Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1893, Page 2

9 = THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. underwear, felts for paper makers’ use and printing machines, composed wholly or im part of wool, hair of the camel, &c., valued at not more than 30 cents per pound, the duty is 25 per cent ad valorem; valued at above 30 and not above 40 cents per pound, 20 per cent ad valorem; at more than 4 cents per pound, 35 per cent ad valorem; provided that on blankets over three yards in length the same duty shall be paid as on woolen and worsted cloths and on flannels weighing over four ounces per square yard the same duties are laid as on dress goods. The average duty in this section carried by the McKinley bill was equtvalent to S2 per cent in 18¥2. On women’s and children’s dress goods, coat linings, Italian cloths, bunting, &c., of wool, a duty of 40 per cent ad valorem is assessed. The duty on these articles under the McKinley bill was equiv- alent to 98 per cent in 1482. On clothing ready made, articles of wearing apparel, made wholly or in part of wool, not spe- elally provided for elsewhere, a duty of 45 E cent ad valorem is fixed. In the Mc- inley bill the duty was equivalent to 78 per cent last year. On cloaks, dolmans, jackets, &c., the duty is 45 per cent. In the McKinley bill it was equivalent to $2 oo cent. On webbing. gorings, suspenders, ids, galloons, &c., the duty is 4# per cent. In the McKinley bill it was equivalent to 90 per cent. Reductions on Carpets. On axminister, moquette and chenille carpets woven wholly for rooms and all carpets and carpeting of like character or description, and oriental, Berlin and other similar rugs, the duty is 35 per cent. The McKinley duty was equivalent to 59 per tent. On Saxony, Wilton and Tournay vel- t carpets the duty is 30 per cent; the Mc- Kinley duty was equivalent to 6y per cent. On Brussels carpets the duty is 30 per cent; the McKinley duty was equivalent to 80 per cent. On velvet tapestry and velvet carpets—common carpets—the duty is 25 per cent ad valorem; the McKinley duty Was equivalent to 74 per cent ad valorem. tapestry Brussels carpets the duty is 2 per cent ad valorem; the McKinley duty was equivalent to 76 per cent in 1892. Treble ingrain, three-ply and all-chain Venetian sarpets the duty is 25 per cent; the Mc- Kinley duty was equivalent to 64 per cent. On wool Duth, two-ply ingrain carpets the duty is 20 per cent ad valorem; the McK" )- ley duty was equivalent to 64 per cent. —n @ruggets and bockings, &c., the duty is 20 per cent; the McKinley duty was equivalent to 84 per cent. Chairman Wilson's Statement. Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the commit- tee, has prepared the following statement, which was given out this morning with the bill: The democratic members of the commit- tee on ways and means have felt as none others could feel the momentous responsi- bility resting upon them and the surpassing magnitude, difficulty and delicacy of the duty assigned them of framing a tariff bill for a nation of 70,000,000 of people. ‘The bill they were called on to reform is ®@ vast and labyrinthian system of class taxation, the culmination of eighty years’ control of the taxing ower by a few great interests, gathering on to their train a of petty toll gatherers, It was carefully framed to prevent, as Jong as possible, what its author called “any monkeying with the tariff,"by which he meant any successful effort of the peo- ple to undo or to lessen the bounties which its beneficiaries were permitted to write therein in their own words and their own figures. It transferred to the free list prop- er and fruitful revenue articles, where most of the taxes paid by the people were receiv- ad by their government, creased the rates on those articles where all or most of the taxes paid by the people went into private coffers. And it was burthened about by many defenses, chief among which ate a swept and garnished treasury and a swollen and colossal scale) of permanent expenditure. conditions that confronted threshold of our work. Its Main Feature. ‘The committee have welcomed informa- tion and counsel from every trustworthy source and while they do not expect their Dill to escape just criticism in all of its de- tails, they do present it to the country as the result of months of patient, anxious toil and of an honest desire to discharge their duty, purged of all taint of local and personal favoritism or prejudice. Its main features are two. First, the adoption, whenever it seemed practicable, of ad valorem instead of specific duties; secondly, the freeing from taxes of those great materials of industry that lie at the basis of production. Specific rates of duty are objectionable for these Feasons: They frequently conceal a rate of taxation too enormous to be submitted to if expressed In ad valorem terms, as the duty of 8 cents on a hundred pounds on salt in bulk, wHich amounts to over %» per cent on @ common necessary of life. They always bear heavily on the common article used by the masses and lightly on the ex- pensive article consumed by the rich, as a tax of $v on all houses would be littie or nothing on the great mansion and very high on the humble homes. And contrary te common belief, specific duties lead to greater frauds in administration, for count- ing and weighing at the custom house are done by the cheapest and most easily cor- supted labor, while ad valorem rates are a sessed by the best paid and most responsi- bie appraisers. worked well in practice, is essentially the fair system because it is a tax upon the actual value of an article, and was declared by Mr. Clay himself to be in theory and according to every sound principle of justice entitled to the preference, and vindicated by jong trial. ‘The Boldest Innovation. The boldest innovation of the bill is its large free list of raw materials. Taxes upon production are double wrongs. They gather and cumulate on the consumer of the finished product. They hurt labor by narrowing the market for what it pro- duces. Coal and iron are the foundations of modern industry. Material progress is measured by the amount of their con- sumption. No other country can supply them as abundantly or cheaply as we can. No possible competition can interfere with eur Own producers, a few miles in the in- terior of the country. Remoteress from the sourees of supply is in itself enough disadvantage to any section of the country without further burdens in tariff taxes. Untaxed ores. coal, lumber, wool and other bers must immensely stimulate production in certain parts of our country. The thin edge of American manufactures has enter- ed every country. With release from taxes upon their materials there is no limit to the growth of-our foreign trade. This will more than compensate to the home pro- ducers of raw material, who. tariff’ or no tariff, control all the interior of the coun- try for any apprehended loss of markets anywhere along the seaboard. Its in- calculable advantage to labor is apparent. In every great line of manufactures we an produce in six months to nine months Such are the us at the enough for our home market. We can get rid of our surplus only by foreign trade. As long as we have taxes on the materials of industry we cannot build up that trade. Hence the other alternative of trusts to keep down in production to the home market. The workingman can see whether his interests is with a system that represents production and robs him of employment or with a sys- tem that gives natural and healthy play to production and emancipates him from trusts and like combinations of capital. Salient Changes of the Schedules. As to details of the bill I will briefly re- capitulate the salient changes of the sev- @ral schedules. In the chemical schedule we have transferred -to the free list quite &@ number of articles. used in manufactures, the mest important of which is sulphuric acid, one of the corner stones of all chemi- cal industry. The duty on castor oil is reduced from to 35 cents per gallon, and the duty on linseed oil, which was secretly Falsed to 32 cents by the conference com- mittee on the McKinley bill, after each House had openly voted for a lower duty, we put at 15 cents a gallon. Pig lead being reduced from 2 to 1 cent a pound, lead paints are correspondingly reduced. The McKinley bill increased the duty on opium prepared for smoking to $12 a pound the vain hope of lessening its importa- mm. The custom house officers on the Pa- cific coast declare that this increase of duty has simply placed in the hands of smugglers the bringing in of opium to the demoralization of the custom service, and the kss of over half a million revenue. The duty proposed is believed to be col- Jectable and will put the traffic under gov- ernment control and supervision. In the pottery schedule substantial re- @uctions are made. Plain white ware ts @ropred from the high schedule in which it mysteriously crowded itself. Decorated ware is reduced from 60 to 45 per cent. Undecorated from 55 to 40. Reductions on Glass and Iron. In common window glass, where close eombinations have kept up the prices to consumers under the shelter of duties aver- aging a hundred per cent, a reduction of more than one-half has been made in all the larger sizes. There is no doubt that these rates will permit a very healthy growth of the industry here. and greatly in-| ‘The ad valorem system has | In plate giass. reductions are made, the largest sizes from 4 cents to $0 cents per Square foot. Of silvered trom W to 35 cents. in the iron and steel schedule we began with the free ore. ‘The discovery of Ue mumense deposits of Bessemer ores in the lake region and of foundry ores in Alabama has rapidly swept us to the lead- ership of tne world in the production of iron and steel, and brought near at hand our undisputed supremacy im the great field of manufactur The use of steam shoveis reduces the cost of mining to a point where the wages paid “natural labor” ar irrelevant. Pig iron we reduce from ‘2 per ton, which is from 50 to %) per cent, to a uniform duty of 22 1-2 per cent, w rate somewhat higher in proportion than the rest of the schedule, because of cheap freight rates on foreign pig, it being a fa- vorite freight on westward voyages. Steel rails we reduce from 13.44 per ton now, 7S per cent, to 25 per cent. Aa the pool which has kept up prices so many years in this country seems now disorganized the other producers will soon need protection more against Mr. Carnegie at Pittsburg and Mr. Stirling at Chicago than against foreign producers. ‘The residue of the schedules varies from 25 to 20 per cent, wood screws being put at the latter figure. Beams and girders are 35 per cent, because of the waste in cut- ting beams and the variety of lengths and sizes, and also of the frequent necessity of changing the rolls in making beams and girders, because of the irregular quantities and lengths and sizes of orders. Tin plates are reduced to 40 per cent, a little more than one-half of the McKinley rate. This is a revenue duty, and at the same time enough to permit any existing mills to live and flourish. Cheaper grades of per cent, higher gi { cket cutlery are 85 hi les 45. Table cutlery is put at 35 per cent. These are very sub- stantial reductions from present rates, which being specific reach in some grades of pocket cutlery as high as 90 per cent, but with release of taxes on raw ma- terials, especially on pearl and ‘vory for handles, seems ample. Both copper ores and pig copper are made free, we being large exporters of the latter, een ae only to enable the ‘0 sel er bee raged = eo meaaeas Nickel is free. Lead ore has a small dut: of 15 per cent. Pig lead one cent a pound. Silver lead ores are restored to the free list. Unmanufactured lumber is free. Man- ufactured is put at 25 per cent, with the proviso that if any export duties are charged on foreign lumber it shall be ad- mitted only at the rates now existing. Sagar ad Tobacco, Sugar has been a difficult subject to deal with. Raw sugar was transferred to the free list by the McKinley bill, because near- ly all the taxes paid on it went to the pub- lic treasury. A strong desire among some members of the committee was to put an ad valorem duty of 20 or 25 per cent on It, and to abolish the bounty at once. After much consideration it was decided to re- duce by one-half the duty on refined sugar, and to repeal the bounty one-eighth each year, leaving raw sugar untaxed as at present. In the tobacco schedule those rates were | fought which would b-ing most revenue. | The present taxes of $2 and 82.75 a pound on wrapper leaf have blotted out many small establishments, and actually impaired revenue. We make the rates $1 and $1.25 per pound on wrapper leaf and 35 cents and 50 cents per pound on filler tobacco, | unstemmed and stemmed in each. Manu- | factures of tobacco are put at 40 cents. | Cigars are reduced from $4.50 per pound and 25 per cent ad valorem to $3 per pound and 25 per cent, which is believed to be the | most productive revenue rate, and is higher than the law of 1883. | Live animals are put at 20 per cent. Bar- ley is reduced from 30 cents per bushel to 20 per cent, which {is about 12 cents. Breadstuffs, of which we are immense ex- porters, are made free, except when im- ported from countries putting duties on our like products, in which case the duty is 20 per cent. Fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs and like food products are untaxed for the benefit of our own consumers, largely the working people of the cities. Salt in bulk is free; in packages the salt is free, but the covering dutiable at rates prescribed for like urticles. The tariff on spirits is put at double the internal revenue rates on like spirits and some slight reduction is made on still wines, malt liquors, ginger ale and like beverages in the interest of increased rev- enue. The duty on sparkling wines is like- wise slightly reduced for the same reasons, that on champagne being put at $7 per dozen quarts, as against $8 in the McKinley bill and $6 in the law of 1833. Cotton Manafactares. In cotton manufactures substantial re- ductions are made, especially on cheap cloths and prints, and the existing system of taxing by count of threads in the square inch is retained. Hemp and flax are made free; dressed line of hemp and flax 1 cent and 1 1-2 cents re- spectively. Burlaps and cotton and grain bagging are put at 15 per cent, but when imported for covering articles to be ex- ported are duty free. Wool is made free. This takes the stilts from under woolen manufactures and be- gets the hope that they may recover from the languishing condition in which they have been for a quarter of a century, and that we may get woolen goods at reasona- ble rates instead of at duties that on the common grades frequently reach 100 per cent and in cases two or three times that merciless flgure.Cloths and dress goods are put at 40 per cent. Clothing at 45 per cent, rates higher than the committee desired, but deemed temporarily necessary because our manufacturers have so long been ex- cluded from two-thirds of the wools of the world that they will have to learn the art of manufacturing with free wool. A sliding | scale is therefore added by which the rates in the woolen schedule are to come down | five points, with the lapse of five years. | Carpets, an industry in which we will soon be independent of competition, are put at 35 per cent for Axminister, Moquette and | Wilton, 30 per cent for Brussels, while common grades go down to 20 per cent. The bill provides that the-duties shall be removed from wool on March 1 and reduced on woolen goods July 1. In the silk schedule the reduction of rates is smaller than in cotton or woolen fabrics. Sole leather ts reduced from 10 to 5 per cent. Leather gloves are classified accord- ing to material and length and are uniform- ly rated at specific duties, which average not over 25 per cent on the common vari- eties and near 40 per cent on the fine lamb and kid gloves. In the schedule of sundries many articles, like hatters’ plush, are put on the free list. The duty on cut diamonds, pearls and other precious stones is in- creased. | Free Works of Art. Works of art, I am delighted to say, put back on the free list. The above is a | rapid summary of the chief changes made by the proposed bill and will give a satis- factory idea, T believe, of its general struc- ture. It is estimated that it will reduce revenue on the basis of the importations of 1892 about $50,000,000, with an immensely larger decrease of tak burdens to the Amer- ican people. The administrative law is re- ported with a few amendments, suggested by experience of its operation. That law | Was chietty prepared by Mr. Hewitt when he was in Congress, and the changes proposed in our bill are to make it more effective, while at the same time softening some of the features added by the McKinley bill that would treat the business of importing as an outlawry, not entitled to the protec- tion of government. —_—__~+e-+______ MORE WATERED MILK. Judge Kimball Snys the Public Must Be Protected. There was @ milk adulteration case heard in the Police Court this morning. The de- fendant was a dairyman from Virginia named William L. Clarke. Prof. Hird, chemist of the health department, testified that the analysis of the milk given him by Inspector Ott contained 15 per ecnt of water. Mr, Clarke's statement was that he knew nothing of the milk having been watered, as he got it from a neighbor. Lawyer Shillington, his counsel, attempt- ed to show that no complaint had been made as to the character of the milk fur- nished, but Judge Kimball declined to ad- mit the proof, saying there was not one persons in 10,000 who could tell whether milk was watered or not. Counsel argued that his client had taken the necessary precaution, but Judge Kim- ball said that more than caution was neces- sary. The public, the Judge said, is enti- tled to pure milk, and the dealer must fur- nish the pure article or he will hold him- self Mable. A fine of $15 was imposed. —_ HEAVY BUILDINGS SHAKEN. An Earthquake Felt for Several Seconds at Pinttsburg, N. Y¥. PLATTSPURG, N. Y., Nov. 27.~A shock of earthquake was felt here at 11:45 this morning, lasting fully ten secon Heavy buildings trembled like leaves. No damage is yet reported, LATE NEWS BY WIRE. { An Infernal Machine Sent to the German Chancellor. SUPPOSED ATTEMPT ON CAPRIVI'S LIFE Great Excitement in Berlin Offical Circles. AN EXPLOSION PREVENTED. eee BERLIN, Nov. 27.—Great excitement was caused among the attaches of the Chancel- lerie today by an attempt to assassinate Chancellor von Caprivi, or some other | offictal. A parcel addressed to the chancellor, sup- posedly from Arlen, a village in Baden, was received at the Chancellerie. Colonel Ebmeyer, the chancellor's aid, b gan to open the parcel, when he noticed a few grains of gunpowder falling out of it. He immediately dispatched the parcel to a police station with an intimation that he thought it was an infernal machine. poreorianua > psaoniton THE SUGAR TARIFF. Comment in New York on the Propos- ed Legisiation. NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—The decision of the ways and means committee in the mat- ter of the duty on sugar was thoroughly discussed in the Stock Exchange and sugar circles today. There is but one opinion in stock circles and that is that the recom- mendations by the committee are decidedly unfavorable to the American Sugar Com- pany. Willett and Gray, considered authorities on sugar matters, have this to say: ‘Profits from refining cannot for any time exceed the percentage of the protection. If refin- ers have made more profits than the duty in the past years it was because of unusual conditions which cannot be counted on to continue. The sugar refining company can- not, by any possibility, continue the present dividends on the stocks under the reduced protection. German granulated is laid down in New York at 4 cents per pound, duty | paid. With this duty the German sugar will 3 cents for Centrifugals, a difference of .65 cost, laid down, 3.65 cents per pound against cent per pound, which must cover all cost | of refining and other expenses and divi- dends. The actual results will be practical- ly nothing for dividends, provided there were refiners enough in Europe to supply the consumption of the United States. There are not enough at present, but such a tariff will stimulate butiding refineries abroad to use a new process, which can beat the present process by probably as much as the protection. Several of this kind of refineries are already built in Eu- rope and more will follow.” On the other hand, friends of the compa- ny say, “Last year the company distributed | in addition to 12 per cent dividends, a bonus of 10 per cent on the stock. The earning capacity of the concern is phenome- nal. With a reduced tariff, the company could still earn 12 to 15 per cent per an- rum, notwithstanding the talk to the con- trary.” A prominent sugar firm states: duty of one-half cent per pound, very little German sugar is imported here. It is only | logical to conclude that a reduction of one- fourth cent in the duty on these manufac- tures will be one-fourth cent nearer our market. There is no doubt fn our mind that the foreign refining can be done for a less price than domestic refining. “From this it would look as if our market would be opened up to German competi- tion. However, it should be considered that the decrease in the duty on refined may be offset by a reduction in the price of raws. The American Sugar Refining Company consumes abcut 25 per cent of the raw sugar of the world, consequently it is a big factor in the raw sugar market and its influence for lower prices for raws would be strong. This is a condition which could only be brought about by develop- ment requiring time. Chances of a con- summation would be the best in the near by countries where the industry is imper- fectly developed and other industries are in a plastic state.” BETTER ——_ TIMES PROMISED. ata Meeting to Ratse a Distress Fund. a J" Ni tl | 1) Kleets TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 27.—A largely | Sienern! Electric. attended mass meeting was held at the Opera House last night for the purpose of | raising funds to relieve the great distre: prevailing here among the unemploy Senator Voorhees and ex-Secretary of the Navy Thompson addressed the meeting. Senator Voorhees prophesied that within ninety days the greater part of the present | industrial distress would be over. > EX-KING MILAN'S SCHEME, To Overthrow Alexander and Heas- cend the Throne of Servia. BERLIN, Nov. 27.~It ts reported in the diplomatic circles here that Milan, ex-King of Servia, is preparing to overthrow his son, King Alexander, again ascend the throne and fill his own exhausted purse. pancho Seman KALNOKY MAKES COMPLAINT. He Estimates That the Vatican Leans Too Much Toward France and Russia. ROME, Nov. 27.—It is stated on excellent authority that the Vatican has received precise information that during the recent visit of Count Kalnoky, Austro-Hungarian prime minister, to King Humbert the for- “At al FINANCE AND TRADE. Fall in Stocks of Sugar and Whisky Trusts PRODUCED BY THE NEW TARIFF BILL. Speculating on Its Probable Effect. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Speculative senti- ment was somewhat mixed at the opening of today’s session and traders were dispos- ed to look for immediate profit on the short side. Sugar was the center of attraction by reason of the proposed cut in tariff as suggested in the new bill made public this morning and was freely sold for a loss of 51-2 per cent from Saturday’s closing price. The decreased tariff rate coupled with Europe's unusual supply this year will lead to the importation of large quantities of the foreign product and make competition by American refineries unprofitable. Germany will, in all probability, profit most by the reduction, as that government pays a boun- ty of 61-4 cents on every 100 pounds of su- gar manufactured for export. At the pres- ent time there are not enough European 're- fineries to supply the demands of the United States, but the passage of the new bill would undoubtedly stimulate the foreign in- dustry and double the supply. Insiders were actively engaged in today’s selling movement and took advantage of every rally to increase their line. Distillers sold down 2 per cent to 27 1-4 under fear that some adverse clause would be inserted in the bill and its earning ca- pacity be curtailed. Chicago gas opened at 68 1-2, sold up 1 per cent and —— to initial figures on Outside of ‘the industrials the market showed considerable strength, especially the Grangers, for which there was @ good borrowing demand. The market throughout the entire session was largely in control of the professional element, who directed | their efforts toward lower figures. Under the circumstances the market showed con~ siderable stability and concessions were easily produced. 1 It is estimated that over $100,000,000 will be released about January 1 in payment of interest and dividends and as the money will immediately seek new investments the bulls are confident that a boom in stocks | Will result. Money ts quoted at 1 and 1 1-2 per cent on call and time loans good for a year are to be had as low as 4 per cent on miscellaneous collateral. ‘The abundance of money, however, will hardly be sufficient to sustain any upward movement while tariff discussions, with its attendant doubts and fears, monopolizes the attention of the country. The clearing house statement shows ex- changes, $69,026,735: balances, $4.405.933. and the subtreasury’s debit balance. $412.127. The lowest prices of the day for all classes of securities were recorded at the beginning of the last hour, traders being aided by the continued weakness in the | industrials. Rumors of sugar’s Inability to earn its dividends under the new tariff provision invited renewed attacks, which resulted | in_lower prices. ‘The closing was dull and narrow at the decline. —_—~—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following arethe opening, the it lowest and the clostus prices of the Next Yorke tane market today, fw [eat ne -fvoegeh M a . Imembere New York stock exchance. Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway) Stocks. American Sugar. ... American Sugar pfd. American Tobacco. American Cotton Oi Atchison. . Ches. & Ohio. ac. Chie: Chie. o Lake shore, Northern Pacific. . Northern Pacific pid North, Auerican nm P. Kichmond ‘Te: SoutLern Pacific. ‘Toxas Pacific Teun. Coal & iron. Uniou Pacite Washington Stock Exchange. | Sales Li mer complained of the pope's Franco-Ru sian policy, and declared that his holiness ought not to abandon Catholic Austria and Italy. declared that an understanding should be arrived at with the Vatican. Serenity prevails at the Vatican. pope is firm and will make no change in his | course, The same authority confirms the report that a reduction will be made in the Italian army. —$ WORKS RESUMING. Coal Mines Near Scranton to Be Operated Full Time. SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 27.—All of the mines of the Hillsdale Coal Company and of | the Erie railroad, north of this city, have been ordered to work full time, beginning today. ‘The Scranton Glass Company today start: ed its No. 2 factory after five months’ idle- ness, giving employment to 300 additional workmen. Val Alen’s rolling mill and nail factory at Northumberland, today went on double time, employing 300 men and boys. The puddiers and heipers have agreed to work ut $8 per ton scale. — AN OUTSIDE MAN. Selected to Be the Chief Clerk of the Navy Department. It is settled that Mr. John Hogs’s suc- cessor as chief clerk of the Nav yDepart- ment will be a man from outside the de- partment, whose name has not yet been mentioned in this connection. Secretary Herbert has selected the man, but with- holds his name until he knows whether he will accept the place. It 1s expected that the appointment will be announced in a few days. The man selected by the Secretary is said t obe exceptionally well fitted for the duties of the office by education and expe- rience. ——— The Benning Races. ‘The club decided this morning that on and after today the first race shall be called at 2 o'clock instead of 1:30. The following were scratched: Redlight, Panhandle, Lithbert and Benjamin, in the second race; Galloping King in the third: St. John in the fourth; Old Pepper and Freezer in the fifth, and William T., Gal- loping King, and Johnny in the sixth. Dr. Garnett Wins. First race, four and a half furlongs, Dr. Garnett (Midgely), 1 to 1, first; Gallatin (Blake), 12 to t, second; Kingstock (Reiff), third. Time: 57 1-4. Second Race. Second race, sfx furlongs, was won by Billy, 1. Murphy, 6 to 1; Rosa, H. Sims, 7 to 5, second; Miracle, J. Reagan, 10 to 1, third. Time, 1.17 1-4. oo Not Killed on the Lehigh Valley. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Nov. 2 fhe re- port is not true that six men were killed on the Lehigh Valley railroad at Bear Creek Junction, as was telegraphed from this locality last night. It is said that Count Kalnoky also) The|} Deposit, rust, 10a | ent Bonds.U. S. 48, registered 1907, 11Ssy bid; 1144 asked. 4s, couqon 1907, 1134 bid | 1144 asked. | _ District. of Columbia Bonds.—"'20-year Fundii Ss, 106 bi Water Stock’ cirrency, 19vl, is, Funding’ guid ts," 113%" bid: currency, 1803, 7s, 120 bid. “Pund- | Ing” currency 3.00, 1ub% bid. Miscellaneous Bo W. aud G. R. R. conv. 6s, st, 135 bid. W. R. i. conv. 6s, 2d, 135 bid. Masonte H. n Se, 100 bid. Wash- i iat ington Market Company Ist 6s, 105 bid; 115 asked. Washington Market Cowpany’ imp. 68, 105 bid. Washington Market Company exten. 6s, Aniericau Security and Trust 5s, 1909, : American Security and Trust 5s, 1905, 100 bid. American Security and ‘Trust 5s, 1906, 100. bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 99 bid. Wash- Aght Infantry 2d 96 bid. Washington ‘ompany, ser. “A, Gs, 116 bid. Washington 8 Company,’ ser. B, 63, 117 bid. Washington Gas cony. 6s, 120 ‘bid. Eckington I. R. “és, |. Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telegraph 6s, | ¥8 bid; 103 asked. Capitol and North O street R! R. 5s," 103 asked. Metropolitan RK. R. conv. 68, wked. U.S, Electric Light conv. 68, 110 bid; asked. National Bank Stocks,—Rank of Washington, 300 bid. Bank of Republi¢, 230 bid. Metropolitan, bid. Central, bid. Second, bid. Far: mers’ and Mechanies’, 175 bid. Citizens bid, [175 asked. Columbia,’ 110 bid; 130 asked! Oupital, | 110 bid; 130 asked. "West End, 95 bid; 105 asked. ‘Traders’, 90 bid. Lincoln, 85 Lid; 94 asked. Ohio, 200 bid. Railroad | Stocks.—Washington and Georgetown, 280 bid; 335 asked. politan, 80 bid; 100 usked. Columbia, 6 asked. Capitol and North © street, 20 bid; 25 asked. Eckington and id; 25 asked. Georgetown and ed. ‘iremen’s, 38 bid. 45 asked. Soldiers’ Home 3: National Union, 20 Arlington, asked. Corcoran, 70 bid. Columbia, 14 bid 5 : WW) bid. ’Potoma: 8 asked. People's, Lincola, 7% bid; 7% asked. ‘Title Insurance Stocks. bid; 125 asked. Columbia 1 ¥ “Washington Gas, Gas, 50° bid: 55 American | 12 140 asked. Bul 25 asked. Pneumatic Gre asked. ‘Lincoln Hall, 100 asked. Inter-Ocean building, 100 asked. ington Steamboat, 90 asked. —_— Chicago Grain and Proviston Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Nov. 27, 1893. Opening. Hiehest. Lowest. Closing Wheat—Dee, 62 oz 61 oz M Gy ay Corn—Dec. Nortolk aud Wasi Match Between the Great Trotters at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27.—The first heat in the Saladin-Directum race today was won by Saladin. Time: 2:10 1-4. Directum won the second heat. Time, Veo 14, W. B. MOSES & SONS, Furniture, Carpets, Upholstery, &., 11TH AND F 8TS, ¥.W. Grand Clearing Sale Of Carpets. Mattings, Rugs, Linoleums, Ofl- cloths, Art Squares, &¢., &¢.. at the LOWEST PRICES EVER KNOWN. This morning promptly at 8 o'clock we began a sale throughout our several CARPET DEPART- MENTS that will far surpass any Similar sale we have ever inaugu- rated. We've done a larger business this year than ever in our history. But the season's advancing, and thou- ‘sands of yards of the very choicest patterns and designs the foremost carpet makers could produce must now be sacrificed to aid in reduc- ing our stock. If your floors need covering ‘twould be to your advantage to inspect these excelleut carpet- values. 25 pleces Gobelin and Axminster Carpets in the newest designs and colorings. Regular ice, $1.75 fard. this Week ree 10 patterns Axminster Carpets in lengths from 10 to 30 vards each. $1.75 yard. Redue- $1 00 8 $1.28 $1.25 new patterns. Regular price, yard. This week . 20 pieces Best Five Frame Body Brussels, Hartford and other well known makes. Kegular price,$1.35. a weer : $1.00 10 pleces Best Quality v Brussels Stair Carpets, Regular price, $1.25 and $1.35 yard. ‘This week 15 patterns Wilton Velvet. Car- pets that were $1.35 yard. Now.. 10 patterns Best Wilton Velvet Carpets, in lengths from 10 to 40 ards. 35 yard. 75c- $1.00 15 patterns Best Quality Tapes- 85c. russels. Regular price, $1. yard. This week .... 75¢. 25 rolls Good Heavy Tapestry Brussels, new patterns, Regularly Se. yard. This week-. ' 65¢. 59 rolls Tapestry Brussels, new patterns and colors, Regular price, Se. yard. This week...........: 10 pieces Tapestry Brussel Regularly Ge. yard. “Tris week GZ 200 Short REMNANTS of all kinds of Carpeting at about HALF PRICE, 1,000 yards of our Famous Agra 50c. 1=2¢ Carpets, Regularly $1.00 yard. This week . : 75¢. 1,500 yards it wr Ex-sv- Ingrain Carpet. Regular price, Rgc. yard. The weekss.------; || §7Ce 1,117 yards Imperial Union In- rain Carpet. Regularly 0c. and Sie yards Tuts Week ones 37¢. 150 samples Ingrain’ Carpets, atont 1° yard long. Reduced to...” 25§¢. 500 yarda Extra Heavy Dundee Carpets,in lengths of 5 to 80 yards. Regular price, 65c. and 85e. yard. This week .:.... . . 980 yards Heavy Linoleum, in 35c. new patterns. Regular price for | this grade Te, yard. This week-, 50C. yd 8 rolls Oilcloth, formerly 3ve, yard. = This week aoc. Rug Department. 2 bales Smyrna size 18x86 inches. Regul 2 5 ee lar price $1.50 each. $1.00 1 bale Smyrna Rugs, size 21x42 joches. Regul , $2.50 le fe eee et EO 2 bales Smyrna Rugs, size 26x52 inches. Re lar tee, 83.50 each. as weet Salas 2 bales Smyrna Rugs, size 30x80 inches. Tegular price, $4.25 This week 2 bales Smyrna Rugs, faches. Regular price, $6. week : woth . 1 bale Siny . Size 4x7 ft. Regular price, $10.25. This week. . $6.25 6 Smyrna Carpets, size 6x9 feet. Regular price, $23." This week... $15.00 5 Smyrna Carpets, size 7 ft. 6 in. by 10 ft. 6 tn. Regular pric This week woe... : 4 Smyrna Carpets, size 9x12 Regular price, $50." This week each. $2.75 $3.90 RUSSIAN RUGS.~ A new invoice of Russian Rugs has just arrived. The designs and finish are supertor to any we've yet shown. The reductions we made on their predecessors are good on these also. Regular This Sizes. Prive. Week. 18x36 1.30 Fe 21x42 + 2.25 1. « 815 1 - 3.90 2.00 + 5.60 2. ++ 9.00 5.00 + 20.00 12.00 40.00 25.00 50 Goat Skin Rugs, size 28x64 = inches, in all the new effects, plain and combination. Regular price, Ss 00 . : 5 $5.50, This week + 3@ White and Gray Goat Skin Rugs, 28x64 inches, selected and Qioriess. Regular “price, $3.00. This week .......e.5 din 5 $2.25 MOQUETTE RU 2 bales Mats, 18x36 inches, Were $1.50, No $1.00 1 bale Rugs, 2 Kew e $2.50 1 bak "60. $3-75 KENSINGTON ART SQUARES AND SELECT CAIRO RUGS, Regular Reduced Price. Price. 5 Extra Heavy Art Squares, size 24x33 yds.. 85.00 $3.50 14 Extra Heavy Art Squares, size Bx3% yds... 7.00 5.00 11 Extra Heavy Art size 3x4 yds. 8.00 6.00 Extra Heavy Art Squares, size 8x5 vds.... 12.00 7.50 8 Extra Quality All-wool Kensington Art Squares, size 3 + 24,00 18.00 3 English Rugs, 4x5 yds. 30,00 21.00 6 Scoteh Cairo Rugs, in Oriental Patterns and Col- orings, 314x4 yds......-.. 24.60 20.00 4 Scotch Cairo Rugs, in Oriental Patterns and Col- orings, 4x5 yds. - 85.00 30.00 50 Hand-made Wool Ves- tibule Door Mats. + 2,00 45 “MOSES& Largest Exclusively Retail Furniture, Carpet, Up- holsters, Drapery and Wall Paper House in America, at 11m Asp F Srs. N. W. Pianos Reduced. We have a made in. this will_not be undersoid! * GFStandard Sheet Music, 100, H. Shoemaker & Son, eae 422 Orn Sx, N.W. NATURAL PRESERVES.—BATORY'S NATURAL breserves, jellies, mincemeat and cranberry sauce are’ the . the most carefully made, free of chemicals, siperior to home-made or city. We W. any English imported. Prices moderate. We have sucteeded the past three years to introduce them to the tables of our’ foremost families. Call, examine the quality. I. BATORY & CO. 122 ‘South Howard st.. Baltimore, Md. a2! ae son rat ED FOR PRESSED FOR $1. Coats, 50c.; Pants, 25c.; Vests, repairing done in the best manner. for and delivered. Telephone ATIN, e800 And 425 N. Eutaw Altering ang Goods called 1 143-2. 705 9th st. now. st.. Baltimore, Ma Prove to you that we are selling | @ PAIR FOR ANY SIZE | TOC. casss woot sores tor CROCHET SLIPPERs. REDUCED FROM 25 and 35c. a i | A pair for good quality Storm Rubbers. LADIES’, MISSES' Ok CHILDREN'S. o The choice of 8 styles La- g5c. Gies' Pebble and Kid But- ton Shoes, B to E widths. REDUCED FROM 61.50. pair for half a dozen St.60 Soaecesus Hand-sewed Welt Button and Bluchers. REDUCED FROM 82.50. A pair Misses Fine 62 and Child's Hand-welt $1.40 List.” Above are only a few specimen reductions from several depart- ments; nearly every Shoe in our three houses is on the “Reduced Call before your size is sold. WM. HAHN & CO's Reliable Shoe Houses, 930 AND 932 7TH STREET, 1914 AND 1916 PA. AVE. AND 231 PA. AVE. S. E. Improved qualities and styles apd the lowest known prices for “Reliable Shoes" bave been the cause of our wnusully large fall business, notwithstanding the hard times and the many sales of (so-called) bankrupt shoes. ‘We have, however, about $25,000 worth more stock on hand just mow than We ougut to have. This surplus must be sold, in Sddition to our regular sales, Defore January ist, even if we have to sacrifice $5,000 in doing sa, Your intelligence has been insulted long enough by shoe fskire, trying to make you believe that “$1.00 will buy $5.00 shoes.” We don't promise to do any such impossibilities, but bave simply marked Gown our Shoes right before the holidays to January prices, to sell them quickly, and also thereby practically Honest, Reliable Shoes THAN SO-CALLED BANKRUPT R SIMUNLAIR Fake-Sale Prices. Low Prices Do Nor Remove Our Gvanaxree. Ss lcs Octane oo | For Boys’ Serviceable REDUCED FROM $1.25. | oO. oman, | | DOC. wae"veu car Toes | eae | ——— $2.15 “conan ——____ ______—_0 For the Famous Men's | 82.50 Fine Calf Shoes. | | Sie | Hand-made Shoes and Fine Calf Boots. en ce .