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THE PITTSBTJKG- -DISPATCH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER .26, "1889.
WilD LAYSJN WAIT,
Brother Jolinson Expatiates
on Aerial Tilings.
AN INGENIOUS APOLOGY
Why Scientists Fight Shy of Wasting
Breath on Wind,
MUST GET DP EARLY TO BEAT HIM J
Because Pennsylvania Sinfcs Ton Must Fly
to Life Insurance.
A YEEI WHIHSIC1L DISQUISITION
C. A. Johnson, the colored scientist and
editor of the Brit'uh Lion, of Hamilton,
Ont,, and the American Eagle, of New
York, delivered another of his humorous
and satirical lectures last evening in the
Greeu Street Baptist Church, Allegheny
City.
Mr. Johnson is in the city or the pur
pose of looking up some relatives of colored
people who were "sold in slavery. In his
papers he has a department devoted exclu
sively to the search of colored slaves and
the reunion of relatives. He has united a
number of families and has done much
good anion; the colored people in this way.
The subject of the lecture last evening
was "Where the Wind Lurks." The ad
dress was a treat from a scientific and liter
ary standpoint, and the majority ot those
present went home last night and dreamed
they were -born -scientist'. The audience
was not very large, but what it lacked in
numbers it made up in enthusiasm. They
tat with wide open mouths drinking in
every chunk of wisdom the speaker uttered,
and were immensely pleased with the lec
ture. After being introduced by Rev. Dr.
John Adams, the orator of the evening
apologized for tbt non-clamoring at the door
for admission by a mighty throng, by
stating that many of his friends had 'found it
EXTBEMELY DIFFICULT
to get there. Not from a lack of interest in
the lecture, invitations to which had been
sent to the principal scientists of the two
cities.
He began h's lecture by stating that few
men in this country had the courage to talk
about the wind, lor the reason that thev did
not understand the material of which the
wind is composed. "I had no difficulty at
all," he said, "in fully comprehending the
many scientific phrases this question pre
sents. In after years, when this momentous
question is bothering coining generations,
send for me aud I will iully explain the
matter to those who cannot under
stand it The gentleman from Hamil
ton is always ready to respond to the
call of the public, 'and my great depth
ot scientific ressarch is always at
the command of others les fortunate in
science than myself. Eev. Dr. Adams here
is a rival of mine, but I want to tell you all
that you got to get up pretty early in the
morning to beat me. None of you, or any
of the brainy scientific men of the day, have
half the k'nowledgc your humble servant
possesses.
"There is nothing said by the leading the
ological and scientific men about the wind.
These men have exhausted their means;
they are confused in their ideas; they don't
know what it is, where it comes from or
what composes it. They are limited in
astronomical knowledge. The graduates of
the astronomical schools wrestle with the
scientific question
XSD THEX GET DOSX UP.
" If the old scientists were alive to-day
they could -not hold a candle to the present
man. My knowledge is greater than theirs
on account of studying in different schools.
I do niv own thinking No one in the
United States can ever hope to become my
equal in science. When I pass away from
this earth my mantle may fall upon other
unworthv shoulders who may wear it for a
time. What is the cause of all this?
Haven't I explained where the thunder is
located? Haven't 1 told all about
electricity and aerial navigation? Haven't
I told you all about traveling
through the'air nundreds of miles per hour.
I have permanently settled all these ques
tions that others could not determine, and
it now remains for me to settle about the
wind. When I'm gone lrom here I want the
matter settled so there will be no more quar
reling about it. It's been left for me bv
scientists to decide the question, and I
will do it"
The speaker then read a historical paper
filled with "meteorological data and facts.
Some of the terms used were as long as the
moral law, and the details he gave about the
formation of the wind would run the signal
service a year without one observation. He
worked in the composition of a man's body,
and had counter currents of wind
COLLIDING "WITH ONE.ANOTHEB
all over the Atlantic Ocean, where he said
was the abiding place of all hurricanes. He
said his statements were disputed, but if the
men Mho disputed them had graduated from
the same school he did, they would know
better. He then expatiated upon the great
benefit his hearers derived from the lengthy
explanation, and said it required minds of
culture to understand the great question.
Never before, he said, has the world had
such an opportunity placed before it He
said he brought the scientific crumbs to
Pittsburg, and his listeners could feed from
them. He said the State of Pennsylvania
has been gradually sinking for the past 14
months, and advised the auditors to get their
lives insured. He predicted a volcanic
emotion in the heart of the city, caused by
the natural gas giving out He said 10,000
lives would be lost and millions of dollars'
worth oT property destroyed. He got bis
audience excited by saying that the natural
gas would give out and the people would be
left in darkness when the eruption takes
place.
THIEVES IN HIS E001T.
Mr. Crowley Slakes an Unpleasant Discov
ery In the Small Hours.
Daniel Crowley, a resident of Second
avenne, was awakened about 1 o'clock yes
terday morning by a noise made by some
one in his room. He discovered two men
who were searching his clothing. As soon
as they saw they were detected they ran out
Mr. Crowley- followed and gave an alarm,
which attracted jOfficer Sharp.
The officer gave chase and succeeded in
capturing one of the men, the other escap
ing. The prisoner was taken to Central
station, where he gave the name of Martin
Connors.
Mr. Crowley discovered that his watch
and a small sum of money had been stolen,
and an information was lodged against Con
nors before Magistrate Gripp. He was
given a hearing and committed to jail tor
court
HARYIST HOME CELEBRATION.
A Week's Service Commemorating the
Gathering; or Rosy-lined Grain.
Harvest home service will be commenced
in St Mark's Episcopal Church on South
Eighteenth street to-morrow, and continue
until the following Sunday. There will be
the usual service to-morrow morning and in
the evening Eev. J. C. White, D. D., will
Breach.
.There will be a special service everv even
ing during' next week. There will be holy
communion on All Saints Day, November
1, and the following day at 7:30 and 9:30 a.
M. The services will close the following
Sunday evening with even song and a ser-'
mon. Special music has been arranged for,'
thesf events.
TWO EDMOES DENIED.
Congressman Datzell's Explicit Statement
In Regard to Current Rumors.
With regard to rumor furnished to a re
porter and published yesterday morning,
that Congressman Dalzell had in an inter
view antagonized the administration touch
ing the Pittsburg postmastersMp, Mr. Dal
zell interposes a very prompt and emphatic
denial, and goes on to say:
In the first place, no man, either closo to the
President or distant from him, ever asked me
to explain any language used In an interview.
In the second place I never told snch man or
any man that my language used in tho Inter
view had been misunderstood. In the third
place, I never was party to any such interview
as is mentioned. I never said in any interview,
or anywhere else, that if my candidate for the
postoffice failed to make the riffle I would re
venge myself on tho administration; or that if
I could get in a dig at any pet scheme of
Quay's I would seize the opportunity. In tne
fourth place, it is not true that the President's
friend, or anybody else, ever suggested to me
that my vote as Congressman is of less value
now than It was before the Territorial elec
tions, or that my chances for a good chairman
ship would be imperiled by my being a kicker.
In the filth place my enthusiasm for my post
office candidate bas not become less pro
nounced, nor in anyway changed.
Ihe fact is that I am not troubling myself
about the postoffice or cnairmanship or any
thing of the kind; and I am not assuming that
I shall not get what belongs to me both from
organized. On the contrary, being a good Re
publican and believing in the Justice of mr
party. 1 am resting content in the belief that I
shall be fairly treated, and I include m this fair
treatment the appointment of my nominee as
postmaster in accoraance wun tne unm-oxen
line of Republican precedents in this matter.
Mr. Wm. Flinn denies also that he was at
the Seventh Avenue Hotel on Thursday or
that he saw Senator Quay dnring thelatter's
recent visit
HERB KKUPP LOOKS TO PITTSBURG
A Rumor that the German Gnnmnkcn Slay
Build a Plant Here.
It is reported that Herr Krupp, of Essen,
Germany, is considering the advisability of
coming to Pittsburg and building a plant
after the model of his famous gun factory in
the Bhenish Provinces.
A gentleman is in the city now invest!,
gating the advantages offered, by Pittsburg
for such an establishment One of the
greatest reasons why Herr.Krupp desires to
remove his plant to Pittsburg is the fact
that Europe is liable at any moment to be
come the scene of a great war. From patri
otic conditions, if none other, Krupp would
make guns only for Germany, while if he
was established on neutral ground he could
furnish guns to any power in the world.
Then the natural advantages of Western
Pennsylvania are tempting.
The plan is to buy a tract of land large
enough to hold the plant and sufficient
honses to accommodate the employes. This
would, require about five square miles. Mr.
Krupp is said to be very enthusiastic over
the natural gas advantages and the coal
fields of Western Pennsylvania. The Pitts
burg works, if erected, will be as nearly as
possible a counterpart of the establishment
in Essen. That one covers an area of 1,000
acres and over 11,000 men are employed.
The plans for the-plant and town are said
to be in such a shape that the foundation
could be laid at once if necessary. The site
is within 25 miles of this city,within easy
access of railroads and river and is close to
a large and rich district of natural gas.
WICKED ME. M'ilAHON.
A Very Hard Character Gets Caught at His
Old Tricks.
Prank McMahon had a hearing before
Magistrate Gripp yesterday and -was held
for court in default of bail on charges of
aggravated assault and battery and at
tempted larceny from the person, preferred
by James Keating.
McMahon was arrested by Officer Ed
Cross on Thursday night in the act of rob
bing a drunken man on Bedford avenue,
near the waterbasin. After his arrest
Keating appeared against him and charged
him with having held him up and attempt
ing to rob him last Wednesday night.
McMahon is given a very bad record by
the police. He is the man who was arrested
by City Messenger Ed Martin about six
months ago for brutally beating and then
robbing a gripmau on the Citizens' Traction
line.
A FULL DEMOCRATIC TOTE.
The Randallltes and Countyiles Unite in
Campaign Hustliuc.
The conference committees of the Randall
Club and County Democracy met at Demo
cratic headquarters yesterday afternoon.
Both clubs have taken united action to pro
cure a full Democratic vote, aud work
shoulder to shoulder on election day for the
success ot the entire ticket The represen
tatives from both clubs reported that each
was active in doing its full duty.
A committee was appointed to confer with
all Democratic associations or organizations
of this county to enlist their aid in, polling a
full vote. All Democratic clubs were in
vited to send one or more representatives to
a meeting to be held at headquarters, No.
138 Fifth avenue, next Monday evening at
7:30 o'clock.
STRUCK BY A CRANi!.
Reese Davis, a Millwright, Probably Fa
tally Injured.
Reese Davis, one of the millwrights at
Oliver Bros. & Phillips' South Fifteenth
street steel mill, was dangerously injured
yesterday afternoon while placing in posi
tion the large sheets of iron of -which the
walls of the mill are built
Davis was standing on a scaffolding di
recting the movements of a large crane that
swung from side to side. The crane was
turned suddenly around to where the mill
wright was standing, andjaefore warning
could be given he was caught between a
beam and the arm of the crane. The shock
broke some of his ribs and probably inflicted
severe internal injuries.
HITHER AND THITHER.
movements of PItrsburgers and Others of
Wide Acquaintance.
Hon. C. L. Magee tnd wife, Senator
Rutan, of Allegheny, and George von Bonn
horst, are expected home from their European
trip of nearly six months' duration this morn
ing, having left Philadelphia upon the limited
last eveninc. Mr. Magee has been traveling at
ease hither and thither In the Old World, and
will return to Pittsburg In the best of health
and spirits to resume the political leaderships
tbat have always sat so llghtlynpon his shoul
ders. Senator Rutan went to Europe in the
pursuit of health, a much-needed article at the
time be began his trip. Prom his cheerful let
ters to friends in Allegheny, the impression has
gained ground that he has entirely recovered
his strength and health. Like Mr. Magee, Sen
ator Rutan will resume the temporarily severed
threads of political life. A warm welcome Is
in store for the voyageurs.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Wharton, Jr., of
New l'ort, are staying at the Duguesne. Mr.
Wharton is the Eastern representative of the
National Tube Works, of McKeesport, and is
combining business with pleasure inasmuch as
he is passing through on hisweddlng trip,
which was initiated at .Plainfield, N. J., last
week.
Samuel Brown, of New Geneva, is to be
lockkeeper at the new dam and lock No. 8, just
above that place. People ot that section are
preparing for a rousing time when the dam is
completed and the boats go on through to Mor
gan town.
E. M. Bigelow, Chief of the Depart
ment of Public Works, returned from New
York, where he says he went for the purpose
of welcoming home Mr. C.-L. Magee, and he
had no Intention of starting for Europe,
although it would not be surprising if he did
go to England, next week.
Db. B. M. Haitita. Eye, ear, nose and
throat diseases exclusively. Office. 718 Perm
.street, 'Pittsburg, Pa. s&su
MBS. ADMIRAL DAHI6RM,
morrouf Dispatch, tHUtehy young girl
should be chapcrpned.
BOB BURDETTE'S BOT,
Likewise All- His Extensive Connec
tion and It's Duty Toward'Him.
THE FIRST AS WELL AS LAST BOY
Sui Generis and Will la Until lime Shall
be No More on Earth.
PARENTAL BESPONSIBILITI LIMNED
Bob Burdette was happy last night
With reasonable health he couldn't well
help being so, as he faced an audience of
abopt 2,000 in old City Hall composed of the
Y. M. C. A. and various other kinds of
people, and he talked two hours and five
minutes, dnring whfth time humor and
pathos were so blended astosnit any reason
able make-up, and he, as he phrased it,
never turned a hair. The auditorium was
.filled, the stage was filled, and there were
235 people in the balcony.
Mr. Burdette stated in the outset that he
didn't propose to tell anything new. He had
been forced to do so at times when working on
a newspaper, hut lecturing had made him
lazy, and he proposed to repeat the oldest
lecture in the world. His subject was "The
Boy," but it grew as he proceeded, and
finally embraced the girl and her mother,
grandmother, father, cousins, sisters, annts,
etc. It wasn't the boy of the period, but of
nil periods, from Cain down. Since Cain,
everything had changed but the boy. He is
the same yesterday Jto-day, and will continue
the same while time shall last, boys in this
respect being like pnppies, kittens, coifs,
and the young of all domesticated animals
as well as of wild. -.
TUB GOOD OLD TIMES.
He referred to the fact that everything in
the olden time was better than it is to-day,
and instanced many things, bnt neglected to
include old rye. Cain couldn't help being
a bad boy and coming to a miserable end.
He had only Adam aud his wife to watch
him and gnide him, while it is well known
that the services of t least 50 people'are
necessary to keep a boy in the straight and
narrow path. How could he escape learn
ing to lie, steal, swear and murder, when
there was' no one to teach him to become a
Magee or a Quay. Politics, with its
humanizing influences, was unknown
in Cain's boyhood days. There
were no Sunday school teachers in Cain's
day, and he was forced to create his own
theology. Adam and Eve could not tell
him that once npon a time snch and snch
things occurred, and science hadn't ex
plained that six days meant six periods of
millions of years each. Cain knew better.
He could climb to the top of the genealog
ical tree, and couldn't be stuffed or put off
with evasive answers.
The lecturer would enconrage boys to ask
questions. Stupid boys never do. They
either go to an asylum, or get rich and in
either case do not need to know much.
Boys learn from other boys and the lecturer
believed they got more from their environ
ment than from heredity. There are many
things a boy loses when he becomes a man.
He can no longer make friends with dogs;
cannot make strange noises like a boy, nor
can he give nick-names as a boy can, that
describe one so perfectly that one wonders
why he wasn't christened the name the boy
gives him.
boy's tots the best.
A boy can make anything he wants and
the mechanical ingenuity of boys and girls
has been injured by the toymakers. No
mechanical toy made by the man who serves
three years' apprenticeship to a trade and
has thereby earned the right to go ont on a
strike, gives the satisfaction to the boy tjiat
does the locomotive or wagon that he
fabricates for himself. The elegant French
doll that does everything bnt cry when it is
hungry, does not give the satisfaction that
the .rag baby of 30 years ago gave our
sister.
Scores of things that only a boy can ac
comnlish were narrated; the troubles, per
plexities and general merriment ha causes
to his mother, to his father and his older
sister when she has a beau were graphically
narrated, and how he torments everyone by
his explorations, his muddy boots and gen
eral juvenile enssedness were touched up,
when it was shown that with all his tergiver
sations the girls couldn't have a successful
picnic without him; an earth
quake or a wind was sure to
break it up and the pathetic side was delin
eated. Childhood is not the happiest period
of life, and its sorrows should be commiser
ated. The scars of childhood's sorrows are
often carried to the grave. The boy's room
should not be the one over the back stair
way, looking out on a chicken yard. His
surroundings often make him a hoodlum.
His room should be fixed up as elegantly as
that of his sister. He should be allowed to
lock himself in it when he chooses and in
dulge his humors unrestrained. We mean
right when we often do wrong.
a box's critical period.
There is a critical period just when a bov
is in the transition state between boyhood
and manhood; when his mustache is sprout
ing, when his feet are too large, and he can
not find room for his hands. At this time
his father should be a friend and a confidant,
and teach him at home what he may learn
in a corroding way from outside association.
Boys crave the companionship of their
eiders and the old boy may renew his youth
iu companionship with his son to their
mutual advantage. The transition from
girlhood to womanhood is almost insensible.
Her feet are too large, atone time in her ex
istence, especially when she rides in a street
car, but" it is for a very brief period. We
take her on our knee and kiss and hug
berand a few weeks later find that she has
bloomed into a lovely woman and she no
longer sits on your knee not in public at
least But the boy's probation is more ex
tended. He is very awkward. His first
battle is with his mother when he first ob
jects to her cutting his hair. Then he be
gins to cultivate a mustache, and it is as
difficult to get out as is the prohibition vote.
At this period it is of the utmost importance
that the father cultivate him. He hungers
for his father's confidence as well as that of
his mother and needs support as he never
needs it. afterward.
The remainder of the lecture was devoted
to a description of the young man's court
ship and settlement in life, and was a word
painting that all of middle age, or any age
for that matter, could appreciate. It was a
picture of the generative dream of joy,
hope, fear and sorrow that has been on the
boards since mankind shed its prehensile
caudal appendage, and perhaps before, and
laden with all that makes life worth living,
or that carries our aspirations beyond the
clouds and beyond the tomb.
The next entertainment given by the Y.
M. C. A. will be the Mundell Sisters'
Vocal Quartet on November 22.
TEILED IN MIBTERI.
'An Orange Grove Proprietor Arrested nt the
Instance of Armstrong Co. Officials.
Charles Hiltenbelter, alias Charles Hill,
who claims residence at 281 Webster avenue,
and who also claimed to be the proprietor of
an extensive orange grove near Jackson
ville, Fla., was arrested last night by De
tective Fitzgerald, but the exact cause of
his arrest is not known. Detective Finney,
of the West Penn Railroad, has a warrant
for Hill's arrest, which was made out in
Armstrong county. "Finney gave the police
officials a description of Hill, and asked
that he be arrested, but took the warrant
away with him, and until midnight
Finney could not be found to furnish the
nature of the charge nor the story in the
case.
Hill says the only trouble he knows any
thing about is that he borrowed $65 from an
Armstrong man, giving his watch as se
curity, ana he supposes that the man who
loaned him the money got frightened and
sued him.. The police, however, think the
charge Is more rerious than Hill desires to
make people believe.
GLASS APPRENTICES AGAIN.
The Threatened Trouble to Form tho Basis
of a Conference Manager Snyder Thinks
ibe Men Unwise No Wage Troubles
nt All.
Mr. Snyder, manager of McCully's
Twenty-eighth street glass house, was inter
viewed yesterday about the trouble among
the men of the factory, becanse three ap
prentices are employed instead of two. He
said:
"The men have selected a committee to
meet the firm next Tuesday, when it is
hoped the matter will be satisfactorily fixed.
.The trouble arose out of an extremely trivial
circumstance. Last year our firm articled
another apprentice beside the two we had in
the factory. This extra apprentice, the men
think, is an infringement of the contract
with them. They allege that only one ap
prentice is allowed for every 20 blowers, and
as a matter of fact this factory has only 40
blowers, so there only ought to be two ap
prentices." Mr. Snyder thinks that ihe nien haye
adopted a very unwise conrse in kicking
about this matter. He says: "Ihe firm
took this boy last year and entered into a
contract with him, and bound themselves to
give him employment for the next fonr
years, and the boy on his part bound him
self to do certain specific things while learn
ing his trade. Both sides were sworn
before an Alderman to abide by the pro
visions of the contract. Taking this into
consideration, how can we discharge the boy
without breaking the contract and leaving
ourselves open to the consequences of snch
a course?
"There is no kick for wages, because our
factory has always honorably met the men
in any reasonable demands they made. When
the last great glass house strike occurred
our factory went right along paying the ad
vance that other firms retnsed. A reduc
tion took place, however, when the men em
ployed in other factories went to. work with
out obtaining the advance. This policy has
been pursued by the firm for the 27 years I
have been engaged with them. I never
once had to complain of any harsh treat
ment that was caused by the company. You
may say forme that if there is a strike it
will only be a partial one, because most of
the men do hot desire to go out upon such a
ridiculous plea as some of them make."
MORE OP THE SAME KIND.
The May Sullivan Case Has Many Parallels
in Westmoreland County Children Said
to be Involved.
Agent Dean, of the Anti-Cruelty Society,
who is acting as prosecutor in the May
Sullivan case, said last night that he had
been approached in the Court House corri
dor by two reputable Westmoreland county
gentlemen, who told him that if he would
go out to Greensburg or Scottdale he could
find numerous other cases of the same char
acter as that in which May Sullivan figured.
Some of them are said to be more aggravat
ed, and involving girls even younger
and men of better social position than those
interested in this case.
Upon going to his office after court, Mr.
Dean found three letters from as many other
reputable Westmoreland county parties,
imploring him to come out to Greensburg,
and one or two other towns in Westmore
land county, to work up what they termed
a number of scandals, more infamous than
the case now on trial in the Allegheny Coun
ty courts, because the men involved are of
high social standing, and the girls of such
tender age that they are mere children.
The letter gives the names of some of the
parties referred to, and mentions two of the
witnesses who were brought from Scottdale
to testily in Harrington's behalf, but whose
testimony was not given, on account of Har
rington pleading guilty.
Mr. Dean says he will lay the letters, and
some other informatron in his possession, be
fore the Board of Directors ot the Anti
Crueltv Society, and, if they authorize him,
he will go to Greensburg to investigate the
charges.
H0 EXTENSION-. DECIDED.'
A Director of the Citizens' Lino Denies tho
Sharpsbnrg Story In Detail.
A story was published yesterday that the
Citizens' Traction Bail way Company had
decided to extend its cable line out Butler
street to the Sharpsbnrg bridge, to charge 5
cents from" the city to Sharpsbnrg, four
miles, and the same fare from the city to
East Liberty.
A reporter for The Dispatch last even
ing saw Mr. James Yerner, one of the
directors of the company, concerning these
rumors. He said that no such decisions had
been reached, that there bad been no recent
talk about an extension, and that the re
duction of fare, though discussed
informally, had not been brought up at any
meeting where there was a quorum.
THE FKEIGHT BLOCKADE.
lack of Locomotive Engines Believed to
be the Slala Canse of tho Trouble.
Many shippers are at a loss to account for
the blockade in freight traffic in the rail
roads leading from Pittsburg to Western
points. Cars are sadly lacking in the coke
region, and it is reported that a number of
Western furnaces nave been compelled to
cease operations because of their inability
to procure coke.
Shippers of grain from Chicago are also
complaining, saying that thousands of dol
lars of their capital are tied up ingrain
which they cannot get moved to the East.
The Ft: Wayne, Pittsburg and Western and
Panhandle are all crowded with freight, the
Panhandle being in the worst condition.
The general explanation is that there is a
lack of locomotive engines.
MENDELSSOHN CLUBMEETING.
The Only Choral .Organization of the
Soutbslde In Active 'Rehearsal.
The Mendelssohn Club, the only choral
organization on the Southside, met at the
Palace parlors, corner South Fifteenth and
Carson streets, last night. This was the
third rehearsal of the present season. The
attendance was good, and the indications
point to a successlul season.
J. P. McCullom is the instructor and E.
F. Deakin the accompanist. The club was
organized a year ago for the purpose of im
proving the members in choral work, and
the season was a success.
ANOTHER WIFE BEATER.
Philip Fetrie Was Belaboring His Spouse
When on Officer Espoused Her Canse.
Philip Petrie, a resident of Madisou ave
nue, Allegheny, was arrested last evening
by Officer Alexander and placed in the lock
up. The charge against the prisoner was disor
derly conduct, this really covering a case of
wife beating as the prisoner was industri
ously engaged in belaboring his wile when
the officer appeared, having been attracted
by her screams.
To Kyarve His Heart Ont.
Taylor Louis, who lives on Webster ave
nue, had a hearing before Alderman Rich
ards last evening on a charge of surety of the
peace preferred by W. H. Loyd, who testi
fied that Louis pulled a razor on him and
threatened to cut his heart out He was
held for court
A Life-Long Sufferer Gets His Eyes Opened.
Mr. John Ayres, of McDonald, Washing
ton county, Pa., has been afflicted with sore
eyes for 30 years. For the last six months
be has been a great sufferer and practically
blind from ulceration of the cornea. The
lids have been contracted so close it was
with difficulty the eyes could be examiued.
Yesterday he returned to Dr. Sadler, 801
Penn ave.. after two weeks' treatment, with
his eyes clear and smooth and free of pain.
By a skillfully .planned operation, he was
enabled to open his eyes to their natural
siw.
SOME SAFETY GATES.
That is What Southsiders Want for
Their Street Crossings.
THE PENNSYLVANIA PETITIONED.
Some Doubts Expressed Owing to Borongh
Privileges Ceded lean Ago.
OLD AGITATION BREAKS OUT AFRESH
Petitions are being actively circulated on
the Southside and are being signed by many
of the manufacturers, business men and cit
izens, asking the various railroad companies
to erect safety gates or provide some other
protection to the public at the several street
crossing!) along the tracks. This matter has
been agitated more or less for several years,
but it never was taken up with the same
earnestness as at present
Three fatal accidents in the past month
have caused the citizens to become indig
nant at the companies, and there is a uni
versal demand for some steps to be taken to
gnard against this constant onslaught on
human life.
But although the citizens are anxious,
and are doing all in their power to seenre
the safety gates, it is possible that the latter
will not be procured without considerable
difficulty. It seems that the Pittsburg,
Virginia and Charleston and the Panhandle
companies secured their rights of way be
fore the Southside was consolidated with
the city, and in those days railroad com
panies secured
BROAD AND LIBERAL
rignts and privileges. The Lake Erie and
Pittsbnrg, McKeesport and Youghiogheny
roads procured their rights since the con
solidation, but the present city ordinances,
do not provide for protection at the cross
ings. The following is a copy of the peti
tion being circulated among the South
siders: To the Pennsylvania Ball road Company, operat
ing the Pittsbnrg, Virginia and Charleston Divi
sion: The undersigned citizens and taxpayers of
the Bonthslde, Pittsbnrg, do respectfullyrepre
sent: That for many years the various street
crossings along your tracks on the Southside
have been unprotected by Safety gates or
signals; that as a consequence ot this state of
affairs, numerous acciuents have occurred
which in many instances have resulted in tbe
loss of human life; that these cases have be
come so common tbat scarcely a week passes,
without some serious or fatal accident happen
ing at some one of your crossings; tbat it is the
universal cry ot the people of tbe Southside,
that for the safety and protection of our
citizens, it is necessary tbat immediate steps be
taken to avoid this jeopardy in which the lives
of the Deonle are constantl v Dlaced. We there
fore petition you to provide sneb protection in
the shaoe ot safety gates or signals at the South
Twelfth, Eighteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty
sixth and Twenty-seventh street crossings as
shall seem to yon most necessary to seenre our
people from their present danger and peril.
And your petitioners will ever pray. ,
A similar petition asks the Lake Erie
Company to furnish gates at the South
Twenty-second street crossing where the new
steam terry crosses the river and where sev
eral accidents have recently occurred. Ex
Councilman F. C. Beinhauer said lastnight
that the railroad companies could not
be compelled to put up safety gates. The
ordinances of the old boroughs which
granted the companies their right of way
contains no penalty and are consequently
inoperative. The old boroughs made mis
takes for which the Southside must now and
forever suffer. The only way to get the
gates is to humor the companies and en
deavor to coax them into providing the pro
tection claimed.
A GENERAL ORDINANCE TEARS AOO.
Ex-Councilman Buhland said he wanted
to prepare a general ordinance three or four
years ago, compelling the companies to
erect the gates, but he was made to believe
thatjlbe City was bound to respect the priv
ileges granted by the boroughs before the
consolidation. He thinks differently now,
and there is come talk in his ward of a gen
eral ordinance being prepared for Mr.
Braun to present. Councilman Brann said
he thought the companies could be com
pelled to put up gates.
There is some talk of a mass meeting of
citizens before the petition is presented to
consider the best plan to pursue.
A TRAIL OF BEEl
Two Drivers Badly Injured la a West End
Runaway.
James Sweeney and Gus Schindnheete
were seriously injured in a runaway in the
West End yesterday evening while driving
a beer wagon along Steuben street The
horses took fright and dashed along tbe
Btrtetat a terrific agit. They overturned
tbe wagon and dragged both men a consid
erable distance before they were freed from
the wreck. The team finally collided with
a fence and were brought to a standstill.
Had they gone a few feet farther the ani
mals would have laden over an embank
ment bordering on the Saw Mill Bun Bail
road. The wagon was a complete wreck,
and the barrels of beer were strewn along
the street and furnished refreshment for the
numerous youths ot the locality.
Schinduheete's injuries are mainly about
the head and body. He was given medical
attention at his home on Independence
street, Duquesne Heights. Sweeney had
one of his wrists broken, and was sent to his
home in Chartiers. -
The Curry University
Is endeavoring to obtain, and has about suc
ceeded in securing a monopoly in Western
Pennsylvania.of the system of teaching book
keeping and business by actual business
practice. In the organization of the "Inter
State Business Practice Association of
America" in which President Williams and
Prof. Bow were the prime movers, they em
bodied a clause in the constitution as fol
lows: "That no new members be admitted to
this association without the consent of all
present members." This gives Curry Uni
versity control of Western Pennsylvania.
This association has taken into its member
ship nearly all the business colleges in
America that have discarded the "textbook
teachers' key" system and have adocted in
stead the newspaper market quotation sys
tem, in which a key giving correct answers
is impossible. This throws the student upon
his own resources entirely, and develops
self-confidence and thorough knowledge of
how business is transacted as well aa how to
keep books. This certainly gives Curry
Business College a great advantage over all
ottrer colleges In teaching bookkeeping and
business.
After tbe Exposition
Go to Hamilton's, 91 and 93 Fifth ave., and
continue to feast your eyes and ears on those
superb pianos and organs that captivated all
who saw and heard them, and remember
that Hamilton's is the only place where you
can get the Decker Bros., Knabe, Fischer
and Estey pianos. We mention this as
parties who are advertising pianos at club
rates, etc., claim tbat they have the run of
the market and selected the piano they are
advertising for its superiority; that is simply
a broad statement, as they cannot get any
one of the four pianos we are the sole agents
for. When you want a reliable instrument
get what has been sold in and around yoa
for years; you ran depend on them; your
neighbors have them and can recommend
them to yon; you can get them on easy pay
ments and as low a price as some compara
tively unknown pianos are offered at Ham
ilton bandies also the celebrated Estey or;
gans, the excelsior that all others aim to
equal. You will find at his salesrooms the
largest stock to select frorn Call on him
before you buy and get terms and prices.
They will please and convince yon.
HALLOWEEN INMEXIC0&K
teribed in to-momivfi Dispatch Jay Frank
jnrn.
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POLITICIANS PASSING THROUGH.
Boss McManes nnd a Party of Pbiladel
phlans Stop Over ilght--Oat for Pleas
uro Only, they Eschew Polities.
James McManes, the political boss of the
Quaker City, accompanied by a select party
of Philadelphia politicians, among whom
were C, A. McManes the only Democrat
in the party Henry Clay, Beceiver of
Taxes; Savery Bradley, I. S. Bittenhouse,
L E. Salter and Morris H. Sternarrived
from Cincinnati last night, in a special car,
on their Way eastward. Mr. McManes,
pleading fatigue, retired immediately on his
arrival at his hotel, and in such a quiet
way that the clerks, wh? usually know as to
whether their guests hove occupied their
-rooms or noVwere unaware of the fact
Mr. C. A. McManes was asked as to the
nature of tbe trip, and as to whether any sig
nificance was to be attached to the 'boss" ar
rival here almost cotemporaneous with that
of Messrs. Magee and Quay. "Our trip,"
said the gentleman, "is devoid of any politi
cal significance whatever. It was instigated
by myself and another gentleman for the
purpose of getting a rest from business, and
Mr. McManes accompanied us for the pleas
ure of the tour. We were accommodated
with a speclar car, and ran down to Char
lottesville, visited the White Sulphur
Springs, appreciated very highly the
scenery along ihe Chesapeake and
Ohio,, made a stay at Lexington
.and Cincinnati and are now on our way
home, our car being under orders to be
hitched on to the 8 o'clock train to-morrow
morning. As far as I know therehas not been
any rupture between Senator Quay and Mr.
McManes, and though you seem to think:
there is a certain significance in the latter
gentleman's arrival here so soon after the
Senator's appearance jn these parts, I can
assnre yon that really there is nothing in it.
We are just enjoying a few davs excursion,
that is all. No, I cannot say that Walters'
appointment is regarded with favorin Phila
delphia. It came with a surprise and very
great disappointment is felt, generally, con
cerning it Most of ns thought that Powers
would have been the man. Yes, we certainly
leave to-morrow morning.
The party spent jthe evening nt the Opera
House under the guidance of Mr. Bean.
MYSTERIOUS INCENDIARISM.
Shavings and Oil Under an Alleghenlan's
Doorstep.
, At 12 o'clock on Thursday night a man
named Hutchinson, while on his way home"
along Warren street, Allegheny, discovered
a fire. The fire was under a pair of steps
leading to the residence ot Andrew Mass.
The family was immediately notified, and
foe blaze extinguished by means of a bucket
brigade. Antnvestigation led to the dis
covery of a lot of shavings and paper, sat
urated with oil. The fire was plainly tbe
work of an incendiary, but what the object
was cannot be surmised.
THE HOEBESflOERS' MATTER FIXED.
The Committee. Has Concluded Negotiations
, With the Bosses.
The committee of the Trades' Council ap
pointed to inquire into the boss horseshoers
and the ooeratives were in hopes last night
of bringing the matter to an end. ,
The scale' has been arranged on a basis of
a nine-hour work day, the men agreeing to
work until i o'clock on Saturday. The
wages point has been arranged, aa already
reported. The committee visited Mr. Mc
Caslin last night in the expectation of finally
closing the matter, and it is believed they
succeeded.
TYPHOID FEVER CEASIKG.
Physicians Agree Skat Cold Weather Has
Killed tbe Dread Disease,
The typhoid fever along Penn avenue and
in Lawrenceville, which has been preva
lent for several months past, has now almost
disappeared.
Quite a number of physicians expressed
their opinions, that,, the fever had, been,
efiectaally atoppedVor tHis year, and would
not likely be so universal next year.
A Mild Blaze.
An alarm from box 143 about 1225
o'clock this morning was caused by the
burning of a small shed in the rear of No.
129 Nineteenth-street, Southside. No loss.
All danger 6f drinking impure water is
avoided by adding 20 drops of Angostura
Bitters.
Full dress shirts, ties, etc., at James H.
Aiken & Cos, 100 Fifth ave.
The pleasantest and most wholesome
drink is F. & V.'s Pilsner beer.
DlS
tome LIAHA. XICililiEl patch relates
everyday incident of New York life.
BIBER iJASTTJH,
505 and 507, MARKET STREET,
OUR CLOAK AND SUIT BOOMS
are now filled with choice products
from tbeTmost celebrated makers at
home and abroad. For variety, for
style, for careful attention to shape and
nmsb our Cloak and Suit Booms Invite
comparison.
PLUSH COATS FROM 115 TO 150.
In Plnsb Garments we pay special at
tention to material, aa to durability and
finish. Also to large sizes and extra
length?,
PLU8H JACKETS from 310 to $35,
all styles, plain, vest front, dlrectoire,
and aUotner.new shapes.
GENUINE ALASKA SEAL C0AT8. .
Ladies' finest quality SEAL COATS.
In fasMonable shapes and lengths Just
received. These are carefully selected
by ns, warranted pare London dye ana
finished in elegant manner. We ask no
fancy prices on any goods we handle.
CLOTH JACKETS,
colored, arid black, in plain and fancy
weaves, in hundreds of different styles
and shapes, from S3 JO to $23.
LONG 'GARMENTS.
Newmarkets from $3 to $50, in newesf'
colorings, shapes and designs.
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CLOAK AND SUIT BOOM.
BIBER & EASTON.
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Never fan to cure.
SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES,
BODEN MINERAL PASTILLES,
SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES,
the sreat European remedy against all
CATARRHAL AFFECTIONS
and
COUGHS AND HOARSENESS.
" , Sold by all Druggists.
Smalt'boxeJ.23c; large boxes, 50c
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rtALIFOBNIA FHUITS EVAPORATED
j peaches and apricots, very choice: also
Golden Qate canned fruits, wholesale and re
tail, by JNQ.'A.RENHHAW&COm
Family Grocers,
OC5.75-W8 , Liberty and Ninth tie.
T70B HALLOW. E'EN-A FULL LINE OF
JD foreign and domestic nuts bellbarks, Jor
dan shelled almonte Ridley's broken sMek eaa-
ay, sweesciuw,vfeo jb m u,ww vj-;
Ia&yia mnlftjuuHc Rami elaslMr rants, f or SAM sic
JNO. AVRHN&BAW 4 CO.'S. FaasWM
! oes.oar.Liarty A4 KiBtfcrtf. j
TIELDIJIG. BUT B0ING BO 8fiDWLlC
Seven Foundries Have Signed, bat
Men Are Cealsf Oat. '
No general sentiment between manu
facturers and men has, so far, occurred ia '
the foundry, difiienlty. Yesterday another
firm granted the increase, namely, that of
James Lathwood, of Faber street,, mak
ing the seventh to sign. t
Mr. Lath wood's men were- notcoaeeraed". ;'"
in the original strike, bnt heswaa sabse-" '
quently notified of the increase, and lw
yielded. The men employed at EvaW,
brothers, which firm has signed, refweta''
work on an order sent in by the Bosedala
Foundry Company. Sterritt & Thomas,' otJ-Thirty-second
street, received some worlrX;
from William Yagle & Co., whose!"
men are still ont, bnt their raolders walked -'
ont rather than touch it Another fina,...-
which was recently requested to concede the'-. -?
increase was that of Hillard, Sterritt A Co.,. "
and in default of the necessary signature -tbe
molders concerned came out yesterday.
Five of Jones & Langhlin's operatives were-'.
laid offyesterday on aecount of the scarcity
ofworknowprevailinir, owing to the shato'
down in tbe molding department
Some six or eight men have already left . a
the city to work, elsewhere, bnt the majority '
have concluded to wait another week or so -1
before looking for other work, ander the be- ,.
lief that the increase will be finally -i ,
granted. Mr. Thomas Wisdom, of OraeVo
street, who worked as a molder In Marshairg, '
fonndrvl showed a wnnpl.r & 1ttor- frnrat W.. A
Sexton, the Superintendent of the'GIoacesf
rerjron worn, onenne him ?6 s wMk,',
proviueu ue provea nimseii efficient, oa
molding-in all kinds of sand. Mr. Wisdom
said he preferred remaining here, but would.,
goior$ou. Lnotner moiaer received a tele
gram from the same firm with a similar of
fer. This wonld seem to imply that work ia
fairly brisk in the East One feature of the
strike isthe unanimity and qnietnde which-f.
pervaaes every assemoiage 01 tne men. -
Since the foregoing was written it waa
learned that tne Leecnourg Foundry and .",
juacnine company naa signed tne seue.-
Their men trill turn in to-day. This is theH
eiVhlh firm to ffive in. ' i
fYITTnA contribute to the eotumnnfito.'JejS ?
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PENN AVENUE STORES,
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sO-Inch All-wool Imported Black CatV $M
46-inch All-wool Imnorted BUjsJr" '
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Serges, 50c.
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46-inch All-wool extra fine Serge, 64a. '" '
New Colored Cashmeres
46 inches wide at 65c, worth 76c,
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48 inches wide at 86c, worth IX ir'$
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46 inches wide at Si, worth fl 7b.
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To Hat buyers:
What s trade we are havJse tWsl
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la onrblfclUlllnery DefertoeaVT
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U not 'such & completely equipped ear.
completely stocked. Millinery Deparfi'o
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mem in Plttsburc Bear this ia Bate,
when yon come to bnyinc.
Saturday 1 especially chfldrea's .day."
It is a pity to cover up the brtshrcarlyj
neaas. of the pretty little tots males
the headgear fa very pretty, aa vtvcfi
thing la their department here la.
The prettiest and most novel aad beetj
,iv
wearing Felt Bats, espeeiaHy adapted I
for. school wear.
A special line Felt School Hate at
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We make Tam-O'Shaater Captit;
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match any Cloak or Coat
New and exclusive shapes Is Tama,-
and it costs no more to have the hat aad
coat to match. . f
TT uuumAtit Aunm v uhbci I isf .
Beautiful, wearable, stylish FeHHs7
S6 to HO eaob ready trimmed or t
raed to order.
To Bonnet wearers we sppreesastj
how desirable it is to have a' BeasetttSti
fits the bead: comfortably. -
We have a perfect syeteea of'skaficI
bonnets, and in every ease gnaraatee a
perfect aad comfortable fit c -
This all in addition to the aflerdfas
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largest and beet stack ready f er yearia
spection. All the greatest head wear eea-
nOlsseurs contribute Ideas iareaJKyte
this great Millinery Department. -Brenr.
Hat or Bonnet here lea brtgat aaa!?
gealoss idea that It haa east maah Bseee
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thooght to prodaee t&aayeawmgtTCf
ia making your selections.
Gents' Fnrabhlaa to-day We hare
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more exclusive lines la at varieat
cles of men's wear tiaoaayhoasela
Pittsburg. If yoa waat tee best er
yoa waat as good as yoa earn get
where, come to as. .,
Underwear SHk, Merino, Pnsriet
Natural Wool all the best- Bat
yon nave snch. limitless ofeotee yea pay i
no more here, and of tea less. v dS?r
Mea of tea hay atatagbeeeasesaef'i
rirm,t vant in tair tku a f aaIt i naa it
Here ,Jou aateteverytalag tfjjtmUj
hand. No trouble to show yoaVretJ-t
thing. To satisfy yea- is the sole Idea i1
with us. :
Special of Geata' Flee Gloves to-ay,'
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