)H0JslPMNHHHHflHHHHMHflHflMH L 2 ' TSE -PlTTSBTntG- s DISPATCH, TUESDAY, APETL 2, 1889. , . , ,.'''' ' f ' M " I - . ' i ' . Tg RAPID TRANSIT SURE Tor the People of Allegheny, Who Will Soon Bide Electrically. PBESIDEKT M'CKEEBT BACK AGAIN With News of a Magnificent Transformation of the Pleasant Tallcj Line. ALL TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE WLSTEE Tempus pecunia est, and though rich men may ride in chaises poor men refuse to go afoot by a Ions chalk nowadays, and they must ride rapidly. Among savages the tribes that hare reduced the horse to sub jection are conquerors; but the noble ani rsal's powers are not equal to the strain the demands of high-pressure life impose. The horse must go as a street car motor and if he could reason he would say "Amen." The "Pleasant Valley Street Kail way Com pany has decided to dispense with its horses and use electric power. A committee, of which Mr. William McCreery was one, has spent a considerable portion of the past winter examining all sorts of appliances for the moving of street railway cars. The committee investigated everything of this kind that could be found between the East ern limits of Boston and the Western limits of Davenport, and then came back to Cleveland and extended the search from there to Richmond, Va. The result was a decision in favor of an electric motor. Mr. McCreery, who has just returned, said: "It w as plain to us that the cable plan would not work on our road. It is too crooked, and there is too much bridge on the line to allow it to be profitably em ployed, and we MUST HAVE EAPID TRANSIT. "The public demands it, and, since the cable roads have been in operation, here and elsewhere, people gencrallv have un mistakably expressed a desire formorerapid travel. Our patrons are asking for, and must have it, as soon as it can be provided, "The committee was satisfied, with what it was able to learn, that the electric system would give as much speed as was compati ble with safety. c "In addition to increased speed we can haul longer cars, and, when necessary, can haul two cars as well as one,andin the even ings, from 5 to 7 o'clock, can accommodate nil our patrons and can secure much short distance custom that now prefers to walk to being crowded as it must be when horse power is used. During these hours we could fill a car every minute, as anyone about the postoffice knows; but, with horses, we can only run a car every 2 minutes, and then the cars are so crowded that many people going only a short distance prefer walking. With electric power one can carry all with out crowding, though of course some might still be forced to stand. 'Then at the time the amus ement houses dismiss their patrons we can group the cars so as to fill the line make a procession of cars. There will be no horses to maintain and the cost of men to handle the cars will be all that is necessary. People complain that adequate facilities are not provided at a late hour, but they do not understand that they are not possible. To do so would re quire an immense force of men and horses for a single trip and the cost would largely exceed the profit, as men would of course demand a fall day's pay for the work of an hour or two. EXPENSIVE AND ELEGANT. "The plant will be very expensive. The tracks we no w use must be reDlaced br rails nearly twice as heavy,and the cost of power houses, etc., will be very great, but we ex pect to make it pay from increased travel, and to have one of tbe best roads on earth. "We intend to heat and ventilate our cars and make traveling on them a pleasure. We expect to haul our people from the Pittsburg postoffice to the head of Pleasant Valley, a distance of three miles, in 18 minutes, a speed of ten miles an hour, and we are assured that the increased travel will justify the expenditure. "We propose to have the new road in operation before cold weather." A suggestion here presents itself, and that is that rapid transit in the Pleasant Valley line will soon force it on the other Alle gheny lines The Pleasant Valley road will attract by its quick work the people of a considerable portion of the Northside, now drained by the P. A. & M. and the Troy Hill lines, and their proprietors will be compelled to hold that trade to compete in the matter of time, as a person will walk several squares out of his road in order to be carried rapidly to his destination, espec ially when he can thereby go home for din ner and get back to his work within an hour. It is probable tbat within a few 3 ears horses will be used only on lines that are secure from competition, and they are few. The West End and Charticrs road is now competing with the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Bailwav, that runs cars at short inter vals, and with the boat line which plies the greater part of the year, and even that com pany may find rapid transit an indispensa bility to the holding of trade. A GOLDEN CICLE. An Aged Couple Celebrate Tbelr Wedding Anniversary. One of the most pleasant events in the history of the Aged Couples' Home, in Wilkinsburg, was the celebration yesterday of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, two of the inmates. Mrs. Rebecca Davison, of the East End, had charge of the affair, and it was from her a report of the proceedings was obtained. The Board of Managers of the Home, and the Voung Women's Christian Association, of the East End, were present and took part in the proceedings. Rev. Mr. Hicks made a very appropriate address, in which he re ferred in pleasing terms to the occasion they were then celebrating. He, in behalf of the Y. M. "C. A., presented the aged and hon ored conpie with a pocketbook containing two gold pieces. Mrs. Phipps had donated a bride's cake, "containing two pieces of gold, which were also given to the couple, who had seen a half centurv of married lite. Many valuable presents were received by them from tbe cucsts. A luncheon was served the lady visitors and inmates of the Home. BOTTLE BLOWERS ALL EIGHT. Tbelr Holiness Is Jiot Likely to Snfler Any by Prohibition. Mr. Moore, the manager of Chambers & Co.'s new window glass works at Jean nette, stated yesterday that the introduc tion of the prohibition amendment in this State would not damage the trade of the bottle blowers as they claim it will. To corroborate this statement he said: "I beliee that the bottle making trade will be just as good as ever, because there will be as many bottles used after the amendment as there arc now. Why? Because I think that drinking will really not be put down, and the sou drink trade will surely in crease." On Three Charer. Michael Ksenan, No. C28 Second avenue, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Captain Dan Silvus. on informations entered by Inspector McAleese, charging Keenan with selling liquor without license, selling on Sunday and keeping a disorderly house. He will have a hearing before Magistrate Gripp to-day. KOTES AMD NOTIONS. Many Blatters of Much and Little Moment Tersely Trcnted. All around town Buburbs. A lettee of Importance I. Behind the time a Waterbury. Keep tbe goods a'moverin, a'xnoverin along. A feeak of fancy a bogus museum curi osity. He is a poor man who would strike a friend for a loan. The cry of tbe police, "move on," seems to- nave oome to a standstill. Two-cent beer in Cincinnati will make that tbe Nihilistic center of the world. Has anyone noticed that the drunkard is almost an unknown quantity on the streets? Headquaeteus were taken up yesterday.ln the new Nineteenth ward 25,000 police station. That grand jury in returning a true bill must have ref used to accept a S3 William as' a bribe. C. H. Kemp, the proprietor of the Thompson House at Kane, Pa., is in the' city visiting hotel men. Twelye-teab-old William Galvin, of Salts burg, fell into the Monongahela yesterday and was drowned. Don Corbett, the young Clarion lawyer, and Charles Johnson, of Foxburg, went through to Washington, Pa., yesterday. Maudie You may be right; some unfortu nates have long suspected that affection and affectation mean tho same thing. . The meeting of the Ministerial Evangelical alliance yesterday afternoon was postponed for one month. It was moving day. Mike Convet, of Brown's alley, Southside, was held for court in $1,000 bad yesterday on a charge of Illegal liquor selling on Sunday. It does seem as if two virtues aro sufficient for this life If consistently adhered to never forcet a friend and never forgive an enemy. .Edison may not believe it. but-nine out of ten electric street lamps in tbe E&t End were actually blown out by the high wind of Sunday night. Confidential 2tf-r-t H-l-st-d If you want anything from the Republican party just ask for it, and it's yours. Don't tell Quay. B-n H-r-i-s-n. Fourteen new brick buildings to be occu pied by different stores are to be put upjbetween Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets on Penn avenue. A Southern man inquires if tbe earth really moves. If he saw some of the Northern office seekers moving both heaven and earth he would think so. The .members of the Birmingham Turn vereinwill celebrate their twentv-first anni versary tbis day week at their hall on Jane street, Southside. William M. Price, Esq, will address a public mass meeting in the Eighth U. P. Church, Pittsburg. Vam Braam and Locust streets, this evening. Samuel P. Shane, General Freight Agent of the New York, Lake Brieand Western road at Cleveland, was In the city yesterday on busi ness connected with his company. Colonel Thomas E. Watt. District Pas senger Agent of the 1'ennsylvania railroad, left last night for Philadelphia to attend the meeting of Pennsylvania road passenger men. Rain nor muggy weather can squelchaPitts burger's desire to see what is going on. and he stood placidly about yesterday, alone the only place anything ever does go on. Fifth avenue. Cincinnati is making a bid for popularity. She proposes to increase her census and kill that English beer syndicate at one and the same time. Beer is selling there at 2 cents a glass. A fashion journal hails the departure of bustles, stays and steel, and says the natural woman is coming to the front. That's just the trouble, and tbe very reason they use the bustle. A Butler street cable car jumped over a bnck, off the track and on tbe cobble stones at Thirty-fourth street yesterday morning, just to furnish a new way of delaying travel on tbe Citizens' line. A new board of tbe Chamber of Commerce met yesterday. A copy of The Dispatch containing the speech of Andrew Carnegie on transportation was referred to a committee for action and report. AT the Washington Inauguration Centennial Committee, meeting last night the Finance Committee reported that a little over $500 has been received. The balance of the committees reDorted progress. The Shadysida Presbyterian Church will call Rev. M. W. Jacobus. This may afford the ex ccptional Instance wherein it is profitable to "call the gentleman who holds a full hand." He hails from Oxford. Pa. Ten pit cars from Reeling's South Twelfth street coal incline "went on a bust" yesterday morning. They got there. Obstructed by a timely timber they were prevented from burst ing more than themselves. They probably call it planked shad because you receive such a cold deal when you pay for it plank down all you have and tbe spruce cashier pines for more. In order to anticipate numerous bright exchanges, "Chestnuts." The County Constitutional Amendment Executive Committee of the county is arrang ing for a volunteer lecture bureau, and "towns uuable to pay will be lectured free of charge. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster begins her tour in this city May 10. Musical friends of the late Prot Prosser are requested to meet at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Southside, this evening at 8 o'clock, to rehearse appropropriate music for the funeral service, to lie held on Wednes day at 2.30 P. SL, and bring their church tune books and Gospel hymns with them. Bryan was fined $5 and costs for distributing religious tracts in Allegheny. Mayor Pearson imposed the fine, and John S. Slagle, of the Arch Street First Presbyterian Church, also a member of the Pen Investigating Board, was the prosecutor. The charge was disorderly conduct, and Bryan will appeal. A semi-monthly report of the Improve ment of the Poor Association sho-RS, besides thousands of necessities given away, that 1,727 persons were aided and 9S1 visits made. Many children were placed in Sabbath and public schools, aud work secured for -44 persons, in cluding nine permanent positions. THE work of the pupils of the Pittsburg pub lic schools prepared for the Paris Exposition, in 16 handsomely bound volumes, was received by Superintendent Lucky yesterday and was forwarded to New Yorklast night "The work is the handsomest that will go from the United States," said Superintendent Lucky. Anew Board of Managers of tbe Free Dis pensary was chosen yesterday, as follows: L. H. Harris, C. C. Baer, D. Herbert Hostotter, G. F. Smith, Reuben Miller. F. Bemple, Wra. Thaw, 1). Leet Wilson, G. K. Stevenson, John Dunlap, C. F. Wells, CoL J. Collard, Dr. a N. Bcnham, Dr. A Koenig, Dr. J. A Lippencott, Dr. J. J. Buchanan, Wm. O. H. Scully, J. M Kennedy, W. E. Schmcrtz, James L Buchanan. Heavy underwear is fated, better lay aside the Jot, Wiggins says it will be warmer, says in fact it will be hot This is cheerful news for people, but he spoils it with the strain: "Warmer weather, but remember, slightly mixed with chilling rain." Thus It was in childhood's hour, everything was bright and pay, Wiggins frowned, and then the weather dampened us for all that day. There will be a retribution, when we will rise in our might, paralyze deceitful Wiggins, bury bint clean out of sight. The Inside of many a household was turned outside in yesterday. Family skeletons were dragged about and exposed to tbe rude public gaze. Old dismantled bnggy bedsteads; dirty ticking, in all its unclothed, pude nakedness, as Rives would say: smashed mirrors, that re flected nothing but upon the family peace; tin pans with dents, and furniture with accidents, and above all, this havcc of a home, a frantic, dishevelled woman, with one eye on the piano and another on her husband, two squares away trying to look as it he didn't own the entire outfit tbe whole, the sooner retired to private life tbe better. W0EK HAS BEGTJS. A Meeting- of the Central Traction Rnll rond Men Was Held Yesterday. The Board of Directors of the Central Traction Railroa'd Company held a meeting yesterday afternoon, but did only a little business. The company has already made preparations for the building of the track, and a great deal of material has been put down along Wylie avenue extension. Fond of Tobacco and Son p. Mrs. E. McEoberts & Son's grocery store, No. 1 Reed street, was broken into early yesterday morning by burglars who suc ceeded in obtaining about $30 worth old A.V... !- ..J t.il.t ..... mi 2P1 vuuacuu, uignra auu tunc bubjjs. .mey gained entrance by jimming open the front door. Five hundred of tile tobies were found under the steps of ex-Mayor Mc Carthy's honse on Miller street. a pakee Waterloo:. James Hunter Elected Chairman of Allegheny Council Easily. EBBERT'S SIGNIFICANT POINTERS. Some Amusing Scenes, and Others Bather More Serious. ' A POLICEMAN'S 0KE-MINUTE WAGER It is all over. The first iriDery collision is the only one that has grown out of the fight, so far. The contest for the Chairman ship of Allegheny Common Council was ended yesterday morning by the re-election of Mr. James Hunter, with a handsome majority. Early in, the morning, the premises about City Hall were filled by a multitude of curious citizens, and the throng constantly grew until passage was almost impossible. At ,10:15 Common Council was called to order by Mr. Neeb, aU members except Peter Walter, Jr., being present. After the election o'f C. W. Dahlinger as temporary Chairman, and Robert Dilworth and John McKirdy as Secretaries pro tern, the nominations for permanent Chairman were in order: Mr. J. W.McGeary nominated Mr. James Hunter, and Mr. William J. McDonald presented Mr. Thomas A. Parke. The viva voca vote was taken, amidst great but subdued excitement, and James Hunter was declared elected by a score of 31 to 21 votes in his favor, without base hits or errors, as tar as could be seen. Upon motion by the late t opponent, Mr. Parke, the election was made unanimous, and the oath of office was immediately ad ministered. The election of Robert Dil worthis Secretary followed, by accclama tion. The defeat of Parke is attributed by his friends to the bribery story which was so recently sprung. They say that quite a number of members were intimidated, fear ing that in some manner they MIGHT BE IMPLICATED. The following is a list of the voters, with reference to their candidates respectively: For Hunter Messrs. Ammon, Bader, Curry, Dahlinger, Detzel, Ebbcrt, Groetilnger, Arthur. Hunter, Jackson, Raiser, Lanpe, Light hill, Millard, McAuley, McGeary. Neeb, Ober, Paffert, Parke, Patton, Robinson, Rudolph, Schondelmeyer, Henry Smith, J. B. Smith, Stayton, Steffen, Stockman, Swindell, Vogler, Wolfe-31. For Parke Messrs. Watson, Thompson, Thomas, Striepecke, Stemmer, Stauffer, Stacey, Simon, Rynd, McKirdy, McDonald, Koehler, Knox, James Hunter, Harbison, Graham, Frasher, Drum, Cruikshank, Buente, Bell-21. Both candidates made short addresses be fore the vote was taken, Mr. Parke speak ing in regard to the bribery affair, saying that he hoped none of his adherents would take any stock in it, as it was only for political effect. . Mr. Hunter thereupon called attention to the fact that Mr Parke had been out of orier, and also that he (Hunter) did not shun an investigation. The Select branch of Councils was also organized, Mr. James H. Lindsay bein? elected without opposition, and Roland T. White as clerk. Objections were raised to the seating of Morris Einstein, of the Twelfth ward, by Arthur Kennedy, but they were overruled, Mr. Einstein being duly sworn in. After a resolution to prose cute all parties concerned in the attempts at bribery, had passed, the meeting adjourned. MONEY MADE QUICKLY. Quite a number of curious incidents took place while the elections were going on. As Robert Eberhardt. the Third ward police man, stepped out from the Treasurer's office with a month's salary in his pocket, an en thusiastic individual offered to bet a cool hundred on Parke "I'll just take $25," remarked Eberhardt, aud hardly had the stakes been placed when the result was an nounced, making Eberhardt 25 richer. The air is full of threats from men on both sides, alleged to be concerned in the bribery business. "What's the latest in bribes?" inquired a Dispatch reporter, meeting Mr. Ebbert on the street yesterday afternoon, as he wa& walking along with a rather troubled ex pression on his face. "Not much," was the reply. "I have nothing to say, beyond the fact that what I have said I shall stand up to. I am pretty sure there are some other people at the bot tom of this thing." Here the speaker named a well-known attorney, who is prom inent in Allegheny politics. DELICATE AT THE BEST. "What do you think of Scandrett's posi tion?" "I wouldn't like to be in it; nevertheless I think he and a few others have been led into it by other parties, and are really not to blame." "Yet von appear to be pretty well satis fied of the guilt of the accused," interposed the reporter. "I can just say again that Scandrett came to me on last Friday morning and showed me his bank book, saying that there were 5500, and asking me where I wanted it-to be placed." "" The reporter next called upon an at torney referred to by Ebbirt. The gentle man was very indignant, and warned the reporter not to publish his name in connec tion with any such statement Prominent electric light officials are also being rung into the case by the common gossip of the town. Charles Rea, an ardent supporter of Hunter, spoke in very forcible terms about some officials, referring to their alleged connection with the election in a rather uncomplimentary manner. EICE, OP MINNESOTA, The Ex-Representative and Candidate for Governor In Town. Ex-Representative Edmund Rice, of Min nesota, passed through the city last night on his way home from Washington. Mr. Rice is a Democrat, and one of the few in that State who have anything to say about how the machine shall be run. The large Republican vste was against .him at the last election, and he was defeated for re election to Congress. He was also at one time a candidate for Governor of the State. While at the Union station last night he said that the rejection of Murat Halstead's name by the Senate was perfectly proper, but he thou eh t it would work to Halstead's advantage in other ways. It was possible. that he would be nominated tor United States Senator or something of tbat kind. Mr. Rice did not think that the President would insist oh his appointment being con firmed. In regard to President Harrison's civil service policy, Mr. Rice said he would observe the law to the letter. A FRENCH PK0FESS0E From Cincinnati, Alleged to Have Eloped With a Pltlsbarger's Wife. The Cincinnati i'ngutrer of yesterday contains the following story, which may be of local interest: Chief of Police Deitsch, of Cincinnati, received a letter a few days ago from a Pittsburg druggist, named St. Arns. The letter stated that the writer's young wife had eloped with a Prof. Sardou, who formerly taught a class in French in Cincinnati, and information concerning the pair was solicited. Mrs. St. Arns was formerly a Miss Mc NaSb, and was a leading belle at one time in Montreal where her relatives live. A Shave for 1-13 of a Cent. Colgate Co- N. Y., will mail you a .sample of Demulcent Shaving Soap sufficient for a month for 2 cents. A STARTLING RESURRECTION. The Corpse Gets Ont of a CoOta nt Green burs Depot It Scares a Scrub-Woman Crazy and Says It Was Drank. An amusing and somewhat startling event occurred at the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Greensburg yesterday morning. A coffin was left lying on the platform Sun day night, and about 5 o'clock in the morning the woman who cleans the waiting rooms, while engaged in sweeping out the ladies' room, happened to look out of the window and spy the coffin. While she looked at it the lid was slowly raised and a man's head appeared. Then, as she gazed in affright, he slowly sat up in the coffin. With a yell of terror, such as a-Comanche squaw might utter, she fled to the agent's house, a short distance from the station, and, with rapid pulls at the bell, soon had him aroused. , Unable to jinaerstand what the trouble was, the agent hastened to the station in his stocking-feet, and thero he found the cause of the wdnyin's terror, coolly walking around looking for his hat. His Corpscln pin formed them ththe"was drunk last night," and his "buddy" had been stowed away in the coffin to sleep. WONDEEFULLT WEITTEN. A Communication .for tbo Youmcn Eagen to Lank Right Into, t Alderman McNulty, of Allegheny, has received an anonymous and undated com munication, in'the shape of a postal card, written partly in English, partly in Ger man, and partly in neither, and hardly legible. Below is a copy of tbe text; as close to the original as possible.. Let the Youmen Eagen no aBout this a man on Troy Hill is starving his horses nowatter and no feet bis nabor Sacbtthat daywud beo Sankful if som but wud Luck at them his name is L S , Troy Hill, ner the Schoole house ReseiveTownshipe. After diligent and persistent perusal, a scribe made the following out the linguistic conglomeration: Let the Humane Aeent know about this: A man on Troy Hill is starving his horses no water and no feed. His neighbors say that they would be thankful if somebody would look at tbem. His name is L S , Troy Hill, near tho school house, Reserve town ship. As there is considerable sense in the latter, it might be well for the "Youmen Eagen" to look into the matter TO START AT MILLVALE. Gran-Benncti's Old Mill Will be Working Again In a Few Dnys. The people of Millvale borough were made happy yesterday by thejannouncement in the little town that the large mill formerly owned by Graff, Bennett & Co., and which has been shut down for about a year, would resume work next week Preparations for starting were begun last night, and by Thursday it is expected that they will be under way. The mill will be started up by James Friend and F. N. Hoftstot, representing the syndicate which purchased the property some time ago. They have been trying to dispose of it, but have been unable to do so. They now intend to run the mill and manufacture iron. The name of the firm has been changed to the Millvale Iron and Steel Company. PENNST OFFICIALS INSPECTING. The magnates Hero on Their AnnnnI Spring Toor Over Ibe Lines. , President Roberts, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in company with General Man ager Pugh and two carloads of other officials of the company, will arrive in the city about 1 o'clock this afternoon on their an nual spring inspection tour of the com pany's lines. They will leave Altoona about 8 o'clock, and will inspect the Pitts burg division before arriving here. They will travel in a special train, con-, sisting of special engine 937 and cars 180 ' and 120. They will inspect the West Penn and Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston branches to-niorrow and the day following. v - PRAISEWORTHY POLICE WfJRK. - The Old Cooper Shop Is at Last Closed Tip by the Offlclnls. The police officials yesterSay made anoth er raid on the low class of habitations in the lower part of the city, closing up the noto rious old "Cooper Shop," on Ferry street, near the corner of Second avenue, and also No. 50 Second avenue, which is said to have been in a manner connected with and of the same class as the "Cooper Shop." The place was ordered to be closed a few weeks ago on April 1, and the proprietors complied with .the order. The "Cooper Shop" is owned by a man named Hunder lich. It always had a bad reputation, and was a resort for a tough class of citizens. SOLD FOE 25,000. . - The Bellevne nnd Davis Islnnd Inclined Plane at Auction. The Bellevue and Davis Island elevator and inclined plane was sold by the Sheriff yesterday to satisfy the claim of J. S. Brown and others, for 23,000. The purchase in cludes several acres of ground. It is said the failure is as much the result of mismanagement as of anything else. It will not be dismantled. KELLOGG WELL KNOWN HERE. Pittsburg Shippers Will Remember the St. T.-jnls Suicide. Asa W. Kellogg, the General Agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, who' committed suicide in the Southern Hotel, St. Louis, Saturday night, was well known to shippers in this city. Until the establish ment of an office ot the company in Pitts burg, he had charge of this territory vand spent a great amount of his time here. TWO FINGERS BITTEN OFF. A Man Lost Ibe members Daring a Fight K In Limerick on Snndny. ' Ed. McConville was locked up in the Twenty-eighth. ward station last night for losing two of his fingers and breaking in arm in a Limerick fight with a man who seemed to be very hungry on Sunday. The fellow with the fingers in his mouth is vet' at large. For the Aged Colored Women's Home. The lady managers ot this institution (the only one of its kind, in Western Pennsylva nia) will give a dinner and festival at La fayette Hall April 11, the proceeds to be devoted to the enlargement of the Home building, which is now full to its utmost capacity, with more applicants seeking ad missiop. The patronage of the public is earnestly requested. John Jnrrett to England. John Jarrett returned from Washington yesterday morning He said that the indi cations were that Carroll D. Wright would he continued as Labor Commissioner, and there was not a ghost of a chance for Pitts burg getting' the place. He said he had consented to become a candidate for the consulate at Sheffield or Birmingham, En-Sland- Cnugbt In the Act. Charles A. McGuire and C. B. Guth were arrested last night on a charge of larceny, preferred by the clerk of the Centennial Hotel, before Alderman Reilly. The clerk had seen them going through a satchel, and they went to jail in default of $500 bail. Building Trades Flourishing. The Building Trades' Union held its first meeting in the new K. of L.-Hall, on Fifth avenue, last night. The reports from the various local unions showed them to be in. a flourishing condition, MANY M0YING SCENES The Annual Flitting of Families Takes Place in the Rain. FEWER CHANGES THAN FORMERLY Real Estate and Business Men Saj That Money Is Plentiful. THE BOOM IN LAND TRANSACTIONS A moving scenel This sentence is an April fool joke. It is supposed to be humorous. You are to laugh at it and then own up'that you were fooled, and that it is' as funny as the printed report of a gun. It is old, but it just "happened to fit the day, and, as people often have a "fit of laughter," it was thought that the Witness of the sentence might make it suitable to the occasion. You are to imagine the horrible' awfulness of some fearful occurrence which strikes the shuddering heartstrings at the rate of so much per shudder and 40 per cent of the gate receipts. Your hair is to rise like the landlord's rent until you can "hear the latest-styled Mercury among the new Government building busts fall with a dull plunkety-plunk. The scene is to move you. The moving consists only of some poor unfortunate victim of circumstances and back rent and his belongings, changing, his residence from one part of the city to an other. U.he change is as old as Noah, who was one of the first movers mentioned in the Bible. Wives who complain about the amount of house cleaning they have to do at this season of the year need only think of Mrs. 'Noah, and then hold their peace for ever. She didn't have the opportunity of telling ner next-door neighbor what a dirty family was in the house before they moved in. There has not been so much moving in Pittsburg or Allegheny this year as last year, for some reason. But there has been enough. People are evidently well enough satisfied with their present residence, and do not care to go out into the .cold, unfeeling world and seek another. .JUST BECOGlflZE THE TABLE. " Many a man, however, will be eating his supper from the mantelpiece or the bottom of the upturned wash-boiler to-night, and at the same time humming the once popular song, "There's No Place Like Home," while he munches some of Sunday's roast beef, now as cold as Jay Gould, or drinks hot water and coffee-grounds from a Dres den china. , "Every dog has its day" is a homely old proberb, but it very forcibly calls to mind the strange.whirlisig of the mover's life. Yesterday was the day for the man who moved you; and he was king for a day, if it did rain. There are some families who move annu ally at least. They are like the Mohamme dans and the hegira. All chronological events are dated from their Sittings "John was born here," "Mary had the measles there," etc. for all the domestic occur rences which go to make family history. Some move of necessity, and in the nigh't; but a veil must be drawn over these pro ceedings. Moving in Pittsburg was commenced at 3 o'clock yesterdav morning, and if it had not been raining midnight would have been the hour. It was'almost midnight when the last load was delivered. Every available vehicle, from a ponderous furniture van to a wheelbarrow, was pressed into -service. The Allegheny Express Company had two vans, six two-horse wagons and ei$ht one horse wagons at work all day. The Alle gheny Transfer Company had one. van and ten two-horse wagons on the road from 3 A. M. to 11 P. M. Such are examnles of the 'amount of work done by the" larger con cerns. Every livery stable had lrom one to five wagons in use, and you could not ride five blocks and count the movers on tbe fingers of both hands. It was a day ot de light for the necessary evil, the small hoy; no school, and every boy was out for fun. He will do more work carrying articles from one house to another than a man; but if it is bis own family that is moving it is impossible to get him to help. , STRANGE A3 IT MAY SEEM. In conversations with real estate dealers yesterday theyall declared' that there were fewer changes of residence this year than last. In the business portion of the city the changes are very few. It is almost an im possibility to secure a location on Fifth ave nue, Wood or Smithfield streets. When a firm needs more room, instead of going to a larger building it reaches out and obtains control of a smaller building adjoining it, and converts it into a storeroom. The want of room has caused the recent growth of Penn avenue and a few of the side streets. In the suburbs good houses do not remain tenantless long.' There is plenty of ready money in the city at present, and the work ing people are obtaining andoccupying bet ter houses now than formerly. Rents are about the same as last year. They are quite high. The increase made three years ago has not been reduced; it has, on 'the con trary, been enhanced in many cases. There has been an enormous number of transfers in real estate this spring. People who have always invested money in other than real estate are now turning their at tention to land transactions, and are buying and seUing very rapidly. , Wit" moving time comes house-cleaning, and with the latter comes new household articles. Mr. W. H. Keech, who controls the largest "time house" in the city, was seen yesterday, up to his ears in work. He managed to say, between customers, that business was prosperous. He deals exclu sively with the working classes at this season. Plenty of household articles are being purchased. SOME OP THE SMILERS. It is a booming time for the furniture dealers; so many articles are broken and have to be replaced at his profit, and at the los9 of the humble citizen. Many amusing moving incidents occur. They are enjoyed only by the spectators, however. It is not theleast bit funny to be laughed at. There is a man id Oakland who played an April fool joke on himself. He refused to move, as it was raining. Two constables came along and placed his house hold goods out on the pavement. He had to do some rapid work to get a wagon and get his goods in out of the wet before night. Moving was not confined to families. Passing along the streets last evening, there might have'been noticed the large number of trunks moving from one room to another; some in wagons, others carried; and, in one cas3, a well-dressed young fellow had placed his goods in a little red push-cart, and was contentedly shoving it along to his destina tion. t ,, There is a fascination in moving. You wonder what kind of people the new neigh bors will be; then there is the new house with the unexplored rooms and the mys terious attic, which is usually the favorite resort forthe children. It is an excellent opportunity of seeing what kind oi furni ture your neighbors nave, and, to a woman, the sight of a load of household goods mov ing is only equaled by the observance of a wedding or luneral. OH, SUCH DELIGHTS t Then there are the pleasures of getting acquainted and the enjoyment of cntting one another after you have learned all you wished to know.' It has its disagreeable features, yet it has its pleasures, which would undoubtedly be increased or the former would be decreased were the 1st of May selected as the time for moving, and not the first day in the showery month that makes fools of good folk. The most noticeable change yesterday the commencement of the destruction of old K. of L. Hall, on Wood street, which is to be replaced by a new bank building. Aa old landmark at the corner of Fifth, avenue and Liberty streets is also being torn down, to be replaced by a new building. In Allegheny and the East End, although there are many changes in houses, and a few in business locations, not particularly noticeable ones are presented. APRIL FOOL JOKES. Detective. Conlson and, Deputy Coroner Linghry Are Called Oat of Bed and an -Anxious Office Seeker Perhaps Still on the Ran. Quite a number of April fool jokes were perpetrated among the city and county officials yesterday. t About 3 o'clock in the morning Detective Coulson was awakened at his home on Tannehill street and in formed that safe burglars were at work on a bank on Wood street. He got up and dressed) hurried down town and found after a diligent search that it was April 1. A ghastly joke was perpetrated qn Depu ty Coroner Loughry. Someone telephoned from an Allegheby undertaker's that a lit tle girl had been found drowned at the head of Herr's Island and the body was awaiting the Coroner's orders. Loughrey went from the office in the Court House to the island, where he realized the joke, though he did not appreciate it. Alderman Richards sent a colored man named Tinsley, who has been bothering him for some time to get him a city position,to In spector McAleese with a letter recommend ing him to a position on a patrol wagon. He was referred by the Jnspectorto Street Com missioner Andrews, who sent him to an other official, and from that to another, un til nearly every office in Citv Hall had been visited. The man returned to the Alder man's office late last night after a half day's hard work, but still hopeful, aud said he expected to get fixed up all right this morn ing, when he would have a talk with Judge Gripp". FE0MFAE-0FF ALASKA. A Chlcagoian la the City Who Is In Business ' In That Country. J. K. Armsby, of Chicago, who is en gaged in the salmon business in Alaska, was in the city yesterday, and left last evening for Chicago. He said, in speaking of the resources and development of the country, that last year 400,000 cases of salmonfworth $2,200,000, was packed in that country and sent East. The supposition that only the Columbia river salmon is worth canning is not true. In Alaska, in the Ukon river, which had been explored for a distance of 2,800 miles, the salmon are the best to be found in the world. He said that Governor Schweinford had withdrawn his charge against Governor Tingle. The charges against the Govern ment agent and the Alaska Commercial Company were of a scandalous and most re volting description. It was true that Indian squaws had been kidnapped by the latter company's men, but in nearly every case the offenders were found and punished. Mr. Armsby said that the actual cash royalties received by the United States are more than the territory cost. At tbe time it was purchased the Government here gave Russia 87,200,000 for the country in recog nition of the, valuable aid to the North dur ing the late civil war. They did novbuy it as an investment, but the duties have paid for the purchase many times. TWO T0UNG GIELS EESCUED. Inspector McAleese nnd Detective Coalson Reclaim Them. Inspector McAleese and Detective Coul son took two young girls from the house at No. 33 Water street, kept by Jennie "Hazel last night shortly before midnight. Their names are Dollie Martin and May Jang, both less than 16 years of age. The former lives on the hill in the vicinity of tllA TTtfvI. RaTiaaI nwtrl 4Y.A lnlt.a li.m.1!. .. 148 Spring Garden avenue, Allegheny. West Penn Offlces Removed. The offices and clerical employes of the West Penn Railroad were removed yester day from Blairsville to Allegheny City. Superintendent Kirtland has taken up his headquarters on the second floor ot the com pany's Federal street station. Twenty-two clerks came with him. Of the Wlie-Beating Stripe. August Young, of Spring Garden avenue, Allegheny, was 'arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of choking his wife. Mayor Pearson retused to take bail, and a hearing will be giving this morning. All In the Snme Business. Hugh Richey, Edward McGann, Matt Quinn and Henry Thompson were arrested vesterday by Officers Cross and Manion. The police say the men are all professional thieves, and Thompson was locked up on a charge of burglary, committed on Liberty street. s Questions Worthy, of Consideration Ad dressed Church and, school committees, and per sons building generally. Shall we continue in the old rut and plaster our ceilings and walls with the same aid mud we have been patching all our lives, simply because it is cheap? Or shall we use wood, which we know will warp, shrink and burn, and furnish lodgment for all manners of in sects? Or shall we.use our own brains and a little common sense, and adopt the patent metal ceilings, manufactured by A. Nor throp & Co., and secure clean ceilings, dura ble ceilings, artistic-and attractive ceilings that are not easily damaged by either leak age of water, or jarring and vibration of buildings? Send stamp fv our new cata logue of designs, or call and see our new offices at cor. Twenty-third and Mary sts., Pittsburg, S..S., before you decide these questions. A. Northrop & Co. EOD REAIi ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, IiIM 401 'SmlthOeld Street, cor. Fourth Avenue. Capital, $100,000. Surplus, S38.000. Deposits of $1 and upward received and interest allowed at 4 per cent. , tts Yotj can't get the good of your electric light unless you have proper shades or globes. The most complete assortment and newest designs are to be found at Craig head's Lamp Store, 615 Smithfield st. D Prof. Simeon Bissell, of Curry Uni versity, is on the sick list at his home at Dallas Station. B. tB. Corset covers, in fine muslin, at 15c, 25c, 35c, 60c, 65c, 75c, 85c and $1; undoubtedly the best in this market. Boggs & Buhl. A Slow Death Is what youtare living if you are being an noyed by an old sewing machine. Buy one of our easy running Davis machines and enjoy life a little. Work can be done on it in one-fourth the time' done by other mo chine;. Hoppers Bros. & Co., 307 Wood street, 'aTe the only dealers. ttssu B.&B. Our ladies' nightdresses at 50e, 65c, 75c, 85c, $1 and $1 25, made of fine muslins, full length and finished neatly, will pay you to buy. (Large assortment.) Boggs & Buhl. Ob, My Poor Back! How often that expression is heard by people who will try to eke out a miserable existence on some old worn out sewing ma chine instead of being sensible like other people and getting one of Hopper Bros. & Co.'s "New High Arm" Davis sewing ma chine. 307 Wood street. ttssu B. &B. Special To-day we open at 65c, 75c, 85o and $1 the best muslin skirts at prices ever put on a counter. .Boggs & Buhl. PASSENGER AGENTS' MEETING. Joint Tariffs Blast be Posted for the In formation of ttte Public. E.D. Smith. Division Passenger Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio; C. W. Bassett, General Passenger Agent of the Pittsburg and Western; A. E. Clark, of the Lake Erie, and the passenger officials of the Pennsylvania Company's lines, left last evening for Cincinnati to attend the ,mass meeting of passenger agents to be held at that place to-day. H addition to the pro gramme of business which was printed in The Dispatch last week, the question of publishing joint rate sheets will come up for discussion. Under the recent inter State commerce amendment railroad com panies are required to post all rates where tbe public may have access to them. This includes the rates on foreign roads, and must show the exact proportion of the through rate given each of the lines on which the business passes. For instance, on a ticket to Chicago, via the Pittsburg and Western road, the posted notices must show how much the Wheeling aud Lake Erie and Baltimore and Ohio companies get. Three Rensons Why People should buy goods on easy payments: First, it is most impossible for people of moderate means to accumulate enough money to furnish a house properly. Second, tbat a better1 class of goods can be purchased than though you were compelled to pay spot cash. Third, having your house properly fur nished it is an encouragement to live and be more happy; you take more pleasure in keeping good goods in nice order, and by so doing are considered good housekeepers. The satisfaction is complete; your friends, yourself andyourdealer 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 B. fcB. The greatest bargain purchase we ever made 100 pes. all-silk surahs 50 cts. is the under price they go at to-day. Boggs & Buhl. Put Money In Thy Purse. Persons contemplating putting in new carpets will look well to their purse strings by looking at our stock before selecting. Remember that it pays better to buy- good carpets than poor ones, and you can well afford to when yon get six months' time to settle for the same, say nothing of the satis faction given from the moment you get the goods, besides a year or two longer wear. We think after considering the above that you will appreciate our manner of doing business. Hopper Bros. & Co., ttssu 307 Wood street. Pay 94 OO to 85 00 a Dny. Do you want to make money? If you do, you can make from $4 to $5 per day by call ing at the Hub for your clothing. You can save one dollar on a pair of pants, $2 on a suit and $2 on a spring overcoat. You save thisxon clothing tor men and boys, regard less of whstt other stores advertise. .We guarantee to save to every customer the above named $5, or the goods will cost you nothing. You find nothing but the best made clothing and low prices at the Hub. We present a fine ball and bat to every boy customer at the Hub. Boston Clothing House, 439 Smithfield street. Housekeepers' Guldr. This welcome visitor, just from the press of Percy F. Smith, has been improved by the addition of several pages of interesting read ing matter. Wm. Haslage & Son are the publishers. B. fc B. 75-cent surahs on center counter this morning at 50 cents. Boggs & Buhl. We recommend the use of Angostura Bitters to our friends who suffer with dys pepsia. Wlthoot Bragging, We have an elegant line of lace curtains, at prices within the easy reach of all. Turcoman and chenille curtains in great variety. Daghastaa, Mqquet. 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 rodsand buttons. Worsted silk and linen curtain loops and chains of too large u variety to express, for cash or easy payments. Hopper Bros. & Co., 307 Wood st. ttssu B. it B. Wholesale buyers as well as retail pur chasers can have a chance to-day at the 50 cent all-silk surahs center counter. Boggs & Buhl. Oh, Mothers Buy your infants' cloaks, slips, etc., this week at reduced prices. Busy Bee Hive, cor. Sixth and Liberty. Exquisite Designs nnd Colorings. As pretty a line of floor coverings in in grains, tapestry- and body brussels, velvets and moquets as the city affords, and at prices that other dealers cannot possibly afford, can be seen and had at our popular house-furnishing store rooms. Cash or easy terms of payments. Hopper Bros. & Co., ttssu 307 Wood street. B. &B. A center silk counter to-day at 50 cts. Extra quality colored all-silk surahs 100 pieces, all shades blacks and creams 50 cents. Boggs & Buhl. BIBER & EASTON. NEW SPRING COSTUMINGS. 40-inch French Side Band Suitings, self trimmings, only 50c a yard. . 46-lncb Pure Mohair Saltings. 40-inch Henriettas at 65c. Extra Satin Finish. 45-inch widths, 85c and 1100. Silk Warp Henriettas, spring shades. Black Henriettas in all the numbers, from 85c to J2, the most perfect finished grades im ported. The most complete line of novelties and FANCY DRESS GOODS, All at attractive prices. Second shipment in Silks brings to us a spe cial bargain in a colored Satin Luxor, all the pravailincrshades, at 85c regular SI goods. Fancy Stripe Surahs, for trimmings, at 85c Novel and stylish designs in India Silks. WRAPS, Cloaks and Suits. New and handsome effects for Ladies. Misses and Children. JACKETS. Stockinette, fair grade, for S3. High grade Jackets. !5 50, S7. 9, S10. Bound Corkscrews and Wdle Cloths, lined and unlined,with or without vests, 55, $7, $9, $12 toSlfL Colored French Cloth, Loose or Directolrs Fronts, J9. $12. $16. Bead Wraps, all grades, from $3 to $10. Braided Silk and Cloth Mantles, J3 to $40. Nottingham, Swiss and Irish Point Curtains. 'Curtain Nets and Sash Draperies, neat and effective patterns, low range of cost. House Furnishing Linens, Table Damasks, Napkins, Towels and Qnilts, the heat values shown; underground prices. BIBER 4JAHTTJH, 605 AND 507 MARKET ST. mhl9-TTS8U NBW ABVZRTISEHIKTS., "3" 7-' " J&yC5& JOB. HDRNE:'i Gu.'s' ' PENN AVENUE STORES. - VJS-! ZZZ f M, wfa jri MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS NOW LACE, CURTAINS, f r HEAVY CURTAINS, PORTIERES and DRAPERIES. Curtain Materials by the yard, 15c to finest qualities. New Velour Curtains just received. New Velour Tabla and Piano Covers. New Cretonnes and Furniture Cov erlngs. k " Pillows and Bolsters, regular sizes and special sizes to order promptly. Our Lace Curtain stock is all new nta1 this spring's importations $1 a pair to - finest Brussels Point. -. ' We make estimates on high decorat-. , ing for Interiors equal to any in tha -C country. " V Our Curtain Room is large and well i liehted and customers receive prompt attention. T' All the latest styles of Printed Silks ,' as fas as they. come out, for -fancy n work and sash curtain use. ' iSg New styles In Upholstery fringes, ' "" Gimps and Sash Curtain Loops. Send In your orders now for any kind ' of drapery work, which will receive our best attention. JOB. HDRNE k CD.'S PENN AVENUE-STORES:; V mi26-TTT CONSUME YOUR OWN GARBAGE IK stoves and ranges while using the same for cooking, or any other purpose, by using tho Eureka Garbage Burner. For illustrative cir cular, containing full information, call on or address JAMES ANDERSON, 53 East Diamond street, ie5-n57.TT3 Allegheny. Pa. LEGAL, NOTICES. - ' flaws' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT letters testamentary have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Henry Biermann, deceased, late of Allegheny City. All persons owing or having claims against the . said estate willplease prewnt them without delay to HERMAN BIERMANN, Executor, mhlS-18-Tn 256 Sandusky St. Allegheny. -rOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON X Monday, the eichth (8th) day of April. A. D. 1889. application will be made by Rosetta Hostetter, D. Herbert Hos tetter, Herbert Dupuy, Theodore R. Hos tetter. Milton L. Myers and Robert 8. Robb, to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of tbis Commonwealth entitled "An Act to Provide for the Incorpora tion and Regulation of Certain Corporations" approved April 29, 1874, and the various supple- , ments and amendments thereto, for the char- . terot an intended corporation to be called Hostetter and Co., the character and object whereof is the manufacture and saleof amedl- v cine known as Hostetter's Celebrated Stomach Bitters, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of said act of Assembly and tbe amendments and supplements thereto. , , mh28-32 D. T. WATSON. Solicitor. VrOTICE-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN JL that an application will be made to tbe Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania on MONDAY, April 22. 1SS9. at 10 o'clock A. St.. or as soon thereafter as tbe same can be heard for a charter oft Incorporation of a pro- e" Dsed corporation to be called "City Bridge ompany," under the provisions of an act of Assembly, entitled, "An act to provide for tho Incorporation and regulation of certain cor porations," approved April 29. 1874. and the supplements thereto. The object of the pro posed corporation being the construction and maintenance of a bridge over the Allegheny river from a point in the city of Allegheny at or near Race alley and between Race alley and Federal street in said city to a point at or near Barker's alley and between Barker's alley and Sixth street in the city of Pittsburg Tbe capital stock of 'aid corporation Is fixed st $100,000. and the names of the corporators are Geo. Wilson, Joshua Rhodes, George Rice. A (X McCallam, Jr., F. C. Hutchinson and James A.McDerltt. A. M. NEEPER, Solicitor for applicants. mh2Mi7-Tu L 3 r . 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