WORKINGTHE OBDEES
Enormous Sick Benefits Secured by
Poles aud .Russians.
JAILING SICK AS A BUSINESS.
Great Scheme for Bteedin? Beneficial
Societies Unearthed.
A BIG COJIlSINATIOX ILLNESS SISTEH
Philadelphia, April 26. A scheme
to defraud, startling in its details, has jnst
been -unearthed in this city, and an investi
gation is now being conducted, which it is
anticipated will in a few days result in a
number of arrests.
The charjre is made that numbers of Poles
end Bussians in this city have united in an
organization to defraud beneficial associa
tions by feigning illness and drawing large
veefcly benefits. This scheme, it is said, is
engineered by a number of shrewd specula
tors, who, it is believed, mate a large
amount oi money out of the ignorant bene
ficiaries as well as ont of the societies.
Owine to the enormous percentage of
sickness recently developed in the Polish
and Russian branches of such organizations
as the Universal Order of Security, Sexen
nial Leacue, Order of Tonti, Order of
Unity, Order of Amitie, Union Endow
ment, Iron Hall, Order of .fente, Order of
Vesta and others, searching investigation
is being conducted which has so far re
vealed one of the most remarkable systems
of making money ever invented.
Claims for Sick Benefits.
It is claimed that 90 per cent of the Rus
sian and Polish members of these orders put
in claims lor sick benefits, while only 10 per
cent of the other members have been ill. Of
this 90 per cent, it is claimed that only about
15 per cent are genuine cases of sickness;
yet the remarkable prevalence of illness in
the Polish and Russian colony down town
has assumed the proportions of a frightful
epidemic, which should receive the attention
oi the Board of Health. This condition of
afiairs is onving to the large sick benefits
paid by these orders, some oi wnicn reacn
SO0 per week.
An officer of the Sexennial League says
that a wliole lodge had been expelled in
Chicago and another one in Auburn, and an
officer of the Universal Order of Security
stated that after a thorough investigation of
some of the Chicago branches of Poles and
Russians, 510.000 worth of claims had been
rejected as rraudnlent, the order preferring
to fight the claims in court Since last Oc
tober the Sexennial League has rejected 500
claims, mostly from Russians aud Poles,
and last Friday 17 appeals were taken in the
ofilce of the Supreme Lodge, in the Key
stone Bank building.
An efbeer of one of the orders said yester
day that there arc about 20,000 members in
this city of the different orders. Of this
number, about 3,000 are of the Polish and
Russi.in element. Of this .1,000, he said,
fully i)0 per cent have been on the sick list
within three mouths of the time when they
could begin to draw sick benefits; while
among the 17,000 other members there wonld
nOt be a yearly average of more than 10 per
cent of illness. Thus 90 per cent of 17,000
meniVjis were supporting 90 per cent of
3,000 members.
Crusade Against the Beats.
The Cniversril Order of Security, it was
stated yesterday, has determined to make a
crusade against the objectionabl : element
which has drawn s6 heavily on its funds,
and when the order holds its convention
next month, an effort will be made to amend
the by-laws in snch a way that the down
town Russian and Polisb colonists will be
lrozcn out. At present, all the orders' tare
united in a sort of protective system by
which a blacklist is made of fraudulent
cases.
For instance, when a beneficiary "beats"
an order, his name is immediately fur
nished to the other order;, and it is said that
it is not an unusual thing for half a dozen
orders to send each other the name of the
same man.
The inducement for this fraud speaks for
itself. A short lime ago iu con-suiting a
claim against one of tbese orders, Judge
Pinletter said that no beneficial society
could honestly pay $50 per week sick bene
fits. The lawyer for the order, replied that
he had been instructed to say that the order
had Sim.000 in its treasury, and conld pay
all its just obligations. "Well," replied the
Judge, "that is only 100,000 more induce
ments for people to try togetS50 per week."
Han est From feick Benefits.
The Universal Order of Security issues
maturity polioiev, payable in seven vears, of
from 100 to ?2,000. It costs 4 initiation
fee and $1 50 medical examination fee to
join. On a f.'iO per week sick benefit certif
icate, the quarterly dues are 51 50, and the
limit of tuc assessment 6. A member
i?ust belong three months before he can
draw a sick benefit; and the benefits run as
low as 2 50 per week, on which the quar
terly due are 50 cents and the assessment 30
cents.
Down town, recently, many Poles and
Russian: started branch lodges, and at the
expiration of the 90-day limit almost the
entire lodge in some cases have been taken
sick. A notable illustration is that of
Grant Lodge, on South Sixth street, which
was organized last September.
The question has been asked, how do
people fool doctors. It has been answered
in two ways, first, that they don't fool the
doctors in the majority of cases, and second,
.that they resort to all sorts of methods, such
as irritating the skin, burning their legs
with croton oil, scalding themselves, and so
on, bnt in some cases it is said some doctors
Ocmand and get from SI to S5 for evirr
claim proof they sign, and in some cases
officers of some branchts have demanded as
high as $50 for their signatures to the
proofs.
An oCcerof the Sexennial League yester
day said that up to last October the" order
had to pa? out thousands of dollars on such
claims, but tbat an entirely new system has
been introduced which has acted as a check
on wholesale fraud. It was simply this:
The order had been hoodwinked so badly,
that it formed districts and swore in deputy
supreme medical examiners, who are re
quired in take an iron-clad oath that they
will faithiully and honestly do their duty,
aud even then the deputies who now exam
ine every case during the illnes;, over the
head: ot the branch examiners, are some
time: shifted lrm one district to another,
like Italian garrisons, to prevent their get
ting too familiar uith the patients.
A Sickness Combine.
A well-known physician who is now in
vestigating the causes of this remarkable
epidemic aid last night that he had secured
information to the effect that there Is a
reeu'.r combination by which members get
sick oj a tystem.
lie said" that many of them take turns
getting ill and that when a man has been
ssick a week or two wcets, or three weeks, as
the arrangement might call for. he is re
quired to get well in order to allow another
member or section ot members to get sick.
This physician said that he not only had the
names ol membors who had been sick under
this arrangement, but that he also had the
names of men on a list whose turns to get
sick are yet to come.
This physician also said that in some of
the cases ot the Union Endowment, a Bos
ton order diing business here, some of the
officers of the branches demand from $10
to S70 to sign a proof claim for an alleged
sick member, and that some of the doctor
charge from $1 to ?5 apiece to affix their
signatures to the proof. This physician fur
ther said that in one of Union Endowment
lodges, evidence has been procured which,
he sayr, will b: sworn to by some of the
members, that some of ihe officers sign each
other's names to proofs, and that even the
doctor's name has been signed bv one of the
officers. When the physician asked how an
officer dared to sin ameJical examiner'
name he was told hat the officer had said
that it was alt right, the doctor wouldn't
prosecute him.
!. With His Boots On.
Dr. George Kerr, who is a medical ex
aminer for both the Universal Order of Se
curity and the Order of Unity, and who has
unearthed a number of frauds, illustrated
last night how the frauds are perpetrated, by
relating a recent experience. He had been
instructed to examine a case of reported ill
ness on a little street down town. He
called about 9 o'clock; in the evening, and,
after vainly beating on the front door of the
house, went around the back way, and en
tered the kitchen nuannounced. Three men,
a woman and two children were engaged in a
violent discussion about something, but im
mediately quieted down, when they saw a
stranger'in their midst. They conld not
speak English and the Doctor asked them
in German where the sick man was.
"Oh! he's up stairs," said the woman.
The doctor was taken upstairs, where he
found a man in bed. "How long have you
been sick?" asked the doctor. "Since last
Bight," was the answer. "Oh! you're not
the man I want to see. I want to see so and
so."
The woman spoke up, "Oh, that's my
husband; he's sick downstairs." The wom
an hurried downstairs, and when the doctor
came down he was ushered into the front
room. There was a man in bed, wrapped
in bedclothes up to his chin. He was
coughing violently and exhibiting symp
toms of the greatest agony.
"How long have you been in bed?" in
quired the doctor.
"Two weeks," answered the man, in a
feeble voice.
"Yes?" said the doctor, as he gave the
bedclothes a jerk and pulled them off the
man. "Do you generally go to bed in your
boots?" There lay the man in his clothes
and boots.
ON THE EVIDENCE OP CRIMINALS.
William Harrison Kent Convicted of Bur
glary at Scranton.
rSrXCIAI. TSLEQXIAU TO THE DISPATCH.!
Scbanton, April 26. "William Harrison
Kent, who was arrested by a Scranton de
tective while leaving the doors of the West
ern Peuitentiary, was convicted of burglary
in court to-day, the jury having been out
over night. The trial was remarkable from
the fact that the Commonwealth, to convict
Kent, was forced to rely wholly upon the
testimony of criminals.
One of the men who peached upon him
had served 15 years in the penitentiary, and
another fully 20 years, while Kent himself,
who is CO years of age. has spent jnst one
third of his life in confinement. He will
now be tried for arson.
TRIPLE NUMBER DISPATCH.
TWENTT-FOUB PAGES OF THE BEST
SUNDAY HOME HEADING.
A Newspaper for tbe People Containing All
That Is Interesting or the World's Do
ingsSelected flatter of a Most Varied
and Instructive Kind.
Sunday's DisPATca was one of the most
coinploto newspapers ever printed. It con
tained 24 pages divided Into three parts for the
greater convenience of the reader. The con
tents covered a wide range of topics, news,
editorial comment, and selected matter of the
mot attractive character. Following is a re
sume of the news features:
Foreign.
The Chilean insurgent flagship Blanco Encal
ada sent tothe bottom by a torpedo boat . . .Lon
don indignant at an affron to the Prince of
Wales' family.. ..Germany mourn over the
death of Von Moltke....The war be
tween tho JIackay and Eonynge fami
lies still goes on. ...An Italian bank
ing firm goes under njlh liabilities of
3,000,000 francs. . . . Emperor William denies tbat
Von Moltke termed the American armies in
tbe civil war a mob.. ..Preparing for tbe open
ing of tha Pans Salon a rival of thejuld one....
William Henry Hurlburt says tbe breach of
promise suit against him was a blackmailing
plot.. ..The last descendant of the famous
family of Borgias dies in poverty.. ..Tories joy
ful over Lord Randolph Churchill's departure
for Africa.... A School Board election in Eng
land settled in a peculiar manner.. ..The Byion
title has not become extinct.. ..British Minis
ter of Agriculture still opposed to American
cattle.. .. Mr. Goscbens budget creates much
dissatisfaction. ...Russian Protestants being
persecuted in Odessa.... The Manipuris suing
for peace... Newfoundland delegates to be re
ceived wliile iu France as British subjects....
An Austrian coachman murdered by the Son of
his cmplojer to avenge his mother's honor....
Frenchmen received with muca favor by tbe
Empeior of Abyssinia.... The strikes in
England and Germany doomed to failure....
Ths grip cry bad in London. ...Italy's con
duct very dangerous to tho Triple Alliance....
Queen Victoria much improved in health....
Natalie may bo expelled from Servia by tbe
Government.
Domestic
New York police assert that they will cap
ture their Jack the Ripper.. ..Talmage's new
labernacle the largest Protestant Church in
the world.. ..Tbe Ohio Legislature passes a
law shutting oil Insurance combines.. ..The
cases of Depew and bis fellow directors re
moved to! he Court of Oyer and Terminer....
The density of the distribution of popula
tion shown in a census office map
....A Kansas woman whips a young
man who kept her daughter out too late at
night.... Uncle Sam has control of $263,000,000
....Senator Reagan, of Texas, resigns to ac
cept a place on tbo Texas Railway Commission
....Strike and riot among Detroit car workers
....A military allegory to be given in New York
to raise money for tbe Grant Monument lund
....Machine being mad for tho American
Psychical Society with which to test mediums
....Rev. Dr. Bothwell, of Brooklyn, may die
from the effects of swallowing a cork.. ..An
Austrian arriving in New York finds his brother
dead.. ..Ihe Treasury Department will not act
immediately on tho case of Pbocbe Couzins....
Catholic editors to meet in New York May 6.. . .
To Episcopalian divinity students in New
York juin tho Catholic church.. ..Fight on a
Philadelphia stage during the performance of
"Joan ot Arc" The Archbishop of Bogota
dead.. ..Youthful car robbers arrested atMc
KceSDort.... Corpse of a man with throat cut
washed ashore near Ohio Pyle. Pa The
Flint Glass Trust appraising the plants of all
the constituent factories.. ..Result of the great
coko strike depends now on staying power....
The Supremo Court postpones the Bering Sea
ease until October Enthusiastic reception of
the President in California.. ..Arguments in
the Allegheny Valley R. E. foreclosure heard
in Philadelphia. ...Parisians now hitting the
naphtha pipe
Local.
Death of E-naiett McClure, cashier for Jones
tLaughlln A constable and deputy sheriff
try to sell out a small grocery at tho sarao time
....A fighting bull dog takei possession of tbe
Allegheny lockup.. ..Officer Bittncr. who was
assaulted in Allegheny, dying.. ..Boys have a
riot at Filth avenue and Git streets.. ..Mr.
Tiramons gets another view of tbe dynamite
plotters.. ..Rights of wholesalers to compound
liquors discussed.... A Snuthsidc machinist
makes a model of the Court House with beetles
v.. Mysterious disappearance of W. B. John
son, bookkeeper ot tho Duquesne Theater....
Allegheny authorities making war on the
shanty boats.. ..American mechanics mepar
ing for their June excursion to Cleveland....
Caucus of puddlers called to secure united ac
tion In tbe next convention of tbe Amalgamated
Association.. ..Only rour days beforo the eight
bourstrike begins.. .SoutuiilblaUles to help the
hospital over there.. ..Tommy Griffiths, 10 years
old, shot in the face by Jimmle Lenox, aged 9
yoars.... Passenger agents disgusted ' at tbe
dull times.... Arrangoment for thoAtnericus
Club banquet. ...Nearly a thousand deaths In
Pittsburg since the advent of tho grip.... Chi
cago defeats Pittsburg by a score of 8 to 7.
OVERCOMES "spring fever" Iron City
bttT. families supplied direct. Telephone
1188.
LadlCk' Suit I'arlor
On Monday and Tuesday will offer all their
spring dresses at greatly reduced prices to
make room for summer "goods. Some very
desirable costumes for S15 and 20.
PABCELS & JOXES,
D 29 .Filth avenue.
Refreshing and thirst-quenching. Iron
City Brewery's beer. Telephone 1180.
EOSES. ON ALL SIDES.
Profusion of Floral Decorations in
Honor of tbe President
FRISCO'S TRIBUTE TO ITS GUEST.
Unique Setting or Flowers in the Postmas
ter General's Boom.
IMMENSE CROWDS BLOCK THE STREETS
San Feancisco, April 26. When the
train bearing the Prcsidental party arrived
at Oakland last evening it had completed a
journey of over 4,000 miles, and ever since
it left Washington it has arrived at every
place en route promptly on schedule tjme.
Not tbe slightest accident has occurred on
tho whole trip.
When the military review and reception
at Mechanics' Pavilion closed last night,
President'Harrison, accompanied by Mayor
Sanderson and General Ruger, entered a
carriage and drove to the Palace Hotel,
where the ladies and other members of tbe
party had preceded him. The crowd was in
waiting outside the Pavilion, and when the
President stepped into the carriage deafen
ing cheers were heard from all sides. The
progress of the carriage was slow, tbe streets
being almost blocked. When the hotel was
reached the crowd remained in tbe vicinity
for some time longer in the vain hope to
catch another glimpse of the President, but
no amount of cheering would induce him to
become once more visible to the people on
the street.
The ITotel .Beautifully Decorated.
The hotel was beautifully decorated for
the reception of the distinguished guest and
his party. Passing beneath the broad arch
of the new Montgomery street .entrance the
national colors could be seen floating from
every point of vantige. Within tbe court
was a brilliant and beautiful scene. It was
a bower df ferns, and flowers and plants.
.Above the electric lights that studded the
walls scores of American flags were draped,
forming a bright Held curtain to the balcony.
Each pillar of the first gallery was hidden
in the drapery of ferns and smilai, in which
nestled bunches of pink roses.
Striking as was the decoration of the
court yard, it was but an introduction to the
beauties of the apartments reserved for
President Harrison and his party. The re
ception room on the first floor was the most
gorgeous. Hundreds of electric lights
studded tbe ceiling and the paneled walls,
and flashed and gleamed upon the rich
colors of the apartment,upon white and gold
frescoes, upon costly massive furniture and
heavy tapestries. The air was heavy with
the fragrance of the roses and lilacs. Span
ning the northwest entrance was a huge
floral shield woven in bright flowers. On
either side were two immense barrels formed
of marigold. Down the sides of the door,
and over the arch were entwined branches
of grapes and between the sprays nestled
scores of oranges.
Model of the Cruiser San Francisco.
One of the most beautiful tributes in the
room was raised above the door in the north
east corner. It was a model ot the United
States cruiser San Prancisdo. The hull was
of blue violets, masts were of smilax, aud
the yards were formed of La France roses.
In the midst of the little vessel were smoke
stacks of violets. A score of other floral
designs were to be lound in the room. In
the rooms of the President and Mrs. Har
rison some of the most beautiful floral pieces
ever made in this city were placed, the
largest, a gilt to Mrs. Harrison, being a bed
of La France roses fully five feet in diame
ter. Above it were two horns of plenty
made of pansics and roses. Surmounting
tbe whole was a huge crown of La France
roses. Baskets of roses" were also prepared
for Mrs. McKee aud Mrs. Dimmick. ,
The apartments of Postmaster General
Wuuamaker were unique. There were letter
carriers' satchels filled to overflowing with
roses. Stretched across the walls were in
numerable letters and papers bound by
yards of red tape. Postage stamps, feath
ered pens and much of the insignia of the
department peeped here and there from be
neath the flowers. In one corner a floral
lamp post with a letter box attached, rose to
the height of seven feet. Great palm leaves
waved in the corners of the room, and count
less roses of every hue were scattered in
nooks and crevices or adorned the urmtuie,
mirrors and mantels.
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY
To Be Considered by Miners In the Yough
Klvcr District.
.SPZCIJU. TELroitAM TO Till DISPATCIM
West Xewtos-, April 2G. The eight
hour movement among the miners of this,
the Yough river district, is as yet very in
definitely outlined by the leaders ot the
movement. However, mass meetings are
railed for Scott Haven, West Newton, Port
Royal and Banning, for May 1, r.t which
time the miners of each works will decide
whether to strike lor the eight hours and
the 10 cents advauco'or not.
The operators do not anticipate any seri
ous trouble in the adjustment of the wage
question, and claim the eight hours will not
cut any figure in the case at all. Very little
enthusiasm h is been manifested by the
miners over the question.
MARRIED.
JfcCORD-DAVITT At Jersey City, Wed
nesday morning, April 22, 1S91, by the Rev. D.
Halleron. pastor St. Paul's M. E. Church,
Hr.itcULKS JlcCor.D, of Cobasset, Mass., and
Mary M. Davitt, of Pittsburg. Pa.
DIED.
ALLSOP-On Satnrday. Aurll 25 1S91, at
11:50 P. 3t., GEOltGE ALLSOP. in bis 62d year.
Funeral services at the residence of his
brother-in-law, George Archbold, Banksvllle,
on Monday, April 27, at 2 p. jr.
ARMSTRONG On Saturday, April 25, 1S01.
Makqaket J. Armstrong, youngest daughter
of the late Charles H. and Jane D. Armsttong.
Funeral "-ervices at 2J4 Soutli HJland avenue
on Monday, April 27, at 2 p. m. Interment
private.
AUSTIN At Wheeling, W. Va.T on Saturday
April 2j. Ib91. at o o'clock, p. it., Wallace
Lyle Austin, aged Slyears.
Funeral from the residence of bis father,
Charles Austin, 192 riutler street, Etnaborougb,
on Tuesday, at 2 p. jr. 2
DELLHNBACH On Friday. April 2t 1S91.
at 6i;o p. .v., Anna M. Dellknbacii, daugh
ter of G. C. and Anna M. Stotz-Dellenbacb,
aged 20 years and 11 days.
Funeral services at the residence of her pa
rents. No. 1G1 Third street, Allegheny, on MON
DAY. 27th Inst., at 2 p. m. Friends of the fam
ily arts respectfully invited to attend. 3
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EVANS-On Sunday morning, April 26.1891 at
4:30 o'clock, David T. Evans, in the 71st year
of bis age.
Funeral services at bis late residence, corner
Mission and Sterling streets (aboye Twenty
second street) city, Southside, Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.' Interment later.
(Plese omit flowers.)
GABRETT-On Saturday. April 25. at 6:10
P. ir., Grace A., daughter of R. A. and
Amanda Garrett, aged 10 years 7 months.
Funeral services at the parents' residence
45 Van Braam streer.Pittsburg, Monday, April
27 at 2 p. jr. Friends ot the family .are re
spectfully Invited to attend. "
GLENN On Saturdav. Aoril 25. ISM, at 835
p. M., at bis residence, 27 RIdgenood avenue,
Allegheny City, Pa., Wilbert J. GLENN, in
the 41st year of his age.
Funeral services will be held at U. P.
Church, Mansfield, on Tuesday, April 28, at 2
P. M.; train leaves Union depot at 1KB p.m.
Friends of the family and Mansfield Council
CO, Jr. O. U. A. M., are respectfully Invited to
attend.
GKAlt On Sunday evening, April 26, 1S91,
at 7 o'clock, WILLIAM C. GBAY, in his 71th
year.
Funeral from the residence nf his sister, Mrs.
James Park, Jr., 250 North avenue, Allegheny
City, on W kdnesdat morning at 10 o'clock.
Interment private. 3
HARRINGTON On Friday, Aoril 24. 189L
at 12 M., Frank James Harri.ngton. son of
George and Emile Harrington, aged 16 years,
7 months and 26 days.
Funeral from his late home, Steubenvllle
pike, in Chartiers township, Allegheny county,
Monday, 27th Inst, at 2 p. ar. Friends of tbe
family arc respectfnlly invited to attend.
LAMB On Fri'dav, April 24, 1891, at 6 o'clock
A. m., Michael Lamb, uncle of Terence F.
McEvoy, aged 74 years.
LOFIUS-On Saturday, April 25. 1891, at
8:45, Mary, beloved wife of John J. Lof tus,
aged 27 years 2 months.
Funeral from her late residence, corner
Twenty-sixth and Liberty streets, on Tuesday,
2Sth inst, at 8:30 A. M. Requiem high mass at
St. Patrick's Church at 9 A. M. Friends of the
family are resnectf nlly invited to attend.
LWheelicgand Bellaire papers please copy. 2
MEIK-On Satnrday. April 25, 1891, at 9:15 p.
m Mamie, daughter of Daniel and Mary
Melk, aged 11 years.
Funeral from the residence of her parents,
Osceola and Liberty avenues, on Monday,
April 27, at 3.30 p.m. Friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend.
Cincinnati and Newport papers please copy.
METTENBERGER-On Sunday. April 2B.at
4 A. jr., Elainor, daughter of F. C. and Cath
arine Mettcnberger, aged 3 years 7 months and
21 days.
'Funeral from the residence of her parents,
Fifth avenue and Boundary street, on Mon
day. April 27. at 2 p. si. Friends of the family
are respectfully invited to attend.
MURRAY On Saturday evening, April 25,
at 7:45 o'clock, Mary E., daughter of William
and Sarah Murray, aged 3 years and 7 months.
Funeral services at parents' residence. No.
uOt Forbes street, on Monday, April 27, at 1
o'clock p. si. Friends of the family are re
spectfully invited to attend.
McCAMMON-On Sunday. April 26. 1891, at
5 p. it.. Arthur McCajimon, in his 70th year,
at thoresidence'nf his daughter,Mrs.Scott; also
father-in-law of Officer Robert Fowler.
Fnueral on TUESDAY at 2 P. M. Post 543, of
G, A. R, requested to attend in a body, also
members ot Pennsylvania Volunteers, Sixty
first Regiment, also members of Post 41.
McCLURE On Saturday afternoon, April
25, 1S91, at 3:40 o'clock, Emmett McULUKE,
aged 53 years.
Funeral services at his late residence, No. 16
Arch street, Allegheny, on Tuesday after
noon, April 23, 1891, at 2:S0 o'clock. Interment
private. 2
NEESON On Sundav, April 2fi, 1891, Rev.
C. V. Nelson. pator of Su John's R. C.
Church, Thirty-second street.
The funeral will take place from St. John's
Church, Thirty-second street, on THURSDAY,
April 30, at 9 A. M. Friends of the deceased
are respecttully invited to attend. 4
NICKELOn Friday, April 24. 1S91, at 9:45 P.
M., at residence of Mr. D W. Crooks. Preston
avenue, Bellevue, Pa., Kate Spratt, widow
of George Nickel, deceased.
Funeral on Monday at 1 o'clock p. M. Pri
vate interment later. 2
PFEIFFER On Sunday. ADril 26.1891. at her
residence near Hulton A. V. R. R., Mrs.
Judith Pfeiffer. In nor 69th year.
Funeral services at her latp home Tuesday,
April 28, at 10 A. M. Interment at Verona.
Friends of tbe family are respectfully invited
to attend.
RANKIN On Friday morning, April 24.189L
at 7:15, Alfred J. Rankin, in his oid year.
Funeral services at his late residence. No.
261 Western avenue, Allegheny City, on Mon
day mokninq April 27, at 10 o'clock. Inter
ment private. d
RINN On Sunday. April 26, at 3:30 P. M at
her residence, 76 Sarah street, Allegheny,
Emma B., daughter ot Jacob aod Sarah Itlnn,
aged 22 j ears 2 months and 16 days.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
Denver, Col., papers please cnpy.l 2
RITTER On Saturday, 'April '25, at 3:45
o'clock P. M Theresa, daughter of Sebastian
and Catherine- Rltter, aged 22 years and 26days.
SEATON On Sunday. April 26, 1891, at 12:50
o'clock p. M., William- O'll. Seaton, aged 23
years.
Funeral from his mother's residence. No. 22
Piko street, Allegheny City, on Wednesday
3IORNING at 8.30 o'clock. Requiem high mass
at St. Peter's R. C. Church at 9 o'clock.
Friends of the faintly are respectfully invited
to attend.
SHIELDS On Friday. April 24. 1S91,
Henky, son of tbe late Henry and Catherine
Shields, aged C6 years.
STEEN At El Paso, Tex., on Monday. April
20, ISai.'JqilN I. Stepn, foiinerly of Pittsburg.
Funeral services at iho chapel ot H. Samson,
Sixth avenue, on Tuesday morning, April
2S, at 10 o'clock. Interment private. 2
WOLTEKS Of corobro spinal meningitis,
on Friday, April 24, 1891, at 8:45 p. M.: Charles
E. son of Louis A. Wolieis, in the 20th ear of
his age.
Funeral from his late residence, 23 Fullon
street, Pittsburg, on Monday. April 27, 3t 9
o'clock A. M. Interment private. " 2
ANTHONY MEYER.
(Successor to Jioj er, Arnold & Co.. Lim.,)
UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER.
Office and residenco, 1131 Pcnn avenue. Tele-
phone connection. myll-140-MWTSu
FLORAL EMBLEMS.
CRCHIDS AND ROCES CF RARE BEAUT
A. M. 0 J. B. MURDOCH,
510 SM1TIIFIELD ST. Telephone 429.
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. NO FLOWERS
Can compare with tbe exquislie violets. Lily of
the Valley. Callaa, White Roses, Pansies,
White Lilies and Maidenhair Ferns, which we
furnish loose or arrange in any desired style.
Telephone 233.
JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH,
mhS0-3iVF 5GS Sraithflcld St.
pj EPRESENTED IN PITTSBURG IN 1S0L
ASSETS - - 9,071.098 33.
Insurance Co. of North America.
Losses adjnstcd and paid by WILLIAM L.
JONES. S4 Fourth avenue. ja20-09-D
TVI ANUFACTURERS AND MERCHANTS
il INS. CO., 417 Wood St., Pittsuurc. Pa.
Capital S20U.O00 Of)
Assets. January 1. 1801 3S3.SU2 37
Directors Charles W. Batchelor, President; 1
John w. cn.ail.inr, vice president; A. t. w.
Painter. Robert I,ca. M. W. Watson, John Wil
son, Joseph Walton, Wm. O. Park. A. M. Byers.
James J. Donncll, George E. Painter, John
Thompson. Wm. T. Adair, Secretary: James
Little, Assistant Secretary; Augnst Amnion,
Geneial Agent. ja21-S3-MWF
VINCENT
& SCOTT,
S023 Penn Ave., East End
Best quality Moquettes, this
spring's patterns, 81 50.
Best quality Body Brussels,
81 35.
We can sell you carpets
cheaper than any house in the
city. Both lines of cable cars
pass our door.
TELEPHONE 5081.
TEA SETS
-IN-
STERLING SILVER
AND
FINE PLATED WARE,
Latest patterns In
KNIVES. FORKS AND SPOONS.
Most suitable for Wedding Gifts,
Reliable Gcods Only.
SHEAFER & LLOYD,
JEWELERS,
Telephone 1933. 37 FIFTHAVE.
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LtiMS,
AT
We Want Every Lady
To see our immense stock of choice
SPRING DRESS GOODS!
It is tbe best tre ever placed on our
counters. There is no value in tbe
State equal to nurs at tbe special
prices prevailing.
Great Values In
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
We have style, quality and quan
tity, at prices that will please every
one. Come and see and you trill
say our offering is a great saving to
the purchaser.
T. M. LATIMER,
138 and 140 FEDERAL ST.,
45 and 46 SOUTH DIAMOND,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
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CARPETS,
CURTAINS,
WALL PAPERS!
We Have the Lowest Prices.
Tapestry Brussels Carpets 40c'.
Body Brussels Carpets, 7Gc.
Oil Cloths as low as - 25c.
Lace Curtains down to 75c per pair,
special price for this week.
Iu orderlo draw crowds of new custom
ers we are making special prices
ON WALL PAPER.
Don't fail to see us before mak
ing your purchases.
ARTHUR, SCHQHDELMYER
& CO.,
68 and 70 Ohio St, Allegheny.
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HAVE BEEN SCARCE.
WE HAYE OPENED
. A ' Large New Let
TO-DAY !
Light and Dark Shades,
ALL SIZES.
Home & Ward,
41 FIFTH AVE.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
Now Complete, in
25 VOLUMES,
Price per volume, 1 50.
Price for 25 volumes, S37 50.
We have also the American sup
plements at $1 50 per volume.
Fleishman & Co.,
604, 506 and 508 Market St.
B.&B.
BOLD OPERATORS
OE
LARGE BUYERS
Must Be Bold Sellers Must Be
Large Distributors,
Or it's no use to be large BUYERS Our
Dress Goods buyers have been ALL tbe
above lately and we propose to pursue1 this
policy in the most vigorous manner. Here
are some bold purchases
ON SALE
At prices that will demonstrate whether we
can distribute large lots of FINE
DRESS GOODS
High Class Suitings
AND
PARIS ROBES !
'Within a few days.
200 pieces 50-inch TAILOR SUITINGS,
$1 a yard 6 to 7 yards make a suit.
48-inch PURE CAMEL'S HAIR nov
elty Dress Goods, cream and other light
grounds, soft, luxurious goods, with the new
colored figures; were imported to retail this
season at $3 SO the importer lost a mint of
money on this case of goods, as they are on
sale here to-day at retail at $1 50 A YARD.
2 cases more that were bought with an
equal loss to the importer, they are 48-inch
real
Scotch Plaid Suitings
New and stylish, proper retail value 2 23,
on sale at $1 A YARD.
A few pieces 56-inch SCOTCH PLAID
SUITINGS, $3 values, on .sale at $1 60 a
yard note the widtb, the style3 and color
ings are ultra and distinctive.
42-inch Colored STRIPED BEDFORD
CORDS genuine Bedford Cord?, ?1 50,
values at $1 bought from an
Overstocked Importer
With the ONE THOUSAND PIECE
PURCHASE of
Dress Goods and Suitings !
Several hundred CAMEL'S HAIR
ROBES or DRESS PATTERNS (515
values) on sale at SIX DOLLARS each
6 yards plain aud 4 yards of the Camel's
Hair Novelty in each Suit Pattern.
high: class .
French Woolens !
Individual Patterns or Robes, S2j ones at
512 50, no two alike.
1 case 54-inch
GRAY GLACE MOHAIRS,
75c a Yard.
Proper value and worth SI 25 such ex
traordinary Mohairs at 75c 54-inch have
never been sold at retail over any dry goods
counter.
1 case 50-inch All Pure 'Wool
Homespun Cheviot Plaids,
New and stylish 42c nas the wholesale
price this season, on sale at rear of store, at
retail 25c A YARD.
Bold selling this week will bring hun
dreds, ves, thousands, we believe, of buyers
for
Fine Dress Goods and'Suitings
For So Few Dollars.
Boggs&Buhl,
ALLEGHENY.
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PAULSON'S
Square Crown Hat,
The "Stanley,"
82 50, 83, 84.
Lais, Look to Your Furs!
And bring them to os NOW for storaje
over the summer before the destructive
MOTH sTliY makes further havoc Wo
Insure against Fibe and Loss. ALL
Fur Repair Wobk at greatly Re
duced Veicks in order to keep our
furriers busy tn rough the dull season.
PAULSON BROS.,
441 WOOD ST.
K. B.-PARASOLS MADE TO OEDEE to
i match sprinc and summer costumes. Old one
h Re-Co veked and Repaired from 73c .tip.
UVttUJ UU IWHJj'W;) ""T!!.
4 Some
Some
O AND
S;ome in Velvet Gowns
That's the way we find boys of the present generation dressed and
until the millennium dawn3 that's what we may expect. We are doing our
part to get boys better dressdd and shall give the good cause a strong
impetus this week.
SET SPECISL PRICES FOP, SIX OffS
$20
For boys between the ages of 4 and 14 we begin even at
this price to show you a line of Short-pant Suits. Not
lined with silk, nor trimmed with expensive braid, but
guaranteed at the price to beat anything you can find
for the money in a strong knock-about Suit. The price
is just $1 less than it ought to be.
Put 75c more into the quality of the material and
we've another royal line to show you. Cassimeres and
Cheviots in many pleasing pattern? and in some of the
prettiest styles to be had even in Suits at much higher '
prices. Four dollars would be a fair price for these
$2 75 Suits.
Are you looking for something for dress wear? Some
thing really too fine for the boy to kick about in every
day? In the Suits that we are showing at this price, 5,
you'll get it Fine foreign fabrics, made and trimmed
in a style that can't be beaten. Many of the designs in
these were made expressly for us.
HS
$5 00
YOUR OLDER BOYS I
Have Not Been Forgotten!
:;:. nil
This isn't much to give for Suits with Long Pants, in
sizes 10 to 18 years, and yet for the next six days we
will at this price sell you strong, serviceable Suits not to
be matched elsewhere at less than S5. Not only two or
three Suits simply to swear by, but a wide field for choice
embracing many patterns and colors.
At this price we show you Suits you have been accus
tomed to pay $8 for. Cassimeres, Cheviots and Worst
eds in new Spring styles and thoroughly well made and
trimmed. From the thin to the medium weight; in ma
terials and patterns enough to keep you busy for at leart
an hour in the selection of a Suit.
$6 00
We only quote a few samples of a few of the bargains we shall
offer all this week, and these are selected chiefly from the cheaper goods.
We've better Suits up to anything to be found ready made at prices pro
portionately low.
Large stock of Kilts and Kilt Skirts, Jersevs in new shades, and a
large assortment of Sailor Suits. Prices on these, also, are low thi3
week.
:)
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GUSKY'S
ee0e$oeo9 eoKo'3'Sl
300 TO 400
LEADING HATTEBS AND FURRIERS,
CORNER WOOD ST.
WHE
Furniture!
Carpets !
cp "cr1 "E"1 f "Tr
Jr. JZLj JCLi O -E-?
923, 925 AND 927 PENN AVENUE,
NEAR NINTH ST.
CASH OR CREDIT. Open Saturdays till 10 P. M.
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wn&h J-or Weak women cVlUlIyc&rw
with the id of g
HBNSfote a
visA;Ii s;gi s? mssw
K'JB&
ysbv
Try ihin your next-house-l-$56-
cle&nint &nd see. -?&-
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A STRUGGLE iWITH DIRT
Goes on in civilized society from the cradle to the grave. Dirt ia degra
dation and degradation is destruction. "Women, especially, are judged
by their habits of household cleanliness, and no stronger condemnation
can be expressed than "she keeps a dirty house and a filthy kitchen." But
the struggle with dirt is often unequal. The woman's weakness or the
worthlessness of the soaps she uses make it impossible to overcome tha
demon of dirt. Bv the use of SAPOLTO she wins easily.
"TO ESCAPE LA "GRIPPE"
Take '7:15 a. m. or 8:10 p. m. train, Pennsylvania R. R., '&
for Atlantic City.
THE HOTEL WINDSOR, J
Atlantic Oity, N. J., jj
Enlarged and Remodeled. Heated by Steam. OpeH
Wood Fires. Private Baths attached to ChambersSJH
Sleam. Blevator. Late Dinners. Capacity 400 GuestsJaM
Q. WATERS & SON.
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in Rags,
in Tags
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fr A-e'XVOO
MARKET ST.
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YOUNG GENTS' DERBYS -
$2, $2 50 and S3.
GEiTLE.lIE.VS SILK HATS, $5.
Square Crowns, $2 50 and S3i -
J. G. BENNETT & CO
I!
AND FIFTH AVE.
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Housefurnishing Goods!
TS,"3T Spring Clothing !
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