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Middletown transcript., 1905-03-11


1t is now past midnight and the Inaug-
ural celebration is ended. At twelve
O'Clock the music of the great Marine
band which played i'll the Pension build
ing for the ball ceased and the immense
throng slowly dispersed. The President
had departed some time before, having
made with Mrs. Rooseyelt and the Vice.
President and Mrs. Fairbanks circuit of
the huge enclosure and after resting for a
time in the gallery from which he could
look down upon the crowd and listen to
the music. Every person except the
Presidential party and the police officers
admitted to the Pension had paid five
dollars and for those who could not cele-
brate to that amount the Inaugural COM
mittee-had provided three car loads Of
fire works which were discharged from a
point of vantage. On Monday concert
at popular prices in the Pension building
will enable those who could not attend
the ball to see the floral decorations Ct
the bniliing and to hear portions Of the
music furnished the dancers.
Middletown transcript., 1905-03-11
NEW YORK FASHIONS
Spring Outdoor Covering, Tan Jackets, New
Etons, Garnitures, Tight Waist, Visiting
Costumes, Colors

Etons, Garnitures, Tight Waist, Visiting
Costumes, Colors.
The term redingote includes all long
outdoor garments except the loose-back
three-qnarter coat, which has its owl,
distinctive style. Now, the fashionable
redingote may be tight-fitting, or so full
that it admits OF several rows of shirring
around the hips, and in many cases
almost covers the entire skirt. The waist
is laid in folds or maybe in gathers, and
the front is either in surplice style, or has
revers, the size an optional matter
| Of course there is a belt, which fasters
closely around the waist.
The Original Shape
still retains favor among those who are
able to stand its trying severity, and con-
sequently the well-shaped wearer becomes
somewhat conspicuous. The loose coat
with yoke, shows no special change from
those of last season, either i'm cut or
material, lightweight broadcloth or silk
remaining popular for these convenient
garments. The tan coyert-cloth jacket
comes again with Spring exhibits, and
also of three quarter length. To bring
about novelty in the Eeon and blouse il
now the tailor's or dressmaker's task and
has folds down the front edged by braid.
very wide plain bands, falling little be
low the edge of the Eton, and outlined
by pipings or fancy braid, plaitings oi
chameleon silk on sleeves, collars and
waist edge, accomplish to certain extent
the desired result.
Tight-Fitting
draped and pointed bodices are quite
prominent among handsome costumes,
and the new lines in this seasons fash
ions, make special deiuanus upon the
corset. The best dressmaker will fail t.
secure good fit, unless the corset is made
and shaped in accordance with fashions
latest ideas. On the other hand, the
simplest costume takes on all air of style,
if it follows the lines OF a thoroughly up
to-date corset. At the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exhibition at St. Louis, the high
est award given to any corset was taken
by the "F. P, Pinchin Waist" This
can be obtained at so moderate a price,
that any woman willing to take the
trouble to secure it, can be sure that hel
figure has the new lines SO necessary fol
a fashionable appearance this season.
The Visiting Costume
Of these, the skirts are slightly gather |
ed at top, or laid in plaits that are caught
at half length by some invisible means,
and from there fall in soft, deep folds |
Fanciful little jackets of the Drectorie O,
bolero type, accompany these skirts and |
the sleeves are almost invariably of hall |
length, to be worn with long gloves. Til.
skirts are practically untrimmed, save for
in simple design with coarse
silk, or drawing cord braid disposed in
loops, scallops or Greek designs, just
above the edge.
The Drop Skirts
flare extensively at bottom, and are well
furnished with ruff1es of the silk, but |
have no stiffening. The boero jackets
are open at the neck, and are plated or
gathered at the top and bottom, or have
a draped effect with shaped girdle. The
Y shaped neck is popular, showing the
Middletown transcript., 1905-03-11

There were about thirty thousand men
i'll line, six thousand regulars, twelve
thousand National Guards and two
thousand cadets. There were over fifty
Civic organizations in the parade. The
presence of Porto Ricans and Fillipinos
added TO the picturesqueness OF the scene.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09

and the boys and the professor seated themselves quietly
also, without word.
fsII tell you the hnl story began the guide, look
ing appealngy from to the other "But amt told
it for nigh eight years now.'
eco on' said Professor jensen eve will listen
fully it may be most important, John Don't fear to
tell it,
'Wen,'' said the guide, beginning slowly, you know
have lived and hunted in this kintry for more egh-
teen years. here from the east, an wa mt older
than either of you two boys" The three listeners
nodded -.
'tOne day 1 huntin' with party up this here
canyon when we discovered this town. whar we be now
and t'other cross the way. We reached this
easy 'nough, done today, but had been
fore them suspect they Injuns, he
added, parentheticaIy There three others with
me them good teln their Names cause they're all
dead but thet in the story. We all young an
vent resome and to Bill Combs, BILL if you loered
the top of that ere he could git oppo
site them houses and have good squint at 'em.'
. I reckon man dares try it, Bill seq to
&C 4 cam seq L .....-.-
There pause and Coleman stirred the dust
ously with his foot. 49,
81 reckin the traders at Arequitta thought how
that crazy he resumed 'But all the money
Bill an me had saved put in an six months after
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
s'Four Skeletons sittin with their backs agin the

Skeletons
the opposite cliff. Three o. US, with three burros an
NOR n thousand feet of rope, it warn't too
much They drove stake into the ground an tied the
end Of the rope around my arms, an they loered
away. '-..-.a
cat first twas kinder easy crawling backwards
the steep rock but when to the edge an looked
up an em fur off, tell you I felt scared, an
under I could the water rushin' an jumpn'
far below couldn't hear sound but thar it was,
somethn to me, but couldn't hear em, an then felt
them payin' out the rope again Well, sir, thar hung,
a-swingin', an lookin' up, could nothin' but
the rope comm the round top of the overhangin'
rock foot after foot felt myself goin' down. twistin
first way an then tother, until all of sudden thar
JOLT an felt as if my arms goin' to come
off the SOCKETS, an then stopped quick Thar was,
sir mot MORN forty feet from whar you tibet big
left right opposite to it. could look inside
o. the wnders an big bottles settn the Shelves
an 'ohg the ground basket full of things that
looked like gourds. had difficulty from turnin'
round an every an then I'd swing about, for thar
was quite flynn up the canyon At last the rope
twisted SO could hold myself quiet and STILL The sun
nigh overhead by this time an kinder lit up the
shadows back in the idge; an what you suppose
there9 skeletons, stn with their backs agn the
wall! They kinder trapped up in cloth, but could
make out their HIATT hangn' their shou
ders''
Coleman paused and clasped his hands.
cit red, sir Not black like the Injuns' but red
an light coored like gals. Just then felt
ment on the rope an knowed thet they tryin' to
haul me up I moved few inches, and then down
again. Two or three times felt them heave but every
time back to whar was before. Then looks
up
He paused.
ssI never can forget i'll Never never'' he said half
whispering. tThe rope was frayn' thru the edge
tn rock; 'twould only take two three mnits Of
thet drop plumb thousand feet the
down the river Then idee into my head
an swung myself to and fro much as you children
pumpin in a swing. At last movin back an
for ard longer an longer, until twice come
within most distance of the idge but couldn't
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
The Rarest of Gems.

The rarest of all gems is not the diamond, which
follows after the ruby This in its turn allows prece-
dence to the chrysoberypopuarly known as the cats
eye The true stone from Ceylop, tho Pny knew
Of something similar under the name of Zimilampis
found in the bed of the Euphrtes Can wonder when
we look these singular productions of nature
with it's svern streak in the CENTER and observe
it slightly the magic of varying light
lumine its surface, that it object of
found ancients9 The possessor
posed grow poorer but always to increase hs
substance.-Golden Penny
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
King Lion with No Name.

In recent work on wild animals, Gambler Bolton
points out that when Wild lions carry rule little
mane fighting and jungle growths keeping down
the massive ornaments seen in captivity
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
Once In a Thousand Years
By James Barnes.
Copyright 1905 by Harper & Bros.
By James Barnes.
Copyright 1905 by Harper & Bros

was quiet dark. The sun was not high
enough as yet to shine down into the
long, narrow crevice up which Profess
~sor Jensen and the two boys were
Laundering.
A short distance ahead of them
stalked John Coleman, the guide. He
was tall, thin man with dropping
shoulders, and he carried the profess
sorts camera, a heavy pick, and long
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14

he can, his declination to restore to
her the sum of so cents which she
paid to him in his store for a certain
article of feminine use which she sub
sequently decided to return to him.
He would neither give her the half
dollar nor its equivalent in merchan-
disc, she declares, and she proposes
to follow him to the bitter endsin pur-
suit of justice. The case is due for
hearing to-day.
Nothing has since been heard nor
seen of the two peddlers who dined in
Mrs. Helen Beckman's restaurant, 967
Howard street, and then refused to
pay for what they had eaten. They
were followed to the street by Mrs.
Beckman, and when they clambered
into their waiting wagon and lightly
bade her good-by she sunlimbered a
revolver and fired at them. They did
not extend any more parting courte-
sizes, but whipped up their horse and
dashed away, and it is police opinion
that they are still retreating. Mrs.
Beckman, who is q mild appearing
little person, was arrested for dis
charging firearms within the city lin
it's, and Judge Mogan has continued
the hearing of the case until the po-
lice are convinced that the peddlers
cannot be found to testify.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
FRAUDS LAID
TO PROMOTERS
Men at Head of Miami and
Erie Canal Company Face
Charges of Conspiracy

CLEVELAND, Jan. 13.-Sensational
charges were made against the pro-
moters Of the Miami and Erie Canal
Transportation Company in a cross
petition filed in the Common Pleas
Court to-day by Attorney Johnson of
this city. 1t is averred that the four
teen men who promoted the company
deliberately entered into a conspiracy
to cheat and defraud those who later
purchased the stock and bonds Of the
company.
1t is declared that the promoters is
sued to themselves stock of the COM
pany with a face value of 81, ,990, 900 and
bonds for Sis, 5,00G, and that they cleared
fully $4,000 in cash from deals and
transfers early in the history of the
company. Johnson further declares
that the fourteen men are solvent and
liable for the full amount of the stock
that they transferred to themselves.
He asks the court that a judgment
for $2,990,0 be rendered against them.
and that the promoters be required to
liquidate the judgment forthwith, SO
that the Indebtedness of the company
can be paid off. Johnson says he holds
fifty shares of the stock Of the COM
pany.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
her of battery and disturbing

accusing her of battery and disturbing
the peace.
The contention began upon the roof
of the tenement number I Adelaide
'place, a cul-de-Sac shooting from Tay-
.l0r street. between Post and Sutter. By
agreement between the several house
wives resident in the structure, all or
whom did their own family laundering.
each of them had exclusive right to
utilize the roof for clothes-drying pur-
poses one day a week, the system hav-
ing been adopted to prevent contention
as to who had prior claim to the use OF
the props and lines, which were COM
mon property If the rule had been
strictly adhered TO, or if deviation from
1t had been generally approved, peace
might still environ the tenement. In
deed, If Mrs. Michaels alone had been
taken into consultation by Mrs. Kane
and Mrs. Elizabeth Flaherty when
those two ladies decided to exchange
days for clothes drying, that encounter
Thursday afternoon might never have
eventuated. -,
. on that fateful day Mrs. Michaels
was surprised to see Mrs. Kane sus-
pending various articles Of feminine
apparel on the line. Knowing that
. Thursday was Mrs. Flaherty's day,
Mrs. Michaels so informed Mrs. Kane
and demanded to know why the osten-
Kane retorted by requesting Mrs. Mi
chaels to attend to her own business
land permit her neighbors to attend to
theirs. whereupon Mrs. Michaels de-
clared that she would not passively
allow the absent Mrs. F1aherty to be
thus deprived of her drying day by
Mrs. Kane or any one else.
Suiting action to word, Mrs. Michaels
p1ucked damp lingerie from the line
and cast it in the face of Mrs. Kane,
who promptly retaliated by seizing a
prop and swinging 1t against Mrs. Mi
. chaels' nose, the impact bruising that
organ and blackening the eye on either
side of it. Then began the dash for the
Hall of Justice. Mrs. Michaels age
handicap was augmented by her inabil
fly to see straight, her vision having
been disarranged by the blow with the
prop.
The peace disturbance case was heard
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
TO PASS UPON
DUKES SANITY.
Commission Appointed by
New York Judge to Look
Into His Mental Condition

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Brodie L.
Duke, the millionaire half-brother Of
the president of the American Tobacco
Company, whose recent marriage was
followed by his commitment to a san
itarium, was brought into the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn to-day on writ OF
habeas corpus, and after hearing was
sent to the Long Island home until
Thursday next. On that date a COM
mission appointed by Justice Gaynor
is to meet to inquire into Dukes con-
dition and make a report as to wheth-
er he issinsane.
The writ of habeas corpus on which
Duke was brought into court to-day
was obtained by w. c. Bramham Of
Durham, n. c., who has acted as pri
vate secretary for Duke. Counsel for
Bramham argued for an immediate ex-
animation of Duke in court to deter
mine whether or not he was insane.
This was objected to by Delaney
Nicoll, who said he represented men,
bers of Dukes family and who insist
ed that Dukes sanity should be deter
mined by a commission appointed by
Justice Gaynor.
Nicoll declared that he desired to
secure witnesses for himself and that
the persons whom he represented
wanted to rescue this man from the
tolls Of one Of the worst associations
of criminals which existed for the
purpose of robbing this man and per-
haps killing him."
Bramham's counsel insisted upon an
immediate examination by the court,
but Justice Gaynor refused and or
dered Duke committed to a sanitarium
until January 19, when he will be ex-
amined as to his sanity by g. commits
sion which Justice Gaynor has already
appointed upon application by counsel
representing Mrs. Alice Webb-Duke,
wife of Brodie L. Duke.
AS the proceedings were about to
adjourn Nicoll requested that Duke be
transferred from Sandford Hall to the
Long Island Home. Nicoll represented
that DR.. Brown of Sandford Hall was
about to depart for the. South and
would not be there to take part in the
proceedings. This request was granted
by Justice Gaynor and the proceedings
were closed.
During the argument the attorney
for Bramham declared that Dukes son,
who had instituted the proceedings
which resulted in Dukes commitment,
was on bad terms with his father, and
had been excluded from his fathers
home for several years.
Duke was not questioned, nor did he
offer any statement during the proceed
ings. He sat, quietly by the lawyers
and was pale and nervous. His
wife was not in the courtroom. An at
tempt was made to question Duke as
he entered the carriage to go to the
sanitariuni, but the physicians prevent
ed it. AS the carriage started, however,
Duke leaned out of the window and
shouted, II am going to fight this thing
to the last"
Before Duke was taken to the sani-
tarium he was in conversation with
three physicians at the courthouse. At
the conclusion of the talk one of the
physicians said Duke was apparently
sane, but in a weakened physical con-
ditiOn,
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
Jackson's Day Celebrated.

Rev. J. c. Simmonds, D. D., was the
principal entertainer at the Iroquois
Club wigwam, 12f Eddy street. last
night on the occasion of Jackson's
day anniversary. The subject of Mr..
Simmons talk was THE Negro Be
fore the War" and his stories of the
darkies were exceedingly interesting.
He spoke in kindly spirit of the ne
gro and told how the black race was
loved by the Southerners in antebel-
lum days. The Iroquois Club quar-
tet sang appropriate songs and there
were several special features that
commanded applause from the audi
ence. The Wigwam was comfortably
filled with ladies and gentlemen, who
had responded to the numerous invi-
tations sent out.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
ROSY OUTLOOK
FOR BUSINESS
Opening of the Year Sees
Activity in the Leading
Industries of the Nation

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Dun's Weekly
Review of Trade will tomorrow say:
Erratic weather produces irregularity
in retail distribution of merchandise at
many points, and Southern business is
quiet because of the depression in cot
ton. but the general outlook is consid-
cred very bright. Manufacturers report
that confidence is warranted by the
number of new orders while deliveries
on other contracts are of satisfactory
volume.
The best news comes from the iron
and steel industry, while footwear fac
tories are busy, wooden mills in excep-
tionally good condition and activity is
assured among cotton spinners as soon
as the raw material market becomes
settled. Failures for January thus far
compare very favorably with last
years returns, railroad earnings IN
creased 5.S per cent over those of 1904,
and foreign commerce at this port for
the last week shows a gain of $6,l51,667
in imports and a loss of only 1881, ,933 In
exports.
Failures this week numbered 324 In
the United States against 324 last year,
and 2S in Canada compared with "a
year ago.
Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: Ac-
tivity in industry, particularly iron ana
steel and allied trades, furnishes con-
trast to conditions in distribution, In
which there is some irregularity. with
seasonable quietness predominating In
all but few sections. The undertone
of the general situation Is, however,
one of strength and the potential de-
mand is thought to be very large.
Stocks in all hands are light, and the
feeling Is one of confidence. Mfdwinter
quiet rules wholesale trade in most
lines, and speculation in securities and
staples is quiet at steady prices.
Generally speaking manufacturing in
dustries have three or four months
business booked ahead. The season
for clearance sales in retail lines is well
under way and large distribution is be-
ing stimulated by special prices and by
seasonable weather conditions in most
sections Railway earnings returns IN
dicate a very full business proceeding
throughout the country and failures
are rather less than the annual normal
cleanup involves, though the South
contributes more than at correspond
ing period in recent years. Collections
as whole rank fair to good, though
the South still complains and some ex-
tensions are asked for there.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending January IL num-
ber 295 against 27S last week, 3l5 in the
like week in 1904 and 234 in 1903. In
Canada failures for the week number
"a as against IS last week and 39 in
this week a year ago.
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week ending January are 700,950
bushels against 1,411,947 last week and
2,571, ,215 this week last year. From July
/ to date the exports are 36,S1l,2l4 BUSH
els against 92,291, ,324 last year.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-14
:MATRONS BATTLE
= UPON "A ROOF
CI Ash OVER THE RIGHT TO USE
TENEMENT CLOTHESLINE.
Damp Lingerie and Long Pole
Are Piled as Weapons.
BY JAMES c. CRAWFORD.

oy Judge Cabaniss, who continued II
for thirty days after he had rebuked
Mrs. Kane for calling Mrs. Michaels
liar in open court. Judge Mogan had
the battery case, and when Mrs. MI
chaels loudly shouted You lie!" at
Mrs. Kane he postponed further near
ing until he has consulted Judge Ca
baniss as to the propriety of commit
ting both ladies for contempt or pro-
nouncing the vituperative honors even.
Mrs. Flaherty testified in both courts
that she once heard Mrs. Michaels as
sert that Mrs. Kane was no lady, but
the testimony was ruled out as irrele-
want immaterial and some other
things.
H. C. Rees, accused of threatening to
ton, was so defiantly boisterous In
Judge Mogan's court that his bail was
raised from $1,000 to $4,000.
Market street" he explained,
pointing dramatically at the COM
plainant, isn't wide enough to hold
both of us. I've told him to get out
of town and avert a tragedy"
Then the excited Mr.. Rees suddenly
plunged his right hand into hip
pocket and many of the spectators in
voluntarily shrank and paled. But
he merely drew forth a white silken
handkerc chief, with which he mopped
his face.
He talked wrongfully about my
friends wife, was the defendants
stated provocation of his threats
against Mr.. Gignoux. He also spoke
slightingly of the woman 1 love-"
The accompanying sneer might be
envied by the most villainous villain
that ever provoked execration from
the gallery of the Central Theater.
The mans sanity is doubted. He will
have another inning to-day.
Frank Folts, able seaman aboard
the British ship Belford, invaded the
cabin of his captain, William c. Nc
Kinnon, last Thursday afternoon and
boisterously demanded payment in full
Of wages due him. The skipper was en-
gagged in writing a letter to his wife in
old England, and the sentiment in his
soul was rudely Jared by Seaman
Folts' rude interruption, SO he accused