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B. PASO MORNING TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, I%6,
Easter Novelties
In All Departments
Jewelry,
Fancy Goods,
Neckwear, Gloves
Belts, Ribbons, etc
SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY AT
CORNER EC PASO AND OVERLAND STREETS.
Mail Orders
If
Shipped
Same Day
Received
The fortnight before Easter finds us abundantly equipped with everything that’s new. The more exacting the fashions, the more
certain you are to find them at the POPULAR. It’s this assurance of seeing nothihg but the Newest of the New that is
crowding the big store every day. You never find dubious styles here. That’s the reason the public have come to depend upon
THE POPULAR, and because we show nothing but dependable goods.
STYLISH GARMENTS
AT
Low Prices
Monday and
Tuesday.
Thin department lx the mirror of
present day iaahioria, liecHuae every
now xiyle In correctly rellef'li-d here
ETON, PONY AND
BOLERO SUITS.
of. in - x I i'll from, mall" of fine chiffon
lafl'la, Panama, s< rge, linen anil
voile, in all file leading aha.lea and
.<1 yI**m; mi eiullexa variety; g'J
worth up in $110, tor,
WOOLENS,
I anaman, Serges, Sicilians. Voiles, lla.lafea,
Kii.minea, Allialro*s, Nun's Veiling etc. are here
In all grades adapted to gowns for all occaaions.
PRICES FROM 50c TO $2,00 A YARD.
THE SUMMER GIRL'S GLORY.
Will depend upon bow well her wardrobe la sup-
plied with Dr ernes from The Popular'* large ass-
-oil men t of
FASCINATING WASH GOODS.
Oil! allowing of UtieoH, Mulls, BaMstea, Sicil-
ians, Organdies, French Lawns, Persian Lawns,
Paris (Vloussellnos, Madras and Voiles surpasses
In beauty and variety every other line In the city.
FROM 10c TO $2.00 A YARD.
NEW FANCY SILKS.
You will enjoy looking over-these lately con-
ceived silk styles, even if you have no thought of
buying;, and we will lie glad io show them to you
under those very conditions. All shades arc* well
repii o nled here; those most prominent are
Queen's flray, In Its various shadings; check hair
line, broken plaids and soft mixtures are the
prime favorites See them Monday
PRIC/S, 50c TO $1.50 A YARD.
To make Monday's tolling lively In our Silk De-
partment wo win sell 19-tneh Taffeta, in all the
newest designs and colorings. 65c duality.
Special, a yard..........................
39c
New Wash Goods
Underpriced
Five particular worthy Items are here at the
Wash Goods Department for your inspection:
20c India Linon, yard.......................14c
15c India Linon, yard.....................12 l-2c
12I-2c India Linon, yard.....................10c
Extra wide 40-ineh India Linon, 12l-2c quality.
Special, yard ......................... ,8c
45-Inch Mercerized Batiste, 25c quality'. Special,
yard ..........7.........................10c
REMARKABLE HOSIERY VALUES
MATCHLESS PRICES.
19c FOR LADIES’ 35c HOSE.
Black Ingrain Lisle, Drop Stitched and Plain
Black Egyptian Cotton Hose, double heel and
toe, fast Idaek, guaranteed, tor, 4(1,
per pair...... ..........................I i)u
50c LISLE HOSE AT 39c.
Women’s Lace Lisle Hose, plain black, either all-
over or lace ankle effect; also plain black
gauge lisle with hand embroidery; the QQn
Onyx brand; worth 50c, for..............dou
Three Great
WaistSpecials
$5.00 Waists Tor
$2.98
Ladies’ Waists, made of Persian lawn
batiste, linen and Jap silk handsome-
ly trimmed, with long and O Qn
elbow sleeves, fot...........ZiUU
$7.50 Waists $3.89
Every garment in this lot is the latest
creation of high art, in ha- Q QQ
tiste, lawn and Jap silk, for..uiUu
$9.00 WAISTS FOR $4.89.
Every garment a model of beauty, made of allover lace, cm-
iry
broidered net. fine hand embroidered linen, and batiste; some
made over Jap silk; some elaborately trimmed with baby
Irish ant’ embroidery. Your choice of one hundred
twalsts for.........................................
4.89
T. P. 1)1 KHUTORS COMING
ANNUAL MEETING IS NOW BEING
HELD IN DALLAS
Trip of Inspection, Which Will Be Ex-
tended To Include El Paso This
Year, May Have To Do With Pro-
prosed Extension To Coast.
Following the termiuntlo:! of the aw-
liuttl in -eilrig ol I he board of director;.
• il the Texas and Pacific railroad
which Is now being bel l In Dallas,
the officials of the road v!ll make a
tour of the line Tor the purpose «,f
Inspecting ihe equipment
la n special, magnificently appoint-
ed tram, the directors will leave Dnl
las early this week for the trip West.
In all probability the party will come
all the way to El Paso Each year
the trip Is made over the Hite, some
limes to Thnrher, where the big Tex
as coal field- are located, und again
the trip is made to Big Springs
where the train I urns back, •
This year there are several reasons
why 1 he trip should tie made to El
Paso, the terminus of the line, One
of these Is the recent minor, which
deems reliably based, that (Jtml.1 will
lmikl from El Paso to the Pacific
coast, and In such a ease the Texas
and Pacific directors would wish in
look over the El Paso tennlaals and
p.ocutv a full knowledge of the con-
ditions here
George Gould is ttioi In attendance
at the Dallas meeting, being repre
seme.! by <’ E Katierlee, secretary
and treasurer of the Texas and Pa
cifie. AH ether high 'officials n" the
mad were lit attendance.
In anticipation of the visit of the
directors to El Paso, an order has
been receive I here to clean.up In the
yards In order thttj everything may
look spick and span when the official
train comes
PUSHING WESTERN PACIFIC.
Bid* Asked For Construction of 110
Mile* of Line.
San Francisco, April .5, Virgil”;,
Hogue, chief engineer of the Western
Pacific railway, has Issued a circular
letter asking contractors throughout
the United Sttl.es to submit bids tor
the immediate e.instruction of 110
miles of roadbed and track. This see-
(ion is to begin ui the point where
toevads and Utah join and run to
Deeth, a small settlement on the Hum-
boldt river.
ears. When he arrived there he ask-
ed the depot maser wliat time the.
train want to lola and receiving a;
reply, he started north on the tracks.I
lie was warned liy some trainmen’
ab.mi (lie danger of walking on the;
(racks and he slopped io one side
Aland Fils lime train Jfi2 earn© Ire
wllb engine No. 58 a,id Engineer
Northrup. Aw this Is the end of the
division, the engine was uncoupled and
started for the switch to back to the j
round house. George Miller, whoj
was an eye witness to the accident,
slates Ibiil as ltie engine came near
Hie man. he -daggered ami fell di-
rectly lu front. Tile pilot dragged
Singleton about tilde-u feel, crushing
Mis face in a horrible manner. For.
some time no one was aide to idetiti
j fy him. until some of his aequaln-
THE MARKETS
Quotations from Some of the
Leading Exchanges.
Grain Market.
Chicago, April 7.—The market was
strong today and despite favorable
weather conditions wheat was firm in
sympathy.
The May option opened at 77 1 -2c
to 771-241*7$ 5-ko, sold off during the
session to 77 2-8© 77 l-2c anil closed
firm at 77 3-4©77 7-8c.
years of age and leaves a wife and
four children.
MAY USE ELECTRICITY,
July wheat sold bow-ten 77 1 -He and
tuni-i'H came up and told who lie was. I 77 3-8©77 l-2e and closed al 77 3-4©
One report savs 81-tugleion was ehas ;? t 2c
Ibg Ids Imt, which hail blown off. | yittv corn opened at 45 I-2c, ad-
Si.iglelon was a man of about lory vance'd to 4ti 1 -He and closed at 46 I-8c.
May oats opened lit 3! l-8c, ad-
vanced to 31 5-8c and closed at 31 1-2
©31 5-Sc,
Metal Market.
New York, April 7.—Copper Is firm
j ly held, with lake quoted at $18.50©
18.75, electrolytic at $18.25© 18,50 and
casilng ui $ IS©18.25.
Lead shows no fresh feature, with
spot quoted at $5.35© 5.45.
Spelter is unchanged at f6.10®(1.15.
Silver, 04 3-8o.
Mexican dollars, 49 3-4c.-
Erie Preparing Plana To Utilize Pow
er From Niagara Falls.
New York, April 5- -The board of
iliroetoitt of the Erie railroad has
aulhorlzed surveys and estimates tor
eqtUping part of the Erie's lines In
western New York 'to be operated
with electrical motive power. Electric-
II,v generated at Niagara Falls will
lie used II the plan goes through, and
In ihat event the Erie will build Its,
own transmission line from the power j
house
Stock Exchange.
New York, April 7.—Stocks: Atrial-
The Itochester division is to t„. Karoated Copper, 1113-8; Sugar, VIC;
HARDY GOES EAST.
Conductor Heir to Fortune will Live
at Old Home.
John F Hardy, formerly passenger
conductor on the Mexican Central he
tween E! Paso and Chihuahua, who
ban come Into s neat Ht-He fortune,
having Inherited $20,000 from an aunt
in Springfield, Mass., lias gone there
to make his home.
LOST LIFE FOR HIS HAT.
John Singleton Killed By Santa Fe
Engine.
C'honute, Kan., April 6,—Eagerness
Io recover his hat, which had blown
from his head while walking in the
Santa Fe yards yesterday afternoon,
cairsed the death of Jack Singleton, a
well known miner in this city, who
was on hla way to Tola, where he ex-
pected to obtain work in the smelters
there pending the settlement between
the miners and operators of this dis-
trict. The accident occurred about
$1:30 In the afternoon. Singleton left
Pittsburg yf'p»terday afternoon on the
Santa Fe train for lola in search of
smelter work and had got ns far as
Chanute where he had n cliauge of
equipped first from Rochester lo Corn-
ing. Others parts of ihe liuv to he
eqttll p.\l for elec.t'lclty are the branch
to Columns latko, the Mount Morris
branch from Avon to Mount Morris,
and Hie Bath and llammondspoit, a
small line between those two places,
which was acquired by the Erie, with
a line of steamships, not long ago.
GOOD NEWS FOR MAIL CLERKS.
Hsrrlman Lines To Be Equipped With
Nonteleacoping Steel Cars.
It It Ehrall. superintendent of
malls on die Hu.rhnan railroads,
states iImt modern steel nonlelescop
lag mail ears are lo be substituted on
those lines for the wooden ears now
occupied by railway mail clerks. It
lias long boon claimed thai the posi-
tion of mall ears la
style ot construction have endangered
clerks unnecessarily
Anaconda. 272 1-2; Atchison. 93 1-1;
preferred, 108 1-2; N. .1. <’., 216; (’. &
O.. 59 3-4; SI. Paul, 176 3-4; Big Four,
lull 1-2; C. & S., 351-4; first preferred,
OB 3-4; second preferred, 491-2; Erie.
45; Manhattan. 155; Metropolitan.
112; M. !», 95 5-9; N Y. ('., 147 7-8;
Pennsylvania, 1417-8; St. L. 41 S. F,
second preferred, 48 1-4; 3 P„ 08 3-4;
C P„ 95 1-2; C. 8. S.. 42 1-4; pre-
ferred, 107 5-8; \V. C„ 92.
Bonds; I S. ref. 2s, reg. and coupon,
103 3-4: C S. 3s, reg., 103 1-4; coupon,
l()4; C. S. old Is, reg - and coupon,
103 5-8; C. S. new 4s. reg. and coupon,
132.
Livestock Market.
Chicago, April 7.—Cattle—Receipts,
200; market slow; beeves, $3.9(1©0.25:
cows and heifers, $1.50©5; stockors
I rains and "the und feeders, $2.85©4 70.
Sheep — Receipts, 2,000; market
steady; sheep, $!.25©6.40.
COULDN'T WRECK TRAIN.
Safety Switch on National Prevents
Derailments.
All attempts to wreck a fust mov-
ing freight train on the National rail-
road a few days ago with an "open
switch” proved futile, and the Dunn's
safety switch, which has been tested,
won additional laurels. The test was
witnessed by Vice President C. R
Hudson and General Manager E. E.
Styner, of the Central: General Man-
oral Manager II M Taylor of the In
teroceanle, and h number of other
railroad officials of prominence. The
officials left the Colon la sctatiou of the
National lu Mexico City in n s|>eciat
(rain and went L> Tlanepautla, where
a switch containing the Invention of L.
Dunu had been placed on the main
line.
A Business Proposition.
The . tale of Texas Is a good deal
like a business Institution that has
grown to large proportions and eon
I Unties to try and do business with
‘ he same system that answered twen-
ty years ago when the business was
in Its Infancy. What Texas needs is
a business doctor who will go into me
different department ami put the ma-
chinery In order or Install an entirely
new system. It Is a business propo-
sition and should be handled on :t
busim-ss basis.—Denison Herald.
MARKET BEGAN STRONG.
Owing to Arrival of Stock Prices De-
clined During Week.
Special to Tup Times.
Kansas City. Mo., April 7.—Mon-
day'! cattle market was strong and
active, and it looked like this would
he it good week, but too many cattle
arrived since, running largely to beef
steers, and the volume of beef is loo
heavy for prices to hold up. Run In
three days is 34,000 head, about 5,000
more than in any recent week on the
same days, and prices are 10c lower
than Monday. So far this week re-
ceipts from the West have been con-
fined to pulp fed steers from the Ar-
kansas valley at $5 05 to $5.10. stock-
era and feeders from the Denver
yards ai $4.35, a big string at $4.SO
Monday. killers at $4.35, Panhandle
killers lightweight steers, at $4.35 to
$4.00 a train load of Idaho cattle
was on the market; the same stuff
sold at $4 35 to $4.50 a week ago, and
tin market on this class is very little
changed from then. Corn fed Okla-
homa steer- pis week sold at $4.75
to $5.25, and quarantine steers at $4.50
to $6.60: a train of 19 loads of 1.200-
pound meal fed steers, 365 head, from
Rockwall, Texas, sold at $4.65. Grass
cows from southern Texas sold at
$2 70 and grass steers at $4 40, first
of Gifs e.ison here Cattle receipts in-
creased 22 i»er cent, in March here,
as compared with March a year ago;
slaughter of the puckers Increased 40
per cent,, hut mot ■ mem to the coun-
try deereas! d 38 tier cent., because
of the very rough and disagreeable
weather.
Sheep and lambs are o quarter
higher than it week ago, although re-
ceipt* up lo the last ;wo days have
been heavy. Run is only 2,500 head,
a string of SWxican weiher.-v 96
pounds, 3 and 4 yi urs old, fed in Kan-
sas, being the'principal consignment,
and selling at $6, onsUered 10c high-
er than yesterday and best pilot in
several weeks for this class of stuff.
Ewes sold at $5.4' to $5,50 tor choice
muff, and ehoioe,lambs from both
Fort Collins district and from Ar-
kansas valley at $6.30 to $6.45 this
week, clipped lambs $5.10 to $5.40,
spring lambs around $10, and feeding
lambs $5.25 to $6. dilg end of the win-
ter fttl stuff has not been moved from
every feeding district, and bull pre-
dictions are becoming common.
I TO MAKE 2ND REPORT
ACTION IS DISMISSED.
Federal Court HoMs It Does Not
Have Jurisdiction.
In the federal eour, yesterday the
suit of the Juarez'Smelting and Re-
fining company against the Mexican
Central Railway company for $150,000
damages growing out of the destruc-
tion of the former company's prop-
erty just south of Juarez by fire about
two years ago. was dismissed for
want of Jurisdiction. i
Another suit between the same par-
ties anti containing the same allega-
tions was filed some time ago in thp
state dlmrlci court, the object of filing
the same suit In the two courts being
for the purpose of testing which was
the proper jurisdiction In which to
prosecute the action.
Nickels spent for El Paso beer come
hack to you while you sleep.
CANVASSING COMMITTEE FOR
FAIR WILL MEET.
Gathering Is Called for Wednesday
Evening, When It Is Desired That
at Least One Member of Each Can-
vassing Committee Shall Attend.
A meeting of the fair canvassing
committee has been called by John M.
Wyatt, chairman of the executive
committee, for next Wednesday night,
for a report on the progress of the
canvass for fair funds.
The meeting will be held at the
Chamber of Commerce and will be
eallo-d at 7:30 p. m. So far, the work
ot the canvass has been carried along
in a most satisfactory manner to the
committee and It Is anticipated Mutt
at the meeting Wednesday night the
reports will elbow a handsome sum
subscribed.
Several committees which had not
been out before spent several hours
canvassing yesterday and met wit©
gratifying results.
' It Is desired at the coming meeting
to have at least one representative of
(ho 40 canvassing committees, so that,
the committee In charge of the move-
ment can determine definitely the pro-
gress '.©at has been made. It may de-
velop, also, that additional changes In
(lie various committees are desired and
this matter will also be attended to.
WAKENS FROM LONG SLEEP.
Arizona Girl In State of Coma For
Seven Weeks.
Los Angeles. Cal , April 6.—Miss
Florence Parker, whose mysterious
sleep for seven weeks excited the. in-
terest of the medical fraternity, has
left vha hospital. Miss Parker Is the
daughter of a wealthy Ariz.ona min-
ing man. She began her strange sleep
In Tucson, Arlz.. and gradually laps-
ed Into coma. For weeks she lay In
a traace and until about two weeks
ago there was little hope of her re-
covery. She began to recover con-
sciousness, however, ami gradually
came into her normal condition.
clare a strike against the express com-
pany on April 14. The agenits are all
employes of the railroad, but are paid
a commission for handling express
business. They state that a demand
for an Increase In their commission
was refused by the head officials of
the express company in Montreal.
12-year-old re-imported whisky
the Toltec, 25 cents per drink.
THREATENED CANADIAN STRIKE.
Agents For Express Companies Want
Larger Commissions.
Montoclon, N. B., April 6.-—Some
200 agents of the Canadian Express
'company along the intercolonial rail-
way, in three provinces, gave notice
yesterday that they had voted to de-
Notice—“A. & A. S. R.”
Thursday, April 12, 1906, being
“Maundy Thursday,” the Mystic Ban-
quet will be celebrated in the Mta-
sonic Temple at 8 o'clock p. m. It Is
obligatory upon every Mason who lias
attained the eighteenth degree of tbo
"A. & A. S. R.” to take part (slckne3s
only excusing), whether they are
members In this jurisdiction or not.
That due prepaartiou may be made,
you are requested to at once send
your name and address to Bro. E. C.
Pew, 33 degree and in Faith and Love
and Charity be present,
(Signed) E. C. PEW.
ATTENTION!
Ike Wolf, the Haberdasher,
Has just opened up with a complete
line of clothing, men's furnishings,
hats and caps, hoots shoes trunks and
valises. 320 San Antonio street. Give
me a trial.
I Our Big Annual Sacrifice Sale I
^ Once each year we place on sale our entire line of Go-Carts at a price that *
is simply irresistible. To start our Go-Carts to “rolling” we will allow
A SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF 20 PER CENT
Dooms Raines Law.
A wire from Albany, N. Y., dated
last Friday, says: An emergency mes-
sage from the governor hastened the
disposition of the Prentice "anll-
Rames law hotel" bill in the assem-
bly, The excise committee was dis-
charged from further consideration of
the bill and It was passed with unim-
portant amendments by a vote of 88
to 34.
The bill directs that local author-
ities shall make an inspection of all
hotels operating muter the excise li-
cense and if Hu- buildings do not con-
torni with the requirements of the
law. the license shall be annulled.
Assemblyman Prentice stated that ac-
(Ion on the bill was hastened on (he I
request of the -‘xcise department, so I
that plans for Hie issuance of licenses |
would not 'be interfered wljh. The
measure was opposed strongly by the I
Tammany Democrats.
Speaks of Southern Candidate.
United Stales Senator James B.
Frazer of Tenu- s.tt-e in the course of
a speech at ’. he annual dinner of the
Tennessee socle-y of New York at the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel this week said:
"H we of the Sou;h want to nomi-
nate a Southern raau for the presi-
dency we have a perfect right to do
so and if we dt he should not lose a
single vote he. ause he comes from
the Sou’.it.
"There Is no new South," continued
the speaker, “i is the same old
South. We ar> all true Americans,
and have the ove of const!;mional
liberty.”
Honor To a Worthy Man.
The city of 8 to AmonitT would cer-
tainly refleci r edit upon herself in
erecting a suits de monument to com-
memorate the memory of the late Lud-
wig Mahucke, o whom that city is
*o deeply Inlei.ed fe- her beautiful!
parks, to say n. thing of (he well rec-
ognized good «.rizciiship he so hon-
orably earned p. bin lo-jg residence
among her i»'oile.—lot redo Time*©, i
20%
Discount
20%
Discount
from the entire line. It means an assortment of more than 50 to select from
It you are interested don’t forget this. It will be a whole year before a like op-
portunity occurs. When we say we handle the Hey wood Bros, and Wakefield
Go. line, it means the best made.
C. L. Hoyt & Co..
10911I I12 San Francisco Street J
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