The evening world. Newspaper, July 7, 1903, Page 3

fo S ene POPES PRIVATE FORTUNE | WILL EAGEED 93,000,000 This Does Not Include the Tremendous Sum Which He Regards as Belong- ing Strictly to the Papacy and Much of Which Was Accumulated by His Predecessors. ‘The statement cabled from Rome that , the advancoment of art and Iiteratur: Pops Leo has wliiled his private for-]He has been generous in giving f @ane, not to his relatiy but as aj cial assistance to friends and many mer private fynd for his successor, arouses |!n Rome to-day, who have been his Interest in ithe extent of the Pontiff's|Dolitical opponents, are his financial private fortune. Probably no one bdut| debtors, He once iaaned a million lity Cardinal Rampolla and Cardinal Mo-|to save the Banca di Roma from disas- jenni, the Papal Treasurer, know with|‘er nd on another occasion advanced tny degree of accuracy the extent of | #000 lire to @ great landed proprietor the Pope's wealth, but it Is sald that| Wo had been an active supporter 9: the amount will probably exceed $5,000,- | Garribaldi. While the Vatican troasures are 000, It is on deposit in the Bank off jaoiicaiy the Popes personal. prop England. erty by inheritance from his pedeces- ily. sors, none of them has ever asserted Little for His Own Family anything but stewardship over. them The Pope has three nephews sons ot|The Vatican Paluce, with its 7, | bis brother, and many grand nephews toe piorenoesiaoe price | and nieces and a host of lesser rela | cious examples of the jewellers und tives, but he told them when he was|goldsmith's art. It 18 said to contain vata not wee nis} more gold than the Klondike, mure elected Pope that he would not use RIS) sowols than the diamond mines of South position to encich or advance them. He! Africa. kept his wo | and in all Wkelthood they| The Fontificate of Leo has added an ter f inestimable treasure to this ‘horde. will get little after his death, : When he celebrated the golden jubilee ‘The Pope's private foctume must ot] Of is priesthood In iss, an exibition “Hel a é was opened in the Vatican of the gifts be confused with the trensure which hel Dreserted nim. Lone of gold” poured . regards as belonging to the Papary.| {nto the Vatican during jubilee year. though as a matter of fact he could if On ie Cine of the puree ees Pee ee art Fy pee gold coln was presented to him, The he wished. regard as his own nit {he crowned heads of the world vied with vast resources attached to his office. "He} each other in the costliness of their has preferred to reenrd ns his own only|gifts. ‘The total value of the jubilee much money as comes to him throyeh| gifts was estimated at $14,800,000. The uy . ‘ope has since celebrated’ the golden private cifts from those to whoma,he| jutttes of his episcopate and. the twene grants audiences, The recular reyenties| ty-tifth anniversary of his Pontificate. of his offic, such as Peter's pence, rev-|On each occasion millions in gif enves from real estate and bonded sin-| Were presented to him. vestments he keeps The Great Kruger Diamond. | gtely. Out of it be pays the $1, One of the most notable gifts pre- that fs necessary to maintain the Papal | sented to Leo ts a diamond said to be Mine st hlomatic| Worth $4,000,000, which came from tha court, consinting of car inns, eiplen ws Fort aisciple’ of Luther: “Ocm: Paul! representatives, court officials and his] Niger” ‘The ‘Transvaal’ President re- Uttle standing army. Other dratts on] ceived it trom Memela, a native, chief this fund are for poor nissions, the ox-| Who was given his freedom after capture a an eTuteation aa by,the ser woope, Tt fell into, Memee charity. Over a mbilon dollars » year] who had taken tt trom a Zulu win. fs spent in charity by the Pontiff. Out| One of the gifts presented to him las : March was a topaz welghing 1,784 grams, of the surplus of oMfictal funds, Pope| 1h Sine ‘celebrated Neapolitan art: Leo has by wise administration deen| fet, "Andrea Cartello, had atter twelve abie t) create a contingent fund of| years’ work, engraved a picture of “The (00,003, |Last. Supper.” ‘The gem after tts dec- Cael 2) - oration was valued at $80,000. Like all of his predecessors in the| he thea presented to him at the papal chair Leo has not been parsimo-|time, the work of Augusto Milant, nious, Neither has he been extrava-| celebrated Bologna goldsmith, js valued at $24,000, gant. His greatest expenditures have |** ft ue of the Inces in the Pope's been for charitable purposes and for| wardrobe Is estimated at $900,000. | AUTO TRUCK AND. (LONDON LICNIZES CAR IN COLLISION) PRESIDENT LOUBET Both Vehicles Are Wrecked and | Visiting Head of the French Re- i the Chauffeur of the Truck Is} public Drives in State - Seriously Injured About the| Through Flag-Decked Streets Head, but Passengers Escape} to Lunch at the Guildhall. An clectric brewery truck, owned by| LONDON, July 7,.—President Loubet the Central Brewing Company, collided Was early astir to-day and began an ex- with a northbound Lexington avenuo tensive round of functions, calling at car at Sixtieth street early to-day. The the French Hospital, visiting the Home ear was knocked from the track, the, for French Governesses. front platform demolished, the win-| A reception of a deputation, from the dows were shattered and the passen-| Diplomatic Corps filled up the remainder gers thrown from their seats, of nis time until noon, shor.ly after The chauffeur on tne truck was/Which the President, accompanted by hurled to the pavement, receiving two | Ambassador Cambon and Foreign Min- acalp Wounds and a possible fracture of | !ster Delcasse, ggarted in seml-state the skull, He was Joseph Sullivan, | to visit the city, twenty-three years old, of No, 223 Hast | Long before the time fixed for M. One Hundred and Twelfth street, -wo-| Loubet's drive to the Guildhall the gayly liceman Frazer, of the Hast Fitty-rst| decorated route was crowded with peo- street station, called an ambulance ana| Ble, and, lined with troops the | wacte took Sullivan’ to the Presbyterian Aos- | Way, and tn spite of the cloudy Fey tie pital. : 4 — -, * combir to form as bright a scene as The motorman of the car, Fredetick | {onan ban pried tn apy. Year Altenbach, twent ears old of No. | 1% ; sa , to escape the wreck of the platform on| Gential cortege as, ie ‘passed on was Yrhich he was standing and was not In-| greeted with unmistakable cordiality. jured. He was arrested and was later)” shortly before 1 o'cluck carriages ‘arraigned in Yorkville Court, where he | containing the Prince of Wales and the Was held in $500 ball for examination on | fuke and. Duchess of Connaught, pre- duly 1) jbenalus the outcome of Bull | coded by Life Guards, drove up to U rr e : ¥ Guijkihall, where the royal party ‘The accident wrecked the auto truck | joinea the Lord Mayor, Sir Marcus 4nd the heavy beer barrels accomplished | Samuel, Premier Balfour, the Judge carrying the br of the trucl hme! : b to the pavement, ‘half over ‘the car gsrnen: nd others: inawelsPR Ce racks. ‘The strest car was thrown| iM. Loubet spent the afternoon In a @cross’ the southbound track and ,the| pun | ' Lexington avenue line waa blocked for SOun An at init ato mers Ohaus yan hour. : ; : : Admiral Cotton, of the Amertacn flest Several passengers were cut by thelat Portsmouth, has designated the fol- ’ fying glass, but their injuries were not] jowing Wfficers’ who ure to attend the gerlous the policeman did not aven| gtate ball at Buckingham Palace We a ee ee & take thelr names. Dr. Richardson, who|hesday, in honor of President. Loube' WILLIS REFEREE TO Staff Lieutenan, Charles L. Hussey, of é Walker, of the San Francisco and Fleet Marine Officer; Lieut attended Sullivan, said his injuries were] Rear-Admiral Cotton, Capt. Joseph 4 the Chicago; Capt. Charles C. Cornwell. TRY JUSTICE BOLTE. | recs ttrte! int aan mander Moraham V, wana, of the Ik werlous, : Hemphill, commani the Kearsarg commanding the _Chleago; Capt of the Marine Guard of the Ch Appellate Division Appoints Him tol sange. and (lout. W. V. Pratt, of the sarge. Hear Charges Brought by Kea | District-Attorney Jerome, STEAMER FOUNDERS 8 ‘The Appellate Division of the upreme AFTER COLLISION. Court has appointed William H. Willis, of No. 115 Broadway, referee In the matter of the charges brought by Dis- tret-Attorney Jerome, as a citizen. | eueriida, In Crash with the Irisbrook against Municipal Justice Hermaan Bolte. Mr, Willis will take testimony in the on the Thames, Had Hole ease with all possible speed and report Stove In Side. n with his opin- arged with neg-| LONIDON, July 7,—The Swedish steam- lect of duty and incompetency, er Everilda while bound from this port for Grimsby, was in collision to-day with the Britis; steamer Irisbrook, Capt. Kerr, from Pensacola via Norfolk, which _ TUGRAMSBIGHOLE —, , IN A STEAM BARGE. was anchored in the Thames, A big | hole was stove in the side of the Swedish vessel and she soon filled and sank, Both Are Able to Proceed After the | ‘The Irisbrook, which sustained damage Collision and No One In to her stem and bow, slipped her an- Hurt, t chors and chains and ‘was moored to a buoy at Gravesend. The Moran Towing Company gethur W. Palmer, towing float Nq. 1, RA Mided with steam bqrge City! of] SARATOGA, N. Y¥., July 7.—Thou- , off the Battery to-day knock-| sands of Mystic Shriners from all p: ® big hole in the starboard side of|of the United States and Canada ar Re above (the water Jine: tarriving to-day. Henry C. Akin, of 1o After the collir-n the tug, bagked| Omaha, Imperial Potentate ot } ! tthe: Im- ffiray, and then, proceeded to Jorey ity. | Derial “Council of) the ‘Ancient carabi % @ Btoam barge Wasgnot| Order of Nosies of the Myatle fring Of e water ling tofput} North America, was recelyed on his ar- to seeded ou her Way Jive Iaterial eatincht tit Seat Whe Imperial Council will vegin its an- orrineT err tees ‘BuUal Beasion to-morrow, asap La Geen hatte | 4 rn to his Geadquarters, |range. Cree ey Cee THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1903. SECRETARY JOHN HAY IS A GRANDPAPA NOW. His Daughter, Mrs. J. W. Wadsworth, the Mother of a Fine Girl Baby at the Country Home. Gpectal to The Evening World.) GENESDO, N. ¥, July 7.—Mre. J. W. ‘Wadsworth, jr., daughter of Secretary of State Hay, is the mother of a healthy| girl baby which the etork left this morning at Hampton, the country home of the Wadsworths. Mrs, John Hay has been with her daughter in anticipation of the imterest- TEN RESCUED WAY WN PERL TWO FIRE Children Let Down Into the Arms of Firemen from Top Floor of Blazing Flat-House with a Clothesline and Mother Carried Down a Ladder. SICK WOMAN AND HER BABY BURNED IN BED. Police and Firemen Discover Them, Bed Clothing All Ablaze, and Carry Them Through Smoke to Safety—Mother Seriously Burned. Three women and en children were heroicajly rescued from two fires in Brooklyf to-day, One of the women is serlously burned and may die, The res- cuers in one Instance were compelled to tle ropes about the children and in that way lower them from @ top floor. Fire in the cellar of the three-story frame tenement at No. 682 Sixth avenue at 1 o'clock apread quickly through the building, filing the upper floors with flame and smoke. Before the firemen arrived the nelgh- bors were told that Mra. James Murray and her three children—Lizzie, eleven years old; Annfe, nine, and Mamie, seven—were in thetr rooma on the top floor; that flames had cut off their exit by the stairs and that they were being smothered. James Stevens, living next door; Al- bert M, Hunt, of No, 28 Nineteenth street, and Patrick Hayden, of No. 22 Prospect avenue, ran up in the bullding and were able to break into the room where the imprisoned woman and her children were. But they also were cut off from escape. Let dren Down with Rope. The rescuers were resourceful, how- ever, and seized a length of clothesline which Mrs. Murray haq just purchased yesterday. Tying one end of this about the children's waists, one at a time they lowered them out of the window to the atreet. The firemen had now arrived and they untied the rope as ing event, and is greatly pleased that the baby has been named in honor of her, Evelyn. This is the first child born to the Wadsworths, and there is much rejolo- Ing in both the Hay and Wadsworth ares Mother and child are doing we SIX INJURED IN CRASH OF ROOF Three Women and as Many Men| Goes to Oyster Bay on Clement Severely Hurt When Heavy! Timbers Are Hurled Down on Them by Hoisting of Engine. Six persons were injured to-day by the collapse of a roof over a board sidewalk at the side of the building under con- struction at One Hundred and Twenty- fifth street ad St. Nicholes avenue. The injured are. Mrs. Louisa Blair, of No. 9 West One Hundred and Fifty- cond street, sprained leg; Henry Had- ley, No. 815 West End avenue, leg bro- ken; Joseph Rietz, of No. 2015'First ave- nue, neck sprained; Anna Davis, of No. 610 West One Hundred and Fitty-fourth street, left arm spraled; William P. Warren, of No. 1929 Amsterdam avenue, brutses, and Mrs. Syria Hubbard, of No. 310 West One Hundred and Twenty- fourth street, right arm sprained. At the time of the accident an engine was being hoisted to the third floor of the building. A part of the tron work caught in the roof of the wooden bridge over the excavation at the sidewalk and brought timbers and planks tumbling down about the heads of those walling under, They were ail caught under the | debris and had to be pulled out by work~ ;|men and policemen, Inspector Albertson and Sergt, Gass- man sent for ambulances from the J. Hood Wright Hospital, The surgeons dressed the wounds of the Injured, all of whom went to their homes except Hadley, who was taken to the hos- pital, Mrs. Hubbard, who had her arm se- verely sprained, was wheeling her two- and-a-half-year-old baby in a gocart over the wooden bridge when the col- lapse of the roof occurred, A heavy board fell on the baby turning it on the ehlid in that It escaped without a Policeman Netterviil One Hundred and Twen tation, under Instruc } ' Albertson of No. 384 West O. ifth street, foreman for the mick Vonstruction Company, on charge of onminal negligence. Law was patroled by Magistrate Baker in the Harlem Police Court for examina- tion on Friday, FIRE WAS IN THE RANGE. Fifth Avenue Mai ygines for Nothing. up Fifth avenue pouring from. the basement of No, 417, whlch is the home ter 8, Gurney, A fire alarm ed In. When the firemen ar- hey found two perspiring cervants was tu rived bu is Waa thi fhe Gurney family is at Bar alate arbor, 4 HANNA VISITS fon | ng jeans of rubolsh'in the kitchen | niv iire in the! THE PRESIDENT A. Griscom’s Yacht and Makes One of Distinguished Luncheon Party. OYSTER BAY, l. L, July 7.—Prest- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt hail a com- pany of distinguished people as their guests at luncheon to-day, Early in the day Senator Hanna, of Ohto, ar- rived at Sagamore Hill on the yacht Alvina, owned by Clement A. Griscom, President of the International Naviga- tion Company, Accompanying him were Mrs. Hanna and their friend, Miss Phelps, Mr. and Mrs, Griscom and Miss Griscom. The party landed from the yacht at the J, West Roosevelt pier. They were met by the President and conducted to Sagamére Hill, Later Senators Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana, and Thomas Kearns, of Utah, Joined the party. In addition to the members of the house party of the President and Mrs, Roosevelt, Guy Wet- more Carryl, the author, was among the guests at luncheon. While the statement is made, by au- thority, that the presence of this com- pany, several of whom are notably Prominent jn current political history, Was of no public significance and was purely a social assomblage, it Is known that, among the men, politics was tho principal topic of discussion. Senator amd Mrs. Hanna and Miss Phelps are on a short crufse on the Alvina for the benefit of the Senator's health, ‘They go later to Bar Harbor, M, LINN BRUCE T LEAD FOR MAYOR LOW Chosen by Roosevelt to Be President of Republican County Committee. M, Linn Bruce has been definitely de- clded upon to succeed Robert C. Morri York County it is declared eretited with stron and his will be th recting the cam ton of Mayoy Goy. Odell for the renomina-) Littauer, ue also to ure pro municipal elec Javed aud arty mi ed his selection | on, It is sald that Mayor Low has not heurtily agreed to their help, but the! President has given bis sanction, a c each child reached the sidewalk. On @ ladder raised to the window , three men descended with Mrs, Mur- ray, passing her down from one to the other, It was after the resoue of tne Murray family that the fremen discov- ered Mra, Tillie Wright, very slok ana too weak to move from her bed, and her three-daya-old baby in another room on the top floor. Policeman Unria Maher and Fireman George Belbold, ot truck No. 69, ran up the ladder to the floor and then broke through amoke- Mle rooms until they found the sick woman and her ohild, The flames were already leaping about the bed and the woman's bed clothing was burning, Saved Mother and Babe. Hastily wrapping the woman and her baby in the remnants of blankets and sheets they carried them back through the flames to the window and then down the ladder. Both were sent to the Norwegian Hospital. They were badly burned. ‘The building was damaged $2,000, ana Michael Lyden, who has a saloon on the first floor, and his bartender, were arrested for being open after legal hours. An overturned \lamp set fire to Mrs, Kate Higgins's room on the first floor of the rear building at No. 683 Bergen street, at 2 o'clock, and when the police and firemen arrived they found Mrs. Higgins, her clothing on fire, trying to extinguish the flames, which were burn- ing through to the bedroom of her three little children, The children were carried out by Policemen Joseph Carney and Edwin Rush, unharmed, but Mrs. Higgins was seriously burned about the face, hands, back and arms, She was sent to the Cumberland Street Hospital, where it was aad she might dle. TWO MEN BURIED BY CAVING EARTH Were Excavating Old Macy Site and Although Work of Rescue Was Promptly Begun One Was Dead When Reached, One man was killed and one other seriously injured to-day by the caving | of a bank of earth in the excavation for | the new building to be erected on the | old Macy site, at Sixth avenue and| ‘Thirteenth street. The dead man !s Jo- | seph Casamasl, of Fast Elev Giovanni Terelll, of No. 78 Thompron street, Is the one who was hurt, Casamas! and ‘Terelh were working together, and had undermined a large | sectton of the west embankment when t suddenly collapsed, burying them completely from vi Fully one hun- | nh employed in the ex- cavation hurried to the work of res- | but an hour elapsed before {t was t Te! He was sent . where he may Samasi was alrendy ell was. i) breath to St, Vinecen ale. os A Losing Enterpriae, ‘ashington Siar) dies to complain (From the The man wav 8 Has occupation night and day; But, though great skill he's sure to gain, Ifo somehow never makes it pay. -Jalmost exhausted. To my surprise | GRITAN CHES OUR SQUADRON LOUD WELCOME With Deafening Boom of Can- non the American Warships Steam Into Harbor at Ports- mouth. Where Foreign Fleet| Has Never Been Before. LORD BERESFORD THERE TO MEET ADMIRAL COTTON. The Big Battle-Ship Kearsarge | Takes Anchorage Near Nel- son's Famous Warship, While | Chicago and San Francisco Are Near By. PORTSMOUTH, England, July 7 With the boom of cannon the British fleet, on behalf of King Edward, wel- comed the Untied States Eur n squadron to Great Britain’s naval head- quarters this morning. The gunboat Machias Joined the flag ship Kearsarge. the Chicago and the San Francisco early in the morning, and shortly after 8 o'clock signals began to flutter from the mastheads of the American and British ships, The latter, In obedience to a signal] from Lord Charles Beresford, tho com- mander of the Channel squad formed two lnes, and down this lane of huge gray warships moved the Amer; Jeans, thelr white sides gleaming in the suntight. National salutes were fired py each squadron, which was followed an exchange of salutes to Rear-Admtral Cotton and Vice-Admiral Beresford. Subsequently the two Admirals e changed calls on the flagships, accor ing the usual honors as each came over the side/ Warships Steam In. At high tide the American warships entered the harbor, led by the Kear- sarge, which was moored south of the railway jetty and within a stone's throw of Nelson's old flagship, the Victory, King Edward's yacht, the Victoria and Albert, and the battleship Collingwood, flagship of Admiral Hotham, the Com- mander-in-Chief of Portsmouth. As the Kearsarge approached the Jetty “attention” was sounded on the Victoria and Albert, the Victory and the other #hips in the harbor, a courtesy which was returned from the Kear- sarge’s deck, on which was drawn up an Admiral!’ uard of fifty marines, under the command of Lieut. Colley. ‘As noon as the Kearsarge was berthed Sir Willfam Dupree, the Mayor of Ports- mouth, boarded her and greeted Ad- miral Cotton, saying: "The people of Portsmouth welcome the American squadron and extend to its officers and men all the courtesies they can offer.” Weloomed by the King. Admiral Cotton replied, expressing his pleasure at the welcome extended to the squadron and thanking the Mayor in dehalf of the United States Government and himself. On the departuré of the Mayor Rear-Admtral Milne, comm of the Royal Yacht, specially by King Edward to welcome Americans, arrived on board the Kear- sarge and was received by Admiral Cot- ton and Capt. Hemphill, Admtral Milne expressed the gratifi- cation of King Edward at the arrival of the squadron and, in behalf of His| Majest sleomed jt to England. Subsequently Admiral Cotton, Capt, Hemphill and the staff officers’ visited the naval officials, escorted by an Ad- miral’s guard anda band. ————>—_— Good Practice. (From the Philadelphia Inquirer.) Mr, Gunner—I tell you this automobile | Js hard to control. I should have tried | yething unruly before I | to manage Saned myself a chauffeur, Mrs. Gunner (sweetly)—Why didn't you try the cook? HE HAD STRENGTH, But Lacked Mental Power. Food may make a body strong | and stout and yet not strengthen the! brain unless the food be rich !n albu- | men and phosphate of potash, on) which the delicate cells of the brain and nerves must be rebuilt. Grape-Nuts is rich in these ele- ments and repairs this wasted tissue, | as trial of the food proves. “In the fall of 1899 I entered the Indiana Dental College at Indianap- olis after a summer of hard work, | during which time I consumed as Peruna {s in great favor among women, especially thore who have vocations that are trying to the nervous system, Peruna fur- Invigoration for the hat such people | Peruna Is a Catarrhal Tonic Ese | pecially Adapted to the Nervous; © Depression Incident to Warm Weather. + Minn Blanche Grey. n prominent young mo clety woman of Memphis, Tenn., in a recent letter from 174 Alabama street, writes: “To a society woman whose nervous force is often taxed to the utmost from lack of rest and irregular meals, I know of nothe which is of so much benefit a Peruna. Itook ta few months ago when I fe.t my strength give ing way, and it soon made itself manifest in giving me new strength and health.’ A Letter from Julia Marlowe. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co. Miss Julia Marlowe, of New York Citys has the following to say of Peruna: “I am glad to write my Indorsement of the great remedy, Peruna, as @ nerve tonie, I do so most heartily.”"—Julla Marlowe, | Nervousness is very common among wote | cn. This condition t§ due to anaemic nerve centres. The nerve centres are the reser~ voirs of nervous vitality. These centres bee | como bloodless for want of proner nutrition, | This {s especially true in the warm season, ' | Every summer a host of tnvallds are prom’ duced as the direct rosult of weak nerves, This could bé easiliy obviated by the use! of Peruna, Peruna strikes at the root of the difflculty by correcting the digestion. | Digestion furnishes nutrition for the nerve centres. Properly digested food furnishes these reservoirs of life with vitality, which f lends to strong. steady nerves, and thus! nourishes life. ‘The unsolicited praise that Peruna te.’ ceives surely proves that Peruna is without fan equal as @ nerve tonic and vital invig~ orator. ‘Thousands of testmonfals from women tm all parts of the United States are being re ceived by Dr. Hartman every year. > Buy a bottle of Peruna. If you do not, receive all the benefits from Peruna that ) you expected, write to Dr. Hartman, Colum- | bus, 0. ; Alteration Announcement. Extensive alterations and improvements have just been commenced on our present building. Five of the most approved passenger elevators, connecting with all floors, are being constructed, and when completed our elevator service will be thoroughly efficient, enabling customers to reach all departments in the house comfortably and with despatch. While these alterations are in progress, stocks in many departments will have to be re- duced, and to effect this promptly “ Clearing Sales” will be advertised from time to time as occasion demands. d blouse, trimmed. Hammocks. Mexican Grass Hammocks, full size, plain braided edge, very strong. 70C. cach, value $1.00. much bread, meats, potatoes, &c., as the average human being will eat,| and although I felt well physically | was utterly incapable of hard| study, and on warm afternoons dur- | ing lectures I could hardly keep | awake. I could not study at night | at all and would wake in the morn- ing with heavy headaches, “For a month this continued, until one day I read about the food Grape-Nuts and knew that !t was what I needed. I do not mind ac- knowledging also that I wanted a cheaper food, for my resources were every one of the bad conditions re- sulting from the improper food I had been eating disappeared entirely, and In a few days my mind was clear and strong, with no sleep!- hess after meals, no headaches in the morning, and ¢ felt better in every Way than I ever had felt be- fore, “During that entire term Grape- uts was my principal diet, and general average of 96,6 I firmly lieve is due to Grape-Nuts. a prain food Grape-Nuts is certainly a wonder." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. be- Send for particulars by mail of! extension of ti#ie on the $7,500.00 cooks’ contest for 785 money prizes, Sixth Avenue, Alteration Sale Specials in Women’s Suits and Waists. Splendid Values for Wednesday. Shirt Waist Suits. WOMEN’S FOULARD SILK SHIRT WAIST SUITS, They come in blue, green, white \ $8. 90 lack grounds with dots and figures; Wednesday...++0 Heretofore $13.75. Women’s Waists. LAWN WAISTS, yoke of fine tucks, plaits down front and back, solid wide fine embroidery finish, tucked sleeves, $1.00 large pufl; Wednesday eae Heretofore $1.75. INDIA MULL WAISTS (very sheer), solid white and solid black, entire front, back and sleeves of deep plaits, $2.2 5 hemstitch finish; Wednesday+sss....---seeee seeerreees Heretofore $3.00. (Second Floor.) Croquet Sets. Full 8-ball Croquet Sets, hard wood, handsomely painted and varnished. | Special at $1.00 Each. (Basement.) Furniture Department. (Third and Fourth Floors.) To reduce mstok at once, important reductions in Price h, made on al PARLOR SUITS, SETTEES, TABLES, ROCK- ERS, MORRIS CHAIRS, DESKS, DRESSING TABLES, BRASS BEDS, ETC. Be gol