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Newspaper Page TextHMMOW? The Doctors Elderly Wife is not his Wife. A NEW JERSEYSENSATION Which Results in a Divorce Suit. The Elderly Couple After Five Years of Guilt Refuseto be Divided, i hey will Marry. Vineland, N. J., Oct. 20. —Pro. ceedings which promise to devel op into a sensational divorce suit have been instituted by Alva B. Hough, of Terryville, Conn., against his wife, El *n Hough, who he alleges, has been living in Vine land as the wife of Dr. L. r l. Platt, a retired physician. Dr Platt came to Vineland about five years ago for the benefit of his health. He did not practice and was consider ed quite wealthy. Several month ago a well dress ed elderly lady attended by a maid arrived in Vineland, and was met by Dr. Platt. Platt introduced her to society, and to the ladies of the church r as his wife. Constable Nickerson has just re ceived papers from \\ ii. Chester, Conn., which he served upon Mrs. Hough and Dr. Pratt, plac ing the former as defendant and the latter as co-respondent in a suit for divorce, Dr. Platt was born in Waterbury, Conn. He gratnated at Pennsylvania University in 1860 and at Yale in 1664, after which he practiced medi cine. He was the family physician of the Houghs at Terryvii e, anil it was there that he became acquainted and aubseouently infatuated with Mrs. Hough. The couple are now keening house at No. 635 Elmer street. Dr. Platt is all, good 1 »oking and about 45 years of age. Airs. Hough appears to be his senior by five years. She is short and b out with giayishhairs She now admits that she is not the wife of Piatt and says her husband was very unkind to her, that he abused her and practically drove her from his roof. She says that Dr. Pla't was always kind and affectionate to her, and that she came to him to pro. tee t her from her husband Piatt says he will do so. They ap pear very affectionate, declaie they love each other and that noth ing in the world can separate them. HONORS TO A GERMAN. A Graceful Gift Recognition of the Kaiser’s Generosity. Paris. Oct. 20, —The people of France are agog over the act of the Government in conferring the Crm s o' the Legion of Honor upon Captain ▼on Susskindthe, German Military Attache at Paris The Berlin correspondent cf the Daily News ascribes the bestowal of the honor to Emperor William’s pardoning of the French spies and his attitude on the deaths of e: - ’resident MacMahon and President Carnot. BUSINESS GETS BETTER. Three Thousand Steel Operatives will go back to Work. Baltimore Md., Oct 20. Ou Nov. 1 the 3000 worlmen thrown out of employment at Sparrow’s Point by reason of a ailure last year wi'l go back to work with the re umptiou of operations by th? immense plant of the Maryland Steel Company. The statement comes from C Morton Stewait, chairman of the Stockhold ers’ll Roorganizi t m Committee, wears the Pants. Miss Mary S. Soper, of Lodi, N. Y., is one of the pioneers of dress reform. Because of her fath er’s infirmity she says she is the man of the farm on which they live, and she finds trousers much more convenient than skirts. That' 's why she wears them. She hoes, and sows and chops wood, aud her trousers she wears tucked in her high top-boots just as any horny-handed farmer does. Miss Soper wears skirts, however when »he ventures beyond the domain of the farm. AMERICAN NEWS, By swallowing poison, George Grube), aged 29, of St Louis, end ed h's life. 'Frisco will ask Congress to au thorize the building of ten torpedo boats for the Pacific coast. In a dispute over a wli p, Wil liam Lida, of Liberty, Mo., was killed by James Hines, a negro. C. F. Morrill, the defaulting bank cashier, of Manchester, N. ; 11., is said to he in Buenos Ayres. Daniel H. Burnham, of Chicago, has been elected president of the American Institute of Architects. A mad dog fatally bit Bessie Bates, aged 10, at Guthrie, O. T., and would-be shooters killed Mrs Littlejohn. Surprised by Watchman Pear son in A. A. Moihei’s house at Kansas City, burglars shot him dead and escaped. North Pacific seals are being slaughtered to the point of exter mination, says Sir Charles Tupper, of Canada. A successor to Bishop Paddock will be chosen by the Protestant Episcopal Bishops now in confer ence at New York. After holding up President Shute, of the Hillsboro (Ore.,) Bank, four masked men could not open the safe and got nothing. The fourth grinder of a masto don, found near Ulster Park, N. Y., suggests the presence there abouts of the entire skeleton. Money found in a well of Her man Freeze, ex-<as'iier of the Ho mer (Neb.) Bank, disproves his fanciful story of a “hold up.” Almost on the eve of hanging for wife murder Frank Kurtz, of Chi cago, had hi 3 sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Decision of the Federal Court of Appeals confirms the confine in *nt of Millionaire W. H. King, of Newport, in an insane asylum. Angered by the Cotton Oil Trust’s dictation of lower prices, Missisiippicotton growers will ask the District Attorney to prosecute the concern. As the express messenger threw oft'bundles of furs at Latty, 0.. a ( strange man picked them up and i ran, but had to drop them on be ing wounded. Joseph Harding, an Erie Rail road brakeman, who deserted a wife and child at Buffalo, N. Y., and took up with Annie Foley, blew his brains out yesterday be cause Annie Foley deserted him. Drink Threa Pints of water Daily •‘A reason.” says a physician ‘'why 1 often presetibe <ne of the mineral waters for my patients and have them t ike it daily in consider able qnanities is simply to give them sufficient water It wan error committe I by£ many otherwise sensible and intelligent pn-sons that drinking much weter interferes with digestion. One of those persons said to me lately: ‘I rarely drink a swallow of water- a cup of coffee with my break fast, a cup of tx>fl or chocolate with my lunch on an 1 an afte m tinner < p of cofiee again with my dinner, thui is p a tialiy all the liquid I take. ( L’bis with an air of conscious reci- ' tude ; To begin with, tea, coffee, choc olate or beer, wine and the like arc not substitutes for w ater, which is one of the most important of all substances required for the nourishments of the body. Don’t drain a half-pint glass of iced wa ter just as you sit down to eat: that is palpably injurious; but do have a big glass of water that has been boiled and cooled brought to you on waking, and by the time the bath and toilet have been ac complished and breakfast is to be taken the water will not be an in terfering agent. About three pints of water a day should be regularly taken; fully this is needed by the system.’ —St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. THE HUSTLER OF ROME SUNDAY OCTOBER 2 1 1894, ANUDEmiiBER; Stood in the Back Yard ana Though; Shot at REFUSED TO LEAVE Until he was Thrown a Pair of Pants, When he Disappear- | eel. A Mysterious Ap parition in King- • ston. Kingston, N. Y. Oct,, 20 •—A naked man who wat seen prowling in tfie back yards of several houses in this city late last night caused great excitement. B. E. Codley, who heard the man calling back of bis bedroom window, shot four times in the air tv frighten him away. He remained motionless howev er, and begged for his clothes say ing they wtre in the house. Codiey gave him a pair of pants and with nothing ou but these he disappear ed. This morning the man’s clothes were found in a back yard, where he had evidently left them. STEEPLE-CUMBERS FATE Plunged 90 Feet end Broke Near ly all his Bor.es. Iva isvill i, Ind., Oct. 20. —Er- nest M. Beeson, a carpenter of this city, working c n St. John’s church, in Warrick county, 12 miles from this city, fell yesterday. He was instantly killed, and nearly every bone in his body was broken. National Capical Gossip. —General O. O. Howard, U. S.- A.-, will be retired next month, on age. —Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Minister, is expected back at his post next month. —Several Washington bakers fa vor a reduction of the five-cent loaf of bread to three. —The American Gas Light Asso ciation is holding ts tv eaty-sec ond annuel convention at Wash ington. Secretary Herbert has author ized Rear Admiral Meade to hoist his flag as Commander-in-Chief of the North Atlantic station on board the Dolphin, at the New York Navy Yard. On his Wife’s Grave. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 19.—Eugene Schauwecker, 31 years of age, a wholesale grocer aud liquor merchant of Cincinnati, committed suicide yes terday, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery on the grave «f his first wife, by shoot ing himself through the heart. The suicide was d< 1 berate, Upon the body was found a letter to bis second wife, Mrs. Kate Schauwecker, No, 49 Wheeler street, Cincinnati, begging forgiveness. A Family Cistern Drugged- Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 20.—For attempting to poison Dr. A. D. Barr and family by placing a pound ot a poisonous drug in Dr. Barr’s cistern, in revenge for vexatious lawsuits, Dr. Nixon, Dr. McCabe and Mrs. McCabe are in custody in Sharpe County. Four members of the Barr family drank” of the pois , oned water and narrowly escaped | death. I WORLD’S FAIR THIEF. She Pilfered SIOOO worth of Ar trc!es at Exposition Hotels. Chicago, HL, Oe:. 20.—Clever MissC H. Siske was arrested verterday for having stolen an i nmetise array of articles, rang ing from woman’s apparel to ta bleware, and valued altogether at over SIOOO. I’he goods bear the marks of World’s Fair hotels, in which the woman admitted she had been employed. Her trunk was also well stocked w th valuable gifts from numer j ojs bachelors and widowers [tireughout the Western States, to whom she had written touching I love letters. 1320 HONEY COMB TOWELS, EACH 4Cts. Ty are full 34 inches long and 20 inches wide. New and bright ant you can buy them at the value of a wash rag at BASS BROS & Co od store, and PARKS &. Co, store. This is but a little item of the Thousand Great Bar gans in store for the Fall Trade. Our prices for the next sixty days will be a revelation to the people, Prices unmatchable, unap proachable and phenomenal. YOU HAVE NOTICED The newspaper announce ments of our purchase of the Receiver of the Lad ies’ Bazaar Co., of Atlai ta. It was a great stock of fine Dry Goods, Notions, &c., invoicing $39,- 000. The price paid was nearer nothing than that at which such goods never changed hands in this broad land, if our knowledge of such matters is a true record — 8400 Yds, heavy yard-wide Brown Sheeting, worth 6 1-2 cat 4 1-2 c 420 “ Turkey red Damask, never before under 20c going at 1 2 1-2 c 8000 “ Good quality 4-quarter bleached Domestic worth 71 -2c at sc, 300 “ Cheviot shirts, with collars, priced by other s at $ 1,50 to go at 75c 80 Fine Count all wool, 1 O-quartQrJßed Blankets worth $ 1 0. pairs3.so 4000 Yds Dress Ginghams, lovely styles & colorings worth 7c at 4 1-2 c, 300 Pairs Ladies Fine dress button shoes, worth $ 1.75 to go at $ 1.00, 3500 Ladies Hemstitched Handkerchiefs worth from 1 0 to 1 5c at sc, 2000 Yds. High grade, fine count, Sea Island full 36 inches wide, worth 71 -2c at 5c 240 Pairs of that celebrated Shoe for Men, “Goodwear” worth s2.so.Until sold only $1.50 360 Suits Fine all wool Cheviot Suits single and double breasted sacks, blacks browns. & c., A/orth $ 1 0.00. Made to sell for $ 1 O.OOor more. Nothing equal to them in a thousand miles of Rome for the money. FOR DRESSES By far tbe largest stock in ibis market. An almost endless variety from h single width American goods from 4c up to the exquisite effects of French Artists : extra quality. Covert Cloth, Serges, Novelty Mixtures, Armures, Bengalines, Poplines, Henrietta Cloths, Camel’s Hair, Granites etc. Satin Dutchesses, Mone®, Fail es and Bengalines, China and Japan ese Silks, Surahs, Ginghams, Prints, Peic'es, Cheviots, Crepe Cloth. Decks Denims, Suitings, Stupes, etc. 46-inch Covert Cloth, the latest comer of new dress tabrics made to sell a151.25 ; our price.. .85 Beautiful Mixture Covert Cloth, worth 80c. at 60 Two-toned Diagonals, 36-inch Double fold Suitings, 36-inch, dark and medium gray, worth twice the price; full suit, 8 yards for sl, 10.000 yards Fancy Dress Prints, 64x64 cloth wo.th 7c 5 Trimmings & c. All the imaginables in Silks. Illumi nated Surahs, two-toned, shot and seeddot effects, Bengalines, Tff, Velvets Velveteens. Si.k Braids, Pass ementeries Jets. Novelty Trimmings, Ribbons, etc. The desirable things in laces. Embroideries on Swiss, Nain sook and Cambrics, all-over embroi deries . 400 yards Hamburg Edging worth 10c yard at ,5 20c Hamburg at 10 30c Hamburg at .17 OXiOTHZIISrGK A choice assortment lor Men, Boys and Children. Swell effects in Tweeds, Cheviots, Cas simeres and Serges: also swell effects in the dressier Fabrics, prominent among which Clays, and West of England Diagonals. Suits for slender people, stout people, young giants and little fellows. Especial attention is called to 360 Men’s all-wool Suits at $5.00. They arc Simply unniatchable bargains. Qur stock of clothing from lowest to best quality comes to us as the most brilliant haul of our victorious buyer, and we are determined bp the power of magnetism of price to put more new clothing on men and boy s this fall than ever before in our business experience. The few prices named throughout this advertisement are mere ly suggestive of the way other goods will be sold, 300 Overeoats less thin half prices. Fact. assortment ot Clcaks. /\A II I I ]\J FF? Y I IBazaar’s stock almost in its entirety was snipped to oni Vll Lj I—4 1 N IX I » Rome house—cost nearly nothing, and if you want anythin® in this lino, we will sell it to vou away down below prices of others. Come to soe O'* BASS BROTHERS & COMPANY For the goods here advertised, go to either of our stores, excepting that the Millinery will ( be found at the PARKS CO. store, and tne Clothing and Hats will beat|the old|store. 25 Less Than 1 9 Ctson $ A good percentage of these goods has been shipped to us, and if prices and values count lor anything they will go into new homes in quick order. Our import order for Fall Goods had 1 ' , en placed before this purchase w. made and the goods are arri/ ’g daily. Must have room, and we are going to make it by bidding admuto a pile of mer chandise at once. Smail Wares. Needles, Pins, Hair-Pins, Threads. Wha ebones, Casings, Hooks-and- Eyes, Tapes, Dress Shields, Cotsets Laces, Shoe Laces, Buttons, Brads, etc. A straw will show the way the wind blows, so in these little items we will save you 50 to 100 per cent | on your purchases. S:ick a pin down ] here; if you Lave no pin, we will sell ! you a whole paper of English Pins for sc. and everything else relatively as cheap. Blankets and Flannels These goods at prices that cannot and will not be duplicated by others We bought them away under the market at the great auction sale of Faulkner Page & Co. New York in May when the mecury was up and blankets were down. We want you to see our full size Bed Blanket at each—a trifle 25 Our Fine All-wool Blankets SIO,OO value per pair 3.50 Nothing ever offered equal to them as bargains. Red Flannel worth 25c at 15 White Flannel worth 25c at 15 Red Twilled Flannel worth 40e at 25 White Twilled Flannel worth 40c at 25 Every quality of Flannel cut almost in Two. Gents Furnishing Linen Bosom Shins Laundried and Unlaundried ; and Cheviot Shirts Satine Shirts Drawers Scriven’s Patent Dr.*we s; Hosiery and Glove,. So Price! Price! will do it. AV hen the cost i small, a fraction of the worth our lee-way is immense-191-< cents on the dollar, a all fine goods too; most of them Winter Goods—l 9 1-2 cents, You never heard of such a pur. cnase. in gr< at variety. Scarfs Ties Hgsi Sup; ortors Cuffs Buttons Collars anc Cuffs e'c.; all iu the bargain cats logue, Men's Fine All-Wool Shirts ad Drawees silk Stiched worth each sl, 00 ; as long as this lot lasts our price will be .0? 1,900 4- Linen Collars 10 Shoes There is no equal to our Dongola Button Shoe for LtOies at 1.09 Have you yet bought our special Tap-Sole Blucher Shoes for men? This Shoe is made excusively for us and cannot be sold by any one except us. We take the bold position that there is not a Shoe on earth of equ wear to it at the price Ladies’ Cloth Top Patent tip great value Ladies’ Genuine Kid worth 3.00 at 2.00 Ladies’ Solid Substantial Shoes Men’s Rex Calf Shoes 1 Hand Welt Calf worth $4.50 at 3.00 Children’s Solid Shoes 50 Misses’ Heavy Shoes 6’ School Shoes worth SI.OO at 15 School Shoes worth $1 .25 at 1.00 Misses’ Fine Shoes worth $2.00 at 1.50 For all our stores we buv as many Shoes as any 4 houses in Rome; we buy then at headquarters with the cash aud we buy them at lower prices than those who buy in smaller quani ties. Come to our place tor Shoes■