Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 361, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1903 — Page 21

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TTIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1903.

GIUSEPPE ZUMBBELU. FORMERPREMIER. DEAD Italian Statesman Who Resigned Office Last October Because ( of Illness.

I C A Tire lf TTLJV IKTATTnATAT T T AI TD AT

USX VV kJ IVA A A A A V iTH UiliVif SMALLEST IN UNITED STATES

SKETCH OF HIS CAREER

Headquarters Are Located at J 5 1 South Illinois StreetAffairs of Union Labor

ROME. Dec. .Giuseppe Zanardelli. former premier, dJM at his villa at Madernc, on Lake Carda. at 7:30 o'clock this evening. was nursed by two sisters and by the parish priest, who. at the expressed desire of the former premier, was admitted to the sick room at all hours. Signor Zanardelli was conscious of the fact that death was inevitable, and a few days ago. when Bishop Bonametti. the leader of the Italian Uberal clergy, went to see him and offered him words of encouragement, he merely answered: "I will not see you again. Pray God tor me." The physicians this morning began artificial respiration and the use of oxygen, with the addition later of ether. The news of the former premier's death, although expected, produced a profound impression here. Rome considering him as one of her citirens. The King and Queen learned of the death of Signor Zanardelli while they were attending the opening nig-ht of the opera season, and Immediately left tho theater. Premier Glolitti to-night communicated the news of the death of Signor Zanardelli to the Cabinet ministers. High dignitaries say that a solemn funeral will be held at the expens of th state. Giuseppe Zanardelli. who had previously served one term as president of the Chamber of Deputies, was re-elected to the Chamber in May. 1805, and Dec. 14, 1S97. was appointed minister of Justice. In February, IN, Signor Zanardelli was appointed president of the council of ministers, and ia April. 11)03, he became so seriously ill that he fainted as ho was leaving the Quirinal after the weekly consultation of the premier with the King. He was taken to his home and the doctors said there was nothing alarming In his conditio" Signor Zanardelli announced the resign tion of the Cabinet in the Chamber June 13, 103, and was asked to form a new C .blnet. but, being

MEMORY

COMES BACK

t cities where we are represented we are thoroughly organized, with the exception of Disetor & Sous, of Philadelphia, and we expect to have their men iu the union within a very short time. "Since we have organized we have brought about a good many reforms in our trade. I Where we used to work ten hours or more

We,an.n,,W nl' work,n ninewLth; i of dual personality has been disclosed since and a half pav for overtime. Prior to our ' . . ... i organization nur avrraire wae was S2.5 a the arrival here recently of Charles Du

MOST MARVELOUS CASE OF OUMJERSONAIITI Charles Du Bois Served as Man Before Mast for Months Without Knowing It.

QUINCT, lit, Dec. 26 A marvelous case

day. but within the last few years our

wages hap gone up considerably, and the men are making from S3 50 to $4.50 a day. HAS NO TROUBLE. 1 "One thing is? remarkable about our union. I You would think that on account of its ' smallness we would continually have trouble with our employers, who would j imagine that they could dominate us. It has not tn thnt way at all. In our thir- , teen years' experience as a national organi- ! ration our rank;? have never been torn by a strike. While our relations with the emI ployers have been so amicable, we have

practically gained our ends because the em

Bois. who is twenty-eight years old and whose family home Is in Gibson City. DL He became, figuratively speaking, another man for several months until the memory of his pr-'vious life came to him suddenly while he was acting as a common seaman on a ship. The story of his experience Is supported by plenty of evidence. Du Bois went to Louisiana seven years ago to work on a rice plantation. Five years later he and another young man, named Albert Carlisle, agreed to run a rice plantation on shares near Gueydan,

La. One Sunday morning in June, 1902, Du

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C. J. WERTZ Secretary-treasurer of sawsmitha" Union.

National

Although It Is not generally known, the headquarters of the Saw Smith's National Union of North America is located in Indianapolis. The executive offices of the union have been here for many years, but on account of their unpretentiousness and

unable to get strengthen ng material from "'a" Aa the other parties it wa decided that the inent in the labor world as those of the Cabinet should remain as formerly consti- larger unions that have headquarters

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ister of marine, who retired. The Chamber,

June 26, passod a vote of confidence in the reconstructed Zanardelli Ministry. Early in August last Signor Zanardelli became o 111 that his physicians recommend a complete rest and Oct. 20 he resigned, with his whole Cabinet, owing to

111 health, the stp being in no way con

are at 351 South Illinois street. C. G. Werts

is the secretary-treasurer of the organization. The Saw Smiths' National Union is said to be the smallest national union In America; not because of any weakness, but for

rected with the political situation, though the reason that the total number of men

tt-mDts were madp to connect the resig- -wawu in tne saw smiin tranp is not

not seeking to take advantage of the strength of organization. "One of our latest moves has been to secure a registered label in all the States where saws are manufactured, our ultimate intention being to have in the I ear future saws bearing the union label. All in all, we sre very weli satisfied with the work that we have accomplished and believe that in pite of our small numbers we are doing the worklngmen of our trade as much good as are the larger unions." CALL FOR CONFERENCE TO SETTLE TROUBLE

plovers have recognized that our demands pj0g says np got jn nis buggy to go to

are none oiner man just ;inu ma.i we nc i . , , , n-v.,, . . . .

V i ..', i All V , I . I 1 I . II 1711 ' i i . . . . . ..v. suddenly dropped out of existence so far as his memory was concerned. When the memory of his former career returned he was 400 miles from the United States coast

i and was on the full-rigged sailing ship

Lnoymlon, bound for Diego, Suariez, Madagascar. The vessel was flying the Russian flag, but Swedish was mostly spoken on board and the captain's name was 1'eterson. When Du Bois recovered his former self a storm was raging and the right side of his jaw was paining him. A lurch Of the ship had sent him sprawling on the deck. The shock of the fall had caused him to regain the memory of his career, but at the same time ho was bewildered by his strange surroundings and by finding himself a seaman. He was attempting to collect his thoughts when the mate of the ship ordered him to make fast the sails, but the work seemed so new to him that he required instructions. Every task which he was ordered to perform subsequently was strange to him, though he was Informed that he had done seaman's work

satisfactorily while he was In his other

nation of the Cabinet with the postpone

ment of the Czar s visit to Rome

King Victor Emmanuel visited Signor

nearly so large as in any other trade. The saw smiths' union, although small In numbers, is remarkably well organized. With

Zanardelli Oct. 23. going on foot from th 1 one exception, it is claimed, the union is

Quirinal to the former premier's residence.

Signor Zanardelli on the occasion of thnt visit, which lasted an hour and a half, suggested that Signor Glolitti, former minister of the interior, who favored Zanardelli a policy, be made his suocessor. and later the King charged Glolitti to form a new Cabinet, uhlch he eventuslljr did, the new Ministry assuming office Nov. 3. A dispatch from Rome laat night an

nounced that the condition of Signor Zan

thoroughly organized. The exception Is

one company in Cle eland, where repeated efforts have been made to bring the men into the union. From latest reports It is said the company will be brought Into line within a very short time. Indianapolis is the birthplace of this little union. In 1890 a handfull of men employed at the various branches of the saw smiths In the city came together and formed themselves into a definite body.

ardelli was extremely grave. His doctors j taking the name of the Saw Smiths Namade public the fact of the existence of a tlonal Union of North America. Efforts

tumor In the patient's stomach and added I were then made to increase the union and

that they had given up all hope of Signor

Zanardelll's recovery. The news caused a

deep Impression in Rome. The deceased statesman was seventy-seven years old. INQUIRY IN FAIR WILL CASE CLOSED IN PARIS

Relatives of Mrs. Fair Are Now Seeking to Obtain an Extension of the Inquiry. PARIS. Dec. '.The inquiry in the Fair will case closed here this afternoon, when Edmund Kelly, counsel for Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt. jr., aud Mrs. Herman Oelrlchs, delivered an argument before Judge Eissler, the commissioner appointed to take the testimony in the case, in which he endeavored to show that Dr. Perrlquet, who testified that Mrs. Fair died last, made an inconsistent statement. As al' the witnesses In behalf of the heirs of Mrs. Fair have not testified, Frank L Kyde and Donald Harper, who are in charge of the Interests of Mrs. Fair's relatives, are sacking to obtain an extension of the inquiry.

TRUSTEES FOR CREDITORS

Two Big Lumber Companies in Financial Straits. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 26. A chattel deed of trust waa filed to-day transferring the property of the V. H. Smith Lumber Company and the Hardwood Export Company to Patrick B. Little and Charles S. Fritschen.

w no win aci as irusceea ior me creaitors. The assets of the two companies are said to be about $700.000. while the liabilities are about $230,000. The Hardwood Export Company was located at Mount Vernon, Miss., but has been under the control of F. H. Smith gf the Smith Lumber Company, he having taken the plant and stock of the former company to save his investments when It became financially embarrassed. ROY BAILEY ARRESTED.

It is reported that John Mitchell has issued a call for a meeting in this city on Jan. 4 of the officers of the United Mine Workers and representatives of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. The object of the meeting will be to attempt to bring about settlement of the strike of the miners in the

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At present the officers of the United Mine I '-"iy'V . Workers are spending holidav vacations out j TL)uB1ols tne mate told tnt heof the city. Mr. Mitchell is at his home In I Du n,ad Kne &boSLri the Einlymlon northern Illinois, Vice President Lewis Is I at Pensacola. Ha, on the afternoon of with his family In Bridgeport and Secretary AuJJ- 18. 1902. and together with a German. William Wilson is in Pennsylvania. The a Frenchman and two negroes, had signed annual convention of the United Mine i as sailors before the mast. Du Bois found Workers will convene in Toml'nson Hall on 1 "J8 own signature on the ship s book. Jan. IS. About one thousand delegates from 1 he hd not the slightest recollection all parts of the country are expected to be of having penned it. present. The convention will be unusually The mate also told Du Bois that the latinterestlng in that it will decide what the ter had acted In a peculiar manner, but that mmmm r U amnnr the miners for the en- i 11 had occasioned not much comment. The

suing year will be. Just now there are

many reports to the effect that the coal op

erators expect to make a reduction in the wages of the miners, but the truth of these reports will not be known until the joint convention, which follows Immediately after the miners' convention.

THIS IS TIME OF YEAR FOR UNION LABOR BALLS

to make It branch out to other cities. A 1&H1 rkOPT,ar"inrw? nr a.fi c r o rriorl rn o r t

as a result a few months later another ! on Christmas night. In spite of the sudden

local union of the saw smiths was formed j drop in the temperature, the Butchers' ball in New York and the third one in Fitch- ,n Germania Hall was very well attended.

Many more dances are to be given by the different labor unions within the next two months. Two balls were announced yesterday -the Railway Machinists', iu Tomlin-

: Entlymlon after discharging her cargo at the Madagascar port went to the Island of

Reunion and next to Rangoon, British Burmah, and finally, after several delays and trying experiences, dropped anchor in the harbor of Leith, Scotland, on Dec. 1 last. Du Bois says he was paid $145 and he made haste to return to his home in Illinois. He reached New York Dec. 14 and later arrived here, where his sister, Mrs. R. O. Beadles, lives. He had written to her from Madagascar and had told her of his remarkable experience. The onlv Clew that Dn Bois has recarrl-

Thla !s the time of year when the various ing his whereabouts between that Sunday

locals of the manv labor unions of the m June. I9i2, when he started for church m. ... ,,, y.aU. n In Louisiana, and Aug. IS following, when city are glrlng their annual balls. On h) woke t( h,g formr ,,n l(,,ard the Thursday night the Switchmen's ball, in i Endymlon, was the information given to Tomlinson Hall, was a grand success, and i him by the German who shipped as sea

man wirn nim at t-ensacoia. rne uerman told Du Bois that he first saw the latter working oh a fishing smack, while he, the

burg. Mass. About a year later a branch

of tho organization was formed at Philadelphia. This was followed by locals at Chicago, St. Louis, Newark, N. J.. Columbus, O.. and Lawrenceburg, Ind. Throughout the next ten years the union received a slow but steady growth. Small local unions were formed in different parts of the country until about a year ago, when the saw smiths' union was carried, into Canada and a local established at Toronto, one at Gult and one at Montreal. Last summer a step was taken into the South, and the saw smiths at Atlanta were brought together Into one small btdy. The various locals of the union are not large, because of the unusually small number of workmen of that trade found in one city. FINANCIALLY WELL OFF. However, small numbers do not seem to retard the progress of the union. Financially it is able to maintain itself and to carry on its work much as the larger unions do. The union has also brought about many reforms within its ranks, and has been successful in shortening the hours of labor and Increasing the wages of the men. C. G. Wertz, secretary-treasurer of the union, devotes most of his time to the interests of the union. Upon him falls the greater part of the work of managing the affairu of the organization, and the office force consists of practically himself and one other man. He Is very enthusiastic about the work the little union is doing, and says that it will not be long before several more locals are added to the membership. "I guess there is no doubt." said Mr. Wertz. "but that we are the smallest national union In North America. That term has been applied to us. but I do not believe It Is anything against us, for in the

German, was on another smack. They met and became friends soon after. The only other experience that Du Bois ever had in the way of his memory leaving him was a couple of weeks before the date

son Hall, on Feb. 10, and the Stove Mount- A of his long disappearance. He says he was

ers' annual dance on Jan. 21, in Germania

Hall.

Will Talk at Vincenne. William D. Huber, president, and Frank Duffy, secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, will go to Vincennes to-morrow to be the principal speakers at a large mass meeting of the laboring people of that city. Labor leaders of VI ncennes have long been attempting to have some of the executive officers of the large organizations speak in Vincennes. aud elaborate preparations have been made for the two leaders of the carpenters and Joiners.

Paper Hnimors Elect. The Paper Hangers' Union, No. 912, elected officers as follows last week: President, H. H. Charles; vice president. W. S. Elvis: recording secretary. G. W. Booth; financial secretary, S. B. Taylor; treasurer, T J. Klncaid; trustee, H. C. Sharp; district

in Gueydan. 1., and then all was blank until he found himself on a pier In Galveston, Texas.

FOUR PERSONS LIVED WEEK ON 35 CENTS Pitiful Story of Mother and Her Three Small Children.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26. "In many years of contact with all forms of human distress,"' Magistrate Crane said, "no case has touched me so deeply as this of Mary Murray." He referred to a woman brought before him with three children all starving. The technical charge of vagrancy was made

council, John Dailey. T. J. Kincaid. G. W against her, and Detectives Murtha and

Booth, H. H. Charles; delegates to Central Labor Union, William Brandon and W. F. Byan.

uoeewsful Year for Telegraph era.

Kern, who had investigated her story of privation and want, declared that all she said was true. Rh1 has three little ones Andrew, four years old: Madeline, two. and

ft hahv nno month Thev Hv.nl at Yn 194

T. M. Pierson, senior vice president of the : Webster avenue, and when taken from the Order of Railway Telegraphers, who spent I fireles rooms mother and children were Christmas with his mother here, will leave ' f, exhausted from hunger that they were for the Fast this mominar. Mr. Pierson re- I he.pless. The detectives brought food and

oorts a most successful year for his organ- I th' ate famish, d wolves

ization.

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Charged with Attempting to Wreck Burlington Train. DALLAS. Tex., Dec. 26. A special to the News from Denison says: T. E. Pratt, special officer for the Burlington route, headquarters at Hannibal, Mo., passed through Denison to-day, having in charge Roy Bailey, who was arrested at El Cauipo, Tex., on a warrant charging him with attempting to wreck a passenger train near Shelbin. Mo., on the Burlington, about a month ago.

OHIO STATE CONVENTION.

Buckeye Republicans Will Meet About Middle of May. SPRING K"I ELD, O., Dec. 26-Iohn B. Cllngerman, chairman of the Republican state committee, to-night announced that at a confeienee with Gen. Charles Dick and other party leaders It had been decided that the Ohio state convention would be held about the middle of next May. This is about the latest tiP-u it will be possible to choose delegates to the national convention. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

NHW YORK. Dec. 26 Arrived: Philadelphia, from Southampton; Print Oscar, from Genoa and Naples; Etruria. from Liverpool and Queenstown. Sailed: St. Paul, for Southampton. Minneapolis, for London and Liverpool; Lucanla, for Liverpool. Belgravia. for Hamburg; Zeeland, for Antwerp. NANTUCKET. Mass., Dec. 26-In com-niuuii--itlon by wireless telegraph: La Xtouraine. from Havre, for New York; Wetrnland, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia; Minnehaha, from London, for New York. GIBRALTAR. Dec. 26. Sailed: Sardegna, from Genoa and Naples, for New York; CalL fornia. from Naples, for New York. LIVKKI' L. De 2. Arrived : Cevlc. from New York. Sailed: Victorian, for New York; Hernia, for New Y'ork. YOKOHAMA. Dec. 26. Arrived: HongKong Maru. fr .m San Francisco via Honolulu, for Hong-Kong. CHERBOURG, Dec. 26. Sailed: 8t. Louis, from Southampton, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON. Dec. 26. Arrived: New York, from New York. ANTWERP. Dee 26.-SaIled: Vaderland.

im iiiuiuri o i t ' ex i ck ii tr nui II I I statement. She was gaunt, hollow-eved,

and her lips were dry and parched. She said her real name was Mooney and that she was the daughter of a contractor, now dead. Last Frida3' she received 35 cents from a man who know her well, and on that pitiful sum she and her babes had subsisted for nearly week. Tho magistrate took the tottering woman into his private room and heard the story of her misfortune. "When he came out his eyes were suffused with tears. "It has been a long time since I had a case, that affected me like this has.' he said. "If some of these wealthy women would take the money they spend on Jewelry and low-cut di oases and give it to women like this one. who has made a mistake, they could do a lot of good." The magistrate did not tell, as the woman did afterward, that he had given her $5, together with the kindly advice that it would be for her good to go to the workhouse with her two eldest children and let the baby be cared for by the Children's Society. Mrs. Murray assented gladly and was taken away.

PLAN ANOTHER STRIKE OF TRACTION CO.'S MEN

General Manager McCulloch Informs Business Agents Company Would Not Grant Demands.

HAVRE. Dec. 2e.-8ailed: La Chamnaane.

CdPi'vuifirv rv. . o i . n 1

for New York. SEATTLE. Dec. 2. Arrived: Victoria.

Hoi

The Old and the VW Dear weary, worn OM Year, adieu! And thou. Now Year, all hall to you! Whilst thou. Old Year, hast dealt some pain, On rich and poor thou'st ent the ra;n. And (tenial sun and fresh'nhuc dw; Thx skies were mostly clear and blue; And flowers grew beneath the sway With nweter breath than new-mown hay. The orchard Mooin perfumed the breoze And hypnotized the honey bees. The corn In loamy flelda near by Coquetted with the blushln sky To nature 'twas a rapturous dream While angling in life's sullen stream. Adieu to thee, thou kind Old Year, 'Tis not farewell without a tear. I?ut hall to th-e. thou lithe young sprite, Who comest 'mid tlelds of wintry white. In thy new reign Joy bells shall ring. Ami soon the gladsome birds shall sing; Spring flowers shall bloom anew, while soon On high will glow the harvest nic.on. When husbandmen with sunbronzed brow. Shall garner up In spacious mow The scented hay. and In the field In pond'rous heaps will stack the yield Of golden straw near vlne-cld trees Which sway beneath the autumn breeze. Expecting much, thou bright. Young Year, We pour our hopes into thine ear. We do not ask elestial crowns Hut crave that blest content which drowns Our sordid cares and dries the tears Which t oft flood our mortal years. Though tears may flow from sorrow's spring. Though g'.'omed In truth our hearts still cling To hopes which now entombed shall lie Asleep till resurrection day. Still hold we fa at our tryst with thee Whate'er thine hour-glass shall decree. And may we say as days shall run. Midst Joy and gloom "Thy will be done." Solon L Ooode.

CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Theats of another strike on the line of the Chicago City Railway Company have been made by business agents of organizations that are endeavoring to secure new agreements with the traction company. They have formally notified General Manager McCulloch of the com-

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COLORED PLAYERS WILL

GIVE "THE MIKADO" VHUy that un,,ss he conceded their de

mands by Jan. 1 the stationary firemen,

Fretentious Amateur Entertainment at Tomlinson Hall Next Monday Night. One of the most pretentious amateur entertainments ever undei tak n by colored

engineers, electricians and teamsters employed by the company would be ordered to quit work. It w;as also announced that when the classes of workmen named were once called out an appeal for sympathetic strike action would be made to the streit car men. The demands of the business agents, which weir practically an ultimatum, were Igaored by General Manager McCulloch. who de-

peopie ot inaianapoiis win te the per- Ciarea tnat ne oouKI not even consider the formance of the Gilbert and Sullivan (J1u,"ti'Ml of signing new agreements with ,.t . ,, the unions which the agents represented comic opera. ' The Mikado to-morrow i These organizations are The ones that a. ev. nlng at Tomlinson Hall. The entertain- accused of having broken their coatracS IT".18 pm -gtv. V mUr lKe uplces of j wllh th, tractio? company when they ,St VP,hillp S, ? L SIk' a branc. of st- Joined in a sympathetic strike of the trainPauls Episcopal Church, and nothing has men. " irain

oeen leit unuone to maae tne proauction a success. There will be a chorus of eighty mixed voices and the leading purts will be taken by some of the best known colored singers In the city. The performance will be under the direction of Fred Anderson, a well known musician. The cast of character

will Include Joseph H. Ward in the bass part of the Mikado. R. Jones in the tenor

POPE URGED TO PUT BAN ON LOISY'S BOOKS

ROME. Dec. 26. It is now known that Cardinal Richard has urged the Vatican

role of Nanki Poo. Ezra Roberts, a good ! to navt the w, rks of Abbe Eoisy put In the local comedian. In the laughable character I Index Expurgatorius. f. . trim: th.it delav to

Ktankmjohnson"'asa PlYh' Tush" Mrs ' d S WU,d " Ora Dunlap. a capable soprano in the lead- I of nls nrst condemnation of them. Arching ftminine role of Yum Yum. Miss Lulu t bishop MigTiot, of Albl, made a brilliant Smith and Mrs. Rhoda Moody as the pretty I defense of Abbe Ixiisy. but it is said to

se!i..i maias. and Mrs. Katherine Crossen- have failed in its object. It is the belief of

HaiiNT. a tine contralto, in the part of Katisha. The curtain will rise promptly at 8:15. At the end of the opera a promenade concert will take place.

unprejudiced people that Abbe IIsy's theories of biblical criticism and religious philosophy cannot be repressed, and it has been ascertained that the abbe will not

1 abjure his works.

(We Fine A K TSj f Irtntial H alt day Di.sc otirtt Sale f

Pictures, Uric-a-brac, Fancy Furniture and Art JioxJelties

DISCOUNTS of from 20 ner cent, to 50 Der cent, eo into effect Mondav

morning. This means that practically everything on G he Art Floor, for the next four days, will be at your disposal at from a fifth to a half below normal prices. When lots are small, or where gcods were especially assembled for the holiday season, prices are cut sharply in two; in other lines, not less than 20 per cent, and from that up to 33i per cent, will be your sure saving. You won't have to ask for it you couldn't pay full price if you wanted to. Every article on the floor carries its regular price (as always) In plain figures, and each salesman has instructions to follow the appended schedule wherever more radical reductions are not

featured on the ' bargain tables" or in the advertised lists of "specials." Framed Pictures, cheaper by 28 per cent. Pedestals, i educed in price 25 per cent. Statuary, including Bronzes, reduced 26 per cent. Framed Mirrors, marked down 20 per cent. Potteries, marked down 33-y per cent. Bric-a-brac, cheaper by 25 per cent. Pyrographic Novelties, lowered 33 per cent. Holiday Art Goods, reduced 50 per cent. ZShese Item Demand an Early IKesportse Lots are limited, prices low and every article is worthy of a place in your home. They have art value. l r t Furniture Fr am e d Picture

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CHEATEH

One Combination Library Table and Hall Chair, leather top and leather seat, an admirable piece of furniture where economy of space must be considered, now priced $24.75 instead of $35.00. One Ce'larette, with secret combination for opening, $8.10 instead of $11.00. One highly decorated Moorish Smoker and Cellarette combined, r.ow $15.00 instead of $19.75. A Den Desk and Chair to match of dark oak, $18.75 Instead of $23.25. One Magazine Cabinet, with four leather-covered shelves, finished with antique nails, $10.00 instead of $14.50, One dark oak Shaving Stand, $10.00 instead of $14.75. Elaborately decorated Desk and Chair for milady's own room, $21.75 instead of $27.50. One Sewing Table, of green-tinted oak, complete with basket and drawers at either end, $1 5.60 instead of $22.50. One Tea Table of decorated mahogany, places for cups and saucers, $15.00 instead of $22.50. One 6-foot Screen of dark oak with 3 Dutch decorated panels of burlap, $12.50 instead of $18.50. One three-panel, 6-foot Screen of dark oak with red burlap filling, $4 75 instead of $7.00. Many other pieces equally reduced in price. India Tabourette And O t h e r 'Decorali'Ve Furniture

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One dark oak Tabourette, $2 50 now instead of $3.50. One Art Nouveau Lsmp Table, with bookshelf bslow, $15.60 instead of $21.50. One leather top Tabourette with decorated base, $4.05

instead of $5.75. Two decorated Tabourettes, at $1.25 instead of $1.75 each. Three low teakwood Tabourettes, one red, two black, all handsomely carved, $17.50 now instead of $28.50 each. Two high Tabourettes of India-carved teakwood, one red, one black, offered at SI 1.20 instead of $17.50. Numerous similar pieces at similar reductions cost or near it, often less.

Oriental Lamps One tall. 6-ft. Japanese Lamp of decorated bronze $41.85 instead of $55.00. One Japanese Lamp, of Antique Cloisonne, 6 ft. tall, now $57. 50 instead of $35.00. One Japanese Dragon Lamp of Bronze, $26.85 instead of $35.00. One Japanese Lamp, Dragon design, $15.60 instead of $21.50. One green Chinese Lamp, $14.05 instead of $21.50. One Eat India Moradabad Lamp, $8.75 instead of $12 50. One handsome Candelabrum of Venetian brass, holding six candles, $43.75 instead of $55 00. One Damascus Candlestick, 2j ft. tall, $7.50 instead of $12.50. Art Electroliers and oth r decorative illuminating fixtures are proportionately lower in price. Of Drass and Dron&e Single Candlesticks, of polished brass cr nickel, complete with candle, shade and holder, $1.50 instead of $2.50 each. Two alcohol Teakettles of polished brass on wrought iron frames, $2.20 instead of $3.75 each. One copper Teakettle on wrought iron frame, $2.50 instead of $3.75. Two alcohol Teakettles cf polished brass, at $1.90 instead of $3.25. Two others, handsomer, $3.50 instead of $6 25 each. These are average reductions for all goods of this sort. Tieins 1-3 Off This leveling of price will be uniform throughout all that remain in stock from Christmas selling. Prettier styles have never been shown, and regular Ayres prices are among the bwest quoted on similar pieces. With a third off you buy at about the import cost.

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Nearly fifty framed water colors 10x20 inches, in plain, beaded and ornamented gilt frames, 75c instead of their already low price of $1.00. Colored photogravures, 10x12 Inch size, classical sutjects, framed in cherry, $1.00 instead of $2.00. American poets and authors, British poets and authors, 9x 30 inch size in 1-inch black moldings, now 60c Instead of $1.00. Bracket top framed pictures, of German importation, 50c instead of $1.00. "A Life Sentence" Lion In brown cage frame, 5x7 inch size, 65c instead of $1.00. Just seven hand-colored artotypes, 22x28 Inches, in 3-lnch gold moldings with mat, $2.85 instead of $5.00 and $6.00 each. Small water colors In Florentine style frames, brown with gold burnishes or gold, $1.85 instead of $2.50. Other values just as enticing along the galleries, on racks and on special bargain tables. Zphe Bargain Tables -f 2 5 c 's a tableful of pictures among which are 1 those clever little Japanese piotures, colored figures in one-piece greei. oak frames, were 50c and 75c each; 50c Sepia pictures from Germany, wide green frames: 8x10 inch colored pictures, framed in gilt and with gilt oorners, and many others of equal value. Similar tables which carry price tickets of 50c, 75 and $1.00, are filled with a variety of pictures which in almcat every case are worth regularly double what you must now pay. Fancy Da 4; fje t One Novelty Waste Basket at $2.00 instead of $4 50. Another at $2.00 which was $5.25, and one at $3.06 reduced from $7.50. Seven sweet grass baskets will be sold at 50c, former prices $1.75 to $2 50. Two Sweedish baskets, decorated in the characteristic Sweedish way. $2.00 Instead of $4 00 each. O'RIEJSfTAL 'RXGS Until inventory Thursday evening you may buy any Oriental rug of the hundreds here at cost, some for even less as witness the following specials: Smal! Anatolian mats at $1.90 Instead cf $2.75. Karabaugh rugs averaging 3 by 3j feet, $6.50 Instead of $8 50 each. Shirvan rugs about 3 by 4$ feet $11.00 instead of $16.00. Antic ue Samarkand rugs, at $8.50 and $10.00 Instead of $16 00 and $19.00 each. Thick, handsome Kazaks, at $37.50 Instead of $5" 00. Hall Hunner. Beautiful antiques Mosuls, Feraghans and Sarabands, at $43.75 and $50.00, reduced from $68.00 to $90.00 each. Oriental Carpet. The handsomest Is a Kermanshah. measuring 10 ft. 4 inches by 13 fL 6 inches. It has an allover design In pink, green and blue on a cream ground; the main border is in floral design harmonizing with the center and has "light and shadow" guard stripes of b'ue. This rug is closely woven and very heavy for a Kermanshah; $497 00 instead of $675.00. An antique Khorassan has an old pink medallion In the center of a blue ground, the border Ivory white with pink; size 10 ft. 1 inch by 12 ft. 10 inches. $225.00 instead of $295 00. Among a number of Persian Carpets are: One at $79 instead of $1 1 1. size 9 ft. 2 by 1 1 ft. 6 inches. One at $80 instead of $1 15, size 8 ft. 11 by 1 1 ft. 8 inches. One at $85 instead of $135.00, size 8 ft. 5 by 12 ft. 3 inches. One at $123 instead of $190. size 11 ft. 5 by 14 ft. 4 inches. One at $126 instead of $190. size lift. 11 by 14 ft. 2 Inches. One at $130 instead of $195, size JO ft. 8 by 13 ft. 10 Inches. Japainese Ware Several Satsuma pieces, small vases, genuine antiques, $3.25 to $6.25 instead of $6.50 to $12 00 each. Five very fine pieces of Cloisonne will also be sold at half price, two at $4.75 instead cf $9.5?: two at $7.50 Instead of $15. CC; one at $8 25 instead of $16 50. Three Japanese Vases, 36 Inches tall, antiques, with rare decorations. $14.00 instead of $22.50 each. Numerous other pieces, averaging a third under regular prices.

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