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|Children's
ClOaks

ClOaks
We've made an extra effort in our Chill
dren's Cloak Department this season,
and have SECURED nobby, wearable jack
cts and Cloaks at prices that are a sur
prise to everybody;Nso much SO that,
since active selling has begun it has re-
solved itself into more of a question how
to keep up sizes than anything else.
They have captured the town. The lit
tie folks like them because of their
comfortable fit, and mothers are more
than pleased with the low prices and
cute, jaunty styles.
More styles than ever this week, repre-
senting every style and color, every grade
and quality, from the cheapest Jacket at
and $50. A few Of the bargains for this
week:
One lot of Refer Jackets, storm collars,
MIXED Df oiafbso sizen six isrg fe f foarteen ia reag -
value $3.50; special for this week....... p<.o'
A splendid Atwood C~hinchilla Jacket. lat
est REFER style, large sleeves, etc, sizes
Mse * fourteen worth 81 this $50
LOO Children's Newmarkets and Gretchens.
sizes four TO fourteen, Scotch Cloths and
Plain Cloths. some with capes. some plain,
some with hood capes, worth everywhere g. NJ
S.O to $50; choice this week........... pO.O'
A large lot of handsome Novelty Jackets.
sizes ten to sixteen, bought to sell for
i faa@ to sls.'o; special this week. choice 5000
SEE sixteen tee M psiees s Este 70. All ages. four to $3.50
Misses Long Cloaks, sizes four to sixteen, ego n,
hundreds of them, at from S.15 to-----.- Poo'o'
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The Big
Silk Sale

Will begin Tomorrow. If you were
never Interested before in a special Silk
Sale you certainly will be Tomorrow,
when you see the enormous stock or
sale. While the stock is enormous, yet,
at the prices named, it will GO rapidly,
so don't delay in your selection.
1000 yards Fancy Taffeta Silks that were
considered cheap in this market last week
at 81 and s1.25 will be sold tomorrow at IN,
the low price
A lot of elegant Pompadour and Louis XIV
styles and other high novelty Taffetas in
over twenty colorings that were imported Q %
to retail at $175 to S225, price tomorrow. VA'%S
5000 yards of colored Faille Franchise, re-
tail price everywhere has been 81 for
d eRts Sfsy coloTisgs choice tomorrow .. So
Elegant Pekin Stripe eros Grains in the
newest colorings of the season; wherever
they have been sold the price has been TX,
$1.&-our new purchase goes at.......... ~
A lot of Plaid Tafeta Silks that were quick, 80.
sellers at 75c, price tomorrow. ............ OUS
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One lot of Black Satin Rhadames. 75c quail
ity, will be put on sale at.........-...
Elegant Black Satin Duchesse, good sell
ers formerly at 81, will be sold at......-..
Fine Black Peau de Sole, price last week
24-inch Black eros Grain. made to retail
at $50; the new purchase goes at..........
Satin Tricot, the newest weave of the sea-
son, made to retail at $1.50, sale price
will be..............
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Millinery

Millinery
It is a well-established fact that wasson's sets
the STYLES in Fashionable Millinery for this part
of the country. If you would be posted as to
the latest styles-the latest fads-you have but
to stop a momentin our elegant department ana
take a peep at the numerous things on display.
Our great selling enables us to constantly show
the eYer-changing styles. Newness here always.
Not a day but something new is added. The
choicest ideas from Paris, London and New
York find their way into our department. very
shortly after their first appearance there. The
immense assortment enables the most fastidious
to find something to please.
Yorks Fading mininers and 5 direct from
Paris, and nearly 100 new hats, creations
of our own artists, representing some or
shown in indianapolis, will be shown for
hat department.
Especial Trimmed Hats
100 Trimmed Hats-AIade velvets and felts.
newest shapes, combined with a few
quilts, fancy feathers. ornaments, rib
bons and a little dizziness on the part
prices to be $3.50 to ss-choice this week: p<.IO
coiOrs and hapes@spiendid v~aIuesNspeciai 81 os
sortment has never been surpassed.
Children's Hats % prisss s 8 s to .e. from than ever before
IUntrimmed Hats
Tables stacked with every new shape made
by the best manufacturers of Europe and
r Ams ssa' Soc Prices Tee. s fEo@ SIS Is s aDd t. si t5s aasss
are particularly well f 5l. and q ,pps Tice than IN
others are asking.
sailors and Walking Hats
All our velvet and !, Satin tin 1 Top Sailors tT,mm and
about 5 STYLES to select from, all colors-
prices everywhere 75c to s.25-our sale ~.
Another 6iis !i lot Of o 100 Felt walking Hats and
Sailors; blacks and colors newest and
c ditNS' for SIS to s175rsals price tomorrow. Zoe
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skirts 5 yards wide and lined throughout,
immense large sleeves, fancy mixed Suit
ings, made to sell for $3.50; choice this
week (only 81 Suitsl: ..:...:..."-..
blue, gray and black, newest shape sleeve,
skirt and jacket, made to sell for $5i
sale price.
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Black Silks

In the big Silk purchase is a lot of ele
giant Black Silks, such as Satin DUCK
esse, Satin Rhadames, Satin Luxors
Peau de Sole and Duchesse.
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A Snap

80 Storm Serge Suits, guaranteed all wool,
lined throughout both jacket and skirt,
can be duplicated anywhere in the coun-
try for less than $3.50 to $50; sale price,.
100 Stylish Suits, made of Novelty Suitings
and Boucles, browns, tans, greens and
blacks, REFER and tight-fitting styles,
same identical Suits being sold in the
city at so and SIS; our sale prices, SO
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ZU CdptS, VdT1OuS Styles dUu ClOtIs, TOT
to sell at 81, $3.50 and So; choice this
week
Plush Capes, silk lined, worth $50; sale
QIlceft 49,.
Double Kersey Cloth Capes, tailor stitched
and finished, plain or velvet collars, very
wide sweep, stylish length, will never be
duplicated at less than $3.50; our sale
price this
Embroidered Plush Capes, Thibet fur edge,
lined, made TO sell for $1250; choice........
Astrachan Cloth Capes, 80 inches long, fur
edge. silk lined, 200 inches sweep, real
value SIS; sale price........"-..-.......
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Tables stacked with every new shape made
by the best manufacturers of Europe and
America. Prices from 4Sc up 10 the fnest.
are particularly we'll filled, and prices In
most cases are from 25c to 81 less than
others are asking.
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ever pcnncd. II Is Wlnwood keado
'Martyrlom Of Man | shall be bacl,
In an hour"
sat IN the window with the volume
In my hand, but my thoughts were fai
from the daring speculalions Of the
writer My mind ran upon our late
yisitor-her smiles, the deep rich tones
OF her voice, the strange mystery which
ovcrhung her life II she were seven
teen at the time Of her fathers disap-
pearance she must be seven-and-twcnty
now "A sweet age when youth has
lost It's self-consciousness and become a
little sobered by experience. SO sat
and unused, until such dangerous
siQnghts came into my head that |
hurrioa away 10 my desk and plunged
furiously into the iatgsl ttcatisc upon
pathology. What was |, an arny sur
Ceon with n weak leg and q weaker
banking account, that should dare 10
think Of such things? She was unit,
iactof, potlling more II my future
were black, u was better surely to face
u like a man than loattclnpt to bright
~ It by mere will-o'-the-wisps Of the
imaeinciiQn,
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away Standing at the window,
watched her walking briskly down the
street. until the gray turban and white
feather were but speck in the somber
crowq,
what q very Attractive woman!"
exclaimed, turning u my eoppanion.
lie had lit his pipe again. and was
iacning back with dropping cyclids
rs shef7 lie said, languidly. ~ did not
observe, go '"' t-. p
you really are an automatop ~ cal
culatins machine" ] cried "Thefe Is
something positively Inhuman in you
at times"
lie smiled gently. ut is Of the nrst
Importance he said, mot to allow
your Judgment to be biased by per.
sonai qualities. A client Is to me mere
unit--a factor In problem. The emo
tional qualities are antagonistio 10 clear
reasoning assure you that the Most
winning woman ever knew was
banged for poisoning three little chill.
dren for their insurance money, and
the most repellent man Of my acqppint-
ance is philanthropist who has spent
nearly quarter Of u million upon the
London poor"
I'm this case, however,"
y never make exceptions, An ex-
ception disproyes the rule. Have you
ever had occasion to study character in
handwriting? What do YOU nuke Of
this fellows scrlbble2"
1T is leglble and regular" an
swered. ~ man Of business habits and
some force Of character"
Holmes shook his head. Look at
his long letters" he said. They hard
ly rise above the common herd. That
d might be an a, and that an G. Men
Of character always diffcrentiate their
long letters, however illegibly they may
write. There is vacillation in his ks
and self-esteem in his capitals. am
going out now. have some few refer
cnces to make, Let me recommend
this boolf--one Of the most remarkable
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CHAPTER II.

Miss Morstan entered the room with
n firm step and nm outward composure
Of manner She was a blonde younp
lady, small. dainty, well gloved, and
dressed in the most perfect taste.
There was, however, n plainess and
simplicity about her costume which
bore with 1t suggestion Of limited
means The dress was a sombcr gray
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,,.o."eo'c, NV" sain ne NOW
Vincent square Now we came out on
the yauxhall bridge road We are
making for The Surrey side apparently
Yes, ! thought So Now we arc on the
bridge. You can catch glimpses Of the
river"
We did indeed get 1eeting view of
astretch Of the Thames with the lamps
shining upon the broad, silent water;
but our cab dashed on, and was sooh
involved In labyrinth Of streets upon
The other side.
Wordsworth road" said my com
panion. "Priory road. Lark Hall
lane. Stockwcll place Robert street
Cold Ilarbor lane. Our quest does not
appear TO take us to very fashionable
regions"
We had, indeed, reached a question
able and forbI dding ncighborhood
Long lines Of ,lrll brick houses were
only relieved by lhc coar.c' giire aild
tawdry brilliaacy Of public houses at
the corner Then came two rows Of
two-storied villas, each with a fronting
Of miniature garden, and then again In
termindble lines of new staring brick
buildings--the monster tentacles which
the giant city was throwing out into
the country. AT last the cab drew up
at the third house In new terrace.
None Of the other houses were inhab-
lteae and that az which We stopped was
as dark as Its neighbors, save for sin
- -"'"-er in the kitchen window.
~ our knocking, however, the door
was instantly thrown open by a lIindoo
servant clad IN q yellow turban, white,
loose-f fitting clothes, and a yellow sash.
There was something strangely incon-
yruous in this oriental figure framed in
the commonplace doorway Of u third
rate sHbuEbsp dwelling house,
The sahib awaits SbA,s said he, pnN
even as he spoke there came Il hien.
piping voice from some inner room
SHOW them in to ne, khitmutgar," It
hicd- SHOW them straight in to me
no BIZ CONTINUED
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A POST1UM0US LETTER.

Some eresideqt to Receiye 4 Letter frGss
Gen, Grant About u West Point Cadet.
ahip,
Pou0nKEEpsIE, N. T., March g. j,
". Hinkley, chairman Of the demo-
cratic state committee, says that some
future president Of the United States
will be greatly astonished some day by
the receipt Of letter from Gen. Ulys-
SEES $. Grant. Mr.. Hinckley and Col.
Fred Grant were cadets together at
West Point, and the general was very
anxious that his grandson should also
hs educated in that institution. Be-
fore he died he wrote personal letter
TO the man who should be president Of
the United States at the time when his
grandson should reach a suitable age,
asking him to appoint the young man
70 ? cadetship at West FONT. This
letter is now in Col. Fred Grants pos.
session
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AN EXTRA SESSION POSSIBLE.
little Treasury Gold should he Depleted
the President VIII Call One.

1.-THE Treasury Gold should he Depieted
the President VIII Call one.
WASHINGTON, March "a cabinet
officer, 1t Is said, Is authority for this
statement, the accuracy Of which
would be questioned were It not for
the source from which II comes He
said; There Is general assumption
that 1t Is definitely decided that there
will be no extra session. The decision
Ia erroneous. Whether there will be
On extra session or not depends on cir.
cumstauces. The public is not aware
OF the fact that the president almost
decided last Sunday that there woald
be IN extra session. The sub.
ject was considered by the cabi.
net. The immediate cause was
the sundry civil and deficiency
appropriation bills The president was
very much disposed to veto both, bu,
he concluded that II would be better to
allow the country 10 have rest for Il
time and to await the progress of
events and not call an extra session
SOW. But II there shall be run upon
'ihe treasury gold and the treasury
reserve shsll be depleted in spite OF
sshe arrangement which has been made
10 protect the gold, The president will
unquestionably convene tue next con
gress rs soon as the fact shall be made
clear or probable
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Enclosed. Since then, every year, upol
the same date, there has always ap
pearcd u similar box, containing sim
liar pearl, without any clew as TO th,
sender. They have been pronounce
by an expert to be Of rare variety ant
Of considerable value You can see fol
yourselves that they are very hand
some" She opened fat box as sht
spoke, and showed me six Of the fines
pearls that had ever seen.
Your statement Is most interest
ing said Sherlock Holmes. Has any
thing else occurred to you?"
Eyes, and no later than to-day. That
Is why | have como to you This morn
Ing | received this letter, which you
will perhaps read foryourself."
THANK you," said Holmes. 1.-THE
envelope, too, please. Postmark, Lon
don, $. W.; date, July7. Huml Mans
thumbmark on corner--probably post
man Best quality paper. Envelopes
at sixpcnce packet. Particular man
in his stationery. No address. BE at
The third pillar from the left outside
the Lyceum theater tonight at seven
o'clock. II you are distrustful bring
two friends. You are n wronged wom-
an, and shall have justice. Do not
bring police. II you DO, all viii be in
vain. Your unknown friend Well,
really this is very pretty little mys-
terry What do you intend to do, Miss
Morstan?"
THAT Is esaotly what want to ask
you
"Then we shall most certainly go.
You and | and-ycs, why, DR.. Watson
Is the very man Your correspondent
says two friends lie and have
worked together before"
but would he Gomez" she asked,
with something appealing in her voice
and expression
~ should be proud aud happy"
said !, fcrvently, ~ can bs q, aHy
service
you are both very kind" she an
swered. II have led Il retired life, and
have no friends whom could appeal
to- i am hers NJ siy twill do, sup
pose?'
"Yop must not he later said
Holmes "Thcre is one other point.
IL this handwriting the same as that
upon the pearl-boy addreses9'
II have them here" she answered,
producing half a dozen pieces Of paper.
You urc certainly model client.
You have the correct intuition. Let
US see, n9w," lie spread out the paper
upon the table, and gave little darling
glances from one 10 The o.Aer, They
arc disguised hands, except the letter.
he said, presently, "but there can be no
question us to the authorship. See how
the irrpprcssble Greek will break
out, and see the twlrl .on the final s.
They are undoubtedly by the snme per-
son should not like TO suggest taiss
hopes, Miss Nlorsiqn. but Is there any
resemblance between this band md
that Of your father?'
Nothing could be more unlike"
II expected to hear you say 30. We
shall look out for you, then, ut six.
Pray allow me to keep the papers.
mny look into the matter before then.
1t Is only half-past three. Au revoir,
then" Y
"Au rcvoir," said our y,sitar, and
with bright, kindly glance from one
to the other Of us, she replaced her
pearl box in her bosom and hurried
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unravcl little domestic complication
She was much Impressed by your kind
ness aud skill
"Alrl. Cecil Forester" he repeated.
F., tlourhtfully 81 believe that was Oi
Gong slight service TO her. The case,
however. Us ! remember II, was n very
simple one"
'.hc did not mink 50. But at least
yon cannot my the same Of mine
can hardly imagine anything more
strange, more utterly lnexplicable,
than the situation in which ! find my
self"
Holmes rubbed his hands, arid his
eyes glistened lie leaned forward In
Lls chair with an expression Of eStraor.
binary concentration upon his clear.
cut, htwhliEe features. state your
case eaii he. ~ brisk, business tones.
felt l'lgt ny POSITION was an EN-
ealras Y one 'lM Will. mn SIRE,
cSoo' MS" said, rising from my
chair
To nay surprise the young lady held
up her gloved hand to delain inc. III
your friend" she said, "wouId be good
enough to stop. he might he of lncstim'
able service TO me-"
relapscd into my chair
Briefly" she continued, "the facts
are these My father was an officer in
an Indian regiment who sent me home
when was quite child Ny mother
was dead, and had no relative IN Eng.
land. | was placed, however, in Il
comfortable boarding establishment at
Edinburgh, and there remained until
! was seventeen years Of agc. In the
year 1873 my father, who was senior
captain Of his regiment, obtained
twelve months leave and came home,
He tclegraphed to me from London
that he had arrived ail spfe. and d.
rected me TO come down at once, giving
the Langham hotel as his address. His
message, rs remember, was full OF
kindness and love. On reaching Lon.
don drove to the Iangham, and was
informed that Capt Morstan was stay
Ing there, but that he had gone ont the
night before and had not returned, |
waited all day without news Of him
That night, Gp the advice Of the man
ager Of the hotel, communicated with
tie police, and next morning wc adver.
tised In all the papers. Our inquiries
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CHAPTER III.
IN QUEST OF A POLLUTION,

= I-f~ 'St''
1t was half'past five before llolmc
returned. lie was bright, eager on
IN excellent Splrlts--a mood which Il
tM ease alterhated with Its OF TIN
oiaclie'' dep'ess'9h
There IL no great mystepy IN tli'
matter ne said taking the cup Of ter
which had poured out for him. "rh(
iqets appear to admit OF only one ex
panauol'N
WHAT you hive solved II alreadyp'
well, that will be too much 10 say
have discovered a suggestive fact,
that Is ali II IS, however, very sug
ecstive. The details are still to beadd
ed, | have just found, on consulting
the back files of the Times, that Maj
Sholto, of Upper Norwood, late Of the
Thirty-fourth Bombay infantry, died
upon the 2sth of April, 1882"
u may be very obtuse, Holmes, but
! fail tvsee what this suggests
mo? You surprise me. Look at IT
in this way, then. Capt Mofstan dis.
appears. The only person in London
whom he could have visited IL Mui
Sholto. Mai sholto denies having
heard that he was In London. -Four
Years later sholto dies. Within n wcel,
of his death Can't. Nforstan,s doughtcr
receives a valuable present which il RI.
peated from wear to wear. and now chi.
minatns in letter which describes her
as a wronged woman. What wrong
can II refer to except this deprivation
Of her father2 And why should tbe
presents hegin Immediately after
Sholto's death, unless It Is that sholtos
heir knows something Of the mystery.
and desires to make compensation?
Have you any alternative theory which
will meet the facts?"
''lIpt what strange compensation
And how strangely made! Why. too,
should he write q lettes now, rather
than six years agoq Again, the letter
speaks Of giving her justice What
justice can she have? 1t Is too much
to suppose that her father is still alive
There is no other injustice In her case
that you know Of"
There are difficulties; there are
certainly difficulties" said Sherlock
Holmes pensively. but our expedi-
lioR OF tonight will solve them all.
All, here Is (Qnr-wheeler and Miss
Mcrstan is insidcr Are YOU al readyp
Then we had better go down, for II is
n little past the hour" '-.i
I picked M my hat and my heaviest
stick, but | observed that Holmes took
bis revolver from his drawer and
slipped il into his pocket 1t was clear
that he thought that our nights work
might be a serious ons.
Miss Morstan was muflled in a dark
cloak, and her sensitive face was com.
posed, but pale, She must have been
laore illqp woman II she did not feel
ZONE uncasineSs ut Inc Strange enter
prise upon which we were cInbarlsing,
yet her sclf-control was perfect, and
she readily answered the few addition
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ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.
Bullet Passed Through Wall and Killed .
Man on tho Street.


Man on tho Street.
CINCINNATI, March IA peculiar
tragedy occurred in front of james
Martins residence on Dalton avenue
yesterday. Herman Wessyln, var
nisher ID q furniture factory, was on
his way to work, when, without warn.
Ing, a pistol bali entered his chest,
passed through his heart and he fell
UNCONSCIOUS before Mr.. Martins house.
lghe story Of the shooting, as told BY
Mrs. Martin, is that she wac making
up their folding bed in tho lower front
room and took a revolver from under
the pillows and placed it on the man.
yslplses, Just as she did so she heard
pistol shot, but did lot kncw that 1t
was the one that she was handling.
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DISGUISED COLQNlSTS.


A Party OF Negroes Quit Mexico and Are
Walking to Georga and sMbamS. ~
SAN ANTONIO Tex, March IA party
of twenty-five negroes passed through
here on foot yesterday on their way Vi
their former homes in Georgia and Ali.
bama from Tlahualilla, Mex. They
are straggers from the first batch a
colonists taken 10 Mexico a few weeks
ago by Peg-ley Williams, the noted
negro colonizer. They did not like the
new country, and they take gloomy
view of the prospects of the colonists
left behind They claim that all Of
the colonists will return to their old
homes in the United States as soon
as they can ret away - S'''
-;- :. -e-
G. R. Thoml' h9a Yea appointed
postmaster at j r',. siln uiaaty,
Kan, vice !. 4, ''la.n,s. ~ nal
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ELISHA THOMAS VERY SICK.
The Bishop OF Kansas IA d 70 He Lying 1t
the Point of Death, ~

the Point OF Death. ~
SALIVA, Kan, March 7.-Rt. Rey
Elisha ). Thomas, bishop Of Kansas, Is
lying nj the point q death VI st. John
Military school, Of this city, The
prayers Ct his diocese ars desired Ia hia
behalf, Ills illne was very sudden,
appearing while he was al Ellsworth
on visitation duriag the severe storm
of last Sunday After partially rscov-
ering he came to Salina, where he was
again seized with the tine symptoms,
which soon became ularlnn =. The
physicians announce the disease impac-
ton of the bowels. followed by con-
WILSON'S. The bishop has been uncon.
scious for many hours.
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A CIGARETTE FleNp.

4 Girl Only Twelve Years Old. Dying fyIn.
the Result Of Smoking.
VALPARAISO, Ind, March 7,--Lixzie
Barnett. IL years Of age. Of South Bend.