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:Gcorge Sliiras II. Announced
as a" Candidate for Judge
Bradley's Place.
LAWYERS ARE DELIGHTED
' "With the Trospects of Honoring One
of Their Associates
'-TOO HAS ALREADTBEENHOXOBED.
iHis Brief but Interesting Experience in
Politics.
I-OXE OP THE STATE'S ABLEST LAWYERS
George Shiras II. was yesterday officially
announced a6 candidate lor the vacancy in
the United States Supreme Court caused by
the death of Associate Justice Bradley,
teie Pittsburg Bar Association will meet
(within the week to recommend the
.appointment of Mr. Skiraj. Lawyers from
all parts of the State have expressed their
.determination to take an active interest in
tJIr. Shiras and his campaign, and the Fitts
jjburg attorneys are jubilant over the pros
'.pects'of their new candidate.
Has a Brother In the 17. S. Court.
'.' George Shira IL yesterday celebrated
this OOth birthday. He was born in the
'rirst ward, Pittsburg, where his father was
'also born. His father is still living in
' Allegheny, and is 88 years old. His brother
I is a Ucitcd States District Judge of eizht
' 'Western States. A vacancy in the Circuit
i-judgeship of the Western States has made
t" Judge Shiras a candidate for promotion.
George ShiraE II. is a son of George and
! Elizabeth Blaine Shiras and is a cousin of
(.Secretary Blaine, with whom he is intimate
and between the two there is a friendly,
'confidential feeling. Mr. Shiras entered
xhe Ohio University September, 1831,
j'and entered Yale law school
5n 1853. He studied law in
Pittsburg where he was admitted to the bar,
and with a probable single exception he has
continued since his admission to practice to
lead the uneventful life of a hard worker,
whose time and thought have leen occupied
!by his business. He is one of the very few
men upon whom Yale College has conferred
he degree of LL. D.
Was Once Chosen Tor the U. S. Senate.
In 16S1 when the great fight against boss
)ism was made in the Pennsylvania Legis
lature, and when a deadlock existed on the
selection of a United States Senator, Mr.
'. Shiras in a secret caucus was chosen by a
(majority cf two votes as a compromise for
,the distinguished place. Tiie next morn
ling, however, another caucus was ordered
by the political leaders, and John L
, Jlitchell was nominated and was elected.
He served until 18S7.
Mr. Shiras has never been an active
partisan. He is a high tariff Bepublican.
His income from his legal practice is said
i-to be second to no lawyer in the State.
SEKATOBS QUAY AND LEE MEET.
JTbey Surprise Their Friends bj Kindly
Greeting KacU Other.
senator M. S. Quay and his son Dick
10 op from Beaver and spent- yesterday
the Dnquesne Hotel. They left for
.hington over the Baltimore and Ohio
ittJviast night. During his stay in Pitts-
Iburg Senator Quay met, at their request,
'nearly all of his political followers in
rWestern Pennsylvania, and the scene in his
i parlors cttcrday as the same as is seen
there every time Mr. Quay comes to Pitts-
fburg. A constant string of would-be ofrice-
Uiolders passed with profound consideration
(into the Senator's presence and then passed
out again, more hopeful, but with little
more information, than when they called.
Senator Lee. of Franklin, Pa., the arch
; Independent Bepublican, came to Pittsburg
fabout the same time the Quays' arrived. He.
too, stopped at the Dnquesne. At dinner
about 6 o'clock last night the two Senators
met face to lace. Friends who accompanied
ihe two and who had heard them roundly
abuse each other fairly shuddered as the
(two political athletes and antagonists met.
'But relief came promptly.
"How are you, Senator Lee?" Senator
i Quay asked, extending his hand in a lriend
Jy way.
"How are you, Senator Quay?" Senator
Lee asked in answer, grasning the extended
hand with evident warmtli.
"You're well'.'" Quay remarked to Lee.
"Very well,"Lee answered to Quay. The
'two smiled kindly and passed on.
-i "I thought you people were deadly ene
linies," one of "Senator Quay's friends said to
tthe Senator after the handshaking.
, "We have done a good deal of fighting
i-with our mouths, that's all," Senator Quay
replied.
BIG FISE AT OAKDALE.
Twelve Hocses mnd Most of Their Contents
Burned Yesterday.
Twelve buildings in Oakdale, the oil town
len the Panhandle Bailroad, were burned
yesterday morning. The fire broke out at
!2:30 o'clock in P. A. Moellcr's hardware
I store. It is supposed to have started from
an overheated gas stove. The buildings in
ihe row were all wooden structures, and
;thc flames spread from one to the other
rapidly. The efforts of the people to check
i.the fire proved unsuccessful, and it burned
itself out. A well from which water was
'secured soon gave out, and it was necessary
to resort to the creek.
The principal losers are as follows: P. A.
.Moeller, hardware store, loss 58,000, insur
ance 53,000: residence, loss 52,500. P. Dor
juufr, shoemaker, loss 5100; Pfaub & "Web
'ber, gents' furnifhing store; "W. H. Anstin,
'trocery: Grant Murray, shooting gallery,
'loss 5500; Mr. Brown.store: Mr. McKnigh't,
boarding house, 51,500; Dr. M. P. Cullhan,
office, 5200. J. Campbell, house, 5700; Bis
,ing and Van Sickle, drugstore, 56,000; W.
S. Beatty, billiard and pool tables, los3
'51,000, insurance 5750; McClelland & Snell,
Central Hotel, 51,r00. Patrick Quigtey
and several other boarders at the McKnight
House lost their personal effects. Goods
and stocks were gotten out of some ot the
buildings and carried to the United Presby
terian Church across the street.
Mrs. Cntharlne O'Leary Dead.
Mrs. Catharine O'Leary, wile of Timothy
O'Leary, Sr., and mother of Timothy
O'Leary, Jr., the well-known politician,
"died at her residence about 10 o'clock
last night 6f pneumonia, Miperinduced by
the grip. Mrs. O'Leary was born in Coun
ty Cork, Ireland, and was in her GSth year.
She came to this countrv some 43 years ago.
Her husband and four children survive her,
they arc Timothy, Jr., John J., Jeremiah
and Miss Nellie O'Leary. No arrange
ments have been made for the funeral.
Has Gone to Confer With Elkins.
George C Wilson, attorney for Thomas
Bigelow, in his suit against the consolida'
tionoftbe Pittsburg and Duqnesnc Trac
tion lines, went East last night presumably
to bring about a settlement of the case.
An effort was made last night to see Mr.
Bigelow, but he was confined to his bed by
sickness and could not be seen.
EDWARD ST0FIEL DEAD.
Consumption Canse the Heath of the Well
Known Newspaper Writer Hlitory oM
His Lire and Work in I'lttibarc Slatted
as a Messenger Hoy.
Leonard Edward Stofiel died at his home
at Springdale, near Pittsburg, at 3:18
o'clock yesterday afternoon, aged 31 years.
Ed Stofiel, as he was familiarly called,
was one of the best known newspaper
workers in Pennsylvania. He was earnest,
industrious and competent, and every reader
of The Dispatch will remember with
kindly appreciation his writings on
State politics and special features of
State concern. He took an active
part in all the newspaper events
occurring within 8 years, and no one in the
profession had a more expansive grasp or a
keener appreciation of news features than
he. He was a fluent, pleasant writer;
while his pen was never used to. wound, it
was always ready to praise and reward.
In all his work throughout the State he
never left a scar. Those who knew him
best will cherish most fondly his memory
and will feel most keenly 'his untimely
death.
The deceased was born in Lawrenceville
on May 3, 180L Iu early boyhood he be-,
came a protege of Bev. J. C High and be
came a member ot the Methodist Church at
an early age. When 17 years old he was
employed in the office of the Pittsburg
Post. He afterward become a reporter on
that paper. In 1884 he was made city edi
tor of the Commercial Gazette and two years
later he become a reporter on The Dis'
tjCtch. He served The Diseatch as
Harrisburg correspondent urimg the
session of 18SJ and lor part of the session of
1891, when he suffered a hemorrhage and
was compelled to abandon the work. He
conducted the road expedition for The Dis
rATCH, and did active and excellent work
at Johnstown after the flood there. He
made a tour of the State, testing pub
lic sentiment during the prohibition
amendment campaign in 1800, and he han
dled with rare skill many other features of
that character.
Mr. Stofiel visited The Dispatch office
late last week, and since his disease has
been weakening him his contributions to
The Dispatch have been shorter and less
frequent, but the last effort of his pen was
published last Saturday. He also has a
historical work now in the hands of his
publishers.
The deceased was a victim of consump
tion. He was married in 1886 to Lellyn
McCall, a daughter of B. & P. McCall, of
Tarentum. He leaves a daughter 3 years
old. His parents are still living.
CAUGHT AT .HIS HOME.
Murderer to Teveer Caught at Flalnfleld
After Having Been Chased Across the
Continent Story of His Western Crimes
rrlce or 85,000 on His Head.
Sheriff K. F. "Weaver, of Pear, Dakota,
come to the St James Hotel last night in
charge of J. A. Le Fcveer, of Plainfield,
Cumberland county, Pa. "When the two
arrived at the Union station Le Feveer wa3
in irons, hands and feet The shackles were
removed when the train stopped, but the
handcuffs remained intact "When the offi
cer with his prisoner went to supper the
two were handcuffed together and each ate
wih one hand.
Le Feveer was being taken to Pear, Da.
kota. to answer for a most brutal murder he
is alleged to have committed. He is also
charged there with stealing several horses.
The storvsDf the murder as told by Sheriff
"Weaver is decidedly sensational. "Le
Feever," he said, "is a tenderfoot. He came
to our State only iu the summer, and then
he was a mystery. He never worked, but
always had money, and was a popular lei
loir. He spent last summer at Pear.
"While there he met and courted Miss Mary
Gardner, a woman of good limily and
standing in our tnwn. The two spent much
time together. One night last May the two
drove ten miles into the country to attend a
party. They left the-party about midnight
Early the next morning the driverless team
came to the stable. The same morning the
dead body of Miss Gardner was lound on
the roadside within three miles of our
town. Her throat had been cut. Le
Feever was never .seen since leaving the
party until I arrested him at the home "of
his parents yesterday. The Commissioners
of our county offered f5,000 reward for his
capture. I traced him to California and
back to Canada, and then to his hpme. I
got positive trace of him at Harrisburg,
andgoing into Cumberland county I gave a
farmer who knew him 550 for entrapping
him. He is a dangerous, desperate fellow,
and he is said to nave stolen many horses
ont there.
"Now that I have captured him it would
cost me my life to allow him to escape.
That is why I have him in irons."
The Sheriff and his prisoner left on an
early morning train for the scene of the
crimes.
TWO SIXES SUGGESTED.
Chief Bigelow and lme B. Ecott .Each
Have Flans for the Library.
Several members of the Carnegie Library
Commission and Chief Bigelow, of the De
partment of Public Works, went out to
Schenley Park yesterday to examine the
nroDosed location for the main librarv at
the entrance. Chief Bigelow s idea is to r
have the front facing toward town and the
music hall facing Forbes street Chairman J
Scott, of the commission, prefers to adopt
the site first spoken of, except to have it
moved up to witnin 50 feet of Forbes street
instead of 300, as before. This, he claims,
would allow ample room for the proposed
edifice at the bridge.
Chief Bigelow will have two charts pre
pared, showing both plans, which will be
submitted to the commission for it to de
cide on.
The Allegheny General Hospital Officers.
The sixth annnal meeting of the contribu
tors of the Allegheny General Hospital was
held yesterdaT afternoon. The following
board of directors were elected: F. 1C Bru
not, B. F. Woodburn, E. B. Mowry", James
L. Graham, John W. Chalfant, William G.
Park, Josiah Cohen, James McCutcheon, L.
Peterson, Jr., D. E. Park and S. B. Harbi
son. There was no opposition to this ticket.
The repojt of President B. F. Woodburn
showed, among other things, the admittance
during the year of 1,415 patients; 449 were
pay patients, and 1101 charity. The aver
age number of days that pay patients were
in the hospital was. 15, and charity 29J;
the cost per day of each patient was $101.
There were 94 deaths ' during the, entire
year.
Iron and Steel Ken Fail to Organize.
Theeheet iron and sheet steel manufact
urers of Pennsylvania and Western States
met yesterday at the Monongauela House
and made an effort to iorm rfu association
for their own protection. Thev failed to '.
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complete their organization, and will meet
again for the same purpose to-day. Among
those who attended the meeting yesterday
were W. C Cronemeyer, of the'McKees
port Tin Plate Works;".T. A. Sague, of the
Brittonlron and Steel Works, ot Cleveland,
O.; Senator N. E. Whittaker, of the Whit
taker Iron Works, of Wheeling; B. M.
Caldwell and AV. T. Graham, of Bridgeport,
O., and J. G. Battelle. of Piqua, O.
A rittsbnrger Honored.
Mr. George E. "Vickers, of the staff of the
Philadelphia PreM, has been appointed Gen
eral Agent for the World's Fair for Penn
sylvania. Mr. Vickers is a Pittsburger,and
in his early days was identified with the
press of this city. He has won recognition
in the Quaker City by honest, earnest effort,
and the appointment is gratifying to his
many friends here. Mr. Vickers has also
struck a easser on his Shaler township prop
erty, at Glenshaw. Dr. E. C Rosenzi, also
a former Pittsburger, who developed this
property, says the well is a roarer.
THE BOGIE MAN AGAIN
Hakes His Appearance Before Chief
-Justice L fc. 0. Eohe.
A SUNDAY PAPER SELLER SOCKED.
Xot an American Citizen at the McClnre
Headquarters.
FULL STOCK OP IMPORTED DETECT1YES
After a considerable period of inactivity,
superinduced by the expressions of resent
ful public opinion, the Bine Law agency
yesterday made a somewhat feeble attempt
to resume operations. It was supposed that
as test cases were already brought against
newsdealers, the B. L. A., or L. O. S., as it
prefers to designate itself, would have the
grace to wait until a decision could be had
from a conrt higher than that which is
peculiarly devoted to its business; but the
hunger for costs came on iu some quarter
and seven or eight newsdealers who looked
as if they might be able to contribute were
summoned to appear before Chief Justice
Eohe, ot the Thirteenth ward,the L. and O.
alderman. Mr. Kohe only, a few days ago
told the reporters how he despised this
business. Some influence, however, in
duced him to take another turn at it yester
day. The turn he took was to do strictly as
his patron's attorney, Mr. Yost, directed.
Cases Continned Indefinitely.
Thus, though the Law and Order acent-
was not ready with evidence against any
but one of the seven or eight newsdealers
who were summoned, the Alderman, in
place of dismissing the charges, postponed
them indefinitely. In the one case which
was heard, the aldermanic rulings were lu
dicrously strained topreserve as faraspossi
ble a close incognito for the interesting indi
vidual who appeared as prosecuting witness.
Enough was elicited, however.- to show that
this person who was so devoted to the Blue
Law enforcement and whose feelings were
so harrassed by the sale in his unsolicited
presence, of a family story paper, that he
felt obliged to sue the vender is not a citi
zen of the county: has lived here but three
weeks; and that the Law and Order attorney
and the 'Squire feel so delicate abouthis an
tecedent place of residence and environment
that they refused to permit either to be di
vulged on cross-examination.
Attornry Tost Acted as Dictator.
Joseph Beck, news agent at the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie depot, was charged by the
agent of the society with selling a paper on
Sunday. The other cases of the same nature
were to have been heard yesterday.but they
were postponed just because Lawyer Yost
said they should be.
The trial of Mr. Beek began promptly at
10 o'clock. Alderman Bohe came in from
carrving coal and doirg other chores about
his "Wylie avenue home. He did not wear
the dignity and bearing of the ordinary or
average judge, but he carried with him evi
dences of his recent struggle with a ccal
pile, and while he wiped his dusty hands
en his hair he called those about ' him to
order. The Alderman's court room, which
is not a large one, was well -filled
with reputable, disreputable, respectable
and nondescript, people. Attorneys J. D.
Brown and J. S. Lambie represented the
Union News Company. Representatives of
the newspapers were "there with their note
books; Lawyer Yost was there with his long
Law and Order training and his disposition
to run things to his own liking; and De
tective Thomas Flinn, the mysterious min
ion of the law, was present "Besides these,
were in attendance a room full of curious
spectators, two or three alleged detectors
and General Manager McCiure.
The Bogie Itpn in a Sew Form.
Thomas Flinn was the first and only wit
ness called. He looked -mysterious. He
wore a soft, dingy hat, a faded flannel shirt,
a rustv suit of well-worn clothes and a sub
stantial pair of rawhide boots.
When Mr. Flinn was called to a point
convenient to the alderman, Lawyer Yost
promptly identified him as a Law and Order
detective, and Flinn nodded assent. Then
the testimony was taken. The witness con
fessed that he was a detective; that lie was
employed by Mr. McCiure, and recognized
Mr. Beck as the gentleman from whom he
had bought a paper on Sunday, January
24.
On cross-examination by Mr. Lambie, the
witness said again that h'e was a detective;
that he had worked for Mr. McCiure for
three weeks and that he had lived in Alle
gheny county just three weeks. It was not
clear whether the witness supposed that this
evidence was conclusive to show that he was
thrifty and was successful in securing a job
the moment hearrived in Allegheny county,
but the spectators perceived that the effort
of Mr. Lambie was to snow mat x.aw ana
Order detectives are all imported.
Mr. Lambie asked the witness several
other questions to which Lawyer Yost ob
jected, all of which objections the Alder
man sustained.
"Where do vou live?" Mr. Lambie asked.
"At No. 1G Grant street."
"How lone have vou lived there?"
Mr. Yost objected, and the objection was
sustained,
"You sav vou live at No. 16 Grant
street?" the attorney suggested
Yes," the witness answered.
Flinn Doe Not HnTe a Borne.
A number of other questions were asked,
objected to and the objections were sus
tained. The Alderman then threw hfmself
back into hie chair, attempted to look wise,
and then said that the case had been made
out against Beck, and that he would fine
the defendant $25 and costs of prosecu
tion. Even before the Alderman had announced
his disposition of the case the mysterious
witness in the case had disappeared.
"Where did Flinn go?" was asked Mr.
McCiure.
"He went home I guess," theL. and O.
leader answered.
"Where is his home?" was asked.
"At No. 16 Grant street," Mr. McCiure
answered.
Altht 20 minutes later a reporter called
to see Detective Flinn at No. 16 Grant
street. Mr. Flinn was not at that number.
When inquiry was made for Mr. Flinn the
gentleman incharge of the place said, "This
building is occupied by C. A. Balpb, the
building contractor. We have the entire
building and no such a man as Flinn lives
in or about the building. Inquiries at ot'ier
buildings developed the fact that Flinn did
not live in the neighborhood. Under the
old system of numbering Grant street the
building then numbered 16 is now a
Chiueseaundry and is occupied exclusively
by Chinamen.
An hour later a reporter called at the L.
and O. room in the Excelsior building. "Is
Mr. McCiure in?" was asked.
t(TA .pot. hA nnen-af 1
No," was the answer from a rather
choppy-looking man who stood in the half
opened door.
"Who rei.resents him?" was asked.
"I da What do you want?"
. Not an .American Citizen There.
"I want to know if there is a voter in
this room?"
"I believe not," was his answer. I
"Is there an American citizen here?V
"What flo yon mean? I vguess nocA' he
went 011. S
"Is there any one who has the rightsi of
an American citizen?" was asked.
"What do jou mean?" he asked inretii
with some siiow ot inaignation. ,
"Jnst what l say,' tne reporter fan
swered.
"Well l guess not,-tne iaw and order
authority answered.
'What do you want," the Law and Order
man asked.
"I wanted the information I havegot-
ten, tne reporter answered.
Mr. Flinn testified that he was a detec
tive. The reporter visited the delectlve
the prrrsBURG dispatch,' '
1 sraffi J; Mr Murph,y
1 "Do vou know a detective nainedFlinn?"
was asked Mr. Murphy.
"No, sir. Never heard of him," the
gentleman replied.
"Do vou know a detective named Thomas
Flinn?" was asked Assistant Superintend
ent ot Police Koger O'Mara.
"Never heard of Thomas Flinn as a de
tective," was Mr. O'Mara's prompt reply.
It is evident that Thomas Flinn's testi
mony in regard to his occupation and resi
dence will not stand the test of investiga
tion. At Oakdale Samuel Newton was hauled
up before 'Squire J. McB. EoN by Agent
McCiure vesterday afternoon and fined 525
and costs "for selling Sunday papers. His
case will be appealed.
ON SCHEDULE TIME.
The Manchester Cars Run Regularly
One Shot Fired at a Condnctor on Lo
cust Street Woods Ban Unusually
Qaiet, and Things Assuming Good Shape.
Every car on the Manchester line ran on
schedule time yesterday. Last night, for
the first 'time since -the Btrike, the Woods
Bun cars did business without molestation.
The only incident, which characterized vio
lence occurred at 10:30 on Western avenue,
car No.-7. Just as it was passing Locust
street going down Allegheny avenne, some
man fird a revolver at Conductor Geiger,
who was standing on the rear platform.
The bullet crashed through the center of
the door and lodged in the front of the car.
It was reported throjgh the condnctor, that
some little stone throwing was Indulged in
by bovs down at Woods Bun, hut no serious
trouble occurred.
The women and children sympathizers in
the troublous districts were not so loud in
their talk yesterday and last night
The cold" weather had a great effect in
keeping crowds off the streets. The saloons
were all closed after 6 o'clock. The police
and patrolmen have orders to arrest all
loiterers and to disperse crowds, also to look
up tramps lying about gas houses and mills.
Mike Shonahan, who with a crowd of
men attacked Officer Clarence Hutchinson
on Saturday night at McCiure and Preble
avenues, was arrested last night by De
tectives Zimmerman and Johnston. He is
locked up in the Allegheny police station,
to answer the charge of mayhem. He was
identified as being the man who was on top
of the officer, and Dit the fleshy portion of
the officer's nose off The Troy Hill dis
trict is as quiet as a church, and
the extra detail of officers will be
called off by the Chief this morning.
At 12 o'clock last night everything was re
ported quiet from the car barn in Manches
ter. Chief Murphy seems to think matters
will be settled without further trouble.
George App, one of the strikers, who was
charged with riot, had a hearing .before
Alderman Gripp. The case was continued'
for one week, when spme other men will be
brought up to answer the same charge.
The hearing of A. J. Mitchell, eharged
with riot by Manager Greenwood, will take
place at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
P3EFER TO TBAVEL ALONE.
The ErirJcJayf rs Do 'ot Care to Affiliate
With Other Trade Unions.
George Speed, one of the delegates sent
from Pittsburg to attend the twenty-sixth
national convention of bricklayers, held at
Indianapolis last week, returned home yes-
terdav. He says their delegates voted
against the affiliation with the Federation
of Labor, as the bricklayers might become
involved in needless difficulties should they
join forces. He thought it would be wiser
for each traac to remain separate ana apart.
Mr. Speed -speaks in laudatory terms of
Governor Chase and Mayor Sullivan of
Indianapolis for their efforts in entertain
ing and making everything enjoyable lor
the delegates.
The local bricklayers' strike, which is
now on, received the indorsement of the
convention, the "sinceritv of which move
was demonstrated by a hasty subscription
beins: raised for its benefit of $2,000. The
next convention will be held in Baltimore
on the first M6ndav of January, 1893. At
the recent Indianapolis gathering John
Hertz, Denver, Col., was elected President;
Nicholas Dugan, Indianapolis, Vice Presi
dent; Thomas O'Day, ot Cohoes, N. Y.,
General Secretary, and Patrick Murray, of
Albany, Treasurer.
The Iron Business Improving.
J. C. Culbertson, Secretary of the Eiver
side Iron and Tube Works at Wheeling,
was in Pittsburg yesterday. He says the
iron business is picking up and prospects
are better than they have been for a year
past. In his opinion a little war with
Chile would tendonly to improve all kinds
of business, especially the iron business iu
America. Mr. Culbertson says active oper
ations have begun on the proposed rail
road from Wheeling to Connellsville. The
new road, he says, will be of great service
to the manufacturers of Wheeling.
TUESDAY'S IN JUEED 0HE8.
Four Accidents Reported Yesterday, hat
None ofn Serioas Tiatnre.
Two men were injured by being run over
yesterday and a small child narrowly es
caped being burned to death. The list fol
lows: Speer James P. Spcer, the wcll-kirown
brick manufacturer, In attempting to board
a Wvllo avenue caryestcrday fell and tho
car p-issed over his arm and it is feared that
amputation may be necessary. He was re
moved to his home on Olive street.
Bowman John Bowman, a car repairer in
the Pennsylvania yards, was rundown yes
terday while repairing a car. His lelt arm
was so badly crushed that it had to bo am
putated. Bichardsos John Richardson, in crossing
tho Chartiers street bridce slipped on tho
ice and struck his head on ono of the girders,
inflicting a very severe scalp wound. He
was removed to tho Allegheny General Hos
pital. Isaacs Tho 5-year-old son of J. E. Isaacs,
the Smlthfield street jeweler, was burped at
Ills home, No. 78 Sheffield ntreet, Allegheny,
last evening by his clothes catching: lira
from aerate. The flames weie-extinguished
before the little fellow was seriously burned.
An Unprovoked Assault.
Two horses attached to one of Charles
Sproul & Co. 's carriages ran off yesterday
at Penn avenue and Thirty-sixth street
The driver and a companion were thrown
off. Dr. Gaerther saw the affair and ran to
the men's assistance, thinking they might
be hurt. He scarcely had time to ask, a
question when the driver caught him by
the throat, almost strangling him, and then
threw him to the ground. Then the men
jumped on the horses aud started off at a
gallop. Before the doctor could find a
policeman they had disappeared. The
name of the driver conld not be learned,
but the doctor made information before
Alderman Kerr, charging him with aggra
vated assault and battery.
IN looking for security get the best. It
costs no more and pays.. Boxes rented at
?5 and upward per year, in the fire and
burglar proof safe deposit vaults. German
National Bank, Wood street and Sixth
avenue. wsu
THE ALLEGHENY BRANCH OFFICE
OF THE DISPATCH AT
107 FEDERAL ST.
Is open every day except Sunday until 9 P.
XI. Advertisements will be received up to
(hat hour for Insertion the next morning at
recalar rates.
ttepnesday, January
A TRIFLE TOO HIGH.
An East End Man Complains of an
Advance of Over 300 Per Cent
PLAIN TALK BY THE APELLANTS.
Claims That Values ITave T5een Based Upon
a Few Fancy Sales.
TWO OP THE BOARD OP ASSESSORS SICK
The crowd at the City Assessor's office
yesterday was not as large as it has been for
a' week past, probably owing to' the cold
weather, and fewer appeals were filed.
Not over 300 were presented, and they were
mainly from the Seventeenth ward. The
Twentieth and Twenty-first wards contrib
uted a large number, although their time
for filing closed on Monday. 'Yesterday
was the last regular day for the Thirteenth
and Thirty-second wards, but only a few
appeals came in. The work of revision by
the board goes on slowly. Assessor Hoerr
'has been off duty, on account of sickriess for
two weeks, and yesterday Assessor Larkin
was confined to his bed with a hemorrhage,
which may lay him up for some time. Chief
Assessor Case, the other member of the
board, concluded the revision of the Twenty-ninth
and Thirtieth wards yesterday and
will begin on the Thirty-second to-day.
The County Assessor's book for the Third
(ward is expected in to-day, and assessment
notices will be sent out at once.
Among yesterday's appeals was an inter
esting letter from W. J. Weixel, of the
Twentieth ward. His property, 263x220
feet, at Fifth avenue and Murdoch street,
has been valued at 533,500. He says that it
being 1 acres the tract should be assessed
as "rural" property, and continues:
An Increase of Over 300 I'er Cent.
Last year the valuation was $10,330, and an
advnnco of over COO per cent Is unjust. In
the lace of such assessments if this and all
similar acreage property in the East End
was placed on the market at public salo it
would not bring 25 cents on the dollar of as
sessment. It could not De sold at all: pur
chasers could not bo found forlt. The very
intimation of excessive taxation has al
ready put a stop to dealings In ncrease
property in the East End, and unless assess
ments are restored to sometninR like the
figures of last year the result will bo dis
astrous to all owners of such property.
Some idea can be formed of what property
would bring at bona flde public salo in tho
heart or the business part of the city, but
none as Xo what rural pronerty will brinj at
such sale. "In the one case there nro more
buyers than property, aivl in tho other moie
property than, bin er-f. In view of tho fore
going statement iVculd ask, in Ju3tice, that
tho assessment on my property be reduced
as I have indicated.
From the Fourth ward S. S. Marvin ap
peals from an ascssment or $20,400 on 21x112
leet at Tenii avenuo and Evans alley, hi3
valuation being $18 000. Allen Kirkpatriclc
& Co., assessed $50,094 on 267x110 feet on Lib
erty street, state the fhiure is too high, and
is rated according to recent sales at fancy
prices, which they consider nuiair. They
make no estimate, but ask a reduction.
Only a few appeals came In from the Thir
teenth ward, although it was tho last rozular
day for fllinir, and tho Azures of oh ners and
assessors diffeiedbut little.
Rachel Patrick, of tho Eleventh ward, as
sessed $16,200 on b0x243 feet on Center ave
nue, asks a cut to $12,000, and Mrs. W. G.
Dunseatli a'.Vo a cut Irom $2 310 to $1,200 on
27i60 feet at Wylie and Perry streets.
Some Bavy Kicking; From the Bill.
Eighth Ward Samuel Scott, 192 Webster
avenue, 30x60 feet, is assessed at $4,050, lib
flsure being $2,100. John Glockner, 33x43
feet, Fulton and Wylie avenue, assescd
$5,040; appeal, $3,000. J. ,D. Fackiner lioirg,
40x70 feet, Fulton street, $5,400: appeal, $1,000.
Ann Mullen, 20vlS0 feet, Clark street, $2 00;
appeal, $S00. Ernest Aring, 48x46 feet, Ful
ton and Webster avenue, $7,716; appeal,
$2,800. James F. Moore, 40x100 Teet, Center
nvenue, $1,200; appeal. $3 600. William Mct
palf, 96x147, Cliff and Fulpn streets, $11,804;
appeal, $4,8C0. D. A. Bergman, 5x90 left,
Filth aveunc near Pndo street, 46.875; up
vcal. $6,000. G. Laser, 29x133 Crawford stieet,
$2,175; appeal. $1 JOO. T. Callahan, 25x123,
Fulton street; $3,125; anpe.il. $2 200. James
IH1I, 40x96, Centr avenue, near Crawford,
$5 200; appeal, $4,000; also, 13x10, $1,170; appeal.
$910. 11. Me vei holler, COxllS, Vine stieet,
$3 COO: appeal" $2,400. T. B. Cook. 20x100 leet,
Bedtordiiveaue, 2.00; appeal, 2,300.
From A. Loin: and J. M. Biown.-on, execu
tors of J. H. "Shoenliergcr estate, tho j
following statement was leceivea in rela
tion to tho valuation ot li acres on Butler,
between Forty-sixth and Forty-seveuth
streets: "Having received transcript of as
sessment on 7J acres belonging to estate of
J. II. Shoenbeiuer, which shows an increase
iu valuation fiom $137,038 to $lt0,313, or about
$0,000 an acre, wo desiio to place on leeord
anearnestpiotcst against this increase and
hope on reconsideration of the matter you
will see the-injustice of tho Increase, as no
change in the general prosperity of the
city has occurred since last as-iossnjent to in
crease the value of unimproved propertv,"
iViIHam Ward ofl'ors to sell at $l,2oO a 22x
100 foot lot on Forty-second strep:, which
the board asteirtl a; $2,100. and a 33.50 foot
lot at Butler and Fi-'k itieets, assessed at
$7,493; his valuation i-i:C.iS5.
Uiinrles Travelli asks for n valuation of S50
per fiont foot on l&SxlOJ feet at Si.ennan
and Forty-fourth streets, which is a-.ses--.ed
$6,210. On 260x100 Irot on Bruce street, near
Forty-second, $16,2S5; his valuatiou, $12,003.
Based Upon a Few Fancy Sales.
John Kunnette, on a 50x150 foot lot on But
ler near Fourty-fourth street, is assessed at
$12,500. His valuation is $10,000. He also ap
peals from a $1G.!3 valuation on -72x150 feet
St Butler and Forty-second streets. His fla
res are $13,500, and he says: ' Ono assessor's
figures are based on the recent sale of an ad
joining propeity, but it is not a normal
price, because tho purchasers had to'havo
a business location, and were willing to
pavit,"
The Metropolitan National Bank accept
the assessment of $3,116 on its 24x160 leet at
Butler and Forty-third streets, but ask a cut
irom $13,500 to $10,000 on bnildinir.
Cluistmn Sieberr, assessed $6,510 on 105x100
feet on Hatfield, near Forty-seventh street,
anneals to have it made $5,000.
P. W. Siebert asks a cut on 100x95 at Forty
second and Siebert streets, which he bought
for $2,250 n year ago.
Frank Bructgeman wants a reduction from
$6,000 to $4,5C0 on 00x96 feet on 1'enn avenue,
near Fisk street.
Martiubhau:hncsynsks a cut from $7,400 to
$6,000 on two SOxlCO foot lots on Calvin street,
with buildings thereon.
Other appeals irom the Seventeenth ward
include the lolloping: T. G. Williams, 72z
100 loet. Madison near Thirty-tlilrd streat,
assessed at $2,830: appeal, $1,200. Jacob
Sel"), 20x(i fet, Penn avenue nenr Fisk
btieet. assessed, $2,000; appeal, $1,500. Her
man Keller. ."GxlGO foot, Forty-iourth street,
assessed, $2,700; appeal, $2,0U0. Elizabeth
Scfcater, 42xliJ leet, Forty-thitd street, as
sessed, J4 6S0; appeal, ?4,0U0. J. M.Haslett,
20x100 loet, Foity-fourth stioet. $1,500; ap
peal, $r. W. A. hcliillmg, 20xlOJ, Butlar
street, $i,0C0; appeal, $3,390.
Cnlvln Wells iflles an Objection.
George Fox, 100x130 feet.Forty-thtrd street,
$11,000; appeal, $8,300. P. W. Seibert, '28x95,
Main anil Seibert streets, $1,827; appeal, $1,400
and 75x100, Seibert and Forty-second
streets, $3,120: appeal, $2,500. Calvin Wells,
150x100 feet. Forty-fourth and Wells streets,
$7,800; appeal, $4,800: also, 10x100, Fortv
second street, 4,94(; avpeal, $3,200;
also, 145x100, AVells street, $6,793;
appeal, $3,723. Uev. J. A. Miller, 60x100 feet,
Butler, near Forty-sixth street, $13,632; ap
peal. $10,700. Joseph Knapp, 4ixl30, Forty
third street, $4,620; appeal, $3,570. Emma
Buvlnger, 22x100 feet, Butler, near Fortv
fourth streets, $5,117; appeal, $4,000. Dr. H.
II. Clark, 123x100 leet, Butler and Fortv
fourth streets, $21,699; appeal, $17,000. J. W.
Wainwright, 78x158 feet, Forty-third street,
$8,580; appeal, $6,240.
The Mechanics' Hall Association of Pitts
bunr appeals from an assessment of $34,000
on 85x200 feet on Penn avenue, near Broad
street. Its valuation is $25 625.
A. G. Borland,assessed $10,230 on 90x175 feet
at Westminster and Lilac street, sayn: "I
object on account of our assessment being
much higher than other property in the
neighborhood by about one-third. Assess
ment ought not to be more than $6,000."
S. S. Mirvin, assessed at $230 37 per front
foot on' 115x400 feet on Amberson avenne,
and $160 per toot on 60x100 feet on Penn ave
nue near St. Clair street,' makes no appeal,
but asks for a cut from $12,476 to $12,000 on
125x200 of Matilda B. Mnrvins, on Amberson
avenue.
W. T. Wallace, assessed at $34,863 on "Ji
acres on Cypress street and Winebiddle ave
nue, asks a cut to $18,500.
Among other appellants in the Twen
tieth ward were J. B. Eyth, 180x100, Belle
fonte and Ellsworth avenne, (3,720; appeal,
27. isoa
$2,100: also 180x125. feet. Filbert and Ells
worth, $3,720; nppeal, $2,200. John Lang, 48r
120 feet, Dennlston near Marcnand street.
$3,360; appeal, $2,850. O. McCIIntock, 208x112
feet, St. Clair street near Friendship ave
nue, $12,555; appeal, $7,250. Barbara Houck,
lot 40x200 and one 30x100 on Fenn avenue,
$12,800; appeal, $6",800. F. D. Stonerod, 40x100,
Woodworth strfet, $2,000; appeal, $1,440.
Alex. Bonlton, 93x120 feet, Roup and Ells
worth avenue, $10,310; appeal, $3,000. Henry
Banm, 1 acres, I'.onp and Baum streets,
$35,938; appeal, $15,000; also 0.58 acres Bobecca
street. $14,000; appeal, $6,000. Mrs. G.
A. Macbeth, 63x400 feet. Amberson
avenue, $14,850; appeal. $2,350. Lydia
Xolind, 50x245 feet, 'Libertv ' avenue,
$5,250; appeal, $4,000. George W. Schmidt,
59 lots averaging 23x100 feet, at Shadyside,
on Centerand Ellsworth avenues, assessed,
including buildings, $72,152: appeal $44,600.
Amos Gable, Z acres, Ellsworth avenue be
tween Kevllle and Bidwell streets, $116,250;
aopeal, $41,000. A. A. Fnlner. 100x100 feet,
Hennon street, $5,150, appeal, $3,500.
"William Glow lJobs Up Once Mors.
The LotnsClnb, Twenty-sixth ward, as
sessed $0,840 on lot 24x120, on Carson street
near Nineteenth stieet, $6,200 on building,
ask for a cut to $6,720 on lot and $4,400 on
building.
Twenty-first ward Mrs. M. E. McCIIntock,
assessed at $9,289 on 63x290 feet.Penn avenue,
near Linden, appeals for a cut to $6,851.
William Glew bobs up as an appellant on-38
x45-foot lot on Dallas avenne valued at$54S.
His appeal says: "I paid $450 for this lot twu
months ago."
J. K. Cass, assessed $46,000 on house and
acres on Penn, near Larimer fcvenue, says:
'I nave offeied to sell-for some time at
$35 000, but could only get a $30,000 offer."
S. D. Nelson asks a cut from $5,000 to $3,000
on two acres on Lemington avenue. Maggie
Kable wants a reduction from $27,750 to
$19,000 on 18 acres on Lincoln avenuo. Mrs.
L. W. Nelson, 50xl20JJ feet Larimer and
Shetland avennes. assessed. $3,810; appeal,
$2 500. Elizabeth Baird, IV acres. Franks
town avenue, $21,020; appeal, $12,700. S.D.
Nelson, 6 acres, Leamington and Nelson
streets', $14,450; appeal, $8,625; also two acres
near Lincoln avenue, $6,000; nppeal, $3,000.
Edwin Bardslev, 100x100 leet. Finance street,
$2 001; appeal, $1,6.'0. Joseph S. Brown, 92x
2!0 fcof, Lincoln avenuo and Meadow street,
$13 929; apneal, $9,200. George Alexander, six
lots 23x120 feet each, Murtland and Idlewild
streets, $4,259; appeal, $3,0C0. George Miller,
40x120 feet, Frankstown avenne, $3,479; ap
peal, $2,500. T. H. Given, 91 lots, averaging
about 50x135 feet, at Homewooa, assessed
$95,763; appeal, $78,000.
In the Twenty-third ward but few were
filed. M. L. Jenkins, assessed $ll,735on three
lots on Hazel wood avenue, Lowry and Blair
streets, part of the Mould estate, in his ap
peal states that he purchased tho -property
in September last for $9,500. F. C. Biggert,
95x165 feet, Hazelwood and Sylvan nvennes,
$6,093: nppeal, $4,750.
FEW CHANGES ARE 'ASKED.
TheConnty Board Not Encountering Many
Difficulties One Assessor Taught a
Very Severs Lesson Figures liaised 40
Per Cent In Some Places.
The County Commissioners are convinced
that their plan of revision will work a con
siderable improvement this year. It forces
some assessors and objectors to shed light
on other cases than their own. Some as
sessors' reasoning faculties seem to be
queerly constructed. A lady from a town
ship iu which.petroleum is found in large
quantities, objected to her assessment, or
rather to her neighbor's. She said that ?32
an acre was not a large valuation for her
farm, that, in fact, she would not sell
it at that price, but she
insisted that an adjoining neighbor's farm
was worth more than hers and was assessed
at but ?33anacrc. The assessor was called
ddwu by the Commissioners, and he ex
plained that he bad been guided in fixing
valuations by the agricultural value of land,
notwithstanding the precept issued to him
and others explaining that whatever added
to the market value of land was to be cal
culated in arriving at its saleable valne.
This assessor explained that the land of the
woman making the complaint was un
obstructed by oil derricks, pipes, etc.,
and consequently more valuable, agricult
urally, than her neighbor's on which there
were 33 oil wells and a perfect network of
pipes! That assessor went away, it is sup
posed, with a new idea fumbling about his
cranium. Here was property which had
probably been injured by oil development
assessed 40 per cent higher than adjoining
land which was yielding a royal income to
its owner without necessitating any further
exertion than an occasional visit to the pipe
line office for dividends.
In Edgewood borough the assessors had
made an increase of 84 percent over the
last assessment, and the Board of Revision
added another 40 per cent to theassessors'
figures, making a total increase of 124 per
cent. In Beltzhoover borough the assess
ors had made a raise of 84 per cent and
the Board of Kevision added 20 per cent
more, a total increase of 104 per cent. In
Bmshton the assessors raised 56 per cent,
and the board raised it 40 per cent more, a
total of 9(5 per cent. In the First ward,
Millvale, the assessors made an increase of
4 per cent, in the Second ward no increase,
and in the Third ward 32 per cent. The
board added 30 per cent to all the wards.
In all thesediitrictii.'jt is stated, the as-sc-sment
is still under the actual value ot
the property. Tcwlay appeals will be heard
irom Chartiers, Mansfield and Oakmont
boroughs.
Another Blow at Schenley Park.
The Taxpayers' Association of the
Twenty-ninth ward held a meeting in the
Bedford schoolhouse last evening. Speeches
were made by Messrs. Hamnett, Walls and
B'jinhauer, and resolutions were adopted
instructing the Councilmen to vote tor an
auditing committee and not to vote for
more than foO.OOO for Schenley Park, aud
also requesting Mayor Gourley not to sign
any ordinance providing for an increase in
salary of any officer or office.
Impure Water.
The water now supplied in Pittsburg and
Allegheny is full of impurities and sedi
ment. Such watr cannot but be unhealthy
as well as unfit for drinking or other house
hold purposes. We will guarantee to re
move these impurities and iurnish a supply
of clear, pure water at all times by the use
of our "Davis Filter." Send for catalogue
and price list.
Pittsburg Filter Compant,
30 Sandusky street, Ajlegheny, Pa.
Del Sarte Receptions.
' Tickets for Madame Geraldy-Del Sarte
receptions on Thursday and Saturday at the
'residence of Mrs. Colonel Schoonmaker can
be had at:
Klebers' Music Store,
COO Wood street, city.
From
Miss S. A. Killtkelly.
308 South Highland avenue, East End.
And from
Ejtop. Henri Hollin Parker,
511 Penn avenue, city.
A Valnable Penn Avenne Property
Is offered for sale, by order of the Orphans'
Court. A full description appeal on
third page of to-day's Dispatch, and will
be found of especial interest from its ex
cellent location. James P. Quinn is ad
ministrator and trustee.
jal6,22,23,24,26,27,28
For honesty, liberality of contract and
conservative management, the Home Life
Insurance Company of New York stands
foremost in the ranks of life insurance com
panies. Write for rates of the cheapest and
most liberal policy issued, to H. B. Moeser,
manager, room 18. 95 Fifth avenne.
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Wo are ngent3 for this celebrated make ot
goods and carry a complete line of their Tea
and Tableware and Spoons and Forks.
The product of all noted makers will be
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Silver Is now very moderate In price de
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Superintendent Wilcox Solves the
Mystery of Oily Water.
CAUSED BY DEPOSITS ON BAKES.
lTe Eecommenda a Wins Dam at the Head
of Six-Mile Island.
BIGE!,0W WAHTS-ANOTHER EESERYOIR
Superintendent Wilcox, of the Bureau of
Water Supply, who has been making an in
vestigation to learn the source of the oil
which recently rendered the water supply
of the city unfit for use, made his report to
Chief Bigelow yesterday. It covers eight
pages of typewritten matter, and gives the
details of Superintendent Wilcox's opera
tions in a trip to Oil Cify along the Alle
gheny river. He made the trip from Par
kers to Oil City, a distance of 50 miles, in a
skiff. All along the river, from the Bril
liant pumping station to Oil City, he found
oil floating on the surface of the water.
Between Oil City and Parkers, he states,
tho river runs througli 30 oil producins
pools, all draining directly into the river or
its small tributaries, while above Oil City
there are several other poola which tho river
receives drainage from. In sight of the
river I counted over 300 oil derricks. At all
oil wells more or less oil and refuse wastes
from tho wells and tanks and finds its way
to the river, tno heavy rains in spring and
fall carrying off the accumulations of the
dry or cold weather. Where the wells were
close to the river I noticed considerable oil
on the surface of the water and that the
banks had a heavy costing of oil and B. S.
(refuse from the wells). This was notice
able even at a high stage of water.
Fael OH Escaping Into tho "Water.
From Oil City to Brilliant there are 13 oil
refineries near the river, and a number of
others above Oil City which discharge more
or less oil and refuse. As to the pipe lines I
saw a large number laid along the river
banks, varying in size from one to eight
Inches, pnt I noticed little leakage from
them except In the river jnss opposite the
Bear Creek Refinery a small qnantlty of oil
comes to the surface over the National
Transit Company's fael oil line.
From the sonrcesnamed oil wells, refiner
ies and pipe lines a large aggregate of oil
and refuse pets into the river and during a
low stage of water this stuff collects along
the banks of the river on logs, rocks ana
bushes. Between Parker and Oil City oil
could bo Bcrancd off the stones lying three
or four feet under water. When a rise comes
the current carries this deposit or oil and
reinse on, in quantities at nrsc, anil men
jrradnally the action of the water divides the
deposit up into fine particles, mixed with or
held in suspension in the water. That
all of the oil does not flo.it on the
surface is shown by the fact that 1 have
taken samples of witer over our water
works crib at a depth of nine feet and the
microscope revealed particles of oil in it.
On allotting it to stand a few days the oil
nccutniilntcd on tho surface of tho water.
In passing down the river I found tho smell
of oil very perceptible in places where
there wcra eddies or where the current was
not twift.
Keferring to the Bear Creek Kefinery and
the salt works at Xntrnna, Mr. Wilcox says
they are careful about the refuse and a trifling
quantity of it gets to the river from either
place, though he recommends that the Bear
Creek Kefinery. be absolutely prohibited
from throwing any refuse into the river
until it has been settled in a tank and passed
through a filter. He says the only way to
totally ab'ite oil pollution is to stop throw
ing oil and its refuse products into the
river, but as the city has only jurisdiction
five miles above the water works, legislation
would benecessarjr. The same act might be
applied to pollution by sewerage, but Mr.
Wilcox does not think the population on
the river above large enough to warrant it.
Caused by Deposits of OIL
He concludes that the oily taste and
smell of the water is caused by the
deposit of oil along the river
banks in low water being carried down dur
ing the regular spring and fall freshets, and
then pumped to the reservoirs. The
trouble, he says, onlv ocenrs in the spring
and fall season, and. all the towns along
the river complain of it as much as Pitts
burg. The river last summer, he says,
reached a lower stage than for five years,
and there was a greater accumulation of the
deposit along the river, to be washed down,
and this caused the unusual amount of it in
the water recently.
Mr. Wilcox recommended the erection of
a wing dam at the head of Six-mile Island to
produce deeper water and a swifter current
over the crib from which the city's water
supply is jumped.
Chief Bigelow in commenting on the re
port, said: "In addition to the wing dam
Mr. Wilcox suggests we must have addi
tional reservoir "capacity so that when the
water is full of oil we can stop pumping
and allow the water in the reservoirs to
settle. I 'don't think the oil does any
harm but it is unpleasant. The wing dam
is needed because the Government dam on
the river opposite our works produces an
eddy on this side over our crib and we thus
get more oil than we otherwise should."
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42-inch fine French Camel's Hair
Plaids, choice line of colors, former
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40-inch fine French Serge PJaids
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BE CLOSED
OUT
AT 50c A YARD.
iAt.75e
- A Yard..
44-inch fine Imported Striped
Camel's Hair Suitings, former price
2.50 a yard.
42-inch fine Camel's Hair Novelty
Plaids, with Angora Tufted Spots, .
former price 2.25 a yard.
42-inch fine Imported Tufted Spot
Cheviots, former price J2.50 a yard.
42-inch 'Gray and Black Camel's
Hair Plaids, former price 1.75 a
yard.
42-inch Cheviot Plaids, were 1.50. .
44-inch Cheviot Stripes, were $ r. 75.
42-inch Cheveron Camel's Hair,
were $ 2.
42-inch Silk Mixed Plaids, were
$1.65.
50-inch Cheviot Suitings, were
$i-5-
4S-inch Scotch Plaids, were $2.
42-inch Novelty French Plaids,
were $i-5-
ALL THE ABOVE GO
TO-DAY
AT 75c A YARD.
Dozens of other bargains at $1
and $1.25 a yard, reduced from $2,
$2.50, $3 and 3.50.
Don't forget, this is to be the big
gest Dress Goods Sale ever held in
our stores. YOU NEVER SAW
SUCH BARGAINS BEFORE.
JOS. H0RNE & CO.,';
607421 PENN AYE.
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