THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900. Norton's bulletin. Valentines All Sorti. All the New Books at Cut Prices, Blank Account Books, nil Sizes and all Styles, for all sorts of business. Mercantile Stationery and office requisites, all sorts. M. NORTON, 322 Lackawanrva fi.ve., Scranton. SPRING STYLES NOW READY 412 Spruce Street. Try Our Special 10c Collars, all modern shapes. DR. TAYLOR, Dentist. 1"! Wwiniiiifr annuo, iK't ilnor to Ho tel .Union. Hi Mcli nto. ITifl S.indctf-on itOMiif. i:pi rh med, pi.iitlc.il, Mitii tltlt. No eninpl.iints diwlni-t charKts or vvoik. Lackawanna 'THE" aundry. . i f I'rnn Avenue. A. D. WARMAN. PERSONAL Mbb Katun n Mulhurg Is Wiling he r drier. Mr. H. S. llolllstci, of 2.iJ6 Van l'tlt btrett, I'lill.idelpm.i. Mls Van f'lcof, of fundi rum avenue, will hi nd i-tver.il weeks with rtlativej in New York .mil Uiooklvn. Jnxcph Mull irkry, :i prominent young liusine1 man of Aiuuxt.i, O.i., was the guest of Scranton fikii'N i"terd.iy. Cil holitiloi A. A. VoHburg iw attend ing the Supiime court in l'lilladelpnla this vuel. us attorney In a Schnj Iklll LOtint tube. Samuel Wtrlhflmrr and on, Henry Wtithdmei, of l'Mlndt lphla, are vls-lt-Ing it tho homo o) Dl. G. V. Itoos, on Ad. lint- ucum. Among the Intciotcd s-pettitorh at Sat iinliij's hockey niutili nl J..iko Scranton v..ro AttoiiHjs Will Hovlc J. M. Walk ir nnd Clartiue K illeutiiic THE BOOK-KEEPERS' CLUB. topic to Be Discussed at Tonight's Meeting. A meeting of the Hook-keepers' club will be held in Oueinsey hall tilth even ing. This MnUty Is veiy helpful to book-koopeis and nung business men generally, as It affords a meeting place Vir social enjnjinent us well as the iilrcu-'ltui of topics i elating to actual I iislness. higher nciountlng and tho practical wink of the ofliee. The so ciety is fortunate in having secured the free use of looms in the pioposed new Y. M. i v.. building, thus seem ing for its niembci all tho privileges of that association, while the expenses uic made very low. Theie ate some Inducements offered to bool:-koopeis who Join before the opening of tho new building. The topic lor dWi.UH.slon on Monday evening is "Fin ins and I'ses of the Ledger." Still in Business. The statement made in some of tho local newspapeis to tho effect that tho Boston Tea Party company, No. 127 Penn avenue, had letlied from busi ness, was etioneous. Manager Phil lips wlshc the public to understand that they uie In Stiunton to stay. Finest wines and ctgars at Lane's, 120 Spruce street Smoke the "Hotel Jermyn" cigar, lOo, Plumbing Goods We have too lage a stock of Plumbing Goods on. hand. Will from this date make fery satisfactory reduction in same, We have still a large stock of the celebrated Irving Ranges At Bargains. Our Furnaces were all bought on old contract;, which enables us to quote you low figures. If you want but a dollar's worth of any goods in our line it will pay to come and purchase at once, Lackawanna Hardware Go,, 81 Lackawanna Avenue. XUKOLARS AT WORK, Broke Into the Office of Palmer ft Company, Tlie ofllco of Palmer & Company, dealers In candy, cigar, etc., In tho Arcado building, was yesterday morn ing entered by burRlar. who got away with several boxes ot cigars and other booty, the exact amount of which Is not yet known. Tho burglary was discovered yester day morning by two newsboys, who notified Mounted Oflleer liurke, who was passing by. Tho latter, In com pany with Patrolman May, then went Into the Arcade nnd found that tho window of the door had been broken and Ingress effected by tho burglar reaching In his hand and opening the door from tho Inside. The attempt had first been made to force tho lock and a largo piece of the wood around It had been cut awav. When they entered the police officers found the place filled with cigars and other stock, nnd In one corner a small safe, which had apparently been tam pered with. Mr. Palmer, the proprietor, who lles In Dalton, has not visited his ofllco slnro It was buiglarized nnd until he does It will he impossible to know just how much stock wbh removed. The proprietor of tho Kllte Photo graphic company, who lives above his apartments In tho Arcade, suys that ho heard the crash of tho breaking glass nnd tliought It to bo his show case. When he got down stairs, however, he soon found out what tho trouble was, but did not see any sign of bur glais. The police believe that tho breaking Into tho place was done by boys. RAFTER'S FATAL FALL. Tumbled Down a Flight of Steps in a Building at 430 Raymond Court Yesterday Afternoon. Thomas Itafter, a man ."2 ycais of nf,i, who resides at MB Gordon, street, was fatallv Injured about 5 o'clock ycsteiday by falling down n flight of Fteep steps In tho building at 4TJ ltay inonil tourt. Itafter Is u well known man who did contracting1 In a snii'l way. Kor sev eral weeks he has been drinking to execs' and it bad tho eflect of some what unbalancing his inlnd. Yester day afternoon ho left his homo nnd R'ion before C o'clock was fct"n bv EOino ihlldior. (merging from a pas sageway lea ling fioni Penn avonuj Into linjinond couit bitvveen Mulbeiry and Vino streets. ll ticked thnn for a pail evidently Intending to get some beer In one of the saloons of the neigh borhood. The children could not get him the pall and he went to the house of Nathan uiaviU nnd nsked for one, talking In a maudlin kind of a wav. Again lie failed to get the desired vessel and evidently remembering that he knew Jacob I.ovtlatid, who lived on the sicond floor of th? house, nt 119 Unjmond court, h" went there. Tim stalls nip steep and nnirovv and about 5 o'clock Mis. Lowland heard n grent noise In the stalrwav and going dovn found Itafter lying In a pool of bloort at the foot of the staiis. Thefe wa.s a gicut gash In hl bead and ho died a few moments later, evidently from fncture of the skull. The body was taken to tho morgue of the Lackawanna hospital, where It was viewed by the coroner nnd tho following Jury, which ho empanelled: John Poustcr. Mittbow- Dougherty, Matthew Lathan. Matthew Scanlon, Stephen McKano and Leon Levy. Tho coroner will perform nn autopsy this morning. Kaf tor Is survived by a w ife nnd tho following children: Mrs. George Pask ervllle, of Carbon street: Thomas, Michael A., Joseph and William Itaf ter. TRIP WAS IN VAIN. Return of Constable Cole, Empty handed from Hazleton. Constable William Cole, of Alderman Howe's court, returned empty-handed, Saturday morning, from Hazleton, where ho went, armed vrtth a warrant, for the arrest of one Frank Maloskl, who had lun nwoy fiom here with n Mis. Kowkowskl, whose husband nimnstly swore out a warrant for hts uri est. When Cole i cached Hazleton, h? found that Maloskl had left, and was no longer in town. Ho met Mis. Kow kowskl, but was unable to leain from her the wheieabouts of her lover, and whether he had cast her aside or was meiely absent to evade at rest. Kowkowskl did not wish to prosecute his wife nnd accordingly, she was not bi ought back to this clly. FLORIDA. The Direct Route to Florida and All Southern Resorts, Including Aiken, Augusta, Summon illc, Asho villo and the "Land ot the Sky" Is via tho Southern Railway. The New Yoik and Florida Limited leaves ltroad street station, Philadel phia, dally, except Sunday, at 3.14 p. m. This magnificent tialn Is composed exclusively of dining, library, compart ment, observation and drawing-! oom sleeping cars between New York and St. Augustine, al?o cat lies Pullman diawlng-ioom sleeping cais to Aiken, S. ('., Augusta, Ga.( Hnd Tampa, Fla. Thieo other thiough trains leave Broad street station, Philadelphia, dally for Florida and points south via the South ern Hallway. Dining car service on nil through trains of the Southern Hall way. Charles L. Hopkins, District Passenger Agent, 82S Chestnut street, Philadelphia, will bo pleased to fur nish all Information. A Busy Saturday. The sale of men's collars In this city on Saturday formed one of tho most striking examples of what It Is possible to achieve In merchandising. It was no small experiment to bring thirty six thousand collars to Scranton, yet Jonas Long's Sons itsked It, and suc cessfully. The sales of Saturday ap proximated nineteen thousand, requit ing the continuous services of thirty seven clciks, two rpeclal and four leg ular cashiers und six bundle vvrappois. Never did the big store entertain such a continuous crowd. Tho selling con tinues toduy and while the collais last. As yet, the sizes and styles are quite complete. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Hus been used for over FIFTY YEARS bv MILLIONS or MOTIIKI18 for their CIHLDRKN WIIILi: TKLTHINO. wll'l PKRI'UCT BUCJOK8S. It SOQTIIIJS iho CHILD. SOFTKN8 the (ll'MS, LI.AY8 ull PAIN; CURLS WIND COI.IU. und Is the best remedy for DIAIUUIOKA. Sold by Druggists In every part of tho world. He sure and ask for "Mrs, Wl.n lew's Soothing Syrup. ' und t.iko no ether kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. MAYOR HAS MADE CONTROLLER ANGRY "STATEMENT OF CONTROLLER IS FALSE," WROTE MAYOR. This Was in a Communication He Hnd Addressed to the Select Coun cil Saturday Night Controller Re fers to Is as a Slanderous Letter and Says It Was Actuated by Malice "I am but Little Sur prised nt the Undignified Tone of the Mayor's Letter," Says the Con troller. Mayor James Molr and City Control ler Hsdras Howell tiro like Pip's sister In "Orcat Expectations" out "On tho Rampage," and each has to say some very uncomplimentary things about tho other. Tho mayor said his things In a letter read In select council Satuiday evening and the controller said his In nn Interview with a Tribune man yes terday reg.iidlng the letter. It will be lemembored that nt last Thuisduy evening's meeting of select council a communication wns read from tho controller calling the atten tion of councils to the fact that there were a huge number of deficiency bills filed In his ofllco and giving the various amounts by departments. Tho mayoi's department was charged with a defi ciency of $106 .15, which Mayor Molr claims was misleading, Inusmuch ns people would bo lead to believe that he had created tho deficiency, whereas his foicrunncr in olllce Is the responsi ble person. The following Is tho exact text of tho mayor's letter, read In select council Saturday evening, explaining the mat ter from his viewpoint nnd incldentnlly saying the nfore-mentloncd few things about tho controller: MAYOR'S COMMUNICATION. Scranton, Feb. 10. 1T0O To tho Honorable tho Seltct und Common Councils. Ouitlemen: According to tho published leport of the last meeting of jour honor able bodies a i ommuiiliatlon was pi 2 hcntnl to ou by II. Howell, tlty control ler, representing tint certain appropria tions had betn exi ceded. Among oth ers ho icpicscnts the major's depart ment as being overdrawn to the amount of IIOiUm. This statement, whether made with an Irtentlon to mislead or othei wlo. is Incorreit. The expenses of this department havo not end will not exceed the appn prl.it Ion t nile for Its in ilnton ance. lie mav attempt to explain his misstatement bv alleging n dellelency by a piedeccssr.r In o.ilce, but no explati 1 tlon of this nature r.tpc.irs n this com munication. 1'nder ordinaiy circum stances I would not take up your valu able tlmo with such matters, but this last linwniranted ofliri-il misrepresenta tion of mv ofllco by tho cltv controller I cannot allow to go unchallenged. Tho statement of tho eintroller Is false, ami I have no doubt was mailo with illb elate intention to mislead. Rcspertfi lly submitted. James Molr, Major. When seen regaidlng this letter lat evening, by a Tiibuiio lepresontatlve. tho controller wns very Indignant at tho statements made by tho mayor and his cjes Hashed with a momentary excitement as he gave his side of the case. PREPARRD FOR ANYTHING. "I am but little surprised, however," Bald he, "at tho undignified tone of the mayor's communication, as we are pre pared for almost anything from him now. The statement which I sent to councils was a statement of all de ficiencies up to date. Why he should be wrought up over tho matter any more thnn tho street commissioner, the chief of the fire department or the head of any other city department, I nm entirely at a loss to understand. "The mav or states that 'ho may at tempt to explain his misstatement by alleging a deficiency by a nredecessor In office, but no explanation of this nature appears in this communication.' Had ho taken the trouble to read my communication before penning his vll llfving effusion he would have found that such an explanation was made. "I have not a copy of my letter with me at present, but ns I recollect, the claue coveting this point -was as fol lows: 'A great number of these debts were incut red not by the present heads of depaitments but by their predeces sors in office.' Could anything be plainer than that? The statement was not. ns the mayor alleges, false, but was conect In every particular. "His further statement that my com munication was written with 'deliber ate intention to mislead,' does not tioublo me In the least, und Is only on n par with all his ptevious acts. I look upon It as n meie plaj' to the gal leries, but a play which will not, I am sure, deceive the public In the least. SAYS IT IS MALICE, "To show that malice and mullcc only pioniptod tho mayor's letter, I need only refer to tho fact that on Satutday afternoon his secretary, Mr. Hattori, called on my deputy, Mr. Hartley, nnd wanted to know if It was meant that tho deficiency mentioned was ciented by the present Incunibcnt of the may or's ofllce. "Ho wac told emphatically no and was shown that poitlon of tho letter refened to above wherein wns men tioned the fact that a number of the bills were created by past beads of departments. Yet after his attention being called to this, bo wrote that slan derous letter. It's enough to make any one mad." McCllntoek ctellvcis carnations for 25 cents a docn. Telephono SCJ0. in Buys Gordon and Dil IUC worth's and Columbia To mato Catsup; value 25 cents, 1 fr lIys one ,nree-,b' CJn IUC cold packed Tomatoes; $1.00 per dozen. Buys lancy Maine Sugar Corn; $1.00 per dozen. Buys macaroni and cheese, pound can; value 20c. Buys our own Java and Mocha, special; value .30c. Buys our Best Rio Coffee, whole bean ; fresh roasted. 10c 10c 20c 12c E. Q. Coursen Best Goods for Least Money 1 AMOUNT OF THE BLAIR ESTATE It Is Said to Be Only Three Millions of Dollars. Accotdlng to an attlcle in yesterday's Now York Herald the estate of tho late John Inslce Blilr, which wns var iously' estimated nt between lin.fiO.OtM nnd $30,O0ftO00 nt tho time of his death, now transpires to bo only $1,000,00, at least that Is the par value ot tho amount disposed of by his will Just filed with tho surrogate of Wntren county, New Jetsey. Thorp are sonu who now believe that Mr. Hlalr'a wealth was overestimated. It If. also snld that everything Is not satisfactory to the hells and that legal complications may follow. The will was drnwn up some twenty ycain ugo nnd the question has been rnlsvl as to whether gifts of real estate made during hln life and not leoorded at tho tlmo of hlc demise do not lapse. His only son, D?witt C. Rlalr, has been made executor of tho will. GOVERNOR IN NO HURRY. Indicates in a Telegram to Senator Vaughan That Appointment Will Not Be Made Immediately. In n telegram to Senator ,T. C. Vaughan, received Saturday Governor Stono indicates that the Judgeship ap pointment villi not be made till the latter part of this week nt tho earliest. The telegiam wns In iespono to a query from Senator Vaughan as to. when It would be convenient for tho governor to receive the petition for Hon. John P. Kcllj's appointment nnd the transcript of the proceedings of the bar meeting which wa'i ordered trans mitted entire to his cxccllenc Tho answer read as follow.?: Atlantic Cllj. N. J.. Feb. 10, 1M0. lion. J. C. Vaughan, Scranton, Pa. I will seo j'ou In Hnrrlsburg Tuesday or WodiiPdnv. No reason exists for lm mcdlato actio'- W. A. Stone. Senator ' 'Ughan and John M. Har ris, who is si cretary of the bar meet ing, will go to Hnrilsburg tomorrow to wait on tho governcr. Deputy Attorney Genet. ii F. w. Flertz was In the city yculoid.iy and made tho following stntcn. cut with ref cieneo to the Judgeship: "I nm sine lint Governor Stone de rlres to cairv out tho wishes of the Republican patty In this county In making this appointment. The en iloisemcnt of Mr. Kelly will have great weight with him, as it propeilv should. I may sav that as a consis tent Republican T favor the appoint ment of a member of my own partj" for the plate. Mr. Zimmerman and Mr. Carpenter nic both good, active Republicans, and elthti would make a good Judge. Further than that I have nothing to say." METER CAUSES SUIT. Ijenntngs & Neary Are the Plaintiffs and Casey Brothers the Defen dantsCause of the Trouble. One of the results of tho Installation of the water mcteis Is a spirited war between two piomlnent business firms, In the relation of landlord and tenant, with a $10,000 trespass suit as the mnln feature of the conflict. Casey Brothers aie tho landlords and Jennings & Neary, proprietor of tho lestnuiant at 103 Wyoming ave nue, the tenants, The yearly lease pio vides that the landlords shall pay the water bills. Last December the Scran ton Oas and Water company put a meter In the hotel nnd simultaneously tho landlords had all the faucets fitted with spring cocks. The hotel-keepers deemed It necessary to have running water behind the bar and In the toilet room, and to effect this, tied down several of the spiing cocks. The water from these several open faucets splashed merrily day and night for thirty days and thirty nights. At tho end of the month tho meter man came around, did his tabulating and figured it out that Neary & Jennings had used $S0.43 worth of water. The monthly lent Is $100. Casey Hrothcis wouldn't pay It and Jennings & Neary wouldn't pay It. Tho water company said some one had to pay It or the water would be shut off. "Shut it off, then," said tho landlords. Tho companj' shut off tho water and after some proceedings succeeded In collecting tho bill fiom tho lundloids, but the latter gave the company to distinctly understand It would pay no moie such bills. The water company could give no assurance that such bills would not bo icgularlj rendered. Jen nings & Neary lefused to older the water on their own responsibility. Casey Ri others served formal notice that thej- would not be responsible, and the consequence Is that the water was allowed to icmnln turned off. For nenily three weeks now the hotel tenants have been unablo to maintain a wash 1 00m or setve beer or ales on draught, their trade being compelled to satisfy itself with bottled goods. Such water as Is essentially neccssaiy is bi ought to tho hotel by 11 drayman who has conti acted with tho hotel peo ple to furnish tho same for a cent a g.'llou. Tho fight promises to continue till Apill 1, when tho lease expires. M. A. McGInley Is Ncaiy & Jennings' attor ney In tho trespass suit. DIED IN PUERTO RICO. Remains of Alfred Hcchel Will Be Interred at Washington. Thf icmalns of Alfred Ueckel, who enlisted In tho Thirteenth regiment at tho outbreak of the war with Spain, afterwurd serving In troop L of the Fifth cavnlrv nt Puerto Rico, were on Filday received In New York, and from there were sent to tho Arlington National cemetery In Washington, where Interment vill bo made. The causo of his death was a horso's kick, which lesultcd In lock-Jaw. Ills sister Miss Sophli Herkel, left for Washington to atttnd his funeral. Smoko tho Pocono Cc. cigar. There's No Coffee Just Like Our Mocha and Java Blend It U tho STANDARD and tho aitOPHR ndmltH It when ho offers jou something just us good. IT'S UNMATCHABLE. When jou buy our Mocha and Java jou get tho bent; Xc. lb, 'i Ins. for 11. The Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Co. and 411 Lackawanna avenue, in Smith Muln avenue. 'Phone "ii. Prompt Ucllveiy. COUNCILS PASSED IT, MAYOR SIGNED IT LACKAWANNA COMPANY HAS SECURED FRANCHISE. At Saturday Night's Special Meeting of Select Council the Ordinance Passed on Third Beading nnd Im mediately Went to tho Mayor and WaB Approved by Him What A. P. Bedford Has to Say About the Plans of tho Company for the Fu tureDetails of the Ordinance. Select council Saturday night grant ed n fianchlso to the Lackawanna Telephono company to lay the wires In the stieots or the city nnd Imme diately nfter tho ordinance was passed It received the slgnatutc of Mayor James Molr. Tho ordinance was passed by the common council some months ugo, but was held up In select council by an amendment to tho rules which wns repeated Thursday night. A. P. Rcdford, of this tlty, tho vice president of tho Lackawanna Tele phono company when Keen yesterday by a Tribune man, stated that n meet ing of tho ollleers and dlrectorn cif the company would bo held some day this week nnd definite plans for tho Imme diate future outlined. lie s-nld that It would undoubtedly bo decided to begin work ns soon as tho necessarj plans could bo prepared und as tho weather permitted, and prophesied that by tho early part ot the fall a large poitlon of tho system would bo In operation. It Is the Intention of tho company to construct lines as far south as Pitts ton, where connection can be madu with tho People's Telephone company, of Wllkcs-Rarro, and service secured with the latter city and places in Its near vlclnltj. It has not yet been de cided how fur up the valley tho llns will be pxtended, but they will prob ably run as far as Caibondalc at any i ate. TO GO UNDKR GROUND. All of tho wires In the Central City aic to bo plated under ground In con duits, and these will be laid next tho curb, necessitating the tenting up of thi nsphalt pavo for n space about four feet wide. The pave torn up how ever. Is to bo laid again at tho com pany's expense. The nfllcors of tho companj' are as follows: President, W. J. Lewis; vice piesldent, A. P. Rcdford: secretary and treasurer, S. K. Wetland: dlrec tois Reoso G. Riooks, W. L. Council and Charles Robinson. The Lackawanna telephone ordi nance, moused Inst Thursday evening fiom tho elend, was very much nllvit at Saturday evening's special meeting of select council, when it passed third and Anal reading and a few minutes later received tho signature of Maj'or Molr, who was In his ofllco In the municipal building. Not only did the measure pass, ibut theie was only one vote recorded against It nnd that was Mr. Roche's. Messrs. McCann, Shea and Ross, who voted against tho ordinance Thursdaj' evening, camo over to tho j'ca side, while Messrs. Chittenden nnd Kearney, its other opponents, were not present. The vote stood as follows: Aj-es Ross, Finn, Thomas, Williams, James, Melvln, Wagner, Schneider, Shea, Sanderson. McCann, Fellows. Scbrocdcr, Lansing, O'lSojle, Ft able, Coyne, McAndrew IS: Naj-s Roche 1. Absent Kearnej', Chittenden. The last stand against the measure was made by Mr. Roche, who con tended that unless a modifying phase was Inserted In the clause providing for a poll tax of 50 cents on every pole tho city could never raise the rate. Mr. Roche's contentions however went for naught. FULL! TEXT OF ORDINANCE. The full text of this Important or dinance, show Ing Just bow much a year the company can charge lor 'phones and the other regulations. It must con form to, Is given below : AN ORDINANCH Authorizing the Lackf.wanna Telephone Company to Construct and Operate Lines of Telephono In tho City ot Scranton, State of Pennsylvania, Un der Certain Conditions. Section 1. Ro It ordained by tho select and common councils of tho city of Scranton, and It Is hereby ordained by tho uuthorltj' of tho same, that tho Lack awanna Telephone companj', a coipora tlon Incorporated under tho laws of the stato of Pcnnsjlvanl.i, bo and Is lieielij authoiUed and granted permission to erect and maintain tho necessary poles, string wires nnd operate lines of tele phono upon tho seveial streets, avenue", courts and places of tho city of Scranton, Pennsylvania. See. 'J. In consideration of tho rights, privileges and fianchlso granted by tills oidln.inte, tho lackaw.mn.i Telephone, companj shall, before October 1, 1001, ........ What Greater Pleasure Among the smaller things than putting on New Neck wear ? Our early showing of Spring Neckwear appeals to vour taste. HAND & PAYNE "On tho Square." 203 Washington Avenue. C. F. BECKW1TH & CO., DEALERS IN Mine and Mill Supplies, Machinery, Etc. OFFICE-DInic Dank Building. erect nnd put In operation a telephono sjstem sufflrletly largo to supply at least tlvo hundred subscribers and tho maxi mum rates to bo charged by tho snld company for tho use of tho telephono In tho city shall bo as follows, viz: Thirty six dollars each annually for, business 'phones, twenty-four dollars annually for rcslilenco purposes and llfty dollars an nually for two 'phones for buslnesa and resident o purposes combined. See. J. The said company Is nlo granted permission to construct, lay. op erato and maintain under and over tho streets, avenues, courts and places of tho city, conduits, ducts, mnlns or pipes with tho necessarj- manholes, poles and othir appliances for tho purposo of maintain ing nnd placing therein and thereupon Its wires, cables nnd appurtenances t Continued on Pago 8. s Our Great Inventory Sale Now is the tlmo to purchase seasonable desitable goods cheap. This is no ordinary sale. It is a genuine stock reduction. An exceedingly mild December has operated to your advantage. We will lose sight of the regu lar retail values and during this sale will retail goods at whole sale price. $25,000 Worth of Winter Goods Will be sold cheap during this great sale. Sale will bo in oper ation in every department. It will pay you to come miles to attend this inventory sale, as you will save money by so doing. Clarke Bro I am still TAILORING at the old stand Would like to show you .my immense line of Plain and Fancy Styles in Serges, Flannels, Woolens, Crashes, Linen Crash, Fancy Vestings. Also a full line of Staple Goods in all varieties. D. BECK, 337 Adams Avenm. iii:iiiii:ccii; Tiik Mont ns II uin'uit Sro.i s -r- 1 inrup FIRST COST Z5B otn cheap lango (so-called) Is not tho only expense. Ue palis soon lun Into dollais. BuyjaSterling.c!s j jullt of heavy, clenn castings with InlckB twite tho thick ness of those In other ransos then jou make an economi cal put chase. I I n Foote & Shear Co. 119 N. "Washington Ave :$I$!3:9I3N Pierced flarket Receiving dally Turkey, Fowli. Springers, Ducks and Squabs; also flock an ay, Maurice River and liluo i'olnt Oya. tcrs; Kverythlne tho market afford In fruits and vegetables. Your orders will bo filled promptly with best goods at reasonable prices. PIERCE'S MARKET 110.U2.U4 PKNX AVKXUK. WAKEIIOUSE-Grcen Ridge Tho quality of tho ells used in mtxtni colors determines the durability ot tni patiita. Oils uch as we offer will ninko paint ot great smoothness and durability. A large sur fuco can bo covered and tho coating wlU not peel, crack or wear off until It hat dono Its full dutj Thcso prices will show that good oils nro not expensive. MATTHEWS BROS,, lwttMM ALL THE LATEST Chas. B. Scott 119 Franklin Ave. Telephone 222, Tho Popular llouso Fur- nlMilns Store D8CKASH STOVES ! You can't pet closer to actual eot than veplaco our LiisUimci.M who buy Stoves and HaiiKcs. Tho bebt latino on tho m.ir ktt Is tho Dockash. As baker nnd worker It htat ds pro-cmlncnt. Ita wonderful nybtom of oven ventilation makes It tho most Hatlsfactory baker In tho world us well as tho muNt econom ical lleforo you buy a rango examine tho Dotkaah. Foote & Fuller Co, Hears Building, 140-43 Washington Ave z&Zffr. JOHN CULL FINDS IT HARD To i,'ivc favorable reports of bis battles in the Transvaal. You'll not find it hard to t;ie a favorable report of the &tock of Seasonable Umlcrw ear sold by CONRAD All weights, grades and sics. Union buiu a specialty. f f f The Economy's 4th Annual Trade Sale Has drawn bigger crowds of buyers than any event ever launched by this firm. And This Is Why ItOCKKUS of Heaiitlfiil golden nak or mahogany tiuhcd, high back xliapid aims well braced, t-eat tovond In latest de. nlgn of Arlington velour, wottlt' fiiSO. Sptilnl lor ttilri JE3 J a ri.oon oil. CLOTll-Uraml new spring patterns, bright colon,, worth from ?c. In SJc, Halo in. prlco ' T.AHOi: AltJr, (HINTS' JtOOK Klt I1IM1 b itk, Mulcllo shaped wood t-tat, golden oak llnlMi, Cl OK wuith V'". Salu pritu.. . H0 flOI.nU.Y OAK KI.VISIIKD IIIIDKOOM Sl'lTS-wlth bivil plato minor In ilreti lir.iM tilnimlng on diihxer and watdi Maud, woitli J1SU0. CI I oft Salo piico l.VO ' -f TTWe wi iwy iww.ti fc i 1 rix.-njr . . . - i v- t loCONOMT. i. 221-223-225-227 Wyoming Ayb,', i-?aa' rJii''jg"fr
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