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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, THURSDAY .JANUARY . 24,
1889.
A HEAVY DECREASE
How the localTraffic of the P.
E. B. Has Fallen Off.
AGENTS' ANNUAL EEPORTS.
A large Increase in ThrousiQ Busi
ness Offset by the Other.
THE CABLE CARS THE CAUSE OP IT.
President Eoberts Threatened to Take Off
Several Trains.
ALL STATIONS LOSE 25 PER CENT
The annual report of District Passenger
Agent "Watt, of the Pennsylvania Bailroad,
for the year ending January 31, has just
been completed and sent to Assistant Gen
eral Passenger Agent Boyd at Philadel
phia. The report shows the total number of
tickets sold, their value and the comparison
between 1688 and 1887, at every station be
tween Pittsburg and Harrisburg. The total
sales at the Union station for the year were
$714,897 55. This includes the main line of
the Pennsylvania Railroad only, and has
nothing whatever to do with the branches
or "Western roads. The sales at the Fifth
avenue office for the year amounted to $242,
067 72, an increase of about $24,000 over the
previous year. The increase at the Union
station amounted to $25,440 80. The largest
gain at any point, in proportion to the num
ber of tickets sold, was at the Fifth avenue
office. Nearly everything sold at that office
is on through business. The total cash
value of Pennsylvania tickets sold at both
Fifth avenue and the Union station was
$950,965 27.
A STABTLIXO ADMISSION.
An official of the company, who was in
the city a few days a;o, said the ticket sales
out of this city for the year would have
amounted to more than $1,000,000 if it had
not been for the introduction of the cable
cars on Fifth avenue. The gentleman
stated that the commutation business be
tween the Union station and Torrens had,
within the past three months, fallen off a
trifle over 25 per cent. At every station to
which 48, 50 and 52 trip tickets have been
sold the annual reports will show a big loss
to the company as compared to the business
of 1887. This, too, in addition to the large
natural increase in business to and from
other stations.
The gentleman further stated that Presi
dent Boberts would probably take off four
of the accommodation trains now running.
The officials claim that the loss is too heavy
to stand, and, unless they cet back some of
the traffic they have lost, they
WILL ABOLISH THE TRAINS.
On the occasion of President Roberts' last
visit to this city, several months ago, he
stated that they were losing money on a
number of trains, and were just running
tbem as an accommodation to the public
.This has been verified by a number of of
ficials and employes who are not afraid to
say so.
Colonel "Watt, when spoken to yesterday,
admitted that there had been a great falling
off in local passenger business, but said it
would not be nearly as much as 25 per cent.
He slated that the novelty of the cable cars
has now worn off, and the Pennsy's old
patrons are coming back.
It is expected that the reports for the
month of January will show a further de
crease in the business to East Liberty. A
traction railway official said yesterday:
"If the Fifth avenue company can take
away 25 per cent of the traffic, what will the
Penn avenne line do, after it has been in
operation a month?"
THE BILL WILL PASS.
Chairman Ilnntcr, of Allegheny, Receives a
Favorable Telegram.
The new municipal bill which will make
Allegheny a city of the second class will
undoubtedly be passed. Chairman Hunter,
of Allegheny Common Council, last night J
received a private telegram from Senator
Sntan to the effect that, although some tri
lling objections had been made to the bill,
there is every indication that it will pass.
Mr. Hunter and the other members of the
committee appointed to go to Harrisburg in
the interest of this measure returned yester
day morning. Mr. Hunter said they had
succeeded in fixing the population required
for second class cities at 75,000 instead of
100,000, as at first contemplated. This will
prevent the necessitv of Allegheny taking a
special census in order to be enrolled in the
second class.
Thebillwilllikelybe passed this week, and
Mayor Pearson will issue his proclamation
for the election of Councilmen.
DEAGGED TO DEATH.
A Runaway Tenm Causes Two Men to Fall
On" a Wafon.nnd One Dies.
A runaway of a peddler's horse at Smith
Hlle, "Washington county, on Monday af
ternoon, caused the death of John Snyder,
of Southern avenue, Mt. Oliver, while Levi
Batey, who was with him, had his leg and
arm broken. Both were found, some time
after the accident occurred, nearly frozen
and in an unconscious condition.
They had left the Southside on Monday
to go over the peddling route of "William
Fnck, who was not well and could Dot at
'teud to the work himself.
When the horse took fright both men were
knocked off their scats and got entangled in
the harness. Snyder was dragged 400 yards,
but Batey not so far. The body of the
dead man was brought home last night, and
he will be buried to-day. He leaves a wife
and family.
THE WHITE CAP IDIOT.
A Man In the Twelfth Word Threatened
With Tar and Feathers.
The "White Cap" rage has reached a
climax when a man in the Twelfth ward of
Pittsburg is the recipient of a mysterious
warning.
Joseph Brecht, a "barber, residing at Kb.
2550 Penn avenue, recehed a letter to the
effect that he had not treated his family
properly, and unless a change was made he
would be beaten, tarred and feathered.
Police officers consider the affair a joke, but
oner their protection, ana will insure the
gang a lively reception.
G0SE TO CINCINNATI.
Bev. Boyd Vincent Left Lnst Night
Com-
pony With Ills Aged Mother.
Bev. Boyd Vincent, of this city, the
newly appointed Episcopal Bishop for
Southern Ohio, left last night for Cincin
nati. He was accompanied by his ased
mother and a number of relatives. The
ordination will take place to-morrow morn-'
ing. A party of about 50 people will leave
this evrning for Cincinnati to witness the
ceremonies.
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TO QUASH STARE'S BILL.
An Important Attnck on the Indictment of
Superintendent A. B. Starr, of the Fort
Wayne Bnllroad.
Readers of The Dispatch will remember
the indictment, presented by the grand jury
At the December sessions, prolonged until
the present month, against General Super
intendent A. B. Starr, of the Pittsburg,
Fort "Wayne and Chicago Railway, as being
criminally responsible for the Federal street
horror, in which Harriet Weyman and John
Culp lost their lives. The indictment was
for manslaughter of the involuntary degree,
and, tnough found under an old statute and
against expectation, it was conceded to have
brought the matter up in a most serious
form, notwithstanding the high pressure
which had been brought to bear on Super
intendent Starr to induce him to forbid the
noise incident to the usual signal safeguards
at grade crossings.
Now the bill comes up again in a very
quiet way. On Tuesday R. H. Johnston,
Esq., attorney for Superintendent Starr, ap
peared before Judge Collier, in Criminal
Court, and moved to quash the indictment
as being defective in several particulars.
Arguments on the motion will be heard,
probably, next week.
The following is a copy from the court
records of the reasons for moving to quash:
Now comes the defendant, by his counsel, B,
II. Johnston, and moves the Court to qnah the
indictment in the above case, for the following
reasons:
First The entire four counts of said indict
ment are had for duplicity, in that tbev each
charce the killing o two persons and thus
join two distinct onenses in cacn count.
Second The first three counts of said in
dictment arc further bad for duplicity, in that
they each charge the commission of two classes
of offenses provided in said act upon which the
indictment purports to be found.
Third None of the counts of said indictment
set forth what rules, regulations or precautions
of the railroad company, or ordinances of the
city of Allecheny, the defendant neglected or
refused to obey and observe, and only purport
to allege what he did, without alleging and
showing any rule, regulation, ordinance or
precaution requirinc him to do otherwise.
Fourth The said several counts of the In
dictment do not allege that the defendant was
in charge of the tram of cars which ran over
the deceased, or that the accident which took
place was brought about through any act of
bis: but, on the contrary, the averments in
said counts would case the responsibility, if
any, upon some of the officers in charge of the
said train at the time of the accident.
Fifth The said counts do not charge that
the defendant was the General Superintendent
of said railroad company, and the order set
forth in said indictment shows that the same
was issued by the order of the General Su
perintendent. Sixth The averments in said counts charg
ing the offense are simply conclusions of law
and insufficient.
Seventh Not a single connt in said indict
ment, prima facia;, sets forth any personal
duty resting upon the defendant, or. prima
facia1, avers a case of negligence or misconduct
acainst him.
Eighth The averments in said indictment
alleging the crime are so uncertain, vague and
indefinite that. cen m the case of conviction,
it would bo difficult to pass sentence nnder any
count in the indictment.
Ninth None of the connts of said indict
ment sufficiently charge any crime against the
law.
KEW LOCAL OPERETTA.
Joseph Breil Gives a Select Rchcnrial of
His Maiden Composition for Lyric
Actors Talent in It.
The genial home of Joseph Breil, of the
East End, was the scene of festivity last
evening, for it was the occasion of the pro
duction of the operetta "The False Duke,"
a maiden effort of Mr. Joseph C. Breil. The
initial number, an overture rendered by the
composer, who presided at the piano, was
given at 8:45. It was followed by 18 more
numbers, among which the following might
be mentioned as the most noteworthy:
"Soldiers' Life," by the male chorus, was
excellently rendered, and was followed by
a trio by Miss A. B. Schaub and Messrs.
"V. Means and A. S. Simpson.
Several numbers were simply instru
mental, and they were certainly given in a
manner which showed that the young com
poser had not only carefully trained him
self, but that he had decided talent It is
not too much to say that some portions were
rendered with such grace of touch and ex
pression as would have done credit to many
an older and more famous composer. The
entire accompaniment was good also, and
the success ot the operetta would probably
have been much greater with a drilled pro
fessional chorus.
The solos, "Yearning," by Mr. G. W.
Layng; "A Matter of Course," by Mr.
George 'Wagner; "Praver," bv Miss M.
Breil; "Alone" and "A Lonely "Wife," by
Miss Jean Murray, were undoubtedly ren
dered in a first-class manner. The entire
list of choristers is as follows:
Soprano Miss M. Breil. and the Misses A. B.
Schaub, Lizzie Hill and Fannie Barr: contralto.
Miss Jean Murray and ili!s Frazier; baritone.
iviessrs. w. queans anu w. ij. Simpson; alto,
Messrs. Lange and Johnston, and tenor,
Messrs. G. W. Layng. G. A. Stearns, P. Lange,
V. Nichols, George Wagner and A. S. Simp
son. On the whole, the operetta showed that,
under favorable circumstances, the com
poser will be fully able to hold his own in
his profession.
FOE THE MORGUE.
Coroner McDowell Gone to Ilnrrisburgto
Stir Up the Legislators.
Coroner McDowell left for Harrisburg
last evening. To-day he will go before the
committee having in charge the "morgue
bill," and personally explain the necessity
for a morgue in Allegheny county. The
committee adversely reported on the bill
yesterday and the news somewhat stunned
the Coroner. He thought there had been a
mistake made somewhere and went to the
capital to remove the supposed erroneous
impression from the minds of the committee
men. As the Coroner got on board the
train he said:
"It's funny a county with 350,000 people
can't have a'morgue. The legislators think
that a place to carry dead horses, cats, dogs,
etc., is necessary, but do not recognize the
necessity of a place where the dead bodies
of human beings can be kept until their
friends call for them."
TEACTION POLK WANT NO DELAY.
A Crusndc to Be Mnde Asninst Drivers
Who Don't Give Way.
An information was made yesterday, be
fore Alderman Leslie, against Conrad Rich
ards, by a special officer of the Citizens'
Traction Company, on a chare of obstruct
ing the track, last "Wednesday evening, on
BJtack Horse Hill. It is alleged that Rich
ards stopped on the track to allow his horses
to breathe, and did not heed the gong of the
car behind until just as another car was
coming from an opposifc direction, when he
crossed over, blocking both cars for six or
seven minutes.
The Traction Company officials say they
intend to make a crnsade against the drivers
who do not give them the right of way, thus
causing no end of trouble and delay to
travel.
Natural Gas Officers.
The Independent Natural Gas Company,
of Sewickley, has elected the following
named officers:
President, D. C. Herbst; Vice-President, F.
C. Osborne; Treasurer, E. R. Kramer; Secre
tary, L. A. Miller.
MIshnp to Mill Men.
Jack Mandy had an eye torn ont at the
Braddock wire mill yesterday by being
strnck with a piece of wire. Richard
Walsh, of the same place, had the end of a
hot iron 'rod run through his hand.
In Defiance to Brooks.
Joe Ridge was arrested yesterday on an
information made before Justice of the
Peace Josiah Gwyna. He is charged with
selling liquor without a license and on Sunday.
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ALLFOKPROHIBITM.
A. A. Stevens, Chairman of the State
Executive Committee, in Town.
HOW HE SIZES UP THE VOTE HEEE.
Fight Between the Party and
Amendment Association.
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THE LATTER WANTED TO EUN "THINGS
A. A. Stevens, Chairman of the State
Executive Committee of the Prohibition
party, was in the city yesterday conferring
with a number of prominent Prohibition
ists in regard to the future work of the
party. "While at.the Seventh Avenue Hotel
last night he said:
It wonld be foolish for any person to try to
make an estimate of what the result of the
vote on the prohibition amendment will be. I
have looked over the ground very carefully,
and think I can name some approximate
figures. The cities of the State will poll a vote
of 100.00U against us. This will be overcome by
the large vote in the country districts, which
will come in like a breeze and sweep everything
before tbem.
In Blair county, where I reside, we will have
3,000 majority. All the counties in the Juniata
and Cumberland valleys will roll up big prohi
bition majorities, and it is only a question of
how much each will give. The northern border,
Beaver, Mercer, Crawford, Warren, Venango,
Lawrence, Butler, Tioga and Forrest counties,
will also go very large. I am not well acquaint
ed with Allegheny county, but the cities we
expect to go heavy against tho amendment.
This will be neutralized, however, in the coun
try surrounding Pittsburg and Allegheny, and
if a certain clement of tho Pittsburg press
keep their hands off us it will help us about
1,000 votes. The brewers here will
SrEND MONET LAVISHLY
to defeat the amendment, and the only part
they will take in the contest will be tbe distri
bution of dollars and cents. They will not em
ploy speakers, as that is not their method.
Boodle talks better than any speakers they
conld get.
What will become of the large amonnt of
capital invested in breweries, distilleries, etc T
Why, that's easy enough to explain. What
would become of a brewer's stock, if tbe courts
refused to renew his licenser He would lose
money of course. Well, he takes that risk In
his business, and If the prohibition law passes
hr can sell his brewing for a manufacturing con
cern. Ont In Iowa and Kansas nobody lost
anything from the property which was sup
posed would be confiscated. The distilleries
were turned into factories. At Des Moines,
Iowa, where they had one of tho largest distil
leries in the West, the owner turned it into an
oatmeal factory. His profits arc not nearly as
large as they w ere, but they are as large as any
other legitimately invested capital.
This question of tho whisky manufacturers
crying out that they will lose heavily by tbe
confiscation of their property is all buncombe.
What do the courts do when the people com
plain against a schinden? Suppose a man
puts up a schindery outside tbe city. Pretty
soon the country grows so that bonses are built
all around him. The people complain that the
place is a nuisance, and the courts say to the
inan, "Git out." It is just the same way with
the whisky distillers. The schindery owner has
tnousands of dollars invested in his business,
but when he is told to go he loses it, nd has no
redress. This has been done time and again
with powder magazines in this State. When
the people say they are dangerous, they are in
variably moved out of the way.
A BIT Of jioxsesse.
I think it is all nonsense to talk of calling a
special session of the Legislature to make pen
alty laws under the new amendment if it passes.
The present prohibitory laws will be good
enough under the new act and the penalties for
a violation will be the same.
From present indications there will be a
bitter war between the Prohibition party
ana tne constitutional AmendmentAssocia
tion on the present proposed amendment.
The former has called a conference of all the
executive officers of all temperance organi
zations in the State to meet at Harrisburg
February 5. The amendment association
when asked to send representatives to the
conference, refused to do so on the ground
that the matter had been taken 3ut of their
hands; and they would let the others now
run it to suit themselves.
The Constitutional Amendment Associa
tion has called an opposition meeting of all
who will join with them, in Huntingdon in
about two weeks. The association has a few
branches of the "W. C. T. TJ. with them, but
outside of this do not amount to much.
CAPTAIN JONES' POSITION.
Ho Will Tote Agnlnst Prohibition, and His
SIter Will Fljtbt For It An Interview
With Mrs. Koilccr Bowman.
Captain W. E. Jone,s, Superintendent of
the Edgar Thomson Steel "Works at Brad
dock, who left Tucsdavnight forWashtngton,
and before leaving announced his intention
of voting against the Constitutional amend
ment, has a sister Mrs. Rodger Bowman.
She is one of the staunchest Prohibitionists
in Braddock, and she said to a Dispatch
reporter last night that she was grieved to
hear of her brother's statement, and added:
I don't wish to antagonize my brother, or op
pose him in any way; but, really. I am sorry to
bear that he has expressed his intention of
voting against the Constitutional amendment.
I know it would bo far better for him and for
those for whom he labors if the saloons were
closed in Braddock. I don't want to be against
him in anything, but I will go to work now
more earnestly than ever to help down the
saloons. Every spring we women have to con.
trivo ways whereby we may accom
plish some good, and now that tin?
question will bo submitted to a vote,
we propose coing to work with our might and
forever settle this question If it is possible to
do so. There is more liquor drank in Braddock
now than before the Brooks law went into ef
fect. Drive out the saloon altogether and you
take away the temptation. It is not this gen
eration that wo strhe to benefit, but others
that are to follow. Let Captain Jones attend
to running the steel works and leave social re
form in our hands. Prohibition may not pro
hibit only to a certain extent, but ft will be just
as successful as the law that don't prohibit the
th.ef from committing larceny or the murderer
from taking tbe life or his. fellowinau. There
is nothinc that will make me ko so earnestly to
work as the statement of my brother that he
will vote against the Constitutional amend
ment." A DOWN TOWN HOUSE THIEF
Gets in IIIh Work nt tfan City Most
Promluent Corner.
About G:30 o'clock last night the horse
and buggy of Mr. J. L. Xewit, of the Lewis
Machine Company, was stolen from the
corner of Fifth avenne and Smithfieldstreef,
while Mr. Lewis was at a store nearby. The
buggy is a low-seated vehicle and contained
a valuable Esquimaux dog skin lap robe.
The horse is a dark brown animal. The
police were notified.
A SERVANT AND 73 IN JEWELRY
Depart Simultaneously From the Home of
Mrs. Alexnnder Mnlcheit.
Alexander Matchett, the box manufact
urer, living at No. 1S9 Center avenue, yes
terday morning, upon arising, discovered
that Mrs. Matchett's gold wafeh valued at
50, and a gold pin valued at $25, had dis
appeared. The domestic, Clara Jenkins,
was also gone. The police were notified of
the affair.
McKeesport Primary Election.
A committee of three from each ward in
McKeesport met the office of Alderman
Fields last night, and set Saturday two
weeks as the date for conducting the prim
aries to select candidates to be voted lor at
the February election.
The Longs n Little febort.
In Justice Gripp's office all that was left
ot the handsome "Six-Footers' " Club was
sold ont on a landlord's warrant for $210.
The total proceeds of the sale were 593, .
AN ELECTRIC BOMBSHELL.
The Supremo Court Decides tho Edison
Company Patent Is Valid for 15 Yenrt
All Incandescent Compnnlcs Infringers.
The decisionof theJJniled States Supreme
Court in the Bates Refrigerating Com
pany's case certainly seems to give the
Westinghouse Electric Company a terribly
black eye. '-
According to the decision it appears as if
the "Westinghouse, the Sawyer-Mann, the
United States Company, and, in fact, all
others using the incandescent system, will
be obliged to stop operations and pay
damages for infringement The decision
was telegraphed about the country in Vords
that disguised the real meaning except to
the initiated few. It said that the lifetime
of an American patent, first taken out in a
foreign country, does not expire until the
extreme limit for which an extension of
patent may be secured in the foreign
country.
This is of vital importance to the Edison
company, and they explained it by saying
that rivals who were using practically the
same light claimed immunity from infringe
ment damages because the Edison patent
taken out in a foreign country had expired,
and consequently the American patent had
expired.
A special was received at this office last
night in which an official of the company
said that two years ago an injunction was
brought against the copyists, but the suit
was not pressed, because the first question
was to decide tbe validity of the Edison
patent, and the other case quoted aboxe had
decided that it was.
He said further that injunction proceed
ings were now clear, and if it is issued
claims for damages will be instituted against
the "Westinghouse and all other incandes
cent companies, and the figures will foot up
into the millions.
Prof. Marks, of the Edison Company,
says that company has in operation 1,000,
000 incandescent lights, and the other com
panies from 300,000 to 400,000.
Samuel B. Hucy, of New York, counsel
for the Edison Company, says that the ques
tion just decided is the only important one.
He knew of no one who claimed other com
panies were not infringing, and as- it is now
plain that the Edison patent is in existence
the rest is easy. By the Supreme Court's
decision the exclusive right of the Edison
Company to use the incandescent system
will run on for almost 15 years, the limit of
an American patent.
TOR ELECTRIC LAMPS.
The New Baltimore and Ohio Depot Will be
Lighted by Electricity.
"W. M. Granger, Managerof the Franklin
Electrical Supply Company .of this city,
left last night to confer with the Chief
Architect of the B.v& O. road, in regard to
the chandeliers to be placed in the new sta
tion ot that line.
The new depot will be lighted throughout
by electricity. In the depot proper will be
distributed several hundred incandescent
lamps and in the train sheds and platforms
the arc lights will be used. The chandeliers
will be massive works of art, and will be
something entirely new in this city.
While in the East Mr. Granger will pur
chase the fixtures for' the electric lights in
the new building of the Fidelity Title and
Trust Company on Fourth' avenue. This
company will probably put in an electric
light plant of their own. Mr. Granger was
accompanied by his wife, who will spend
several weeks in New York visiting friends.
BRIDGET KELLEI'S DEATH.
It May Torn Out a Murder After All, If Some
People Are Correct.
Bridget Kelley's death is to undergo
another investigation. A number of people
on the Southside are not satisfied with the
verdict rendered .by the Coroner's jury at
the inqnest. It was emphatically stated, in
the hearing of a reporter ilast night, that the
girl's death was not caused by exposure and
drink alone, and the informant said that he
had sufficient proof in his own mind to tell
a story showing that the girl had been most
shamefully abused.
'She was treated," he said, "in a way
that would have killed .her even, if she had
never drank a drop of liquor in her life."
Magistrate Brokaw received a letter
yesterday bearing upon the case, and the
police are working it up. Several arrests
are- to be made of people, against whom
there is evidence of a very strongly incrim
inating character.
WILKINSBURG ROBBERS
Caught at Last by a Detcctlvo Agency, After
Local Police Fnll.
Albert Campbell and Samuel Geiger, two
boys, were arrested last nigbt on the charge
of having committed several robberies in
"Wilkinsburg. The prosecutors are L. K.
St. Clair and William Hains, business men
of the borough, who were robbed of revol
vers, gold watches, gold rings and several
other articles of jewelry.
The police of Wilkinsburg had been in
formed of the cases, but they failed to catch
the thieves. Roger O'Mara at last got a
clew by arresting a man who had bought
one of the watches from the boys. The
Gilkinson Detective Agency then took
charge of the matter, and the boys were ar
rested. They will have a hearing to-day
before Magistrate Gripp.
SMASHED A PLATFORM.
A Cable Car and a Street Car Collide
nt
Penn Avenue nnd Ninth.
About half past 9 o'clock yesterday
morning, a cable car of the Citizens' Trac
tion Company ran into a car of the Al
legheny Blue Line at the corner of Penn
avenue and Ninth street. The cable car
struck the front of the street car and lifted
it right off the track, before the gripman
was able to make his car stop.
There were a number of passengers in
both cars, but, apart from a scare, none of
them were hurt. The blue car, however,
had its front platform damaged.
DO THEY LITE HERE?
Heirs Wanted for the Estate of nPhllndcl
phinn Who Kcccnlly Died.
A man by the name of Henry Drean died
quite recently in Philadelphia. He is sup
posed to have died without heirs, except a
stepbrother and his children, supposed to be
livine in Pittsburg or Allegheny. If these
persons cannot be found, the 'estate will
escheat to the State. -
The heirs, if there be any, should com
municate with Isaac D. Yocum, Esq., 521
Walnut street, Philadelphia.
INDORSED BY POST 117.
Corporal Tanner Is Boomed for Commis
sioner of Pensions.
A copy of a resolution adopted by Mc
Pherson Post 117, Qi A. R., has been sent
to General Harrison, also one to Corporal
Tanner.
The resolution is most strongly in favor
of Hon. James Tanner, of Brooklyn, as a
Commissioner of Pensions. It recites the
fact of his being well-known by his Pitts
burg comrades, and urges him as an honest,
capable and popular man.
For Water Assessor.
B, H. Lindsay is named for the place of
Superintendent of the Bureau of Water
Assessments vice Mr. Edwards deceased.
It is thought no appointment will be made
until after the February electious.
Preparing for Prohibition.
A man named Weiblingcr charges Jacob
Metz and Thomas Connelly with the larceny
of a barrel of ale from a house on Biver
avenue. They will be given a hearing tonight
NO MOKE CUT BATES.
The Authority to Favor Shippers
Taken From Pittsburg Agents.
BIG RAIL ORDER FOR CARNEGIE'S.
1,000 Carloads Will Not Get Lower Than
tho Tariff Figures.
RAILROADS TIRED 0P LOSING MONEY
Carnegie, Phipps & Co. are figuring on
an order for 1,600 tons of steel rails to be de
livered to the Texas and Fort "Worth Kail
road Company, at Fort Worth, Texas.
A few days ago an announcement like
this would have thrown all the Western
railroad agents in this city into a panic,
and, when the janitor of the offices opened
the doors of the Carnegie Building in the
morning, he would have found a crowd of
hungry agents after the business. They
would have borne aloft copies of The Dis
patch, and, in their eagerness to get to the
offices ahead of competitors, they would
have forgone the ceremony of eating their
breakfasts.
"Within the past few days this has been
changed, and it is all due to the action of
the general freight agents of the Texas rail
way companies. At a meeting of the In
ternational Association, which include: all
the lines in Texas, Arkansas and Mexico,
they withdrew all authority from the com
mercial and general agents in Eastern cities
to manipulate the rates. In other words,
the agents were told that they were positive
ly prohibited from accepting any business
at a lower rate than the full tariff figures.
The orders were explicit. No matter how
large the consignment, whether there was
one carload or 100 carloads, the rate must
be the same. There was to be no cutting on
anything, and a violation of the rule mer
ited censure and probably discharge.
VERY QUIETLY DONE.
This action was decided upon at the
meeting when the rates were advanced, but
the notice was not sent out until a few days
ago, and then it was done in a quiet way.
Heretofore the representatives of the
Texas lines in this city have made the rates
for all large shipments. Of course they had
an agreed tariff, but when a manufacturer
with a large order came around the corner
the tariff books were hit on the back with a
coupling pin and knocked into the waste
basket.
In a great many cases ridiculously low
rates had to be made in order to get the
business, and the companies did not seem to
realize the heavy losses until the annual
financial reports were made out. The main
point with the agents here was to get the
business, and if a good heavy tonnaze re.
port could be sent to the general freight
agent at the end of the month it was consid
ered all right. The standing question among
contracting agents was "What was your
tonnage last month?" instead of "How much
money did you make for your road?"
It is not known how long tbe new state of
affairs will last, but it is expected that a
break will be made when an unusually
heavy shipment is offered. All the agent
here look with longing eyes on the Carnegie
order, but will have to rely on their per
sonal friendship and reputation of tneir
road to get the shipment. The rate will be
the same via all lines in the future. The
lines east of Chicago have always main
tained rates, with the exception of one or
two breaks made by roads east of this city.
KATES EATHEB UNSTEADY.
The rates west of Chicago and St. Louis
have been in an unsteady condition since
the inter-State law went into effect. Be
fore the law was adopted the roads had a
pooling arrangement by which rates were
maintained. The law broke this up, and
instead of keeping the rates steady, as it in
tended, the law broke them up, and each
road cut tor itself.
The 15,000 tons of rails for which the firm
is seeking railroad transportion bids, is an
unusually large order. Each rail is 28 feet
long, and averages 67 pounds to the foot.
This would make the aggregate weight of
the load 33,600,900 pounds. As there are
1,59G pounds to each rail, the number of
rails in the shipment would be a fraction
over 21,052. If laid end to end, the rails
would stretch out for a distance of 589,456
feet, or about 112 miles, or nearly as for as
from Pittsburg to Altoona. Averaging 15
tons to the car, it would take 1,000 cars to
transport them. This would make between
35 and 40 trains. The cost of the rails would
be about $450,000.
A MYSTERIOUS GATHERING.
The Builders' Exchange Hold an Important
but Secret Meeting.
The Builders' Exchange met at their hall
in the Benshaw building yesterday after
noon. It was an important gathering, as
almost all of tho members were present, but
they were instructed to say nothing about
the proceedings.
A Dispatch reporter spoke to 11 mem
bers at the plose of the meeting and all gave
different answers to the question, "What
was the object of the meeting and what was
done?" One man finally admitted that
they had met to discuss the erection of a
building for the use of the Exchange, bnt
that nothing definite had been accomplished.
The new structure, it is believed, will be
the finest andthe highest in the city. The
Exchange yesterday signed a lease for their
present quarters for another year.
TilEY MUST MOVE.
The Knights of Labor to Secnro Qanrters
on Fifth Avenue.
The new Executive Board of D. A. 3, K.
of L., held a meeting last night and organ
ized for the year. Ko special business was
transacted,as all matters of importance were
disposed of by the District Assembly last
week.
Thetnain subject considered was the rent
ing of a hall. The lease for the present
quarters expires on April 1 and the building
is to be torn down. Master "Workman Boss
has examined several proposed locations
and lost nigh,t recommended that the
quarters now occupied by the Actual Busi
ness College at 99 Fifth avenue be rented.
His recommendation was laid over until the
next meeting of the board.
IN WANT OP MORE WAGES.
Hod Carriers Demand an Advance
and
Uniformity In Par.
The Hod Carriers National Union No. 1,
composed of about 500 workers in this
section, held a meeting yesterday and de
cided to demand an advance in wages on
May 1. At present there is no uniformity,
some receiving $2 and some $2 25 a day.
The demand will be for $2 50 per day all
around, and tbe present system of working.
The hod carriers will not carry more than
16 bricks per hod.
A prominent builder who was seen by a
reporterfor this, paper yesterday,said he had
not received any notice of the proposed de
mand, but does not believe it will be
granted.
. A GAME OP BLUFF.
One of tbe Strikers at Laaghllns' Tyrone
Klines Arrested Yesterday.
The strike at Laughlins' Tyrone mines at
Broadford is still on. A large meeting was
held there Tuesday night and was ad
dressed by Master "Workman Peter Wise
and others.
One of the employes was arrested yester
day on a charge of making threats, which is
regarded by the strikers as agame.of bluff.
The men voted unanimously to stay out
until the discharged men are reinstated.
Tho National Progressive Union and the
Knights of Labor have both pledged their
moral and financial support to the strikers.
IN BAD SHAPE.
Tbe Local Assembly of tbe K. ofL. at Brad
dock to Hold a Benefit Ball.
Before the long strike at the Edgar
Thomson Steel "Works of Carnegie Bro.'s
& Co., there were four local assemblies oi
the Knights of Labor at Braddock. To-day
there is only one, L. A. 1C97, and it is in
bad shape.
In order to secure funds to place the as
sembly in good standing they have decided
to have a ball on the 15th. of next month.
3Iaster Workman Boss was busv yesterday
sending notices to all the locals in the dis
trict asking them to patronize the stranded
locals.
WRINGING THE CHANGES.
How tbe Installment Plan and tbe Law
Governing; It Mny.bo SIndo to Work
Real Hardship, if Not Injustice.
Said a member of the bar yesterday: "I
can tell you where you can find a story of a
clothes-wringer, an installment company and
an irate colored man who is grit to the teeth.
It's a very common case, growing out of the
installment plan of selling goods, and late
legislation which enables people to sue in
trespass for small amounts and badger peo
ple, for, when they get verdicts for less than
$5 40, the cases cannot be appealed, and a
great many people know but little about the
certiorari, by which a dishonest alderman
might often be brought to book. There have
been frequent cases of conspiracy between a
certain class of justices of the peace and
plaintiffs, where agreements have been made
to give verdicts below the amount from
which an appeal can be taken, and since it
has been enacted that suits for debt must be
brought in assumpsit and trespass only,
there is opened a wide door for pinching the
poor."
The defendant, F. Z. S. Peregrino, was vis
ited, at his place on Fourth avenue, near
Grant street, and he talked freely, stating,
"You can make my story just as strong as
you please." It was as follows:
Borne time ago a man called at my houso and
asked to sell me a clothes wringer. I told him
I had one, and though he persisted for a con
siderable time, I got rid of him and told him
very forcibly at last that I wouldn't have the
wringer, and he went away. Some time after
wardaman called, and I was not in. and he told
my wife that he had brought a wringer. She
refused to take It; but he persisted, telling her
that he had agreed to take the one we had in
part pay. though that was as good as the one
he wanted to sell. She persisted that we
didn't want any: but he picked up ours and left
his. Some weeks after two men called for
money, and, after a sharp altercation, I shoved
them through the door with more energy than
politeness.
I knew little more of the matter until I was
summoned to answer a suit in trespass before
Alderman Nolan, tbe suit being brought by tbe
.metropolitan .manufacturing J
Company.
I am
not familiar with such things in this country:
out in .cngiana i wouia Know now to miKe a
defense, I can show by other witnesses than
my wife that she gave no promise, written or
implied, and that she protested against the ex
change of machines.
BAD JUNKETY JUNK.
The Kind of Jnnket it Is Liable to Famish to
Several Snspected Slen.
Seven men were arrested by Inspector
"Whitehouse and three other officers last
evening as suspicious persons, thought to
have been connected with the numerous
petty robberies near the salt works on the
B. & O. B. B.
Mai Lutherman was arrested yesterday
on a charge of receiving stolen goods, made
by C. "W. Hastings before Magistrate Gripp.
Lutherman is connected with the firm ot
Sherman & Goldberg, junk dealers on Van
Braam street. For some time past car
brasses have been missed from tbe Baltimore
and Ohio yards. T. C. Stevens worked up
the case and secured information that led
him to believe that two boys had sold the
brasses to Lutherman.
J. J. Streng, a junk dealer on North ave
nue, Allegheny, was arrested yesterday and
brought before Alderman Doughty, of this
city, on a charge of receiving stolen goods.
He is charged by John Dressier with hav
ing purchased a lot of stolen copper valued
at $100. The prisoner denied his guilt,
waived a hearing and gave bail for trial at
court.
TO BOOM PROHIBITION.
Tbe Good Templars Preparing for a Grand
Rally at tbe Bijou-
The Good Templars have completed
arra ngements for a grand free rally at the
Bijou Theater in the interest of the amend
ment on the evening of February 17.
The principal speaker will be Colonel L.
F. Cole, of "Wisconsin, one of the bright
lights among the Templars, who has
stumped different States in their interests.
The Good Templars will furnish the choir,
and Arsenal Lodge double, single quartets,
solos, etc.
Colonel Cole will begin a series of meet
ings at Greensburg to-morrow and Saturday
for a similar purpose.
THAT CONTRACTING DIRECTOR
Only Liable as an Individual if at All, But
Ho May be Tried.
Alderman Gripp has not rendered his de
cision in the case of Porter & JCelty versus
the School District of Coraopolis. It is
thought the verdict will be for the de
fendant, but Mr. Gripp stated that he did
not know but that the plaintiffs might have
a case against the members of the board in
dividually. At the hearing he expressed himself
strongly as to S. B. Johnston's connection
with the matter, and seemed to think that
he might be subjected to prosecution under
the school law.
WAS IIE WITH THEM?
Braco Bros. Want to Add Another Man to
the Alleged Boycotters.
Counsel for Brace Bros, in their suits
will ask the court to add the name of John
Phillips to the list of defendants. It is
claimed he was Chai rman at a meeting of
the K. of L. where the invited laundrymen
present were offered the custom ot the Brace
Bros.
The hearing in the suits has been post
poned until the call of the Master.
A Boy's Sadden Death.
John Fletcher Kennedy, the 14-year-old
son of Mr. John C Kennedy, of 59 Garfield
avenue, Allegheny, died very suddenly on
Tnesday night. Heart disease is supposed
to have caused his death. The father of the
deceased is well known in Allegheny, and
for several years occupied the position of
Superintendent of the County Workhouse.
First of tbe Season.
James Patrick Curry, of Allegheny, was
knocked down and had his collar bone
broken by a bobsled. Tbe boy on the sled
wasn't hurt.
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
Captain W. T. Atwell, of this city, went
to Harrisburg last evening.
C. II. Jackson, Vice President of the Union
Switch and Signal Company, left last night for
New York City.
Bev. Father McKeeveb, of Latrobe, and
well Known in this city, was in town yesterday
visiting C. F. McKtfnna, Esq.
Mb. James Hokneie, of this city, leaves on
Saturday for New Orleans, City of Mexico. San
Francisco and the larger intermediate points,
on business.
Bev. Fathers Sebastiax, Provincial of
the Passionists Order at tbe monastery op the
Southside, and Michael Gchet, pastor of St.
Michael's Church, left for New 1 ork last even
ing on a visit.
I ing on a visit. Ja5-rrssu 4. ia2Z-TTS -T "v? ?srrJlr'
AMERICA FOB AMERICANS.
Sirs. Caroline Chapman Delivers an Inter
rating Lecture In Allegheny.
Mrs. Caroline Chapman, of Charles City,
Iowa, delivered an interesting lecture in
American Mechanics' Hall, Allegheny,
last evening on the subject of "America
for Americans." The hall was crowded
and tne speaker who is a very pleasant
talker, was frequently interrupted by ap
plause. She spoke of the thousands of im
migrants who come to this country and sup
plant Americans. She condemned the im
portation of foreigners under contract and
said that although the law prohibited it the
law could easily be evaded.
There are now over 1,000,000 unemployed
American citizens in this country while
many foreigners who have not yet been
naturalized have work. All the strikes,
lockouts and boycotts, anarchism, social
ism, etc., she attributed to the foreign
element in this country. She referred to
the Irish immigrants as "flannel mouthed,"
and the Germans as "beer guzzlers."
This brought forth a storm of applause.
The main point brought out by the
speaker was that there should be a restric
tion placed on immigration or the .country
would go to ruin. She opposed the giving
of land to foreigners by the Government
and inducing them to come over here.
The lecture was under the auspices of
Colonel J. C. Hull, Council No. 56.
THEY WANT THE TKACTION.
Thirteenth Warden Petitioning; for an Ex
tension of a Line.
A petition is being circulated in the Thir
teenth ward, asking the new Central Trac
tion Company to extend its proposed ter
minus at Minersville down Thirty-third
street to a point near Millwood avenue,
about 600 yards from the terminus now
planned.
The ward has about 600 voters, represent
ing about 3,000 population, which, they
think, should be indncement enough for the
company to make the proposed extension.
But, whether it could be made without an
other loop, is doubtful in the-minds of most
of those seen on the subject last night, and
will have to be decided later.
THAT KEYSTONE BRIDGE CASE.
A Satisfactory Adjustment of tbe Difficulty
Now Under Way.
Judge Andrew Barnett, counsel for the
Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Bailroad in
its controversy with the Keystone Bridge
Company, of Pittsburg, over the bridge at
Spottsville, Ky., which was wrecked re
cently, said yesterday that an adjustment
of all questions at issue was being arranged
to the satisfaction of both parties.
Von Are Invited,
"While there are yet some good bargains to
select from, to call at Hamilton's piano and
organ salesrooms. Ton will be surprised at
the very iow price you can buy thoroughly
first-class goods at during this clearance
sale. No effort will be spared to show you
the goods, no matter what you want to look
at in our line, and we feel sure that you will
be paid for calling, as others have during
this month.
We really don't know what to do with
the second-hand instruments we are receiv
ing in exchange for new ones. We have sold
a number to other dealers at wholesale, and
yet they are accumulating, and must be
disposed of- Come in and get one at your
own price. Some of them are but little
worn, and will be put in perfect condition
anu siooi cover tnrown in on delivery.
They will last for several years, and can
then be exchanged at their full value back
to us for a new one.
Come in while the sale is going on.
S. Hamilton,
91 and 93 Fifth avenue.
Wnnted a Situation
By a thoroughly experienced plumber and
gas-fitter. I will furnish responsible firms
with a record of my experience in the em
ploy of firms in this city, covering ,a period
of 16 years, and in one of the leading cities
out of here for a period of four years. No
firms under the compliment of the Plumbers'
Association need appl v, as I am a non-union
man and always will be. Address X, Dis
patch office.
The Largest Sales of Lace Curtains
Becauso
The goods are fine and the prices extremely
low the 75-cent ones even are good, good as
f 1 ever bought same applies to the 51 50
to ?5 styles. Jos. Horse & Co.'s,
Penn Avenue Stores.
Soiled ends of table linens, soiled towels,
soiled napkins, scarfs, tidies, etc., to be
closed this week. Huous & Hacks.
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Sick headache, permanently cured, free
of charge, at No. 1102 Carson street, South
side. At 40 cents per yard, all-wool English
suitings, stripes and mixtures, 40 inches in
width, previously sold at 60 cents per yard.
tts Hughs & Hacke.
The best regulator of the digestive or
gans, also best appetizer known, is Angos
tura Bitters.
Free! Free! Free!
If you are sick, do not despair. Call and
be cured, free of charge, at No. 1102 Carson
street, Southside.
In order to make room for our spring ar
rival, all black silks will be ofiered this
week at imported prices.
tts Hughs & Hacke.
DIBBDLUT1DN NOTICE.
I have this day sold all my interest in
the firm of
HEABD, BIBER A EASTON
to my late partners, who will continue
the business, assuming all liabilities
and interests connected therewith.
JAMES B. HEABD.
The above notice explains the neces
sity of an immediate reduction and
closing out of all surplus stock, which
must be converted into money at once.
We have made striking changes in
prices In all departments TO EFFECT
SPEEDY SALBS.
BIBER 2t EASTDN,
805 AND 507 MARKET STREET.
GREEN GOODS FROM JERSET.
A Mr. Dnncan Who Wants a Mr. Deeraer,
of Oloon Township, to Bay ths Cheapest
Sort of Money, bat Not by Mall.
"William Duncan of No. 333 Montgom
ery street, Jersey City," may be a very
shrewd man, bnt he may find in time that
he is barking up the wrong tree, has wasted
a considerable amount of postage and sta
tionery, and may eventually find himself
in the clutches of Uncle Sam. So far, tho
latter and the stationer have been the only
recipients of Mr. Duncan's philanthropio
eflbrts to put Mr. Deemer on the highway
to fortune. For months past the Been
postoffice mail has been burdened by com
munications from "Mr. Duncan to Mr.
W. S. Deemer, of Moon township. Hr.
Duncan evidently thinks Mr. Deemer A
sucker and this is just where Mr. Duncaa
is off his base.
Duncan proposes to sh ow Deemer how ha
can make dollars where he only makes
pennies now, and has made- numerous pro
positions to meet him in some midway town,
and, for a small consideration, to furnish
Deemer with unlimited amounts, if nec
essary, of promises to pay, printed oa
Government plates, and so finally executed
that the most expert cannot detect them.
Dnncan incloses alleged clippings from
newspapers in proof that the bill cannot be l
detected.
'Though using the mails for improper
purposes himself, he refuses to receive
answers by mail, but will accept them
promptly either by telegraph or express.
While the wily Duncan's propositions
might strike a dishonest greeny with con
siderable force, they are lost on the man
who superintends the greater part of ths
financial business of Moon township, and
Mr. Deemer has decided to put the matter
into the hands of the authorities.
Tbe Cheap Magazine Backet.
It is claimed that subscribers to a certain
magazine publication are being worked by
the canvassers or by the house. Induce
ments are offered that a prize will be gives
upon the purchase of the 45 numbers; then
when the prize is demanded they are po
litely requested to buy 55 more.
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PENN AVENUE STORES.
OUR
GREAT SALE
GREAT SALE-
GREAT SALE
LADIES' WINTER WRAPS
LADIES' WINTER WRAPS
THIS WEEK.
Ladles' Cloth Ulsters and Baglans at ',
$5 each.
Ladies' fine Raglans and Ulsters and
Newmarkets at 510 each.
Ladies' Peasant Cloaks at S10 each.
Fins Fur Trimmed NewmarKets,
quilted linings, at $20 each.
These are the greatest bargains eve?
offered in any Cloak Room. The entire,
stock must be sold, and we know these
prices will do it.
Come to the Cloak Boom this week.
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Complete stock of fine Seal Flush,
Garments, Coats, Jackets, Wraps and A
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Ulsters, also reduced this week.
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