Pittsburg dispatch. (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, March 31, 1889, Page 2, Image 2
PITTSBURG DISPATOHf ' SUm2LY,M MMICH 1, 1889.' '"i U Tlie Allegheny Corrupt Solic itation Circumstance IS BECOMING INTERESTING. Two Prominent Citizens Are Arrested on a Serious Charge, BIT THEY BOTH DENT THEIR GUILT Statements From Men TFho Were Offered Money for Totes. OTHER AEEESTS LIKELY TO FOLLOW. The attempt to bribe Councilman Ebbert, of Allegheny, to vote for Thomas A. Parke for chairman of Common Council, to-morrow, caused a big sensation on the Iforthside. The charges were fol lowed by the arrest of two prominent citizens, "Wm. A. Hadfield, the liveryman, and Eichard Scandrett, Secre tarv of Board of School Controllers. De tective Sam McClure made the information against the two gentlemen, a copy of which is appended: Commonwealth of Penn-1 sylvania j vs fCorruptsolicitation. Richard Scandrett, I Win. -A. Hadfield. J Personally appeared before me, R. P. Pear Bon, Mayor in and for the city of Allegheny, Samuel McClure, who, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that on information received on the 29th day of March, A. D. 1889, in the city and county of Allegheny, Pa., a certain Rich ard Scandrett, and a certain William A. Had field, did unlawfully solicit and offer and de posit the sum of 500 in the hands of a certain C. V. Fisher, to be paid to a certain John G. Ebbert, providing he would vote for Thomws Parke for Chairman of Common Council of the city of Allegheny, Pa., at the organization of fcaid Councils, Monday, April L 1SS9, being con trary to the provisions of an act of Assembly in such cases made and provided. Complain ant therefore desires that a warrant may issue, and the aforesaid defendants, Richard Scand rett and W. A. Hadfield, may be arrested and held to answer tho charge of corrupt solicita tion. SAMUEL McCiyCRE. Sworn and subscribed before me this 30th day of March, A. D. 1SS9. R. T. Pearson, Mayor. OTHEK IKFOBMATIONS MADE. A like information, it is stated, was made against two other prominent citizens, bnt as they have not yet been arrested their names cannot be mentioned. The arrests were made by Detective Mur phy. Mr. Scandrett was found in his office on Diamond street, and Thomas JL Mar shall, Esq., went on his bond for $1,000 for a hearing before Mayor Pearson next Thurs day. Mr. Hadfield was arrested in Alle gheny, and D. P. Urben, the druggist, went on his bond. The publication of the bribery yesterday brought out several other cases, 'and all per sons mentioned were promised money, or something, to vote for Mr. Parke. The latter issued a letter to his friends yesterday in which he stated that he knew nothing whatever of the attempted bribery, and that he should not suffer by it. He discounten ances anything of the kind, and, if elected, wants to be elected fairly. It was stated that Chris Deitzel, the newly elected Councilman from the Eighteenth ward, had been offered money and that his wife had been offered $100 to coax bim to do so. This Mr. Deitzel denied last eve ning, but said: "Last Thursday week some gentlemen, I will not mention their names, offered me a check for $100 made out for my wife on condition that I prom ised to vote for Mr. Parke. I refused, and last Saturday I was offered $300 to vote for Parke. Of course I refused, as I am kept busy turning the money over that I now have in order to prevent it from getting rusty." A 5250 TOTE. Henry Smith, the new member from Com mon Council, was offered, it is stated, $250 to vote for Parke, bnt refused. Mr. Smith ceuld not be seen last evening, but the state ment was vouched for by a very reliable citizen. Mayor Pearson said: "I saw Mr. Smith to-day and he told me he had been ottered money by the Parke people, bnt did not mention the amount." Arthur Hunter, an old member from the Tenth ward, lost his position in the Alle gheny County Light Company's works, on account of the chairmanship contest. Mr. Hunter says he cannot say anything against the company, but the pressure brought to bear on him was too strong and lie had to quit "I did not resign," said he, "and I was not discharged, but when they asked me not to pledge myself to any candidate for Chairman I knew what was coming, and have not been at the works since." Candidate Parke is a member of the linn of Logan, Gregg & Co., the Wood street hardware merchants. Chairman Lindsay, of Select Council, is a member of the firm of Lindsay & McCutcheon, manufacturers of hinges, and is also a brother-in-law of 'Squire Charles W. Lighthill, a member of Common Council from the Fifth ward. It is stated that an offer was made to Mr. Lindsay to purchase all the hinges Used by the hardware firm if he would use his influ ence with Mr. Lighthill and seenre a vote for Mr. Parke. 2TOT FOB niKGES OB GOLD. Councilman Lighthill had very little to cay on the subject. In response to a question-be replied: 'I would not change my mind for hinges or gold. Hunter will be elected Chairman, and I will vote for him,no matter what is offered mefor what influence is brought to bear on me to vote for Parke." Several other charges of hribery are made; the most important being to one prominent member. It is said that he re ceived a letter from his employer demand ing that he vote for Park under penalty of discharge. It was also stated that he re ceived $500, but as the gentleman could not be seen, the la'ter charge cannot be sub stantiated. Ths former, however, is said to be correct, as several reliable citizens claim to have seen the letter. The only charge of bribery mentioned on ihe Hunter side is an offer made to Council man Ebbert, which is denied by that gen tleman. It is said that he was offered the position of undertaker to the Coroner on the isorthside, and that a morgue would be built for his use provided he voted for Hunter. Mayor Pearson "also denies this. Baying that Ebbert had promised him to Tote for Hunter several days ag0. Chairman Hunter was around last even ing, but when approached by a Dispatch reporter, had very little to say about'the contest or .the bribery charces. "I learned more about the bribery charges than lj .Knew oeiore irom the newspapers this morning," said he. I do not believe Mr. Parke had any thing to do with the offering of money for votes. That is all I have to say for publication on the subject, except that! have enough, and more than enough, votes pledged to elect me." A STATEMENT FBOSI SCASDBETT. Mr. Scandrett, one of the defendants in the bribery suit, last evening sent the fol lowing communication to this paper for publication: To the Editor of The DIsDatch: Deak Sib I wish to state to my friends and the public in general that the allegations made In this evening's papers implicating me in cer tain corrupt solicitation of Councilman Eb bert, of the Third ward, Allegheny, are ma liciously false and designed, in my opinion, to injuriously affect the candidacy of Thomas A. Parke for Chairman of Common Council. My i-grct is that the hearing was fixed by the : I ay or for next Thursday instead of to-day. K. B. SCAItDBETH. An amusing bribery story is told in con section with the chairmanship contest and was repeated a number of times among the men who congregated at Citv Hall last night. J. E. Wolfe, a newly elected Councilman from the .Fifth ward, is a tall, jovial dee dealer. It is claimed he was approached and asked what he would take for his vote. He, it is said, jokingly replied that he wanted all the passes he could use, a position for his son at $1,500 per year, 25 shares of Electric stock and a brick house fronting on the park. Allegheny City Hall will be crowded to morrow morning with persons who are anxious to know the result of the election. The contest for the Chairmanship of Com mon Council will be the liveliest ever held. Mr. James H. Lindsay has no opposition for the Chairmanship of the Select Branch. TOSSED BY LAME OLD SUSIE. A Cow That Remember the War Spoils a Ball Game by n. Catch. The gentle peace of Woods Enn was dis turbed yesterday afternoon by the unex pected debut of a frisky cow. An old farmer named Brown, living near the run, brought the old animal to town for the purpose of negotiating a sale and to also see a little busy city life. The cow is lame in one leg, and was being led along Preble avenue. On a vacant lot near Superior street a number of little boys were nlavinp ball. The cow. eSDvinc the game, broke away from Brown and made off toward the boys witn a speed not looKeu ior from an animal crippled and infirm. The urchins all scrambled over a con venient fence, with the exception of John Brady, who could not climb rapidly. The cow caught the boy and threw him over the fence with considerable force. Brady had his arm broken by the fall. The cow was at last caught and returned to the owner, who remarked that "Old Susie was never so friskysome as that since the war." Dr. Scheiier attended young Brady. NOT A WHITE E0SEK. Captain WIshart's W. C. T. U. "Friend Answers tbe Call for a License. Many people in the License Court en joyed a joke yesterday at the expense of Captain Wishart. Among the applicants for license was an elderly lady, faultlessly dressed and of distingueappearance, modest, self-possessed and very dignified, and, by all who did not know her, supposed to be long to the W. C. T. TJ. Captain Wishart took especial pleasure in seeing that she was made comfortable, and treated her with marked deference. Finally the name of Mrs. Bridget Sweeny was called as an applicant for license to dis pense the ardent, and the lady responded with the dignity of speech and carriage that had marked her all day. Judge White was somewhat astonished; but words cannot ex press the amazement of Captain Wishart. A PK0SECUT0R PINCHED. While Trying to Incarcerate Another Man! He Is Himself Jailed. Constable Heiner, of Alderman Mc Masters office, arrested S. E. Brooks yester day by request of 'Squire Kerr, of West Elizabeth. The request came by letter, which stated that Brooks was charged be fore the 'Squire with false pretense on oath of S.- O. B. Loades, who alleges Brooks se cured $200 in cash and by a promissory note for $200. Brooks was arrested shortly after appear ing as the prosecutor in a case being tried in conrt, in which he charged Thomas Har rington with larceny by bailee, and on which the defendant was fonnd not guilty. Harrington is the father of the girl, Carrie Harrington, who was sent to Dix mont on Friday. CONFESSING THE THEFT. A Fellow Who Took Only 860, But Mleht HaTe Had 8500 More. Joseph Walga, alias Ziernay, was brought from Cleveland yesterday and given a hear ing by 'Squire Elsessor, of Etna, on a charge of larceny, made against him by Peter Blarsba. - The prisoner went to the prosecutor's house February 14 and put up as a boarder. During the night he went to a drawer and took $60 from a pocketbook and left for Cleveland. There was also $500 in the book, which he evidently did not see, as it was not touched. At the hearing he confessed taking the money and was sent to jail for trial at conrt. THEIR NAMES IITPBINT. Great Opportunity Offered to Music Festival Boxholdcrs. Within the past few davs Dr. Pershing has been notified by several citizens that they want private boxes for the May Fes tival. Interest is just beginning to be awakened. It is the purpose of the managers to pub lish the names of the holders of the private boxes in the Festival Handbook, so that all who intend securing boxes should do so at once. The indications are that before Fes tival week the boxes will be at a premium. FATHEE ZEAENEI'S ILLNESS. Many Parishioner Anxlons About the Good Priest. The Bev. Jerome Kearney, pastor of St. Bridget's Church, in the Eleventh ward, who was reported as lying at death's door, has not sunk any lower, according to the latest reports. He is holding his own. well, and the attending physician, Dr. Oldshne, has hopes of his recovery. The parochial residence was crowded all last evening with members of the pastor's faithful congregation, inquiring as to his condition. AN0THEE GRIP CAB ACCIDENT. Bin. Slarr Dlurphy Knocked Down on Fifth Avenue Last Night. Mrs. Mary Murphy, who lives at the cor ner ot Forbes and Magee streets, was struck by car No. 9, of the Pittsburg Traction line, and knocked down, last night, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Townsend street. She was bruised badly about the face. Not Quite So Friendly Jfow. On the 14th inst. McCabe Brothers, the livery men on Penn avenue, near Twenty seventh street, missed a new buggy valued a) $180, which was taken from the rear of their stable on Spring alley. Thinking some friends took it as a joke they said nothing, bnt as two weeks has elapsed and the buggy has not been returned they placed the matterin the hands of the police. They Wanted Excitement. David Lanan, on Federal street, Alle gheny, and John Hanauer, In the market house, both tried to raise a disturbance last night. They were locked np by officers Cullen and Askey, respectively. John Gil Jins, who did the same on Ohio street, was locked up by Officer Collins. Last March Taxes. Yesterday was the last day for the pay ment of the March installment of city taxes. Treasure Denniston's office was kept open to a late hour last evening to accommodate late-comer The next installment is due in September. Oleo Cases Dropped. The prosecutor in the oleomargarine cases of John Hattles and Mary Hohan failed to appear last evening, and Alder man Tate discharged the accused. PrevejUlmc 1.200 Swindles. Some GOO bpshels of bad potatoes were re moved to thegarbage furnace in Allegheny, yesterday, fnm a cellar on Chestnut street Dr. B. m) Hanka. Eye, ear, nose and throat diseases exclusively. Office, 718 Penn street, Pittsburg, Pa. S&su THE. CUT EETAILEES Of Pittsburg and Allegheny Conclude the License Matinee. JUDGE WHITE AND COUNCILMEN. One of the Latter Tells His Honor He'll Ee v sign for a License. THE ODD AND AMUSING SITUATIONS So far as the two cities are concerned, the L icense Court is concluded. The applicants will have to remain for two or three weeks, however, on the anxious seat before they will learn their fate. Judge White stated that he proposes to review the mats of testi mony taken while it is yet fresh in his mind, but will not give out the list imme diately, as many expected he would. Several Allegheny Councilmen came be fore His Honor yesterday. Their licenses will be refused, as the Conrt states dis tinctly that it won't work. Ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas, was in conrt for a short time yesterday morning, and took a great interest in the proceedings. He is an admirer of Judge White, bat not of the institution of a License Court. Many queer occurrences have been wit nessed; bnt the strangest occurred yester day when Amand Fierle was brought into Court, enveloped from head to foot in a heavy blanket. He was assisted to the rail ing by his attorney. Judge. White stated it was, foolish to bring the ipvalid out of doors. Attorney Meyers stated that he had informed the Court of the man's condition, but that His Honor probably aid not fully understand him. Fierle was then sub jected to the usual examination. ' "WHO THE VICTIMS WERE. The applications heard yesterday were: Seventh ward-John 6. Banman, 152 Spring Garden avenue; Georgians Dlerker, 101 Spring Garden avenne: John Demnfh, 374 Spring Garden avenue; Frank X. Uraf, 22 and 24 Spring Garden avenue; 1. S. Huckestein, 57 and SSO'Hara street; Beukbard Hellraan, 534 Madison avenue; Nlcko lausLahr, 107 Spring Garden avenue; Josephlna Meurer, 49 Spring Garden avenue; George Slefert, 314 Spring Garden avenue; Frederick Stahle, 1S4 andiss bprlng Garden avenue; John Schad, 16 Spring Garden avenne; Frederick Weller, 163 Chestnut street; Elizabeth Wetiler, 10 Spring Garden avenue; Mich Wagenhauser, 196 Spring Garden avenue. Eighth ward-F. A. Eyles, 501 and 503 Ohio street; Kate Felter, 735 East Ohio street; Theodore Huesken, 255 Elver avenue; Michael Krepp, 219 Main street; Margaretha Miller, 10 Flue street; Franz Keuber, SS7 Ohio street; George Schad. 23 Main street; L. IS. Schwobthalcr, corner Bridge and Franklin. Ninth ward Josephine Brown, 610 Preble ave nue; Dorothea Brust, 87 Wllklns street: Patrick Flaherty, 593 Preble avenue; William Falck, 684 Preble avenue; Alexander Greenawald. --Preble avenue; Charles H. Hartman, 660 Preble avenue; Thomas 11. Jones, 97 Preble avenue; Thomas Me Nally. 665 Preble avenue; James Olliffc, 102 Wil klus street; Mrs, Bridget Sweeney, 171 Cass ave nue; Clem bnyder, 2 Island avenue; Gustave Wehrstedt, 193 and 193 Cass avenue. Tenth ward Frederick Artz, Saw Mill Kun, Valley plank road; Jacob Born, Saw Mill Bun. Valley plank road; Joseph P. Garber, 61) Charles street: Fred A. Orth, Perrysville plank road. Eleventh ward James Craig, 51s California ave nue: Sebastian Helmann, 25 McClure avenue; Charles Loresch. Shady avenne: Benjamin bchar, Brighton road, near foods' Bun. avenue; Fred voltrht, 154 McClure avenue. Twelfth ward Leopold Hilllnger, corner or East and Mill streets; Charles belts, 232 East street; Andreas Spatn, Zo9 East street. Thirteenth ward-Peter Bedel, 23 and 25 Bavlne street: Joseph Hack, Jr., IDS Lowrle street; Mary Hoelscher, 1 Lowrle street, Charles M. Koch. 49 Lowrle street; Martin J. Laurent, 153 Beturn street. THE PIBST POLITICIAN. P. S. Huckenstein was tbe first politician who came In for a lecture, when he testiflod that, as a candidate for the Legislature, he had set np drinks for bis friends. Gcorre Siefert, 311 Spring Garden avenue, has a saloon near the foot of Troy Hill. Attor ney Youngbrought out the point that many visitors to the monastery stop in his saloon be fore they climb the hill. Judge White re marked that this saloon would then be an aid to miinsters and fanaticism. "Deluded people,.' said he, "who Imagine that there is a man at the top of the hill who can cure them, stop to get a glass of beer so they can climb the hill." Theodore Huesken, 256 River avenne, is a member of Allegheny City Council, says that he cannot make a living out of Councils the way others do, and never made anything out of it. He offered to resign if he could thereby get a license. ' Judge White said It was decidedly objection able for a member of Councils to have a license. There are several reasons for his not granting to such, but he would not state them here. Huesken has a license, but he will not have one this year, as this was a fatal objection. Judge White said if he should con clude to give the man a license, he would give him an opportunity to resign. Huesken has served in Select Council for five years; one full term of four years, and a half of a two-year tet m. George Shad, Eighth ward, was elected a member ot Councils in February. Schad got an awful examination. He was accused of sending beer to the house, of a police officer named Roll, where it was served in his interest as a candidate. He said, to the best of his knowledge, this was not true. He denied that his son had anything to do with f nrnisbing the beer, and that his son carried it from his honse to the police officer's house. A witness testi fied that he saw Schad's son carry the beer from Schad's saloon to the officer's house. ASTONISHED AT IT. L. B. Schwobthalcr, of Bridge and Franklin streets, in his examination confessed to having received money from Schad with which to fur nish liquor to voters on the eve of election. His Honor gave him a severe lecture for this transaction, and he may lo'se a license on this account. The Court remarked that he was astonished at candidates for Councils indulg ing in such practices. The afternoon proceedings were monotonous, and everybody sighed with relief when the name of the last applicant was called. Charles Hartman, of 660 Preble avenue, has a good restaurant and bar. His receipts from the former are from $30 to $50 a day. and from the latter from $20 to too. He said: "Drunken men come there occasionally and get on their ear and i throw them out.'f Tom Whlttaker had caused him a little trouble. "Don't you think it would be better for that Ninth ward if there were no licensed houses in that wardT" asked Jndge White. "No, sir." . "How many do you think should be in that ward T" "About four." "Whyr The applicant then gave his reasons, which included the accommodation of our old friend, Traveling Public." Mr. Christy You are a member of Councils from the Ninth ward, Allegheny? That was a knockout for Mr. Hartman. He has yet two years to serve in Select Council. Thomas B. Jones, 597 Preble avenue, has a saloon. "How many of your customers died last year?" he was asked. "None that I know ot" "Now think." "Well, there's Richard Jones in the Eleventh ward." "How many more?" "No more, that lean think of." "How much do you drink yourself V "Not too much." Mr. Christy took him in hand and asked him several questions regarding his saloon. HIS SON'S BOAT CLUB. Thomas McNally, 685 Preble avenue. Is another victim ol his friends. He has a boat club named after him. He says he has not spoken to his son for six months on this ac count. He said bis son would not talk to him. The boy has worked but very little in the past year, and he wished to drive him away from home, hut his mother would not allow him. "flow many licensed houses do you think ought to be In that ward?" asked his Honor. "About six." "One letter from a responsible man whom I know has more effect upon me than ten dozen from men whom I do not know." said Judce White In this applicant's examination. James Olllffe, 102 Wilkins street, was refused u liense last year. One of his reasons for ap plying was that the mill men about his place need a saloon where they could change their bills. "How many saloons are necessary?" "About seven." He is near the public schoolhouse. His case is to be considered. Mrs. Bridget Sweeney. 171 Cass avenne, has a saloon at present. On pay day her receipts are S200. On odd Saturdays her receipts are 550. Her saloon Is a great resort for mill men. How many saloons do you think are neces sary in that ward?" she was asked. She would not say how many are necessary, bnt intimated her own was enough. Clem Snyder. 22 Island avenne. has been do ing nothing lately. He said he made a poor living at it. He said there should be six or eight saloons in the ward. Gustave Wehrstedt, Cass avenne, thinks there should boflye in the ward. His, of course, and Mrs. Sweeney, a few doors away, another. The Court said he would think about the case. Frederick Artz, Saw Mill Run Valley plank road, has a house which is a great resort for farmers. Jacob Born did not apply lasty ear. Ho did not think it necessary. His Honor said he would think about it. Joseph P. Garber of 62 Charles street, did not apply last year. He now tends bar for Max Schneider. His case Is to be considered.' .Mr. Born was recalled. He said a club met at his house, but he stopped it last August. Fred A Orth is not doing anything at pres ent. He is about a square from Bom's. His ca3o was soon concluded. UlTNECESSABY, BUT WAiTTS IT. Janfes Craig, 615 California avenue, was re fused a license last year. He says he does not think a license is necessary, as everybody sells in that neighborhood. He may get one him self. Charles Lorcsch, of Shady avenue, was re fused a license last year. A "singing corpora tion" meets at his house. They get five or six kegs a week. He drives a beer wagon now.and had better bold on to his job. Benjamin Schar, Briguton road, now lives on Chestnut street and proposes to go to Brighton road If he gets a license. He will un. doubtedly remain on Chestnut street. Fred Voight, 124 McClure avenue, was re fused a license last year. He could cot answer His Honor's questions, as he could not speak the English language. Judge White said he would not grant a license to a man who could not speak the language. Leopold Hlllenger, Twelfth ward, has not got a license, and may get one. Charles Geitz, 232 East street, is another man who is doing nothing. He was refused last year. His case will be considered. Andreas spatb, ) txst street, now nas a saloon and may be allowed to keep it. Peter Bedel, of Ravine street, does not pos sess a license and will not likely get one. Joseph Hack, of 106 Jjowrie street, lives in the house of tbe last applicant. He kept a bad honse. Judge White said he got a letter from a child of one of his victims. His case is a doubtful one. Mary Hoelscher, Lewis street, will have a case considered. SUCH IS EENOWN. Charles M. Koch, 49 Lowrle street, was being examined. Jndge White got Father Molling ers name twisted into Father Mulligan. Such is fame! His Honor then gave a short dis course on adulterated beer. Martin J. Laurent, 163 Return street, was the last one to be, examined. Mr. Christy got In a parting shot, but It did no harm. He asked who owned the property, as his wife owned the property. Judge White said this was allowa able. His wife did not get a license last year, but he has a good chance this year. A son of Mr. Frank Wolff wished to be heard in his father's stead, who is dead. The Court learned that his wife willed- him tbe property when she died, and he controlled it only while living. It then reverted to the children. As they did not make application, it was decided as illegal to hear Mr. Wolff. Jacob A. Elifhan, 6324 Station avenue, Pitts burg, who was not present when the ward was called, was also refused a hearing. ANOTHER PLANKB0AD. A Route Through West Deer, Shaler, Hamp ton nnd Indiana Townships. A meeting of the residents of Shaler, Indiana, Hampton and "West Deer town ships, interested in the building'of a plank road through that section, was held yester day in Patton's schoolhouse in Hampton township. The 'proposed plankroad is to lead toward Butler from a point on the Butler road above Etna borough. It is to be about ten miles long and will cost about 545,000. A temporary organization" was effected yesterday, and it is probable that a com pany will be incorporated and the road ouilt. AN EDITORIAL WATCH. The Departure of a Yonjjt Jonrnalltt 61b nalized by a Presentation. Mr. Byron P. Clark, who has held the position ot city editor on the Evening Press for four years, and who has resigned that position to take charge of a new daily at 'Washington, Pa., was presented with a handsome gold watch yesterday afternoon by the employes of tbe Press. James Hughes made the presentation speech, and Mr. Clark responded in his own behalf. T The watch is an elegant hunting case with an Elgin movement. On the inside of the case is inscribed: "Presented to Bvron P. Clark March 30, 1889, by his co-workers on the Pittsburg iVesj. BRASS WORKERS' RECEPTION. Local Assembly 1710 Wlli Drop Their Tool for the Dance. L. A. 1710 of N. T. A. 252,Knights of La bor, brass workers, will giye a reception" to their friends in Imperial Hall, New Grant street, on Friday evening, April 26. The Mozart Orchestra will furnish the music. Colonel Joseph Christy is now at work upon a new dance to be known as the "Brass "Workers' Mold," to be used only upon this occasion. The Committee of Arrangements consists of Daniel A. Crowley. "William J. Lewis, Charles C. Coll, F. A. Steierheim and M. J. Booney. TWO MISSING CHILDREN. They Have Not Been Seen Since the First of Last February. Two children named Patrick and Mary Bodney, aged 10 and 12 years respectively, were taken away from their home on Carson, between South Fifth and Sixth streets, about the first of February. They have not been heard of since. Their parents are both dead. The records of the Poor Farm, the St. Paul's Orphan Asylum and other institu tions do not contain any record ot the chil dren. A FRIGHTFUL FLIGHT. Tonne Dllke Signal's Two Lesi Broken by a Rapid Belt Ride. A boy named Michael Signal, aged 12 years, was adjusting a belt on a flywheel, in the Pittsburg Steel Casting Company's works, yesterday, when he was caught in the wheel and thrown against a beam. Both of his legs were broken. He was removed to his home, on Jones avenue, at the head of Thirty-sixth street, where a physician attended him. FREIGHT AGENTS MEETING. The Tronble Over Glnsswnre and Whiffle Trees to Como Up. The regular monthly meeting of the Pitts burg Committee of Freight Agents will be held to-morrow in the office of Division Freight Agent Means. The trouble over the glassware and whiffle tree classification will be called up again, but it is doubtful if anything will be recom mended. Dealers Laughed at Vs. When we said last year that people had common sense enough to call at a place of business to buy a sewing machine and not be annoyed by persistent peddlers. , People are wise in this generation and know a good thing when they see it. Now, when a ped dler calls and persists in "just leaving his machine over night" he is met with "be off with yon; will call at Hopper Bros. & Co., and get a sewing machine when we need it and not before." Very sensible people indeedl Dear reader, don't forget our place of business is 307 "Wood street. xrssu We can please you in a carpet or pair of curtains. Geo. W. Snamah-, hiwssu 136 Federal st, Allegheny, Business Prospects Brighter. Never since we opened our mammoth honse furnishing establishment has the out look for a big business boom been so great as this spring. People are buying hand over fist and only the best goods, which makes matters look all the better. The time is past when people will suffer for the want of small conveniences rather than buy on our 'easy terms of payment. Give us your trade and see how we treat you. Hoppee Beos. & Co., xrssu , 307 Wood street ME. CAENEGIE'S GIFT Is Splendidly Presented to All the Workingmen of BraddocL A LIBRARY AS NICE AS ANYBODY'S Is Handed Over, With a Tory Rare and Thoughtful Address. TOPICS OF INTEREST JO PITTSBURG The $100,000 Carnegie Free Library build ing in Braddock was formally presented to the people of that town at Leighton's Bink last evening, with appropriate and elaborate ceremonies, the. occasion being graced by the presence of the generous donor, Mr. Andrew Carnegie, and a large retinue of friends. It s safe to say that Braddock outdid her self. The distinguished guests, among whom were Mrs. Carnegie, Henry L. Abbott, H. M. Lurry, Henry Phipps, H. C. Frick and John G. Leishman, were received by an immense gathering of enthusiastic and cheering citizens, who gave the party a royal welcome, the Bev. T. K. Boyle, of Braddock, acting as spokesman. The exercises which followed, the St, Thomas Band and the Captain Jones Glee Club taking part, were but an index of the prosperity of a town whose marvelous growth and commercial importance can be greatly ascribed to the man who was the point of attraction for all eyes during the .evening. Mr. Carnegie's address, full of thought and practical suggestions, is appended: MB. CARNEGIE TO 'WOBKINOMEN'. yxXMW Workmix A great philosopher to whom more than to any other 1 am Indebted for my Intellectual development, has pointed out to n that In this life the chief, the highest reward that we can obtain, is "the purchase of satisfac tions." I realize this to-rilght. I have purchased a great satisfaction, one of tbe greatest I have ever acquired. I have been priveleged to build this library for yon, and to be present to-night, In accordance with your wishes, to hand it over to yon and to your successors forever. When articles were manufactured In small shops by employers who required only the as sistance of a few men and apprentices, the em ployer had opportunities to know all, to become well acquainted with each and to know his merits. On the other hand, the workman, brought Into closer contact with the employer, inevitably knew more of his business. More Important than all, they came to know something of the man himself. This is changed. To make without loss a ton of steel rails andload them upon the car for a small fraction more than I cent per pound 4 pounds for a nlokel we must have thousands of miners; whom it is Impracticable for a partner to see, and hundreds of blast furnace men, and In the converting works and steel rail mills, only a few of whom It Is possible for the employer to know. Thus the employes become more like human ma chines to the employer; and tbe employer becomes almost a myth to his men. This Is most regretta ble; yet I see no remedy. Economic laws force the manufacture of all articles of general consumption Into the hands of a few enormous concerns, that their cost to the consumer may be less. The manufacture of snch articles cannot be eon ducted upon a small scale; works costing millions are required, as the amount per ton or per yard of "fixed charges" is so great in the total cost that, whether a concern can run or not In many cases depends upon whether it divides these fixed charges which are practically the same in a large establishmentasln a small whether we can divide them by 1, 090 tons per day or by SCO tons per day of product. Mr. Carnegie here spoke a few words approving of co-operative stores. CO-OPEBATlOiT AND THBIFT. It Is pleasing that there Is some talk of a bene ficial society at these works. We trust that this movement will cot fall. Another Important feature Is that labor In Pitts burg, generally. Is paid so well that the workman can save something every month If he only will. Nothing can exceed the importance of saving. The workman who owns, his home has a sure foundation for a competence in old age. I con gratulate you on the offer- of the firm to be yonr bankers, and place your deposits In a special f nnd where they are secured by first mortgages upon real estate, and so Invested as to net yoa s per cent'per annum. This Is far better for labor than to risk Its savings In business, for more business enterprises fall to pay : per cent than earn Ik This deposit department' is- another means by which our firm Is striving to. perform Its duty to those who cannot possibly know how best to in vest their savings, i trust it Is to grow. A feeling of mutuality and parnershlp between the employer and tbe employed Is desirable. Be lieve me, the interests of capital and labor are one. Mr. Carnegie now proceeded to show the fairness and advantages of the sliding scale system of wages, such as prevails at Braddocks. He went on to say: You are no longer only employes; you are also shares with us in the profits of our business, and, sooner than return to the old plan by which capital and labor were antagonized, and we had to quarrel every year upon the subject of nuKca, speaking ior myseu, i. Trouja retire irom business altogether. As far as I am concerned, I will never again have anything to do with manu facturing nnless labor Is given a sliding scale. The coke workers were exactly right In their re cent demand for a sliding scale. You know that tbe Frlck Coke Company.. In which our firm is In terested, has always favored complying with the .request orthe men for a sliding scale, and spent beyond (100,000 last year to maintain a higher scale than competitors. Unfortunately the fall In the prices of coke has rendered further ef fort unless. The iron and steel business being dull and profitless, that Qf coke sympathizes, but! rejoice that the sliding scale Is to be maintained, although we are driven by competition to pay the uniform scale of the district. LESS THAX ONE-POUETH EUNNINO. If you have read the newspapers, you will know that out of 13 mills engaged In tbe manufacture of steel rails In this country not more than three are running to their capacity. Only one mill In all the West Is making rails (North Chicago), and I am sorry to say that even that one will not be able to rnn continuously, for they have no orders ahead. What has the sliding scale enabled us to do at Edgar Thomson? It made us feel that we are pre pared to make any sacrifice to give steady empl oy ment. The price-four pounds of steel foranlckle leaves profits to the average mill In this country out of the question. But you have a steady em ployment. I rejoice to see that, owing to the In creased capacity of the mills, your aggregate wages are even higher than before. You have to wort harder, no doubt; but. In these times, the owners have to work harder also. In this connection you have read a great deal recently of a. vast combination in steel making formed in Chicago. I have no desire to under rate the Importance ot that movement, nor of S3, 000, ooo to be applied to the building of works forplate-maklng, structural shapes, and all the various forms of steel. I have expected such ac tion for sometime. There is nothing surprising to me about it. 1 have told this community, and 1 have labored for years to Impress it npon tbe railroad companies of the State, that the latter had made It possible, by heavy reductions of rates upon material destined for points beyond the limits of the State to manufacture a ton of Bessemer steel pig Iron Just as cheap In Chicago as It can be manufactured; In Pittsburg. Therels no question about this, it is a matter of llgnrcs which I have given, which no man has ventured to contradict, and which has been publicly cor roborated ty Mr. Stewart, Ueneral Freight Agent or the PeCpsylvanla Company. I am credited with having" said that tbe South was to be Penn sylvania's great rival; but what I said was that It was to be the chief competitor for foundry iron In tbe Eastern district of i'ennsylanla. TheSouthwlll not trouble Pittsburg. Our competitor Is not In tbe Sotfth; it Is In Chicago. In the year 1887, Chicago district made more tons of steel than the whole of Western Pennsyl vania, and I warn capital and labor In I'Jtts burg that a severe struggle Is In the future for both. Tbe railways are chiefly responsible for this situation. T . A BEMABKABI.E COMPARISON. Every carload of coke you see coming from Con nellsvllle in our own cars, for Kttsburg furnaces, is charged Just double the freight rate as If des tined over the same ground for Chicago furnaces. There Is no question of larger or shorter haul, for tbe coke Is loaded and unloaded by us, and carried in our own cars. The cost of hauling Pittsburg or Chicago coke is Just the same to the great monopo ly which stakes agalnstthe State whose creature It Is. The 1'ennsylvanla Ballroad Company has al ready piled up J19, 000, 000 of surplus, and last year bad H COO, 000 surplus after paying Its dlvldend-all extracted unjustly from the State. The ore to Chicago furnaces Is carried by Western railroads from the Lake Superior mlncs-to Chicago at rates only a little above one-half those per ton per mile exacted from Pittsburg furnaces by tbe Pennsyl vania Ballroad Company. The Baltimore and Ohio Kallroad Company carries ores from the lake to Ohio furnaces for SO per cent less than tbe Penn sylvania Ballroad exacts for less distance upon ores to Pittsburg. These two cases of discrimina tion alone add SI to the cost of every ton of iron made In Allegheny county, and many men go Idle In your midst to-day In consequence of this Injus tice. We are In the hands ofa grasping monopoly, and nothing we can do seems to bring us simple Justice. The Pennsylvania Kallroad Company, al though its creature, nas become the enemy orthe State of Pennsylvania. AH this, of courae, mutt change. An Indignant community will some day rise and exact Justice through means ofa State law which will see that the traffic of the State of Penn sylvania is not charged more than similar traffic carried by Pennsylvania railroads through Its lo not receive the Impression, although weiave great obstacles to overcome, that we are going to give up the fight. Never 1 We propose to fight It ont on this line hero, and I for one have no fear but what Pittsburg will eventually be placed In a position lnwhlclTlt can hold Its own, and In crease and prosper. Yon are with us, we arewltn you united thus we will stand and conquer. NOT IN A TETJST, AND Vtlllt. It Is reported that our firm Intended to Join a combination of rail manufacturers. This would mean that we had agreed to give our men work for a portion of the year only, because no com bination can act except by restricting production. Well, fellow workmen, to be frank with you, there.ls temptation In our path. The firm could probably make more money Just now.ln depressed times, by manufacturing less, but where would labor be with work perhaps only half the year? In two of the three rail mills at Chicago men will not get Work for even a quarter ofa year. If In deed these mills run at all. If we bad not made a partnership with our workmen we might have considered the proposition. Having them with us in the straggle, we reject lt-and will continue to rnn our works to their capacity as long as or ders for rails can be obtained at prices which do not involve a dangerous sacrifice of capital. Ed gar Thompson works are all right, and with fair railway rates, which Pennsylvania railroads will soon bo forced to give, I repeat toyon what I said upon a memorable occasion, when we had a little unpleasantness, which Is happily forgotten and forgiven on both sides: "It wilt be a cold day when Edgar Thompson gets left!" liirnlng our eyes across the river. Just the other day I received a letter from Homestead, dated March 11, from which I wish to make this extract: V,MlJ- ''AimxoiE-Dear SIr:-A tradition pre vails that once upon a time you promised to do something for Homestead soon. When or where or to whom this promise was made no one can ex actlvtell. it is enveloped la the mists of an tiquity and commands respect accordingly " "Do something for Homestead!" "Well, we have expected for a long time, but so far la- vain, that Homestead should do something for us. But 1 do wish to dosomethlngfor Homestead. I should like to see a co-operative society formed there. I should like to see a library there. I hope one day that I may have the privilege or erecting at Home stead such a building as you have here, but this letter compels me now to sav that our works at Homestead are not to ns as our works at Edgar Thomson. Ourmen there are not partuers. They are not Interested with us. On the contrary, an Amal gamated Association has for years compelled us to pay one-third more lc the principal department of our works, the plate mill business, than our great competitors pay in Pittsburg. They have compelled ns to pay, and are driving away our trade In con sequence, three times as much per ton for labor as our leading competitors outside of this district. More than one man at Homestead makes more not only than the loreman who Is over him. but more even than tbe manager of all the works, and the great mass suffer In consequence. HOMESTEAD'S NEW DEMANDS. Even to-day I learn that our firm Is notified that after July next they will demand a further ad vance, ranging from IS to 13 per cent. Tncse men evidently require a library and need to read tbe newspapers. Steel business never so bad com petitors all reducing wages, and our men take this time to demand an advance! It Is roily like this that defeats the efforts or fair employers to benefit labor. Ot course, no advance can be given, but the firm may be Induced to give Homestead the benefit ofa sliding scale, under which It can run steadily and our men there make such wages as you make. i ellow-workmen, personally I have arrived at this position: 1 have no desire to accumulate more money. The desire of my wife and myself Is to know how best to administer what we have, and we both recognize to the fullest extent that In this great city, whence our revenues have come, most of these surplus revenues should be expended: but, with the exception of one or two partners, the 18 or 20 youngpartners now Interest ed In our concerns are not rich men. Many of them are in debt for the in terests which they own. When the firm cannot make interest upon its capital, these young partners will be worse off than nothing, for they win be In debt. The firm's operations must be conducted with the strictest regard to commer cial principles. They must have tbclr labor at tbe same prices as their competitors pay, or labor can not obtain steady employment. The men to whom they glvo work must not seek to destroy the busi ness or tbe firm by unfair exaction. If they do seek, they cannot be allowed to do so. When the labor In the Homestead works, like the labor In the Edgar Thomson, goes hand la hand with us as partners, I trust that able, ralr mlnded men there will come forward, as they did here, and establish their co-operative society, their library and their beneficial socletv: and all 1 can say in answer to my correspondent is that,anxlons as that correspondent may be ror something to be done ror Homestead, my desire ror that Is greater tban my correspondent's, and I promise that the first dollar, or the first hundred thousand dollars. I receive from my Investment at Homestead, if ever I receive a dividend, will be at the disposal or the men at Homestead, to be expended for their beneflt. I am only too anxious to do ror them what I have done ror you, and to do so ror all or our works In turn. I know of no better use, if I may be allowed to say so; I know of no use so Just as to apply my wealth ror the beneflt or tbe men who labor with ns to pro duce It. Mr dear wire and myseir will not die rich, except as my capital may be In our works and cannot be withdrawn. We will leave no fortune In bonds or property, HIS TBTJSTED EIGHT BOWERS. While compelled to rerer to my correspondent I may be allowed to say this much In regard to our firm. Yon know that we have suffered great losses recently. Two or our chairmen have been taken from us, and a third has been compelled to resign the harassing duties of the office from 111 health. I myself must withdraw more and more from business. I rejoice to be able to saytbatwe now hare men at the head of tbecompanles Into whose hands the principal owners can commit theman agement or affairs without anxiety. lam very Jealous of my title to the name, "fel low workman." We have all our special uses to fulfill, and 1 resent the Idea that, because the In terest or the firm compelled me to remove to New York and attend to a special department lam to lose my rank as a worker with you In the business. 1 am not so happy as to be a salaried officer like our friend Captain Jones, nor am I paid so much per day, or per month; I am a tonnage man under a sliding scale, dependent solely upon product and prices for my compensation, if any; out un fortunately for me, my sliding scale baa no mini mum. I cannot tell how low It may fall. Let it always be understood that we are workers together, and although I no longer work with my hands, as I am proud to say I once did, yet when I pass through the works l object to the airs which the men at the lathes or the blooming mill, tbe converting works, or blast furnaces seem to put on as 1 pass along. I am Just as much entitled to the proud appellation of "worklngraan" as any of them, and I hope they will remember this here after, and treat me with proper respect, as one of tbe great guild of those that labor and perform a use In tbe community, and one who upon that basis alone founds bis claim to live In comfort. PITTSBURG FOBEVEB. I object also to being considered no longer a PIttsbnrger. If my lawyers Insist that I must be considered legally a citizen or New Yoik, because the law regards a man's domicile to be where, as they say, "he gets his washing done, " there Is a still higher authority than lawyers determining a man's domicile "Where his treasure Is, there will his heart be also;" and, differing from most men, I have put all my eggs In one basket, right here in Western Pennsylvania. When Pittsburg sinks I shall sink with It, and when Pittsburg swims I shall swim with It. I may work less than hitherto, bnt my capital and my counsel will re main with yon and at your service. The greatest character In the public life of Britain, he who has Just passed away, tho Radical, John Bright, being asked his chief blessing, re plied: "A taste for reading." I agree with that great man. Most anxious to give you the best advice I advise you to cultivate this taste. When I was a boy in Allegheny a man whose memory I must ever revere. Colonel Anderson, having a few hundred books, gave notice he would lend these every Saturday afternoon to boys and young men. The principal partner with me fn all our business. Mr. Phipps, equally with myself, obtained access to the stores or knowledge by means or this bene factor. It Is from personal experience, therefore, that 1 reel that there Is nothing hnmanso power mi for good, there Is no beneflt that can be be stowed upon a community, so great as that which places within tbe reach of all tbe chief treasures of tbe world In books. We occasionally find traces of tbe old prejudice against educating the masses. I do not wonder this should exist when I reflect what has passed for education. Men have wasted years trying to educate from an Ignorant past, whose chief province is to teach us, not what to adopt, but what to avoid. Men have sent their sons to col leges for languages, which were of no more use to them than Choctaw. They have not received In structionmerely false Ideas and a distaste for practical life. I do not wonder that a prejudice exists against snch education. 1 have known few young men Intended for business who were not Injured by a COLLEGIATE EDUCATION. Had they gone to work during the years at col lege, they would have been better educated In every true sense. Tbe fire and energy have been stamped ont of them, and bow to so manage as to live a life of Idleness, and not a life of useful labor, Is a chief question with them. Bnt now a new Idea of education is upon us. We realize that a Knowledge of chemistry, for Instance, Is worth a knowledge of all the dead languages that ever were spoken upon the earth; a knowledge of mechanics more useful than all the classical learn ing that can be crammed Into young men at col lege, lhave known few college graduates that knew Shakespeare or Milton. They might be able to tell you all about Ulysses, or Agammemnon, or Hector, but what are these compared to the char acters that we find In our own classics? Not that any kind of knowledge Is to be under rated. Except ror the Tew, the very few, who have tbe tAste of tbe antiquarian, and who find that their work in life Is to delve among tbe dusty records orthe past and ror the few tbat lead pro fessional lives, tbe education given to-day In our colleges Is a positive disadvantage. The great President, Edgar Thomson, once asked me to remove from Pittsburg to be master of machinery or tbe Pennsylvania Railroad. Well, you may smile. And I said to MF. Thom son: "Why, Mr. Thomson, you amaze me. I know nothing whatover about machinery." 'That Is the very reason I want you to take charge or It, " he replied ; 'I ha e never known a mechanic with Judgment and good sense except one." This was before the time of Captain Jones, so he could not have referred to blm. Tbe reason oflhls lack or Judgment In mechanics arose from the fact that at that day In this country they had failed to receive an all-round education. If you want to make labor what It should lie, educate yourself In useful knowledge. That Is the moral 1 would emphasize, (let knowledge. Cultivate a taste ror reading that you may know what the world has done, and is doing, ana tbe drift of afltlrs. This Is the age or the specialist: therefore resolve to kuow first the art which gives you support; to know that and thoroughly well, to be an expert. THE CULTIVATED WOBKMAN. You all know how much manufacturing science Is indebted to the Improvements and inventions which owe their first suggestion to the workman himself. Now mark this Important fact: These improvements and Inventions come from the edu catededucated In the true sense and never from the ignorant workman. As a manufacturer I know our1 firm has made many mistake by neglecting one simple rule, "never to undertake anything new until your managers have had an opportunity to examine everything that has been done throughout this world In that department." Neglect of this has cost us many hundreds or thousands or dollars, and we hare become wise. ,0tt.ea?.FJ'?,,u?,n h" aftr hall In the Patent Office In Washlngtonyand see thousands of models of Inventions bearing upon all branches of human Industry, and ninety-nine out or every hundred would never have been placed there hid the igno rant Inventor had at command Such facilities tt will be yours In this library. Every manager stan ds ready to grasp, to utilize the man tbat can do something valuable. Every foreman wants In his department able men, whose merits be obtains credit for, because the greatest test of ability In a manager is not In tbe man him self, but the men with whom be is able to sur round himself. These books will tell you the story of tbe rise or many men from our own ranks. It is not the educated or, so called, classically educated man, It Is not the aristocracy. It Is not tbe moparchs, tbat have ruled the destinies, either In camp, council, laboratory or workshop. The great Inventions, the Improvements, tba .dlscov erlpn In srlpnre. the neat works in literature sprang rrom the yanks of the poor. You can- scarceiy name a great luveuuuu, vi a rim. u covery, or a great picture, or a great statue, a great song or a grat story, tbat bas not been the product orinen that started like yourselves to earn an honest living by honest work. SEAL GOOD TIMES ESSENTIAL. Itrustalsotbatyou will not forget thelmport anco of amusements. I hope the room upstairs Is to be provided with all tbe means possible for tn playing or games, etc., and for gymnastic exer cises. Life must not be taken too seriously. We must have our hours ror laughter and .frolic. I was much struck with the remark which Mr. Blaine made one night. He enjoyed his summer in Scotland, and said: "lhave learned what real recreation means. It Is to become so Interested In trifles tbat they become the most Important events In life" Now our firm has always en couraged tne partners and managers to go away and enjoy themselves for a time. There Is nothing better than a good laugh. I attribute most of my success In lire to the fact that, as my partners often say, trouble runs from me like water from a duck's back. There Is a poetical quotation from Shakespeare, ir you will .allow me to make It. It is to "wear your troubles as your outside garments, carelessly." I hope you will all lead not only prosperous but happy lives. Never miss a chance to laugh. The true solution or tbe unequal distribution of wealth Is accumulation ror those who receive It, to consider It simply as a trust, who admonished by them as trustees, ror the good ot their fellows through public Institutions beneficial to the com munity. 1 have said, and 1 repeat It, that the day Is coming wben public sentiment will decree that the man who dies possessed or millions or availa ble wealth, after he has made moderate provisions for his family, dies disgraced. That day already dawns upon us. EIGHT HOURS THE BEST. It Is highly gratifying to know that the hours of labor are being gradually reduced throughout the country 8 boors to work, S hours to play, 8 hours to sleep, seems'the right division. If we could only establish by law that all manufacturing con cerns that run day and night shonld use three turns. It would be most desirable. You know we tried to do so for several years, at a cost of some hundreds or thousands of dollars, bnt were finally compelled by our competitors to give np the struggle: the best plan perhaps Is to reach It by slow degrees through State laws. N o one firm can do mncn. The workman has many advantages to-day over his predecessors. A sliding scale ror his labor ranks hlin higher than before as a man and a citi zen. The proportion or the Joint earnings or Capital and Labor given to labor never was so great, and Is constantly rising the share or capi tal never was so small. Tbe cost or living never was so low In recent times. The co-operative store not only saves money Tor the workman, but opens to him a knowledge of business affairs which will st and him in good stead through life a secure Investment ror bis savings has been provided ror him. This library building is built to last. Its walls are granite, and will not crumble. Its beams are steel, and cannot burn. 1 venture to predict that when generation after generation shall have passed away this library will still remain and be recognized as a center or light and leading, a never-railing spring or all good Influences: and perhaps it may serve to remind those generations tbat are to come, when I firmly believe capital and labor will be united, that the duties or capital toward labor, even In this age, were not altogeth er forgotten. Fellow workmen, I now hand over the library to yon and your successors forever. KILLED IS JERSEY CITI. A Pullman Car Porter's Head la Severed From 'the Body. The body of Samuel Devoe, a Pullman car porter who was killed at Jersey City Friday night, arrived in the city this morn ing, and was taken in charge' of by the widow of the deceased. Devoe formerly lived in Clay alley, but a few mouths ago broke up housekeeping and since then his. wife has been boarding with relatives ai Penn station. About three weeks ago he secured employment with the Pullman Company, but had no regular run. He was to have gone out on No. 9 from Jersey City Friday night,but was late when the car left the sheds. He ran down from the station and attempted to board the car while it was in motion. He grasped the handrail, but in stepping on his foot slipped and the weight of his body threw him between the two cars. He fell down with part of his body on the track. Before he could pull his head out the wheels of his car passed- over it. The head was cut from the body and was picked up from the track in amutilated'condition. The body, was- not otherwise disfigured and was taken charge of by the Pullman Company. They shipped it to this city and will bear the expense of the interment. A HEAD WAITER CASED. The Employes) of the Monongnhela House Show Their Gratitude. Mr. Thomas H. Lloyd, the popular head waiter at the Monongahela House, who will retire with Colonel Griscom, was presented with a fine gold-headed cane last evening by the waiters as a mark of their esteem and gratitude for the treatment he has given them since he assumed charge ot the dining room. Adam Watkins, the oldest waiter at this house, made tbe presentation address, to which the recipient very feelingly respond ed. Short addresses were also made by Messrs. Hami, Britton, Bobinson, Clark, Monroe and Archer. TO GO TO GETTISBDEG. Tho Sixty-Second Volunteers Preparing for Their Reunion. The Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volun teers held a meeting last night in the Mayor's office to perfect arrangements for the attendance at the erection of the monu ment at Gettysburg, on Pennsylvania field day, May 21-22. The Committee of Arrangements reported progress, suggesting that the bill providing for the transportation to Gettysburg of old soldiers be amended to include members of the regiment tbat had been discharged on account of wounds previous to that battle; also that the members living outside of the State be furnished transportation from the borders of ihe State to the battlefield. A TILLAGE 05 A LITTLE FAB3T. That's What the CoraopolU Improvement People Contemplate. The company, Wood, Harmon & Co.,that laid out Alison park, and has just pur chased 500 lots from Bobert Ferree, of Cora opolis, has perfected plans for the improve ment of the purchase, and streets, walks and houses are soon to be laid out, and ere long it is expected that the sound of the saw, hammer and trowel will be heard in the Ohio Valley as it has not been within the memory of man. The 30 acres purchased cost $15,000. It is all level, so there will be no grading re quired. A Positive Fact That no parts of the Davis sewing machine can be had from any dealer in Allegheny county excepting ns. "We control this that the extreme high prices asked for hereto fore by other dealers may be brought down proportionately with the price of our "New High Arm" Davis. "We are perfectly sin cere in this statement. Hoppeb BROS. & CO., TTSSa 307 Wood street. ' For This Week Only. Four special bargains in ladies' jackets at $5. 7, ?8 and 510. The best values ever offered. Hugus & Hacke. Mwrsa Yonr Sprins Sewing Has to be done. Throw away that old rattle-trap of a machine that you have and call and get a Davis "new high arm" ma chine from Hopper Bros. & Co., xxssu 307 Wood street. m BMR9HETX. TBE CASH GB0CXX, Will Ssve Toa Of oner. Are vou in the soup? Of course you art, for you are cleaning house. Shake! I've' been there myself. There is no way out of it and the best thing you can do is to rustle right through it. Soap is king and we must all have our season lu.the suds. 15 bars of good- scrubbing soap, 25c. Sua this up. 60 bars of good soap, SI. 8 bars (8 pounds) of old soap, 25c. This soap is 2 years old, hard, won't waste and best qual ity. You get 32 pounds of first-class soap for 91. I am selling this soap 60c per box less tban the wholesale price. Bring on your heathen and we will scrub them into civilization at reduced rates. For some time past we have been very badly hampered for room. January 1st we made an addition which we thought would do for a while, but our trade doubled right away and we were worse off tban before. Sardines are not a circumstance to the way people are packed in our stores on Saturday night. we are going to make another addition consisting of an L 40 feet by 30 and two stories high larger of itself than the aver age grocery store. We will tell you all about it next week. In the meantime-come and see us and let us know how you like the change. If yoa can't come, send for weekly price, list and order by mail. Orders amounting . to $10, without counting sugar, packed and,'" shipped free of charge to any point within 200 miles. Give me a trial. I will save' you money. Marshell, .- 79 and 81 Ohio st., cor. Sandusky, Alls. gheny. Three Reasons Why People should buy goods on easy payments: Fsrst, it is most impossible lor people of' moderate means to accumulate enough money to furnish a house properly. Second, tbat a better class of goods can be i purchased than thuuzh you were compelled i to pay spot cash. . , Third, having your house properly fur- nished it is on encouragement to live and be more happy; you take more pleasure." in keeping good goods in niee order, and by so doing are considered good housekeepers. The satisfaction is complete; your friends, yourself and your dealer are satisfied, so what more is desired? Be wise in your genera tion, and let Hopper Bros. & Co. furnish your homes. Call at 307 Wood street, and look over their extensive stock of goods; sold on easy payments. TTSSu A Pleased Pntron the Best Advertising medium. Our customers in variably leave our store with a smile on their countenances, showing the satisfac tion they feel in their purchases. Why should they not? Just read a few of our prices: Child's calico dresses, 9c. to 50c; white embroidered dresses, 15c to $2: ladies" ' calico wrappers, 50c to SI; Jerseys, 50c to 53; corsets, 25c to $2; $1 kid gloves for 50c: sun-bonnets, 25c; dusting-caps, 12Uc; mull ties, 10c up; ladies' chemise, plain, 17c; with lace and inserting, 25c; with .torchon bosom, 45c; Hamburg drawers, 25c; ruffled skirts, 25c; Hamburg, 49c; long Hubbard gowns, 39c; ruffled skirt chemise, 65c up; girls' tucked drawers, 10c; infants' long and short Mother Hubbard cloakv 99c to $5: slips, 15c up; robes, 75c to 5; flannel and cambric skirts,' 35c to $2; bootees, 10c: sacks, 25c; child's embroidered mull ana cashmere bonnets, 5c to 2. Special low prices lambrequins, table scarfs and .tidies. Best men's unlaundered shirts in town for 49c; boys' calico waists, 15c; Iaundried percale waist, 69c, worth $1; 200 yards bast ing cotton, lc; spool Clark's O. N. T.p4c; full paper of pins, lc; collar buttons, 3c dozen; bed comforts, 39c up, and thousands of bargains it will pay yoa to-Iookupat Louis Eojraliner's Busy Bee Hive, corner Sixth and Liberty. Without Bragging, We have, an elegant line of lace curtains, at prices within the easy reach of all. Turcoman and chenille curtains in great variety. Daghastan, Moquet, Smyrna, vel vet and brussels rugs without number. Poles, cornices in mahogany, ebony, wal nut and antique ash and oak, brass and wood trimmings, stair rods and buttons- Worsted silk: and linen curtain loops and chains of too large a variety to express, for cash or easy payments. ' " -rf "BgtTESi Baos. & Co-;, SOT'Wood st." 3rrssuT Why i How can you? Well, we' can, and this is the reason: We 'manufacture the clothing we sell, and know what it is; there fore, we can give this guarantee: To repair your suit for one year free of charge if bind ing wears out. buttons come off, or no mat ter what is necessary to keep in order. A suit bought of us costing $10 or more, we pledge ourselves to do this, and1 no less. This is thV only house in Pittsburg that will give such a guarantee. .Tacksons'. Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers, 954 and 956 Liberty street, Star corner. Our lace curtain department offers special inducements to those who contemplate pur chasing this spring, both in variety of &s sortment and reasonableness of prices; all qualities from 65c to $75 per pair. r MWJSn Htjqus & Hacke. - China Mattings nt 11 1-4 Cents a Yard. Nothing so cheap nor so cool for a sum mer floor covering. Every quality obtain able was imported by Edward Groetzinger this spring. Now open at 627 and 629 Penn avenue. Angostura Bitters, indorsed by physi cians and chemists ior purity and' whole- Notice. Twenty dollars reward will be paid for the arrest and conviction of the parties who have been stealing copies of The Dispatch from the doors of subscribers on.Smithfield streer this week. - ' The Dispatch PubltshihgjCo, BIBER &; EASTON. NEW SPRING COSTTJMINGS. 40-inch French Side Band Suitings, self trimmings, only 50c a yard. 46-inch Pure Mohair Suitings. 40-inch Henriettas at 63c. Extra Satin Finish. 43-inch widths, 85c and $100. Silk Warp Henriettas, spring shades. Black Henriettas in all the numbers, front 85c to J2, the most perfect finished grades na " ported. . a Tbe most complete line of novelties and FANCY DRESS GOODS, . Second shipment in Silks brings to us a spe cial bargain in a colored Satin Luxor, all the pravalllnc shades, at 85c regular $1 eoods. -Fancy Stripe Surahs, for trimmings, at 8Sc - Novel and stylish designs in India Silks. - TtrD tjc? t mioses ana amis, xiew ana nanasome eneew; ? lor ladles. Misses and Children. JACKETS. a Btocunette, fair grade, for S3. , . - t. High grade Jackets, to 50,$7, $9, $ia ' y Bound Corkscrews and Wale Cloths, lined and unlined,with or without vests, fS, $7, te,' J13 1 ' to SIS. Colored French Cloth, Loose or Directolra Fronts, I9.J12. 116. ..-"" Bead Wraps, all grades, from S3 to $40. Braided Silk and; Cloth Mantles, SB toSiaT Nottingham, Swiss and Irish Point Curtate. Curtain Nets and Sash. Draperiesv neat and effective patterns, low range of cost. , , House Furnishing Linens, Table ""imantn Napkins, Towels and Quilts, the beet yala&a shown; underground prices. - . i- BIBER OASTDtW 1 " - -iei' 606 AND 507 MABKET SX.-'1pfa " shl9-TTsea I i i f A- i . -.. si- m ViiikvViiik 111 i Ti iiiiinTi ititfiteuiiiiiliitfr