The evening world. Newspaper, March 25, 1904, Page 9

4 . y SE REFORMIG" Pa ‘Brank Watson Tells Judge Fos: ‘tet hat, ahd Pads uly} at to! the Charge of +s Watoh. *f am innocent, but I plead guilty. Stegling (Ses Thalyhan is once a thief there is no use, fi bis trying to reform, because the DeIIge won't let him, 1 may as well 4 anit Swlty 5 og pf . jo\puid Pranic Watséa when brotgnt béfove Judge Foster to be arraigned bm aicharge of having-stolen 4 watch Im one place and a lot of: clofiitig jn fs face wis drawn and pale and Qheré wak ‘a hopeles iook upon it that ‘appealed ‘to the Judge. Watson Is a Xnown crook, He has operated under many alleses, according to the records, and, 1s variously known ‘as Samuel ‘Werthe! Bamuel Curley and Samuel ‘Wilson. Several years ago he stole a silver water pitcher out of Recorder Goff's thambers. For that he served a term in the penitentiary. z | Seldom Out of Jail In 189 hé was sent to State prison for thie years for grand larceny, In 1893 He got. five months for petit lar- ceny. In 1893 he got three years for burglary! In 1995 he got three months for petit lar y. Later in the same yeah he was to.the Island for six manths for larceny. in 1898 he was Bertencd to Sing Sing for fapir years ang six months for larceny. His plea made an impression on Judge er, who said: If you aro innocent, I don’t’ care what your previous record may have been,’ I shall instst that you be placed on trial; and if the jury believes your stpry you will be acquitted.” Family Hungry, He Stole Bread, Watson listened to the Judge, and ‘thon replied, in a hopeless tone: “Your Honor, I came out of prison twp years ago. I had been sent away six,times. I made up my mind to re- form, and I tried hard to lead an hontst life. I got a Job, and two weeks ago T lost {t. I went home and saw. my wife and little ones starving.” “I had no money to buy them food. I to the fish market and begged @ fish. Then I stole a loaf of bread, but I never stole that watch or that elothing, as charged in the ndict- ments." “But you are not indicted for steal- Ing a loaf of bread,” said Judge Fos- ter. “I know it," replied Watson, “but I want to confess to Your Honor why I id eteal {t. I am an ex-convict and It is for such as me to get along. ‘The stain clings and the police won't tet @ man reform." Judge May Help Him: e Foster remanded Watson and went, Kimball, of the Prison As- gfe wentlgate his story. s'story is true, © 0, “ti should I would ¥ ql not be convicted. betglad to help a man who js willing anji anxious to lead a better life.” oo “The Peril im the Snow.” cf first lnstalmeht of B jon'é great deteutive story Trip ther Snow, ‘attracted Th adn tention last Sunday. Conclusion and 1 solution of the myatery in next Sunday's ‘World Magaaine. r THENPT TO KILL. STATION: ang That Murdered Clendenin: in Brown Tower; on the Read- Work.-+ TAMAQUA. Pa.) March %.--Anothéil| railroad agent has! attempt te murd been made believed the rdyille, and it ds same gang that was re- sponsible ‘fo® tie murder of ‘Opernior Clendenin at Browti's Pawer i qlso Te- fi | sponsible for this new « Willlam Grang@r,{ the Reading Railroad gt seated his “operating station when two shots him through.the window. One of the: bnilets just ger'a head, but neither anv actual damage. He put tho lights out looked out. but could see no trace of the persons who had fired at him. A close search of, the railroad yards was made, ted. Operator Clendenin was Killed in much the same mafner at Brown's Tower, and similar attempts have been made to kill other operators since then. All these murders and attempted murders are believed to be the work of an or- ganized gang. Detectives are seeking the men who fired at Granger, but Uttle hope of trapping them_if entertained. ACTOR RATCLIFFE IN FIGHT WITH BOY Gets Worst of It in Encounter with Youth at Hotel Lexington in Boston and Is Knocked Down and Bruised. were fired at grazed Gran- BOSTON, March %.—E, J. Rateliffe, the actor who once served a prison term in Now York for beating his wife, a @aughter of Peter De Lacy, the pool- room “king,” is nursing a brylsed coun- tenance to-day as the result @f asking a bellboy hamed Teddy, of the Hotel I. ington, what right he had to be ally “Much right’s you have to be a actor,” was (Teddy's quick answer, aud Redcliffe made a swing at the youth's head with his cane. He missed his mark and tte bellboy returned the assault with an uppercut «| thet put Radcliffe down. A fist fight then ensueq. and when {t was over, the actor had gotten the worst of it. a Accused Lawyer Breaks Down. Lawyer Martin Conlon, who is on trial in Judge Newburger's court charged with the larceny of a promiasory note which was sold in New Haven for $2,000, broke down on the witness stand yesterday. He denied the story told against him Edwin J. Norden, who was convicted some time go forthe larceny of the same note, { Hair Falling Out ry ) HAIR scales, will instantly arrest dandruff, ange S90, hoptleg st al ding a SR eee Se the he SKINHEALTH: TREATMENT 750, the most speedy nd eoonomie, cure for avery, mething offered ‘just as g004," and send to Botlefy yourself by FREE HaieHealth. Beant ifal Hair & CeSaplexion. HEALTH asaisted by HARFINA SOAP to cleanse the scalp and hair of crusts and ng at once for samples, stop the distressing falling hair, pro- gnd beauty asin youth, and an occasional dressing of Hay’s HairHealth, with eecasional shampoos with Harfina Soap, KEEPS YOU LOOKING YOUNG | mote a growth of thick, fine, lustrous hair, restore it te the eame rich coler offered, “*jost as goed.” druggists, Take noth! miter planslon, plnckienge, blo ay thing’ in the wertd Psat sot outhtal” belles Hasfina . 106 Bway, 200 W. 125th; WILSON, 86, AN BiH Be Wilh > GOLDLUS ve" } iB ave.; OM! Ave. A; BAR) 28 Column: Sth ay ‘QU, HOLDMAN, ve “Hig mi tie ing Road, Thotight ‘to, Be at’! of them: did at once and but the would-be assasins had “THE WORLD: FRIDAY. EVENING, MARCH 25, 1904. | LIEUTENANT | OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SAYS. ‘PE-RU-NA MADE ME WELL AND STRONG.” ee es SS S : 1 > SS R. HOWELL GLEAVES. R. Howell Gteaves, late Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor of South Carolina, writes from 126 Carroll «treet, S. E., Washington, D. C., as follows: tren enene nena ne nenenenenenenene enon enenenee nen e-tntntno-tnens- " “I have had that rare experience of suffering whioh I can I best describe as a winter fever and a summer cold, all from ‘catarrh, than which nothing short of serisus illness can 60 cam- pletely unfit a man for business. I had almost despaited of ever i being fit again to do anything bunt mope and hopelessly long for frelief, until I listlessly ventured upon a bottle of Peruna. ‘Its first effect was fo dispel the depression of spirits. I {kept taking Peruna according to directions until I became well land strong, ready to do business and glad at the same time to ispeak my best possible word for Peruna as a remedy and a tonic.’’—R. Howell \ Against Colds by Peru-na. hand. cold, nose, Be Described as Chronic Cold. While chronic ci runa, y has cured cages twenty years’ standing. catarrh in existence, season of catching cold ‘The cough and the sneeze and | twang are to be heard on every 1 origin of chronic catarrh, the most common and dreadful of diseases, ise tle {s necessary to complete a cure. innumerable of catarrh of It is the best, if not the only Internal temedy for chronic Gleaves, Now Is the Time to Protect Oneself | For Using ‘This 1s the way the chronic catarrh Ken- follows rensitiveness of the alr paseages, which Inclines one to catch cold very easily. At Inst the person bas @ cold all the while seemingly, moro or lesa discharge from the spit Catarth May] ting, frequent clearing of the throat, nostrils | stopped up, full feeling | in the head, and sore, | inflamed ‘throat. The best time to treat catarrh {s at the} ‘arch, with its Insidio very ‘beginning. A bottin of Peruna prop- | erly used never falls to cure a common cold, thus preventing chronio catarrh. ny people have been cured of | le bottle of Pe- nthe catarrh be- comes thoroughly fixed more than onv bot- Peruna , hawking, But prevention is far better than eure. Every person subject to catching cold. should take Peruna at once at the slightest tymptom of cold or sro thront at this saa- son of the year, and thus prevent what is almost certain to end tn chronte cathrrh. upon Thirty. Years Congressman Meekison Suffered with Catarrh— Peru-na Cured Him. Hon. David Meekison 1s well known, not only in bis own State but throughout America. He be- gan his political career by serving four consecutive terms as Mayor of erally begins. A person catches cold, which the town in which hangs on longer than u: ‘The cold gen- he lives, during erally starts in the head and throat, Then which time he be« came widely known as tho founder of the Meekison Bank af Napoleon, Ohio. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress by a very large majority, and is the ac- Knowledged leader of his party In his sec- tion of the State. Only ono flaw marred the otherwise com- plete success of this ing statesman. Ca- approach and tena- cious grasp, was his only unconquered foe. [for thirty years be waged unauccesstul |warture against this. personal enemy. At jast Peruna came to the rescue, and he dic- tated the following letter to Dr. Hartman a the result: “T bave us reveral bottles of P, and I feel ‘greatly benefited ‘thereby. trom my eatarrh of the he: I feel encouraged to believe that if 1 ta abort time longer eee be able to ae eradicate the disease oO ty years’ standing.'’—D; ex Member of Conxrass. bill aie you do not receive prompt and - tory results from the uve of Perungs oeite at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full state~ ment of your case, and*he will be pleased to lye you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, Presi Hartman Senitartum, Columbu: Hon. David Meckison. » Simply Send Postal Easter Souvenirs Free Sixty-Fourth Year, The Gillies annual distribution cE: for the Children—richly litho- oR graphed, embossed and cut out. ‘ ake Given only to purchasers as in for- Fee @ mer years. Will also be sent with (\j goods ordered by mail or telephone ZA when asked for, MaracaiboNo. 2.|Broken Java.—|Bogota Coffee, A good, pure, hon'est,| Extra good value, because | This rich and delicious high-grade Coffee » lit is made up of the | coffee was 2 very costly at a very populr 15¢) rs and smaller beans | luxury until we succeeded Bargain Cof- of our highest i ing ar Abatement hatte priced Javas...s-- 20c Wey ee, 28C _—" Earnestly re c- TCC. — om ended Broken Mocha pect Mocha & & Java, —ms bro: Java—A blend of the in all respects the best low-priced cof fee 16c ken and, BEST Java on the market. .... smpaller beans of highest that is grown with the Cash Coffee. — grade coffees, including 3 both “Mocha “and )3¢ oe that 39¢ Preferred by many users to some ‘of the 20c, | Java . Old Gv’t Java, | Arabian Mocha. The richest coffee Sieiee cupses.c,. 18C [3 \ Introduced by generations ago; maintains its hold upon the people... us two still 26c.; grown — and it comes to us direct fro: Aden, Arabians SOC And the Coffee Will Come to You WE SELL 5 LBS. COFFEB —or 1 Ib: Tea and 5 Ibs. Coffee—and deliver in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx up to 180th st. SEND POSTAL or telephone. 10 Ibs. Coffee or 5 Ibs. Téa—or 1 Ib. Tea and 10 Ibs. Coffee—delivered FREE of ex- press; charges, within 25,miles of Manhattan—2$ Ibs, delivered within 100 miles "Gillies Coffee Company Established 1840, Bet, Park Pl. & Barclay St. 288, 296, 237. and 289 Washington St. 25\CENTS—1904 WORLD ALMANAC NOW ON SALE—25 CENTS begins to-morrow. Easter souvenirs |’ GOVERNOR GLEAVES r= The Best Hat that you men can buy anvwhgre at $1.90 at Bloomingdales’ is here é soft and stiff shapes in ne Young Men’s Suits, $6.95. | Very smart and mannish; in sizes from 15 to 19 years, | \S New Spring price, and we'll warrant they'll wear better. Men’s Cravenette Coats, $9.50. They're of pure, through-and-through worsted, processed the genuine Priestley Cravenette. style, workmanship or quality of material atanywhere near this pr Men’s Spring Overcoats, $9.50. Made of covert cloth in different shades—Coats as brimful of new style as you'll tind anywhere. G Custom-Made Clothing Ready to Put On A particularly fine line this season—Every suit or overcoat is jand-tailored; the collar of the coat has been properly shrunken into shape and then put on by hand; the buttonholes are hai made; the padding inside the coat is properly shaped and the can- vas shrunken. Then the coat is interlined in front with h cloth, which gives it a permanently lasting shape. should inspect our assortment of cheviot, tweed, homespun, pure worsted, black clay and unfinished worsted suits, all custom made, ready to don, at the special price of Young Men’s Critical men 14.40 For Saturday on box calf—rock welted. by A coat you can’t duplicate in. @2 ice. nd- air- Suits, Very well made, single and double breasted suits; sizes 16 to 20 years. Saturday Bargains in Clothing for the Small Boy--- for Eton Sailor for Norfolk and | Men’s “Calumet” Shoes for $2.25. Value $3150. Suits, $8.25. These of cassimeres and cheviots—all new patterns—all sizes., These suits as smart-looking as some we've seen at double this fy¥—in patent and soles, ‘oak hand $10.95. | $2.95 for Eton Suits—In sizes 3 to 7 years; $3.95 Suits—sizes 4 to 10 95 for Spring Over- $2.9 coats—Of splen- | $4.95 Double-Breasted Suits made of serge and mixtures, white linen collar and with ties. Effective Coats for Girls. years; made of serge and mix- tures; with white linen collar and tie —in a large variety of Scotch mixtures, serges and cassi- meres; sizes 7 to 16 years. did materials; sizes 3 to 14 years, Seound Floor, 60th St. Section. Smart New Easter Shoes..: Women’s $3 Kind at $1.49t. New Spring Styles, $5.95. Coats that have character and > tone—but made as well for good service as for good looks. Taffeta, trimmed with lace and lined with blue, white from 6 to 14 years, a) 95 Special for Saturday, * In the jauntiest effects, in black, blue, red and brown all-wool $5 and $6 values—in sizes 5 to 14 years. These are of Peau de Soie and “and black silk—sizes Girls’ Cloth Coats, $2.98. Cheviot and Pacacloth. Regular Second Floor, 80th Bt. Aeotion. Faster Gloves for Women--- The $1.50 Kind at $1 Pair. Of as much importance in their way as the hat or gown are the new gloves for the Easter day parade. These gloves are made of the finest selected skins, with Parls point em- sbroidered backs, two-clasp style; they're in all the smartest new shades, as well as black and white, Ordinarily you'd pay a dollar fifty for these very gloves. Women’s Gloves, 59c. Women’s Gloves, 19c. Of carefully selected skins, two- Good Lisle Thread. clasp style; in all spring colors, as 4 Two-clasp style, in all desirable well as black and white; all sizes; every pair guaranteed; worth $t a | colors and black and white; all sizes; pair, 29c, quality, The regular three-dollar kind in looks, wear s and quality—and far better than many three- dollar sorts. Shoes that are nice enough to grace the most particular woman’s feet. Have you been in to see them yet? If not, better hasten, for even though the lot is large, the demand is carrying them away in double quick time. They're of vici kid, with patent tips; every pair perfect in make, fit and finish, both outside and inside. All sizes and widths will be found in the assortment. And every palr of shoes is stamp- ed “$3” on the sole—the price they were in- tended to sell for. Indeed, the maker {s will- ing to wager that there's no three-dollar shoe made to:beat these. Second Floor. 50th St. Sectton. Two Great Furniture Specials. Oak Tables, 45c. Oak Tabourcts,25¢, Each one of these prices is 7 about half real value. The articles are exactly as rep-fi resented in the illustrations, The tables have 16-inch tops, turned legs and lower shelf—solid oak and mahogany finish. The tabourets are in and weathered oak. l i Not more than two of each -sold¥to a cus-¢| For to-morrow only, tables forty-five cents, .tabourets :twenty- five cents. No mail or C. O. D. orders-filled. golden \Wourth Btoor, $1 To-Morrow for Men’s $1.50 Kid Gloves. Full P-K, light weight, genuine Mocha gloves, in the most beautiful shades of silver grays. Also tine glace kid gloves, with nicely embroidered backs, in handsome shades of tan. All sizes in both lots. Wade & Butcher. $1.25 Hollow Ground.. $1.50 Hollow Ground $1.75 Hollow Ground... Finely Tempered Steel. $1.25 Hollow Ground... Eye Eyeglasses, 85c. 38c. To-Morrow Buys Well- Known Wade & Butcher Razors The name itself is sufficient—the man who knows what good razors are’ will recognize this as a special well worth noting. Other razors offered at special prices to-morrow are mentioned below—and every razor sold is fully guaranteed and set ready for use. Herbrand Razors, Saturday Sale of the Best glasses and Spectacles, 50c. Matn Floor, Oth St. Section. At 25c, Vol, The Savoy Library. Containing 225 of the At lé6c. are: Sonn A Kenitworthe Bett Last Daye of Pompell, Lyt- Life of Christ. Makers of Venice, Ol- . | Korten Razors. phant Moonstone, Collins. Main Floor, 50th ‘Tha Pilot, Cooper. Secured k es } Entertainment Women’s 59c. For Every One! Vests, 25c. A sale that should bring every wear- er of eyeglasses and spectacles to this store in a hurry—no matter if you've a ry one should own in case of accident These are titted with the finest pure r these pop- ular For $1 Cash The balance on easy weekly or monthly. payment not t would be consid at $2, Floor, Front, Centre The Plaza Library. Emerson's Essays. Familiar Quotations. Longfellow’s Early Poema Lena Rivers, Holmes sizes to-morrow More Important News of Th - Great Sale of Popular Books. It's indeed important news to every book-lover within reachiof our book store—for it contains a list of specials in much-read and Popular books, that you'll not duplicate elsewhere. F Vol. pleti |. per > A new lot of dred dozen of th of Swiss owing to a part patent cork nose-rests and clips f iio Colum- i . , d the k old elsewhe! $1.50 - tageous purcl that they’re 4 a oe eral T rvegasses 68c. bia Graphophones—Dise or J ate. me t Seite goldcine oF sitverine tarts, Cylinder Machines. They're ly trimmed at etal all the was neck and ar with the pret- tlest of hand- each, tho! worth fi Matn Floor G 4 Main Floor, 59th St. ribbed é vests has just come in—and it’s ie it twenty-five cents hs ij u For instan beat known “and ‘moat oop" ntaining 300 titles; ‘eely pee ti cer eath book nicely bound. b- und. "some'of the cities| Some of them aces lished at $1 mh spectalper set, $2:78 (ei! George f Works.—c o m- fe in six vol | $1.50 Bell Steel... ue Spence = | Gmes cloth. J | $1.75 Bell Steel... 11s ee atte ian, | Atderaone Patry Talon, bounds” special, $1,954 | Wostenholm Razors. " Heulah; Aurusta Evans, | J Dora Deane, Holmes. Sheffield Steel. Aunt Dianna, Carey, | $1.25 Hollow Ground. Hidden Path. Harland | eu end atand Shtwer, complete in ten | 81.50 Hollow Ground. Sketen Book tevings | Final Reckoning, Memiy. | volumes; clo th $1.75 Hollow Ground. BITS AR GF es gr (me -Mohicana | binding; special, $2.95! Section st about one?hun- he daintiest: sorts lisle thread, ticularly advan- ; rcheted lace — all> ifty-nine cents, sath St. Section.