The evening world. Newspaper, December 29, 1904, Page 7

WIFE SAYS WEED ISNT A SUICIDE Winding Up 1904 at Ohe THE WORLD: THURSDAY EYENING, DECTMBER 29; 1904 Young Woman Declares Hus: | band Couldn't Have Entered Into a Pact to Die with His tiend Benjamin A. Riley. | HE AVERS THEY PLANNED | TO END LIFE TOGETHER. According to Riley, He and Weed | Were Disappointed and Came Here from Massachusetts Home to Take Poison, | In spite of the statement of Ben-! famin A. Rilev Prisoner at Li fwith attempted su {intimate friend, Weed Morphine, Mrs, Weed. wife of the dead man declared to-d “Tam sure the husband did to Coroner &§ He told of troubles. He elded life was 5 after a suggest die together ¢ “When we Union Hotel 9 fn his confession elded to pull off the trick mas. We thougat a death ‘Then we would be very appropriate. Bia ‘Olare With Sreat Gnergy. ~ mt) eee me mwaee sass * WO CONNECTION WITH ANY OTH.R STORE THE BIG STORE. ACITY IN ITSELF SIEGEL COOPERE reamn «—«WS*BIO™STS, NEW YORK, il) A Banner Year at The Big Store. Wines busy planning for the future to indulge in much retrosnection. - But 1904 has been such a wonderful year that we feel we would be doing the public and ourselves an injustice did we not say a fleeting word in its behal” The year began with great energy; and there has never been any cessation. Winter died, Spring was born, Summer came, Fall succeeded, to be followed by the present Winter, Each season was buoyantly, un- precedentedly busy. There was no period of lethargy; we don’t permit that. Broken lots. That's why they're priced so low for rapid clearance. All good qualities; and all sizes in one or the other. Made to be sold at 50c to 75c,, Nen’s 4-Ply Linen Collars, Slightly imperfect; so slightly, in fact, that their wearing quality isn’t hurt Laundered, they're practically perfect. Price, (Slege! Cooper Store, ‘ . per Stor 2,000 Wen ’s Shirts. Stiff Bosom and Negligee Shirts. fr, East of Fountain.) _ 200) Je a bit. Asa good many people have said. “Yours is a store that does things.” Thanks. We try to do them well. We try to make your shopping here not only interesting but profit- ab'e—a happy comb'nation, most shoppers declare. Always something new. And so we wind up 1904 in a manner thoroughly befitting the aggressive and pro- WOMEN’S UNDERMUSLINS. Gotermined that we et ee Lai | gressive policy of the store. Women's Corser Covers. Women's Drawors. Women’s Undershirts. back, Carefully tailored and perfect eS a ike kings. We Bargains, BIG BARGAINS, unusua ly good bargains. een $ PRAWRRs—Mus top | WOM UNBRRSK HET S— Moai. 4 hanging. Some are finished with tabs qent to the theatre, an drank to are to be found allover the store—on every floor, in every than 3 git Ten el wom UNDERSKINTS—stumt ™ and self-covered buttons; Grown our sorrows. ided we | section. 1904 is passing out in a most siriking manner, ey gy At roma, ae regularly up to $4.50, Spe- ‘ would wind up things Tuesdyy nignt, | | “ ~ ee Ha , der cial, to-morrow, and after coming from the theatre vnd) JZ | 4h eS Siegel Cooper Outer Apparel Store, 24 Floor.) taking many drinks we swatlowed the Women's Yight Sowns. ———————S ———= morphine. cee ee — = For W - ~ ‘ ; ' | o j “I am very sorry Weed Is dead. ¢ € or Yow Year ! ey F am glad 1 am living, thous, 1 was dd. & J f OF HiVtS AN “SSCS. wn et Tin toe outs! Comavas AVOTS ” Sesiocies pee, mf minutes after I swallowed It, Weed ; . ; Froity Russian Dresses, Box Coats and Wathing Shirts, was the beet friend 1 had, and his Canaies. ! Favors. si WS Mus @eath Is a sad blow to me.” Riley ts in Bellevue Hospital, If his condition will permit he will be ar- ralgned in police court to-day. He is held a prisoner, charged with attempt: ing suicide. Mra. Weed, the voung widow. Is at the home of her sister In apartments at No. @ West Tenth street, She will start for Boston with the body of her husband to-day, Sho ts emphatle in her declara-| A NO, 1 AMERICAN MIXED, Ib, PURE SUGAR FRENCH CREAMS, 77 fruits: Ib Oe | PAPER DOYLINs t NAPKIN MOTTO PA MOTTO T MIXTUE 1] Women's Chemises. wou " brie: AND cH (Mist and avr. ‘ambrio; {EMISE oo that her husband did not commit suicide. Weed comes of a family that has ron figured often in tragic and ntie events. His father, Isaac Weed, 4¢ at the family home in Wilmington, Del. three years ago of gas asphyxiation In sorrow a fon-in-law of Isaac Weed killed Dimeelf Conkling Episode Reentled, When Roscoe Conkling was from Canonchet, the $1 8 home of former Gov. Wil the owner, at the muzal mo It br t to y of unhappy Mrs, Kate C ue. Mrs. Sprague got a divorce from her husband and the big Coukling’s pol Former Gov. Sori and tn social p to rest. A Calvert, a w of € a W fed In 1883, hardly ten Mrs. K cihers, we cut prices in many RHINE @. _ we {ih te nm y ani ent ire Weed: there midey trims ee Extra Slzes Sewelry S7ices Cut. Misses’ @ Children’s Undermuslins. An Important Post-Holiday Clearance. Cithiren's Dromere Chilaren's Petticoats, Wessos’ Exce wt cf going to tke Siegel Cooper | \WERS— Mus y people m | tater ce bargains in handse 1 ‘yg ve, Bie Bxce as deen n wide emira! 1 ue Bue * Children's Dresses. ! HILDEN S DRESSES dATS Any one sie autehed tucks; siges 2 to Yight Fowns, will make a pre tes out i Fire CHA 750 Pea Others Here's the Yows Jor Friday, a Sp | BOW KNOTS, from 83.25 up to 15.00 sre © Tara Ruby * $ Rhineetones Others up to 4.00 *2-Pine stones sterline silver, at gel Cooper Store ain Fioor, Fr 8) Bprague aplendors. second » ercor Spr home pointing the gun at tl i levelled at Conkling, Weed had been paying attention to Sprague’s reven- “year-old daugt Sprague’s wi Wille Sprax himself In Weed heston, of Washington, with the Standard Oil tres. Then Miss Cleo J eisier of Weel, ¢ gunsett Pler ¥ gansett P he was to m: nie — In adjusting the Tab'e Silverware siccks after the Christmas tush a number of particularly good bargains have come to light morrow at prices $0 greaily reduced that it is tafe to predict that the demand will be immediate HIGHLY POLISHED TEA SET—Silver on white meral; 4 pieces price 395 COLONIAL PATTERN TEA SETS—4 pieces, with Spoon Holder Creamer; gold lined; at, choice of 2 styles, Cable Silverware. tae Because this is a clearance sale do not think that every pair of Shoes you Featuring Some Extra Good Bargains. Noi a bit of it! Most of the Shoes are out of their boxes for the first time. Lots that are ready to reinforce the others have not yet been unpacked. lections are first-class; just as good practically as if you went into a big factory your pick. Men’s Box Calf Shoes. FOR BOX CALF LACE SHOES, straight last, with tip. box tres; all sizes. Also some fine patent leather shoes Men's Felt Slippers. FOR GOOD QUALITY BLACK FELT SLIPPERS. with gray felt soles, sitched on; all sizes. before. These we offer to and Here is the list Cre of the best barcains in the o7ering is this qq) 495 49e. and 6.75 Men’s Leather Slippers. ets of 6, Rogers HI Ware, BOND] FOR MENS FINE LEATHER SLIPPERS; s:aton’s best styles: ALY ER, PATE Od » 7,00 ISe suede, calf cr kid, in tan, black brown, gray and other conventional : RKS, © shades; all handsewed; original prices were $1.25 t0 $3.00 sot6 an 5g 90 Men’s Arctics. FOR MENS ARCTICS; pure gum rutber; buckle Store, Main Floor, Front.) sizes; sold is girl. He is while pi % ginnis, a rich & once robbed in St attientio 8 hed met at Narragan raguc’s hom Ree tae Sprague, the por's wife, is still itv Island. A year or two @ an Emil Mol Boston with mark her marriage to ¢ she was studying in Parts pecullar h of thirty-three Ee a 1 | CICATE NOT TO PRACTICE. | Too O11 to Resume Pleading Nefore the Har, Ambassador Says. LONDON, Dec, 2—Josoph EL. Choate, | the American Ambaseador he does | not intend to tke up law pructive When he returns to New York, aa re- ed in the press here, bh has been away too WW CokuMe pructioe wang, frm the Re wo PIANOS Pianos Ready for] Delive everywhere at $1.50. ISe. Boys’ and Youths’ Shoes. FOR BOYS AND YOUTHS SHOES: satin calf, lace; all sizes to ISe. fit boys who wear a number nine spring heel and up to the young man who wears 0534 S35e. Larger sizes =H °250, $350 CALDWELL BROOKS PIANO | PIANO Girls’ Kidskin Shoes. FOR GIRLS’ KIDSKIN, BUTTON AND LACE SHOES with spring heels and patent leather tips; also box calf lace shoes; sizes up to 11; among these will be found our own $1.50 shoes 00 ISe ’ ° Women's Shoes. FOR WOMENS DONGOLA KiD LACE SHOES. with patent ISe. leather ups; also some felt top with kid foxing and leather sole bu ton shoes at the same price FOR WOMEN S$ SHOES that regularly sell a: $2 0 $400: kid if 95 thoes in button and lace sy es. patent ieaher shoei in buton and z ‘ace; calfskin shoes in lace and Bucher styles; some good samp'e stoes; also sere green trading stamp $250 shoes Wath every par of these shoes you ger 25 Trading Stamps in addition to the regular number Women’s Sample Shoes. FOR WOMEN 5S SAMPLE SOES; a good bargain for all wear wv oo ing sample sizes, This lot is from a maker of high grade shoes, . monly $5.00 grodes Women’s House Slippers. FOR WOMEN'S HOUSE SLIPPERS ; black of red woo! felt, seam less, with thick gray felt soles, sewed. all sizes. Children’s Leggins. FOR CHILDREN’S LEGGINS; regularly $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75; velvet and corduroy. iv pretty shades to mach overcoars These are mace up in the bem poswble manner, and we have nearly every size, (@ienei Coper Siore, Md Floor.) H si For For 5185,2259 Terms: No Money Down, ON CALDWELL PIANOS ON BROOKS PIANOS $6.00 MONTHLY, BE. { $7.00 MONTHLY, BE. GINNING IN JANUARY, {GINNING IN JANUARY, A 69e ore Yews of the Shoe Sate. | Che Rig Shoe Store Crowded with Customers. see has been on sale And so you see se- was told to take p SY = a | Double 'S, & H" Green Trading Stamps Mornings This Week from] | 8.30 TIM 12 o'Clock, Thereafter, Single Stamps Until Closing Hour, a | 1 r —— SS || “White Rose’’ brodery, lace and lace edge, cut exra | fell and long. Especially priced. White Lawn New wepise syle fine qualiy of Women ’s Runabout Shires Not a discarded style in the showing, but every garment : steadfastly in keeping with the season's dictates and demands. Price quoted is no criterion of the value—merely a price that will hurry away the stock in com- phance with the end-of-the-year policy of the store. Melton Cloth, Mannish Mixtures orPanamaClothin VariedColors In Melton Cloth choice may be had in black, blue, light gray or Oxford; in Mane nish Mixtures either brown, blue or gray, ard black or blue in Panama Cloth. Five gored styles, some prettily corded, and all with foot kilts and inverted plait Were closing the year inthis splendidly stocked section with an exceptionally strong list of good values. We quove four in proof of this for to-mzrrow: FOR Gl FOR Mi Ww. TGS FR GILS RUSSIAN | 9 5 FOR MISSES. WALKING LENGTH BOX COATS of BOX COATS of ziteling fine bersey or zibeline: cape gy hing | 19th Bt.) DRESSES of novelty cloth SKIRTS. Fancy Scotcr prenily trimmed tweeds || gored plaited model 5.00 7.50 elaborately uimmed Becond Fisor, Pronk, FOR GIRLS’ FULL- FO? MISSES 42 - INCH Women's House Garments. At the Season's Lowest Prices. This offering of Women's Eiderdown Dressing Sacques and Bath Robes and Lawn Kimono Sacques, Gowns and Percale rappers is prepossessing in every essential qualification. Cf Siderdown. Or Lawn, LERO JACKE KIMONO SACQU' vartery of deat na dark, sallor col y ¥5e, roade, ry pad ualities, a r 3 per Store, Becod Floor, Centre, 19th @t.) Carpets and Rugs, Carpets, VELVET RUGS—Sine OEI2; @ iment of evlort, tw elas, i750 33—Populat elzes; to close number of choice colorings AXMINSTE ‘ at ¥ ‘ 8 spectal, aT.50 Size § 40106, special, Size 313.8, ppectal Size 2324.6, special, nd office halls an » Peewarly $15.50, 72, 50 * larly $12.00, ize, Px10.8, regulariy 975 0, special, 9.50 See SSELS KUGS—About % rugs + $27.30, regula 1b, (Siegel Cooper Store, Fifth Ploor, Frome.) Frosh 1905 Ve Ww Wa (4 S Zz. S. 4 Designs. Broad in scope of styles and uncommonly attractive in range of prices. This showing is manifestly an advance 1905 display. For popularspriced Waists the six models quoted are attractive, ‘Tris’? Waists ASILLUSTRATED, « decidedly at: e 1 00 tractive model; made of extra quality mercerized Oxford, in both white and light blue; front and cuffs em- broidered with large and tmali sik polka Cots in self and con tr colors; new turndown tuttonhole embroidered collar. A sing value. Handsome new model of white bnen—an emphatic hit Entire front a flora! Cesign in open-work embroid ery: newest sleeves: embroidered ng syle and extraordinary values Ww Spring model, front vew eTee: lly designed with fine tucks. Waists 1.25 turncown collar: most ¢ White Lawn Waists 1.59 bea graduated side plats, insertings of em: lawn. two wide intertings of old Eng- tucked shueld fancy dew sleeve, lish embroidery terndown linen co:lar, piaited cuffs f Side plaited model, cleverly designed superior quality White Lawn Pion of drawn work imering ard td Waists 2.25 new plaited sleeve, long shoulder effect, plaited bath turndows collar. Fine sheer quality, artistically cesi front, White Lawn Fine swe galt, sige ak be ath , Waists 2.75 ehymer ned bh a sae. Pet