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The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
ALAMEDA COUNTY NEWS.
l, the young man arrested for violating

don, the young man arrested for violating
the city ordinance prohibiting public meet
lngs on the street without a permit, will
have to be tried again. This III morning he
made an address to the jury, wnlch con-
vinced all but one that he was innocent,
and, as they disagreed, he will have a Sec
ond trial next week.
Good Price for Liquor Business.
OAKLAND, Call, Feb. 1S.-The whole
sale liquor business conducted by Watson
& O O'Brlen was sold to-day so that the es-
tate Of tie late John O'Brien could be set
lied. The bidding started at $4,000 and
was finally bought by Watson & Co., for
So. .925
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Posta1-Card Ra1Iotfnr.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb. 18.-The result
of the postal primary is being watched
with considerable interest. The reply
large mum bers. They are placed in an
iron box with only an opening large
enough to admit the card. This will be
cut open next Tuesday evening in the
presence of all OF the candidates and other
Interested parties. No one knows what
the result will show, but few opposed to
the plan are telling of their personal work
in placing imaginary names upon the
CARDS.
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ELEGANT EIRNLTIRE.

THIS DAY CFRIDA1), AT II a NJ,
12O91% HOWARD ST. Mr.. EIGH
FRANK w. BUTTERFIELD. Auctioneer.
6O2 Market Street.
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storekeepers, as the property ha
declined to contribute.
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Opening New Quarters.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb. 18.-The Adel-
phia Club, in the Tucker building, will be
opened Saturday afternoon. 1t is being
handsomely decorated for the occasion by
the ladies. Tea Will be served during the
afternoon while the following programme
is being rendered:
"Grillen" (Schumann) Mrs Katherine Neil
son; opening remarks, Mrs. Severance; vocal
selection (TostD, Miss Josephine Patterson;
paper on the confederation of clubs, Miss A.
W. Cole; vocal selection, Mrs. Ada Allardyce +;
"The Hidden Soul OF Harmony" original
paper by Mrs. Kollmyer; "Waldesranchen"
nisZt), Miss Maud Cohen
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Good Price for Liquor Business.
A MOVE FOR A CHARTER.
Governor Budd's Veto Gives an Argu-
ment in Favor of Calling Together
Board of FreehoIders.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Feb 1S.-George f.
Weeks, editor of the Encinal, attacks the
veto OF the bill by Governor Budd allow
ing cities OF the fifth class to deal with
their own affairs in the matter of main
tanning electric light works and selling
the product to private consumers, and ap-
peals to the citizens of this city to frame a
charter for adoption in 1885, He urges
action at once in the matter, in order that
every step may be taken with considera-
tton and the work not hurried. He then
adds:
Instead of going along, year after year.
nnaer general law relating TO cities of the
NTH class, it would be much better for this
city to avail itself of the constitutional pro-
vision relating to municipalities, and frame
and adopt freeholders' charter for its own
government In view of the possibility of such
thlng and upon its own motion and without
consultato with any of the gentlemen
named, the EncinAl suggests the following
named citizens and freeholders competent
ana amply qualified in every respect to formu-
iaie charter for this city. The names are as
follows: E. B. Mastick, F. w. Van SicKlen,
Columbus Bartlett J. B. Vosburg, R. J. Van
VOORHEES, I. G. Daniels, T. P. Tlsdale, F. J.
Fletter, Thomas A. Smith, Edgar A. Cohen,
Joseph A. Leonard, E. ]. Banding, Henry Sew
ening, Hermann Cordes and B. Benedict.
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aIunhalI to Wendte.
no CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All drug
gists refund the money II 1t fails TO cure. 25c
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-19
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.

Recording Secretary Ironmolders' Unio
No, 164.
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STORKE DIVORCE CASE.
The Supreme Conrt Annuls the De-
cree of the Lower Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12-The Su-
preme Court to-day set aside the order
of the Superior Court of Santa Barbara
County annulling the decree of divorce
granted to c. A. Storke against Ida Ad-
dis Storke, the writer.
The action was brought on the
grounds of cruelty. and the court gave
the decree to the plaintiff and ordered
him to pay counsel fees and alimony.
The defendant appealed from the order
denying a new trial, and upon the
showing that il was necessary to pros
ecute her appeal the court ordered the
plaintiff to pay the defendant the sum
of $500 with which to secure the trans
Cription of the testimony. The plain
tiff neglected to do so, and upon motion
of the defendant the court set aside
the decree.
The Supreme Court holds this as er-
rOr for the court did not annul the de-
cree on account of the incOrrectness of
it's former Judgment. The defendant
has recourse to collect the amount or
dered by the court
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TO SEND SETTLERS NORTH.
A Bureau of Information to be ES.
tabIished at Los Angeles.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12.-The idea
of establishing a Bureau of InfoTma-
tion at Los Angeles was discussed at
a meeting held under the auspices of
the State Development Committee to-
day at the rooms of the City Board OF
Trade.
H H. Sherwood, in calling the meet
ing to order, stated that large num-
Der Of Eastern tourists visited the
Southern counties yearly, and neglected
coming north because they were not
made acquainted with the natural ad-
vanta ges of this part Of the State.
Should such information be afforded
them it would surely result in many To-
eating permanently in Northern Cali
fornia.
A committee was appointed and in
str11cted TO wait upon various local or
carnations and solicit subscriptions fo1
the maintenance of the bureau at Los
n pprallE
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UNION PACIFIC LANDS.
Restored to the Status Occupied Un-
der the Order of Secretary Smith.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-Secretary
Francis issued an order to-day restor-
ing to the Union Pacific lands, pending
patent, the State occupied under the
order of Secretary Smith last June, di-
recing the lands of the road to be
patented where shown to have been
sold to bona fide purchasers, and fixing
the affidavits of two persons familiar
with the facts as sufficient to show
bona fide purchase.
Secretary Francis had later required
the affidavits of owners or occupants
as to bona fide purchaser, as well as of
the companys officials, but the road
complained that this was an injustice,
in view of deaths and other reasons.
The order, which applies only to the
Union Pacific, follows. 1t is addressed
to the Commissioner of the General
Land Office:
The Reorganization Committee Of
the security holders of the Union Pa
cific Company having entered into an
agreement with the Government where
by the Government is guaranteed to
receive at least S45 455, 900 for it's claim
against said company at foreclosure
sale which the Attorney General of the
United States and the attorneys for the
first mortgage bondholders have united
in asking the court to order; and SAID
representatives having deposited $3,-
| 1000 with the United States Trust
| Company in the city of New York to
| insure the fulfillment of the said agree
ment, now, therefore, my orders of De-
cember 26, 1896, and January ,, 1897,
governing the listing of lands to be
| patented to the Union Pacific Railway
! Company are hereby modified. From
| and after this date you will list to me
| for patenting such lands within the
| limits of the grants inuring to the
| Union Pacific Railroad Company as
| may have been sold to bona fide pur-
| chasers. In determining whether such
| lands may have been sold to bona fide
| purchasers, you will follow the instruc-
| tionS in the departmental letter of my
predecessor. dated January II, 1893.
Nothing in this order shall be construed
| as modifying in any way departmental
| letters of December % 1896, and Jan
| uary :, 1897, 50 far as said letters re-
| late to lands within the limits of the
grant to the Central Pacific Railroad
| COmDaDV
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His Life's Story a Rival Of Those Of
Butler and Holmes.
Attempted to Poison the Entire FAM
lily of His Brother by Putting
Strychnine i'm the Family Salt Jar,
Believed to Have Caused the Death
of His Own Child, and Later Kills
His Wife, for Which He is Now in
Custody.
Custody.

SEATTLE, Feb. 12-The arrest OF
Mark w. Townsend at Ritzville, Wash,
yesterday by the Sheriff of Grant
County, Wis, on a charge of numbering
his wife eleven years ago, has brought
to the front a resident of Seattle as the
principal witness for the prosecution.
He is Henry S. Keene, formerly a
farmer in Grant County, and the JUS
tice of the Peace who married Town
send to the woman who was killed. He
was also the first man to enter the
house after the killing, and as acting
Coroner conducted the inquest.
According to Keene, the numerous
attempts of Townsend to commit muir
der would, had they succeeded, have
rivaled the stories Of Butler ana
Holmes. About sixteen years ago he
was worsted in some legal transac-
tions by his brother A few days later
the entire family of the brother was
stricken with a mysterious ailment. In
vestigatiOn showed the presence OF
strychnine in the family salt jar, and II
was learned that Mark Townsend had
purchased strychnine the day preVl-
Gus. Later on the half-emptied bottle
of poison was found in his trunk.
Three years after his marriage his sec
ond child died under very suspicious
circumstances. but it seems that for
family reasons both these affairs were
hushed UP.
September p, 1885, Keene was at
work on his farm near the house occu-
peid by Townsend and his wife, which
was Keene's property. He heard a
shot, but as Townsend had been prac-
ticing craftsmanship, paid no attention,
until a few minutes later Townsend
coolly informed him that Mrs. Town
send had been accidentally shot, and
asked his aid Keene summoned sew
eral neighbors, and they found the wo-
man lying in a pool of blood. She had
been shot fn the back Of the head, the
bullet coming out under the left eye.
At the inquest Townsend said he had
been cleaning his pistol, and in putting
it into a drawer behind the chaQr oc-
cupied by his wife it was accidentally
discharged, with the fatal result. There
was no other evidence available, and
the Jury returned the verdict of accl-
dental death.
Townsend left Wisconsin, coming to
Adams County, this State, where he
again married. Keene intimates that
the second wife soon became convinced
that she was being made the victim OF
slow poisoning. A divorce was procured,
since when Mrs. Townsend and her re-
latives have been in communication
with the Wisconsin people, and IL IS
Thought that sufficient evidence has ac-
cumulated to warrant Townsend ar
rest
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Among the prisoners was the notori-
Gus guerrilla Captain Mazretto, who is
accused Of numbering more than 100
paoficos in that province. AS soon as
Lorra's men saw him they seized him,
and, despite their officers command
literally hacked him to pieces. The
other prisoners We're released the next
day and sent to Artemisa@ In the train
We're needed provisions and some arms.
Senordtta Maratla, the beautiful
daughter Of a Captain in the insurgent
army, was captured by the Spanish
near Matanzas on Tuesday. She is now
closely confined in the worst prison in
| the place, with negro malefactors of
all kinds. The United States Consul
there has been asked to secure relief for
her, as she is we'll known to General
Lees family.
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CALIFORNIA BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Sacramento, Stockton, San Francisco
and Oakland Will Be i'm 1t.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12-Colonel
Robinson of baseball fame has perfect
ed plans for a four-club organization
to be known under the old name of the
California League. 1t will comprise
clubs in San Francisco, Oakland, Stock
ton and Sacramento. The plan is to be-
gin a seven-months' season about the
first of April, and to play Thursday,
Saturday and Sunday games. The
schedule is not arranged yet, as there
is possibility that Los Angeles and
San Jose will enter teams in the pen
nant race, but the plan is to make
Thursday a ladies' day, and when
games are played in one city on Thurs
day and Saturday there will be no Sun
day games played in the same city,
and vice versa.
The clubs Will be composed mostly of
California players. These will not be
selected from the old stock, however.
The players will be picked from the
new blood, mostly the amateurs. A
sufficient number Of good and expert
enced men will be brought from the
East to steady the teams.
Robinson is now finishing arrange
ments for the purchase of the Folsom
street grounds from G. r. McNeill, and
all the games of the California State
League will be played there. Oakland
will have new grounds. They will be
esta blished at Alameda Point. r. NJ
Fitzgerald and T. c. Coogan will back
the Oakland club, and ]. c. Ewing will
be manager. The Sacramento team
will play at new grounds to be provided
at East Park. NJ. n. Winans will have
charge of the club at Sacramento
Each team manager will be required tO
put up $1,000 as a guarantee to Sc
cure the players salaries.
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THE ARIZONA TRAIN ROBBER,
Officers Hot on the Trail of the Flee
ing Outlaw.

KINGMAN (Ariz), Feb. 12.-The
Sheriff's posse is close on the trail of
the train robber. On the trail to-day
they picked up a Winchester rifle, a
coat. pair of boots, blankets, saddle,
a hat and some provisions. The bandit
is heading south.t When the courier
left the posse was six miles from Peach
Springs. The boots and saddle were
identified as the property of Jim Par
ker. The officers along the line of the
railroad wired to look out for Parker,
as it is thought he will try to get away
on the train from some siding. He is
on foot, and is probably worn out and
footsore. Being a cowboy. he can
hardly go much further The snow has
gone from the ground. and he can be
easily tracked in the solt soil If it does
not snow this evening, the posse will
surely make the capture tomorrow.
Scouts have been sent out in all di-
rections to head off the fugitive.
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REBELS WRECK A TRAIN.
Sixteen Spanish Killed and Number
Taken Prisoners.

CINCINNATI, Feb. ia special to
the Commercial Tribune" from Key
West says:
Major Luis Lorra on Monday cap
tured Spanish convoy train near Arte-
misa, province of Pinar del Rio. and
fifty prisoners, without the loss of a
man. Hearing that the train was on the
way, he mined the road bed. and as the
train came up exploded the mine, blow
ing up the engine and three passenger
cars AS the wrecked train rolled down
the embankment. his troops, we'll hid
den. poured in a hot fire. and the af-
frighted Spaniards Immediately hung
out the white flag Sixteen were killed
In the wreck. including the engineer and
fireman and two Spanish officers. The
Spanish troops were so demoralized that
they did not fire a dozen shots at the
Cubans.
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STEARNS AND DAVIS.
Remains of the Murdered Men Found
Near Their Camp.

KINGMAN "a. T), Feb. 12.-J. H.
Bowman. who went to San Bernardino
to hunt for Mum Davis and }. ;.
Stearns. returned to Reville, on the
Colorado River, ninety miles north,
Wednesday night. and reported that
the search party had found the remains
of both men a few miles from camp.
They were shot through the head.
Little Mouse, a Piute Indian, who
murdered the men, left White Hills on
January 2Sth, with the avowed inten-
tion Of killing the first white man he
met. He crossed the river at Vegas.
where he lost his horse in quicksand-
He went up the river short distance
opposite the camp Of Davis and Stearns
and they took him to the Arizona side
in their boat He stayed all night in
camp and in the morning took Davis
and Stearns into the hills a few miles
and killed them. He then went to
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SIX.DAY BICYCLE RACE.
Sickness Compels the Two Leaders to
Retire for Time.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 12.-The feature
in the six-day bicycle race was the col
lapse of both OF the leaders this even
ing AT about o'clock Gimm was ta-
ken from the track by his manager,
who claimed that one of the trainers
had given the rider too much brandy
About forty miutes were required to get
the Cleveland man into shape again
In the meantime Waller had made a
gain of fifteen miles, and was going at
a good gait when Gimqn returned to the
track. Their relative positions remain
ed the same until nearly II O'Clock,
when Waller was taken sick with
cramps in the stomach, and retired
from the track. When Waller resumed
his work Gimn had made UP all but
two miles of his loss. The midnight
score was: Waller 1,033, Gimm 1,031,
Schock l,020, Hall 1000, Forster S91.
Ruckel 922
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WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
DISRUPTION OF THE STEEL RAJI
POOL.
The Most Important Event Which
Has Occurred-Large Purchases
at the Low Rates.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-R. G. Dun &
90. s Weekly Review of Trade to-
morrow will say:
NO other event of the week an
proaches in Importance the disruption
OF the steel rail pool. In two davs after
III a greater tonnage of rails was prob
apIy purchased than the entire produc-
ton last year, reported at 500 900 tons
and instead of SIS in December and S25
IN January, $17 is now the price ar
which works East and West are seek
ing orders, the Carnegie Company even
selling at SlI, Chicago delivery. These
sales will employ many thousand
hands, at an important decrease in the
cost OF tracklaying or renewals to rail-
roads.
Even more important is the result
| that reconstruction of the billet pool
will be impossible as long as the con-
test over rails continues and the man.
| ufacturer of structural forms. bars
| rods wire, nails, tin plates and many
other products has a chance to secure
cheap material in the near future. Also
| important is the struggle between the
| two great companies producing Mesaba
| iron ore, one allied with the Illinois
| Steel Company and the other with the
| Carnegie Company. which Is expected
| to bring about lower prices for ore,
and TO push many mines to their ut
most capacity. But in the war of
| rival interests wages are already re-
duced by some of the large concerns
| Except in steel rails, changes in iron
products have been slight. There were
slight advances in gray forge, wire and
| cut nails. Competition reduced Ameri-
can tin plates to S3 20, against So 90
| for foreign, and tin and copper are
steady, but lead is stronger at So 271h.
| Speculation In products has hardly
! been more active than of late and
prices generally tend downward. Wheat
rose a cent on Tuesday, but has de-
| clined since 2.37 cents.
Western wheat receipts are increas-
! ing, but for two weeks have been only
3,191, 391 bushels. against 1898, ,213 last
year, while Atlantic exports, flour in
/ cluded, have been for the week about a
| quarter larger than last year, and for
| two weeks 3,S55, ,096 bushels, against
1858, 125 last year. About every week
some new speculative guess by some
body impresses many traders more
| movement.
| The cotton market has been depress-
ed in like manner by Mr.. Ellison's es-
| innate that the American crop would
prove $3.50, 600 bales, but the quantity
coming into sight has also surpassed
previous guesses, and indicates a larger
crop than most spectators estimated
| The curtailment of consumption in the
mills is not guess, although some
overeStimate 1t, since probably not
more than a fifth of the spindles will
| be stopped a third Of each week for a
quarter of the year. The price declined
only an eighth for spot but over a
quarter for the May options.
| Failures for the past week have been
267 in the United States, against 312
last year, and 81 in Canada, against
/ 81 last year.
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Bonelli Ferry, stole a horse, and was
last seen at Vegas ranch, Nevada,
where he asked for food and then took
to the brush.
Bowman will try to take the bodies
to kingman to ship to San Diego
Davis has a family in National City.
Stearns is from Akron, O., his family
being in San Diego. The Indian is sup
posed to be crazy. He killed two In
dians years ago.
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THE NONPAREIL
TOILET DEPARTMENT

Our New York buyer bought at
about one-half regular value a large
lot of Manicure Files, Scissors and
Nippers. These goods are the sam
pies of one of the largest houses
in that line. We will give our pa
irons the benefit of these purchase
prices; SOC goes for pc. Toe for
soc, 81 and 81 80 for 15c Hardly
two of these alike.
We carry the justly celebrated J.
r. TORY Razor Strop. This factory
is one of the largest in the United
States, and makes nothing but good
goods. Swinging Strops,
25C and 45c.
For those who shave themselves
the Royal Worcester Cushion Strop
has no equal. Price, SOC.
Special.
Good size bottle Nation Brand
Ammonia; extra strength and first
class quality. Price, SC.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
SYLLABI.
(No. 9613-In Bank-Ffled February 10
1897

The United States, respondent; NJ
Crooks ct al, defendants; A. A. Cohen,
appellants. Action for condemnation of
land for purpose of construction of can
al. Appeal dismissed
The appeal from the judgment was
taken more than one year after the en-
try, and 50 must be dismissed.
Failure to serve the adverse party
with notice of intention to move for a
new trial is attended with the same
results before the Superior Court as at
tend the failure to serve the adverse
party with notice of appeal when the
matter is brought before the Supreme
Court.
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HANDKERCHIEFS.

All pure linen and three for SOC.
We have an odd line of Ladies' and
Mems pure linen Initial Handker-
chiefs that we sold at 25c each, but
as the line is broken We will close
them out At lo23c each.
A line OF Ladies Black-Border
Handkerchiefs, pure linen, that
We're good value and sold well at
the greater prices. o5c and 33 1-3c.
We will now sell to close
At l2@C each.
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Nominations Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The SEN
ate in executive session to-day con-
hrmed the following nominations: Car
roll ID. Wright of Massachusetts to be
a Commissioner Of Labor; Martin A.
Knapp of New York to be Interstate
Commerce Commissioner.
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(No. 19, 9,564-Departmen Two-F
February 10. 1S97)

John Y. Suman, appellant; Melville
Archibald, ct AL, respondents. Fore
closure. Motion for substitution denied
motion to dismiss granted and appeal
dismissed.
Where one of the parties to an action
is adjudged insolvent during its pen
dancy his assignee need not be substi-
tuted for him.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-No further
extensions of the civil service bill will
be made during the remainder of the
present Administration. This statement
is made on the authority of President
Proctor of the Civil Service Commission.
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Is. F.-No. o56-Department One-File
February 10, 1S91)

February 10, 1879
Fl. S. Dewitt, petitioner; Superior
Court of Fresno County, respondent
Certiorari. Judgment annuled.
Every court in matters of contempt is
a court of special and limited jurisdic-
tion. lit has power only to punish those
acts which are contempts Of it's au-
thority, and the question whether the
facts alleged amount to a contempt is
always jurisdictional.
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kneehes VIII Not Appeal.

BERLIN, Feb. 12.-Robert Kneebes'
the American horse owner, who on rep
r1larv 1st was sentenced TO nine
months Imprisonment and a fine OF
n0O marks, after having been con-
victed Of trotting Bethel under the
name OF Nellie Kneebes, has DECIDED
not to appeal against his sentence. lie
- laee than two months to serve.
Frederick the Great played the nuts
ov1 co1,oposed music and did both well
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COuue Feather BOas.

Handsome Black Feather Boas.
II inches long. Formerly sold at
25c. Now l5c each.
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RIBBONS.

Moire Taffeta Ribbon. extra quail
ity. with black double faced satin
edge; in all the new shades. No. 40.
Price, 55C.
Moire Taffeta Ribbon, extra quail
ity, with silk double faced satin
edge; in all the new shades. No. 20.
65c yard.
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THE WEEKLY UNION-TlIE BEST
weekly on the coast.