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-EIGHT THE PITTSBURG PRESS MONDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 190T created by the earthquake. In all. some FALSE LORD TELLS STORY twenty millions went from New York tc San Francisco In the spring: of" 1906, although much the greater part of this large fund was San Francisco's own money that was on deposit here or had been lent here to take advantage of the Jiilil INTERESTING COLLECTION OF RELICS OF LOCAL FIRES BEING PRESERVED CAREFULLY HERE relatively nigner rates of Interest. Now. presumably, the very bank that was willing to advance $5,000,000 to aid San Francisco its emergency of last year Is one of the banks which has de clined to make any investment in the Sentenced To Death by Hanging He Asserts His Innocence.

bonds of that city. Other banks, if they were askea to do mat, would surely de Semi-AiiiMgal Clearance Sale KILLED TURFMAN M'CANN. cline, ii nas Deen assumed that this reluctance to invest In the obligations Issued by Ban Francisco is chiefly due to reported unstable civic conditions and to the apparent collapse of responsible popular government. Undoubtedly, San Francisco rely largely upon the California or Western capital if there is to be marketing of securities of that city at present. And the unfavorable Eastern market is in part occasioned by the unpleasant reports hinting at chaos that come from a uiuinuea i uesaay, juiy nn I JT! billed.

BLAMES HIS DOWSF.4LL OX" CROOKS A XI) GAMBLERS. i "I rN .4 $PT rru. rry POSED AS A RICH NC3LEMAN. San Francisco. And yet the city cf New Tcrk is having an almost similar experience at this time.

Mr. Metz, the comptroller, has been at his wits' end to discover an available market for New York city bonds. He finds it almost impossible to secure purchasers for these bonds, even though the rate of interest be at 4 per cent, and although there is no reasonable doubt as to the soundness of the security. It has been observed recently that responsible contractors are reluctant about offering bids for contemplated public works, the reason beinj the fear that the city of New York may find difficulty in marketing its stock. The comptroller of the cttv- fa i St.

Louis, July 8. Lord F. Seymour Barrington, who now signs his i to the public and numerous polite notes to women acquaintances "J-'rederick Au- gustus Harrington Seymour," is so near the end of his rope at Clayton, St. Louis county, where he Is sentenced to pay tnj death pena.ty July 25 for the rauruer of Jamas P. McCann, that lie is mailing preparations to meet the worst.

"Lord" Barriugton, as the noted prisoner la familiarly known, came to SU i And Balance of the Week. Over $180,000 Worth of Perfectly New and Desirable Spring and Summer Merchandise which, according to the unalterable rules of this establishment; must be disposed of before the opening of the Fall season. This amount of stock is the largest ever carried by us at this time of the year, and the special values offered to effect a quick clearance will demonstrate our earnest deaire to adhere to our well-known policy "Never to Carry Merchandise Irom One Season to Another. Louis with the advent of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He was received in state and banqueted by exposition attract the attention of foreign poten tates to the big show and start a stream that he must speedily sugar-coat his propositions for bids for New York city bonds, allowing a higher rate of interest than 4 per cent, or committing himself to some other lawful temptation if he Is to secure the funds that are needed.

If, therefore. New York city finds It difficult to tempt purchasers for long time clty bonds. behind which the security is unquestioned, it can cause no wonder that the banks of this city refuse at the present time to make any investment in San Francisco bonds. The State of New York finds itself in an almost amusing, because so highly inconsistent and paradoxical. situation.

The State needs some ten millions or fifteen minions this year, perhaps more for the payment of the work now in progress by which the Erie canal is to be enlarged. With a full treasurv. with cr dit beyond any possible suspiieon. vet the State is fairly on its knees, begging thosa who have money capital to buy canal bonds. In fact, the legislature has been iser- of persons from effete England and other acroas-seas countries to St.

Louis. With a roseate picture of his own "Brighton Castle." and with the palaver that comes to a man possessed with the wiles of this polished crook, "Lord' Barrington began at once to seek the consoling comiort of a helpmate and. through the kindness of a boarding house keeper, was introduced to iliss It Will Be Impossible to Advertise All Special Vain es Oiler ed During This Sale Grace Wilhelmina Cochrane, a prepossessing- young woman from Kansa.s City. Barrington offered to furnish the-glided cage and the result was a hasty i SUIT DEPARTMENT marriage. KICKED "LORD" DOWN STAIRS.

A brother of the bride, who discovered that the new member of the lamily was nosing about the premises for a few old clothes, became suspicious and emphasized his convictions by kicking 35 Tailored Suits $lQ-90 (Former prices $25.00 to $32.50.) uciueu io circumvent indirectiv certain constitutional provisions so that savings banks and other State institutions may be tempted to invest some portion of their resources in these bonds. This temptation will probblv come in the the bogus "Lord down three flights of I iaara ana into tne street. He was arrested on a peace disturbance charge an oner to rebate the State tax il ngs nanK deposits, provided 2 wn Duy reasonable portions or the State canal bone's. That measure would net the banks about 4 per cent upon tne bonds New York Correspond- Spring and Summer Tailored Cloth and Silk Suits, the balance of the. entire stock at l2 Off Former Prices lui.jur jn id ress, A Mammoth Piano CInb.

Read Hamilton's advertisement on nnco "OLD SQUIRE'S" COLLAR NO. 1-NO. 2- FIRE TRUMPET AND EVIL' NOZZLE. una was sentenced to six months in the workhouse. He was keeping accompaniment with a napping hammer to his thoughts of freedom and the bride from whose bosom he was torn asunder, when an enterprising saloon-keeper paid the fine and secured the release of the prisoner.

He was then installed as the drawing card in a Broadway saloon, and as customers of the place clinked glasses and drank to the health of the "Lord," he Tvould recite little chapters from his life's history and invite the boys to visit him at his "castle'' on his return to his native land. James P. McCann, turfman, known from coast to coast as a was a casual visitor at the saloon where Barrington formed the princinal attraction. He introduced himself to the 3 50i) new pianos at first payment. IO.

.5 PLATE MADE IN MEMORY OF THE MFN Ten rn N. 4 HELMETS OF FIREMEN KILLED IN TIIe'servicE EVANS FIRE, JULY 7, 1900. Do People Read the Clas.iicsr been wo-n they that nat gentleman issuing from his they are nearly feMM' 9.75 library, where he has them in hand i'n nas a bv 1JI was worn some bindings, will boast at the head his life in the wno lost discharge of his dutv Water Tower Fire Company No. 1, On Smithiield Street, Eas Many Memeatoes of Great Fires Silk and chiffon voire dresses, former prices $32.50 to $39.75 at of chiffon, voile, net and crep3 de chine at Off Former Prices or nis dinner table that he reads them through, and makes a point of it, once every year? They are partially read. other which was the- propertv of Harry 0U- company, who was killed at the Edmiston.

Perrine Co's. fire One of the relics is a leather collar, which was worn by "Old Squire," who for a long time was connected with No 19 company. "Old Squire" was a full-blooded bulldog, who was picked up by one of the members and given a home at the engine house. One day a policeman, who did not know him, saw him running along -SmithheH street and. thinking him suffering with rabies, shot and killed him.

ul i-uurse, in tne scnoois and colleges, but they are not read there so willingly and gladly as they could ask to be read if they had their say. There are people who. if sworn to tell the whole truth and nothing but it. must own that there are one or two darkling of th- helmets date from the tim tie Tre' whI-h derod ware 'cupied by the Evans China-Julv -TO Fifth avenue, in Jul li)0 when four firemen were in- the upper lioors and two others so fatallv eJ they died later in the hoi th bodies of John H- Lewis, Fti JS IL1- 9air Crawford and Max Butterbacli, the four firemen who were killed were recovered, their helmets were BURNED AND SCARRED HELMETS TELL STORIES. Dy nanoinar him a note, and this acquaintanceship ripened into a friendship which took Barrington away from the saloon and placed him in charge as prHate secretary to the turfman.

M'CANN FOUND MURDERED. "Lord" moved his possessions to the McCann home and was looked upon as a confidential friend and adviser Barrington was acting- in this capacity when the two journeyed together into Suits of Indianhead linen, Prince Chap style; reduced from $8.90 $5.90 Princess a id two-piece dresses of net and batiste, at 10.90 (Former prices $16.50 to $19. 75.) ic vis ounea with honor by the members of the company and his collar placed In the collection. Another interesting relic is an old fire trumpet made of sheet iron u-hii, On the third floor of the building on Smilhfield street, occupied by Water me oniciai? of the fire bureau. Later, when Chief Miles Humphries arranged to tabulate the relics and place them on exhibition, thev were turned over to Captain Elmer rm SKIRT DEPARTMENT iouis county, and on the night of Tower Co.

No. 1. of the Pittsburg Bp- mie iv't'o. Mccann i rr iir.furui I Tower Co. No.

1. and he has arrant in i. third nn.i ii rmu or ire, is a nttie room containing anu lis rod thrown into a. quarrv pond at Binfils. I an interesting collection of relics of -form- Several days after McCann's disat-! or local fires, the existence of which is w.cm in sniaii room on the floor.

1 Among the others is one hplnno-lnn. pearance Harrington was arrested, just known to only a few persons, outside of George Atcheson, cf No. 15 comDanv. who 1. ao I'll 1 1 1 i TV II rl ttii firemen stationed there.

was killed at the fire which totalis ho. used by W. V. Splane, who was a member of the Old Volunteer Vigilant company of Pittsburg, which flourished in lS4a, before the organization of the Pittsburg fire department. There is also what "devil" nozzle, which wus used by the Niagara fire company, a contemporary of the Old Vigilant.

This also dates from the year 1845. It is made of leather, has two leather handles, with which it was held, and it is black and discolored from long use. It is planned to collect all such relics end to tabulate a historv of them The relic room will be patterned after those in several of the larger cities and it is probable that it will be put in charge of a retired fireman. III) ir 111 1 i Hanging on the wall of one side of the (jusuncr nave in his jewelry and other valuable previouslv nu-nprt Kv hic room, each one suspended by small brass 'J I it' stroyed the wholesale grocery of Thomas C. Jenkins, in 1897, and threatened to distroy nearly an entire city block There is also a helmet which belonged to David Williams, who was also a member if Hi'k- turfman, but he was wear -1 hooks, are nearly a dozen helmets, some pia.vs or himself, prince among the moderns, which thev have not read; and only the other day Prof.

Brander Matthews was intimating that most of the Elizabethan dramatists were, for the most part. not worth reading. do many persons now go about with pocket, editions of the Iliad or the Aeneid, and lie down under summer trees, enjoying them "From morn till noon, from noon till dewy eve?" We are not sayinsr they do not, or might not do it with the Odvssev, or the "Battle of the Frogs and Mice," or a Virgilian Eclogue or so, of immediate agricultural interest; but. it is here a question of the more epical epics, in which the fame of the poets is supposed to be mainly lodged. The doubt intimated attaches itself even to the "Divine Comedy." earliest of the great achievements of the moderns.

Have nany gentlemen with libraries, or read it from cover to cover more than a dozen times. if they have it about them, are they presently reading it in course, or are they staying- here and there upon a favorite passage with which they associate the rest of the work? To name the epic that follows in the deathless order next after the "Divine Comedy." Is "Paradise Lost" familiar, save again in cer'iin beautiful bits, to any multi "xiu.i.k inui xvjciann nad worn on of them apparently comparativelv new. Two styles of white wash skirts, perfectly tailored, value $2.90, About 50 panama skirts in black and blue, also fancy materials; reduced from $5-90 and to A rack of panama skirts in light and dark checks and stripes; retail value $8.50, at tile nifrht of his disappearance. Odds and ends of black voile skirts, all Spring nodels; reduced from $13.75 and $14.50 to $9.50 Black voile skirts, made over silk drop; reduced from $18.75 and $20.00 to $15.75 Fine French voile skirts, handsomely trimmed and made over silk drop; former prices $37.50 to $59.00, $27.50 to $45.00 of Engine Co. No.

15 and who met death while others are dark and discolored and several are so burned and blistered by the heat of many conflagrations, at which at tne nre at Best, Fox Co's. building, which occurred January 20, 1900, and an- NEW SHOWS AT LUNA THIS WEEK was tried and convicted and, although the evidence was purely circumstantial, the jury did not deliberate long before reaching a verdict For more than three years the noted prisoner has directed a fight for libertv from the St. Louis county jail, with the expressed hope that he will eventually g-aln absolute freedom and show to the world that he is "absolutely innocent" and has been "persecuted." The following review of his case was written by "Lord" Barrington. "The recent decision of the United States Supreme Court that it Is without Jurisdiction to review the findings and Judgment of the State Supreme Court in my case was based on purely technical objections. The merits of the case were not before the court.

"Technicalities, apparentry, have far more weight attached to them than the infinitely more important question of the g-ullt or innocence of the ac- tained in the circular issued on Tuesday by the National City Bank, it being the regular monthly compendium prepared presumably oy Mr. Vanderlip, formerly assistant secretary of the treasury. It is only a little more than a year since an officer of one of the larger of the national, banks of the city departed on almost a moment's notice for San Francisco, carrying with him credits equivalent to S5.Ou0,wi in cash and the "ledges as ell of New York banks to act in with the banks of San rrancisco to save unimnairpH tho r-a-m- ited. who are responsible for my condition and sufferings, and who for years have pursued a life of shame, debauchery and fraud, and of which we have incontrovertible evidence, and are prepared to produce It. SAYS HE IS GUILTLESS.

"I have already submitted the' names of these miscreants to representatives of the press, but 1" am told le.al conditions prevent their publication at this time. However, leral conditions do not prevent the press investigating the strat-ing and significant allegations presented, and which, if found to be substantially true, ought to be made public and some judicial action taken. "This month I shall iiavi. tude impassioned lovers? If a faith ful census were made of the Chicago readers of Spencer's "Faerie Queen," must not tne ascertained number fall so far below the claim of St. Louis COAT DEPARTMENT A limited number of linen etons, lace and A limited number of coats; former prices embroidery trimmed reduced from $5.90 to $11 75 $590to $2.75 $3.90, $4.90 Black broadcloth and tan covert jackets, in all the latest styles reduced from $11.75 and $15.75 to $7.90 and $10.75 All cloth Evening Coats at ONE-THIRD OFF REGULAR PRICES.

WAIST DEPARTMENT il niose oanKS and to ferrv them smoothly over the dangerous currents on it for a miscount? Harpers. terrible fate for four years, and that j-usea, wnicn, in cases where a human life is In ieoDardv m.rht to vT nLM," i crlmS -am absolutely guiltless Mprp pmnlv minefl h.for. 1. ul "eiore uoa and man 1 nil i i rill an; uneny inadequate to portray faithfully the physical and mental tortures I have been called on to sustain. They are too harrowing, too sickening, for a pen description.

They are known only to me and to God the God of my faith and the stad of my eternal hope who through all these years of intensest grief and sufferings has- wonderfully sustained, encouraged and strengthened me. "My hands are clean: mv conscience is clear, and a strong, living faith ani- decisions ana rulings of the United States Supreme Court uphold the doctrine of non-interference with the decisions of the State. Supreme Courts of the individual sovereign States and tend to indicate the United States Supreme Court's determination to discourage appeals on writs of error as a matter of public policy. "An appeal to the highest tribunal of the nation is very expensive. Yet despite the expensiveness, appeals are' not always taken in good faith, but to secure delay.

However, my appeal was taken In good faith, and its dismiss.m on trh- About 1,000 Lawn Waists at. The efforts of the management at Luna Park to provide visitors with something new and really entertaining have been even more successful than they have anticipated and new shows, gratifying to the visitors, have been installed every week from the opening day and wiil be until the close of the season. Among the added attractions this week is one which will prove a feature at the Arcadia building. It is the "Female Minstrels." An organization bubbling over with wit and cleverness and one which will prove a headliner in the week's attractions. The name indicates just what the show is, but it cannot explain the mirth that is the result of each performance.

The animal show at the Hippodrome continues to attract large crowds and pleases each audience. The daring performances given by different animal trainers has proven one of the attractions which will be a leader during the entire stay at the park. Several new groupings of the beasts, tamed and un-timed, have been added to the program and an exhibition of skill in training a wild lion is being given at each show. Weber's Price Band will be at the park another week to delight the large audiences who take pelasure in listening to it. Humerous musical hits will be added to the list and classic pieces, which took the park visitors by storm last week, will be played again, added to the entirely new program.

Press coupons are received at the entrance and a ticket given in exchange which ill admit you to the park. The coupons are numbered and seven consecutively numbered clippings get the coupon is printed in each copv of the Press. 35c for lunch have them (Former prices $1.00 to $1.50.) 1 1 Try them and you will for dinner. uuu6 tuudy s.bcuc me supply ot ever Z-UUU similar waists was exhausted bv 10 r) 1 i iiiais me witn the conviction caimui. guaidutce in nave mis lot last lor any length of time.

i nicai grounds is a most bitter disap- pointment; besides, it has worked an estoppel of justice. For many months I had hopefully and confidently expected the court to review my case on its merits, reverse It and grant a new trial A new trial was what I prayed for, knowing that if granted it would mean my certain vindication and the bringing to 1,500 lawn waists at A lot of Butcher's linen waists will be closed out at 85 Marie Antoinette cross bar dimity waists, also sheer lawn and Persian batiste waists; former prices $2.50 to at 1 .90 Tailored waists of finest quality of linen, short sleeves; reduced from S3.75 to $2.50 A large assortment of highest grr.de waists former prices $5 00 and $5-50, at $3.75 An exclusive and large assortment, of highest grade Summer waiists, ranging in pri from $7.50 to $45.00, at Y3 Off Former Prices White India silk waists, reduced from $4.50 to. $2.90 SHAKES CONFIDENCE. The most nutritious staple made from wheat. me oar oi justice tne really guiltv ones.

"With the new evidence available, and the proofs of the grossest perjury com- mitted with Impunity at my trial, a new-hearing would establish my innocence beyond doubt, and would unfold one of the blackest pages of hounding persecu- tion, inhumanity and injustice which stain and disgrace the legal annals of this great state. As it is. the Barrington case will go in the legal historv of "this state a remarkable example of a miscarriage of Justice, and I predict future generations will point to it with the finger of scorn as a ban sinister on its fair escutcheon, "Now, right here I want to declare emphatically that I do not mean the slightest reflection on the judiciary of the state, for I recognize the natural' tendency of human judgment to err conscientiously. Rather, I would reflect on the contempitble crooks, gamblers and street assassins strong words, but well mer- 1 MILLINERY DEPARTMENT eiiniauy, my innocence must be established. I may not live to see the day.

but I shall, at least, die a true hnsf.an, prepared to meet without fear the source of all justice the God of my parents, my childhood, my vouth and die bravely as a British soldier should die. "With reverence and humility let point out I have no craven fear of death itself, for I have faced it unflinchingly several times in hardly fought campaigns. In fact there have been moments when I would have welcomed death. But let me also point out what is equally true that I value my God-given Lfe and desire to live long enough to see the honored name of Seymour and Barring-ton cleared of the stigma of shame and disgrace which attaches through me I feel keenly and with deepest regret and sorrow my awful position, branded as a murderer" in the eyes of the world even though undeserved. HOPES GOVENOR WILL HELP.

"I have been tried only once, and in view of the then prevailing extraordinary circumstances and conditions it is not at all surprising that justice miscarried. Since then, although. not supported by a brilliant array of learned counsel, nor large sums of money. I have battled honorablv and strenuously for a new trial, in order to bring out the important new evidence developed since my trial and the gross and wicked perjury of the most important witness and rrove my entire innocence to the satisfaction of the world. "The dismisal of the writ of error on technicalities ends mv fight in the courts.

The question uppermost now Is. how can the injustice done be undone? It can never be undone It stands for ever in all its ugline! Nothing can blot out the horrible past with its vile slanders and its intense sufferings. The courts. I have been told, have no further jurisdiction. The State's Executive alone is vested with power of interference, and I do not to venture any opinion as to whether there is any probability- of his exercising his prerogative, for the rea In moisture and dust proof packages.

NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY I 3 The Cities of New York and San Fra cteco Have Trouble to Raise Money. Three topics that were much discussed today served to distract attention somewhat from sluggish market conditions and also from the depression occasioned by the unseasonable spring weather, for many of the manufacturers and jobbers and retailers attribute to the phenomenal coolness rather than to political agitation or the money markets the heavy falling off in sales of their goods. One of the topics was due to a concentration of reports that prevail for several days telling of a contemplated merger of several State chartered banking institutions. Another topic was caused bv the presumably correct report that two or three of the more important banks of this city have declined to make any offering for bonds to be issued by th city of San Francisco. The third" topic followed a somewhat portentous hint con 1 100 trimmed hats sold formerly from $3.50 to $5.00, at 250 Gibson sailor and mushroom effect hats, beautifully trimmed with flowers, wings and ribbons sold formerly from $6 00 to $10.00.

at $3.90 125 Pattern Hats; sold formerly 250 trimmed hats, in a large assortment, of colors; sold formerly from $5.00 to $6.00, at $1.25 from $10.00 to $18.00, at $5.90 The Pabst Eight-Day Mai ting-Process secures every particle of food from the barley-gTain, and the Pabst Perfect Brewing Process transmits all of it, in predigested form to UNDERWEAR AND PETTICOATS Floor) THE PITTSBURG PRESS' I IF YOUR HAIR IS GROWING I THIN. CUT THIS OUT. The entire stock of white Petticoats reduced accordingly. Pabst I Nainsook Night Gowns, lace, embroidery and ribbon trimmed; reduced from $1.50 and $1.75 91.00 Fine nainsook Night Gowns, reduced from $5.00 and $5.75 to sa.oo Bk 1 NUMBER. Ribbon 800 cambric Petticoats, hemstitched and lace trimmed; reduced from $1,50 and $1.75 Tie Beer of Quality This Coupon, wlaen presented at the Luna Park Box Office, with Coupons Nos.

2-3 4 -5-6-7 entitles tne bearer to Free Admission to the Park. Seven Several hundred hemstitched and tucked Drawers; sold formerly at 35c, will be closed out Fine nainsook Drawers, lace embroidery and ribbon trimmea; reduced from $1.75 and $2.00 to $1.00 Nainsook and cambric Corset Covers, lace, embroidery and ribbon trimmed; reduced from 35c and 60c to 25c A lot of fine nainsook Corset Covers, lace, embroidery and ribbon trimmed; reduced from 75c and $1.00 son i o.i not Know. "Besides, it would be idle and presumptuous to do so. and yet hundreds have asked me what I think about it how I feel about it? However. I will say that my friends will see that the true facts are brought to his notice officially.

But whatever action friends take in my behalf. I Can not rfpnnrlla to rc HOME RECli fOk flim IUIR Mix one-half ounce Glycerine one ounce Rozol Compound, four and one-half ounces Bay Rum Apply to the scalp every day! rubbing- well in with the tips or the fingers. Shampoo the hair once a week with a good tar soap. No need to become bald If you aon wish to. This simple recipe has produced a luxurious growth of hair in numerous cases where the bald spots had begun to appear.

It is said to destrov the germ which causes dandruff and baldness and is very stimulating to the growth of the hair. A few hundred short hemstitched Petticoats, reduced from 75c to. Drmk Pabst Blue Ribbon because of its purity, its de-licioaa flavor, ha rich food values and its tonic properties, and because it is a genuine temperance beverage. numbered from one to seven, inclusive, must be myself to a plea for elemenev another name for mercy. I have, as a mater of fact, committed no crime whatsoever against the laws of Missouri to justify a plea for mercy, which, it strikes me, is tantamount to a tacit admission of some degree of guilt.

My prayer la simply justice, justice, justice. Black and colored silk Petticoats, former prices $6.50 to $9.75, will be closed out Taffeta, silk Petticoats, in black rd all colors; reduced from $7.50 and $8.90 to The balance of the entire stock of silk Petticoats, in black and colors, regardless of the former prices, will be closed out at Coupon No. 2 Will Be Printed Tomorrow v-.