Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1901 — Page 5

RY lUNE SALE! EPARTMENT STORE Javing Opportunity Ever Ifb of Jasper County. I of waiting until the season is over, we have decided to give you the benefit Int is broken. Read the prices we quote, you will find them lower than those If prices during the month of June”-=an extraordinary money=saving opporB * HE. 30th DAY OF JUNE.

Extraordinary Price Reduction on Groceries. ■ We particularly call your attention to the great reduction in prices for this sale. Buying groceries here during this month is better than loaning money at 12 per cent. Give these items your careful attention and there is no,« doubt but they will appeal to your sense of economy. “Occident” Flour, \ bbl, value SI.OO, at.... $ 88 XXXX Coffee, per lb, value 12|c, at. 10 Rio Cofeee in bulk, per lb, value 12|c, at.... 10 kBEKT Coal Oil, per gal, value 10c, at 06EBest XXXX Butter Crackers, per lb, value 10c, at 05 Guaranteed Baking Powder, per lb, value 10c, at 05 Guaranteed Soda, per lb, value 10c, at 04 1 Guaranteed Corn Starch, per lb, value" 10c, t|t. 04 California Silver Prunes, per lb, value Bc, as 05 Fancy 80 to 40 California Prunes, per lb, value 10c, at....... 07 Fancy Evaporated Pears, per lb, value at 06 x f'Fancy Evaporated Peaches, per lb, value 10c, at. .\ .......... 08 Fancy-Evaporated Apples, per lb, value at. 06 I Fancy Japan Rice, per lb, value at .06 LLump Starch, per lb, value GJc, at ...... 04 SIL It) Package Rolled Oats, value 10c, at 07 *2 lb Package Wheat Vitos, value 15c, at 12 Shredded Wheat Biscuit, value 15c, at 12 Grapenuts, value 15c, at. 12^ Sweet Chocolate, value 10c, at 05 " 1 lb Salmon, flat cans, value 20c, at 15 \ ft) Salmon, flat value at 06 2 lb can Fancy Sugar Corn, value 10c, at 06J 2 lb can-Red Kidney Beans, value 10c, at !.. 08 2 ft) can Lima Beans, value 10c, at 08 -2 lb can Pine Apples r _value 20c, at 15 3 lb can Baked Beans, value 13c, at 10 tb can Bartlett Peas, value 15c, at 10 13 ft) can Hubbard Squash, value 12£c, at 08 El qt bottle Heinz, Chow Chow, value 25c, at 15 BL pt bottle Mixed Pickles, value 10c, at 08 ■ pt Table Sauce, value 25c, at... 15 Brancy"Table Syrup, value 25c, at 20 r Pure Cider Vinegar, value 18c, at . 15 ' 2oz American Ball Blue, 10c, at t 05 ; Foam or Cream,, value sc, at 02^ i Eagle Lye, value 10c, at ...... 07 1 Sugar Cured Bacon, value 12c, at ” 10 j Fancy Sour Pickles, value Bc, at 03 ! Fancy Sweet Pickles, value 10c, at. 08 1 Best Parlor Matches, per doz. boxes r value at 08 1 Constantly on hand a large assortment of Fresh Fancy Cakes. y 2 \b pkg

' Hats. The Celebrated Longley Hats, worth $3.00, at....... .$2 50 /~~Z lig|^ All Men’s $3.00 Hats, at.... 250 Men’s $2.50 Hats, at. 2 00 hHH :====§ Men’s $2.00 Hats, at 150 ||§j=g:: jf|§|| Men’s $1.50 Hats, at.. . 25 i Men’s SI.OO Hats, at...... . 75 |, ,|jl Men’s, Boys’, Misses’, and l Children’s Straw Hats, from 10c to $2 00 Men’s Linen Helmit Hats, worth 50c, at 43 Boys’'Linen Helmet Hat, worth 35c, at ’ 23 Misses Sailor Hats, worth 35c, at 22 Children’s Mexican Straw Hats, worth 50c, at 43 Children’s Mexican Straw Hats, worth 35c, at 23

DEPARTMENT STORE t AER, IND. ...Telephone No. 40

FURNITURE===Read This Extraordinary Price Reduction. a .aSSTStt, ** We have hundreds of pieces of furniture in this department 1 X WOt ~ a , ar . e .J 18 ® u necessary for house-furnishines. and have f at proportionately low prices as thosehere S i Sewing Eoc^er, "1.60 Jls ■I I l A‘ : Oak nresrerwShlo’oO at.i’.iisM Solid Oak Book Case, worth W. OO , at 15 50 Oak Dresser, I2 50 M S°hd Oak Book Case, worth 18.50, at 16 00 Oak Bedroom Suit, worth UOO at!! Is 20 Solid Oak Book Case, worth 22.00, at 19 75 Oak Bedroom’Suit, worth 18.00 at.. *l6 50 I Sohd Oak Book Case, worth 30.00, at 27 00 Oak Bedroom Suit, worth 20.00 at 17 so I _ J Mixed Mattress, worth 2.25, at. 150 Oak Bedroom Suit, worth 25 00' at 22 no I i,, ff / Cotton Top Mattress, worth 2.75, at 200 6ft Extension Tab e worth 600 a In \** Husk Cotton Top, worth 3.50, at .... 275 Bft Extension Table’, worth BJOO, aG! 595 f W W Genuine Cotton bating Tick, leather bound, a 6ft Extension Table, worth 900 at ’6 on JLi B 'W o f r ne °??’ ™ th , 0 -°P> f ,°r-. 375 Solid Oak Book Case, worth 12 50 at in nn f^f Sea Moss Mattress, the healthiest mattress made Solid Oak Book Case, worth 15 00 at vi Or worth b.OO, at ;. SOO *i w A .7A .* 11 Woven Wire Springs, worth 1.75 at . 125 All Wirp’fnUT pnn ?’ w ° rt h 2.50, at 200 Woven Wire Springs, with best support, worth 3.00, at. 2 25 w s P nn S- tempered, worth 3.00, at 2 25 to order and have a fine selection of Houldings.

Sewing Machine Reduction for June. We have this to say about Jfj Sewing Machines, we handle the .'fc-- •JBrT-' est ma kes ar >d there is no question but we sell cheaper P2lj guarantee every machine we sell. slß*oo r^ngton mac hi ne > worth The machine, The Marguerite, Drop Head worth 28.00, at 20 00 Extraordinary Sale of Underwear. The underwear here quoted is all fine gauze, full size and new stock. . Men’s Balbriggan shirts, fancy or plain, worth 25c at 20c Men’s Fancy extra quality, worth 50c, at..., 39 0 Men’s fine quality Balbriggan, worth 50c, at 39 c Boy’s Balbriggan suits, worth 65c, at / 42c Ladies’ gauze vests, worth 10c, at 4c Ladies’gauze vests, with or without sleeves, worth 25c, at.... 15c Ladies’ Corset Covers 15c.

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SPECIAL. Window shadesL water colors, 20c. 100 Pairs lace curtains at 39c pair. 3,000 yds. Vaienteinnes Lace 1 ct yd. 1,000 Pictures, \none worth less than 35c, at Boys trimmed Btownie suits, worth 50c, at 43c. 2 Papers of pins for 1 cent. Ladies’ fast black hose 3c pair. Ladies’ calico wrappers, worth 60c, at 38c 1 Carpet Slippers 25c pair. Machine Oil at 7c. Infant’s dongola button shoes at 15c pair. Boys’ percale shirts at 20 cents. * Shirt waists worth 75c to $2.50, choice for 88c. We handle exclusively the Foster Kid Gloves, every pair warranted and always sold for SI.OO. Our price for June 88c pair.

Carpets. gWe have left from this season’s business in carpets a good assortment in All Wool Carpets, this year’s Patterns, and carpets that are good value at 60c per yard, for this month only, we have marked them at 50c per yard. HARDWARE. We have a complete line of Ladies’ Hosiery. New and Seasonable. f ll ° ur , Ladies’ Fancy Drop stitch 50c hose, in all colors, now. 42 c .Ladies h ancy Lace stripe Hose, worth 35c, «at 25c Ladies Fancy or plain 25c Hose, at , ? 0c Ladies’ Fancy Drop stitch Hose, worth 20c, at.'. 12 c .Ladies Plain black Hose, fast dye, worth 15c, at.. 10c Muslin Sale. Lonsdale muslin, at White muslin, worth 74c, at aVu Cheese Cloth, per yd 3 Anchor Brown Muslin, worth Bc, at 7c Anderson Brown Muslin, worth 7c, .at ..!!!!!*.!!.’!” |’’ *’ ‘ ‘ 6 C Garden City Brown Muslin, worth 6c, at 4 ju, 45 in. Pillow Muslin, worth 10c, at.. § c 46 in. Pillow Tubing, worth 20c, at.... V. ’*. ‘ 15 c 9-4 Brown Sheeting, worth 18c, at ’‘ ‘ ‘'' '*' ‘ 15 9-4 White Sheeting, worth 20c, at ’ 16 c Our New Department. \ ou will find the same generous reduction in prices in our New Department, where you will find everything in WALL PAPER, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, CHINA, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, CLOCKS, CUTLERY, STATIONERY, ARTISTS’ SUPPLIES, NOTIONS, TINWARE, WOODEN WARE, ETC., ETC.

DUPED BY A CONVICT

This story has to do with a conviet whose villainous ingenuity in wearing 4 plot which worked his liberty made orphans of no fewer than a dozen happy children and widows of half aa many contented wives. Seldom have the consequences of any one man’s act been more farreaching in disastrous results, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. He spread misery everywhere. To say nothing of the dead, he sent sorrow into a score of homes and brought into the lives of men and women grief and heartaches which will cease only in the grave and with the wielding of broken circles in the world beyond. And in the light of subsequent events it seems his treacherous cunning contemplated murder most foul, the seizure of a ship and flight to the faraway shores of inhospitable Siberia, a criminal's paradise. In the furtherance and execution of his diabolical plans Stevens fplain George

MABOONED.

Stevens; that is his name) took into good account the love of men for gold. In the dark recesses of his prison cell and from his inventive and rascally brain he evolved a scheme and a tale of a great gold find in the unexplored regions of Alaska which, as he afterward admitted, existed only in his wicked imagination. In short, the story was concocted out of whole cloth. He did not stop to think of the consequences. Some years ago Stevena tripped In his crooked career and fell into the clntches of the law which he had sc long defied as smuggler. The judge sentenced him to ten years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla. In the round of events political J. F. Addleman and O. D. Butterfield were appointed chief and deputy turnkey, respectively, at Walla Walla. As such they had the handling of convict mail, which included the careful reading of every letter before delivery to the prisoner to whom it was addressed. One day a missive for Btevens came. It was a decoy letter, it now seems certain. Some one sent the letter, and unquestionably at Stevens’ instigation, from San Francisco. In it, as Butterfield and Addleman subsequently related to their friends, the writer besought Stevens to Impart information he was supposed to possess concerning fabulously rich gold diggings on the upper reaches of a nameless tributary of Kotzebue sound. The fictitious personage submitted a proposition to employ Stevens as.a guide. Butterfield and Addleman fell into the plot. The scheme worked charmingly. They saw a chance to avail themselves of the opportunity of getting in on the ground floor, as it were, of a fabulously rich placer discovery. At all events, they set on foot a movement to secure Stevens’ pardon at the hands of ths governor of the state, having first secured a promise from the man that he would direct them to the find which their convict friend assured them gave promise of richness far greater than the Klondike. Stevens was told that he would receive a substantial share of the profits of the venture. The pardon application was made and granted, and in the spring of 1898 Stevens walked out of prison a free man.

It took but a short time to organize the expedition. Stevens was made a member; likewise his 14-year-old son Edward. Butterfield, already possessed of a small fortune, put up the bulk of the money. It was a well equipped expedition. No more complete outfit in all the history of the northland rush for gold ever left Seattle. It sailed out of the harbor under the most favorable auspices. Few stranger tales of the sea are recorded than that of the little schooner Loyal, which sailed from Seattle May 1, 1898, with the Butterfield party. Like the ill fated Elk expedition, the Loyal carried 13 people. They had ’ the same destination Kotzebue sound. Both reached those inhospitable shores. Neither returned. While the Bens people fell victims of scurvy and died on the trail, the fearless men of the Loyal went down in the deep. Their fate seems certain now that it is known that the Loyal net sail from 8t Michael’s on Sept. 30 of last year and has not reached port. For a long time it was thought probable that the Loyal had been hemmed in by the ice of Bering sea, that her expedition passed the winter ia

Lured Eleven Men to Death by a False Tale of Gold In Alaska. *.*• *.*•

the far north, bat the return of St Michael's steamers with no new* of the long missing craft warrants the assertion that the little boat waa wrecked or sunk, carrying all on board down with her. They were not far oat at sea when Stevens gave signs of unrest He was 111 at ease; he was mysterious; he waa quarrelsome. There was a daring reck- * less ness in his every movement The ' men became bold, fearless and abusive. HU shipmates regarded his conduct with awe. It became whispered about that Stevens was armed. There were greater , anxiety and fear, but for that matter, all carried weapons. Nevertheless the me- ’ jority of men aboard the Loyal feared Bteven§. They were auapidoaa of him. * Some went ao far aa to declare that the man had concocted a scheme to murder ell on board and, with his son and per- . haps an accomplice, flee with the schoon- . er to Siberia. A meeting was held aboard the craft, ' at which it was agreed that all should * disarm, giving their weapons to Batterfield, who said he would pat them under * lock and key. It was dona, but Steveaa « did eo under protest. In fact, he was practically forced by superior numbers to surrender his firearms. Bven then he was quarrelsome. A desire to kick up a disturbance, even mutiny, seemed to poe- fl sess him. Things became so unbearable 1 that on reaching Dutch Harbor three J members of the expedition—Petty, Petti- | bone and Curtis—actually left the Loyal. J From Dutch Harbor on matters were not improved. Still the Loyal sailed on, 1 but as they were entering Kotseboe J sound Stevens boldly made a dean breast m of his duplicity, as several members of 1 the party afterward wrote. He, with ’ bresennees, declared that he had never been in that section of Alaska before and that he knew of no rich diggings on the nameless tributary of the Kotzebue or any other part of Alaska. Chagrined at his rascality, Butterfield end Addieman pat Stevens and his son ashore on Kotzebue, gave them ample supplies for the winter end told them to hustle for themselves. This done, the remaining members of tbs party turned the Loyal's bow south and made for St. Michael’s. They remained around the island for some George Sheehan, long a member *i the Seattle police force, returned a few days , ago from the Yukon. He seya the vsessi. j having taken on four or five passengers I in addition to the remaining eight or nine. , members of the expedition, sailed from j St. Michael's Sept. SO. Sheehan is the j last man living to have talked with But- J terfield, for the Loyal nevsr retched port. J There is a lingering suspicion in the! minds of many friends and relatives otM the missing men that ex-Convict Btevenfl may have managed some way to vengeance on those who remained the Loyal. He and his son, after put ashore at Port Clarence, made thelH way to Sti Michael's end were when the Loyal sailed. They disappear-M ed a few days later and have not been ' seen since.

BATTLE WITH PYTHONS.

Reckless Man’s Desperate Easeaatst With Two Hife Reptiles. There ia a snake keeper is the Philadelphia soo who won’t do it again. Ha tried to separate two large pythons which were fighting for the remains of a half devoured chicken and suffered the proverbial fate of the peacemaker. When pythona fight, it la to the death, and the weaker of these two was bound

FIERCE BATTLE WITH SNAKRS.

to be a dead snake in a few minute* I they were not separated. The keepl did not pause. He threw open the doom jumped in and was soon using all hi* strength in desperate efforts to tear then apart. The crowd surged np to the glass cage, greatly excited. j , After a struggle he seemed to »urJ ceed. The snakes slowly unwound, buJ before be was able to get himself cieal of them and escape they had twine! about him. I Other keepers, attracted by the <• J citement, arrived in the snakehouae «J pushed through the crowd to the cartl man. Three of them jumped in and befl the big snakes until they freed the caM tive. The victim was badly bruiaod, jfl otherwise not injured.