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81 each, the medal 10 entitle the wearer to
seat during the whole length of the car
nival
The feasibility of this plan is apparent
when it is borne in mind that tribunes are
to be erected along the principal streets.
where the features of the carnival are to
take place, and that seating room will
without doubt be at a premium.
Another meeting of the committee was
held yesterday afternoon in the Baldwin
Hotel and further steps taken to have all
the preliminaries hermoniouslv arranged.
full quorum was present.
A finance committee was appointed.
composed of fifteen OF the most prom inent
men in the City-men of recognized hon
esty and probity of character, whose word
is as good as gold. All the money received
and disbursed in relation to carrying on
the carnival will pass through the hands
OF this committee.
A partial list was also made out of the
twenty-five men who are practically to
have charge OF the whole affair 1t has
not yet been decided what name these
men will Teceive-board of directors or
executive committee. They will, however
be designated by one or the other of these
terms.
A petition was received from 5000 BIZ
cyclists. asking that one day or night be
set aside for them to make an exclusive
display. Whether this will be done or not
will depend entirely upon the committee
OF twenty-five, but as it meets with the
appreciation of majority of the tempo.
rary committee, and is also seconded by
many OF the prominent merchants, it looks
as if the knights of the wheel will gain
their desire.
A fitting conception of the grand scale
h hiaf1 ho
intend that it shall be carried out NAV be
gathered from some of the projects dis
cuSsed at their various meetings.
1t is INTENDED that the carnival shall be
introduced by coronation of the Golden
Gate" If it is found feasible the Gate
viii be arrayed in gala attire. Electric
lights will be stationed on each side and
on vessels. Fireworks will abound and
add brilliancy and excitement to the spec
tacle.
Then the queen of the occasion will sail
into the Gate along the straits In vessel
ablaze with decorations and electric lights.
All the men-of-war in the harbor are TO act
as her escort.
1t IS also intended that one day shall be
set apart for the ladies, and ample funds
will be provided them to make their day a
red-letter day.
The militia from all over the coast States
will be invited to come and join in giving
CAHAOAtlOiis UulpdDIcu Win Ill
the pomp and pageant and panoply of
war.
The ministers are 10 be invited to come
from all points in the State with messages
of peace, and one day will be ministers
congress. 1t is expected that their brot b.
ers of the cloth here will entertain them
during their visit.
In the same manner the editors of al
the interior journals are TO be given q
special invitation. They will have things
made pleasant for them by the Press Club.
The streets are to be decorated SO beauti-
fully that onlookers will imagine them
selves in fairyland of dreams. The
200, 900 people that are expected to m axe
an excursion to San Francisco during the
fiesta are not going to be disappofn ted,
the committee say.
General Warfield. chairman of the tenn
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| porary committee, was seen in regard to
| the carnival at the California Hotel. He
| was all smiles in an instant.
Yes he said, 1--WE are much encour-
aged at the interest manifested even in
the inception of the project.
Every one seems desirous TO make an
immense success of the fiesta, even though
ne sacrifice his own interests in SO doing.
"There is no doubt that a carnival will
hereafter be one OF the annual features of
| the City,"
The rest OF the committee voice the same
sentiments as General War6eld. So far
| there has been no division of opinion as to
how the affair shall be conducted.
| And now for the opinions and sugges-
| tions OF the prominent business men,
Some have one feature TO suggest, some
another, but there is one point upon which
they are unanimously will be q great
| thing for the business and pleasure inter
| ests of this City.
Adam Grant of the firm of Murphy,
Grant & Co. was one of the most
enthusiastic.
Il tell you," be declared, this ought to
be and in all probability will be grand
| affair. am heartily in favor of it.
~ should be glad to serve upon the COM
mittee for | am thoroughly alive to the
good the carnival will do this City, but the
state OF my business is such as TO prevent
me. When another one recurs l intend to
DC Ol udIIu. IL my son Joseph were mere
\ 1 would endeavor to put him on some
committee where he could assist in ad-
yancing the interests of the place.
A. s. Baldwin of Baldwin 81 Hammond
is another citizen who is keenlv interested
in the proposed fiesta. His ideas on some
| OF its features are not only original, but
| meet with the approval due their enter
| prise and uniqueness.
"As general proposition" he said, az
| think 1T fine thing for San Francisco,
and II got out on certain lines will bring a
vast number of people here.
II think sports should be the leading
feature of the affair. Now, there will be a
week OF festivities. and my idea is that at
least half of that time should be given up
to sports. Stereotyped shows, professions
and parades are worn threadbare.
LET us have one whole day of horse
racing with the largest purses ever offered,
one day for athletic games of all kinds,
one day for naval demonstration in the
bay, wherein not only the warships and
vessels OF newest design could be entered,
but old and curious crafts OF every descrip-
ton; day for parade of metropolitan
industries only, and one for State indus
tries.
"These are some of the features which
to nv mlnd would tend to place the affair
on nigh plane and add the element of
uniqueness. Then there should be night
parade for blcycists out on Van Ness
avenue, where the whole scene could be
attractively Illuminated with Chinese and
japanese lanterns, and the performers and
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SACRAMENTO SUIT ENDED
Judge Henry Decides That Mrs.
Lee Was Not Defrauded
by Gregory.
Regrets That She Lost Her Money
and Urges the Ex.Msyor to
Repay 1t.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, May 23.-The
suit OF Mrs. Adelaide 7. Lee of Red Bluff
against ex-Mayor Eugene ]. Gregory of
this city for obtaining $4,000 under false
pretenses was dismissed by Judge Henry
this morning and Gregory stepped from
the courtroom free man.
In dismissing the case Judge Henry
said that he had arrived at a conclusion
which was satisfactory to himself and he
believed was ruling according to the law
and the evidence. 1t was to be regretted
said the court, that Mrs. Lee has lost he1
money and in his opinion it was the duty
of the defendant to make payments to her
OF all the sums claimed by her. In the
opinion of the Judge Mrs. Lee had been
ill-advised. The court failed to find suffi-
cient ground to prove that any fraud had
been practiced. He had decided to grant
the motion to discharge the defendant
and he made an order to that effect.
Gregory's bondsmen were also exenor-
ated
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THE NEW CHARTER.
The Merchants Association Wants the
Cooperation of Progressive Rodies.

Cooperation of Progressive Bodies.
The Merchants Association tomorrow
morning will send out invitations to the
presidents and secretaries of a number OF
organizations, inviting them to be present
at the annual meeting of the association,
which will be held on the evening oi
Thursday, May %, at KohleI & Chase
Hall, 90 O'Farrell street. The special SUBJ
iect of discussion will be the consideration
OF the best WAYS ana means of securing
the adoption of the new charter for San
Francisco.
The cooperation of all progressive or
ganlzations Is necessary to insure the ra til
fcation of the charter.
Representatives of the following organ
izatio ms are expected to be present: Mer-
chants Association, Board of Freeholders,
Cycle Board of Trade, Chamber of Com
merce, Board of Trade of San Francisco,
San Francisco Produce Exchange, Manu-
tacturers' and Producers Association, San
francisco Association of Improvement
Clubs, Mechanics Institute, San Francisco
Labor Council, Richmond District I'M
provement Club, Mission Improvement
Club, Point Lobos Improvement Club, Fol-
som-street Improvement Club, Van Ness
lmprovement Club, League OF American
Wheelmen, Highway Improvement Com
mittee, Civic Federation, San Francisco
boulevard and Driving Association
Butchers Board of Trade, Draymen's and
Teamsters' Union.
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buildings tsstefully decorated and fes-
tooned with flowers and club colors.
IF these affairs were placed under the
direction of men who are experts, such as
Irving NJ. Scott for the naval display and
Greer Harrison for athletics, there can be
no doubt that all former affairs of the kind
would be totally eclipsed''
James D. Phelan spoke in a similar
strain as regards the general proposition
of the carnival, and favors brilliant elec.
trical display similar to that at Sacra-
mento.
Many other men, prominent in the busi-
ness, social and political world, expressed
themselves as heartily in favor of the COM
ing fiesta. They not only are pleased with
the idea, and wish it success, but they can
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INDIAN WAR BONDS.
Claims of Coupon Holders Heard II
Court at Sacramento

Claims of Coupon Holders Heard in
Court at Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, CAL. May 23.-Judge
Catlin to-day listened to the testimony i n
the case of claimants for interest on In
dian war bonds issued in early days by the
State of California.
BONDS were issued by the State in 1852
to raise money for carrying on war against
the Indians. Subsequently, when the war
was over, the State made application to
the National Government to paw these
bonds and the Government made an ap-
preparation to do so. The bonds were
sent to Washington, where it was found
that the appropriation was not sufficiently
large to pay both principal and interest
and the interest coupons were clipped and
sent back to the owners. 1t is upon these
coupons that suit is now being brought
there being forty or fifty claimants, w6oss
claims aggregate $4,000.
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He Thinks He Gave Him a
Lift Last Week Near Guer.
neville.
PREDICAMENT OF THE WIFE
Her Husband Took the Receipts for
Her Two Boxes of Household
Goods.

1t is now three weeks since Henry Sic
fert, the Ohio farmer, disappeared from
this City with his $4,000 wad of greenbacks.
His whereabouts are still profound mys-
terry.
The police authorities and the Coroner
have been notified of the circumstances of
the case, but cannot say with any certainty
that Slefert has committed suicide or been
murdered.
1t has been suggested by his recent To-
quacious landlady at 523 Stevenson street,
that he has merely taken the train and
gone back to Cincinnati to escape the
growing of his wife, who still tarries in
San Francisco.
This, though, is but a feminine suppo-
sition and lacks a logical verifcation.
Seiiert had been negotiating with A. NJ.
Speck & Co., the real estate agents, for the
purchase of a small chicken and fruit
rarsch at Kenwood, Sonoma County. He
left here to take look at the place, stayed
over night in Kenwood and then left for
destination seemingly known only to
himself.
He is described as middle-aged man,
of medium height, with blue eyes, brown
hair and sandy mustache. He had on q
Derby hat, brown suit of cloths and q
gray overcoat with a velvet collar.
Louisa Siefert, the wife. has consulted
with Captain Lees and travelled to Sono ma
County, but without getting any trace OF
her missing husband.
II am sure don't know what can have
become of him." she said. "There is not
any reason, so far as / am informed. for
him TO go away. We have been married
only few months. / am his second wife,
and he has children by his first wife living
in Ohio. 1t is a very awkward predica-
ment for me to be In, as he left me very
little money.
"There is some money at the Postoffice
for him, but cannot draw it. There are
also two boxes of household goods, fol
which he has the receipts, lying in the
freight depot OF the Southern Pacific.
| Morgde to-day, so that in case of his body
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REFUSED ALABAMA MONEY.
Stand OF a Trust Company in the Appli-
cation for q Loan

cotf0n Tor Loan.
NEW YORK, n. Y, May 23.-The Sun
says: "As an evidence of the interest in
this sound money question, it may be
stated that q well-known trust company in
New York refused yesterday to make loans
on Alabama State warrants. The directors
OF the trust company met to consider the
application OF the State of Alabama for the
loans on warrants. and in view of the
speeches in the United States Senate of
Pugh and Morgan the unanimous vote of
the directors was against granting the
loans. The State is to speak first In the roll
call of the Republican National Conven-
tion at st. Louis, and from present appear
ances there is every likelihood that the Re-
publican delegates from this State will
shout for silver money.
The directors of the trust company said
they had no sentiment about the matter,
but that 1t was purely a business transac-
ton and they believed they were justified
in refusing loans to Alabama
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are going to have something in the line OF
fiesta that will be one of the most
brilliant affairs of the kind ever witnessed
in the State of California"
The seven committeeman appointed to
name the twenty-five men best calculated
to represent the interests of the COM
munity, and to be the general directors of
the affair, are also in the best of spirits
over the outlook ahead.
The only rock in the path of progress,
how to raise ample funds for ell purposes.
has been happily settled by Colonel An
drews' clever scheme OF having 125, 600
medals struck off and sold in advance at
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INDICTMENTS oUAsHED.

County Supervisors Profit 1y un Ey.yor
OF the Grand jury.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 23.-The in
dictments against Supervisors of Sacra.
mento County for malfeasance in office
were quashed by Superior Judge Hinkson,
on the grounds that the defendants were
compelled to appear before the Grand
Jury as witnesses against themselves. The
district Attorney held that the proceed.
ings of the Grand Jury were of the form ot
civil proceedings, but the court held they
wereiln the nature Of criminal action.
The court instructed the District ATTORNEY
10 resubmit the matter at the next session
OF the Grand Jury.
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all be depended upon to render the finan-
cIal aid that will make it success.
Next Monday evening the committee of
seven meet again in the Baldwin Hotel
and at the regular meeting next Tuesday
the names of the twenty-five agreed upon
as the board of directors or executive
committee will be submitted.
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Toilet Necessities.

La BLACHE FACE POWDER. .25c
]. A. POZZ0NI FACE POWDER. 80. 25c
SAUNDERS FACE POWDER. .... DC
LA CIGALE FACE POWDER. ...... 35c
PEARS GLYCERINE SOAP ...... 10c
BABESKIN SOAP. SC
CALDER'S TOOTH POWDER. .121<c
MURRAY d. LANMAN'S FLORIDA
WATER. 45c
LAVENDER SMELLING SALTS. .35c
La BELLE PERFUMES, per ounce. .l5c
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Madame Sohumanr,s F,n.rof.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE- MAIN, GER.
MANY, May 23.-The funeral services over
the body of Madame Clara Schumann. the
distinguished musician, who died here on
Thursday, were held to-day. The body
was taken to Berlin to be inferred to-
night.
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BrawI in 4 Barroom.

Frank Rankin, who resides at Ala Eddy
street, was taken to the Receiving Hospital
early yesterday morning suffering from a
severe cut across the left cheek, which he re-
ceived in a brawl in saloon on the corner of
Mary and Natoma streets.
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Steamboat Men Fatally scarded.

ALPENA, Mich, May 23.-A big tiue in
the boiler of the steamer Rhoda Stewart
blew out while the vessel was passing
Middle Island this morning. Henry Kes-
ton, the second engineer, and Robert Nc
Norton, fireman, were so badly scaIded
that they died before they could be brought
into port.
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UNDERWEAR.

81 MUSLIN GOWNS at. soc
81 MUSLIN CHEMISES at. CSC
81 MUSLIN SKIRTS at. SOC
81 MUSLIN ORA WERS at. soc
25c BLACK UNDERVESTS at. 1Oc
SOC BALBRIGGAN VESTS at. .. .25c
SOC LlSLE UNDERVESTS at. .29c
Doc EQUESTRIENNE TIGHTS at -. Csc
81 UNION SUITS at. at.........5 soc
IL 25 SWISS RIB VESTS at. 75c
INFANTS 81 LONG DRESSES at SOC
INFANTS 81 90 LONG DRESSES at. .S5c
INFANTS 81 LONG DRESSES at. 81 25
INFANTS So LONG DRESSES at. 81 so
INFANTS 75c SILK B0NNETS at. .25c
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COlOred Dress Goods.
Not Half the Price for Any.
MILLINERY.

LADIES' SOC STRAW SAILORS at. .25c
LADIES' 75c STRAW SAILORS at .49c
LADIES 81 % STRAW SAILORS at. .75c
LADIES' 75c UNTRIMMED HATS at .25c
CHILDREN'S SOC Unframed
HATS at l5c
LADIES' 81 so TRIMMED HATS at .S5 90
LADIES So TRIMMED HATS at. So so
CHILDREN'S 50 so TRIMMED HATS
at eI E0
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Death of Ms ~ n S,or.,,

CHICAGO, ILL, May 23.-Mrs. Z. C.
Storey, an old and well-known resident of
Chicago and widow of Wilbur f. Storey.
died at her residence last night. Her death
was unexpected and attributed to heart
disease.
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an Explosion of Firedan.p.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, May 23.-An ex-
plosion of tiredamp occurred o-day in the
koschitza mine, near here. Already
thirty injured miners have been broue NJ
10 the surface, and rescuing parties are
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HANDKEPCHIEFS.

25c SILK HANDKERCHIEFS al. .1Oc
25c INITIAL LHANDKERCHIEFSa at. .10c
25c SILKS. .15c
20c SWISS SCOLLOPS PS.....10 10c
15c EMBROIDERED EDGE. sc
35c HEMSTITCHED SILK. 1910
SIC HEMSTITCHED LAWN ....... sc
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VElLINGS.

25c ODDS AND ENDS at sc yard
SOC BLACKS AND COLORS at. -. 15c yard
SOC LACE EDGE WELLS at.... .15c each
SOC FRENCH CREPE, 1S-inch, at..15c yard
25c BICYCLE YELLING. 15c yard
25c SEWING SILK YELLING at. .10c yard
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DRAPERIES.

2Oc CANTON PLUSHES at. at........11 lie
zoe INDIA DRAPBRY .121%c
25c TABLE OILCLOTH at....15 .15c
Sc SHELF OILCLOTH at..........5c
81 LACE CURTAINS at. soc
81 so LACE CURTAINS at. 81 15
So CHENILLE PORTIERES at. 81 70
81 25 TABLE COVERS at. Csc
81 so BRUSSELS RUGS at. t.........9 Soc
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iOhs ~ Ao Is Stlu awe, Dut am sure
don't know what to do or what to expect" !"
Late last night the following dispatch
was received from Santa Rosa, showing
tnat the truant farmer is probably still in
the land of the living:
SANTA ROSA, CAL, May 23.-The fact
that Henry Seifert has disappeared from
public view with $4,000 in greenbacks in
his pockets leads many to believe that
this large sum in ready cash cost the un-
fortunate man his life. 1t is known that
he exhibited roll of bank bills in several
saloons in San Francisco before starting
for kenwood and that he told several
people where be was going. The report
that he called for his mail in Kenwood
one day last week lacks confirmation, and
the police OF this city do not believe he got
beyond the water front in San Francisco.
John Cunningham, who lives on the
narrow-gauge railroad beyond Guerneville,
reports hauling stranger over the grade
from the Summit to French's old mill one
day last week. Cunningham descrip-
ton, though vague, will fit the missing
man. He says he was perhaps 80 years of
age. evidently German and stranger in
that section.
He seemed adverse to telling his des-
tlnat1on or where he hailed from, but Of
fered to pay for his ride with $40 bill.
The theory that Siefert was followed to
Kenwood by thugs from San Francisco, to
whom he had exhibited his wealth, and
was there waylaid, is not believed here
Ihe advent OF a stranger into Kenwood
and a prospective buyer of land at that, is
an incident not likely to be overlooked or
soon forgotten in that quiet village and
the residents are quite sure that search
l OF the vicinity would prove unayailing.
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NOVELTIES.

25e SHIRT WAIST SETS. ........1 .1Oc
SOC GILT BELTS .20c
Doc LEATHER BELTS. TS.........1 .10c
100 0STERLING-MOUNT PURSES.5 SOC
25c METAL CABINET FRAMES. 49,. &c
SOC BLACK RIBBON BELTS. .2 25c
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BLACK GOODS.
More Than Your MONEYS Worth.
FLANNELS.

121zc WRAPPER FLANNELS at. .71lc
1Oc RED GROUND FLANNELS at. ..611c
1Oc FANCY FIANNELETTES at. -. .62sc
T5c FRENCH FLANNELS 35c
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KID GLOVES.

81 SUEDES 4-BUTTONS soc
81 25 METAL CLASPS at 75c
81 25 WHITES AND PEARLS at. 75c
81 so BLACK BEAVER-SKIN at. 81
81 GENUINE FOSTERS at. ....$I %
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CORSETS.

40c FERRIS WAISTS at .25c
75c NJ. A. SATEEN CORSETS at. -. .35c
ST. FRENCH SHAPES at. Gee
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Innings.

20c IMITATION HAIRCLOTH at sc
121Sc LINEN GRASSCLOTH at. SIC
15c RUSTLE Innings at. .71&c
1212c COTTON CANVAS at. TIC
20c COTTON MOREENS 1870
25c FIBER LININGS at 121%c
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SHEETINGS.
READY-MADE SHEETS.
BLEACHED. HEMMED AND READY
BEDDING.

$1.OO FEATHER PILLOWS at t....... SOC
SIPS FEATHER PILLOWS at. .... .75c
$L00 WHITE QUILTS at. CSC
81. so WHITE BLANKETS at......... SOC
S1.OO COMFORTABLE at. .69c
80 MARSEILLES QUILTS at.. 81. 40
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LINENS.
SUIT DEPT.

A few special values that will make
this sale doubly important.
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PETITION OF 5000 WHEELMEN

"Hurrah for the San Francisco Carni-
val, say the merchants of the City; 1--WE
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Wash Goods.
Cloak Department.

Some special items in full keeping
with the values offered in other de-
partments
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LADIES CAPEs.

LADIES CAPES. IS Each
Novelty styles. only about a
couple of dozen of them, each one
elaborately embroidered and
braided, all made of goou SUBJ
stantial imported Kersey cloths.
Not one worth less than $40.
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INFANTS SHORT COATS. 81 90
Made OF Plain Cashmeres, prettily
embroidered ana trimmed, lined
and interlined; they are odds
and ends of lines that sold up to
$4 apiece.
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CHILDREN'S JACKETS 81 95 Each
Made in REFER style of tan, red,
navy and fancy mixed cloths,
shield front, ripple back and deep
sailor collars, trimmed with braid.
Value at So.
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LADIES' JACKETS. SO 95 Each
Made of tan cloths, the new short
box-coat shape, with ripple back
and new sleeves, stitched seams,
four large handsome pearl buttons
on front. Regular price with US
So.
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.RINKLE ZEPHYR WRAP

Light and medium colors, in pret-
ty striped patterns, full Bishop
Sleeves with Turnover Cuffs;
Fitted Waist Innings.
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LADIES' DOUBLE CAPES. 81 so
Tan, navy and black imported
cloths, handsomely stitched and
edged with satin iolds, but in full
ripping shape, all sizes in every
color.
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These On Sale Downstairs Only.

LADIES' CAPES. e5c
Tan and navy cloths. tailor made,
ornamented with strap work and
small buttons, notched collars.
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LADIES DOUBLE CAPES. 81 25
Navy and black cloth, trimmed
with handsome gilt braid ali
around, as handsome and stylish
as any So garment.