THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1891. 5 EIGHT OF SUFFRAGE Discussed in Keports Made to the House on Both Sides. TDE PI&FRAKCM5IKG OF YOTEES Bjr Various Methods in Siany of the States Inquired Into. TIEWS OF THE J1IS0KITI AND MAJOKITI VTasiiisgton, Feb2C. The minority members of the Committee on Judiciary have prepared two vigorous reports iu op position to the Houek resolution, which was ordered favorably reported to the House, directing the Judiciary Committee to in quire into and report to the House whether or not any State has by any constitutional or statutory provision violated the second section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, so that a proper appor tionment of representation may be made by Congress. The minority report prepared by Sir. Cues, of Alabama, is signed by Messrs. 0ttes, Culbertson, of Texas; Henderson, of orth Carolina, and Wilson, of 'West Vir ginia, and by Stewart, ol Vermont, with a qualification. This report says that the States are not constitutionally prohibited from disfranchising auy of their male citi zen. It only prescribed as a penalty for such disfranchisement for any other cause than that of participation in rebellion or ether crime, thjt the representation in Con gress irom such Sute shall lie leduced in the proportion which the persons dislran chised ber to the whole number ot adult male citizens in such State. A Pertinent Que&tion Asked. The question is asked if the resolution re ported be adopted now, can the committee make the inquiry directed, in the absence of any legislation by Coucress, providing the means 01 securing evidence to enable the committee to procure the necessary prools to warrant Cougiess in reducins the represen tation of any State? The committee assume that some citizens iu Mississippi and Mas Michusets are denied the right to vote by the State Constitutions for some other reason than crime. ThU may be true, but the minority can not thut their eyes to the fact that the Con stitution of Mississippi has not vet gone into operation, and there is no law applica ble to th.it State, Massachusetts or any other State, by wuicn the committee can ascertain the ljuuiber of Unfranchised, for Coogress has never nrovided the means by which this may lie dor..' Presumptions are worthless in such a grave matter, A Question of Proof. Legal proors must be held to a reasonable certainty, av.C until ouch legislation is enacted it is utterly futile to adopt such a resolution, for it cannot be complied with. Until Congress enacts a law providing for an enumeration of the number of persons disfran chised for crime and for the number disfran chised for othor causes, it is impossible to com ly with the resolution. If the resolution was literally construed, tbe report say the requir ing of 12 months' residence in a State and regis tration as a prerequisite to voting would be good cause for reducing its representation. 'ISut,'" the report concludes, "a cardinal principle in mr system of Government is that iho btates shall each prescribe the noaliBca. tions of its electors. When they ratiiied this article of the t'oustitution it cannot be as sumed with any show of reason that they in tended to surrender thi3 right or to restrict their powers to the extent that such a con struction would maintain." Based on False Assumptions. Representative Kogers. in his individual mi nority report, says: "The resolution proceeds on two false assumptions: "First That if a btate restricts suffrage for cause other than rebellion or crime, it violates the second section or lbo Fourteenth Amend. raeot; and, second, that it is necessary for some Sute to violate this section in order that a proper apportionment of Representatives may be made. In Connecticut voters must be "of good moral character. Whether they have it in "BIocks of Five" or not. we are not told. It may be that in Connecticut all persons who have not been in rebellion or been guilty of other crime have good moral characters, and hence 'good moral character' would not in that State operate as a restriction on suffrage. "But of all tbe States the one whose Consti tution, according to tLe loaic of the majority, is most flagrantly offensive to the section of the Constitution cited is our sweet little sister Idaho, who was nronght into Statehood by this Corgi ess after long labor and tbe successful performance of the Cicsarian operation by the tepeaker. now known (in general parliamentary law) as counting a constitutional quorum." Other States in the last. Attention is then drann to the Idaho provis. islon forbidding polygamists or Mormons voting. "Other States," ilr. Rogers saj-s," "might be cited, bat the list is already so long as to suggest tne inquiry whether the whole country is not rapidly growing weary of tbe Fourteenth Amendment and becoming imbued with the idea that the people of the States are capable of self-government, and should be left to it without officious outside interference," The majority of the committee in its report, prepared oy Mr. Caswell, of Wisconsin, says that the committee did not deem it necessary, in a parliamentary inquiry, to examine tbe various State Constitutions, but that, m tbe judgment of the majont, the Constitutions of Miisissiupi and Massachetts are clearly within tbe provisions or the second section of the Fourteenth Amendment, because of the ducational and property requirements thereof. Tbe Fourteenth Amendment, it says, is broad and comprehensive in its termsand requires tliat iheiepresentation shall be reduced whenever there is an abridgment of suffrage for any other than the two reasons stated. "N"ot Within Its Provinces. "It is not for us," says the report, "to discuss the wisdom of the Fourteenth Amendment, nor does it become our duty to determine how or in what the matter, tbo number or propor tion of the inhabitants of any given State, who are disfranchised, can be ascertained. The sn!e question delegated to us is whether the t'oustitution or laws of any State should wort a reduction of its representation bv reason of suffrage restriction. The instances'cited with rclereuce to Massachusetts and Mississippi, we believe, show that tbe resolution ought to pass, so that a tborouah investigation might be had. "No one is exempted from military service because he does not own property, ami the same may be said for those who have not had the advantages of education. Thev am ofron as loval and as devoted to good order and tbe welfare of the people as those enjoving superiur advantages. When tbe Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, public opinion was especially directed to this class or ,eople. and it may be assumed they wcrc-iu mind when the article was adopted." ASSUMED OFFICE BY VIOLENCE. Oklahoma Alliance County Officers-Elect Forcibly Take Possession. GCTHRin, O. T., Feb. 24 Two weeks ago at tho county elections the Farmers' Alliance ticket was successful. The Republican office holders claiming the election to have been held without authority of law refused to allow the ameers-elect to take pos esion of the office'. Tlic Fanners Alliance officers set up inde 1'cndent offices, and have been carrying on tbe bumes since Saturday. Early this morning before tbe Republican oflicers cot down to business the Farmers' Al liance officers obtained forcible entrance to the county ..ffices, and with crowbars, cold chisels and sledge hammers a general assault was made upon the safes and vaults, and they were pened. The Farmers' Alliance officers toot an invoice of all the contents and began busi Jiesfc. iile Rrnuhlir-jn nfiirers nimf.nli.ri in Lnitcl States Marshal Grimes, but be declined J0jC- Ihe Ii-i.uulioaus are highly ciugriued, but Mill prubaui attempt no violence. NATTJBAL GAS LEGISLATION. Both Indiana nooses Pass a Restrictive Act That Slay Bo Vetoed. Indianapolis. Feb. 26-The House passed the Senate bill to-day making it unlawfnl to transport natural gas through pipes at a pressure greater than 300 pounds to the square inch, and prohibiting tUe use of pumps and other artificial means, by a vote of 61 to 23 The opponents of the bill Kay that the 'Gov ernor will veto it. and that It cannot be again parstd in tbe Senate. 8TILL IN STATU QUO. The Illness of Three Republican Legislators Continues the Dead-Lock. Springfield. ILL., Feb. 2a.-Three R. licans wore still absent from the joint assembly I to-day on account of illness, so the members of that party aud the F. M. B. A. men refrained from voting on the ballot for United States Senator, breaking the quorum. Tbe Democrats cast 101 votes for Palmer in bree ballots, when the Assembly adjourned. WAR AT M'CURDY. DISPUTIHfl CLAIMANTS TO A LEASE BE S0ET TO VIOLENCE. TV . I Mellon' "Workmen Ousted by Force, but Rally and Recapture the Fort The Production of the McCurdy Pool All Quiet at Wildwood. -FriCIAL TELEGKAU TO THI DISrATCH.: McCukdt, Feb. 26. War and romoriof war at McCurdy to-day have been the princi pal subjects of conversation in oil circles. The belligerent parties contending for the W. J. Kiddle farm are W. L. Mellon and Finegan, Downing & Co., and before the matter is settled there is likely to be lively times. Hostilities between the contending forces began yesterday, and for a time the battle waxed warm. We are happy to say mat this evening the situation tloes not present a san guinary appearance, and, as if by mutual con sent, an armistice prevails. W. la. Mellon was interviewed this afternoon by Tiie Dispatch scout, and gave his side of the story. He says that on February 21, 18S9. the W. J. Riddle farm was leased to Samuel Galley. That gentleman, in company with W..K Mellon, started drilling a well, wbich they finished to t lie Gordon sand, andit is now known as the old Riddle well. They were over one year getting then ell down to the Gordon, whicn was the only producing sand at that time known to exist here. The terms expressed In tho lease were for one year and as long as oil or gas was found in paying quantities. In this well a small quantity of oil was ob tained in the Gordon, but tbe well did not pay to operatp in the sand. It is now claimed by Finegau fc Don ning that the lease of Galley fc Mellon expired at tbe end of the year, or on the 21st ot February. 1S90. On April 28, 1S90. Mr. Riddle, the owner ot the farm in controversy, came to tbe office of W. L. Mellon and acknowledged tbe case, which was properly spread on the records of Alle gheny county, which made the lease valid for luriher operations. A short time after this was done, Mr. Mellon purchased Mr. Galley's interest in tbe lease, at the same time leasing a number of adioiuing farms. He then moved the rig from the Kiddle dry hole to the Scott farm nearby, and built a new rig on tbe Riddle farm on a new Iucation. Iu August of the same year A. Learn induced Mr. Riddle to lease tbe farm over tbe Gailey lease, representing to Mr. Riddle that Mcllon's lease bad expired. After secunng tbe lease be sold a part of his interest to William Guckert, who, jointly with Mr. learn, afterward sold their interests in the whole farm to Finegan, Downing A Co. Actual Hostilities Begin. Mr. Mellon had his hands build another rig on tho lea:e. when Mr. Finegan sent a number of teams with material ana men yesterday to put up a rig. Their force being tbe heaviest the Mellon party were forced to retreat, and the Finegan army took full possession. An hour later Mr. Mellon sent a reinforce ment of SO men and a number of teams from Coraopolis and recaptured the fort, and are now buildint: tbe rig as fast as possible and ex pert to complete it to-morrow. I fn T n n tine tin(rit enlf In ennltv against Mr. Mellon, and tbe court will settle tbe matter for all time. The following are the gauges ot the wells pro ducing In the McCurdy held: Farm. Owner. Frodnction. McCurdy, ratterson Jones JJo. 1 6 colt. Mellon & Co. So. 1 , 70 Tldball, Mellon & Co. No. 1 30 Palmer, Mellon &, Co. No. 1 480 l'almer. Mellon & Co. No. 2 etu Churcnlot, Galley & Gutty No. I. 600 Parsonage lot, Aiken Co. No. 1 274 Mellon & Co.s Scott No. 2 is down 2.100 feet; No. 2-3, Scott, is spudding; Mellon fc Co.'s Dougherty No. 1. 2.100 feet; old Riddle No. 1, 2.100 feet; JJo. 2 Riddle is a rig; No. S Palmer is drilling at 300 feet, and No. i Palmer is a rig up. Patterson A Jones are doing qnite a stroke of work in this field. They are drilling No. 2 McCurdy at 2,000 feet; No. 3 at 1,600 feet; No. 4 at 2,175; No. S at 2,000: No. 6 is a rig, and No. 1 LlovU is dnwn 1,500 feet. The Fisher Oil Company, on the ten-acre Riddlo lot, is drilling at 1,800 feet. Coast & Evans, on the Adams No. 1, is down 000 feet, and on the McAdams No. 1. 300 feet. T. J. Vandergrif t has reached a depth of 1,200 feet on the J. Adams; Gillespie Brothers' No. 1, Jane Riddle, 1.200 feet. Qnffv & Murphy, Mrs. Kerr lot, have a rig about ready for business. No New Gushers at Wildwood. Wildwood Another 24 hours has rolled around without bringing forth any new guBh ers on the southwest line at Wildwood. There is less interest manifested ih the Staler J; Mc Donald well, at Everhart station, since the fact has become generally known that the oil was founa in tbe fonrth sand formation. Tbe well has only made three or four inches in tbe last six or eight hours. Tho Kennedy well, on the Pittsburg and Western lot, was shot to-day, and responded handsomely. Black & Co.'s Murray Hill farm well is not showing any better, and only flows when thc'tool are pulled. Tho Roth Oil Com- Eany's Harbush No. 11 is making 50 barrels an onr this evening, while tbe drill was .tarted to-day In No. 12. liarnsdall, Gillespie fc Co.'s Kress No. 11 is drilling in the 100-foot, and Greenlee fc Forst's McGeah No. 1 is producing 11 inches an hour, and No. 2, same farm, 13 lncliet an hour. McDevitt fc Co.'s Guyton No. 1 is doing about SO barrels a day. while they are fisbing jora uaiier in aio. z. tjuny ot uo.'S los. 1 and 3 Rungo have simmereo down to small pump ers. It was only a few days since these wells were numbered among tho best on the southwest line, which is another argument mat mis locality no longer pos sesses the staying qualities wbich once characterized it. Griffith A Co.'s Ring heisen No. 4 is doing 250 barrels a day, and tbelr No. 7. Sand farm, is in tbe sand and showing small so far. Phillips, Dunn 4 Co., in their No. 5, Smith farm, are drilling in tbe 100 foot, and hae a fishing job at WOO feet in No. S. Tbe Roth OH Corupanj's Peepbles heirs' well is in the sand, and unless better digging is found be. low the ell will be a small one, Forst & Greenlee's Alston gusher is doing about 20 inches an hour, ana, like the other big wells on tbe southwest line when first struck, is holding up remarkably well. A. C. Dibert fc Co. are in tbe sand with their well on the Semple farm, and expect to cut the melon some time to-morrow. Greenlee & Forst to-day made their firstloca tion on the Dan Good farm, and will hustle up a rig as soon as possible. Evans, M&ndeville A Co. will bounce the drill in their No. 2 Marks to-morrow or next day. Guffy&Co. on tho Kreizer have put in the small casing, as pre dicted by The 'Dispatch at the time tho Alston well came in, the citv of derricks is materializing with wonderful rapidity in this locality. jirjrj. The Northern Pacific's Now Acquisition. St. Patjl, Feb. 26. It is now positively known that Monday next the Wisconsin Cen tral will be completely., absorbed by the North ern Pacific which will operate it as a mere division oi the great transcontinental system. Opening To-Day. Fisk, Clark & Flagg . Spring Neckwear. Hannach's, Leading Furnishing House In the city, 30 Sixth st., opposite Bijou Theater. Opening To-Day. Fisk, Clark & Flagg Spring Neckwear. Haxnach's, Leading Furnishing House In .the city, 30 Sixth st.. opposite Bijou Theater. ' J When Winter Wanes The Bracing Effect of Cold Air is Lost, and That . Tired Feeling" Prevails. To Gain Health and Strength.Take Hood's Sarsaparilla ANNA DICKINSON'S ILLNESS, EUMOES THAT SHE WAS SEHT TO rdSAHE ASYLUM DENIED. AN Her Intellect Unimpaired, bat Sao Is Suffering From Insomnia By Medical Advice the Famous Lecturer Has Been Removed to an Unknown Locality. Wilkesbaeek, Feb. 26. The rumor that Anna Dickinson's mind had become so deranged that friends had found it neces sary to remove her to the Danville Insane Asylum, created quite a sensation here late this afternoon. The gifted lady has resided for years with her sister, Susie Dickinson, in the little village of West Pittston. For some time past her health has been in a pre carious condition, and she bas been constantly under the eyes of her physician, who treated her for insomnia. This disease has been under mining her vitality for some time, and al though she has been carefully nursed by her devoted sister no improvement was perceptible. A consultation of physicians was held yester day, and it was decided that change of scene and absolute quiet furnish tne only hope for her complete recovery. Accordingly she was removed quietly from her home this afternoon, bat where she has been taken is a mystery that her friends decline to unravel. They emphat ically deny, however, that she bas been taken to an insane asylum, or that her mind Is un balanced. Mls3 Susan EL Dickinson, in conversation with a reporter to-night, said that her sister was simply suffering from nervous exhaustion brought on by an acute attack of insomnia, and that there was no truth whatever in tbe story that she bad lost ber mind. "I will publish a statement of the circumstance in a day or two," said Miss Dickinson, "that will effectually re fute tbe Idle rumors thatbave pained us so much within the past few days." Both ladies are exceedinglv popular here, and their modest cottage in West Pittston was besieged all day to-day with friends anxiously inquiring tne true tacts in tne case, anu oner Ing their sympathy. It is believed by Miss Dickinson's friends here that ber prostration is due to overwork. It is generally believed that the attack is only temporary, and that in a short time she will have completely recovered. Opening Bally. .New designs in American and French plaids; new shades in cashmeres and serges, English suitings, Jamestown suitings and many other styles of early spring novelties now" on exhibition at astonishingly low prices at H. J. Lynch's, 438-440 Market street. TbFSU THE PEOPLE'S STORE, FIFTH AVENUE. Crowding Each Other Are our winter and spring wraps. Just about as many of the one as tbeother selling yet. The handsome styles in spring wraps take the eye, and the low prices on the use fuL and comfortable winter jackets and vpii fetch buyers still. Campbell & Dick. Marriage Licenses Granted Yesterday. Name. ltesldenee. (William Kundv Plttibnrg 1 Carrie Reinhira... Allegheny (James W. Crosby Braddock (Wary Tosh Braddocfc ( William H. Hpeer Wllklnsburg I Emily M. Tosh Braddocfc J Horace Brown Pittsburg ( .mma Houston Pittsburg ) James S. McCreary Pittsburg I Annie S. linrjress lirusbton ( John H. Knhns Pittsburg 1 Annie B. Porter Pittsburg ( David It. Evans Jeannette ( Mary Dlethorn Jeannette I James A., Moore - Pittsburg Bella Eoblnson Pittsburg DIED. BROWNE Thursday morning, at 4:30, Knox A. Browne. Funeral services at bis late residence, 85 Webster street, Allegheny, FbIDAT, at 230 P. m. Friends of the family are respectfully in vited to attend. DAFT On Thursday morning. February 26 1SS1, at Franklin, Pa., Miss Elizabeth B. Daft. Notice ot funeral later. DIETRICH At ber reidence, McKee's Rocks, Mrs. Clara Dietkich, wife ot L. J. Dietrich, aged 27 years and 5 months. EHRENFETuD On Thursday morning. FeD ruary 26, 1891, M AMIE ISABEL, only child of J. A. H. and M. A. Ehrenfeld. in her 7th year. Funeral services at St John's Episcopal Church, corner Main street and Butler street, on Saturday aftebnoon at 2 o'clock 2 ENGLAND On Wednesday, February 25, 1S01. at 1 o'clock p. M., Mary A., wife of Miles H. England, in the 49th year of her age. Funeral services from her late residence. No. 119 Forty-second street, Pittsbnrg, Pa., on Fri day, February 27, at 1 P. 3t. Interment later. Altoona and Cleveland papers copy, 2 FOSTER On Thursday. February 23, 1891, at 7:10 A. si., Thomas Foster, in his 27th year. Funeral from the residence of his brother-in-law, John Carson, No. 41 Sheffield street, Alle gheny, on Saturday afternoon, February 23, at 2 o'clock. Friends ot the family are re spectfully invited to attend. JASIES On Thursday, February 26, at 8 p. M., David James, in the 67th year of bis age. Fnneral from bis late residence, 1425 Liberty street, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. 2 KEATING On Thursdav. Febrnarv28. 1S9I. at 1120 a. M Nellie, daughter of May and John Keating, aged 2 months and 1 day. Funeral will take place from the residence of the parents. No. 60 Fulton street on Friday, February 27. at 3 o'clock P. si. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. MOSS On Thursday. February 26, 1S91, at S-Sa p. M., MrS. Mary MOS3, in the 74th year ot her age. Funeral from the Smithfield Street M. E. Chnrch on Saturday, February 28, 1891, at 10 o'clock a. M. Friends of the family are re spectfully invited to attend. Johnstown and St, Louis papers please copy. MCCARTY On Thursday morning, February 26,1891, at her residence, Parnassus. A. V.R. R., Ella F. Small, wife of D. H. McCarty, iu her S2d year. Funeral on Saturday at 11 a. m. from resi dence of her father-in-law, No. 29 Superior street. Ninth ward, Allegheny. High mass at St. Andrew's R. C. Church, Beaver avenue. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend. McINTYRE On Wednesday, February 25, 1891. at 4 o'clock A. JL, Anna M., wife of Rev. J. W. MIntyre, in her 42d year. Services at South Street M. E. Church, on Friday. February 27, at 2 p.m. Interment private. 2 STAFFORD February 26, 1891. at 8 A. St. William H. Stafford, aged 37 years 11 months 2i days. Funeral from his lato residence, McKec's Rocks, Pa., on Sunday afternoon, March 1, at 2 o'clock. Friends of the family are respect fully invited to intend. 2 WILSON On Wednesday afternoon. Feb ruary 25, at 1:15, John Sanford Wilson, only son of John and Ellen M. Wilson. ZIMMERMAN-On Wednesday, February 25, 1891, at 10 p. it., Catharine, wife of George Zimmerman, aged 27 years. Funeral from late residence, 133 Juniata street, Allegheny, on Friday, Interment in Marshall township. ANTHONY METER. (Successor to Meyer, Arnold 4 Co Lira..) UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. Office and residence, 1131 Penn avenue. Tele phone connection. myll-140-MWFSu JAMES M. FULLERTON. UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER, Offices: No. 6 Seventh Stheet akd 6234 Pkjn Avenue, East End. Telephone 1153. ap-il-48-WFSu FLORAL EMBLEMS. ORCHIDS AND ROSES OF RARE BEAUTY A. M. & J. B. MURDOCH, 610 SMITHFIELD ST. Telephone 429.' de9-82-MWr Fresh Seeds for Gardeners, Get our 1890 crop, including novelties in Flower and Vegetable Seeds. Also, order trees now. Telephone 239. Catalogues tree. JOHN R. &TMURD0CH, fel8-i!WF ' pEPRESENTED IN PITTSBURG IN 180L ASSETS - - f9.071.696 33. Insurance Co. of North America. Losses adjusted and paid by WILLIAM L. JONES, 81 Fonrth avenue. jiaW3-D J NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL. Commencing March 1, to the 15th, we will make a liberal discount on all DbCORATlVE and ART GOODS. To make room for our spring importations we are willing to sacrifice our immense stock of VASES. PLATES, CUPS and SAUCERS. Onyx PEDESTALS, CABINETS, TABLES. LAMPS, Marble STATUARY and BRONZE GOODS. Don't miss this opportunity to secure a bar gain. Positively no reduction after the 15th inst SHEAFER & LLOYD, JEWELERS. Successors to Wattles & Sbeafer. NO. 37 FIFTH AVENUE. Telephone 1833. leST-aW mm. AT GRAND OPENING Hew Spring Dress Goods, NEW WASH GOODS, New Housekeeping Goods. Wo are showing a rich assortment of New Tricots at 25c Per yard new novelties, colorings. A beautiful lot of 38-Inch new weaves and English Suitings at 10c Per yard all latest and choicest weaves spe cial value. P. S. We offer the entire prodnction of a hard.up carpet mill at less than prevailing prices, .11 ow is me time to ouy. T. M. LATIMER, 138 and 140 FEDERAL ST. 45 and 46 SOUTH DIAMOND ST. ALLEGHENY, PA. fe27-jrw-r T PASS THEM, Those charming Kid But ton Boots, with worked button holes, in the Ladies' Department at HIMMELRICH'S, Whioh are being sold at And worth readily $2.50, Have yielded to a large de mand from an intelligent public. These shoes contain material of a superior nat ure, so much so that many prefer them to higher priced goods. The positive fitting of these shoes is as sured. The styles embrace the Common Sense and Op era shape's in all the widths from AAA to B, spring or heeled. Ladies seeking a first olass shoe at a bargain price find this article the one. HIMMELRICH'S, 430-436 Market St. fe22-WFSu MANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTS INS. CO., 417 Wood St., Plttsburc, Pa. Capital ......$250,00000 Assets. January 1. 1891 CS3.302 37 Directors Charles W. Batchelor, President: Jobn W. Chalfant, Vico President; A. E. W. Painter. Robert Lea, M. W. Watson, John WIN son, Josepb Walton, Wm. O. Park. A. M. Byers, James J. JDonncII. George E. Painter, John Thompson. Wm. T. Adair, Secretary; James Little. Assistant Secretary; August Amnion, General Agent. 'ja21-33-MWF PARLOR, LIBRARY, BEDROOM, KITCHEN FURNITURE. Pancy Rockers, Bookcases, Pictures, Parlor Suites, Onyx Top Tables. Desks, Chiffoniers, Cabinets, Mattel Figures, Wall Pockets. Everything in Furniture, and Carpets. CASH OR EASY PAYMENTS, 307 Wood St. Vtt. D $Luj ilrtosACo NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. THIS is one of our advance styles of Spring Overcoats of a handsome light color, has silk sleeve lin ing, is sewed with silk and is the best ever shown at the price, lO. Spring styles are being placed on sale daily all through the store Overcoats, Suits, Hats, Furnishings, Kilt Suits, Waists, eta An array worth seeing. J"Our Confirmation Suits will interest parents. BiTER. yo$m ClotMers, Mora'ai Hatters, 161-163 Federal St., Allegheny. le22-vfT3u WHITE IB SPREADS ! "We have just added to our stock a beauti ful line of BED SPREADS, the very best goods and the very newest patterns in Cro chet, Dimity, Marseilles, Satin and Hand Embroidered, and full size spreads, the best value otfered in this line in the city, at 81, 51 25. 51 50, $1 75, $2, 52 50. S3 and 3 50. Prices range from 51 to 520. Good, thrifty housekeepers will find U to their advantage to see this line of goods. TABLE LINENS! Hemstitched table cloths, with napkins to match, the newest patterns and best goods, all sizes, from 8-4 to 16-4 cloths, and prices from 56 50 to 530 the set. Also fringed hemstitched sets, with napkins to match, and all lengths cloths. Colored satin Dam ask fringed table cloths, with napkins to match, all the new colors and patterns. Turkey red cloth by the yard from 50e to 51. Turkey red fringed cloths, all sizes, from 51 to 52 75 each, napkins to match. THE BEST VALUES And best assortment in TABLE LINENS! By the yard in the city. Onr 75c, $1 and 51 25 goods are the best being offered at the prices, and lots of patterns to select from. Home 4 Ward, 41 FIFTH AVE. fe24-D HOUSEKEEPERS' BARGAINS For To-Day, Friday, Feb. 27, Best Ammonia, 5c a bottle. Moth Marbles, 5c a box. Fine Sponges, 10c each. Good Brooms, 13c each. Toilet Paper, 5c a package. Toilet Paper, with patent holder, 15c each. Tin Dish Pan, 9c each. Galvanized Water Kettle, 50c each. Sink Brooms, 2c each. Flour Sifters, 9c each. Crystal Glass Tumblers, 3c each. Crystal Glass Fruit Nappies, 3c each. Tea Sets, 56 pieces, handsomely decorated, $2 96. Feather busters, large size, 19c. Fleishman & Co., 504:. GOG and S08 Market St. fe27 THE BEST, CHEAPEST, LARGEST -AND- MOST RELIABLE CASH -AND- CREDIT HOUSE- 'WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA KEECH'S 923, 925 and 927 PENN AVENUE, Near1 Ninth St. 55- JJ el WIL NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. THE GREAT SALE! 4-1 UNSHRINKABLE Wash Flannels! Mostly Silk Stripes, at 20c, 25c and 35CJ value, 25c to 75c. 125 Pieces, Abnut 6,000 Yards Subject to slight mill imperfec tions, has been properly and highly appreciated by the ladies. NO WONDER! Such a remarkable chance for Ladies, Girls and Children's Dresses, Men and Boys' Shirts, Boys' Waists, eta, has never been offered hereabouts, and we doubt if elsewhere. BLANKETS! Closing out some old-fashioned, pure, coarse All-wool White Coun try Blankets, $2 a pair. Fine soft All-wool Country Blankets, $3 50 a pair. Sanitary All-wool Mixed Country Blankets, $$ a pair. A lot soft and comfortable full size Gray Blankets at $1 a pair. Others equal value at $i 25 Si S Si 75- BED COMFORTS, Full size, 65c, 75c, $1 and $1 25; worth consideration. Values and qualities in finer Comforts, Eider Downs and up to finest California Blankets that will bring the Blanket Department extra business. If you can save 25c; if you can save Si on a pair Blankets, isn't that worth while? Boggs&Buhl, ALLEGHENY, PA. fe27 Onr New Square Crown StiffHat, THE "STANLY," In Black and Brown, is rapidly becoming as popular as its famous namesake. KNOX'S "World-Eenowned Terbys and Silk Hats for Spring are also now readr. Alwavs correct in STYLE AND OF BEST QUALITY. EemeDiber, we are SOLE AGENTS for Tress & Co.'s, A. J. "White, Cooksey'a and Robert Heath's exclusive English Hats. PAULSON BROS., No. 441 Wood St. N. B. The marked steady increase in the sales of oar now well-known 2, $2 SO and 53 STIFF HATS is a sufficient proof of tneir excellent value. ie20-arwF JUST ODT. Spring Novelties in Shoes POPULAR PRICES. "Wo are now prepared to show yon tbe finest stock of leading: stylesand novelties in elegant and artistic footwear for spring to be found in Pittsburg. It will compensate you before purchasing elsewhere A look, through onr stock and set our fig ures. You will find that we are leaders in styles as well as 'low prices. "The Famous" Shoe House. 52 Sixth Street. fe23-wrsa McNAUGHER & CO., Contractors for Paving Sidewalks With Cemtnt, Brlok and Fire Brick, Concreting Cellirt. 110 K KTiERAt, ST.. ALLEGHENY. PA. . Curbstone iuxnunea and Mtt ttl-fra NEW 3 A GRAND DISPLAY SHIRT We open this week the finest assortment of Shirt Waists ever brought to Pittsburg.- Scores of new and bright designs never before seen in an article of this kind, and many of which you'll not see outside our store, as they were selected by us and made to our order. Truly A rjOYAL ASSORTMENT It's no small lot to which we call your attention, but a stock comprising some 25,000 waists. New, bright, pretty and stylish. All the well-known and prom inent manufacturers are represented among themthe "STAR" and. the "MOTHER'S FRIEND." Some of the goods are in our windows, but if you want a real feast of beauty come in and see the stock. GUSKY'S, 300 TO 400 W Equally attractive bargains and inducements to all buyers al both our Mammoth Market Street Store and our Elegant JS'etv Betait Store, 433 Wood Street. No Beserve. Stock must be sold. All Goods Warranted. FOLLOW THE TIDE. A Deluge of Bargains in Fine Shoes. Laird's Sacrifice PRICES AT LOWEST EBB. Goods Flowing Out Fast Perfect Flood of Bargains ALL THIS WEEK. $2 75, $3 00 and S3 50 Shoes at $2 18. $4 00, $4 50 and $5 00 Shoes at $2 90. $5 00, $6 00 and $7 00 Shoes at $3 90. LADIES' $2 18 SPECIAL OFFER. 1,700 pairs Ladies' Fine Dongola, straight goat, pebble goat heels or spring heels, Common Sense, Opera, Spanish Arch, New York or Phil adelphia lasts. Long, medium or short vamps, plain toes or tips, hand turns, flexible sewed or double soles, AA to BE; all sizea Reduced from 82 50, 82 75 and 83 to $2 IS. LADIES' $2 90 SPECIAL OFFER. 4,000 pairs Ladies' Fine Dongola, French Kid or Straight Goat Shoes hand-turns, welts, flexible or double soles; fine patent leather vamps oiotn or Dongola tops, tips or plain, long or short vamps, AAA to EB all sizes, reduced from 83 75, 84 and 84 50 to $2 OO. LADIES' $3. 90 SPECIAL OFFER. 700 pairs Ladies' Finest Kid Shoes, also patent leather vamps and Frenoh cloth tops, finest hand-made goods, latest styles, choice selec tions; all Bizes, were 85, 86 and 87, now only $3 90. GENTS' $2 18 SPECIAL OFFER. 900 pairs Gents' Fine Dress Shoes, Lace or Congress, seamless, silk stitched, single or double soles, smooth inner soles, no wax, tacfe or threads to hurt the feet, all solid and prime, latest style, every, size. Reduced from 82 50 and 83 to $2 18. GENTS' 2 90 SPECIAL OFFER. 378 pairs Men's English Grain Waterproof Bals. and Creedmore. Re duced from 84 and 85 to $2 OO. 1,980 pairs Men's Fine Calf Bala and Congress. 560 pairs Men's Genuine Kangaroo Bals. and Congress, single or double soles, tipped or plain, hand-sewed and Goodyear welts; very elegant goods, all sizes. Reduced from 84, 84 50 and 85 to $2 90. GENTS' $3 90 SPECIAL OFFER. MEN'S 85 OO, 86 OO AND 87 OO SHOES ONLY 83 90 PER PADS 480 pairs French Calf, hand-made, 83 90, 375 pairs Imported Cordovans, 83 90, 390 pairs Genuine Kangaroo Welts, 83 90, . 287 pairs Finest Patent Leather, 83 90. Gentlemen, these average 40 per cent off, and are speoial prices on every pair. Theyjwill move quickly and can't be duplicated. All fresh, late styles. Fully warranted. Can exchange or money refunded. Every size. "W. :m: lair id. MAMMOTH SHOE STORES, 406,408,410 )BA?g.AFs( NEW RETAIL, MARKET STREET. I 1 Wholesale Store, iVEBTISESIENTS. -OF- WAISTS MARKET ST. leZJ-srwy Sale! stores. 433 WOOD ST. 516 Wood Street, ,3 i 4 .4 m ta M .v-a
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