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ei I ')KI BABY, BACH, BENEDICK, BIFFI BEATTIE ADIEUX SAID TO HIS KIN MpRITT CHARGES 1 DECLARED FALSE Office Building Tenants in Row Over Crying Child. 11:11 Vill i 10,1 0 IT At.V CLUB IS TO PROSECUTE. Virginia Uxoricide Breaks Down Taking Leave of Father and Brother. John D. Rockefeller Replies to Testimony Given Before Stanley Committee.

Body of Unmarried Gary Men to Chain pion Illembeg. In Buying Furs You've Got to Be Careful-- RECOVERS NERVE SOON. UPHELD BY SIGNED PAPER Will Die for Murder of Ills Wife Within Hour After Sunrise; Governor Not to Interfere. Document Exonerates Him of Frauds in Dealings with the Two Brothers. You don't know the value of the various grades of mink and skunk and seal and otter and lynx and fox, like you know the value of broadcloth and sheeting.

Because this is are manyvery many-pitfallsmany imitations and many misrepresentations in fur selling. The best way to guard against bad buying is to buy from a house of known standing and unspotted reputation. bad struck her twke and knocked her down and kicked her as she fell, and that she had shot while she was on her knees struggling to get to her feet. This. he declared.

would be shown by an eyewitness. The state rested Its case early this morning. after a day that was more or less disappointing to Special Prosecutor Benson. One witness called by him, Police Surgeon W. G.

Mudd, proved to be an excellent witness for the defense testifying that he had Peen a bruise on Mrs. Patterson's cheek immediately after the shooting and that she bad told him that it was caused by a blow from her husband. This point the defense vainly tried to establish by other witnesses. SLAYS HIS OFT-WEDDED WIFE. Fort Wayne, Nov.

2.3.--SpeciaLl-- William T. Walker, a lineman employed ti the Home Telephone company. confessed to Chief of Poae that he murdered is wife on the night of Sept. 3 and buried her body in his back yard on Spring street. Jealousy prompted the act.

The chief and Detective Pappert went to the place and found the body as they were told they would. This clears up a mystery which has been puzzling the police ever since her sister reported to Abbott in September that Walker's wife was missing. The woman formerly lived in Van Wert, where she married and was divorced) from Charles Hosford. Her next husband was a man named Shreck. Her third wa Peter Certia of this city.

and Walker was her fourth. GIRLS ON' TRIAL FOR SHOOTING. New York. Nov. 23.Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham would probably have killed E.

D. Stokes if they had not aimed low to allow for their revolvers' jumping" when they shot btrn in the legs Iasi June. This was alleged today by Assistant District Attorney Buckner when the two show girls were placed on trial charged with having attempted to take Stokes life. Mr. Buckner told the jury the clerk from whom the girls bought their revolvers had advised them to point two feet below the object they wanted to shoot.

as, being amateurs, their revolvers were sure to jump The fact that Stoles is alive today is due wholly to the advice of this clerk." declared the attorney. It was in a. Gary ince building. I. Leon Gould, an attorney.

was taking care of I. Leon Gould II. while Mrs. Gould shopped. In the next room Homer Ansley, areal estate dealer.

was closing an important sale. Now," said Ansley to his customer. might as well finish this up on the spot. You write out a check for $5,000 and" At this point Leon Gould II. decided that his mother had been gone quite long enough.

Waw! be remarked emphatically by way of conveying his decision to Mr. Gould. Mr. Ansley jerked his head irritatedly. As I was.

saying" Wa-boo! Wow! Leon II. became eloquent Mr. Ansley's customer manifested symptoms of uneasiness. Yah I observed Leon IL. taking the high key.

ma-a-ma! Say." inquired Mr. Ansley, bolting into the Gould office, do.you thinnk this is a day nursery? Mr. Ansley is a senior member of the Gary Bachelor club. Hardly," replied Mr. Gould.

Its more like a menagerie for soreheads." Naturally. Mr. Ansley made answer, and, with equal Gould came back. During the row the customer escaped. No blows were struck but yesterday morning Mr.

Ansley swore out a warrant charging Gould with creating a disturbance. It is understood that the prosecution will be backed by the Gary Bachelor club. The Charles Glanz Go Richmond, Nov. 23.1PTaking a pathetic leave of his immediate family, Henry Clay Beattie Jr. tonight made ready for death in the electric chair.

Tomorrow within an hour after sunrise he will have paid the penalty demanded by the law for the murder of his young wife last July. There is nothing to indicate that Gov. Mann will act to stay the hand of justice. For a few brief moments today. Beattie broke down and it was feared his nerve was about to desert him.

This was when he took leave of his father and brother, Douglas. When the parting came, the son laid his head on his father's breast and sobbed convulsively. One arm was flung across his father's shoulders. the other hand gripped that of his brother. New Nov.

23.John D. Rockefeller replied. tonight to the charges made by the Merritt brothers before the Stanley steel investigating committee regarding the methods used by Mr. Rockefeller in securing control' of the Mesaba Ore mines and the Duluth, Missabe and Northern railroad. The oetatement follows: Referring to the testimony of the Merritt brothers before the Stanley committee, hi which they charged fraud and misrepresentation by Mr.

Rockefeller and Mr. Gates In connection with the Lake Superior Consolidated iron mines. and that they were deprived of their interest In that company by means Of a loan made them by Mr. Rockefeller ot $420,000, which he ialled during the panic of 1893, all of which. statements were denied under oath in the United States court at the trial of the litigation in 1895, it Would be abetird to try in the newspapergatthis late date the issues in that case.

C. A. A. Merritt; Eliza M. Merritt, Hanson E.

Smith; as administrator of the estate of Cassius C. deceased; Napoleon B. Merritt. Matilda T. Merritt, Eugene T.

Merritt, Anna Merritt, Thomas A. Merritt. Jennie S. Merritt. The statement goes on to say: The facts with regard to the loan were as follows: The loans aggregating 1420.000 were made by Mr.

Rockefeller-in various amounts during the summer of 1803. Mr. Rockefeller never called these loans. Further Financial Aid Given. In February.

1894. the Merritt brothers, being pressed by other creditors, applied to Mr; Rockefeller for further assistance. Instead of calling his loan. as they charge, he furnished them an additional null of $480.000. They sold him 90.000 shares of stock at a share, amounting to $900,000, the several members of.the family contributing different proportions.

For one-half of this more than enough to cover his loan to them he gave to each of them an option to repurchase in a year at the price that they had sold it to him, with 6 per cent interest Prior to the expiration of the year Alfred Merritt, one of the brothers who testified before the committee. brought suit against Mr. Rockefeller, and he and several of -the others never endeavored to exercise the option. Anothe; brother and nephew, at the expiration- of the applied for an extension of it on their -stock. which was given, and they subsequently took back their stock, amounting to 10,000 shares, and on the formation of the Steel corporation sold it to that company." of Acquiring Ore Fields.

Reference to the manner 'in. which Mr. Rockefeller gained control of the ore fields Is contained in his own Random Reminiscences of Men and Events," published in 1909. refers to his employment of the Frederick T. Gates, whom he eulogizes as possessing rare business ability:" The book says Mr.

Gates helped unravel some of the tangled affairs growing out at Rockefeller's minority holdings In enterprises in the "porthwest country." Mr. Rockefeller how the panic of 1893 affected the stocks and bonds of a railroad he was building to carry the oreirom the mines to lake ports. We had invested many millions and none go in' with us to buy stdck." he wrote. On the contrary everybody else seemed to want to sell. The stock was offered to us lb alarming quantitiessubstantially all of the capital stock of the companies came without any solicitation on our partquite the contraryand we paid for it in cash.

We now found ourselves in control of a great amount of ore lands." Merritt Sticks to Story. Washington, D. Nov. M.Leonidas 1-erritt late tonight declared that the paper mentioned by Rockefeller was voluntarily presented to the house steel committee by the Merritt brothers, and that Rockefeller will not deny that Merritt took $700,000,000 worth of securities to New tork and several months afterwards left there penniless. Mr.

'Merritt assured Mr. Rockefeller that he would not have an attorney insult or grill Rockefeller if Rockefeller appeared before ths house committee. EDWARD W. HILLIS, Pres. 37 S.

Wabash Avenue Corner Monroe Street 2pd Floor, Powers Building Established1849in the fur business for 63 years every piece guaranteed exactly as represented. New Table Cutlery for Thanksgiving I i 1 I I 4 1 1 I I 1, i 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1') 7 1 I 1 li 1 l. i i 1 1 i 1 1 1 I I I 1 i 1 i i ri i i 1 I I 'V 0 1 i 1 4 I I 1 1 I 1 1 1 'A i 1 I Beattie Quickly Reccavers. He recovered quickly, however. The father kept his emotions in check.

although the tears rolled down his cheeks and his lips twitched pathetically. No words were spoken. Good-by." he said and turned away. Neither father nor brother made reply. but made their way from the pen.

When they enter it again it will be to claim the body of their kinsman. Hazel. the 18 year old sister of the prisoner, and his two aunts drove to the state's prison in a closed carriage in the afternoon. They were in the death chamber a trifle more than an hour. When they emerged Hazel was on the verge of collapse.

while the others were agitated and the eyes of each were red and puffed with weeping. Beulah Binford Absent. Their entrance and departure were observed by a crowd of several hundred persona, gathered to witness the rumored visit of Beulah Binford to the prison. The report proved to be untrue, the girl whose power over young Beattie is said to have driven him to the killing of his wife, having been discovered in New York. It is generally understood that Bearte will rest in the family lot in Maury' cemetery, South only a pace or two from that of his wife.

BAND BODY-RE-ELECTS SEIPP. Free Band Concerts Given by Association Since July, 1910, Total 653, the Secretary Reports. Philip W. Seipp wa s. reglected president of the Chicago Band association at its annual meeting at the Grand Pacific hotel yesterday.

The other officers also were including Bandmaster William Weil. Since the association was organized in July. 1910, Secretary Allan M. Clement reported. it has provided 652 free band concerts in public parks and institutions including Hull house.

Detention hospital. and the House of Correction. We have plans for 1912 that will enlarge the scope of our work." said President Seipp. One of the features of this store is its splendidte Cutlery Department. The approach of ThanksgiviO' 1 may remind you that a new carving set is necessary's If so, you will find here a greater assortment frees; 13 which to choose than anywhere else.

Here is a Thanksgiving reminder list. Read it over 1- and see if it doesn't mention some things you need: -41 Shows Paper of Eioneration. But' it is significant that upon the settlement, which was made at the close of that litigation, both Alfred and Leonidas Merritt. the two who testified before the Stanley committee, together with all the other members of the family, gave Mr. Rockefeller the following paper: Certain matters of difference have existed between the undersigned and John D.

Rockefeller, and a court litigation has been pendint between the undersigned, Alfred Merrilt, and Mr. Rockefeller, in which litigation it was claimed that certain misrepresentations were made by Mr. Rockefeller and those acting for him concerning certain properties sold by him to the Lake Superior Consolidated iron mines. It is hereby declared that from recent independent investigations made by or under our direction we have become satisfied no misrepresentation was made or fraud committed by Mr. Rockefeller or by his agents or attorneys for him upon the sale by him of any property to us or any of us or to the Lake Superior Consolidated iron mines, or upon the purchase by him from one or more of us of any stocks or interests in any mining or railway company or companies, or upon the pledge by us or either of us to him of stocks and securities belonging to one or.

more of us; and we hereby withdraw all such charges and claims and exonerate Mr Rockefeller and his agents and attorneys therefrom. Duluth, Jan. 2'2, 1897. In the presence of Merrill M. Clark, Joseph B.

Cotton." Signed by Many This paper. the statement says, was signed by Alfred Merritt, Jane A. Merritt- Leonidas Merritt: Elisabeth E. Merritt Elizabeth Merritt, Lillian Merritt May I. Merritt, John E.

Merritt, Etta M. Merritt, Wilbur a. Merritt, Ida Merritt, Andrus Merritt, as surviving partner of the late firm of C. Carving Knives and Forks Nut Cracks and Picks Knife Sharpeners Fruit Knives Bird Carvers Game Shears and Carver's Assistants Turkey Roasters Kitchen Utensils Wife Slayer Bound Over. Frank R.

Beaker. 740 North Franklin street, snug held to the gland Jury yeeterday without ball OTI a charge of murdering his wife, Mrs. Augusta Beaker, at 1164 West Ontario street tJ CHINATOWN PLANS TO MOVE TWO MILES TO THE SOUTH. Agents Are Negotiating Purchase of Sites About Twenty-sixth Street and Wabash Avenue. Chicago's Chinatown is planning an exodus.

For the last six months agents for the ChiInese quarter along South Clark street have been negotiating with property holders two miles to the south with a view to transplanting the jade shops and the chop alley restaurants. The proposed new site is already staked out between Wabash avenue. Armour avenue. Twenty-third street and Twenty-sixth street. The prospective purchasers are having dintculty In overcoming the residents' objections to Chinese neighbors.

James D. Stover of the real estate lirm of Rounds 8c Nytten is acting for the Chinese. Negotiations for several large tracts are pending. Jesse owner of many buildings along South State street. told of several complaints from tenants who are annoyed by a yellow invasion.

Chinamen. they told Binge, appeared at unexpected times in their back lards and back porches and even in basements. No thefts were reported. These vaders are believed to be scouts sent to report on the realty prospect. PRICES THE LOWEST-QUALITY CONSIDERED Re 110 CMT1 ORR Tight in House Assured.

An open fight in the house of representatives between Representative O. A. Stanley of Kentucky, chairman of the house special comlnittee on inquiry into the United States Steel corporation. and Representative Martin NV. Littleton of New York.

a Democratic member of the committee, was assured today when Chairman Stanley declared he would appeal to the house to force Littleton's resignation frgm the committee. The committee adjourned indefinitely yesterday. following the sensational testimony of the Merritt brothers of Duluth alleging loss of millions in ore land and railroad properties to John D. Rockefeller. Established 1872 HARDwat co Chicago's Leading Hardware Store 14-16 West Randolph St.

(Just West of State, Nine Telephones Central 551 An Up-to-Dae Delivery Service (11) Establish a 0 39 W. Monroe StreetNear Dearborn Rib 0 3Jjcthize) 39 W. Monroe StreetNear Dearborn te rj ote I 4,, ss I i 1,1 Argv i 7 1,: O' VC qu FIGHT ON AT OAK OVER HOSPITAL LOCATION. I Foreman's "Before Moving" Sale Starts Todal Itesidenta at Austin and Ontario Avenues Organize to Prevent Building of $100,000 Structure. Can You Beat It? This Fur lined Kersey genuine Persian Lamb collar, cuffs ft and lapels.

A full $40 value for Thanksgiving TODAYand until Wednesday nighl. Great sale of Men's $20, $25 and $30 Suits. Blue serges, fancy worsteds and cassimeres in all the rich new colors. All sizes for young men and business men. Choice Hcwaso sri smt eerde ss in na na Idl te the rich new fLIP colors.

All sizes for It young men and bus- mess men. Choice tan You Beat It? smoingionn ailmn 111.:111.1414 This Fur lined Kersey Persian Lamb collar, cuffs 0 5 and lapels. A full tP2 $40 value for Thanksgiving TODAYand until Wednesday night. Great sale of Men's $20, $25 and $30 Suits. Blue serges, fancy I4 Led ries' eh 0 ea VALUES $4, $5 and $6 for Best bargains ever offered in our big store.

Btu Mkt will be torn downwe must movethat's the reasot for these radical reductions. Come IA 0107 today and "stock up" on your holielty -'k 4,..2 shoes at a big saving. Late styles is buckskins, tans, blacks and our popul 1 8-strap sandals in satin, suede, velvet -de and gunmetal included, at $3 per pair. 1E Irl En lie tin QIP IP ar, qv imil MI I I A giP WO IV I Bwienstbbeairogaindsoever owffeeredusint our tolredirt for -these radical reductions. Come 111 today and "stock up" on your holielty shoes at a big saving.

Late styles is buckskins, tans, blacks and our populd nrt 8 st sandals in satin, suede, velvet 8-strap and gunmetal included, at $3 per pain ff)) L.16 1Y i)1 c'f2 Creara ataIMEa IPOW61G7 The clerk of the village board of Oak Park, acting upon the advice of William R. village attorney, yesterday submitted to a mandate issued by Judge Moran and granted a permit to the West Suburban Hospital association to build a hospital at Austin and Ontario avenues, in a residential section. The residents hastily gathered and formed the Oak Park East End Protective association, with its principal object to prevent the erection of a hospital or any other objection, able buildings in the neighborhood, especially the hospital of the Western Suburban hospital association." According to William IL Gallagher. attorney for the residents, the care will be brought before the state Supreme court on a motion for a reversal. We do not believe the village clerk bad authority to issue that permit," said Mr.

Gallagher. We shall fight to the end before we allow the hospital to go up there." Attorney Gallagher will go before Justice Orrin N. Carter today in an effort to get a writ of supersedeas. Full Dress Suits, Silk Lined $27.50 Tuxedo Suits, $25.00 KNITTED Silk Neckwear, Cn $1.00 Value, Special MC Semi-Annual Shirt Sale Starts Today. Choice of regular $1.50 and $1.15 $2.00 values FRED'S 39 W.

MONROE, NEAR DEARBORN OPEN SATURDAY UNTIL 10 P. M. 4 10 LI 44.. ,,) 1 1101I 41, iiI Full Dress Suits, Semi-Annual Shirt of 1 Silk Lined $27.50 Sale Starts Today. d4i 1 fr li Choice of regular ifr, 1 Tuxedo Suits, vaanl- and $1-15 3 $25.00 ------r ues '01--- KNIT TED Silk Neckwear, aur MOO Value, Special FRED9s 39 W.

MONROE, NEAR DEARBORN OPEN SATURDAY UNTIL 10 P. M. 1 Mail Orders Filled. conpArill 222 South State Street (Corner Quincy Street) Girls' Shoes VALUES $2 to $3.50 Sizes Up to 2 These values are so good that et! can't last longsplendid qualities all leathers and many styles. Hundreds p3 1 must be sold at once.

Bring in the girls a.ibtl as many pairs of these shoes as you like at a dcat Fj: i-tiii-Ogiii i go 1,:.., Iris I A-444, A 44: NW:" VALUES $2 to $3.50, Sizes lip to 2 iii.ii.i; -ii These values are so good that et! can't last longsplendid qualiti esS leathers and many styles. Hundreds pall all must be sold at once. Bring in the girls aadlx1 as many pairs of these shoes as you like at adult Ir.4',- To i Mail Orders A I 4. ,..211:, 4 s' COMP i Filled: 22(2coSronuerthQuSintacy Street) 50 1 it 6Y iti eS I 1 pa1 adial 1 i rr Q' rrc' it q' 3, FATHER VENN LEAVES $4,000 WILLED TO CHURCH. i Made from grape tar; absolutely free from -alum.

Ilousekeeper Gets 3,000 in Trust and Remainder Is Bequeathed to Priest's Nephews. For sixty years American- house; wives have found Price's Cream Baking Powder a guarantee of light, pure and i wholesome food. The will of the late flev. Clement Venn, for twenty-Mx years rector of St. Boniface's Roman Catholic church.

Noble and Cornell streets. was filed with John W. Rainey. assistant to Judge Cutting. yesterday.

The estate is valued at $50000, all personal prop erty. St. Boniface's church gets fp4.000 and $1.000 goes to the Sisters of St. Frances Academy In Joliet. The executors are given $1000 in trust for Elizabeth Salm, who for many years housekeeper for the Rev.

Mr. Venn. After her death the $3.000 is to be divided among three nephews. Theodore J. Venn.

Dr. Clement Venn, and Dr. August Venn. To Fedor Loecher, living at 'Westphalia, Germany. $1.000 is bequeathed.

The residue of the estate is bequeathed to these nephews, to share as follows: Theodore 31. Venn. two-fifths; Charles J. Venn, one-fifth; Henry L. Venn.

one-fifth, and to Louise Venn a niece. one-fifth. ft i 1 ,.,1 1 Et L.2-e- iii lp Store 1 i The I tt In.A. A 4i4: Christmas it itt SAYS MRS. VERMILYA IS WELL.

Jail Doctor Declares She Can Attend Inquest Without Endangering Health. CONOPESS tfairty dropmeowe 4A'D ANNEX AAWZX 524 Michigan Avenue Old No. 227 and 228 Michigan AMMO Telephone Harrison 133 iIt giv ou choice of my entire stock of SUITS, AFTERNOON GOWNS, TAILOR MADE STREET DRESSES and STUNNINO COATS now bearing price tickets up to S0000 THIS sale began on Tuesday with animated response. This merely shows that Chicago women realize that when I say "sale," an event of unusual importance may be expected. Remember, all the coats.

suits and dresses in my stock, exceptint price tickets up to $60, are now velvets and corduroys, bearing e25 Iff 1,4 ----1 117, 01Pr' (... ilk 4 414 Ppt Ji ''''al 5r A. ze -0 1 1 -d Vsviderkg11881or i WOMIN 1 CONOPESS morn roPmexay 4. 1. 4 11" 524 Michigan Avenue .4140 ANNEX ALDTORMA1 AWL( .4, 0 7 lil NOW I Old No.

227 and 228 Michigan Avenue 1 Telephone Harrison 133 My Annual Sal 1 'id 1.. ti or. ommonnuoloon 4 I In Progress um 1 1 t'l a i i 1 1.1 1 till 2 5 1 41 0, ih lAsi DI give rsiie STREET RD i vc sosNE If my I OanWd esitui Tr 1 5k It: COATS now bearing price tickets up to So0.00 1 Itli til ii I I', I 1 1 114 'I'il 1141 I ii A 11,1 1111 I ft THaInSimsaatedle rbgaeesponnseon This Tuesday shiviotsrsh -i, 11 that Chicago women realize that when I 0 -1- 7 ssvpau tstasa lincedki: e'n. la nr sue corduroys, evrtsdeonum. of unusual may be expected.

Remember, all the coalA.sa i It' ''OtA Alt $25 ..11 Was No oym, are stock. bearing rikn.girnetSP:e2rtPat5ilintce,;. 1 I I Mrs. Louise Vermilya. a prisoner in the county jail hospital under two charges of baying murdered Policeman Arthur Bisonette and under suspicion of having poisoned several others.

will be able to attend the In Quest into Disonette's death at 10 a. m. next Monday. Tr's announcement was madeyeeterclay by Dr. Thomas Hogan, jail ph)siciam.

flow-----1-1, --ivVes113, lammitit-- 1 Bg gliONNNNNIMMThdvt lefillegRA Aszmitemoilipet ..4,1 oil4 0 ANA4.11V it i -4, iij. dri l't ig) 414 a -ms-- 4100 Ifril ft ..1 il 2-71 I ri Reproductions- of 1 Quaint Old Pewter I 1 In our Silver Room we have a special a- 1 -M display of charming reproductions of I the old American Pewter. This revival it of an old art is creating wide attention, as people are discovering that pewter is I a distinctive metal for tat.le service or SE .4. decoration. 4-1 3 You will find the graceful Colonial designs very pleasing to the eye, and the prices very reasonable 4 from $ax upwards.

-E I Wl A Co. at -71 't New Cowan Baiilding, 313 Michigan S. si 1 A 0 Between Jackson Blvd. and Fax Buren St. son Fnr lti -s- 64.p 1.

-NI AareN'teltit'bd' z- I.o liElk I -5i55- Roma it. i Pst 10 1 MAPSHALL FIELD CQMPANY BABY BOY LEFT ON DOORSTEP. Carries Abandoned Infant to Police StationGives It to Am-: bulance Surgeon. A 3 weeks old baby boy, neatly dressed in white flannels, was abandoned at 9 o'clock Wednesday tight on, the doorstep of James 111. Hogans home, 2445 North Western avenue.

If. carried the infant to the police station yesterday and gave It to Dr. C. D. Wall, bulancs surgeon.

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