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ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY.
Split Between Harrison and Alt
geld Factions at Acute Stage,

CH1CAOO, July IS.-Ine lSnt W.
tween the regular Democratic organi-
zation of Cook County and that of the
State of Illinois, represented by Mayor
Harrison and National Committeeman
Gahan on the one side and the Altgeld
wing of the Democracy which support
ed Ex-Governor Altgeld as an inde-
pendent candidate for Mayor at the last
election on the other, reached an acute
stage to-day, and threatens to involve
the National Committee. in spite of
the strenuous attempts being made to
Keep local quarrels out of the proceed
I ings at next Thursday's meetings of the
National Committee in this city.
Hon. Thomas Gahan, National Com
mitteeman from Illinois, in an open let
ter to-day to the leaders of the Altgeld
element of the party, gives his reasons
for declining to attend the Auditorium
meeting of Thursday night, and by in
direct appeals to his colleagues of the
National Committee to refrain from at
tending the Altgeld meeting. Interest
is added to the occasion by the report
of Governor Altgeld'S friends that
Bryan, some days ago, accepted the in
vitation to address the meeting.
Committeeman Gahan in his letter
accuses the members of the Committee
on Arrangements of having opposed
the Democratic ticket at the last nlu-
nicipal election. He adds:
''In the three years that it has been
my honor to represent the Democracy
of Illinois on the National Committee,
I have considered it my duty to labor
for party harmony in the State of
Illinois and for the conciliation of all
elements, in order that we might in
1900 redeem Illinois to Democracy by
sending twenty-four votes to the cleo
toral college for William J. Bryan, and
sharing in the triumph Of that plat
form of principles for which the Demo-
cratic National Committee so faith
fully labored against overwhelming
odds in the dark days of 1896.
''If I saw in your proposed meeting,
or in the membership of your several
committees, a single indication to a
hope of party unity; if you had held
out for a moment the hand of good fell
lowship; if you had for one moment in
your asseverationS of Democracy indi-
Gated that you would have accepted the
olive branch on any condition short of a
surrender of party organization and
party principles to the whim and ca
prices and exactions of hopeless mi
nority, l would have been the first to
make an overture in the belief that
the first duty of committeeman is to
harmonic the elements Of his party
But your action, and your declarations,
and the public announcement of your
present intentions have proven that
you are not an element of the Demo-
cratic party. Your dictation is to sur
render that fundamental doctrine
which finds in the rule of a majority
the success of the Democratic party
For these reasons, and for the fur
sher reason that a sense of duty must
make it impossible for any local Demo-
,crat of Illinois who. believes in party
organizations and the rule of majori-,
ties to attend a public meeting under
your auspices, I must respectfully de-
cline your invitation"
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Ministerial Convention.

SANTA CRUZ, July 1S.-The minis
terial convention at Garfield Park
opened this morning with a prayer
meeting led by Rev. William Barr of
Oakland. Rev. w. Fl. Martin of Fresno
presided. Rev. D. Ribsell of Palo Alto
acted as Secretary. Rev. J. II. Law
son of Santa Clara delivered an ad-
dress on "The Sabbath" Rev. S. O..
Butler of Oakland spoke on ''The
Church Politics." A discussion follow
ed, participated in by Reverends L. B..
Wilkes and J. S. Hughes. Rev. w. B..
Berry spoke on christian Literature" +"
This evening Rev j. M. Jefferson de-
livered an address.
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FRUIT GAMERS.
The Combine Controls II Per Cent
of Business of the State.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1S.-The
cannery combine has elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, William
Thomas; First Vice President and
Treasurer. Sidney NJ. Smith; Second
Vice President. Sanford L. Goldsteini
Third Vice President. Robert |. Bent
ley: General Superintendent, M. ]
Fontana: Secretary. 1. H. Morse.
SUPERINTENDENT Fontana said to-day
that as all the plants that joined the
corporation had contracted for all the
fruits they could handle. the trust
would make light purchases this year.
In some instances. however, 1t has
been found necessary to buy certain
fruits. so that existing contracts might
be carried out. Some of the plants were
short on apricots. and Mr.. Fontana has
Maid as high as $50 a ton for that fruit
to fill contracts. The combine is SAID
to control q per cent. of the cannery
business of the State.
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Bully Hill Mine Sold.

REDDING, July 1S-The Bully Hill
copper mining property at Copper City
has been sold to Captain J. r. De
Lamar by James Sallee and Jennie Sal
lee, his wife, and the deeds have been
filed for record The selling price
named is nominal, being placed at SO.
On face of the instrument, however,
5000 worth of revenue stamps are at
tached, signifying that the real selling
price was 100000. The property in
cludes four claims. A telephone line TO
Copper City has been completed within
the past week, and a daily stage line
has been established.
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Destructive Grain Fires.

STOCKTON, July 1S.-Two destruc-
tive grain fires on Roberts Island to-
day and this evening caused a loss OF
between 100000 and $4,000 in grain
destroyed. The larger fire started
about ) O'Clock this evening on the
ranch OF George Thompson on Union
Island, and destroyed 750 acres of
standing barley. Martin Lund and
John Moran We're also large losers
About twenty-five acres of grain be.
longing to J NJ. De Leon was DESTROYED.
beside about $50 worth of sacked grain
belonging to J. Dixon
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Refused a Marriage License.


LOS ANGELES, July 1S-A case OF
peculiar interest, wherein James Fook,
Chinaman, who claims to have been
born in San Francisco. desired license
to marry Juliet Roberts. a white girl.
The County Clerk has refused license
on the ground that the law fOrbids a
Chinese and white person to marry
James Fook has to-day begun man
damus proceedings to compel the Clerk
to issue the license. Fook claims that
he is an American citizen, and not a
Chinaman. The girl is a waif, who
was adopted into a family in Canada
and has since moved here. She does
not know how old she is, or what her
name is, but she goes by the name OF
Juliet Roberts and claims to be of the
proper age to marry, though she looks
to be about IA.
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Wassernan, Kaufman & Co.,
Decision Reversed.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1S.-The Su-
preme Court has reversed the order of
the Superior Court of Monterey County
in the case of Thomas Graves against
j. r. Hebron. The action was to
quiet title to about thirteen acres of
land in Monterey County. The dispute
as to ownership has been before the
courts in one shape or another for
nearly fifteen years
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Correspondents May Remain.

WASHINGTON, July 1S.-It was said
by prominent official of the War De-
partment at a late hour tonight that
no word had been sent to General Otis
in regard to the card of the newspaper
men at Manila. setting forth their OBJ
jections to the rigid censorship in vogue
there. He said that in his opinion
General Otis would be left entirely free
to deal with the matter as he thought
best, and added that he did not believe
the correspondents would be required
to vacate the island as a result of the
publication of their protest
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Santa Clara Grape Growers.

SAN JOSE, July 1S-A meeting of
the grape growers of this county this
afternoon was attended by about sew
enty-five prominent viticulturists to
consider Henry ]. Crocker's offer to
buy grapes for seven years at S14
ton. By unanimous vote the meeting
indorsed Mr.. Crocker's proposition as
to the best interest of growers. 1t
transpired that all present but ten had
already signed the cards heretofore
sent out by Mr.. Crocker. These ten,
representing an aggregate of 356 acres,
and an annual grape production of
l, 200 tons, also signed the contracts.
Much enthusiasm prevailed.
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KOTZEBUE PROsPECToRs.
A Party Of Twenty-Four Have a
Narrow Escape From Death.
eo,A, BAKING powoeR CO., NEW Yoak.

SEATTLE, July 1S-J. J. Hollister,
civil engineer of Santa Barbara, Cal,
who arrived here last night on the
steamer Roanoke from ST. Michael.
Alaska, tells of the narrow escape of a
party of Kotzebue Sound prospectors
who started overland this spring to
Cape Nome. He gives only the follow
ing names of the party of which he
was member, and which was COM
posed of twenty-four men: DR.. Gale of
Oakland; DR.. Glearas, Los Angeles; A
A. Eubanks, Portland; Otto Myers, San
Francisco, and ]. V. Baird, Oakland.
The party got lost, ran out of food.
and were forced to kill and eat six
teen of their dogs. At the headwaters
of Fish River they constructed boats
and RATS and floated down to GOlOVln
Bay.
A letter from st. Michael announces
the arrival at Cape Nome of ]. D. Tai
liant, a well-known San Francisco
banker, and George Warn of San Ra-
fael. They made the trip overland
from Kotzebue Sound. 1t was report
ed several weeks ago that Tallant had
died while making the trip.
VANCOUVER (B. c., July 1S.-Cap-
tain Conradi of the Garonne and Pur-
ser Sprague do not believe the story
that Captain Benn and party of twelve
were lost in Kotzbue Sound. They say
that while there was much suffering
in Kotzbue, and miners had to eat
dogs for food, no Captain Benn party
perished, so far as they knew.
Next to Lippy, the individual with
the biggest amount of treasure was
J. H. McGaw, former Governor OF the
State of Washington. He is said to
have 100000 The claim which yield
ed this snug fortune is located on Ma
nook Creek, Rampant City. Jose, an
American, brought down 100000. He
had been in two years. T. Lennon, who
has been in the Yukon a year and a
half, had $4,000. There We're on board
at least twenty-five with fortunes aver
aging from So 600 to $4,000.
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Indian Service Institute.

LOS ANGELES, July 1S.-The Indian
Service Institute will hold daily ses-
sions in the Normal School building in
this city from to-day until the 25th
inst. The sessions are under the di-
rection of Miss Estelle Reel, National
superintendent of indian Schools
There are no set programs for the meet
ings arranged in advance, but the time
is chiefly devoted to round table dis
cussions of papers read by various in
structors in the Indian schools through,
out the country. Beginning to-day
evening sessions will lie held at which
lectures on topics relating to Indian
education will be delivered
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Two Suits for Damages.

LOS ANGELES, July 1S.-Two suits
for damages alleged to have been sus
tanned in the wreck of the National Ed
ucational Association special train at
Newman on the Southern Pacific route
We're begun this morning. One is
brought by H. E. Foster of Connells-
vile, O., and the amount of damage
is placed at 81 200. The other is
brought by Mrs. Glasgow of ST. Louis,
and $500 is demanded by her.
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A self-Confessed Defaulter.

CHICAGO. July 1S.-William A.
Graham. ex-school agent. clerk and
Secretary of the Board of Education, is
self-confessed defaulter in the sum
of SD, 900. Positive proof of the
shortage was discovered to-day, togeth
er with a letter left by Mr.. Graham
authorizing the conveyance of all his
property for the purpose of liquidatin0
his shortage.
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Shirt Waists,
ST and $1.25 Values,
Reduced to SIC.

IF there's anything outside the
extreme degrees of Summer heat
which would induce you to buy
pretty shirt waists, it should be
this Offering, as all In the lot are
desirable In style, pattern and
color, principally in neat striped
Effects, Of fine perca1es; all sizes
to begin the sale with. Note the
saving between 81 and SIPS,
and the clearance sale price
37c.
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Captain Barker Returning Home.

VICTORIA, July 1S.-Among the pas
sengers on the steamer Empress of
India, which arrived to-day from the
Orient were Captain A. F. Barker, U. S.
N. former commander of the battleship
Oregon He is accompanied by Lieu
tenant H. B. Eberle and Lieutenant
Commander Suiger. Other passengers
were Baron Won Heyking, the late rep
resentative of Germany at Pekin: Com
mander Luzzati of the Italian navy
and T. H. Ridcheth. member of a
large Pekin railway syndicate.
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Sons of ST. George.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 1S.-The
Grand Lodge of the Sons of ST. George,
Pacific Coast Jurisdiction, met to-day
Grand President Henry Tregoning pre-
sided. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing term: Past
Grand President, Henry Tregoning, San
Jose; Grand President. John Hilbert,
Nanaimo. B. c.; Grand Vice President,
Robert Sharp, Los Angeles; Grand Sec
retary, Thomas Poyser. San Francisco;
Grand Treasurer. Frank Winterburn,
San Francisco; Grand Messenger.
Thomas Bradbury. Victoria, B. c. The
newly elected officers were installed by
Past Grand President Brandon There
was a banquet tonight.
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Unfounded Reports.

VANCOUVER, July 1S-Special dis
patches sent out from Victoria, B. c.,
about the drowning of eleven people at
Windy Arm recently were unfounded.
Mrs Clunie, Miss Stayton of San Diego,
Cal, and Mr. and Mrs. Mills of Chicago,
who We're reported as having been lost
with the party, are alive and we'll In
spector Woods of the Northwest
mounted police reports that they passed
Tagish House safely last month en-
route to Dawson from Atlin. Harry
Howard is also alive
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A Boy Accidentally Killed.

TRACY, July 1S.-Yesterday William
FELTON, of Byron, aged 16, while hunt
ing seven miles south of here with
three companions, accidentally, shot
himself The contents of the gun were
discharged into his breast. He iive6
six hours. Deceased was a son of
Charles FELTON,, an old resident of the
West Side. x a q - =.
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Borah for the State. had approached
him with an offer to induce him to tes-
tify that Corcoran was on the train
April 18th, which offer was declined.
c. w. Foy contradicted Mrs. Sin
clair's testimony yesterday as to the
events when Cheyne was shot.
Mrs. Coyle, Mrs. Kennal, Mrs. Walk
er and Matt Baumgartner, all testi-
fed to seeing Corcoran near Burke from
II to o'clock April 29th. Except
Baumgartner, all admitted they were
union sympathizers, he being non COM
initial.
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Fruit Shippers Victorious.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 1S.-The Cal
ifornia fruit shippers have won the
fight against the proposed increase in
minimum carload lots. At the insti-
cation of Eastern roads which carry
very large cars the Southern Pacific
and the Santa Fe proposed to increase
the minimum carload from "A 600 to 40,-
600 pounds. Vigorous protests have re-
suited in the withdrawal of the PROPOSE
tiOp
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Suicide Of a Faro Dealer.

SAN FRANCISCO, July Isl. E..
a faro dealer, who came
here from Reno, New, on July 4th, was
found dead tonight in the Dewey
House on Stewart street, having COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the mouth with a revolver. Among his
effects were checks showing that he
had over $2,1O0 on deposit. Despond-
ency is supposed to have caused his
mt
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Serious Mishap to a Rancher.

LOS ANGELES. July 1S.-Theodore
Ketchmar. a rancher of Pasadena, is
in the California Hospital here. and
will probably lose both hands, if not
his life. He was walking in a noun
tain canyon above Pasadena, and took
hold of a wire stretched across the can
yon. 1t was a live wire of the San
Gabriel Power Company. ketchmar
was unable to let go of the wire. His
brother came to his rescue and used
all his strength to free the unfortunate
man. He received a fearful shock and
his hands were terribly burned.
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Pursuit Of the Train Robbers.

LAS VEGAS On NJ, July 1S-Ac-
cording to the latest advices from
Springer the entire community has
been aroused by the battle of yester,
day with the train robbers, and the
pursuing posse has been swelled to the
number of forty. Superintendent Webb
of the Colorado and Southern, arrived
at Springer last night on special
train. Superintendent Hurley of ths
Santa Fe is also on the ground. Cap
tain Thacker, chief of the secret ser,
vice of the Wells-Fargo Company, left
Springer last night by special stage
for Cimarron.
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Elliott Now Holds the Gun.

SPRINGFIELD (Ohio), July 49,
Charles Young Of this city, holder of
the ST. Louis Republic cup, represent
ing the live bird championship OF
America, lost the cup here to-day to
J. A. r. Elliott of Kansas City. The
shoot was at 100 live birds, American
Association rules, 30 yards boundary,
30 yards rise. Elliott killed 93 and
Young 81. There were 1900 spectators
present.
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Two Convicts Sentenced.

LOS ANGELES. July 1S.-Santos
Capistrano, Mexican, received a SEN
tence of two and a half years in San
Quentin this morning. after being con-
victed of bulglarizing the Southern Pa
cific station at San Fernando. Albert
Grill, who stole horse. was sentenced
to one year in Folsom.
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Another Oil Gusher.

FRESNO, July 1S-Chanslor & Can
field have struck another oil gusher on
the West Side. 1t is the heaviest flow
ing we'll yet sunk, and when the oil
was struck it shot into the air for $50
feet. The new we'll is on the Home
ROl Company's land, which is leased
by Chanslor & Canfield The strike
has caused renewed excitement.
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One Prospector Brought Riches.

VANCOUVER, July 1S.-The steamer
Garonne arrived tonight from st.
Michael with $50 passengers and about
81, 100000 worth of gold dust. Be-
tween three quarters of million and
one million belongs to the Canadian
Bank of Commerce. The largest indi-
vidual amount is that of T. S. Lippy of
Seattle, who is credited with bringing
about 100000 from his claim on El
Dorado Creek.
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Whole Family Drowned.

TEKAHMA (Neb), July 1S.-Word
was received here to-day of the drown
ing in Northwestern Iowa, near the
Minnesota line, Monday night of A. w
Blades, his wife and eight children,
while Ell route to Minnesota in an emil
grant wagon. The family was en-
camped for the night on the bank OF
creek, when a cloudburst raised the
creek twelve or fifteen feet and the
family, team and wagon were swept
away.
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Summer Clearance Sale!
Fancy Veilings.

An assortment of 25 pieces of
fancy Tuxedo mesh veilings, 25c
and $50 values, have been re-
duced to close out to 1Oc the
yard. All are of desirable coll
ors, some plain, some self-dots,
some two-toned effects, and some
chenille dots.
sAIanaaoE sA1a PRICE, lOc yard
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of the victims are thought to be fatally

injured.
After the fire had been put out and
while ten firemen were on the roof and
others working on ladders and inside
of the building. the structure collapsed,
the roof and floors crashing down into
the basement. The firemen who re-
manned in the street hurried to the
rescue, and were soon digging their
injured comrades out of the mass of
debris. AS the injured were taken out
ambulances and other conveyances car.
ried them to the emergency hospital
where they received surgical attention
Twenty-Five men were treated at the
hospital.
The property loss is not over $2O,-
OO0
At / o'clock this wednesday, morn
ing the police report the finding of the
body of Fireman Edward Haley in the
ruins.
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Three Tons Of Gold.

SEATTLE, July '1S.-Over three tons
of the gold brought from Alaska last
night by the steamer Roanoke was de-
posted in the United States assay Of
flee to-day. 1t was the property of 100
individual depositors, and aggregated
about S1,60O,O00. The deposit of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce was con-
tanned in sixteen boxes weighing 400
pounds each. It's value expressed in
dollars was 81 250.000.
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Bryan Going to Chicago.

LINCOLN (Neb.), July 1S.-Hon. w.
j. Bryan said this eveniung that he
would start for Chicago tomorrow to
attend the meeting of the Democratic
National Committee. He declined to
say whether he would accept the invi-
tation to speak at the Auditorium
meeting.
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Troops for Philippines.

WASHINGTON, July 1S.-Acting
Secretary of War Miles to-day direct
ed the remaining battalion of the
Nineteenth Infantry at Camp Meade to
go to San Francisco to embark for
Manila the 25th on the Ohio and New
port.
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Professor Wheeler Accept,.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1S-At a
meeting of the Board of Regents oe the
University of California held today
Professor Benjamin Ide Wheeler ac-
cepted the Presidency of the Univer-
sity. the Regents granting Every re,
quest and condition made by aim
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Many Families Rendered Homeless

QUEBEC, July 1S.-Fire which broke
out in the ST. Rochs suburb of Quebec
at 3 O'Clock this afternoon destroyed
sixty-five houses, entailing a property
loss of 100000. Three blocks were
burned, and over a hundred families
are rendered homeless.
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President Cannon Pleads Guilty.

SALT LAKE. July 1S-President
Angus NJ Cannon was arraigned before
Judge Norrell to-day on the charge of
unlawful cohabitation. to which plea
of guilty was entered Sentence will
be imposed ON Thursday.
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Combine Of Bicycle Manufacturers

NEW YORK, July 1S.-The combine
of the bicycle manufacturers became
effective at meeting held in this city
to-day. Forty-five manufacturers rep
resenting fifty-three plants were pres.
ent. The capital of the organization;
will be $4O,OOO,0O 5.
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CoRcoRAN MURDER TRIAL.
Testimony on the Side of the De-
feuse All In.

WALLACE Qdaho), July 1S.-In the
Corcoran murder trial this afternoon
the defense called three witnesses and
then rested.
DR.. 1. S. Collins was called by the de-
Tense for cross discrimination and stat
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FIRE AT MILWAUKEE.
Over Score Of Firemen Injured
FOur Fatally.

MILWAUKEE,, July 19.-Over a
score of firemen were hurt last night
at fire in the Grace Hotel, four,
story brick structure at Park and
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Boys Best Calf
Vacation Shoes.

All of our big boys and little
gents best French calf shoes go
in this lot at one price; all made
ON neat round toe lasts, hook and
lace; sizes 12 to e and 21a to 6;
different widths.
eaaahAhsz SALE Fsfoh> Sl.45 pair
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Children's
Tan Shoes.

These are some Of our best
styles in chi1dren's tan shoes,
taken From our regular stock
and marked to a price that
should close them out early in
the day; sizes 5 to 8 and 81 to
IL.
sAIzTaaoE SALE PRICE Csc pair
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Women's Wrappers,
S2.25 and $3.50 Values,
Reduced to S1.38.

All of our best styles Of wrap
pers go into this lot; they're
made of lawn and percale; cool
in looks and in fact. The pat,
terms are of the best, pretty
stripes principally, in delicate
shades of pink, blue, etc.; many
with white tucked yokes, lace
trimmed and Aounced skirt; 9TH
ers with double rufaed capes
over shoulders, trimmed with
pretty wash braids; all desirable
and all sizes.
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CHAMBERS IS
COMING HOME.
The Chief Justice Of Samoa Sends
His Resignation to Mckinley.
Sailed for San Francisco on the Steamship
Moana on the l4th Instant.

The Joint Commissioner Discuss
the Vacancy in the Justiceship,
DR.. So1f, the President Of the
Municipal Council, Claiming the
Right to Preside Over the Court
During Chambers Absence From
the Island.
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En1istments for New Regiments.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-The num-
Der of enlistments for the new regi-
ments yesterday was 5Q4, making a
total of 226S.
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Witch Hazel.

This cooling and healing fluid
has many, many uses in Summer
time. The pint bottles which
sell for Csc, reduced to 19c, and
the half pint, 1Sc bottles, at
saIAfAnoE sAIa rn1oE l4c bottle