8 THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1891.- SANTA IHERMUY, Dard. Times Can't Repress the Usual Etmlition of Christmas Mer riment in Berlin. THE GRIP AXD HOW TO TREAT IT. Socialism on the Wane in Fatherland Politics, Owing to Numerous Failures of Strikes. E0U3IASIA norES TO SEE THE KAISER, Pfsfite Sfmi-OfBcisl Denixls That Aif.it Its Capital TViihtlm mil rCOrTRIGlITTD 1631. Br NEW YORK ASSOCIATED TRESS.: Beklix, Dec. 26. The three days stretch of holiday at Christmas time gives Berlin ample scope to deliver itself heart irad soul to festivity. Certain foreign croakers, who predicted that the effects of the financial criis, the strikes and the in fluenza would combine to repress the old time celebrations, ought to be here now to fee how completely these and all other evils are ignored. Business in the shons last week was dull, but this week an immense traffic has been carried on. The best class of dealers, es pecially, admit that they have made larqe Fales, though complaints are general among dealers in the poorer quarters. These, how ever, are alwavs current It is probable that 'the working classes find it necessary to practice greater economy than they formerly did. As an instance of this it is noted that the bulkot Christmas tree!, of which hundreds of thousands are used in this city, remained unsold until the dealers offered them at prices below tfieir actual cot. Then they were swept up. St. Nit-holm at the Palace. The Emneror and Empress on Christmas Eve presided at the distribntion of presents at the new palace at Potsdam. Each of the little princes had his own table and a tree loaded with a variety of gifts. Yesterday Emperor William sent to h's own company of the guards a large "pfefferkucben," made by the court confectioner. This pepper cake, the disuse of which has long been desired by many, continues to be one of the solid institutions of the season. Among the manv presents which Crown Prince Fred erick William received wa one from his mother of a horse bred in Ireland. On Christmas Day the Emperor and the other members of "the roval lamily dined alone. The Empress Frederick entertained at dinner the Prince and Princess of Saxe Meiningen, Princess Margaret and the lead ing members of her household. Galician papers are filled with articles advocating the renewed enforcement of re pressive measures against the Hebrews in liUssian Poland. A large number of per tons have been arrested in "Warsaw and the immediate vicinity, but the authorities act nith absolute secrecy. People suddenly disappear, and it is understood that they ha e been arrested. The Grip, Its Canse and Treatment. The Czarina, according to advices re-. ceived at the Russian Embassy, is suffering from influenza. Her majesty is so journing at the Castle at Gatschina. She v as Urst attacked on xuesaay last. u.ne I Metropolitan Michel is also ill with the THE CLOTHING SLAUGHTER ! No such slashing of prices ever known so soon after Christmas. No dull times for us. We are bound to be busy at any cost 2,500 MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS, Were $11, $12, $13 and $14, WILL GO AT $8. Not a Suit or Overcoat in the entire lot but what's perfect and de sirable in every way all new and reliable materials to choose from. Don't you think this cut will make things lively in Lien's Clothing? Here's another: 2.150 EN'S FINE SUITS iO OVERCOATS, Were $16, $17, $18, $19, $20 and $21, WILL GO AT $12. Many of our choicest imported garments in this linej Si 2 is out of all reason for these highly fine and fashionable garments, but we sacrifice them on the altar of modern business methods: Push and energy. Smoking Jackets, Less Than Half Price. We have several hundred left, but we are not going to keep them. Here's what'll make them move. The $12 ones will goat 5. The 120 and S22 ones will go at $10. What's the matter with presenting Pa with one for a New Year s gut? REDUCTIONS IN BOYS' CLOTH!i.'3 Are fully as great as in men's. Here are a few: Ifl A ITin made of good, U MUUnU cape and other styles, sizes to fit boys of all ages, were $2.25,3 and S3. 25, will go at made of durable materials, in neat patterns, plain or pleated, light or dark, medium or heavy weight, sizes 4 to 14, reduced to SUITS Loi Pant Suits disease. The epidemic of influenza still prevails in Galicin. Eastern Prussia and Berlin. The area in which the malady is common, however, is lessening to "the westward. An address recently delivered by Prof. Kothnaecl, of Vienna, upon the origin and treatment of the disease, is the "talk of the hour among medical men. Prof. Xoth nagcl, in his address, declared that the mal ady is distinctly miasmatic in charactcr,and that it is certainly infectious and probably contagious. He also stated that persons having cardiac affections and those suffering from tuberculosis have most canse to fear a fatal result. There is no specific means of cure, the professor says. Treatment by anti-nvrene, anti-febriue and phenacetine is inadvisable in cases where the disease is accompanied by any form of congestion of the lungs or weakness of the heart, faucli cases are better treated with stimulants like digitalis or brandy, or byi the subcutaneous injection of camphor. The Work Before the Kfichstag. When the Reichstag resnmes its sittings the bill for the repression of drunkenness, the bourse regulation measure, which was introduced in consequence of the recent scandals, and the discussion of the commer cial treaties with Switzerland, Servia, Spain and Roumania, will be the work of the House. The Landtag has under considera tion a new educational measure. The split in the Conservative party over the commer cial treaties led Herr Hclldorf to resign the presidency of the group, but he will still lead a strong minority of wealthv members, which has subscribed a sum of money for the purpose of founding a Conservative organ lor the defense ot Chancellor Von Caprivi's policy. The nltra Conservatives hope to be re venged for their defeat on the tariff ques tion in the Reichstag, by the rejection of the educational bill now betore the .Landtag and the thwarting of the financial reforms projected by Herr Miquel, the Imperial Minister of Finance. The Waie or Politic il Socialism. The Socialist leaders, being conscious of a falling off in the number of their adher ents, have made arrangements for a series of congresses, the first to be held in Bremen at the end of January, to organize a propa ganda among the peasants of the northwest provinces. The second of these congresses will be held at Coblenz on the 31st of Jan uary, and a third at Xeumunster in Febru ary. The successive defeats of the strikes which have been begun under Socialist guidance have strongly prejudiced the po sition of the party. Among the latest strikes to collapse is that of the glass makers at Ottensen, a suburb of Hamburg, which lasted ten months before the strikers were compelled to acknowledge defeat. The weavers of Saxony were forced to succumb after having spent the entire iund sub scribed forthe carrying on of the strike. The striking compositors are gradually re turning to work and the movement to in duce a wholesale strike of breyrery em ployes has failed. As a symptom of the lessening oF the power of the -Socialist jiarty,the Socialist industrial schools in Ber linthe pet project of Herr Liebknecht are about to close, owing to a lacK ot sup port. Despite the fact that a semi-official denial has been made of the report that Emperor William intends to visit Bucharest, the fact remains that arrangements have been made for an official reception of His Majestv there in April. The visit of the Emperor, it is hoped, will knit Roumania closer to the Dreibund. ENGLISH BEIBEES CONVICTED. The Men Who Sought for the French Car bins Secret to lie Punished. St Etiexxe, Dec. 26. John Cooper and Walter Bednell, the two Englishmen ar rested at this place in November for ufler ing a bribe to workmen of a small arms fac tory here to procure for them samples of the new French and Russian carbines, have been convicted. Cooper has been sentenced HOW KAUFMANNS' MANAGE TO heavy materials, in $150 11.50 $400 made of substantial material, in stylish patterns, sizes 14 to 19, were $6 and $7, will go at TS?SHOPPING BY to 15 months in prison and to pay a fine of ?600, and Bednell to two months imprison ment and to pay a fine of $200. At the time the men were arrested Cooper admitted that he was seeking to discover the mechanism of the firearms for the pur pose of conveying the information thus ob tained to a firm of rifle-makers in Birming ham, England. Bednell, however, denied that he had any nefarious intention in visit ing St. Etienne. Gladstone's Latent on Home Kale. London-, Dec. 26. Mr. Gladstone, in a letter in support of Major Hume, the Glad stonian candidate for member of the House of Cornmons for Stockport, declares that the Government, in coming to a decision to introduce a "real or bogus" Irish local gov ernment bill, will be influenced solely, not by the merits of the scheme nor "their solemn pledges, but by the possible deser tion of the Tory or dissentient groups. PICTURE SMUGGLERS' WORK. Genuine Old Masters Found In a New York Cellar by Cnstomi Agents Importers Given Time to Prove T hat They Claim Is True Value of Some of the Paintings. New York, Dec 26. Special Two cases containing six paintings addressed to Colonel A. Gross and taken from the cel lars of Spiridon & Co. early in the week were opened in the seizure room of the Custom Honse to-day. AH the paintings proved to be originals, and one was valued at ?2,000. Collector Hendricks has given Spiridon & Co. till Monday to produce the invoices and the receipts for customs duties on these painting. The firm declares that the paintings were imported in 1887, and that the duties were paid upon them then. Un der the provisions of the McKinlcy bill Spiridon & Co. must prove this. The bur den of proof under the McKinley act is now upon the claimant for goods seized and riot, as heretofore, upon the Government offi cials. Official letters from Minneapolis to-day announce that Gerome's "The Lion in Ambush" had been appraised at 30,000 francs, and that Bellecour's "Aux Armes" had been appraised at 8,000 francs, by H. Jay Smith and Burt Harwood, experts of that city. Colonel Gross is still absent lrom New York. An old associate of his has given certain information to Collector Hendricks which Treasurv Agent Traitteur will inves tigate. Mr. Traitteur has just returned from Washington. While there he pro duced evidence satisfactory to the Treasury Department to show that for several years a ring has existed in New York City for the smuggling of valuable paintings, which have been sold all over the West to inno cent purchasers. The question to be deter mined at Washington now is whether or not these paintings shall be taken from their in nocent purchasers. A NEW SMYKNA SUSPECT. Circumstances Point to Him as the Mur derer ofths northern Family. AtrGUSTA, Ga., Dec 26. A tramp giv ing the name of Dorsey Js under arrest here on suspicion of being the New Smyrna murderer. He was arrested as a vagrant. Circumstances warranted holding him. He was in Florida at the time the murder was committed, and says he had been working within two miles of New Smyrna. Since he has been in custody, a published description of the crime was read to him in the presence of two or more persons, who watched him closely. He showed great nervousness and agitation when the more graphic portions of the horrible crime were reached, and after the reading he was silent and moody and refnsed to "talk. Florida officers hare started for Augusta to investigate. REDUCTIONS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. Yes, reductions ! And such reductions ! No slight wounds, but deep, straight stabs to the heart cuts to kill. There are various reasons that have induced us to inaugurate this season of carnage and slaughter. In the first place, we can well afford, after the most prosperous holiday season in our history, to give the. people of Pittsburg a grand bargain benefit, even though the treat may cost us a round $io,ooo. Then, there are hundreds of odds and ends and remnants which have ac cumulated during the exciting days of the holiday trade, and which we must now get rid of at any cost Again, it has always been our policy to sacrifice goods rather than store them away. Finally, and this is the most important reason of all, we can't, won't and shan't stand idleness. We abhor it Lassitude and lethargy may be "quite the thing" in other stores after Christmas. Not so here. We're always active and wide awake. Dull season exists for us in name only. We mean to crowd our store when all others are empty. We have done it before. We shall do it now. Come in this week and be convinced. Special for Morrow MONDAY ONLY. 6So FINE HOLIDAY DERBYS, WORTH $2, 2.25 AND $2.50, AT 98c. No cheap hats these, but fine hats cheap. The styles are the latest, and the finish, lining and binding right up to the standard. If you sneer at the idea of wear ing a 98c hat, call and see these. A dollar to a doughnut that you'll buy one. MAIL is made easy if you KRIS. KINGLE'S MAIL From the Lehigh Valley Stolen From the Ferry Boat at New York. A LOT OF REGISTERED PACKAGES. The Clerk Did Not Keep His Eye on the Wagon as Required by law. A VERY MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE rSPECIAI, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1 New York, Dec 26 A leather mail pouch, containing registered letters and packages, valued at thousands of dollars, disappeared between the Pennsylvania railway station in Jersey City and the general postoffice in New York, Thursday evening. Not a trace jf it has been ob tained. Officials are convinced that the bag was stolen, probably on the ferry boat. The bag contained all the registered matter mailed last Thursday from all the offices from Elmira through the Lehigh valley to Jersey City. H. D. Hubbard is the clerk who had the custody of the bag when it disappeared. He has been in the railway mall service nearly four years. The train collected the mail for some 60 stations throughout the Lehigh "Valley. All the registered mail from each station is put in a large envelope and handed to the clerk in the postal car separately. Mast Hnve Been a Rich Haul. Hubbard received 60 of these envelopes. Each one contained one or more packages of registered matter. As fast as Hubbard received these envelopes he put them in bags. His version of what happened there after is as follows: When he reached Jersey City he had two bags filled. He took these two bags and put them 1n a larger leather bag, especially provided for registered matter. At the bottom of the elevator Driver Balz was in waiting with a big cov ered mail wagon. Clerk Hubbard put the bag of registered mail in the wagon himself, closed the door, and Driver Bolz adjusted the lock and drove aboard the lerry boat. Clerk Hubbard followed behind the wagon. It is the rule that clerks in charge of postal cars must remain in sight of the rear ot the wagons containing their mail while crossing the ferry, and must guard the rear of the wagons "until the wagons have started for the general postoffice. Then the clerks are expected to get upon the seat beside the driver and turn the mail over to the post office people in person. Did Mot Guard the Wagon. Bolz drove his wagon aboard the ferry boat and Hubbard followed it. After he had got on the ferry boat, however, he did not keep up his watch. He walked about the boat until she ran into her slip at Cort landt street. Then he got up beside Bolz and rode to the postoffice. At the postoffice Bolz unlocked the wagon and Hubbard reached for the bag of registered mail. It was not there. The lock had not been tam pered with, apparently. Bolz said he was sure he had sprung the spring lock properly before he drove aboard the ferry boat. At all events, it.was locked when the wagon reached the office. The locks on these cov ered wagons are all alike, and the drivers carry the keys. Bolz was away from the wagon lor a moment or so on the ferry boat. He got down from his seat and went into the waiting room, where there was a lijjht, to make out his report During this time the wagon was totally unguarded. A Legitimate Redaction Sale of the entire stock of fine clothing of the P. C, C C. begins to-morrow. Look at our cut rate list for suits and overcoats in this paper. P. a C. C, Corner Grant and Diamond streets. What's left will be closed out at HALF PRICE Vie would rather pocket a big loss than pack a single fancy article away. We still have left a num ber of Beautiful Plush Toilet Sets, Fancy Silver Articles, Silver Mirrors and Frames. Silver Brushes and Combs. Silver Shaving Cups, Etc. And one and all will be dis posed of at about 50c on the dollar. Have you overlooked a relative or friend on Christmas, or do you wish to reciprocate for favors re ceived ? Remember, New Year's is another season 'for giving tokens of affection, and these tokens are now offered here at away below former prices. HOLIDAY MOBS. 01 BASEMENT, will send for our 120-Page Illustrated Catalogue; we mail it gratisto any address. All orders NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I CURE FITS1 When I My care I do not mean merely to stop them for a time and then have them return again. I mean ft radical core. I have made the disease of FITS, EPI LEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long stndy. I ff arrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because others have failed is no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at ouce for a treatise and a Freo Bottle of my Infallible remedy. Give Express and Post Office. II. G. ROOT, M. C, 183 Pearl St., N. Y. Ue22-4t-wksu Zoai, Sww OUR MOTTO: LOW PEICES. I YOUR MOTTO: SAVE MONEY. SIXTH ST. AND PENN AVE. Manufacturing and Importing Retailers. LADIES, LOOKI Thousands of Ele gant Cloaks Given Away ron New Year's Gifts AT HALF PRICE THIS WEEK. Save Mpney. Visit the -.PARISIAN.-.- de27-sn For the Holidays. CARUSS & MANNION, de!l-TTSu Opticians, 67 Fifth avenue. D. L. Dowd's Health Exerciser. I For BrMn-wcriera & Selcrtaiy People: Gentlemen, Ladles, Souths; Athleto or iDTaltd. A complete gymnasium. Takes up but 6 In. square floor roam ; Dew, scientific, durable, comprehensive, cheap. Indorsed by SO.C0O phTtldanf, lawyers, clergymen, editors A other! now using it. bend forllluttiited cir cular, 40 cngrsylnes. no charge. Prof. D. L. Dod. Sclenlir?- PhnMlll (isadx iuir.1 cal Culture, East ll!h St'Mew York. NeverKnowntoFail. Tarrant's Extract of Cubebs and Copaiba, the best remedy for all diseases of the urinary organ. Iti portable form, freedom from Uste and speedyaction (frequently curing in three or fonr days and alwaysin less time than any othor preparation), make " Tarrant's Ex tract" the most desir able remedy ever man ufactured. All genuine has red strip across lace ot laDei, witn signature or Tarrant Co., Sew York, upon it. Price, $1. Sold by all dmsffists. oc25-103-su n .mm ggg: OPERA GLASSES Jjr lIlJHK jfe AT COST pfPfpl Irai fittanTiK. km fLIBFa Dlnffi'l rfflt KEEP BUSY AFTER Which has been a continuous scene of excitement and commotion since December 1st, now, as a direct result of the big rush, finds itself with a good many odd articles and sets, which must be closed out forthwith REGARDLESS OF COST OR VALUE Odd China Dinner Sets. Odd China Tea Sets. Odd China Toilet Sets. Odd China Fish Sets. Odd China Game Sets. Odd China Plates .and Saucers. ; Then, there are a number of sets from which one or two pieces are missing (broken during the rush perhaps), and all these will be sold at 50 per cent less than regular prices. ALL OUR BRIC-A-BRAC, VASES, STATUARY, ETC., AT 25 PER CENT OFF. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Presents! unas I offer my entire stock of FINE FUR GARMENTS At greatly reduced prices. ALASKA SEAX SACQUES, ALASKA SEAL. CAPES, SABLE CAPES, BEAVER CAPES, OTTER CAPES, BLACK MARTEBT CAPES, MUFFLOJf CAPES, PERSIAN LAMB CAPES, ASTRAKHAN CAPES, COXEY CAPES, FRENCH SEAL CAPES. Muir to Dlatch Capes. I sell no SHODDY. Al my goods are manu factured at my factory and made only from well selected solid skins. Best of styles and workmanship guaranteed. Buy direct from the manufacturerand get the leal article. Hat and Fur Manufacturer, 707 PENN AVE. Ue20-wsu THAT RHEUMATICURA WILL CURE RHEUMATISM IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT. And that it usually requires only one bottle of the medicine to do it, is another. The many testimonials on file at this office, confirm these two fact. Call and see them. RHEUMATICURA CO., 616 Penn Ave., Price, J3 00 per bottle. For sale by all druggisru. PITTSBURG, PA deM-rrssu ACTUAL BUSINESS COLLEGE, Jsos. 5 nnd 7 Sixth ay., corner Wood St. The most liberal olTer in the history of our college. From now until after the holidays we will sell life scholarships in the book keepins department tor $30 (regular price $50), and life scholarships in the shorthand and typewriting department for $25 (regular price- $10). Bookkeeping taught by actual business practice. Day and night school now open. Eleventh year. 31. J. CONXEK. President. J. 31 PHILLIPS, Expert Accountant. dc2342-Mwsu CANCER and TUMORS cured. Na knife. Send for Utlmon lals. G.H.McMichaeL M.D.. K Niagara st. Buffalo, N. T. mhlS-71-TTSSaWfc MONDAY ONLY. 475 PAIRS LADIES FINE SHOES, WORTH $3 AND S3.50, AT $1.98. These shoes are the very acme of comfort, elegance, shapeliness and durability. They are made of extra quality glazed dongola, plain or patent leather tipped, and with or without cloth tops. All styles of toe and last and- all sizes and widths. Ladies who want fine shoes can buy them to-morrow for scarcely more than half actual value. Come early. JThe balance of our Christ mas slippers marked away down. Special for To-morrow &" " " "' ' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FREE! CARPETS MADE, Laid and Lined with Cotton-quilted Paper. Every Carpet sold (and when one-third or more is .paid at the time of purchase) we will measure, cut; sew, line with cotton-quilted paper, and lay on your floor FREE : OF : CHARGE! We are determined to have no dull season, and, in order to keep our men all at work, we make this liberal offer. EEMEMBEE, We are Complete Housefurnishers. You will find our prices the lowest in the city. TRY a small account with us; we are sure of your trade ever afterward. $10.00 worth of goods $1.00 down, 50c per week, or $1.00 each two weeks. Special arrangements on larger bills. D CK n LI 1 1 de24 P- 60LD SPECTACLES. Ue25-TUKBU ABTIST AXD PHOTOGRAPHER 16 SIXTH STREET. Cabinets, $3 to U per dozci.: petlto, $1 po dozen. Telephone 173L ap3-3-xw7sa Ijgg, A LLE6H EN V- PA wdmU. CHRISTMAS. IHE CLOAK CARNAGE. The cloak season may be over, but we won't allow the grass to grow in our Cloak Parlors for all that. Old fogy houses may call our policy of creating business by selling at a loss a suicidal policy; we call it pluck and enterprise. Odds and Ends in Newmarkets. $2. I $3. For choice from a lot of Ladies' Newmarkets, marked down from $10. For choice from a lot of Ladies' Newmarkets, marked down from 12. CLOSE OUT LADIES' JACKETS! A lot of elegant all-wool Jackets, im medium or heavy weight cheviots and stockinettes, WORTH $4, $s AND $6, AT $1.50. 300 FUR-TRIED JICKIS,tS SSSg? AT S6.95 CCIII Dl IIQH PrrrCRR made of finest English seal plush, AT P17 GlHL iLUJll IlLLrLlUJ, heavy satin lining, fur collar and edg- HI P I ing of fine Astrakhan fur, worth $35. rihilrlnnn ' n UllllllMS UK A lot of Children's Reefers, sizes 4 and 6,worth S2.3O and $3, at 98c A lot of Reefers, sizes 4, 6 and 8, worth $$ and $6, at $3. A lot of Reefers, sizes 4, 6 and 8, worth $S and $10, at S5. MISSES' FUR-TRIMMED JACKETS, assorted styles, finest ma terials, different furs, reduced from S15 to $7.50. PRFTPHFMQ Fine Plaid Gretchens' with deeP shoulder lint I vlllLSiOi capes, sizes 4 to 14, reduced from 7 to $4.50. X5I5 Misses' odd Newmarkets no two alike sizes 14 to iS, choice materials and styles, worth from $& to $15, at only 5. Promptly filled. FREE! tie COR. TENTH ST. AND PENN AYE. 01 EH jZji "" Kv BERNARD E. AR0NS. Jeweler. 1 -1 Sole Owtckr VOLTAIC DIAMONDS, de25 $5. For choice from a lot of Ladies' Newmarkets, marked down from $15- A lot of fine all wool Jackets, double - breasted, tight - fitting, buttons or ornaments, WORTH $7, $S AND $9, AT $3. I ill Dresses J ! CLOSED NEW YEAR'S. CLOSED NEW YEAR'S. FIFTH AVENUE AND SIVIITHFIELD ST. h rimr-gnffiM' M ffl -twifcwMMMwfcfeajJMMMifaJ3B5jWB3BBlBMBiHBKBBiBBC3iHMBBBBHEaB t j -Pf 1 . .fi jbMmjJ jLyric.jL"1 jjtttr SiJB3iMLJttoCti t "5 .-luZfi&ifr" szk .. jr
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