" THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,- - 188K"
Vi.'
GOLDEN EYEKGLADES
Col. W. L Scott's Great Scheme
Eeclaim Swamps Tans Out.
to
BIG CHANGE IX FLORIDA'S MORASS.
Sow,
After Seven Tears, a Mississippi
Steamboat Enters It.
A GIGANTIC PLAN TO HAKE SUGAR KIXG
JCOKItESPOXDESCE OP TIIK DISrATCII.3
Jacksonville, Fla., September 13.
The drainage oi the great Okeechobee re
gion of South Florida is proving a success.
Tor years the plan was discussed by scien
tists and capitalists, but not until 1881 did
the first dredge boat begin operation. This
vast morass embraces 8,000,000 acres situ
ated in the northern portion ot the State,
including the Everglades and the valleys of
the Caloosahatchie and Kissimmee rivers.
The object was to drain the lands adjacent
and to open a navigable channel to the
Gulf of Mexico.
The work has never been suspended, and
is being pushed forward with more force
than ever during this summer. To-day the
thousands ot acres of "reclaimed lands"
show what labor and the ingenuity of the
American can accomplish.
The drainage of this immense territory
has been a herculean task, and the most
colossal known in the history of the world;
bnt the result of the scheme has made the
Okeechobee valley
THE EGYPT Or AMERICA.
It is hard to imagine the wonderful
changes that a few years, combined with
Yankee enterprise, can make. Seven years
ago this region was nothing but a vast
morass, and none but the light-footed In
dian entered the tropical swamp. A trans
formation to be effective must be rapid; and
it is not surprising the stranger feels a shock
when he compares the then of '82 with the
now of '89. Vast ranges of inexhaustible
fertility are being used for farming and
grazing. Orange groves, banana planta
tions, suzar cane and tobacco fields are al
ready in a high state of cultivation.
The interior of sub-tropical Florida is
composed of the unknown Everglades, sup
posed until reccntlr to be irreclaimable and
almost impenetrable.
Lake Okeechobee was found to be 22 feet
above high tide, and, by means of the canal
connecting it with the Caloosahatchie river
on the west, its level has been lowered, thus
draining the lands adjacent. Sow, for the
first time within the knowledge of man, the
waters ot Okeechobee flow constantly to the
Gulf, thus lowering the lake and preventing
a recurrence of the former annual inunda
tion ol the lands of the Caloosahatchie Val
ley. This gitantic scheme, about which so
much has been written pro and con, is,
therefore, found to be practicable, and each
year is redeeming more land from the do
main of standing waters.
SIAEVELOUS CLIMATE ASD SOIL.
Of this interior region we are only able to
judge of the climate by the native vegeta
tion, which is nearly as tropical as the Ba
hamas, from which it may safely be pre
sumed that killing frosts'never "visit this
belt.
The hardships connected with this work
is almost beyond the power of human en
durance, and nothing but the "grit, grip
and gumption" of the Yankee has induced
the continuance of the dredging. The sur
vey is in itself a task that nothing but
strong physical endurance could withstand.
Captain Minge, to whom so much of the
engineering is due, says:
"To be in the middle of the Everglades
for a month or so, with no other comforts
than a light canoe and such an outfit as can
be carried in such a craft, waist deep in mud
nnd water, mosquitoes alligators and moc
casins; traveling to the point ol the com
pass, regardless of thick morasses of ac
quatic jungle 10 feet high, is.no child's
play."
And yet, for seven years the dredging
machinery has been at work, until this re
gion is a network of canals and rivers, with
a main channel 360 miles in length reaching
xo tue uuit, which has already oeen trav-
creea oy a .Mississippi steamer.
IT IS PENNSYLVANIA PLUCK.
The Okeechobee Company, comprised of
. cuu n.iuia u.ijuiuiiiis wun uoionei Will
iam L. Scott at their head, undertook to
reclaim 12,000 square miles of lands under
water, for which the State ceded one-balf
of all reclamations. Under the special
charter from the legislature of the State, the
drainage company have given over thou
sands of acres already and, from tests
made, thev are the richest in the United
States. For an average depth of six feet
there is nothing but decomposed vegetable
matter, which with the mildness of the
climate, sives a perpetual vegetation of
semi-tropical products.
In the prosecution of the work the drain
age company has expended more than
S3,000,000, and its return for this outlay is
derived from the sale of the reclaimed lands.
Hundreds of caDitalists nri im-..tinn
heavily among these fertile acres, and the
gigantic power of American gold is uniting
itself with American enterprise.
Here we find the sugar lands of South
1 londa the magnet that is drawing such
iorces of Northern capital to the State.
Hundreds of acres are already in the culti
vation of cane, and, in the midst of this
FOUR MAMMOTH SUCAP. EEFINEBIES
have been erected during the last year.
That sugar is destined to be king in this
region is not questioned by thinking men.
.these rich bottom lands possess an advan
tage over the Louisiana plantations, inas
much as they are more fertile, while the
milder climate allows the cane to more fullv
mature. The experimental run of last
sprmir showed a net profit of S125 per acre
over $00 in Louisiana. '
Experts, who have studied the sugar in
dustry in Cuba say that in the "reclaimed
jiiiu ui xionua. ,u03 Has met a rival,
labor costs more in Florida, but the vield
is greater, markets are nearer, and an ex
emption from tariffduties more than offsets
the labor account. The largest sugar estate
of Cuba last year netted S800.000.
A COLOSSAL mabket.
Will the sugar industry pay ? Annually
the United States consumes 1,500,000 tons of
sugar. The Sugar Trust made a piofit last
year of $30,000 000-520 per ton-in excess
of the sugar refineries, before the trust was
formed, all of which came out of the people
without any return to the people. It is es
timated that less than 5,000,000 acres of
cane would supply our home markets.
With the demand for the staple that
rich and poor, high and low, must
have, it is not surprising that the culture of
sugar has become a source of never-ending
interest to all. Trie sugar fields of Florida
uie w.w4.vu. im uiaie, ana as a money
enterprise sugar culture will far out-rival
the orange industry. The plantations at
this season of the year, in their luxuriant
growth, make the sugar planters' hearts
dance with joy, and while the business is
only in its infancy, careful estimates place
the Florida crop for the coming rear at
3,000,000 pounds. bj j v
TonrlMe,
Whether on pleasure bent or business, should
take on every trip a bottle ot Syrup of Figs as
it acts most pleasantly and effectually on the
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of sickness. For
gale in 50c and SI bottles by all leading drug
gists. Ilnndsome New Brocade Silks Open To-Day
"Si CO to $3 in all the new Cloth Shades
made in this country ana equal to foreign
goods at twice the price.
Jos. Hokjce & Cos
Penn Avenue Stores.
Ass your
Age.
druggist for
Klein's Silver
MWJr
SUFFERINGS ENDED BI DEATH.
The Fourth Fnlnltu KfsuUIdc From a
Recent Mine Explosion.
JprECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISFATCII.i
Cakbondale, September 15. Andrew
O. Xicol, Superintendent of the Delaware
and Hudson collieries in this valley, who
was burned in the recent explosion at the
Oliphant colliery, died from his injuries
yesterday. This" is the fourth death result
ing from the accident, but his is
the outcome of an act of heroism seldom
paralleled. "When the fatal explosion was
over it left Mr. Nicol and his four assist
ants with their lights gone out and their
clothes on fire. The fire then had to be ex
tinguished by rubbing the woolen clothes
between their'already burned hands. When
llr. Nicol could stand the additional burn
ing no longer he tore his coat with his teeth,
burning his mouth badlv. Then, in the in
tense darkness, burned, bleeding, bruised
and sore, they started for the loot of the shait,
a mile and a quarter distant.
Mr. Nicol guided the party by sliding
one foot along the rail. When, owing to an
old hurt he was obliged to give that up, he
ran his burned hands along the rail until
the flesh was worn off the finger tips. The
others gave out and wanted to lie down and
die, but his indomitable will kept the party
in motion, and toward the last he dtagged
one of the men by his collar with one hand
while feeling his way along the mine with
the other. It seems almost as though human
nature could not have endured the agonies
of that half hour's walk in the learlul dark
ness, continually banged and bruised as
their burned bodies were by coming in con
tact with the obstacles they "could not see or
feel until thev struck them.
A BOMB IN THE ST0TE.
An Allegheny Woman Badlr Darned by a
Peculiar Explosion.
A peculiar explosion occurred last
evening in the house at No. 14 Harnett
alley, Allegheny. The house is occupied
bv Mrs. J. E. Howells, a widow. She rents
from Mrs. Nancy Norris, who lives in the
rear. When Mrs. Howells was preparing
supper the fire in her kitchen stove became
low. She sent her little girl into the back
yard to get kindling. The child brought
back, with some wood, an oblong article,
about the size of a goose egg, covered with
wicker work of split bamboo. It looked
like a small basket, but was, in reality, a
Japanese bomb, used for fireworks. The
girl said that Mrs. Norris gave it to her.
It was thrown into the wood box, and a
few minutes later Mrs. Howells put it into
the stove. Mrs. Howells was standing in
front of the stove when the bomb exploded.
It created a loud report and filled the house
with smoke and the smell of gunpowder,
while smoke issued from the windows and
doors. The stove was blown to pieces, the
fragments flying all about the apartment,
making deep indentations in the plaster of
the walls. Burning coals and hot ashes
were thrown upon Mrs. Howells' feet and
ankles, and they were badly burned. A
little boy named Smith stood against the
wall beside tue stove. 1'ieces ol iron cut
into the wall all around him, but he was
unscathed. Mrs. Norris denied that she
gave the bomb to Mrs. Howells' child, and
says that the girl found it in the yard.
HU IS NOT BEN. FKANKLIN.
A Fellow Fired Wbo Got n Customs Position
Under That Name.
Philadelpaia, September 15. It was
learned yesterday aiternoon that Frank,
commonly Known as "Bat" Harold, had
been "bounced" from his lately secured po
sition as one of the "chance men" in the
weighing department of the Custom House.
A call unon Collector Cooper by a reporter
resulted in the information that Harold had
been put upon the chance roll August 22
under the namp of Benjamin Franklin. A
downtown politician had recommended
him, and the Collector is now after this man
for it.
Chief Weigher Dietz learned yesterday
morning who "Benjamin Franklin" really
was, and promptly removed him. The po
sition held by Harold was not a particu
larly desirable one, as it paid him only 54
or $5 a week, but if he had remained might
have led to something better. Collector
Cooper considers the way Harold's appoint
ment was secured as an imposition upon the
Collector's office.
ANTI-PROHIBITIONISTS AWAKE.
They Sleet and Form a Federntlon to Carry
Out Their Objects.
The anti-Prohibitionists of the Southside
met again last night in the Iron and Glass
Bank building. There was a fair attend
ance and the audience was enthusiastic
George Fritz was chairman of the meeting
and Jacob G. Klein secretary. The name
of the association was changed to
the Southside Liberty Federation.
An address was prepared to
send to all German societies in Pitts
burg and vicinity. It requests them to act
independently in politics, to aid in extend
ing the influence of this organization, from
which all secular and partisan political
views, will be absolutely excluded; to stir
up universal activity among the Germans
and bring out good men for office regardless
of political creeds. Each German society is
invited to send three delegates to a meeting
of the federation on Septembsr 29, in the
Iron and Glass Hall.
BHANTI BOATS MUST GO.
Tbo Ukase Ittned by Mayor Pearson Against
KlTer Dweller.
Mayor Pearson, ot Allegheny, has de
cided to clean out all the boathouscs along
the Allegheny wharf, and will make the
occupants either float them somewhere else
or abandon them.
He has decided to take this step on ac
count of the numerous complaints against
the jo-boat dwellers from time to time, and
although some of them may be above sus
picion, he intends to make no dis
tinction and will banish all at once.
Yesterday morning at 3 o'clock some of his
officers caught a lot of men in a wagon
loaded with Deer driving out the Brighton
road and raising a racket. At the hearing
it was developed that they were all residents
of jo-boats on the Allegheny. The men
were fined.
Allegheny has seven miles of water front
and in that distance there are perhaps 150
"house boats" with at least 600 residents.
A HILLIOXUKE SICK.
Sir. John Crerar Said to be Djinc nt At
lantic Cllr.
Atlantic City, September 15. Mr.
John Crerar, the millionaire, is said to be
dying at a well-known fashionable
downtown hotel. He is nearly, if
not over, C5 yeats of age, and he has
had a most active business life. Nearlv
every prominent business man in Philadel
phia knows him. There is great secrecy as
regards the nature oCtlie illness, but it is
believed that paralysis enters into it. He
came here only a few days ago in the belief
that he would profit by the visit.
Thus far all the symptoms have been
favorable, but still it is feared that the re-
auib ui uc teriuu5. ms attorney is in
constant attendance upon him, and will not
allow any one to obtain particulars of his
illness.
A HIGH EOLIiEB.
Tho Feat Accomplished bv John ZImmer, nt
the Carbon Works.
On Saturday last John Zimmer roller at
the Carbon Iron Company's Works, Thirty
second and Smallman streets, nrromnlislied
a ilifficult feat in rolling. He rolled a plate
seven-eighths of an inch thick, 16 inches
wide and 135 feet long. The plate was
turned out in one heat and was ont of a
rough Ingot. This is said to be one of the
largest plates ever turned out by a roller.
DALZELL A CONYEET.
The Noted Private, Wants No More
Pension Legislation.
EXTREME ENFORCEMENT A MOTTO
Under Which He Hopes to Sea 800,000 Pen
sioners Get There.
HIS CONCLUSIONS FK0M THE FIGUEES
Since the Pension Bureau has become the
most discussed institution connected with
the Government, owing to Corporal Tanner's
retirement, and since Private Dalzell has
pronounced that retirement iniquitous, the
following communication from the latter,
written to this paper from Caldwell, O., a
day or two before the climax alluded to,
will be of greater interest than ever:
To the Editor or The UIiDatcn:
I have been barking up the wrong tree
for years. My eyes are opened at last, I
take back every word and syllable I have
ever uttered on the subject of further pen
sion legislation, and with a full knowledge
of all the consequences of such a statement,
fearlessly announce tomy comrades through
out the United States that we have too many
pension laws already and want no more.
All we need is the enforcement of those al
ready on the statute books.
, It is all folly to pile up more laws and so
provide for the presentation of more claims,
when the Pension Offi ce is simply over
whelmed and glutted with pension claims
now, sleeping in the files of office the sleep
that knows no waking.
At Milwaukee the National Encampment
never thought of this tremendous and start
ling fact. In all my advocacy of other and
further legislation this idea never once
crossed my brains. Ko man ever took this
view of the matter before.
HIS EYK OPENEB.
This is the only true view. All others
are a snare and a delusion. Mv eves are
opened to see it at last, and I will hammer
away at it until I get all the soldiers to see
it, and then pound it through the thick
skulls of our Congressmen, if it takes all
winter. o do sure it the politicians could
have their way of it they would keep up
this fraud till the end of time. Keep prom
ising and promising us more pension legis
lation until the last comrade lays down in
his grave unpensionedl It is a glittering
fraud!
Our Twenty-third National Encampment
at Milwaukee declared for further legisla
tion in the shape of a disability bill. Some
of us wanted a service pension to all sol
diers. That was always my plan. We
were all wrong.
Let me prove it. It will take but a min
ute, and no man can answer me.
By the report of the Commissioner of
Pensions for 1888 1 am enabled to clinch my
reasons lor an i nave said above.
DOWX TO THE FIGURES.
By that report it appears that the total
number of pensions granted up to July 1,
1888, was 452,557. This was the net result
ol 27 years work in the Pension Office, be
ginning in lbbl. How the number of cases
on file then was 605,S90,since then increased
to over 800,000, not one of which has yet
been passed upon. The highest number of
cases passed upon by the Pension Office was
60,000 cases. So that following the ratio of
the average progress of the work of adjudi
cation in the Pension Office it will require
over 40 years to reach the last of the claims
already on file there, and by the ratio of
Black's best year, still it would take at
least 13 years to clean the docket of the ac
accumulated cases. Now, alongside this
please place two other statements, that the
death loss of pensioners for 1888 was 15.730,
and the death loss of the applicants for the
same period before pension was granted was
22,831; the total death loss lor 1888 was
38,561.
THIS -WILL INCREASE
by an -accelerated ratio by and by, and that
very soon running into a geometrical ratio
in a few years will make a blank both of the
pension roll proper and of the roll of claim
ants tool The averagedeath age of the soldier
is56,and most of theapplicantshave already
exhausted their limit and are due to die any
day.
How about their claims?
They must live, say, 30 years yet, to
know whether they are accepted or re
jected. Most of them cannot live five vears.
What is to become of their claims? If they
die before allowance, the law provides that
their widows or orphans under 16 years may
(not get a pension, no, fir,) present and
prosecute claims for pensions. That doubles
thenumber of claims, but brings us no nearer
the practical end than the soldiers were is
life themselves. But if they leave no
widow or minor child under 16, then that is
the end of it, and the Government retains
the pension in its treasury. It can in no
event go to the administrator or heir. It
dies with him.
IT PATS UNCLE SAM.
For every soldier that dies with an un
paid pension case pending the Government
makes 51,000 clear money on an average, or
at most and at best it tacks on another claim
to be added to the mighty pile already
stuffed away on its files.
Even if a widow or minor child has a
claim, the widow's death or remarriage ends
her case, and the child's case only survives
as a third new case to be commenced, dillv
dallied with and prosecuted like any other
claim, until the child is 16, then the thing
goes out like the rest.
This system of delavs. this erilrf-Mnortod
policy of retarding and obstructing and pro
crastinating the settlement ot pension
claims, dishonest and cruel as it is, is very
effectual practically in diminishing the
volume of cases before the office and in re
ducing the money charge of the pension
rolls.
ONLY A HALF MILLION.
I pity the poor comrades who are daily
expecting pensions that never come! I un
dertake to say of the 800,000 claims now
pending not 500,000 ever can be reached
during the lives of tbe claimants. They
cannot, it is well to remember, afford to wait
as long as the applicants who filed their
claims in the sixties orseventies. They had
a probability of life reaching on till 1880 yes
tolb90, while the unfortunate claimants
who are now on the anxious seat, and dailv
looking for a pension they will never see"
have not three years left; indeed, no insur
ance company would take the risk for one
year, simply because they have already
They can't wait so long. I have known
men to wait 15 years and then get their
pEnsions. They had time to spare to wait
ml Bnt those now claiming have no such
time left!
A FOOLISH ET3IEDY.
And yet the fool remedy proposed is more
pension laws, forsooth! What infernal
nonsense to go on neaping up cases upon
cases in the Pension Office that never can
be passed in the world! Better apply the
toe ot the Executive boot to the Pension
Office. Better hurry up the cases already
there then roll in more. It would be easy to
do, very. I could, with a slight change in
the rules and regulations of the Pension
Office, settle and pay every valid claim
there in three months. Yet thev will n .,.
be settled. They will never be" paid. The
policy is one of buncombe and fraud. But
thank God lor one thing, we don't want
anymore pension laws, but we do want more
pensions or they get less votes.
Peivate Dalzell.
Caldwell, O., September 10, 1889.
An Ex-BInror's Bos.
An information made before Alderman
Cassidy charges ex-Mayor McCarthy with
keeping a ferocious dog. The complaint is
lodged by Mrs. E. Bedpath, a neighbor of
Mr. McCarthy, in the Eleventh ward nt,
allege that the dog bit her little child. A
warrant has been issned and will be served
to-day. m
LINCOLN AND THE PBEACHKE.
How the Former vrns Affected by a Prophecy
of the Latter.
Lewlstown, HI.. fcpeclaVto the Globe Democrat.
At a harvest home celebration, held near
this place yesterday, Eev. Dr. Haney, a
pioneer Methodist minister, of Canton,
related the following'reminiscence of Abra
ham Lincoln. It has never been published,
and its accuracy is vouched for by one or
two Methodist ministers of Fulton county:
At a county meeting not far from Spring
field, some years before the war, it was
known that Kev. Peter Akrees would
preach. He was celebrated for the power and
prodigious length of his sermons. He was
the minister who dedicated the old Metho
dist church in Lewistown in 1849, and hia
sermon was just three hours long. A car
riage load ot prominent Springfield lawyers
went out to hear the great preacher. Lin
coln was one oi the party. His theme was
"The Sin of Slavery." He portrayed Jts
horror in vivid color. He prophesied that
God would wash away this crime of crimes
in blnorl. He nredicted the war, and with
prophetic accuracy described its
But he put off its date some years.
terrors.
It was
a startling and tnninng seruiuu.
Few hearers sympathized with the
preacher's views. They regarded the ser
mon as the idle frothings of a harmless old
Abolitionist. As the lawyers rode home
they chatted gayly about the absurd fears
of the preacher. They expected to see a
railroad built to the moon before any civil
war would happen in this country. But
Lincoln was silent and thoughtful. At last
they rallied him.
"What do you think about it, Abe?" they
"Well," he replied, "I confess that I
have never before been so deeply im
pressed by human utterance. I have never
thought we should have war over slavery or
any other question. But those utterances
to-day seemed to come from far beyond the
preacher. They came to me as a real and
awful prophecy. More astonishing than all
and you may laugh if you will Lseemed
to be thrilled in my very soul with the con
viction that I am in some way to have tre
mendous responsibility in that coming and
awful war."
Mr. Lincoln's solemn manner impressed
his hearers, as usually he was the happiest
in auy company. It was only a few years
until 'Father"Afcree's prophecy and Mr.
Lincoln's remarkable impression were fully
verified.
ATLANTIC CITY'S SCARE.
Twenty-Six Leading Citizens of the Place
Snj It Was False.
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The following unvarnished statement con
cerning the recent storm at Atlantic City,
signed by 26 of the most prominent citizens
of the place, may be of interest:
"The damage to sailing craft and to prop
erty on tbe water front has been extensive
and probably not over-rated. Several small
dwelling houses recently built out on the
meadows have been washed away from their
foundations. That part of the city, includ
ing the business streets, and nineteen
twentieths of the hotels and boarding
houses, extending from the lighthouse to
Florida avenue, a distance of 20 squares,
and from Arctic avenne to within 100 feet
of the boardwalk, a distance of about three
squares, has almost wholly escaped damage,
with the exception of a few fallen trees and
fences, some injured roofs, and a number of
wet cellars, it has not been submerged and
there has been no real danger at any time
that it would be, though when the tide was
highest some of the cross streets have been,
and these few overflowed nearly to Pacific
avenue.
"Water was turned off by one of the
water companies, because of salt water in
the supply basins, and was turned on again
as soon as word could be communicated to
the pumping station. The other company
has continued its ample supply as usual.
The sewerage system has been in constant
operation, notwithstanding a slight break
in the well, and no sewerage has been backed
np into the town: all reports that such was
the case, and that people were leaving on
account ot it, are absolutely false. During
the entire time the town was not without
light, as reported, as there was an ample
supply ot gas, and but one night was there
trouble with the electric lights. The stop
page of railway and telegraphic communi
cation caused inconvenience and anxiety to
many, but no real suffering resulted from
any cause whatsoever."
WONDERS OP THE TELAUTOGRAPH.
Possibility of Hnvins One's Writing Trans
mitted by Electricity.
A pleasant-faced, elderly gentleman, full
beard, neatly cropped, and, like his hair,
plentifully sprinkled with wbite, was sit
ting in the lobby of the Sew Deuison.
"Who's that?" inquired the reporter. He
was told the gentleman was Prof. Elisha
Gray, of Chicago, the famous electrician.
"I have just perfected an invention," said
Prof. Gray to the reporter of the Omaha
Bee, later on, "for the transmission of the
handwriting a fac-simile of the hand
writing." "How is this accomplished?" ,
'One sit? down and writes on a sheet of
paper, using.a pen or pencil, and whatever
is done at this end, every motion that is
made on the paper or off it, is faithfully re
produced by a pen upon paper at the other
end of the wire at the same time, just as fast
or as slow as it is given at this end, and
neither laster or slower."
"What name have yon given the instru
ment"
"The telautograph, and it can be worked
over any length of wire."
HER SCPPERINGS OVER.
Mrs. E. It. Wallace Died at the Homco
pntlilc Hospital.
Mrs. E. E. Wallace died at the Homeo
pathic Hospital, where she has been under
going treatment for some time past The
deceased was the daughter of Rev. M.
Holmes, pastor of the Union Avenue M. E.
Church, Allegheny. The remains were
taken to his residence, 104 Locust street.
T&
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SOAP,;
Of all Druggists, but beware ol ImlUHons.
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A MICHIGAN EVANGELIST.
Be Beeln's a Series ol Revival Meetings In
- the Southside Kink.
The mammoth roller rink at the corner of
Carson and South Twenty-second streets was
crowded last night, fnlly 2,000 people being
present. The occasion was the first of a
series of revival meetings, held under the
auspices of Major J. H. Cole, of Adrian,
Mich., who has acquired considerable evan
gelistic fame at home and abroad as a co
worker with Dwight L. Moody.
Rev. B. B. Wilbur opened the exercises
hy saying that the different pastors of the
Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian
churches bad combined and resolved to aid
the Major in making the revival a success.
A choir of about 100 voices, composed of
the leading singers Ipfjthe above-mentioned
churches, under the leadership of Prof.
John Jones, ot the Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church, sang appropriate hymns.
The featme ot the evening was the address
of Major Cole. The Major is a magnetic
"no attractive speaKer, ana sways tne emo
tions of his auditors almost at will. In the
course of his remarks he dwelt largely upon
the efficacy of prayer and its beneficial re
sults. He related many touching incidents
that came under his personal observation
during his evangelical tours in England
and America.
The services will continue nightly for the
next two weeks, and possibly longer.
OUR SAVT AT AUCTION.
War Ships In Brooklyn Nnvy Yard Going;
Under tho Hammer.
New York, September 15, In a short
time the Navy Department will sell to the
highest bidder the sloops of war Juniata
and Quinnebaug. The latter vessel is now
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She was com
pleted at Philadelphia about 12 years ago.
The Juniata was built 27 years ago, and
returned from tbe Asiatic station at about
the same time as the Quinnebaug from the
Mediterranean. She was used in the Civil
War, and led the fleet which went in search
of the Polaris survivors in 1873. Both ves
sels are in a wretched condition, and fit only
for the junk dealer.
SELECT EXCURSION
To Norfolk, Fortress Monroe nnd Virginia
Beach.
On Thursday, September 19, special train
will leave B. & O. B. B. depot at 8 A.M.,ar
riving in Washington City at 6 p. m.; leave
Washington at 6:30 P. M., arriving at Fort
ress Monroe, Norfolk and Virginia Beach
early the next morning. Bate $10 tor the
round trip; tickets good for ten days.
Charming ride down the Potomac river and
Chesapeake Bay.
The Leading Silk House of Western Penn
sylvania Is right here our Exposition display
shows this and so does the stock in the store,
and we have lots of silk bargains to please
buyers this week.
Jos. Hoene & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
All the best stocked bars keep Franen
heim & Vilsack's celebrated Pilsner beer on
draught. Ask for it, or order it direct.
Telephone 1186.
Geo. H. Bennett & Bro 135 First
avenue, second door below "Wood street, for
pure rye whiskies.
DIED.
BEODERICK At her residence, 18 First
street, city, on Sunday at midnight. September
15, 18S9, Makt, wife of Thomas Broderick.
Ilotice of funeral hereafter.
SALE On Sunday, September 15, 18S9. at
l-20r.il., Joseph, beloved and only child of
Albert J. and Bessie Dale, aged 7 years 2
months and 22 nays.
Funeral from his parents' residence, Sherman
street, between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth
streets, on Tuesday, at 2.30 p. sr. Friends of
the family are respectfully invited to attend.
J2
I GORRIE Mrs. Ann Jane Gorrie, wife of
Robert Gorrie, in the 45th year of her age, at
her residence, No. 25 Nineteenth street.
Funeral on Tuesday, September 17, at 9
o'clock a. 11. Friends of the family are re
spectfully invited to attend. 2
LOCHNER At Baltimore. Mi, on Satur
day, September U, I&S3, at 2 P. M JOSEPlt
Lochker, Sr., 80 j tars ana 1 month old.
Funeral from bis lato residence, No. 380
Webster avenue, on Tuesday morning, Sep
tember 17. 1889, at 9 30 o'clock. Friends of tho
family are respectfully Invited to attend.
LATJGHMAN On Saturday. September M.
1&9. at 7:40 p. m., Elizabeth Lauohiian, in
tie 5uth year of her age.
Funeral from her late residence, 2700 Penn
avenue, on Monday at 2 p. m. 2
LAW On Saturday evening. September 14,
l&i), at the residence of her granddaughter,
Airs. William Mapill, No. 92 Clark street, Mrs.
Is vbeila IS. Law. widow of tbe late James
Edgar Law, in the Hist year of ber age.
Funeral services this Monday evening at
80'clocE. Interment at Enon Valley, Law
rence county, Tuesday morning.
LAMBIE-Chari.es, aged 13 months, young
est son of Bella McClurg and Charles H. Lam
bie. Funeral services at the residence of his
parents, Findlay, O., Monday, September
16, at 2 P. M.
MULLEN On Saturday, September 14, 1889,
at 7 p. si., Thomas Mullen, aged 50 years.
Services at St. Patrick's Church, Alpsville,
Pa., at 9 A. M. Funeral upon arrival of 2 p. at.
tiaia to-day, Monday, at Baltimore and Ohio
depot. Friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend,
NELSON On Saturday evening at 750
o'clock, Mrs. Mary Maxwklt. Nelson,
widow of Robert Nelson, in tbo 74th year of
her age.
Funeral services at the residence of her son-in-law,
Andrew Easton, 1907 Wharton street,
bouthside, on Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Friends of tbe family respectfully in
vited. O'HANLON On Sunday evening. Septem
ber 15. 1889. at 10 o'clock, Feancis P. O'HAN
LON, in his 39th year.
Funeral from his late residence. No. 61 Bos
ton street. Fourteenth ward, on Tuesday
morning at 9 o'clock. Services at St. Agnes'
Church. Friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend. 2
O'BRIEN On Saturday, September 14, 1889,
John O'Brien, in his 90th year.
Funeral from his late residence, head of
Castle Shannon Incline, on Monday morning
at 8:30 o'clock. Sorvices at St. Paul's Cathedral
at 9 a. M. Friends aro invited to attend.
ROSE On Saturday, September 14, 1889,
at 4 p. sr., Joseph Rose, in bis 45th year.
Funeral at his late residence,2S9Lacock street,
Allegheny, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Friends of tho family are respectfully invited to
attend.
WEIR On Sunday, September 15, 1SS9. Ih
fant son of David C. and a J. Weir, Stanwix
street. Mount Washington.
WALLACE On Sundav, September 15, 1889,
at 350 p.m., Mauy Lucy Woods Holmes,
wile of & R. Wallace, aged 33 years.
Funeral services at the residence of her
father. Rev. C. A. Holmes, 164 Locust street,
Allegheny, Monday evening, 16th mst, at 8
o'clock. Interment at Harrisburg, Pa.
Harnsburg papers please copy.
ANTHONY MEYER,
(Successor to Meyer, Arnold & Co., LIm.,)
UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER.
Office and residence, 1134 Penn avenue. Tele
phone connection. inylO-69-MWFSU
FLORAL EMBLEMS.
CHOICE CUT FLOWERS AND SMILAX
A. JU. cC T. JB. MUMDOCH,
kim djuii.a.r.iLiijD ST.
OIV Telephono 429.
dcO-fl-siwy
JOHN R. &A. MURDOCH,
Offer tbe choioest flowers and floral work in
any desired style.
508 Smithfield
Telepnonem
Street.
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IEPKESKjNTEiiN,e.lTTSaUilU IN 11
ASSETS - . 1971,69633.
Insurance Co. of North America,
tS!s edJinBtc4 and Paid b WILLIAM L
JONES. 84 Fourth avenue. la2Q-s2-D
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OUR NEW GOODS
OPENED.
The late purchases of our Mr. Wattles have
been received and oDened. We think we show
the handsomest assortment of goods in tbo
city. We cordially invite your inspection at
our NEW STORE,
37 FIFTH AVENUE.
WATTLES &SHEAFER,
JEWELERS.
seS-irwj'
REMEMBER
to SAVE YOURSELF money at this opening
up of the WINTEB goods ot this BANK
RUPT STOCK of J. R. ANDERSON, at 138
1 eaerai street, as tney are v
DAILY OPENED,
having been packed in camphor all summer,
to be ready lor
YOU W SEASON.
Blankets,
Flannels,
Cloths,
Underwear
and Wraps,
. -WITH- ,
10,000 Yards Carpeting.
T-M
11 mi LniuiiLiii
138 Federal St., Allegheny, Pa.
sell-irwTSa
HANDKERCHIEF
BARGAINS
FOR GENTLEMEN.
Gentlemen's Handkerchiefs In Japanese
Silk, Plain White and D'ancy H. S. Borders
best ever offered at 50 cents each.
Latest Novelty For Gentlemen for evening
full dress. Silk Handkerchiefs in plain white,
handsomely embroidered.
HANDKERCHIEF BARGAINS
FOR LADIES.
Just opened. 100 dozen best 2 for 25 cents
Handkerchiefs yet offered at this price.
100 dozen SHEER LAWN and CAMBRIC
hemstitched Handkerchiefs, with revere block
and embroidery, tbe finest and most sightly
Handkerchief ever offered in this or any other
market at 25 cents each would be considered a
bargain at 35 to 40 cents each.
50 dozen similar styles to above, a REGULAR
FIFTY CENT Handkerchief, AT FORTY
CENTS EACH.
IN FINER HANDKERCHIEFS
FOR LADIES,
In Scallop, Hemstitch ana Block Borders,
ranging from 50 cents to to each, we have a
most beautiful assortment.
LADIES'
MOURNING HANDKERCHIEFS.
Correct styles in all prices, from 2 for 25 cents
to S3 each.
Give our Handkerchief Departments a call.
HORNE & WARD,
41 FIFTH A VENVE.
93-Visitors to the Exnositlon aro invited to
pay us a visit of inspection no one is pressed
to Duy. sel3-D
Reliable. Quality. "
Isn't it singular how Wana
maker & Brown talk about
quality, day after day? Isn't
there anything else to be
thought of? Yes. Reliable
quality and low price.
But it isn't needful for us to
make a big splurge over prices.
Wanamaker and Low Price
are tied; if you know the one
you're sure of the other.
Most clothing advertises
nothing about itself but the
extravagantly low prices.
What sort of low prices ? For
inferior goods, dear even at
such prices, or solid and good
clothing, that is being sold at
a loss t
You get Wanamaker cloth
ing at a low price any time of
the year. Needn't raise a
shout over it now.
Tailoring to order with best
skill: 1,000 styles of goods.
Wanamaker
. ,& Brown,
Sixth street nnd Fenn avenue.
sel4-D
ALE and PORTER.
This week we commence the manu
facture of our celebrated Ales and
Porter and shall be pleased to promptly
fill all orders.
We shall put up in half and quarter
barrels a special article for family use.
DARLINGTON CO.
112 FIRST AVENUE.
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4Li l I ITvT A INSURANCE CO.,
ZXLt X LN C3- Hartford. Conn.
Assets, January L 1887 J9,66S,839 6C
EDWARDS A KENNEY, Agents,
pitubnrg,
oq if ourta avenue
luo-w-ior
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
1 fi 1 mf'
BALL'S CORSETS.
Ball's styles B Corsets at $L
Ball's styles A Corsets at $1 25.
Ball's Kabo Corsets, No. 103, at $1
Ball's Kabo Corsets, No. 101 E, at
8125.
Ball's Kabo Black Satin at 82 50.
Ball's Misses' Corsets at 75a
Ball's Nursing Corsets at 81
Ball's Kabo High Bust Corsets at
8L 9
Stone's Ladles' Waists, -price
8125.
These Corsets are sold with the
guarantee that If not satisfactory
to the wearer they may be re
turned at any time within three
weeks and money refunded, even
if so soiled as to be unsalable.
Fleishman k Co.,
PITTSBURG, PA.
selS-n
Fall
Dress
Goods.
38-inch Wool Cashmeres, every new
shade 25o
Side-bordered Dress Goods, very wide,
all colors 23c
40-inch donble warp fine Cashmeres,
full assortment 34o
42-inch alt wool Cashmeres, silk finish,
choice eoo
42-inch colored Sebastopol Cords, all
wool 680
47-inch colored Henriettas, a beautifnl
line of colors 73o
47-inch colored Henriettas, all the de
sirable shades ' 89c.
42-inch Black Cashmeres, all wool,
elegant v'alue 50o
40-inch Tartan Plaids for Misses'
wear 35a
42-inch Costume Plaids, very rich
efiects B0o
42-inch Victoria Plaid, beautiful
colors 75o
50-inch Plaids, a great bargain 75o
50-inch Costume Stripes, rich colors.. 75o
100 Robes in chenille and braided
effects $3 60
150 pieces Wrapper Goods, very ricb 1
and effective designs 2Ks
jw pieces nne Tufted Helena Cloth,
dark colors
120
500 pieces Turkalai Cloth, best value
to be had
70
FLAMELS.
A full assortment of Country Shirting
Flannels 25c
A heavy Twilled Scarlet Flannel.... 20o
A heavy Twilled Blue Flannel 25a
A heavy Plain Flannel, Scarlet or
Blue 20o
A, heavy Skirting; Flannel, 38-inch
wide, all colors.... 25o
A full line of "White Flannels, 12, 18,
20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50c.
mm t wxm
Sixth street and Penn ave.
selS
THEEE DATS .-.
YEET SPECIAL
Wm. Semple's,
165, 167, 16? FEDERAL ST., ALLEGHNY,'PA.
In order to have our entire stock
fresh and every line complete, we have
such prices on them as will clear them
first counter to the left as you enter.
Men's Scarlet tTnderwear, slightly soiled, 25c, down from 75c
Men's Scarlet Underwear 50c, down from $1, slightly soiled.
Men's white and colored Merino, slightly soiled and broken sizes,'
25 and 50c, down from 50 and 75 c.
Men's Natural Wool Shirts 75c, down from $t 25, and the celebrated
Taconne Underwear for $1, former price $2 25.
Come early for choice won't last long.
Special Don't fail to visit our Cloak, Suit and
Dress Goods departments "before buying. The disV
play is simply superb and
"gm
B. & IB.
MOJTDAT, SeftMBtocK
BEABDT MIND
Every display you see in oar exiiWt
at the Exposition, whether of Silks,
Dress Goods, Suits, Cloak, Faae,
or the many other beautiful, tkiags
that will appear there, from time. to
time remember, every one k surely-representative.
We fock then
all up with a complete line at tie
stores.
Surely yon" will be conviaced of
the folly of going away, paying"
fancy prices and then getting noth
ing but what we caa sell yon aad
save you money on.
SILKS.
A beautiful exhibit fixed up at
the stores. A large glass case with
the richest display of Silks yoa
ever saw nothing in the Exposi
tion approaches it Come and sm
it it costs you nothing.
New weaves in Black Silk;
rvegence, -
lennebreusse, - ,
Precieusse,
Gylloche.
These are silks of superb quality. -' '
you may find them elsewhere, bat
why take the time to hunt around. ,
Come straight here and" see them.
New Embroidered Silk Peaa"
D'Soie Suits Richness realized.
Elegant Brocades, $1 to 20 a
yard. , .
B0GGS & BUHL,
115,117,119.121 Federal st.,AH8gteny;
sel-B
".Established Over Half a Century."
This Trade Marr Is on our WJsdemi
"WE ABB NOW SHOWING
Our Latest Importations of
FALL STYLE SILK HATS,
Derbys and Soft Hats.
KNOX'S New York Hats (for which m ara
tbe oIe agents) are also NOW READY.
Wo have correct copies of tbe abovo style
at 12, $2 50 and 53, durable and stylish.
PAULSON BROS.,
441 WOOD STREET.
Five Doors from Fifth avenue.
N. R We iron all Bilk Hats FKEB OF
CHARGE, no difference where purchased.
MlS-uvrr
ANCHOR REMEDY COjVIFNY,
LIBERTY STREET;
Wby do you pay SI 00 per bottle,
for Sarsananllaand BeeflWlnn xnrl
Iron when you can Day eitber pre.
paretion from us at 75c ner bottle.
six bottles W 00, and quality guar,
anteed to be the best in tbe mar
ket We have numerous testimo
nials ffom nhvalclans and othnr
indorsing our Liver Pills as a mild and effective,
cathartic They are unsurpassed. After giv
ing tnem a trial you will use no others. Price
25c. For sprains, bruises and all rheumatic
pains, use tbe Anchor Liniment, It has no
eaual. Come and see us If yoa are In any wav
afflicted. xwr
P
ATEITTS
O. D. LEVI8. Solicitor of Patanti.
131 Fifth avenue.abore Smithfleld,neitLead
office. (No delay.) Established 20 years.
sdS-hlu
of Winter Underwear perfectly .
selected all the odd lots and pat;
out at once. See the
prices pleasing.
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