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SPECIAL Low PRICES
ONE WEEk---Beginning Saturday, Oct Sd.

1850 lbs. nice clean Cotton Bats worth 1Oc per h..
at only &c per h. n
1850 lbs. 1Sc Cotton Bats at 9ac per
the lots small and will not
40 dozen Ladies' All Wool Vests and Drawers, worth
800, at 66c e;
so dozen Mems All Wool Shirts and Drawers worth
800, at 66c e.
Ladies All Wool Flannel Skirts at 6oc e;
Is more of those handsome black brocaded Silk Dress
Skirts at only $500 e.
so pieces All Wool and Silk and Wool 36.inch Fancy
Mixed Dress Goods at CSC
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Asscmblymnn :. Fred Nixon of Chautauqua
county was in New York yesterday. and he rcit-
Grated that at the Convention OF the Thirty
fourth Congress district. TO be held in Olean to-
morrow. two Mckinley delegates will be
elected. The district comprises Chautauaua,
Cntteraugus. and AllcGhnny counties. The
P!att men have all along admitted that two Nc
Kinley delegates would be elected from this
district. With the two elected in the Thirty
third district and one in Kings county.
Walter h. Attcrbury, there will be en-
nctly five McKinlev delegates in the
State To vote for the Ohio man on the
first ballot. Attcrbury at times saws he may
change his mint and vote for Morton. Col.
Thomas W. Bradley OF the Seventeenth dis
trIct. who came out for Mckinley a week ago.
has returned Ia thu Morton fold. Representa-
tive benjamin Is. Odell, Jr.. was in New York
yesterday, and he said that his colleague. Col.
Bradley would vote for Morton. Col. bradley
could not hnv" been elected rs n delegate to -.
Louis II he had not promised Mr., Odell that he
would vote for Morton.
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An area of low pressure, without any wcil-ds-
fined centre. occupied the inter or OF the country
from the Gulf of Mexico 10 British America yester-
day. causing cloudy and showery weather over the
entire area. There was a heavy rainfI II In tine Ar.
kansas Valley, Texas, and at q few places In the
upper Mississippi and NJ ssouri valleys. At thu
Intermediate points it was not so heavy. but still
sufficient To benefit crops.
Fair weather prevailed quite generally In tho At
iantir States. Cooler weather was reported every.
where east VI the Rocky Mountains.
In this city the day was fair; highest orlcial TEN.
peraturc So. lowest 5s'; average humidity, 81 per
cent; wind shifted from northeast TO southeast,
average velocity II miles an hour; barometer cor.
rectcd to real to sea level. at 4 A. NJ. 8o.l2. 8 r.
NJ. 80, 10.
TIE Thermometer at the United States Weather
Bureau recorded the temperature yestt rday a. folowsI
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gang fell into the hands Of the law. Becker and
and Cregan, who receive the largest percent
age of the proceeds of forgeries, Immediately
deserted their confederates and left them to
help themselves as best they could. not oven
paying the expenses of a lawyer to defend their
dupes.
Creams record. as given by the Pinkertons.
shows that he was arrested on Jan. II. 1887, at
Baltimore, Md. for forgery committed there on
the Howard Bank. He was tried. convicted and
prisonment In the Baltimore. Nd. penitcntiary.
While there he became acquainted with Frank
l.. Scavcr. alias AnaStatian Dean Howell, who
was confined there for forgery under the name
OF Frank scott. and joe McClnskry. alias Little
Joe" and iIenryClearey. When Cregan finished
came to New York and again became associated
with Becker. While Cregau was looking for n
mar to present their forged paper, he ran
across his old partners In the Baltimore Peni-
Tertiary. Seaver and McCluskey. and took them
into the gang that he was forming. Decker,
Cregan, Seaver. and MCCluskey went to Califor-
MIA in the latter part Of November. 1898. Seavcr
took up his residence in San Francisco, while
Becker and Cregan lived in Sacramento, Oak
land, and other places. Cregan was the mOneyed
penses and for the purchase Of the drafts for
small sums that were to be raised.
The Newark police last night received n tele-
gram from the san Francisco police request
Ing that Becker and Crcgan he held at all
hazards, and adding that officers have already
a telegram WA also received by Gov. GrIggs Of
New Jersey last night from the Governor of
California requesting thnt papers be granted in
New Jersey and the California pm pers he signed
as soon ms presented to him. Prosecutor Crane
OF Newark also received telegrRphic notice from
the prosecutor of San Francisco ask ing that he
aid in having Becker and Crcgan held until the
California officers arrive.
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years they secured about $50, 900, outside Of the
Nevada Bank swindle. Knowing the where
abouts OF Becker and his method Of work. the
Pinkertons have made n persistent effort to get
sufficient evidence to make II case against him.
Although n number OF the mans cOnfederates
have been arrested and sentenced to long terms
of imprisonment, no case that would hold could
be established against Becker until the Nevada
Bank swindle. Seaver's confession. secured by
Capt. Lees, makes, II is said, u complete chain
OF evidence against both Becker and CreRan.,
1t was Becker's business. according TO tho
Pinkertons, to make whatever alterations were
necessary in checks or drafts. In, this work
Becker never had an equal. lie IS an expert
photographer. a trained chemist, and a wonder
full penman. The tools that he works, with are
said to be the finest and most unique collections
crook ever got together. Many OF the tools he
made himself. He was the artist who removed
the ink with acids, restored the most deli
cate tints to the safety paper and wrote
in the new amounts. doing. most OF his work
with a cancels hair brush. When the amount
OF the genuine check or draft was perforated or
cut into the paper. he would I'LL in these per-
forations with pulp paper, then with hot irons
press 1t out, and perforate or cut new, figures TO
agree with the amount written In the check.
When an altered check left his hands it was
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M'KINLEY AND THE Il. p. a.
The Supreme Council Likely to Repudinte
the Action or the Executive Committee.

WASHINGTON, May -. Every indication
points to an absolute population by the SUI
preme Council of the A. p. A, now in session
in this city. of the action taken by the Exccu-
tive Committee of the Advisory Board against
McKinley's candidacy. There has been much
Executive Committee has been severely criti-
cised.
The trouble has been intensified by the action
of the Executive Committee of the Advisory
Board this evening in presenting n report ad-
herring to its anti-McKinley decision. A mem.
Der OF the Executive said tonight
that the report presented to the Advisory Board
is in accord with the statement made public Mt
tho time Mckinley WAS blacklisted. lie also
said that the action of the committee was based
on afidavits made by prominent ohio men.
There is no doubt that the question OF Nc
Kinlcy's candidacy will be discussed BY the
supreme body and the attack on Mckinley dis
Carded. But before this il done. the Convention
will have to consider "A motion, which will be
made tomorrow, referring the subject of the
Executive Commuters action and the position
OF the A. =. \. toward Mckinley to "a special
committee for investigation. This motion will
provide that the special committee shall report
on all candidates for Presidential h0nnrs.
The most important matter before the Con-
ventiOn OF the supreme Council to-day was the
reading OF the annual message of supreme
President Traynor. The interesting part was
that concerning the political situation. supreme
President Traynor appointed q. w. Van FosS"n
of Washington State. j. Colin Moore of Alabama,
j. J. Rhodes o; NermOnt f.. DOrille Of ONO. and
&. +. Sapp of Kentucky as n committee to con-
slider and report on the message.
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arrests he made was that Of Becker and his
father-in-law for forging script OF the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad Company. The
crime was traced to Becker. Hearing. Edward
Hail, alias Pins" and one Rogers. Becker and
his athcr-in-law were at thnt time carrying on
n lithographing business in n back room. OF n
boarding house in Broome street. Robert Pink
erton conveyed this Information to Inspector
Byrnes. who raided the place. The officers
found the stone from which the counterfeit
script had been printed. For this crime Becker
was convicted.
In the early part of 1891 Rocker was arrested
with George Engel, charged with having been
concerned in an attempt to flood Europe with
large quantities OF bogus Bank of England
notes. Both men were. for a time, confined
in Ludlow street Jail, but eventually escaped
punishment. Becker was arrested again on
Sept. IL. 1881. with his father-in-law, Hearing,
charged with counterfeitinG.n l,0OO-franc note
on the Bank Of France. For this he was tried.
convicted. and sentenced to ten years In the
Kings county penitcntiary, where he acted as
one of the bookkeepers. for n contractor in the
prison. While serving his time he made an at
tempt TO escape. but this was frustrated by one
of the prisoners telling of the proposed attempt
to the Warden.
1t is a noticeable fact that when any Of their
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the Union Trust Company, Of New YORK. A
clerk in the employ OF the New York Life In
siirance Company named Charles w. Pontez.
who was well acquainted with Reilly, was IN
duced 10 lend him one Of the cancelled checks
drawn bv the New York Life Insurance Com
pnnv in payment Uf an account. This was conn-
tcrfeitrd by Becker. and on the Information
Furnished by pontez, rs to the amount the New
York Life could draw on their account, with the
Union Trust Company, becker filled IN the
counterfcitcd check. for SN4.O0O, mud Reilly
presented this check at the Union Trust COM
pany and obtained the money. DistriCt Attorney
benjamin. x. Phelps took n great interest IN the
arrest and prosecution OF this ganv. of forgers.
The New York police were actively employed,
and the pinkertOns were specially employed
by the District Attorney. the New York Life In
snrancc Company, and the Union Trust Com.
pany. Evidence was finally secured against
Hacker. his fnther-in-lnw, Clement Hearing,
Reilly. and Pontez. Part Of this gang were mr.
rested by Capt. Allalre, then OF the FOurtccnti
precinct. and part on the information furnished
hy the Pinkertons, Becker turned Stntct cvl,
dence against Reilly. who was. convicted and
sentenced, while Pontczdicd In Jail while await
ing trial.
NOTED from Captain to Inspector ono OF tho nrst
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STATE DEMOCRACY,s PLANS.
IL Won't Unite just Yet with tho Shep-
nrdItes OF kIngs County.

TIT New York State Democracy's Executive
Committee met at 25s West I v enty.third street
last evening. All Assembly districts but tho
Twenty-third were represented, and Corporation
Counsel Scott presided. The proposition to unite
with the Shepard Democracy of Kings county,
which has all the rights Of a full-fledged
political party under the ballot law was
discussed. and it was decided that no action to
that end need be taken now, as there is no desire
to elect contostinR delegates to the State Con-
%vention. 1t was said there would be time
enough for the fusion should 1t be determined
to nominate n local ticket next fall.
Jus what was meant by this II IL difficult to
understand, in view Of the fact that the COM
mittee decided to advise the organization to
nominate no Independent candidates for To-
cal office In case n sound money man Is
cngo. II the State Democracy Is not going to
send a contesting delegation to Chicago this
year. 1t will send q committee to shout for sound
money.
meeting last night declare that the question Of
u sound currency Is the most important issue
involved in the election. and direct the Chair
man to appoint Il committee to urge tho Ma
tional Convention to adopt n sound financial
plank and to nominate "a candidate whose
record and utteranCest tit him to stand ON such a
PLATFORM"
There Is a Coroner TO be elected in this county
next fall, and there may be other local places to
Eli besides those Of Assemblymen, for which
when there is no possible chance of election. as
would be the case with u State Democracy NOM
inee.
1t Is said that these candidates will force the
nomination of a local ticket this year, and that
the fusion, with the Shepard organization will
be effected.
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Mr.. Sch wab Says That's the Position of the
G-rman-AmrrIc Voters.

Gustave III. Schwab. Chairman Of the Execu-
tive Committee OF the Sound Money Committee
of the Chamber of and one of the in
fuential citizens of New
York, issued a statement yesterday In which he
said
IL am convinced from my knowledge OF my
Ge-man-American fellow citizens and their
ways Of thinking that the vast majority of them
in the coming political contest will entirely dis
regard party ties and will vote for that party
which declares for the maintenance beyond a
possibility OF doubt OF the gold standard Of
value. and that they will not give their suffrage
to any candidate who may be suspected Of a
leaning toward free silver coinage or toward
any compromise with the silver people. They
demand u gold candidate on a gold platform.
and nothing else will suit them. do not believe
that AT any time previous to this have party
obligations rested so lightly on them as at
present.
before the country nj present - the integrity OF
our monetary system. and their votes Will go to
that party which they bel eve will uphold the
country's financial honor. regardless OF what
their views NAV be on Othe- political questions.
Previous experience las shown That German
voters on questions relating to or affecting the
standard of value have always stood for com
mon honesty. and that they have uniformly op-
posed all forms of financial heresy, regardless
OF how their votes might run counter TO the
parties TO which their allegiance las SO far been
given.
apparent when the numerical strength of the
German-American population in the pivotal
States is considered. The returns OF the census
of 1890 show that the state of New York then
contained 0T2.6O3 German-Am"ricans. OHIO
Sal ,4O7. Illinois 900. 5SS. Pennsylvania ~
423. Michigan 276,95s. Wisconsin SOL. s34.
Minnesota 244,634. Iowa 2d9,GUA, and Missouri
207. 900.
"Whatever may be the decision Of the Ma
tional Convention on the money question. this
issue will he fairly, squRrcly. and most thor
onghly placed before the German voter In tile
course OF the campaiRn: and as to the nature Of
his response l do not entertain the slightest
doubt"
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NORTH CAROLINA REPrBLICiNs
The State Convention To Be Held To-day
Sharp Struggle Probable.

RALEIGH. y. c.. May l3.-Ove n thousand
Republicans are here TO attend the state Con-
~vention tomorrow. Excitement is intense.
There is n sharp quarrel between Senator
Pritchard and State Chairman Holton, and also
between the Russell and Dockery factions.
The latter are so bitter that it looks tonight
as il James f.. Boyd will be nominated for Gov
ernor. Chairman TIolton saws he thinks Dock
cry will be nominated. lie says no free coinage
resolution will be adopted.
Senator PrItchard was interviewed. and said:
There is no organized opposition To McKin-
ley. There is overwhelming invitation for me
to become State Chairman" he said. but |
don't desire it. and prefer to SEQ IIolton re-
tanned. The Convention will declare for both
gold and silver. The resolutions will b" some
what stronger than the Ohio resolutions.
There Is no opposition, 40 far as ! know. To mo
as senator.
II can't saw who will be nominated for Gov
ernor. will offer II strong resolution in
favor Of n high. protective tariff for the
raw material of tho South and agri-
cultural products Of the country; also n
resolution for protection to, shipowncrs in nc
cordance with tho proposed legislation by sem
aror Elkins. \ number OF pnpuliSts are here to
confer with US on terms looking to fusion upon
II basis OF a division Of the state ticket
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MISSOURI REP UBLIC4Ns.
Tho Keren- Faction Surrender and FIiiey's
Triumph L. Complete.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. May 13.-At the night ses.
sion of the Republican State Convention the
mint on Credentials seated the entire
Filley delegations In the contested districts.
The temporary organization was made uerma-
nent and from that time the work was more
pleasant, the Kerens faction laying down their
arms. Gallencamp, Williams, Ilawley. Mitch
ell. Duncan, and were elected State Committee
men a. large.
1t was / :25 A. NJ. when tho first candidate
for delegate TO the National Convention was
nomii. ated in the person OF Chauncey l. FIJI.
ley, who was nominated by reclamation amid
a perfect tumult. To add to the honor con
ferred upon him he was also unanimously
elected Chairman OF tho State Central Com
mittce.
AZ 2 O'Clock this morning the roll was called
on delegates at large, there being six names be.
fore the Convention with three to be selected.
unanimously chosen. The first ballot resulted
Ia the election Of Major William Warner n
withdrawing in his favor. Warner received
Az, out OF d13 votes cast: n TIC E next ron.
ringhaus OF IT. Louis.
The bitter opposition to kerens made itself
manifest in thu, voting. He allied 10 receive
otal heing -? for Kerens to 4S4 for Med
ringhaus. observation-disclosures election was made
unanimous. Col. Bitthnger Of st. joseph with.
drew his name and urged his friends to vote
for Kerens. but they did not save that gen
tlcman from defeat.
On the third ballot John II. Boutwell, of
Seia!ia was made the fourth delegate at large
to 1t. Louis.
The big four from Missouri to the itcpubli-
ran National Convention therefore are: Claun-
cey /. Filley. -. Louis: Major William War.
ner. Kansas titv: f. g.. NiedrinGhaus, ~.
Louis; John ii. Rothwell. Sedn!ia.
The following nlternates a: large were elect
ed by aCclamatiOn: Louis IcHke. Charlton;
James T. Monroe. LacleIe: Leon Jordan, Jack
son: John Farmer. IT. Lou!-.
The latter two are CO.Urcd. Tie last and
crOwning act of the Convention Immediately
before adjournment at ! $50 this morning was
the passage Off motion iustruCtinG the dele
gates to the National Convention 20 elect
Chauncey |. tilley II member of the National
COMMITTEES.
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Widow Reichwein's Experience with q
PrOmIsIn. BarLeeper.

BLOOMFIELD, May 3.-Mrs. Rarbatta Riech-
vein, a widow living on Sixteenth street. New
York, caused the arrest last night OF George
Stammler. n harkeeper. whom she accused of
defrauding her out of So, 1000 under promise Of
marriage. The couple, according to Mrs. Ricch-
vein. met at the home OF her cousin and the
young man asked her To marry him on the spot.
This she refused to do. hut on the night OF Feb.
% he took her 10 a dance and got her to promise
to marry him.
Stammler, 80 the widow says. lived at her
home and at her expense until one day she dis
covered that lie was already married. While
admitting TINT he had a wife in m he
made the widow believe that he would get a
divorce and then marry her. The widow says
she gave linn funds to go to the old country, but
he only, went across the North River. His ar
rest followed.
Justice Post allowed Stammler TO GO on tho
promise that he would return the money.
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There May Be Separate state Conventions
by the cold and silver Wings.

CHICAGO. May 13.-The tangle in the local
Democratic ranks over the silver question Is
such that many politicians say that two stats
Conventions will be held. Having abandoned
all hope OF securing fair primaries from the
Altgeld machine In Cook county, the gold lead-
ers are going ahead, with the determination OF
cutting loose from the silver wing OF the party,
II necessary. aud with the idea OF conducting .
separate campaign.
The preliminary battle will lie over the selec-
tiOn Of n delegation to the National Convene
tinn. To secure. ar anti-silver delegation tho
gold leaders will have to hold n separate State
Convention. nominating u state ticket uf their
own. and selecting IA state com posed
Of sound money Democrats. Under the present
law the state Board uf Review. consisting
OF SECRETARY Of state HinriChsen,, Attorney:
General MOlnney. and Auditor Gore. could
throw the ticket Off the. official ballot, Ms
they undoubtedly would do. Hinrichscn and
Moloncy being hand and glove with the Aitgeld
forces. The State Committee and the national
delegates chosen at n gold convention conld
only be unscated by the National Convention.
and they are what the gold men are really
striving for. Later the gold men will probably
make NOMINATIONS for Congress and the Lcsi''
laturc, and then the fight between the twJ
wings will be on in earnest.
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Jacob -. Remsen Gets an .Assessorship nt
sS,5OO ~ Year.

Under the bill. which Gov. Morton sivned o
few days ago. providing for the appointment BY
Mayor Wurster of Brooklyn of two assessors
for the new Thirty-second ward, formerly the
town of Flatlands. one to be a res dent of tho
ward and the other from the city at large, jacob
ID. tcmsen has got one OF tho places. Mr..
Remsen has long been the Republican leader In
the flatlauds district. and before it. annexation
held judicial and other Offices lie formerly
trained with the Worth fact on in the Re-
publican elections. but turned mp In tho
beginning Of the year in the General Com
mittrr ~ a Wurster-NiliIs delegate. 1t WAS
said NJ the time that the promise ~ the pros
pcrtivr a-se-sorship. a pleasant $4,000 n wear
toh. had something TO do with his ext from the
Worth rank. Mayor Wurstrr.h however. denies
that Nr. R"msen's appoint ment was the result
OF any such fractional compact.
NJ. !R.n.,"i l., the solitary representative OF
the lItJland> domain in the County Committee.
II" uriunss to the old R"msen family which set
tied in FIuiianlS over 200 years ago.
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order for 100000. Then. accompanied by his
clerk, he went to n livery stable. hired = more
and and SyS.Tgt fol tRs eh sSHri T;s atGvGl 20 tss, 2 Il Be-
paid in currency. The paving teller asked Dean
Tie would mind receiving Tie moneE, in gold,
and he eaid that he would not. Thereupon
fer snrks. each. containing $4,000 In gold
VII. nspiIdd was mt in a sntchei and. with the
heip on the new cls:k, was lifted into the buggy
that was waiting in front Of the bank, ana then
where Dean got ont. telling the Office boy that
he lived there, Tss 'S ,o,S the wss sl ssEri .Sst me he
Should pq isye ana no P more USE &c for the buggy. but
that, IL the clerk cared 70 take a drive about ne
city he might, do so. but he must return the
which il was engaged. That was the last seen OF
Dean in san Frapclsco, and II might have been
bbno,b lie Nevada bank and the Crocker. Wool
worth Bank been msmbers or the american
what is called a Protective Committee. The
business OF this committee IL to investigate all
swindles reported by banks, members OF tne r.,
perpetrators ofthe swindles 70 Justice. The DO
t.otive work Of the committee Is done by nc
April gives an interesting account OF the swim
die and Of the way in which the draft was &C.
Clearing House, and finally returned to the bank
OF issue. From that account u appeared that
bank was duly paid through tho San Francisco
Clearing House. and 4 WAS not until Jan: %,
statemen. OF its account from the Clearing
House. that the forgery was discovered. some
thing of the deItrrity OF the forRer may be ap.
uTeciated by the fact that the draft passed
through the hands OF over q dozen experienced
bank clerks without detection, and that even
the dra wers OF the draft were not certain that
Il had been raised until they had examined IL
under q powerful glass.
case they learned that a man giving the name
OF j, NJ. Shaw had gone to work in Minneapolis
on exactly the plan used by Dean. The bank to
which Shaw was introduced was tho Union Ma
tional of that city. Shaw opened ali account