A. ; If we have the means of savin{ » widow of Fisk for $20,000. ‘ be a human life It is our sacred duty to A< Crown ¢ ir week: x publish the proofs of our cure fn the ime home in. W . most effective manner possible. | He became delirtoy md fries Our New York office Is at 48 Weat _ altnfil Dennist with his rav-|aeq gt. All who call at this;offics hin senses, hel ‘Will get free consultation and exam{- || nation: also a trial treatment. ings: When he recovered a, "Rous on oy By = AuAyS AUL ce AT ONCE. Reuces Bie sr . Gis EA Choe : rained Ankle, a =i. iei-i-i-t or Muscle, & .. Bruise or Mash, where the skin fs entire. Any Honest Physician fo owill admit he can't cu x Rough on Bunions. An will ‘ell you no $ remedy heretofore devised will cure a bunion. x * Rough on Bunions Is the Only Cured and for a sprain, bruise, mash or black eye ft 1a °F surprisingly effective, and for aching. sore, tired, 2 teniler feet ft beats the world gsc. at druggists’, or by mail for a5e E. 8. WELLS, Chemisi, Jersey Cit » unless he uses In trial bottles, 50 cents. “In large bottles, $1.00. The latter aize sent prepaid by express on receipt of $1.90. SOLD ALL AROUND THE WORLD. * and soreness Uie instant applied. Corn remedies may come and go, but “Rough om Corns” goes on forever, and tn spite of unheard-ol competition it remains the standard, the old ever reliable, never-failing cure for hard Oro corns. :batituted for one r on paratons. iikeleintvicielelricict rivtittileieinieeirintritt