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LEFT HIS TWO
BOYS TO STARVE
Canal Boat Captain De-
serted His youngsters
and Was Arrested.

.-..
Ihomas s,o''n' ~"
"hose era't wv, ~,
oreu ana -,
raven canAi' 'u' No.
10 hnd po'e"n'eh Na'" III -,
tne" WIZ a..
eIeVth' ana inom' p'
younser' pa'e' Nah anu
"hy ao 'os ~ 80 $500.
thfee daSs " ~
s,erniy.
oh' J io'ko' soos' '"e ~
ped the TAR gone ~ ih'oAieo
Tvs zone ~ your "u'hes' s"'"o"
lie sas arrested and laken 10 the
sl.xandsr strs.t .ta,Lon. He was ar
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PROMOTION Led TO DEATH.
ssEsr Reaner, In Doubt of His
ABILITY, Hanged Himself In
His Room.

When Foreman George Brecht's wife,
lrna. went into her husbands room "a
call him 10 breakfast this morning she
found him dead. hansins 10 a transom
with q rope about his neck. Brecht had
kind himself. TIE shock FRUSTRATED the
woman and she was taken III.
For sixteen years Brecht hsi been as
sis,snt foreman az Hsvemeyer's sugar
works In Williamsburg. Four month,
ago he was made foreman. with In
creased wages.
From that time he began to Worry.
I'm moi sure OF myself" ne kept say
ing to his wife when he reached his
home at LOG Montross venue. Brooklyn,
He begged his employers to ls, him
retain his old position.
You will have TO Do foreman OF
leave" they said.
Brecht became moro and mors moody
Last evening he kissed his wife and
Sfour children good night. i've done the
best ! could. he was heard to mut,er
Hs was forty-sour wears old.
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this old NAN IS LOST.
rvrnk Cssgroye tsLs Police %
search for his EiGhty-tssr-
Old rarafsther.

Frank e. C~ossrsve. Of IN Fast Eley.
cnth street, asked the police tbs morn.
Ing 70 search Tor his grandfather.
= ank casgrove. eighty years old
The oli man. who lived with his
GRANDSON. has bsen missing since May l.
'Cosgrove gives this description Of the
missing man; he ans i've feet -four
inches tail. of Slender build. blue eyes
and smooth face. tie wore q black suit
and derby. lace shoes ami carried a
cane
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mrs. stass Ssys the ssversiss
Nhesaattso Care u We'll Nas<eA,

Mr.. n stso. 10 wssAlngoa o.. Nysel-oa-ts..
Hadson. v v, sfitss .s5sf date hsrrh : lND
You euv fer hAsumsism fbasd - Vslsshl.
N tskins The frst bottle that sen, 10 Nsx Yaft
fof st msrs 10 mshs o eomplsts esrs. ssf ar
sisd 10 say an noe able 10 wals ana rork eth
pleasure have srvst ssi.fsetisn II ssyias IN.
iof roar savsrslsn Rhsumsiism Csrs-it IL cell
nsnss"
SOVEREIGN REMEDIES sse cola
~ all issaiss drusgists. or at the
omce. T~westy-ave eests far esek.
separate remedy for zach die.
ase ssd q dertsr's beck fsee 70
tell zoe hsw yes nay reeeGsiss
the di6erest diseases.
D"~tsv's essnisst ien. p~veserip.
iisn ssd advice Absolutely fsee
'osssitsties. D 4. n. to % y. ~. ~
aeer. World Bsifdiss. New Ssvk,
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with its employees. g., 900, 900. 90 Of tho Com
mon Stock has been placed in trust, tho annual
dividends Of which will be distributed among
such employees as have been or may hereafter
30 with tho New York or Chicago establishment
for q period Ct three years during their ~sa,isiac-
tory continuance In tho service of the new Com
pany; such dividends will also be continued ard
paid to employees for life who, after ten years
Of service with tho new Company, become inca.
p~acitated for further employment, thereby practi-
cally providing a pension fund for faithful
employees In their old age.
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Subscriptions for the 100000
shares of the Preferred Stock

will be received in person. or BY mail, on blank
forms provided for that purpose, by the Central
Trust Company, s. Wall Street, New York, and
S~iegcl-Cooper Co., New York and Chicago,
beginning at 10 a. n. Monday, May 9TH, 1900.
and will continue for a period Of One Week tho
right, however, is reserved to close subscriptions
upon one days notice in the New York and
Chicago daily papers. The above Trust Com.
pany, for tho convenience of or patrons ard
the public, will receive subscriptions at the
Siegel. Cooper Co. store in New York, or at its
own Office, s. Wall Street. All subscriptions
must b. accompanied by money, check, money
order or draft. payable TO the Central Trust
Company of New York, to the amount Of 20 pc.
cent. Of such subscription (equal to $1,000 per
shara). for which proper receipts will be given
by said Trust Company. Notice will be given
IS soon as practicable of the nurber OF sbar 3
allotted TO each subscriber, and the balance d. 10
mus. be paid TO said Trust Company on or
before July Sth. 1900, upon the delivery by
said Trus, Company OF the stock allotted.
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over, VIC a!ludc with pride 20 the fact that the
Chicago establishment has since its ~incertioa
paid millions Of dollars in dividends to its took
holders, and that the New York establishment,
while only in its fourth year, is not only doing
a larger business than the Chicago store, but u
also on a most profitable dividend. paying basis.
We can also say for tho benefit Of subscribers.
that the net earnings Of our two establishments
for the past year were largely In excess OF tho
amount required to pay the dividends on al tho
Preferred Stock Of tho new Company.
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There will be no change
in management,

and tho same men who thirteen years ego started
the original Siegcl, Cooper & Co. store in
Chicago land later its sistcr.storc in New York;
aad who have achieved 4 success almost without
parallel in modern retailing. have pledged them
selves to continue in the management Of tho
business Of the new Company the same as IN tbs
past, and they will deposit with the Central
Trust Company Of New York, all Of their stock
holdings for q term Of years to secure cuch
pledge.
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LIFE WEARY. she
TOOK CARBOlIC ACID,

Catherine velsen. % u Derraw street.
BROOKLYN. attempted suicide az 10 o eIock
this mornlnx by taking carbo,ic acid.
she vas removed TO tie Long Island
HOSPITAL TIE doctors say her eonsi-
usn % ssrioas shs q tseaty nine years
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To carry out the plan Of
P~rUfltsSharing

Il Is proposed by tho present owners, who arc
tho owners Of all tho sock Of tho new Company,
to offer b tho public through tho undersigned.
400. 1000 shares fully paid and non.aaessabie)
Of the s per cent. cumulative Preferred Stock at
par, upon which tho full 6 per cent. dividend
must always DO paid before tho Common Stock
receives any dividend whatever, tho Preferred
Stock also having a prior right to all tho assets
Of the Company.
In order to give double assurance TO tn,
general public, whom It is desired 10 interest az
stockholders (nstead Of Speculators) and who
may not DO fully conversant with such invest.
ments, tho money required to pay dividends
on said 400, 1000 shares has been set aside and
will remain on deposit with tho Central Trust
Company Of New York, and tho Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank Of Chicago, respectively, TO
sedpre the dividsnds Of 8 per cent. per snnum.
payable J per cent. semi.annually, for a period
Of Eve years, -, until July list. 1905, o, all
such Preferred Stock as may be allotted in their
respective territories, and each Certificate Of
Stock so allotted will have an endorsement by
said Trust Companies, respectively, TO that
effect. We thereby offer, We believe, not only
an absolutely safe 6 per cent. investment. but
ono which will without question yield consider.
ably more.
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Strong
Testimony
Coming In.
Sovereign Remedies Az Being Thsd b
The Fosum Of the People, ssd
The Evidence d
S,soag
NTHEIRFAVOR
Rheumatism In Any Of h Forms YIsids
Quietly 10 the Potent lsnssnee
Of the Sovereign Rhsv-
maiisrh Cure.
DYSPEPSIA
One Of ID. Most commoa lls from
Which the Anssesu People SsHss
Dspsss Qviekly IRON Bsioss
tie Sovereign Dys
pspsia Curs.
CATARRH
That Grim and lnsidiow Destroyer Of
Human Lie d Not Played VIM,
bot Scientifically and Thosossh-
ly Essdksssd With Sovereign
CAtsnh Csse
Coughs andCOlds
Which So Frequently Lead Up 10 Serious
Difsaxs Qviekiy Diuspsss and
Leave No Trace Bshiod
Them vhsn Promptly
andCOldS
Which So Prsqusntiy Lead Up 10 Serious
Dirsaxs Quiekiy Dinspsaf and
Leave No Trace Bshiod
Them vhsn Promptly
Attached with Sovef-
sisn Cough and
Cod Cure.

And 20 on throughout the whole chapter
o. disease. Nothing 90 potent a. sovereign
Remedies has ever been put within reach
u Q suffering and distressed people. Every
every hour bnnss ness Of cures amsne
the people that the ~nsishbors and friends
look upon a. miraculous.
II ID not alone IN New york that such stir
10 being created By these ~onder- working
burg Daa.lo' ~ind1an.poiis' colsmsu. ana
Toledo. where the Sovereign Remedies have
been recently introduced. are Just a. much
wrought ~ over these nee cures ~ are
the people OF this city. Letters are pouring
2 from e.ep sogie. Q u the resdins q
health 90 some sufferer. the printing on
them In the public press ~ill have served
It's bsnefeent purpose.
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owners having no desire TO cell OFT, but intending
to remain with tho business; they will therefore
not part with any moro stock than they believe
necessary 10 fully carry out their plans for CO.
operation and prof, sharing, as previously stated.
The owners confidently believe that, by in.
augura,ing tho liberal policy above outlined
towards their employees, they will in return DO
rewarded by more faithful service, and courteous
attention to patrons, the result Of which must be
beneficial to the now Company as well as aug.
ment the continued good will Of the public.
Furthermore, it can be calculated
to q certainty
that with many thousands Of new stockholders
~exerting their personal influence toward the sue.
cess and welfare of tho business, larger patronage
and correspondingly greater earnings for the
new Company will DO assured. II is from the
increased benefits and material advantages which
these changed conditions Gre expected to bring
about, that tho present owners feel confident Of
better pro rata remuneration on the stock which
they retain, and in q measure j~ustides them In
parting with any portion Of their interests in an
established and exceptionally profitable business.
Tho SIEGEL-COOPER co. Cooperative
Stores will take possession Monday. July I'd. 1870. Of
tho two great department stores Of Siegel.Cooper
Co., New York. and Siegcl, Cooper g. Co..
Chicago, In their entirety, covering a floor space
Of over thirty acres, with their millions of dollars
worth Of Merchandise, Store Fixtures, Delivery
Plants Consisting Of many hundreds Of Horses,
Wagons, etc, Machinery, extensive Stable
Properties, and all tho appurtenanccs required
for tho complete operation Of the two stores,
and also It's Paiatini Fireproof Store Building and
~ - A. Al. O--s- rtA. .-1.Al. -
sents an asset Of many millions Of dollars, free
Of all e~ncunbrances or indebtedness whatsoever.
SO that the Sicgel.Cooper Co. Cooperative
Stores, New York and Chicago will start its
career without owing . single dollar.
For tho good and sufficient reason Of not
wishing to divulgo the details Of Our business TO
our competitors, We present no balance sheet for
publication. We do not however, desire TO ask
our patrons or the public to rely exclusively on
our representations, and, therefore. tho money
required has been set aside and will remain on
deposit with the above. Trust Companies
TO absolutely secure the dividends on all tho
pr~feVveJ S,ort 20 10 aiIn,,ed a. s,0.ci Morn.
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Prospectus Of the Siegel-C CO.

COOPERATIVE STORES, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
PoftShanng with our Patrons cocpahOnw with our Employees
we to tuhr hguhc themselves into public favor by consolidating hrt two mammoth establishments INTO
i a~pNntve enterprise on a pnmHhmmg basis They recognize the tndryf the present age to be in the
desired condition new COMPANY the SSacomCo 0c%@mneS Stores New YORK and RM% bma Incorporated
un the laws of the State New J@y with capita took Of $Aoooon of which $4spoom is divided into
$500 shares per cent? cumulative Preferred Stock Of 5000 par vuca and ~7poo@ into pS@9h shares Common
Stock of 5000 par value
The chne of the Company provides hat after full dividend Of per cent per ann have been paid on the
hall be apNMnd and paid on the basis in amount the Preferred Stock and lin mmt on the Common Stock
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Obtsisea HAPPY Relief from ths
s~oysssIgu Hhesmattsa Care

q n. Hoseii u PARA Hov, NJ. rors CITY
~rt,.s unasf date March :. iso.
M iisanssy. Arsr Hsus Pharmssy. fscon
m,nisi ne 70 ~ ts sovsr.isn Rhssns,ism
Cure fsr pain, IN NJ Shoulder. ana aa
.Ht osa eoasisniisasly state ! os,sinei hsp,y
-slisf"
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DR nRApyonps COMPOUND oosli .,.r Br.,a
COTTON k00I PILLS

ystissy rsas,s ns.a
s~sssissis fsnsls iregssfitlss,
eusnstles &c. fgsm aay
sa<ss IN ., hs>ra Price. "
~Oasfsnts-a q pssssfsi- hara.
SEC lnszsistsf 10 xsnsa.
lsiluss lnpsssihis oas hss
sis sys ss4<lsss. Cen 90 sass
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Under no circumstances
will any
Of the Preferred Stock not so allotted. nor any
Of the Common Stock, be sold, the present
The silver star., 1900-07-06

Campaign committees are generally
extensive patrons Of what might by a
stretch be termed the arts and also of
what Its writer's fondly believe to be
poetry.
Under the head of the arts may be
included the millions Of candidates
portraits which are put out under COM
mittee auspices. also the cartoons ,dia-
grams. maps, badges (pins and but
tons). and the like. Opinions differ as
to the value Of such things in the get
ting OF votes, but committees always
spend thousands, sometimes hun
dreds OF thousands in this direction
Most committees buy campaign
songs pretty freely, and 1t is agreed
on all hands that taking composition
set to stirring music is a mighty good
Investment whether the poetry is very
good or not. The poetry sent to the
committee-and 1t arrives at head
quarters in wholesale quantities daily
lis generally In the form of songs. 1t
need hardly be stated that most Of it
Is written by persons who have never
learned to scan their lines and have
little idea OF rhyme.
Leaving out the chairman and pos
sibly the treasurer. the functionary In
charge of the speakers bureau sees
more grief probably than any other
committee official. and his department
Is one of the heavier committee ex-
penses. There are always hundreds of
real and alleged orators in touch with
the committee. The more effective
speakers generally give their services
to the party from sense of loyalty,
and because they know that political
promotion lies that way; but nearly
all draw expense money and the ma
jority, pretty poor speakers as a rule,
draw salaries; not large individually.
but sometimes almost treasury break
ing in the aggregate.
All these departments employ type
writers and stenographers, and clerks
and messengers in numbers. Many of
the clerks are employed because of po-
litical pull. but the stenographers and
typewriters get their jobs on their
merits. Women typewriters are sell
dom in evidence at committee head
quarters.
or course money in wads and rolls
and bags is needed to keep the COM
mittee departments mentioned and
others, of which there is no room to
speak. in operation, and the real storm
center of every national campaign
committee is the treasurer's office.
How he gets his cash nobody but him
self ever knows IN full. and there is
no doubt at all that he and his col
lectors-more often than not political
stars Of the first water-are driven to
their wits ends to gather the needful.
Presidential candidates themselves
have rarely made heavy contributions,
for the reason, among Others, that they
have rarely been able to do so. 1t may
be mentioned in passing that while
presidential candidates seldom visit
headquarters, vice-presidentfal candi-
dates often do.
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THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

Prohibition. at Chicago. June q, %,
1900. Tickets ON sale June 26. ~.
Democratic, at Kansas City. July I,
1900. Tickets on sale July .. 4.
The road to take to attend these
conventions is the Chicago Great
Western railway. the popular maple
Leaf Route. with its vestibuled trains,
free chair cars. satisfactory dining car
service. and its unsurpassed sleeping
car accommodations.
Only one fare for the round trip.
For further particulars apply to any
agent of the Chicago Great Western,
or address F. H. Lord. G. P. 4 T. A.,
113 Adams street. CHICAGO.
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had such a law thirty years ago the
English sparrow might not be here
The bill prohibits any common carrier
from transporting the dead birds or
animals. or parts OF them. killed in
violation Of the law. The package
containing them must be plainly and
clearly marked, both as to the address
and as to the nature Of the contents.
Another section regulates the trafiic
In foreign game. which is designed to
prevent interruptions game dealers or
hotel men from maintaining fence"
as President Shields says. for the
handling and selling of American
game. All game. animals or birds. on
arrival In any state or territory for
sale or storage. shall be subject to the
operation and effect OF the laws Of the
locality. and shall not be exempt by
reason OF being introduced In original
packages. President Shields thinks
the passage Of this bill with the en-
forcement that he believes will go with
Il means q gain Of hundreds Of mil
lions Of dollars to the agricultural in
terests OF the country In the next
twenty years. Coincident with work
Of this kind IL that which our Audu-
bon society and which this paper are
doing in endeavoring to arouse inter-
est In birds. II Is all part OF one great
movement. Il should be pushed In the
schools. The pulpit has given 1t at
tention. Unquestionably we are COM
ing on better time. q time when we
shall use not abuse our opportunities
with reference to helpless animals and
when we shall trent them ail. domestic
and wild. with greater mercy.
The silver star., 1900-07-06
RESIDENTIAL YEAR

national campaign involves the
ion of an executive organisation
as elaborate and complicated as
required to carry ON the most
sive of modern enterprises, the
ction and expenditure Of sum Of
By so large as to require seven fig-
for its expression, the selection
employment. directly and indi-
v, OF thousands of workers, the
ering and dissemination OF spe-
Information on scale not less ex-
I've than that Of great telegraphic
association. and hundred other
Is beside, none Of which can safe
Z intrusted to anyone not an ex-
In his line. Until 1896 campaign
Quarters were invariably estab-
ID in the city OF New York, and ac-
ing to an unwritten rule they were
bst always located in a four-story
be on Fifth avenue. That year,
ever, both parties broke away from
old order OF things and housed
h chief headquarters in Chicago.
ugh each committee perforce main
ed branch in the metropolis. In
cago the forces of both committees
quartercd in modern Office build-
y; in New York the Republicans
one whole floor In a handsome
|te marble structure on Union
are, while the Democrats occupied
ms in well-known hotel not q
he's throw away. The headquar-
of national campaign committee
et of necessity be almost as extern
as a big railroads executive off,
since room must be afforded for
dozen different sets OF employees,
ides suites for the various commit
oficials.
sense, the press bureau" Is
It in Importance to the chairman's
dquarters. since through it the
orters and correspondents are fur
he'd with such news as the commit
wishes to give out. This bureau,
Eever, is only a small part OF the
hmittee's machinery for the distri-
ion of correct political gospel. The
teau's relations are mainly with the
bntry journals, but city papers arc
hetimes supplied with special in
nation. The amount Of plate mat
sent out through the country week.
during the heat of battle is an
)ling and costs an immense sum of
)ney-in the millions.
Il has commonly. though not always.
en considered good committee prac-
p to issue translations into almost
Dry European language of nearly all
documents got out In English, and
troubles of the functionary who
+ to look after this job are simply
hescribable. To begin with, he Ia
berally and OF necessity ignorant of
languages into which the docu-
(nts are to be translated, and there
Re quite incompetent to judge the
Ility OF those whom he has to engage
translators or their work when II
finished. His only safety lies in en-
ging two persons familiar with each
the unknown tongues" into which
matter Is to be done. One OF these
intrusts with the translation; the
her examines II carefully when fin-
Jed to see that no error has been
lnmitted.
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Protecting
the Birds

The League OF American Sportsmen
toices greatly at the passage OF the
lcey bird bill, and well 1t may. for
tn Its 5000 members 1t has done
oman service In the cause. II has
fitten and caused to be written
|ousands Of letters to members Of
lngress in favor Of the bill. The
Resident Of the league estimates that
ore than 10000 letters have been re-
|ived by members of congress in the
st four months. In opposition were
le millinery interests and the game
ade interests. But a. the president.
=. Shields. says. there will be NO
ore shipping Of prairie Chickens. la
lled poultry: or Of venison labeled
pal; or Of quails labeled eggs; or Of
rd skins labeled anything else than
Pey are; no more contracting for the
laughter Of 10000 birds In Maryland:
more slaughtering Of sea gulls. in
olation OF the laws. and shipping
penn. to use President Shields Ian
uage, ITO millinery bird hogs In New
oFk. no matter how labeled" The
Fovisions Of the bill authorize tho
leretary Of agriculture to buy game
lrds and eggs for propagation In de-
aetsd areas. 1t Ii believed, for ex-
nple. that prairie chickens imported
rom Nebraska. and liberated In the
nenandoah valley In Virginia. will
fosper. II prohibits the importation
I foreign wild animals or birds. ex-
ept under permit. there being spe-
l prohibition Of the mongo0se and
Ping foxes. and Of starlings and other
P'fds, known to be injurious 70 agri-
uitare and horticulture. II We had
The silver star., 1900-07-06
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The silver star., 1900-07-06
Quit Farms to Hunt Pearls

One-third Of the people living in the
vicinity of st. Francois river, Missouri,
have abandoned their farm pursuits
and engaged in pearl hunting. Last
Sunday j. A. Jones of Black Rock,
while fishing, opened n clamshell and
found beautiful and valuable pearl.
The next day he found pearls which
he sold for $500. The news leaked out
and the pearl-hunting fever seized the
people. Some beautiful pearls have
been taken out of the river.
The silver star., 1900-07-06
Ar.inr,., Cote. s,.rr,...

Unroasted coffee berries aro offer
made from ont ana rye -four and corn
meal. The natural uromn OF thee
grains is destroyed by some process
and, aftor the proper amount OF cofrCc
aroma is added the berries are formed
and caused TO maintain their share.
The silver star., 1900-07-06
Coae.sn.ar l,..eA A......,e..

conc~snlns 1Sutch Aansxatson.
Sir John Henry de villicrs. chief
ustice Of the Cape Of Good Hope, who
now In London. says that all Dutch
pouth Africa would bitterly resent the
nnexation Of the republics. He adds:
'his war was forced on President
Aruser. What Mr.. Chamberlain asked
aim to give up was the equivalent OF
'utch Independence. Tho story TINT
residents Kruger and steyn aspired
drivc tho British into the sen Is
so'e. All the Dutch leaders wanted
saS To preserve the Dutch nationality.
"neh tho British 1eid marshal. a brill