The evening world. Newspaper, August 23, 1904, Page 7

ay HELO BY BMDTS John Elland Captured th Old Mexico and Carried Into Mountain Fastness to Await Payment of Ransom. SENDS WORD TO WIFE OF HIS PREDICAMENT. Minister at Mexican Capital Ap- pealed To by Captive’s Rela- tives to Have Government Ob- tain His Release, ROSEWFLL. N. M., Aue, %—Jonn Elland, Vice-President of the Bank of Portales, N. M., is held prisoner by Dandits in Old Mexico, and according to information received here he will be put to death unless » large ransom : demanded 's paid. * & e 6 -.. eo ~ Mr. Elland, who is one of the Art settlers of Portales, is a man >? large means. His sheep .aach is large and @ucegestul. Recently his sheep busi- called him over into Old Mexico, while there it @ said he was selsed Dy the brigands and carried away to @ secluded spot in the mountains. ‘The news that the banker had been pped and held for ransom came fn a letfer be wrote to his wife. This Jetter was malied at Oputa, State of Bonora, Mex. In the letter Mr. Elland @ays that unless arrangements are made at once for the payment of the fansome he certainly wil! be tortured and murdered. The letter does not state the amount of ransom demanded, but its contents @how that either Mr. Elland was forced to write at the dictation of his captors er else that he was in great danger of Yelng pnt to death, Mrs. Elland telegraphed the United Btates Ministor at the City of Mexivo @t once, asking that he use his influ- ence in obtaining the release of her husband. The country in which the banker ls @upposed to be held prisoner is rough and mountanious, It i# almost un- Known, except to a class of Mexicans and Spaniards who are law-defying and demerate, ————__ PREFERS OLATH 10 LEAVING REW YORK Wife Takes Poison When Huse band Insists that She Should Live with Him in Long Island City, Contronted with the alternative cf living in Long Island City or losing her husband, Mrs. Schroeder, of No, 34 West Fifty-fourth street, Manhattan, ‘her husband, Edward, Is a contractor, whose work Js fn the Borough of Queens, Up to a short time ago they lived to- gether at the West Fitty-fourth street address, Schroeder, a native of Lorg Island City, missed the pungent smell ‘of the oll refineries and the rattle and your of the Long Island Railroad trains, He vowed that he would move to Long eeen of Long Island City did not im press her favorably. Schroeder lett his Deautiful wife for Long Island City. ‘tempted to get him to. come back, The wane fried. to. have him ar: sertion. At last she hunt- up and they to-day at Eusedvey ‘and Tenth avenue, Long lal- “Live in Long Island City or \e," i the itiena tue er. i ‘ answer, a wane oe carole on et n her, ihe drank th it haf husband could prevent her. WALTIER WALID. WTO UAT Williamsburg Wonder, Who Could Die Waltzing, but Not Working, Takes a Shot at His Very Much Better Half. HE oi ii Bowler,* the “First Prise Williameburg,” was in the Court, Wil to- harge of shooting twise at &} i pit & & iti ie ie OSE 38t hirhaelt, Hundred and Twentysixth janer and @t other times| tion, saw a li:tie girl erying at One ut Hundred and Twenty-ninth street and money and that als dacginy Agnes had a fortuna He said there ware no “good wome: and thal they were « “bad lot,” all of . " emse x ; them, ‘He sald every woman was bad, ne hha mn Visiting 4n aunt ai Jaurel HM, L. 1. and got lost In the the witness conguded. hy on hte way. bome ~y 3 Inge she had eenera, alarm pouee of New ttle Mary worked In tering. CANNON 1S INSANE own \ which #14, hm not remember. ro — Lunacy Proceedings Begun i “ gun in) - LITTLE MARY IS Lost, Case of Wealthy Hoboken ny 9 Lawyer Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison, Clearances SME ASTROS Won'tThese $4& $5 Shirt Wai lle were notified, as he thought her father | 7 More stock-manoeu- vring brings to light many lots of seasonable ————— Twelve-Year-Old Girt Fouad Wan- dering About the Streets, Policeman Nian, of the East One i SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY WONDERS. The proceedings In lunacy to ascer- tain the mental condition of Charles K. Cannon, who ts under @ fifteen years’ sentence for criminal miscon- duct, were begun to-day in the Hudscn County Court-House, in Jersey City, before Lunacy Commissionery Charies E. Fuller, Albert B, Dayton and Joseph F. Stack, and @ jury of twenty-tour men, Cannon lived in Hoboken ana was ar- fested on a charge brought by several young girle in that city. Friends ana relatives declared that he was insane and the Lunacy Commission was > Dointed to take testimony in the case, W. B. Forbes, of Hoboken, testified to seeing Cannon fall trom « car in March, 190, He eaid Cannon had to be asaisted away and he was covered with blood sn injured about the head. He ‘was subjected te attacks of vertigo and it tf claimed that thie fall from the trolley car agaravated his condition. Mrs, Grace Herbert, sister-in-law of Cannon, said that five years ago Can- non had @ fit in @ theatre and had to be carried home. She also said that he fell from a gent in the thearre in 4 il, 1902, when he had a aimilar attack. Can- Ron seemed to forget emall things eas- ily, and @he remembered one time that he did not know the age of nis daughter Agnes, He would speak to the witness ‘nooherently, breaking off sentences in the middle, and make peculiar remarks. ecasionally he would stop while talk- ing and give idiotic laughs. On one occasion witness borrowed a | book from Cannon and after reading it returned it to him. He accused her of having stolen the book and said she never returned {8 to him. He was con- Hay Fever's Conqueror'| Breathe Hyomel and Escape Dai Dreaded Summer Visi- jor, By the use of Hyomel, you can save an expensive trip to the moun- tains and escape wi of ‘This remarkable remedy for the cure of hay fever kills the germs fre disease, soothes and heals the {rri- ee — Braneee je complete Hyomei consists of @ neat pocket through which Hyomel is a bottle of Hyomet, and a dropper. ‘The alr taken into lungs {n this way {9 filled with heal- ing beleams end forms a pertect eafe- guard against attacks of hay fever or rose cold. oe feos yet know how little help can be by stomach dosing in this Hyomei is the only sel common sense treatment for Ld Those who have had hay ., 900 Broadway, of- fer to refund the money if Hyome! does not do all thet ts claimed for it. | i u é i j oF " iH i : i i i i i E 3 oF i Ef i 2 i 3 i BE Fal i; i i H. Cuarman, i i # ¢ E id ir | Fl inflammation int y i “i F A i t toa. 7) contains 0 potash, Wt i f i 1 Fi i =! H.ONeill & Co The Closing Days of _. The August Furniture Sale will be about the best of a splendid month's business in Furniture, for the reason that we wind the sale up by giv- ing our customers the benefit of some very low prices on ds and Be: (fourth Moor.) Tron Beds. Mattresses. Tron Beds, with continuous poste: | plastic Felt Mattresses, absolutely san- At 6975 that were....$5. —regular price, $10; TE eeee ll, At sbi waren, i Mattes ek mized Hale 66 09 At 13.50 that were ....17,50 | Long Black Hair Matiren. $9.50 Tron Springs. All I for Wood or Ii Dede $2.00,92, TB and $3.00. Spell on China Plates, Tea Cups and Saucers. (Basement) We have just received about 600 dozen French ) Citina Plates, 3 sizes and ovide shape, Tea Cups and Saucers—choice of 4 decorations, clouded gold \ effect, range in value from $4,00 per } dozen—we offer them, special, at. tee Tea Cups and Saucers, 25c. Pair. China Close Outs. We have some odds and ends of dinner Ware in China that we will offer to-morrow at % price, This means SOc. article for 25¢+; $1.00 article for $0¢, and 90 ortthrSugh the entire list, Garbage Cans. Towel Bars. Galvinized Garbage Cans, with cov-| Nickel-plated on brass, equare-twisted era, No, 00, pattern, Regluar $9c; special 35¢, Regular 72¢; special SOc. _ Art Embroideries . ‘At Cut Prices for Wednesday. ‘der to make room for our new fall js we are cutting the prices on several lines of art Hse bad of these exceptional offerings are: PILLOW SLIPS—Made of fancy m aval if He; epecial at. .crsseerenrerses eevee Heo Silas double tulle i sround-regelar Ses mead | 10C LAUNDRY BAGS—Aworted colors, good sise, embroidered \9 5 fn bonaz work--regular 39c5 MpOCdAl...cccsssesssrwereeeneees Cc Suen DONE—All the newest designs in Turn-over Collars ba Brown” Collars; Centre Pieces, Shirt Waists, etc Sale of Notions Continues, Special Values Throughout the Department. DRESS SHILLDS—Regular price | WHALE BONE — 34-inch strips SEWING SILE—Best quality 100) 7a rre TA a “hs gerd, black or white, regular price| (9 yard pieces), regular price 10c.; tc., sale price Sc. spool; dozen, §5¢ tas price Je. places denen 79 Demorest Sewing Machines, $1.00 Club Membership Fee sends one to your home, Investigate Our Club Plan.—(sesement) ea anglish oak, Righly Qi ball bearing stand, guaranteed for 10 of attachments—as good as other 150.00 Ow wriee $25.00. Other models $15.00 to $48.00. (Basement) . Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street. Visit Pompeii the great spectacle in Dreamland, \ . and see the presentation of THE NEW YORK WORLD’S Set of Three Hundred Views of the St. Louis Fair. HESE pictures have been artistically colored and reproduced for the stereopticon. Between per- formances these pictures are shown on 150 square | feet of canvas. THE NEW YORK WORLD'S Portfolio of the Fair, containing all these views, may be had at | 10 cents per part at all WORLD Offices or Department Stores. : Suits Fly goods that must be sent scurrying away as fast as price-cutting can carry them. If you heard Fall's calling as loudly as we do you'd little wonder at our energy, but as it is you'll surely take ad- vantage of the extraor- dinary money-savings our, stock-reducing ac. tivity makes, for you see many a day ahead for using the things we've price-knifed hardest, or ideally in the house. measure, The lot may not last all day. Watches for Every One at Prices That Are Sure to Suit. Because of the great August clearances throughout the store, you'll be able to-morrow to partake of some of the greatest watch values you've probably ever seen, The items quoted below are but Instances of the sharp savings you'll find on good, reliable, thoroughly guaranteed timepieces. $2.65 & $4,25—worth $8 to $10— Boys’ Watches, set in solid silver cases, handsomely engraved, in open fate and hunting case styles, $7.28—worth $12,50— Women’s small gold open face Watches in handsomely engraved cases; fitted with jewelled Swiss movements, $9.95—worth §20— 2-year gold-filled hunting case and open face Watches, engraved, engine turned lished; they look and wear as well as solid ~Watches—are fitted with renowned Eigin and Waitham movements, $10.95—worth $18— Women’s gold-filled hunting case Watches, warranted for 20 years by the manufacturer and our- 519.80—worth $29— face Watches in fname ‘Sows and enj turned cases; fitted with 7-jewelled Waltham and Elgin movements; 16 size. $24.95—worth $35—- silt tne w Waltham or H suitable for men or boys. $6.75 to $2%.98—worth $15. Women’s enamelled open face Watches in a variety of beautiful colorings; some set with pearls; others with miniatures, $5.98—worth $14— or to selves; they are fitted with 11-Jew- Oe Mote Peat See —[—— —————pE]~_ EL_L—_—_—S_S_SSSS= td Women’s 500c.& 69c.Lace Lisle StocKings to Go at 25c.! This lot of stoc com a purchase recently made by our bay yy er in Chlkie Gomucy : ~ It fs made up of grade gauze lisle thread stock- ings, sheer quality, wit! Oe Ta foes ee, ee and toes and dainty all-over lace lisle ; Hermsdorf Cc black and the smartest shades of tan; all sizes, at, pair, Women's 29c. Imported Stockings, 19. Fine gauge cotton stockings with double unbleached split soles and all white or black feet; all Her black; all sizes, Men's 19c. Socks, 10c. Dair. dagen sNeak, Ss carlows pron amlans sok colors eh sits from Se it Children’s 19c, School Stockings, IIc. Boys’ and girls’ fine ribbed two-thread cotton stockings, with iriple knees and seamless feet; warranted fast black; all sizes from 6 to 10 inches. Main Floor, 6h Gt Gection. Here’s an Umbrella to Outlast Any $5 Umbrella, at 88! That’s what we're offering to-morrow in’ AD ‘his special sale of good umbrellas. p These umbrellas are made of American taf- yameD feta, with tape edges, Paragon frames and steel MM rods. They're all close-rolling and there’s a assortment of smart handles hoice, Men's and women’s styles in : tr 88c Every one |s guaranteed for two years, and you'll find it will outlast many a $5 umbrella -very gxtraordinary value at Umbrellas, 6Sc. mbrellas, $1.00. American taffeta, with steel rods, | Union taffeta silk, made of O. M, the Paragon frames; all close-rolling; best quality taffeta silk; with wide with a fine assortment of gun-metal, | SIK tape edge; lock Paragon, frame, metal, pearl, horn and boxwood han- dles—guaranteed for two years steel rod and case to match; all rolling; guaranteed for one year—26 and 28 inch sizes for meo and women. Main Floor, 60th Bt. Section. A Surplus Stock of Women’s 15c. Undervests at 6c. A mill agent had about ten cases too many on his hands—was willing to lose on the sale for a quick clearance, owing to the lateness of the season. We took them because we saw a chanc, to offer the best value of the season. They are of fine Swiss ribbed white cotton, made with low recks, without sleeves and trimmed with tape at neck and arm- 6c les. i “A ee , a, eae, Main Proce Nit 8'_feetion Each suit Is nicely packed in a box. Don't neglect taking advantage of this special sale of $4 and $5 shirt waist suits at To-Morrow at 98ct Never offered a more extraordinary value in women’s summer shirt waist suits than this, and they're bound to go in double-quick time. Se « hurry along for the bargain is our advice. The assortment comprises very dainty suits of Plain white linen lawns, Fancy heured and striped lawns, Pevcales, madvases and cvashes, in plain white, black or new colors and combinations, Dresses that can be worn anywhere—at the beach, shopping, outing, There are fully twenty-five charming styles for selec- tion, and each so pretty you'll hardly know which to choose, They’re beautifully trimmed with fine laces or embroideries, insertions, pipings, tailor folds or strappings, cluster tuckings leat or pleatin All sizes in plenty from 32 to 44 bust 98c Second Floor, 80th St Section Plate & 50 Cards Engraved, 60 One of the Stationery Bargaix This is your opportunity to get your name plate and cards graved at a remarkable bargain price, During this yy Stationery sale we'll sell you a Script plate (name cal), hand-engraved cop- ® 4 , with SO cards, for Your Own Plate, . Me Writing Paper, Box. 60 sheets of satin wove : paper, in azure, violet, gray purple, in the smart square shapes popular, and 50 envelopes to Writing Paper, 12c. Box. | Playing Cards, 9c, Pack, 60 sheets of cream satin wove ; With a fine ivory finish, all aper, ruled or plain; fashionable J 4 fauare sheets with envelopes to | long-distance index and blue as match. red assorted lac! No mail, C. 0, D. or telephone orders filled on ary of these specials, Main Fiovs, Sth Bt. Section, © Alterations in Progress. Women’s & Children’s Shoes Making way for the builders and the moving men is the reason such sharp reductions on women’s and chil- dren's shoes. Rs hal.) ‘ot to move, and move quickly, Wa ve dropped until not a vestige "g. of their true worth is expressed in them. Note these bargains for to-morrow: Women’s $2 & $2.50 Oxlords, 98¢, Women's $3 Dongola Kid Lace 4, Boots, $68 With tt leather tips. Children’s $1.25 Lace and Button Shoes, copie yet ye rte comps sR maa gh all sizes and all widths; sizes 6 to 8, 79c. palr—sizes 8% to 11, sizes 11% to 2, pair, $1.29. Boys’ $1.50 Vict Kid Shoes, 98c. With spring heels and good stout soles; sizes 8 to 13%. handsome per, not the ordinary process wor 50 Cards Printed from Empire Vellum Paper, 9. Ib. In blue anid white; two sizes; one with 84 sheets to the pound; the other with 102 sheets to the pound; envelopes to match both sizes at 15c. a hundred, This Great Grocery Sale,’ For remarkable values in groceries, wines and liquors, come here to-morrow. As a top-liner, we quote these good sugar-cured hams (only one to a customer) at, r Pegneh fen cSt: We] "eee er rine tant So ag Pad OO Mansanilia § (Baby)| fine; 4-B. can... Fairbank’s Glycerine ir SenpA bo J Try Ovr 2Sc. Java and Mocha Coffee Wl surely fill the bill if you're particular about the sort of drink—customers have commented time and time again on its ex: delicious flavor and anpetizing aroma—it’s equal to coffees at 3c. and 40¢. 4 pound. Try some—you'll ask for no better at t Wednesday's Special Items in Best Wines. "SERS * Fates | Manger. conte Ae Califor: Sherry — The above Scotch Whis- key would be good value if you Ce 0 more. orice, ERR wee AClearance of V and Mandolins at Half Prices! Never were such opportunities for buying a sp musical instrument at hand than now, during this cleas 4 ance, when prices have been cut down to half and less than half what they should te, 4 few instances of how values run are given below: i fi? to $3.75 Mondolins, Ph grad By: By $8.50 (© $9.50 Mandolms, Fine Violins, various vendeii, $6 50. ve ues up to $5, $2.75, -} $15.00 Mangovns, $7.60. Fine Viods. various modes, - A Very oid Victims. worth up to "ahees up {2 $12, $5.00. 4 [\/ $100, $25 and $35 Third Floor, 30th *t bexington Avenue to Tard Av2.—Dloomingdale Brothers—rity-niath to sixtirh Street |