THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH MONDAY AUGUST '24. 1891.
J
MILLER'S OWff STORY.
Continued from third page.
from all over the country hove heen received
by Sir. Miller offering him the hand of
friendship. One of them is attached below,
together with the testimonial of his friends
in a secret society who, in spite of nil that
has been said, will trust him far enough to
judge him as he is.
Another link is that of the confession of
Harrop, who was a member of the second
pane of robbers. Here is how it was given
toMr. Miller. The story following is from
Miller's onn lips:
Before Harrop left the prison, he visited
jne and asked me if there was anv way in
which he could favor me. I told him there
was nothing except that he would tell me
the actual lacts, now that he was pardoned
and only awaiting his discharge, regarding
his connection with the robbery of John
Connors. He told me the story as it is re
lated here regarding their crossing the
bridge and going back, and stated that
when they arrhed at the house of John
Connors they had
Found Him and Ills Wife Tied,
the t-afe sacked, and everything in confu
sion, but prov ling around "oueot them had
opened a clock that stood in one of the
rooms and discovered a little hoard of
monev which Mrs. Counors had hidden with
out tne knowledge of her husband. This
was pounced upon and one of the bills thus
found was offered to the tollkeeper on
their return. Of course, when arrc-tcd,
there was no possibility of establishing
their iunocence, as theV rcallv had been
guilty of robbing John Connors, while they
had actually failed to secure the plunder,
having been forestalled bv the other gang.
JL conversation with tne iUe ol one ot
upon which the indictment -and subsequent
proceedings in said case found, and he did
not consider the shooting of the said John
Connors, Sr., on the night of the 23d of
March, 1881, being the time the said bur
glary was committed, of sufficient impor
tance to mention it in said information, as
the said John Connors, Sr., then stated that
he thought it had not been done with the
intention of hurting him, but that the re
volver had been discharged accidentally, or
if not accidentally, merely for the purpose
of intimidating, andnot with the intention
of bhooting him, nor in any part of the trial
of said case was any weight given, or iiii
portanceattached to said shooting, but was
merely called out in the evidence along
with the rest of the facts when the said
John Connors was giving his testimony.
The said John Connors, Sr. mentioned in
the affidavit hereto attatched, is the same
Johu Connors, Sr., that wasprosecutorinthe
ca'-e before mentioned, a copy of whose
testimony in the trial of the said
case is hereto appended. Also that Jack
Kiihbs is the detective who had the entire
control of the detective work of the case,
who is the bearer of this affidavit.
W. A. HlNIJMAX.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
2Cth day of January, A. D. 1882.
Samuel K. Clakk, .Notary Tublic.
GrnuincxiPF of the Document.
the first gang (who is reported as since dis
charged irom the prison) placed me in pos
session of the following facts. When Mon
tague, Foster and Adams and the fourth
man visited Connors' house and secured the
money, they made their way to l'ittsburg,
irom there to Cleveland, where the money
was divided. After it had been spent, Mon
tague proposed that the bonds which had
been secured in the robbery should be given
to him to dispose of in Pittsburg.
Uegarding his vindication Mr. Miller
last night said:
"Montague's trip to Pittsburg to dispose
of the bonds, my accidentally meeting with
liim on the train, his recognition of me
while he stood talking with the broker Xel
son, in connection with the fact that, owing
to rav hat iug been guilty of the shooting
in Cleveland which necessitated my keep
ing perfectly quiet regarding my where
abouts, led to my being charged with the
Cattish robbery, and to ray arrest and sub
sequent conviction and imprisonment. I
thinkthat any one unprejudiced, who will
take this story, compare it with the affida
vits and the extracts from the official and
court records appended to it, will be con
vinced beyond the shadow of a doubt, that,
whatever I may have or mav not have been
guilty of in my life,
I Certainly Am Not Guilty
of the robbery of John Connors in Clarion
county. Of my life from the dav of mv dis
charge from the "Western Penitentiary to
the prereut hour, I leave those who know
me to speak. I can only say that the de
termination then formed tostav right in the
city where my name had become a bvword
and reproach, and to redeem it by" fair,
manly, noncst living, unmixed with'mawk
ish sentiment or pleas for pitv, has been
faithfully fulfilled, and that no shadow or
spot has rested on my reputation from that
hour until this. To say that I am glad that
it is possible now to prove for once and for
ever mv innocence of the terrible crime
with which I was charged is to but fecblv
express the sentiments which animate
me. True, had I not, previous
to being charged with this crime,
allowed myself to carelessly strav into com
panionship and association with men and
women of dissolute character, had I not fre
quented resorts where they congregated, in
other words, had I not been wild, as mtfnv
another young man has, it would have been
impossible to have been convicted of this
horrible crime. If 1 erred, yea if I sinned,
surely I can say as Cain did of old, "My
punishment is greater than I can bear,"
and so it seemed in the long, weary days
when, penniless and friendless, sometimes
despairing, I struggled for a foothold among
my fellows, and to regain a place in the
community and society.
ACRES OF AFFIDAVITS.
THE DOCUMENTS IN WHICH SmiER
TIACES HIS TKTJST.
The Sworn Statement Secured From Colonel
"0". D. Moore on His Sickbed Saturday
Night An Array or Testimony "Wliicli It
Certainly Remarkable.
The list of affidavits starts with the fol
lowing: State of Pennsylvania, county of Clarion ss.
Before me, a Justice of the Peace in and
for said county and State, came John Con
nors, Sr., of Madison township, in said
county, who being by me duly sworn ac
cording to law, deposeth and saith; that,
AVherlas, on the 9th day of January, A.
D. 1882, he made an affidavit in reference to
the assault and robbery made on him on the
evening of the 23d day of March, 1881, and
that he is now informed that said affidavit
or information has been misconstrued to set
forth that I charge James W. Miller with
shooting me with intent to kill, but in order
to correct any such construction on that
affidavit, I hereby make this affidavit and
say that I did not intend to charge anv such
crime on the baid Miller, nor did I "recog
nize or identify him nor any other who
committed said burglary, they all being
masked, and further saitfi not.
Joitx C. Cwjnors. Sr.
Swom to before me this 25th dav of Janu
arv, A. D. 1882.
it. K. McGregor, J. P.
State of Pennsylvania, County of Clarion, ss.
Before me, a subscriber and Justice of the
Peace in and for said county, personally
came Mrs. Barbara Counors, ol Madison
township, county and State aforesaid, who
being duly sworn, saith: That she is the
wile of John Connors, Sr., who was assaulted
and robbed on the 23d day of March, 1881;
that she was present at th'e time of the said
robbery, and that sue did not recognize any
of said burglars, for the reason that they
were all marked, and further saith not.
Barbara Coxxors.
Sworn before me on the 25th day of Jan
uary, A. D. 1882.
It. E. McGregor, J. P.
State of Pennsylvania, Clarion County, ss.:
I, W. "V. Greenland, Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the
county aforesaid, do hereby certify that
IS. It. McGregor, Esq., whose name is sul
scribed to the certificate of proof or
acknowledgement of the annexed instru
ment, being at the time of the taking such
proof or acknowledgement an acting Justice
of the Peace, dulyxiuthorized to take
acknowledgements of deeds, administer
oaths, etc, in and lor said county, duly
commissioned, sworn and qualified, and to
all whose acts as such full laith and credit
are due, and that the same is executed
agreeably to the laws of Pennsylvania; and
lurthcr, that I am acquainted with the
handwriting of said R. K. McGregor, and
verily believe that the signature thereto is
genuine.
Whereto I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said court at
Clarion, on the 20th day of Januarv, A D.
1632. W. W. Geeeslasb,
Prothonotary.
Another Intereitlnc Statement.
State of Pennsylvania, Clarion County, ss.
Before me, a notary public in and for the
County of Clarion, personally came "W. A
Hindman, who being dulv sworn according
to law, eavs: That, in tne year 1881, he
was the District Attorney in and for the
County of Clarion, State of Pennsylvania, 1
ana as sucn uisirm Attorney in tne trial
of the case of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania vs. James V. Miller ct al., in the
Court of Oyer aud Terminer, General Jail
Delivery in and for the County of Clarion,
2fo. 1 August session, 1881. Charge, bur
glary, of which John Connors, Sr.. was the
prosecutor: That he drew the information
State of Pennsylvania, Clarion County, ss.
I, "V. W. Greeland, prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for t lie county
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel K.
Clark, Esq., whose name is subscribed to
the certificate of proof or acknowledgment
of the annexed instrument, was, at the time
of taking said proof or acknowledgment, an
acting notary public dulv authorized to take
acknowledgments of deeds, administer
oaths, etc., in and for said county, duly
coinmissioned, sworn and qualified, to all
whose acts as such full faith and credit are
due, that the same is executed agreeably to
the laws ot Pennsylvania, and further that
I am acquainted with the handwriting of
the said Samuel K. Clark, and verily be
lieve that the signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court at Clarion the 2Gth day of January, A
D. 1882.
AV. W. Greenland, Prothonotary.
Common wealth of Pennsylvania, county of
Clarion, ss.
I, James B. Knox, President Judge of the
Eighteenth Judicial district, composed of
the counties of Clarion and Jefferson, Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, do certify that
"V. W. Greenland, by whom the annexed
certificate and attestation were made and
given, and who in his own proper hand
writing thereunto subscribed his name and
atnxed the scat ot tne Court ot Common
Pleas of said county, was at the time of
taking, and now is, the Prothonotary in and
for the said county of Clarion in the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, duly com
missioned and qualified, to all of whose acts
as such full faith and credit arc and ought to
be given as well in courts of judicature as
elsewhere, and that the said certificate aud
attestation are in due form of law- and made
by the proper afficcr. Jas. B. Kxox,
President Judge.
In "Warden "Wright's Hands.
Common weal til of Pennsvvanla, )
County of Clarion, J "
I, "W. "W. Greenland, Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the said
county, do certify that the Hon. Jas. B.
lvnox, by wnom tne ioregoing attestation
w as made, and w hohas thereunto subscribed
his name, was, at the time of making thereof,
and still is, President Judge of the Court
of Court of Common Pleas, Orphan's Court,
and Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace
in and for said county, duly commissioned
and qualified, to all of whose acts as sucli
full taith and credit are and ought to be
given as w ell in courts of judicature as
elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
mv hand and affixed the seal of said court
this 2;th day of January A. D. 1882.
"W. "W. Greeklakii, Prothonotary.
The foregoing is an exact and literal copy
of the original affidavits in charge of
"Warden E. S. Wright, of the Western
Penitentiary, Allegheny City, Pa., made
by me this 8th day of August A. D. 1891.
Moore's First Affidavit
United States of America,
State ot Pennsylvania,
County of Allegheny.
Before me, Joseph G. Brown, Prothono
tary of said county, personally came W. D.
Mo'orc, E-q., attorney at law aud solicitor
and counsellor, w ho, being duly sworn, de
poses and saith that he was the attorney of
James W. Miller, whose case is before the
proper court of jurisdiction of Toronto,
Canada, on demand for his extradition, and
the proper authority of the State of Penn
sylvania, to-wit, the Warden of the Western
Penitentiary, as he is informed and believes,
on a trial in Clarion county, State of Penn
sylvania, aforesaid, of said Miller on indict
ment containing two counts, first, burglary,
second, receiving stolen goods, and that In
the course of said trial not a particle of
testimony was offered tending to establish
Miller's participation in the burglary of
Mr. Connors house, except the alleged
possession of some of the " bonds several
weeks after the burglary in the city of Pitts
burg, a city at least 100 miles from the said
county of Clarion.
And that because of the absence of such
proof the District Attorney of Clarion
county abandoned the second count of the
indictment; and the said deponent further
saith that from the source of information
peculiar to himself that he is as certain that
the said Miller was not present and did not
participate in the burglary as he is of his
own existence. That from the same source
of information he knows there was no'felon
ious shooting with the intent to kill, but
that the pistol of one of the burglars caught
in the rope by which the old man was tied
and that when he was lifted to a lounge in
the room it was accidentally discharged.
He further deposeth that no person in
Clarion county had dreamed of any
such information against the said
Miller, nor did make such information, and
that finally ltoger O'Mara who deponent is
informed and believes made such informa
tion was not present at said Miller's trial in
Clarion county, and could not know any
thing legally or morally sufficient to sup
port said inlormajion, all of which, as far as
facts are personally known to deponent and
what is derived from others, he is morally
certain is also true.
AV. D. Moore, Attorney at Law,
72 Grant St., Pittsburg. Pa,. U. S. A
Sworn and subscribed to betore me this
18th day of January, 1882.
Jos. O. BrowX, Prothonotary.
Allegheny county, s.s.
I, Edwin H. Stowe, President Judge of
tne Court ot Common Pleas JS 0.1 in and
for said county, certify that Joseph O.
Brown, by whom the above attestation is
made, was at the time thereof Prothonotary
ot saiil court, duly qualified, and the said
attestation is in due form of law and made
by the proper officer.
Witness mv baud and seal, the 18th day
of January, A. D. 1882.
Euvris H. Stowe.
Al'eghcny county, s.s.
I, Joseph O. Brown, Prothonotary of the
Court of Common Pleas Xo. 1 for said coun
ty, certify that the Hon. Edwin H. Stowe,
Esq., by whom the above certificate was
given, and whose name is thereto sub
scribed in his own proper handwriting, was
at the time thereof President Judge of the
said court, duly commissioned and sworn
ana acting.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said court
this 18th day of January, A. D. 1882:
.Joseph O. Brown, Prothonotary.
The foregoing is an exact and literal copy
of the original affidavits in charge of
Warden E. & Wright, of the AVesteru Pen
itentiary, Allegheny Citv, Pa., made by me
this 8th day of August, A. D. 1891.
Faithful to His Pledse.
State or Peunsyl vania.County of Clarion, s.s.
Before me, a Justice of the Peace, in and
for said county and State, came AV. F. Coll
ner, of said county, who, bv me, been first
duly sworn according to law, deposeth and
saith: That
Whereas, The statement madeby James
AAr. Miller in regard to my taking him from
the county jail of Clarion county to the
penitentiary in Allegheny City I being
Sheriff of Clarion county "at that time) is
correct in every particular. According to his
pledged word,"he made no attempt to es
cape, though he might have done bo had he
chosen to break his word.
Furthermore, I was present during all
the time of his trial, and from the evidence
adduced, do not think Miller was guilty,
and had he had a separate trial he would
never have been found guilty. The prevail
ing sentiment in the county to this day is
that Miller was unjustly convicted.
Furthermore, the prevailing impression
that John Connors, Sr., or his wife were
tortured by the burglars is false. The only
evidence lit the trial in relation to torture
was the testimony of John Connors, Sr.,
that one of the burglars had threatened if
he did not open the safe he would inflict
punishment on Ills wife. He opened the
safe, and Connors and his wife were merely
tied and gagged by the robbers. I have
kept track of Miller since his discharge
from prison, and to my knowledge his life
has been commendable in every respect.
He has lny entire trust and confidence, and
I am happy to number him among my
friends.
Furthermore, I firmly believe that the
first time Mr. Miller was iu the limits of
Clarion county was the night he was
brought to the jail charged with the rob
bery that had occurred about six months
before.
Sworn and subscribed to by W. F. Collner,
ex-sherill'and ex-prothonotary, and sworn
and subscribed to before J. H. Sweeny, J.
P., at Clarion, on the 15th day of August,
A. D. 1S91.
The Others Did Xot Know Miller.
Clarion, Pa., August 15, 1891.
To The Dispatch, Pittsburg, Pa.:
I was counsel for Harrop, Jackson and
Ott, who were indicted and tried jointly
with J. AV. Miller for the burglary and rob
bery committed at the house of John Con
nors, Sr., near Catfish, in this county, The
trial was during the August term of 1881. I
had no knowledge whatever of Miller or his
defense; had never seen him until he was
brought into court for trial, and had no
communication witli him during the trial.
He was represented and defended by his
own counsel, Colonel AV. D. Moore, of Pitts
burg. My clients assured me that they had no
knowledge of Miller, and had never met
him until he was committed to the jail they
were confined in. But, as they denied any
knowledge of or participation in the rob
bery, their disclaimor and knowledge of the
matter would throw no ligjit on the ques
tion of his guilt or innocence. As 1 was
not concerned in his defensq, I have now
only a dim recollection of the details of the
evidence against him. The impression I
now have is that it was not clear nor satis
factory enough to justify conviction, and
mat ne wouiu not nave Deeii cuuviciuu uii
it had it not been of the intense excitement
prevailing the public mind in this county
growing out of tlie crime that some parties
had undoubtedly committed under circuni
tances of unusual outrage and atrocity.
The record that Miller has made for him
self since his discharge from prison, in lead
ing a life of industry and probity( free from
taint or blame, satisfies me, and it seems to
me ought to satisfy the public, that he was
innocent of the crime for which he was con
victed. , B. J. Eeid,
Attorney at Law, Clarion, Pa.
In personal interviews that THE DIS
PATCH correspondent had with Attorney
Beid, both betore and after the writing of
this letter, he said: "At the time of the trial
the public feeling was at its height, the
whole county was clamoring for blood, and
mv feelings may have been so swayed that I
believed him guilty. But now after an
elapse of ten years with all the excitement
gone, as I have looked coldly and calmly at
the evidence that was then adduced, I do
not see how it could have been possible for
any jury to have convicted a man on such
meager proofs.
A Statement From a Eawyer.
State of Pennsylvania, County of Clarion, s. s.
Before me, AVilliam A. Sipler, Prothono
tary of the Court of Common Pleas of
Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and ex-offi
cio clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions
and Oyer ami Terminer Court of said
county personally came J. T. Maffett, of
Clarion, Pennsylvauia, who being first
dulv sworn according to law, deposeth and
saith: That he was counsellor for J. AV.
Miller in the Court of Oyer and Terminer
of Clarion county, Pennsylvania, at the
August sessions, A. D.. 1881, when the
said J. AV. Miller was tried on the charge of
burglarizing the dwelling house of John
Connors, Sr., and the robbery therefrom of
the money bonds and securities of said John
Connors.
"That I took the notes of testimony on
the trial of said case. That as I now recol
lect, the testimony brought out on the trial
in no way connected the said James AV.
Miller with said burglary and robbery, ex
cept that one George AV. Nelson who had
been jointly charged with said Miller with
the commission ot said offense ("whose case
was nol prossed) testified that he had re
ceived some of the bonds alleged to have
been stolen from said James AV. Miller
with orders to sell the same. And i. further
say that I firmly believe a conviction in
this case should not have been had on the
evidence, and I believe the the same was
result of popular claraort for the punish
ment of someone for this outrage. Mr.
Connors, himself, testified positively that
he could not identify any one of the" party
who had committed the robbery and bur
glary. At. the time of this trial under
the law Mr. Miller was not al
lowed to testify in his own behalf,
and a separate trial was refused him. I,
Mr. Miller's counsel, removed the case to
the Supreme Court of the State by writ of
error, and for want of means we were un
able to prepare the case and print the testi
mony, and were consequently compelled to
allow the writ of error go by default. And
Mr. Miller was, of course, compelled to
serve out his sentence. I have not been
personally acquainted with Mr. James AV.
Miller's career or course of his life since
his release from prison. However, from
information and belief, I am firmly of the
opinion and belief that lie has lived a cor
rect and industrious life.
And I further say that the notes and testi
mony taken by me I believe firmly are sub
stantially correct, and exhibit the evidence
correctly.
Sworn and subscribed to bv James T.
Moffatt,
Abont the Thousand Dollar Hills.
The State of Ohio, Mahoning County.
Before me, a notary public in and for said
county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, per
sonally appeared John G" Mellon, who being
duly sworn, says that in 1880 he was one
of tne proprietors of the Bed Lion Hotel,
located in the city of Pittsburg, in the State
of Pennsylvania, that he was acquainted
with J. AV. Millerthathe had been boarding
witli him, and that he had been boarding
with him at said hotel for some two years
DIED.
ALEXANDER At residence of Robert A.
Alexantlcr.Steuben street,Thirty-sIxth ward,
nt S r. m. Saturday, Augusts, 1891, SAitAn J.
Alkxaxder.
Funeral Mosdat at 10 a. m. at above resi
dence. BOOS On Sunday, Augnst S3, nt 2:15 r. M.,
Elizabeth Boos, wifo of Frederick Boos, in
hor 71th year.
Funeral from her late residence, No. 2934
Smallman street, on AVednksdat at 2 P. M.
Friends of the family aro respectfully in
vited to attend. 3
CHAMBERS On Sunday morning, August
23, 1891, lit 0 30,Xajict IL.widow of the late Mat
hew Chambers, Sr., in the 0tn year of her
ago.
Funeral services at the residence of Dr.
Calvin King, Neville street, near Ellsworth
utenue, Tui.su w, August 25, at 10 a.m. In
terment piinte. 2
HUFF Sundav morning, August 23, 1891, at
5 o'clock, Jas.. S.K. Huff, late of Company 1 ,
Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and member of U. A". L. No. 1.
Funeral services StoxDAY evening, Au
gust M, at 8 o'clock, at residence of his sister,
Mrs. Wilson, No. 170 Robinson stioot, Alle
gheny. Remains will be taken to Tarentum
on 10."l0 A. M. train AV. P. R. R. for interment.
Friends of family respectfully invited to at
tend. KING-On Sunday, Angnst 23, 1891, at 8 30
a. m., Airruuit, voungost child of Michael and
Annie King, aged 10 months and 12 days.
AVc stood besido his bed of death,
Bowed down were we with sorrow;
AW knew he would be lost to us
Upon the coming morrow.
From his lips the playful smile
Could not by death bo driven;
And with tho word "Mamma" on his lips.
He passed from earth to heaven.
Funeral will take place from parents' resi
dence, 300 Forty-tifth streot, Mosd vr at 2 p.
m. Friends of tho family aro respectfully in
vited to attend.
Ll'TZ On Sunday, August 23, 1891. at 8:40
r. m., Mamie jjosella, daughter or tuwara
and Theiesca Lutz, aged 2 years and 2
months.
Funeral from the parents' residence, 301
Main street, Sharpsburg, on Tuesday at 8:30
a. m. Friends of the lamily are respectfully
invited to attend. 2
MOORE On Friday, August 21, 1891, at 3 30
p. M.( Mat Sixclaiu, wife of Dw ight E. Moore.
MULHOLLAND Suddenly, on Friday,
August 21. 1891, at 11 A. M., Mattie, wifo of
James Mnlholland.
NORRIS On Sunday, August 23, 1891, at 2
o'clock a. x., Mohqas A. Nomas, in his 31st
year.
Funeral services at his late residence, No
163 Forty-third street, on Tuesday after,
noon at 2 o'clock.
Williamsport papers please copy.
NORTH Suddenly on Sundav, August 23,
1891, at 2:40 a. n., nt Detroit, Mich., Ciiari.es
North, of this city, in tho 60th year of his
ago.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
NOWATNY On Saturday, August 22. at 2
p. m., Axkie, the adopted daughter of Will
iam and Annie Nowacny, aged 7 months and
7 days.
RIGDON On Saturday, August 22, 1891, at
8 p. x., Stewart Carvil Riodon, in his 18th
year.
Friends of the family are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral services at tho
residence of his mother, Mrs. M. O. Rigdon,
No. 103 Sandnsky street, Allegheny City, on
MoDAY, at 2 p. M. Interment private. 2
SEITZ On Sunday, August 23, 1891, Alice
Inr.NE, infant daughter ot J. G. and Ida
Seltz, aged 11 months and 4 days.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
TRUMPORE On Sunday, August 23, 1S91,
at 10 a. m., Alexaader KIJ.GSTON, infant son
of AVilliam L. and Elizabeth Trumpore (nee
McCourtney).
Funeral services at their residence, 2123
Liberty avenue, to-day at 10:30 a. Jf. Inter
ment private at a later hour.
New lrk papers please copy.
WOODS On Saturday, August 22, 189L at
Turtle Creek, Pa., John W., son of the lato
James M. and Annie M. Woods.
Services at the residence of his brother,
H. E. AVoods, 100 White Oak alley, Allegheny,
on Mosdat, August 24, 1891, at 2 p. M.
Brothers of P. O. S. of A. respectfully invited
to attend.
liEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STERLING SILVER MOUNTED
Leather Goods.
Pockctbooks, Cigar and Cigarette Cases,
Card Cases, Writing Desk Fads,
Portfolios, Memorandum Books,
Photograph Cases, Court Plaster Cases,
Shopping and Chatelaine Bags, etc., etc.
Latest Colors and Styles Just Out.
SHEAFER & LLOYD,
JEWELERS,
Telophonel933. 37 FIFTH AVE.
au2t-Mwp
A HUGE DRIVE.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. & B
Here's a Partial List and Hint
of What Will Be Done
This Week.
WHOEVER COMES CAN
&ET THE BARGAINS
If you harnessed up a dozen African ele
phants you wouldn't have anything like tho
colossal drive we are making in our great
clearance sale of flno shoos. There's nothing
astonishing about it. The sale gives you a
chance to mvke a dollar eo farther than two
dollars ever traveled befoie, so its popu
larity is not to be wondered at. Remember,
thero is a time limit, the sale will last but a
little while longer. You have have heard of
the tide which, if taken at the flood, leads
on to fortune. Well, we have a tide of rapid
sales. There isn't a fortune in it for you,
but there aie bigger bargains in shoos than
you ever saw betore. Take advantage of the
rise of this remarkable tide. Don't wait for
the return. First come, first served.
C. A. VERNER,
Fifth Ave. and Market St.
aul9-jrw
CARPETS.
One-Third to One-Half
Off Regular Prices.
ANTHONY MEYER,
(Successor to 3Ieyer, Arnold & Co., LIm.,) .
UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER.
Office and residence, 1134 Penn avenue.
Telephone connection. myl3-34-MWFSU
FLORAL EMBLEMS.
ORCHIDS AND ROSES OF RARE BEAUTY.
A. M. & J. B. MURDOCH,
B10SMITUFIELDST. Telephone 429.
de9-92-nwp
FLOWERS ARE CHEAP
DURING THE SUMMER.
We furnish at very low prices the choicest
fresh flowers loose or arranged in any do
sired form or emblem. Telephone 239.
JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH,
Jy3-uw 60S Smithfleld street
p EPRESENTED IN PlTTSBURcTlN 1S0L
Assets ... $9 071.696 33.
INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA.
Losses adjusted and paid by WILLIAM L.
JONES, Si Foui til avenue. jyl9-101-D
If you want to save money you must
buy now. We can't keep up this cut
prices business much longer.
Our prices are lower than same
goods were ever sol'd for in this mar
ket. Visit our stores and you will
find us away below all competition.
About 1,000 yards assorted 32
inch wide 25-CENT ZEPHYR GING
HAMS, 10c.
About 300 yards assorted 40 -cent
Imported SCOTCH CREPES,
10c.
Two large lots ANDERSON'S
GINGHAMS, 40-cent ones at
I5c and 25c.
About 2,000 yards, full yard wide,
36-inch CHALLIS, 5 Cts.
About 1,000 yards, 32-inch, extra
fine CHALLIS, 5 Cts.
50 and 55-cent ALL - WOOL
FRENCH CHALLIS,
25 and 35 Cts.
Remnants of all-wool FRENCH
CHALLIS, for little money, for
Children's Dresses. Center depart
ments in dress goods and silk room
for all the above.
About 2,500 yards assorted, and
about a hundred styles, 36 to 50-inch
WOOL DRESS GOODS, 25c.
Such an opportunity to get school
dresses never seen. Rear dress goods
department rear of store also for these.
One lot, 20 to 24-inch NOVELTY
STRIPED SILKS about 300 yards
that are broken lines or assortments
that must go 5i to $2 50 values
SO Cts.
Artlinr, ScnonflBlmrBr & Co.,
68 and 70 OHIO ST., Allegheny, Pa.
lUlL3ITllS
LIES
TOO MANY
!
1
1
SILK GRENADINES, 75-cent
striped ones, at 25c. $1.50 Black
Diagonal, one-inch stripes,
At 50 Cts.
Other Grenadine bargains that are
extraordinary. Everything in Sum
mer Goods, upstairs and down, must
go THIS WEEK, as after that time
it will be new Fall Goods in fact,
We've opened a good many nice new
Fall Dress Goods already.
BOGGS & BUHL,
ALLEGHENY.
u24
THEYMUSTGO! AND NQ DOUBT DF IT!
ATTENTION, WHEELMEN!
The PRICES GO DOWN as follows:
$1 50 Go Down to 75c.
$2 Go Down to $1.
$2 50 Go Down to $1 25.
$3 Go Down to $1 50.
LADIES'SILKWAISTS
$B,000 TO
IM
To prevent losing my hair
I would give ?500.
To prevent getting blotches on forehead
I would give $500.
To have my hair back
I would give 55,000.
Blotches on forehead and bald heads all
come from poisonous leathers in HATS.
To prevent this yon should wear none but
J. G. Bennett & Co.'s Light Weight Full
Leather Band Hats. All guaranteed.
Continued on sixthpage.
ft Fife
r DELICIOUS
Ilaworinj
Eitraets
STOCKINET BICYCLE SUITS!
Of best grade, including; Coat, Pants,
Gloves, Cap and Belt, always in stock.
Also, a hnncUome
Helmet, for Summer Wear, Price 75c
Our prices will surprise you on
these goods. Clubs supplied at vory
low rates.
Umbrellas Re-Covered in One Day.
Best Gloria $1 50
Satin de Chine (new) 2 00
Corona, warranted 75
Best SUk 3 50
All kinds, without reserve, go at
$3 EACH.
$4 5 $5 and $6 ones all the same,
viz.: $3 each.
NOW IS THE BUYERS' TIME.
HORNE&WARD,
41 Fifth Avenue.
au20-D
J. 6. BENNETT & CO.,
Leading Hatters and Furriers,
COB. WOOD ST. AND FIFTH AVE.
N. R Sales on our new fall styles of
English Derbys, Silverman's and Youman's
HATS will commence on MONDAY,
August 24.
au23
FALL STILE
THE "LEADER" OF THE SEASON.
OR
Small Repairs While You Wait
PAULSON BROS.,
441 Wood Street.
Jj-28-MWT
NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla Of perfect purity.
Of groat strength.
Economy In their usa
Flavor as delicately
end dellclously as tho fresh fruit,
Jy20-nwjrs
Lemon -Orange
-Almond
-
W wi7
RaDM Transit to tne East End
Take any electric or cable car and
ride through the handsomest part of
Pittsburg to VINCENT & SCOTT'S
CARPET AND UPHOLSTERING
HOUSE. We carry a complete line
of all grades of Carpetings and sell
them at a lower price than any house
in the city.
FURNITURE HEUPHDLSTERED.
Feathers, Mattresses, Etc.
SCHOOL BEGINS NEXT
MONDAY.
So SCOTT,
0323 PENN AVENUE. EAST END.
Our stock of SCHOOL SUPPLIES is
now complete. OUR PKICES are so much
lower than the usual prices that you can
save car tare on tne smallest Kina ot a pur
chase. Watch the daily papers for onr
price list of Slates, Slate Pencils, Lead
Pencils, Tablets, Writing Pads, Blank
Books, Pencil Boxes, School Bags, Book
Straps, Erasers, Bulers, Writing Paper, etc.
Price Lists Mailed
of Charge.
Write for One.
FLEISHMAN & CO.,
504, 506 and 508 Market St
KAUFMANN BLOCK.
Always the first to show the very latest
novelties in headgear, we introduce to the
public our "Leader" in early Fall Styles.
Isn't it a Dandy? Just note the graceful
outlines, the symmetrical curves and
shapelv crown.
The block from which this hat is made was
specially designedfor us and fitly named the
"Kaufmann Block," and will, according to
the predictions of prominent manufacturers,
have a most wonderful sale this fall. They
come in all shades of Brown and Black.
We are making a SPECIAL SALE of
iliin lifff rllirlntr tliA pnminif ipaal. nnj
although the quality, style ana finish should
command ana is well wortn more
still, we have put the price at
money,
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
M- SH
SCHOOL OPENS
ON MONDAY WEEK.
Only one week moreof play
and then your boy will be seen
"creeping like snail unwillingly
to school."
Ninetypercentof all the boys
in town will need new suits,and
it is more than probable that
your boy is among that large majority. Vaca
tion, however good for the children's health
is most destructive to their clothing; it's a time
of the year that tries the parents' hearts and
their pocketbooks.
OUR BOYS' DEPARTMENT
Is replete with just the goods you need at this
season, and all this week we shall offenspecial
inducements in price on School Suits, with
both short and long pants. The children
have been having their picnic all summer;
now we intend to give parents and .guardians
A PICNIC IN PRICES
And mitigate in no small measure the de
mand made upon their purses by school
opening.
Besides giving special values in Cloth
ing, we shall also offer companion bargains in
,HATS, SHOES AND FURNISHINGS
For the little ones. We are ready to fit out
your children from head to foot and save you
considerable money in doing it.
gusky;s
300 TO 400 MARKET STREET.
au23-13
MIDSUMMER BARGAINS
PATENT LEATHER SHOES, KANGAROO
SHOES, FINE CALF SHOES, ELEGANT
DONGOLA SHOES, all at greatly reduced
prices.
Laird's Shoe Stores,
406, 408, 410 MARKET ST. and 433 WOOD ST.
au3-Mwrsa
IN
$3 00 ONLY.
All voung gentlemen desirous of wearing
thenoobiest, handsomest and most shapeliest
hat of the tall season should avail them
selves of this sale. .The old saying, "The Hat
Makes the JIan," is aptly illustrated by
this shining specimen ot headgear.
We have all the latest styles in cheaper
grades. Here are the prices, ?1, $1 60, 52
and $2 50. We invite your inspection.
Write for our fall catalogue.
THIS WILL INTEREST EVERY
111 PITTSBUHG AND VICINITY.
By Far the Biggest Value Offered Since
This Sale Began.
See the Matchless Trouserings on Display in otfr
Penn Avenue Windows.
We have had marked success with the sale of a
large quantity of fine imported Trouserings. They
always sold freely at $10. Since the inauguration of
this sale they have sold more freely with a discount of
25 per cent Now we propose to move them more
quickly. Commencing this morning, the price will be
$8 less 25 per cent, or $6, made to your measure and
delivered in five days. There will positively never be
another offer like this. It is simply $10 Trousers
made to your measure for $6. And all because the
stock has got to be closed out by September 15. Keep
in mind that the material is' unsurpassed the work
manship strictly first-class throughout; and that it is to
make the disposal of the stock more rapid that this
exceedingly low price is made. See the window dis
play. Remember, too, that the Twenty-five Per Cent
Discount includes every garment in the house. You
can save money and get superior clothing every time.
A magnificent line of $12 Men's Business Suits less
25 per cent Boys' and Children's Suits by the
thousand royal value and a royal discount
iNMe&BHI
KAUFMANNS', . a st Pa ah 1
I .. . . VtfMl
Finn ave. ana smitnneia st. n
'J
3
4
j
I
Je20-uw
Ik. "
.
'!.