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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
Feather BOas.

At &c. Long Black Coque Boas.
AT 9sc, Full Length Coque Boas.
AT Sl.2o. Extra Quality Coque Boas.
Al $3.50. Real Coque Boas.
AT s2.75. Real Ostrich Collarettes
At $3.50. Extra Full Ostrich Collar
cites.
AT 49, Yard Long Real Ostrich Boas
AZ $40. ia Yards Long Real Ostrich
Boas
WHY ARE WE KNOWN AS THE
ALWAYS BUSY STORE1'' pF-
CAUSE WE HAVE TIE RIGHT
GOODS AT THE RIGHT PRICES
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
Dress Innings.

Best Cambrics, every color. sc yard.
Extra Good Silesias. every color. loo
yard.
Best Scotch Grass Cloths, Zoe yard.
Melville's Rustic Taffetas. 100 yard.
Extra Wide Rustic Cotton Canvas,
10c yard.
Fine Quality Linen Canvas, all coll
ors. 15c yard.
Cotton Moreen Skirtings. zoe yard.
Fine Quality Wool NJ ,reen, 39c yard.
WHY ARE WE KNOWN AS THE
ALWAYS BUSY STORE7" BE-
CAUSE THE PUBLIC RECOGNIZES
GOOD VALUE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
Hosiery Specials
Tomorrow.

100 dozen women's Heavy RibAed
Cotton Hose. fast black, pairs for -.
100 dozen Women's Fast Black Extra
Long Full Seamless Cotton Hose -
pair.
Women's Extra Long Satin Fleeeo4
Cotton Hose. 25c pair.
Women's Strong Durable Cashmxe
Wool Hose. grey and black, Csc pa:E
Women's Extr Quality Genuine IN
gl!sh Cashmere Hose. "Castieg&1e
Brand" the best imported. soc pair.
Infants and Children's Fine Rnoee
English Cashmere Hosiery. 25c paif
WHY ARE WE KNOWN AZ TN
ALWAYS BUSY STOREy' b.
CAUSE WE SELL CHILDREN0 Ults
DERWEAR AT THESE PRICES:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25

Only two weeks IN operation and al
ready firmly established IN popular
favor. We exhibit tomorrow two new
models, made in our own work rooms.
fiom which orders will be taken and
made up in the same style, or any style
the customer may desire. at the follow
ing prices:
Suits to your own measure OF all
wool Boucle Cheviots, all-wool Bicycle
Suitings, all-wool Serges and new silk
and wool Mixtures. Innings and find
ings OF the best, for 1913 each.
Suits to your own measure OF Iride-
scent Silk and Wool Mixtures. New
Persian Frieze Cloths. Covert Mix
trres. Storm Serges, English Serges
and Black Figured Satin Sotieis, first
class Innings and findings, for SO.
Satisfaction guaranteed with every
order. Delivery promptly on time.
Only a limited amount of orders can
be taken for delivery next week. as
there are enough nov on the books to
keep us busy several days.
WHY ARE WE KNOWN AS THE
ALWAYS BUSY STORE?" BE-
CAUSE WE NEVER HAVE OLD
GOODS TO SELL AT ANY PRICE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25

LEX JHSeTf'a = NaVFIett - $500
a. ser q t-s r. p8~envzst - - Missouri
at now st&tsoa~i "a C'hsra 60. XII Sg.sa
make an esseat on 4 rssr-cA-~y-nx xgse.
- ~ AssE 6w Octave Csanass The De-
~sear w.2 ee - x,ke Ia a. srTn char fasser-
ss& t0 = part l1n ~ ne kfres frame. ard
". "a t0r ne purpose o. ssss * the -
seseary ~ Ffvln< Ssfe FOR 0ese~ IVA sssr rssar-
poses. as ar &4isoe. 81 sae e42i}osa service.
Ne.rs t&T some slmse h&s a@su Al gunposs-
a.. 49,. :. 80 A-a.-A- @s... sS.A
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25

80 dozen New Flannelette Wrappou4
extra full skirts. beautiful pattecoA
9Sc each.
sl.25 each.
New Persian Fleece Back Wrappoea
trimmed yoke. $1.59 each.
New Figured Cashmere Flannelptlo
Wrappers, velvet trimmed yoke. ~
each.
New German Eiderdown WrappesA
$3.50 each.
WHY ARE WE KNOWN AZ TIN
ALWAYS BUSY STORE?" n
CAUSE WE FULFILL PRO1Q6NA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
Silk Velvets.

100 pieces New Croise six veivets in
all the newest and most desirable
shades, including black never before
retsiled for less than $3.50. our price 81
yard.
50 pieces New Fancy Silks IN Dres-
den printed warp effects. illuminated
fancy taffetas. figured satin brocades.
value at SIS special price for the en-
tire lot. &c yard.
New Boucle Cloahngs. 81 inches
vide, In cardinal and black. green and
black and m0rGore and back, sold ev-
erywhere at 81 yard. special price 7ec.
- pieces New Figured Eiderdoxn
Closkings IN beautiful color cornb.na-
tons. Soc quality for &c yard.
Plain Elderd0wn Cioak.nrs in cream.
pink. blue. cardinal and tan. fun yard
wide. best quality. 50c yard.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
Chiidren's Under
wear.

in Heavy Camers Hair Cotton. vee8
Pants and Drawers.
Size ..i6 IS 20 - "a Is y - y
Price SC Sc i0c 15c 1sc zoe &c &c - -
Boys and Children's underwear =
Natural Grey Random Mixed V0A
Pants and Drawers:
Size ..is Is 20 = "a % Is % y
Price Sc 1oc l5c lsc zoe &c &c 3Oc &c 10
Boys and G-..ldren's underwear =
Natural Grey Wool vests. Pants -
Drawers:
Size ..I6 10 20 q "a IS - % 3
Price .f5c 20c CSC 3oc 35c 40c Az 5ot ~
Boys and Children's underwear -
ATWOOD Natural Grey Vests. FsnD
and Drawers:
SIZE ......1s Is 20 % "a ~ - y
Price ....3oc 35c 40c 45c 5oc sc 6Oc 0c
WHY ARE WE 4A.SOWN 40 IL
ALWAYS BUSY STORGT ~
CAUSE WE GIVE VALUES L.
THESE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
Children's Cans.

80 dozen Chlldren's New Scotch
Caps. all colocs, feather-trimmed, sill
yer buckle. zoe grade, 25c each.
% dozen Chlidren's Yacht Caps, 5O,
quality. sc each.
% dozen Nhldren's New Scotch Caps.
In many exclusive designs, beautiful
goods and great sellers, at zoe each.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25

II will adioin the Chancellor Green IL
brary building on the south, for which
purpose the ground is already broken. and
in design VII reese mbie the English Gothic
architecture OF Rugby or Oxford The
name OF the donor will be made public
during the sesqci-centennin celebration.
Such has been the material progress OF
the college OF New Jersey, which next
month will assume It's new oftical ,itle Of
Princeton university.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
Mems Underwear.

Mems Heavy Natural Grey Wool
Mixed Underwear. 5ec garment.
Mems CameFs Hair Wool Mixed I'm
derweer, &c garment
Mems Fine Natural Wool unsa--
wear 81 garment.
Mems Pure HYGIENE Natural Wool
Underwear. ;l.A garment
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
On sac Tomorrow.

New Sslkolins Hsadres;s, 1oc to oc
Ne" s!lkoline Cushions. DC 10 &c
Gew sofa Pillows, Soc TO $50.
"ssrsd down. Pillows. all sizes.
OrHER ATTRACTIONS.
- chenille Table Covers. aac earb
S. Chenille Table Covers -sn essh 49,
s4 Chenille Covers, sosc,si n~aIi,,,
8! each. a"aA'y'
- tapestry Table Covers. 7sc each
- chenille Table Covers, & 80 each
Ne" s44kolines, IL lovely patterns 10,
-" 1inseI Mixed Silkollnes. lie Vi
70" roman Draperles. lZikc yard
"-ihea Raw SILK Tapestries. soc ya,s
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25
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Feature This Year

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O. fhts thrsfgy college, gives promise o.
be.ns sts @sst hath from rae zsxfssn rel
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WOmen's Wool
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Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
THE EASILY REPORTS.
News Was Meagre aud Came In q Round
about Way.

ST. Louis. May aS.-A tornado blowing
at the rate Of eighty miles an hour struck
1t. Louis at 5:i5 last night and ragged for
half an hour with great fury. As a result
hundreds of lives were lost on both sides
OF the river; many buildings were blown
down, and several river steamers sunk
with all on board. At present il is impos-
sib!e 20 estimate the number of lives lost
The hospitals are full of injured and the
Inorgues contain many dead, while num-
hers of the slain lay everywhere among
the ruins Of demolished buildings. A nor.
tion Of the east end Of the Eads bridge is
destroyed; the grand stand at the fair
grounds wrcckcd; the won,an's portion of
the Jail blown down; the Waters & Pierre
oil works are burning and buildings in
various sections Of the town ere on fire.
The Plant tlour mills, the ST. Louis Iron
and Steel works. are demolished. and the
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28

Not only hundreds of admirable Syri-
IN churche=a but st. Sophia itself, had
been completed before the early Chris
tian basilica at Perigueux was begun.
When we think what this must haye
been, with its wooden ceiling and scant,
barbaric attempts at ornament, and
what st. Sophia is, with the most beau
tiful dome that has ever yet been con-
structed and a richness of finely devised
and perfectly wrought adornment that
has never yet been equaled, can we mar
vel that any kind or degree of contact
with Byzantine art deeply impressed
western eyes and often guided western
hands? Can we wonder that the churches
of ConstantinOple were copietbat Raven
ma. or that Charlemagne copied Ravenna
at Aix-la- -Chapelle and sednlously en-
couraged the immigration of Byzantine
artists? Or is it surprising that. in the
tenth century, the Venetians, perpetual
ly in commercial contact with every
eastern port, initiated a Constanti,sopoli-
tan church amid their own lagoons: Be.
tween the sixth and the eleventh centuries
western art-Romancsque art-waas moi
even sure what it wanted to try TO do,
while in the sixth century eastern art
Byzantine art-had already conceived
and perfected some of the mcst marvel.
Gus monuments oH human intelligence
and taste.-M. G. Van Rensselaer, in
Century.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
EAST ST. LOUIS APPALLED,.
People stand In the Rain Not Knowing
Which Way to Turn.

People stand In the Rain Not Knowing
Which Way to Turn.
EAST ST. LOUIS. May 2s.-The res
idents OF this stricken city gathered
in little knots on the streets today.
They did lot mind the drenching
rain. Nothing except the wind
which left death in its path pos
sessed any terrors for them. The
court house and police headquarters
are blown away. The officers knew
not where to find their chief. Drays
and wagons have been pressed into
work removing the dead and dying.
Several bodies were found transfig-
ured by huge timbers. Others lay
moaning and groaning under tons OF
timber. Every courier brought FIRE sh
tidings Of the calamity until those
who received the reports became
used to the tale of horror.
Along the levee every house had
ssssttvssor friends among the dead
or injured. Mothers. sisters and
other relatives ran from one tem-
porary morgue to another in search
Of missing ones. Miss Dean sat
speechless in the car stable. her dead
father lying at her feet. Her mother
was not far away, her two younger
brothers lying mangled on the floor
near by. II was an awful spectacle,
but it was duplicated over and over
again. Often times the sole surviv-
or OF a family watched over the mutt.
lated dead OF a neighboring family.
Mothers, sisters, fathers, brothers.
weeping or dry eyed. dug for hours
through the depot and elsewhere in
an attempt to extricate loved one.
Many waded through the water in
ruins OF the fremont hotel.
The rescuers came upon the bodies
OF two dead infants beneath the tim
bers. A woman said the children
were hers, her name Warner and heI
home Litchfield, Ill.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
The Trainp's Story.

A tramp appeared at the door Of a
house in Takoma park yesterday. He
was not an ordinary looking tramp. Al
though ragged, there was an air about
him that betokened good breeding. He
touched the rim Of his battered hat with
the grace of Chesterfield, and the lady
of the house gave him something to eat.
You look as though you had been a
gentleman, she said. 81 am afraid you
are addicted to drink.
mo, madam, you are in error" he
replied. Addicted implies a habit. ]
am therefore not addicted to either
eating or drinking. l was, however,
once gentleman My downfall came
from learning a trade"
Learning "a trade?"
Eyes, madam. worked at the ma.
chinists' trade for five years, and so in.
jured my thumb and forefinger that
could follow my profession no longer.
madam
"What was your profession?"
wrote checks, madam.
And even then she did not know wha,
he meant-not until her husband came
home and told her why the writing OF
checks made him have to learn a trade.
w ashington Star.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
The Code OF Patches.

The old code explaining the signifi-
canoe of Il patch On Il certain part of the
face was as follows: The ''impassiCncd"
patch was fixed at the corner of the eye,
the gallant" in the middle of the
check, the ''receleuse," or receiver of
stolen goods, on a spot or pimple; the
''effrontee, CT bold faced, on the nose,
and the ''coquette' on the lips. A round
patch was called "the assassin. - The
great Massillon preached a sermon in
which he mathematical patches. The
effect produced by his discourse was
rather unexpected; patches were worn
in greater number than ever and known
as mouches de Massillon. York
World
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28

ruins. The Lake house, Groes build
ing, fremont hotel. Martell house.
vanda!ia round house, with 20
dwellings around it, the Howe ins.i-
tate, vandalia freight house, in the
last OF which all are killed, are but q
few Of the buildings which went
down before the blast. The follow
ing boats are known to have sunk:
ScClub. Henry Stockman, Rescue,
Mulliken. Christie, Wiggings, Medill
and all the wharf boats.
The complete suspension Of tele-
phone communication and street car
traffic has multiplied the inconven.
fences and general discomfort.
There are few means Of summoning
an ambulance for the removal of the
dead or injured. many of them are
carried in wagons on litters. The
city dispensary is overcrowded. A
score of voluntary physicians have
rendered their services in assisting
and caring for the wounded. The
demolition of the city hospital pre-.
vented the use of that institution,
but the old House of the Good Shep.
herd is available and all supplies are
hurried there.
Convention Hall Not Ruined.
The convention hall and Foul
Courts were in the path Of the storm
The former had part of the roof and
wolls punctured in several places by
flying missiles. These can be re-
stored in 10 days. A section Of the
brick wall of the Jail went down, bu,
the prisoners were too panic stricken
to escape.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
WATCH TOWER.
Grand Opening Saturday Decoration Day
and Sunday Following.

Grand Opening Saturday Decoration Day
and Sunday Following.
The Watch Tower management
has arranged two big days for the
formal opening of their summer sea-
son. During the afternoons the An
collette Bros, late of the circus
Rentz. Berlin. will perform wonder
fui and daring teats SO feet in mid.
air, never seen in this locality be-
fore. At night their acts will be
performed in the glow Of myriads Of
electric lights, which encircle their
bodies. This performance will be i'm
full view OF all and free OF charge.
Also the trapeze performance and
parachute leap from balloon 5000
feet in the air, by Senorita D'Ancona,
the greatest living aeronaut. The
summer theatre will be opened and
afternoon and evening performances
given, consisting of five great acts Of
refined vaudeville, which made such
a hit at the Tower last summer. The
acrobatic, athletic, musical and COM
edy work is all by first class artists
from Chicago and New York. A reg
ular so show at the nominal adj
mission fee Of 10 cents including a
reserved seat.
Cars will run on the Watch Tower
line every five minutes, and the
management is preparing for a big
day and 10000 visitors. No one
should mics these days Of enjoy
ment.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
immense Cupples block partially de

stroyed-
Greatest Havoc at East st. Louis.
At East st. Louis the destruction seems
greatest. H. c. Rice, the Western Union
manager at the Relay depot on the east
side, climbed across the demolished bridge
and reported that the National hotel, Ire
mont House, Martell House, Dewolf cafe,
Heel Milling company's mill, Horns
cooper shop and great many dwellings
east of there as far as Fifth street are
gone, and many people killed. The Balti-
more ard Ohio and Vandalia roundhouses,
the Standard Oil works, East St. Louis
and Crescent elevators and twelve freight
houses on the levee are demolished.
Everything Afoat Goes Down.
The Great Republic and several more ex-
cursion steamers, with all on board. are
reported sunk in the river, and all steam
ers at the levee have gone down. A rough
estimate would place the number killed
and wounded at 1000 Both Western Un-
ion and Postal Telegraph companies lost
every wire out of the city, which is in total
darkness. 1t is impossible to get off any
more here at present.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
To Scrape an Acauaintance.

''To scrape an acquaintance" was
originated by the Emperor Hadrian.
Once when visiting the public bath he
found an old veteran scraping himself
with piece Of broken crockery in lieu
of an iron or copper scraper. Hadrian
gave him a sum of money to provide the
necessary materials for q bath, and on
his next visit to the institution found i,
full of veterans scraping themselves with
potsherds. ''Scrape away. gentlemen,
but you shall not scrape an acquaintance
with me-" was Hadrian's comments a:
he went out
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28

wounded victims of the storm and the
morguc is taxed to the utmost.
Among the identified dead are: Sophie
Dcmartina, killed by falling building at
Twelfth and Spruce; Robert Wilson,
killed by falling of Liggett s. Mayors
tobacco factory; Katie Claypool; Wallace
Bradshaw, cOlored; Charles Nee; Julius
Gault; William Winkler Bush, killed
by street car rolling on him; Max
Weiss, driver for Eberle & Keys
Livery company; Josephine Martin
Jones, engineer 1Etna Iron works;
Frank Fisher; Julius Calf; Booker Ep-
stein; Bernstein: Fred Zimmers, chief
engineer Union station power house; un-
known child, about D years old; J. Leme-
Ike, manager St. Louis BARRIERS Supply
company; unknown man, at A. B. Jones'
broom factory
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
FRIGHTFUL WORK AT THE RACES.
Collapse of the Grand Stand When IL Was
With pecnl.

Collapse of the Grand stand When IL Was
Crowded with People.
One of the worst features of the disaster
Is thought to have taken place at the race
track at st. Louis. where races were in
full swing and the grand stand was
crowded with people. Returns from the
st. Louis races are received at the track
mt Lakeside, Ind, and few minutes after
5o'clock the operator sending the report
OF the races stopped his work long enough
TO remark. There goes the grand stand.
and then his wire collapsed and nothing
more was heard from him
In a few seconds the same message was
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28

reported from Lexington, Ky, with the
additional information that fully 15O peo-
pie were dead This information was sub
sequently corroborated by the operator of
the Wabash road at Decatur, who said
that in his second message received from
East ST. Louis it was declared that the
grand stand at the races was down and
that fully $50 people were buried in the
ruins.
A few minutes after o'clock the opera
tor of the Associated Press at ST. Louis,
who was in the act of taking the usual re-
port, sent word that it was growing very
dark and asked for a minutes delay that
he might provide himself with light In
a second more the wire snapped and it was
impossible to get any further information
from him or out of the town.
At midnight it was reported at the dis
patcher's office of the Wabash road at
Forest, Ills, that it was impossible to
reach any point further south than Name
oki. The operator at that point said that
up to midnight it had been impossible to
obtain any definite Information from St.
Louis, but it was certain that fearful
damage had been done.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-28
BATTLE ROYAL IS ON
The Struggle Between the
Money Factions.
THE PROHIBITION CONVENTION
On a Test Vote the Broad
Guages Win.
But This Afternoon Free Sill
yer Plank Is Up.
PLATFORM IS DISCUSSED.
The Struggle Promises to be
Protracted.
Other Late News of the Day
by Wire.
But This Afternoon Free Sill
yer Plank Is Up.
PLATFORM IS DISCUSSED.
The Struggle Promises to be
Protracted.
Other Late News of the Day
by Wire.

PITTsBURG, May 2S.-After the rou-
tine business the prohibition ma
tional convention heard the report of
the committee on platform. Two
reports we're presented, one declar-
ing for free silver, prohibition,
woman's suffrage, favoring the gov
ernment control of the railroads and
the election of president and vice
president by popular vote; and the
other declaring simply for the total
suppression of the drink traffic. The
motion to make the latter part OF the
former was the first test of strength
and was defeated by a vote of 492 to
SO. decided victory for the broad
guages.
Rattle Royal Now On.
When the convention reas ssembled
at 2:45 ex-Gov. st. John announced
that it had been decided to take up
the money plank next. Resolutions
favoring the free coinage OF silver
were then read and the battle be-
tween the silver and gold men was
inaugurated. Much feeling is mani
tested on both sides. and the strug-
gle promises to be protracted.