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gflfFatal Accident Yesterday on Ihe
Pittsburg Traction.
BOHN WAGNER'S LIFE CRUSHED OUT
Hnqoiries Instituted as to the Fatalities of
the lear.
EiTOTAL OF SEYEN DEATHS EKCOEDED.
fine Citlxtu'Line Bad Fire Fatal Accidents ana the
FittstrarTwo.
John Wagner, an old soldier, was run
over by ajPittsburg Traction Cable car and
almost instantly killed. Inquiries as to tbe
record of the nast vear develon some inter-
.esting matters.
If- gTesterday afternoon abont 1:15 John Wag-
fAja luiucui vt lug iui uuui nu.. .awmt-
InfpMUh avenue at Grant street, was struck
byfcable car No. 4 of the Pittsburg Traction
Company's line, and almost instantly killed.
"Wagner, who was an old man of some 60
iars,iattempted to cross in front of the car,
rhichwas going down tbe avenue.
As the guard of the car raised in going
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over the crest of tbe mil it struck the man,
tjj . knocked him down and ran over him, with
thetresult as above stated. The body was
slightly mutilated. It was removed to the
jmorgue, from whence it was taken away by
,jhis Iriends abont 6 o'clock last evening.
XThe victim was an old soldier, being a mem
,ber oi Colonel J. C. Hull Post 157, G. A.R.
iFrom the testimony of eye-witnesses no
J, ftilame can be attached to B. S. Beck, the
iafjCTinmnn.
Mr. . D. Davis, Treasurer of the traction
comnanv. when seen bv a Dispatch ren-
jrescntative at night, said he was satisfied
the gripman was not to blame, and ex
pressed the belief that he would be exoner
ated by the Coroner at the inquest this
Inorning.
SOMETHING ABOUT ACCIDENTS.
1"I wish you would state," said Mr. Davis,
"that tbe most of onr accidents occur at
ISoho. Tbe children attending the Four-
Steenth ward school race alongside of the
cars, with one hand resting on them, all the
' wav up me ono mu. jluis jsaiso me case
Awith the pupils of the Oakland school. 1
JltRink that tbe policemen ot this district
Jfishould be instructed to arrest some of these
: children, not as a punishment, but in order
'" to save them from bodily injury. The con
ductors and gripmen are nnable to stop the
children and it is time that something was
- done. We are in constant fear of serious
accidents at these points."
- Speaking of the nnmberof deaths caused
by the road in its 16 months of operation,
Mr. Davis said: '
fc "With double the number of cars used by
the old horse car line, we have bai fewer
t, accidenU during the past year. "We run
S'bur cars at a more rapid rate than any othec
, cable road in the country, and Z know that
v -we have had less accidents than any other
'cbmpanv. Only two deaths have been
. j. " caused, including the sad happening of to-
'uday. Early iu the spring, about April, I
tathink, a small child ran upon the track im-
. Mmediatelv in front of a moving car, receiv-
-.ing injuries which resulted in its
?Jj(3eath. The gripman was exonerated
-i,-by the jury. Only three persons
"have sustained injuries sufficient to lay
them up for any length of time. Thursdav
., morning oneof onr cars hit Charless Huff-
'. man, a driver for J. C. Buffom & Co. Huff-
. man had alighted from his wagon near
" fjStevsnson street, and thoughtlessly stepped
backward toward the track. An ontbonnd
icar struck him, knocking him against his
wagon.
"He was severely cut about the head, but
fl do not think it will result in any serious
injnry. We nse the utmost caution, but
ueonle will occasionally act in a careless
Ifekmianner.
,-0r HEE BUSTLE WAS HIT.
The other day as one of our cars was ap-
- preaching Stevenson street a lady started
- across tbe street in front of it. The gripman
- promptly reversed his lever, but not in time
to prevent hitting her bustle. The bustle
was knocked awry. Did she iaint at the
thought of her narrow escape. Not much.
She 'merely adjusted that pannier and
tripped down street as though it was an
everyday occurrence for her to be fanned
with a cable car."
- The Citizens' Traction Company has been
" somewhat unfortunate on the score of ac-
-cidents. Since the opening of this road,
y- January 1,1889, six persons have been fa
'. -."tally injured.
" Superintendent Rugg is in Boston spend-
,ing'the holidays, and in consequence a com-
'-.plete list of the names of the persons killed
?and injured du-ing the year by that road
. could not be abtained.
1 rAMIXIARITY BEGETS CAEELESSNESS.
Mr. C M. Gormley, the secretary of the
(company, was seen by a DISPATCH repre-
Vseutativc last night. He said: "I think
.lhftt the accident of this afternoon was at-
'stribu table to carelessness, although that
' - may seem like a harsh term. As people be-
come more fainiliarwith the cable roads they
r $ to a degree become more careless. If a man's
' hat is blcwn ofi by the wind and lodges on
'" the track, he plunges after it, giving little
f beed to the fact that a car may be rapidly
l approaching.
"To the canse of carelessness I think the
" larger part ot the accidents occurring on the
came roaas ot tnis city are due.
- SENATOR STANFORD'S SENTIMENTS
fbo the Subject of Protection and the An.
nexntlon or Cannda
s. iiiuAiubaii, iujw, Ayccexuuer.;!. united
rfilStates Senator Leland Stanford, the Califor-'-nia
millionaire, is in Montreal, spending
Sthe'holidays. He is accompanied by Mrs.
.(Stanford and will remain for about a w?ek,
''when he will return to Washington to at
tend to his duties in Congress. In an inter
view on political issues the distinguished
' r' jSenator said: "I am in favor of protection,
ond so are a majority of the people. They
Jawant protection in some form or other. If
, Mthat was done away with, direct taxation
would be necessary, and that they would not
. pnt up with."
"Are you in favor of reciprocity with
.- Canada?"
J'Jf'I am in favor of the best possible terms
S2 'Ktk s'es be'ug granted. Two countries,
'SjeTde by side as we are, should live on the
Y , most triendly terms, and try to nelp one
another." .,
-. T&Wbat are your views about annexa
tion?" - "e" I .cannot say exactly, bntone
"ithing is certain, we shall never go to war
C' TIT rin .? t t ( I ...- 1 tt I !. S
Thbout it, as some enthusiasts seem to think.
It-.would be far better if there were fewer
'jro'vemments, then there would not be so
xnucn Eqnaouung. xi ianaaa ever wisnes
to join with us sne will be received with
open arms."
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, Sodden Uraih of an Officer.
ssac Anderson, of Beynaldton, near
McKcesport, one ot the best known old con-
IstaUStbere, dropped dead yesterday at 1
To'SocK while sitting at his dinner table
j readfng a paper. He did not complain of
sickness at any time prior to his death. He
' taiadeja trip to Boston to serve a summons
jduringitbe forenoon. Deceased was a mem-
idf berof the L O. O. F., and was 56 years of
--ogcr' .
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' IMUred His Footlnr and Fell.
" JVilliam Diebold, a tinner about 45 years
f ,pf age, while at work on tbe roof of a house
"jfontBoyal street, Allegheny, yesterday after
if yibn, missed his footing and fell to the
ground. His'leg and wrist were broken,
'nod he was removed to the Allegheny Gen
eral 'Hospital. " ,
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(jIJJECT 1T0 BLASTJNC.
Wood' Run Citizen Don't leem to Like
the Ohio Bridge Work Two Dim Given
a Queer Bedfellow.
The citizens of Woods' Bnn are in a state
of ferment, owing to the alleged careless
blasting of the rock, between Woods Bun
and Verner station. The contractors, Har
low & Co., are removing a great piece ot
rock between these two points to allow an
approach for the Panhandle and Port
Wavne railroads, which will be connected
by the Ohio connecting railroad bridge.
The residents of Woods' Bun are not only
annoyed by the blasting, but they allege
they are in danger of their lives. In the
vicinity of the blasting and for a considera
ble radius property has been damaged to
some extent. Not a day passes without
some damage being done to property; win
dows broken, chimney pots hurled to the
ground, foundations of houses shaken, and
other annoyances to life and limb.
The dav before Christmas, Mr. J.
Brown's two sons of Woods' Bnn were
abed. They had been out late the night
previous and remained in bed after their
usual time. This innovation might have
terminated seriously for them. The house
is a considerable distance from the place of
blasting, but dynamite hnrls rock some
thing like the wind blows chaff. Shortly
after the blasting commenced, one extra
heavy explosion tore the rock to pieces, and.
sent one great bowlder flying through the
air into Mr. Brown's apartment, where the
young men were sleeping. The bowlder
struct the back panel ot the bed, splitting
it in two, and then fell fortunately between
the sleepers, without ininrine them. The
young men quickly arose, without any ex
tra waking, and they now threaten to sue
the company for careless blasting.
All the damage which is done in the
neighborhood through the blasting the
contractors very willingly pay for. This,
however, does not compensate for the incon
venience which the district is put to. It is
not merely the safety of property that the
people are anxious for. They are fearful
that some lives may be lost; or that some
body may be maimed, and rendered useless
by being struck with a flying bowlder.
An animated conversation took place last
nigbt in Alderman John Foley's office abont
the danger the residents of that part of
Allegheny were in because of tbe trouble.
The concensns of opinion was that an in
junction should be procured to prevent the
blasting being continued until safer means
are adopted to continue the work.
The greatest danger whicn the neighbor
hood is snbject to through the blasting is
the injur r to the foundation of the houses.
While the blasting is in progress houses
which are not solidly built suffer consider
ably. Everv time a report is made they
rock and shake, and the occupants of the
hotses are afraid of them tumbling down.
SAT DOWN ON HOT.
Professor Taylor Crentei Some Excitement
In tbe Lyceum.
Prof. Csesar A. A. Taylor, the colored boy
philosopher, who created a stir among the
colored population of the hill on account of
his many titles and gifts, returned to the
city yesterday from Cincinnati. He left
here shortly after being arrested the night
he was billed to lecture at Lafayette Hall,
but could not stay away. He went to the
meeting of the Lyceum in the Warren
colored church, on Arthur street, last night,
and shied his castor into the ring. A de
bate was being beld on "Methodism."
With the greatest confidence in the world
to battle intellectuality with anything liv
ing, Csesar sailed in. En eh speaker was
limited to five minutes. The well-known
colored orator could not tell one-twentieth
of what he knew of Methodism in five min
utes and ran over the time.
He was called to order several times, but
with the fire of enthusiasm in his eye, he
heeded it not. After pounding the table
with his gavel until he was red in the face,
without making an impression on the irre
pressible Ctesar, the President ordered Sam
Keyes, the Grand High Warden of the
Lyceum, to make the orator shnt up. The
G. H". W- milled Mr. Taylor into his sent
and then literally "sat upon him. After
that the ladies made it so warm lor him that
he was compelled to leave.
CORK CUTfERS KICKING.
They Claim Many GrieVancco and Are Hold
inc Counsel Concerning Them.
The Cork Cutters' Assembly of the
Knights of Labor held a special meeting
last nigbt to consider changes' in the work
hours and wages as proposed by Armstrong
Brothers & Co., and to initiate new mem
bers. The firm are credited with desiring
to deprive the workers of the Saturday half
holiday, and of reducing the earnings of its
employes to the minimum.
As stated by the workers, the system of
work, as applied in the cork-cutting depart
ment, is peculiar. The employes are di
vided into four classes, which are
paid respectively $7 50, $9, $10 50
and $12 per week. The amounts are
paid only on the condition that the cutters
in each class havj cut a stated mumber of
barrels of corks in the week. Should any
cutter fall short at the end of the week of
any proper proportion of a barrel he is paid,
not the value of the' week's work in his
class, but according to the scale next lowest
to him.
The employes are paid every two weeks
and this system is carried to th'e extent, it is
alleged, ot a cutter beinc relegated to the
next lowest class for both weeks, even
should he be short in only one week.
There are various other complaintsagainst
the management of the factory, which will
be brought up in due course. The factory
is now shut down for the annual stoek tak
ing. 4
A FATAL RAILROAD WRECK.
Fireman Charles EnglUh Killed In a Wreck
Xenr Altoona.
Through a fatal wreck which occurred
three nflles west of Altoona yesterday the
west-bound mail train, due in Pittsburg at
7:45 A. M., did not arrive until 3230 P. M.
Yesterday morning an east-bound coal
train stopped on the up grade, three miles
west of Altoona. While standing still an-
i other coal train came along and crashed
into it Later two engines stopped on the
same line, close to tbe rear of the coal train.
In a few minutes after the engines had
stopped a third coal train came along and
collided with the engines, pushing them
.up into the second coal train. This fast col
lision was a fatal one. Fireman Charles
English, of engine No. 1176, was canght be
tween the tank of his engine and one nt the
cars, and crushed to death. He was extri
cated and will be buried to-day.
Another collision happened at Primrose
Hill, on the Panhandle. First section of
express No. 2 from the West reached Prim
rose Hill where it was struck after stopping
by section No. 2. C. H. Lea, a passenger,
was injured.
STOTEi) AT LAST.
The Birmingham Line Yields to the Demands
of Patroni.
Southsiders almost had their breath taken
away yesterday. For- years -they had been
pleading, petitioning and praying for
stoves in the street cars and had long since
given up in, despair. Some weeks ago it
was reported that the new management had
ordered stoves. This was not believed until
one by one the cars began to appear with a
bright new heater in them.
Yesterday fire was put in all of the cars
for the first time. The passengers were
shocked, but at last accounts none of them
were in serious danger.
E-MBa PARTINGTON, that
good old lady, has come out of her
retirement, and started on a jour
ney around the world. Bead to
morrow's DISPATOa
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tJEks FOR TAEIFJF.
Continued from lirst itage.
work. If they did not receive work they
would live on the whites dishonestly. A
negro wonld not steal if he could get work.
Negroes were the best mine workers. They
were practical, industrious and faithfnl, if
they were paid promptly and treated kindly.
Let Congress do nothing which would de
prive these people of tbe opportunity of
making au honest living by delving in the
ground with pick and shovel.
AX OPPORTUNITY POE THE SOUTH.
He (General Imboden) was a protection
ist; he had always been one, and he believed
that if in the South there could be a fair
and square vote on the protection issne,
without any extraneous issues, the protec
tionists wonld overwhelmingly carry lour or
five Southern States. The North had been
made rich by protection; it was now the op
portunity ot the South to become rich. If
anybody' was to be protected he would rather
make an American rich than a Hungarian,
an Italian, or a Belgian.
Air. mower, or Hew York, inquired in
reference to the remark as to elections in tbe
South, whether Mr. Imboden meant that the
color line had to be drawn, and that the
gentleman had to vote against his senti
ments. .
Mr. Tmboden We are compelled to stand
together there, under certain conditions.
The tariff sinks into insignificance. In the
last election I voted, with extremereluctance,
the Democratic ticket, but I did it.
Laughter.
AS ANTI-ADMIKISTKATIOIT.,
The President- and Speaker, said Mr.
Imboden, are able and patriotic and sincere
men; bnt they have, put the stamp on the
men in the South Whom we do not vote for.
The President has not selected, as a repre
sentative of the people, a single Southern
man to a foreign mission. In the House
there are 16 Republicans from the South.
Only one got a Chairmanship of a com
mittee. On this question of protection I am
a Bepublicao; on local questions I am a
Democrat. Laughter.
Mr. McKenna, of California We are
glad to receive the approval ot your judg
ment, even if you cannot vote with us.
Laughter.
Mr. Gear inquired what the men now
working in "the mines would do It they
should be thrown out of wore.
Mr. Imboden If they had no labor they
would have to go to stealing chickens.
Laughter.
Judge Bowling, of Virginia, made an ar
gument in favor of the retention of the duty
on iron ore. He thought that this matter
of protection to the industries of Virginia
became one of the most important features
in a determination of tbe race question.
BEAKED AMONG XEGBOES.
The speoker had been born and reared
among negroes, and he counted them as his
warmest friends. He spoke in no dispar
agement of the negro race. He could tell
of instances of trust in the race which would
do honor to the heart and head of any man,
and should live in song and story. The
negroes were in the Sontb, and tbe question
was how to make better citizens ot them.
Farming did notpay in Virginia, and other
labor must be supplied to tbe negro. When
he had labor and received his wages for it,
instead of remaining idle and thriftless, he
got a little home and ceased to be a politi
cian. Protection was a source of strength
to the people of the South, in endeavoring
to make a better citizen of the negro.
Congressman Louis A. McComas, of
Maryland opposed any reduction of duty on
bituminous coal, holding that such a reduc
tion would not cheapen coal for the fireside,
but would paralyze an important industry,
and lessen the price of its labor. It would
strike a heavy blow to the coastwise trade.
It would give a cheaper and better coal to
English steamship lines and help English
capital to delay the revival of American
shipping. At this time a reduction of the
duty wonld be a blunder worse than a
crime.
AGAINST P3EE COAL.
O. M. Hitching, of Maryland, a coal
operator, who formerly mined in Wales,
testified that if the dnty was taken off coal
the Welsh coal could not be kept out of the
country, tie stated tnat tne wages received
in Wales were not nearly as large as the
miner received in this country, and, al
though clothing was cheaper abrosd, the
homes of the workingmen were not half as
comfortable. There was no comparison be
tween the condition of the English and
American miner.
James Sloan, a practical miner of Mary
land, also spoSe against putting coal on the
fiee list. He did not want the waees of
Maryland miners reduced to the Scotch or
.Nova bcotia standard. He cited a story.
descriptive of the condition of a Scotch
miner. One was asked whether he ever ate
beefsteak, and his answer was that he some
times saw beef through a window, but that
that was about as near as he ever got to it;
but, he continued, "If you Americans
would take the tariff off, we might get a bit
of beef yet."
John Fatkin, of Maryland, another miner,
followed in the same line, and protested
against a reduction of dnty on coal.
JohnP. Otterson, of Allegheny, advocated
an increase of duty on enameled iron.
The committee then adjourned until to
morrow, when the sugar refiners will be
heard.
STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Four Bodies at the Itloreue Remain
TJn.
claimed and Unknown.
The four bodies at the morgue still remain
unidentified, although they were viewed by
over 500 people yesterday. The faces of the
inanimate bodies were recognized by differ
ent persons as familiar, but the name of the
person or the places where thev had been
seen conld not be recalled.
The Coroner desires that every person who
knows of a man being missing from his
home will come at once and see if he can
identify any oi the unknown.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
President C. C. Waite, oi the Cincin
nati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, was a
passenger Eastward last ntcht. In the course
of a few minutes' conversation be said that the
condition of business along bis section of
country was first-class. "If," said be, "tho
briskness in the iron trade continues, I expect
to see many more furnaces running up along
onr route. Every old factory that Is at all pos
sible to rejuvenate will bo taken in hand and
nxea up to earn some oi tne prottts tbat are
going. The only question in my mind is as to
tbe permanency ot the present lively state of
the market. It is quite possible to overdo the
thing, and I think caution is necessary. Billets
and rails are at present selling at hlgber prices
than it is necessary they should to do a legiti
mate trade, and there may come a fall. One
mannfactnrer told meresterday that he would
be very willingly to sell the whole of the year's
output of Bessemer at $25. I think ho would
be doing a very good stroke of business. lam
afraid for a reaction, chiefly, owing to over
production. Chairman W. H. Andrews', of Titus
ville. and Senator George W, Delamater, of
Meadville, spent a few hours in the city yester
day afternoon, registering at the Seventh Ave
nue Hotel. Whether their destination was to
ward tbe east or west tbey very assiduously
concealed from observation.
Vice President of the Grand Bapidsand
Indiana Bailroad W. R. Shelby and wife,
George O. Fairbanks, of Chicago; Charles W.
Cass, a son of General Cass, of New York, and
Jehn W. Donnan, tbe Washington (Pa.) law
yer, are staying at tbe Duquesne.
I". S. Witherbee, of Port Henry. N.
Y., with his agent. Geo. B. Wilkinson, of .New
York City, are enests at the Duquesne. Mr.
Witherbee is possessed of large iron ore inter
ests and is also connected with marble quarries
in Georgia.
President Stern, of the Cincinnati
club, and his partner, Mr. Henry Cramer,
traveled homeward last night from an East
ward trip. Mr. Stern's comments on ball
affairs will be found elsewhere In these col
umns. Colonel Willis J. Hulings, Sixteenth
Regiment, N. G. P., and Major Sam Haziett,
of the Tenth Regiment, N. G, P., were housed
at tbe Duqnesne last evening.
I". P. "Vandervort and a dozen friends
sat down to a very enjoyable petit supper at
the Dnqucsne last evening.
gHglEBBESBgBBgBPs
iomd iff a'hayloft:
A
Confessed Defaalter for $30,000
Eagerly Gives Himself Up.
TIEED OP BEING SO HOUUDED,
He Surrenders to the Constable Who Finds
liim Hid in His Stable.
A MEMBER OF A WORTH! FAMILI
IVlio Appropriated Thousands of His Employers' Dollars
forlllmselt
A man who admitted he was a defaulter
for 530,000 was found in a hayloft at New
Bocbelle, N. Y., yesterday. His confession
was afterward corroborated by a telegram
from his former employers, 'iu Providence,
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rSFCCUl. TXLXOKAK TO THX DIBPATCn.l
New Yobk, December 27. When
Charles A. Slate, a special constable and
expressman of North street, New Bocbelle,
opened his stable early this morning he saw
a strange man in the hayloft. The stranger
on glancing at Mr. Slate's shield said:
"You're an officer, ain't yon? Well, I have
been hunted to death, and I want to give
myself up."
The man, who was respectably dressed
and who wore a gold watch and chain,
seemed to have been suffering from the
effects of a spree. Slate asked him why he
wanted to give himself op, and he replied
that he was a defaalter to tbe extent of
$30,000. Slate took him to the office of
Justice Stevens. There tbe man described
himself as Leander B. Briggs, aged 38, a.
bookkeeper for Foster & Bailey, manufac
turers of jewelry at 60 Bichmond street,
Providence, B. I. The man also told Jus
tice Steven that he was a defaulter, to tne
amonnt of $30,000.
OBDEEED TO BE HEED.
The Justice sent a telegram to Foster &
Bailey, and received a reply requesting him
to hold Briggs, as he had keys belonging to
the firm in his possession, beside having
failed to account for nearly 5500 which he
had collected on a note due the firm. The
latter also sent word that their representa
tive would come to New Bochelle as soon as
possible.
Beside his watch and chain, Briggs had
in his possession $22 50. He admitted that
he had taken tbe money due on the note,
and that he had fled from Providence a week
ago last Monday. He said he had been an
employe of the firm for ten years, and dur
ing that time he had appropriated for his
own use various sums, until he had taken
in all 530,000.
As Briggs was 'willing to go back to
Providence without a requisition, Justice
Steven commissioned Constable Slate to ac
company him thither. They started for
Providence on the 7 o'clock train this even
ing. MEMBEB.OP AiEICH EAMILT.
Justice Stevens sent a telegram to the
firm, notifying them that Briggs was on his
way to Providence. Briggs has a wife and
child, and it is said he belongs to a wealthy
family in Bhodo Island. It was evident
from his condition that he bad been on a
prolonged spree. He arrived from
New York at Mt, Vernon Thursday
evening, and Hired a room in Webber's
Hotel. Soon after he retired
he caused a commotion in the house by
yelling like a mad man. He threw up the
window of his room, and called to persons in
the street to come up and get him if they
wanted him. Some time afterward he
quietly slipped out of the hotel and walked
up the railroad track to Neir Bocbelle. It
was after midnight when he got there and
sought shelter in Slate's stables.
HE WANTED THE CHILD.
A Demented Resident of Coraopolfs Proves
nn TJsty Coitomer.
The ladies of Alleghenv have been ac
costed so frequently by strangers that tbey
think twice just now before venturing alone
on the streets after nightfalL Last evening
Mrs. Buhl, a sister-in-law of C. H.
Ruhl, the picture dealer of Ohio
street, went to the World's Mu
seum accompanied only by a child.
When she left she was followed bv a laree.
powerfully built man, and when she entered
her brother-in-law's store the stranger
entered also and attempted to take the child
from her. She screamed, as any true woman
would do under the circumstances, and sev
eral men rushed to her assistance. The
stranger still persisted in his efforts to kid
nap the child, and the police were
called. , Detectives Murphy, Johnson,
Glenn and Wilson responded. The
stranger tried to literally 'jump on
tbe quartet, but they secured him after a
desperate struggle, and when they reached
the Mayor's office each detective bad a pair
of nippers on the prisoner., He proved to
be P. H. Stevenson, of Coraopolis, where
he is well Known. He is related to Dr.
Brady of tbat place, who was notified to
take charge of him. Detective Murphy
said that Stevenson was not drnnk,bnt was
evidently insane.
AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A Girl Tried to Jump In the River to
Her Troubles.
According to the statements made
night by Mrs. Sadie Smith, oi No. 15
End
last
Mc-
Cullough's row in Limerick, her sister,
Maggie Mashe, aged 18 years, wanted to
drown herself in tbe Monongahela river
near the Lake Erie depot. A struggle took
place between the two women, which ended
by the girl going back to her sister's home,
but as she persisted in leaving the house
Mrs. Smith called Officer Alstadt,who sum
moned the Twenty-eighth ward patrol
wagon and had the girl locked up.
When taken to the station she told Ser
geant Richards that she had thought of
killing herself, but said she did not know
why she wanted to do so. A little later she
stated that the story of her attempted sui
cide was an invention " of her sister's, in
order to have her arrested. She said that
her home was in Detroit until Thanksgiv
ing, since which time sBfe has lived with her
sister in McCullough's row.
Her sister, Mrs. Smith, told a widelv dif
ferent story to umcer is. Is t ad t Mrs. Smith
said tbat the girl had been somewhat way
ward in Detroit, and had been sent to her to
see if a change of association would not have
a beneficial effect.
Echoes of the Bowwows. .
The postponed hearing in the case of the
alleged dog fighters was held yesterday
'afternoon before Alderman Foley, of Alle
gheny, and six of the defendants were fined
510 and costs. Several of the men charged
were fined similar amounts last Monday.
Agent O'Brien, ot the Humane Society, who
is prosecuting, says that there were-over 200
men concerned, who will be arrested as fast
as possible.
For Stenllnit 8500.
Yesterday John Frey was given a hearing
before Judge Gripp for the larceny of a gold
watch and $500 in money from Maggie Ray
mond. He was sent to jail in default of
1,000 for a court hearing.
Election of Officers.
L. A. 6111, Knights of Labor, green
glass workers, met last night and elected its
officers for the year.
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TO i DURE 'INFLUENZA
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A Writer In the Medlcnl Ken Dltcnaea tho
Fashionable Mnlndr Invalids and
Women Are the Host
Basil? Affected.
Philadelphia, December 27. The
Medical Jfetcs, of this city, in its issue of
to-morrow, will publish an exhaustive ar
ticle on influenza, by Professor Roberts
Bartholomew, of Jefferson Medical College.
After giving an historical sketch of the dis
ease, its pathology and morbid anhtomylvthe
author says:
Influenza comes suddenly, and goes as
quickly. Tho least robust, at any age, and
women seem to be tbe first victims. Jtis hero a
question of bodily condition, not ot the sex.
Tbe largo number simultaneously attacked at
tracts general attention, and thus those most
Impressionable are seized, the onset being fa
cilitated br any depressing emotion like fear or
illness. There is no rigor properly to be thus
designated, but rather a series of the light
chills and a feeling ot beat therewith. Some
times malaise of a general kind Is experienced,
bnt, like the attacs itself, is short In duration
lasting but a lew hours. With the first access
of tbe nasal and facial irritation comes the
chilliness, .which is followed by some leverlsh
ness,witn more pronounced malaise,and in gen
eral the headache, weakness aod soreness of
tbe members, especially of the large joints.
With tbA tirc-fiTASfl fit thA rnSA In RAtnfl Anldem
ics there is considerable general weakness, and
even marked depression of the vital powers.
The pulse becomes small and weak, ihe mind
gloomy and restlessness ensues.
When a fatal termination is to occnr, as a
rule, an extension downward into tbe trachea
ana Droncni takes place. Aitnougn catarrnai
and croupous pnenmpnia are Bald to be "com
plications" ineysnoniu De
regarded as occa-
slonal conditions, and
when present are.
properly speaking, constituted parts of the
malady. The chief imDortance of crounons
and catarrhal pneumonia is tbat the develop
ment of these out ot an existing catarrh of the
uruncniisirequeoiiya cause oi ueain. lie
rapidity with which the disease supervenes
its preliminary development being hoars, and
its whole career bnt a matter of three or four
days, is remarkable. Relapses are common,
usually each succeeding seizure being milder,
but not a few pass by easy transition into
chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthenia, etc.
Obviously a catarrhal process, extensive and
severe, may contribute immensely to chronic
diseaso of tbe middle ear, eustachian tube, nose
and tbioar, and tuns permanently injuring the
fiarts. The best manner of securing immunity
s by the inhalation of sulphurous acid gas
dally when tbe approach of the epidemicren
ders it necessary, and by taking five grains of
salicylate of clnchonldine three times a day,
and by so living as to avoid taking cold.
When the attack has begun it seems to me
desirable to give one or two grains of calomel
at night, inhale some sulphurous acid cas add
.uavo tne patient in a room wnere steam con
taining encalyptol can be Inhaled in large quan
tity. The insufflation of resorcin by dnstinjr
over the entire area of affected parts as far as
practicable is also recommended. The internal
remedy most desirable js atrophine in solution
one Grain to one ounce of water dose being
from one to five drops, the minimum being for
little children (after first deentitlon). The
tincture of belladonna may be used from one
to ten drops twice a day. As this is both
prompt and prolonged in action it should be
Eiveu not more than twice a day, unless the
ao;e be much smaller than is advised above.
Salicylate of cinchonidlne, and in quinine,
should be given as a prophylactio remedy. If
there be reason to suppose that such power is
really exerted by It, My own conviction is that
as a prophylactic the combination of clnchonl
dine with salicylic acid is preferable to qui
nine. For tbe depression and melancholy It is
probable that atrophine will do better. For tbe
distressing headache, joint pains and wakeful
ness. antlpynn, ascetanilld, phenacetln and
other germicides and antiseptics will no doubt
be found useful.
GIVEN A FINE FLAG.
The Three Candidate for Mayor Attended a
Jr. O. D. A. Si. Event la Allegheny Col.
W. A. Stone Mnde the Kpeecb.
The Pleasant Valley Council No. 330, Jr.
O. TJ. A. M of Allegheny, has been in ex
istence only six months, but it has already
a membership of 156. Three ladies, wives
of members, decided some time ago to pre
sent the council with a handsome silk flag.
They solicited money to purchase the ma
terial, "and a lew days ago the flag was
ready to present to the council, and last
evening was selected as the most appropriate
time. The Bethel Presbyterian Church on
Gailagherstreet was selected as the most con
venient place in which, to perform the cere
mony, and the ladies who made the flag.
Mrs. M. M. Carson, Mrs. E. P. Carson and
Mrs. S. C. Bitchlon, invited the council and
its iriends to be present last evening.
The church was packed with people at 8
o'clock, conspicuous among whom were
three candidates for Mayor of Allegheny
Messrs. James G. Wyman, W. A. Crnik-
shanks and W. G. Griffith who smiled
knowingly at one another and the entire
audience.
Aerogram me had been arranged to pre
cede the event of tbe evening. It opened
with tbe singing of "My Country, 'Tis of
Thee," by the audience, followed with
prayer by the Eev. Donalson, which was
succeeded by an instrumental selection bv
the five children of Mr. Crniksbanks
on the violin, violincello, cornet and trom
bone. It was a feature of the entertain
ment. Miss Lulu Glaser rendered several
vocal selections. The objects of the order
were ontlined in a 30 minutes' speech by J.
Lindsay Greer.
Colonel W. A. Stone then addressed the
council on behalf of those who had
made the flag and presented it to its future
protectors. It was received by W. G.
Griffith on behalf of the council. The
entertainment was closed with an address
by W. M. McElroy. After the entertain
ment the conncil held 'a reception in the
"West End Avenue Hall.
M'KEESPORT MATTERS.
Business Men at tho Forks Will Open a
Commodious Clab Room Some Time
Next Season.
A business men's exchange is to be opened
at McKeesport. A four-story brick build
ing adjoining the bank of McKeesport has
been secured for the Exchange. It is to be
conducted similar! v to the Duquesne club.
and it will be replete with comforts. They
are to have library, smoke rooms, private
sitting rooms, and a "reception hall. A
handsome billiard parlor and a bowling
alley will be connected with it. A suite of
bedrooms for the accommodation of mem
bers will be provided. A first-class menu is
to be served.
The capital stock of the Exchange is $50,
000, and the shares are to be sold at $100 per
share. The best men of the city are at the
head of the project. The club will be a
great boon to the men of McKeesport. The
want of such a -place has long been felt.and
the men are jubilant because the scheme has
taken practical shape. The 'Exchange will
be ready for the reception of members by
April.
THE HALF MOON WON AGAIN.
An Enjoyable Ending- of a Somhside Crlb-
bnse Tonrnnment.
The people of tbe Southside thought that
the Fourth of July had broken loose or that
a mid-winter political season was being
inaugurated. Abont 8 o'clock the members
of the Big 4, the Fee Gee and Half Moon
Fishing Clubs marched up Carson street
in frock coats and two-gallon hats, headed
by Marshal George Hoffman and the Ger
mania band. Red fire, roman candles and
rockets illuminated the sky along the route.
The dobs marched to the Birmingham
Turner Hall, where the Half Moon was pre
sented with a silk banner for winning the
annual cribbage tournament. Clarence
Burleigh made the presentation speech and
Councilman A. C. Robertson received it
A banquet was served by the losing clubs
at 10 o'clock. The hall was filled with the
members and their friends.
machinery Hlolders Meet.
L. A. 1030, Machinery Molders, held a
meeting last night with open doors so as to
admit of lapsed members being present.
The result was successful, as applications
for membership were received from quite a
number.
A Sewer Pipe Burst.
Yesterday a sewer pipe burst on Sixth
avenue, in that portion known as "Little
KeSHt
oi annoyance to tne nelfiaoornooa.
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WAIimiER'S SHA'RE
Of the Money tp be Keftmded in the
Celebrated Silk Ribbon Cases,
SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT I0SE,
Would Not be Far From One-Fourth, of
6,000,000 to 7,000,000.
A DECISION 1XPCTD TEEI S00N.
Great Adtantagea of the 'Importers In Harlng Bach
Good tawjen.
Between $6,000,000 and 57,000,000 are in
volved in a shortly expected decision of the
Supreme Court Jbbn Wanamaker would
get about one-fourth of the amount if the
silk ribbon cases are decided in favor of tbe
importers.
fSFECIAL TSLZOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Washinotos, December27. Soon after
the reassembling of the Supreme Court in
January a decision will be handed down in
the silk ribbon cases. Sbonld the Govern
ment be defeated in this suit, there will be
refunded to importers in various large
cities, principally New York and Philadel
phia, an amount of money estimated by
Treasury officials and others who have' in
vestigated the case for tbe Government to
be somewhere between $6,000,000 and $7,000,
000. Of this amount a very large portion
probably one-fourth would go into tbe
pocket of John Wanamaker, Postmaster
General.
The case argued in the Supreme Court,
last week, is one of the so-called Edelhoff
cases. Edelhoff has two ot these cases pend
ing in the Supreme Court, and John Wana
maker is the defendant in another. The
Edelhoff case No. 1, is pnt forward to test
the legality of ex-Collector Robertson's ac
tion in assessing dnty on silk ribbons at 50
per cent instead of 20 per cent, and the deci
sion in this case will make it unnecessary to
try the others.
MAT BE ABGUED.
The Wanamaker case, however, may
come up for argument, as the facts set forth
in it are a trifle different from those in the
Edelhoff cases.
In addition to these three suits now on the
docket of the Snpreme Conrt, thereare hun
dreds of others on file in tbe customs di
vision of tbe Treasury Department, some of
them from Chicago importers. The depart
ment withholds action in them, with the
consent of the parties interested, in order to
await the outcome of the test case, in which
the Supreme Court will soon render an
opinion.
John Wanamaker is one of the most ex
tensive importers of silk ribbons in the
United States, and the case against him is
brought to the Supreme Court from the
Court of the Eastern District of Pennsyl
vania vs John. Wanamaker and Thomas
B. Wanamaker and Robert C Ogden, trading
as John Wanamaker. The lower courts in
which all of these silk ribbon cases have
been tried have, as a rule, returned vvdicts
in fayor of the importers. The collectors of
customs then had the cases appealed to the
supreme court.
VAST SUMS INVOLVED.
The parties most interested with the Gov
ernment in securing a reversal of these decis
ions are the silk manufacturers of this
country. These manufacturers, through the
National Silk Association, have always
claimed the case of the Government against
the importers has never been properly pre
sented or argned, and claim thatlf it had
been, tbe importers would stand no chance
of compelling tbe Government to refund the
vast sums of money involved.
Last winter a gentleman from Philadel
phia who has made a special study of the
silk ribbon cases prepared a brief which he
filed in the Treasury Department for the in
formation of the Government officials in
preparing the cases against the importers.
In this brief the author confined himself
strictly to the points of law involved, and
filed it with Judg Maynard, then the As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury, who had
charge ot all customs matters. J udge May
nard, in writing to a member of Congress in
reference to this legal brief, said that it was
an unusually strong document, and that it
certainly added great strength to the case of
the Government, and intimated that any
court would be compelled, after an exami
nation of this brief, to decide the cases
against tne importers.
BEST SIDE OP THE CASE.
The, law officers of tbe Government have
always claimed that the Government bad
much the best side of tbe argnment, and
have felt greatly chagrined that tbe decis
ions have always been against hem. They
now entertain great hopes that the case of
the Government will be upheld by the forth
coming Supreme Court decision, although
they prefer that tbe chief defendant should
be some one less influential than John
Wanamaker.
Solicitor General Chapman, who argued
the case last week for the Government, says
that he was. somewhat embarrassed in bis
work by the existence of a decision rendered
by his predecessqr, Benjamin H. Brewster,
when Attorney General, that the attitnde
of the importers was sound.
Attorneys in Washington, who have kept
track of these celebrated cases say that there
is little doubt that the Government has not
had a fair show in the arguments that have
taken place, as the Importers, having great
weaitn at tneircommana, naveDeen enabled
to employ the best counsel to be had in the
cities of New Yorkand Philadelphia, while
the Government has been represented by the
ordinary law officials.
TWO PKOFITS IS IT.
The representatives of the silk manufac
turers say that it would be a double wrong
to refund money collected as duty on the
importation of hat ribbons, because the im
porters have already received from the pur
chasers ot tnerr goods tne advanced prices
that followed 'the assessment of the high rate
of duty. For instance, all the goods that
have been sold by John Wanamaker in
Philadelphia brought prices based upon the
assessment of 50 per cent duty on the rib
bons used in their manufacture.
If, therefore, the difference between the
assessment of 50 per cent as silk which the
importers paid, and 20 per cent, the duty on
velvet, which they claim is all they ought
to have paid, should be refunded, Mr. Wan
amaker would pocket $1,000,000 or so, in ad
dition to the advanced price which he re
ceived for his goods by reason of the higher
assessment; in other words, he would receive
as a pure gift all the money involved in the
vast nnmber of cases which he has pending
in the Treasure and in the courts awaitinc
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the decision of the test case.
NEXT YEAR'S WAGE SCALE.
Flint Glass Blanafaetarers and Workers In
Conference Thereon.
A conference, to consider the next year's
scale, was opened yesterday at the associa
tion's rooms, in the Stevenson bnilding,
between tbe joint committees of tbe Associ
ated Tableware Manufacturers and repre
sentatives of the Flint Glass Workers'
Union.
Very little beyond a preliminary discus
sion of the questions at issue was accom
plished, though the conference was in ses
sion from 2:30. o'clock until 6:30 p. M.
To-day it is expected that the points under
dispute will be decided, and, as a member
remarked, harmoniously.
A Protest to Brazil.
London, December 27. Portugal, Ger
many and Italy will shortly send a collec
tive note to tbe Provisional Government of
Brazil protesting against, the Government's
scheme in regard to the naturalization ot
foriigners residing in Brazil,
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BECOMING; FATSF "NOWf .
Ofanr Death Fran ih IngseBza Reported
at Paris and Other Palais Is Earopo
Tke qondltlon oftho Czar
Is Improvtne.
Paeis, December 27. The influenza is
spreading and is very fatal. The nnmber of
deaths in this city from all causes on Christ
mas Day was 318. For several years past
the regular average has been 200 for that
day. Fully one-third the populaee is pros
trate. The editor of the Moniteur UniverieT
and Ihree soldiers died in a Versailles hos
pital to-day.
A cable from Berlin says: The influenza
.is increasing throughout Germany. It has
crippled operations in the ship building
yards at Flensburg, Kiel and Dantsic In
cases where the disease is slighted or not
treated it engenders pulmonary disorders.
The doctors say that the climax is passed in
this city, and that tbe disease is on the
wane. In consequence of the many cases in
the guards, all furloughs are suspended.
The Countess of Flanders, sister-in-law of
KingLeopold,ofBelgium,PrinceBaudouin,
eldest son. of the Countess, and the Qneen of
Rouiuania are suSerers from the influenza.
At Vienna there have been several deaths
from diseases that began with influenza. At
Lisbon 2,000 have the influenza, including
the Queen.
A cable from St. Petersburg says: The
Czar is making favorable progress toward
recovery from his attack of influenza. He
has never been in a critical condition, and
no fears have been felt as to the outcome of
his illness.
PRESIDENT STEKNE TALKS BALL,
And Snys He Was Misrepresented la His
Intentions Regarding Co-Operntors.
President Sterne, of Cincinnati, with his
partner and Treasurer, Mr. Henry Cramer,
were at ihe Union depot last evening on
their way homeward from New York. Dur
ing a short talk Mr. Sterne said:
"I have been in New York on business
unconnected with ball matters, and have
been out of reach of all ball news. I have
been in treaty lately with two of the best
players in the country, and I believe I shall
secure them. I did not say thev were New
Yorkers, nor from tbe East at all. I now
have 14 of the 20 men I require
for the next season's work, and
while here I received a telegram
from Harry Welden. of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, telling me that he had just
signed HaddesK of Nieholasville. Haddes
has the reputation of being one of the most
promising players in the country. With
the two I am in treat with, I shall still
want three men to fill the team. Tommy
xioiiuswiu lace mem down to Jttot Springs.
Ark., about tbe 1st of February, and will
play them in the South during the winter.
He will pick his nine when he geU them
down to work. Loftua will leave on Sun
day to make tbe necessary arrangements for
tne grounds."
Mr. Sterne does sot believe that the
Brotherhood will survive, though he cannot
agree with Anson in saying they will never
play a game. He says his position relative
to a co-operation among his own men has
been misrepresented. He was quite willing
to share equally with his men, paying them
and himself receiving $1,200 a year salary
and dividing the residue in equal shares.
He claims the right to make a lit
tle profit from his enterprise,
and says that since his men
seemed to doubt his honesty of purpose in
the co-operative proposal, he must make the
best terms he can for himself. Mr. Sterne
says that he did not wish to handle a single
dollar of the receipts, and offered to make
a brother of one of bis pitchers, the book
keeper'but the offer was declined.
Mr. Cramer is going on to San Francisco
to look after some of the playing talent there.
TBEEE SEW BISHOPS
Consecrated With tbe Imposing Ceremonies
of the Catholic Church.'
St. PatjTi, December 27. This city was
the scene to-day of an event of more than
'ordinary interest to churchmen, in the conse
cration of three new bishops with all the
august rites and imposing ceremonial of the
Roman Catholic Chnrch. Bnt once before
in the history of the church in this country
has the consecrating of three bishops been
simultaneously decreed, and it is probably
the first time where all three have been
taken from one diocese. The ceremony was
conducted by Archbishop Ireland, assisted
by the Most Rev. Thomas L. Grace. The
priests on whom the miter was conferred
were the Rev. John Shanley, of St. Paul;
Rev. James McGolrick, of Minneapolis,
and the Rev. Joseph B. Cotter, of Winona.
CAPTAIN BASSET! SUCCUMBS.
An Old Senate Employs Iinld Up bj
the
Russian Influenza.
TBOK A STAJT COBBXSFOXDX3T.1
Washington; December 27. The ven
erable Captain Bassett, assistant doorkeeper
of the Senate, and for more than half a
century an employe of that body, left the
Capitol to-day, sick with an attack oi "La
Grippe," or Russian influenza. As he is
3uite old and not strong, it is feared the
isease may affect him seriously.
His familiar long, snow white hair and
beard, and his quaint announcement of
messages from the President aud from the
House will be ni nch missed by frequenters
of the Senate.
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of a Day In Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Itcndlna.
The ladles in charge of the Southside office
of tbe Society for tbe Improvement of tho
Poor wish to return thanks to the pnpila,
teachers and principals ot the Wickersham,
Morse, Humboldt, Birmingham, Knox, Bed
ford and Mt. Washington schools, for their
cenerous response to the call made on them tor
help the week preceding Christmas. The valne
of tbe combined contribution was 5221. In this
was embraced every variety of staple and fancy
groceries, delicacies for the sick, ZOO garments
and $17 21 In cash.
The Department of Cbarities ambulance
was very bnsy all day yesterday removing sick
and disabled persons from their habitations to
tbe Fourth avenne station ot the Pittsburg,
Virginia and Charleston Railroad for transpor
tation to the City Farm. Frank Slema and
Herman Miller were very sick men who wars
Sicked up on tbe street by tbe police. David
are. 70 years of age; William Lannon, who
was at one time quite well to do; Banford
Green, who is at tbe point of death almost, and
William Harris, were the persons cared for.
Samuex. Caeter, employed as a shearman
at tbe Keystone Iron Works,f ell from a scaffold
on wbicb be was workinc temporarily yesterday
and was seriously Injured. One leg was broken
and he received some severe bruises. He was
removed to tne Homeopathic Hospital.
The alarm from station No. 175 last evening
was caused by a blaze In the house of Dennis
O'Brien, Oswego street, Southside. The Ore
originated in a clothes press, and resulted In
damage to tne extent oi 3. a.
An old man named Palmer, who lives in
Allecbeny, fell down the steps at tbe railroad
bridge on Thirty-third street, last night, and
suffered a fracture of tbe thigh. He was
driven Dome.
WuxiAii G. Kennedy's tobacco and notion
store on Forbes street, near Brady street, was
broken Into by thieves yesterday. Tbey car
ried off abont $25 worth of tobacco and dry
goods. SamueiKoehlee, employed at the Lacy
Furnace, was burned severely about the face
and neck yesterday by a splash of metal. He
was removed to bis borne in.tbe Eighteenth
ward. '
Yestebdat Delinquent Tax Collector Wm.
R. Ford, paid to the County Treasurer J18,
935 08. Of this sum (15,891 53 was county and
S3.0S3 53 State taxes, both of 18&
Peof. H. T. McCieixand will preach to
morrow In the Third Presbyterian Church,
the pastor. Dr. Cowan, being on a vacation.
DIED.
I
PARKE On Friday evening; December 27,
188?. Fredrick H., son of A. M. and tbe late
Llszle Parke, aeed 3 years i months, at tbe
residence of bis father, No. 20 Bharon avenue,
Twenty-seventh ward.
Notice of funeral bereafter.
J SV
iK.
fl'Ifl
Has Been Organized With Hsadquar
ters at East liverpool-
TWO TRAINS 05 THE SAME TEAC&
Johjt E. Byrnes Arrested on Complaint. of
Edward Callaghan.
ALL THE NEWS PE0M NBAEBI TOWNS.
t '
Another Attempt to be Bade t Brinjr. Fowderly U
Sreeasbnrf. t '
A combination of the pottery manufac
turers has at last been eflected. Edward
A
Callaghan has obtained the arprjst of John "
R Bvmrf. nnd will Tnakn nnnf.Tip nHrnri ?& J
to seenre Powdprln ' '
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rsriciXL tuiobix to rax dispatch. i
East Liveepooi., Decembfir 27. Tho
manufacturers ot "C. C," Rockingham and,
yellow ware have to-day completed an or
ganization which has been aamed tho
United States "O. C." and Itockinghata -and
Yellow Ware Compact. The compact
has been very quietly formed, and this is
the first information the public has that
such a thing was being consummated or was
even contemplated. It has for its aim the
maintaining of a uniform discount to tha
trade, with tbe view of protecting tbe job
ber and preventing indiscriminate quota-'
tions, at tbe same time securing their pref
erence lor American goods in: this line..
jluis organization includes au or tne prom- ;
inent manulauturers in the country, and ?
does not contemplate advance in prices, bnt
is designed to regnlate' and control dis-
counts.
The following officers were elected: Presi
dent, B. C. Simnn, Vice President, Will
iam Cartwright; Secretary, James H. Good
win; Treasurer, George M. Crdxall; all of
East Liverpool.
The following firms aro in tbie compact:
Cartwright Bros., Goodwin Bros., Me
Nichol, Burton & Co., C. C. Thompson &
Co., S.& W. Baggett, J. W.r Croxall &
Sons, the Globe Pottery Companjy, and Mo
Devitt & Moore, of East Liverpool; J. H. -Baum,
J. Patterson & Son; of Wellsville;
East Palestine Pottery Company, of East
Palestine; George Scott's Sous and the
Brockman Pottery Company, of Cincinnati;
Peoria Pottery Company, of Peoria, I1L; J
E. Jeffords & Co., Philadelphia; John
Moses, Fell &Thropp Co., Crescent Pottery
Company, and Clark Bros., of Trenton, N. "
J.; L. B. Beerbower & Co., of Elizabeth,
N. J.; New Milford Pottery Company, of '
New Milford, Conn.; Gray& Clark, East
Boston, Mass.; East Morrisania China
Works, of East Morrisania, N. Y.; Edwm
Bennett, Maryland Pottery Company, of
Baltimore.
TO ARREST P0WDEBLY.
Another Attempt In That JUne Will be BTadt
on a New Warrant.
CSFECIAL TZLXaXAX TO TBI! DISTXTCBZ.
Gbeensbubg, December 27. Another
effort will be made to effect tbe arrest of T.
V. Powderly on the charge of conspiracy
preferred by Edward Callaghan, of Scott
dale. Justice Keener said this evening that '
Powderly would be brought here within tho
next two weeks. Advice from able counsel
warrants him in the belief that tbe great '
Knight of Labor can be brought to Greens
burg, and tbat bail need, not be accepted by ,'
the constable at Scranton when the papers
are served.
Mr. Callaghan was here to-day in con-' ;
sultation with his attorney, and left for his j
home to-night, confident that he will yet
have Powderly brought to Greensburg.
ST. JACKSON'S DAI
Will bo Celebrated br Wooster Democrats i
by a Feast of Reason, -
rSPXCIAL TZUCOOAK TO TIM DISrATCS.1
Woostzb, O., December 27. Forthe past '
34 years the Democracy of Wayne county
have annually commemorated General An
drew Jackson's victory at New Orleans by
speech making and dancing. January the'
eighth will prove no exception to the rule,
the following programme of toasts and re-,
sponses having been prepared for the occa-f
sion:
Andrew Jackson Hon. Virgil Kline otfc
Cleveland. . A
The Democratic Party Hon. L R. Crltch-T-"'
field. Millcrsburir. rvi
The Democratic Press General L. B, Sher-f
wood. Canton.
The Democratic Ladies C. M. Voorhces. '
A MISTAKE 15 ORDERS
Canaes
Frlghtfal Collision Between
Coaple of Freight Trains.
WPXCIAL. TXLXO&Ut TO TBI DtsrATCS.l
Bcottdaxe, December 27. A frightful
collision occurred between two freight trains r
in the deep cnt just south of Mover station,
about three miles south of this place on tha
Southwest road this afternoon. Engineers
Johns and Dayton, together with entire.,
crews of both trains, were injured, some
very seriously. Both engines were wrecked
and about 15 cars are piled on top of each,
other to the height of 35 or 40 feet.
From what can be learned the collision, '
was the result of a mistake in train orders.'
The injured are being well cared lor, and it;
IS LUOUgUb HO JUUU1UC9 Will UCCUI.
AN EXTENSIYE ROD MILL
by t,
To be
Erected Nrar Beaver Falls
New Company.
IRrlCIAL TXLXGRAX TO THE niSrATCH.1
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Beayeb JTAIX3, Pa., Decomber27.
tieorge XiayDerger, lormenya orass rouer at
the rod mills of Carnegie, Phipps & Co., atf"
this place, has formed a partnership with
three wealthy gentlemen of Pittsburg, and
the plans are now oeing drawn lor an ex
tensive rod mill to be located in this towny
if the Droner crounds can be secured.
Several acres of ground free of charge j
nave ueca uucrcu uj tuciu uuim ul mia. .
nlace on the proposed line of the connecting;) j
link ot tbe .Baltimore and onto and Jt?itta-7
burg and Western Railroad.
INCENDIARIES AT WORK.
A vacant Uoase Bonn and a store DtwM
srroyea py it-owner.
israelii. TEUPBAX TO TSE DISrATCB.1
TJnionxown, December 27. A vacant'
tenement house of Jacob G. Hartman,
Haydentown, was destroyed by fire last
nigbt. It was evidently the work of an Iijj
cendiary.
While a dance was in progress in
bouse of Prank Lyons, at Laurel Iron.1
Works, a few nights ago his store, adjoin
lasr. was blown to pieces by a teg of powder.1
It is believed some jealous person who was
not invited was tne antnor.
Secretary Kremer's Work Completed.
:srXCIAZ. TXLZOtLUC TO THE DlSrATCir. 1
Johnstown, December 27. Secretary
Kramer, or tbe .Blood Commission, will!
leave Johnstown to-night. His work
is completed, and his papers, records and!
documents will be sent to Harrisburz
morrow. The orphans' fund will be placed
in tbe hands of some banking; institutioKl
lor aistriDuuon as it comes due.
Hon. Jobn R. Byrnes Arrested.
SCOTTDALE, December 27. Constable!
Washabaugb, of Greensburg, arrested 1
John R. Byrnes, of this place, this a
noon, on a warrant sworn out several
ago by Hon; Edward Callaghan before J
tice keener, of Ureensburg. for coos
Mr. Byrnes gave bail for a bearing.
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