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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-29

The Doll Sho1U

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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-29
An Important Sale of Silk Waists.

An Important Sale Of Silk Waists.
Have just taken from the shipping 100 crisp fresh Tafeta
six Waists the exquisite coongsheo automobile turquoise
light blue Napoleon blue pink white and black The
they're made with cordngs
effects the cuff collar MATCH lined
throughout Couldn't buy the material alone at this price $3o8
Worth $500
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-29
At Howe SC StetSOn's.
Fourth Day Of the
Cloak and Fur
Clearance Sale.

THREE days Of remarkable selling and now for
the fourth. The first days response to the
sale announcement has been increased each day.
In many cases shrewd shoppers have been noticed
purchasing each day-and pleased purchasers have
helped the selling by spreading the story. The
sale is the most important of it's kind ever held
in New Haven. At present writing assortments
are still large; what it will be after to-day's SELL
ing we are unable to say. Our advice is to come
Immediately. IT'S impossible to mention prices
here, the different lots are being sold out so
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-29
Local Weather Report.
Brief M EN- tlOn,

High water to-day, S:34 p. m.
Bargains in shoes at Howarth Bros.
Harper's for January at MacGil
rrav's
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
WASA FAMOUS FRAUD
REMARKABLE AND MONUMENT
tai SWlNDLlNG SCHEME.
The Principal Tells How He Forged
Records that Deceived Eminent
Lawyers Enlisted Mil1ionaires, and
Cost Uncle Sam the sum of $26O,OoO.

One Of the most remarkable land
cases in the history Of the country and
possibly Of the world was that Of James
Reavis, who laid claim to 1880, 900
acres Of land in Arizona and New Mex
leo under what is called the "Peralta
grant" and who recently confessed him.
self fraud and his title a myth. It
cost the United States $25O,000 to de-
feat Reavis and secure his imprison-
ment in New Mexican peniten tiary
for two years. In the meantime the
influential friends of Reavis had spent
$3.50, 900 in his behalf, and honestly in
sisted that his claim was just.
The Peralta land claim story reads
like romance. 1t was founded solely
on the mythical lineage Of Mexican
girl whom Reavis married. In word,
he forged so skillfully that this wo-
man from Mexican mountains was her
self convinced that she was an heiress
she believed the story he told her.
She swore that she was the grand
daughter of Baron Miguel Peralta de
la Cordova, of Spain, who went to
Mexico in 1870 as a crown commits
sioner, and in recognition Of his SER
vices King Philip V. in 1742 gave him
the grant Of this great tract Of $780,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

Mrs. Hetty Green has opened q cot
tage at Newport, the first step neces-
sary to secure a desirable matrimonial
alliance for her daughter. If the re-
turns are not favorable we presume
that Europe will be the next point Of
attack. 1t seems important that some
provision should be made for Miss
Green, who is very charming young
woman, with more money than one
would be justified in carrying about in
Chicago after shutdown. Now, Mrs.
Green, with all her amiable traits, Is
hardly the person to arrange the ten
der pre!iminaries, and we might sug-
gest that it would be advisable to Sc
cure the services of a shadchan Of d.
plomacy and address, who would at
tend to all the bothersome details for
a trifiing consideration. We see no
reason why Miss Green should not
capture prince if her affairs are deli
cately manipulated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Conversing at Long Range.

An inquiry made some time ago as
to the greatest distance at which a
mans voice could be heard, leaving,
of course, the telephone out of consid-
GRAFTON, brought out some rather curl
Gus facts. 1t was ascertained, for in
stance, that eighteen miles is the long
est distance on record at which a mans
voice has been heard. This occurred in
the Grand Canon Of the Colorado,
where one man shouting the name
Bob at one end, his voice was plain
ly heard at the other end, which is
eighteen miles away. Lieutenant Eos
ter, on Parry's third Arctic expedition,
found that he could converse with a
man across the harbor Of Port
Bowen, a distance of 6,696 feet, or
about a mile and quarter; and Sir
John Franklin said that he coDversed
with ease at a distance of ten miles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
it by forged archives to the last Of the

1t by forged archives to the last Of the
genuine Peraltas, who in reality had
never married, and the mythical Silva
Peralta was born to the genuine Baron
Miguel Peralta de Ia Cordova, who
never had son.
II made the records show" says
Reavis, "that the second Baron had to
abandon Sonora, Mexico, because Of the
French invasion, and set out for Spain,
way Of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
In 1922 he had married. doctOred the
records all right-and to him daughter
had been born who married Don Jose
Ramon Carmen Masol Y Castillo, Sept.
20, 1858. With his daughter and her
husband he set out for Spain"
1t was perfectly planned. The rec
ords told enough of the story to give 1t
foundation. He was too wise to tell
too much, as it might have been more
easily disproved. Floods overlook the
family at crossing Of the Santa Anna
River, near San Bernardino, Cal,
where twins were born to the young
mother, a boy and girl. Mother and
boy died, and were buried there in one
coffin. The father proceeded, taking
the girl with him.
This was the mythical lineage Reavis
built for his beautiful bride. She was
to be the girl who survived. And it had
wonderful verisimilitude to the
truth. There had been the floods, there
had been the Spanish nobleman with
his family, there had been twins, born,
there had been the deaths, and the
father had gone on with his little girl.
A settler had told Reavis q true tale Of
years gone by. 1t was easy to convince
the settler that they were the Peraltas,
which they were not.
There were the church records, too.
Mexican scribes did the work for him.
Reavis did the ageing of the records.
1t was easy to slip them between the
original archives from which they
could not be distinguished. 1t was
easy to change ancient church records
The Spanish archives bore out every
thing that Reavis claimed. His wife
now took the title of Baroness of Ari-
iona, and called the tract la Baronia
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
No Lone.Distance Wooer.

Rudyard Kipling's maternal grand
father was Rev. George E. Macdonald.
It is related Of him that in the days
when he was counting the lady whom
he afterward married the father-in-law-
to-be-an aged Methodist, with ex-
tremely strict notions in regard to the
properties-was injudicious enough on
one occasion to enter the parlor without
giving any warning of his approach.
The consequence was that he found the
sweethearts occupying single chair.
Deeply shocked by this spectacle, the
old man solemnly said: "Mr. Macdon-
aid, when l was counting Mrs. Brown
she sat on one side Of the room and
on the other" Macdonald's reply was:
That's what should have done If I
had been counting Mrs. Brown"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

de Arizonia." Certified copies came
over from Spain, true transcriptions Of
the archives. But the archives were
forgeries.
They were literally glued together
with age" wrote the searchers, In their
simple Castilian way.
So they were. Reavis had glued them
months before. So the case was dock
eted on the calendar of the United
States Court of Claims, and the learn
ed judges took up consideration Of
what came to be known as the great
Peralta claim"
And only bit of chance brought the
whole cunningly devised structure to
the ground. A United States official
was searching in Madrid on an entire
ly different matter. By chance he
came across one of the documents-the
original deed to Don Miguel. 1t was a
forgery. Other discoveries bearing on
the bogus claim came fast and in a
twinkling all was changed. The en-
inent counsel withdrew. The Califor-
MIA milliOnaires abandoned Reavis and
he was arrested. The government
spent $4,000 more to convict him OF
misdemeanor. He was sentenced to
two years in the prison of New Mex
leo, and has just been released. And
now he has made full confession OF
the attempted fraud.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
HAS a PRIVATE BALL PARK.
Base Ball "Fan" Has Novel Way of
Entertaining Friends.

Base Ball "Fan" Has a Novel Way of
Entertaining Friends.
julius Fleischmann, Of Cincinnati,
New York, Europe and several other
places, has clinched his claim Of being
the greatest baseball "fan" in the
world by maintaining team and park
of his own, in which games are played
for the amusement of himself and
friends. Mr.. Fleischmann has great
racing stable, crack yachts and other
means Of enjoyment, but it Is in his
baseball outfit hat he takes the most
pleasure and pride.
Mr.. Fleischmann owns summer
home In the Catskill Mountains, near
Griffin's Corners, and it is there he has
made his private baseball park. The
ground had to be virtually cut out Of
the side Of the mountain. People &C
quainted with the topography of the
district don't need to be told that the
finding of level spot large enough for
a ball park is rather serious under
taking in the Catskill country. Mr..
Fleischmann looked about, and finally
IOuuu d lOuE-dCIS lIdCC IudL Nlu uOL
have more than a dozen hills and val
leys on it., and purchased it. Many
thousands Of dollars were spent In lev
cling this ground and blasting the
powders, so that in the summer Of
1895 the team had a real ball ground
to play upon. Further improvements
have been made, and now the dirt dia-
mond is as smooth as a billiard table,
and the rest Of the field is covered with
a lawn level and perfect for the game.
This ground is inclosed by high wire
fence, with thousands of loopholes for
the village youth to peep through, and
the grand stand, with comfortable
seats, accommodates 500 persons. And
when a game is on this grand stand is
crowed with men and smiling summer
girls all in the gayest Of summer
gowns.
Players who come to try their skill
against the Mountain Athletic Base
ball Club, as Fleischmann's team is
known, find luxury awaiting them I'M
der the grand stand, for Mr.. Fleisch-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

tree itself occupies little ground space.
With the destruction of forests have
come marked changes in climate. The
winters have grown colder, the sum-
mers hotter. Streams which once
flowed evenly are now transformed in
q few hours from trickling rills to
raging torrents. The springs which fed
them have gone dry. The earth not
sheltered by trees is more deeply frozen
In winter and more parched in summer.
With the extremes in climate, new and
dangerous diseases have appeared in
localities heretofore noted for their
healthfulness. The lost trees cannot, of
course, be recalled; but by planting
others In their places and by preserv.
ing those which have so far escaped
destruction a real and important SER
vice may be rendered to the public
health and the public welfare.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

The new destructive weapons OF war
do not seem to do much destroying
after all. We are told Of savagely
fought battles in which Maxim and
Calling guns are used, Of tremendous
commandments, of desperate storms Of
shot hurled against the enemy, and
then read that the loss Of life on the
part of the foe aggregates from thirty
to fifty men. And the old-fashioned
cyclone goes on its way and mows
down hundreds in its path in few
seconds, to say nothing of wiping two
or three towns off the face Of the earth
at the same time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

mann has fitted the three dressing
rooms with plunge and shower baths,
and man in attendance looks after
the comfort of the men. Do not doubt
that the members of the Mountain
Athletic Baseball Club get plenty Of
enjoyment out of their seasons work,
in addition to the salaries they draw
and the comfortable living Mr.. Fleisch-
mann purchases for them at a summer
hotel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

A curious condition exists at Guam,
to which Capt. r. Leary has been sent
as governor. The islands, of which
Guam is the most important, have long
been the scene of missionary labors,
managed generally by the American
Board Of Commissioners Of Foreign
Missions. Some ten years ago the Rev.
Alfred Smelling was sent to the Carol
ines from Boston by this Congrega-
tional missionary board. For some
probably good reason the work of Mr..
Smelling was not satisfactory, and a
few years since he was relieved and
the Rev. DR.. Price was sent out to sup
ply his place. Mr.. Smelling Immediate
ly revolted, and wherever DR.. Price
established schools or opened churches
Mr.. Smelling duplicated them. Each
of the missionaries used his influence
against the other, and in these contro-
versies the natives took an active part.
DR.. Price was recently superseded by
the Rev. Mr.. Stimson, who is now car
rying on the work in opposition to Mr..
Smelling. The latter is the more pop
ular with the native population, it be-
ing claimed that he maintains his hold
upon them rather by judicious distri-
button of trinkets as presents than by
the soundness of his doctrines or the
energy of his religious work. The ma
tivcs are all in favor of annexation to
the United States, as is shown by an
incident at Ponape, the capital of the
Caroline group, which is held by the
Spaniards with small garrison and
two gunboats. When the people Of the
island heard of the taking Of Guam
by the Americans they shut up the
Spanish garrison in the fort and made
ready to deliver them to the United
States upon the first demand. A few
of the Spaniards escaped to the gun
boats, which they took up one Of the
rivers and concealed in a mangrove
swamp. The natives show, in many
ways, their kindly disposition toward
the United States, and Capt. Leary will
have an easy task in instituting bet
ter order of things than the people
knew under Spanish rule.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

Inc newspaper correspondents, with
cameras in their hats and pencils stict.
Ing out of their pockets like ouills on q
porcupins, didn't get hold of everything
that happened in the late war; re,
marked the lieutenant. "There was tho
time the Spanish fooled the One HIM
dred and Twenty volunteers
for instance"
How was it, lieutenant?' asked
somebody.
why, it was the sharpest trick Won
ever heard Of, and simple as ARC
You know, the One Hundred and
Twenty-seventh is made up Of men
from New York City-all heroes Of
course, but still they are accustomad
to the civil walks of life. And the civil
walks Of life, taken literally. now
adays, are peculiar paths. 1t was at
San Juan. The regiment had heen ar
dered to advance and lie down c]oso
among some low bushes. The Snan-
laros were only short distance in
front. The firing had ceased in that
ne1ghborhood and all was still, Our
men were in state Of intense though
suppressed excitement. You could
never guess what those crafty Span
iards did. Suddenly they rang bicy-
Gle bell, and followed it with a cable
car gong. The Hundred and Twenty
seventh jumped into the air as one
man. The Spaniards blazed away and
tried to take 'em on the wing. OF
course, they didn't hit thing, because
Spaniards never do; but if they had
been good shots they might have
bagged the whole regiment Aud I
would not be surprised If they'd had
an elevated road guard to yell Step
lively! that they could have stampeded
every last man" -Harper's Bazaar.
Now that the volunteers are back,
the opportunities for obtaining at first
To- 90 4 I,o, I n
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

Two hundred years ago the richest
man in New York was a German, ana
from that day to this the representa-
tiyes of that race in America have been
noted for success in business. IN the
purely speculative methods or acQulr-
ing wealth they dc not figure very
prominently; there are few 'Napoleons
of finance" among them. But where
legitimate enterprise is the game there
will they be found among the winners.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
TO CORRESPONDENT.

an sammunieAsasAs for tAis papsg ahould b. accom-
panaA b. hs xans Of ths sa&AeT, not necessarily TO,
Ruhsatsa. hut ssdaes Of good faith On ths part
ID tAs wzttsa. Write ealy side Of the papaz. Be-
pArcalaxH sAEsfal a giving and data. TO have
the lst.ars and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

war are percepti-
bly, in ere a s e d.
Two Chicago boys
who were together
at Santiago, grow
n G reminiscent,
disclosed a fearful
fact yesterday.
81 have often
wondered" s Id
one, land now
that we are back
home, | want to
know why Won re-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

After the uniform garb Of woe it's
been wearing that $2O,000,0OO may sug'
gest to Spain that something In such
large checks is considerable change.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

So the Sultan has made up his NINA
to nav the little bill he owes to certain
American citizens for losses incurred
in the course of the Armenian mas
sacres. Even he sees the wisdom OF
the motto Don't monkey with Duzz
saw"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

What has become of the old-fashion-
ed woman who laid aside the cakes and
fruit she received at q party to take
home to her children?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

Ladies who remove their bonnets IN
church have every reason to expect In
creasing blessings to fall upon their
hna6c
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

The sanitary value of trees is a mat
ter which has ben too little regarded.
All forms Of vegetation play a more or
less important part in tempering the
excess of climate, but the service per-
formed by trees is by far the most eff
hcient. Their leaves present a vast
area OF surface to the air. while the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

If you want the new German anodyne
ask your druggist for diathylglycocoA-
la m ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
That's it's simple name.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

Perhaps Admiral Dewey has been a
little distrustful of the magazines ever
since he saw the effect Of the blowing
up" of the magazines of the Spanish
ships in Manila Bay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
Quick Photography.

A Sheridan (Mo.) photographer says
he has discovered process by means
of which proof of photograph may
be taken within few moments after
the sitting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

It seems to be the fashion just now
to show your affection for a girl by
taking shots at her with a revolver. 1t
is a curious sort Of abnegaton this, In
yolying. as it does, the putting OF the
loved person out of the world.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

ported for sick call about four days out
Of every week and yet never seemed
any more sick than l wasp
"Why, If you were only foxy you'd
have been wise like the rest Of U.S. One
doctor was a homeopathic and, no
matter what kind of pills he gave out,
they were all Sugar-coated and they
made the best sweetening for coffee
that ever happened. "-Chicago News
A veteran of the war of the rebellion
was telling some of his experiences to
q civilian, and he was dwelling upon
the terrific courage of the captain or
his company, and also his profanity. In
those days profane officers were much
more common than they now are, ana
they were especially noticeable among
the volunteer troops. The captain re-
ferred to was notorious in two armies
for his command of profane language
and he never entirely recovered from
it, though his admission to the regular
army at the close of the war moder'
alter his manner somewhat.
"It meant death to every man OF us,
said the veteran, speaking of pro
posed charge on line of breastworks
before Richmond, ''if we went in there,
and we knew it, but there wasn't any
thing else to do, unless we got different
orders. There had been mistake in
ordering us to take the works until
some re-enforcements had come up, but
that wasn't any of our business
"Well, now" demurred the civilian,
81 don't look at it that way. 1t ought to
have been your business not to nave
fought when you knew you were going
to be whipped"
eff we had put up any sort of blum
like that, you bet our captain would
have got one Of his swearing spells on
and then the dickens would have been
to pay. He just never would have got
done cussing us for being towards"
"Do you mean to say your company
would have gone in and been killed
rather than to stand the captains
swearingT
That's what"
"Well, ] wouldn't"
"On, DuL you never nedFu Tie tdP'"i'
cuss."- Washington Star
A story is being told which serves 10
illustrate the American characteristic
of giving slight heed to rank and place
as against efficiency and daring ana
supreme achievement.
The story has to do with Mr.. Mchln-
ley, and it relates that while visiting
one of the camps during his recent
Southern tour he CHANGED to be stroll
ing about unattended and sought 10
pass certain line which was patroled
by vigilant sentinel.
The sentinel promptly stopped hlu'
and demanded the countersign.
81 don't know the countersign, Sal"
Mr.. Mckinley.
"Then you don't pass" said the SOL
der.
But" said Mr. Mckinley, Il am tps
President Of the United States"
81 don't know about that" replied 'h0
imperturbable sentry; "but If you nave
not got the countersign you could no'
get by here even If you were George
Dewey himselfw
A preferred creditor is one who ne''4
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

Women are so clever at capturing
thieves these days that there Is no
longer any safety in the knowledge
that the men are away from home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

1t was not enough for the other
European nations to make China feel
small by taking it's territory, but here
Spain wants a slice Of it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

A medical authority says piano prac-
ttce is bad for the nerves. He prob
ably means when it degenerates into
bad practice.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

This liquid air of which we are hear
ing so much has no connection with
the melody that the enraptured song
lover drinks in.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

Tripler has reduced the cost OF liquid
air from $500 half pint to 81 gallon.
Even at that price the young man Is
probably thankful that 1.-The summer
girl prefers ice cream soda to liquid
mir
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

THE peanut trust is an accomplished
fact, but owing to the abundance or
the raw material it will never be pos
sible to corner the circus lemonade
aI1ppIV
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

A woman never seems to know that
she has performed a wonderful feat,
that better not be undertaken again.
when she has stepped backward on a
street car and still lives.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01

As a rule individual firms get for
themselves, but the formation Of trusts
means getting together.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-06-01
The Alleged ALTERNATIVES.

"Why should / marry your she
asked, eoldly.
'Well, Of course" he replied, vicious
", "you can be an old maid If you
wiShr