'; . "
tbem resemblinp such groans as lost souls
are said to make, bad on the superstitions
native mind was painful.
Quickly Dismissed tho Rear Guard.
. Early in his talk he told how Major Bart
telot and the rear guard came to be left, bnt
he then dismissed him, and thenceforth had
more to say of Tippoo Tib.
The bulk of the lecture was devoted to a
recital of the manner in which Emin Pasha
and the lecturer played hide and seek in
and about Lake Albert Nyanza and the
Mountains of the Moon, Emiu doing the
hiding part of the business. Emin had been
married to an Abyssinian lady who had left
him, as a pledge of affection, a daughter,
and Emin protessed himself as so much
attached to the Crescent that his heart
strings wonld be torn out if he were to leave.
The story of the march through the
trackless wilds was graphically told
in the issue of The Dispatch of
November 15, much more graphically than
told by Mr. Stanley last night, so it isn't
necessary to dilate. He referred to the
jealousy between the English, French and
German nations, but thought that these
would be allayed, as the expedition was
merely for the relief of Emin. They were
greatly troubled by the desertion of the na
tives who dropped oS by couples and half
dozens, and attempted to make their way
back ouly to make cannibal barbecues or to
be stung to death b? veneuious ser
pents or insects whose biles made
ulcers that ate to the bone and
eventually caused death. He remarked
that only calamity teaches either white or
black men to live prudently and despite all
precaution provisions would be glutonous
ly devoured and then semi-starvation fol
lowed. Emin Faslut Flays tho Coquette.
After Emin had vacilated and temporized
and disgusted Stanley until be, Emm. be
came an enigma the lecturer went on to tell
how the lover of the Crescent had coquetted
with the British authorities and sought a
quarrel with the Egyptian Government. He
had cabled to Cairo for a small credit and a
cablegram was sent to a consul to honor his
dratt and this Emin construed as an insult.
Ah !
Three hong Years 0 Teelotalum.
Mr. Jephson had attempted to solve the
mystery surrounding Emin, and thought it
arose from a fear of the natives over whom
he professed to rule, but Emin professed
that lie did not want to exchange a King
ship for a pension, though he had previously
written to the German authorities that if
Stanley's party did not come to his relief he
would be ruined. This was the man the world
had been told possessed all the qualities
of a great trader. Stanley said the Egyp
tian and Soudanese dependants on Emin
tawned on him and kissed his hand in pub
lic, but privately despised him, and said he
was only lit to collect beetles and bugs. Of
liis 10,090 followers but one was willing to
lollow to the place suggested by Stanley,
hut all wanted to be pressed of the maga
zine rilles that would ,'shoot from morning
until night, and the party were obliged, to
sleep with them tied to their waists to ire
Tent their being stoli.li.
Sad Ilesult of a Banquet.
But Stanley's party finally had a banquet
at which Emin was a guest at Bogamoya
and there was plenty of champagne.
"Whether by cause of the wine or for some
other reason not stated by Stanley, Emin
walked over a wall and fell 18 feet, but was
not fatally injured, as a roof broke the
fall He was considerably shaken
up, however, and suffered from con
cussion of the brain. Dr. Parke
volunteered to attend the sufferer, but
was made to feel unwelcome. Servants
neglected instructions, food was short and
German officers were surly. Then Dr.
Parke became very ill and was taken to
Zanzibar. Letters to Emin were unanswered
and whenever the Stanley party expressed
a desire to visit him at Bogamoya, instantly
would appear a bulletin with a story of his
relapse. "When Stanley's servant was
subsequently sent to a French hospital to
learn of Emin's health he (the servant) was
threatened with hanging if he returned.
Having shaken off all sense of obligation to
the Stanley party association with Emin
ended, and the final development was an
active hostility.
After alluding to the magnificent possi
bilities the exploration had opened, Mr.
Stanley told of the rediscovery of the
Mountains of the Moon, or rsther the cor
rection of the errors of 2,500.
Mountains of tlie Cloud King.
The natives call these mountains "The
Mountains of the Cloud Xing." These
mountains had long been regarded
as mythical. Owing to the height of
the snow line under the equator and the dis
tance these mountains tower above it he
supposes them to be between 18,000 and
19,000.ieet high. The other correction of
centuries of geographers is in regard to the
location of Lake Victoria Nyanza, the sec
ond largest body of fresh water in the world,
Like Superior alone excelling. As to the
waters of Lake Victoria Xyanza, which bad
been reported to be nectar equal to that
which Jupiter sips, Mr. Stanley said the
waters of the muddy Missouri was prefer.
Lie as a beverage.
At the close ot the lecture a considerable
portion of the vast audience surged up to
vl
One of EmlrCt 10.000
JFailliful
Followers Was
the stage and climbed up with an impetu
osity that made some people suggest the pos
sibility of a three-column horror story in
the event of the stage giving way. It stood
the strain, but Mr. Stanley didn't. After
shaking hands right and left with some
hundreds and casting a glance southward
and seeing the mighty host still coming,
he lowered his bead and made a dive ior an
exit. If any ladies' corns were trampled
they kept it to themselves, and Stanley's
impetuous charge finally relieved the con
gestion and the vast hall was emptied,
some people seeming to glare savagely at
those who had succeeded in shaking the
hands of the lion of the hour.
PLEASED WITH PITTSBURG.
Mr. Stanley Will Probably Keturn-A Profit
Hble Engagement The Party Leavei
for Columbus at Midnight Lieutenant
Jephson to Join Them.
After the close of his lecture Mr. Stanley
expressed himself as highly pleased with
his reception. He has taken a fancy to the
big, busy Gas City, and hopes to return
again to attend the annual banqaet of the
Pittsburg Press Club, if his other engage
ments will permit.
The receipts or last evening's lecture were
f Ay
1 3(T(i!
J2.700, of which the Press Club receives
one-fifth.
Stanley and his party left for Columbus
on the midnight express. The special car
costs him 1,000 per week.
Lieutenant Jephson, who was with Stanley
in Africa, and is one of his intimate friends,
was a passenger on the limited last evening
The Young Wife of the preal Explorer.
for Columbus, where he will join the party
to-day. He has been with Stanley, off" and
on, dnring the lecture tour, and left him at
"Washington last week.
The venerable Major Pond is tickled with
the receipts, and, as he stroked his long,
white chin whiskers yesterday at the Mo
nongahela House, he remarked that Stanley
was the most remarkable mau he ever
handled from a financial point of view.
THE SUPPLYOF EGGS.
Many of Them Not as Good as They "Were
Some Months Ago, and Prices Away Up
Not a Cent Cheaper Than Sicilian
Oranges.
.Whenever the head of a family, or the
s4min chin member, if she chance to do the
marketing, is seen edging into a grocery
store or produce house during this period of.
mild weather with a look of suspicion or
distrust depicted in every line of his or her
countenance, it may safely be assumed that
the object is to buy eggs.'
Since the early days when hens began to
lay eggS as a steady thing, this product has
been a subject of doubt on which everyone
bad a right to gues;, but this winter the
times are so prosperous that Pittsburg grow
ers, as a rule, are willing to throw off a little
of their percentage and save the purchaser
any mental agitation by letting them go
just as they show up in the crate at three
cents a piece in small numbers, or 34 cents
a dozen. Deducting the bad ones and this
makes the average cost about the same the
price charged for Sicilian oranges by Italian
fruit venders.
A Liberty street commission merchant
wai asked yesterday how he accounted for
the great number ot eggs in the market that
were not considered wholesome. He replied
that people could not expect to buy spring
chickens in any stage of evolution for a
song, as it required ice to keep them cool in
winter as well as summer. Then there was
the question of storage which counted up
where dealers carried a large stock. He in
sisted, however, that there were fresh eggs
in the market, most of them coming from
Tennessee. Eggs lesB than 30 days old were
considered Iresb. They sold at wholesale
for from 27 to 28 cents a dozen, while the
ice-house variety sold at from 23 to 24 cents
wholesale. He said the supply was lair,
but the weather was against the dealers.
AH OLD MXJKDEE REVIVED.
A Telegram Prom Arizona Recalls the
Killing of Policeman Stack In 18G8.
Inspector McAleese received a telegram
from James Speedy, a deputy sheriff of
Kogales, Arizona Territory, yesterday,
which recalled a murder committed in this
city over 20 years ago. The telegram read:
Inquire it Policeman Stack was murdered on
Smithfield street in the latter part of 1863. If
there is any reward for the murderer I can de
liver him.
Stsck was murdered in the rear specified,
in Bender's saloon, on Smfthfield street
Bender and a man named Gaugher
were arrested for the same. It was
shown that Stack entered the place
while partially under the in
fluence of liquor and ordered an
oyster stew, for which he failed to pay.
The theory of the prosecution was that he
was struck over the head by one of the pris
oners and instantly killed. They were
given a trial, however, and acquitted. A
mau named Golden, a hack driver, was in
strumental in clearing them. Shortly after
this he was forced to leave the city. The
old-time police officials say he knew all
about who committed the murder, but would
not give up his information.
Inspector MoAleese and Detective Coul
son both remember the affair very well.
Tney do not take any stock in the telegram,
as they think the men who killed Stack were
arrested at the time. Detective Coulson
says that Caugher went west some years agd
and that the story may have been revived
through him.
A FINE CHRISTMAS GUT.
Four Plttgburgers Said to be Heir to Over
Sixty Millions.
Four Fittsburgers are said to have fallen
heirs to an estate valued at from $60,000,000
to $80,000,000. A pretty good snm to get
hold of during a financial flurry, but then
as it is the estate of an English banker, and
more or less litigation may reasonably be
expected, those to whom it has fallen will
scarcely get it any too soon to see the
World's Fair on.
B. F., John J., William and George A.
Ballard, the first three tobacconists and the
latter a painter,. and all residing in Miners
villeback of the Thirty-third street .hill, re
ceived word yesterday from an uncle in
Philadelphia, who stated that James Woods,
a wealthy banker in England, had died a
few years ago, leaving an enormous estate.
Among the relatives in America are said
to be Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Huff, Philadel
phia; Misses Carrie and Catharine Eakin,
of Trenton, U". J.; Eobert Eaktn, of Wil
mington, and the four Ballard's, of this
city. A Dispatch reporter spent several
hours last night trying to find some of the
Ballards. George A., the painter, once
lived at 19 Linton street. Thirteenth ward,
bnt he has moved. An attempt was next
made to find B. F., one of the tobacconists,
who is said to live at 50 Flora street. Find
ing Flora street, in the Thirteenth ward,
after night, is like finding the fortune
itself.
ALWAYS D0IHG GOOD.
Francis Murphy to Begin a Series of Meet
ing in Indianapolis This Week.
Francis Murphy, whose name is a house
hold word the country over, was met on one
of the down-town streets yesterday looking
as bright and cheerful as if he had been
baptized anew in the fountain of perpetual
youth.
"What is the best word with you?" asked
the reporter.
"Peace, peace and good will," was the re
sponse, "lam going to Indianapolis to
morrow," he continued, "to inaugurate a
series of gospel temperance meetings. I re
ceived a most cordial invitation from the
ministerial association of that city to come,
and I am going. I will likely be there
about 15 days. This will be my fifth visit
to Indianapolis, and I anticipate glorious
results from it I like the people of that
city. Their hearts are generally att right,
and it always gives me pleasure to go there."
A Pointer,
Go to Gallinger's jewelry store, 1200 Pennt
avenue, and see his stock before purchasing
your holiday gifts elsewhere.
Bememher the address, 1200 Penn avenue.
wasvsaaaaa
11 SWEEPING REFORM
Proposed by the State Poor Law Com
mission, Which Will Meet in
Harrisburg To-Day.
SOME POINTS FROM THE NEW BILL.
Overseers Are to ba Done Away With, and
the General Supervision to be
Placed With One Han.
AN ALMSHOUSE FOE EYEEI COUNTY.
Pittstarg's BejnsenUure Gives Somi Futi ini Figures
ca the Snljtct.
Secretary B.JX McGonnigle, of the Alle
gheny County Light Company, left last
night for Harrisburg to attend a meeting of
the Poor Law Commission, which will be
held at the Locbiel House, in that city,
to-day.
The commission was created by an act ot
Legislature on May 9,4889, and is composed
ot Messrs. Lewis Pughe, Chairman, Scran
ton; B. D. McGonnigle, Pittsburg; J.
Kevin Hill, Sttnbury, William N. Appel,
Lancaster; D. Watson Howe, Chambers
burg; William Lawson, Philadelphia; Will
iam E, Marsh, Corry; and Elliot JEodgers,
Clerk. During nearly two years, the time
the organization has been in existence, a
vast amount of work has been accomplished,
and of a kind that is of the utmost import
ance to the people of the State at large.
At the meeting to-day, papers on various
subjects pertaining to the general question
will be submitted and discussed, and a bill
for the consideration of Governor Beaver to
be presented to the Legislature will be re
ported. A Bill Beady for tho Legislature.
In fact,,the bill has already been framed,
and it will not likely have to undergo any
changes. The reforms contemplated in it
are of a most sweeping character, and will,
if adopted, revolutionize the so-termed lame
and halting laws under 'which the charities
of the State are now conducted. Its economic
features are of a character to recommend it
to every taxpayer in the State, and beside
this, it is calculated to simplity and sys
tematize the work in all its bearings.
To begin with, the bill provides for the
establishment of a Poor House Bureau at
Harrisburg, and the appointment of a State
Commissioner, who will hare general su
pervision of almshouses in the State. He
will make and issue rules and regulations
for the care and maintenance of the poor,
they to be subject to the approval of the
Governor and Secretary of Internal Affairs.
Overseers to Be Knocked Out.
The present system of overseers, as pro
vided for under the old laws, will be done
away with, and almshouses will be erected
in each county of the State where there are
none at present. They will be established
much after the general plan of the poor
farm in this county.
Then each county will elect a board of
three directors, who will receive such sala
ries as may be fixed by the Court of Quarter
Sessions of the county. These directors will
act in conjunction with the Commissioner.
Great care was exercised in framing the bill
so that its provisions would iu no way con
flict with counties or districts that are now
conducted under special acts of the Legisla
ture. This will exempt institutions like the
Board of Public Charities, in this city, from
the proposed law, except that the Commis
sioner will have a general supervision over
them. So far as the old Iawa are concerned,
the measure contemplates a general wiping
out of them.
The bill also authorizes the County Com
missioners to raise funds ior the establish
ment of almshouses in connttes now with
out tbem. Methods of admission and dis
cipline are also provided for, while the gen
eral laws pertaining to the relief of public
charges are greatly changed and simplified.
Work Provided for Panpers.
Work for those inmates who are ajfte to
toil will be supplied on the roads or farms,
or at such other occupation as is peculiar to
the district. The liabilities for support are
reduced to children and parents. The
former may be held responsible for the keep
ing of their parents in almshouses, and vice
versa. At present the law embraces grand
parents and grandchildren. The proceed
ings in desertion cases are also greatly
simplified.
Commissioner McGonnigle was given
charge of that department of the' work rela
tive to outdoor relief. He recommended,
among other things, that relief of this kind
should be given only in cases of emergency,
and that in no instance should the period of
relief extend over three months, and single
persons should not be granted the same..
Beggars and tramps shonld be subjected to
police regulations, and work exacted of them
in payment for assistance rendered.
Another feature of his report was that of a
new class of paupers to be maintained at the
expense of the State. At present a person
with no fixed place of residence, and possibly
not a citizen of the country, becomes a charge
on the particular district in which he or she
may become overtaken with sickness, acci
dent or misfortune. The idea is to have
their keeping paid for from a State fund, as
is done under the new State law oi 2ew
York.
Physicians to Care for the Sick.
The report also recommended that di
rectors of the poor have power to appoint
physicians in various county districts to
care for the sick at stated salaries. They
are also to have the power of educating and
training all children whose parents receive
outdoor relief.
Another report of the highest excellence,
and one that has been of great value to the
commission in its labors, was that made by
Mr. Hill. During the last summer he vis
ited London, armed with a special commis
sion from Governor Beaver, and made an
exhaustive study of the English poor law
system of the British Isles from the tenth
century down to the present day. The im
portance of a thorough understanding of
this system is based partly on the fact that
the general and special laws of this country
have their roots iu the legislation of that
country. The report is comprehensive and
has been an invaluable aid to the commis
sion, many of its suggestions having been
adopted, as were those of Mr. McGonnigle's
and other members.
A Reform Needed for Many Years.
In speaking of the work of the commis
sion, Mr. McGonnigle said: "This is the
first move toward a reform of our Stata poor
laws that has been made since 1836. As a
result, we are away behind the times, with
nothing like system in the work. The
regulations of the Various counties are all at
variance with each other, whereas they
shonld 1e uniform. This is one point.
Another thing is that the cost to the State
of operating their institutions willbe greatly
reduced."
"How many new almshouses will have to
be established in the State?"
"I think the number will be between 15
and 20, There are 65 counties in the State
and 70 almshouses, but some of the counties
have as high as seven, while others have
none."
"How many paupers are there in the
State?"
"On the 30th of last September .tberewere
8,263. The cost oi maintaining them was
11,177,678 18."
"How do yen think the bill will be re
ceived by the people generally?"
"So far as I have been able to ascertain iu
"V'S.tlSJi'0.". U'eicMflUto. b? satisfactory
to the generality of taxpayers. These re
forms are badly needed; it is a matter that
the people must meet, and there are thou
sands of reasons why action should betaken
now, to one why it should not"
REFORM, NOT PUNISHMENT,
Should be the Bale Adopted at the Peni
tentiaries, Says Dr. It. P. Falkner Some
Aspects of the Question Discussed in a
Lecture last Evening.
That criminals should be reformed rather
than punished is the theory of the National
Association for Prison Beform. Last night
at the chapel of the Trinity Episcopal
Church Dr. B. P. Falkner, Secretary of
the organization, lectured upon this pet
theory, and if any in his audience were op
posed to It before he began talking they cer
tainly soon had sufficient reasons to change
their way of thinking. His arguments were
convincing and interesting.
Dr, Falkner opened his address by taking
for granted that crime is on the increase as
alleged and then asked the question : "Has
the treatment of criminals been such as to
decrease or foster crime? In former days
the idea of making it hard for a man was
taken in its literal sense and prisons were
places of physical suffering." In. this con
nection the speaker gave numerous word
illustrations of where men were kept in con
finement in prisons without fire and when
the frost would cover the walls of their cells.
This occurred In Maine within the past 50
years. Now they have improved venti
lation, ' diet, etc- "Some people say that
the prisons are so nice that men commit
crimps to get there," said the speaker.
"They are like big hotels where a man has
a private room. Small to be sure. The
diet is pure and simple and on Christmas,
Thanksgiving and other holidays turkey is
set before them. But, my friends, if you
were locked up and could do nothing of
your own volition you would certainly leel
that you were punished."
Dr. Falkner then told of the hardships of
a man who has reformed after spending a
term in the penitentiary. It was almost im
possible to get work, as the people had lost
confidence in him. He then pointed out the
broad road of reform considered' by the
Prison Beform Association. The principle
of reform is that crime is like lunacy and
the criminal should be confined until cured,
the same as with the lunatic
AN IMPORTANT BESOLuTIOff.
More Time to be Given In the Allegheny
High School Tests.
The Allegheny High School Committee
met last night at the High School. The most
important business before the committee
was the following resolution, which was
offered by. the Bev. W. H. McMillan,
D. D.:
Kesolved, That the method, heretofore fol
lowed in this school, of limiting the scholars to
a definite time In preparing their answers to
questions on examination is liable to work In
justice to some ot the students, and therefore
it is the judgment ot this committee that an
indefinite but reasonable time should be al
lowed. Dr. McMillan statedi.that the practice
was for the principal of the High School to
present a list of ten questions at the monthly
examinations and to tell the pupils that
their papers would be lifted In one hour,
whether they.were through or not. As a re
sult the more active members of the classes
received the higher grades.
Bev. Dr. Woodhurn said there was
another point in connection with the ex
aminations he wished to remark, which is
that the examinations do not seem to be
made to test the pupils on the work they
have gone over during the month. The
resolution was passed and will be presented
to Prof. Dodds.
Major Kreps leported that because of the
scarcity of fuel gas the heaters in the build
ing had been altered so that both gas and
coal can be used in them.
, J
ONE WAV 70 BUILD E0ADS.' -
A Plan 'to Make Them of a Cement That
Wonld he Cheap.
Mr. if. A. FeUer, of Sharon, this county,
has an idea of his own on the subject of
road making. It is different from all of the
scores, yea hundreds, of suggestions that two
years of unfathomable mud have batched,
and, as he does not intend to apply for a
patent on it, he gives it pro bono publico.
He proposes that on all roads in the coun
ty where there is sand sufficient to make a
bond, from 1,000 to 2,000 barrels of good
cement he mixed, when the roads are satur
ated with the surface mud, thus forming a
cement road, which can he made as smooth
as a floor and firm enough for ordinary
hauling, at a cost of $2,000 to $3,000 a mile.
This plan only contemplates a road of 18
feet in width, but that is more than the
average width of country roads.
DEMAND THE EARTH,
Or at Least Five Feet of It That Wag Appro
, prlated for a Street.
Five feet of street caused a lond wail of
protestation to emanate from some of the
restdents of Iteu street, Allegheny, yes
terday;. The Board of Viewers held a meet
ing in Select Conncil Chamber to discuss
the Improvement of the street, which in
cludes widening from 35 to 40 feet.
The ninety-and-nine were present to kick
against the assessment, and the stray sheep
also bobbed up serenely and declared that it
was only the small property holders who
don't want the improvement and that those
assessed 500 or more were in favor of it.
The assemblage held on like grim death in a
hospital until 12 o'clock, notwithstanding
the fact that they were informed that Coun
cils only could do anything in the matter,
FUN OVEE A LOVE LETTER
"Written by One Boy to Another inthe
Twenty-Fifth Ward School.
A neat little story which illustrates the
cuteness of "Young America" has been
brought to light in the Twenty-fifth ward
school. Miss Werner, one of the teachers
in the school, found the children having a
lot of fun over a letter which was being
passed around.
Upon investigation it proved that one boy
in the school presuming to be a girl had
been carrying on a correspondence with an
other lad, and the letter found by the
teacher was one in which the two pupils
were making an engagement to go to the
theater together.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.
D. B. Hanna, a Cleveland coal man,
and General A. W. Jones, of Youngstown, are
registered at the Dnauesne. The General
'came over to bear Stanley, but the explorer
umu t speaK louu euuugu iut mm.
Loyal Aout, of Lyons, France, is in the
city. He is a French silk maker. Mr. Aout
says the cnlture of silk is not good this year,
ana the people are suffering in consequence.
President John Newell, of the Lake
Erie road, was in the city on one of his regular
monthly visits yesterday. He found every
thing in good shape.
H. B. Kerr, of the Clarion Lumberman,
Is at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. He says the
lumber business is on the decline on account of
the low prices.
J. C. McKinney, the Tituiville oil
man, and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Taylor, of
East Liverpool, are stopping at the Anderson.
G. H. Strong, wife and daughter, of
Olean, N. Y., are spending the holidays with
M. P. Shannon, Negley avenue, East End.
General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford,
of tbe Pennsylvania Company, left for Colum
bus last evening on the limited.
Anton Yogt, of "Maiirzpa German iron
manufacturer. Is stopping at the Schlosser.
General Manager O. E. Pugb, of the
Pennsylvania road, was in the city yesterday.
L Major E. A. Montcoth and-Harry Dar.
I llnirtQU,iefor lNeiWfXorE last evening.
.TTJESDAT, DEOEMBBB ,16.
TOO MUCH SUCCESS
In Locating a Gas Leak With a Hatch
Causes a Bad Explosion.
TWO MEN ABE SEVERELY BUSHED.
Lowering a Lamp Into a Tank of Oil Re
sults in a Blaze.
FIREMAN F1GLEXS INQUEST ENDED
A serious gas explosion occurred about 4
o'clook yesterday afternoon in the six-story
building of Hamilton, Lemon & Arnold, at
the corner of Sixth avenue and Grant street.
The explosion created a panic.among the
occupants of the immense building, and the
sound of the concussion and the crash of
breaking glass brought thousands to the
scene. In an incredibly brief space of time
the fire department was summoned and a
strong force "of First District police were on
hand to keep back the crowds which flocked
around tbe building. These precautions
were necessary ior the preservation of life,
as it was feared that there might be another
explosion at any moment.
The trouble was caused by two men look
ing for a gas leak, and being singularly
unfortunate in locating it with a lighted
match.
MAETIN FINDS THE LEAK.
Joseph Martin, the elevator engineer em
ployed by Hamilton, Lemon & Arnold, who
own the building and nse the basement and
first floor as a coffin and undertakers' supply
house, smelt escaping gas about 4 o'clock.
Together with Manager Taylor Douglass,
Martin explored the basement In the
vault under the sidewalk on the Grant street
side of the building was an artificial gas
bracket from which Martin remembered
"having removed the burner on Saturday,
and he made up his mind that he had acci
dentally turned the valve key and that that
was where the gas emanated from. He
struck a match and applied it to the sus
pected gas jet.
A flame about an inch high ignited from
the pipe and bnrned about ten seconds, when
Martin reached out bis hand to close tbe
valve. Before he could touch the key, how
ever, a heavy explosion occurred, envelop
ing both men in flames and shaking the big
brick building from foundation to roof,
THE DAMAGE OP A MOMENT.
The flame lasted only an instant, and as
soon as it passed over Douglass and Martin
started to run out. At the same moment
the glass from a dozen windows on the Sixth
avenue side of the building was thrown in a
shattered heap on the street, half-way across,
and a volume ot black smoke poured forth.
The oecupants of the offices in the upper
rooms were rushing, panic-stricken, down
the stairways to the street Some of them
had been knocked down, others had been
lifted from their chairs, and one or two bad
been scared into a faint by the explosion.
When they reached the street and iound
that the danger was over most of them re
turned to their offices. ..
Douglass and Martin were taken out of
the basement by the firemen. Both were
burned about the hands, face and neck, but
neither dangerously. George Gordon and
John Nevitt, two young men who had been
working in the basement with Douglass and
Martin, were knocked down by tbe con
cussion, but were far enough away from the
flame to escape injury.
ATTENDING XO THE INJUBEr.
Douglass and Martin were taken to Mc
Gann's drug store, across the street, where
their injuries were dressed, after which they
were sent to their homes. Martin's home
is on Lacock street, Allegheny. Taylor
Donglass lives on Webster avenue.
The actual cause of the explosion Was a
leak from a street gas. main on tbe avenue
side of the building, the firemen having
found the leaking gas burning through the
crevices between tbe foundation stones in the
vault under the Sixth avenue sidewalk, but
it has not been determined whether the leak
came from natural or illuminating gas. The
odor strongly indicates the latter.
The loss cannot be definitely determined.
The building wag terribly jarred, but it is
not expected that it is seriously injured.
Outside of this probability the I01S will be
under $2,000. A large number of plate
glass windows were shattered, the marble
office directory was broken and more or less
plastering fell. Hamilton. Lemon &
Arnold' stock is not damaged outside of the
jarring some of the more expensive caskets.
received.
A DWELLING HOUSE BUSKED.
Sad Besnlts of a Family leaving Home to
Attend a Funeral.
The alarm from station 14, Allegheny, at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was caused
by the burning of the 'house of Michael
Kress, 82 West Market street. The family
was away attending a funeral when the fire
started, and the blaze is supposed to have
been caused by an overheated flue. It bad
a good start when first observed from the
outside, and before It was extinguished the
house was gutted. The interior was wholly
burned out, leaving a mere ahell standing.
The damage was about $1,000. Mr. Kress
had 700 insurance on the house and $200 on
his honsehold goods.
BET FLEE TO THE TAKE.
The C aridity of Workmen Causes Some Loss5
and Great "Excitement.
A blazing oil tank at Schew'i refinery,
Preble avenue, Allegheny, last evening,
caused considerable excitement, the flames
lighting up tbe sky and giving the appear
ance ot a mighty conflagration.
Some of the workmen were about to trans
fer the oil from an underground tank to a
car, and lowered a light into the tank to see
how much oil it contained. The gas in the
tank ignited and set fire to tbe oil. It
burned for three hours before it was finally
extinguished, destroying abont $200 worth
of oil and seriously damaging tbe tank.
END 07 THE FIGLEY INQUEST.
The Coroner's Jury Recommend the Be
moval of All Overhead Wires.
The inquest into the death of Fireman J.
E Figley, who was crushed by a wall at
tbe Liberty street fire on the 5th inst, was
conclnded yesterday. Chief Evans testi
fied that the overhead wires gave tbe de
partment considerable trouble at this fire.
The jury found that Figley's death was
caused by a falling wall, and attached to
the verdict a recommendation that all over
head wires be placed under ground for the
better 'service of the fire department and
protection of life and property.
BEAUTIES 0E OBQANIZATI0N
Dwelt Upon by Assistant Postmaster
Ed-
wards at the Union League.
Assistant Postmaster Albert Edwards
last night addressed the Union League Re
publican Club on the subject, "The Ad
vantages of Club Organization." Mr. Ed
wards only yesterday accepted the urgent
Invitation of the clnb to fill a vacancy caused
byMoyor Gonrley's illness. The Mayor
had been billed to lecture the club on tbe
advantages of reciprocity, and Mr. Edwards
was to have addressed them next month.
Notwithstanding the brief time for prepara
tion the speech was well prepared and de
livered, and gave abundant satisfaction to
the clnb.
Tbe Union League Club, tbe most power
ful colored organization In this end of (he
State, has a fine suite' of rooms at the corner
of Grant and Diamond streets and it is tbe
intention to have-lectures hy prominent
huilness an'd irofsionnU,-roen every .two
. ,sfcurl"j ihe :4t-rr ;
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AN IMMENSE OPENING."" ;
Plenty of Work and Good Wages for Men
Who Could Do Housework A Univer
sally Felt Want That Is Easily to be Sup
plied. There is an immense opening in this coun
try for men who wish to fare sumptuously
and live a life of comparative ease, but the
majority are slow to catch on.
The training of boys to do general house
work, so as to supply, not only a long, but
an almost universally felt want, has been
suggested from time to time in a desultory
sort of way, and pushed in a half-hearted
manner, but since the majority of young
American women of slender means
prefer to be salesladies, seamstresses, school
teachers, clerks, typewriters etc., and much
of the foreign female element (hat
applies is but poorly equipped, the argu
ment that males should be trained to do
housework gains in intensity, and really
the idea possesses attractions, or should
do so.
Men cm learn to cook, scrub and do laun
dry work just as well as women, and they
could do it as well il not much
better, and the wages paid for this
work, which is much easier than
hod-carrying and most other outdoor work,
are better than for tbe latter. A girl who
is worth her room can get $3 a week and
board to do housework, and is not exposed
to tbe weather, and this is more than the
average laborer can earn. There is scarce a
house in the country where a good girl is
not wanted, and a well-trained man could
fill tho position more acceptably than tbe
average girl. .
There is not so much trouble experienced
in large towns and cities, but even there tbe
difficulty of keeping a supply of reliable
domestic help is the greatest burden the
"mistress of a house is called to shoulder.
Farm hands are seeking employment at 15
a mouth in situations exposed to all kinds
of weather, and are expected to labor 12 to
14 hours a day, while girls can get -the same
compensation and remain indoors.
The pioneers in the proposed line wonld
doubtless feel awkward for a timebnt if
the employment snould cecome general me
feeling would soon wear away.
WORK OF THE RAILROADS,
A Moody Chapter Laid to the Credit of the
Locomotives In Pittsbure and Vicinity
Yesterday One Narrowly Escaped and
Some Failed to Escape.
Strictly speaking, the grim reaper and
the railroads traveled hand in hand yester
day and it was a neck-and-neck race to de
cide who would do tbe best business. Fol
lowing are the stories of the bloody work:
Harry Schuxz A milk dealer from White
hall, Baldwin township, Henry Schulz, had a
miraculous escape from death yerterdayon
Sonth Thirtieth street He was crossing the
P., V. & C B. R. with his wagon and two
horses when struck bv a locomotive, which be
failea to notice, and was thrown from his
wagon. -One of the horses lodged on the pilot
of the engine, and was carried over 103 yards
before the train conid be stopped. The other
got tangled up in the harness, and with ihe
wagon was dragged along the side of the track.
Tbe horse on the pilot escaped uninjured, while
the other had several ribs and one leg broken.
Scnolz himself escaped witnont a scratcn.
William Jonah William Jonah, a section
band on the PittsDUTg and Western Railroad,
was caught while running a hand-car through
a cut on the road, near Renfrew station, by an
extra engine running south, and injured so that
he aiea beioro reaching tne city.
Robert Hughes Robert Hughes was
caught in a freight wreck on tbe Baltimore and
Ohio near Uniontown. Both legs were badly
crushed and burned, necessitating the amputa
tion 01 the rignt nmt. He is at Mercy Hospital.
TTIa Tfnnvpnr in rtnnhtfnl.
Wtlliah Powell A crushed arm was the'
fate of William roweii, a brakeman m the
Glenwood vara;, yesterdavmorning.
Ciiables Gowen Charles Qoweuhad his,
iirUl UU9UOU V ,UO Q1UUW I.UIID WUUfliUg blM5
on tne J anctioq roaa yesteraay morning. Am
nutation mav be necessary.
George FBiTZr-George Fritz will lose his
right arm as a result of being run over bv a
yard engine at Ererson station on tbe South
west branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
E. A. Edwards Several Angers on the right
hand of E. A. Edwards were smashed between
the bumpers at Millwood, qn the Pennsylvania
Railroad. .k . ,. . '-
Thxbbotoh A man named Therbatom,em
ployed at the Excelsior Coffin Works, on
Chartlers street. Allegheny, had bishand
taken off yesterday by getting It caught In a
Dlaning mill.
Alexander Cleaman At about 11 o'clook
jcq.ciuaj, oiDouuci uiD.uiau aoiiuua.j.
thongh not dangerously injured In tbe Bank of
commerce ounaing. ae was cauem Detween
the elevator and the floor, resulting In a
crashed hand and Injuries about the head.
BED-HOT ELECnONEEBma.
A Press Club Precedent Broken, andMaJ,
Hartzell Elected President.
The hottest election ever known In tbe
history of the Press Clijb jjecurred yester
day. The great fight waznade on the
Presidency, with Major Hartzell and John
W. Black pitted against each other. Mr.
Block was the Vice President, and in the
past it has been customary for this officer to
succeed to the presidency. An effort was
made to break the precedent yesterday, and
it met with success. Major Hartzell being
elected President. Out of a voting member
ship of 120, 96 votes were cast, which shows
the interest taken in the election. Xast
year the total vote was only 67. Though
each faction worked tooth and toenail to
elect its man, tbe best of, feelingtirevailed.
The other officers elected were: Yice
President, W, H. Gutelius; Treasurer, W.
H. Self; Librarian, John S. Collins; Direct
ors. Hepburn Johns, H. H. Marcy, Charles
Eeese, C. A. Kiddle, George H. WeJshous;
Membeiship Committee. Bichard Collins,
W. C. Connelly, Jr., D. E. Davis, A. S.
McSwigan and C. C. Mooar. Mr. John
Collins, for Librarian, had no opposition,
and received the 96 votes east
Jack Bewell Arretted.
Jack Sewell was arrested by Officer Andy
Scott last night as a suspicious character.
Sewell was at one time a Councilman In
Allegheny, and subsequently a clerk at the
Court House; but lately, it is alleged by
Inspector McAleese, he has located" on this
side of the river and has been doing no
work, associating with a tough class against
whom the police have been directed to turn
their attention. The Inspector declines to
say yet, what charge he will prefer against
Sewell.
New York Responds.
The Hew York Press Club, the largest in
ibe country, will send 11 delegates to tbe
international convention of press clubs, to
be held in this city January 27.
FELL INTO THE HANDS OF JUSTICE.
David Prince and Lewis Barth were ar
rested last night by Officer Mercer for fighting
on Thirty-seventh street.
Mrs. Mokeland, proprietress of No. 6 Sage
street. Allegheny, was fined t5Q by Mayor Wy.
man yesterday, and the men found drinking
there were fined various amounts.
Martha Coutter, of MUlvale, made an In
formation against her husband, Thomas, before
Alderman Kerr yesterday, charging him with
non-support and desertion of hit family con
sistin&of four small children.
Willie Morgan, a boy aged 10 years, was
arrested by Officer Clisbam yesterday and
looked up in the Fourteenth ward station for
stealing coal from a coal yard at Ben Venue
station on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
C, H. Reauee, of Braddock, was arrested by
Detective Shore yesterday as a snsnlcions per
son, in Kaufmanns' store. Reamer had a few
penny toys and other trinkets in his pockets
when searched at Central station.
The police were notified yesterday that on
Sunday thieves had stolen a lot of carpenter's
tools belonging to the workmen who are finish
ing a new house for Joseph Frick, on Iorfa
street. Thirteenth ward. The tools nearly all
have the name of Ph. F. Simon stamped upon
them,
Philip Olwell reported to Inspector Mc
Aleese yesterday that John F. Wilson had
stolen from Olwell's barbershop. No. 4710 But--
r siruqu, ivt " (uurs anu oiuer tonsonai.
implements and anew overcoat.
Patrick Wexh" made an information be
fore Alderman 'Richards yesterday charging
John Murphy with assault and bartery. Welsh
alleges that Aiurpuy assaulted him wltb-s-l
shovcL .Murpny wa arrested and cavaiseo
rwll fnrn boirlnp tfwdav
V.UJ- . tr-i: : - t
"SUICIDE '1ITA'T5ELL
i X.
Micfiael Finney, Tasrrant, Hangs
THimself in a Station House.
lUW
O0TED CHAEACTEE AEOUKD SOHU
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1
He Was Unable to Work, and Without
Friends, Home or-IielatlTes.
BDPP0KTED FOB XEAES BI HILL MEN
It is not often that a man selects a station
house in which to commit suicide, but this
is what Michael Finney did in tbe Four
teenth ward, yesterday afternoon.
The poor fellow sought deatli at the end of
a piece of twine about 18 inches long, which
be looped oyer the cell bar and, tied the ptber
end to his neck.
About 5 o'clock last evening, tired of the
cold and of life, Finney applied at the sta
tion house for a place to spend, tbe night.
He was a man about 55 years, old, and in a
miserable condition. Sergeant Hendrick
saw at a glance that the man needed as
sistance, and kindly took, him in. He pat
him into the cell farthest removed from the
office, and after giving him a good supper
paid no more attention to him.
THH-iIATE01i.'3 AWFUL FIHD.
About 8 o'clock in tbe evening, while
Mrs. McBoberts was passing the cell door,
she glanced in and was horrified to find
Finney hanging by the neck. She rushed
to the office at once, and, seizing a knife,
cut him down; but it was too
late. The body was still twitcbing
but life had beeneztinct for some time. All,
sorts of eflorts to bring him back to life re
sulted in failure, and the body was taken to
the morgue, where an inquest will be held
by the Coroner to-day. Dr. McKelvey
worked hard to restore him.
Michael Finney was a vagrant and a well
known character about Soho where he lived
for the last 25 years. He was without
friends, home or relatives, and lived the
best he could through the kindness oi charit
able people abont the mills.
Ulf ABLE TO EAEN A MTI2JO.
He suffered from a rupture, and was un
able to make his own living. He had been
arrested a number of times for vagrancy,
but they finally refused to take him at
either the jail or the workhouse on account
of tbe filthiness of his person. Knocking
around as he did, Finney was unable to
secure tbe necessary ablutions to keep him
self clean.
It is supposed.that after bis long struggle
with bard and cruel circumstances, he be
came discouraged and looked for relief from
his worldly troubles in death. Some claimed
that he had suddenly become iusanc, but
this is doubtful.
THE0W5 ON THE W0ELD,
Six Months Old, In a Basket, Forsaken and
" Forgotten.
It 'was :bnljr a basket, but its willow
wickets bore an unusual load, and where
once'fhPeabbige, beet and poultry rested
en route, .from market, there lay a little
cherub, :whdieeiistenc9 was estimated with
out the assistance of a chronometer at about
6 months. Evidently the little unfortunate
had been deposited in its resting place in
tbe rear of the Arsenal late Sunday night,
and though it may have slept sweetly dur
ing the night, early in the morning it tuned
its lay into a wail of distress. The music
had as good an effect as thobgh it had pro
ceeded from an Eolian harp, for it attracted
tbe attention oi Jacob Leniheim, a resident
of Thirty-ninth stre'et.
Thus the babe war rescued, and is now
safely ensconced in tbe bosom of its bene
factor's family, where it will doubtless be
aa'opd., " ai..j'Mjj.
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NOT INJURED BY THE FIRE.
KT.EBFRS' PIANOS AND ORGANS.
A Card.
The public are respectfully informed that
tne nre next door to us has not in tbe least
injured or affected our stcck of pianos and
organs and the rest of the goods.
There is not a flaw upon any of our fine
pianos, and they are absolutely as perfect
as when received from " tbe factory. Call
and see tbem and makeyour selection for a
holiday gift in time, for a piano or organ
(or any other instrument) which is bought
at Kleber & Bro.'s'music store, M6 Wood
street, is accersted'tU tbe best and most re
liable goods of tbeir klnlto be bad in this
city or in any other place. ' '
H. Kleber & Bbo.,
G0C Wood street
Fine Guitars and Mandolins.
As a holiday gift no article could be more
desirable than either aLakeside guitar at
57 50, or the Arion gujtar at ?9 B0, or the
Conservatory rosewood guitar at $15. If you
want the best make buy one of those beauti
ful Washburn guitars, now tbe leading-guitars
of the world. In tbe mandolins we
would recommend the American make, at
either $10 50 or $14.- The finest mandolins,
however, are the celebrated Washburns
unequaled for tone, quality and durability.
All of the above instruments are warranted
true in tone and not to split They can be
had only at H. Kleber & Bro.'s; No. 506
Wood street -Klebers also have the finest
selection of music boxes specially intended
for the holidays, which they are offering at
last year.' a prices; no advance on account of
the high tariff. Call and see our fine stock
of banjos, cornets, violins, autoharps, metal
lopbones, musia wrappers and folios and
cases for all instruments. Store open every
evening. H. Kledek & Bbo.,
506 Wood street
What to Buy and Where to Boy Here
Xou find everything for men, women and
children, and babies' Christmas presents,
and at prices to suit all pocsetDooes.
JOS. HOKKE & CO.,
009-021 Penn avenue.
Fob Cheistiias Presents The hand
somest line of ladies' desks in the city.
MlCHIOAK FUBHITTJRE Co.,
437 Smitbfield street
Linens The' splendid holiday assort
ments-and exceptional values offered make
this one of tbe busiest departments in tha
house. Huou3'& Hackk.
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Diamond Earrings, y
alt prices, from $10 to 51,500. Tour, in
spection: solicited by Hardy Si Hayes',
Jewelers, C29 Smitbfield street TT3
Foe the best assortment of winter Under
wear for ladies', geitlemen and children, go
to Arthur, Schoncelihger & Co., 63 and 70
Ohio street, Allegheny. T13
No Cbristmaitable should be without. An
gostura Bitters.' Appetizer of exquisite Savor
" xrssn
Fine embroidered night shirts in boll-
day presents.'
JAMES H.-AIKEN UO., liw JJ mn ay,
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Penn ayenue. headquarters for drew trim-
rmngs. ,
Tj1MiJTivrTBt n1lJil nl Air 'TvnM ftttm
AI.WUiUiUiinjJIl As; w-j (A1WU 0ihj
Brewing Oo.'a lager. Telephone 1186.
Kkip laoMnir Tonne and save ttiur hair. Its
color and beanty with Fahkir'S' Haib Balsam.
Pabess's aixoiBTasitv the best conga cor.
Covens 'AND coxDS-Those trhture rnffferlnir
from ioarns, colds, sore throat etc.,-shonld try
Brownl JUroncbUl Iroones,, -84djMly'Hla mzm,
s MB6.,WrsSLoW'a Soothing Bttod M an UQ
MAAXmA nnrliAlna fn lliyLwaW 41httK Aahli I ,
infafiiil "twwwi fM vwvt4Mm 1,
THE PEiDTJCTIVE-EIGHTBENTH WAED.
A Cherubic Aggregation That Bivals tha
iuegheny Happy Family.
"ward was Jtretfehed a peg yesterday in com.
.l!ll i.lt- A lt 1- rPt.t.4 W..J WAS
petition witn .iiegucuy. j.u-i wait, hh
always patriotic, and when the Allegheny
triplets wers announced a young woman re
siding ou the Morningside road came to tha
front with a rival trio, wbose eheeks are of
a rosier tint and who are plumper than the)
: uvtr-EiirraK.icie.
Mrs. Mary Denny is the proud mother of
,1.1 ..It v..W, .. ..il t. wna nAV
tuia vuciuwiu agjreifauuu, -auu it. mmsuw
her firsf affair, as two boys about 2 years old.
call her mother. The father, Joseph Denny,
is a boHermafcer.
THE PRECIOUS JEWELS.
DIAMOND
IJECKXACE3,
DIAMOND
aid PEARL
NECKLACES.
DIAMOND RINGS.
AT HOME.
3 MARKET ST..
Comar Filth Avenue.
From the simplest to
the- aoit elasorate.
DIAMOND
BROOCHES
and PENDANTS,
Most exquisite designs
DIAMOND 8LEKVK
BUTTONS anil
LINKS,
Grogan's stock this
season Is doubled la
size. STYLES not to
Special wltn us.
DIAMOND STUDSC
be bad elsewhere,
QUALITY beyond re-proacm-Considerlngall,
prices below everybody
in the city. Every piece
guaranteed. Place yonr
reliance upon Grogan,
and everything will ba
satisfactory.
Plain and combined
trith Pearls and Col
ored Stones.
DIAMOND SCARF
PINS.
w Qrtn seeing.
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DIAMOND BONNET
PINS,
iost ueiicate.
DIAMOND
BRACELETS.
juassive ncn patterns.
TIT A VnHTl
J. c.
GROGAN,
ii3 MARKET ST..
BANGLES,
.ugat ana aatnty.
Not. one, or a dozen
only, to be seen,bnt an
Immense variety r dou
ble the stock I carry
ordinarily.
Corner Fifth avenue.
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A FEW -O, MANY
ABEROERIATE
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HOLIDAY GIFTS
Extra Grades Fine Umbrellas
SS-inch Gloria covers, with choice natural
sticks and metals, $1 0. 1 65. $1 85.
28-lnch Silk Umbrellas with silver mountings,
S3 75 and S3 25.
S8-inch extra grade silk covers in extra fine
handles walrus, born, hammered metals, eta,
S5XS8,75a
Make yonr selection early to get choice han
dies.
Our Cloak Rooms.
Several hundred Ladies' Newmarkets. Jackets-
etc.. in medicm and heavy winter weights,
just reduced to fully one-half and
one-third former price.
You can have your choice from goods that
sold all through the fall at tS to t30, now at S3,
S5. S3. S10.
Genuine Alaska Seal Capes and Coats, Seal
Plush Coats and Wraps, Children's Garments,'
1 to IS years.
Gents' Smoking Jackets, in solid colors, with,
gay Silk linings and trimmings. Jackets ia
handsome bold plaids. Jackets for office or
bedroom at $7. 53, 810 and op.
Good bargains in Fur Collars -and Muffs tot
ladies and children.
Our TrimmirigvRdc3m:rs
HANDKERCHIEFS.
Ladies' and Gents' Handkerchiefs from low
to fine grarles. put up In attractive boxes. 1-12,
1-6, K dozen each. We call special attention to
our line of extra fine Handkerchiefs at 23a
each.
LEATHER GOODS.
Focketbooks. Shopping Bags, Satchels, Eelts.
etc., In very great assortment.
.GLOVES.AND HOSIERY
For Men, Women and Children, embracing
staples and high novelties.
Eiderdown Comforts. Pillows. Chair Rest,
etc., covered with fine Sltines and Wash Silks
in beautiful colorings at very reasonable pricer
What more suitable for holiday presents:
BIBER R EASTDN,
505 and 507 MARKET STREET.
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THREE SPECIAL DRIVES
HEARTH RUGS!
1,000 Bruuel Hearth Bugs, 1
y:rds long, at CO -cents each,,
worth V- to 1 25.
1,000 Brussels Hearth Bugs, better
grade, at 60 centseash, worth
SI CO.
1,000 Brussels Hearth Bugs, very
best grades, at '7i( cento each,
worth 3L
Greatest -Bargains
In Short Length .
CARPETS
Ever Seen in Pittsburg,
5,000 yards Body and Tapestry
Brussels Carpets, 4 to SO-yard
lengths, at 40 to SO cents a
yard. None of these sold for
leu than 75 cents'a yard and
many of them, at $1 25.
2,000 yards best Ingrain Carpets,
l 4 to 25-yard lengths, at SO. to
50 cents a yard, worth double
the money.
A few Bemnants of Linoleum at
half the prices asked when cut from
piece.
EDWARD
GROETMGER,
6a i a&d 29 Peak Avenue
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