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THE NEW YORK TIMES. MQjNLrAx. JAInUAKX iu. 100G. tsustava nusa vlmik cumry 8 rHOOSING an its' tractive Brokaw Overcoat ia a matter oi minute; wearing it out a matter of year.

The theory thzt the longer 'a merchant jJckxJ last the fewer he sells, worlj out just tne opposite in our experience. buHJ on the principle that to bring a ctutomer lack you nut keep him. away witk clothe that wear out slowly, Safeway ttl at Oar Dm. ASTCR PLACE AND FOiraHTNTJE; VOGUE The IVeekly Journal of the Well-Bred Woman Vogne' cope is defined by the boundary of woman's realm. It deals with everything that interests her, and is an authority on the changing dictnin of Cushion in dress, manners and social usage.

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Women's Department. HOW FORCE OF LIFERS DID A RUSH BUSINESS Life Ray Capsules Cured and You Didn't have to Take Them. WERE RADIUM, SAID HADLEY IT GROWS WITH YOUR LIBRARY SlobiWermeke 380-382 Broadway St. Kent's Rotary KNIFE GLEANING MACHINES 100,000 in use in European hotels and families. JeVIS S-tOHGEFlj Pola Arenta.

ISO 1S West 4JSd West alst St, Sew lork. But They Weren't Jut Came In Bar rels by Wholesale Salary Question Bothered Testimonial Writer. ia nillnar ud lnst the arreat- ed Chief Medical tUrector and Consul ting Medical EMrecWr of the Force or ui uiril rnmMnr. It was said vcetoraay that foc the first hearinj ia bad before T'nitMl StAtes Commissioner Rid-way next Friday in the cut of Dr. William Wallavce Hadk and Mrs.

Laura M. there, will be a dozen complainants' to aver that they have been defrauded by the literature and letters ant oroaacsai by the medical concern through the United States mails. Former President E. VlraH Neal. who was one of the rlg-lnatora.

of the company, and Arthur II. William, it Treasurer, for both whom werranta have been iaaue6L havs not vet btn arrested. Reams of lurid Forca of Life pamphlet, circular a. and correspondence have reached Champe 8. Andrews, counsel for the New York County Medical Society, since Th Times told of the arrest of Dr.

Hadley and Mrs. Wilson and the steps taken by the Federal authorities to ap prehend WUllams and NeaL This correspondence and advertialne; matter shed a food deal of light on the efforts of Dr. Hadler and Mrs. Wilson for the benefit of those of strong- and simple Mr. Andrews received yesterday, ror ex-amnl.

a circular issued two years ago by the Force of Life Company, in which Dr. Iladley told of hia wonderrui ure Ray CnpHulea." Dr. Hadley told his pa-tlenu that the capsules "were charred with radium. He started the circular off with miftion: 111 this remarkable 'jlxlnnra nrolonor human life to 'JXJO years or more? He did not attempt to answer the query, but according: to the Post Of fice) authorities be found simple souls ail over the United States who were willing to have him try jit on mem. iui uj have been partly due to the fact that the Ufe Ray Capsules were not soia, out loaned, without money and without price.

to "patients" who were willing to sign the following oath: How to Get Those Capsules. ttncDamvpn 4 h.r.hv annlv to the Foroe ot Uta Chemical Company. 7o Mad ison Avfnun, rew lorss, ir -Llla Kay Capaule 4urtns the time that I am taking; treatment from aald company. I HKHKBV solemnly alflrm avnd swear that 1 1 i nu i.t rsmul. and that as noon as finish treatment i will return it to the company.

the cauaule Is merely loaned to me, and tnal I nil fn. m. tne a vr leal services cannon In any way be construed aa a payment tor tne capsuie. I HEKElli FURTHEK AGREE that I will nut permit any one to use this capsula except tne imoKauit memuwa ii'k. i.

V. mnt a trrM r.ntl thl capaule by rtgistered mall to the Force of Lite Chemical Company, patient' a name 1'attent aduress Lat For a time the postal authorities, know ing the value of radium and how little there was of it in the world, marveled how tho Force of Lifers could afford to dinpense It free or find enough to ko arounu among us one iimiiuii who were all Invited to take the treatment The question was not settled in tneir minds until after a Post Office Innpector v. tn irtkt a 1nr with the VlilV ll4.Fv company reported that the capsules came loose in large uaiia num concern in city. Afterward an analysis was made in the laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. The cap sules were rouna to conuun iiuhui co-cent powder.

'hen the circulation of the oapfules and the literature advertising them through the mails was stopped. Thought He Had Elixir of Life. Dr. Iladley in his capsule circular, after declaring that he was led to believe that in the capsules had been found the- fountain of youth for which Ponce de Leon searched in vain and the elixir of lite for which lirown-tsequard died." goes on to explain that the stuff in the capsules Is worth a pound, and then continues: As soon aa I ascertained the almost mlracu-loua power of Ua raya (emanations) over die-eaae erma and waa convinced of ita wonderful revlutltzlns power. I at once aet to work to find a way to chrse Force of Life remedies with this etartlinK.

marevt-loua. incomprehensible cru, whose yower transcends all human conception. The cost of radium so great that the Executive Board of the Force of Ufe Chemical Company stood aghast wben I unfolded my plana to them. But succeed I must, and when 1 proved how many Uvea I could save, and how many years 1 was convinced I could add to the natural Ufa of 1 was told to so ahead. In a short time I prepared my wonderful life ray capsules.

Three capsules may be kept In the boxes of remedies, so that day and night they a-lvs off their mysterious health-restoring emanations to the tablets or liquids near them, thus making; them radioactive, ao that when taken into the human stomach the fat tent la literally drinking the great dynamic force of a set of supplementary Instructions to Ray of Life patients Dr. Hadley tells them to keep the capsules in their Force of Life pill boxes and to drink half a pint of cold water every morning before breakfast. Hold a capsule near a glass of water for two minutes, drink the water, and you have one of the most efficient remedies for nervousness, hysteria, melancholy, dvspepsia, and general run-down conditions, says the circular. The Ufe Ray capsules, which In appearance are like short Flaubert cartridges, with a cover of gla a and copper, were sent by registered mall to those who wanted them. Plate Glass for the Nerves.

Letters culled from the general correspondence between the Force of Life and Its patients." and now in the possession of Champe S. Andrews, show that the i jorce or uirta mwofc -rn uet-invu it necessary to send some homely advice to help alonp their preparations for which virtues sufficient to raise the dead were asserted. Here is a pari, oi typical letter to a patient. Tor this pain In your limbs I want you to i try my Insulation treatment. Get four pieces I of heavy plate glaaa and place a piece under (each caator of your bed.

Be sure that the bed i. well drawn out from the wall on all aides 1 and' that none of the bed clothing hangs to the floor, mia win i jo connusniuis re lief and your nervaa will gala tone. fh insulation treatment was dodu ir with the force of lifers. It was pre scribed In the case of patients suffer ing from rheumatism and many other diseases. in a letter to a rneumatlo "patient" it waa slightly varied.

Dr. wrote: I want you to plao under each castor of your bed a thick glass aaucer. or If you can get them, those old-fashioned heary glass) salt cellars that our grandmothers used. o. Then report to me In a week'a time whether you do sot begin to feel a diminution of the pains of the rheumatism.

Onion Treatment the Real Thing. To a woman patient In' the City of Mexico who had caught a cold the following advice was given: I would suggest that If you can get la the CKy of slexlco the common Kortflern onions, that you cut one In pieces In the evening, bruise It. warm It somewhat, spread It In a thin soft muslin rag and tie It around your neck, ao that It comes right over the bronchial tubes. You will find that it will relieve te hoarseness that you menuon considerably and also the fumes that, oorae up through your aos-xils over night will materially aid you. Here Is some Force of Life advice to a patient suffering from kidney trouble: Take a piece of ham rind with some fat on It a strip of perhaps five Inches long and the breadth of three fingers and pepper It with black pepper very thickly.

Then place It between cheese cloth, allowing but one thi'-k-neas of cheese, cloth on the peppered side, and then tie It round your back overnight. You will find great relief from this. The letters to patients composed by a young woman who was head correapon-dent are easily recognized from the chasteness of the style in which they are written. Here Is one ot her efforts in wMh iha tried coetrv on a taatlent whose complaint she diagnosed as enlargement of the spleen: Poetry Prescribed. Tour first symptom report has together with your kind favor of the 2th Inst, I have read same over and find sey-i mart.

interest to both -f oa. aa they point to a better state of haailh la various parts of your ooqjr. It Is evident that you borrow trouble. THIS never la worth while. No burden Is laid upon ua which we must bear uatll our back Is fitted for It.

There bs a little vers of poetry, which la Just floating through my mind and which fits the ease exactly, and, although I am chary about quoting poetry to any one. no matter' bow apt the Quotation may be to the occasion, lat I be ronsiiiered a dreamer, yet I will venture In your case and quote: Aside from the fears of to-raorrow. Apart from cares. The heaviest burden of Mow Is easy enough to bear. That lump or knot, aa you describe It.

In your left side Is an enlargement ft the spleen. It really amounts to nothing, and that you may know how little account It Is I will simply glvw you two Illustrations. I have one myself A vitro roue growth for twenty-six years, and with the exception that It la there It has never occasioned an hour's pain nor any un-easlneea. That ia the one Illustration. The other Is the fact that physicians have In hundreds cf cafes from one cause or another ben compelled to take out the spleen entirely and no 111 effecte have developed later.

The aDleen la one of those curlc-ue organizations in the human system the use of which physicians have never fully'determined. When a man can go without It entirely and enjoy perfect health. I would, were It not irreverent to aay ao. call It an unnecessary article. Dr.

Iladley made h's first pretension to powers of raising th dead three years ago, in a circular printed in large type, on appeared a Rip Van VVInkle-llke head, apparently meant to bo a picture of the Medical Director. Mr. Hadley is only a year or two past forty. The circular is headed "A Private Talk with Dr. Hadley." and It starts off as follows: The dead brought back to 11 fs Is a startling statement, aad 1 believe many will not believe It possible, but I am firmly convinced that In leas than two years this will be accomplished In some Instances, Force of Life mixed with a warm aalt solution and Injected -Into the veina will In many cases restore ltfe to persons who are practically dead so far a every phys ical sign concerned.

That Miracle Testimonial. Two years bad not passed from the time this statement was sent broadcast through the malls when there appeared 4rt newspapers throughout the country an advertisement In which the following letter from a Mra Hattle McCuUey of San Pedro, CaL, is printed: My body waa prepared for the grave. My body waa dead and lifeless, but you made my heart beat again and the blood flow through my velna once more, Doctors said the end had come, but through your power they were wrong. You restored me to life, and with the help of ix xl revived the vital spark and Drougnt oaca warmth to my wasted body. You worked a miracle rivaling those of the prophet.

Here is a letter Mrs. Hattle McCulIough of San Pedro. wrote to Dr. Hadley on Oct, 1, 1U04: Tou must take that testimonial out of the paper, and don't use my name any more, for you will get me In trouble. mere was a lady here to find out about that testimonial, and while ahe waa here Mr.

Bird, the man that 1 keep house for. picked up a newspaper and read the testimonial with. ray name signed to It, and he says: That ia a lie: ahe never was dead nor her body prepared for the grave." He never knew that I signed the testimonial and gave It to to make me a liar. I bad not ought to have aimed that testimonial. for I waa not dead, nor lifeless, but the neigh bors know that 1 never lost a day's work.

The rest of the testimonial la all right. I still believe that you saved my life, but this ia spread all over the world, and I am afraid 11 will bring me Into trouble. I will try to finish the letter, but I am prostrate over It. I thought at the time I had not ought to algn with those few words In it, but I did. I am sorry I did.

and If God will forgive me I will never algn any ing- like that, for It has gone all over the world. Another grateful patient whose testimonial had been printed wrote a letter to Dr. Hadley, of which this Is part: Testimonials at $100 Per Month. I said In my last letter that I never would write to you any more. That was my last letter, but I have received so many letters this week begging and praying for me to tell the poor suiferlng people the 'truth about! you.

Those letters coming to me every day have got to be stopped, for I am not going to anawer them unless you pay me In advance. I have at present forty-five letters that I nave never answered. I have had some of the most prominent buslneaa men In tit, Louis to see me about your miring tne, and they aay I ought to have a dollar a day for the mall and the callers I have. Now, Dr. Hadley, I have never harmed you yet.

and I -am not going to. If you pay me the small sum of SlOu per month for my trouble in writing those letters. If you don't do aa I aay pay me for writnlg those forty-five letters and stop my ad. In the lnpera all over the Vnlted States I will espose you to all your patients that you have got through me. and write and tell those forty-five people, and probably will have 1UO letters more to anawer before tbta thing Is settled or stopped.

Dr. Hadley. say the Post Office Inspectors who hare been investigating, taw few of the letters that were sent out in his name. His laboratory, according to one inspector, who investigated the concern In November. 1U01.

consisted of four small glass tubes and a microscope. From 3ix to 4 samples of blood were received daily. These, according to the Post Office inspector's report, were destroyed by the colored Janitor without examination or analysis. The diagnoses, he reported, were pnade by two young women, who were drawing $4 a week. Dr.

Thome had been employed to make the diagnoses, but he left the concern on Nov. ltf. CANT FIND E. VIROIL NEAL. Force of Life Man Gone from Syracuse Along: with A.

H. Williams. Special to Tkt Nrw York Timts. SYRACUSE. N.

Y- Jan. 14. The Federal authorities in this city have searched for E. Virgil Neal and Arthur H. Will-lams, who are wanted In connection with the operations of the Force of Ufe Chem lcnl Company of New York.

A Syracuse Marshal has had a warrant for Neal for several days, but believes Neal has gone to New York. The authorities say that their action was delayed in the case of Williams by an error In the complaint sent from New York, and it Is not known where be la at present. The Force of Life Company six weeks ago leased one of the biggest houses on the finest residence street of this city for a Dlace of business. It installed a Iarve force of clerks and stenographers, and it is said a good deal of business has been done. A week ago, according to one of the employes, orders were given that all cor respondence should be written on stationery that had no heading, but no reason wus assigned for eliminating the custom ary letterhead.

Mr. Neal's mother says that her son severed his connection with the Force of Ufe Company several months ago. Less sanized the New York Food and Chemical Company. The headquarters of this company are given In the Incorporation papers as Liverpool, a small village north of Hyraouse, A number of the most prominent bus! nesa men of Syracuse are said to have In vested sums ranging from $100 to In the New lork rood and Chemical Company. One of the Federal authorities said to-day that he believed that a number or smaller medicine companies located in various cities were reaily subsidiary to the Force of Life enterprise.

TO OVERHAUL THE 0LYMP1A. The Famous Cruiser Will Be Brought Homo from Culebra. The protected cruiser Minneapolis, which recently returned from Spain with the officers of the Naval Observatory, who went there to study the solar eclipse, is being overhauled at the New York The flag of Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford, commander of the Third Squadron of the Fourth Division of the North Atlantic Fleet, will be transferred to her from the Olympla.

The Olympla. which Is now at Culebra, Is soon to be brought home and will be sent at once to one of the navy yards for a general overhauling, the' second that she has undergone since she brought Admiral Dewev home from Manila Im mediately after the Spanish war. It has not been announced to which yard the famous flagship of the battle ot Manila will De sent. h. MPt Important Sale of Fur Lined Overcoats for Men INVOLVING OUR ENTIRE STOCK At Extremely Reduced Prices Every garment, liberal in proportions and distinctive in character is the product of our.

own organization of tailor-men. All the good that has its source in that tailoring standard of ours finds expression in the fur-lined coats which this offer presents. Formerly $50 to $65. At $38.00 Formerly $5.00. At $59.00 Formerly $95 to $100.

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USED BY ALL THE ROYALTIES OF EUROPE. 1 ARMY FACES COLLAPSE IN WAR, SAYS STAFF Helpless to Strike -Quick Blow Without a Merchant Marine. CUBAN EXPEDITION SCORED Plea to Senate for 8hlpplng BUI clares That's Storm Would Have Meant Disaster. De- V0(gCilY WASHINGTON. Jan.

14. A statement of the army's transport resources, showing-, the report declares, a fatal weakness of our "military establishment In case of war is contained In a document prepared by the General Staff. This has been transmitted by Secretary Taft to Senator Chairman of the Merchant Marine Commission, in charge of the ship ping- bill now before the Senate. The steam sea-going merchant marine must be increased two and a half times, the report, says, before the country is safe. Not even the present limited military force be transported over the sea In case of war with a foreign country, or to defend our Insular possessions.

In the American steamships now In operation suitable for transport service, the report says. It is pointed out that foreign shipping could not be drawn upon, in time of war, because of the neutrality laws, so that, under present conditions, the quick first blow, so very and increasingly Important, cannot be struck at all." Incidentally the staff criticises with greatest freedom the conditions under which the first little American army was transported to Santiago to begin the Spanish-American war. Two sises of merchant steamships are recommended as desirable for transport service ships of 6,500 tons and of 0.B0O tons gross register, vessels of medium dimensions. The speed which both the Navy and War Departments have fixed on as desirable for troop transport is a sustained sea rate of twelve knots. To mr.ke this speed with certainty and with economical coal consumption, the report says the ships should be designed for a trial speed slightly In exoess of twelve knots.

It la conceded to be Indispensable to the beat results that each ship shall cerry a tactical unit of troops with its eomDlete equipment and supplies, Is the explanation of the specification as to the moderate slse of the vessels. This means a regiment or a battalion of engineers. a battalion of Infantry, a squadron of cavalry. 4c To embark a division would require ten 8, 500-ton ships and nine 5.500- ton ships. With the -present strength of the reg- niar rmT two such divisions oould be rnnda ready to embark" In fifteen days.

herce twenty of the large and eighteen of the smaller ships available in mteen days would be sufficient. As such an expedition may be necessary from either the Atlantlo or Paclflo coast, the report urges that there should be on each aide a number of suitable ships afloat. But. If engaged In foreign trade. It la not probable that one-third of those In either ocean obuld be obtained aad made ready in fifteen days.

assuming this ratio," says the re port, it follows that to provide suitable ships for a rapid movement of two dl visions from either coast mere snouia do not less than aixty of the larger and fifty- four of the smaller also afloat In Atlantlo and the same In Pacific waters, or 120 of the larger and 108 of the smaller slse In all. an aggres4 of 228 vessels. The official list or merenant vessels fn. lorvt shows fifty-seven sea-going ves sels of 4.000 gross tons and upward, with an aggregate tonnage of This Includes the very fast Atlantic liners, which doubtless would be required by the navy for scouts, and also some very large ships which would not be generally serviceable. Of these ships, eight are substantially of the smaller and nine of the larger size described.

The others vary la size and proportion. To strike the quick blow would re quire practically ail the American shipping of suitable character In Atlantic Ia every detail tho Leading Retail Establishment oi Croolctyav Store Opens Daily at 8 A. Closes at 5:30 P. M. 1 -V men ouixs ana vercucixs, $9.50 Have Been and THE BALANCE OF OUR STOCK of Winter business JL Suits and Overcoats that have been $12.50 and $15 come down in price now to NINE DOLLARS AND A HALF.

That is a remarkably little, price for Clothes of LOESER STANDARD. It is a grreat deal less than Clothes good enough to bear the Loeser label can be sold for in the regular way. But we are straightening stocks and some lucky men will get the benefit. There is considerable variety for choice something to suit every taste and need in the lot But come as early as you can. JaaVaUIl lOVTa JaiW rMIVV $150 Colored Creoe de Chine, 69c.

INCHES WIDE, a superb, all silk colored Crepe de Chine, enriched with small, self-colored acquard figures. The colors are violet, navy, pearl, old rose, champagne, silver, bluet, brown, tan, gray and black. It i3 a soft, beautiful, desirable silk. It was made to sell for $1.50 a yard. It is a bit of extraordinary luck that brings it here to day for 69c.

a yard. $1 New Fancy Silks at 69c. Fancy Taffetas and Louisine Silks in check, stripe and fieured effects. The best coforinsri for shirtwaist suits, separate waists and skirts. 85c.

White 36 inch Wash able Habutai at 59c. The widest and best quality of white washable Hafcutai Silk ever offered at this price. a yard waters and more than the entire tonnage In the Pacific waters. There needs no argument to show that this transport service could not be obtained in fifteen days. It is doubtful whether it could be had at all.

except by Impressment, and in a period of six months or more." For the Santiago expedition of 1808, the General Staff recalls, every American vessel that could be obtained in tho Atlantic ports within twenty days after the declaration of war. was chartered a fleet of thirty-six vessels, averaging 2.500 tons, only two of them over 4.000 tons. The official records afford ample evidence that tho safe arrival, was due to the good fortune of continued fine weather." It says. "A severe storm encountered would have scattered the fleet, probably with preat los of life, and would have defeated the object of the expedition. There Is nothing except the sucessful arrival to Justify its departure.

No cooking: could be done on board ship, except to make coffee. Sanitary arrangements were crude and Insufficient Of ventilation there was practically none. These statements apply in full force only to ships fitted out for the Cuban expedition. This fleet of ships could not have embarked, under reasonable over-sea transport conditions, a force of more than 8.000 or 10.0i)O men. and when so embarked the expedition could have been dispatched cr.

a long voyage only at great Jeopardy of the welfare of the men and the success of the enterprise." Senator Galllnger. In presentlngthe report to-morrow, will inform the War De- Sartment that ships of the size and speed escribed as most desirable for transport are also ships of the size and speed required for several of the most Important mail lines provided for in the bill of the Merchant Marine Commission, which stipulates that ships receiving subventions from the Government shall be held at the disposal ot the Government In time ot war. ZANGWILL QUOTED IN COURT. Magistrate Asked for a Decision on-the Russian Marriage Law. Magistrate Whitman.

In the Tdrkville Court, was called upon yesterday to decide whether placing a ring on a woman's finger before witnesses constitutes a marriage in Russia. Counsel for the man In the case said no. while the lawyer for the woman took the other side. The prisoner In the case Is Gedamlah MUdraen, a Russian, living at 3804 Cherry Street, who has been in the country only a few weeks. The complainant is Ethel Mlldraen, also a Russian, who came to this country with Gedamlah and who lives at 028 West 112th Street.

The woman charged the man with abandonment and non-support. He denied that he was her husband. The woman's storv was that the man had dererted from the Russian Army and fled to Kief Here he met her and the ring ceremony was performed. The woman lawyer called attention ''to a rtory by Israel Zangwill in which the I daughter of a rabbi in Russia allowed a man to place a ring on her finger in the firesence of witnesses. Later the woman the story fell in love with another man.

whom she wanted to marry. She was told by this latter man that she could not marry blm until she got a divorce from the man who placed the ring on her finger. This account was alleged by the lawyer 'to represent the law of Russia accurately. Magistrate Whitman adjourned the case to Feb. 27, when the complainant's counsel says be will produce evidence that his contention Is correct.

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The Once-a-Year Sale To-day. TrtJCE A YEA'R the two best makers of Smyrna Rugs in the country close out all patterns they are to discontinue and all Rugs that have slight imperfections. These Rugs come to us and present the best values in Smyrna Rugs to be had at any time during the year. The sale will be ready to-day. The prices are, for the finest grade of Smyrna Rugs, remember.

Rugs thatat other seasons cannot be bought under regular prices 21x45 inches regularly J1.65. at i.w. 26x54 inchei, regularly at $1.65. 30x60 inches, regularly $2.75, at $1.95. 3x7 inches, recmlarlv $4.15.

at $2.98. 36x40 inches, regularly $2.50. at $1,80., 9 12 feet. reg. $32.50.

at $25. 7.6 10.6 feet. reg. $22.50, at $18.75. 6x9 feet.

reg. $16.50. at $12.50. 4 7 feet. re.

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YESTERDAY'S FIRES. 12 .10 A. M. 307 West yortlsth Street: owner unknowa; daxnaga trifling 12:45 A. M.

237 East luOth Street: owner, I Roeenfel-: damut, 4100. 1 :33 A. M. 12 East Thtrtaentb Streat; ownar, J. Auerbech: daxna, (Sua 2:15 A.

M. Soulnwsst corner ef Amsterdam Avanue and 158th Street; owner. Char las Hack-U; dtnan, $4,500. KM A. M.

ihty-fourth Strat and Third A ramus- owner. Intarborough Railroad; daman trlfllns. liO A. M. Carroll Place and 192th Street; owner.

R. Lpka; djuns, $3,000. A. M.T-S34 West Twenty-fifth Street; owner unknown; dtnuw. $200...

A. M. In front of 40 Graanwloh Street; owner. Metropolitan RsJlway; damn, (35. A.

M. OS weal xvineiy-aixui Bireei; owner unknown: daman unknown. 11:20 P. M. 217 Broome Street; owner unknown; damas-a.

S2. P. M. 1,507 First Arsnue; owner unknown; daman trtfllns. 1:45 P.

M. 430 West Forty-sixth Street: owner unknown: damase. S250. 2:40 P. 807 Eaat Elshth Street; owner.

Frank Vlrall; damase. $3. 4:20 P. 1U1 Monroe Street; owner Herman Se uUr: damase. $25.

5:00 P. II. 101 Weat Elrhty-ei4-hth Street; owner, Reuben Tunpltzky; damage. $15. 6:45 P.

M- 10S Madison Street; owner, Joseph Sader; damase. $luO. P. M. l.srS Brook Avenue: owner un known; damare.

$100. a 25 F. M. 1ST Avenue owner unknown: damase. $1U0.

7:45 P. 332 to 338 Hast Twenty-eighth Streets. vhattan Brass Company: no damace. 7:45 t. 62 Fifth Arenue: Alia.

Georse I Klns-'land: tamase, 8:22 P. S4- S03 Mnlh Arenue; oirner un known: daman. $40. 6:40 539 Est Eleventh Street; owner art known; daman, WOO. P.

M. 5i Arenue Samuel Laliari" daman, Now the January Sale of Pianos Under Price. IS THE GREAT ANNUAL JANUARY CLEAR-J. ANCE SALE the event of perhaps the greatest importance of any Piano Sale in the entire, year. A great many people have been asking when it would occur.

This is fair notice to everybody. This sale is different from the many exploited Piano Sales in several interesting particulars. In the first place, NOT ONE PIANO WAS BOUGHT FOR IT. Every Piano has come here in a legitimate way and we know Ita history. A great many of the instruments are used Pianos which we have taken in part payment for Pianos of our regular line.

Some splendid instruments are in this- group Steinways, Chickerings, Hazeltons. Hallet Davis, Emersons, Fischers, etc. In many cases they were absolutely sat isfactory as Pianos and were exchanged only that the PIANOLA PIANO, for which we are Brooklyn representatives, might be put in their places. But the most notable feature of the Sale and the one that will stir tha keenest interest ts the fact that there are New Knabe, Starr and Richmond Pianos at Reduced Prices. We have discontinued these lines, largely because of the advent of the superb LOESER PIANO and our entire stock of new instruments is now offered at prices as low as are usually asked for second hand instruments.

Our motive for this Sale is to get rid of the Pianos concerned, to clear our floors of every Piano except our own regular lines. To surely do this, we have made the prices throughout the Sale remarkably low. Every Piano is priced much under its worth at the most conservative estimate. Read the list. Read it all through.

We believe that never before has such a collection of Pianos been offered in any sale. We know that never before have Pianos of equal merit been offered for such low prices. Pianos of Discontinued Lines. The following is a list of Pianos that were formerly a part of our regular line. Because of important changes in our Piano policy, the representation of these manufacturers has been discontinued.

We wish to clear our floors of these odd instruments therefore we offer them at greatly reduced prices. A very large proportion of them are new some of them have seen but little service, and without a single exception the prices are far below their actual value, presenting an opportunity for money saving that has never been equaled. Now $323 323 323 323 263 263 263 265 273 250 210 210 200 150 Regularly. Now KNABE Mignon Urand. bZ5 KNABE Grand (Mignon).

750 KNABE "Baby Grand. 850 KNABE Mignon Grand. 850 KNABE Baby 950 KNABE Baby 950 KNABE Parlor Grand. .1,050 KNABE Upright. 500 KNABE Upright Colonial 575 KNABE Upright Colonial 550 KNABE UprTt Art Model 900 KNABE Upri't Art Model 750 KNABE Upright.

900 KNABE Upright. 600 650 700 700 800 750 800 350 425 400 450 875 475 273 Regularly. WINTER CO. WINTER CO. Upright.

400 WINTER CO. Upright. 400 STARR Upright. 400 STARR Upright. 350 STARR 850 STARR Upright.

350 STARR Upright 350 STARR Upright. 375 STARR Upright. 325 RICHMOND 275 RICHMOND 275 RICHMOND 275 RICHMOND 275 Pianos Received as Part Payment for Other Pianos. -In this group of Pianos we present the most pronounced bargains ever offered even by us. Every one of these instruments has been carefully repaired.

Many of them could not be distinguished from new. No Price New Now STARR 350 200 CHICKERING 400 200 SMITH BARNES Up'ght 275 200 HELLER CO. Upright 250 200 HELLER CO. Upright. 250 200 HELLER CO.

250 200 SMITH BARNES Upr't 295 215 CHASE Upright 300 225 SMITH BARNES Up'ght 325 225 HELLER CO. 300 225 HELLER CO. 300 240 Price New SUMNER Upright, 350 KAYTON Upright. 250 CAMBRIDGE, Upright 275 HALLET DAVIS, Upri't 850 WISSNER 300 HALLET SCHILLER Upright. 250 FISCHER 350 CAMBRIDGE 250 REIMAN Upright.

250 I VERS POND Upright. 800 SMITH BARNES Upri't. 250 EMERSON 300 EMERSON Upright. 300 HOWARD CO. Upright.

250 SHONINGER 300 MILLER 300 WHEELOCfc 800 HELLER CO. 230 100 ISO 150 150 150 150 150 150 160 173 175 175 175 173 185 190 190 190 200 HELLER CO. SOO SMITH BARNES Upr't 325 STEINWAY SON Upr't 500 BEHR BROS. Upright 395 HAZELTON BROS. Up'ht 450 BEHR BROS.

Up'ht. Louis XV model, in white gold C50 240 245 250 275 275 350 On TERMS On Pianos rriced Tin trt tin isTi mrA 4tl mi month. auiv- uiw na up to $isuo, I cash and per monin. vu Pianos priced over $300. Knabe Grands excepted, SI 0 cash and $10 per month.

On Knabe Grands, S25 cash and 1 2.30 per month. No extra charge for this accommodation further than interest at the rata of i per Fourth nor. I.