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Best, Durable Economica) -* work, Street, Cloaks. C. a cle \ Took at Show Window, {Capes [* in all the different-styfes:and |f ualities, including Mink, Rus- \ 4 £\ ; Turkey Red\ on e Arte Pane bor Em All Shoes ¢ Lead them all.. Special Barg PRICES ~- «<---PRICH ONE CENT: - Wechave the largefi-ligxe-zof ‘ ggakzain the city to select fro_m. ' Garments - ranging in. price . from $5.00 to $40.00. I % . ~sign Seal, Pulled Coney; Plain if: Bear Trimmed. Also Hare, Coney and Astrachan, - Prices from $5.00 to $95.00. | ' 976. f acking worth 750: at gagid annglack Serges worth g1.00 at 73¢. , Navy Blue Serges worth 75¢. at 50¢. . . Best Indigo Blue Prints worth gest 446. y = 'Best Flannelettes worth x25)?“ no vroom 4 4 Table Linenh‘wg E i + 450. ut age. 1 sobie Idesdowns, | all\ colors, worth \ 650, at 490. _ oa Men's Camel Hair Underwear worth $1.50 at 98c. Men's Natural Wool Under- 'wear worth 75c.'at 500. Ladies Swiss Underwear worth K0, 215 J FALLS STREET. We can supply yoiir iys and Girls WITH SHOES . That will wear ~- AT-_--- That are right. Tring Pad tor School Tsp - Tih Bash Par -_- Fashion o mere s. ID Orrick SEEKER, | . 30.-Carter H. Har- rison, Mayor of G go, was shot at his home at No, 23Kf@#ith Ashland avente at 7:15 o'clock night, and one hour HL; atreet . police Ali: name of Eugene E get buck on the fore The in conuection 'with the shooting mad#jRevident that the 'nssus- sinntion of the was premeditated. ep on the couch in house when the door A o'clock. There wna him save bis son, Preston, and the @@@¥ants. Oneof the later, | Mary Hansen, wh§@to the front door in re- {sponse to the riD@:$When - she opened the jdoor, a man stafid@tg on the top. ste asked if Mr.. M6 was at home. She replied that be that be was nelcep and could not f .Mr. Haorrison is very ed him to walt while , leaving the door in the 1 and en- the mayor was fwakened him and de- livered the met {door and returnii The mayor : started for theifyo He bad barely. j ito the ball whe d out of the parlor Prendergast drew a re- , volver and fired ft ¥etetiote in mpid succes; [sion. All five in the rnyor's « body. One ithe stomach about cight inches belo heart and a little to [the right of that . Another entered the left side und B® arm, qnd, nun-125 upward, penctrat heart.| The thi ‘sunckhnla‘ ar thu\kn_nuldu of th bal mee\ root _ C a FOR STYLISH DRESSERS. c Bols cie cd ed ef r d dat tons Tel ¢+iagvh°m e : 22s ends h 42 a* o . not h - Ars 4 Inde long, BELL shape from the hips down. |prs tames trac fino no the hall, but nothing , | Mr. Harrison did Bo§fall to the.floor at ance, but staggered the parlor and was able to reach a side di that leads into the butler's 'pantry?;©. Here he turned , sround and.st Haveard the hall-door again. | But in a moment be fell backward ; to the floor, where upon his bck ' with bis head. turned Xoward the west. ' Immedintely after firing the fatal shots tbat 4 (W, Tailor-Made Overcoats All readry to put on AT $10.00! Less than tailors prices. Clothing in Western New York No Fiher ' -_- than that sold by - \ a hi n} A FULL LINE OF THEM IN - : * f Prendergast {finned fimfid to I”: the remises, but Mayor? Harrison's private af y 4 + (l 0 \S “I\ erse IS gun-11mm folhwflfin and shots were ex- U 2 dnvIt changed between the {&wo men, none of - ' which, however, tookeffect. , B R - Preston therMayor's son, was ' > » i stairs when the aseimainiation took place. - AT LR burrled down stairs: pon bearing the « 'abots and was soon knbeling by his father's k tddu. The Mayor was'still conscious and his I ’ ' of his beart as though he , were suffering - ' great pain. . l t'n the matter, father?\ asked Prov ' ton. * © > Mr. opened his eyes and in a volce that wan very weak Med: \I'ge v heen shot and am ping to dle, I eannor 'live. ~Preston, where his Annie?\ . JJ |_ But Préston did not walt to look for Mirs Howard, who was to have become the Mayor'a wife. He had noticed that the | front door was open and iva moment he was upon the street in search of the areas 'sin. Bot search was ann .. With- in a abort time Prendergast appeared at the i Desplaines-street Station and gave himself 'up. | Sergeant Barber of the Desplaines street gpnllm station bad beard of the arsassina- \tion and was'nt the telephone inquiring of the central station w r the report was true, when a man walked into tha station. 'In his hand was a revolver. He said noth- ing, and for the morsent no attention was 'paid to bim. Glancing up at hir presently Desk Ser- geant Walsh noticed the revolver. '- \You're the man who abot Mayor Har- | rieon?\' maid Walsh. , ''Yes, 1 am,\ maid Prendergast, \here's \ He pointed the revolver be spoke He pointed at t ver as «poke. By this time Sergeant Barber had reen him, and with Walth seized the man at ance and dirarmed him. He offered no re- sistance. Pursued by thecoschman, be had run {along Asbland aventie toward Monrce 'street at a pace. Coming to : Monroe street he turned to the east and ombmdq. w, who had been reinforced by. an and reveral citizens, gained rapidly son their man. Oo they until Desplaines atreet was rumba the hunted man tom ed to the north and in a few to bad reached the Desplaines street Police Station. - He walked in and approached the ner- e . geant at the desk. He was about to spenk, - when the foremost of his pursuers rusbed § breathlemly into the station. t 2C \lacleSmn 1\\ seid the coach | © \ - i 'mn;\$ohlkil§ a W?!” : & P . {.. an instant sergeant was y= $0. hfidw -and, caiching hold of the nat ~ ronni - - -mon's arm. him@within the wire to- \whes wen : . - to 2124 Main Stree L 'was then cleared of the etcited \the sergeant went for ® talk cher. * lagara Falls, N. Y. ...- you «boot the mayor?\ years for the death of hundreds of people in that an, \and T must see fop, hand was clatéhed over the. region | tofthe State of Hiinois xt No. 231 / ''Whero do you live?\ \At No. G00 June street, mother,\ said the prisoner. This ended the interview. | The sergeant at once telephoned the central. station, and io a few moments severil officers from that district were at the Desplaines Station. . A patrol was called after a fow moments, and the frisoner was brought to the Central Station down town. | Here another. exami- nation was held, 'and' the revolver which had been taken from the. murderer at 'the Desplaines street station was given btu the keeping of the officer in charge. , Bhortly after 11 o'clock the patrol wus mgain. brought into requisition to convey the prisoner to the county, juil. The Murderer, Patrick Eugene Prendergast is ubout 25 years old. - He weighs about 140 pounds, In general appearince he is a man of the middle cluw. He is poorly dressed and there is notbing sbout him to make him in any sense of the word a distinguished 'tren- ture. - He has a small head, with s father well-developed forchend. . He has protrnd- ing cheokbones and bis fice narrows down an it rppronches the chin,so that its type in general is triangular. - The features ure sharp and well defined. . :- There is nothing mbout the man in his general appearance or tn his conversation to denote a disordered intellect in so far nk his choice of Inuguage is concerned. - The ideas which h- advanced, bowever, mark him plainly as a victim of insanity. | He laid on his back on n cot in his cell Sunday afternoon dressed in an old pair of trousers, ab undembhirt and socks, | All other arti- cles of apparel had been taken\ from | him. He rectined easily, with his hands elnsped beneath his head, and talked of bis. actions aud his reasons. . 'To bear him. he is un ed- vented gentleman, except in so far as his opinions are concerned. Why He Killed Him. \Prendergast he wan asked, with | my 'why did ''The mayor ought to have been shot ** he replied; \'he is responsible be' has refused to elevate the tracks of steam railroads. . This in itself was «nfl- clent reason for his beifig. removed. - 1 had rsonal. reasons of my- own, of course, and probably would have killed him any wn even if it hadn't been for the elevated-rail- d question.\ \'Do you think, Prendergast, that the fact thit the mayor refused to elevated the rail- roads was reason for his beng murdered?\ \Unquestionably.\ was the reply.\ \He kifled hundreds of people; he ought to be \ ''What against him?\ \He promised to make ime corporntion council, and then went back on his word. All Hinrm Should die.\ . \Huve you had any legul experience, Prendergast? \A man doesn't bave to have to be cor- ration council, All it needs is n man who mows how to stiffen his back when it in woos unl animosity | had you n ''How long have you had it in your mind to destroy the mayort \' , \For a great many months. He bad fiir {011511an I wldmgim ll‘Lw-tiuld kill him f he didn't keep. his. wonl. .I am- golug to kill; Jota of, fiflqn’ meny who have led to oc a o ITALY. AND | THE | POPE. Cardinals Are Very Much Discontented With His Hostite Policy to the Country, LoxDUX, Oct. 30.-The Rome corres- poudent of the Standard says: - \'Cardinal Riunpolla, lentning that several {nfitentinl Cardinals lind submitted to the Pope that' in the interest of the church it was desir- nble toud pt a policy les hostile to Italy, requested the Pope to allow him to resign his vitice as Secretary of State. The French ambamndor, bearing this, obtained n pri- _ vate audience with the. Pope on Friday. After this audience bis Holiness summoned Rampolia nud declined to accede to his re- «quest. - The discontent ofthe other Cardi- nals, however, impressed the Pope materi- ally. - + A[Cardinal Rampolio has charged the [Papal Nunico in\ Paris, to congratulate Fmace tipon the success of the | manifesta- tions which have consolidated the Rela- tions of France aod Russia. Similag as »urances .were sent through | Baron Moh- renhein to St. Potersburg. \The Pope has changed noticeably in ap- rance lately. He is much bowed and ins excited. nervous movements. FIGURING UP. WORLD'S FAIR RAILROAD TRADE. --- A Month Beforo Accurate Data Can Bo Had- Presont Figures Show the Arrivals in Chi- cago Were 3,335,000-How the Traf- fic Was Divided-Chicago Visitors. DECKS CLEARED All is Eager Expectancy in the Sen- ate Today in Anticipation of a - __ Vote Being Taken. ~ MANY S'ENATORS IN ATTENDANCE Bome of Them Are Away on Account of Sick- ness-They Are Paired With Others-- Repeal Bill Will Go from the Senate to the House. . 209 WashINGTON, Oct. 30.-The decks of the Senate are cleared for action this morn- ing, All is eager expectancy. There is a fuller attendance of Senators than there has been'rny time since the commencement of the session. | A hasty glance shows nearly 70 Benators in and around the chamber,-in their committoo rooms and elsewhere, The full Senate, allowing for the three.vacant sents in the Northwestern States where there was no election by the Legislatures and the Senators appointed by the govern- oms were not admitted to their sents, would be 85. Mr. Mitchell of Oregon, . ia away because of sickness in his family; Mr. Wilt son of lown, is detained in that Suite by personal sickness, and his colleague, Mr. Allison, is out there looking atter election matters, but is of course paired. - Mr. Col- quitt of Georgin, is in the city, but is in such feeble health that he is only brought - to 'the \ Senate - when - his immense seeins absolutely réquired] . Mr. forgin, of Alabamn, is nnother Henntor not in good bealth, whose attendance has been.somewhat irregular lately. - He gen- erally comes to (mimic for a few minutes in the morning and then | goes away. . He not be on hand this afternoon when the vote his taken, - Mr. Chandler, of New llfllflfllshifls, bas an eccentric record on' this question, . Ho went away requesting to be paired \in favor of blmetailism,\ | This was so indefinite an instruction that his pair, after being shifted round n good many times, bas been dropped in some'bf the Inter divimons. Mr. White of California, who has been absont during the debate, in expected to ar- rive in time for the vote. - It is rooly ex- pected that a decisive vote can i? reached .much before 4 P.3t. The repeal bill fer its presage by the sounte wirlbe sent to the Mouse _- for - concurrence, - where - dis- tinct - aflirmative - action - is required, us the Voorhees _ bill la = n nubstitute for the Wilson bill, which pused the House Monday, August 28, by a voto of 230 to 108. - Representative Charles Tracey of New York, the Congressional *'whip\ of the repealers, is confident he can hive n on hand tomorrow when. the ques- tion in called up, and that the movement said to haye been discussed. of postponing action till after the elections on November 7. will not prevail. + Senate in Session, .. The Sonate regumed its at 11 A. 3t; New Your, Oct. 30.-A special from Chicago mys: Chicago roads were busily engaged yesterday in figuring up the World's Fair trafic since the opening of the Fnir, - With most of them ghe conclu- sions arrived at were but estimates based on the most relinble data at band. | It will be\ i\ month or so before strictly accurte figures can be had. - Bo farns the figures on, finud go they 'show that the number of people brought into Chicago by the 21 pas wenger lines entering here during the World's Fair grind wasin round numbers, 3,335,000. 'This allows 350,000 each for the five leading passenger lines, 300,000 each for the five next following, 150,000 each for the next group of five, and 50,000 each for the aix wenk lines. . Allowing each of these passengers to have visited. the Fuir - five times, would account for an attendance of 10,785,000, which would be a good pro- portion of outside visitors. - It would leave but little over 5,000,000 visits from Chica- gonns. ~ BANK - SHoT. Before He Dlod . He Said that He and His Pals Were Farm Laborers Out of Work. Nxw Your, Oct 30.-A special from Landon, 8. D., says: - While the offfcemut- Citizens' Bank were engaged Saturday afternoon in counting the money and stor- ing it away in the vaults, three men entered and . pointed\ ravolyi <- Bradley and defiandqd money. was 'dow, and guo of the reached over an gmbhbed it The robbers 'ffred | two shots | aver,\ Inquest and Verdict. \At the late tanyor's home this morning, at No. 231 Ashland boulevard, the inquest was held. | Coroner Melanie, with one or two deputies, prosided. - The Jury | was composed of nome of Chicago's best known citizens,\ The foreman was C. C. Koblannt, bate Judge. - Other members were W. J. mmem head of the t jroo firm: of Fraaot & Chalmers; Ulric King, H. A. Retibrer, P. K. O'Brien and Charles F. Sboes. | The inquest was not long and de- veloped no new facts, with one exception. The teatimony of the physicians went to show that five bullets had entered Mr. Har- timon's hody. Any one of three bullets would have been fatel - One penetrated the abdomen, one'the lunga, one the right shonlder and nnother dhe the left hand. Willinm Preston Harrison. | the Mayor'a son, striving with all his might to maintain his composure, told briefly how be had heant the abota, nnd, rushing to his hallway, had found his father covered with blood and ing for breath. The maid who admitted Prendergast identified him absolutely as the man whom she admitted to the house n minute or two before the shooting. | The Mayor'a butler farther identified | Prender- as the man whom he mw leasing the mu after the «booting. nad nt whom he fired with his revolver. - The desk sergeant of the Desplainer street station identified the prisoner as the man who walked into the station abortly after ®:30 o'clock last night with a revolver io his hand and the statement on his lips that be hod killed Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, was glad of it, and wanted to be locked ap There were other witheres. | Policeman Wheeler, in whose arms the Mayor died, testified as to what he mw and did when he entered the boune. Prend was asked by Coroner McHale whether be wished to make any statement. He refused to answer the question. Coroner McHale then said : ''Prendergast, do you realize the gravity of the situation in which you are placed ? You are acenred of matder. You have ac- knowledged that you did commit murder. Your life hangs in the balance. Have you anything to may in defense of what you have done, or have you any statement of any kind to make in connection with this afairt\ The silence which ensued after this ques tion was ro dead that the buzzing of a fy against the window was sodible The i refused to reply to the question Ea shifted bis position in his chair uneasily an exprestion of ohetinaney came into fare. Bome of the jurors 11:0 ques- fiWMmbutbm rpone. He main-; tained ® soletan, domes rilence. 'The jury then withdrew and rendend the following verdict after being out a few minutex. \An inquisition was taken for the cari avenue, in the €ftzcntfihifago, on the 20th day of October. A. D. 1893.5 to inquireon the part of tha of the State of H- Tnois ints. all the 6mu§m_ntuflfim with ctowded glories, and\ with-5@ Bénn- tors presont. 'The silver purchase rope! was Inid hefore the Senate nnd gr; Hunton, (Dem., Vs..) explained brictly hin position. ._ He | waid he _ seribed - in goud faith, to | the Chieago platform; that lin should vote for the unconditional repeal of the Sherman Act; and that he stood ready to join his «ilyer friends im a vote for silver. and should earnestly and manfully strive for victory. He was followed by Mr. Cameron Rep. Pn.) who expressed himself somewhat 13 the aame effect. ' Mr. Cameron was followed by Mr. Mor- gon (Dera, Alm.) At L x. Mr. Morgan still beld the floor, and contrary to his ns- ual custom | was. reading. his speech front manuscript. . He referred with bitterncss to the Presidential <policy as being it force with the \gag of 33mm in one gum! and the threat of veto power in the other.\ j thxggpzler’u 2 l'.l XM,, the hour at which t was o prel{minniy steps towanis a find vote wnmehbmif,‘ Mg Morgan turned to saother of his “15!th and sald \Mr. President, at the ot of wearying the Refate, | will go a little further,\ and the 32 renatom who still re- mained on the floor settled back into their neats again to awnit eventa. _ Mr. Morgan nt that time sppearad good for two hour longer, and there is a ramar that Mr. Peffer is to follow him. . It na to look aa if a vote ean only be reached today by protract- Ing the session to.quite a Inte hour. cans - Parkburst's Life Threatened. Naw York, Oct. 30.-Rev. Dr. Charles Parkhurst declares that hig life has been. threatened, and altbough be has not yet accepted the advice of friends, who insist that be should have a bodyguard he has taken measures to protect himself, | Pr. Parkburst said that yesterday be received a letter which not our; said that be would be killed if be persisted in his social cra- rade but told of the means that would he! adopted in murdering him. | Dr. Parkburst ! would not aay anything farther - about the contents of the letter. A Little Child's Death. Apa, Ark., Oct. 30.-Several days go the little child of J. H. Harkey, who oper- ates a cotton gin here, disappeared and search was made for him without ruoverm. Mr. Harkey remembered that he bad last seen the litle fellow playing about the gin bouse. - Work was commenced Saturday, at ripping the bales and the child's body' was found in the Sentre OF ® bale that had been afew days before how the|% child fell into the prem is a mystery.. Found Dead in the Desert NEEDLE Cala., Oct. 30.-The decom- gated body of J. H. C. Leonhart of New adds ork, was found yexterday on a desert four miles from here. - Leonhart mysterionsly disappeared from s Rants Fe train about Reptember 2, between Denver and Oakland. He was en route from New York to Oak- land, where bisson is a prominent politi- clan. . No marks of violence were feund on the body. . Itis supposed he wandered from the train, was lost in the desert and died of thirst. which did not take effect and nan for the door. - Cushier Bradley followed with are- volver und shot _one of the robbers twice. The man died an bout Inter. - Hoaaid his nome was Chris Hanson and that he and his fellowa were farm laborers out of work. The other two men jum into. a. b and drove toward Cando, Several were fred at them,; but without effect. Créatéd m Sensation. Cort ncs, O., Oct. 30.-Rev. Dr. N. 8. (Holme! -of Wesley Chapel, the leading M‘ethodint church “12° ty, cums-illne— thing of a sepsation last evening te Tng.-n his aprrbon( that forelgiers controlled the labor unfons 'of this 'country to the crowding ont of the American who wished to learn trades.. He quo statin- tics to show that American boys are filling . the state Ethan; because of this fact. 'The theme of bis sermon was that the Ameri- can boy needed protection. Dr. Holmes was born in Denmark. a- Forming New Brigades. . Loxnow, Oct. 30. -A 1 - from 8t. Petersburg 1, a ukase been issued ordering the formation of 15 new reserve brigades. . The formation of these brigades will be equivalent to an immediate Increase of the army to a war footing by the addition «of 150,000 men, Itis a noteworthy fact that the Official Saurnal does not publish the mkase. Ore Trust Reorganization. Dr l.|1fl.)linn.;h0i:t. 30,-Within a fore- night, perhaps wi a week, the announce ment of a reofemmization of the Rockefeller Ore Trust, Kiown ms the Lake Superior romsolidated Iron Mines, will be made officially. This statement was made last vight on reliable authority, but peverthe leas, dlenied by nome of those interested. OBITUARY. Mrs. Mary White. Mra. Mary White, aged 90 years, a high ty respected lady died at the residence of her son James White on North avenue yesterday. The funeral will be held at Brockport Wednesday where the remains will be shipped that morning. REW YORK STOCK MARKET. u g _s;—I V: Iv“. rsfll © l ® commited r a committed @ a bifaelf wh {55'de at 15?» Macaulay. C mixed n landin America and bad formed the no
