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limits end and those of the county
begin. In 1880 there were in the same
limits bont 292,000, beinc an increase, in
the decade, of about 47 per cent At the
same ratio of Increase in the cast decade the
population of the same area would be about
425,000. In 1880 the population of the
count? was, bv the census of that year, about
356,000. It is" evident that the overflow into
the county from the cities has been much
greater in the last decade than the preced
ing one, but taken as a factor the per cent
of increase in the decade 1870 to 1880. it is
probable the county will show in 1890 a
population of about 625,000. I should not
be surprised to see it above that number.
HIS ESTIMATES OK THE CITIES.
"Taking these general summaries as
factors of computation, I am inclined to
think the population of JPittsOurfr proper
will be shown by the census of 1890 to be
from 210.000 to 235,000, and that of Alle
- sbeny Citv from 110,000 to 125,000. That
will somewhat depend on the industry and
efficiency of the enumerators."
"What about the increase of business?"
"I should rather not venture any figures
on that subject. As I have sajd, the whole
county i being largely occupied with man.
nlactories, ihe business offices of many of
which are located in Pittsburg. The large
number of sir, eight and ten-story office
buildings erected in the past few years, and
the demand lor more, indicate how rapidly
the magnetic business advantages of Pitts
burg are concentrating in and around its
manufacturing and mercantile establish
ments. 1 doubt whether the census will ex
hibit the full growth of the city in that par
ticular. It never has.
INFOESIATION HAED TO GET.
"In two especial canvasses, made by my
self for publication purpoes,each occupy
ing several months, I found it difficult to
obtain any absolutely correct information,
although personally known to most of the
business men, and receiving the informa
tion confidentially. I fear the census enu
merators will not succeed much better. I
trust they may. I can only sar that
some 30 years ago, in a statistieal
publication relating to Pittsburg, after stat
ing the natural and artificial advantages of
the citv at that time, I ventured the asser
tion that 'henceforth Pittsbure will be one
of the most progressive cities of the TJnioc.'
I have no doubt that if the census of 1890 is
correctly taken, it will bear out the asser
tion. "It is unfortunate for any prestige to the
city from its population ratine, that what is
really the community of Pittsburg, is
divided into so many separate cities, towns
and boroughs, that the twin cities of
Pittsburg and Allegheny do not make the
prominent showing they are entitled to.
Pittsburg, with clearing house retnrns that
place it the fifth or sixth in the country, in
business exhibit, by census figures falls far
below that rank in population. The whole
. county is practically Pittsburg, and might
be well consolidated under the city charter.
If there is any prestice or business advan
tage to be attained by population rank cer
tainly the two cities of Allegheny and
Pittsburg should be made one."
AMONG THE BUSINESS MEN.
HOW DIFFERENT LINES HAVE GROWN IN
TEN YEARS.
Some Branches That Have Increased 100
Per Cent Others Three Times as Great,
With Preflts One-Third as Big Esti
mates on Popnlalion.
T. C. Jenkins, the large wholesale grocer,
when asked lor an estimate o n the increase
of the grocery bnsiness since 1880, said: "I
could give no reliable figures on the ad
vancement of the grocery trade, as it would
take some time to figure it ont, and I have
never made comparisons to any extent."
When asked if the business had increased
20 per cent, Mr. Jenkins said: "I think
not." Be would not make a guess on the
population.
A representative of Arbuckle & Co.
thought the grocery and coffee bnsiness had
increased in such a manner from 1880 that
it was now three times larger in Allegheny
county than a decade since.
E. H. Myers, the Liberty street pork
packer, in speaking of the progress made in
bis line since the census of 1880, said: "Of
course, our business has increased in pro
portion to the population, but our profits
are not near as large as they were ten years
ago. Western competition has been largely
instrumental in depreciating our profits,
and manv others have embarked on this
line with more or less success, thus dividing
up the business, whereas ten years ago the
trade was confined to a very few houses.
If OT SO HIGH AS SOJIE.
"It is bard to estimate the population of
Allegheny county," he said, when asked to,
give an estimate, "but I think it will reach
in the neighborhood of 425,000."
J. 1). Bernd, the wholesale millinery
goods importer, in discussing the advance
ment of millinery business since 1880, said:
"The business has unquestionably increased
100 per cent since 1880, and is still increas
ing every day. I suppose," he continued,
"that Allegheny county has a population of
at least half a million. The country bor
oughs have increased in an extraordinary
manner, as can be readily seen in the way
business has grown."
It. H. Smith, who imports woodenwa-e
extensively, in commenting upon his Lubi
ness since the last census, remarked: "Our
line has made very fast progress, and I have
no doubt that the wooden ware business in
the past ten years has increased to such an
extent that to-day it is at least three times
as large.
HOW PEICES HAVE DROPPED.
"The prices on wooden novelties have had
a corresponding decrease, and to-day vou
can purchase a fine basket for SI that could
not be had for $3 ten years ago. I would
put the population of Allegheny county in
the neighborhood of 400,000."
J. J. McCaffrey, who has an extensive
retail business in the feed line, said: "Why,
I suppose the grain business has increased
25 per cent since the last census was taken
but I could give you no reliable btatistics!
I suppose the business has keot apace with
the growth of the city. I think there will
be about half a million people found in the'
connty after the enumerators complete their
work."
A large number of other bnsiness men
were seen by Dispatch reporters, but very
fe wished to go on record as hazarding any
predictions as to the growth of the city or
county.
GLASS, IRON AND COAL.
THREE
OF THE THINGS THAT MOST
MAKE THE GROWTH.
Whr.t the Censns Will Show In the Slann.
ractnrincLlne The Demand for Wrought
Iron Pipe The Prospects for the Present
Year.
Few industries have made the progress in
the last ten years that the wrought iron pipe
business has. In speakingof advancement,
both in number of mills and the volume of
production, Mr. Kalph W. Carrol), of the
American Tube and Iron Company, said:
"Ten years ago here were 12 manufact-
t- nrers of wrought iron pipe and
' " tubes in the United States. They
' were the National Tube Works, the
4 American Tube and Iron Companv, Morris,
Xasker & Co., Spang, Chalfant &'Co., Alli
vr?n.& Co-' Eead,1B fron Works, Syracuse
Tube Company, Conshohocken Tube Com
pany. A. M. Byers & Co., Crescent Tube
(Works (now the Pennsylvania Tube
j Works), Curtis & Co. and Crane Brothers.
w The daily capacity at that time is estimated
"" to have been about 1,200 tons dnily, and
n the average output about 1,000 tons.
The developments of new oil fields
40in warren connty, Pa
.nd Cattaraugus
x., early in the
0m&Q'a, caused an mere
inland for pipe,
which was, augmented considerably in 1882
and 1883 bv the commencement to utilize
natural gas largely in these sections. Later,
say from 1884- and up to the present, there
has been a very large development of the
natural gas industry around Pittsburg, and
also tnroueh Indiana. Ohio and Kentucky.
Through this time the wrought iron pipe
trade received a wonderful impetus, and a
large number of new mills were erected to
supply the increased demand, and the old
ones added tolheir capacities.
NEW MILLS IN TEN TEABS.
"The new mills erected since 1880 are:
The American Tube and Iron Company at
Youngstown, O.; Oil City Tube Company;
Paige Tube Company, Warren, O.; River
side Iron Works, Wheeling; Tyler Tube
Company, Boston; Pittsburg Tube Works;
Continental Tube Work, ana theDuquesne
Tube Works. The daily capacity of the
mills ol tbeTjnited States is now about 2,000
tons, and the demand at times has been so
active as to tax their capacities. Just now
there is barely enough demand to keep the
mills comfortably filled, and the present
average output could be largely aug
mented. The greatest amount of the in
creased demand is due to natural gas, and
from the present outlook the wrought Irop
pipe manufacturers will secure a large busi
ness through the same channel for years to
come. .
"There have been millions of dollars
invested in oil lines during the past ten
years. The largest continuous lines of
wrought iron pipe in the world are the two
six-inch lines of the Standard Oil Company
running from Clean, N. Y.. to Bayonne, N
J., a distance of over 350 miles and the
eight-inch line from Lima, O., to Chicago,
which is estimated to have cost 51,500,000."
Jacob Painter, Jr., of J. Painter & Sons
Co., regarded the subject of too much mag
nitude to attempt a detailed expression.
The iron business has increased enormously.
Mr. Painter Aid: "The prospect for the
present year is not good just now, owing to
an advance in metal without a proportionate
advance in manufactured iron. Compar
ing a period ol five veais with any other
similar period, I do not think there is very
much variation in the industry except the
natural increase occasioned by a propor
tionately increased demand. A few years
ago when steel took the place of iron in
many instances, the iron industry was tem
porarily crippled, but it is recovering again
and is now on an onward march."
JUST ABOUT DOUBLED.
E. M. Byers, of A. M. Byers & Co., said
the iron industry has about doubled within
the past 10 years. The consumption of pig
iron alone was 7,748,817 tons last year, while
it was only 3,409,211 in 1879, But it was
also nearly doubled in the previous decade,
and more than doubled ;in the deoade
beginning with 1859, when it was only
827,609 tons. It is because the American
manufacturer has been so encouraged that
he is able to furnish structural iron and ma
terials of all kinds for buildings that the
consumption has so greatly increased. Out
of the entire increase in consumption per
capita during the last 30 years, which has
been 200 pounds per capita, about 170
pounds, or nearly seven-eighths, has been
neither in rails, domestic or foreign, nor in
other forms of manufactured iron and steel
imported, but in forms other than rails.
A. Garrison, of the A. Garrison Foundry
Company, has watched the development ot
the loundrv business very closely for the
past 30 or 40 years, and at no time has the
industry increased as it lias in the decade
just closed. Of conrse, as the iron industry
increases, the demand for mill supplies
must increase, and in proportion to the ad
vance in the manufacture of iron and steel,
has the foundry business increased.
The coal industry has grown to an enor
mous extent, according to Mr. Alex
Dempster, agent for the Pittsburg
Coal Company. The output of anthra
cite and bituminous coal in Pennsyl
vania alone has increased at the rate of
nearly 5,000,000 tons annually In 1886 the
output of anthracite was 32,136,302 tons
and that of bituminous was 27,000,000. In
1888 the anthracite amounted to 38,000,000
while the bituminous output reached
33,000,000. Besides this there is a vast
amount of supply coal that never gets into
the returns. Pittsburg has the largest
bituminous coal market in the United
States, and among the largest in the world.
GBOWIH OP THE GLASS INDUSTRY.
The glass industry has advanced in two
ways. The capacity for production, accord
ing to the statement of T. O'Leary, Jr., of
O Leary Bros., has been more than doubled
and the standard of quality has been raised
on an equal, if not superior plane with the
French production. Mr. O'Leary said:
"There have not been so many new glass
houses built in Pittsburg during the last
ten vears, but several additions have been
made to those already up, and taking the
country at large the business, I am sure, has
more than doubled itself. Cunningham &
Co., Lim., Wolfe, Howard & Co., O'Leary
Bros. & Co., B, C. Schmertz and Ihnisen &
Co., have all increased their capacity, and
S. McK.ee & Co. converted their bottle
house into a window house. That is about
the extent of the increased capacity belong
ing distinctively to Pittsburg. Of course
the big plate 'glass works at Tarentum,
Jeanette and Ford City have all been
erected in the last decade, and there have
been many improvements in the way
of manufacturing. The abandonment of
cars in lears and the introduction of rod
lears has been a great advantage both to the
manufacturer and the laborers. The work
men make more money in this district than
in any other in the United States. It is due
to Pittsburg plate glass to say that to-day it
surpasses any other in the world. It is pre
ferred in all markets to French plate." "
Charles B. Dilworth, of Dilworth, Porter
& Co., said there are now about a dozen
mills in the country. Their own mill has
been in business for 35years andjhas now an
enormous daily capacity. Mr. Porter
said that while the Edgar Thomson works
made enough rails per day to lay 14 or 15
miles of road, their mill turned ont enongh
snikes to lay 45 to 50 miles. He thinks the
bnsiness has at least doubled itself in the
last ten years.
GREAT GROWTH IN REALTY.
WHAT A TRIP AMONG THE REAL ESTATE
MEN DEVELOPEO.
Prices of Property Severn! Time More
Than Ther Were In ISSsO An Immense
Increase In the Bnsiness of Agents and
Brokers.
A number of interviews have been secured
with real estate dealers and brokers con
cerning the growth of the city, these gen
tlemen being so situated that they are able
to size up the situation. They know what
the prices of property were a decade or
more ago, and what are now demanded, and
nothing points to the growth of a place
more definitely than the extent to which
real estate is in demand.
D. P. Black, of Black & Baird, opened
by stating that if the population of the city
had increased as the trade in realty has done
since 1880, it would now have a population
of 3,000,000, for he said real estate trading
had increased 900 per cent In 1880 Herron
& Sons did fully half of all the business,
and while their operations have kept pace
in growth with other houses, they now have
less than one-tenth of the total. At that
time they found sufficient room on a floor on
Wood street, and rented deskroom to an in
surance agency, and to an oil brokerage
firm that did a large bnsiness, and vet they
were not crowded. He instanced
the like growth in the opera-
.iuiid ui Dauiuei w. .Black, now
S. W. Black & Co. Black & Baird were
not in the swim then, but for a long time
they have made an average of two sales a
day, which Is more than an average of all
sales made by all houses ten years ago.
ANOTHEB INSTANCE OP QBOWTK.
When D. P. Black entered S. W. Black's
services a small desk and a memorandum
book completed the outfit, and were all that
was needed. Now a first-class establishment
requires all the paraphernalia and force of
a large bank. Bent collecting has grown
into importance, equaling, if not exceed
ing, that of selling, and while it throws
jsmwi responsibility on the agencies, they.
find it very remunerative, and landlords
have grown to appreciate its ad
vantages as much as do the
agencies. Landlords immersed in other
business frequently know not the value
of their property as rent producing, and an
instance was given where a tenant's rent
had been Increased from $600 to $2,700 a
year and a part or his room taken from him,
and he still finds it cheaper to pay four and
one-half times as much than to move. But
the advantage has not occurred solely to
landlords and agencies. The business being
conducted systematically and repairs made
more cheaply than when landlords were
their own agents, and made with more dis
crimination. People wanting to rent can,
in an hour, determine what they want from
the information furnished, aud frequently
save many dollars in time and much vexa
tion, compared with the old system of house
hunting. Mr. Black estimates that the renting done
by agencies has grown 2,400 per cent in the
last three years. He thinks we will never
reach our full capacity for development un
til the entire county is taken into the city.
DOUBLED IN VALUE.
Samuel W. Black stated that real estate
in Pittsburg has on an average doubled in
value since the last census was taken, while
in some localities, both for business and res
idence purposes, the advance has been con
siderably more than 100 per cent, and what
was termed activity in 1880 would be snail
paced at present. One great stimulant has
been the cheapening of money, caused by its
accumulation at this center. People are
buying now who in lormer years expected to
die renters. Capitalists havealso found that
there is an equal and safer return in real es
tate investment than in some kinds of man
ufacturing. In this Mr. Black sees no In
flation, as the investments are made on busi
ness principles, with a confident expectation
of good returns and are not speculative, and
the city is ulso fast becoming one of homes,
like Philadelphia and Baltimore.
George Johnston stated that the real
estate agency business had mainly grown
since he went into it, 12 or 13 years ago, and
yet the then established houses had not been
hurt by the rivalry, but on the contrary,
they bad grown, along with their rivals.
Then an agent rubbed his hands and in
dulged in visions of future greatness when he
concluded a $10,000 sale. Now one of $100,
000 did not elate him nearly so much. In
that time prices have increased 400 to 500
per cent in some localities, notably in the
Second, Third and Fourth wards, almost
uniformly so below Grant street In that
area, ten years ago, there were properties
that scarce yielded taxes, and some 20-foot
lots that were on the market at $3,000 to
$4,000, and that have since been sold at
$20,000 to $25,000. "I have a piece of prop
erty in my hands," said he, "that the owner
would have sold at $20,000, and he now re
fuses to take $54,000 lor it The Hotel
Bo ver could have been bought five years ago
for" $75,000. It is now held at $200,000,
and the Ceirtral Hotel property will now
bring $100,000 more than it would a year
ago.
EFFECTS OF EAPID TEANSIT.
Rapid transit while not injuring the
value of downtown business property, has
greatly increased that in the snburbs. This
is especially marked along the line of the
Central Traction Railway. Lots held at
$30 a foot front, but which could scarce be
given away, will now sell readily at $75 to
$100."
James W. Drape said: "The growth of
Pittsburg during ihe last 10 years has been
without parallel in its history. It is equal
to that of any 30 years' previous growth.
Other cities grew rapidly previously, nota
bly Chicago and other Western towns, but
in this city it was not extraordinary, and
the bulk of the increase of the last 10 years
has been in the last five. I time it by the
date when I went to Europe. The impetus
was mainly given by the utilization of nat
ural gas. By this an immense impetus was
given to pipe manufacture, and this in turn
stimulated all other enterprise. Values
have kept pace with the increase of popula
tion, and much of it is not apparent to the
casual observer, as it is represented largely
by mortgages made to secure betterments."
Mr. Drape considered the present busi
ness foundation good.
John W. Herron, of W. A. Herron &
Sons, said: "No other investors have made
so much money since 1880 as those who,
with good judgment, put their money into
real estate. The growth of the city has
caused a steady advance. Buyers have
steadily realized profits which have induced
them to reinvest Improved property has
paid a large interest rate during the entire
decade."
MAKES THKM WOEK HAED.
Talking of growth, Mr. Herron said that
14 years ago his father and himself had done
the business entirely themselves, and were
not obliged to work nearly so hard as at
present when, in addition to the three
members ot the firm, 12 clerks and book
keepers were employed, and this force is
exclusive of commission workers. They do
not employ them as some houses do,
though they work through them to a
considerable extent One thing that
adds largely to the bookkeeping department
making all the force of a large bank neces
sary, is the large holdings of non-residents.
who have been attracted of late years by the
promise of good return from investments
here. This clientage is scattered from
Maine to California. These, also, formerly
did such business through lawyers.
Mr. Herron thinks investments here for
the future promise well on account of the
great growth of capital. Heretofore the
city has suffered for want of it Owners of
real estate have been crippled, as money
paid better in other bnsiness, but now sur
plus capital mustvhave an outlet, and it
has found a profitable one. Fittsbur; has
not yet appreciated the value of economy in
building. Lots in many parts of the city
are too large, and people are too squeamish,
wanting to live separately. In Philadel
phia 16 or 18 feet front answers for lots, and
elegant bouses are joined together, and
building is done systematical!. Builders
own quarries, brickyards, sawmills and
timber lands and get material at base prices.
There narrow lots save street improvement
expenses, and houses can be sold or rented
cheaper than here. Then capital is and
has been plentier and cheaper in Philadel
phia than here, there being so many trust
companies who must find sale investments
and must give inducements that will at
tract Accordingly, a builder with $100,000
can invest it in lots and houses, costing say
$5,000 to the establishment As toon as
these are finished he can get 20 time mort
gages each ol $3,500 at a low rate of interest
payable in installments of $500 or $1,000
each per year. This gives him $70,000.
"VyANT IT IN A LUMP.
Here money lenders refuse to give such
mortgages, and a man's money is tied up
five to ten years. They want their money
in a lump, or they think 30 per cent margin
for safety too narrow. In conclusion Mr.
Herron said that from investigation be had
learned that the improvement of realty gave
Philadelphia the greater part of its busi
ness, and here will in future give an impe
tus to manufacturing and all other avoca
tions. He has no notion that the limit of
expansion will be reached for years to
come.
C. Beringer, at 156 Fourth avenue, one
of the oldest agents ju the business, said
that during the past ten years there had
been a greater change in real estate business
than for 25 years before, as business was
then done by sellers hunting up the agents
to sell for them, while now the agents hunt
up the sellers as well as the buyers, by having
canvassers over the cities and suberbs, and
while agents then were but very few, they
are now as plenty as fleas in a pigpen;
agents were then looked upon with sus
picion; a large portion are now called upon
to make safe investments for moneyed meo,
as well to handle their property, as many
find real estate the safest and most profit
able investment in the long run.
INCREASE IN THE DEUQ TBADE.
George A. Kelly, the wholesale druggist,
gave some interesting figures in his trade,
and he stated the trade generally had in
creased proportionately. In 1879 Mr. Kell v
did a business of $278,000 and in 18S9,
$559,000, with a gradual increase dur
ing the intermediate years. There is
a peculiarity about this trade that
cannot be attributed to another.
While, the Wholesale drag business'
has increased, the territory which any one
house covers, decreases.
The largest drug house in the world is
said to be in St Louis, and the trade of that
house is confined to a few surrounding
States. Mr. Kelly once shipped to Mexico,
but his shipment to such a distance now can
be counted with little difficulty. His own
theory as to the cause of this is, that as the
country developes, the center of distribution
changes, and because he is confined to
smaller territory now than ten years ago his
trade has grown in proportion to the increase
in population and demands of thedistnet to
which he has been confined. It is so with
the trade generally.
There is also a great change in the last
few years, savs Mr. Beringer, by efforts of
mechanics and day laborers to get homes of
their own, instead of paying rents all their
lives, and in the end have nothing to show
for it for no matter how humble a home'it
may be, a man and his family feel happier
and will have more? comforts about them
than when living in rented houses, and
with present high wages almost any man
can have his own home and be independent
of the landlord, as there are many
places yet around our cities where
Property can be bought cheaply.
But the greatest change is in its present
style and durability of both business houses
as well as in its dwellings, as the designs are
both handsome and durable, which will
stand for generations to come; and. judging
from the past Pittsburg and its surround
ings are just beginning to feel their strength.
That growth will be much more rapid than
heretofore, and many will be surprised at
our growth during the past ten years when
the census is taken, but a more rapid growth
will show itself during the next ten years
than the past, for no clonds are visible in
the commercial skv that forebode storms,
and no middle-aged man will ever see an
other panic like the one in 1873.
SEVERAL OFFICIAL ESTIMATES.
Controller Morrow Thinks Pittsbure Will
Have 200,500 Population.
The present population of Pittsburg is
estimated by City Controller Morrow at
266,500. This is the highest estimate made
by any person encountered by The Dis-i
patch reporters. Mr. Morrow obtains his
figures by multiplying the number of resi
dent taxables by five. The same method of
computation would give Allegheny a popu
lation of 126,800.
Chief J. O. Brown, of the Department of
Public Safety, estimates the population of
Pittsburg at 260,000. He says: "For de
partment purposes we have been estimating
the population at 245,000, but I think it will
go over that" Chief Brown now has 35
municipal buildings under his control.
In 1880 there were eight police stations in
the city. Now there are ten stations and
three patrol stations, while an eleventh sta
tion is in conrse of construction. In 1889
there were 14 engine and,hose houses. This
number has increased by three and another
is now building.
Crosby Gray, Chief Clerk of the Depart
ment of Public Safety, estimated the popu
lation of Pittsburg in 1880 at 155,000. He
was only 1,389 out of the way. This year
his estimate is 230,000.
ESTIMATE BY THE MAILS.
Sir. Stephen Collins Thinks rituburg Won't
Show Below 250,000.
Stephen Collins, Superintendent of Mails,
said: "My estimate of the population of
Pittsburg would be 250.000. It may be
more, I hardly think it will be less. That is
an increase of 100,000 since 1880. From 1880
to 1885 the population did not increase
much, but since then a number of people
have flocked in, attracted by the gas boom.
In general the business of the postoffice in
ten years has increased four fold, not in the
revenues of the office, because the mailing
rates have been reduced, but the volume of
business done has been greatly swelled.
"If the growth in the postoffice can be
taken as an indication of the development
of the city, then it has certainly made big
strides. Bnt the increase in business cannot
be taken strictly as an indication that the
population has increased in proportion.
It should be remembered that no new
territory has been added to the city since
1880, and a numberof the neighboring towns
have grown rapidly. Their business is
transacted throutrh Pittsburg, and this has
swelled-the trade ot the city. However, I
think when the result of the census is an
nounced that we vill all be agreeably sur
prised. "In 1878 the gross yearly earnings of the
postoffice were $213,961, in 1880 they had in
creased to $245,729, but since then the post
age has been reduced, and the revenues now
are nota fair criterion."
THE OBNOXIOUS QUERIES.
PORTER SAYS THAT THEY WltL NOT BE
INSISTED UPON.
Thoso Who Refuse to Answer all the Ques
tions Will be Severely Dealt With, How
ever The etapervlsors Report a Very
Satisfactory Oatlook.
Washington. June 1. Mr. Robert P.
Porter, Superintendent of the Census.'has
received telegrams from about a hundred of
the Supervisors stating that they were thor
oughly prepared to enter upon the work of
taking the census to-morrow morning
and that everything was in readiness to
push the work forward with accuracy
and rapidity. The telegrams were in re
sponse to messages sent out Irom Washing
ton yesterday. All the supervisors heard
from reported that no trouble has as yet
occurred, and that no serious difficulties
were apprehended.
Mr. Porter intimated very plainly this
evening that so far as the chronic disease
questions were concerned it was not the in
tention . of the office to endeavor to
bring to punishment those who were
reluctant to make answer, but as to
the "mortgage" question, he held
language not quite so cheering for those
who have determined not to 'answer this
part of the schedule, though the probabil
ity is strong that nothing will be done with
recalcitrants on this matter. He expressed
himself very earnestly, however, with re
gard to bring the law to bear upon those
who willfully refuse to answer any and
all questions put to them by the
enumerators. They will be compelled
to answer, he said, or to take the conse
quences of their refusal. He thought there
was a possibility that members of the crimi
nal classes might take advantage of the
Catarrh to Consumption.
Catarrh In its destructive force stands next to
and nndonbtedly leads on to consumption. It
Is therefore aingnlar that those afflicted with
this fearful disease should not make it the ob
ject of their lives to rid themselves of it. De
ceptive remedies concocted by ignorant pre
tenders to medical knowledge have weakened
the confidence ot the great majority of suffer
ers In all advertised remedies. They become
resigned to a life of misery rather than torture
themselves with doubtful palliatives.
But this will never do. Catarrh must be met
at every stage and combatted with all oar might.
In many cases the disease has assumed danger
ous symptoms. The bones and cartilage of the
nose, the organs of bearing, of seeing and of
tasting so affected as to be useless, the uvnla so
elongated, the throat so inflamed and Irritated
as to produce a constant and distressing cough.
Sanford's Radical cure meets every
phase of Catarrh, from a simple bead cold to
the most loathsome and destructive stages. It
Is local and constitutional. Instant in reliev
ing, permanent In curing, safe, economical abd
never-falling.
Each package contains one bottle of the
Radical. Cube, one box Catarrhai. sol
vent and an Improved Inhaler, with
treatise; price, St
Potter 1ruo and Chemical Corpora
tion, boston.
OLD FOLKS' PAINS.
Full of comfort for all Pains, In
flammation and Weakness of the
ged IS the Culicnrn Antl-Pnln
t'lntpr, tbe first and nnlv paln-klll-
iu,o" ihen'nc plaster. New. instantaneous
and infallible, vastly superior to all other
remedies ana appliances fur releavinc pale and
strengtheningthc muscles. Feelsgood from the
moment it la applied. At all druggist', 25 cents:
five for tit or, postage free, ol Potter Druq
and CHEMICAL COSPOBATION, Boston,
Mass. ' .
fight made against the diseases, and
mortgage questions to refuse any informa
tion whatever to the enumerators, and he
stated that this would not be tolerated under
any circumstances. . , , , . .
Mr. James Wardle, acting Chief Clerk of
the Census Bureau, who took the censns in
Brooklyn ten years, went to New York last
night to watch the situatioD during the first
week, and to advise the Supervisors in the
three big cities what courw to pursue jn
case of trouble.
Commendable.
All claims not consistent with the high cbar-
o cifraarA nnrooselvavoiaea
by the Cal. Fig Syrup Company. It ots gently
on the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the
system effectively, but " isnotacureland
makes no pretensions that every bottle will not
substantiate.
' Great Cot In Frlcea
Of coats, wraps and jackets; also, snmmer
dresses, Monday morning.
Knable & Shubtbb, 35 Fifth ave.
One Thousand Dollars
Forfeit if I fail to prove Floraplexioo the
best medicine for liver complaint, dyspep
sia, nervous debility, biliousness, consump
tion. It cures where all other remedies fail.
Ask your druggist for it. Sample bottle sent
free. Fbankt.tk Habt, New York.
MWMU
Half Price! Half Trice!!
All remnants of dress goodb, ginghams,
challies, silks, sateens and ribbons to go at
halt price on Monday.
Knable & Shustee, 35 Fifth ave.
Monday Moraine.
Best qualities of India silks, $1 and $1 25
grades, 25 inches wide, to go at 69o a yd.
Knable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth ave.
pocriflce Sale
To begin on Monday morning, June 2, at
.Unable en punsters, aa jnun ave.
DIED.
BABR On May 31, 1890, Catherine, widow
of the late Samuel Barr, in the 90th jear of her
age.
Fnneral from the residence of her son-in-law,
T. B. A. David. Kural avenue, near Negley.
East End, on Monday, June 2, at 2 p.m. In
terment private.
BLAIR On Saturday morning. May 81,
1890, at 7.15 o'clock, Edwin Mobsman, oldest
son of the late Oliver P. and Maggie C. Blair,
aged 20 years.
Funeral services will he held at the residence
of bis grandmother, Elizabeth Carson, near
Wilmerding, Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
and at the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Eighth street, at 30 p.m. Interment private
at a later hour. 2
FITTON-On Sunday, June 1, 1890, at 12.30 A.
x., William E.. son of James and Mary E.
Fitton, aged 2 years 11 months.
Funeral from the parents' residence, 2702
Penn avenue, on Monday, at 230 p. M.
Friends of the family are respectfully Invited
to attend. 2
GEOQHEGAN On Sunday morning, June
1, 1890, at 1220 o'clock. Annie Jackman, rolict
of the late Thomas Geogneiran.
Funeral from the late residence, Io. 25 Craw
ford street, on Tuesday morning, at 830
o'clock. High mass of requiem at St Brid
get's Church at 9 o'clock.
KUMMEK-On Sunday. June 1, 1S90, at 2 30
p. M., William F. Kbmmer, aged 38 vears, 6
months and 12 days, at bis residence, No. 1915
Carson street, Soutnside. s
'lis hard to break the tender cord
When love has bound the heart.
'Tis hard, so bard, to apeak the word.
We must forever part.
Dearest loved one, we must lay thee
In the peaceful grave's embrace.
But thy memory will be cherished
'Till we see thy heavenly face.
Funeral Tuesday, June 3, at 2 p. m. Friends
of the family are respectfully invited to attend.
KEEN AN At her late residence. Braddock,
Pa.,on Sunday, June l,lS90.Mrs. Mary Keen an,
wife of George Keenan, aged 32 years.
Fnneral from her late residence on Tuesday
morning, at 9 o'clock. Interment at Brad
dock cemetery. Friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend. 2
MILLER On Snnday, June 1, 1890, at 3.45 P.
M., I. W. Miller, In his 70th year.
Funeral services at his late residence, 182
Federal street, Allegheny, on Monday, Jnne
2, at 12 o'clock. Interment at Brookville, Pa.,
on Tuesday.
McKOWN On Saturday, May 81,' 1890, at 7
p. M., EwiNG McKoww, aged 65 years.
Funeral from his late residence, Grovetown,
Pa., on Monday afternoon. 2
NURSE On Sunday, June , 1890, at tho
Northslne Hospital, at 12 o'clock M Mrs. E.
Tillie M. Nurse, wife of H. M. Nnrse.
Funeral services at 10 o'clock Tuesday, June
3. Interment private at a later hour.
O'CONNOR On Sunday. Jnne 1, 1890. atl
p. M., Mary Ellen, youngest dancbter of
Thomas and Ellen O'Connor, aged 11 years, 10
months, 13 days.
The funeral will take place from the resi
dence of her parents,. Carnegie avenue, near
Fifty-fifth street, to-day (Monday), June 2,
at I p. M. Friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend.
POWER On Sunday morning, June 1, Jo
seph M. POWER, son of J. S. and Elenor J.
Power.
Funeral services at the residence of bis
parents. Turtle Creek station, P. R. R., Mon
day, the 2d instant, at 2 o'clock. Interment
private in Allegheny Cometery at a later hour.
RIESECK On Saturday. May 31, 1890, at
1230 p. m.. Barbara, wife of Georgo Rieseck
in the 54th year of ber age.
Funeral from her late residence, 52 Main
street, Allegheny, on Tuesday, June 3, at 2
p. m. Interment private. 2
RILJNG At Bolivar, Pa., Sunday. Jnne L
1890, at 8 A. M., Caroline Bauer, daughter oi
John and Mary Riling, In her 32d year.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
Canton, O., papers please copy.
ROEMHILD On Sunday, Jnne L, 1890, at
12 15 p.m., Anna M relict or Henry Roem
hild, aged 72 years 6 months. 16 days.
Funeral on Tuesday, at 2 p. m., from the
residence of her son, August Roembild, No.
2015 Carson street, Soutbside, Pittsburg, Pa.
Friends are invited. 2
RICHARDS At the residence of his father-in-law.
Max Letzkus. No. 161 Washington ave
nue. Thirty-first ward, Southslde, Saturday
evening. May 31, 1890, at 8 o'clock, James F.
Richards, aged 35 years 11 months 6 days.'
Funeral Monday, June 2, 1890, at 830 A. M.
Requiem high mass at 9 o'clock A. M at St.
George's R. C. Cbnrcb, Thirty-first ward, Al
lentown. Interment at St. Phllomena's Ceme
tery, Ross townsblo. Friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend. 2
SIEFFERT At her residence, Woodland
avenue. Eleventh ward, Allegheny, on Snnday,
Jnne 1, 1890, at 930 A. M Mrs. BARBARA
Sieffert, wife ot Joseph Sieffert, aged 75
years.
Requiem mass at St. Joseph's Church. Fulton
street, Allegheny, on TUESDAY. June 3, at 9 A.
M. Interment private.
SELLERS On Snnday, June 1. 1890. at '2
o'clock p. M., Ida May Sellers, adopted
daughter of, Ulysses and Annie Emmerick,
aged 9 months.
Funeral from parents' residence, Washing
ton street, near Fountain street, on MONDAY
(to-day) at 2 o'clock p. m.
ANTHONY MEYER.
(Successor to Meyer, Arnold & Co.. Lim.,)
UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER.
Office and residence, 1131 Penn avenue. Tele
phone connection. myll-llO-MWFSu
FLORAL EMBLEMS.
ORCHIDS AND ROSES OF RARE BEAUTY.
A. M. B J. B. MURDOCH,
tr-f ft SMITHF1ELD ST.
JAU Telephono 29.
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DECORATION DAY !
Place early orders for our LOVELY FRESH
FLOWERS, which wilt be furnished In any
desired style. Telephone 239.
JOHKR. & A. MURDOCH,
my24-MWT 508 BMITHFIELD ST.
REPRESENTED IN PITTSBURG IN lStt
ASSETS . . J9JD71,S9633.
Insurance Co of North America,
tosses adjusted and paid by WILLIAM L
J Oli LS. 81 Fourth avenue. iaJ)-s2-D
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AND sic. FULL
Elerant sets. Klne
I ri III Slllnn inr1nHr. Vitalised
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Penn are., makes or
watt. .
Open Bandars.
repairs set while you
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STERLING SILVER.
We have added to our extensive stock dur
ing the last week some of the finest and most
unique designs In Butter Plates and Spreads.
Orange and Coffee Spoons, Salad and Oyster
Forks, Ice Cream and Berry Sets. Asparagus
Tonga. Cheese Scoops, and many other odd
pieces. Some of the above are gilt and very,
attractive. We invite Inspection.
SHEAFER & LLOYD,
JEWELERS,
Successors to Wattles & Sheafer,
37 FIFTH AVENUE.
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LATIMER'S
CARPET STORE.
100 DOZEN,
SMYENA MATS, 50c,
And rugs of all kinds and sizes and prices.
5,000 Yds. Tapestry, 55c
This for quality Is eoods sold all round us at 75c
INGRAIN SALES.
This week larger than ever. Prices and quality
combine here.
CHINA MATTING.
What a line for prices not yet heard of. H 15,
tO and $7 per roll.
Odd Lace Curtains, 50c
And up to any grade you wish, now at the tail
end of this season.
T. M. LATIMER,
138 and 140 Federal St,
45 and 46 South Diamond,
Allegheny.
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OUTING
GARMENTS.
The marvelous in
crease in all kinds of
athletic sports in this
country brings with it
continued improve
ment in the garments
worn in the field, and
instead of the ill-fitting
garments, unattractive
patterns of seasons
past, we are showing
Coats, Trousers and
Shirts in the softest
fabrics, perfect fitting,
in artistic and quiet
patterns and atprices evenlowerthan
was paid for inferior goods years
ago. Below we give a few prices:
Blazers, Imported English flannel,
in all the club colors $3 0
Excellent Flannel Shirts 1 0
Imported Flannel Caps 50c
Fine English Flannel Trousers 5 00
All-Silk Belts 60c
All-Silk Sashes ICO
Entire Suit, comprising Coat, Trous
ers, Shirt, Belt and Cap of best ma
terial, in any color .' 15 00
In addition we carry the finest
line of Men's Summer Neglige
Shirts, in India Gauze, Cheviot,
Spun Silk and Ceylon, at much
lower prices than the same goods
are sold in New York.
Ladies' Imported Sailor Hats
from the world-renowned houses of
Knox, New York, White & Heath,
of London.
Also, Ladies' Blazers in all shades.
PAULSON BROS.
441 Wood Street
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ONLY AN ADVERTISEMENT!
300 DOZEN
MUOMIED SHIMS
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50 CENTS EACH,
Or $ a Dozen.
These Shirts are made of TJtioa Nonpareil
Muslin, good Linen Bosoms, Beinforced
Felled Seams, and are of extra quality.
The usual price is 75c, but we are selling
them at 50c
AS AN ADVERTISEMENT.
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Fleishman & Co.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
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MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTg
INa CO., 417 Wood St.. Fittsbnrg. Pa:
taL FS50.000 00
Assets. January 1, 1830. 370,21170
Directors Charles W. ttatcuclor. President.
John W. Cbaifant. Vice President: A. E. W.
Painter. Robert Lea, M. W". Watson, John Wil
son, Joseph Walton, Win. G. Park, A. M. Br
ers, James J. Donnel, Qeorjre E. Painter, John
Thompson. Wm. T. Adair. Secretary! James
Little, Assistant Secretary! August Amnion,
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NEW ADTEETTSEMENT.
B.&B,
JUNE
Shall beat all records as to vol
ume of sales if choice goods on a
small profit basis will accomplish
this end, and we know from past
experience what our small profit
basis has done built up a very
large business. Our sales the first
S months of this year,'i89o, have so
largely exceeded any correspond
ing season that we are emboldened
to further effort in the same di
rection small profits and a larger
business, which is to our customers'
advantage as well as our own.
To start vigorously this' "month
of June" business, 1,000 yards 27 to
45 -inch White
EMBROIDERED
PLAITED SKIRTINGS
for Ladies', Misses' and Children's
Dresses at
HALF PRICE.
$2 00 goods at 1 00,
$1 50 goods at 75,
$1 00 goods at 50.
Elegant and dainty 24, 27 and
45 -inch Hemstitched and Embroi
dered Skirtings, 25c to $2 50.
Fine and medium Embroidered
Edges, Insertings and All-overs, 5c
to 75c a yard designs and values
both of which are exclusive to these
stores, particularly the bargain
values.
45-inch black-dotted Silk Fish
Net, 60c a yard; this superior and
desirable bargain speaks for itself.
A special importation 45-inch
Plain Black, All-silk Fish Net, 60c;
what is the use o'f paying $1 or even
75c for same goods perhaps not
as good a quality as this remark
able bargain at 60c.
Black ChantiUy
LACE FLOUNCING,
65 inches wide, $2 a yard; good
value at $4; but when we buy a
bargain our customers are just as
sure to get the benefit as they are
to get 36 inches for a yard at these
stores.
Double width
PLAIN MOHAIRS
In plain colors, 50c goods,
AT 25c.
Double width English Suitings,
Checks and Stripes, 25c
Double width Striped Mohairs,
25c; just half the price that the
importer intended they should re
tail for; we bought them at half
marked, but" a small profit moves
them promptly.
50-INCH
MOHAIR STRIPED ,
GLORIAS
AT 50c.
No such desirable bargain has
ever been retailed tariff or no
tariff over-production and exces
sive importations . bring down the
price, and we bought large lots at
great concessions from Silks to
French Satines; Scotch Zephyr
Ginghams and Challies, Fine Dress
Goods, Paris Robes and Suitings
this week that will interest you.
INDIA SLLKS,
'22 INCHES,
40c
The choicest styles and best
qualities you ever saw sold for the
money.
27-inch Indias, 50c, 75c, $1 and
iso
Black Grenadines,
Black Surahs,
Black Indias,
Black Hemstitched Sur
ahs and Grenadines.
Boggs&Buhl,
Allegheny.
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KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
DANZIGER'S,
Ladies' Blazers
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Shirt Waists.
We have struck the popular taste
with our novelties in Blazers, Shirts,
Blouses and Waists for Ladies. We
show more styles, more designs and
more fabrics than any other two
houses in the city, while many of
our styles cannot be duplicated, our
buyer having just returned from
New York and brought many new,
choice and novel styles along with
him. We are thus placed in such
a position that we are far ahead of
all competition in this particular
line.
NOTE THESE PRICES:
Striped Blazers, i 74 to $8.
White Flannel Blazers, J 3 49 to $6.
White Flannel Bla'zers (Blue Re
vere and Cuffs), fj 49, with cord
and tassel.
"Estellc Clayton." Shirt Waist
x 74, $i 98 and 2 24.
The New Norfolk Flannel Blouse,
$3 24-
Wash Waist (with Belt), fi 24
and $1 49.
White Flannel Blouses, 48c to $4.
"The Demarest" Sateen Shirt,
$2 24.
Also a choice line of Ladies'
Wrappers and Tea Gowns. Chil
dren's Dresses, age 4 to 12 years,
in every style and fabric manufact
ured. NOTE. See our display of these
goods in the large Sixth street
window.
DANZIGER'S,
tin the nsT.
Sixth St and Penn Ave.,
Pittsburg, Pa. '
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UMBRELLAS
AND
PARASOLS.
We have a very choice line
24-inch Umbrellas that can
be- used for rain or sun. These
goods are the newest in the
market,and all the best colors
Black, Blue, Brown and
Cardinal and the stocks are
the finest natural wood with
silver.
Special bargain in 24-inch
Umbrellas. We have a lot
that we offer at a special bar
gain this week. They are in
all colors, suitable for rain or
shine, and have not before
been offered for less than $5;
will sell them at $3 each.
They are all pure silk, fine
natural wood sticks and very
stylish. Don't fail to see
these.
In 26-inch Umbrellas we
have a very choice line of
black, natural wood and silver
handles, and all prices from
the lowest to the highest
In 28-inch for gentlemen
we have a very fine line of
best quality of Windsor, with
silver and wood handles, and
these are new patterns and
range in price from $5 to $10
each. Then we have a special
good line of Gloria, with imi
tation silver on wood handles,
at $3 each. These are special
good value.
PARASOLS.
We have still a good line of
Parasols in all qualities and
prices. We have a special
line of striped at $2 50 each,
the very best value offered at
this price. In Black Nett and
Black Lace Parasols we have
a large stock and very best
qualities. In Children's Par
asols we have them all sizes,
colors and prices.
Don't fail to visit the Um
brella and Parasol Depart
ment when convenient and
see these goods.
HORNE & WARD,
41 FIFTH AVE.
mj37-i
THE DISPATCH BUSINESS OFFICE
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