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WE DO NOT EXPECT COST! WE offer a few examples of CLOSING- OUT PRICES, and wish it distinctly understood that the true value of a'l goods here quoted is represented by the former prices. The "FORMER PRICES" are true figures, not k advertisement, and show the very iow figures the Geo. H. Lams Furnishing Co. have always had the reputation of placing on their goods. THIS IS A BON A FIDE AND AB.SOLUTE CLOSING rHPT^-rnr' S ' Hil1 ' ° f Philadel P hia ' who bought the stock from the assignee of the former company at a very low figure, and must sell as quickly as possible to curtail expenses. Come in and select your (-MRIS I MAS PRESENTS now while the stock is yet complete. By making a deposit your selection will be held for future delivery. CROCKERY. j****^^ #-"" ""~~**&> ' Former Sale <§L /& ;V;»V-ksLC Price - Prlce <g^=f££V^:--■•'-'- ' ' " ' ~ a^'^S' ICO pieces Plain \^S Jkx- £f Porcelain Din \* £\\_ Jja uer bet $9.50 $G. 50 Former Snle Price. Price 100 pieces English Porcelain Decorated Dinner Set.. 3.50 . $8.50 lrO ' pieces English <f£r """"^Sj&b^ yi™" Price, This is not a "ONE- DAY SALE" but will continue at these prices until all sold. But we urge upon you to make early selection — First, to get the best selection; Second, to avoid the rush just before Christmas; Third, to give us an opportunity to get goods ready for delivery, i We can give them better attention now than later. 434-436 WABASHA STREET, ST. FATJL.: ALDERMEN RECOHSiDER, ' AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE ACME COMPANY. sf;i:gi:ii fbnai.lv downed. Zimmerman "Was Absent, but the Remaining Ten Members of the Board of Aldermen Vote to Concur With the Assembly In Awarding the Street-Light ing Contract. Ten of the eleven members of the board of aldermen voted yesterday for the awarding of the gasoline street lighting contract to the Acme Vapor Stove company. The absentee was Al<l. Zimmerman, who had an impor- ; tant business engagement and could not wait to attend the meeting. BPB The aldermen reconsidered the vote by which they failed to concur with the assembly in awarding the contract, and at the suggestion of the city attorney ! the motion was made to concur in the action of the assembly. Before the vote was taken Aid. Mark ham raised the question whether it would not be a good idea to have the Acme company give a bond which would insure the city against any failure on its part to light the cily. H. F. Stevens, '< who represented the company, said that 6ome time ago it had been proposed that ■ in order to show the good faith of the EB&si isffibiHßgaa wSbb&& mmSam nba • Have undertaken to close out the stock of E. lnßham within the next thlr ty days, consisting of Diamonds. Watches and Fine Jewelry, at a discount of fro in 33,Ja to 50 per cent. Call and convince yourself. Note some of the following prices: DIAMONDS. Cost. Cut to Solitaire Tiing $105 00 $85 00 Solitaire Rina: 90 00 65 00 King, "J diamonds 95 I'O 75 00 King, 3 diamonds and ruby 85 00 60 00 1 I)oz Solitaire Diamond Rings, each 0 50 5 00 KWor more Rings of all descriptions at same discount. Diamond Lace Pins from $4.50 to $150.00. GOLD GENTS' WATCHES. COEt. Cut to Solid Gold split sec, extra heavy IS-k case 5275 oo $175 00 Gent'sSoJidCold 14-k case, Elginmov't 1 90 00 60 00 Gents 1 Solid Gold Case, Hampdeu mov't 45 00 25 00 Filled Watches from $15.00 up. GOLD LADIES' WATCHES. Cost. Cut to Solid Gold Watch with large diamond, Elgin mov't, plain case . $80 00 $60 00 Solid GoM Engraved Case, Elgin mov't 40 00 28 00 Solid Gold Engraved Case, -■ * ' tine mov't ... 18 00 12 00 SOLID GOLD RINGS. Gents' Solid Gold Initial Rings, set with Diamonds, cost $12, cut to $6.00. Ladies' Solid Gold Rings from $1.00 up. These are but few of our bargains. Everything else in our stock in same pro portion. These goods will have to be sold tin's month, and at the prices we have reducvd same, we have no doubt that the entire stock can be disposed of. All goods are warranted to be of the best manufacture. Before calling on us go to your jeweler and look at their stock, then ceme to us and see if you are not say ing from 33>3 to 50 per cent. Mail Orders promptly attended to. *-*■ "■"■■ * . . '- .. "■ '"' • ■ ■':■ . : '*. 327 Jackson St., Between Third and Fourth Sts. Former Palo W%%J^3^"% Price. - Price. \\ B/^^S'jKMSf \& 56 pieces Decora- ' \ \ Hl'&KtW&fxSk ■ P ted Tea 5et5.... 54.25 $2.50 1 \|f *"^W«r\Wv /]/ 5G pieces Decora- * \ 111 <Zf& v\\\/^' ted China Tea la'/// < \\\X/ "" Sets 15.00 b.OO wy// ' \\ U pk^^t^^^^^^^&t^i^y lie above prices only indl y'^%f^^^^^^^^§M'J cale wlKlt is I ' lll^ done on iS^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the same proportionate re- W^^^^^^^^^^^^ duction taKes place on every- Decorated Bone Plates HALF-PRICE Decorated Individual Butter Plates HALF-PRICE Decorated Fruit Plates .••••. HALF-PRICE Decorated Sauce Plates • •• HALF-PRICE Decorated A. D. Coffee Cups. 30c to 45c each: choice, 20c. One-Kiillou Glass Water Pitchers, 50c, lor 250. . _ Tall Glass Fruit Dishes. 50c, for 25c. GLASS DOOR BOOKCASES. Former Sale I Former Sale Price. Price. I Price. Price. No 10* $18.00 810.00 INo. 1C44 $32.00 $17.50 Xo 102 17.50 11.00 I No. 301 15.00 8.50 No. 172 ....... 1G.75 9.00 I No. 535 15.00 7.50 No! 1(539.... 31.50 16.50| x: :' company bonds would be given that it would have the appliances for lighting the lamps within twenty days after the signing of the contract. In a spirit of fairness the council should not, at this time, insist on any such pro vision. It had never been demanded before, and. under the circumstances, ought not to be pressed at this time. Aid. Cullen thought it would be unfair to place a penalty on the company of this kind. Mr. Seeger had the lighting of the lamps up to the first day of January, and the new com tractor would have to replace all the attachments and burners on the lamps within twelve hours after Seeger had removed his attachments. It might bs possible to do this, but if it were impos sible to have the work done in the time mentioned he was not in favor of mak ing a penalty for the first day. Mr. Seeger said he would have all the at tachments which he owned removed from the lamps by daylight on the morning of Jan. 1, and he would throw no obstacle in the way of the new con tractors. Jacob Heilbron, manager of the Acme company, in reply, said that the burners and attachments to the lamps would be replaced by his com pany as fast as they were removed by Seeger. On the roll call the ten mem bers present voted to concur in the action of the assembly and award the contract to the Acme company. A reso lution directing the city attorney to | draw up the contract in accordance with the bid of the farm was also passed by a unanimous vote. The ordinance introduced by As semblyman Dorau at the assembly 13 NTS' GOLD yLEGVE BiTTONS. Cost. Cut to Plain and Ornamental, per pair : $8 0") $4 00 GOLDTHinBLES... 5 00 2 50 MASONIC CHARMS. Cost. Cut to Masonic Charm, 33d deg.. 821 50 $11 50 Masonic Charm, 33d deg.. 20 00. 11 00 Masonic Charm, 33d deg.. 12 00 675 . GOLD BROOCHES. Cost. Cut to Gold Brooch $1» 00 - . $5 00 Goldßrooch 5 00 2 50 Gold Brooch 3 00 150 GOLD E\BBINGS. Cost. Cnt to Pair Gold Earrincs $12 00 $7 00 Pair Gold Earrings 7 00 5 75 Pair Gold Earrings 5 00 2 f»0 OPERA GLASSES. Cost. Cut to Pearl Glass (Lemaire) $18 00 $12 00 Pearl Glass 16 00 10 00 Pearl Glass 12 00 6 00 SILVERWARE. Cost. Cnt to Tea Sets $3SOO $24 00 Tea Sets..... 30 00 1« 00 I Ice Filter . 22 00 . 12 75 THE : SaS^T PAUL DAIE? 616b1 '.- SUNDAY MORNING, ; DECEMBER ; " 10, JBO3. --TWENTY PAGES. BUT MAKE PRICES TO REALIZE CASH S meeting Tuesday night and referred to the committee on strets of that body, was presented by Aid. Franklin. The ordinance is to prohibit the use of salt and sand on the tracks of the street railway company on the various bridges, and to iiKike the penalty for violation a fine of not les than S2O nor more than $iOO, or imprisonment in the workhouse for not more than twenty nor less than rive days. Aid. Franklin said that the method of putting salt and saud on the street car tracks on the Robert street bridge and then sweeping it on the roadway on either side of the tracks destroyed all the sleighing. A deal of freight was hauled over the bridge, and the bridge being bare of snow, the travel was greatly delayed. The motion to refer to a committee was lost, and, under a suspension of the rules, the ordinance was passed. The city clerk was directed to adver tise for 1.200 feet of sewer pipe. The city attorney was given by reso ution $500 for a contingent fund. FOB THE UNEMPLOYED. Schuneruan & Evans Make a Charitable Move. Schuneman & Evans have conceived a unique means of helping the unem ployed. Wednesday evening the firm will give its holiday opening; but, un like opening* of the sort heretofore known, it will cost the public 10 cents apiece to enter the store; Unit is. between the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock. The admission fee goes to the benefit of the unemployed. To make the event more interesting to the public Messrs. Schuneman & Evans have em ployed Seibert's full military band to give a concert in the store during the time admission is charged. The pro gramme of music which will be per- I formed by the band is as follows: FART L Grand Festival Marh Bach Overture— "Welcome," Catiin Cornet Solo — "Culver Polka "Steinhauser "William Marlow. American Patrol Meocham Medley— "Metamorphoses," Beyer Waltz— "3\ mposia," Bendix PART 11. Cocoanut Dance Herman Overture— 'La Sirene." Aufaer Zyiopheue Solo— "Wren Polka." Damare Patrol— "The Crack Regiment," Tobani Waltz— "Till We Meet Again," Bailey March— "Isevareh," Perkius DISTRICT COURT. Riler 11. Horton has attached the ef fects of the estate of Thomas Rogers to satisfy a claim of ?31.70 for legal serv ices. * The Cornish, Curtis & Greene com pany asks judgment against Peter J. Kolseth for $80, due for merchandise sold. The Minnesota Savings bank has be gun an action against John 0. Herrruau and Anna Herrman to foreclose a mort gage for 54.000 upon lots 12 and 13 of A. Vance Brown's subdivision of block 32 of Stinson, Brown & Kamsey's addition to St. Paul. Michael S. Mongoven has begun a persoual injury case in the United States circuit court against the Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Kail road Compauy, alleging $10,500 dam ages. Mongoveu was a switchman at the East St. Paul switch yard on April 14 last, and lost the first and second fingers of his right hand by being crushed by a defective drawhead. In the action of Campbell Lewis against D. D. Parker and others an ap plication was made before Judge Wiilis yesterday in special term to require Judson Parker, one of the defendant*, to turn over to the sheriff a small sum of money and his watch to be disposed of to satisfy a small judgment. Judge Willis refused to grant the application. Judson Parker is timekeeper in the postofhee, and has been there three de cades or more. The court was evidently of the opinion that his walcli was a tool of his trade, and therefore exempt from execution 1 : The small sum of money is also exempt under the law. quet Lamp, center %^J£j£st3HP * Metal Column Ban : .*•> fc^-^'l^^S* l^& i quet Lamp, center .hot t^T^B^llM. | draft burner. 4.00f0r 2.23 -g^^^^^^M^^-. . I JhSvr-Sl--- U --° )fCr 6 -°° M^PM Lnmu IS. OO for 10.00 I Shades.. 4.50f0r 2.50 ' SILVERWARE. '• ..■ ,|| '. ' Teaspoons, per d0z.81. 50 for 8 .80 E xB spoons, par d0z,... S.uOfor 1.6 D fe'^^ • per doz '. S.OOfor I.GO Sectional Hated, that means very • L'^jla! " *-'i heavily plated on parts most exposed |^ to wear, fancy .patterns. Tablespoons iffiiiaHm and Forks, ?7fort4.uO. /^sd&&iijk&s\ ■-,~:-'.'+'-\ Uessen Spoons and Forks. S-> for Ji^^jjgjp** A. D. Coffee Spoons. Half-Price.' | Orange Spoons, -Half- I'rlcc. • •• 1 ONYX-STANDS. ■! -.-. • Former Sale fr'y^ ll* \T Price. Price. /* fi \ No. 105 , $10.50 $5.50 Si | \ No. 193 • 36.50 20.00 #JLjLA No loy! ••••• 23.50 i 5.00 ff&22p\ No. 02 .........„.:... 24.00 14.00 §4 ft 0 No. 198 21.50 12.0J1 V 1> No. 414........ .».:... 22.50 15.00 JDVER GAITER FACTORY. A BIG INDUSTRY IN ST. PAUL BUf LITTLE KNOWN. - > li :r , VISIT OF A OLOIII) BGFORTER Reveals the Faot That the Lover ins Bhoe Company Have a Great Manufactory — Their Goods in Demand. All Over the Country— Orders Prom New . York to Ban Francisco. A great deal has been said about the many new factories which have been founded in St. Paul during the yast two or thrae years, and it is singular that in all the anxiety of the people to note and encourage every industry, an Industry of large importance started up by the Lovering Shoe company two years ago should have been almost entirely over looked; but such it has been. I • Two years ago this company engaged In the manufacture of ladies', men's and children's overgaiters and leggings, and now enjoy the distinction of oper ating the only factory of the kind west of Chicago. It has proved a winning venture for the company, the goods finding a ready market ail the way to the Pacific coast; also all over Wiscon sin, even in Chicago, and as far East as Cincinnati and Buffalo. The_daily output of the factory Is 500 pairs of leggings and overgaiters. The goods are made principally of beaver, felt and leather. The goods are made j for wholesalers and traveling men upon standard measurements. The Loveriug Shoe company has a large patronage tor special measurements, not only in St. Paul, but throughout the Northwest. The factory is over the capacious shoe store on Wabasha street of the com pany. ~ It Is divided into several rooms. The operating •force Is thirty-five women, and a good force of men. * t)ne force is kept constantly at work cutting the goods, and another force operates the machines which turn the patterns into manufactured product. In addition to these, one person is kept at work taking measurements of ankles and legs. The factory is a busy bee Live, and the hum of a long row of mammoth sewing machines, all operated by elec tric power, is almost deafening. Besides the sewing : machines, several other kinds of machinery keep up a "racket." When' the firm established the factory it did so with some doubts as to the outcome, and the marvelous trade it has built up is a happy surprise. . Mr. Lov eriug said of the malter yesterday: ;<* "Of coursk, we felt that : since there" was no factory of the kind this side of. Chicago there ought to ba an opening for one nere. But we naturally real ized the difficulties which must be en countered in establishing an entirely new enterprise, and felt somewhat timid. Chicago had old factories with long-established trades over the the West aud. East. Our success is a surprise to us. The traveling men of all Eastern shoe houses who cover Western points make large sales of our goods all the way to the Pacific coast. We have an immense trade ii) . San Francisco. ; Keceutly tne head of the heaviest *hce firm in San Fran | cisco came to St. Paul to inspect our factory. He said that our goods give better satisfaction .in . San Francisco than any other ever bandied there. He gave us a large "order, and tried to se . cure the exclusive agency for Cali fornia. This .we 'v could not give him, siuce we are liberally patronized by many other heavy sloe dealers in San Francisco and other California cities. We have a large trade in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Spo kane. Wo also receive large orders from New Orleans, and are informed by dealers in that city that they greatly prefer our goods to those made in Chicago. We have several good customers in Cincinnati and in Buffalo, and we also have five customers in Chicago who take large orders. Several cities in Texas patron ize us. The wholesalers of St. Paul and Minneapolis handle our goods almost exclusively. "But I want to te!l you the manufact ure of these goods is not the only big thing we are doing here. We make cripples' shoes, fancy boots for theatri cal troupes, in both of which lines we have built up a large trade; and we have a very heavy patronage for high grades of shoes made to order. These shoes range from flO to $20 a pair. We have men who do nothing but make lasts for special customers. These workmen are so expert in their business that the lasts are perfect models of the feet the shoes made on them are intended for. We have hundreds of these lasts, and Hundreds of the people they were made for live in other states, many of them as far away as Texas. When these people want new shoes they send to us, and we make them on their lasts. Our stage boots have a wide reputa tion. We make all used by the Wilbur Opera company. The beautiful , opera booots used by Susie Kerwin in her hunting scene were made by us. Re cently she sent an order to us from New i'ork for four pairs of fancy boots reaching nearly to the hips. When they were done each boot weighed only four ounces. She paid us J24 a pair for them. Afterward she wrote us that she could get nothing to compare with them in New York, and that about every actress in the city had seen and admired them. We re ceive orders far and . wide from the doctors for cripple shoes to be made on measurements, and many of these phy sicians hare written us our goods were better, both as to fit and quality, than any they ever got elsewhere." - ■k ' _____ — ; — JOB NOT THERE. Mr. Ehle Allen Plays a Joke on a Guest. An amusing incident is reported from the Merchants'. About ,6 o'clock last night one of the guests rushed up to the clerk, Ehle Allen, and anxlbusly iu ~- •■ ■ " "^ ■■ -• . ' - : .-v , -.■.■-• -s Hood's Is Good BECAUSE _~- Hood's Cures It possesses curative power ~:f peculiar to itself, and has a record : of cures un equaled in the history of medicine. The severest : cases of Scrofula/Salt : Rheum, Dyspepsia, ' Ca i tarrh S and Rheumatism have been cured by N it '%■ If you suffer from any> of % thtse -' ye Hood's Sarsa s• parilia a trial. Sold by nil druggists. $1 per bottle: six for SS.' I Hood* ' Fills cure CousupnUoa. 25c. CROCKERY, Continued. I Low Gloss Fruii Dif hes. 35c for 18c 0 ter and spoouert 7. r e for 3?c | Molasses 'Jans JCc for tcii Va?e Lnmps, Decorated Fount 5.75. .ggjSWgjraßßßfr. < . aud Shade (like above cut.) . v^* i§§f^^^^ } •-S;-' I 1 v Vase Lamp, Decorated (Duplex) 1 ■-■*■.*•..' ■'' .'■ ■■'-■' . Fount and Shade (burner) 23.75 \ >S;^':U ; '* for §1.55. (Like above cut.) .! CHIFFONIERS. With Mirror and Without. - J Former Sale ~'-':'y%'. Former ; Sale Price. Price Price. "Price j No. 420 SI'J.OO .00No. 10 ...&17. 40 $24.0>( N0.60... . 23.00 13.5' No. (5614..... 1fi.75 O.OOi No: 17...; 24.8"» 15.00 No. 420 15.25 8.50( N0.2 25.00 10. No. 02 16.00 8.00( . LADIES' DESKS. j Former Sale! . Price. Price ■ a==y Birdseye Maple. No. 605........ $18.50 '$12.0j P^&^tft Polished Oaft, No. 176.. ....;.......... 12.50. _7.50 A—— JV Polished Oak, No. 220 11.50 7.50 fedfeifl J Polished Oak, No. 210 .. 15.75 9.50 fT s *^^™ Polished Oak, No. 56 11.26 R. 50 9- ■ I Polished Oak, No. 8... 7.50 4.50 I Polished Oak, No. 223 - .....15.00 9.00, • ' Polished Oak, No. 10 : 0.00 6.00 ( Cutler's Roll Top. large size. No. 103. : 85.00 55.00 Lanies 1 Birdseye Maple Freuch Dresser 28.50 16.00 Ladies' Oak French Dresses 15.00 9.7.") Revolving Book Hack. No. 6Va... ..:.......-...;. 12.00 6.00 ( Revolving Book Rack, No. 97................ 15.00 8.50 1 quired: "Has Joe come in yet?" He neglected to give "Joe's" last name, leaving the versatile Ehle somewhat in doubt as to whom he referred to, but Ehle was equal to the occasion, and gave the stereotyped answer. "No; Joe has not arrived yet." All through the even ing, at half-hour intervals, the man looking for "Joe" would scan the reg ister. Not finding the man he sought, about 10 o'clock he approached Ehle and confidentially informed him that he guessed he would go to bed, adding: "You need not keep the house open to wait for Joe." Ehle was not to be out done, even if he was "on watch" all night, and courteonsly replied: "All right, sir; we'll close the house in a few minutes." MINNESOTA EDITORS. Arranging Tor the Annual Meet- ing in February. An Important meeting of the officers and executive committee of the Minne sota State Editorial association was held yesterday at the rooms of the St. Paul Press club. The object was to arrange a programme for the next annual meet- Ing of the association, which is to be held at Minneapolis, Thursday and Fri day, Feb. 15 and 1& There were present J. A. Johnson, of the St. Peter Herald, president; F. E. Barnum, of the Sauk Center Avalanche, secretary; Vice President Joseph, Leicht, of the VVestlicher Herold, Wi noua; Alva Eastman, of the St. Cloud Journal-Press; Bronson Strain, of the Battle Lake Keview; C. P. Stine. of the Northwestern Printer, St.. Paul, chair man of the executive committee, and David RamaJey, of St. Paul, treasurer. H. G. Day, the first vice president, sent a letter explaining that he was pre vented by illness from being present. After much deliberation and ' discus sion the following was mapped out as the FIRST DAY'S PROGRAMME. 1. Welcome address by Mayor Eus tis, of Miuueapolis. 2. Response, coupled with annual ad dress of tire president, by J. A. John sou, of the St. Peter Herald. 3. Reminiscences, Journalistic and Otherwise, Col. John H. Stevens, the first white settler in that city. 4. Early Journalism in Minnesota, H. P. Hall, of the St. Paul Globe. 5. How to Conduct a Newspaper, C. C. Whiting, ot the Marshall News-Mes senger. 6. How to Build Up a Circulation, Alvah Eastman, of the St. Cloud Jour nal-Press. This concludes the first day's exer cises, except the discussions which will take piace on the last two topics. SECOND DAY. For several years, at every meeting ot the Editorial association, the question of making a Dusiness organization to handle advertising has been mooted. It was decided to put nothing else on the programme for the second day ex cept that topic and the election or of ficers. H. G. Day, of the Albert Lea Standard, will open the business discus sion from the aewspaper standpoint, and J. L. Stack, of Stack's Advertising agency, will present the agent's view. It is believed that the meeting will be one of the most entertaining and profit able ever held by the association. Xenralgic headaches promptly cured by Bromo-Seltzer — trial bottle lOcts. SCHOOL FIRU ESCAPES. A Citizen Urges That they Be Put Up Very Soon. To the Editor of the Globe. Seeing the heading "Fire Escapes Needed" in the Globe, 1 cannot help but express my feelings, like many other parents whose children attend the public schools. I was surprised to learn that our schools are entirely, I might say, with out means of egress iv case of 'V^_ I PARLOR SUITS. • Former Sale > . Price. Price. ) 5 pieces Leather Library Suit gi6s 00 $85.00 |3 pieces Birds Eye Maple Frame 62.50 32.50 )3 pieces Silk Brocatelle, overstuffed, finest in city 190 00 120.00 13 pieces Silk Brocatelle. overstuffed, very handsome.. 165.00 110.00 ) 3 pieces Silk Damask, No. 5a9 160.00 100.00 (2 pieces Dutch Krocatelle, very durable ... . 75.0^ 45.00 ) 5 pieces Wool Tapestry, large and durable 135.00 85.00 I 5 pieces Persian Hug, a beauty 225 00 150.00 ) 6 pieces Best Tapestry, No. 305 .... 80.00 45. 0u I Other Suits In Plushes and various coverings, at ) various prices, ranging VEHY LOW. ODD PIECES. No. 117, Leather Rocker $36.51 $24.00 ,No. 90, KuirSofa " _ S4 00 lti.oo No. <J9. Rug Easy Chair • 15.00 10.00 , No. 30, Tapestry Easy Chair. 25 00 18.00 j No. 412, Rug Rocker 18 25 8 00 No. 10. Tapestry Easy Chair 25.00 15.00 > No. 62, Leather Easy Chair..." 17 CO 10 CO | No. 213, Leather Easy Chair 2600 n!SO I No. Ci,<2, Leather Easy Chair ;..; 27 50 18 50 i No. 298, Leather Easy Chair 28.89 19 50 No. lli, Turkish Leather Easy Chair. . 40 00 27 00 No. 6b. Turkish Leather Easy Chair ". 40 00 27 50 No. 1, Tapestry Fancy Chair ... 10 CO 575 No. 20, Wood Kancy Chair 12.00 6.00 No. 23, Wood Fancy Rocker . ' TOO 3.50 i No. 216, Fancy Rocker 15 00 80 50 Ma 4SO. Fancy Rocker. " 12 25 6 50 i Pillow Ottoman. Silk Brocatelle '..'..'. 15.00 7.50 \ Hassocks, 20c, 35c, 60c, 7^o, $1 each. EXTENSIOiN TABLES. R Former Sale Former Sale 0 Price. Price Priep PHoe 1 No. twt, 8 feet 818.00 $i 2.00 No. 31, 10 feet .. S -'.50 »ou | N°. 70V2 10 feet 22.50 15.00 No. 10. 8 feet U.OO 8.00 Much credit is due the building in spector and his department for the timely suggestion, which cannot be car ried out too quickly when we consider the dreadful calamity in Wisconsin, where several school children lost their lives. It is well that the attention of the school board is called to this danger which is now hanging over the lives of the little ones. I think it is quite time that the interested public should take the matter in hand and urge upon the school inspectors the necessity of pro viding the proper fire escapes without delay on all school buildings" now in use before adding more of ttiese dangerous buildings to the community. 1 believe that all schools, public, private or sec tarian, should be compelled to provide the proper lire escapes at places desig nated by the building inspector. There can be no valid excuse, al though there has been considerable stringency in the money market. These lire escapes, I have noticed, have beau put in very generally by the larger business houses and factories during the past summer, proving that the pri vate owners see the absolute necessity of the same. There appears to have been quite an improvement in the man ufacture of the stairways. They look far superior to the ancient cat ladder, which now, as the building inspector says, adorn a very few of our school buildings. I trust this may reach the heads of other families, who are better able to express their opinions in more forcible terms, and arouse some movement on ■ the part of those responsible for the | proper condition of our schools. A Citizen. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 9. - ON A ■ ' - Tfnneiy Topic Prosperity is brought about by mutual effort — one helping the other. That's the purpose of this timely talk of ours — how to help one another. To do you good we will for a few days more make special prices on our Entire Stock to give you a chance of ordering Your Holiday Overcoat and Suit i We guarantee our workmanship, trimmings and a perfect fit. DON'T MISS' THIS OPPORTUNITY. Call at once and select from the largest and best assorted stock in the city. : — i Seventh and Robert Streets, St. Paul. Samples and Instructions for Self-Measurement Sent Free on Application. PKIVIIiKGK CHECKS. V \ Circular Letter to Be Issued to the ' : - ; ■:.-■ Subcommittees. : '•■• : -■ : -■* ! - ;: - Two hundred men crowded the hall '■•, in front of the . bureau for the unem- . ployed in the court house yesterday. This was owing to the handing out of — 150 checks, which allowed the bearer :•''•■"'. the privilege of working on the streets ; during the week beginning Monday ; . morning. Over 2.000 names have been j-. ! placed on the, register at the bureau, 'j ; and, as the plan is in operation now, 150 are given work each week. 'V- , A meeting of the permanent commit tee of nine from the the citizens' relief committee, who will have charge of the collection and disbursement of funds collected by the subcommittees, held a ■. a preliminary session at the mayor's j yesterday afternoon. The committee '■ consists of F." P. Wright, \V. L. Wilson, ! 0.0. Cullen.F. B. Doran.T. A. Abbott, i George C. Squires, U. A. Castle, A. S. \ Tallmadge and Jamas Morrow. The ' - members decided upon issuing a circu- ! lar letter to the chairmen of the seven ty-five subcommittees, and then ad- ■ journed to meet Monday afternoon. o ' .. The following members of the Minne sota Editorial association, which met at \ the St. Poul clubhouse yesterday, were { registered at the Windsor: F. E. Bar- j num, Sauk Center; Joseph L'.'ic.ht, Wi- ) nona; John A. Johnson, St. Peter ; Al vah Eastman, David T. Calhoun, St. : Cloud; E. A. Paradis, Merriam Park; Dell T. Sutton, C. P. Stine, St. Paul. .r-'?: 8