THE PITTSBURG ' DISPATCH, EME&Y, JANUARY '- 29. " ,1892.'i 4 rounds of applause. It read: "I would give all that space that lies between us, provided the owners were willing, to be with you to-night," from George If. "Welshons, who is in California at the meet ing of the International League of Press Clubs. Work of Hie Newspaper Artists. Adjutant Charles Reese next made a clever response to tne toast. "Art in Jour nalism." He first detailed the danger of one having his picture in a newspaper, and then said: Before newspapeis were published tlin roan who was especially designed by Provi dence as a newspaper artist contented him self by bcratchlnt; pictures cm stone, the fame tbat have puzzled the generations tint have followed. Had newspapers been pub lished in tlioe days, the artist would have l"ad his etchings on stone stereotyped, and tbe editor w ould have labeled it. "A Pictorial Jleview of the Week's Doinjrs" or "The Pro posed Carney ie Library in Schenlcy Park." Mr. Ucese then gave a detailed description of the chalk plate system and its horrors. In speaking of its advantages he said: The value of the process is this: Should n paper receive "a report of an earthquake in tome remote corner or tuegloDont iociocic i in the morning, the artist could scratch ThecwjpaperorTo-Dajr. some scenes or destruction on a plate, thus Colonel A. K. McClure, of Philadelphia fl!fSLpt?Jitl,iJjs4,0t ls"er-i w t l' responded to "Old-Time News the edition that jxoes to press at 2usj. jlo .' ,., . ... sketch or photo-irapu would tako uracil paper, but was unableto be present on nc- lonirer. and should the carthonake nrovo to be a cvclone or onlv a murder and suicide, the same plate will answer equally as well Jora general view of the lanascape or cor oner's jury, or may be kept in stock and inn as a cartoon of "Chile Apologizing to Uncle jam." In closing he spoke of the dang. '! artUt endured with the reporters. ( n tiing, he said: Take the History of our own State. "Wherever the reporter has had dangers to encounter or privations to endure, whether at the mines of Mammoth or Dunbar, or among tho Huns at Moreu ood or Jit. Plcas .ant, or at Johnstown on the drift by 'day, or the brick kiln at night, w halcvcr the call of dutv, it was shared by the newspaper artist. When engraving, stereotyping, press) paper and ink shall reach the millen nium of newspaper work, when the printed picture shall resemble in some laint decree the one the artist drew, then will the artist consider that he has not lived in vain and will consent toa slight division of the lionqrs SK-ith his more fortunate brother tho re porter. rittsbnrg's Place In the 'atlon. Hon. John Dalzell was introduced. His toast was "Pittsburg's Place in the Nation." After the applause had subsided he first talked of the early history. He said: There never has been a time bince civiliza tion uulurled its banner In this Western world w hen Pittsburg was not a place of commanding importance. Tno genius of Trance enlisted in the conquest -of a con tinent here planted Fort Duquesne, and around its historj clusters, in large part, the bloody story or Latin and .bason struggle for the lordship of the Missis Fippi Vallev. At a time only a little later. Fort rut was w orthy successor in im portance to Port Duquesne, In our colonial Mruggle for independence; and there is no rpotinallthe universe whore thesavmgvii iues that glorify humanity found more fre incut esercise, in the pioneer courage and daring of the men and lofty heroism ot ilin women, who, amid savage forests and still more savage men, blazed the path from bar barism to Christian light, than at the junc tion of these two rivers, now tliopsaceiul carriers of our commerce to the sea. rittsburg's primary relation to the nation is tLat of a great manufacturing cily and Euch it must continue to be. Wealth in manufacture dcn.nnu two things: Facility of supply and of dstnbntion raw material, in other word ,and tmn-por-tation. I use the term rew material, of coarse, in its ordinary acceptation, not in tending to discount the value of human labor. With respect to both, rittsburg's, advant ages are great, and yet they might be greater. That, such as they are, they have been made the most ot is apparent from results. What the Great Iron City Produces. Wc make one-fifth of the iron ana steel of the United States. We make one-half of tho entire product of table glassware. A single firm has tho capacity to make 10,000,000 of square feet per annum of plate glass, and plate glass manufacture is et with us an mtant industry. Wc have the largest cork "factory in the -oild. We send out on r-n average every year 100,000,000 bushels of coal, or 4,000,003 tons. . According to fieurcs made some years ago, Pittsburg's locaf railroad tonnage leaches in a sii'gle year the colossal aggregate of IS.030,000 tons. According to the census or 6W the railroads centering, or in part trib- tary to Pittsburg, moved in tho year pro feeding 74,500,000 tons. """TJie same authority gives the total annual tonnage of the Ohio, Monongahela and Alle gheny rivers as 11,500.000 tons; tin gross earnings $5,500,000, and the me: employed al most 6,000. Xo other city large or small on this con tinent or any other, can make such a show ing as this. The inero enumeration of tho products ofour industry will hardly convoy aiiv idea or their variety. It is nece.-sarv to Mop and think of the multitudinous forms assumed in our various nianuiactures. We make steel small as a needle, pliant as a Damascus blade and ponderous as the armor that protects the cruiser that carries our flag and defends our national honor. Indorsed the Erie CanaL Considerfora moment the raw materials of all these manufactures the coal, coke, limestone, sand, and a hundred things not now to be mentioned and that these lrtvo to be conveyed here from the place of their production; consider that the manufactured product has to be carried to market, and 3 ou w ill appreciate the lact that Pittsburg's greatness In the present ai.d Pitts burg's destiny in the future is to a very large extent a question of trans portation facilities. It would matter little that we have here courageous capital, business tact and energy, machin ery that testifies to the triumphs of ingen uity, brawn and muscle, labor in abundance, if we had not the fuel and the oresatrea Fonable cost; and it would matter little that our storehouses were filled with finished products if the cost of carriage to market should put them beyond the leach of tho buvcr. JIanufacturing supremacy means, cheap freights from the mine to the furnace, and from the factory to the mart.-and by as much as yon cheapen either o1- both.by so much do you add to the continuance ol that suprem acy. Pittsburg's possibilities as to raw mate rials and as to markets for her finished prod ucts, as nature designed that they should be who can measure them? The Greatest Coal Heds Known. Our city lies in the very bed of a bitumin ous coal field, containing 3.00J square miles more or coal than underlie all England. Gas and oil ate all around us. Ore fields illimit able are not far off. One hundred miles orjy more or less lie between the Ohio river and the great unsalted sea that wc call Lake Eric. Connect the two by a ship canal and calculate, if you can. how much or space has been annihilated that separates Pittsburg from her base or supplies, and from new markets without number now practically inaccessible-Take your map and trace the windings of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and vou will find that in their journey to the sea they wash the banks of 14 great States. And these States are the seat of luture empire. Their possibilities as to population and production are immeasureable. It is calculated that vou might place our entire population in the State of Texas, and that state would not be more densely populated than is Germanv. Apply the rule to the great Ohio and Missis sippi Valleys, and lioe Imagination can grasp the commercial glories or the future? What a market is here for leciprocal trade? A Debt the Government Owes. And then again, no careful student of affairs can doubt that the day is not far dis tant when reciprocity of trade shall open to in? the markets or the great and growing Kc nublics of Soutll and Central America. f Sothmg but :i narrow and illiberal govern mental policy can postpone the coming of " the time when foreign flags shjdl testify to the presence at our wharves of ' Joreizn keels, bringing to us foreign liTPifJianaisc in glad exchange for our own. HeaiK&.J.ch to the conclusion ot this whole matter. Pittsburg's place in the nation isthat ofa city with interests ot such national importance as to demand such national care as shall make real all the ad ntages that nature intended her to have. need Improved waterways and we need v waterways. And in this respect Gov itnent owes us a duty, for the It n son it without its aid we cannot have :m. Private capital may, and does jild railways. With lavish hand it has gridlroncd tho continent; but railways can - not take the place of waterw ays. and private capital cannot safely touch our rivers. Under the most lar-rcaching and despotic .power, for the exercise of which our Fcd- Ejeral Constitution provides the power to aregnlate commerce the Jurisdiction oi the Ryatlonal Government is exclusive and su- over our waterways. Thit Pittsburg Richly Deserves. possession of the power carries with sponslbility for its w ise exercise, and I know of no subject mora worthy the favor of an enlightened statesmanship than such a system of internal improvements as would Kive to Pittsburr the place for which God and uattue plainly Intended Uer. Since 1835 tho year in which the first ap propriation was made Congress has appro priated for tho improvement of tho Ohio river dnl v $0,000,000, anil for the Ohio and her tiibutaries less than $22 000,000-sums that in comparison with tho expenditures made bv prlvato enterprise are mean and insignifi cant. When our lawmakers cease to represent only their localities and acquires vision clear enough to take in the whole horizon of great national interests, we may hope for a policy of internal improvements which shall be systematic, progressive and thor oughly national. Meantime Pittsburg, in any event, shall grow and prosper. I foresee and I trust the vision may be of well grounded faith, and not of inclination meiely a great city, reigning, like a queen from her dominant seat ni the headwaters of the Ohio. Into her lap.au extended com merce shall pour with lavish hand the wealth of manv climes. Kendv of reach from all the sources of supply, the products or field, forest and mine, shall be brought to test the magie or her industry, and recre ated, shall go forth to minister to the needs. ; the tastes and the pleasures of a still ad- j v.incintr civilization i count of ill health. He. however, sent a letter, which was read br Percy F. Smith. who acted as toastmaster the balance of the evening owing to the indisposition of Mr. Gutelius. Thcfollowing is an extract from it: The newspapers of to-day are incom parably better, but the people have grown np abreast with them, and Instead of direct ing public opinion, the great mission of journalism, in this evening of the nine teenth century, is to train the people to independence of thought undeletion. It is the gleat educator or the people, and while tho newspaper Is now in almost every home, its influence in directing public sentiment on a particular issue is lessened by the honest inquiries it has inspired among its readers. The last generation has almost entirelv changed the mission of the daily newspaper. Instead of bcinc waited for to direct public thought and action on important questions, it now reflects rnther than creates public sentiment, although always aiding in shap ing public opinion in the purest and noblest channels. Mission of tho Country Press. 'The Country Press" was responded to by James B. Laux, of Grecnsburg, in an able mauuer. He said: The country newspaper and the country editor have been so long the subject of good natured libel and caricature, have afforded so much .amusement to the countless read ers of the city press, that it may seem like presumption in me to speak of them in any other than the conventional way. I preter to speak of tho country newspaper as a mighty factor in tho great wort of modern civilization, in the establishment of free and representative government. I pre fer to speak of the country editor as a hard working, thoughtful, earnest man, one fully alive to the responsibilities of his position, recognizing fully tho im portant part he plays in the making np of his country's history: as a patient woricer. poorly recompensed, tho victim too often or the basest ingratitude of communi ties as well as individuals, who accept his services as a matter or course, and who for get him too quickly when his lire's work is done. Thecountryeditorisoneofthe heroes of civilization, and though he may never wear the cross of the legion, though he mar be forgotten, the work he has done will not perish. Ho can make his appeal for recog nition with confidence to the avenger Time. I claim for the country newspaper, housed as it often is in the humblest quarters, for the country editor, uncouth and unkempt as ho is often pictured, and who has fur nished so much amusement, the high dis tinction of having done more to advance the intellectual development of tho nation and the establishment of popular govern ment than any other agency, if not more than all other agencies combined. ot Only a Mouthpiece of tho Church. Ttev. C "W. Smith was next introduced. His subject was the "Eeligions Press." During the course of bis remarks he said: The religious press is animated and dom inated by a high purpose. Otherwise it would have no right to exist. The purpose of the religions press is to promote the Christian religion, and the Christian religion lies at the basis of all human interests of every class. The religious press is not the mere mouth piece of the church nor the echo of ecclesi astical thought. It does indeed defend the truth and stand for purity of doctrine. But its great business is to aid the cause of practical religion, and to push the common, hard, everyday battles of humanity. It is, therefore, n livo, aggressive and practical power in the great struggle for the spread and final reign of truth and righteousness. Other Addresses of tho Evening. "W. A. Blakeley responded to the toast, "Scissors and Paste," in which he -related the trials and tribulations of the reporter and the city editor in a funny and truthful manner. Key. A. "W. Arundel, of Trinity Church, was to have .responded to "The Pulpit and Press," but was unable toattead on account of illness. Erasmus "Wilson responded in a feeling manner to "Our Dead." of whom there were several during the past year, and the fifth annual banquet came to a close by everybody singing "Auld Lang Syne." The following invited guests' were present: Eev. Father John Murphy, Miss Cora lleese, Hon. John Dalzell. Rev. Dr. C. W. Smith, Frank 15. Smith, Thomas Sneddon, K. B. Taylor, D. P. Black, Alex Murdoch, C. O. Howe, IX. D. Kerr, Dr. Joseph Dickson, John Campbell, Colonel Thomas E. Watt, H. D "IV. English, Hon. W. A. Stone, James li. Scott, Colonel Chambers McKibbcn. A. F. Keating. Kev. De Witt Benham, E. A. Hol brook, H. P. Pears, J. M. Stoner. Jr., John P. McCrea, Charles P. Smith, Hon. Andrew Stewart, A. E. Clark, S. B. Leggett, IV. L Mnnstin, Dr. a P. Slip, Eev. J. U. Prugu, William Smith and W. T. Lindsay. The banquet committee this year de serves some credit ior the hard work which brought about the brilliant success of the fifth annual dinner. The committee was composed as follows: W. C Connelly, Chair man; "V. H. Davis, IT. J. Ford, Thomas J. Keenan. Jr., Percy F. Smith, and Hepburn Johns, Secretary, and the toastmaster. THE EHGIKEEHS DINE, A Lirgo Party of Distinguished People at tho Duquesne Club. A dinner of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania was held at the Du quesne Club last night. One hundred and three persons, members and visitors, were present. The gathering was probably one of the most distinguished that has assem bled in Pittsburg within a year. All branches of the engineering profession wero represented, and many of the most conspic uous business men of the community wero there. William Metcalf acted as toastmaster. The speakers wero Daniel Ashwortb. Max- J. Becker, It. Xeilson Clark. Joseph D. Weeks, E. B. Tavlor, George H. Brown, W. L. Scaifo, T. P. Boberts, John A- Brashear, Charles L. Davison and John Birkcnbine, who is Presi dent of the American Society of Mining Engineers. Tho menu, which was prepared with some skill, was printed in blue ank upon small sheets of aluminum. Itrceptlon of the Ced Slen. Wnnkina Council of Bed Men No. 7, D. -of P., held their fourth annual reception last evening in Odd Fellows' -Hall, Sarah street, Southside. Seventy-five couples were pres ent. Schwartz's orchestra was in attend ance. A GREAT SHOWING. The CENT-.t-WOKD columns of THE DISPATCH are now the choice of all classes, figures prove their popularity. Here's a splendid showing: Small ads. for Vie i monlhx end- )A "JtZA mg December 31, 1S91. H-j J Samelmonli inlSSO 16,104 Jncreasc due to ccnt-a-icord p CKfl Responses to advertisements in THE DIS PATCH are certain to come promptly and from desirable suurcts. Try one and save Umo and patienca. The readers of this pa per have estirn confidence in ll adlcts. Tli a best dais ot help Is reached in its want columns. RETARDING GROWTH Claims That Excessive Tax ation Is Driving Away Manufacturers. STATESMANSHIP NEEDED To Keep a Grip on the Present Pros perous Conditions. A LEADING BUSINESS HAN TALKS.' Pointed Little Statements on Some Assess ment Appeals. BOOKS ARE IN FOR in REE MORE WARDS The triennial assessment question contin ues to engage the attention of the city tax payers in spite ot the Chilean controversy, and discussions concerning it and its bear ing on the tax rate for the coming year show that people are deeply interested. A gentleman, prominent in public affairs and connected with a large manufacturing con- cern in the city discussed the question from a new point of view yesterday. Said he: "The time is at hand for a change in the management or Pittsburg's aflairs. It will not be long until it .w ill require a hish order of statesmen to hold Pittsburij in Tilace iu the column of prosperous cities. Henceforth, in my opinion, Pittsburg will havo to fight to hold her own. For years our citizens have left the management of affairs to politicians. While they have done well enough in their way, it 'has been for the city's best interests. "What has driven so many of our large manufacturing concerns from tho city in the past few years? High taxes and high prices forland. Not a large glass plant or iron works has been built here during tho past ten years, but many have gone away. Why did they got Because the taves heie woro so high, because they were offered in ducements to go to other towns hi the way of free sites and no taxes, and because the railroads will give them as good rates from such towns as McEeesport, Kensington and others as they can get from Pittsburg. They are not compelled to pay the excesslvo'busi ness tax levied in Pittsburg on a business only 1 per cent of which, in any of our big manufacturing concerns, is done in the city. "The city of McKeesport recently secured tho Boston Iron and Steel Works by offering tbem a beautiful 12-acre site on a river front, practically as a gift, and then passed an ordinance exempting the mill property from taxes for 10 years. Mast Take Cure of Industries. "The industrial establishments have made Pittsburg. Take them away and she will go backward. Oar policy for years has been to drive them away. Inside often years our people will learn, if they do not before, that they must hold out inducements in every way possible to draw manufacturing plants here, and that they must not impoverish the manufacturers with excessive taxes." The Third war3 appeals began to come into the Assessor'K office yesterday. Among others was the Bissell property at ooa street and sixth avenue, assessed at $09,530, of which $96,000 is on the 36xG0 root lot. Own ers value lot at $03,500, and in their appeal say: "This property has been in tho family 100 years and is not for sale. Owingtoits isolated position by reason of the long stretch of vacant church property on either side, trade is driven from this corner, and the place is difficult to rent. One house has been vacant most of the past year, notwith standing tho unprecedented activity in real estate in the vicinity and large demand for business property. More ground cannot be secured to improve the corner, the churches having no power to sell, and this lot is too small for a large building." Mrs. Fannie Barker, assessed $20,000 on 5- story ontiding ana tso.o&i on z:xu-ioot lot, at Wood street and Virgin alley, appeals for a valuation of $65,000 on both, which, she says is more than could bo realized at forced sale. J. D. Thompson is assessed $80,000 on 35x139 lot and $25,000 on stone front building on Wood street, between Sixth and Liberty. In his appeal be says: "Your valuation is $15,000 higher than I am offering the property for salo at." He accepts an assessment of $18,909 on 40x23 feet at Liberty street and Virgin alley. The Pittsbunr Gas Company is assessed and appeals as follows: Lot 38x100 feet, Sixth avenue nnd Foster alley, S4t,I0O; appeal, $36,000. Two-story brick office, $25 000. Lot 60x01, Foster alley, in rear, $8,600: appeal, $5 000. Three-story shop, $10,000; appeal, $5,000. The Bl-sell block. SO feet on Smithfield street and 90 on Seventh avenne, is assessed at $283,700. including buildings and n 30x139 lot fronting on Seventh avenue farther up. The ow ncrs appeal Torn valuation of $22i,100, or which thev allow $102,900 for the 93x90 lot on the corner, $30,000 on the building, $30,000 en the Seventh avenue lot, and $1,000 on the two brick dwellings thereon. 'Would 3Iike a Poor Investment. Henry Rea, Jr., makes an ingenious pro position to show the assessors where they are wrohe in assessing him $66,4U on. 33x110 feet on Liberty street, near Garrison alley. Two four-story Dulldings on the lots are as sessed at $6,000, making his total assessment $"2,tU, his appeal being lor a $50,0C0 valu ation. He says: "If I could sell it at the assessment figure, the interest at B per cent on$72,U( would be $4.StO G); insurance, le pairs. etc.. would be ftOU :nore; city taxes, $l,0S6,making no allo-runco tor county taxes; t!ii- would make a total of $3,S3i 64: deduct $5 090 torrent leceived and iret a balance of $832 6i 1 would bo indebted to tho propetty. Thl shows it would be no investment at $72,114. If you asses this at $1,403 per front foot it would be high lor it, and too high for otner lots on me same ihock. In the Eighth ward William G. Price 4 Co. make no objection to an assessment of $12,030 on their lot 193x94 lect at Colwell and Price streets, nor on $27,223 on 95x90 feet on Filth avenue adjoining, but akacut from$S,C00 to $1,500 on their foundry and machine shoos. Councilman Itobett McEldowney asks" a cut from $4,291 to $3,60 on 18x124 feet on Wvlie avenue, near Logan street: Irom $4,800 to $4,000 on 20x124 feet on Wylie, near Town send; from $3,S1'J to $3,000 on 4SxlC0 on Town send, near Clark, and from $11,040 to $8,0C0 on 43x109 feet on Wylie, near Fulton street. He states that the last-named piece was sold for $S,0M within four months past. The valua tions on several other properties of his w ere satisfactory. , M. A Woodward is assessed $12,103 on 40x90 lect. at Fifth avenue and Prldo street, and $G,000on bnilrilng-:tlicreon. Hisappeal isfor $13 000 on all, and he demands even- a lower reduction on the ground that downtown Iiroperty is assessed lower in comparison, te states farther that tho property cannot be rented for a high a figure now as a low years ago, and declares that rapid transit facilities have taUen business it way and re duced the advantages of the location from a business standpoint, as complained gener ally in that part of the city. The properrv value nas ueen reuueeu proportionately, Uo thinks, and should be so assessed. Henry Ilea. Jr., assessed $28,750 on two lots fronting 120 feet on Fulton street, with eight two-stn-rvilwellings thereon.values the property at $20,340. His appeal says: "Some of the buildings arc assessed almost double what they cost to erect 40 years ago. Prop erty in this locality has depreciated the oast flvo years, owing to colored people and'ror oizncis settling there." Mr. Catharine lieinhnrt asks a cut from $0,000 to $6,000 each on two 24x83 foot lots on Filth avenue, between Logan and Price streets. P.itnck Keelo's heirs ask a cut on 24tl03 feet on Wvlio avenue, above Fulton street, from $3,400 to $4 tOO: on 24x132 feet on Fulton bti eet Irom $3,600 to $2,00. Doelflingor Baisnl !h? "ate. C E. Gregory is assessed nt $1,200 on 20x83 feet on Webster avenue, and $3,500 on tho dwelling. On his sworn statement ho makes the following accusation against Theodore Doerfiinger: "This property, at time of pur- chase Irom Doeiflinger, stood assessed at $4,00.), which was an inducement topuicliae, but after it was deeded was raised to $4,500 thtough his instrumentality, and others yet unsold proportionately wered." Gregory asks for a valuation of $3,750. Mrs. Margaret Patterson, assessed $12,200 onn2xl0u Jeef, Wylie avenue below Town send street, appeals for a $10 400 valuation. George Jacobs, 20x76 feit, Fulton street, as sessed $2,700; appgal, $2,000. J. Patterson, 24x Jt9 feet, Wylie near Lcgan street, assessed $5,640; appeal, $4,803. C. Angloch. 25x132 feet, Fulton htreet, $4,250: appeal, $3,575. Amos Kelly, 48x103 feet, Fulton street. $6,240: ap peal, $4,600. Owen Mcllroy, 13x63 feet, Webster avenue' below Fulton, $1,933: appeal. $1,300. Michael Grant, 25x123 foeti Fulton street, $3,500; appeal, $2,209. G. W. Hiett. $3.6M on 60x83 feet, Webster j near Gum street; appeal, $3,000. James Me- Areer, -ixioj, wyno avenup auu rumm street. $5,520; appeal, $4,2': also 30x2G5 feet, Cliff street, $7,200; appeal, $4,320. Julia Hays, 48x54 feet, with dwelling, at Logan and Hazel streets, assessed $10,230; appeal, $7,250. Miss Hays states she was assessed at $10,000 In 18S9, but not knowing anything about the business, her late husband having always attended to such matters, she made no appeal though tho valuation was too high. John Sweeny, 24xS0 loet, Webster avenue, $3,720 assessed; appeal. $2,640. Thomas II. Vhite. 24'tlOO feet, Webster avenne and Logan street, $4 220; ap peal, $3,350. A. H. Jeremy, 24x132 feet, Ful ton strejt. $4,GS0: appeal, $3,240. George IL Bennett, 2489, Fiftli avenue, near Logan street, $6 600; appeal. $3,500. James Littlo, lot 92x95 feet, Wylie and Vine streets, $10 560; nppral, $3,280. C F. Haller, lot 20x90 feet. Fifth avenue, near Pride street, $5,500: ap nea. $5,000. C.L. Reno. $17,162, on lot 40x90 and buildimr, Fiftli avenue and Fridestreet; appeal, $16,000. A Strang" Tale of Woe. " Seventeenth ward A tale of woe Is con nected with the 30x100 foot lot and two-story frame dwelling on Calvin, between Forty secoud and Forty-fourth streets. It was as sessed in the name of Jenard Powell, but on Wednesday last was. sold at Sheriff's sale to Anna Slattery for $1,200. In her appeal she urges that this amount be assessed anu suv.: "The house is not worth anything like $200, would not figure at all in a sale. It is occu pied by a tenant who has not paid any rent for a long time, and who is unable to pay rent by reason of sickness, which prevents her following her occupation as a washer woman." John G. Fox, assessed $1,913 on 20x130 feet on Main street, asks a cut of $500, alleging that ground in that vicinity cannot be sold for $65 per front foot. Elizabeth Dietrich, assessed $1,237 on 24x100 feet, Calvin street, objects to paying taxes on more than $40 per fiont foot, as she re cently bought lor that and more to be hud at sairo price. J. Prely Flemlne is assessed $5,CW0.on 97x100 feet at Forty-Fifth and Valley atretic, and $10,000 on 12 brick dwellings thereon. He v.-.!iir-3 the lot at $4,000 and dwellings at $S,000, his appeal stating that "The proximity of tho railroad and failure of the city either to open or locate Valley street at this point is a serions detriment." George Kelt's appeal Is for a cut from $4,000 to $3,500 on 20x100 feet on Butler, near Forty sixth street. He says all tho lots in that square can bo bought at the rate of his ap peal. The trustees or the Michael McCullough estate, which is assessed on $155,028 cf Seven teenth ward property, aiipp."l for a cut of $2,000 on 3 acres on Davison, between Forty-second and Forty-fourth streets, as sessed at $R8,850. Thev alo appeal from $5,460 to $4,400 on a lot 63x100 on Main, near Davison street. f Appeals by tbe Dozen. Isabella Walker's appeal is for a out from $7,590 to $5,602 on 124x100 feet at Home and Madison streets. Elizabeth Stlefel, assessed $6,900 on S9xl00 feet at Butler and Forty-fourth streets, asks a cut to $5,000; on 40x100 feet at same point, assessed at $11,000, her value is $8,000; on 150x100 feet at Fortieth and Valley treets, assessed at $6,580, her value Is $5 000. Elizabeth Beese, assessed $15,427 on 83x150 feet. Butler and Forty-fifth streets, appeal $12,000. William Johnston. 182x130 feet Main. near Davison street, $14,203; appeal $12,750. Thomas Hogan, 20x96 feet, Penn avenue, near Fisk street, $2,000; appeal $1,675. C. E. Andrews. 322x100 feet. Forty-seventh and Walnut stieets, $13,090: appeal $10,465. Louis Bremer, 20x90 feet. Penn avenue, near Fisk street, $2,0U0; apneal $1,500. C. A- Cooper, 13Kxl50 teet. Butler, near Fottieth street, $2,700: appeal $1,637. Martha Woodall, 53x132 feet, Butler, near Forty-eighth street, $9,013; appeal $6,000. Paul Cooper, 13i.xl50 feet, But ler, near Fortieth street, $2,700"; appeal $1,687. C. F. Eberlc, 100x136 feet, Forty-seventh street, $7,000: appeal $5,000. A. L. Rcineman, 20x100 feet, Penn avenne, near Forty-fourth street, $2,000: appeal $1,200. Sebastian Floitz. 80x100 feet, Penn avenue, near Forty-fourth street, $8,000: appeal $0,000. S. McCartnev, 43x100 feet, Carleton street, near Forty-sixth, $1 920: appeal $1,400. J. II. Wolff, 36x100 feet, Fortv-tourth street. $2,700; appeal $2,000. Laura Eherle. 24x100 feet, Forty-fifth street, near Hatfield, $1,650; ap peal, $1,000. F. E. Cuddy, 60x100 feet, Forty flith street, $4,209: appeal, $3,000. The first appeal came in from the Nine teenth ward yesterday. It was from W. J. Wright, who is assessed $9,000 for 00x187 feet on Broad street, near St. Clair, with five dwellings thereon. He claims he bought the property from Jos. WainWright less than a year ago for $7,50C, and wants it so assessed. More JFrora tho Twentieth. Several more Twentieth ward appeals came in, but only two wero of any import ance, one of these Wm. C. King's. Ho was assessed $50 for a cow, but he returned a death certificate showing the decease of the cow some months ago. On 100x300 feet on Wlnebiddle avenue, assessed at $12,500, ho asks a cut to giu.uuu. James M. Gnffey asks a out from $11,025 to $10,500 on 150x120 teet at Fifth and Highland avenues; a cut from $9,000 to $8,000 on 100x100 feet on Center avenue, and a cut fi om $6,348 to $5,766 on 67x123 feet at Center avenue and Koup street. Twenty-first ward. Henry Ilea, Jr., assessed $5,425 on 100x137 feet on Larimer avenue, between Shetland and Winslow streets, Twenty-first ward, asks a reductinn to $3,000 for the reason that the Duquesne Traction Company has made a depot lor standing cars in front of the property, greatly to the annoyanco of ten auts, night and day, and greatly deprecia ting the vulue of the place. William Freeman asks a cut from $2,000 to $1,000 on an acre fronting the township road, between Fifth and Leamington avennos,and claims that the property is worth no mora because it is near no recognized street and can't be sold in lots. George L. McCoy is assessed $7,020 on lOSx 140 feet on McPhorson street; appeal. S6.480. Edith Kinnear, 37KS112 feet, on Lindim street, assessed $2 315; appeal, $1,815. J. U. Zimmerman, 45xl44feot. Fifth avenue and Grazier street, $2,475; appeal. $2,000; also, 400x 139 feet, Bennett street, $8,750; appeal. $7,000. George Cook, 3 acres, between A. V. It. It. and, city lino, $3,446: appeal, $1,915; also, 4 acres, near cltv line and Allegheny river. $4,140; appeal, $800. P. K. Gardner. 60x193 feet. Thomas sheet, $4,500; appeal, $3,240. A. Seidley, 27x109 feet, Larimer avenue, $1,675; appeal. $1,200. Eliza J. Parkinson, 20x100 feet. Franfcstown avenue, $2 300; appeal, $1,600. More Than They Are Worth. Two appeals came in from the Twenty-second ward. G. A. Datte, assed $10,000 on 323x 312 feet on Linsr avenue, appeals lor a valua tion of $7,000. W. B. Bevins, asspssed $1,200 on 1C0x120 leet on Homestead street, wants a re duction of $200. Alex David is assessed $4,200 on 42x131 feet on Clark street, Eleventh ward. His valua tion is $2,000. William Aiken. Thirteenth ward, assessed $6, 100 on 120x83 feet at Webster avenue nnd Somers street, asks to be reduced to $2,800. The Holland Riddle heirs aro assessed at $11,570 on 89x140 feet on Penn a enue. Fif teenth waid, their valuation being 89,500. In the Thirty-rourth ward A. M. Beck and William Knssler,' assessed $20,400 on 143 perches at Steuben and Carson streets, ask a reduction to $13,500. They were assessed $3,200 on a salt works building, but certify in their appeal that It was destroyed by "flro last September. Robert Smith asks a cut from $2,500 to $1,500 on a half acre on Independence stieet, Tliirty-flrth ward, and a cut from $2,000 to $1500 "on a 50x170 lot on Wabash avenue. Thirty-sixth ward. NOT SATISFACI0BY. Mr. KIppey' Answrrs to the Allegheny Sub-. milling- Committee Insufficient. The sub-Auditing Committee of Allegheny Councils mat yesterday afternoon In secret session and for tWo hours considered tbe discrepancy which was discovered in the water department mentioned yesterday. Matthew Ripoey's name was brought up in connection with a sale- of scrap Iron and water pipes while Chief Armstrong was at tbe head of tbe water department. Thecharge was that a lot of waste material was sold to various firms, at so much per ton, bnt that much of. it was not accounted for. Mr. Kipney was called before tho sub committee and questioned very closely as to the matter, but, as ono of the members ex pressed it, his answers were unsatisfactory. There were many possibilities by which tho material could be disposed of and no ac count made, and, therefore, the charges brought out are hard to prove. Another meeting of the committee will bo held this morning at 9.30, when more devel opments are expected. THE ALLEGHENY BRANCH OFFICE Or THE DISPATCH AT 107 FEDERAL ST. Is open every day except Sunday until 0 P. St. Advertltment.V"will ba received np to that hoar for Insertion the next morninj at regular rates. -- FOR THE POOR'S SAKE. Every County in Pennsylvania Will Have Its Own Almshouse. THE TOWNSHIP SYSTEM MUST GO. Eill to This Effect to Bo Presented to the Sexl Legislature. COMMISSIONER CARR'S "PLUS TALK John D. Carr, Superintendent of the Fayette County Almshouse, and a member of the commission appointed to revise the State poor laws, was in Pittsbttr; yesterday on his jvay from Hnrrisburg, where a meet ing or the commission was held this week, to his home in TJniontown. "The meeting of our commission was a decidedly interesting one," he said. "While little real work was done, we ar ranged for a general bill, which we believe will cover the many glaring' defects in our present unsatisfactory laws. One im portant feature ot the new bill will provide for a poor commission and a com missioner of the poor to become one of the institutions of the State. The township system, that is barbarous and cruel we, pro pose to abolish and our efforts will be to make the law operate uniformly upon all the counties in the State. 'Ihe Infamous Township System. "While we can draft and probably have passed a general poor law we cannot by our new law repeal the snecial act under which the counties of the State are now operating. The township system, as we know it, is uot a State law. The law governing the paupers in many of the coun ties of the State is special legislation. This is the greatest difficulty with which we will have to contend. If we are successful in securing the passage of the bill we contem plate, we will then be compelled to labor probably for years to induce the counties to adopt the law we have prepared for them. We cannot force tho counties to take our legislation, but thev can force us into tho position where our State laws will be prac tically without effect. "The bill we are preparing can and will remedy the infamous township system. It will wipe ont many other objectionable features in the management of tho poor, but it can only be of general effect by the coun ties accepting our law, when we cannot force thein to accept It. "Our commission will hold another meet ing at Philadelphia within a short time," Mr. Carr said. "Then we hope to have be fore us the many conflicting laws now ex isting and now-being enforced throughout the State. Wo will in our bill provide for repealing all of them that we can reach. Those we cannot repeal we will endeavor to mollllyor make them as harmless as possi ble. Will Act in Harmony. "The commission," Mr. Carr went on,"wlll aet in harmony to secure the great relief tbat for years has been demanded from every section of the State. Of course, each of us has his own peculiar ideas ot the many reforms needed and the best way of bringing these reforms about, but with one purpose to servo and with real charltv out only motive, there is not likely to bo any hltoh in our work. "I found the disposition of every member of the commission favorable to prompt and effective legislation abolishing what is known as the 'township system' of hiring out the paupers to the highest bidder. I lieai d it denounced on every hand as being barbaious, outrageous and uncivilized. It is a lello of the dark ages. It is a burning disgrace to .our State, and the commission that abolishes it effectually will havo done commendable work, even though no other work Is dono by it. "It is the'purpose, 1 believe, to get close to tne cnantaoio associations or the state, and consideiablc attention will bo paid to the indigent insane of the State and the laws governing them. This is n subject of tho greatest importance to the poor authorities, and wo will give it the attention it requires. We will suggest some legislation on this sub ject, and will not overlook other subjects touching the poor in every direction." JUDGE ACHESON W1THDKAWS. He TV111 Not Oppose George Shiras, Jr., for Judge Bradley's Place. Judge Acheson has withdrawn from the contest for the late Judge Bradley's place on the United States Supremo Court. The announcement of tho Judge's withdrawal was officially announced yesterday. His long and pleasant friendship for George Shiras, Jr., it is said, prompted his retiring from the contest for tho higher honor. The contest forjudge Bradley's place has now practically narrowed down to the ap plications of Ueoige Shiras, Jr., and Chief Justice Paxon. The fact that a Democrat would be chosen by law to succeed the Chief Justice on tho State Supreme bench will likely inluro his chances of preferment at the hands of President Harrison. The death of Judge Claik lias already madeavacancy on tho stats Supreme bench. That vacancy will bo filled at the next general election. The promotion of Chief Justice Paxon would make another vacancy which would necessarily be filled at- the same time. The electors of tho State, under the Constitution, can cast their ballots lor but one of tho candidates for Supreme Judge, and the candidate of tho minority party would, therefore, be elected writh the majority candidate. The members of the Alleghon j connty bar will meet at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning in the Bar Association rooms to recommend the appointment of Mr. Shiras to Judge Bradley's place. A committee will be ap pointed, and It is believed that tho indorse ment of Mr. Shiraa will be unanimous. It i likely that Thomas M. Marshall will preside at tho meeting on Saturday. GLASS STEIKE STILL ON. President Smith Absent and a Settlement Delayed for a Day. Tho strike among the glass men on the Sonthsido is still on. About 2,000 men are involved" in tho dispute. All the flint mo torics on the So'ithside are idle, and while the strike did not spread any yesterday, the strikers seemed to be growing more de termined every hour. An effort v as made to have a conference between tho operators' representatives and representatives of the workers but President Sinitn is absent lu Toledo, O. Nothing in the way ofa compro mise will be attempted until he returns. The strikers claim that' they quit work be ornse of a violation of the July contract. This the operators deny, and no positive in lormatton on the dispute can ba obtained until tho authorities for both sides meet. Surgical Instruments, Etc Largest and most complete stock in "West ern Pennsylvania. Artificial Limb Mfg. Co., 009 Penn, near Ninth, Pittsburg. Whlcb Piano Shall I Get? Ah! that's the question. But look up the merits of the renowned Hardman,Krakauer. 'Vose and Harrington pianns, and you will find it an easy matter to decide. Ko supe riors in the world, acknowledged absolutely perfect by all. Will last a lifetime. Old pianos and organs taken in exchange. Hew instruments rented, and rent applied on purchase. Our prices and terms are within the reach of all. Instruments for sale on the liberal installment plan. Cata logues and fall information free by mail to any address. Call in and hear our wonderful self-playing JEolians.. Anyone can play them, with no knowledge of music whatever. MJELLOK & HOENK, "Palace of Music," 77 Fifth avenue. "Well Known Firms Consolidate. The Penn Printing and Novelty Co. and Armor & Suehr, two of the best known job printing firms in the city, have consoli dated under the name of the Penn Printing Co., Limited. The partners are A. T. Douth ett, W. G. Armor and Frank Suehr. The new concern has commodious apartments in the building lately occupied by the Pitts burg Dispatch, 77 Diamond street. TTlnding Vp the January Sales. "We tell of bargains in" our "ad" this morning. Bead it. JOS. HORKE & CO.'S Penn Avenue Stores. AGENTS VISIT IE0H HILLS. Gathering Information for Chances in the Classification. The Pittsburg committee of freight agents made a tour of the iron mills along the Pee inlckey roadyeiterday to gather infotma tion to assist tbem in making classifications. The Lake Erie road furnished them with an engine and coach. They commenced on the Sonthsldeand went as far as McKeesport. Among the mills visited wero the plants of A. M. Byers & Co., Chess, Cook Co., at Rankin, Carnegie's Homestead works and tlin x-ntinnni T,,i. w.t. .r Tncr,t Thi t .- m at McKeesport. The committee paid considerable attention to skelp and muck iron. These two varieties will come up shortly for classification, and someoftbe agents wanted to know how they are madeand the value of each. i-arge quantities of skelp, muck nnd scrap iron are made in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys. As the valley manufacturers are constantly kicking abont freight rates on their products, the agents always like to please them wben it is possible. Some chamres will be mndn nhortlv inthnirrni classification. The agents claim tbat rates Will nnt: lin artvanfurl airrrt lcirv tliA will not be advanced, excent schedulo is pushed up. In of their visit to the mills. U.U -.U speaiviug one of the agents said: "Xothlnz of lmnortance is to boattachedto it. Therailroad men like to meet the shippers occasionally to seo bow they feel. Certain questions in the iron classification will come up beforo the com mittee, ana we wanted all the information we could get. It Is hard forns to distinguish between all the varieties of iron, and the more we know about them the more intelli gently we can act." From another source it was learned that the iron schedules have been violated. The races on skelp Iron are about the same as on pig iron. It is charged that some of the manufacturers have been shipping shovels and other manufactured articles as skelp iron. Such conduct, if true, may result in a uniform classification for iron, and the good and bad will suffer like the battle men. AN0THEE KEELY CUBES. Dr. Kennear Coming, to rittsbnrg to Relieve Unfortunates. Dr. Kennear, of Chicago, will arrive in Pittsburg to-morrow, and it is said he will bring with him glad tidings for tho un fortunates who are given to the rum and opium habit. The doctor's- son, who came to Pittsburg yesterday in advanco of his father, says Dr. Kennear, after a diligent study of over 12 years, has discovered the only cure for habitues of these drugs. He first began treating patients about a year ago, 'and during that time has cured about 250 subjects without a single failure, and some of them were ofa most notorious type, they having attended other noted institu tions for months without any relief. The doctor's met!ftd of treatment is said to be entirely now, elaborated after years of effort and proved upon numerous cases of great severity. By this treatment they claim no danger is incurred, the pa tient of advanced age passing through the treatment with greater ease than the vigor ous young man of 30 years. The entire elim ination of the drug is accomplished so easily that the patient feels no alarm. The facility of the cure is particularly notable in female patients. The worst cases both as to length of time and quantity used are as easily cured as tho comparative beginner. With, the aid of this new plan, the habit is guar.' anteed to be cured in 48 hours and no medi cine Is given after that time. Dr. Kennoar will begin treatment of patients at the Homeopathic Hospital on Sunday. Dr. McDonald said last night he thought tbe pledges of Dr. Kennear were not substan tial, as in his mind it is impossible to cure the liquor habit within IS hours. MISHAPS OF A SAY. The Accidents Are 2iot -Nomeronj, bnt One Slay Prove Fatal. The Pennsylvania road got -its work in again yesterday, and one of the victims, who was squeezed between two cars, will nrobably die. The list of accidents follows: Slemmoss James T. Slemmons, a brake man on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was taken to the West Penn Hospital last night. He was caught between two freight cars at Dallas and badly crushed. He is in a critical condition. Unksoww An unknown man, a Pole, had his leg crushed on the Pennsylvania Rail road at Lawrenceville last night by having a heavy casting fall on it. He was removed to the West Penn Hospital. Last evening one of the Wylie avenue cars slipped the cable and ran down tho hill until it collided with another car. Both cars were wrecked,, but nobody was hurt. Commimgs J. B. Cnmmings, a Pennsyl vania brakeman, met with a peculiar acci dent yesterday. His train and another were passing Stewart station going in opposite directions. Cummings missed his footing on a box car and fell into a flat car in the other train. His head was bruised and arm broken. Changes in the Court Boles. A new mode in the calling of the trial lists will go into effect to-day In the Court of Common Fleas. The trial lists, which have heretofore been called on Saturday morning, will be called this afternoon, the Court of Common Picas No. 1 calling the list at 2 o'clock. No. 2 at 2:20 and No. 3 at 2:40, or im mediately on the conclusion of tho call In No. 2. A uniform rule has been mado In all the courts as to the passing of cases, the putting off of cases from the week's list and putting them at the foot of it. The Mother Held for Mnrder. The Coroner's jury iu the case of the baby found dead in the East End on Monday night, returned a verdict that the child had come to its death at.the hands of its mother, Mary Frafley, and the mother was committed to jail to await trial for murder. The girl prisoner Is in a very serious condition, and was placed in the hospital department of the prison. May Besnlt in Harder. Louis Simon, who works in the Black Dia mond Steel Works, incurred the enmity ofa role. While leaving the mill last evening the Pole struck him on the head with a fire brick. The physician fears that Simon can't live. A warrant was issued for the Pole, whose name could not be learned. WINDING DP OF JANCAKY SALES To-Day and To-Morrow. The'last week is no less notable than the first. Great bargain sales now invite you. In dress goods, " In cotton wash goods, In table and bed linens. In lace curtains and beddings, Ip muslin and knit nnddrwear, In ladies' and children's hosiery, la cloaks, jackets and suits, In men's furnishings. Prices are lower than we ever made at any January sale. You can save money by supplying your needs during this great safe. "The goods are perfect, the best in all lines that are made, and tbe varieties arc yet large and choice.. Don't miss it. Jos. HOIUfE & Ctt'S Pena Avenue Stores. Omaha, Neb., May S, 1891. I have tried a great many remedies lor headache, and Krauze's Headache Capsules knock it quicker than anything I ever trfed. D. W. McVba. All druggists. ivrsu Breakfast Gown and Jackets. In the next two weeks we will offer some extremely good bargains. Parcels & Jokes, TWP , 29 Fifth avenue. TTindlnc; Up the January Sales. We tell of bareains in our "ad' this morning. Bead it. - JOS. HOBNE & CO. '3 Penn Avenue Stores. Go to Old City Hall Saturday for first class dinner. 25c. G0RHAM STERUNGSiLVER We are agents for this' celebrated make of goods and carry a complete line of their Tea and Table waro and Spoons and Forks. Tho product of all noted makers will bo found in our lame stoek. Sllrer Is now very moderate m price de signs are superb chests of sliver a specialty with us. E. r" ROBERTS & SONS, FIFTH AVE. AND Jf AHKET ST. Ja2S-Mwr AH -E ABLY CONVENTION. A Heeling of the Ecpobllcan State Com mittee TT111 Be Held To-Day. A meeting of the Republican State Com mittee will be held in Philadelphia to-day. Among tho members who went to the Quaker City last evening were Connty Ke corder George Von Bonhhorst, John Doyle and Robert J. Newell, J. B. Flnley, Monon- ! gabela City, and . F. Acheson, j Washington. Tho main business to be settled is to set a time for tbe convention. ' As there are eight national delegates at large to be elected, it will have to bo held j beforo jnne 7, when tho BepubUcan conven- i tion ,neet3 at Minneapolis. J. B. Finley j thought; if it was held 30 days beforo tho convention that the time wonld be sufficient, i The date of the State convention, however, ! will probably be fixed for the middle of I March. This was the opinion of Recorder von Ttnnnhorst. It was stated tbat Mr. Flnley, who is a can didate for Congress in the Twenty-fourth district against MrAcheson, of Washington, ' i-rintr thf nnnolntment nf ConcTressfnnnl would tntroauce a set oi resolutions autnor- J committees by tna State Committee. Mr. I lPf.! il.nl.d it an,l s.tri T&na YovAn rf . .,,,?,, t.U.U.. .., W On,. .IV ... W.B.. V. . i an resoiuuuns. iu .-iuuuqui iuiuimti;e ; appoints such committees the South, I where there is no local ortranization., j Mr. Von Bonnhorat said the Congressional i work was attended to by members of the county committees, and they would never submit to such a deal. Hugus & Hacke. Spring Importations Now Open! SILKS: The Richest and Most varied stock we have ever exhibited. An inde scribable assortment of Extreme Nov elties. Choice designs made to order which will NOT be duplicated. In Printed Indias, Printed Foulards, Printed Crepes, , Printed Toile De Soie, Camelian Surahs, Printed Changeable Surahs, Black Brocade Indias. Also an attractive display of the Latest Parisian Novelties, Antique and Glace Satin Stripes for Dinner Dresses. LACES: . - In every class of Black Lace Flouncings and Drapery Nets, our stock is representative of the choicest and newest designs offered in the Paris market, a collection superior to any we have yet shown. UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. LACE CURTAINS: Special display of New Styles for this season. Nottingham and Swiss Lace Curtains from $i to $10 per pair. Irish . Point Lace Curtains from $4.50 to '50 per pair. Swiss Tambour Lace Curtains from 4.50 to 30 per pair. CLOAK DEPARTMENT. . Exceptional Inducements now offered in this department. Ladies' Garments of every descrip tion at way' under value prices to close. I Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St. Ja24-)twTS i SAVED FROM THE FIRE. WET AND DAMAGED GOODS ALL SOLD, But we have on sale this week all the goods saved in perfect condition from the late fire, which we procured at half price. Do you want at HALF PRICE Any Corsets, Ribbons, Gloves, Mitts, Underwear, Yarns, Jackets, Hand kerchiefs? If so, come to this great sale. 435 MARKET ST. 437 Jal8-Mwr The Leading Dry Goods ilouse. Plttsbnr, Pa, Friday, Jan. 29, 13$!. JOS. HOME k COM PENN AVENUE STORE! PRICES STILL FURTHER REDUCED. TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW WILL BE TWO BIG BARGAIN DAYS All Over the Store. The following are a few of the special items of more than, ordinary interest, taken from the hundreds of Bargains to be offered during the two closing days of our GREAT JANU ARY SALES. ' Linens.' A lot of best Irish and Scotch Bleached Table Damasks, all perfect and good, patterns as choice as any of the new that will be closed out at an unusual reduction in prices: NEW ADVKTJSEMENT3L'. JJ (BY THE YAKD;) At 52e, reduced from 65c "fi-, At 63c, reduced from 80c. - - At 75c, reduced from 90c. , At Si 05, reduced from 51 SO. At $1 15, reduced frpm 51 45. At SI 25, reduced from 51 50. Also, a lot of Linen Sheetings, to be closed out at s greatly . reduced prices, as follows: 2 and 2 yards wide: At 75c, reduced from 95c. At 98c, reduced from SJ.25. At $1.20, reduced from $1. 50. Pure Linen HUCK TOWELS, all reduced in price; size 18x36 inrhes, at 15c; size 20x40 inches, at 22c each; size 24x48 inches, at 25c each Equal qualities to these were never offered at the same prices. WASH DRESS GOODS: - - We must not have a yard of. the last Season Goods on- the shelves onfi February 1. That's the ultimatum,' and the prices are ultimatum prices r prices that are sure to sell' the ' goods to-day and to-morrow. AMERICAN GINGHAMS: REDUCED FROM 12c to 7c. REDUCED FROM 15c to 9c. REDUCED FROM 20c to lie. Cotton Cheviot Suitings: REDUCED FROM 12c to 7c. Printed Cotton Delaines: ' REDUCED FROM 35c to WM. Seersucker Ginghams: REDUCED FROM 12Kc to 9c. Printed Bedford Cords: REDUCED FROM 20c to 9c. Half Wool Challies: REDUCED FROM 20c to 12c. 4-quarter Indigo Blue, Black and White and Gray and White Prints, REDUCED FROM 12c to 10c. DRESS GOODS AND SUITINGS: At 50c We are selling goods that were $i, 1.25, $1.50 and $2 a yard Camel's- Hairs, Serges and Scotch Novelties, 40 to 54 inches wide At 75c We are selling goods that were $1.50, $1.75, $2 and 2.50 a yard Scotch Novelties, Camel's Hairs, Cheviots and Cheverons, 40 to 50 inches wide. In this extraordinary offering of fine imported goods many thousands of ladies of these cities have found the biggest bargains they ever bought. The excellence of the goods aston ished them, and 'the enormous- quan, tities- -and varieties for their choicer pleased them beyond measure. The varieties are still complete, though the quantity is less. You who buy to-day get as much for your money as those who bought any time during the sale. But get your choice to-day and to-morrow. Ladies' Hosiery. . Among the many great bargain lots in this department the following are unusually attractive: L0T1: Ladies' fine Black French Cashmere Stockings, French foot, double heels and toes. Reduced from 50c to 35c LOT 2: Iiadies' fine Black Cashmere Stockings, French or English foot, best "goods made, Reduced from $1 to 75c LOT 3: Ladies' French Lisle Thread Stockings, black boots, with colored tops, - , Reduced from Si. 75 to 75c LOT 4: Ladies' .Pure Silk Stockings, blade boot, with colored tops, excellent value, best makes, Reduced from $3 to $1.75. LOT 5: Ladies' Plain Black Pure Silk Stock ings, French feet, double sole and toe, extra high spliced heel, one of our best selling qualities, -, Reduced from $3 to $2. LADIES' UNDERWEAR. All through, in all the lines of Knit Underwear, we are now offer ing unusually good values. But in some lines "closing out" prices. are made, and to-day and to-morrow all such goods must be CLOSED OUT. A lot of Natural Wool' Union Suits, and a lot of Natural Wool Vests and Drawers REDUCED ONE-THniD. Ladies' White Merino Skirts, re duced from i to 75c each. FEATHER' GOODS. We offer to-day and to-morrow a very large lot of FEATHER COL LARETTES at ?i. 25 . each, worth S2.50 each; and .FEATHER BOAS At S3. 50 each, At $$ each, - - Worth Sio and Si 5 each. These are choice, perfect goods.' It will be advisable to buy them now, especially as they will be very desir able for early spring wear. You will get bargains at the sale that will liye' in your memory for many a year.. .a- e .t .' JOS. H0RNE & CO.- ry WHA-i 607-621 PHffl AY B3 Ja29
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