Ki I Hi' es.sr' 112! w AMERICUS PLAN, They Talk of a $100,000 New Clnb House. i? vTHE HOTEL HAMILTON SITE m P, -To be Secured by Option Pending a Bustle for Funds. .OLD OFFICERS MOSTLY DOMINATED There were many members of the Amer Jcni Club who attended the caucus last evening to nominate officers for the ensuing year, who vent there with the firm con viction that a beautiful political shindy was brewing, and that it would materialize in the shape of a cut and dried slate "anti" to the present control of the club. But the slate failed to show up, and the proceedings were intensely harmonious. Lest, however, there should have been any political attack in the rear, the adherents of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay slumbered not, but 'drummed up every affiliating member of the . club. So that it was harmony with a large "H," and all went smoothly. In the absence of President Paul, Vice President and Postmaster-soon-to-be ile .Keaa presided and worked Cushing'a Manual for all it was worth. THE 1TEW CONSTITUTION. E. D. W. English, chairman of the com mittee upon a new constitution and by-laws, Tead a lengthy report upon the matter, in which was embodied an entire departure from the methods of procedure and club .government which, have heretofore pre vailed, xne report was oraerea prano, and will not appear in public until adopted 'by a majority of the members. It can be said in advance, however, that it sits with a ponderous sit on the practice of political blackballing which at one time prevailed in the clnb, and which led to the exchange of many lingual amenities at the last annual meeting of the club. There are also many radical departures from the old club rules. The report has been nearly a year in prepa ration, and has been formulated upon the results of a critical comparison of the best points in the constitutions of the leading political clubs of the country. The new constitution will be voted for at the forth coming annual election, and is already as sured of adoption. v A MAGNIFICENT CLUBHOUSE. Through AL G. Boenigk, the report of the clubhouse committee was present. It contained an earnest recommendation that the club which by the time the meeting was over would contain 601 members, begin to provide for the future by securing, owning or erecting permanent quarters at some cen- - tral point in the city. The committee be lieved that the club was now out of its swaddling clothes and had ceased to be a political infant. It now numbered on its rolls some of the greatest names in the na tion both as active and honorary members. As a matter of fact the members themselves were able to chip in and accomplish big -things. The friends of the club could be called upon and would doubtless respond handsomely. The committee had ascer tained that the Hotel Hamilton property could be purchased tor $105,000. It has a frontage of 60 feet on Penn avenue and a depth of 125 feet, and is admirably located for club purposes. The report was received with enthusiasm. A clubhouse to cost 100,000 is talked of. tCHEY WTLL GET AN OPTION. On motion Messrs. Al G. Boenick and John B. Barbour were appointed by the chair a committee to secure an option upon the Hotel Hamilton property, it meeting with general approbation. - Messrs. H. D. W. English, H. S. Paul .and J. H. Willockwere appointed a gen eral hustling committee with a roving com mission to skirmish for funds for the new clubhouse, and to feel the pulses of the financial heavy-weightjfriends of the club. Xittle doubt is expressed of the ability of the club to control ample funds for the purpose. Although the members present thought it a little early to speculate upon the shape the plan would finally would take, there is no doubt but that the Americas Club will allow no grass to grow under its feet The proposition to have a new clubhouse will be voted upon by the members at the annual election. OFFICEES NOMINATED. After the transaction of some minor busi ness the club went into a committee on the 'whole for the nomination of officers for the ensuing year. Harry A. Paui; the present popular President, was renominated amid a burst of applause with a pleasing unanim ity. Charles C. Baer was renominated for First Vice President and James S. JIcKean for Second Vice President with a halo of har moniousness gilding the occasion. John 3Jaston was nominated for Third Vice Presi dent, Samuel Moody declining to be placed in nomination. James H. Willock was nominated for Treasurer, vice A. J. Logan; W. T. Beiter and J. D. Littell were nominated for Corre sponding Secretary, George H. Houghton was renominated for Recording Secretary, "W. W. Colville was renominated for Financial Secretary, A. J. Loean and A. M. McCandless were nominated for Major. ' For Captain two nominations were made, "W. H. Davis and S. D. Huhley. A little bird says that the newspaperman will make the riffle. H. C. Stewart was nominated for First Lieutenant and W. S. McLain and "William Hlaber were nominated for Second Lieutenant THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 'There were 13 nominations and six to elect, and 13 will be an unlucky number for someone dead rare. The opposition in the ere expected to bob np at this point i proceedings, but there was nary a The following gentlemen were placed omination: . F. Collingwooa, James P, Anderson. J. M. . Jker. George P. Letscbe. W. H. Keech, ames P. Youngon. W. 3. Ford. H. P. Ford. W. P. BennetR. C.Patterson, H. D. Sellers Jr., E. Sj. DeTOre and A. M. Wright. ' It will be seen that with the exception of Mr. Samuel Moody and A. J. Logan.neitber of whom desired to serve, the entire list of officers of the club was renominated. The following gentlemen were elected to membership: Mil ton T. Robertson, Allegheny: Charles A. Turner, Pittsburg; - Charles S. Holmes. Pittebnrg; John Goettmann, Pitts burg; William Petty, Pittsburg: H. L. Bow man. Pittsburg; Percy C Hamilton, Dunkirk, H. Y.: C. A. Freeman, Stenbenville. O.; J. M. Freeman, Stenbenville, O.; D. B. Johnson, Stenbenville, O.: Luther L. Smith, Sewiekley, Fa.; General Asa W. Jones, Youngstown, O. As honorary members Major "William Hc Kinley, of Ohio, and. General Nathan B. Goff, of "West Virginia, were elected and cheered to the echo. BAKEES' HEUTIKG. Trying to Get All tbe Kneedr la Town Into the Colon. 'Bakers' Union No. 27 last evening held an open meeting in Buppel's Hall, Smith field street, t6 gain recruits for their union. John Lambert held the chair. He and others made speeches extolling the benefits .of the union. It was decided to hold soon a mass meeting, to which all bakers will be invited, in a large ball. At the next regu lar meeting of Union No. 27 extorters will be appointed to visit all shops and urge bakers to attend, It is said that non-union bakers work from two to six hours longer than union bakers. The next open meeting of the union will .. be held at Runnel's Hall on Saturdav. De cember 21. In case this hall proves too small larger one will' be secured. St&vH !' , - 1ST ' JV. JETERMIKING THE LOSS. A Fine Holiness Block Mar Replace tbe Old Wonona-abelR Mack Depends on the Dsmace. The owners of the Mbnongahela House and the lessees met with the Board of Un derwriters -yesterday afternoon, to appoint appraisers to view the damage done by fire and water and to fix the loss in dollars. Charles "Wilson, of tbe firm of contractors, "Wilson Brothers, was selected to represent the owners. Henry Shenk was chosen to represent the underwriters. Both gentle men are well known and experienced build ers. Mr. Shenk is the gentleman who built the Duquesne Clnb and other large build ings in this city. Messrs. "Wilson and Shenk will select a third man, and they will get to work to-morrow. Until those gentle men complete their work the hotel will not be cleaned np to any great extent The ap praisers will see in just what condition the building and the furnishings were left by the fire. A great deal depends on the report of the expert appraisers. Practically they have the say whether theoldMonongahela House shall be repaired or whether it shall be razed and replaced by a modern, I are, fire proof business block. The interior walls of the old hotel are in some places very soft, and have been severely injured by the fire. The floors are weakened by fire and water all over the house. The structure is over 40 years old and is of very antique style of construction. If the report of the appraisers shows that the cost of repairing the house will approach very nearly what the building originally cost, tbe owners of the property will prob ably decide to tear it down even to the last stone of the foundations, and erect a big structure which shall be as nearly fire-proof as modern buildings can be made. Attorney Florence C. Miller said yester day afternoon: "The owners have not con sidered what they will do, and will not until the insurance appraisement is con cluded. All will depend upon that At resent I know no more about what will be one than yon do." Joseph Stillburg, the architect of the Ex position and tbe gentleman who planned tbe works of improvement done in the Monongahela Honse last summer, said yes terday that, with a good force or men, he could have tbe hotel in order in two months. He expressed a fear that the new hard wood ceiling of the north dining room, which was pul up at a cost of $4,000, had been spoiled by the water and would have to come down. Every plaster ceiling in the house will have to be removed. The cafe was open yesterday in good order. It is on the ground floor, and had quito-a number of patrons. Yesterday afternoon about two dozen women employed in the bouse were paid off at the office. Clerk Miller took their addresses, and if the hotel reopens they will be sent for. Some of them had worked in the MonongahelaHouse for periods running from 10 to 20 years, and on going away, with a possibility that they might not return, they expressed great sor row, and even abed tears. The police were not on duty at the house yesterday. Clerk Charles Miller is to be seen behind the desk, sadly and solemnly gazing out over the ruin all around him. He does not say much, but be gazes with a far-away look as if looking about COO years into futurity. He is thinking. Hs won ders, he says, whether the fire would have occurred had he remained another day in Philadelphia, CAELISLE'S-HEAYX HAND Falls for 830 and Casta on IUrsed XJqaor Sellers. Eleven cases of Sunday selling were dis posed of by Alderman Carlisle yesterday forenoon. Captain A. Wishart, of the Law and Order League, was the prosecutor, and the testimony was given by five detectives, Ed P. Hesser and a brother, Lindler, Groehn and Cummings. For selling liquor on Sunday the following persons were fined each $50 and costs: Emannel 4' Asthes, druggists, at No. 23 Fourth avenue, John iRoebber. proprietor of the Western Hotel, corner pf Robinson and Sandusky streets, Allegheny: Mrs. Mary Ann McMnllen, Superior street. Wood's run; Charles Cooper, a blind man. Ko. 61 Sandusky street, Allegheny; Frankle Steel, No. 13 Rose alley, Allegheny; Michael Kern, No. 80 Pike street: Mrs. Mary Connolly, Decatur street,and Mrs. Jane Plan, Sedgwick street, Sonthside. For selling candy on Snnday, John Tin telnot, of No. 1345 Penn avenue, was fined $25 and costs. For selling general groceries, Godfrey "Weber, of No.2C7 "Wylie avenue, was fined 25 and costs. He was let down easily because he was poor, and because one of the hill Aldermen interposed for him. Mrs. E. Hutchinson, of No. 139 Center avenue, was fined $50 and costs for selling tobies on the first day of the week. The first two heard gave notice of appeal. In the cases of the poorer defendants, they were given leave to jay their fines by in stallment MOST PAI P.DLL FAEE. Ko Excursion Rates Will be Sold by the Bonds nt Holldav Time. The soft' weather of the last few weeks has hurt the general holiday trade of the various railroads. Excursion rates on the trunk lines will not be offered, and those expecting a reduced fare, such as is in force during the holidays, will be disappointed. A promi nent railroad official, when seen by a Dis patch reporter, said, with many chuckles: "The local traffic and the travel to near points is such as to bring joy to the heart of the railroad man, but the regular hegira to distant points is by no means up to the standard. This is caused by the soft weather of the last few' weeks, but -we do not care so long as the local trade keeps up. These people who go to the various winter resorts are the very people who can stand the price Local trade is the thing just now, and it is to the local trade that all passenger agents are catering, so to speak. The passenger departments of all the roads are making money just now, and I want to see things continue' Holiday excursion tickets over the vari ous roads have been sold for a number of years, and, outside of the reason given above, the railroad men are not aware of anything that could cause a change. SEW STREET LIHE. Favorable Beport on a Grant lor an East End Street Railway. Councils Committee on Corporations yes terday took up the ordinances granting 'the Larimer Street Bailway certain rigb.tr. The road starts at the intersection of Collins avenue; thence to Station street, to Larimer avenue, to Mayflower street, to Lincoln avenue, to Shetland avenue, to Larimer avenue, to Station street Also a branch road runs along Broad street to "Larimer avenue, and thence to Station street Tbe company is granted the right to use cable or electric power, etc., the entire work to be under the supervision of the Depart ment of Public "Works. The ordinance was affirmatively returned to Councils. FOE THR0WIKG A EN1PE. . Son-In-!.aw and the Wife's Father Fall Oat About Home Affairs. Elmer Culvel.living on Friendship street, Bloomfield, was arrested on an information made by his father-in-law, before Alderman Porter yesterday. f Cnlvel is charged with throwing a earr ing knife at his "step-dad" during a brawL The two men got into a wrangle about home affairs, when Culvel became enraged, and picking up a knife threw it with great force, striking his opponent on the arm with the handle. He was placed under $500 bail for a hearing on Monday. Evening; Entertainments. Music makes long evenings pass quickly and pleasantly. Violins, flutes, Mandolins, guitars, zithers, concertinas and musical boxes are sold for less than half price at N. Gallinger's, 1106 and. A?99 penn aye. ihsu JTHEfr : 5i: A FIF1T YEiMEASE. , ' -'. r Fifth Avenue Sarket House Captured by the Militia. 50,000 FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS. A Hall to Contain at Least an Andiencs of . 6,000. 18TH EEG'T. AND BATTEBI B AT WORE The fact that the Eighteenth Beglment and Battery B have secured a lease of the Fifth Avenue Market House, corner Fifth avenue and Miltenberger street, has been known for some time, but few people realize that the proposed alterations in. the build ing will give the city a hall for use on special occasions capable of meeting any exigency. The building will be practically rebuilt at an expense .of $50,000, and the lease will run for 50 years. At the corner of Fifth avenue and Miltenberger street the building will be three stories in height It will be used for company rooms, headquarters, etc'. At the east end will be a building of the same height for the use of the battery. The drill room will be 116x182 feet, with a gal lery running all aroundf and will seat com fortably between 5,000 and. 6,000 people. In the basement will be .kitchens, rifle range, gymnasium and the lavatory, and the base ment will communicate with all the upper $?.- .- WHAT THE HI XiaHTBENTH EEaiMElTT ABMOET "WH.Ii LOOK LIKE. portion of the building by capacious stair ways. THE STYLE NOT CHOSEN'. Captain W. H. Davis states that it has not yet been decided whether the building will be of brick, with stone facings, or all stone. The estimate of $50,000 js on brick, with stone facings, but it will be all stone, if sufficient money is forthcoming. The city is atpresent and has been losing money on the Fifth Avenue Market House, but under the lease it gets a contingent rental of $5,000 to (3,000 a year. The building will be insured in the name of the city, and it is arranged so that the State can never secure possession. The citv will have the right to the use of.- the hall on all great occasions when theieart of the community is stirred; such, for instance, .as was the case at the time of the Johnstown disaster, and the people generally will have the satisfac tion of knowing that they have a hall enough for any emergency. WOBK TO COMMENCE IK SFBIKO. As the season for building is past work will not be commenced before spring, but the military organizations named expect to oc cupy the buildings before a year from date. Money for the work is already largely promised,-and the promoters have no appre hensions of being unableto carry the project to a successful conclusion. Mr. Davis states that at first there was some objection urged by surrounding property holders, but they were withdrawn as soon as they saw the plan, and learned the character of the building to be erected, and came to the con clusion that it would enhance the value of adjacent property. The trustees are C. L. Magee, A. F. Keat ing, Colonel Chambers McKibbin, Colonel 'Norman M. Smith, Captain A. E. Hunt, Lieutenant George Sheppard and Captain "W. H. Davis. PK1YILEGES FOE THE P. A. IT. Allegheny Councils' Committee Hold a Special Meeting-. There was a special meeting of the Alle gheny Committee on Street Railways last night, for the purpose of considering the or dinance granting the Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company the right to use electricity or cable power on anv passenger railway now owned or' operated by the Pittsburg, Allegheny and Man chester Bailway Company, or the Pittsburg Union Passenger Bailway Company. The original ordinance, referred to the committee was thrown aside and an entirely new one substituted for it This latter was taken up in sections and considered, and after several amendments were added to it, it was finally passed as a whole. Instead of the words "other devices and mechanical fixtures." the words "cable or electricity" 'were substituted. This was done for fear an elevated road would be built, "or that steam power might be nsed. The rail must he 'of a pattern approved by -the city engineer and the committee, and the com pany is required to lay block stone one foot on either side of the rails. The rate of fare must not exceed 5 cents between 5 o'clock A. m. and midnight and the work must be begun by July 1, 1890, and com pleted ih one year thereafter, the whole work to be approved by the City Engineer. The privileges of the company mnst be the same as those of the P. A. & M. and the Union Line Companies, as provided in existing ordinances relating to those com panies. C0KTEACT AWARDED. Sloan & Blclrtvayne Get the Job to Im prove Grnndvlew Avenae. Messrs. McCallin, Bigelow and J. O. Brown were present at the meeting of the Department of Awards yesterday forenoon, and the leading subject for consideration was the contract for improving Grandview avenue in the Thirty-second and. Thirty fifth wards. Chief Bigelow, of the Depart ment of Public "Works, stated that H. O. Howard was the lowest- bidder but his bond was irregular and that according to law they would be compelled to throw it out Mr. Bigelow stated that he vras sorry, but that no exceptions could be made. He then moved that the contract be awarded to Sloan & McHwayne. Their bid was 575,072.90. The other bids were ns follows: Martin Joyce, $77,961.30; H. C. Howard, 574,474.56; McCormick & Moran, $78,063.20. The avenue is to be paved with irregular block. Both the ordinance and petition call for ir regular block, but a number of the citizens would like to have an asphalt, and Chief Bigelow says.be thinks it should, be aspuau, but he has to live up to the ordinance. General Police Powers. A petition, bearing the big gilt seal of the Humane Society,' of Western Penn sylvania, was yesterday forwarded to Gov ernor Beaver, asking him to appoint Samuel F. O'Brien General Agent of the Society," and James F. Berryman Assistant Agent, and by that' act to confer upon them general police powers. At present those gentlemen have police powers only inside of the city limits. Death of a Braddock FhraJclaa. Dr. "W. "WV DonaldMD, of Braddook, died yesterday forenoon, after an illness of Jen tlays. Tbe funeral will be held at Green ville to-day, under directioaof Council 122, Jr. O.V. A,JC , . v , ,s :. PITTSBURG. A DISPATCH; 0UST1HG THE ODSTERS- A Lively Flabt la the Ebcataer Baptist Church Cloo Watch on the Contrrba tlon Box. The name Ebenezer is a quite common one for a church. It means a' stone of help. It is often said also In backwoods religio comio parlance that when a man Is very mad "he has his Ebenezer np." Ebenezer is the name of the church of colored Bap tists who own a lot and a building in which they worship, at the corner of Colwell and Milton streets, and, in the rural sense of the term, it would seem that a large portion of the congregation has had its Ebenezer up for the last three years. In 1886 a portion of the congregation, composed of some 20 communicants, was excluded from fellowship on the charge of "unchristian conduct" This portion of the congregation, after re maining quiescent for three years, has finally decided to assert its rights, or at least supposed rights, and has brought the matter to an issue by employing "William B. Broe and James "W. Preicott, Esqs., to procure a charter for them which will give them, if they succeed, the right to worship in the building. Among the excluded are Messrs. Isaac Morton, Alexander Barbour, Johnston and Isham Carter. Amoncr those to file exceptions to the granting of the charter are trustees. Messrs. Lee, Down ing and Burrell. They have employed James S. Young, Esq., to represent them, and Albert H. Clark, Esq., is tbe' commis sioner appointed to take testimony. No meeting has been held, but the case promises to grow interesting before it The rules, discipline orlawsof the church, whatl ever they may be called, are, of course, of prime importance in the settlement of the Church and the expression, "unchristian conduct," will probably be given a very wide signification according to tbe different angles from which the contestants view it It is expected that some counter-charges will be preferred by the applicants for the charter. As a specimen of what is called "nn christain conduct," one of the exceptants testified that the contribution plate was not sent around among the congregation as is the case in most churches, but that all who felt like contributing were expected to come to a box and deposit it This exceptant wit ness stated that he made it a rule to sit close to the box where he could see the size of the contributions,and that some of the excluded members' financial aid was very small. Of course, to ascertain whether, the placing ot a small amount in the contribu tion box, constitutes "unchristian conduct " it might be necessary to inquire into the circumstances of the contributor and find how he was rated in the commercial agencies, and even this rating might not de termine his ability, as a giver might play the Ananias-Sapphira dodge, for the rem edy of which there have been no deterrent executions lately. Some people expect an awakening when the exceptants get through testifying and the other side begins. THE WEAPPING PAPEE TEDST. It Seems to bo In Process of Formation De spite Opposition. The announcement of the formatiosf-ora straw and rag wrapping paper "trust, as published exclusively in The Dispatch a few days ago, caused considerable discus sion among the various paper dealers in town, Almost to a man they express themselves as inimical to the scheme. Some even go so far as to say that no such trust will bed lormed, out there are others who tninc that it will, the latter claiming that it is a ne cessity. One gentleman, who refused to allow his name to be used, said that while the state ment was a surprise to him, he had been ex pecting that the manufacturers would com bine for the purpose of advancing prices. A mill owner from "West Virginia was in town yesterday and confirmed the Teport that the trust was in process of formation. He, however, refused to give any particulars, saying that too much had already been pub lished. ALLEGHENY. STBEET CAE GOSSIP. The Rebecca Street Line Still to be Ope rated by Horss Power. Allegheny railway matters are still in a chaotic state, but tbe Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Bailway is still bobbing up with matters oi interest to the pnblic It was reported yesterday that the Bebecca street line would beTun by electricity, but investigation confirms previous 3 publica tions. Mr. G. B. Hill, one of the corpo rators of the traction company, said: "It is very likely, in fact it is a sure thing, that the motive power of the long and short line will be changed. However, as was re ported some time ago, the Bebecca street line will be run by horse power, as in the past Tbe motive power of the main line will likely be cable, but no decided steps have been taken in regard to the Bebecca street line." a A NATIONAL EVENT. The Junior O. U. A. M. Preparing to Cele brate Washington' Birthday la Style. A meeting of the Jr. O. XT. A. M. was held in Moorhead's Hall last night to con sider the'preliminaries for tbe coming pa rade on February 23. William Fix, of Vesuvius Council, Sharpsburg, was elected Chief Marshal. This time the entire parade will march through the Sonthside, where a large contingent of the order lives. Next Saturday a meeting will be held at Odd Fellows' Hall, Sonthside, to elect Di vision Marshals, and the general idea of the brethren is that Thos. J. Morley, of Iron City Council No. 171, will command the Sonthside division. It is expected that over 20,000 men will be in Jine on next "Wash ington's Birthday, to show an American recognition of the occasion, and the route will be made long enough to tire the march ers and satisfy all the sightseers.- The Coroner's Bonds Filed. The bond of Coroner McDowell arrived yesterday from Harrisburg, and with the same bondsmen testifying the same faith that they had in him at the commencement of his present term was approved by Presl dent J udge Btowe ana o uage uoiiier. iae 1 bonds were executed and returned to Har risburg and the uoroner is naturally de lighted. He jHnped Too Short. About daybreak on Friday morning, the most unlucky Friday he ever struck, a man, supposed to be an Italian working for the contractori on the new bridge at Chartiers, attempted to jump on. the steamer Venice, but fell short, and; although ropes were thrown to him, he failed to make connec tion, and was lost Ho report has yet been made to the Coroner's office of the drowning. Dr. B. M. Hasna. Eye, ear, nose and throat diseases exclusively. Office, 718 Penn stmt, Pittsburg, Pa., sa SUNDATDECEMBEPviS, CHAT WITH CITIZENS. Detective 0'Mara 'Approves Strongly oL Capital Punishment. THE WATER WORKS AHEAD $70,000 Selling Beer is an Easy, Faying Business in Birmingham. EXPEB1EKCE WITH ASPABE0W YEJ5TO0R Assistant Superintendent O'Mara said last night regarding the sentence of death pronounced by Judge "White- against the colored man who shot his wife in bed on Fulton street: "I do not suppose he will ever be exe cuted, as the Judge has plainly indicated his course of action. If the law could try murderers proven to have committed the crime quickly and execute them quickly when it had been proven that the murder was a deliberate one, as is the custom in other countries, I think that it would dimin ish the crime. "The delays obtained from one court to another, and the trouble in getting people convicted on the plainest evidence show that the system is faulty and the position held by a man who is in favor of capital punishment is the best preventative of that class of criminal work. I know that the abolition of capital punishment in Michigan did not decrease the murders, and when on the Humphreys execution in Sandwich, Canada, just opposite Detroit, for shooting a man who owed him some money, a large crowd flocked over from Michigan to hear of the smallest details, it shows that a life for a life was a rarity in the State of Michigan, although Jackson is now laden down with men in the murderers' cells." BE0WNE NOT PLEASED. He Sojb the Water Receipts Are 870,000 Ahead of Expenditures. Superintendent George H. Browne, of the "Water Bureau, feels somewhat aggrieved at his bureau being placed over $182,000 be hind in the figures given the other day on the success of the best watered stock in Pittsburg. He said yesterday: "Now, while some of the works you charged against ns no doubt added to the expense, still there is less doubt that those expenses should, in their results, be added to the value of the plant, which in any stock company would be credited. Most of the improvements made were effected at the rate of $80 per ton of pipe when iron was very high, when four months later the same pipe could have been contracted for at 540 per ton. That was something that could be very comfortably be regarded as a mistaken time for awarding contracts, or something that should be taken into consideration. There is another thing that should be credited, and that is the fact that all the pnblic institu tions such as theteunicipalbuildings,publio schools, etc., have their water service free, which in the hands of a private or stock company would net a very pleasant addition to the annual receipts. "I can still be confident that the receipts of my bureau are $70,000 ahead of actnal expenditures. There is no company in the world which would charge up an increase of stock to expenses, the returns from the stock being a certain result within a year. There is no financier in this country who would not take our water works at $4,000,000 to $5,000,000, and be glad to pay a dividend of 6 per cent on tbe investment I still believe the 7 per cent interest on the water loan is too high, and I persist in saying that the improvements should not be charged as ex penses without being credited as stock. Controller Morrow was talked to on the question.but refused to say anything further on the matter at present DIDN'T WANT SPAEE0WS. Controller- Morrow Drew the Lino on the English Nnlsance. Controller Morrow doesn't like an En glish sparrow any better than he does a member of the Owl gang, and was rather surprised when 41 youngster, carrying a Flobert rifle longer than himselt and a bag apparently well filled, entered his office yesterday. At first the Controller thought it was one of the E. S. Morrow Band of Hope who had backslidden, but the first words disabused him of the torturing thought "Say, mister, are you the Controller?" Mr. Morrow acknowledged the corn, and was startled by the boy opening his game bag and showing it filled with recently de ceased English sparrows, which, as Coroner McDowell would put it, had come to their death by gunshot wounds at the hands of persons unknown, and, looking up at the Controller, continued: "Them is wuS a cent a piece, ain't they, mister?" The Controller demurred to collecting or nithological specimens or instigating a war of extermination against supposed foreign ers, not knowing but that they might have taken out their papers. He said that though several bills had been introduced against the English sparrows, they continued to in troduce bills in their own favor with regu larity and dispatch, and the American worm has not yet commenced to turn in this vi cinity. The boy closed up his bag, gazed with an expression of lofty contempt upon the official and fairly shrie'ked: "Wot're ye givin'me; yer ain't got as much go in yer as a dago peddler. I'll sell 'em to some other feller." SELLING BEEE IN ALABAMA. A Saloon Man Says It Is Done Much Easier Than la FIttibarg. Andrew Shorn and August Bhue, two old residents of Lawrenceville, returned yes terday from Birmingham, Ala., where they migrated after Judge White knocked their licenses sky high. Mr. Shorn Btated yes terday that they went South, where the feeling against liquor was not so strong as' it is in Pittsburg. "As soon as we got to Birmingham," said Mr. Shorn, "we obtained an excellent house to sell liquor. Alter getting tbe h.ouse we went to the revenue office with a legal document signed by 12 men, paid $886 for the license and got it. Any 'man can get a license down there if .be has the boodle. Having been engaged in the saloon business in both cities, and closely observed the statistics of crime, it can safely be said that Pittsburg, in proportion to population, hag a blacker record than Birmingham. Here you have few licensed .houses where liquor can be sold legally, but yon have the city filled with. illegal liquor shops, with all the evil and crime which is the natural outcome of having them in your midst "Georgia, Alabama, indeed all the South ern States, are not steeped in drunkenness and crime in tbe same ratio'as our Eastern States. This fact should not be ignored when the next'License Court sits. A more equitable distribution of licenses should be given to Pittsburg, and a more beneficial result will be felt The anthorities can control the saloons and keep them in such shape tbat they will not conflict with the law." SWALLOWED THE SHOT. Detective Coalson Says He Doesn't Like a Lead Diet. Detective Sol Coulson said last night In Central station: "I don't know how I feel nnless I classify myself with the jumping frog of Calaveras county, of which Mark Twain so feelingly speaks. I am loaded with shot. The boys had some shot, and were trying to bombard two or three people aroBMl here, mi I befzswt a saemfcMgJ, : Tlj 1889 but the first'breatfa I drew in took saest of the shot down my throat, and X don't know whether to take blue pill or an emetic. ' I tell you duck shot sits heavy upon the di gestion, especially when a man is not accus tomed to a lead diet" BOOSING BEEE TEADE. Catties" Down the Saloons Has Helped the Brewers Business. A report has been circulated that the wholesale liquor dealers are in hard luck this year, owing to the large trade the brew ers are conducting among 'consumers by selling beer in small casks. Heretofore the wholesalers have thrived by selling beer in bottles, but the consumers are now buy ing beer in kegs and bottling it themselves. It is said they can get 16 quart bottles of beer for $1, whereas they formerly paid $1 20 for 12 bottles. Mr. Sam "Wainwright was interviewed yesterday by a Dispatch man. He said: "I am,certaln that the wholesalers are doing a much larger trade in beer this year than they have for many years past Though the brewer sells his beer on wagons in small packets it has not injured the wholesaler. "When we had the city filled with saloons the trade was more widely distributed. After the court reduced the licenses to a minimum it naturally threw the selling trade to a few, the wholesaler more than any other man in the business got the ben efit of the reduction in licenses. Many peo ple prefer to buy the beer in bottles rather than in kegs and bottling it themselves. If we had a larger number of saloons, the re sult would be the brewers' trade would be confined to more limited channels. "There has been a boom in- the beer trade during the past year. Every brewer has felt .the benefit of the change in increased busi ness. Every brewing establishment in this section has sold more beer than it did last year." GOING INTO LAW. Foraker Is Not Dead, bat Will be Heard From Occasionally. Charles Kurtz, Private Secretary to Gov ernor Foraker, and William Monaghan, of New Lisbon, passed through the city yester day on their way westward from "Washing ton. They had been in attendance at the opening of Congress. Mr. Kurtz said that Governor Foraker, immediately after the inauguration of his successor, would resume the practice of law in Cincinnati with the firm of Foraker, Black & Bockhold. Joseph B., his secre tary said, is not altogether out of politics, and is quite likely to be beard- from at op portune intervals. Mr. Monaghan said tbat he had no doubt that Major McKinley would be appointed Chairman of the Com mittee on "Ways and Means. HITHER AND THITHER. Movements of Pltubnrgon and Others of Wide Acqaalntance. Chiefs Indian Wolf, Homili, Peo and Showoway, of .Oregon, Indian Agent Moor- honse and Interpreter McBean took breakfast at the Union depot yesterday. They were en route to Washington to see the President and the Secretary of the Interior regarding certain land and tax questions affecting tbe Oregon Indians of the walla Walla, Cay ate and Uma tilla tribes. The Chiefs wore American rai ment and sombreros, and talked reasonably good English. William Martin, Secretary of the Amal gamated Association of Iron and Steel Work ers, left last night for Boston to attend tbe con vention ot the American Federation of Labor on Tuesday. Mr Martin is Vice President of the Federation. John McTver, delegate to the Boston Convention from the Tile Layers' Union of Western Pennsylvania, went East last night H. Kleber b Bro. Don't Handle Goods. Unlike their rivals on Fifth avenue and elsewhere, the Messrs. Kleber & Bro. do not handle pianos and organs they only sell them. The instruments sold by the Kleber Bros, are not made to be bandied by the uncouth fists of ignorant music dealers, but they are intended to.be played upon, by per sons desiring to become good performers and to get the greatest amount of sweet music for the smallest amount of money, and this is jnst the difference between tbe, instruments offered by Kleber & Bro. and their rivals, who constantly work the handle. So if you want a Christmas piano for use of your wife and children, to be nsed with their fingers and to make them good play ers, you should buy them at Kleber & Bro.'s, 606" Wood street. Persons desir ing to handle them with their fists will hardly find them at Klebers' store. The holiday stock of this grand old firm is some thing wonderful to behold. Five large floors filled with the choicest pianos and Organs ever made in America or in Europe will be found at Klebers' at the lowest pos sible prices and on the easiest time pay ments, and warranted for eight long years. The Klebers don't handle their goods qr allow others to handle them until they are second-hand; their goods are all fresh and unhandled by anybody until they are sold. Call at Kleber & Bro.'s, 606 Wood street, and examine their splendid Steinway, Con over, Opera and Gabler pianos and their elegant Burdett and Earhuff mouse-and-dust-probf organs, and learn their astonish ingly low prices and easy terms, and, our word for it, yon won't feel like-buying any where else than at Kleber Bro's. A Valuable Remedy for Colds. From Lewis, Iowa, Independent "We have advertised a great many differ ent patent medicines, but have never taken the pains to editorially puff one. We are going to do so now for the first time. Chamberlain & Co., Des Moines, Iowa, manufacture a cough remedy which is abso lutely the best thing we have ever seen. We have used'it in our family for the past year,iand consider it indispenasble. Its ef fects are almost instantaneous.and there is no Luse talking, it is a dead shot on a cough or cold. We don't say wis lor pay, but be cause we consider Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy, tbe best made, and we want the people to know it and use it" For sale at 50 cents per bottle by E. G. Stnckey, Seventeenth and Twenty-fourth sts. Penn ave., and cor. Wylie ave. and Fulton st; by Markell Bros. cor. Penn and Frankston aves.j by Theo. E. Hirig, 5610 Fifth ave.; and by Carl Hartwig, Butler st. Pittsburg, and in" Allegheny City by E. E. Heck, 72 and 194 Federal st; and Thos. K. Mor ris, cor. Hanover and Preble aves.; Fred H. Eggers, 172 Ohio st; F. H. Eggers, Ohio and Chestnut sts. ttsu Mu.Ical Christmas Gifts. ' A more acceptable Xmas gift than a good musical instrument cannot be obtained. The headquarters for the bes makes of guitars, mandolins, zithers, violins, flutes, cornets, banjos and all other musical in struments is the store of H. Kleber & Bro., Ko. 506 Wood street, the oldest and' most re liable music house in Western Pennsyl vania. Beside the celebrated Washburn guitars, mandolins and zithers, Klebers keep in stock tbe antique oak euitars, sold at $8, and the beautiful Arion mahogany guitars, sold at $10. These instruments are warranted trne in tone and not to split A large lot of banjos, Antes and mandolins at $4 and upward; also, a large assortment of instruments suitable for children, such as xylophones, metallophones, ocarinas, blow accordions, toy pianos and violins and mu settes.. Everything sold at the lowest prices. Store open every evening. Bio Monet Saved. Buy your blankets, comforts, winter underwear, child's dresses, cloaks, ladies' wrappers, etc, at reduced prices this week. Busy Bee Hive, Sixth and Liberty. An extraordinary stock and assortment of holiday slippers at Gusky's. All sizes, all materials, all colors, all styles and shapes. A full assortment of slippers for man, woman and child at guaranteed lowest prices. . Use Angostura Bitters to stimulate the appetite and keep the digestive organs ia order. - Fine umbrella, lowest priees.at'Haaeh's jewftry ?, V, 9f Ftfm ay. '-' trawj ft- "V -- FROLIC AT THE PLAT. The Colored Folks and tfewsboys En joy Fhh in Lafayette Hall. A THEIILIHG DRAMA Iff FIFE ACTS Produce! Will Trimmings Not Oftea Sees at tbe Theater. . GBAND GALA FOE THE GALLEEI GOBS For two nights past the colored people have enjoyed a theatrical treat at Lafayette Hall. A young man, whose name on the bills appears, inclosed in black lines, as Master Eddie H. Winn, has been pacing the boards there as the star of the "Great Comedy Drama," 'entitled "A Heart of Gold." He is himself the young gentleman supposed to possess the valuable heart in question. Mr. Winn, who is a bright col ored lad, has been assisted by John M. Schrader, who Is placarded as "Pittsburg's Favorite Young Actor." Three of the actors were colored, and the orchestra was colored, and the greater part of the downstairs audience, those who sat in the aristocratic 25-cent chairs, were colored people. The leading male heroes represented newsboys and boot blacks. As a result, the 10 and 15-cent( plebeian benches in the two galleries were well patronized by the noisy urchins of the street. In one sense it was a newsboy's frolic. There was so much uproar on Fri day night, and so many hats and caps were broken and lost, that an appeal was made yesterday afternoon at the Central station for a squad of police to maintain order and preserve the dignity of the dramatic art The precise number of policemen asked for was three. One was wanted on the lower floor, one to patrol the galleries and the third to keep order behind the scenes. The In spector thought he could spare one officer, and he detailed a young patrolman, who is passionately fond of the drama, to visit the hall and see that the artists were protected from the scoffs and flings of the newsboy' -world. NEWSIES ON HAND. It was shortly after 7 o'clock that the first exceedingly antecedent party of news boys climbed the stairway, and bought tickets for the upper gallery. It was a ragged line which kept climbing up until 8 o'clock, and at that hour there was a jolly crowd in the two galleries. Down on the floor there were about two dozen colored ladies and gentlemen, and half as many white persons. The members of the orches tra were in their seats in front There were five of them. A white man sawed the big bass viol, two fat colored men played the fiddle, and two white men blew wind instru ments. It was a pleasure to watch the leader. His soul was in his work. His face expressed the utmost gravity. ,How he sawed the strings of that old fiddle and made it sing high and growl low. His bow shot to and fro like electric play in dark summer clouds, and as he struck some moving strain he bent his body back and forward, and bowed his head with the intensity of his artistic glow. He was rewarded with soul ful applause from the appreciative audi ence. The Individual who had secured an orchestra chair, was met at the door by a ' shirt He had discarded his coat and kept himselt warm by pulling intensely at a very big and very blacc cigar. As he flourished the ticket holder into a seat he assisted the victim to sit down by wafting a huge volume of cigar smoke into his face. The noise in the hall, before the curtain went up, was appalling. From one gallery to the other flew clanging choruses of yells, cat calls, whistles, and such descriptive cognomens as only newsboys know how to shout out Everyman, woman and child wbotventured inside the door and had the temerity to walk down the aisle after the black cigar and its .chaperon, was saluted by a new set of yells from opposing galleries. "Ah there, Beddy; take off your hat; you'll burn it." "Get onto the dude; hello, Carneyl" "There's Tallow Mike; where'd you get the quarter?" "That's my gal with the green dress; look at her step." "Hello, Chappy; how's the Sonthside?" rilED UP THE HATS. The boys in the galleries grabbed hats from neighbors' heads and threw them down to the pit An usher was kept busy throw ing the dilapidated tiles back again. He grew tired of this, and' began to pile the hats on a chair beside the stove. He soon had a heap of them, when a crowd of the hatless in the gallery organized a raid, swooped down the stairs in spite oi doorkeepers, and carried their top ornaments off exultingly. The curtain went up and the play began. The whistling and stamping was such that the words of the widowed heroine and her Eretty daughter could not be heard. The eroine had jet black, hair, but she was sup posed to be somewhat advanced in years. So she wore a white bang over her forehead. When the villain, wearing a black shirt, a slouched sombrero, a big kniie and a des perate frown, furst upon the scene and swept across the stage with three enormous strides, a thunder-toned newsboy in the top gallerv yelled. "Jack the Bipper." The villain's frown broke into a grin, and the play was delayed until the actors could straighten their, faces. By and by the young hero appeared and rescued his defenseless mother and sister from the horrible villain. His coffee col ored complexion was obscured by .a thick coating ot chalk, which gave nis lace a deadly pallor. It was as white as his mother's bang. The chalk had been rub bed and piled on so liberally that it had fallen from his face and covered the front of his coat and trousers. His black wig was so large and obtrusive that even in the most pathetic scenes the graceless gallery gods could not be restrained from yelling, "Chappy, get your hair cut" ANTICS OB1 THE ItATVTEB. The bill announced "startling mechanical effects." They were startling enough. The wings on a scene supposed to be the interior of a humble home, represented the walls of a palace hung with armor and costly tap estry. A lawyer's office being shown, one half of the setting- revealed a village tav ern, the other half belonging to a garden with a whitewashed paling. In a third setting, the canvas 3t the rear revealed the big blue A of the factory wbich turned out tbe cloth, with a statement that it came from a Manchester mill. The" part of a white-haired and solemn jrisaged lawyer being taken by a young man whose regular line of business was song and dance, it was impossible for him, even in situations of the utmost dignity and thrill ing solemnity, to keep his eyebrows from !..1a2 ..A lta .. it w.. n.l mth 41.A ot.aa. ' WlUlfclUi; b Hie 411C1JT, i n.n. WD g. lat est difficulty could he restrain his fantastic and uneasy legs from executing a break in tne miast 01 s paineuc luve scene. After the second act the principals were called before the curtain. They rushed across with nervous and awkward haste. The comedian trod on the heroine's skirt in his anxiety to escape, and the villain nar rowly dodged an apple core, which made a spatter light on the nose of the painted angel on tbe drop curtain. About this time the one policeman appeared and stood himself up in a corner of the top gallery. Thereafter, through three acts more, some order was maintained. To make a long storyshort, the hero's father was at last proven innocent of forgery, and was liberated from the aldermanio summer resort at Sing" Sing; the villains were either hanged or went to Canada to meet Silcott. and.therestof the characters were married and. lived happy forever afterward. The receipts were $21 35. A Klgnt Glorioss Dltstay And a msgnlfieent awortaaeat of iitmiag gowa at Gusky's. All prises, free, ft to $36; also a superb sleek of bath robes ia all tk newest novelties of tbe Aseat inspected ftuMMls. Fries 96 to 915. These ge4s ace , MtoMsaJtaU. ftr Mifcr life, 4 watee eonre dowj. -- eperatsrs and Miners Waitfaa: It ths Other to fifcre b. The depth f water 2a the lisilrn1 was 6 feet 3 inches last eveniaf, as fa Stas gen eral fate of water, ectng down- DoatEgthe afternoon the Louis A. Sharfey. with a heavy cargo of freight and dark-colored deck hands, departed for Cininnati, while the Courier, of the Kanawha line, left for Parkersburg.. The steamer Timi arrived up. The coal operators are sitting in their offices these days wondering how soon the miners up the valley will give in and be come reasonable. The miners up the valley are sitting smoking by their cottage fires, wandering how soon the operators will giro in and become reasonable. All Traveling; Saleamen Interested in forming a building and' loan association, or land company, are invited to attend a meeting at the St Charles Hotel, Saturday, December 14, 8.-00 p. m. J. F. Hazlett, Secretary pro tern. CUT Pbices For child's plush coats, capes, etc. Busy BeeHive,Sixth and Liberty. MARSHELlv fit THE CASH GROCER, WILL SAVE YOU MONEYS I will guarantee to save yon 20 per cent all aronnd on your Groceries. If yon are a millionaire this does.not inter est yom If you are only an ordinary person, ; a great bis rustle for Christinas Money, It does interest yon very much. . ' Don't take my word for this. I am an inter ested party, and don't take your grocer's word if be says I can't, for he. too, is an interested party. But send for my large weekly price list and compare my prices with what, you are pay ing. I do not ask you to compare one or two, or a half dozen prices, for anyone can sella few things cheap If he can make it upon ths rest. Bat take my price list and go through the whole line of groceries, and If you can't see where I can save you 20 per cent all around drop it right there. I am the only Betail Grocer in the State who issnes a weekly price list, and so I am the only one who can guarantee to sell at the prices ha advertises. Orders amounting to 110, without counting sugar, packed and shipped free of charge to any point within 200 miles. MARSHELL, 79, 81 AND 95 OHIO ST,. Cor. Sandusky, Allegheny. deS . DECJSMBKit,'ISa.S . ,. , . ..- . -' ,-i r, ,v1 - " NOTABLE REDUCTIONS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. A. FEW SPECIAL BARGAINS: Extra grade White Country Blanket St 12-1 White Conntry Blanket extra value, f& Good, fall-size Bed Comforts, II, 51 25. Special low prices on Eiderdown Quilts. Two extra fine grades: English Suitings, In All-Wool Cheeks and Stripes. SO-lnch wide, reduced to 51 and & 25. 36-inch 8111c and Wool Plaid and Stripe Suit. Ings at STKc, worth uc 60-Inch Wool Stripe Suitings atSOc, worth 75c, oO-InchWoolPlaid Suitings at 75c. worth ft. Special value in Black Henrietta: Jet Black and BlneBlack Shades 40-inch SOlc Warp Henrietta, in extra fine grade, reduced to (1, worth 1 37. FTJBSI FUESI FURSI Ladles' and Children's Fnrs in Mink, As. trachan, Persian, Beaver and Seal at very close figures. FINE SILK TJMBKKT.T.AS, With durable cover and novel handle. Sea our Solid Silver Mountings on Natural Bulb Stick. Jnst the umbrella to please a gentleman or lady for Xmas. jacketsInd WRAPS. An immense display of Newest Fabrics, Newest Shapes, and, of great importance to yon. Newest prices. The season is somewhat advanced, and wa are enabled to close ont lots at great reduction. We give you the benefit , BIBER & EASTON, 505 and 507 MARKET STREET. de7-TT83U h3FURNITURE B. J. HOEHEE k CO, 61, 63 AND 65 WERT TWENTY-THIRD SE, NEW TORE. LABGEST .EXHIBIT OF ARTISTIC FURNITURE IN AMERICA. Ten Show Booms filled with the latest pro. dnctions of the Furniture and Upholstery Art from the recognized manufacturing cen ters of the world. Grand Exhibition of IMPORTED. NOVEL TIES suitable for HOLEDAY and WEDDING PRESENTS, and for Drawing Boom use and ornamentation, at specially attractive prices. Visitors to New York are cordially invited to call and examine our stock and prices. Tha central location of our establishment (adjoin ing Eden Musee) makes it easy of access front all parts of the city. je23-10S-sa STORAGE. STORAGE. THE PENNSYLVANIA STORAGE CO,'' 39, 40 and 41 WATER ST f. Beg to call attention to their superior facilities for storing and caring for aQ classes of merchandise. BefMftta Apartments rented for hew, hold gees, ate. A . ;V .-- . iv lit satS1 i .1 - i -5-.' -; . . .. .. WH5 4 ' - ' . r. . n.m .' stm .,.-r.sa isn . .'-'- - ,.; kM;