STILL THEY COME.
Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, Would
Like a Cabinet Position.
HIS FBIEXDS ARE SOT SANGUINE.
Jndje Berkshire, Who Named the Ticket,
Visits Harrison.
HE IS STRONGLY OITOSED TO BLAIXE
rr-GoTeraor Torter and General tew Wallace Dont
Want Anythinz.
Three Arkansas travelers visited Harri
son yesterday to boom Powell Clayton for
the Cabinet, but thay arc doubtlul of suc
cess. Judge Berkshire also visited the
General. He is for Elkins and against
Blaine. Ex-Governor Porter and General
lew "Wallace are emphatic in denying that
they are after Cabinet positions.
tSTECIAl TELEGRAM TO THE OIsrATCH 1
Ixdiaxafoms, Januarv 9. The South
and the storm swooped down upon General
Harrison to-day together. Kansas, Mis
souri, Louisiana and West Virginia, repre
sented the South, and snow, wind, rain,
hail, sleet, and all imaginableclemental un
pleasantness were mixed up in the storm.
The most important delegation was that
from Arkansas. It came hereto enter a new
man for the race a new man for the race,
that is, though rather an old one for the
Itepnblic.in party Judge John A. "Will
iams, or Pine Bluff, who s iys that he is one
of the only two Kepublicin Judges in the
State. Judge Lafayette Grigg, of r.ivette
ville, and Henry M. cooper, ot Little Rock,
were the delegation, and Powell Clayton
was the man whose Cabinet boom they came
to launch.
It is said Clavton had already been sug
gested for a place in letters sent from vari
ous parts of Arkansis, but this was the
first formil representation of his claim be
sides their own words. The Arkausans
brought written indorsements of Clavton
irora Texas, Kansas and Arkansas. Mr.
Cooper is a business man and not a politi
cian, and according to him 'the business in
terests of Arkansas are fairly crvmg for
Clavton.
"The Kepublicans down our way are
unanimous for Clayton," Mr. Cooper S3vs,
"he has the confidence of everybody as to
integntv and ability and his business inter;
ests in the State are" larre."
CANKEniJTG- DOUBT.
All this and much more, the three Arkan
saw travelers said to General Hairison in
the short interview tnat they had with him
this morning, and jet as they sit around the
hotels this evening, there is a look of cank
ering doubt upon their faces as though they
thought that ina be President-elect wouldn't
apiioint CI ivton alter all.
Judge Berkbhire, the West Virginia Re
publican, whose presence here was noted
yesterday, called to-day upon General Har
rison under rather embirrassing circum
stances, the papers having printed a story
ol his mission which made him out a sort of
a great mo'ul from the land of the Kan
awha, come hre to tell the President-elect
th it Steve Elkins must go into the Cabinet
and that General GolT would not have a
Cjbinet place at any price. As a mat
ter of fact. Judge Berkshire is a pleasant
old gentleman, who came here to visit
Ins cousin, a Judge or the Indiana Supreme
Court and incidentally wanted to tell Gen
eral Harr son what he thought he knew
about tl e situation in West Virginia. He
is a friend of Henry G. Davis and o! Mr.
Elkins, and he does think th-it Mr. Elkins
would m ike a good Cabinet officer, and that
General Goff oujht to stick to the Gov
ernorship until he can swap it for one in the
United States Senate, but he doesn't pretend
to be in an wav the spokesman for General
Goff or Mr Elkins.
HE .ASIED TIIE WIXXEES.
Jndge Berkshire enjoys the distinction of
having mined the Republican ticket nearly
CO das prior to the Clucago convention.
He was a delegate-at-largc irom West Vir
ginia and iupported General H irnson
throughout. He savs his visit is largely
social, but he ulked over the political situa
tion m West Vuginia with the President
elect. He savs General Goff told him re
cently that he should be Governor and did
notc-iretobeintheCabiret. AlorElkins,he
denies that he is here pressing his name, but
says that should President Harrison put El
kins in his Cabinet it would undoubtedly
grituv the Republicans of West Virginia,
but it was erroneous to say there was any cf
frt being made for Elkins. While Judge
Berkshire would personallj like to see Mr.
Elkins in the Cabinet, he occupies the
nnique position of being unfavorably dis
posed toward Mr. Blaine for a Cabinet
place.
THEY tVOULDX'l TAKE IT.
A close friend of ex-Governor A. G.
Porter is autnonty for the statement th it
the Governor very recently said he had no
desire or expectation of going abroad as
a Minister, and would not accept a foreign
appointment. Some of Governor Porter's
friends, who are cognizant of this expres
sion, interpret it to mean that he would ac
cept a place in the Cabinet if tendered, but
others say it means that Porter, like
"Wallace, desires nothing, both having
enough literarv work mapped out to employ
them congenially for several years to come.
Gf nernl Lew Wallace to-day bought a lot
in this citv and will begin the erertion of a
residence. He authorized the statement this
evening that he is not an aspirant for any
office and under no circumstiuces would he
accept a C ibinet place. He was tery em
phatic in this.
Mrs. Pratt, of Chicago, representing the
Illinois Woman's Press Association, called
upon General Harrison this afternoon and
invited him to attend the next annual meet
ing or the association He gave her no en
couragement that he would accept.
TASTOR HAINES OK HAKP.ISOS.
Pastor Haines, of General Harrison's
church, has been writing an article about
his distinguished parishioner for the current
issue of the Methodist magazine pub'ished
here. The article contains some state
ments that will be news to most of
the General's associates, as lor instance, the
one that he "lacks that quality of a politi
cian which makes one expert at pulling
wires and laing pipes."
This statement of General Harrison's po
sition upon the tempera-ice question can
probably be taken as ofhcial
General Harrison is emphaticallv an anti
saloon Republican. In regaid to the form in
whlcu the Istxie has joined in thi .State his
trumpet has gn en no uncertain sound, He has
declared stronglv for local option and in
creased restriction to the extent to which pub
lic sentiment can -ecure and maintain them
Other interesting paragraphs of the article
are the following:
I sat In his office with a few gentlemen the
da be received the nomination to the Presi
dency, while the bulletins were being brought
fn one alter another, announcng the ballots
five minutes after thev were cast in the
Chicago Convention. The calmest pcr-on in
that little group was the one most interested in
the result. When at the beginning of the
seventh ballot, the word came, "California
solid for Harrison," a friend Fit
ling next to the General turned to him
and said excitedh, "General, that settles it,
3 ou are going to receive the nomination; how
do you feel?' He answered, in his quiet, de
liberate way. "V, ell, if it doe settle it, 1 feel
more concerned than I did the other day when
I thought I was beaten."
AN TJSTPLEDGFD PEESIDEKT.
Against the urgent cry of certain friends, he
steadfastly persisted in his refusal to take any
steps which would place him in the position of
a wicker after the nomination to the office of
President, and received that nomination, as I
know from unquestioned authority, absolutely
unpledged.
I will not presume to draw aside the veil that
conceals the home life of General Harrison
and Ms family: j et I feel free to say thtt it is a
Christian American home 6f the
noblest type, where the affection that, binds
its members is purified and strengthened
liv faith in God. and where, from the family
I altar that was erected more than a third of a
I ocnturv ago. there goes up each da the utter
ance of thanksgiwng and confession and
pnuerto the Heaeul Father.
A good deal of amusement has been
created here this evening by dispatches from
Washington making ravc portents of
Blaine in the Cabinet from the conference
of Bridgeland, of this city, with Mr.
Blaine and his friends in "Washing
ton. Colonel Bridgeland is an amiable
and worthy gentleman, but he is not a man
likely to be chosen by General Harrison for
any mission in which an clement of secrecy
is nnolved. As a disseminator of in
formation Colonel Bridc;eland is a rare
success, but as a guardian of state
secrets he would be a dismal failure Colonel
Bridgeland is, jut as he says, in Washing
ton upon business connected with the secur
ing of accommodations for Indiana peoDle
during the inauguration week; only that
and nothing more.
ALTOOXA IS OX FIRE.
An Early Morning Conflagration Docs Great
Damage, nnd is Hcjond Control.
fsriCIAL TLLEGEAM TO THE DISrATCH.1
Altoona, January 10, 1:30 A. 31. Al
toona is in the midst of one of the greatest
fires iu its history. Flames of incendiary
origin burst through the stable of the
Union Hotel at 1 o'clock this morning,
and communicated instantly to Rittman's
brewery. Fanned by a gale the fire has
spread into surrounding property, and as
this telegram goes is beyond control.
The brewery is a mammoth frame struct
ure, and with hotel, warehouse, five stables
and brick residence of Philip Kimmel, will
burn to the ground. Heroic efforts are
making to save the square. Loss on brewery
nud hotel is Soj.000. Insurance about $12,
000. X o estimate on other properties.
TO AT0II) WAITING.
Risky Wnys of Paying Taxes Adopted to
vnve Time The Law Quoted.
Philadelphia Ledger.
In speaking of the habit of some people
in paying taxes to persons unauthorized to
receive it, so as to aoid waiting in a long
line, Chief Clerk Hall, of the Receiver of
Taxes Office, said vesterday: "It is against
the law to receive any money for taxes hut
that handed over the counter to the cashier,
and it is distinctly printed on each bill; but
in spite oi this people are being duped and
pav money to people while in line, repre
senting themsches to be connected with the
department, and are given receipts. Of
course, the entries are never made on our
books, and when placed on the delinquent
list and a bill sent, the property owners
complain, but are compelled to pay the bill
tw ice for their carelessness. As an act of
courtesy we receive bills at this desk when
the parties inclose the bill and check, not
the money, in a scaled envelope. But
some of the more excited people, and those
willing to run every risk, rush into the
office, and to the clerk's desk, ana throw
down an envelope, which, when opened,
is found to contain money. Ot course, we
have to take it and hold the receipt for
them, but if in any way these envelopes
should become misplaced, and the money
lost, they could not hold the department re
sponsible." POOR BUSINESS IN 'S8.
Dridco Builders Wailinc to See What the
Railroads Will Do.
A. Gottlieb, of the Edgmoor Bridge
Company, is at the Buquesne. A number
ol bridge builders were in the city last
week, but Mr. Gottlieb said they do a big
business with the iron men and they come
here at the end of the year to close up their
accounts.
"We hope to have a chance to bid on the
Tt "Wayne bridge across the Ohio river
when the railroad company is ready. They
have done nothing as yet, but we expect
them to act in a short time. Lat year was
a poor one for bridge men. Very few
bridges were built. I can't tell at present
ivhat our prospects for 18b9 will be. At the
beginning ot the year the managers of the
railroads submit their plans to the stock
holders, and if the finances are forthcoming
they go ahead with the work mapped out.
"We shall know better in another month
what to expect for the year."
STATE CONVENTION.
Knights of the Maccabees Will Choose
Supreme Delegates To-Day.
The State Convention of the Knights of
the Maccabees for the purpose of electiug
two delegates to the annual meeting of the
Supreme Lodce to be called at Port Huron
1 in February, w ill be held in the room over the
First Jsational Bant, Allegheny, to day.
There are 90 bodies in the State and as many
delegates will he present.
Pat Supreme Commander D D. Aitken,
Supreme Record Keeper N. S. Boynton, Port
Huron, and about 23 delegates from various
parts of the .fctate registered at the Seventh
Avenue last night.
General Organizer Colonel E. H. Bradv and
R. F. Howland, Bradford, are the two leading
candidates for delegates, and the will likely
represent the biato at the Supreme Lodge
meeting.
In the evening a musical and literarv enter
tainment will be given in Lafactte Hall, after
which a banquet will be served in the room
belovt.
BIG DEMOCRATIC CONTENTION.
An Association of 400 Societies Will Prob
nbly Meet Here Next Mnv.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Democratic Society of Pennsyl
vania, held in PhTdelphia, Chauncy F.
Black presided, and Interesting reports were
read of new societies forming in all parts of
the State.
Hie association now numbers 400 organiza
tions, and it was resolved to hold a meeting
next May in Pittsburg or some other city to he
agreed upon Among the committeemen pres
ent wcreD. O Barr, of this city; B K. Jami
son, of Philadelphia; Lewis Dorman, of Wells
boro; James Carney, of Erie; Wm RodermeaL
of Harrisburg, and others.
MISS MAJOLICA SOLD.
Bonner Sell One of His Cracks, Which
Will be Uftcd for Breedinjr.
Ne-W York, January 9. Turf, Field
and Farm says: On Tuesday "W.
B. Allen purchased from Mr. Bon
ner the bav mare Miss Majolica,
foald May i, 1684, for 515,000. She is
b Starule. who trotted the old Fleetwood
track in 2 19, and is out ot Jessie Kirk, by
Clark Chief. Miss Majolica is the only sist T
of Majolica, and last summer as a 4-year-old
she trotted a mile on the farm tmck with verv
little work m 2:22JJ: last quarter in K a 2 13
gait. Mr. Allen bought her for a brood mire,
bhe will be trained the coming season and a
record will be put on her.
MARRIAGE WAS A FAILURE
With a Handsome Young Teuton, Because
His Girl Deserted Him.
After taking out a marriage license, buy
ing a new suit of clothes and hiring a band
for his wedding, a handsome young German
who was to have led a comely Teutonic maiden
to th- altar yesterdaj, the would-be groom
learnea that his lady love was false. He
wanted Captain Heiber. the marriage license
clerk, to compel the girl to don the orange
blossoms, but of course that was "no go," and
the poor fellow wept for the girl that left him
alone in his glory.
She Kept the Ring.
2ewYork Sun J
"You told me, darling," he said, "a weelc
before Christmas that yon wanted time to
think it over, and that immediately after
the holidays I sbould learn my fate."
"I know I did, Mr. Sampson," and the
diamond ring which he had given her
flashed merrily on her finger, "and I have
considered the matter night and day. I re
gret to say that I cannot be your wife, but I
shall always respect and admire yon as al
inena.
THE TRUST IS DEAD.
Judsio Barrett Killed it by His Opinion
in llio Suit Against the
K0RTB EIVER SUGAR COMPANY.
He Declares the Sugar Trust an
Combination, and Says
Illegal
THE LAW IS ABLE TO PROTECT ITSELF
ijalnst Abuses of the Pririleges It Grants Without
Farther Legislation.
Judge Barrett, of the New York Supreme
Court, yesterday decided that the Sugar
Trust is an illegal combination, and declared
that the charter of the North Eiver Sugar
Refining Company, which had joined the
trust, was forfeited.
New York, January 9. Judge Barrett,
in the Supreme Court Circuit to-day, ren
dered a decision in favor of the Attorney
General against the Sugar Trust. The suit
was brought by the people of the State of
New York against the North Eiver Sugar
Refining Company by Attorney General
T.ibor to forfeit the charter of the North
Eiver Company, of this city, on the ground
that it had virtually passed out of existence
bv selling out all its stock to the Sugar
Trust combinations and closing up all its
works.
The action was brought by Attorney Gen
eral Tabor for the forfeiture and dissolution
of the charter of the North River Refining
Company because it had exceeded its power
and franchise in becoming a member of the
Sugar Trust.
AX IMrOBTANT OriNIOS".
Judge Barrett's opinion is a most ex
haustive one, and is probably the most im
portant that has ever been written upon the
subject of trusts and monopolies. Judge
Barrett to-day summoned the counsel on
both sides before him and a juror whose
duty it was to merelv formally render a ver
dict in accordance with the decision of the
Court. Counsel for the defendants took an
exception to the ruling of the Court. In his
decision Judge Barrett says.
It did not require the astute mind that pre
pared this most original instrument to conceive
thatan aggregation of pirtnerships with the
dangers resulting from death and the exercise
of individual power would never effect S3fe and
permanent cohesion. Accordingly, wo find as
one of the first provisions of the deed and as
the basis of the so called trust structure, a con
dition in substance that the partnerships shall
all be turned into corporations. This, in fact,
was done, and thus several of thecc corpora
tions were organized for the express purposo of
crcatins the verv shares of capital stock
through which the combination was to be
formed. Partners took on corporation garb,
became shareholders, and thus fitted them
selves to enter the combination within the
terms of the deed.
A TECULIAK FEATURE.
Regarding the profits arising from the
business of each corporation to be paid
over by it to the board hereby created, and
the aggregate of said profits or such amounts
as may be designated for dividends, shall be
proportionately distributed by said board at
such time as it mav determine to the holders
of the certificates issued by said board for
capital stock as hereinbefore provided,
Judge Barrett says:
It will be seen that these dividends are not to
be declared or distributed upon the aircregate
capital stock of the corporations, which is to
turned over to and held by the trustees, but
upon what might not inaptly in view of these
peculiar facts, be termed the trust boards'
f-ipital stock, namely, the trust certificates.
Thus we have a series of corporations existing
and transacting business under the forms of
law without real membership or genuinely quali
fied direction mere abstract fragments of
statutory creation without life in the conceit
or underlying association. Every sh re of
stock has been practically surrenderee; and
vital membershp resigned. With the transfer
to the 11 trustees the shareholders cease to oc
cupy the position of "ceistius que trustent"
with regard to the directors of the various cor
porations. A "WIDE SCOPE.
Speaking of the scope of the combination,
the Judge says:
But thev did not stop there. Provision is
made for the gathering in of every other exist
ing efinerv (in every instance to bo incorpo
rated), and in fact four others have joined the
combination sii ce the deeyi was signed by the
original partnerships and corporations, and the
evidence shows that in the entire country but
five sugar refineries of the character in ques
tion remain outside of the corporation.
The Judge discusses at length the legal
question, ''Wasthisa combination of corpo
rations or merely a combination of stock
holders?" and decides that it was a corporate
combination, and says:
This combination having asked and accented
the favor of the law it cannot complain that it
is taken to task for grossly offending its letter
and spirit.
THE JjAVT ABLE TO PROTECT ITSELF.
Fortunately the law is able to protect itself
agiinst abuses of the privileges which it
grants, and while further legislation, both pre
ventive and disciplinary may be suitable to
check and punish exceptional wrongs, yet
there is existing, to use the phrase of a distin
guished Enclih Judge in a noted case, "Plain
law and plain sense" enough to deal with
corporate abuses like the present, abuses
which, if allowed to thrive and becomegeneral,
must inevitably lead to the oppression of the
people and ultimately to the subversion of their
political rights. Again the legal results justly
follow forfeiture and dissolution.
Jndge Barrett says in conclusion that it
would quite unnecessarily belittle the dis
cussion of this momentous question to con
sider the minor charges presented by the
people. The judgment should rest upon
the broad and main issue. There it rests
with a sense of fitting proportion, and there
it should be left
After the opinion was rendered the single
juror who served on the case, gave a ver
dict for the plaintiff by direction.
STARTS WITH A DEAD LOCK
Tho West Virginia Legislature Makes a
Futile Attempt to Orgnnlzc.
tSPEClAl. TELEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Charleston, "W. Va., January 9. The
Democrats organized the House to-day by
electing Hon. J. J. "Woods, of Ohio county, as
Speaker, and J. M. Hamilton, of Calhoun,
as Clerk. After the election of Sergeant at
Arms and a Doorkeeper the House ad
journed until 2 P. M., when Secretary of
fetate Walker delivered to the House the re
turns of the election for State officers, with tbe
exception of Kanawha county's ote on Gov
ernor, togetner witn a copy oi an injunction
granted by Judge Campbell, of the Tenth
Judiciary circuit, enjoining them from laving
the certificates of this vote before tbe Legisla
ture. After the transaction of the usnal
routine business the House adjourned until
to morrow morning.
The Senate was called to order bvHon. E.
G. Price. Sanator Maxwell, in behalf of the
Republicans, nominated Senator Minear for
President of the Senate, and Senator Minear
nominated Senator Can-, the Union Labor
member. Mr. Minear is one of the Republican
members who voted lor the re-election of
Senator Camden two vears ago. Thirteen bal
lots were taken without any result. Can- re
ceiving 13 votes and Minear 12 on each ballot.
Senator Morris voting for neithtr. At 2 o'clock
a recess was taken nntil SH), when 12 more
ballots were taken without any result, and an
other recess was taken.
ETNA'S WATER SDPPLI.
The
New Works Tested and Everything
Found In Good Order.
Etna's new water works were tested yes
terday in the presencelof the Town Council.
Four streams were ihrown from hydrants
through 50 feet of 2-inch hose. The vertical
distance thrown was 110 feet and the horizontal
distance about 200 feet. Tbe water company of
which Mr. Geonre W. Chalfant is President,
contracted with James H. Harlow & Co., of
Pittsburg, for tbe construction of tbe works,
which are now complete.
The works consist of a filter, with a capacity
of 3,000.000 gallons per day, located in the Alle
gheny river; two duplex pumps, each of 75J.000
callous capacity; 3 miles of pipes, a steel tank
SO feet high and 40 feet In diameter. 300 feet
above the Rutler road, and 30 J'ltthews fire
hydrants.
GEEMNY EXCITED
Over llio Morler-Baznlno Mnttcr Farther
Documents to be Published Count
Herbert Bismarck Defended.
Berlix, January 9. It is reported that
further documents in relation to the Morier
Baz.iine and the Geffcken incidents are
about Jo be published. The Cologne Gazette
miintains that the published text of Mar
shal Bazaine's letter concerning the Morier
affair did not emanate from him. The paper
ignores everything adduced against the
probability of Marshal Bazaine's statement
to Major Von Deines. The Colojne Yolls
Zetlung publishes a letter from Paris con
taining extracts from the indictment against
Marsh-U Btziine, showing that his statement
to Major Von Demcs was consistent with Mar
shal Bazaine's line of defense.
The Jlcrltncr Tagblatt publishes a long letter,
quntimr from a pamphlet on Ireland written
by Sir Robert Moncr, in which he refers to tho
agrarian legislation of Prussia. The pamphlet
wis Issued in 1870 bytlieCoudcnClub. Tho
Tagblatt says it is easilv understood now a
man of Sir Robert's intelligence and venera
tion for the great men of Prussian history
should have been a friend of Emperor
Frederick. It is difficult to comprehend that
he betrayed Germany in her hour of riimculty
to the son of the man whoe treatment of
Baron Stein, Sir Roherf, in his pamphlet,
characterizes as contemptible.
The Vomusche Zeilu in savs that the letter
of Captain Knesebeck, Cabinet Counselor of
the ex-Empress Augusta, to Councilor Potten
bnrr, denving that in 1S70 tho contents of secret
dispatches to Empress Augusta from the Prus
sian headquarters were impirted to Sir Robert
Morier at Darmstadt, and sajmg that at
that time Augusta was in Berlin, is a hitter
but well merited reprimand to those who, by
exciting the public against Sir Robert, sought
to eventually villify the memory of Emperor
Frederick.
The Political Correspondence of Vienna pnb
lishes a semi-offlenl letter from Berlin, which
justifies Count Herbert Bismarck's refusal to
comply with the request of Sir Robert Morier
that Count Herbert causo an official with
drawal to be made of the charges
against Sir Robert, on the ground that
Sir Robert could only communicate with Count
Herbert through Sir Edward Malct, the British
Ambassador to Germany under Lord Sal
isbury's direction. This course, the letter
states, Sir Robert has now apparently fol
lowed. The same paper has another semi-official
letter from Berlin, which says: "Bazaine's
interview with Major Von Deines could only
have referred to the army of Frederick
Charles, and not to the army of the Crown
Prince. AsMorler's inquiry referred to the
Crown Prince's army, Bazainc was able in con
sonance with the bare facts, though not in
a bona fide spirit, to denv that ho had had
an interview with Yon Deines tt the nature
described. The statement upon which Morier
based his inquiry had not really been made by
Bazaine, neither had the Cologne Gazette at
tributed it to him. Had Morlcr's letter to
Count Hcrbprt Bismarck contained a courte
ous request. Court Herbert's reply would have
taken another form, although its tenor would
have been the same. It is hoped that Morier
had authority to publish Count Herbert's
letter."
Prof. Geffcken's counsel writes refuting the
Cologne Gazette's statement that the Imperial
tribunal acknowledged that Geffcken com
mitted high treason in publishing Em
peror Frederick's diary. The coun
sel contends that only the most
skilled diplomatist could have perceived
the political dangers involved in the publica
tion, which were pointed out bv Prince Bis
marck, and that before Prince Bismarck pre
sented nis report to tne Jimperor noDoay con
sidered the matter in the light of treason.
Therefore, the counsel maintains, -Prof.
Geffcken could not have been guilty of the
alleged injuries to the Fatherland.
MORE IRISH MARTTRS.
Ilomo Rulers Thrown in Prison Mr. Ilnr
rlnslon Loses Ilia Mnstncbc.
Dublin, January 9. Summonses have
been issued against Mr. Dennis Kilbride,
Member of Parliament from South Kerry:
Mr. James Lawrence Carew, Member of Par
liament from North Kildarc, and Mr. Tully,
editor of the Bosconimon Herald, published at
Bo le. They are accused of inciting tenants to
adoit tbe plan of campaign and to adopt boy
co ting.
The Freeman's Journal savs: Mr. Edward
Harrington, member of Parliament, who was
sentenced to sir mouths' imprisonment for
offenses under the crimes act, is confined m a
bare cell in tho Tullamore jail. Contrary to
Eractice, Mr. Harrington was seized by a num
er of wardens, who, despite his protests and
physical resistance, shaved off his mustache.
THINKS STANLEY SAFE.
Why Dr. Junker Believes Tfant tho Heroic
Explorer is Still Alive.
Berlin, January 9 In a letter to the
Deutsch Wochenblatt Dr. Junker says he is
positive that Stanley's expedition has not
been annihilated. He alsosas that he cannot
fairly assume that the Mahdi has captured
Emin Bev, and that the Mahdi's al
leged white prisoners might bo tho
Greek. Marko or tbe Maltese Vitahassan. Had
Emin Bey abandoned Wadelai he would have
proceeded by steamer south of Albert Nyanza.
Dr. Junker insists that Tippoo lib remains
friendly to Stanlej for prudential interests
PA letter for King Leopold has arrived at Zan
zibar. It is supposed to be from Henry M.
Stanley.
MOONLIGHTERS ABROAD.
They Warn Kenmnrp Tenants Peaccnble
Evictions nt Fnlcarrngb.
Dublin, January 9. Twenty armed
moonlighters visited the tenants on the
Kenmare estates last night and warned them
to stick to the plan of campaign. The evictions
at Falcarrah, County Donegal, were resumed
to-day. Slight resistanco was offered, and a
number of persons were imprisoned. Mr. Rus
sell, M. P., visited the scene toward the close of
the evictions, and witnessed the proceedings.
Leo Medals Manning,
London, January 9. The Pope, through
Cardinal Lavigarie, has sent to Cardinal Man
ning a large gold medal as a token of the share
which he desires to take in Cardinal Manning's
Episcopal Jubilee. In a letter accompanying
the medal Cardinal Lavigane eulogizes Car
dinal Manning and English Catholics.
Bimarck Thinks Otherwise.
BEnuN, January 9 The report presented to
the American Congress to the effect that Samoa
was not valuable enough to America to justify
a dispute with other powers, has produced a
very favorable impression here. It is rnmored
that reinforcements are to be sent to Samoa.
Cuban Tobncco Schemes.
London, January 9. An English syndicate
with a large capital, has been trying to corner
Cuban tobacco, for the purpose of buMngout
all the Havana cigarmakers. Other Euclish
capitalists having got wind of the affair have
bought tho two largest factoiies in Havana.
Came Under the Sea.
Mb. Gladstone will go to Rome in Feb
ruary. EMrnESS Frederick will soon go to Biar
ritz to spend tbe remainder of the winter.
Count vov MoltkewHI celehrate on March
8 the seventieth anniversary of his entering the
army.
Pnor. GErrrcKEN is seriously ill at Ham
burg. His illness is due to his recent im
prisonment The Correspondence de L'esl, of Vienna, has
b n confiscated for publishing a Berlin letter
inveighing against the conduct of Germany in
tbe Morier case and similar affairs.
The Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess
Alix will go to St. Petersburg at Easter. It
is belWed that the betrothal of Princess Alix
to tbe Cztrevltch will then be announced.
ADVICES from Afghanistan state that during
a parade of the troops at Nazaricharif, Decem
ber 20, a sepoy of the Herat Infantry fired at
the Ameer, but missed his aim. Tho soldier
was executed on the spot.
THE BLOODI RECORD EXTENDS.
Shocnberger's Elevator Crushes Andrew
Wnllcliak to Death.
Andrew Wallchak, a Pole, was crushed to
death by an elevator in Shoenberger's mill
last evening. Wallchak is supposed to have
been oiling the elevator, when in some manner
he fell down tbe shaft to the floor of the mill
below. The elevator continued In its descent,
and crushed the helpless man in frightful
fashion.
He was a young man recently married.
Tlie Grcntest of I.nco Curtnln Sales,
Because there is the largest stock and the
prices are the lowest ever quoted. The
odd pair lots are going fast. Several thou
sand pairs to sell yet.
Jos. Hoene & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores,
HOBEOBSJDLTIPLT.
Continued from First Page.
Sternbergh's rolling mjll, and a number of
dwellings were unroofed as readily as if
their tin roofs were paper. The storni then
hurried across the property of the Beading
Railroad Company and crossed the railroad.
Here a passenger car was standing. This
was overturned as quickly as if it nad been
a toy, and its splinters scattered in every
direction. Meanwhile the rain poured down
in torrents.
DREADFUL HOLOCAUST.
The atmosphere became heavy anc! op
pressive, and it was almost as dark as night.
Directly alongside the tracks of tho Reading
Railroad was situated the paint shops of tbe
company. It was a one-story building about
GO by 150 feet in size. Here about 30 men
were employed in painting the passenger
cars. There were eight or nine of
these cars in the building. The
building was struck Squarely in the
middle and the bricks scattered about as if
they were playthings. The cars were
turned topsy-turvy, while the men were
buried under the debris. Some of the
bricks were carried a square away. The
chamber of each of the p.issengcr cars was
already filled with gas, as they were ready
to be taken out on the road in a few days.
These exploded one after another with the
fearful bang of cannon.
Bang! Bang! Bang! They resounded over
the city, causing the people to run out of
their houses, thinking that it was the sound
of an earthquake. There was a considera
ble quan tit) of gasoline in the building, and
this added fuel to the flimcs. A. sheet of liaine
shot upward with a roar like muskctn. Some
"0 of the men had a chance to crawl out of
the debris, but four of their companions
were enveloped in the embrace of the flames.
Their cries were heard for a moment by
the terrified workmen, and then their voices
were hushed forever. They were quickly
roasted to death, and hro from the nine pas
senger cars lit up the heavens for miles around.
It was a beautitul sight, and could have been
enjoyed but for the awful falamity which ac
companied it. In the meantime the tire de
partment was called out, but its services were
unavailing.
TIIE BURNED MEN.
The building and cars were consumed in 13
minutes, and nothing left but blackened smok
ing ruins, under which four human beings lay
burned to a crisp. Their names are John
Kahler, Albert Landberger, Sheridan Jones
and Georo-e Schueofcr. It was rumored that
others had been killed, but these are the only
ones who are known to have lost their lives in
this building Aaron Dewalt, another em
ploye in the paint shop, had his arm broken,
ana George Rnabbs was injured, no doubt
fatal! . The loss to the railroad company is
fully 875,000,
While all this was going on, tho storm was
traveling forward with fearful rapidity. It
must have traveled at the rate of 100 miles an
hour. It struck somo more private houses, and
unroofed a dozen residences. The huge sheets
of tin were carried half a square away and de
posited in a lot. Then the storm reached its
tull fury. Directly in its path at the corner of
First and Marion streets, stood tbe Reading
silk mill, one of the industries of the city, in
which the citizens took the greatest pride.
Here about 175 happy girls were working.
The building was a hugo structure, most sub
stantially built, four stories in height and a
nasement. it occupied an entire oiock oi
ground. The building was nearly 300 feet in
length and about 150 feet wide. It was sur
mounted by a massive tower fully 100 feet from
the ground. The funnel-shaped storm cloud
struck the building directly in the center on its
broadest side, which faced the west.
HUNDREDS ENTOMBED.
It fell to pieces as if composed of so many
building blocks. Nearly 200 human beings
went down in the awful wreck. Human tongue
cannot tell the terrible scenes ol that hour.
Tho walls gave way, tho floors fell down, one a
on top oi tne otner, ana carrieu tneir great
mass of human beings to the bottom. The
bricks were piled up in the greatest confusion,
while amid the hurricane and whistling, rush
imr, roaring wind, terrible cries for succor were
sent up to heaven. Almost simultaneously
with the fall or the building came the awful
cries for relief. Girls with blackened faces,
brui'ed and broken limbs, their clothing tat
tered and torn, dragged themselves from the
ruins.
So probably 75 to 100 escaped or were dragged
out by their friends. These, of course, worked
on the upper floors and were thrown near the
top of the debris. At somo places the bricks
were piled 20 leet deep and underneath are
Iving to-night human bodies by tbe score.
About 350 girls and young women are usually
employed in tbe mill, but at 4 o'clock about SO
were relieved from dutv for the day. They re
turned to their homes before the storm came.
The most reliable estimate ot to-night places
the number in tbe building when it went down
in tbe neighborhood of 175, and as before
stated, 100 of theo were rescued by friends or
dragged themselves out immediately after the
accident.
WORK Or RESCUE.
The call for relief was immediately sent out,
and m a short time thousands of citizens ar
rived to help the dead and dying. The sceno
was a harrowing one, and beggars description.
When tho people arrivod everything was en
veloped in darkness. Then huge bonfires were
built, which cast a dimal glare on the sur
rounding scene. The Are companies left the
burning paint shop and assisted in the rescue.
of the dead and tho dying. The entire police
force was called oat, the ambulance and relief
corps and a thousand people were in among
the debris carrying out bricks pulling away
timbers and assisting wherever they could.
Their work was slow compared with the de
mand for rescue of the victims of the disaster.
Here a young woman was taken out senseless,
suffering with cuts and bruises. One body no
ticed as it was dragged out had its head cut off.
Others were in various posture", the living all
suffering from the most terrible wound", and
some almost scared to death. The Associated
Press reporter entered what was once the base
ment of the building, and, grouping his way
through the debris, noticed five bodies of
joungglrls lying close together. He tried to
pull them out, but they were pinned down, and
it was impossible to get them out. They were
dead and beyond all human aid.
TJn to 10.30 o'clock to-nizht nrobablv the
bodies of a dozen dead have been taken out,
while tie greater portion of tbe remainder
were still under tho ruins. The work of rescue
will be pusned all nigbt, but it mav be far Into
to morrow before all tho bodies are taken out.
The rescuers still have tho sreatest hopes that
some of those inside are still living, and there
is every reason for saying that in this the per
sons who believe that way are right.
CHAOS REIGNS.
All is chaos and confusion around the mill.
The managers are missing, and the correct
number of dead is merely guess-work. It may
not be over 40, and then again at this hour there
is a likelihood that it will reach CO, or even hO,
The silk mill was built about four years ago.
The builders were Reading capitalists, and the
cost of putting it up was S&3 000. The mill n as
leased to Grimsbaw Brothers, of Patcrson, N.
J., where they also operated similar mills, and
they have been running it ever since. The
machinery they nut m the mill cost $45,100.
This is a total loss.
When the Associated Pres reporter visited
the scene of the wreck at 11 o'clock tonight
he found everything in the ere itest confusion.
At that time about a dnzen dead bodies had
been taken out. Among those who are dead
arc the following: Henry Crocker, foreman of
the silk mill and married. 23 ears old, head
crushed in, neck and arm broken; Laura
Kersher, Eva Leeds, Lillie Grow, Katie Bow
man, Kate Leas, Amelia Chri-tman, Sophie
Vtnkleman, Ella Long, Willie Snjder. Will
iam Robcon, Rebecca Ponse, Kate Reiden
auer. Rose Clemmer. These aro ail the dead
who have been taken out.
Clerk Aulenback stated at midnight that ho
believed that fully SO bodies were in tbe ruins
under the three floors. His list of emploes is
lost, and owing to the confusion in taking out
the injured he was unable to fnrnisli a list of
the killed. Bat 80 is a conservative estimate
of those who lost their lives. Among the
wounded are Geraldine Glazvr, Annie Leeds,
Bertba Knser, Ella Lamm, Emma Rauemahn,
George Neinial, Ella Karl, Minnie Merkel,
Sallie Has-son, Lizzie Ou ens Bertha Herman,
Mary Mellon, Elbe Salmon, Ellie Pflum. Kate
Hepler. Mary Cunniusk, Marv Evans. Eflie E.
Bright, Howard and Annie Bricker, Annie Fry,
and many others whose names cannot be
ascertained in tbe confusion to-night.
A GRAPHIC STORY.
Augustus Froscop, residing, at KB North
Tenth street, was the foreman of the first and
second floors of the silk mill. A reporter in
terviewed him, and bis statement is as follows:
"It was about 20 minutes past 5 o'clock when
I went to the second story to turn on the elec
tric lights. After I had done this I stood look
ing about the room for 10 minutes. Suddenly
I heard a loud rushing noie, which I thought
was a cyclone. The building then shook. I
was standing in tbe southern end of the room,
and before 1 could look out of tbe window I
felt the building sink. Quick as lightning the
portion oi ine room mat i. Has m went down,
The rirls rushed abitut me. crvimr anu scream
ing, and calling for heln. They did not realize
wbat was taking place. It seemed to me as if
the center of the building was struck first. I
cannot describe the scene.
"It was awfull I could not do anything and
could not think of what I should do. (Our end
of the building went down first, and while tho
floor was sinking it seemed to me as if tbe girls
in the other part of the room were on top of a
hill. That was the way it impressed me.
While we were going down I saw the other por
tions ot tbe floor fall. In a mmnte all was
over. The screaming of the girls was heart
rending. I was knocked down under heavy
timbers and held fast by my foot. Iconld
move every other part of my body excepting
my leg. I reached down with my knife and cut
the shoe off my foot. In this way I became
loosened and managed to arise. Amid tho
screams of the girls and falling beams and
bricks, I succeeded in escaping. I got ont of
the ruins on the eastern side of the building,
but how, I do not know.
"I called to the gnls as loudlv as I could.
They were all terribly frightened, and I never K
witnessed anytmng so awtui lnmvine. Many
of them heard me and worked themselves
toward me. At some places it seemed as if the
floor was closed in a solid mass, and the girls
would creep around this, crawl over the ma
chines and creep on their hands and knees
until they got to the opening where I was. The
machims saved many from being crushed to
death and left a space between the floor and
debris to crawl out I believe that iully 100
persons escaped with me. I remember seeing
them run ai ross the commons in different di
rections to their homes badly terrified.
Some ran anav a, short distanco and then re
turned to the ruin. The girls came back to
look for their brothers and sisters and friends.
We could hear tho moana and shrieks of those
imprisoned in the rums. The rain was pouring
down and all around, was dark. I was badly
brnised and hurt about the body, head and
limbs, and went homo aftPr I saw I could do
nothing. Between 250 and 300 operatives were
in the bui'ding. About 4 o'clock I allowed 16
girls to go home. All the floods were in opera
tion. The report that 100 went home at 1 o'clock
is erroneous."
MORE KILLED AND INJURED.
George Grimshaw, Jr., one of the proprietors
ot the mill, wa6 upstairs writing i letter. He
went down with the wreck. He was badlv
hurt about the hark and limbs, and sustained
a gash in his hand.
John Roller, engineer of the silk mill, is an
other of the killed. His bead was cut clean off,
as with a sword.
Among the killed taken out of tho rums late
to-night are Chas. Rpitliauer. Ham Crothers,
Sallie Hickel, Harry Jones John Foreman and
Jane Zeilheimcr. Among the infured are Kate
Kepler. Mar Evans. Mary Hartman, Kato
Alsnach, Matilda Taylor, Sarah Shade, Kate
Sullivan. Annie Knck, Frank Srhaefer. Lizzie
Berren, N. Depler, Miss Lizzie Taylor, Charles
Lndwig, Cecilia Glecher, Wm. Snyder. Albert
Burkhart, Jane Thompson and Mary Rottaw.
Man of these are seriously hurt and have
broken limbs and several internal injuries.
EDIS ASD DEATH.
Two Men Killed, Four JHissinc and Many
Injured nt nnbmy ome of Those
Hurt Will Die Woik of
tho Wind Throughout
the Stnte.
SuNBUur, January 9. A terrible acci
dent occurred in this city at 5.30 this even
ing. A rain and wind storm came np sud
denly and blew over two of the stacks of the
Sunbnry nail mill. The mill is situ
ated between the Reading and Pennsyl
vania Railroads, on the outskirts of
the city. Tho first is the puddling mill, having
six furnaces. Stack No. 2 was thrown over on
the .roof, dropping with it stack No. 3. They
crashed through the room, completely demol
ishing the puddling department of the milk
Thirtyflve men were employed in this depart
ment, and half them wero buried in the debris.
The fire alarm was sounded and soon hundreds
surrounded the mill. Men were carried out
half naked, and men are at work yet, as it is
supposed several others are in the ruins. The
following is tho list of killed and wounded
taken out:
Killed A tramp, name unknown; C. C.
Showers, of Milton. Wounded: D. Jones, of
Snnbnry, internally injured; James Faust,
scalp wounded and ribs broken; William
Geuther, right leg broken off below knee and
arm broken, not expected to live; James Mc
Donell, of Sucar Notch, head cut; Albert
Williams, puddler, Lancaster, leg broken and
head cut; John Respion, helper, Steelton, head
cut and ankle broken; R, Beasley, puddler,
Lancaster, head crushed and ribs broken,
seriously injured; two boys, aged 13 and 14, cut
on head and otherwise injured. There are
fourmissing.
ON LAND AND WATER.
Destruction to Property in WHIInmsport
and Surrounding Country.
tSPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
WiliiIAMSport, January 9. A storm
of wind, rain and hail struck this city at 4
o'clock this afternoon, and during the half
hour of its continuance caused at the lowest
estimate 525,000 worth of damage. The foundry
building of tho Demorest Sewing Machine
Works, 200 feet long by 80 wide, was totally
destroyed, and a portion of the main structure
was unroofed and otherwise damaged. Tho
loss to this company is estimated at $10,000. At
the decorative works a portion of the roof was
blown off over tbe heads of the emp'oyes.
The men ran for their lives, with lincks and
girdei-s falling all around them. Henrv Lo
bert was struck with a falling brick, but not
seriously iniured. The loss will be 5,000. A
dozen dwellings were unroofed, and two or
three totally demolished. One building in
course of erection was picked up from its
foundations and crushed like an egg shell.
At New Berry junction the coal sheds of the
Philadelphia and Reading Company were
wrecked. Several timber rafts on the river
were caught in the gale and blown over the
d ira, the men on them being rescued with
difficulty, with the aid of boats. At least a
dozen persons were more or less injured, but
none seriously. At Minnequa Springs, 40 miles
north of this citv, the roof was taken off the
famous summer note).
IT BLEAY AT CARLISLE.
The United States Indinn Training School
Dnmnced $30,000 Worth.
ISrECIAL TELEGltAM TO THE DISPATCII.l
Carlisle, January 9. At 4 o'clock this
afternoon a terrific wind and hail storm
struck this city, lasting about ten minutes.
The windows ot the United States Indian
Training School were shattered, four of the
largest buildings were unroofed, the bakery
and laundry were blown donn, and the walls of
the girls' dormitories and the printing ofhee
split. The damage is estimated at 530,000 The
armorv was unroofed, and a number of other
buildings suffered injury.
Henry Spradlev. janitor of Dickinson Col
le;re, was carried 200 yards by tbe wind, and o
injured that he will probably die. Mrs. Sarah
fawner was also severely injured.
GALE AT JEANNETTE.
Two Buildinss Blown Down nnd Several
Persons Badly Injured.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCII.l
Jeannette, January 9. A fierce gale
Btruck this place about 1 o'clock to-dav,
causing the total collapse ol two buildings.
One of these was occupied by a Mr. Ncus
ner, who was seriously injured. A painter
named Paul Schkel, who was working on a
su inging ladder, was badly hurt.
The other building was not entirely com
pleted, and two carpenters narrowlv escaped
being injured by its fall. This building was
owned by P. F. Fallert, of Pittsburg. The
loss on the first structure was 1,200, and on
the second 1,500. Pieces of the wreck
were blown 150 yards.
FE1GID IJ. P1NDLAT.
The Thermomrtcr Fnllg 32 Degrees The
Storm Keeps Up.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.
Findlat, O., January 9. A terrific
blizzard of rain, sleet, snow and wind has
raged here all day and to-night. The
weather is frigid, the thermometer having fal
len 32 in 12 hours.
The wind has doncmuch damage to telecraph
and telepnone pole and wires. Fencing has
been thrown down- and houses unroofed, and
the worst day this winter has yet produced has
been in the city since daylight this morning,
and to-night there is no cessation in the war of
elements.
A Church Steeple Blown Down.
PFECIAL TELEGKAM TO TIIK DISPATCH.t
Lima, O, January 9 A severe wind ana
snow storm has prevailed here all day, doing
great damage. In the oil field several hundred
derricks and pumping stations were blown
over and barns and small buildings overturned.
The steeple of the German Ref irmed Chnrcn
was blown off and many private residences
damaged by trees being blonn down and fall
ing on them. No fatalities aro reported, al
though several are injured.
The Slorni nt Bellnlre.
iSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Bellaire, January 9. A severe wind
storm visited this place for several hours to
day. A number of houses were unroofed,
trees were blown down, and the enpalo of
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE i PEOPLES j STORE,
531 anil 533 Wood St., Pittsburg.
GREAT REMOVAL SALE
SLAUGHTER PRICES LN
CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
Our entire stock of Ladies', Misses and Children's Cloaks subjected"
to another reduction. Biggest bargains you ever saw in any Cloak
Department Coine and see for yourselves.
Plush Garments, 243 in stock by actual count this morning, Satin
Lined Plush Jackets, good quality, from 810 up to 818.
Plush Wraps, nicely trimmed, 88 up to 830.
Plush Coats from 815 to 335. All these Plush Garments are just a
trifle over half price. Compare them and see if they are bargains or
not
Ladies' Wraps in Cloth, Astrakhan, Silk, Brocade, Mattellassa
Etc., handsomely trimmed, some with fine quilted lining, all go at 85
87 50 and 810. These prices are less than half splendid chance for
elderly ladies.
840 Berlin Braided Garments for 820 ; then 816, 814, 810, 87, 85 and
83 75 are our other prices for Long Garments. We have a pile at each
price some plain, some checked, some striped, some braided and some
not varying shapes and styles, some Bell Sleeve, Plain Sleeve and
Angel Sleeve, but all at reductions that "vTill make them go lively.
Ladies' Jackets :-: About 500 Left.
One Lot of the very finest Jackets are 88. One Lot of Jackets are
85. One Lot of Jackets are 83 90. One Lot of Jackets are 82 90. One
Lot of Jackets are 81 90. Many of these Jackets are less than half price
and you only want to see them to buy.
CHILDREN'S GARMENTS Just 247 left on hand, mostly in fine
goods, all sizes from 2 to 18 years. We have gone over these again
and put such prices on them as will make it pay you to buy them. Now
is your time. Come and get the pick of these lot3.
Ladies' and Misses' Suits, new styles from our own workroom
every day.
This is the place to buy Suits if you want nice new styles and fresh
goods at moderate prices.
CAMPBELL & DICK.
j'l5-TT3
the Union
wrecked.
"Window Glass "Works was
PANIC IN A SCHOOL.
Great Dnmace to Property In Harrisbarg
nnd SeTcral Persons Hurt.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DtjPATCn.1
Hakeisburo, January 9. Aterrifieand
destructive wind storm swept over this city
this afternoon, damaging property to the
amount of S2O.C00 A number of houses were
unroofed and several buildings were wrecked.
The entire roofing, chimneys aud cupola of
the Jit. Pleasant school were earned awty bv
the wind, and a panic ensued. A number of
the smaller children were bruised, but none
fatally Injured.
A Iarce awnirtji fell upon William Frey, 80
year3 old, and fatally injured him.
Oil Derricks Destrojcd.
tSPFCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TIIE DtPATCIT.l
Washington', Pa., January 9. The wind
storm to-day destroyed a number of derricks.
The Chartiers Oil Company loses four and the
Wheeling Oil Company two and a quantity of
oil. Two houses in town were unroofed.
Dnmnfto at llnsontown.
ISrEClAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.t
5lASONTOTV?f, January 9 The fiercest storm
ever witnessed here struck this place at 2
o'clock. Great damage to property, the
amount of which can not yet be estimated, was
done.
Whocllnc SnlTer.
rSPECTAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISP WCII.l
Whfeling. January 9. Today's storm
damaged buildings in this city and vicinity to
the extent of S10.0CO. JIany houses were de
stroyed and umoofed.
AN OLD PLAN REVIVED.
The Wheatitone System Not Likely to lie.
come Popular In Amcricn Tho Plan Is
Too Expensive for Common Use.
There is a bugaboo in the world of tele
graphy as well as in every other profession.
It assumes the form of an indefinite rumor,
and appears annually. This time the old
Morse system of telegraphy is to be aban
doned, and the English heatstone system
is to be introduced, with dire results to the
many thousands of telegraph operators,
throwing them out of work and performing
their tasks automatically.
A call wa made on two of the chief
operators of the rival lines in this city, and
their attention was called to the rumor.
They smiled as if greeting an old friend.
Both denied the truth of such rumors, and
said that a "Wheatstone instrument had
been in use in the Pittsburg office for the
pjvt our years.
The system, they S3V, is an excellent one.
With it ten times as many words can be
taken than by the More in the same length
of time, with the additional advantage of
being more accurate. It is too expensive,
however, to become popular. It costs as
much to transact a small amount of busi
ness as a large volume. There is no danger
oftelegraph companies making their ex
pense accounts any higher than is absolute
ly necessary.
There are several new systems, but none
have been a success. The latest is the Craig
system, by which.1,400 words were sent in a
minute over a line, which extended from
Pittsburg to New York bv way of Olean, X.
Y., a distance of over COO miles. Eight
hundred words were sent per minute from
Chicago to New York. The receiver con
sists of an insulated pencil, which writes on
chemically prepared paper. All of the
characters" were legible, and could be de
ciohered by any old operator of the Morse
system.
A 850,000 Fire.
RcmrEBFORD, N. J , January 9. Tho busi
ness block west of tbe depot burned to-day, in
flicting a loss of 50,000, divided among a dozen
small storekeepers. Insurance $25,000.
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of n Day In Tiro Cities Condensed
for Keadr Reading.'
The sad announcement is made that Jere
miah Dnnlevy. of Walker fc Dunlevy, is dying.
Pltjmbino Inspector Laydon reports for
December that be has approved the plumbing
of 41 new buildings and of 3 old ones.
IS the li3t of directors elected by the Exnosi
tion Society on Tuesday, the name of William
McCreery was inadvertently onfitted.
Fire escapes on the Groetzlnger building,
St. Paul's Orphan Asylum, Edmundson & Per
rine and the Hotel Delaney were officially ap
proved. The Laboring Men's Political Association,
Eighth ward, met at the Franklin school boose
list night. They indorsed John 15. Hannan for
Council and Robert Bagby for contable.
Next Tuesday Masters McGili, Hughes and
Brednick will bo contromed by Magistrate
Brockaw and asked if thev did or did not
break into a store and steal JoO worth of goods.
i ? 7?!
111
THE WEATHER.
For Western Penn
sylvania and Ohio,'
clearing weather, ex
cept along the lake,
continued light snow3
and much colder;
high westerly winds,
diminishing in fores
Thursday night.
Pittsburg. January 9, 1889.
The United States Signal Service officer In
this city furnishes the following.
Time. Tlier Tlier,
7 a. A. M 50 Mean temp t
20KUA M U Maximum temp.... 51
1 Cor. M 40 Minimum temp 35
4 0OPM 33 Kinjre 19
7O0iM 30 Precipitation H
10 OOP 31 S! j
lUverat5F.il., 8.J Itc, a fall of 0.3 feet Inthf
lastI hours.
ON TIIE FAMILY PLAN.
Qnakcr CitySInnngrrs to Pnt Up Fine Cot
lngp far Cad Buy.
George Watson, one of the managers of
the Philadelphia House of Correction, is at
the Monongahela House. Mr. Watson will
visit Morcanza to-day to examine the buildings
there. He stated that tbe Philadelphia school
will be moved ont in tho country to Glen Mills,
and their idea is to put up the finest buildings
on the rottnge plan in the country.
They propose to bmld 20 cottages, each one
to hold 50 boys, who will be put m charge of a
married couple They will be given an extend
ed course in manual training, and it Is hoped
thtt the ftimly influence will be beneficial.
Mr. I. V. "Williamson has given the managers
$3,C0O,0CO to put up the buildings.
Advice to the Aged.
Age brings infirmities, such as sluggish
bowels, weak kidneys and bladder and torpid
liver.
have a specific effect on these organs, stimu
lating the bowels, giving natural discharge
without straining orgrimng, and
IMPARTING VIGOR
to tbe kidnejs, bladder and liver. Theyar
adapted to old or yonng.
Sold Evergivhere.
LEARN TO SAY NO.
It will be of more service to you than to be
able to read Chinese. But, strange to say, thera
is no one in this community wbo can say no
when asked if ever they heard of the Pnro
Eight-Year-Old Export Onckenbeimer Whisky,
Sold only by Jos. Fleming fe Son, Druggists.
This whisky Is known and used far and near
for the simple reason it has all tbe qualifica
tions claimed for it." It is as good it not better
than tbe best, on acconnt of its age and parity,
and tbe price or this old export is what helps
to give it the lead. Full quarts 51, or six for Si
Our friends and customers will find us fully
stocked up with such goods a?
Danville's Old Irish Whisky. $1 50 per quart,
Cork Distilleries Co. Irish Whisky, $1 CO pot
bottle.
Kentucky Bourbon, ten years old, f nil quarts,
8123.
Overholt's Pure Rye, five years old, XnU
quarts, $L
Pure Imported Holland Gin that will take a
premium anywhere, full qnart-s, SI 25u
Purchasers will find these goods genuine
and as here quoted.
AH orders aud communications by mail
promptly attended to.
Jos. Fleming & Son, Drnggists,
84 Market Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
TTSSU
Sick' Headache
Toronto, Ont.
Burdock Blood Bit
ters cured me of oft
recurring Sick Head
iche, from which X
have suffered foryeara,
often rendering labo
impossible.
C BLACKETT Roediso
Publisher "Canada Presbyterian.,
Tutt s Pills
reiitxJXvA..yft55y
I thank von for the great good BURDOCKS
BLOOD BlTTEItS have done me. I was Ionx ' '
subject to very severe Sick Headache. By
using two Dotues x was permanently cured.
Maquis Shluyax.