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EL PASO MORNING TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1907.
Shoes for
Summer Wear
Ladles' Low Quarter Shot's and Slippers, in a II lasts and leather*; also full line or
Linen, Canvas and Embroidered Canvas Oxfor ds. We carry all of our l-adles' Ox-
fords un<! Slippers In all lasts and widths You can Ite properly fitted here.
OUR SPECIALS FOR LADIES.
The Popular Special, at..................................... >4.00
The Ouches*, at ................................................ $3.00
The Royal, at......................................... .$2.50
In the above lines you will find Christy Ties, Matinee Ties, Gibson Ties, Colonial
Pumps and Sailor Tie Pumps—a festal collection to select from. Remember we
carry all widths. Bis shipment of Shoes and Low Shoes for the little ones Just In.
We can Shot' the whole family In correctly-made Vnder-Priced Shoes—Shoes that
we guarantee to stive perfect satisfaction.
SHOES FOR MEN.
New Florsheim Oxfords iu our Men’s Department, in Pateut Kid, Viol Kind and
Tan Leathers. Ask to see the New Ascot Ideal Pat. Kid Oxford for the young man
and the swell dresser. A whole host of styles,lasts and widths will be gladly shown
yon. A large shipment of little dents’ Oxford* just In. and rightly priced.
Silks-Best Assortment and Best Values
Concerning the advantages of buying Silks here, we can scarcely
speak with too much assurance. The merit that makes Silks rlesir
able will he found in every line. Beginning with the least expen-
sive. hut worthy qualities, there is an almost endless variety of
styles, designs and qualities, ranging to exquisite novelties not to
be seen elsewhere in the Southwest—and in no instance are as
good values to be found in El Paso than are to be had at our prices.
We are agents for the celebrated ‘‘Moneyhak" Taffeta Silks: black
and colors.
GREAT SILK SPECIALS.
Liberty Crepe and Crepe tie Chine, in short lengths and yards
from 3 to 15: full line of colors: regular price $1.00 to $125.
Monday Special, 69c
36-inch Black Taffeta, extra quality, soft finish ; the regular value is
$1.25. Monday Special, 98c
i4-inch Wool Panama, mixed, light and dark gray: a most desir-
able material for Suits and Skirts: regular value $1.00.
Monday Special, 69c
ALLOVER EMBROIDERY SPECIAL.
Lot 1—Consists of a large variety of this season’s Allover Em-
broideries: values are 75c to $1.00. Monday Special, 49c
Lot 2—Beautiful designs in Swiss and Batiste; values $1.25 to
$1.50. # Monday Special, 89c
NEW FANCY RIBBONS
We are showing all.th.e seasons newest designs in Fancy Ribbons,
Persian Pompadour, Roman Stripes, Checks and Plaids; widths,
1-2 inch to 6 inches. Prices, 5c to $1.00
BIG RIBBON SPECIAL-500 yards 3-inch Fancy Ribbons,
in checks, plaids and Persian effects; regular 25c and 30c values.
Monday Special, 19c
El Paso’s Most Progressive Store
Two Waist Specials
Ag'ain on Monday we will give customers two Waist
'Values that are unapproached for good values. These
Waists are both long and short sleeve styles in designs
that you will appreciate for their beauty and simplicity.
Offer No. 1 Offer No. 2
Many new "Malic Antoinette"
Waists are Included In this offer
besides everything that ts new In
substantial Waists for summer
wear. Values radge up to $3.0ft.
They are offered Monday at
Special. $1.98.
In addition to Lawn, Batiste, and
oilier suminer fabrics we Include in
tliis otter Jat) Silk Waists. You
nav- a varied collection of styles
whose values are up to $.Y Ottered
Monday hi
Special. $2.98.
Sample lot Shirt Waist Suits Radically Reduced
Nothing we offer Mondoy is ino-r attractive titan special tots of Manufac-
turers' Sample* of Shirt Waist. Sul's. Each offer below embraces the
best value offered this season in El Paso. Every sub is an accepted
new style and reductions are just as listed below.
OFFER NO. 1. OFFER NO. 2. OFFER NO. 3.
$5.00 Shirt Wuist'Snits Special Shirt Waist S $11.50 Shin Walsl
Special at *2.37. $0.50 Shirt Waist Suits Suits, Special at jti; S5.
Special at $;t.sr,
MstciUtl iii t lose suits are Lawn. Indian Head Linen and Chamloay
They embrace both plain and tailored and handsomely embroidered
styles, a selection will bo cany If you come early Monday, as the num-
ber offered is limited and we believe at the radical price reductions they
will nor ne t longer then Monday.
FOR SUMMER TOURIST8.
Especially for those who are going
away for the summer we are otter
lug attractive price reductions on
tailored suits. Both the style and
size range is complete and no-
where will you find as attractive
price reductions on tailored suits
as shown here. Coats of all kinds
are also shown in any grade or
$15.00 PRINCESS DRESSES, $9.85
For Monday and Tuesday we quote
reductions on Princess dresses
that will prove great bargains.
Many In the loi are made of lienit-
Hful mercerized batiste, others are
stylishly made In sheer summer
fabrics beautifully trimmed In lime
medallions anti embroidery. Misses'
sizes are Included In this offer.
Values are up to $15 Two Days’
Special, $9.88.
style you can possibly desire.
Still lower reduction* range on all our tine Oage and El zee Hats,
are now closing mil all our Millinery.
We
No Corsets Compare with
“Smart Set” and “Nemo” *
Oar Corset Department comes strongly to the front
A his season with a varied assortment of stvles in "Xe-j
mo” ami “Smart Set” Corsets. Either one ol thewcRb''^ \
si \
makes you select will he most satisfactory. In addi
tion to selling you superior Corsets, we have an ex
pert litter in this department.
Knit Underwear
f A
'-”51'
Special values-in'Knit Underwear begin at i 1 2c per
garment and range Up to the finest and exclusive gar
meats. Any Knit Underwear need can be supplied
here to the best advantage,
WE ARE SHOWING EXQUISITE WASH GOODS
Our present stocks are overflowing with thousands of beautiful
Kthrics, weaves ami styles that will yield satisfaction in fullest
measure for practical Street Dresses and Evening Costumes.
Among the special values arc:
?0c Linen, 19c—22--inch While Sheer All-Linen : regular
\ alite 30c. Monday Special, 19c
25c Silk Ginghams, 19c—The-Popular Silk or Mercerized Ging-
hams. in broken plaids, cheeks, etc.; any desirable shade;
regular 25c value. Monday Special, 19c
25c Colored Dress Linen, 19c—:JG inch Colored Linen, a good
uuality; all the popular shades; regular 25c value.
Monday Special, 19c
15c Colored Madras. 12 l-2c -32-inch Madras, light and dark col
ors; in stripes, cheek's, plaids and figures; regular 15c value.
Monday Special, 12 l-2c
Remnants Regardless
of Real Worth
LENGTHS 1 TO 10 YDS.
Short Lengths and Remnants which have accumulyied from our
unprecedented Spring business are offered Monday :
WHITE GOODS - Persian Lawn, fndia Litton, French Lawn.
Organdy, Swiss, Batiste, Dimity, Nainsook, Long Cloth, Sheer
and Heavy Linen, Madras, Table Linen, etc.
COLORED WASH GOODS—t iingltams. Percales, Madras,
Lawns, Dimity, Batiste, Tissues, Linen- in fact, every-conceivable
class ol piece goods is well represented in this sale.
Prices are positively the LOWEST ever placed on such high class
Remnant s.
GAMBLERS ARRESTED
BARKEEPER AT PARLOR SALOON
AND THREE MEN.
William Tuley, Barkeeper, and Three
Young Men Well Known in El Paso
Arretted This Morning and Held
Without Bond for Gaming.
William Tuley. barkeeper at the
Parlor saloon, anil three young; men
prominently connected In El Paso,
were arrested this morning after 2
o’clock at the. Parlor saloon, corner
of San Antonio and El Paso street*,
and locked up the city jail without
bond, charged with gaming.
Officers Gilchrist and Johnson made
the arrests. They slate that they
saw the men and watched them for
a considerable length of time, shaking
dice and passing the money over the
bar counter, .
It is said by the police that tney
have in addition to their testimony
that of a witness who reached the
city ye.o'erday, and is staying at the
Elks' club. This witness is said to
havfe watched the gambling for some
time.
Under Instructions from Chief
Campbell, the four men are being
held at the city jail, and bond has
been refused them. The saloon was
closed when the barkeeper was taken
to the station.
The offense of gambling under the
new law constitutes a felony with a
jail sentence as penalty.
COAT AND VEST BY THE RIVER.
La bar Organizer Strowhun Thought to
Have Jumped In.
Cairo, IU.. April 20—A coat and
vest belonging to P. H. Strowhun. a
general organizer for the American
Federation of laibor, whose home is at
Murphy ;boro. 111., were found today
on the Mississippi river bank below
the Halllday hotel. Strowhun is well
known in labor union circles over the
country. Search is being instituted
for him. The belief predominates 'hat
while delirious he jumped into the
river.
There is some.hing gSxxt in every-
thing if one only goes about It in the
right way to get it. out
Takes Off
The Chill *"d
"Makes Red BlawT—
POSTllM
f 00D COFf EE
"There * a Reason."
DISCHARGED RAILROADER.
Charged With an Attempt to Wreck j
a Train.
Hartford, Cdnn..' April 2Q.—Edwin
Petllngill, who was discharged by the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad yesterday, was arrested to-
night charged with attempting to
wreck a train The Boston Express
today escaped running into an open
switch from the East Hartford yards j
by the narrowest of margins, a track
man noticing tha; the -witch was set
against the express. Superintendent
Potter, learning that pettingill had i
been seen about the East Hartford
yar is jus. before she express Was
duo. the trackmen u.niced tliai Pet-
tingill handled tae switch, but thought I
♦hat he was still in the employ of ihe 1
road.
BINGHAMS SHAKE UP.
New Commissioner Threatened, But
Goes on With His Work of
Reforming Police.
New York. April 20.—Following the
shake up in the police department
yesterday, through which eight in-
spectors were sent ;o command pre-
cincts as captains, police Comissi.mer
Bingham announced today that he had
bean threatened with assault. He
declined to say where the information
came from, but added:
"I have heard litis from a source
I consider reliable.''
The commissioner invested with
greater powers than any other head of
the department in years, continued to
shake tilings tip by appointing four
new captains
BELIEVE HAVE KIDNAPPER
Suspect Thought to be Man Wanted
and the Child Believed to be the
Stolen Boy.
Gloversville, N. Y..'April 20.—The
latest development In the ease of A!
H. Allen, suspected of having In cus-
tody the son of Dr. Horace Marvin
of Dover, Delaware, was the receipt
of a message at police headquarters
stating .hat Myles Standish. nephew
of Dr. Marvin, will arrive in Glovers-
yitle Sunday.
Deputy Sheriff Htthbs of Mechanics-
ville, Saratoga county, this state, who
with Detective Murphy of Delaware,
has been investigating a clue at Me-
chanicsville, visited Gloversville today
anj saw the suspect, Al H. Allen the
woman alleged to be his wife and the
boy. ' Ho stated late tonight that he
had no doubt tha; the Gloversville
police had the right man in custody.
Gloversville, N. Y., April 2d.—Cap-
tain of Police Colson was in communi-
cation with Dr. Horace Marvin, of Dov-
er. Delaware today, regarding the
party held here for identification of
a child who ts sat t to be Marvin's
son.
An attempt to identify the boy and
a young woman who accompanied
Allen here, who id* under constant
surveillance, will be made today
Myles Standish, the Marvin boy’s
cousin, is expected here today.
Allen, who is being held at police
headquarters, asked today if he was
being held upon the Marvin matter.
On being ;oM that he was, he drop-
ped bis bea.1 an] said: "The expect-
ed, or rather the unexpected, has bars
pened."
Further than this he had nothing
to say. The chtlj bear* a striking re-
semblance to the Marvin boy, even
to having the slight scar over. the
eye
WEEKS BESTS HAYS.
In a Six-Round Bout in Philadelphia
Last Night
Philadelphia. April 20.— "Freddie"
Weeks of Cripple Creek, Colo., tonight
had a slight advamage over Grove#
Hayes of Chicago, in a six-round noui
at the National A. C. Weeks was the
aggressor in every round, except the
fifth, when Hayes staggered him with
a right swing to the jaw.
PERSONAL
Roy Hitt. Pacific coast southpaw,
an 1 well known in B! Paso, has re-
ported with-th'- Cincinnati Reds.
F. W. King the well known show
man has returned from Roswell. N.
M , where he attended ihe Panhandle
cattlemens convention. He reports
a fine time for tor- big crowd that at-
tended
E. H. MaggarJ, agent for the Ei
Paso and Southwestern at El Paso,
passed througli the city yesterday en
route to New Orleans and thane- to
Cuba. . It is stated that he goes there-
to take a place in the railroad busi-
ness.—Houston Chronicle
"Now be careful how you drive,
cabby, and go slowly over the stones,
for I hate to be shaken. And. mind
you. puil up at the right house and
look out for those dreadful railway
vans." “Never fear, sir; I’M do my
best. And which 'orspltal would you
wish to be taken to. sir. in case of an
accident ’’—London Ttl-Bita
STEVENS’ NEW JOB
Former Chief Engineer of the Canal
Employed by a Railroad.
Washington. April 2U.—John F.
Steven*, former chief engineer of the
! Panama canal commission, is to lx?
employed by one of the large eastern
; railroads to make a physical valuation
I of its property Mr Stevens dec It a-
; ed to name the railroad with Jrhic-n
t he is to become affiliate J, but admit-
ted that it is one of the large com-
panies of .he east. He expect* to
i enter upon his new duties in May
In South Australia It costs the rail-
way companies tSb.W) a year to re-
move the vegetation which grows on
the permanent way*.
_ Old Robinson (inspecting young
Tt’* "personal expenses" account foi
last term)—“What do you mean by
$41) for tennis’" Young R. (easily)—
"Ob. that * for a r.ouplg of rackets I
had to have" Old Gentleman <*e
verelyl—"Yes. 1 unJeratand, but think
we used to call them bats.”—Prince
ton Tiger.
Shortly after love begin* to wag
logical it proceeds to bump the bump*.
GIRL BOUGHT A LICENSE
An Unusual. Experience by Clerk Pit-
man in the Matter a.' the Issuance
of Authority to Wed.
And the maelen gently wnlspered
As she put Uu> money in his mtml.
I want a license. Mister, y
For uii- an I my young man.
Clerk Pittman who is always talk
lug "sunshine'’ had ,i ray of it drift
Into his office at the county court
house the oilier day when a young
woman came In quite unattended ami
Called for a license for Iterseli and
her intended.
Turning out the neee.-sary permis-
sion lor couple* o maty Is a daily
grind with tne clerk'* office, but it Is
seldom that the young woman comes
and gets It herself. The applicant
in this case however wax quite equal
to the occasion and didn't back away
or display any oi the o Iter feminine
character(Mic* when her age wan de-
manded. She was there for one pur-
pose. accompli she I It, smiled, ami
walked away, an I that she is marrie I
now and keeping tne groom up to the
“full dinner pall" standard there can
he no doubt
ittg it would be hot and apt to produce
conflagrations The lamplighters to a
man opposed the new mode of street
lighting, and ii is curious to nollce the
gcrofit hesitation as to the possibility
expressed iu contemporary scientific
and popular literature.
When a chartered company was at
length formed In !8ln Ihe sharehold-
er:) were pitied n* idiots, ami David
Pollock, for thirty years Its governor,
received some extraordinary answer*
in doggerel rhyme from otherwise
sober and staid individuals whom he
hi.d asked to lake shares—Chicago
News,
THAW JURY DINE TOGETHER.
Eleven of Them Gather and Discuss
Everything But the Trial.
New York, April 20. Eleven of the
jurors who tried Harry Thaw for the
murder of Stanford White, dined to-
gether tonlgh in the Broadway Cen-
tral hotel, where they had their meals
during the trial and deliberations.
The only Juror absent was George
Pfaff. who was out of the city The
gathering was informal and everything
except the Thaw trial was discussed
Founder of the W. C T. U. Dead.
Dunkirk, N, Y.. April 20 —Mrs Ethel
McNeil, founder of the Womans
Christian Tetnperane ■ t'nlm. and first
pros! lent of the organization, died at
her home in Fre-toota today, aged
94 years.
Gas and Its Centenary.
Gas as a practical iynminant passed;
It* century mark January 28. On ihat
day In 1807 there was In Igrndon "a
new and singular sjs’ctacie," ac-ord-
Ing to the accoum of a visitor, “the
whole range of Pali Mail, from HI.
James' to Coekspur street, was light-
est up by means of lamps fed with gas
instead of cotton and oil, and certainly
in a style of numb superior brilliancy."
This was the first instance of street
lighting by coal gas In I-ondou or
in an*’ other city The merit of the
enterprise is due to Winsor. a («er-
mau company-promoting expert, who'
was Oepelally interested in the ques-j
Don of economic fuel. Ills pamphlets. \
however, contained so much extrava !
gent fanaticism and quackery iha'|
they retarded rather than furthered:
bis scheme*, which met with an ex-!
t inordinary amount of opposition.!
even from enlightened people.
Sir Waller Scott wrote that there;
vu a madman proposing to light Lon-1
don with smoke Awful consequences
were predicted The gas would poison
air and blow up the inhabitants; It
was expensive, dangerous, offensive
and unmanageable the pipes convey-
Find* Profit In Cat Farm.
Brutus McConoIog's cat farm, mart-
I a* a jest, lias opened up a new
field for money making. The owner
says ;hat hi* profits for the last * -a
son amounted to $t,32ti. He 1* uow
planning to extend the farm and double
the output.
Owning : Hie- barren Ian.I along tne
shores of the lake, Mr. McCuttolog
erect©,1 a few buildings and stocked
Him place with white eais, his object
being to palm off the skins of Ihe
kittens as ermine. This was not
much of u success, but lie found a
ready market, for the fur of the old
cals, halters declaring It wan tlw
very thing they were looking for
Discarded fish from the lake, scrap*
of meat and corn meal are used for
feeding, anil since eats are light
carers, the- eost of maintaining them
Is not: heavy.
Three crop* of kittens are raized
each year and when they are half}
grown tne nnfmals are killed by «■ i*
and the skins sent to the lint fac-
tories.
By a careful system of breeding
Mr MeConolog hope- to tear a eat
that will yield half a pound of fur an I
thus double hi* profits
A Separation Suggestion.
A physician who lias devoted much
attention in criminal cases advances
a novel theory in connection with one
special crime “1 have noticed," he
says, "that in wife murders a large
number are committed by men who
have offices in their own houses, have
retired from business or have no mc$
to do business, in view of this fart
I have often asked myself; Are not
husband and wife happiest when sep-
arated from each other during a num-
ber of hour - each day'.’ Qo--« trie-
lion arise because of their seeing too
much <>f the society of each other?"
Chester A. Arthur.
The late f'resliluiil Cheater A Ar
t.bur, although he was a man of warm
friendships, had a high” sense of per-'
sound dignity that would litisik no mi
duo iatulllariller:. A lifelong friend
of Mr Arthur, who,had accompanied
him on one of his hunting trips, was
telling ait acquaintance .some of the
Incidents of the hunt.
"I know It's tin- general imprint-
sit hi ho siild, "that Mr. Arthur is a
cold Nell-centered sort of man, hut
if Isn't true lie Is one of the most
genial and com pan Ion ill)) u of men
when you become well acquainted
with him. ! thought I knew him prut
well, hut I came in understand him
hotter while on that trip than ever
before ''
"I suppose you know him Well
enough now to call him by Ills first
name," ventured (he other
"On 'lie contrary." was the rejoind-
er. i know him well enough not to
call liltu by his first name."
Johnny Jones "My sister ban been
took with ihe measles, teacher”
Teacher "Then you'd better go home
al once, Johnny, and stay there till
she gets well,” Freddy Brown
"Blouse, teacher, Johnny’s sister ts
stopping with hi* mint in Chicago.”-
Boston Transcript
Wanted More Room
A man who was doing his best to
convince the world at large, and him
self In particular, that he was per-
fectly sober, tried to purchase a
theater seat and was told that there
was only standing room Me bought
an a Imlssion ticket and ma le anotlier
one of the crow I standing up in the
back watching the -how
After a few minutes h • returned to
the window and gravely handed over
another dollar.
"Gimme 'not her slantin' room
.icket.” e salt thickly I want
more iooin to see.”—Bo.o-mlan
First Reporter—“I see by the last
edition ihat our old schoolmate Jones
ha* committed snlclde.” Second lie
porter—"Hurry down and you may la-
in time to prevent his doing P
Snmrt Set.
Ar< you willing D» kfcp
on working al your
present Mfllflry wlu»u
you run your m If
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fo «Jo iIn- it»o*f filleting
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