gS E&H 11892.1 isr- 5-1- ?THE NICARAGUA JOB Is Defended by President Miller in a Long Speech Before THE TEANS-MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS Resolutions Introdnced Which Would Give Legislators Work. TOPICS FOR TIIE SOUTH AND WEST Ocean, would find an outlet through the Uuir ports rather than go across the Contl tictiCno our Eti.tern ports, and from tins down. It Is only necessary to state these Tacts to liavo the argument como homo to every sensible person. Tho treat Northern jtrowlns States of the Union would be benefited bevond measure. while to-day they aio snfferins with over- LONDON'S GAS LIGHT. production or cotton and lo prices, if the .Nicaragua (Janai ircro coustructec would have the supplying of cotton, New Okleaxs, Feb. 24. At the Trans ilississippi Conlmcrcial Congress to-day various resolutions were introduced and referred. They favor construction of the Xicarajua Canal; urged appropriation by Congress for rivers and harbors; recom mend that the Government issue a suffi cient amount of legal tender to restore the equilibrium between money and over production; that New Mexico, Arizona and Utah be admitted as States: that this convention recommend to Congress the en actment of suchmeasuresaswillinsureto the people of the country that, the law giving a bounty on sugar and admitting machinery for the manufacture of sugar free shall not be recalled for at least five years; that the Government abolish Indian titles to land and the tribal system; that Indians be dis armed and made amenable to law; that all Indian reservations be opened for settle ment; demand free and unlimited coinage of silver; that the action of Congress regard ing the Hennepin Canal be indorsed; de nouncing trusts and combines. A Governor on "Waterway "Works. Governor Hubbard, of Texas, delivered an address on the subject of waterways. He said that until the meeting at Denver, the plea for appropriations was in vain, or was too late to do good. It was not so to-day. They had succeeded in getting the promise of the Government of ?6,200,000 to- deepen the harbor of Galveston, and in good, due time irom 20 to 30 feet of water might be expected. Governor Hubbard predicted that in less than five years great ships, laden with cot ton and grain, would be passintr inflects, through all the passes of the Mississippi river; that the same would be the case at Galveston, Velasco and even at Aransas Pass Tex. The country from New Orleans to the Rio Grande is ret virtually in a vir gin state, but this will in a short time be a country densely populated, and will hold the balance of power in this country. The following resolution, offered by the New Orleans Maritime Association was adopted: Whereas, South .Tas", though at present efficient, promises in the near future to be tcaicely adequate to accommodate with eae the prospective increase of vessels to and from that port, therefore, be it Resolved, ThatConjries" be petitioned to increase the present outlet of the present sj stem of the Mississippi river. Vt arner 3UIIcr Talks of His Canal. Hon. "Warner Miller, President of the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company, was introduced and delivered an address on the plans and progress of the canal, of which the following are extracts: He gave a brief historical account of the various efforts that have been made to construct an inter-oceanic canal, and an account of the various surveys that have been made by the United States Government and the provinces of Canada, the resnlt of t hick has been to prove that the only feasible route for a canal across the American isthmus is by the way of Nicaragua. The Government has demonstrated this most conclusively by several extended surveys which it has made of the entire isthmus from Mexico down to South America, said Mr. Miller, who continued: rThis opinion regarding the ICicarairna canal has been conenrred in by all Ameri can and foreign engineers who have ever examined the country. Generals Grant, Sherman and HcClelland all approved of the routo, and were desirous of seeing tue wort undertaken. It is a well-known fact that Generals Grant and HcCJolland were both interested in former concessions and would have been the one President, the other chief engineer of tlje enterprise, if they had lived. Americans have always b e lievedinthe feasibility of this route, and never had any laith in the ill-fated enter yrise of De Lesseps, and the result proved the soundness of their judgment. The Obstacles to Be Surmounted. icaragua Canal wcro constructed they either raw or-in its manufactured state, to fnllv 7u,O00,CO0 neoplo who live on the Taciflo Ocean, and wlio would be tributary to our country if tho canal were constructed. The 40,000,000 people of Japan are calling for new cotton mills, which they have been building. The Japanese Consul General in Jfow York informed mo only a short time ago that they had erected some 15 or 20 mod ern spinning mills in Japan, and were get ting their supply of raw cotton from India chiefly. Itaw cotton lias been sent during the past winter from New York over tho Canadian Pacific Railroad to Vancouver, and from thrro to Japan in the steamers of tlio English line. Mr. Miller then gave a description of the physical conditions" of Nicaragua and of the route as now located, over which he passed with a party of engineers and other gentle men who all pronounced the work clearly feasible. He added: Tho total distance across the country, from Greytown on the Atlantic to Brito on Ihe Pacific, is 170 miles, of which t hero is only 27 miles of a direct canal, the icst being river and lake navigation, amply providing for sneedy and safe transit or tho largest vessels now navigating both oceans. iJako Nicaragua furnishes more than ten times the volume of water necessary lor the oper ation of the locks of the canal, and for the") nnmciai Dasms to De opcratea, wuue siacK water navigation of the river is obtained by construction of a large dam. Tho value of this canal to the .conirnerce of the United States is illustrated by stating that the distance between San Franciscp and Xew Yoik and Xeir Orleans is shortened a little more than 10,000 miles from the dis tance going around the horn, or nearly one half the circumference of the globe The Pacific States are benefitted not only 03' be ing brought nearer to the gulf and eastern ports, but they me also brought proportion ately nearer the whole of Europe. The ex port of wncat and most of the raw products or the Pacific coast is to the market of Europe at the present time, where they are brought into competition with the wheat coming from India thiough the Suez canal. A Gain for the 1'acific Const. The construction of the Nicaragua canal might easily double the output of the Pacific States in wheat and other agricultural pro ducts and find for them a ready and profit able maiket in EuroDe a more profitable mai ket than now, because tho cost of trans portation, which is a large item of expense in commerce, would be reduced by the re duction of distance as above stated. It has been estimated that the increased value of the timber now standing aiound Pr.gct Sound would pay for the construction or the canal. No doubt this estimate is within the mil limit. It is well known that the great forests of Alichigan and Wisconsin are rapidly being destroyed, and Europe must look to new fields for timber. This is the best found upon the Pacific coast ot tho United States. It goes without saying that the building of tho Nicaragua Canal will rapidly increase the population of all our Pncific State. The soil thero is most fer tile, the climate is the best in the world. The Pacific coast is capable of supporting a population of a hundred million, if all the lands weie taken np and cultivated. 1 he Bait far the Central South. The benefits that w ould accrue to the Gulf States and the interior States lying west of the Mississippi and noitli of the Gulf would be only second in importance ir second at all to to the benefits derived by the Pacific coast. If the States lying along the Atlantic coast, from Maine to Virginia, have grown more rapidly in population and accumlated greater wealth, ic has been largely because they weie able to control the commerce of this country with Europe. They ere more favorably located tor this. All the pioducts of the IVest havo pasted thiough the Eastern port and added much wealtn to thoe communities. Those communities have also become large mann factuiing centers, and this has added to their wealth. There is lying south of us a irieat r.nntinfint South Annrlpa-.whip.h should bo in closer trade relations with usl than it is, and there are lying upon the Pacific great States, liko those ot Japan, Corea and the east coast of China, which would at on co bo brought into closer rela tions with the gulf States and the north of it than thev would be with the Eastern States, because the gulf ports are about 1,000 miles nearer to the eastern mouth of the canal than is New York or other Eastern ports. After the Trade of the Orient. The tesult would be that tho trade of the Orient, which is to go into all the Western States lying north of the Gulf, "would seek an Inlet through Gulf ports. Which one of , these ports would be the one favored would depeud, or course, upon the energy of the people. Tbeexport of our breadstuff's and food products, which are needed in some por- 'tions of South America and tho Piicitlc He Appeals to the Cotton Trade. If we could afford to pay thts transport!. tionnnJitbo profitable, what would be the result if It could be shipped trom Gulf ports to Japan, saving more than two-thirds of the present cost? Only a few days ago sev eral thousand bales of American cotton were shippeil from Liverpool to Japan by thc Suez Canal. General Grant, when ho made his journey around the world, foretold that this condi tion would arise. In a letter to Admiral Amiens, who has always been a strong ad vocate of the canal, he rays that the Chinese would soon import machinery for the manu facture of cotton, and soon after the opening of the Nicaragua Canal they would import more raw cotton from tho United States than our entire crop then grown (which was some 5,030,000 bales), and added that there was not such another cotton producing legion on the globe as that of Arkansas and the adjacent cotton growing lands. What Grant foretold in regard to China has a rcady come true In regard to Japan. What the South needs to-day is a larger market lor her cotton. Cotton is the largest crop sue cangrow to uring ucr money, ana, while she may turn her attention somewhat to other ptodncts. she nill never be largely successful until she has found a leady mar ket at fair prices for all the cotton she can produce. Oriental Countries Want Our Cotton. This market is not confined to our own country and Europe. The population, of Japan, Corea and Chinrmany times greater than our own, will require a vast amount of cotton aid will require a great deal more when those nations shall havo introduced modern machinery and shall be able to pro duce cotton lalirics at lower prices than at piescut. The demand of the world for the cotton market will then be equal to all that we can produce, and that at remunerative prices. Mr. Miller said in conclusion, that the enterprise now presented to America is one which has had the most careful con sideration; has been examined by the ablest engineers of the world, and pronounced en tirely feasible. He thought that the com merce of the world demanded it should be constructed. The only " question of im portance cow is whether it should be done by American capital, under American auspices and control, or whether it should be compelled io seek the capital of Europe for its, completion, for, Ith'the, example of the Suez Canal before us, there'is no doubt that private enterprise will come forward and carry this great undertaking to a suc cessful conclusion. Mr. Miller Answers Questions, Mr. Fist, of Colorado, asked how the Congress would act in the matter. Mr. Miller replied that the companyis a private corporation, chartered by the Government. It is authorized to issue bonds, but has not done so, owing to the closeness of the home and foreign market. It is intended to sell the bonds in America, but he had no recom mendations to make to the CoDgress. Ex-Governor Anthony asked how long it would take to finish the work with the funds on hand, and Mr. Miller replied that it would take about five years. Hon. J. L. Torrey, of St Louis, was next introduced and delivered an address upon the bankruptcy bill After discussion the convention adjourned until to-morrow. The Coke Kings Fear Not Kivals in Dispelling Darkness., THE ENORMITY OP THE SUPPLY. Jmmen.se Plants ftecessarj to" Fill the Fluctuating Demand. ' NO SMALL POTATOES OP RESOURCES AN AH0NYH0TJS KEF0KMEE Sends a Threatening; letter to Controller Morrow About Bach's Bill. Controller Morrow received a strange let ter yesterday Irom somebody afraid to sign his name and who, to prevent his chirog raphy being recognized, printed the com munication. , The writer threatened the Controller and sarcastically called him a "reform" official. The letter is as follows: Mb. 3IOBEOW Mr. Booth says you. Brown, Moreland, have agreed that ituch's Hill shall not be assessed and that it shall bo used as a pasture field. We have gone to the Assessor's office many times to ask about it and get no satisfaction. Flinn & Booth are making brick on that hill and Baxter has sold 50 lots, and you, a reform controller know it. ' AVe will wait a few days forjoutoput jt on tho books and if you don't do it, look out for the newspaper notices on the Reform (J) Controller. TntRTEEirrn Ward asd Soho, Tax Taycrs. The letter did not startle the Controller, nor will he lose any sleep oyer it. The property was set aside by ordinance as a pasture field for horses employed in the Department of JPublic "WorkR. However, the Controller intends to look into the mat ter and see if it is true that brick are being made and lots being sold on that portion set aside by the ordinance. He does not think this to be the case, and thinks the brave anonymous epistolary compiler, yclept "Taxpayer," is" misinformed as to the facts. Censured the Child's Parents. Coroner McDowell held an inquest at Braddock yesterday afternoon on the death of Charles Groht, aged 5 years, killed there Tuesday night by an electric car. The tes timony showed that the child and his" sister, one year older, were attracted by a brass band on the street, and asked their parents to allow them to go to the corner to see the parade pass by. The child spied his older brother across the street, and started to run to him just when the car was ten feet away, and before the car could be stopped was struck, run over and crushed. The verdict was accidental death, the motorman was ex onerated, and the parents of the child were censured for neglecting to properly look after the child before the ao:ident hap pened. He Did Up an Officer. George Keely was arrested last night by Officer Adair and locked up in the Seven teenth ward police station. The police have been looking forKecly for three weeks. He is one of the three men who assaulted Officer Hutchison on the night of February 2. Two of the men have been arrested, Martin Jlaloney and Joseph Shale, and were sentenced to six months in the workhouse each. Keely gave 51,000 bail for an appearance at the hearing this morn ing. Officer Hutchison has been unable to go on duty again, on account of injuries re ceived at that time. PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is a real cure. Other remedies fail. Try this. It is sure. Druggists. 50 cents. " ih Onr Better Halves Say They could not keep house without Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, especially for the children. In a case a lew weeks since at the home of a neighbor the attending physi cian had given up a case of what he called dropsy. Mother happening in, told the parents that in her mind it was a case of lung fsver, and ad vised the use of thi3 cough syrup, which they did. Result, the child is w ell and the parents happy. Chamberlain's medicines are used in more than half the homes in Leeds. Sims "Bros., Leeds, la. This remedv is not intended for lung fever, but for cold's, la grippe, croup and whoop ing cough. It will loosen a cold, relieve the lungs and prevent the cold from result ingin lung fever. 50-cent and 51 bottles for sale by druggists. txssu I have a very Jarge assortment of laquer papers. These goods are well adapted to reception halls, both in finish and design. John S. Roberts, 719 and T21 Liberty street (head of Wood). HTh The Gas Light and Coal Company is the best-abused institution in London. As Secretary to the company, Mr. Orwell Phil lips naturally gets most of the abuse. Yet he takes it like the humorous philosopher that he is. " 'Grasping monopolists, whose only thought is to plunder the public,' that's what we are called, ha! ha! "You have seen that description of us in the news papers before now. How illogical some people are! Nine hundred and ninety-nine in one thousand customers who write to mc, in complaint or in abuse, te'll mc that if my company won't do thi, that or the Other, they will transfer their custom elsewhere perhaps to the electric companies; ami"yet the 999 denounce us as monopolists. How can we be the monopolists of light supply in London if those furious letter-writers can take their custom elsewhere?" The ga kings have rivals, says Light and Tower, but Mr. Orwell Phillips fears them not; the competitive plan of existence, as viewed from the Horseferry road, bears for him a most cheerful aspect He begins by making short work of a general misconcep tion. " 'The effect of London fog upon gas consumption,' you say; a far greater in fluence is temperature." A moment's re flection explains this gas as a heating and cooking agent is making great progress; the time when gas was, used only to give light is dead and gone. The fact that the con. sumption of gas is more affected by temper ature than by darkness is a revelation of a new change in social habits. But let us hear Mr. Orwell Phillips. "Take the half year which ends to-day, the last day of 1891. In'the summer months of this half year the weather has been rather like that of spring. Consequently, there was little fluctuation in consumption. For the first four months of the half year, con sumption proceeded on a level line. In October it began to decline, and the total, decline has greatly exceeded that of the cor responding period for 1890, which was a cold season. But last fortnight, fog and frost came upon us all of a sudden, and up went the demand upon us at a bound." Fog Increases the Consumption. The change in temperature alone would have led to an immense increase in the con sumption of gas, but to this cause was added the black fog. Here Mr. Phillips paused as if he had something startling to say. "The public supposed we should be used up in three days; ha! ha! the public didn't know better. In former years we had fogs as thick and black as those of last week, but they only' lasted a day or two; this foglasted six days, and my company successfully bore the enormous strain upon it. TLast Thurs day's consumption ot gas was the greatest for any single day .in the company's history. Can you guess what it was?" "I cannot; I have not the remotest idea." Again Mr. Phillips paused. "123,000,000'. Can you realize that?" I really could not, I should like to see the man who could; 128,000,000' of gas it is like being lost in the ewigkeit. Let me put it in my way. On that historic Thursday the company manufactured as much gas as would form a column 24,212 miles high and 11 across. The height of the column would be about equal to the circumference of the earth. It was the output of the company's 11 monster stations; nor was the Horscferry Road Company the only gas company at work on that dismal day, though it was, and is, by far the largest. Five millions of human beings creeping, era .fling, blinking, coughing, feeling their way, and missing it, underneath their brown-black, poisonous "counterpane" of fog and smoke, upon the "greasiest" and most crowded spot " of its size in this world and ordering from one of several companies 24,000 miles of gas for a single day's necessities Such is the pict pre which Mr. Orwell Phillips' figuies sug gest to the mind. Can the gentle reader rise to the level of the conception? Fluctuation That Are Tremendous. "I have told you," said he, "what we did on that black and cold Thursday, Now I shall tell you what we did yesterday, the 30th of December. It was a dark day. Onr output was 80,000,000' 48,000,000' less than black Thursday's. "What caused that stu pendous difference? Why, the difference in temperature. Yesterday was a warmish day." "Most astonishing, Mr. Phillips; you must have a little in reserve to withstand such tremendous fluctuations." "That we have wc, whom.the public and the journalists call grasping monopolists, living by public plunder at every one of our 11 stations is kept a great quantity, of reserve plant and fuel in readiness for emergencies which may or may not come in six, seven, eight or nine months. One-half of our plant is reserved that is to say, it is never used except in emergen cies, we ournca ij.uuu tons ot coa on black Thursdav what do vou think of that? We burn 2,000,000 tons' a year. In the week of log and cold we had to draw on our reserve stores;,not an ounce of coal could we land from our fleet of ships in the river. During the fog week there were 11 or 13 ot the company s colliers in the Thames some of them carrying as much as 2,000 tons. But they dared not move irom midstream to the wharfs and piers. If they moved they might go crashing into one an other. Pilots could not sec their way. They could only feel their way." Fancr'a pilot feeling his way; and a Charles Lamb feel ing the pilot's cheek, tofind out if the pilot saw the joke. "In a fog," says Mr. Phillips, "the river is always darker than the streets. You see that we w ere pretty well prepared for black week; but still we are not satisfied. London is growing, so is London's smoke- and fog. Supposing we had a black fortnight, and ohr ships dared not move. That would be awkward." Resources That Are 3ot Small Potatoes. "It would." V "And therefore I am asking my company for extra plant three gas holders at one of our stations, and am putting the .matter before them to-morrow. Here are the esti mates. "What 'do you think they amount to? Guess." "Can't." I could only guess that a person who turned out 24,000 miles of at gas a pi nch would refuse to loot at anything under five or six figures; to a man who (gasometrically speak ing) holds three-fourths of London, 3,000, 000 and some odd thousands of us in the hol low of his hand, an operation which would far exceed the resources of the "small pota toes" of the ordinary financial humidity must appear trifling. "How much?" said L "Two hundred and twenty-five thousand pounds 75,000 apiece," was the reply. All that money lor the purpose of sup plying one of the company's 11 stations with three gas holders, which arc partly to be kept in reserve for some such visitation as last week's fog! "Well, you people go to work royally." t "We do. The demands upon our re sources are increasing. We must go on. "We cannot stop." "Certainly, Mr. Phillips, all you have been telling me must strike the imagination of the London public. What other con cern in the world save your own, can in the short space of 24 hours turn out as much gas as (if it were measured in cubic feet) would put a ring round the world? But is it not possible that) the gas kings, like other kings and princes of the earth, have had their day? Great is the gas retort, Mr. Phillips, but is not the dynamo greater? Do you not fear the electricians? Will they not put out the 7,000,000 gas burners of London, and make short work of your dividends?" "Not Afraid of the Electricians. "Fear the electricians! Rob us of our customers! O-oh! "We are not afraid. I'll tell you by and by who t)ur most serious rival is I dare sa.v lFwill amuse you. But as for the electric light, it hasn't touched us in the least; and it won't. You will be sur prised at the real facts "of the case. Yon know that Sir Coutts Lindsay some eight years back introduced distributive electric lighting into London. He made his Btart in Bond street. Well, two or three years ago, as I was walking down Bond street, I was struck with the prevalence of electric lighting in the shops. We had (as we still have) a great many valuuble customers in Bond street. So it occurred to me to com pare our receipts from Bond street before Sir'Coutts.Lindsjy put up his electric ma chines with our receipts four years after. I found that at the earlier period our re ceipts from Bond street were 7,200, and at the Inter period 7,800. "I do not deny that we have lost customers in Bond street. What I say is that our re ceipts from Bond street have risen in spite of the competition from electricity. The fact is, that a great many business people in Bond street, and everywhere, put up their electric lights as an advertisement Smith starts it; Jones next door thinks ho must do it, too; and Brown over the way won't stand having the shine taken out ot him by his rivals. That's 'one point. Here's a sec ond the back, parts ot those shops whose fronts are so brilliantlv lighted by clow lamps are lighted by gas don't iorget what I have said about advertisement. The elec tric light throws strong shadows, and these are bad for workers; therefore, in the back premises where work is done, gas is still used." Coke 3Ien Aro Guin? to Hale the Day. So far Mr; Phillips. I reproduce his statement as faithfully as I can. I do not agree with it fully. I might have said a great deal in illustration of the enormous benefits of the electric light. But my busi ness was to hear what Mr. Phillips had to say about gas. "Yesand here's another point for you. You are told about the great number of 'West End mansions which are fitted up for electric lighting. But bear in mind that gas never was used in those mansions. Wax candles were burned, not Eras. So that, as far as these mansions are concerned, we have not lost any customers." "1 have heard all you have said, Mr. Phillips. But the new" light is making way. What the electric men annex, you cannot have. But I see you are coming to a most interesting point. Like the moon, and more satisfactory than the lesser stars, vou coke kings of Horseferry Road have ruled the night. .Now you are going to rule the day not only in the vile season of fog, but also when the sun is up. You are going to rev olutionize our grates, and you are going to " "Going to! why we are doing it; we have done it. How many cooking stoves gas cooking stoves have we planted through out London, do you think?" "I Haven't the slightest notion. One feels shy of making guesses in Horseferry Road. You have told mc that you propose to speud 225,000 upon three gas holders for one. of your stations; as much money, at one swoop, for those three unasthetic-looking objects as the city companies spend in a year on salaries and fees and management, and more salaries and fees and charities, poly technics and turtle. After that it seems useless to guess. But let me try. Say 5,000 cooking stoves? Yon shake your head. j.en thousand? Yon are smiling consum edly. Fifteen thousand? No? Well, I give it up." "Fifty thousand in one class of estab lishments, such, for example, as large places of business which dine their own clerks, as sistants and work-peonle cenerallv. It is nowadays the custom for the great estab lishments of Loudon, almost without an ex ception, to provide dinners for their hands on the premises. It means economy in monev, time and trouble; economy all roundV' Til PLATERS' WlfiES Settled On at. a Meeting of Manufacturers' Association. the NEW ADVEKTISEMENTS. THE THE PRESENT DUTY . SUFFICIENT, And an Increase lias Keither Eeen manded Xor Desired. re- rEOGRESS OF TIIE NEW INDUSTRY THE DISCOVEREB OF THE PIGMIES. Chatlleo Irfnsf, or Gordon's Staff, Thinks He Has Troved His Claim. Catko, Feb. 12. Chaillee Long, who is here and who claims to be the first discov erer of the African pigmies,"is much elated over a find which he believes will establish his title beyond peradventure. It may be remembered that he" claimed,' when Gordon's chief of staff in the Soudan in 1875, to have discovered the pigmies of equatorial Africa, and to" have brought down with him' the little Princess Ticki-Ticki, three feet high, who was given him by her father. Long and Stanley have had a lively controversy, Stanley claiming that Long "had not made the discovery at all, and Long,makins simi lar assertions in regard to Stanley. Further, Stanley said Long had no proof. Long had given his Ticki-Ticki to Ismail's harem, and could never get sight of her. Mr. Anderson, the American Consul Gen eral here, officially asked that she be found, in order that a wax model might be made of her as an American discovery for the Chi cago Fair. The foreign officer reported that there was only one dwarf in any of the present Prince's harems, and a model of her was submitted, whicn showed that it was not Ticki-Ticki; but Dr. Morrison, who had charge of Consul Anderson during his recent illness, reported that he had seen the little Princess in one ot the Khedival harems, where he was rendering professional ser vice, and that she is still living. So Long is triumphant, and even thinks Ticki-Ticki may yet go to Chicago. No saintly name, no foreign claims, has Salvation Oil, the great American remedy, but the price is only"25 cents. AIX RECORDS BROKEX ' To-Day Our Great ST 35 Men's Suit Sale See Samples In Onr Show Windows F. C. C. d Clothiers. To-day another hummer. An array of men's suits at $7 25 that never was equaled. You are never disappointed when you call at our store. 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In best print, fancy chocolate, Indigo blue nd other good " colors, at 51, 51 25, 51 50 and 52 each. In gingham, best style of stripes, 51 75 each. Egyptian cloth teagown shape, 53. JSee these to-day on first floor of cloak room. Jos. Hokne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Dfandolln, Guitar and Banjo Music At H. Kleber&Bro.'s music store, No. 506 Wood street, you will not only find a largcassortment of the celebrated Wash burn mandolins and guitars, and the Stew art, Fairbanks & Cole, and Kleber spscialty banjos, but also the latest music and books for these popular instruments. Klebir Bros, are also constantly receiving the lat est songs and piano music. A.meriean gui tars, warranted, from 56 50 up; mandolins, warranted, from 57 50 up, and banjos from 53 un. Tuning, repairing and polishing of pianos.a specialty. I HATEJust received arc-copy of a very old French paper. This paper has been on the hall of the Endicott mansion for the past 50 years.' It is an extra wide paper, and a masterpiece 'both in design and color ing. John's. Roberts, 719 and 721 Liberty street (head of Wood). Mill ' Spriujr Dresses. We arc now receiving new costumes for early spring wear. Pabcels & Jones, tts 29 Filth avenue. ' It is CALL and see the hollyhock frieze. very wide and its brilliancy of color won derful. John S. Roberts, 719 and 721 Liberty street (head of Wood). Kin, "Neuralgia Cured In Fifteen Blinnten. Mr. J. S. Sturtevant, editor of the Wau paca (Wis.) Post, says: "Last night Cham berlain's Pain Balm cured my wife ot neu ralgia of the face and tooth in 15 minutes' We would not be without it." 50-cent bottles for sale by druggists. ttssu Bisque op Beef herbs 'and aromatics, a vegetable tonic, cures dyspepsia. If Ton Never Have tried Camellia flour you cer tainly nave made a mistake. A few flours maybe as good we doubt it but i.one are better. Then, too, it is made in Pittsburg, and should have the preference with local housewives, don't yon think? Pianos, Pianos, Organs, Organs, Self-P.'ayin: iEollans, Mnslc Cabinets, f Stools and Covers. The only things we sell. Xothing not first-1 class. Hardman, IlTakaucr, Vose pianos; in organs more makes than we can enumerate. Been in the business over GO years, and know what is ,good and what is not. Do you know as much? If not, when you want a piano or organ you had bette'r call on us. We'll treat you right. That's the secret of our phenomenal success. Call at our warerooms dnd spend a delightful half hour listening to our self-playing olians. Easy monthly payments taken oh all our goods, if yon so desire. 3IELLOR &' HOENE, "Palace of Music," 77 Fifth avenue. REAL E&XATE SAVINGS BAXE, USS. 01 Smithfield Street, Cor. Fourth Avenue. Capital, 5100,000. Surplus, 575,000. Deposits of 51 and upward received and interest allowed at & per cent. TT3 A called meeting ef the Tin Plate Asso ciation was held at the Monongahela House yesterday. About 20 manufacturers, repre senting 16 firms, were present. At the morning meeting a committee was ap pointed to pfepare a scale ot wages for labor in the tin houses. It was decided to pay the tin and wash men 12 cents per box, the cradle boys 4 cents, cleaners 3 cents, dust ers 2 cents. Secretary Britton explained that these wages are double the foreign rates. A number of other subjects of interest to the trade were discussed. The selling terms were made cash in 30 days-, 1 per cent ofE The Welsh manufacturers do not sell on time. They demand immediate payment witli 4 per cent oft. The Board of Managers was instructed to confer with the Iron and Steel Sheet Association about the expedi ency of hiring a secretary in common for both organizations. As their interests are almost identical the chances are this will be done. Wajes for Skilled tVorltors. The question of waees for the skilled me chanics has been -left with the sheet iron men, who will arrauge a scale with the Amalgamated Association in June. Mr. Cronemeyer saidat present that each firm hires its own men, aud the rate ot wages is agreed upon between employer and em ploye.' When the businesses established, a scale will have to be arranged The manu facturers think that the sheet iron men are best posted on the wage problem, and for this reason it has -been referred to them. The wages paid in Wales are known, but they will not be used as a standard. A resolution was unanimously adopted de claring that the manufacturers are satisfied with the present tariff, and they think it is adequate lor tne purpose of protection! Mr. Cronemyer said the resolution was passed to silence the tin plate liars who have been claiming lately that the manu facturers wanted a higher .rate of duty. "These reports are circulated," he con tinued, "to bring the business into disre pute. We want the-truth told, and we do object to being constantly misrepresented. I have also heard it said in some quarters that there is considerable apathy among the manufacturers about starting up. This is a great mistake. Some people think because the discussions are not kept up in the newspapers that the tin plate ,busincss has died out. After the tariff bill was passed wc left the newspapers alone, and in stead of making a great stir have been at home building plants. They can't be built in a day or a summer as some imagined at the start. It takes time to have the ma chinery made and put in position. It is true bfock plates are scarce, but that is our business, to make them. This is what we are trying to do." Growth of the American Indnstry. L. R Coates, of Baltimore, said the pub lie would be surprised to know what has b?en done. He remarked that at the end of the year the American output would be 2,000,000 boxes, and that in a short time this amount would be increased to 4,000,000. The tin plate men will have an easy time meeting the requirements of the tariff, which specifies that one-third of the product con sumed in the United States must be made here at the end of five years. Mr. Coates added that the business is in the experi mental stage, and much time has been lost in frying to determine on the best methods and machinery. The manufacturers are willing to help each other, and nothing is concealed. Plans of the mills are passed around, and any of the makers will furnish greenhorns who think of go ing into the business all the information possible. In some plants two trains of rolls have been placed, while some men think the one-roll' mill is the best. Secretary Britton stated that 14 mills are nowjn operation, and 18 are under construc tion. In the aggregate 55 trains of rolls will be in operation when all the plants are completed. The capacity of the mills per year will be 70,000 tons. A Grand .Endowment. To invigorate Is to endow with lifalth. This is conferred upon the feeble, the nerv ons and tho dyspeptic by llostotter's Stomach Bitters, the creat enablinc inedi- ome. It recieates, as it were, tho ability to digest and to sleep. It augments the appe tite, and, since it increases the power of the system to incorporate food as part of Its sub stance. It tends to remedy leanness. .Malaria, kidney complaint, la grippo and liver com plaint are cured by the Bitters. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.' JANUARY 1, 1892. Abbrilo. .................. .... ..... .SloOiiyOiQiOiOO Liabilities, including the Reserve on all exist- ing policies (4 "per cent Standard) and Special Reserve (toward the establishment of a 3j per cent valuation of) ....$1,500,000 109,905,537.82 Total Undivided Surplus $26,292,980.56 Income ...,. $39,054,943.85 New AsSurance written in 1891 233,118,331.00 Outstanding Assurance ...804,894,557.00 The Free Tontine" policy (the Society's latest form) is unrestricted as to residence, travel and occupation after one year; incontestable after two years, and 'Nonforfeitable'! after three years. Claims are paid immediately upon the receipt of satisfactory proofs of death. " - HENRY B. HYDE, President JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Vice-Pres't EDWARD A. WOODS,' Manager, -516 Market Street, Pittsburgr. fe25-39 ' "'A- NIGHTSHIRTS. SPECIAL SALE. I lift . AT$!.25 CENTS. Worth 50 cents. CENTS. Worth 63 cents. CENTS, CENTS, CENTS, CENTS, CENTS, Worth 75 cents. Worth 88 cents. Worth $1.00. Worth 51.13. Worth 1.25. WORTH 1.50. FLEISHMAN & CO. 504, 506 and 50S MAKKlvl b'l'K-.-!. ff25 r ELEGANCE! COMFORT! DURABILITY! SATISFACTION $2. $3, $4, $5. EVERY PAIR WARRANTED .SATISFACTORY. "W. "ML. XJTBJJD, 483 SLracl asS Wood St. I Wholesale I clulcX Retail. 1 306-50810 I Marie St.. fe23-5I-TW VnvV''v',A X 1 4- 4iHi M
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