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~90-Year-Old Man Killed. : by a Delawere, ie. ota freight ‘at Ayooa yest ( / He attemptedsto cross the tracks Hy he gates had. been low ia ~ Girl Asleep Twelve Days. f rte been Db) ‘days, ‘Physiclass ) effort to azoune her, but failed. 25 New Stars Found. iscovery of twen inch y the F the stars te! Harvard observatory. yenus. : =p _ Burned.to Death in Jail. * PETOSKEY, MICH., JAN. 25.—Denn! ©} B. Collins, a sailor, aged forty. tting @ femainaer of the winter, Mo death yesteitiay In Sup of Alanson, a here. “been ai ? Missing Man Found Dead. KNOXVILLE, 1! Hscovered. Sidhe Tennessee River Gon disappeared Dec. 7, following en i . Condon, Ww of Mi: ashe ‘of the American Tobacco Company. Chinese at Annapolis, r 2 . They were shown fu State Department; jens, number fas may omeers were their escort for th Texas Railroads Gain. gndea with Deo 1 same period It shiws the receipts for frolght earnings to mocording to a report issued ‘Bureau of Statistics of the Commerce and Labor. ‘he tot and exports of merchan: Ene report bay's, ts ¥2.806,000,00, again 000,000. in. 1900, Vi Of $10,000,000 a ys Trolley Victim Had Policy. ‘Right and three men were killed ani one was injured. © MLMIRA, N..¥., JAN 2—John Ciymo, / inety years old, was instantly killed LF wanna and West- after LOS ANGELES, CAL, JAN. %— | Modical specialists are greatly puzsied ever the long sleep of Florence Parker, jot Deer Lodge, Mont. Miss Parker, the ughter of: Col. Li C. Parker, a wealthy |learned thet the asleop ‘for twelve have made every CAMBRIDGE, MASS., JAN. %—The -five new valuadle|sing Tong. Some months ago he was ) stars by Miss Henrietta 8. Leavitt by @ recent examination of plates taken lescope was announced Bix | tn. the constellation of three in Virgo and sixteen in | changed who @tole 4 coat for the avowed purpose of warm lodging in: jah for the . Was burned the village lock- | testimony was to kill the men sho pos- few mfles north 0 Phe cause of the fire has not JAN, %.—The ody of Edward L, Condon, a young failroad contractor, has been found in at Conconl.. Con ANNAPOLIS, JAN. 5.—The members of the Imperiat Chinese Commission ar- rived here to-day from Washington and Anspected the United States Naval Acad- 1_ courtesies. @ Chinese Minister, Chief Clerk Den: ae | AUSTIN, TEX., JAN. %—The Texas Commission has just com- pleted a compilation of the earnings of the Texas roads for the five months of of time for inst 1905 crease ot Siunaie over the , an ecelpt of Inst year for the same period, Trade Near $3,000,000,000. WASHINGTON, JAN. 24.—The foreign 000,000 mark in the calendar year 186,!| Astor gallery. the/draped with the Stars and Stripes and ise," st | were representatives of almost every eae ey erRee ancreese Southern family of prominence in this | MOBILE, ALA., JAN. %—An electric ‘ ear ran into an open switch hero lust | tucks, The dead are Henry ‘ess}ons ‘Thomas, a resident of this city; Adol-|dor the absence of “Gen, Wheels == phus T, Smith, of Hattlesburg, Miss., nd Thomas Cronin, the conductor. The THE ICHINESE KILLED WERE TO TESTIFY AT MURDER TRIAL |Stood Ready to Prove Alibi for On Leong Tong Men, So Were Shot by Hip Sing Tongs. the trus cause of the brisk and effect- massacres until next Sunday. Unless tve assassinations in Chinatown wasre-|s0me enthusiastic partisan breaks hts ae netany when Corone: Harburger | Word Oiinatown will be as safe as Cen- two Chinamen who {ral Park up to the expiration of the a tn | te were killed mere Import depended| That such an armistice hed been Fe is (obtabllan an aussi for] two tier | Ssnac|Was)sliewa lwee Mook | Ue, 3 ablish On tre Tombs on a| YOURE. elim, smooth and bald, the chief aes of killing Nee Mon. Ps saute sdingee daetnn oat arts eer aitice he came to Nec Mon was a member of the Hip | Myo two years ago from San Francisco and tried to divide the gam- bling graft, walked through crooked Doyers street turned into Pell street, thence into Mott street and over to the Bowery. He made his way to his head. quarters at No. 12 Bowery, emiling and ansured, ‘Tom Lee Unguarded. ‘Tom Lee, the Chinatown merchant, | round dead in his laundry. He had been neatly separated with a sharp cleaver by ‘hatchet men.” ‘Two members of| the On Leong Tong were arrested, the crime. | Then appeared Chin Ying and Lee| Seon, of the On Leong Tong, with tes-| tlmony tending to prove an alibi, The Hip Sine Tong saw that if they were permitted to testify the men accused Of/nas had a price set on his aed the murder of their soctety member! inst August, or rather {t Neer = would probably go free. The naturel | price on his heart's blood, and ae ak | Chinese way of killing the effect of the | wino would’ ki him was to get the money from the soclety led by young Mock Duck. ‘Tom Lee came forth to-day. and there were no detectives about him. This Chinese merchant {s rich. He can hire his own detectives, and he can get nro- tection from the police, and since the day the reward was offered for his death he has never been outside his own door that he has not been guarded. Tom Lee 4s not guarded to-day. Marked for Death. There is a young actor who appears! nightly in the theatre in Doyers street. As fl geesed it, so Chin Ying amd Lee Soon are dead. Five Under Arrest. Five memtiers of the Hip Sing Tong were remanded to the Tombs without bail by Coroner Harburger to-day lotarged with the killing. Lee On and Charlie Yung, two members of the On Leong “Tong, were sent to the House of | Detention. ‘The warring tongs have suspended GRAY GREETS BLUE AT “REBS” DINNER Gen. Grant Eulogizes Gen.| Lee, and “Dixie” Mingles with “Yankee Doodle.” for death. This actor leaves his home to go to the theatre with guards about | him. Some day he may be sbot from a) window or from a roof, but he cannot | ‘be shot in the open. The actor does not appear on the street except when going | to and from the theatre. To-day he is on the streets. There ts no guard about him and he {s in no fear of death. They Wear Armor. ‘Then, too, the police say that the with the Tongs or the Leongs have) taken off their conts of armor . 1 ‘The Blue and the Gray drank, sang and danced together in the ballroom of the WaMorf-Astoria last night. The oc- casion among tne police who have been watch- ing this section of the city that the was the aixteenth anniversary) Chinamen why are afiliated with one dinner of tae Confederate Veterans’|°F the other of the rival societies | Camp of New York. North and South | ever appear on the streets with- ceased to be a distinction. Men who|0Ut being Incased in coats of mall. fought under Gen. Grant sang “Dixie.” ‘Th!s armor consists of steel plates thi Veterans of Gen, Lee piped up “Yankee | *T@ ited about the vital varts of t Doodle.”” : wearer or of chain nets, Until the ‘h iP signing of the armistice Speer wee abena: isc on that the Chinamen also , | revolvers. These revolvers are of ex- pensive make. The Chinamen are not carrying arms to-day. Confederate flags, were filled with bril- Yant groups. There or at the tables “WORLD: ‘THURSDAY ¥ ANUARY 95, 1908. ING, J LIVE WIRE WAS HER FIRE ESCAPE Girl Swings to Safety on Conducte: Charged with Electricity. A two-story building at teenth avenues, Newark. No, %8 Fit- burned at 9 o'clock last night, and during the prog- ress of the fire the four-story apart- ment-house at No. 286 Fifteenth avenue was in great danger. Julia Sylvester, a seventeen-year-old girl, Mved with her brother on He had gone out and fourth floor. the taken the key, 80 she could not escape. She threw up the window “Don't jump!" still till the firemen help and stood on | the ledge. The crowd below saw her. they cried. tend you."" But the girl had no intention of jump- ing, or of standing still either. There was an electric wire, alive but insulated, —— FOOD— NOT MEDICINE, If all the treatments for consumption were put in book form it would make a pretty big library. all there has been provement over the But after little im- old treat- ! ment of rest, fresh air,-sun- shine, plain, wholesome food and Scott's Emulsion. latter supplies nourishment |that cannot be secured in any other way and He ‘sa Leong man and he ‘s marked; nourishment is what the consumptive needs A gain in weight, however slight, is a long step toward improvement. If there is the least thing to build on Scott’s Emulsion will enable the pa- | tient to make that gain. Peo- Chinamen who have been connected ple have gained a pound in weight from a bottle of It has been no secret in Chinatown or) Scott’s Emulsion —it’s an exception when they don’t. have seen Scott's Emulsion take hold of a pa- We tient and bring change for the better inside pf aweek. It always helps «tied larga} even the most stubborn cases, | SCOTT & BOWNE, goo Pearl St, New Yor, The after all, first. about a city. Major Edward Owen; commander of the New York Camp, presided. On this left was ex-Senator Lindsay, of Ken- | and on his right Brig.-Gen. | | Grant. The dinner was given in honor ; ine memory of Gen, nobert sl. Lee. | nere were many cxpr of regret r who | " Tan- 1s ill of pneumonia. ner, Commander-in-Chief ot the G. A. Scape of the remainder of the passen. | 2, and the Presidents of the Southern | ers Was consid ‘4 ing shot out of olicy for $15,000 made out i gurance ya of Miss Reba J. ‘Smith, of Ruffin, To Dedicate Monuments. WASHINGTON,, 23 the party of American army and nay + officers who are going ‘Cuba, to participate in the dedication on | the memory monuments erected to| ; commemorate the historic battles fought | fy 19, 1907, E ‘on Cuban soll during the Spanishamer- | Of his birth It be made a National d been | of 3 €reoted at Fl Ganey, at the block house |Camp take Initial steps to bring this Feb./ 14 of the es. fcan war Monuments have. n San Juan ridge, at the on § “surrend tree" and at La Guasimas, building, William A. Carey fost hts i n years old and a bachelor, marvellous, several | States societies were among those ac Indows to the pave- ‘ment. Smith was identified by an in- JAN, %.—Arrange- @rents are being made for the trip of |MY, father with Gen. to Santiago. |lution that in view of the fa Lost His Life Saving Others. BOSTON, JAN? 2%5.—Suffocated after @rousing other inmates of a burning block, Nos. 121-127 West Fifth street, and after running through the house giving the alatm was overcome by smoke on the! third floor and was dead when found. Carey was thirty-alx the guests’ table. Major Owens, introducing to respond to the toast “" said that Gen. Ulysses S, commanded the respect of a! fonfed~ | erate soldiers because ‘‘he ga us hard | knocks and when our cause was lost | he fed us.” | Gen. Grant said: “In view of the great friendship o. Lee an the jfact that in 1907 is the 100th anni YY | versary of. his birth I propose a reso- that of Lee is a her! e of | this country to-day and as on Janu- Gen. Grant Lee," in ee, had Cotton and Mercerized, $] 45 Merino, er jonal Mem about." | 88 jor eri Wheele: speaker. federate Arm: unequalled by ai Upholstery %, a whose place i Senator LThdsay said the Con- left behind it ord | | | \ fo army of history. fn Gouth Boston late last night. He) _—S———— Aiscovered the flames in nis apartment | Shot by Robbers. Silk & Cotton Armures | CHICAGO, JAN. %.—In the presence of his ttirteen-year-old sister, William Btelski, twenty-two years old, was shot and killed walle sitting In his mothers saloon last night. Three robbers com: mitted the crime and carried away &y. Silk Jasper Damask, Silk & Cotton Moire Damask, Silk & Cotton Gobelin Tapestry, Imported French Broches, | The Cocoa with THAT’S BENSD ALL GROCERS. ORP’S ROYAL DUTCH COCOA Don’t forget, you save Axminster, 9x12 ft, Value em Stern Brothers To-morrow, Final Clearance Sale of Women’s Swiss Ribbed Underwear Comprising Vests, Corset Covers, Drawers, Tights, Etc., in Cotton, Lisle Thread, Wool, Merino and Silk, at 59¢, 87° Combination Suits, including Manufacturers’ Samples, $1.95 six, $2.08 and 98° Materials For Draperies and Furniture Coverings At Greatly Reduced Prices. Were $2.50 yd. | Were $2.75 to 6.25 yd. 1,95 ; Were $3.25 yd, Were $10,50 to 12,75, Special Sale of Rugs Value $26.50, Seamless Wilton Velvet, 9x12 ¢t., Oriental Designs, 24.50 $35,00 The Better Grades of Wilton, Axminster, Saxony, Brussels & Smyrna Rugs in a large variety of sizes West Twenty-third Street VP because of its double strength. | the Yellow Wra BENSDORP’S, 86 *STREET AND 3*°AVE. COLUMBUS AI NEAR 82" on The art embroidery counters are showing a collection of stamped linens in unusual assort- ment and of superior value. Here’s the best place we know of to buy wools, ve $1.75 2.50 7.50 | $19.50 running froin the corner of the root to a telegraph pole. Julia reached for it. She sprang into the air. Feat Like Circus Performer's. The wire sagged, but held fast under narrow ledge, clinging to the wire for support. ‘Twelve feet beneath her was the coping of the porch, It was only four feet wide and many an agile man would have hesitated at the jump. But the pluoky girl did not, her weight, and the girl swung to and | She the aintance, wien Swans fro in the air forty feet above ground | easily of the wire and drop) The y © grown’ | crowd yelled ‘tself hoarse when like a circus performer. It sagged just enough to enable her to get a foothold on the coping above the second story. She carefully balanced herself on the saw her alight on her feet on the roof | of the porch. The rest was easy. She opened the window In front of which she had dropped, and entering the house descended by the stairway. BROOKLYN, Journeay &. Burnham. Estabitshed 65 Years Ago. THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS STORE IN BROOKLYN, STORD OPENS 8.30 A. M. AND CLOSES 6.50 P. M. FRIDAY BARGAINS BEFORE INVENTORY. | Friday 1s generally the cleaning-up day of the week, on which day we sacrifice all mussed and | solled goods, broken lines—lines of goods that we wish to discontinue, &c,, but on this coming Fri- day we shall make extra efforts to clean up every department in the house, owing to our inventory next Wednesday. SILK AND DRESS GOODS REMNANTS AT 1-4 OFF PRESENT LOW REMNANT PRICES, Remnants comprising Black Silk in all weaves, Colored Taffetas fn all shades, Fancy Silks in all kinds of patterns, Black Dress Goods of all qualities, including Broadcioths and the most staple fabrics, plain and fancy Dress Goods in all shades and styles, This ts a great opportunity to buy best quality of goods in lengths for waists, skirts, children’s dresses, &c, This will prove to be the greatest rem- nant sale of the season, Remnant prices are generally % less than regular prices, and with this additional fourth off in price these rem- nants are half regular prices. LADIES’ $15.00 CRAVENETTE RAINCOATS, $5.95. 12 Cravenette Rainproof Coats in this lot. They are made of fine all-woo! material in tourist style, in dark mixtures. Regular price $15.00; cleaning up at.. $5.95 LADIES’ $12.50 SUITS, $3.95, Just think of it! Suits and Dresses at $3.95. But there are only one dozen of them, the last of some of those we advertised a few weeks ago. . They are made of all-wool fabric. They will not be ex- changed; none sent C. 0. D. To clean them up choice at 95 $5.00 AND $6.00 SILK WAISTS, $1.98. About 75 ladies’ taffeta, peau de sole and crepe de Chine Waists in colors and black. Our object is not to carry over a waist to next season, They are a good bargain and we advise you to come early. Were $5.00 and $6.00; cleaning up at............++- joseeees $198 LADIES’ $6.00 .TO $8.00 JACKETS, $1.98. 50 Jackets of Kersey cloth, all lined with taffeta or heavy satin; sizes for a miss or small lady, 32, 34 and 36. The reduction fn price is made to make them go in a rush, as we are getting in new Hes for the spring. Regular price, $6.00 to $8.00; cleaning up at...$1,98 25c. TO 75c. PERSIAN BANDS, 10c. An accumulation of odd lengths of Persian Bands in Oriental colors, from 1 to 2 inches wide. Regular price was 25c. to 75c. per yard; cleaning up at, per yard. 10c 20c. EMBROIDERIES, Se. A few hundred yards of double-edge Ribbon | Beadings and medallion effects, slightly soiled from handling. Worth up to 20c. per yard; cleaning up at, per yard ..5e LADIES’ s0c. NECKWEAR, IS5C. White washable stocks, also white linen, with colored silk com- Dination. Slightly soiled from handling. ny of them worth 50c.; Cleaning up at.......-seseeeereeeerereteeeee eens oe icceseesnes) 15c LADIES’ $1.00 KID GLOVES, 39¢, A small lot of women’s imported Kid Gloves, slightly soiled, some with slight imperfection, not a great many in the lot, but to clean them up, per pair. a 39, WOMEN’S 50C. FLEECE-LINED VESTS, 35C. A lot of women's ribbed fleece-lined Vests, long and short sleeves, Regular 50c, quality; closing them out at.. B5c CHILDREN’S 29C. UNDERWEAR, 19C. A small lot of children’s ribbed fleece-lined Shirts. Regular ae eee teeetersesecencevewes 19¢ quality; to close them out, your choice LADIES’ $3.25 WRAPPERS, $1.25. Ladies’ Wrappers, made of fine lawn, light colors, assorted styles, all sizes. Regularly sold at $3.25; cleaning up at $1.25 CHILDREN’S 6SC. GOWNS, 39C, Children’s Muslin Gowns, neatly finished, slightly soiled. Regu- lar price, 65c.; cleaning up at. 39c CHILDREN’S $1.00 TO $2.50 COLORED CAPS, 49¢. An assorted lot of styles in children’s colored Caps, silk, vglvet and elderdown, mostly 14-in. sizes. Were $1.00 to $2.50; Crt roeceKs tee Ic JEWELRY AT HALF PRICE. Prior to inventory Feb, ist we have made radical reductions In this department, pactonly brooch pins, cuff links, belt buckles, hatpins an various other lines. for 12%c,; 50c, goods for 25c, for 50c.; and $1.50 goods for....75c 25, $1.00 25C. RIBBONS, 10c. About twenty-five hundred yards of double-faced satin and satin- taffeta ribbon, black and colors, 2 to 4 in. wide, worth up to 25c,; Cleaning up at, Per yd... .cccececcccccccorceesvccsessocosores 10¢ SAMPLE ENDS OF LACE CURTAINS, Sample ends of Irish point lace curtains, white or ecru, 1 1-2 yds. long. Have been used by the importer to take orders for cur- oe which retail at from $5.00 to $10.00 per pair; Just for Friday, CAD case weet eeee serene eeenee seeeeeees oe Ic GREAT CLEARING SALE OF REMNANTS PRIOR TO INVENTORY IN THE LOWER SALESROOM. These remnants are divided into three lots: LOT 1 consists of Scotch madras, chambray, panama cloth, suit- ings, silk mulls, waistings, etc. Worth from 25c to 50c. per yds cleaning up, per yd., at 12% LOT 2 consists of percales, seersuckers, ginghams, _batiste, lawns, flannelette, outings, mulls and cotton voiles. Worth. from 12%ec. to 25c. per yd.; cleaning up at, per yd..s.--seeesye 8c LOT 3 consists of gingham, outing flannel, duck, sateen, mulls, lawns, etc. Worth from 8c. to 12%ec. per yd.; cleaning up, per YA, Mterrecccrereeseretrererseres teeceeceees steetee. 6 Wea baw 00) TWILL TOWELLI about 3,000 yards of “heavy bleached twill towelling. Worth 7c. per yd,; Just for Friday...... jeoee She APRON GINGHAM, good strong quality, blue, brown, green and red checks and plaids. Worth 7c.; just for Friday Be COTTON CHALLIES, all cotton and looks like wool, with pretty figures and floral effects. Worth 7c.; just for Friday,... 5c . UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, full yard wide, good and strong, nice soft quality, Worth 9c.; just for Friday... ....++6+ Up ves CH MEN’S SOCKS, {full fashion, double spliced soles, fast black. worth 25c.; Just for Priday, i Perio (7 TORCHON LACE, 2 t 54, per ydy Just for Friday, ok PERNT Ey || lagkett Carhart Do You Trav @ A Very Important Sale of Tatlored Suits for Women Suits af $10, vow #2 Of cheviot, in blue, black, brown, plum and green, the following models: Long coat, half or fitted models, lined with taffeta or satin. Skirts, in circular, plaited and kilted models. Hip length coats, lap seams, taffeta lined. Eton coat, braid trimmed, fancy vest, lined with taffeta. Suits of broadcloth, in plum, black and brown; also mannish mixtures. Coats in the loose box style. Skirts in the new models. All at $10 each. 0 $35 Broadcloth Suits at $19.75 Tight fitting long coat suits of broadcloth in these colors: . black, blue, brown, wine, red, green, helio, plum, purple, gray, prune, Coat 52 inches long, lined throughout with Skinner's satin; some have linings of taffeta. New model skirts, Eton suits of broadcloth in black and blue. Jacket fin- ished with straps at front and back. Vest of Persian and fancy braided collar. Circular skirt with folds. $45 Velvet Suits at $19.75 In All Colors. A variety of fitted Eton models, outlined with fancy braid. Jacket silk lined. Vest a combination of Persian trimming and broadcloth. Circular and gored skirts, braid trimming to match jackets. 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