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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1892.
HOMES OF CHINESE
Defend Them in Debate on the Geary
Total Exclusion Bill
A CALIFOBNIAN'S OPEN LETTER,.
In Vfhkh Attention Is Called to the
abilities of PeTenge.
DISORDIE DUMNG DEBATE DB50DNCED
WASHEroTOS', April 21. In tha tem
porary absence of Vice President Morton
the chair was occupied to-day by Mr. Man
dersoD, President pro tem of the Senate.
Mr. Gorman gave notice that on Friday,
Hay 6, he would ask the Senate to consider
resolutions relative to the death of his late
colleague, Mr. "Wilson. The Senate then
proceeded to the consideration of bills on
the calendar, passing a number, one of them
appropriating J504,SOO for a large number
of lighthouses and other aids to navigation,
mostly on the Great Lakes. The House bill
to prohibit, absolutely, the coming of Chi
nese persons into the United States was
taken up for consideration, and Mr. Chan
dler moved to amend it by making the term
of exclusion 15 years instead of 10 years:
Mr. Dolph said he disagreed with Mr.
Sherman, who had expressed the opinion
yesterday that the existing exclusion act
would not expire until 1894. He quoted
certain provisions of the act of 1884 (amend
atory of the act of 1882), and argued that
his construction of the law was the correct
one, and not Mr. Sherman's construction of
it. Mr. Dolph expressed his anxiety to
to have some practical legislation secured
without delay. If the House wanted some
stringent measure of Chinese exclusion it
could put an amendment on the Senate bill
and let the matter go to a conference.
The Necessity or Some .Legislation.
Mr. Pelton said he was in accord with the
Senator from Oregon as to the necessity of
some legislation on the subject. He thought
it better that there should be at this time
legislation to exclude the Chinese. He np
nroached the discussion ot the subiect with
reluctance, conscious of the fact that there
existed a sentiment among worthy people
who had little or no practical knowledge on
the subject and who were opposed to the ex
clusion of the Chinese. He would have re
mained silent but for the iact that he rep
resented, in part, a constituency that had
suffered from the evil for a third of a cent
ury. He had learned by bitter experience
the great economical and moral objections to
the incoming of Chinese. It was a moral,
social and economic question.
Mr. Felton's speech was composed largely
of an indictment against the Chinese race,
which had, he said, a sovereign contempt
for "Western civilization and religion. His
objection to the mere continuance of the ex
isting law was that it really had no prac
tical effect Its only effect was to turn away
the incoming of Chinese from the American
line of steamers to San Francisco to a British
line ot steamers to British Columbia. The
Canadian Government received 550' a head
lor everv Chinaman landed in that country.
and the United States Government got him
all the same. It was a notorious fact, he
said, that the number of Chinese in Canada
had but very slightly increased, for they
came into the United Sates whenever they
pleased.
Sherman' Opposition to the Bill.
Mr. Sherman opposed the House bill.
"When that bill went before the Committee
on Foreign Relations it had been fairly
considered, and it had been deemed best, on
the whole, instead of passing that severe
law, to postpone action upon it, and to pro
vide for the continuance for ten years ofthe
present regulations restricting Chinese
immigration. At that time it had been
assumed that the existing law would be
parsed on the 7th of May, 3892.
Afterward, and on further examination of
the law, it was the opinion of the Com
mitte on Foreign Relations that the present
restrictions would not expire until 1894,
and that therefore there was no special
hurrv in acting on the matter. His own
opinion and advice was that the Senate
should agree to an amendment extending
the present legislation for ten years, and
let the bill as thus amended go to a confer
ence committee, where the matter might be
fully considered, and, if additional legis
lation should be deemed necessary, it could
be recommended by the conference com
mittee and brought before the two Houses
for approval or disapproval.
The House bill, Mr. Sherman added, was
against the spirit of American civilization,
contrary to all the ideas that had been
tanght as to the rights belonging to every
man of every race and clime, and un
christian. Mr. Huntington Talks Business.
The following telegram was read by Mr.
Frye:
Sax Fkakcisco, April IS.
Hon. W. T. Frye. United States feenate, 'Washlne-ton:
contested election case was Mr. Da Forrest,
of Conneotlout, who supported the claims
of the contestant, regretting. howeTer, that
he would be obliged to cast his rota to seat
a Republican and to unseat a Democrat
who had earned the esteem of bis colleagues
during his service on the floor. There was
a great deal of noise iu the hall and Mr.
O Ferrall put in an emphatic protest
against it "I do not like,"Jie said, "to
make charges, but it seems to me there are
some gentlemen on this floor who, when-
Fos- I eTer anyone addressing the Chair in favor
oi me majority report, endeavor to divert
attention from his remarks by confusion
and disorder."
At the conclusion of Mr. Haugen's
speech, Mr. O'Ferrall gave notice that to
morrow, after Mr. Fellows, of Hew York,
had closed for the contestee, and O'Ferrall
had concluded the argument for the con
testant, he would demand the previous
question.
Mr. Gillespie, of Pennsylvania, who
signed the minority report, then spoke in
favor of the sitting member. Alter
speeches by Messrs. wike. Allen, Dear-
mondand Chipman, the House adjourned.
TWO REBEL VICTORIES
MEETING THE DEFICIT.
Controller Brown, of Allegheny,
Hakes His Annual Report.
ENTERING THE SECOND CLASS
With Every Arrangement Made to Pay Off
the City's Debt.
PUBLIC IHPE0YEHEKT8 EECOMHEUDED
Won TTIth Frlshtfnl Oarnace In Venezuela
1-uerto Cabello Filled With a Banted
and Panic-Stricken Army The Gover
nor of Zamora Join the Insurrection.
Pueeto Cabello, Venezuela, April
2t This picturesque port is in a terrible
state of excitement over the utter rout of
the Government troops April 14. At sun
down on that date Palacio's army made its
final and futile attempt to dislodge a force
of insurgents under command of General
Mora. Twice the Government soldiers at
tacked the enemy and failed to drive it from
its position. Discouraged over their ill
success, .falaclo s troops showed signs oi
panic, but under appeals of their leader they
rallied and again charged the foe. The en
counter was brief but furious. They were
defeated all along the line and fled in every
direction. The insurgents followed in hot
pursuit, and did not abandon it until the
terror-stricken Gouernment troops were well
on the road to this town.
There were many dead, dying and
wounded left upon the battlefield. Some of
them were rebels, but the large majority
were followers of Palacio. The Government
soldiers did not stop to carry their dead and
injured from the scene ot their rout, hut
straggled into Puerto Cabello. Nothing
definite could be learned as to the exact
number of those slain, but it is officially an
nounced that the Government lost one-third
of its force in the encounter. Of this loss
by far the greater proportion was caused by
desertions. As soon as Palacio's men saw
they were overcome many of them threw
down their arms and went over to the
enemy. This town has some 9,000 inhabit
ants, and every able-bodied man among
them has been forced into military service.
The Governor of Zamora, on April 6,
officially denounced Palacio as a tyrant,
usurper and dictator, and proclaimed the
sovereignty of that State. He also issued a
call lor volunteers to defend Zamora and aid
Crespo in driving Palacio out ot "Venez
uela. The Government General Polanco,
after an all-night march, came up with the
revolutionists at sunrise on April 7. Man-
zano, the rebel leader, had 5,000 men under
his command. The battle was fiercely
lougnt, with great loss ot lite on both sides.
The revolutionists made the attack and
forced the fiebtine. Palacio's men forced
the insurgents to fall backward toward Acar
igua. The revolutionists were reinforced
during the night of April 7 by 600 horse
men from the North. At noon on April 8
the Nationalists renewed their attack with
a force thinned to one-half of what it was in
the encounter ofthe previous day. General
Manzano succeeded in cutting through their
ranks and pressed northward. He retook
Araure and made a forced march upon Tin
aquilla. He was joined there by a rein
forcement of 300 cavalry and Miranda, and
camped within three leagues of Valencia.
GIVES IN TO TEE GOVEBHMEHT.
Since my arrival here I have learned what
effect the passage ot the Geary bill would
have on both Chinese and Americans.
Thousands of Chinese in transit across the
United States landing at ports, under regu
lations made by the Secretary or the Treas
ury in January, 18S3, have paid American
transportation companies, since the restric
tion act, over $350,000 for transportation
alone. Should that bill become a law,
this traffic would go to foreign countries via
Canada and Panama. Since the passage of
the restriction act the Custom House records
show 32,000 more departures than arrivals at
this port. Hundreds or wealthy Chinese
merchants, representing firms here, have
Rone to China and other countries on busi
ness, under faith of existing laws, having
property interests here valued at hundreds
of thousands or dollars. The Geary bill
would debar them from returning, ana vir
tually confiscate their property.
JIuch has been said about thousands of
Chinese crossing the bounoarv from Canada.
The collectors from British Columbia report
for 1891, 3,275 arrivals at British Columbia
ports, and 2,277 departures for China. I
trust that the good business sense of the
American people, and love of fair play and
Justice will find expression in Congress suffi
ciently strong to defeat this wicked bilL
Our west coast possessions were obtained in
the first half of this century by the best and
greatest men in our country, as much or
more to secure the commerce of the Orient
as for the territory itself. California has
the best climate In the world, and her soil is
unsurpassed. So ir the commerce of the
400,000,003 people of China is not disturbed,
it can be said that they (the great men who
secured California to the Republic) builded
better than they knew.
C. P. IIU3TnfOT03.
An End to Diplomatic Relations.
Mr. Sherman resumed his argument m
opposition to the bill. It admitted, he
said, Chinese persons who were duly ac
credited to the United States Government:
but what'he asked, would Chinese diplo
mats come to the United States tor if all
other Chinese people were to be excluded?
The passage of such a bill, he said, would be
sure to break off" all diplomatic relations
between the United States and China.
"What then, he asked, would become of
American commerce? The United States
was depending on China for tea. The
United States had a vast commerce with
China, amounting to many millions a year.
If this bill were passed " not only would
China have no diplomats and no consuls
here, but the United States would have no
commercial.relations with China. The tea
from China" for the United States would
then be sent through Vancouver Island.
Mr. Sherman denounced the bill as a vio
lation of the treaty with China, and said
that any nation which violated a treaty un
duly, and without cause would be regarded
as acting against the civilization of the
world.
After further debate the Senate ad
journed. Another Dull Day in the House.
The debate in the House to-day was dull
and uninteresting. The speakers confined
themselves to presenting the legal aspects
ofthe contested election case, and their as
sociates paid but little attention to the dis
cussion. The first speaker on the Xoyes-Bockwell
A Couple of States in Tenexuel Submit to
the Inevitable.
"Washctgtos-, April 2L General Bolet
Peraza, the Venezuelan Minister at "Wash
ington, to-day received the following dis
patch from his Government:
Caracas, April 21,
Minister of Venezuela, Washington:
The States Los Andes and Zamora have
submitted to the Government Crespo Is
fleeing. There is onlv one guerrilla left in
Carobabo. Deny the false news published
with the purpose of deceiving commerce
and to get arms and ammunition.
Pkesidest.
Senor Bolet Peraza this afternoon left
"Washington for a visit to New York.
SHE BOUGHT HEB DIVOBCE.
A Prominent Ieavenworth Woman Says
She Paid Her Husband S7.000.
IiEAVEirvvOBTll, April 21. The Haider
man divorce, granted under very peculiar
circumstances Monday, is receiving the at
tention of the public again. Owing to the
unusual proceedings it was alleged that a
money consideration was back ofthe whole
affair. This was strenuously denied by
General Halderman in an interview pub
lished in a local paper. This interview
seems to have greatly angered Mrs. Halder
man, who publishes the following in an
swer:
My attention was this morning called to
an article in the Times, purporting to be an
interview with Mr. Halderman As a mat
ter of fact, I desire to state, in the face of
.Mr. Ilalderman's denial, that he received
from me the sum of $7,000 as the price of my
eagerly-sought freedom and a panacea for
his wounded pride.
Axxa B. Haldebxav.
To say Mrs. Halderman's card has created
a sensation is putting it mildly. General
Halderman, when approached about the
matter to-day, declined to make any state
ment. The Hebrew Crank Gets Ten Tears.
New Yoke, April 21, Joseph Mxzzarki,
the Egyptian Hebrew who in March 6 last
shot Kev. Dr. H. P. Mendes, rabbi of the
Nineteenth Street Synagogue, because he
refused to give him" 5100, was to-day con
victed of assault in the first degree. He
was sentenced to ten vears in the State
prison, the extreme penalty.
Arizona Funding Act Conferees.
"WASHUfOTOX, April 2L The Speaker
this morning appointed 'Messrs. "Washing
ton, Smith and Perkins as conferees on the
"Arizona funding act" bill, which caused
such a commotion in the Senate recently.
The principal point at issue between tne
two Houses is the "lawful money" amendment.
FORIsERTOUS DEBILITY
TJse Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Dr. H. T. Turner, Easson, Minn., says: "I
nave found it very beneficial in nervous de
bility, from any cause, and for Indigestion.'
Bread TJted by Starring Haitians.
Lorooir. April 21. The Lancet publishes
an analysis of the bread used in the famine
districts of Russia. It shows that over 10
per cent is composed of woody fiber, husks
dried leaves, sand, eta The so-called bread
is of a dirty brown color, resembling peat.
This is horrible to the bread eaters of this
country, who have so long enjoyed bread
made from the rich, 'wholesome, nutritions
flours made by the Marshall Kennedy Mill
ing Co. Nothing but the very finest wheat
is used in Camellia and Bayard Amber flour.
Which. COUDled With the extrema pjim taVnn
!.- ,,, - .t : . .-- .. ....
i me uiLuuig oi ma
finest flour iu the world.
wheat, produces
xrytt.
the
The Iron City Brewing Company uses
nothing but the choicest qualities of malt
and hops in the manufacture of its favorite
brands or lager and Pilsner beer. This beer
is guaranteed to be four months old, un
adulterated and a most delicious beverage
Fifty thousand barrels of it on hand in the
vaults or the Iron City Brewing Company.
Purity, age and quality combined.
Grand Excursion, Bound Trip Sll 00
To Norfolk, Va., via Washington, D. C,
leaves Pittsburg, Tuesday, April 4, 8 a. x!
Call or address Sloan & Co., 127 fourth
avenue.
City Controller James Brown made his
twenty-seventh annual report to Allegheny
Councils last evening, exhibiting the re
ceipts and expenditures for the fiscal year
ending February 29, 1892.
In his report the Controller states that
arrangements had been completed to care
for the floating indebtedness of the city,
and he also impresses upon Councils the
urgent necessity for public improvements
on large scale, insisting that they augment
the value of real estate in such large pro
portion as to soon pay for themselves, if not
directly, at least Indirectly. The Controller
also suggests that he is a greatly over
worked official, and that it is impossible for
him, with his present force, to give the at
tention to details expected from him. In
this connection he quotes Controller Mor
row, of Pittsburg, to whom he' pays a deli
cate compliment. In his report Controller
Brown says :
Taking Care or the Deficiency.
During the year there have been issued
and sold 1150,000 municipal 1 per oent bonds.
These were issued for the purpose of closing
up a long standing deflolency account,
which had grown from year to vear. and had
been caused by temporary loans in the city
banks. It was thought best to close np this
account before entering among the cities of
the second class, as hereafter there
would be no addition to this
deficiency, as It could not occur again, pro
vided the departments kept within their ap
propriations. The city starts in as a city of
the second class free from any floating in
debtedness, and proper care in making the
annual appropriations, based on the known
1 avenues, will enable the city each year to
pay up all current expenses. Heretofore
.temrjorarv loans were unnvnirinhln if raIr.
ries and wages of employes were to be paid
promptly, because the fiscal year ended in
February, whereas the payment of taxes be
gan in June following. This will be avoided
hereafter.ua collections of taxes begin March
1. The necessity will still exist with full
force for each department to confine its ex
penditures rigidly within the limit of Its ap
propriation. Well-Lighted City Streets.
To complete the eleotrlo light plant, bonds
were Issued for $160,000, bearing I per oent
Interest. This secures to the city its own
electrlo light plant, wholly within Its con
trol, and does away almost entirely with
gas. The extension of this system can be
made from year to year without any further
increase in Indebtedness, as appropriation
is made to cover all outlay both for main
tenance and extension when and where
needed. The change from gas to electricity
is well worth all it has cost, and has met
with commendatory praise from all citizens.
Allegheny can now be truthfully stated as
having as well-lighted a city as any in the
oountry, and in this respect is fully abreast
with rjrosrreaa eluewheii-
Improvement bonds have been issued to
the amount of $75,000, bearing 4 percent
Interest, for the repairing of Federal and
Rebecca streets, two leading thoroughfares.
This imrjrovemftnt: RnAAlra fnv tf-QAlr fho
pity bearing the expense because under the
law the abutting property could not be
charged twice for paving.
Toflnish the grading of California avenue
$23,000 4 per cent bonds were issued. This
being rural property, tne city, it was
thought, could collect an equal amount from
the abutting property. Under the opinion
of the City Solicitor It was and still is donbt
ful whether this can be done, and curative
legislation may have to be resorted to.
Helped Out by Pittsburg Decisions.
The late decisions of the Supreme Court In
relation to our neighboring city may help
solve this problem, which is not by any
means clear. However this may be, the city
will make an effort to oolleot a fair
proportion of the above work, but in any
event the opening up of this important
thoroughfare will ultimately vastly Improve
the west end of the city, leading as it does
direct to Bellevue, and opening up a large
b.lblvu ui urupercy lor improvement, wmon
otherwise had no outlet and must have re
mained fit only for agricultural purposes.
Bapld transit over this new thoroughfare is
building it up, and before long it will be
largely Improved, thus adding to the taxa
ble valuation ofthe city.
The above increase in indebtedness for the
purposes named amounts to 5408,000.
On the first day of July, 1892, $100,000 7 per
cent water bonds will become due. These
bonds were Issued prior to the time when a
sinking fund was required by law for their
payment, and can be renewed at 4 per cent,
thus saving annually $3 000 in interest The
Sinking Fund Commission, from their sur
plus, will be enabled either to redeem about
$50,0d0 of the above1 bonds, or subscribe in
the same amount for the new issue, as their
Judgment may direct them. It will be under
stood that under the act of 1874 all bonds
issued thereafter must be provided for in
the sinking fund, which fund must be held
for the final payment of said issues; the ac
cumulating interest and earnings of the
sinking funds car be appropriated as above
indicated when thought best to do so.
Benewals Becoming a Thing of the Past,
We will soon reach the last issue of bonds
for which no provision was made for final
payment, and therefore the sinking funds
will amply provide for eaoh maturing bond
issue, and renewals will become a thing of
the past
The Sinking Fund Commission during tho
past year has Invested surplus cash in
its hands in $100,000 4 per cent
municipal bonds and $1,403 4 per cent Cali
fornia avenue bonds. The commission has
earned for the city since its organization,
October, 1880, through the investment of the
funds in their charge, the sum of $87,558 39.
They have also paid off and canoelled during
the same period, bonds of the city to the
amount of (372,000.
They hold at the present time loans o' the
city of varlons issues amounting to tsffitsoo.
and cash on hand, $33,740 45. making a total
of cash and securities or $397,240 45. The in
come of the commission for the past year in
interest was $13,470.
It must have become evident from the
events and experiences of the past year that
this office is not provided with sufficient
force to conduct all tho work and duties
enforced upon it or expected of it To
audit and probate every single item of out
lay: to keep the accounts of all the various
departments or the city; to conduct the
bond issues and payment or Interest when
due; to enforce the collection of all public
works, such as streets, aeweis. t . tr
advertise all public work and to attend
to the classification of all bids; to
keep pay rolls for all employes -of the city,
including fire and police departments, day
laborers and others, and, in addition there
to, conduct the minutest details of a vast
and somewhat complicated municipal gov
ernment, has most severely taxed the time
and labor of your Controller and his one as
sistant, and he urges an increase of his cleri
cal foroe if he Is to be held accountable for
the correctness of all receipts and disburse
ments of the city, in addition to the many
vuuu uiiijr uuwca iuijjuscu. upuu Ilinj.
Not Enough Hen for the Work.
No other city of the size and importance
of Allegheny in the entire country has done
so much with similar help through its de
partments of control. Pittsburg, with a
separate bond department, which is con
ducted by the Treasurer, with its sewer and
street improvements regulated outside of
the office of the Controller, with less detail
work Imposed npon that official, has five
employes in the office of the Controller,
while we have but two. The necessity
of one or more assistants must be
obvious to all at a glance. It has been
simpiy tmposstoie lor your controller to In-
row, of Pittsburg, whose experience and
judgment on such matters are well known
and recognized by every taxpayer in this
community. I fully concur with him that
an auditor ought to be appointed, under the
direction of the Controller, whose duty it
shall be to audit all claims and oversee all
accounts of subordinate collectors of the
city's revenues. The following are Con
troller Morrow's words:
"The city revenues ara derived from
scores of different sources. Some of these
returns are made to the City Treasurer's
office direct by the person paying, and the
subordinate officer has nothing to do with
the matter. In other cases the money is
paid to the officers of the various depart
ments or their subordinates. Included in
these are receipts from market rents, build
ing Inspectors' fees, dog licenses, city weigh
scales, show licenses, wharfs, peddlers'
licenses and from dozens of different
sources. This money is turned over to the
City Treasurer eaoh month as so much cash
taken in by that particular officer. The
latter certifies under oath that the
sum named was the total amount
reoeived In his office for the time stated.
The Controller takes it for granted that such
is the case. There Is not at hand any means
of ascertaining that the return is correct
and even if the stubbooks, or any other
method of keeping books, were at hand, tho
Controller ha nnt thn force a.t hand and not
the time to go over those books."
k Suggest a Change of System.
The experience In our sister city appears
to be not unlike our own, and any fair
minded person will see where the difficulty
lies. It Is not in the Controller's offlccybut
in tho system which permits a number of
useless collectors of revenue, and this sys
tem must be modified without delay.
The revenue from all sources during the
fiscal year was as follows:
Taxe I 617.MS 81
Water., 107,637 41
Markets 23,573 65
Mayor's office 21,417 33
Weigh scales 2.728 M
Licenses (eblcles. peddlers, etc) 19,017 41
Street and sewer improvements 73,225 S3
Department of Charities 17,80115
Department or Publlo Safety 320 00
Passenger railways 2,807 S3
Proceeds of bonds 408.000 00
Premium on bonds 739 44
Delinquent taxes 141,889 10
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
24,228 00
39,868 34
1,MU UU
3,400 00
237 29
S. 220 00
7,135 02
8,782 93
Llauor licenses.
Proceeds of temporary loan
Collection of school tax
P.. Ft W. AC. K. B
Solicitor's commissions ,
Carnegie Hall rent.
Miscellaneous sources
Bent of city property
Total $1,630,230 07
, Money Paid to Bun the City.
The expenditures for the same period
were:
Forlptereston funded debt $ 35,185 00
The Convention Hall In Minneapolis is
ready.
There are nearly 8.000,000 feet of logs in a
Jam on Kettle river, Minn,
The Jamaica Government will spend
X5.000 on a World's Fair exhibit.
The rebels of the Brazilian State of
Matto Grosso have determined to fight
Portsmaster Eauffman, of Belsel, Tor.,
has been assassinated by twonegro burglars.
Fifteen stores and shops at English, Incu,
are flooded. Many live stock were drowned.
A gorge of saw logs In the Little Blue river
caused the deluge.
A Chicago mob attacked and badly used
up nonunion longshoremen who were load
ing a steamer Wednesday night Police dis
persed the assailants alter many bad been
seriously hurt
A Minnesota explorer the other day
fonnd on the Canadian border the bodies of
two men. From papers found under the
bodies the name of one is believed to be
Henry Matthews, of Cincinnati.
Among the nominations sent by the
President to the Senate yesterday were
those or Nathan O. Murphy, or Arizona, to
be Governor of Arizona, vice John K. Irwin,
resigned, and Charles J. Wheeler to be post
master of Bedford, O.
August Battenhausen, 45 years old, who
was employed as doorkeeper at Ainberg's
Tha.-w . T....J.. 1 .ft v ,
auavc,, ,u aiviuk piace, .new 1 one, wan as
saulted last night by Arthur freidhelm, St
years old, a Bussian musician, in the lobby
of the theater, and died soon afterward.
" The schooner John Merrill, coal laden,
was sunk by collision with the steamer Fred
Mercur in Pelee passage, near the mouth or
tho Detroit river, Wednesday night She
lies in 16 reet of water and can be raised.
The Merrill rates A 2, with a valuation of
$18,000. She Is owned by Connelly Brothers,
Buffalo.
NEW ADVEBTTSKMEKTS.
PIG 1E0N BASKETS DULL.
Little
tho
Improvement Noticed Since
Haster Holidays Are Over.
New York, April Sh-lBpedcO. The Iron
Age to-morrow will review the metal mar
kets as follows: It is estimated that in all
about 20 cargoes of foreign ore, recently ar
rived and afloat from Mediterranean ports,
have been sold since the Hart failure, prao
tically every importer of ore having con
tributed. A good many rumors aie current
in relation to the prices realized, sellers
claiming that they did noto below 6 cents
per unit, while buyers claim to have done S
cents and even better. It is esti
mated that the total sales have
been" between 40,000 'and "60,000 tons,
which is so much cheap stock for the smaller
furnaces of Eastern Pennsylvania. Although
little lake ore will be able to reach this dis
trict this -year, it should be noted that
under exceptional ciroumstances some late
ore does get In. Thus, a round lot of ore was
bought by a Schuylkill furnace at $4 43 de
livered, freight from Buffalo being $1 55. So
far we oan learn there are few cargoes of
Mediterranean ore still afloat unsold. Tho
pig iron markets throughout the country are
on the whole dull. The proposed Southern
SI 565.983 70 l iuuDUu,'IU" " assraewng some at-
Total receipts $1,630,230 07 "" i i-ittsourg market is stated
Cash balance March 1,1891., 67,343 53 I 'o be in an agitated condition
I over the large sales of billets reported to
$1,397.573 60 I have been made by an Eastern rail mill,
Total expenditures 1.665.983 70 I transactions footing up to 40,000 tons being
spoiten 01. 00 iar as we caniearn, the Mary
land steel company, which is the works al-
DeDartmeuts
Street and sewer improvements 188,428 78
iiiicreafc auu inTesimenu jor siDKing
funds , 123,083 50
High School tax 10,000 00
Hospital fund..,, 10.000 00
Temporary loan paid "100,000 00
State tax on loans, 1S91 , 4,810 50
Judgments and. damages. , 24,421 48
unutanamg warrants 7iw i
Purchase of Perrysvllle plant: road 15,500 00
oc
ig fund...
Electrlo light plant 159,081 66
Redemption or renewal
opeciai sinking iu:
Election expenses
Miscellaneous .
ionds 1.000 03
ind 12,000 00
yiz ou
50 00
TERRIBLY SCARED!
AND BADLY DEFEATED.
Every indication proves that they are
COMPLETELY KNOCKED OUT.
A few rounds of truthful exposure did it This is how it
was accomplished: At the commencement of this season Messrs.
Eisner & Phillips announced the adoption of their small profit
system. Every newspaper last week made a mention of their
phenomenal success caused by the announcement This, com
bined with the reputation of the pioneers of the Pittsburg Cloth
ing trade, was sufficient assurance for veracity, and that is what
knocked competition silly, judging from the actions of a few
competitors, especially on last Saturday.
READ WHAT WE OFFER THE PUBLIC:
Cash balance March 1. 1892 $ 131,583 90
The bonded indebtedness is as follows:
Entire bonded Indebtedness March 1,
3891 $1,777,600 00
Issued aurine the year 403,000 00
Total $2,185,500 00
For paying this indebtedness there is on
hand in the various sinking funds the sum of
$397,240 15 Thenetbondeddebtortheoityls
$1,787,259 55. The bonds Issued during the
year were: Municipal, $150,000: electrlo light,
$160,000; street Improvement, $75,000; Califor
nia avenue, $23,000, all of wbioh bear 4 per
cent. One renewal bond oi $1,000 was re
FKlDAT AMD SATURDAY
Our Usual Poor Man's Sale P. C. C. C,
Clothiers, Corner Grant and Diamond
Streets.
The following goods can only be obtained
in our well-lighted basement. Special prices
that have to be seen to be appreciated. The
prices are so low that you can hardly believe
your own eyesight:
jue
en's fancy mixed sack suits, all sizes, for
two (2) days only. at. $2 90
Men's dark mixed suits and plain black
worsted suits; also fancy casslmeres, af
only $3 25
Six lines of men's light and dark colored
suits, all-wool casslmeres and cheviots,
mixtures and plain black cheviots, worth
$12 a suit, Friday and Saturday at $4 50
Men's wood brown suits, plain, tans and
stylish blocks, single-breasted, round cut
styles, double-breasted styles or straight
cuts, suits sold everywhere at $15, go dur
ing this Poor Man's Sale at $6 10
This Is our two days' basement bargain list
or boys' suits:
Boys' suits, neat stripes and little plaids,
sizes 4 to 14, for two days only 76c
Bovs' neat cassimere suits. Bleated or rlain.
well trimmed, (4 to It sizes) for poor man's
sale at $1 20
2,000 pairs of boys' knee pants at the ridicu
lously low price of , 18o
This is our list of bargains in men's panta
loons: Men's worsted pants, all sizes, neat stripes
and other patterns, at 85o
Hen's cassimere pants, such as would ordi
narily cost you $2 60; for two days our
prioels $1 15
Men's line dress pants, 99 patterns to select
from; well worth $3 a pair; our price
is $1 30
Cut this out and ask for onr well-lighted
ba sement, where all the above goods can be
found. P. C. C. C, Clothiers,
Corner Grant and Diamond streets.
luded to, have sold 10,000 tons to a rod mill
iu Eastern Pennsylvania. We cannot trace
any other sales, and believe the Pittsburg
reports are exaggerated. Still billets are
weaker. In manufactured iron and steel a
number of centers report a fair outlook, but
the prices remain hopelessly low, the plate
market In particular being in a very de
moralized condition.
Foreign markets, by cable, are reviewed
as follows: Prices for pig iion warrants have
ruled a shade higher. Scotch sold at 41s 3d
41s 6d, Cleveland at 833 3d, and hematite at
48s. Business has been light, owing to the
Easter holidays, but continued withdrawals
of supplies from stores give the market
tone. The stock of Scotch has been reduced
to 479,000 tons, and that of Cleveland to 121.-
000 tons, a l eduction of 3,000 tons and 8,000
tons, respectively, during the past
week. Only Ave Cleveland furnaces
are blowing 3 on hematite and 2 on spiegel
elsen. The Inactivity that characterized the
Sig tin market prior to the Easter holidays
as been followed Dy considerable excite
ment, and prices have advanced 1 10s. The
tin plate market is somewhat adversely in
fluenced by the uncertainty of matters in
the United States connected with the pro
posed reduction in duty, sellers being very
cautious on that account. The steel trade
remains quiet and without sign of imme
diate improvement. Wages have been re
duced 10 per cent.
Mot So Bad After All.
E. V. Wood, of McKee's Eocks, Alle
gheny county, Pa., in speaking to a travel
ing man of Chamberlain a medicines said: "I
recommend them above all others. I have
used them myself and know them to be re
liable. I always guarantee them to my
customers, and have never had a bottle re
turned." Mr. Wood had hardly finished
speaking when a little girl came in the
store with an empty bottle. It was labeled
"Chamberlain's Pain Balm." The traveler
was interested, as there was certainly a
bottle coming back, but waited to hear
what the little girl said. It was as follows:
"Mamma wants another bottle ot that medi
cine; she says it is the best medicine for
rheumatism she ever used." 50-cent bottles
for sale by druggists. TO
Please bear in mind that we keep
Tfl DL? PlWrfcl A 131 A V Suits in stock, elegantly made, as, low
IU DL UIVE.ro AWAY, as U. Those that we offer at ..
Everyone purchasing goods in our $5 ?6, $7, $8 and $9 are perfect
Boys' and Children's Department to Deauties- The style, cut and make
the amount of $5 will receive a regu- ot t?cse suits are .the tsUk of evcrv
lation size family. These suits cannot be dupli-
. cated for 33 per cent more than our
FOOTBALL. ct-s-
No occasion to pay fabulous prices for hats. We keep the latest fash
ionsand best qualities. What we pride ourselves is in the gi.50 hat. This
particular bargain is equal to any $3 hat in the city of Pittsburg. Gents'
Furnishing Goods equally as cheap.
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FREE TO-DAY FREE
Special Kid Glove Bargains.
600 pairs 8-B suede mosquetaire tan, 59c,
-TAfriilar SI 25 frlnveg 900 nairs 4-bnttnn 1HH
(brown and tan), 65c, regular $1 glove, at
liosenbaum & Co.'s.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
bfed Baking
This Lever Pants Stretcher and Shaper, guaranteed to remove
all wrinkles and baggy knees, and crease your Pants thoroughly
and neatly, will be
GIVEN AWAY TQ-DAY
With every pair of pants of Syor over.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
THAT COUGH IS A SIGNAL OF DANGER."
DR. WOODS' NORWAY PINE SYRUP
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vestipate every official act, and control all
your fiscal affairs In the years past with the
lorce given him. fie was compelled for
want of time, and thought It but just and
proper to accept sworn statements when
presented to hlin, and a moment's thought
will convince any candid mind with a
knowledge of his multiplied duties, that to
go through the details of every official's ac
counts from month to month, with the help
he bad, was simply an impossibility, even
bad he spent 31 hours at his post every day.
Again, he most earnestly urges upon your
honorable bodies the absolute necessity, In
so far as possible, of requiring all monies to
be paid direct to the City Treasurer, thus
simplifying the collections and avoiding the
errors of the past.
A Tribute to Controller Morrow.
As a fitting close to this all Important sub
iect. 1 would reanefitfnllvfifill vnnr tt.nttnn
to the following words from Controller Hot- S
A POSITIVE CURE for COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, BRON
' CHITIS, CROUP, WHOOPING COUGH, and all
affections or the Bronchial Tabes.
The Purest, Safest and Best Throat and Lung Remeiy Ever Producal
IT WILL CURE every form of THROAT and LUNG Diseases down to
the very borderland of CONSUMPTION.
PREPARED ONLY BY
FOSTER, MILBURN & CO.,
BUFFALO, N. Y
Ask your Druggist for a
Free Sample Bottle.
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"WELL BRED, SOON WED." GIRLS WHO USE
SAPOLIO
ARE QUICKLY MARRIED. TRY IT IN YOUR NEXT
HOUSE-CLEANING.
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It comprises all the best standard
makes in the market, and our prices
for them are considerably below what
the same makes are offered for else-'
where. They begin at J5io, and run
up to 50.
ICE CHESTS FROM $5 TO $15.
A DROP OF II
Thrown carelessly aibund may attract attention, but
it counts for little. (
If employed judicicjusly, its force is irresistible.
At least that's what we find when we use it to call
the attention ofthe put )lic to our grand Spring Stock of
FDBlTlEAliIMFDElSHIuS.
But then our name Hs 'behind the ink. There's
the secret. J
We use the ink to-Iday to call your attention to
our fine line of
Bi BY CARRIAGES
In scor is of different styles of dainti-
Kness ai id elegance. A splendid line
of sigh tly, serviceable, sensibly con
structe Ai carriages. All the styles are
here t'. tat you'll find in any other store
in the city, and numbers of exclusive
design
KEECH,
$6 TO $35.
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PENN AVENUE.
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