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all the time. Salt water just ruins dia-
1nonds. and it was always catching IN
lace. Tt made every one ask questions al
nice, Tommy"
How often were you engaged this sum-
mer?'
''OnIy once really, that was to you,
Tommy. The others were just in joke,
just to quiet a man and make him let me
alone some. I always broke off in day
or so, TOO, because I remembered 1 was
yours really and truly
And my picture?' he went on.
Now, Tommy" she protested, that
picture hanging around my neck was a
mistake. It had to come off when I went
in bathing, and in. evening dress l simply
could not have it dangling around outside
for every one to rubber at, and when I
put it inside it made them rubber worse.
So I Just took the chain off and pinned
it to my-and pinned it inside. And it's
there now
let me see" he demanded, with a
gIowering lock-.
Tommy, how vulgar!'
''Faithlessr he exclaimed, "and you
thought yourself pledged for life! You,
who could not last little SUMMER She
sobbed and tried to put her arm about his
neck, but he set her. aside. Doubtless
you will be glad to learn of my mar
Rage" he said, Miss Gates is the lady.
We were married in June, before, thank
goodness, all my faith in woman had suf-
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tickets, which had blown down the car.
They had been nicely stuck in the back
OF the chair opposite, but the man had
sQuirmed SO that they came out. She
grabbed them impatiently and went on
writing. Maybe the man was reading
what she wrote, for presently he grew
red in the face and went into the
smoker. About then she realized that
she didn't know what she had done
with the tickets. She was too busy to
stop and hunt and when the con-
ductor came she made an impatient
motion with her hand and announced
that she didn't know where in the
world they were. He snorted, and she
suggested that they might have blown
away somewhere. The conductor al
ready had had one row with her over
the typewriter, and now he almost
foamed at the mouth.
You are supposed to look after
your tickets" he said, sternly.
at can't be bothered" she returned,
waving him away. Get the porter;
they must be somewhere. You have
punched them often enough to know"
He was an old man.with several
daughters at home. and ideas of how
they should be brought up It was his
duty. he said, to punch her tickets. He
was welcome, she retorted, if he could
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find them, but there was an awful
Wind from the window and the porter
would not come to shut it. The con-
ductor waved the porter from the
other end of the car. and all the other
passengers sat up. The ticket taker
and porter jabbed her veil and fshed
the pockets of her hanging coat, both
Tuning.
There they is" the porter finally
shouted. and there they were, hat
pinned onto the front of her dress.
Take the pin out directed the girl,
pleasantly, land I do hope you will
keep them this time and save me fur
Their trouble
The diary is a little short, but she's
going to get up early tomorrow before
he comes and try to work the rest of
the days in. His birthday is real
Maine woods he demanded right off to
know if she had been true. She redeemed
a little under her tan and answered can
didly:
You know / love you better than / ever
can love any one: still, a whole summer
you know, and other men will coax
He-put up his hands on her shoulders,
gazed deep into her eyes and demanded
that she tell him Ill.
What's the good?" she asked "Oh.
Tommy. be nicei''
He glanced at the engagement finger.
ringed with the circle he had placed there
in the spring. He took the trembling hand
tip-brown, unbrolxen tan from tip to wrist
was the pretty hand!
THAT tells the taller said he.
Now. Tommy. just couldn't wear it
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removable, or they can be made into the

removable. or they can be made into the
gown.
Suppose YOU are reminded that the
picturesque fashions of Louis XIII are
about to be revived; the full skirt, with
the ose-htting, pointed corsage and
the short outstanding basque, and then
the becoming and unusual finish of the
high curved Medici collar The loveliest
new materials have been designed for
these quaint, old-time frocks, many of
them in imitation of the stuffS then
used and some diStinctiVely novel. Cor
geous ponlpadour satins carry such
elaborate floral displays that they act
ually suggest tapestry covering But
youu see them this winter at the opera
and formal receptions and at the most
eia hcrate dances. Beside the rose satins,
ztas.a 7s-e- ~ es1fiarfui oFoea6es. all white,
and white with raised, bright-nued de-
s..sizs, I'D taer.a arc the pfst+iest of new
silks, called brocha, and damasse silk,
with Dresden garla-1ds ard stiif lii lie
nosegays. These are trimmed with
Spangled lace and with lovely windy
bright velvets and are lined with silk
satin in plain cClorS or pure white.
Adorable slippers aEe worn with these
Louis frocks, satin to match and with
spind1ing heels of gold or silver.
The furs must match the gown. This
is bad intelligence for the woman who
has only one gown and only one set
of furs, both widely different. Yet, If
she be q wise woman, she Will not QGS-
pair, but will endeavor to make the
ways and ends meet.
There come great, beautiful, blue
enamel buttons which can be used to
trim brown sealskin coats, and there
can be bands of silk used upon the col
lar and the cuffs, the revers, the facings
and in the Innings. The coat can be
lined with blue silk to match the gown
and the cuffs can be turned back and
faced with blue.
Big blue buttons can be sewed upon
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fered the blow your conduct deals it.
Farewell! Forget me! 1 will try to for
give you
Then he slowly left the room. But out
side the door you can bet he sprinted. He
was three blocks down town when she
had her breath back enough to speak.
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While out on the bargain hunt, don't
neglect to look for bits of anything
that will make over into deep lace cuffs.
One woman purchased enough piece
lace for a pair of these cuffs. For a
pattern she used a deep cloth cuff pat
tern, lengthening it a little.
These cuffs can be stiffened and ap-
piled to the gown separately so as to be
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her stock loses a great deal in the
scheme of dress. The col!arless mat
inee waist is very fashionable, and, with
the coilarless waist, there can be worn
band of velvet around the throat for
the velvet neck band has been re-
ViVed.
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, fur cuffs, and there can be a collar of
seal added to the coat. and the inner
side of the collar can be blue, put on
in manner to slightly show. Thus the
coat and the gown are brought into
harmony.
But where possible the gown should
be brown because it matches so many
furs so well. Brown goes beautifully
with sable; 1t is very handsome with
seal; it is a delightful color to use with
the covet cat furs that are so fashion
| able this year, and brown is the best of
all shades to combine with mink. Next
to brown comes green; then gray, then
black then blue.
| To relieve the sameness of brown fur
and brown cloth, there can be enamel
| buttons and there can be ornamental
cords and tassels, and these can show
white and blue cunningly interlaced.
There can be passernenteries with scar
| let and blue and white all intertwined.
| The new Detticoats are very bout
! FAINT to make the skirts set out. In
| deed, many of them are SO full and so
abundantly RULED as to look as though
| they were crinolined. They set out in
a veritable cascade of ruIies and lace
fiounces.
And, speaking of cascades and crino-
lining the skirt Shall it be crinolines
or not Several of the new skirts show
Q very stiff lining, reminding one sus-
piciously of the crinoline. Others are
ruTied inside we'll as outside to
make them set out.
But there is still another petticoat
fad and one that has grown steadily in
favor since it's introduction some
weeks ago. This fad is for the wired
skirt. A light wire is run in the hem
IF the skirt; another wire is run in the
skirt a few inch es higher, and third
at the head of the f1ounce. This makes
a petticoat bouffant in the prettiest
way possible, and it is a style which
can be recommended to every one who
wants a handsome skirt
Clara Belle in the Cincinntic Enquirer:
On the home train with me was a
zirl who had promised TO keep a diary
If the VIII ole summer. and she was
busy writing it in the parlor car in the
lsst lap of the homecoming. The con-
iuctor would not let her typewrite,
which would have been so much
quicker. and the table, put up for her
lnder protest. turned the chair oppo-
tie facing her. The horried man
herein kept slanting his eyes at what
he wrote and made her awfully ner-
vous. The porter would not answer
he bell and she had to chew the end
# her pencil when it became dull be-
cause she had no knife. She had only
written to the 2sth of August and that
had to be carefully done. for it's his
birthday.
She was hard and particularly at it
when the porter handed over her
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26

engines, two hose companies, and the
Buffalo relief the same force. All the
streams are concentrated on the Gran
ite building which was surrounded.
Shortly after ten o'clock big thirty
six main burst materially diminishing
the pressure.
The burned district includes the sec
tion from a point on Main street east
to midway between Clinton avenue and
St Paul street, thence north to Di-
vision street, thence half way to Morti-
mer. The fire wall on the Cox build
ing marks the line of the flames on the
north side. Up Division street the
burned district extends half a block.
The total burned area is three acres.
The fire will be confined to this Sec
tion, but there will probably be little
relief for the firemen. until tomorrow.
At one this afternoon the flames
We're smouldering but the danger is
over. Latter estimates make the loss
about five million dollars.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
BIG FIRE IN ROCHESTER
BURNS Three ACRES
Starts in the Heart of the Dry Goods District
and Spreads Over the Wholesale Stores
Loss Figured at $5,OOO,OOO

ROCHESTER, Feb. 26.-The entire
business section of Rochester is threat
ened by a fire which broke out at five
o'clock this morning. and which is still
burning. At eight o'clock the loss is
estimated at $7,0O0,0Oo.
The fire broke out in the very heart
of the drygoods district. 1t started in
the central elevator shaft of the Roch-
ester Dry Goods company on Main
street. Ten minutes after the alarm
sounded the six-story building was
mass of flames, and in less than half
an hour the rear wall fell and the
flames spread into the seven-story fire.
proof building of Sibley, Curr & Co.
At seven o'clock the fire chief said
he was powerless to stop the flames
which by that time were encroaching
on the wholesale district. Buffalo and
Syracuse were appealed to and spe-
cials were given by the railroad COM
panies to carry extra fire apparatus
to the scene. AT seven thirty a series
of explosions stopped the spread of the
eral houses on Mortimer street We're
removed by the police. Shortly after
ward the Sibley wall fell crushing
these houses. The west wall dropped
into st. Paul street. This was followed
by an explosion of boilers that threw
fire into the Granite building whose
twelve stories were soon ablaze
through the shaft. 1t had been regard
ed as absolutely fire. proof and was the
finest Office building in the city. The
heat soon became too great in front
and the rear walls bulged and became
dangerous. Shortly after nine the
front wall of a five-story marble fell
onto Main street compelling the fire.
men to abandon the fight in that d
rection.
AS eight fifteen the Buffalo and Sy
racuse fire companies arrived. 1t
seemed at that time as though the fire
would cross Main street, and the Win
dows in the stores across began to
burst out under the terrific heat. The
entire police force is engaged in hold
ing the crowds in check. The employees
in the threatened buildings are al
lowed to assist in removing goods The
streets are piled high with merchan-
disc and the merchants are fearing
another Baltimore disaster.
In the Sibley, Curr store alone there
were 1.500 employees and there were as
many more in the other buildings.
| These are being utilized but with small
| success as in the actual fire district
there will be small salvage The fire
wall of the Sibley wholesale building
afforded temporary shelter for several
companies who mounted TO the roof
and began throwing streams onto the
roof of the Burke Fitzsimmons depart
ment store. At this time Assistant
Chief Daynes fell from a window and
was seriously injured.
The Syracuse relief consisted of two
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26

tSpe ciai Telegram to Evening Telier.j
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Russia
today called the attention of the state
department to the alleged action of
Commander Marshall, of the Vicks-
burg, who Is charged with having
failed to rescue drowning Russian sail
ors in the engagement off Chemulpo.
Secretary Hay reported the matter
to the navy GSTartmnt and was in
formed of the receipt of a uisp2'"h this
afternoon from Marshall in which he
states he was the first of the foreign
commanders to go to the assistance OF
the Russians
1t is believed the animus of the Rus
sian complaint is levelled against Mar
shall's refusal to take joint action with
the other foreign vessels In protesting
against the supposed violation of in
ternational law. When Admiral Uriu
demanded that Russian battleshipA
leave the harbor at Chemulpo.
In this Marshall is entirely justified
as he is forbidden under American
naval regulations from joining the rep
resentatives of otter nations In such
an act.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
OFFICIAL
DISPATCH
Tells of the Thursday Bombard.
ment but Claims No Damage
on Either Side

Especial Telegram 10 Evening feiieri
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26-Gen-
eral Plugs official report of Thurs
days bombardment at Port Arthur. re-
ceived this afternoon says that sixteen
Japanese warships approached from
the Dalney side and opened fire on the
Esi<oii and the Bayan and the Novik
lying in the roadstead. and on the land
batteries. After a half hour the Rus
sian cruisers retreated into the harbor
and the enemy continued firing some
minutes and then retired from range
Meanwhile four Japanese cruisers
separated from the main squadron and
entered Columbinaja bay where they
opened fire on the Russian torpedo
boats and also on the coast batteries.
but retired after twenty-five minutes.
The Russians lost one wounded.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
COLLEGE men
TO CONTEST
Iowa Colleges and Universities
Send Prize Orators TO Win
the hOnOrs.

GRINNELL, Ia, Feb. 26.--The pres
ence of large student delegations from
the leading colleges and universities of
Iowa is evidence OF the Widespread in
terest manifested in the annual state
oratorical contest which takes place at
Iowa College this evening, The titles
of orations and the colleges that will
be represented in the contest are as
follows: THE Policy of Progress,
Iowa Wesleyan university; Hamilton
and the Nation" Upper Iowa universi-
ty; The French Machiavel," Drake
university; THE Child of Destiny
Parsons college; Philosophy of the
Race Problem Cornell college; Ideal
of Rienzi' Tabor college; Robert Lee
OF Virginia" Simpson college; Great
Britain" Coe college.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
MURDER
AND SUICIDE
Fatal Quarrel Between Two Pro.
minent Business Men Ends
in the Death of Both

Especial Telegram to Evening Tellerl
BUFFALO, Feb. .26--Henry Schwartz
a prominent attorney. was this morn
ing. fatally shot by Hugh Knowles, or
goods firm. Knowles. after holding the
police at bay n few minutes blew ous
his own brains. The murder took
place in Schwarts' private office. The
dispute was over a business trouble.
Schwartz died at 1920 with four
bullets in his body, three of which PEN
etrated his lungs.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
ARGUMENT FOR
TORPEDO BOATS
Congressman Roberts Quotes
Dewey to the Effect of the
Value of Submarines

,snecial Telegram to Evening Tellero
WASHINGTON Feb. 26.-Couden
mod the house with prayer for
- The consideration of the navy
snpropriation bill was resumed,
Poberts of Massachusetts. argued
.o, an amendment increasing the sub
marine torpedo boats from two to five.
He used the Fort Arthur engagement
&c an instance of their utility and
quoted from Dewey to the effect that
Nth two submarine torpedo boats he
oould meet the strongest army of Eng
land eight miles from Sandy Hook and
prevent its reaching New York. He
said Dewey in private conversation
remarked that if Japan had used sub
marine torpedo boats at Port Arthur
she could have destroyed the entire
Russian fleet.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
Get ONTO
CASH WHEAT
Predicted That II Will Reach $l.50
on the Chicago Board
of Trade

CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-New July
wheat opened today at 9715 cents and
closed at 965s cents Old July wheat
opened at 96A cents and closed at
97as cents. May wheat closed at
$1O47s and May corn closed at 55ss
cents.
The traders on the board today again
fiercely fought back and forth. Old
time operators believe that the men at
the head of the bull market are trying
to freeze out the tailers so that they
will get the full benefit of the big
prices which now seem inevitable. 1t
is freely predicted that cash wheat will
reach $1.50.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
SCAFFOLDINC CAVE WAY
HURLINC WORKMEN TO DEATH
Workers on the Chicago Post Office Building
Precipitated Eleven Stories to
Street Below

Especial Telegram TO Evening Teller.)
CHICAGO, Feb 26.-Thirteen men
Were killed by the falling of a scaf-
ioId at the new postoffice building at
one o'clock this afternoon.
With a crash that started hundreds
Vi pedestrians on Clark and Adams
street the huge scaffold beneath the
uoihe of the interior of the postoffice
ouiidlng gave way at one O'Clock car
i!lng down fifteen men, Thirteen are
'eleVed to be dead or fatally injured.
The scaffolding reached like a net
work to the dome, one hundred and
sixty ieet high where the men were
mastering the interior Some of the
men fell eleven stories.
NOT all were on the top. Some were
"orNlhs at the sides of the section but
we're struck by the falling timbers and
carried down.
ii''e Keeper Anderson stepped off
e Scahoiding to a place of safety
lo'N teet up just as il gave way. He
aNs the scaffolding was then groan-
'feaking and Immediately after
mans holding the planks pulled out.
ne work of digging the bodies from
immense mass of wreckage was
Iiuef way Immediately after the ac-
cident
Later
me surprise OF the contractors
and all others who saw the postonice
0ent 1t was found at two O'Clock
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that only one man was killed and one
injured. The contractors assembled all
the men and called the time rolls.
The escapes in many instances were
miraculous but similar in that the men
feeling that the scaffolding was fall
ing clutched lodges or projections at
the sides and made their way TO safety.
The amount of debris is readily cal
culable when it is known that 100000
feet of lumber fell into the tangled
mass of wreckage.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
CAvE-IN OF
OLD COAL MINE
Thirty Acres of Land Containing
Houses Settled Down Causing
Great Damage to Property

Especial Telegram to Evening Tellerl
SCRANTON. Pa, Feb ga cave-
In covering thirty acres and affecting
two hundred dwellings occurred in
Bellevue near this city about eleven
o'clock last night At three this morn
ing 1t gave indications Of spreading
and the people OF the city are demor-
allied.
Fissures opened up today from two
to FIVE inches wide. The cave in Is over
a portion of the mines which were
worked thirty years ago,
Some OF the houses are completely
wrecked while others are out of plumb
until the doors and windows can not
be opened. The cave-in was caused
by the settling of the SURFACE over the
Diamond vein OF the Bellevue colliery
of the Deiii ware e. Lackawanna conn
pany Many families ia heen rem
dened homeless
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
TO PROTECT
MEAT BUYERS
Better Inspection to Be Provided
by the Organization in
Pennsylvania
Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 26.--The
commission appointed by Governor
Pennypacker to assist the State Live
Stock board in the preparation of rules
for the guidance of meat inspectors in
disposing of the carcasses of meat
producing animals found upon slaught-
er to be afflicted with tuberculosis held
its first meeting at the capitol today
TOR the purpose of organizing.
1t is proposed that the commission
shall consider the relation of the meat
of tubercular animals to the public
health and the measures that it shall
be necessary to employ to protect con-
sumers against danger from infectious
meats.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
AMERICAN REINFoRcEMENTs
Cruiser Cincinnati Will Also 60 to Che
mulpo to Remain

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
WASHINGTON, Feb 26.-The navy
department is informed that the cruis-
er Cincinnati has sailed from Shanghai
for Chemulpo where she will remain
indefinitely. The Vicksburg will also
remain at Chemulpo.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
ELEVATOR ACCIDENT KILLS TWO
Mother and Daughter Lose Their Lives
in Des Moines

Especial Telegram to Evening TellerD
DIES MONIES. Feb. 2o.-An elevator
accident in the capitol building this
morning resulted in the death of Mrs.
c. Fountain, of Valley Junction, and
her mother Mrs Hogue. hey were go
ing to visit the senate. Both houses
adjourned on account of the accident
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
LEvEES BREAK
Great Damage to Property Now Ex-
pected in Consequence

Especial Telegram TO Evening Teller.)
SACRAMENTO, Feb. pa break
is reported in the levee at Edwards,
three miles below this city on the Sac
ramento side fifty feet wide.
John Sherman was drowned in the
flood at Yuba city.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
Levies Still Intact

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 26.-The Sac
ramento is rising slowly. All the levees
are intact so far as heard from. The
trains are still delayed by the water
near Marysville All back water Ia
coming up in Washington and a large
part of the town Is flooded
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
HEAVY STORMS
CONTINUES
CIOudburStS and LandsIideS Con.
tinue to Threaten Damage
in California

Especial Telegram to Evening Teier.)
REDDING. Cal. Feb. 26.-Another
heavy storm is raging A veritable
cloudburst occurred at Dunsmuir last
night The Sacramento is rising rap
idly.
The third landslide of the week oc-
Cured at Canatara this morning. The
slides is continuous and fears are en-
tertained that the whole side of the
mountain will slough off onto the
track
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-02-26
Town of Nicholson Burns

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
SCRANTON. Pa, FEB. ga fire
this morning destroyed nineteen build
ings in the business section of Nichol-
son, twenty-five miles from here. The
loss is $4,000.