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HS AD TO THIS ident Would Pardon _.. Fugitive Convict Caught After Years, emg SIGN PETITION. | Missouri Legislators and Judges F * Join in Plea for John W. Janua WASHINGTON, ‘April %—President | Rovscyelt in a note to the Department Of Justied to: ‘j & moder Jean Valjean, whould have his Bentence cominuted at once or be par- @oned outright. January was convicted spire years ago of robbing ‘a post-oMce in Oklahoma and Served the greater portion of a five @entence at Leavenworth He then @aped and after nine years of liberty was earrested in Kansas City and returned to prison. Many petitions have reached the President asicing {or nis pardon, He thad lived in Kansas City under the of Charles W. Anderson during the time he was at liberty. @hortly after his escape January, un- Ger his aseumed name, secured employ- jment and eventually established him- sett in business, which he was succeas- fully conducting at the time of his re @rrest. He married and has a child. President Roosevelt's action followed & Visit of Senator Warner, of Missourt, tothe White House early in the day, @ocompanied by J. M. Kennedy, pri- Yate secretary to Representative Ellis, et Kansas City. Senator Warmer pre Bented to the President « typewritten ‘He also told the Prewident there was © petition ciroulating in Missouri e- feady signed by 37.00 persons asking for January's pardon. After the matter een explained to him the Presi- made the following indersement on the statement: to serve five yours in the penitent Sin January was & model of good vior. He was tor ‘the go0d conduct ob, ard had come wo within ht manths of the i 3 "5 i z F 3 & ly had enough to get to ‘pere, under the name of ©: dergon, te” chance cS "3 e work a rallroad with nollon gang, Hie aaved tis mone: ‘3 “hard, and saved City te a hot city political the faot that he never could be tt to vote, even on questions In al A ly interesied, caused some va, but Anderson, aware of his civil ty through his yxison sentence, steadfastly aloot t length he saved enough money to po ig & small restaurant near the car of the street railroad. His prin DORN « | etpa ew | bad t JEAN VALJEAN expressed the opinion’! ch the street railroad men vere | tomers. were his former work: mates. He stuck to his penitentiary at et him on the Anmious to pet a reward of $8, he betrayed Janumry's t Leavenworth prinot a fortnight that ended the presentation of the thon to Prealdent Roosevelt ts lk tory rivals fct TORCH BLOWS UP AND CAUSES A PANIC. | ovr | proceeds, will Members of Twenty Families Came | airestt« assloted by tie choir leader Mise | Cora ‘and Miss-Julla H. Beokor, of | The scenery and. theatrical effects are supplied by the Crest Trad: Rushing Down Stairway of Tenement. Yeaac Friedlander, of No. 1607 Madi- son avenue, was working to-day tn the basement electrical repair shop of | Gchiencr & Katz, under a five-story tenement at No, 150 Lexington avenue. The gasoline torch he was'using blew up with a loud report, knocking over | Friedlander and showertng burning fuld about the place. The shop was wrecked and a lively fire was started. ‘The members of the twenty-two fam- flies living in the place were forced out by the thick clouds of smoke that went airs in a panic. The | Ing down the KILLED FOR an. AFFRONT TO WOMAN. Negro Shot to Death as Result of His Boy Brushing Against a White Woman, GELMA, Ala, April M0.—Death waa) meted out to & negro yesterday by a mod of infurlated citizens, the cause being an affront offered @ white woman | * by the negro’s son in Pittsview. The) | nates her as boy, Sitchen, a travelling "man, % coum bus, and in the encountef which foi- lowed Mitchel) received a couple of wounds in the arm, being weriously in- mude a Geteresined effort Ju The negro to escape oye after the shoot- ine, but a pores of citisens went after & a and shot him to death. 150,000 RUNAWAY OYSTERS. ‘Town of Shoreham, England, Suf- fers a Submarine Disaster, LONDON, April 9%. — Disaster arse overtaken the town of Shoréham, in| Sussex. Through the bursting of « sea dike 10,00 oysters were washed their beds and are now trrecoverably drift- tng along the bottom of the English | Channel. a KUROK! ‘TO BE NATION'S GUEST. SEATTLE, Wesh., April #0.—Lieut- Gen. MacArthur, accompanied by staf officers, has arrived here to meet Gen. Kuroki, who will arrive Thursday from | Japan. Gen.’ MacArthur, as the repre- |aentative of President Roosevelt, will accompany Gen, Kurok! across the {continent to Jamestown, where he will "be the nation’s guest. “END WOMEN” NOVELTY thie Lenox Avenue Union | nioned black-.aced minstrel show on evening, May 16, at the Har. | lem Casino, One Hundred and Twent street and) Seventh avenue. fo to the relief of the The chorus consists of twenty-seven young women and eleven young men for the past three months and they In-| tend to give @ performanoo tant outshine anything amateurs ever cave. Davis will be the in- terlooutor. The end men will be Car and Lawrence ence Goodwin |he end women jokes will be all original | Jokes published in old almanacs and been tabvoed. ra will be made up of sev- - | erg) young women connected with the be biackfaced, of the women will appear in black face and the other half in white ih the airshafts, and they came tum- | diaze to the work: | combe supplements The men will has created immense In- terest in Harlem and the Casino cannot accommodate all who desire to attend. Eleven hundred tickets |i Likewise evory box. Talented Children in Sketch. Miss Dorothy Preyer, clog dancer, will give a sketoh Master Lester Walters, entitled ‘ee with @ Dutch chorus. na Who will take Beytarin, Violet white woman was walking along one| Vera, McKenna, Jeabelle Mull Of the principal streeta of the town | Judge, ra, When the negro approached and brushed abeth’ Miller, he eee | Briggs, Anna ay ea the father of the | Mildred Phlul Pas hillipe, ‘George ‘Briggs the champton Sylvia Mitte Dorothy Kraft, aE Leste John Ten Byck, Lawrence Fisher, jeabit, OL Powell and W. 6 Harry ‘igyel im keaton. tdge Willard 1 Leroy B. Crane, Alderman Elias Et Sam! % yman Joseph Bolhiit. Harry B. aie SD milvonaize | plano-meler, Lipa D.; Dr. Israel L. 3 "Honan, 2 Willieca Wilson, John Robert Peok, L, W. Kraft, Rogers Albert Frank, William he Rosternt A Savines Rank z. George Schaffer, cashier Broadway Deputy Pax Commins ‘ons and Richard M. Bent ae Joe Dickert, Your Mother Needs You Joseph Dickert, of No. 14 Kast Fourth street, left home last June. Mrs, Annie Dickert, came to The Even- dead and his mother ls needin; support he will return. aPC) MOTH THE EVENING WORLD, T. = UL DUCKSTANER © WILL HELP CHURCH ° Choir of Lenox Avenue Union DONOHUE KEEPS UP” | FIGHT FOR HIS DOCK. > By valu ‘River at Ono Hu otreet there and has p $250 a yen emenise(oner Bares! notin a socal vadatal aw the water front for ita ger ldook improvements Donohue got a. temporary fnyunction and to-day Howard Gana’ tn his behalf, | moved. to make It perm . He con tended that his lease pould not be va- pated by Bensel Mr, Gans intimated that Donohue was} being oust A part of the system of reprin the edm{nistration tn! {te fight with “the organization.” Assiatant ©Comoration Counsel Fried- man presented afdavits of the mem- bere of the Sinking Fund Commis. lation, frictuding Mayor MoCiellan. City’ Chamberlain. the Comptroller of Commissioner Hensel that the land was needed tn the prosecution of he Legisiature. reserved. der the act Decision w “AGED MAN KILLED IN ‘The body of a man neventy years old was found late yesterday afternoon in a cellar room of the tenem S 11S Park avenue. had been dead about eteht day nm |ne was killed by rats t place. rented the room from Samuel Grun- piatt, the janitor, several months aso. He was @ neddier, The Inst seen of ‘and broke open the door of his room. The old man was found lying across nis bed, dea weakened by lack of food and had been ncked bY rata. FIXTURE tae ted forced betroctons foes to, Pro itchen ink, Saves phambers’ biTle. ~ THIRD ANNIVERSARY APRIL 30, LE TT TT Uf ” AK @) te “0 | // eicauafty Gorn tay lo accu taf CROWDED TO THE DOORS. Thousands of Eagerly Buying Shoppers—The 14th Street Store Breaks Anniversary Records. YE Petey was a day of ‘continuous ovations, y seemed to Come from everywhere. waiting “al the’ doors when the store op. store when the closing bell rang. of shoppers in every department. Such selling! Crowds were in: the And. so it was alt day Such buying! But it wasn’t amazing. ANNIVERS a SALES ‘are of utmost importanc store has grown, Vast quantities of choice goods are on sale, and Prices are Sensationally Reduced. Tremendous lots of merchandise have been obtained from over- Stocked wholesalers, jobbers, &c., and on these as well as on our regular | lines We have cut prices unmercifully. too, how the \the dock {mprovements authortzed un | | \ Extraordinaty mnerchans fise features daily. Ruffled Muslin Curtains, Three yards long, A Special sneer siheeial Sheer quality insertion and deep, full ruf @-INCH TAP RS—F CELLAR BY RATS.| Coroner Thinks He Was Overcome} by Them When Weakened by | Lack of Food, | | sented in this Basement Store. These Suits sell regularly | for from 818 to 25. To-morrow morning they will be on 49c les to auth STRY COUCH COvV- On sale tomorrow morning, not on sale today. Just three hundred and fifty suits in the lot, GHAM LACE ¢ ‘Phe man, whose mame Js unknown, | yards long dod jim was eleven days ago, Yesterday | the Janitors wife became susplolous | RUFFLED BOBBIN DT the extension kind. Each excellent quality ANCY ART CRE- ways sold at . Coroner Dooley wave it/ as his opinion that he had become| pene stRirE cu RTAINS- TAPESTRY FORTIER ES —Solid colors of hea tapestry Basement. ed STAR REFRIGERATORS, both styles: $5.95, 0.1 “ourth Fioor,), EN's as Gowns, ues atl? §7,75 % ‘lined costa, $18. NS BPRING nt BATIRtE AND DAINTY WISTS,” tency models Third Floor. —~! YOUTHS’ AND Dea iri beers Seprvas saucer — complete with globe—0c, r ee? with 6inch globe; Main Floor. | ITS, wample sults align on HMR ait CASI viren botioana, $1 Q8 PRasaD ior Ris, #1130 vaivee $96 FAR ¥ TAFPETAB AS Une leon fe | Pg gaa LE tn the bedroom $1.25 at att 000d Dealers W your woa't apply you, we will Sanitary Appliance Co. Philadelphia, Pa. * ‘Agents Wanted ony in Manahan Kornelia Kinks done have a great plan, To paint on each melon de ole bogie man; “Dem darkeys,” said she, “ The most surprising thing apout ‘‘ Korn-Kinks’’ is that ever tasted anything like it, and no other food is so healthful, easily digested and sustaining, THE H-O cK MATINEE Y. it and nobody tires of it. You never INKS CORN ELAKES Ready to Serve Hot or Cold ee at $10.98 Dover Mtg. Co. vot more than pep spite. AD proswiccUub. coscammecunler x Fourth Floor. | i: Bathe bom ne o's customer 7 ‘ Om Vailou 8 BOC HAE. Peele’ prices T° oa . 496 wrvacaN WA Ts i? Pe oxi2,” 14,765 baxlo.d. ae eA “$1 ms FANCY HACK COMME. ‘shell 2Q¢ Fifth Floor. — explain the low price, for this fabric never sells for tess than $1 oe EB PARLON KUiTH os cnn PONT cia Ww Pe Helin bio N will be skeered to come round | And pick de ripe melons from off’n de ground.” Try it--only 6 cents, at 5 RSE: oF BUNDLE TAPE: Women’ i Piste Suits. CLEVER TON MODELS. Ma = Second Floor. i 6 MUSLIN DRAWERS ee a Bulletin Mail and Telephone Orders Filled Promfpetly MOCHA AND JAVA Men’s Underwear ons Mele thread Shirts, long MALT ya Sub-Station Store, Old Building. A Very Remarkable Offering OfWomen’sTailored Suitsat $10 ‘This is the most remarkable offering we have yet pre- | sale at $10 each. They are made by one of our best man. ufacturers of tailored garments, and are periect, up-to- date models, The illustration shows three of the styles. Eton jackets, trimmed with bias strapping, finished with piping or braid; some vith vests, others with peau de cygne or taffeta collar anc cuffs. A number of hip-lengtt, semi-ftting Jackets, with the new | Gibson shoulder, three quarter length sleeves. They are beautifully lined with seun, the skirts made in full side-plaited models, some fin- ished with deep bias folds, others plain, Well tailored and perfect hanging. | Lamps, Candlesticks and Shades The Basement Lamp Store will be in its new, enlarged quarters tomorrow. The special offerings which we an- nounce for tomorrow are all attractively priced, and well ! worth attention. On sale tomorrow, not on sale today. 0 elod| Colored, bent glans Lamp shades Night Lamps on colored enam: glared, figs, Temp ghades, pularly 26. S10, regularly Fue to ik Princess Lamps, gold-mottied glass Iron Candlesticks, complete with bes; BUC, ~ candle-holder and Geisha shade; 35e, feeene: émcoh globes resu Fonulerty bee Princess Lamps, in solid colors,’ Iron Candlesticks, with enameled shoe ruby centers; 120, larly 200, yith radaed gold 4 Black iron’ thres- tight Candelabra, with ruby enameled centers; 250, regularly We. « Andieshedee of black wood 1.50, regularly $2.00 Brass Reception Lamps: spun with cast. hand draught burner, @8.75, renuh Wrought Iron, 7 colored panel gl with bead frin, arly More Under-Priced Gold Watches Another lot of 14-k. Qpen-face Watches will be on sale tomorrow morning at the same low prices as the last offering. Fine 7-jewel American movement, guaranteed accurate. Men's Watches at $15, Women's Watches sat $11,850, Both should be priced considerably higher. Other Watches in gun-metal, silver, gojd-filled and solid gold cases, at $2.25 to $20. Sold Gold Brooches and Handy Pins, many exclusive and dainty designs, 8S¢ to $8.50. Gold-mounted Combs Imitation shell Combs, with gold mountings, in several effective designs, priced at $1.25 and $1.85. Fancy pierced borders, and plain gold band. “Seconds” of Lansdowne, 75c a Yard There is still a good supply of this famous fabric, in black only. It makes splendid bathing sults. Slight defects, such as thick threads, yard. Now It Is 7Sc a yard. Men's Scars, Cac. we av hen tie oe silks are the same as those used in half-dollar scarfs, and are made up by one of the best manufacturers, They are short ends, hence the short price. Rour- in-hands, lined and French, in light and dark grounds, 25c each. PAJA MAS, $1 Pajamas of excellent quality blue chambray, with military col- lar and fly-front, trimsed with white. These pajamas are made espe cially for us, And cannot be matched elsewhere for less than $1.60. short sleeves, Drawe: to match. Regular quality, at 60c Summer-weight natural merino Shirts and Drawers, “seconds” of. $1 quality. Shirts, 34 to 60; draw- ers, sizes 30 to 40, Slight hurts which do not affect the wearing quall- tes, Socks of imported cotton— Halt Hose, 18c very good values, Three styles, all black, hack with unbleached feet, end black with unbleached soles, They should be priced at 2ca pair, instead of 18c, : . 4480 Black Taffeta Waists at Silk Waists $3.75, Front of fine plaits, trimmed with bu tons, plaited back. New sleeves with deep cuffs. Open in front. Women's Gloves © rareciaetne Beste [ine pagne, tan, black and white, at 75c a pair, Very good gloves at such # cmall price, ’ > $2.50 Blucher Oxfords at $1.50 Women’s Shoes a pair? aten: Seatuer and kia. | skin, with patent leather tips, welted and suitched soles and Cuban | peels, Smart lasts for Bummer wear $1.50 @ pair, instead of $2.50, Four hundred Rugs, 18 x87 RUGS, 50c inches, at this little price. Made of the best body wrussela carpet, fringed at both ends ‘They would be good values at $1, at £0c \hey are remarkable Sub-Station Store, Basement, Old Builditg