Star-Gazette from Elmira, New York • 7

WEDNESDAY EVENING. ISLMT1I PAll iY OAIBETTM AHID FREE PRESS, FEBRUARY 24. 1004. fli mui MRS. EVA FAY TRIED AGAIN TO RUN AWAY SfUrV1! YtH -4a I Water Street.

BREAD TO BE HIGHER Local Bakers Talk of Increasing Price. CUT GLASS You don't have to, take anybody's word about the quality of our cut glass, for the quality is so apparent that even the unexperienced eye can see it. The assortment Is large and the patterns rare. Just the kind you want. You're welcome to look.

140-142 West Elmira's Largest and Leading Dry Goods House. Pretty Mind Reader and Her Bewhiskered Hus What's New and What's to be Worn This Spring in band figured in Sensational Escape and ture in Eastenr Part of State-Mrs. Fay Alleged Her Husband's Cruelty as Excuse and He Tells Another Story. wool Dress Goods Are dispyed in artistic profusion on our count-Call and see this elegant display of the latest in ers. these dainty and serviceable dress goods.

VOILES VOILES will be one of the leading fabrics for dressy and evening wear. We mention some of our values in this popular material QQ yard. 36 inch wide, all-wool, UUb handsome finish and all the new-shades of grey, tan, champagne, brown, blue, greens and black. Extra QQ value at. vlUu 42 inch width of the same quality and shades as given above at, a Jf.

yard UUb nfl 'ard- 4 line im-I lUU ported Chiffon Voile, very handsome, having the soft effect so desirable for the new style of gowns in all the new shades of blue, brown.Reseda, champagne, ecru, tan, grey and cream A great value at, a yard $1.00 Mohairs in all the latest weaves, com prising melanges, figures, stripes, dots, checks, and illuminated weaves in the popular shade of blues, browns, tans, greys, green and large showing of CREAMS. Here are some of the good values you will find: 38 inch Mohair in blue and gray wwu 45 inch Sicilian in royal and 48c navy blue 50 inch Mohair in royal and JTQ. navy blue www 45 inch Sicilian in blues, browns, greys, greens In plain and stripe 7C weaves lull 45 inch Sicilian, silk finish in blue. ecru, brown, champagne, Q4 nfl greys other desirable shadesJ liUU Pretty Eva Fay has made another attempt to run away from her husband. Like the others, it proved unsuccessful and the bewhiskered T.

is again in possession of his wife, according to a story printed in the Middletown Times. The Fays mind-readers or whatever one cares to call them appeared in this city last winter and created a great iuiore. xney came again this season and packed the Auditorium for a week. The women and men who witnessed their performances frankly admired Mrs. Fay and at the same tinie said a lot of mean things about the way her husband treated her.

Sometimes Fay's conduct toward the little mind-reader was downright brutal and this spoiled much of their performances for many of the people who were interested in their act. Fay told one man who spoke to him about it that it was all a put-up-job, so Mrs. Fay would get, sympathy. "Vou ought to see ui after the show is over," was one of his pet phrases. After leaving Elmira the Fays went to Scranton, then to Rochester and other cities of that 'class' where Mrs.

Fay attracted a lot of attention for her marvelous work in answering questions written by people in her audiences. Last week they appeared in Middletown. Sunday morning Mrs. Fay sent to the treasurer of the company for $30 and soon had it. Then she packed her trunk, bought a ticket for Buifalo and boarded the train.

Fay did not arise verv earlv and Mrs. Fay was a long ways on her journey before he heard anything of her When informed of Mrs. Fay's action the husband was furious, and without delay made his way to police headquarters in Middletown "fhere he swore out a warrant for her1 arrest on a charge of larcen-, alleging that she had taken $255 of his money. A description 'of the woman and the number of her railroad ticket were telegraphed to officials in Callicoon, Deposit and Susquehanna, with instructions to arrest.and detain her to await the arrival of the husband. Mr.

Fay while at. police headquarters said that Mrs. Fay was probably depressed and temporarily deranged, owing to overwork in her mind reading. He said it was not the first time she had done this trick, and he intimated that she had at one time been, confined in an asylum. He.

expressed confidence that if she was apprehended he would have no trouble in getting her back to Middletown. "As soon as I get my eyes on her and grasp her hand she will follow me," he Early in the afternoon word was received that Mrs, Fay had been taken from the train in Callicoon and was held there in the custody of an officer. Mr. Fay, accompanied by Chief Brinckerhpff and Recorder J. E.

Barnes of Middletown left on Erie train 3 for Callicoon and arrived there about o'clock. They found Mrs. Fay at the Western About twenty men and boys had heard of the pretty young, woman's arrest, had congregated at the, hotel and after she had related to them sh had the sympathy of the crowd, and it would probably have gone hard with the husband had he made the trip to Callicoon alone. Chief Brinckerhoff found Mrs. Fay in the parlor of the hotel in charge of Constable G.

P. Bock, who refused tc allow the Middletown officer to be' alone with the fair prisoner. After a' conversation with the woman, Chief Brinckerhoff asked Constable Bock thej amount of his bill and was informed that it was $4.50. The chief paid it and was starting tp leave the hotel with Fay when Constable Bock stepped i We are sole agents for Standard Patterns I MAIL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY SAMPLES SENT Ur ON JIEQVEST F. S.

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T. 14 fc: FLOUR VERY HIGH Bakers Say They Cannot Sell Bread for Present Prices Under Present Conditions Auch Longer--Other Cities Are Paying More. The present, unusual prices demanded for flour and lard are almost certain to result in an increase in the price of. bread in this city. Local bakers, while not yet ready to announce an increase, say that one is almost certain to come.

It-has not yet been figured out how much of an increase should be made, but ia other cities where this has been done the price is now seven cents per loaf. Bread is at present retailing- af five cents a loaf at the stores. Most of the bakers who send their bread to the stores get four cents a loaf for it, the ether penny going to the seller. When war was declared in the East the price of flour and lard took a big jump and this is the cause for the ac tion looking toward advancing the price of bread. One month ago flour was sell ing at $4.80 a barrel, wholesale, but at the present, time it cannot be bought for less than $5.60.

This is an advance of. seventy-five cents on- a barrel, and the bakers assert that the consumer should stand. some, of increased cost. Lard has also advanced a cent a pound in the last, month and will gc higher. Sugar remains the same as before.

One baker said to The Gazette this morning that self preservation being the first law of nature, it be absolutely necessary for the bakers to increase the price of bread. "Just as soon," he said, "as it is necessary for us to buy more flour and lard, action along this line will have to be taken for we cannot pay the present prices and sell bread for four cents a loaf to storekeepers and for five cents in our bakeries. It is certain that an in crease' will come when the bakers have to buy again unless there is a drop in the prices of flour and lardr and I have been told that there is no use in looking for that for some time to come yet." At the -present time there is no association of employing bakers in this city. There is a union of the employes but We Give Trading Stamps SprinHats We are showing a complete line of new spring 'shapes in both soft and stiff. The hat you buy from us will be just what the style creators say you should wear and at any given price it will be a better value than the same amount of money would buy elsewhere.

prove this try one of our Harvards at $3.00. Good Hats from1 $1 to $3 DOUBLE TRADING STAMPS. CORRECT DRESS FOR MEN AND BOYS. 141 EAST WATER 5TREET they would not take any action to force up the price of bread. Some of the dealers during the past week have been talking of forming an association for their mutual benefit and to regu late prices.

It is expected that the present high prices of the principal articles used by them will result in- a call for a meeting of all the employing bakers in the city and the organization of such an association. An increase in the price of bread to the consumer would result. One of the largest bakers in the city said this morning that it would necessary for the bakers to -ac in union if it becomes necessary to in crease the price of bread. "It would be foolish," he said, "for one or two bakers to rais.e the price of their bread without knowing what the others would do. It is almost certain in that case that some would stick to the present prices if only for the sake of getting the business of their competitors." F.

W. Dawdy said this morning that he had just returned fronra three-days' trip and had met a number of Buffalo and Toronto bilkers. The price had bueu increased in those cities already. Cleveland and Chicago have followed suit and Niagara Falls will join the number. New York City bakers in creased the price of their produce three months ago.

Mr. Dawdy said that the impression is general that the bakers should receive' more money for their product than they are getting now. He is in favor of a local association and thinks one will be organized soon. C. J.

Hancock said he had been talking with several bakers and felt that lhey should get together and form an association and then increase the price of bread. "There is no money in it now," he said this morning, "and it is suicidal to think that we can go on selling our product at the present prices with flour so high. I been told that there is no chance of a decrease the cost of flour for several months to come. I am in favor of the boss bakers organizing and am going to talk It Has Taken the World by StormOur AIN 0AT Bad weather is almost a luxury if you adopt our kind of protection. Whether you are a gentleman or lady we can supply you with any kind of Raincoat you can mention.

Men Tailored Raincoats for ladies a' specialty. Reid 4 Winner 104 WEST WATER ST the subject of forming an association over with them." The head of another large milling establishment in Rochester jaid to a reporter there yesterday: "Mill grades of wheat are certainly scarce. Soft red winter wheat, which has been fairly plentiful with the New Tork, Pennsylvania and New Jersey millers seems to have dried up and from the inquiries we are receiving from every section of the country in the East it would indicate that there is a scarcity of red winter wheat. As the winter wheat in the West has been scarce ever since the harvesting of the last crop, it looks to us rather a serious problem for the eastern millers to face. The demand for- spring wheat, therefore, will be greater than it has been heretofore and will force the cash price higher.

"Cold weather continues to. interfere with the prompt shipments of grain, as the are seriously handicapped thereby. Cars are getting scarce at Buffalo and it would be well or all millers drawing their supplies from there to place their orders early." -o ENTERTAINMENT AT THE RINK Beginning tomorrow evening there will be given a series of moving picture entertainments at the Casino Rink. There will be a complete change of program each evening. Pictures at 3 o'clock.

Skating and band from 7:30 till 11 o'clock. Imported Swiss Cheese is conceded to" be the best of all Cheese. I5ut you have never eaten it in perfection unless you get it cut tresh trom the original cheese which weigh over two hundred pounds; this is the way you pet it from" us. F. A.

Berner, 601-003 East Water Street. 23-25 LENTEN PROGRAM. Topics for Lenten services 7:45 o'clock in the German Evangelical Church ar announced as follows This evening, "Christ's Triumphal Entry Into March 2, "The New Commandment of March 9, "The Agony in March 16, "Christ March 23. March 30, Mocked and "On the Way to Golgotha "At CONDITION IMPROVED. It was stated today that the condition of W.

Colvin, the druggist, who is from Bright's disease, is somewhat improved, but the nature of the disease does not give either the doctors in attendance or the family much hope for an ultimate recovery. DOCTOR EXPLAINS His Article in the Medical Magazine About Coffee. One of the mcst famous medical pub lications in the United States is. the eiiai Clinic" in a recent number of which an entertaining article on coffee by -a progressive physician and surgeon is published. In explaining his position in the matter this physician recently said: "In the article In question I really touched but lightly upon the merits.

of Fostum Food Coffee, have had several cases of heart trouble, indigestion and nervousness where a perma nent curse was effected by merely using Postum in place of coffee without any other treatment. "In my own family I have used Postum for three year3 and my children actually cry for it and will not be satisfied with any other beverage. Indeed, they refuse eat until they have had the customary cup of Postum a.nd as it is a rebuilder and does nothing but good I am only too srlad to let them have it. "To get the best results we boil the Postum at least twenty minutes and it is then settled by aiding a little cold water, then the addition of fresh cream makes' a beverage I now prefer to the very best coffee." Name given by Postum Battle Creek, Mich. Authorities are agreed that Pestum is a wonderfully quick and sure rebuilder.

Ten days trial in place of coffee proves it. Look in each package for the famous little "The Road to, in front of him and said: "Hold on, there; she's my prisoner and you can-'r take her away. Mrs. Fay had engaged J. H.

Curtis as her attorney, and demanded a hearing but in the meantime Chief Brinckerhoff had had his warrant endorsed by a justice-of-the-peace, which gives him the right to the prisoner and she was compelled to return to Middletown much against her Mr. Fay's assertion that there would be no difficulty in inducing his wife to return to Middletown as soon as he laid eyes on her failed to "make as he had no influence whatever over her Lawyer Curtis threatened to take Mrs. Fay from the train at Lackawaxen, but Chief Brinckerhoff informed him that if he did he would cause her arrest there and she would have to remain in jail until requisition papers could be obtained. Mrs. Fay then decided to return to Middletown without any further fight.

Lawyer Curtis was paid $15 for his services by Mr. Fay. Train 14, the Wells Fargcf Express, on which the party returned to Middle-town, was three hours late and did not leave Callicoon until 11 o'clock. A number of the residents remained at the station to witness the departure of the Frequent expressions of I fcympathy for the woman were heard and Chief Brinckerhoff stated later that if Mr. Fay had been alone th3 crown would have mobbed him.

As it was he was handled rather roughly before he left the place. When the train arrived at the Callicoon station Cheif Brinckerhoff and Mrs. Fay entered one of the day coaches, and Recorder Barnes the smoker, while Mr. Fay looked after the loading of his wife's trunk. The men, evidently charmed by the mind reader's beauty, had boarded the train to take a last look at her and were about to alight as Mr.

Fay was hurrying on the train. Then their indignation at the husband manifested itself, and, without any words, both planted a foot in Mr. Fay's breast and sent him sprawling from the car into some water along the track. When he regained his feet and entered the car he had the appearance of a drowned rat. On the return trip Mrs.

Fay conversed freely with Chief Brinckerhoff and told him of some of the abuse she had suffered at the hands of her husband, according to the Middleton Times. Twice, she said, he had broken her nose. For several days past he had been ugly to her, and she endured the treatment just, as long as she could and then decided to run away. The train arrived in Middletown at 1 o'clock in the morning and Mr. and Mrs.

Fay went to the liussell House! Chief Brinckerhoff said it was not likely that Mrs. Fay would be arraigned on the charge of larceny. The report that Mrs. Fay had secured $1,700 of her husband's money before leaving town was not true, the Middletown paper said. Mr.

Fay stated that an article published in Middletown Times Saturday to the effect that Mrs. Fay had been sued for $10,000 by a young lady clerk in a Cleveland store, had mentally deranged his wife for the time being, as she feared arrest, and had gone away to avoid being taken into Mr. Fay claims that the suit referred to is against his mother, Anna Eva Fay, who gives the same kind of a performance, and not against his wife, Eva Fay, Mr. Fay stated that he had never given a performance in Cleveland. The Fays gave a performance in Middletown Monday evening, closing their engagement there.

They are in Hartford, for the balance of the week. man is apt at any time to get some abnormal- current, causing the batteries to "buckle 'and that impairs the efficiency of the system. I know that the batteries which I saw were very badly "buckled," which renders them very unreliable. If I had a plant of such importance and a man allowed it to get in that con ditlon I would discharge him so qck that he would realize that if he did not Hale's Honey of Hore-hound and Tar is not used, but wherever there are people who suffer from a cough or cold Hale's Honey is used with confidence of its curing quickly. Ask your druggist.

He sells it. Pike' Toothache Drops Cure in One Minute. 45 inch Automobile Sicilian fancies in blues, greens brown and greys, heavy suiting quality, rich lustrous $1.50 finish SUITINGS For Suitings we have a large variety of weave and. style comprising the latest Fancy Tweeds, Bug Suitings, Mannish Suitings, Invisible Checks, Line Stripes, Venetians, Canvas Weaves, Special values in 54 inch widths at 75c $1.00 $1.19 $1.25 $1.50 $1.75 $2.00 A glimpse at this display reveals just what you will want for-a handsome spring tailor made suit. CREAMS, WOOL GOODS This spring we have the largest variety ever shown in creams.

For evening and street costumes; very handsome fabrics at, per yard 50c 75c $1.00 $1.25 The popular fabrics are Mohairs, Crepes, Voiles, Etamines, Jamises, Serges, Sicilians and Landsdowne. $1.75 56 inch Waterproof Covert Cloths; colors tan, brown, blue and oxford. New spring weight; regular value $2.00 per yard. Ask to see them. $1.75 yard.

CORONER'S INQUIRY. Some time today Coroner Annabel will go to the home of Engineer Els-ton and get. his story of the Erie wreck in this city last Friday; morning which he was injured and Fireman Benjamin Jones of Cameron lost his life. Yesterday afternoon several railroad 'men, subpoenaed by the coroner, gave their evidence. Later Dr.

Annabel will give his vordict as to the causa of the accident and as to who, if any one, is responsible for it. THE BALTIMORE FIRE don't compare with the one you can get if you use Dounce's coal. Dright, hard, clean and lasting. 202 E. Second St.

YOUNGS ITS; SPRING STYLES none better made. CALLAHAN'S, 106 W. Water Street. $5.00 French Heel Patents $2.48 $2.00 Kid Lace Shoes 1.48 Misses School Shoes 8 Ingants 50c Soft .10 Ladies' Rubbers, 25c .38 I IB ELECTRICIAN SAYS FIRE Alarm system is in very BAD SHAPE AT PRESENT TIME know anything there was some one who did. Mr.

Ellet may be a good fireman and a jolly good fellow there is no question, but the taxpayers are not paying their good money for good fellowship but want good service and ability. Such important and sensitive mechanical devices requires a man more up-to-date and one who is constantly watching and studying feo as to keep up to the rapid progress made in electricity. There are a number of things I could write about the construction of our fire alarm system but perhaps it would be better not said. Electrician. A Profitless Deal.

I could buy a right nice farm with the monej' we took in yesterday and to-day said Mr. Kelly, of the Kelly-Keeffe Shoe in speaking of the great quan tity of shoes they were turning out dur ing their Summons Sale, and still, continued he, we have not made one 5- cent piece. This semi-annual clearing up is not profitable business, but it has to be done. all of which seems to show that it must be a good place to go for shoes. Our Successful niter Inventory Sole Is a shopper's paradise these daya.

Our sale, during its closing week, is in full action, and such big values and such little prices have never been known in this city. The last days must be greater than the first and these low prices will do it. $3.00 Velour Calf $2.38 $2.00 Satin Calf 1.53 Boys' $1.50 Shoes 1.23 Youths School Shoes. 98 Men's Rubber Boots 1.99 Editor Gazette: 1 hve noticed in yqur paper some comments upon the fire, alarm system, and, as I am interested in electrical work, I feel as though the public has a right to know, the condition of our fire alarm system. Now, I have known Mr.

Ellet, the superintendent, for a number of years and must say as an electrician his knowledge is limited, and as a mechanic it is much less. I have visited the. -fire department headquarters' on several' occasions and in' so doing have had an opportunity to see the battery connected with the fire alarm system. As I understand the storage batteries which are in use on this system, I wish to say that if I had a boy fifteen years of age, who, had six months experience in the care of a set-of batteries and if he did not keep them in better condition than those I saw at the fire department, I would disown him as my son. It is customary by any good man caring for a set, of storage batteries to make a reading of them at least once Ka week.

At the different telephone com panies they are read every day, but I nave been informed that the batteries in the fire department have not been read in from one to three years. The last time I saw the batteries there they were in a very poor condition there being several "dead cells" and instead of being "cut out" of the circuit and renewed they were left in the circuit, thereby injuring the other batteries In the same circuit. By neglecting to read battery cells often a.