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ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.
The Strange Story Told by Mrs. Gil.
lespie of Shasta.
Going to Denver to Meet Her Hus.
band, Whom She Supposed Dead
for Thirty-Three Years.

PORTLAND (Or), Jan IA
strange lifes romance is that of Mrs.
Ida B. Gillespie of Shasta, Cal, now
visiting a daughter, Mrs. Sarah c.
Cooper, on Hood street, this city Mrs
Gillespie arrived here about three days
ago, en- route to Denver, Col, to meet
her husband, whom she has not seen in
thirty three years, and whom her
daughter has never seen, although he
is her father.
In 1861 the woman married Simon S..
Gillespie in Galena, Ill In 1862, the
year their daughter was born, Gillespie
went into the army. The following
year Mrs. Gillespie was advised from
the front that Gillespie had been killed
in action. Soon thereafter she and her
people left Galena, and her friends
there lost track of her.
Ten days ago. said Mrs. Gillespie,
Il received a letter from the dead and
it shocked me so that I fell in a swoon
and went from one to another for thir-
ty-six hours, and my daughter feared
/ would die in one of them. The letter
was from my dear husband, whom I
for so many years mourned as being
among the dead.
Tie wrote I1G lK1dl lie ldQ no CudUG2
OF returning home till the fall Of 1864
b. that time no one in Galena could
give him the slightest clue to my place
OF abode. They knew that we had
moved to Omaha, and later to Milwau
I,ee, and for several months he adver-
tised for me and my family in the
papers in these cities. Then he Travelled,
off and on, for two years in search of
us, and at last gave me and. my child
u9 as forever lost
Nearly a month ago Mr.. Gillespie
met in Denver a Robert Whitehill OF
Shasta County, who knows me quite
well. AS L had never remarked. MI
Whitehill spoke to Mr. Gillespie Of
Knowing woman by his name in Cali
foTnia, and related my history to him.
Judging from what Mr. Gillespie wrote
me, he must have experienced similar
sensations to mine when he learned tha t
I was yet among the living.
HE has been a resident of Colorado
for twenty years, and he. also, never
remarked. can scarcely bide the time
till 1 see him again. am now 81 years
OF age, but the happy event makes ME
feel as if 1 were again a, girl l merely
came up so my daughter could accom-
pany me to her father"
Both ladies leave tonight for a scene
where there viii be a delightfully."- happy
reunion Of loving hearts.
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A POISONED BOOT.
It Caused the Death of Two Men Who
Had Worn It.
Two Others Had Narrow Escapes-A
RattIeSnake's Fangs Were
the Cause.

CHICO, Jan. 14.-One of the most
singular cases of rattlesnake poisoning
on record has occurred near this place
AS the result of wearing a boot into
which one of the venomous reptiles had
plunged its fangs, two men are dead,
another's life was despaired of for some
time, and the original owner of the boot
owes his existence to the fact that he
discarded the footwear Immediately
after he had been attacked by the
snake.
Where this most unusual method of
death dealing would have ended is hard
to conjecture, but luckily one person
had the good sense to investigate the
! cause, and thus insure others against a
similar fate
One day last week Thomas Horton
was passing through q piece of cleared
land, when he was struck at by a rattle
snake. The reptile was shedding its
skin, and was therefore in its most ven
omous condition. The serpent's fangs
penetrated one of Horizons cowhide
boots, and the snake was easily killed
Horton discarded his boots and his
wife gave them to Napoleon Meeker, a
negro who worked on an adjoining
~
bald Hooker, a nephew of the dead man.
wore them forty EIGHT hours, and he
also died in great agony.
The boots next passed into the hands
of an old trapper. The second day he
wore them he was attacked by a pain
in his leg. His experience told him that
it was the result of rattlesnake poison
ing. He used remedy in time, and re-
covered.
On examining the boots he found a
small pointed piece of bone imbedded
in the leather. 1t was the fang of the
snake, placed in such a position that in
drawing the foot from the boot, the
fang, which curved upward, would not
injure it, but in putting the boot on,
it would be almost impossible to escape
a slight scratch from the poison covered
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THE BOERS ARE DEFIANT.
They VIII Defend Their Republic
Against All It's Enemies.
Assistance Promised by the Orange
e State-What President
Krueger Says.

PRETORIA, Jan 1.-THE Volksraad
met yesterday and authorized the addi-
tion of 400 men to the State artillery.
A resolution offered by the Government
was adopted, thanking the Orange Free
State for its assistance, and also
thanking Governor Robinson of Cape
Colony and Sir Jacobus Dewet, the Brit
ish Agent here, for their influence and
support in the efforts to prevent blood
shed. and for the ready and powerful
manner in which Governor Robinson
had fulfilled his difficult task.
A message from President Kruger
was read announcing his intention to
discuss with the Rand, in later and
calmer moments, the causes which led
to the dastardly plot to invade the
Transvaal. The Government was now
firm in it's resolve to maintain the sac
red rights of the republic and to estab-
lish the same on a frmer and more Sc
cure foundation.
After a brief sitting the chamber ad
journed Calm and dispassionate ex-
PLANTATION being regarded as impossible
during the present session, all work was
postponed until the May session.
The Volksraad has adopted a resolu
ton declaring that the Orange Free
State will assist the Transvaal at all
times, if her assistance should be re-
quired.
The chamber protested against the
continued existence Of the British South
African Company, as being a danger to
the peace of Africa, and recorded it's
opinion that the charter of the company
should be cancelled and that RhodeSia
should be placed under the British I'M
perial Government or the Government
of Cape Colony. 1t also demanded that
guarantees be given that Rhodesia
would not disturb the peace.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
State Committee Preparing Therefor
several Cities Want 1t.

State Committee Preparing Therefor
Several Cities Want 1t.
SAN FRANCISCO, jan 1.-THE Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Republican
State Central Committee met here this
afternoon The Chairman and Secre-
tary were instructed to prepare an ap-
portionment of delegates and to formu-
late a call for the State Republican
primary election, both to be submitted
at the committees next meeting, to be
held on February 18th.
The General Committee viii be called
together on February 29th in a hall to
be selected by Secretary McQuade-
1t was the sentiment of a major
ity of the Executive Committee that
proportional representation be figured
on the Budd and Estee vote, and also
that the number of delegates be re-
duced.
At the last convention there were
S4S names on the roll, and now it is
pretty generally believed that 600
names would be quite sufficient to rep
resent the State.
AS estimated by Chairman Cornwall
and Secretary McQuade, on the Estee
and Budd votes, there would be 600
delegates, figuring on one additional for
every 200 votes and one additional for
each county.
Four cities are now making a fight
for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES San
Jose, Santa Cruz and Oakland. Some
members Of the committee are inclined
to favor San Francisco, but it is un-
derstood that a smaller city is prefer
able to the majority. San Jose has
many supporters, and seems to be max
ing more of a stir than her competitors.
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LAREDO CTex), Jan. IA spe-
ciaI from Carrizoo to the Times here
says:
James H. McHan, his sons and Messrs.
A. J. BIevins and Walter Strickland, a
party of Americans. on a hunting and
trapping expedition along the Rio
Grande, were fired upon by Mexican sol
diers about forty miles south of this
place day before yesterday, and were
compelled to jump into the river to
save their lives, leaving their four
skiffs, traps, bedding, etc, which was
taken by the Mexicans.
Mr.. McHan says his party went into
camp during the afternoon on the
American bank but noticing suspi-
cious-looking characters on both sides
they moved their camp to a small island
in the middle of the river. Next morn
ing, after they had all gotten into their
skiffs they had no more than started
when the Mexicans began firing on
them, and they were compelled to take
to the water to save themselves.
The party arrived here this morning
afoot on their way to Laredo, where
they intend to make complaint to the
proper authorities. They left Eagle
Pass several weeks ago.
Colonel Villasenar, commander of the
Mexican military department lying op-
pcsite this city, denies the possibility
of troops firing upon peaceful voyagers.
Tie says bandits and horse thieves
abound below Carrizo, and the hunters
were probably fired upon by them for
the purpose of stealing their quip-
ment The spot indicated is only nine
miles from Mier, an important town,
the head of another military sub-de-
partment-
Had the troops actually fired upon
anyone it would have been known at
headquarters long before the Ameri-
cans got to Carrizo. It is either
myth or mistake. The civil authori-
ties in New Laredo deny the possibility
of the Mexican troops firing upon any
one and pronounce the story another
border scare.
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A LIVELY DAY IN CONGRESS.
rcoNr1Nurp FROM FIRST pAer.l

CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.
Academy appropriation bill, which was
placed on the calendar.
Speaker Reed announced the follows
ing members of the joint committee
on the Inauguration of the Chicka-
mauga and Chattanooga National
Park, the report of which has not yet
been made to Congress: Grosvenor,
Kiefer, Strong, Avery, Bowers. Repub-
licans; Wheeler, Cox of Tennessee,
Maddox and Crisp, Democrats.
By the admission Of Utah as a State
and the consequent retirement of Del
egate Cannon, a reassignment Of Del
egates to committee service was made
necessary, and the Speaker announced
the assignment of Delegate Murphy
6Rep) of Arizona to the Committee on
Claims. Mines and Mining. and Coin
age. Weights and Measures. and of
Delegate Flynn (Rep.) of Oklahoma to
the Committee on Agriculture.
At 4:15 o'clock, on motion by Watson,
the House adjourned.
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GRANGERS' BANK
1t Has Been Sued by Logan, the Ex-
President.

1t Has Been Sued by Logan, the Ex-
President.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14-To-day
the papers We're served on H. NJ La
Rue, President of the Changers Bank,
by ex-P President Logan.
He asks that the action Of the Board
of Directors at the last meeting, in di-
recting that the stock held as security
by the bank be transferred to H. NJ La
Rue as trustee and voted by him be an
nulled, and he wants the directors to be
restrained from transferring such stock
in trust and that President LaRue be
restrained from voting such shares.
Logan believes that his stock ought to
be voted in his own name
The ex-President of the institution
ov es it S16S, 600, and part of the secur-
ity for this debt is the stock which he
holds in the institution.
Judge Slack granted an injunction
restraining the directors of the Grang-
ers' Bank from voting Logan's stock
at the annual meeting, and also direct
ing LaRue to permit him to vote the
stock.
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This morning Thompson made a third
unsuccessful attempt.
AN IMPORTANT CASE.
It Involves the Question of the Right
TO Mineral Lands


SEATTLE (Wash), Jan. 14-Ross
Thompson. from whom tae famous
town of Rossland, 3. c., takes its name;
John NJ. Burke, one of Idaho's leading
men, and others, passed through Seat
tie for Victoria, where to-day, before
the Supreme Court of the English prov
ince, will be heard a case which, aside
from the great amount at stake, is of
vast Importance to miners and mine
owners. The suit involves the owner
ship of surface interest on mineral
land, and the court will be asked to de-
eide whether such interest rests with
the landowner or the mine-owner, and
more particularly what rights go with a
miners claim.
D. c. Corbin, by virtue of a grant to
build the Nelson and Fort Shepard
Railroad, claims surface rights to
lands which contain minerals, and his
company seeks to establish its right
through the mandate of court. But
the Paris Gold Mining Company, COM
posed principally of Spokane men, con-
tends for surface rights on account of
the ownership of a mineral claim.
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NITRO-GLYCERINE.
Discovery of a New Principle for Its
IrSe In Guns.


Discovery of a New Principle for Its
Use in Guns.
SEATTLE CWash.), Jan. 14.-Captaln
A H. Manning. formerly Police COM
missioner of this city, says he has dis
covered a method whereby nitro-gly-
cerine may be used as an explosive in
shells fired from guns without the least
danger to those employing it, and with
the greatest effect upon an object or
enemy
He asserts that it can be used with
perfect safety in the discharge Of the
biggest cannon. Such device, Captain
Manning announces, the Government
has long been searching for, and he has
accordingly taken steps to bring the
matter to the attention Of the War De
partment through the kindly offices of
Senator Squire.
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FORGOT TO SETTLE.

Charge That Eugene J. Gregory Has
the River Convention Funds,
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE
"Can" will tomorrow contain state
ment to the effect that Eugene J. Greg
DRY, ex-Mayor of Sacramento, who has
been in the East for more than a year,
has never settled, as Treasurer, with
the River Improvement Convention.
The convention will meet tomorrow,
and the officers are indulging in con-
siderable talk about the matter The
sum due from him is not known, but
is probably not large.
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SOCIAL AMENITIES.
Secretary Carlisse's Dinner to the
President and Cabinet

WAsHINGTON. Jan. 14-Secretary
and Mrs Cs4n=le tonight gave the
second OF the series Of Cabinet dinners
to the President and Mrs. Cleveland
There were present, besides those
named above, President Steven
son, Secretary and Mrs. Olney, Attor-
ney- General and Mrs. Harmon, Secre-
tary and Mrs. Lamont, Postmaster
General and Mrs. Wilson, Secretary and
Miss Herbert, Secretary Smith. Sec
retary and Miss Morton, Sir Julian and
Lady Pauncefote and Mrs. Stanley
Matthews
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NO FooLIsHNESs THERE.
An American Turf Trickster Severely
Punished in Germany.

Punished in Germany.
berlin, Jan. 14.-The trial of Robert
T. Kneebs, the American trotting horse
owner, charged with having entered
and started on German tracks the mare
Bethel under the name of Nellie Kneebs,
which began on Saturday, ended to-day
The jury brought in a verdict Of
guilty, and the court sentenced Kneebs
to nine months imprisonment and to
pay a fine of 5000 marks, and also or
dered the seizure and forfeiture Of the
mare
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RACING IN MUD.
Yesterdays Running Events at the
IngIeside Track.

Yesterdays Running Events at the
Ingleside Track.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 1.-THE
weather was threatening and the track
muddy to-day at Ingleside.
Five and a half furlongs. selling
Pique won, Little Jimmy second, Clara
Wilson third. Time-1:12
Seven furlongs, selling. Babe Murphy
won. George Miller second, Gallant
third Time-1 :304
One mile, Alvarado won, Moderocio
second, Uncle Giles third. Time-1 :46
Two miles. over eight hurdles. handi-
cap, NIestor won, April second, Adelante
third Time-4:00
Six furlongs. selling. Major Cook won,
Boreas second, Sligo third. Time
1:171a.
Six furlongs. selling. Highland won,
Realization second, A1lover third Time
-1:1615.
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WIN Not please Dunraven.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE New York
Yacht Club issued its report to-day.
While the report enters into all matters
fully concerning the races, it has moth
ing to say on the Dunraven charges of
fraud against the Defender syndicate,
and confines itself to the races and the
results
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UTAH's FIRST GUN.
Frank j. Cannon and Arthur Brown
to be Her Senators.


SALT LAKE, Jan. 14.-At the Re-
publican legislative caucus tonight a
resolution was adopted binding all
members of the party to abide by the
decision of the majority. The whole
forty-three Republican members were
present.
Frank J. Cannon was then nomi-
mated by reclamation. Arthur Brown
and Judge Bennett were both put in
nomination. Brown received twenty
four votes and Bennett nineteen, and
Brown was declared the other nominee
Of the caucus. The Legislature is COM
posed of forty-three Republicans and
twenty Democrats.
1t is conceded that one of the Sen
ators must be a Mormon, and the Can
mons George Q. and his son Frank
are the only Mormons who have been
mentioned for the place.
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An Oakland Capitalist Gone.

OAKLAND, Jan. 14-Hugh Dimond,
pioneer, capitalist and director of the
Hibernia Savings and Loan Society,
San Francisco, died at his home last
night suddenly. He was a native Of Ire
land, 66 years old, mad leaves a daugh-
ter and two sons. He came to Califor-
MIA June %, 1850.
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strike of Ice-Cntters.

CROWN POINT Qnd), Jan. IA
Some 400 men employed by Armour e
Company. cutting ice, struck to-day.
Several fights occurred and several men
were fatally injured.
Sheriff Hayes has sworn in twenty
five deputies and armed them with VIM
chesters to go to the lake, and has in
structed the men to shoot to kill if
necessary.
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The A. p. A. on Deck.

LOUISVILLE (Ky.). Jan. 14.-Mayor
Henry S. Tyler died this morning Of a
complication of diseases. His death
puts the entire city government in con-
troll of a Republican A. P. A. combina-
ton which holds all the seats in the
General Council, this body electing the
Mayors successor.
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WANTS TO DIE.
Samuel Thompson. the Old Reprobate
Tried to XIII Himself.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan 14.-samuel
3. Thompson, the aged news dealer,
whose career was crowned by his ar
rest for debauching young girls of ten
der years, seems determined to cheat
justice by ending his life.
On two occasions since his arrest the
hoary offender has tried to commit sui
eide, and close watch has been kept
upon him by the City Prison officials.
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Killed His Mother While Insane.

OGDENsBURG IN. ", Jan. H.
William Oswell, aged 33 years, to-day
shot his mother, Mrs. Virginia L. Os-
well, three times, killing her, and then
shot himself.
He was undoubtedly insane from
worry over financial matters.
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blackburn Gives Tn.

FRANKFORT CKy), Jan. 14.-Sena-
tor Joseph c. Blaclxbur has abandoned
all hope of his election. He and his
managers have conceded the fact, and
one of the most prominent, Phil b.
Thompson, Jr., has left the scene of
action and returned to Washington.
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PhiIadeIphia Failures.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14-Execu-
ton of judgment notes aggregating
about $4,000 were issued to-day
against Charles w Landell, manu-
facturer of glazed kid
Charles Illingsworth, trading as the
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The cold ReSerYe..-

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-The Treas
ury gold reserve at the close of business
to-day amounted to SOD, 4,312,271. The
amount of Withdrawals at New York
to-day were $1,184,000 of which ST.
100000 was in gold bars and SS4, 900 in
coin.
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ARREST of a Highwayman.

HELENA (Mont), Jan. 14.-James
Tate who on October 18th last, at
tempted highway mail robbery near
Nampa, Idaho. has been arrested in
this city.
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Jackets
and Capes.

Since our large sale commenced we
have been doing a large business in
our Cloak Department. 1t is safe to say
that two-thirds of our stock of Ladies
Jackets, Cloth Capes and Fur Capes can
now be purchased for half the price for
which they originally sold.
There are still some splendid styles in
Rough Boucle Jackets. Kersey Jackets,
Ripple Cloth Capes, Plush and Fur
Capes-all at prices to clear them be-
fore February 1st.
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WESTERN RAILROADS.
The Rate War Is Now Confined to Col
orado Territory.

CHICAGO, Jan. Representatives
Of the railroads in the Western Immi-
grant Clearing house were in confer
ence to-day with Assistant General
Traffic Manager Hawley of the Southern
Pacific Road for the purpose of getting
that road into the clearing-hou All
the business which passes through the
clearing house is being thrown to the
Santa Fe at the Missouri River so as
to drive the Southern Pacific to terms,
if possible.
The Colorado passenger rate war
which began yesterday was ended to-
day by the Union Pacific, Road giving
notice to its fighting connection, the
Denver and Gulf, that it would refuse
to honor the cut-rate tickets. and the
war is still confined to Colorado.
Officials of the Rio Grande and Gulf
lines are on their way to Chicago to
confer with President Ripley Of the
Santa Fe to bring peace among the
three fighting lines regarding coal rates.
FORT SMITH (Ark.l, Jan. 14.-Craw-
ford Goldsby, alias Cherokee Bill, the
convicted murderer was to-day SEN
fenced To hang on the 18th inst
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AN HONEST GRANGER.

Receiving Teller WittIand Beats the
Bank Out of $I2 900.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. LIT has
just leaked out that William Wittland,
Receiving Teller of the Changers Bank,
has defrauded that institution out of
over $4,000
Wittland has disappeared, and the
Surety Company is now on his trail. 1t
is understood that his family will re-
imburse the bank for the amount of
his shortage in excess of that guaran-
teed by the Surety Company.
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AN OUTRAGE ON AMERICANS.
They Say They We're Fired on by
Mexican Soldiers.
The Latter Deny the Story. and Say
That Bandits Did It.

Yesterdays Meeting of the Republican
state Executive Committee-severa
Cities Want the state Convention
Discovery of a Method for Using
Nitro-Glycerinei in Guns-The Ingle-
side Races-Grangers Bank Muddle.
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Winter
Underwear.

Such values as we are Offering have
never been equaled. All bright, new
goods; no odds and ends nor broken
sizes.
duced from 81 05 to 75c a pair.
Ladies' Fancy Wool Vests, with high
neck and long sleeves. Come in white,
gray and pink. Reduced from 81 % to
Soc each.
Ladies' Cotton and Wool Vests that
will wash without shrinking. High
neck, short sleeves. Come in gray and
white only. Reduced from 75c to 45c
each.
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MuffS.

At prices less than it cost to make
them, to say nothing about the ma
terials. Belgian Coney Muffs at 25c
each French Coney Muffs SOC each,
worth 81; Baltic Seal Muffs 81 each,
worth s.
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NBVADA'S GOVERNOR.
1t is Now Believed He VIII Recover
His Health.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.-Gov-
ernor John e. Jones, who has been Sc
riously sick for the past several weeks,
is now in fair way to recover. Last
night up to late hour his condition
was improving. The critical period
which his physicians have been waiting
for is said to have passed, and he is
gaining strength.
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Muslin
Underwear.

Customers are puzzled to know how
Muslin and Embroideries and Lace are
wrought into such dainty garments for
the prices we ask. Every garment is
new, and a large portion of them could
not be duplicated for the prices we are
selling for to-day.
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EiderdOWn
COn1fOrterS.

Every one filled with pure white down
and covered with good quality sateen
in either light or dark colorings. 50
grade reduced to So so each. All large
designs.
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Eagle Glazed Kid Company, at 145 Co
lumbus avenue, made an assignment to-
day No estimate of assets and liabiIi-
ties has been prepared.