f - SI, 2g 2 11 T, Tlie Most Beceut Temperance Legislation Favored BY MEN BEHIND THE BAE. Liquor Men Who Would Like to See the Anti-Treating Law. AN ADTOCATE OP EARLIER CLOSING Teopleon the Fence at the Present Junc ture Scored ly a Pastor. ODD TEMPERANCE AMENDMENT NOTES The anti-treating bill, which -was intro duced in the Legislature on Tuesday last by Representative McConnell, of Chester county, is becoming the subject of conver sation among barkeepers and saloon owners of this city. Quite a number of the Alle gheny county legislative delegation came home Saturday morning to spend Snnday with their friends, and, in a well-known saloon downtown one of them was found Saturday night, giving information about the biU in question. For the purpose of determining how the saloon keepers of this city regard the measure, a Dispatch re porter made the rounds of a number of saloons. The interviewing had to be done over the heads of crowds of drinkers, as it was impossible to get near the bars on ac count of the rush. The first one seen was Sir. E. Beinemann, of "Wood street For a tavern keeper, Mr. Beinemann made several really startling statements. He said: "I am notin favor of anymore new liquor legislation. "What we want is a few amendments to the Brooks law. I wish that, instead oi introducing new bills on the saloon question, the price of a license could be made 51,000 instead of $500. The law should also be amended to make the saloons close earlier than they do. Twelve o'clock is too late, and there is no necessity of keeping a house open until that time. The people who patronize barrooms at that hour of the night are not those for whom there is any necessity of accommodation. You will not find the merchant or the busi ness man in a saloon at that time of the night. GOSLINGS A3 NIGHT OWLS. "It is not the man who comes in for his drink, takes it and then goes quietly about his business that frequents, these 12 o'clock houses. It is done, on the contrary, by the young men who are out for 'a time,' and will stay out as long as there is a saloon open. If they closed up at a respectable hour these same joung men would be at home in bed. "I wish the law would be amended so as to make every saloon in the city close at 8 o'clock in the evening. I close my place of business every night at 9 o'clock, sum mer or winter, except on Saturdays, when we are open until 11. This will be the last winter, though, that the house will be ojjen later thin 9 o'clock. "In regard to the anti-treaiing law, I think it would be a good thing if a heavy imprisonment awaited barkeepers found violating it. The law would be a good thing if it could be enforced; but I am afraid it could not. "It would prevent young men from get ting drunk. If a man had to pay for the beer and whisky he consumed, there would be less jocularity about it, and consequently less drunkenness. When seven or eight young men go into a saloon, each one wants to 'hold his end up,' and, therefore, when one treats, they think it necessary to 'have one all around.' Then they go somewhere else and do the same thing. Before many visits are made, they are drunk. I am sat isfied that a great amount of the drunken ness is from, this cause." Matt Weiss, who has kept a saloon where he now is for the past 21 years, said: "The law would never work. If it would, I am satisfied it would be a good thing. I am in favor of every man buying and PAYING FOB HIS OVTS drinks. If each man paid for his own, there probably would be less drunkenness. The most trouble we have from treaters is with oung men. When they come in they think they are under obligations to 'set 'em up' all around. In a little time they get drunk. "Minors give us more trouble than any one else. A barkeeper who sells to a minor should be imprisoned. I am in favor of Francis Murphy's doctrine. If you want a man to quit drinking, no laws under the sun will stop him. Xou must educate bim up to it" J. "W. Piatt, whose place is the resort of a great many of the politicians and sporting fraternity oi the city, said: "That law would not be a success, for the reason that it would be in direct conflict with what Americans have been brought up to. There is no sociability in one man drinking alone. When a man who has worked hard all the week wants to take a drink or two on Saturday night, he must have his friends to join him. It would be all right for the Germans and other Euro peans, who have been educated to the idea of each man paying for his own drinks. "Why, in Germany you might as well ask a man to let you pay his wash bill as to pay for what he drinks while with you. To offer to pay his score would be to insult Mm. "I think the bill will go into committee, and there it will die for tne want of a drink. If it comes up in the House there are too many good fellows there who will vote against it All the Allegheny county dele gation would go against it, with probably the exception of Graham and Kesbit It, by chance, it became a law it would be vio lated every day." Public Temperance Meeting. Colonel Zi. F. Cole, of "Wisconsin, will lecture on the Constitutional amendment at Braddock to-night, under the direction of Bessemer Iodge of Good Templars. A pub lic meeting of all interested in the pro hibition amendment will be held immedi ately after the lecture. The latter will be for the purpose of selecting delegates to at tend the conntv convention to be held in Lafayette Hall, this city, on Friday, thclSth inst Prohibition Argued. "A Plea for Prohibition by an Agnostic," Wat argued by Harry Hoover in Maltby Hall yesterday. He at first dealt with sta tistics, but said the main argument against prohibition was that it did not prohibit, and, besides, it was a blow at personal liberty, but on the whole, he argued, a change could not make things any worse. The Faramonnt Question. The usual very well attended temperance meeting was held in the Moorhead building yesterday afternoon. The music was con ducted by Mrs. Dhffy, and after Scriptural reading by Mrs. Jones, Chaplain of the union, several well-known speakers ad dressed the meeting upon the paramount question. STRONG NOT ON THE FENCE. Rev. E. C Hughes Leaves No Doubt of His Position on the Amendment Issue by Pointing; Oat Some Others. Eev. E. C. Hughes, of the Trinity M. E. Church, preached on the subject, "On the Fence," with regard to the Constitutional amendment, yesterday morning. He said: The old leaders of wrong doing teU us that it is no use to try to prohibit wrong doing by pro. hibition. Men who read history and men Mho help to make history Know better. It is true we should not undertake to change a present and existing law without serious consideration. It is equally true we should not sustain a law without serious consideration. When time and public sentiment change, patriotic men should change. A true man does not join an issue as be joins church, for time and eternity. What is a legitimate issuer It is a voluntary association of citizens of any Commonwealth for the enactment of a law which they deem for the best interests of the majority of the people. We are sometimes called upon to vote for a mean man because he is pledged to a righteous issue; but we are never called upon to vote for an unrighteous issue. That would be an insult to the lowest conscience. Old observers who are supporters of the high license law are opposed to the new issue of prohibition. If nothing has been accomplished by high licenso during the past 30 years, then high license is not a success, and it is true American citizens should support a new issue. They admit that the old Issue, high license, has not fulfilled the desired object Objections to prohibitory laws are poor and weak. The first objection is that they are of the same nature as sumptuary laws. This ob jection is the result of ignorance. Sumptuary laws prescribe what man shall eat and drink. Prohibition proposes nothing of that sort It holds men back from ruin and death. It as sumes that ne who cannot control his appetites should have them controlled for him. It em phatically says that he who cannot refrain ought to be restrained. Another objection is that "Prohibition does not prohibit." Possibly it cannot at once or absolutely. No law against wrongdoing is an absolute success. The law against murder is not a perfect protection against loss of life. That liquor prohibition does not prohibit, how ever, is absolutely false, and can be proven by an examination of the laws of the country where prohibitory laws are enforced. Budd hists and Brahmins to the number ot 340,000,000; Confucians to the number of 200,000,000. and Mntiumtnnriins to the number of 1GU.000.000. have had effective prohibnory laws for over 1,000 years, and have no drunkenness, except where enlightened America, by her influence, puts the cup to their lips. They say people are not ready for it The brewers and saloon keepers will never be ready for it. o people are ever in advance of the laws. Suppose Moses had said to the people: "l ou are not ready to forsake idolatry." He surely had better reasons for doing so than those who say we are not ready for prohibition. He then would have said to them: "Idolatoryis very bad. The worship of the true God is yourduty, but then you are fond of idols, and it is diffi cult, if not impossible, for you to give them up: and theiefore,if some of you have enough monev to pay me MOO or $1,000 a year, I'll license you to make idols and sell them to the public. I'll come around every morning and get a little idol: but mind, you must not sell them after 10 o'clock at night, or on Sunday or to minors; and then, eventually, people will cease worshiping idols!" Pastor Hughes showed the absurdity of saying that prohibition will abolish any source of revenue, and asked that every Christian vote in favor of the amendment next June. HANI ADDRESSES MADE. Tcmpernuco Meetings Held in Various Parts of the City. A meeting was held in the interest of the Constitutional amendment at University Hall, on Sixth street, last evening. Mr. John W. Moreland presided. A large au dience was present and manifested much in terest in the exercises. Addresses were made by "William Worth, Esq., A. M". Brown, Samuel McCord, Esq., "Broad-ax" Smith, Jacob Beese, Charles Robinson and William "Wormlindorf, Dr. Harry Bullen, Captain J. IL Barbour and others. The Moorhead Union, "W. C. T. U., held a large meeting in their hall last evening. It was presided over by Mrs. M. J. Allen. Addresses were made by Charles Tussey, Captain S. P. Borland and James "Warner. SOME WILL REMONSTRATE. The W. C. T. V. Doesn't Pin Its Entire Faith Upon the Amendment. The "W. C. T. U. is in a quandary as to whether remonstrances will be filed against certain applicants for license or not Some of the ladies are greatly in favor of it in order to be on the safe side should the amendment fall through, while others are equally convinced that no division of the forces should be made, but that all should concentrate their efforts upon the Constitu tional amendment The probabilities are, however, that no matter what the decision arrived at during the coming week, there is no doubt that some unfortunate saloonists will be con fronted as usual with a formidable array oi names. ATTRACTIVE HOMES. A Lawrencoville Rector Gives Advice to Parents of Young Men. Bev. "W. If. "Webbe, rector of St. John's P. E. Church, corner Main and Butler streets, delivered an address on the subject of "How to Keep Young Men Out of the Saloons," last evening. He pointed out the great temptations of the city and the saloon and advised the parents to make the home attractive to the boys and to provide inno cent and entertaining amusements for them. A large audience was present and paid close attention to his remarks. Oaklnnd's Temperance Mass Meeting. A temperance mass meeting will be held in the Oakland M. E. Church to-night at 7:30. Addresses will be made by Clarence Burleigh, Eq., Major W. C. Moreland and T. D. Chantler and others. Good singing will be a feature. WRECKERS AT WORK. An TJglr Trestle Wreck on the P., V. it C. Near Belle Vernon Fifteen Cars Piled One Upon Another in Falling. One of the worst freight wrecks that has ever occurred on the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Bailroad happened Satur day about midnight at Maple Creek trestle, near Belle Vernon. Fifteen cars of mer chandise were piled one on top of the other, but fortunately nobody was killed. One of the brakemen saved himself by jumping, but was slightly braised. The railroad employes think the accident was caused by train wreckers, but lor what purpose they could not say. The train, which was No. 41, going "West, was rolling along at the rate of about 25 miles an hour. Near the trestle the engineer discovered an obtruclion on the track, but too late to stop his train. He reversed his engine, but as he did so it struck the obstruction. The engine jumped over it; but, as soon as the first car struck, the coupling between it and the engine broke. The engine ran along the ties, while the ears began to pile on top of the obstruction. Some ot them went over the embankment and the contents of the cars were scattered all over the ground. A wrecking train and crew were sent to the scene of the disaster. It was late yesterday when the tracks were cleared enough to al low trains to pass. It was found that the obstruction consisted of several large ties placed across the rails. The detectives of the company will investigate the case. It is appalling to think what might have been the result had this been a passenger train. A Lost Boy. Joseph Blatney, a 7-year-old boy was at the Seventeenth ward station bouse last evening waiting for someone to claim him. The little fellow was found wandering about the streets of Lawrence ville. DRIYEN EY DESPAIR, A Young Man Commits Forgery to Support His Dying Sister, MOTHER, AND TWO SICK BROTHERS. He is Committed to the County Jail Under an Assumed Name. PATHETIC STORY OF A ERILIIANT MAN A heart-broken mother and her two boys who are just recovering from an attack of typhoid fever, occupy a second-story back room in a large house at 199 Fulton street, Allegheny. Her eldest son, who has been the only support of the family for five years, who was the husband, father and loving brother, had been missing since December 18, and yesterday his mother learned that since December 21 he has been occupying a cell in the county jail, charged with forgery and false.pretense. The case is a particularly sad one, and there was cause for committing crime, or rather mitigating circumstances if the boy is really guilty of the charges against him. Marian C. Turrell was a professor at the Holy Ghost College in this city until about a year ago, when his health failed, and the doctor ordered him to travel or secure out door employment His sister Clare was a teacher and her health failed also, and she was compelled to give up her position. They had been the only support of their mother and two younger brothers. The family were in very straight ened circumstances, and one by one the ar ticles of fnrniture that once filled a beauti ful home were disposed of to provide necessaries of life for the family until now only one room is furnished, and the family are compelled to give up that room. The reason is not given, but it is presumed that the owner has not received rent for the same. "When young Turrell was compelled to give up teaching he secured employment as a book agent for Kunz & Co., of 02 Fourth avenue. He was not a success, that is, he could not earn enough to support the family and provide his invalid sister with the medicine and delicacies that she required, and from a lack of these necessaries she is now dying in a hospital, having been re moved to the institution a week ago, when all hope of ever hearing from the missing son and brother had been exhausted. STRUGGLES AND A LETTER. A sewing machine in the room showed how Mrs. Turrell had been enabled to pro vide for her two boys durinz their illness, and by careful nursing she saved the life of the eldest, a bright lad of 12, when the doc tor said he could not recover. She worked hard, hoping to hear from her son, but the only missive that came was one dated at Kittanning and mailed on December 21, at which time her son was in jail awaiting trial for the crime mentioned above. He evidently expected to be released, as he would not write to his mother telling her of the charges against him. The letter is as follows: Kittasmxo, PA., December 2, 1683. Dear Mothfe I was unable to come down on Wednesday evening, although I was exceed ingly anxious to concerning Clare. I hope to ba with vou next week. Snow has been fallinc Old winter seems to be setting in to stay. 3s o doubt you experience the same. Did Carrie apply for the school? But it is futile to ask the question, as 1 can both ask it and get the answer when I see you. My health is good, notwithstanding a slight cold in the head which has troubled me ever since I left you. That the Great Healer may lay His finger upon our suffering cherub, that the All Power ful Father may be with you. all to guide and guard is my earnest prayer. most auecuouaieiy, Your son, M. "When a Dispatch reporter called at Mrs. Turrell's residence-last night, he was ushered into the only occupied room in the house, and the first words the woman uttered were; "Do you bring me news of my poor boy ? " She then burst into tears and could not speak for several minutes. The room, which served as a kitchen, dining room and bed room, was well fur nished. The two sick boys were asleep on a bed lounge. A large picture of a hand some young man hung on the wall, and di rectly'opposite was a picture of a beautiful young lady. They were the pictures of Mrs. Turrell's son, who is in jail, and HEK DATJGHTEB, WHO IS DYING. in the hospital. The little bovs were sleep ing quietly and knew nothing of their mother's great grief. The story of her son's crime is given in her own words: 'I thought he was deadtuntil thismornine, when Burgess McCormick, of Tarentum, called and told me that he was in jail. He had gone to-that place after he left home and began to collect money for a Catholic university at Washington, D. C, and also a Catholic church at lleyeradale, Pa. He had credentials from Bishop Kane, of Richmond, and Bev. Mr. McEvoy. These, they claim, were forged, and I guess they were. He gave his name as John McDermott, and was sent tojail. He would not divulge his name and residence, but only said he was the only support of a widowed mother. My poor boy knew it would break my heart if I knew what be had done, for he never did anything wrong in his life. It is hard to believe him guilty of a crime. I would rather have received news of his death; anything but that he had taken what did not belong to him. He was driven to desperation, no doubt, because he knew how we were situ ated, and poor Clare was so ill and the boyssick with typhoid fever. He did it for us but, oh I wish he bad let us starve rather than have com mitted a crime." "Maybe it is not your son that is charged with the crime. Possibly a mistake has been made," said the reporter. "There is no mistake; the description the gentleman gave of him to-day is so perfect that it is impossible to be mistaken." NOT SO EASILY BORNE. "Will you visit the jail in the morning to see your son? He may be able to make an ex planation." "Visit my son in jail? Oh, no, I could not see him behind the cold bars. It would kill me and him too. I do not know what to do. I have forgiven him and will now try and bear my trouble. Mr. Kunz, who employed my son, agreed to take my little boy to work in his office, and if he is able to go out to-morrow I will let him go and we may get along." "When asked about her previous history, Mrs. Turrell said: "My husband, W. 1). Turrell, was a farmer and we lived very comfortably in Susquehanna county until nve years ago. junnon suppc himself from the time he was 14 years of ilnrion supported 14 years of acre and educated himself with his own money. He is only 20 years of age and my invalid daughter is 29. When my husband died Marion secured the position of principal in the Greenwood Seminary, Columbiana county, and my daugh ter was one of the teachers. About two years ago we came to Allegheny and my son secured a position in the Holy Ghost College. He re mained there until a year ago, when he went to work lor Kunz & Co." Mrs. Turrell could nqt repress tears while telling her story and frequently stopped to utter a prayer for her erring son. The publication of a picture of the miss ing man led to his identification, or he probably would have been tried and either acquitted or convicted nnder his assumed name, and thus have prevented his mother from obtaining any knowledge of his crime. A Weil-Known Glassblower Dead. Simon Mertel, a well-known glassblower, from the Southside, died yesterday morning at Marion, Ind., where he had gone to last October to work in the newly established Fstep glasshouse. His family, however, still live on the Southside. Mertel is the fourth'member of the Window Glass Work ers' Association that has died within the last two weeks. Tor can buy two bottles of Salvation Oil for SO cents, look to your interest. Try it THE PITTSBtmGr, DlSPATOH, THE BEST HOlffi LIFE. Father McCarthy, the Head of the Jesuit Mission Priests, Delivers an Interesting Lecture. Eev. Francis Xavier McCarthy, formerly a well-known clerical priest of this diocese, but now the head of the band of mission' fathers of the Society of Jesuits, with head quarters in New York, under the auspices of the "Columbus Club," lectured in the basement of St. Paul's Cathedral last even ing. Father McCarthy is an old Third ward boy, and there was a large outpouring of old friends to see him. The subject of the lecture was "Home Life," and during his remarks the speaker said: In spite of tlio fact that our literature is full of romance and fiction in regard to homes, I am afraid that in the defense of homes at the cost of lives it is greatly to be feared that the homes are decaying from us. What was God's intention of a home? When God in the begin ning of the creation took np from the face of this earth the slimy body of man and breathed life into it and gave him a being, ho also gave him a knowledge of what he was created f or.r He was given all the forms ot the lower crea tion. He was not only given a human soul, but the slime of the earth was infused with the angelic spirit. He was not only to share in all the forms of the lower creation, but he was also to snare witnthe angels the immortal spirit of the divine ages. God also set before him the fact that it was not good for man to be alone. He put him into a sound sleep, and he fore awakening He created Eve out of one of Adam's ribs. God gave each of them to un derstand that they were created for one an other. They then formed the marriage con tract and offspring was to be the result of their contract. In reality hnman society is based nn mar riage. After marriage comes motherhood. This is the verv motive God had in view when ho created Eve for Adam. In regard to children they have a right to the truth and knowledge of the law of God and by the disposition of Almighty God they are to re ceive their intellectual rights, moral rights and likewise the social rights of their parents. If a child was brought into the world, without mar riage, by a mother not a wife, in no reality has the child a social being. Men would not be ready to make all the sacrifices they have been known to if they thought the honor they would win would not reflect on their posterity. In some places there is what is known as compulsory education. They do not take into consideration the families that may object to the kind of education, kind of hooks intro duced, etc. The people will talk about God's inborn freedom, His natural dignity, etc, yet they will trample His life underfoot. What ever is done to the rights of a family is done to the subversion and overthrow of society. The home in reality is the family. There was a falling away of the honors and rights of women by the introduction ofpolyga my and the introduction of divorce. The lat ter is only a thin disguise for polygamy. 1 have already stated that home in reality is a paradise, where all the streams of love find their fount. Why do we love our country? We know it's the land of our sires, it's the place where their bones rest in consecrated soil, it's the place where our cradle was rocked and our tomb will be opened. It's a strong family attachment When the lovo of famdy ties grows cold then farewell to all sense of patriotism. The home is the place where the intellectual mind nurses its development and is bent in the direction of all things that are good. Everything must have its concentration within the narrow cir cles of the home." In conclusion Father McCarthy said: "No matter what may be said about the training given in the schools, the rays of light which go to form that day which we call life radiates from the God-swept circle of the hearthstone." DOCTOR'S TEIALS. How Bard Ho Finds it to Get People to Pay His Smallest Bills. The trials and tribulations of a young doctor are sometimes enough to give you the blues," said a juvenile member of the medi cal profession on the Southside yesterday afternoon. "It is extraordinary how the people will impose upon you and ask yon to do things for nothing. Now, I had an experience with a family the other day. The people are well-to-do and they make a pretense of belonging to the better class of our residents on the Southside. Well, a little girl of ha family had been playing on the street and by some accident or other she ran a splinter into her hand. The thing of course was verv painful and the child screamed frightfully. The mother sent for me and I pulled the splinter out of the little girl's hand. A few days after I presented a bill to the family; well, you never saw such as tonished people in all your life. They never expected that I wanted to be paid for a trifling thing like pulling that splinter out of the child's hand. At the same time those people will pay a cobbler for putting a small patch on an old shoe. But that is different, they say. "Experiences of that kind are very fre quent. People think, because it does not take a physician long to do work of that kind, he ought not to be paid for it." GAMES BY WIRE. How Some Railroad Operators Find Amuse ment on Dull MstHs. A Dispatch reporter was standing in the waiting room of a suburban station the other evening looking through the grating that separated the waiting room from the telegraph operator, who sat leaning over the table moving the men on a checker board as if playing a game of solitaire. Suddenly he threw up his hands as the instrument stopped clicking, and exclaimed: ''Hey, Ehody, old boy, that's the third game!" Then glancing up suddenly and seeing the reporter in the window, he said: "Did you ever see a game of checkers played by wire ? This makes the third game I've played 'E. O.' to-night We play every night when business is slack." "Who's 'K. O.?' Oh, he's the operator at B. N., a station about 80 miles down the line. Ton see, all the squares are numbered on this board, and E.O. has a similar board. "We choose our men, and designate which side we will play on, and then I tell E. O. to move No. 23 to SO, for instance, and so on. It's an old game; my father used to play it during war times, in General Eose crans' tent with the first operator down the line, when there was no war news." THE NEW I1NE READ!. FromTo-Day Jones fc Lnncbllns Commence to Use Their Own Gas. The Jefferson Natural Gas Company has finished its line from Jefferson township to the American Iron Works, on the South side, and the connections will be made to day with the pipes in the mills. Jones & Laughlins' contract with the Philadelphia Company will not run until next April; but the mills have been so fre quently short of fuel lately that the firm has decided to bring its own gas into the place at once. The new line is eight miles long and is composed of 16 and 12-inch pipe. The company has already three wells in, each of them showing an .average gas pressure of 500 pounds. It Kcsnitcd in Death. Mrs. Maggie Matchett, who was burned at her home, 117 Fast street, Allegheny, on Saturday night, died at the Allegheny General Hospital yesterday morning. She was carrying a l&mp and slipped and fell. The lamp exploded and set fire to the bed, and the woman was fatally burned before assistance reached her. She was 34 years of age. The Coroner will hold an inquest this morning. In the Arbiters' Hands. Max Moorhead left for Harrisburg last night. He stated that the sale of the locks of the Monongahela Navigation Company was in the hands of the arbitrators, but that he had the right to appeal from their deci sion, if it didn't suit him. ' Old Knbblsb on Fire. A lot of rubbish in the cellar of Lindner's store on' Canon, near South Nineteenth street, caught fire yesterday, and a still alarm was sent to the engine house. The blaze was extinguished without much damage. MOHBAY, PEBOTARY CLOAKS AEE STOLEE 1 r. I Boggs ButUigain the Victims of a Systematic Bobbery. ONE OP THE CLERKS IS ABBESTED On a Charge of Carrying Away a Number of Valuable Articles. A PORTION OP THE GOODS RECOVERED Another systematic, and what may prove to be an extensive, robbery was discovered at Hoggs & Buhl's drygoods store, on Fed eral street, Allegheny, last week. On Sat urday Detective John E. Murphy, who had been working on the case, located a number of valuable cloaks that had been stolen. The firm at once made information before Mayor Pearson against William McKenwn, a young man employed in the wrapping department. A warrant was issued and Young McXeown was placed under arrest. James Crow, Chief of the Fire Department, gave bail for the prisoner's appearance at a. hearing in the sum of $1,000. The police officials could not, or would not, give any information of the case, as an effort is being made to keep it qniet. . A re porter for this paper obtained the details of the robbery from one of the clerks in the store. The prisoner was engaged in the wrapping department, and is acensed of wrapping up cloaks that had not been paid for and removing them from the store. The stolen goods were sold to the occu pants oi several disorderly houses in the First ward, and it is believed the prisoner received about 150 for the cloaks. The ex tent of the robbery cannot be given, and whether the boy is guilty or innocent will not be known until after the hearing, which will be held before Mayor Pearson to-day. Boggs & Buhl have suffered more from shop-lifters and sneak-thieves than any other firm in the two cities. THE CHURCHES UNANIMOUS. Patriotic Sentiments From the Pulpit In Honor of Washington. The ministers seem unanimous on the sub ject of holding services on the centennial of "Washington's inaugural. Here are conden sations of their sentiments: Bishop Whitehead writes: "I approve most heartily and will gladly do all in my power to arrange for appropriate services within the churches in my jurisdiction, for truly there is much for which this nation may earnestly praise God." Eev. E. P. Cowan, of the Third Presbyterian Church, sajs: "I will arrange for a service, provided such arrangement is a general thing among other churches." Bev. L. Mayer, of the Eighth Street Temple, says: "It will give me great pleasure to co-operate with the committee on that day of thanksgiving for the blessings enjoyed under this clorious Government with ail its noble in stitutions." Rev, George T. Purves, D. D., First .Presby terian Church, says: "I will be willing to hold services April SO, and the First Church will naturally be the place to hold union services it snch be thought advisable." Eev. D. Jones, of the First M. P. Church, writes his willingness, and Rt, Eev. K. Phelan, coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburg, says: "I am free to say I am in favor of such services, for many reasons; but, unless it is generally observed, it will do more harm than good. I will willingly join in the services." Eev. E. E Donehoo heartily co-operates, and will bold bervicesin the Eighth Presbyterian Church; Eev. C. V. Neeson, of the Church of St John, favors the idea, and hopes for uni formity of action in the Eoman Catholic Chnrcb, and many others write of their plea sure in agreeing to the idea. On that day the mass meeting will be held in Central Eink, and Major E. A. Montoofh and either ex-President Hayes or J. D. Cam eron will deliver the oration. AN UGLY BRADDOCK FIRE. Drygoods House Destroyed With $13,300 Loss Wife of the Proprietor Burned. About 6 o'clock last evening a terrible crash, followed by the breaking out of the large plate glass windows, with subsequent volumes of smoke and fire pouring out of the front of the building, told that "W. A. McDevitt's large drygoods house and car pet store, on the corner of Ninth street and Braddock avenue, was in flames. The entire room is gutted, and nothing remains on the first floor bnt smoldering rnins of a well stocked bouse. The loss on stock will reach $12,000, on which there was an insurance of but $5,000, placed with Pittsburg insurance agencies. The loss on the building is about 1,500. Mr. McDevitt had just put in an exten sive new stock of goods, and he feels his loss very keenly. His wife ran into the store room to try to extinguish the fire, and was quite severely burned about the face, also having a portion of her hair singed off. Mr. McDevitt metwith a similar fate in his efforts to put out the flames. The fire com- Eany did good work, but it was fully an our and 30 minutes before they got it under control, and it looked for a time as if the entire block would be consumed. The origin of the fire is unknown, bnt it is supposed to have ignited from a match struck by a little son of Mr. McDevitt, who was playing about the store in the after noon. PARALTZED AT MIDNIGHT. The Venerable Janitor of the Eighteenth Regiment Stricken Down. Captain Norman M. Palmer, janitor at the Eighteenth Eegiment headquarters. No. 29 Fifth avenue, was seized with a stroke of paralysis and fell to the pavement in front of that building about midnight. He was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital in the patrol wagon. He is about 70 years of age, and has been janitor for the regimental headquarters for several years. Yesterday he was not feel ing well, and during the evening one of the officers of the regiment invited him ont to have a cup of coffee. He was unable to eat anything, and was just returning to his room in the building when he was seized. His condition at midnight was critical. A NEW STREET BILL. Mr. LaOertr Will Soon Present One, Which Is Considered Perfect. At the meeting of the Councils this after noon they will be asked to approve a new street bill for this city, which will be pre sented to the Legislature by Mr. Lafferty. It is intended to take the place of all bills now in existence referring to streets in any particular. It was carefully prepared by Controller Morrow and City Attorney Moreland, and they say it will stand the severest tests in the courts. It follows very closely the act of 1864, with the modifications shown to be neces sary by Supreme Court decisions. It will make changes in nearly every class of street legislation now in force. A CAR RAN OYER HIM. An Injured Man Is Refused Admittance to , Ills Boarding House. John McDermott, a boirder at John Lyons' place, on South Sixth street, was run over by car 13, of the Birmingham street car line, on Saturday night. The man had his arm badly cut and also sustained a scalp wound. The boarding house keeper refused to. take the injured man into the house, 'but Policeman Charles Gusnther carried bim in and left him on the sofa. The officer states that the man had been boarding with Lyons for over two years. 11, 1889. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. That Pullman Cnr Robberjr on the Pennsy, Near Jshnitown, Described by the Only One Who Escaped. Last Christmas "Eve a Pullman car was robbed near Johnstown, while the train was held by a wreck and the passengers were asleep. The most meager details of the affair crept into the newspapers some days afterward. Detectives were put on the case, but so far they have worked in vain. The funny part of the whole thing is that the special agent of the Pennsylvania road was on the train at the time. Several notorious crooks were seen to board tie ex press by a few who recognized them at the Union depot, and it is believed the job was done by them. The only passenger in the car who was not robbed turned up yesterday at the St. Charles' Hotel In the shape of a pleasant drummer. Said he to a reporter: That was the slickest job that I ever saw done. I was the only man who escaped, and it was be cause I happened to occupy an upper berth and they could not get at me. The thieves not only carried off the overcoats of the passen gers, but all other clothing they could grab, as well as the grips. Some of the men were in a sorrv plight in the morning when they oke up in Harrisburg with nothing but a shirt and trousers. Even their shoes had been stolen. One drummerhad paid: J73 for a new over coat a few days before In Sc Louis. This was gone with the rest of his traps. I saw him not long ago, but he never got his coat back, Ar buckle, of Baby Bunting fame, told me be lost $700 and a gold watch besides his overcoat. The scene in the morning, when the passen gers awoke, was quite realistic There was a bowl from every quarter of the car, and then a lot of jabbering men in dishabille began to al ternately swear and console each other. Some were minns coat, vest and shoes, others had some of these articles, bnt everybody complained of having lost some thing except myself. Fortunately I happened to have slept on my overcoat, and that is what uaved it. The poor porter, who had fallen asleep, felt very crestfallen, but we all agreed to use our influence to have him retained. I heard afterward he was fired. At Harrisburg the robbed passengers nirged out in cheap hand me-downs, and my friend, who had lost his $75 overcoat, donned a J2 nlster. The Pull man Company is responsible for the losses, but I understand that they have not refunded yet. WHISKY AND CARE. Something Wrong With the Saturday Night Combination Evidently. Jnstice Gripp looked sorto' lonesome yes terday morning when, after the eighth case had been disposed of and he had shonted "next," in a mechanical sort of way, the Lieutenant said in an apologetic tone: "That's all." "That's all," said the Conrt with surprise. "Where's Where's the rest?" "There ain't none," was the reply, with more unction than grammar, and in sheer amazement His Honor said a swear word, then gave himself ten days for contempt of court The captain has wrestled with the blaze boozer for nigh unto 40 years, but never before had he seen such a light Sunday morning hearing, and never before had the holy day passed without at least one man in the ceUs, bnt yesterday was a red-letter day, and he was obliged to call up for company his memories of an interminable array of vags, thieves, robbers and thugs of days gone by. The eight cases were easily disposed of. Emma Mclntire was drunk, dressed up, and glad of it, but berfun only cost her $1 when she told the court he looked just like her youngest handsome son. J. C. Carrol was disorderly at 4 in the morning, which is vastly different from be ing disorderly at any other hour. They had it in for him, but the gentleman qui etly forfeited his 30 deposit, and Bob didn't know whether he was sorry or glad when he gathered it in. Len Kendall drunk, d. f. pleads guilty was the official record, but in justice to Kendall it might be said that d. i. simply means defendant. Teddy Desmond, fiehtine at a ball on the Mil, discharged.,! JTlje court had been there, and handed do. Ml .an .opinion that it would make the angel ofpeace fight. James Hamlin wouldn't leave Kate's house, wherever that is, and his affection for Catharine cost him just $6 40. A couple more combinations of whisky and care were easily disposed of, and the court left Cap alone in his glory. ON THE LOOKOUT. A Union Depot Agent Declines to Change a Suspicions BUI. The ticket agents at the Union depot are held responsible for all losses incurred through their own mistakes or negligence. To protect themselves they are constantly on the lookout. Last evening a fellow stepped up to the window and wanted 550 changed. His ap pearance was against him, and the agent said he hadn't that much money in change. The other clerks were notified, and as he tried each one of them he received the same answer. The fellow walked away, growling about a "chump office," and declaring that he would go on the train anyhow without a ticket. "Why, haven't you change for $50 in this office?" asked an astonished, but innocent, passenger. "Certainly we have," responded the agent; "but I don't trust him. I am not a money expert, and the hill may be a coun terfeit, tor all I know." After a time, however, the agent took the money, and the suspect was happy. HUNTING A PRODIGAL A Letter From Germany to Find n. Girl Nnmed Hnggermnnn. Mr. Louis Nielander, of Bedford avenue, had a letter forwarded to him frojn Castle Garden recently inquiring after a girl of 17 named Haggermann, who left "Wuerzberg, Germany, about a year ago, in company with a doctor named Luther, who, it is al leged, absconded and took to flight. The girl's parents are very anxious to find their daughter, fearing she has been ill treated. It is stated that Lnther will not be disturbed if the girl will disclose her identity. Left His Home nnd Family. A man named Steele, living on Forbes street, near St. Agnes Church, left home last Friday with $35, and has not been heard of since. His family are in destitute cir cumstances, and are anxious to learn bis whereabouts. LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED. Incidents of a Day In Two Cities Coadensed for Ready Beading. A jaxse alarm of fire was sounded in Al legheny from box 85 yesterday morning. The name of O. S. Hershman was omitted aS having been nominated for school director of the Thirty-second ward. The Republicans of the Fourth ward, Alle gheny, will hold then-suggestion meetingin the school house to-morrow evening. George Sutttiiasket acensed John 11 an drnff yesterday with hitting him with a brick. Mandruff is now in jail on a charge of assault and battery. A meeting of the colored voters of the Twelfth ward wfllbe held in Palace Hall next Thursday evening to nominate Independent candidates. A laeokes at the Carrie Furnace, named Thos. Fannon, was crushed to death yesterday morning by a mass of iron ore. The Coroner will hold an inquest this morning. Geoboe able and Thomas Wells were ar rested by Officers "Welsh and Wachter last evening, charged with being suspicious per sons. They were locked up in the Fourteenth ward station. Mb. Best, ot Braddock, is in town looking, for a large white bull. The bnll was stolen Saturday morning, and the owner traced two men ana the bovine as far as Sobo. He wants the detectives to aid in finding them. The Young Men's Democratic Association met yesterday afternoon at Marion Hall. Fifth avenne and Marlon street, for the purpose of getting a hall. President Charles P. Hall ap pomted a committee of three, composed of Frank Buggeman, C. B. Blum and J. B. Schmidt, to ret a hall and report at their next meeting, on Thursday evening. NO STRIKE FEARED. Coal Operators Hope the Men Will Work for 70 Cents a Ton Hoosler Mine Own ers Afraid of Legislation. "I don't think there will be a lockout," said a coal operator yesterday who had at tended the Indianapolis convention. "I think we will be able to agree on the price at the Columbus meeting. The basis has already been arranged. The men would prefer to have one price all the year round. On an average they are paid 75 cents per ton for the year in the Pittsburg territory. The present state of the market, however, will not warrant us in paying that much. About 70 cents is all that we can afford to give, and I believe the men will agree to it. "At Indianapolis the miners were quite liberal in their demands. John McBride is an intelligent man, and I found him to be better posted than most of the operators. "The Indiana operators were responsible for the hitch; They were afraid of a few ugly bills before the Legislature on mining and the stores. One of the miners told me that the bills were supported by a lot of political loafers. -There is a miner in the Legislature, bnt he did not introduce them. Some of the miners are in favor of the measures, and'others are opposed to them. As a result, the operators were rattled, and did not feel inclined to determine on a price until they knew what was to be done. ''Chicago used to be a fine market for the Indiana coal men; but the free use of oil in many of the mills has knocked them ont. Since then they have been looking around for markets like the rest of us. "W. L. Scott, in Northern Illinois, is a serious com petitor; bnt we manage to ship most of our coal to the Northwest." CABLE CARS DELAYED. An Accident on the Citizens' Traction Lino Hinders Travel. Eeluctant church-goers will have as an excuse for non-attendance last evening the fact that there were no cable cars running at church time, and that they waited for a car until it was too late. As car No. 122 on the Butler street divis ion was about to pass from the Bntler street cable to the Penn avenue cable at the Forks oftheEoad, about 5 o'clock last evening, the gripman failed to pick up the cable on time. The result was that there was a grand jumble. The grip got wedged in the condmt, and the car was thrown from the track. It required two hours' work to get the grip out of the slot. Meanwhile no cars on the two divisions of the road could pass either way. The de lay was annoying as it occurred at a busy time of the day, for Lawrenceville has lots of church people. HEW GERSIAK DAILY. The Evening Paper Will Be Started If 835,. OOO in Stock la Token. Several hundred German citizens gather ed in the American Protestant Association Hall, corner of Ninth and Liberty streets, last night to disenss the feasibility of estab lishing a German evening paper. It was decided it 835,000 worth of stock is subscribed the paper will be started. Over 250 shares at $5 each were taken at the meet ing. Another gathering will be held soon on the Southside. Wonld Not Pay His Fare A. Heed, of Lawrenceville, quarreled with a conductor on the Citizens' line cable car yesterday. He insisted he had paid his fare, and the conductor claimed he had not. He began to act disorderly, when the con ductor called an officer and had him ar rested. Choice styles all wool spring dress goods, in stripes and plaids, new colorings. MWFSa Hrous & Hacke. Mnskets, Carbines, Swords and Sabers, And a great lotot other goods, at almost any price to close ont before April 1, when we will remove to 706 Bissel block. J. H. Johnston, 621 Smithfield si. Extra good values in black cashmeres, at 50c, 60c and 75c per yd. siwrsa Hcaus & Hacke. Constitutional amendment mass meeting at Liberty Hall, EastEnd, to-night, Invalids call at 1102 Carson it and be cured free of charge. A new line of our famous $5 jackets now opened. Come at once before the assort ments of sizes are broken. mwfsu Huous & Hacke. Liver complaint cured free at 1102 Car son st, Southside. TT WILL CURE COUGHS, IT WILL HEAL SORE THROAT, IT WILL SAVE MANY LIVES, IT IS SAFE FOR CHILDREN. KIDD'S COUGH SYRUP, KIDU'S COUGH SYRUP, KIDD'S COUGH SYRUP, Price, 25 cents, at all druggists. FBZPABED BY FLEMING BBOa, PITTSBURG, PA ixO-VWT Lovely Fitting French Corsets Were $i and $i 25, Now for 50c a pair. Now is the time to get .Bargains in Kid Gloves, 2Sc, 3Sc Sc, 7Sc and gi 00 a pair. T. T. T. THDMPBDNBRDTHERB, Z09 Federal Street, Allegheny. xeSotwr r- . 'f. T 'HEW ADvraTJigEMKrrS. . 7 CD JDS. -HDRNE i'caa PENN AVENUE STORES.1 Our February Display of . NEW GOODS Now ready in every department. Lu est productions in Spring Novelties, from foreign and domestic manufactur ers, in good to best qualities and at very close prices. Large advance Im portations in Woolen dress fabrics Arriving every day. Fancy Plaids, Single and Cluster Stripes, Check Suit ings and exquisite colorings in Paris Dress Robes in the popular Empire and Directoire styles. New spring colorings in All-wool American Dress Goods, in Plaids, Stripes. Plain and Mixed Color Suit ings, 33 to 50 inches wide, at 50c a yard not only a very largo assortment, bu very good value and every yard new.. Several cases newly imported PRINTED INDIA SILKS, Finest French Printings, in exquisite colorings and designs exclusive to this department, from 81 25 to S3 0 a yard; many of these beautiful fabrics In single dress pattern lengths. Our stock also includes special values at lower prices, In new styles and colorings. 0 New Fancy Striped and Plaid Surah. Silks In latest and ultra shades, for making np with the new French Cash mer es ana plain weave woolen fabrics. A bewildering array of patterns and colors in SCOTCH "gTnGHAMS, In addition to our already enormous stock, from 25c to 60c a yard, and ths best American Ginghams also are here, together with the new French and American Satines of best makes, all at . popular prices. New arrivals in choice styles in Em broideries, narrow edges, mediant widths, skirtings and flouncing. Prices conceded to be lower than ever before. White Goods, Yoklngs, Reverings, Nainsooks, Check Mulls; also, special bargains in Linen Laces and in Trim ming Laces, Drapery Nets and Fins LaceFlouncings. Increased business in Muslin Underwear Department Is due to the especial good values and large variety. Entire stock of Ladies' Long Cloth Garments, Ulsters, Raglans, Nswmax kets, and also Short Cloth Wraps at greatly reduced prices. Another ship ment of the celebrated DUMFERMLINE DAMASK LlNENS Cloths and Napkins to match, now oaC sale the best goods for the money to - be had. -"-' Now is the time to make frequent visits to the store; the new goods w!H$ Interest you on every hand. JOB. HORNE k CO - PENN AVENUE STORES."8 ZZZ r-4 &e UU-HV ?T ! Tim, r&. .U.HJSli