!,-' THE PITTSBUKG DISPATCH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1890. w - t rails BILL TIiatFactory SuperrisionLaw Grows Yery Searching. IT HAS SOME GOOD POINTS. Some, However, Will Likely be Con sidered Inquisitorial. INSPECTOR MARTIN READY TO .ACT On the 20th of last May Governor Beaver pat his signature to an act that is liable to be construed in two ways. Those who be lieve that a nation's moral gauge is shown in the condition of its highways, and in the safeguards it throws around human, not to mention brute, lite and comfort, will lean toward praise of the act, while those who be lieve people should generally be allowed to regulate their own affairs, and who hold that the best government is the least, can scarce be expected to assent to the full scope ol the enactment. The act is one to regulate the em ployment and provide for the safety of women and children in mercantile industries and manufacturing establishments, provides for the appointment of inspectors to enforce, etc It provides that no minor shall be em ployed at labor in any of the industries named for more than CO hours a week, unless for the purpose of making necessary repairs. Section 2 prohibits the employment of any child under 12 years in factories, manufact ories or mercantile establishments, and per sons employing children must keep a regis try of name, birthplace, age aud residence of all he employs nnder the ageof 16 rears, and an affidavit made by parent or gnardian, or the child, if there be no parent or guardian, stating age, date and place of birth, said affi davit to be kept on file by the employer and on tap for inspection when demanded by the Inspector or any of his deputies. Firms employing women or children in the industries named mnst Keep posted in a conspicuous place in every room a printed notice stating hours per day each dav of the week required of such persons and where children under 16 years of age are employed, a list of names with their age, but persons employing less than ten of either women or children do not come under the act. The Factory Inspector's term of office is three years at a salary of 51.500, with $2,600 for necessary expenses and the power to ap point six deputies, on salaries of f 1,000 each with necessary expenses, three male and three female, to be known as Deputy Factory Inspectors, their powers of inspection and correction being the same as the Factory In spector, though t bey are subject to his super vision and direction. "WILL STJIT INSUBA2TCE COMPANIES. Section 7 makes it the duty of owner, agent or lessee where hoisting-shafts or well holes are used, to cause them to be made se cure, to the satisfaction ol the Inspector, by means of traps or automatic doors, as to close and form a substantial surface when closed and to open and close by the action of the elevator either ascending or descending. Section 8 provides that in cases where dangerous machinery is in use automatic shifters or other mechanical contrivances shall be provided for throwing beits on or off pulleys; gearing and belting to be pro vided with proper safeguards, and no minor under 16 years of age allowed to clean ma chinery while in motion. Owners or superintendents are required to report to the Factory Inspector, in writing, fatal accidents or serious injuries within 48 hour, stating as fully as possible the cause of injury. Iu manufacturing establishments em ployes mnst be allowed 45 minutes lor the noonday meal, but the Factory Inspector or any of his deputies have power in special cases to permit a shorter meal time at noon, .the permit to be conspicuously posted in the main entrance of the establishment, said permit to be revokable at any time the In spector may deem necessary, and only to be given where good cause can be shown. If the Inspector find that the heating, lighting, ventilation or sanitary arrange ment of any shop or lactory, is such as to be injurious to the health of employes, or means of egress in case oi fire or other dis aster, is not sufficient, or in accordance with all requirements of law, or that belting, shafting, gearing, elevators, drums and machinery are located so as to be dangerous to employes, or not sufficiently guarded, or that vats pans or structures filled with molten metal or hot liquid, are not sur rounded with proper safeguards, he shall notify the proprietor to make alterations, or additions necessary, and if they are not made within CO days of date ol notice, or within snch time as they may be made with proper diligence, proprietors or agents shall be deemed guilty of violation of the pro visions of the act. IT COSTS $500 TO KICK. The violation of any of the provisions of the set, or permission of any child or fe males to be employed, in violation of its provisions, is to be deemed a misdemeanor, to be pnnished by a fine of not more than $500. The Inspector is reanired to post a printed copy of the act in each workroom of every lactory, manufacturing or mercantile house where persons are employed who are affected by its provisions. The Factoiy Inspector, Mr. W. H. Mar tin, has had his blanks prepared for the purpose ot carrying the act into effect. He stated two weeks ago that it was his inten tion to have the department in working or der by the middle of this month, and that it was the intention to enforce the law as closely as could be done, and from the ex tent to which blanks have been prepared it would seem that Inspector Martin means business. The matter is of especial interest in this county. Form A No. 1 is the certificate of parent or guardian, who must swear to the age of the minor under 16 years, in years, days and months, where he or she was born, etc The certificate may be sworn to before a Notary Public or Justice of the Peace, and must be placed on file in the office of the manufact urer. Form 2 is the record book in which must be kept the name, place of birth, date of birth, parent or guardian's name, parents' address, date of certificate and when em ployment ceased, register and affidavit to be produced on demand of the Inspector or any of his deputies. Form 3 must give the hours of labor in the establishment, time of commencing and stopping work in the fore and afternoon and total nnmber of hours worked each day in the week. Form 4 is a notice which must be placed in a conspicuous place, and certifies to the number of children under 16 years of age employed in each room, with affidavit stating his or her age. date and place of birth, date of employment and names, and when employment ceased. Form 5 gives directions for the furnish ing of areport of the condition of elevators and hoistways, commencing with date of examination, location and material of build lLg, occupation, number of occupants in each story up to the seventh, legislators seeming not to have caught on to the latest ideas with regard to loftiness. HA1TDT FOB ACCIDENT POLICY FOLK. Form 6 is the accident report giving the name of the injured person, his residence kind of establishment and location, time re port of accident was received, name of firm conducting the establishment, its loca tion, city, county, street; extent of injury and where injured person was sent, doctor attending, whether accident occurred on belting, gearing, pully or ma chine of any Hind and name of machine, whether properly guarded or not, whether party injured was regnlarlv emploved on inch machine, whether, in opinion of owner, such accidents can be guarded against or prevented, miscellaneous re marks, date of reporting, and finally signa ture of the firm. Form 7 is much the same as No. 6, the former summarized and inspector's report on it added. Form 8 is based on section 11 of the bill, granting permission by the Inspector for the curtailment of the time (45 minutes) required to be given employes for their noon day meal. This must be posted in the main entrance of the establishment Forms 9 and 10 are substantially the same; they are the inspection report, and must give date of inspection, location of factory, name, for what purpose used, name of owner, lessee or occupant, name of party to be notified, postoffice address, number of stories, whole number of females employed, number of males and iemales between 12 and 16 years of ace, state whether their names are posted in rooms, whether certifi cates are on file for all children employed, number found without certificates, whether a record boot is sept. Are any children under 12 years employed? Houra of labor required of women and children. Arelecral notices posted to that effect? How much time for noonday meals? Are SEATS PKOVIDED FOB "WOMEN? Are children allowed to clean machinery while in motion? Are belting, shafting and flywheel well guarded? Are floor openings protected by trap doors or proper railings? Are elevators operated by power or hand, and number of them? Have they trap or automatic doors, and are they in good order? "What safety device is used? Is it in good order, and when was it last tested? Are ex plosive and inflammable compounds safely used? Are belting and machinery well guarded? Is there communication between each room and the engineer's room? Are the rooms kept clean and well ventilated? What appliances are used for ventilation? Are any gases, vapors, dust or other im purities generated? If so, how are they provided for? Are a sufficient number of water closets or privies provided? Are they separate for each sex and plainly designated? Are copies of laws posted in each room? Are means of egress sufficient in case of fire? What are they? Form 11 is the depnty inspector's report of notification of inspection and order to comply with the law. Form 12 is an official request from the Factorv Inspector to owner, agent, etc., asking if notice had been complied with. Form 13 is the blank in which deputy inspector's reports are made and instructions as to the way tbey are to be made. Form 14 is a notification from the Factory Inspector to comply with the law within 60 davs or shoulder the legal consequence. Form 15 is the requisite blank for com plaint against anyone employing a child under 16 years without having an affidavit as provided by the act Form 16 is the blank on which complaint is made for omitting to keep a register of children under 16 years of age. Form 17 is the blank for information against persons omitting to post notice. A HABO GAUNTLET TO BUN. There are other blanks for deposition of father, mother, guardian or child as to age and the general form of an information to be made before a magistrate in cases of in fraction. Instructions are so explicit that a Justice of the Peace, though a simpleton, may walk in the way appointed and not, stumble, but just how an extensive manufacturer or mer chant is expected to comply with all the provisions of the act and attend to anything else passes ordinary comprehension. Any one who spends half an hour digesting the act and then an hour in examination of the various blanks may possibly conclude that a proprietor who attempts to obey its pro visions must hire someone else to run the business and he himself devote his attention to the act of 20th of May, 1889, bnt Inspector Martin did not make the law, so it is of no use to fight The provision regarding automatic trap doors at elevator landings will meet with the approval of insurance underwriters. At the time of the Monongahela House fire a number of insurance men called attention to the necessity of such traps, and urged the passage of a iaw making their construction compulsory. Evidently they had not le'arned ot the passage of the act above noted. It was claimed that had the elevator at the MonongaheU House been properly trapped there would have been but slight damage done The trouble with the present law seems that the lawmakers bit off more than they can chew, assisted by all the manufacturers in the State. THE OFFICERS CHOSEN. The Successor to the Lawrence Bank Now ReBdr for Business, The parties interested in the establish ment of the Pennsylvania National Bank, which will replace the defunct Lawrence Bank, of Lawrenceville, met yesterday afternoon in the office of the Solar Iron Works. The Board of Directors were sworn in and consists of Messrs. A. S. M. Morgan, D. E. Park, Edward L. Clark, Samuel McKee, Clarence M. Tiers, S. P. Harbison, J. S. Seaman, S. J. Wainwright, Jr., and H. W. Borntraeger. The board organised immediately and elected the fol lowing officers: Colonel A. S. M. Morgan, of the Arsenal, President; D. C. Park, of the Black Dia mond Steel Works, Vice President, and Murray Davis, Cashier. The capital stock of the new bank is 200,000, and business will be commenced, probably in a week, at the building on Butler street, opposite the old Lawrence Bank. The result of .the election has given general satislaction in Lawrenceville. THE HOTEL DUQUESNE NOT FOE SALE. Real Estate Circles Rumor Set Right With Positlveneas. A report of yesterday created a mild sen sation in hotel circles. It was stated with great circumstantiality of detail that the Hotel Duquesne was on the market, having been listed by a real estate dealer to be sold to an eligible' party for 75,000, including leases and license. Chief Clerk Huntingdon, in the absence of Mr. Witherow, the proprietor, said last night that such a rumor was absurd. He stated that Mr. Witherow was approached several days since, and requested to name a, figure for the hotel and its leases, and had responded by offering to sell for?300,000. "Within six months," said Mr. Hunting don, "the business of the hotel has doubled, and it has been necessary to annex an ad joining building. The license alone is annually worth the sum reported to have been asked. I am certain that the report is an error." - LOSSES BI THE FIEE. Chief Jones Says He Threw a Stream 125 Feet Above the Roof. The losses by the fire in the Boyle block, on Federal street, Allegheny, early yester day morning were as follows: Boyd Bios., confectioners, $400; T. L. Hanny & Co., nrndllftl 300: Jumps H. TtnwH Jt r?. trunks, $2,500; Franklin & Fornoff, tailors, about 200. The loss to the owner of the building Hugh Boyle will be about 5,000. The occupants of the rooms on the second and third stories had their household goods, etc., damagedtconsiderably by water. Chief Jones laughs at the statement that the Silsby engine could not throw a stream of water to the top of the building. Hesays the Ellsworth engine,' which was stationed on Federal street, threw a stream 125 feet above the roof. Complaint From Seventh Street. Superintendent Andrews, of the Street Bureau, has been instructed to look into a complaint that water accumulates in Sev enth street, between Penn avenne and Du qnesne way, on account of the manner in which the tracks of the Pleasant Valley tracks were laid. RICH MEN'S PASSES, andhow they travel en the railroads, told by H. L. Stoddard In To-MonEowa Dispatch. Prominent men who ride almost constantly. AKSENAL PARK WON, Success Attends the Visit of Chief Bigelow to Washington. IAWRENCEVILLE PEOPLE HAPPY. Surreys and Plans to bs Forwarded to the Secretary of War. POSTHASTEE -PATEBSOITS PE0JECT Chief E. M. Bigelow, of the Department of Public Works, returned home from Washington at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. His return was as unexpected as his visit there was brief. He spent only1 Thursday in the capital. As already detailed in the telegraphic columns of The DispATcn.Mr. Bigelow called upon Congressman Dalzell and asked his aid in securing from the Gov ernment a donation of z part of the arsenal grounds in Lawrenceville for park pur poses. Mr. Bigelow was evidently very much pleased with the result of his visit He said that Mr. Dalzell had taken him to the office of the Secretary of War, and that he had been permitted to ocenpy about an hour of Mr. Proctor's time. The ground which Mr. Bigelow wants for park purposes is that part of the arsenal tract which lies south of Butler street, opposite the grounds occupied by the arsenal buildings. The tract is bounded by Butler, Thirty-ninth and For tieth streets and Penn avenue, and contains a little over 21 acres. Mr. Bigelow repre sented, and was supported by Mr. Dalzell, that the ground was not needed by the Gov ernment All the property of the Govern ment kept in the buildings on the southern tract can oe easily accommodated in tne large buildings on the north side of the street The needs of a park in that section of the city were presented. The Secretary of War, after a carelul hearing, said that he would be glad to give the project his ap proval, providing he could be satisfied that the grounds were not needed by the arsenal. A report from Major McKee on that subject will be awaited before the department will transfer the land. CONFIDENT OF ll'KEE. Mr. Bigelow is confident that Major McKee's recommendation will favor the transfer of the ground. The Secretary of War was doubtless influenced in his deci sion bv the statement made to him br Mr. Bigelow concerning the petition for the park which has been circulated and numerously signed in Lawrenceville. That petition has appended to it nearly 5,000'names, Andrew Carnegie being one of the most prominent signers. It was shown to Mr. Bigelow be fore his departure for Washington, and he stated its tenor and something about its sig natures to the Secretary. Mr. Bigelow said yesterday that he was convinced that the park would be secured. It will not, he said, cost the taxpayers of this city a cent. It will be a free donation from the Government The plans for the remodeling of the buildings and the manner in which they are to be used, will be made up as soon as possible and sent to the War Department The plot of ground is now occupied by a large brick building, used as a storage house, and a few smaller buildings. It is the intention of the .Department of Public Works to use the large building as a museum of curiosities. It is designed also to erect a band stand near the center of the grounds, where there can be open-air concerts on sum mer evenings. When the news of Secretary Proctor's ac tion in the Arsenal Park scheme became known in Lawrenceville last night, it created quite a furor. Everybody who was approached in reference to the Secretary's action in the matter spoke in the highest terms ot praise about tne success of the pe titioners. Mr. Samuel Paterson received many cordial words of commendation from hundreds of people who had heard ot Secre tary Proctor s indorsement of the scheme. An interview was sought with Major Mc Kee, the commander of the arsenal, to see what his views on the matter were. The Major was away from home, but his views are generally understood. HE IS IN SYMPATHY. The Major is in entire sympathy with any movement in 'Lawrenceville which will be for the elevation of tbe people. He over and over again has shown that he approves of opening the upper end of the arsenal for a park, because each year he has granted the use of that portion for school picnics. When ever the grounds have been thrown open the public appreciation of them was noticed by the thousands of people who visited it, glad to get nn opportunity to breathe pure air in green fields. Major McKee will cordially consent and acquiesce in the proposal to convert that portion of the arsenal into a park, and will .so recommend to the War Secretary. Mr. Samuel Paterson was in a very happy frame of mind at the success which his scheme has met. He said: "I am exceedingly glad to learn the re sult of Mr. Bigelow's Washington trip. What Lawrenceville has so long wanted a park is now an assured fact. The upper end of the arsenal will be one of the most convenient and pleasant resorts in Pittsburg. The ground is centrallv located, and is easily accessible. The cable cars ran along the upper and lower portions of the parks, and can be reached by 100,000people. We have in the district a number of wealthy citizens who will contribute of their means to make the place attractive. The grounds will be ornamented by pretty floral beds and miniature lakes. In the summer it is pro posed to erect a band stand in the center of the ground and furnish a weekly concert Other attractions will also be provided, such as a museum of curiosities and a place laid out for outdoor sports. "Beat estate will take a jump now, and houses will be much more valuable. For the last year the bnilding has been very brisk, but having a park near will give the building trade a boom. Indeed, tbe whole neighborhood, from the storekeeper to the banker, receives a benefit by the consumma tion ot the project" Dr, Sands said: "I am heartily glad the arsenal scneme nas been so lavorably in dorsed by the War Secretary. The health of the neighborhood is bound to be better. This will insome measure militate against our profession, but we can stand this when the community will gain so mnch. The good that it will do to children cannot be over estimated. Also the grown men who toil 10 hours in our mille, sweating before hot fur naces, will more than appreciate such a place in their midst. Those who firat initi ated the park scheme deserve the unstinted gratitude ot the people." LAST STATJ TAX. The Closing- Receipt Issued From DIr. Ford's Omce Tcsterdny. The last receipt for State taxes was given yesterday afternoon by Mr. YirgU Adams, clerk in the office of Delinquent Tax Col lector Ford. The amount was only 4 13, but the event was considered quite important in the office, it being the first time that all tbe State taxes have been paid up this early in the year. County taxes must be closed by February 1, and Mr. Ford expects to have them all in by that date. A Big Land Slide. A land slide occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad yesterday at Bound But ton, four miles from Laytdn. The land slid down a hill at this point blocking both tracks. The express trains East and West were detained some hours at Connellsville and Layton. The tracks were cleared by noon. Db. B. M. Haitna. Eye, ear, nose and throatdiseases exclusively. Office, 718 Penn street, Pittsburg, Pa, g&su A FEEAKJI NAT0RE' A Child Born With Neither Hands nor Feet The Boy Is Now 16 Months Old, and Qnlte Intelligent When He Moves He Rolls Over and Over Museum Offers Refused. The little village of Walker's Mills, dis tant 11 miles from the city, on the Pan handle Bailroad, boasts a citizen whose peculiarities of make-up, or rather lack of make-up, have excited no small degree of curiosity among the residents in that vicinage. The child is 16 months old, and was ushered into the world without hands or feet Otherwise.it is 'perfect in shape of head and body, and possesses great good nature and sprightliness. Its mother, Mrs. James O'Connell, is a woman of 32 years 'of age and a marvel of physique and robnst health, weighing probably 165 pounds, and the father is a hale, heartv quarryman. In an interview with Mrs. O'Connell she stated that at its birth tbey bad no hopes of its living, though in body it was about the size of the average child, and it was there fore christened the same day. "The little fellow," she said, "has grown steadily, and has really been less troublesome than either of my four other children, whom yott see, though they are all healthy and strong young ones. I sometimes place him on the floor, and he will follow me to different parts of the room by rolling over and over. The proprietor of a museum was here, and offered us 25 per week for the privilege of exhibiting him, but the offer was declined." The right lee is about ten inches in length, the left several inches shorter; both stubs have the appearance of limbs which had undergone amputation. The arms ex tend probably two inches below the elbow joints, both of which work naturally, and on the left stub is a auite well-defined thumb joint terminating in a nail-like shape. He takes great delight in looking at picture books, and tarns the leaves with great ease. He can take up a spoon or turn a saucer over when lying on its face. His keen, bright eyes and "unusually well-shaped head denote the promise of more than the average intellect Little Mike is very gen erally known and much petted. TO MAKE PAPER BAGS. Western Pennsylvania Millers Organize the Millers' Keystone Bne Co. With 8100,. OOO Capital Irvrln Stntlon Makes Bis; Concessions and Secures the Location. Irwin station is to secure the benefit of a big enterprise. There was formed at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday the "Mil lers' Keystone Bag Company." This is an organization which, without announcing it self as an avowed rival of the Paper Bag Trust, information of which combine was given exclusively by The Dispatch several months ago, will enter into competi tion with that formidable combine, as a movement to secure bags at bottom prices in opposition to the trust The company was formed by a number of western Pennsylvania millers. The whole day was consumed in the disenssion of details and the results were announced last night Organization was completed by tbe election of the following officers: President, C. F. Horning, Pittsburg; Treasurer, B. F. Eisenberg, Huntingdon, Pa.; Secretarv, F. B. McClurg, of Pittsburg. It was decided to make it a stock concern with a capital of 5100,000, all of which was subscribed upon the spot After some dis cussion of sites, the offer of Irwin, Pa., was accepted. The Irwinites offered a site of five acres of desirable property without cost, and with free natural gas so long as the fluid com modity lasted. A mill 50x100 feet and two stories high will be immediately erected, and tbe output will be 25 tons of finished bags per diem. The material will be fur nised by a paper mill of large size manu facturing fiat and coarse paper of all sizes and varieties. Later on a big cotton mill, for cotton sacking, will be erected and equipped. The buildings will be of wood, iron-clad. President Horning stated that tbe process' wonld be the same as that used elsewhere, and that no war on any trust was had in contemplation. A FALLING PLANJT. Pattern Maker Killed at the McKeesport National Bnnk. A pattern maker named .. A. Widen was killed yesterday afternoon at McKees port by what may be found to be serions carelessness on the part of some person. He was engaged at work on a vault which the National Safe Deposit and Vault Company is putting into the new building of the Mc Keesport National Bank. At about 3:45 o'clockja heavy plank, 2 inches thick and 18 feet long, was let fall from the fifth floor. It struck Widen on the side of his head, frac turing his skull and tilling him almost in stantly. Widen was 35 years old. His wife and fonr children live in Chicago, He had worked for the company in that city and Detroit where the company's works are lo cated. Deputy Coroner Grant Miller went to McKeesport last evening, impaneled a jury and viewed the remains. The taking of testimony will begin at 5 o'clock this even ing. Daring his brief visit Mr. Miller was unable to learn the names of the carpenters who were working on the top of the building. MEETIKG POSTPONED. Thirty Filth Ward Citizens Postpone Action on the Steps. The meeting of the Thirty-fifth ward citi zens called for last night to consider the matter of erecting steps from the top oi Du quesne Heights to Carson street, did not materialize. A number of people collected at the school house, expecting a meeting to be held, but as Mr. F. W. GordoD, who has been agitating the matter, was confined to his home with an attack of la grippe, it was decided to postpone the meeting until next week. The people are just as enthusiastic as ever over the matter, however, and it is pretty nearly a settled fact that the steps will go up. The only question that seems unde cided is the one regarding the right of way. MR. CAMPBELL I10ME AGAIN. Be Secures a Promise From McKlnley That Be Will Present a Bill. Ex-President James Campbell, of the Window Glass Workers' Association, re turned yesterday from Washington, where he appeared before the Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, to give statistics relative to the tariff on glass. He Baid last evening that the committee had treated him very kindly, and Mr. Mc Kinley assured him that a bill wonld be prepared not later than the 1st of March. RESOLUTIONS 01? RESPECT. A Tribute to Charles A. Aiuburncr by the Training- School. , The Board of Managers of the Pittsburg Domestic Training School met yesterday and passed a resolution on the death of the late Chas. A. Ashburner, who was a mem ber of their Advisory Committee. Their tribute included these words: "His pure life was passed in pursuit of the high est knowledge which, when gained, was freely given to his fellow men. Though dead shall his works live alter him." A Reasonable Complaint. Southsiders have entered a complaint against the manner in which the conductors for the St Clair Electric Road are put up. It is claimed that the overhead wires are un insulated, and should any of them break an accident might occur at any time. BOSTON'S mnslo loving ladies, the free classes in volapuk, athletics and clubs, de scribed by Arlo Bates In to-morrow's mam. moth issue of The Dispatch. COUNCILS TO HAVE IT The City Attorney's Opinion About That Carnegie Library. HOT WOEDS BETWEEN COUNCILMEN Several Accused of Seeking Positions on the Advisory Board. ALL THE ACCUSATIONS WERE DENIED City Solicitor Flphinstone has handed down a legal opinion to the members of the City Property Committee that Councils had the right to take charge of the Carnegie Library and run it. A special meeting of the committee was held last night Chairman Ammon offered a resolution given mm by one or his con stituents. It provided that the City Prop erty Committee.prepare two ordinances, one for the government ot the ground and the other for the government of the building, the control to be in the hands of a committee from Councils and the Board oi Control. Mr. Elphinstone's opinion was as follows: Gentlemen In answer to yonr Inquiries with reference to tbe management and control of tbe Carnegie free library and music hall, I wonld respectfully answer as follows: The charter of 1870 gives to councils the con trol of the finances of the city and of all its property, real and personal. By the ordinance of March 14, 1889, the Com mittee on City Property was intrusted with the duty of erecting all city buildings and keeping them in repair. THE PKOPEETT'S BIOHT. The Carneeie Free Library and Music Hall being the property of the city, it follows that Councils have control ot the same, and that yonr committee has been charged with the duty of keeping it in repair. For the purpose of carrying out the worthy objects for which the building was erected. Councils can confide in your body, or some other committee of Councils, appropriate power and duty. It is not within the power of Councils to in trust a body of directors, composed of citizens and Counulmen. with the powers and duties sought to bo conferred upon such board by the ordinance herewith returned to you marked "No. V This ordinance gives the proposed board ths right to receive and expend public money and to incur debts. It Is further proposed to give to this board the power to fix the number and compensation of employes. All of this is in vio lation of the provisions of the city charter and the act of 1874, which commits snch power and duties to the Councils and officers created or appointed in pursuance of law. CAN TJSE THE BOOM. I have been asked to inform you if Councils can permit the Board of Controllers to nse the room provided for the library in the new build ing, and conduct it as heretofore. There is nothing to prevent such an arrangement Councils have the power, however, nnder the act of 1877, to lovy an annual tax for the erec tion and support of the library, and commits tbe management and control thereof to ofilcers and employes selected by themselves. Of conrse I do not presume tomakeanysnggestion as to what course should be panned. That is entirely within the discretion of Councils. It Is also within the power of Councils, to create the office of Superintendent of tbe new bnilding, and by ordinance fix the term of tha officer, his duties and compensation. The Library Committee of the Allegheny Board of School Control held its regular monthly meeting last night An appropri ation of $2,675, the same as last year, was asked for the library for the coming year. No action was taken concerning the new library. SOME SPICY BETOBTS. Mr. Kennedy suggested that some citizens might be appointed as an advisory com mittee. Mr. Lare thought there was no necessity of a sub-committee. Some few citizens, he said, desired to come in and run the library because they thought it a nice, clean job. When there was a job to burn up 3 smallpox boat or some infected clothing, they could not be induced to go on the Health Committee, but now they were ready to rush in and be on an ad visory board. Mr. Dahlinger said that there were not three members who ever went through the building, or looked into the question of con ducting a library. He .thought Mr. Lare's remarks about citizens' interference were uncalled for, and he was making an attack on citizens without cause. Mr. Kennedy seconded the remarks of Mr. Dahlinger, and said that the attacswas onlv made to exciterprejudice. When Mr. Kennedy began to pick flaws in Mr. Elphinstone's opinion, the latter jumped up and said he wanted the young gentleman irom tne mrsi wara to under stand that he had carefully considered the law on the question and knew whereof he spoke. Mr. Kennedy said he wonld challenge the assertion. He also said that Mr. Lare had reflected on him. The question pi adopting the original or dinance giving the new buildings entirely in the charge of the City Property Commit tee was taken up, and on motion it was de cided to affirmatively recommend it to Coun cils. Messrs. Dahlinger and Kennedy re fused to vote. A GIGANTIC SCHEME. Capitalists With 821,000,000 to Build nu Electric Bond to the East End. Colonel I. C. Love, an expert electrician and electrical inventor, stated yesterday to a Dispatch representative, that a scheme was on foot to build an electrical elevated railroad between tbe Exposition and East Liberty. Mr. Love went on to say that the scheme would be a very costly one, but he had 21,000,000 behind him represented by Boston capitalists. The idea is to build an elevated road above the highest buildings, and run the line straight to East Liberty. The scheme, Mr. Love said, may appear chimerical, bnt it can and will be accomplished in the near future. It is proposed to make stations be tween the terminals. The platforms will be reached at the various stations by means of rapid elevators. The transit to East Liberty bv means of this electric road will be done in one-fourth the time it takes by the cable car. A charter is to be obtained by the gentlemen interested, whose names are not divulged at present, so that they may get into shape to carry their plans into effect DE, PEAECE WILL REST. Ills Fnlplt Will be Filled by n Cosmopolitan Preacher. Bev Dr. Pearce, pastor of the Butler Street M. E. Church, will spend three months in Europe, and Rev. W. F. Oldham will ocenpy the pulpit during Dr. Fearce's absence. Mr. Oldham has completed the circuit of the globe. Years ago he left an Atlantic port and went east to Sinapore as a missionary. There he established the largest Anglo-Chinese school in the world. His health failing, he came home via the Pacific route. Mr. Oldham is distinguished for his knowledge of secular affairs as well as the ology, educational and missionary work, and has won success as a lecturer both East and West PRATING FOR' HIS VICTIM. Charles Scott, Shot by Nathan Walters, Not , Expected to Recover. The surgeons at the Homeopathic Hospital, stated last night that Charles Scott, who was accidentally shot by Nathan Watters, was very low and could hardly recover. Watters, who is locked up In Central station, without bail, spent nearly the whole day, yesterday, on his knees, praying fervently that Scott would recover. His distress was pitiable and excited the com passion of the police. Allen, the partner of Watters, was re leased yesterday, on tl.000 bail for his ap pearance when required. THIRD JDD6G NAMED. Jallan Kennedy, of the Latrobe Steel Works, Appointed for the Engine Test. Major McCandless, President of tbe Fire Underwriters' Association, was, at the meet ing of Thursday afternoon, empowered to appoint another man to act as the third judge in the test of the Amoskeag and Silsby engines, in place of W. J. Lewis, who resigned. Accordingly he yesterday afternoon appointed Julian Kennedy, Su perintendent of the Latrobe Steel Works. Mr. Kennedy was in the city yesterday and was seen by Major McCandless before the appointment was announced. After some hesitation he accepted the appointment, and will see the thing through. Mr. Kennedy is said to be a graduate of Harvard. During his college days he was prominent in athletic sports, and was an ex pert oarsman. Some years ago he lived in Lawrenceville and was connected with Car neeie, Phipps & Co. as a mechanical en gineer. He superintended the building of the first-class plant of the Allegheny Besse mer Steel Company, at Duquesne, At present he resides in Latrobe. Chief Brown and Chief Jones were each notified yesterday afternoon of the appoint ment of Mr. Kennedy. Chief Brown said yesterday evening: "I have never met Mr. Kennedy, but I am told that he is a very fair man." ' Mr. Vanderveldt, of Cleveland, has gone to his home, and will not return to the city for a day or two. The date for the test will not be fixed until the Allegheny river falls so that the old Exposition grounds will be dry and in condition to allow of the placing of the engines. Chief Brown before doing anything further in the matter will wait until he receives notice irom the Allegheny Fire Bureau that the park grounds are in proper condition. THE COKONER AT WOKE. Witnesses Testify to the Good Condition of the Fallston Boiler. The inquest over the body of W. P. Fran cis, who died from injuries received at the Fallston boiler explosion, was commenced by the Coroner yesterday. L. H. Turner said he thought the explosion was produced by overpressure. W. J. Hammond stated that when he repaired the boiler two years ago it was in good condition. W. J. Grif fith testified that he saw no defect in the boiler. THE GERMAN BOND SWINDLE. More Victims Report Their Losses to Su perintendent O'Mnra. Several additional victims of the German bond scheme called upon Assistant Super intendent O'Mara yesterday, and related their stories to him. The police think they have now obtained sufficient information against Aschktnasi, the Bussian Hebrew, who is in the Central station, and an in formation will be made against him to-day. AS GOOD AS GOLD. Tito Bnndred Iiots Near Denver, Col., Free. Desiring to attract universal attention, we have adopted this novel and expensive method of placing our property before the people. The lots we are giving away are in Plainfield, a new suburban addition on the Fort Worth and Denver Bailroad, only a few minutes' ride from the Union depot at irenver, uoi. These lots are 25x125 feet, wide streets, and nice prrk reserved. We keep every other lot for the present, and will not sell. Every lot that is given away will be worth 5100 in less than 18 months. We give only one lot to each person, and require no contract to improve. If you desire one of these lots send us your full name and address, with 4 cents for postage, and we will mail you deed at once. Address Plainfield Addition Com pany, Castle Bock, Col. Merit Wins. Yon will find this fully verified at Ham ilton's Music Store, 91 and 93 Firth avenne, where the largest and best selected stock of all grades and classes of music goods are sold and have been with an unbroken suc cess for 20 years. It is remarkable the suc cess of this house, and yet it is easily ac counted for when you consider that they began with thoroughly first-class goods, and have followed that line ever since. When you mention the names of Estey, Decker Bros., Knabe and Fischer, everyone knows them. They are acknowledged both by the trade and profession as first-class and above reproach of any kind. "Merit wins, and so Hamilton's trade has advanced year by year till away ahead of all others. Go- there if you want anything in the mnsical line, and you will get it of the first quality, and at the very lowest prices. There are yet some of those special bargains in the store" of pianos at about cost to close them out be lore February 1. Don't miss the oppor tunity now. S. Hamixtow, 91 and 93 Fifth ave. REAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, LIIIL, 401 Smlthfleld Street, cor. Fourth Avenne. Capita, $100,000. Surplus, $50,000. Deposits of $1 and upward received and interest allowed at 4 per cent xrs Oar Jnnnnry Clearance Sale. Now is the time to buy a sealskin gar ment Prices lower than they have ever been or ever will be. The finest garments in the world. Jos. Hoene & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. The Iron City Brewing Co. (formerly F. & V.), are experiencing a. constant increase in the demand for their ale and- porter. Kept by all dealers. Use Angostura Bitters, the world-renowned South American appetizer, of ex quisite flavor. Fine Jackets Away Down. Less than half the former prices. Exam ine the extraordinary bargains in our cloak rooms. 'Rosenbaum & Co. B.fcB., Children's garments, gretchens, (2 50 and f. nooGS & Bum, Allegheny. Oar January Clearance Sales. SI dress goods at 50c (2 dress goods at $1. Jos. Hokhe & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Eably spring scarfs for SO cents. WlXl PEICE, 47 Sixth st A regulae cash discount of 25 per cent from their lately reduced and plainly marked prices of overcoats and cloaks willbe given to-day only by Kaulmanns.' Eat.lt sprine scarfs for SO cents. Will Peice, 47 Sixth st AT 25c a yard, new French sateens, the finest and best goods imported, that sell reg ularly at 00c ana vc. -ttssu Huaus & Hacke. Natural wool underwear, at James H. Aiken Ss Co.'s, 100 Fifth ave. Kablt spring scarfs for 50 cents. Will Pbice, 47 Sixth st Our January Clenrnnce Sale. Remnants by hundreds every day in black dress goods and colored dress goods. Jos. Horne & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. 1 Eaelt spring scarfs for 50 cents. Will Peicb, 47 Sixth st JffTSES girls should marry is a question "If put by Miss Grundy, Jr., to Mrs. Harrison onootner wuninirton laaies. Answers la 10 jiobbow's 20-fags Dispatch, THE HEW WILL HURT THE OLD. Ties That Have Bonnd Unions Together for Tears Are Severed. Since a new State organization of temper ance women has been formed and a national union is likely to follow in Cleveland next week, the workers who are left in the old W. C. T. TJ. are beginning to study the matter very carefully. A separation can not now be avoided. It means partisanship or non-partisanship. In this county the factions are nearly equal, and the old organization will suffer greatly by the loss of some of the hardest workers. Fractured Bis Skull. John B. Comstock, employed at the Black Diamond Steel Works, fell from a scaffold yesterday afternoon and frastured his skull. His attending physician does not consider the injury a fatal one. OURNATIONAL MUSEUM. Frank George Carpenter looks at Congress from a novel standpoint. Peculiarities of the statesmen. TO-MOBKOW'S 20-PAGK DISPATCH. B. & E. - OUR Clnek end Suit Rnnm -ANOTHER- REDUCTION! BARGAINS FOR YOU. Immediately after Christmas we made sweap ing redactions in oar Cloak and Suit Rooms. The prices seemed low enongh to suit every comer, and our January sale in this depart ment have been very satisfactory yet our stock is entirely too large, and we have made a still further cut in prices. Long Garments Newmarkets at 82 50 to $20; many of them about half price. All finer garments, including novelties, marked to figures that will interest yon. On acconnt of mild weather we have marked all our medinm and fine grades of Seal Flush and Alaska Seal Garments to prices that will please the most prudent buyer. Hundreds ot Jannty Jackets in English Cheviot Diagonals, Mixtures. Jersey Weaves, etc., fur ladies and misses to go at low prices. All Fnr Goods. Including Seal Jackets, to ra at a price that will lead you to anticipate cold weather later on. Extra trades in SEAL JACKETS. , One Hundred Dollars for Eighty. Extra grades in SEAL WALKING COATa $125 Garments for $100. SOME BARGAINS IN PLUSH. Plnsh Jackets, S3. $a, $10. $12. Plush Jackets, extra lengths, $15. Flush Coats, 36, 38 and 40-inch lengths, at $15, $18 50, $22 60 np to J5U Elegant Braided Flush Coats at $35 to $50. Novelties in Plnsh Jackets with Astrakhan Vests, Collars and Lappels, etc Our Flush Garments are selected with great care as to durability, while the qnilted linings, chamois pockets, eta, are similar to gennine seal garments. A large purchase of French Braided Wraps offered under value at $15 up to $30. JACKETS AT A PRICE. A lot of very handsome Jackets in Black and Colored English Coatings, with large Smoke Pearl Buttons, Dlrectoire Fronts, etc- marked from $12 to $7. LONG GARMENTS AT CUT PRICES. "A lot of very elegant long garments, tailor made, with capes, marked from $20 to $12 60. Take elevator to our capacious Cloak and Salt Rooms. BIBER & EASTON, 505 and 507 MARKET STREET. jalS-TTSSu INFLUENZA Is very contagions to people suffering from ir ritation of the throat. By using the celebrated SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES, SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES, this unfailing remedy for sore throat, coughs, catarrh and hoarseness, you can protectyour selves against this dreaded disease. Every body should keep a box of SODEN MINERAL PASTILLES, in the house. Sold by all druggists at 25c and 50c a box. Pamphlets sent gratis pn application by the Soden Mineral Springs Co., Lim'td. 15 CEDAR ST.. NEW YORK. ja2-ws CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS-A FRESH AR RIVAL lust in. The best cigar for $7 per hundred; qnality guaranteed. For sale by JOHN A. REflSHAW fc CO., Fancy Grocers, corner Liberty and Ninth streets. de4-ws PIANOSs, ORGANS. And all manner of Small Instruments AT HAMILTON'S, delO-P Fifth avenue. RELIGIOUS. TTNITARIAN CHURCH-MELLON BANK U building. 514 Smlthfleld St., at 10:45. Sun day school at 10. Rev. Dr. Townsend, pastor. Snbject: "What is ManT" ja!8-3 LEGAL NOTICES. OFFICE OF EIDELITT TITLE TKUST CO., 121 and 12S Fourth ave. ESTATE OF JAMES H. SEWELIsDECEASED. Notice is hereby glTon that letters of sdmln lBtratton on tbe estate of James U. Sewell, de ceased, late of Flttsburjr, have been granted to the undersigned, to whom all person! Indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate pay ment, xnd those having claims or demands against the same will make them known without delay. FIDELITY TITLE & TKUST CO., Administrator. DAVID Q. EW1NO, Trust Offlcer. del4-M-B OFFICE OF FIDELITY TITLE & THUSTCO., 121 and 123 Fourth ave. ESTATE OF CATHEKIKE UOHEKTY, DE CEASED. Notice Is hereby given that let ters of administration on tbe estate or Catherine lloherty, deceased, late of Flttsburg, have been granted to tbe undersigned, to whom all persons indebted to (aid estate are requested to make Im mediate payment, ond those baring claims or de mands aganst the same will make them known without delay. FIDELITY TITLE k TKUST CO.. Administrator. deli-22-s DAVID Q. EWINO. Trust Offlcer. OFFICE OF FIDELITY TITLEAND TKUST CO., 121 and IB Fourth avenne. ESTATE OF CHARLES J. WAITH Dfc C'EASED. Notice Is hereby given that letters nr arfmlnlfttrntlnn on the estate of Charles J. Walte. deceased, late or Flttshnrg, have been granted to the undersigned, lownora ail persons Id debted to said estate are requested to make Im mediate payment, and those navmg claims or at- mands airalnst the same will make them known without delay. FIDELITY TITLE AND TKUST CO.. Administrator. delX-19-g DAVID Q. EWTNG. Trust Offlcer. OFFICE OF FIDELITY TKUST A TITLE CO., 121 and 123 Fourth ave. ESTATE OF JOSEl'II STK011LE DECEASED. Notice Is hereby given that letters of admin istration on the estate of Joseph btroble deceased, late of Flttsburg, have been grsntedtto tbe under signed, to wbom all persons Indebted to said es tate are requested to make Immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will make them known without delay. FIDELITY TITLE A TKUST CO.. Administrator. DAVID J. EW1NU. Trust Officer. de!4-20-s HAYS A NOBLE, Attorneys at Law, IIS Diamond street. THSTATE OF CHARLES A. SNYDER, DE TJ CEASED. Notice is hereby eiven that letters testamentary on tbe estate of Cbarles A. Snyder, late of Alleeheny county, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, to whom all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make Immediate payment, and those having claims against the same should make them known without delay to LENA SNYDER, Executrix, Upper St. Clair F. O., Allegheny county. de2W7-s -VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN JN application will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on MONDAY, the 3d day of February next by Fred V. Fatterson.Edwin D. Smith, L. S. Hooper, H. S. Kiebl, Charles E. Cornelius and others under an act of Assembly entitled, "An act to provide for the incorpora tion and regulation of certain corporations." approved April 29, 1874, and tbe supplements thereto, for tbe charter of an Intended corpora tion to be called "The Coraopolls Water Com pany." Said corporation is formed for the pur pose of supplying water to the public in the borough of Coraopolls. county of Allegheny, and to such persons, partnerships and associa tions residing therein and adjacent thereto as may desire the same, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges ot said act of Assembly and sup plements thereto. CHAS. E, CORNELIUS. Solicitor, Jall-7-8 " 408 Grant street NEW ADTEBTISEaiENTS. JDS. .HDRNE k ED."B PENN AVENUE STORES. PjttsbubO, Saturday, January IB, ISM. JANUARY CLEARANCE SALES. Ours lead : Because there Is more to sell; Because what there is is good, and sat trash: Because everything must go; Because when we mark down we mark down; Because the prices now made were never equaled. Because all departments are included and there is something for everybody. And the sale Is every day TO-DAY. There are bargains for the men. Tbe big new lot of neckwear is the biggest bargain in neckwear you ever saw. All new, choice goods, worth really 75e and $1 the prices are 25c and 50c And they are going out a dozen to a purchaser often. Good enough for dress, bnt cheap enongh for the office. Make a little list for our men friends to pasta in their hats. No need of urging if such bar gains were offered the women folks, but tha men don't go bargain hunting, so they say. Try them: 6O0 and 60c quality Cashmere and Merino J$ hose at 35c. Men's ribbed Merino Shirts and Drawers, $125, Sown from $1 75. Men's Natural Gray Merino Shirts and Drawers, 75c; Down from 90c Men's Camel's Hair Shirts and Drawers, tit Down from $1 50. Men's Colored Percale Shirts, 75c; Down from $1 50. Men's White Shirts (slightly soiled) at II; Down from $1 50. Will this interest thebusymen? These eoods deserve their attention. It is their share ot these great clearance sales, and their side ol the hoase is full of "Clearance Bargains." GLOVES : The stock is complete and full prices right. Fine Dress Gloves. Gloves lined, for cold weather. Heary Wool Gloves, especially for com fort but lacking nothing of good looks. Fur Gloves, for exposed hands. The best Glove values you can find are here. HOSIERY: v. Besides the bargains mentioned in Tbe list, there is here a complete line ot Gents' Half Hose, the softest of Wool Cashmeres; the coarsest of Scotch Wool Sox; the silkiest Cotton to heaviest Balbrlggan; and silk itself. UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, -HANDKERCHIEFS, BUSPENDERS, W BATH ROBES AND HOUSE JACKETS. Everything the men want. The Cloak Room and the Seal Room offer th .ladies the grandest opportunities of a lifetime. Profits and dullness have gone off together. Now bargains and rushing business. JOB. HDRNE I CD., 609-631 PENN AVE. JalS, Cresson Springs Water Co,, Limitel' SPRINGS CRESSON, PA, MAIN LINE PENNA, R.R. Tbls Company has purchased the exclnatrs light to sell tbe water ot the famous springs as Cresson, Pa, and are ready to take orders by mail or telephone for tbe delivery of this water to private residences, banks, offices, hotels and restaurants. The delivery will be made in cases containing 12 gallons (8 two gallon glass bottles in each case) at JL00 per case. Parties desir ing to use this water will please send in their orders at once, that we may arrange to serve them promptly, and when ordering please give correct names and address CRESSON SPRINGS WATER CO Limited. 10 and 13 Sixth Bt, Pittsburg. Telenhonea 1 SHAW BROa. 1012, xeiepnones 1 DAVID SHAW & CO, 1805. jal6-74-TTS 8IS.TH AVENUE DYE WORKS. M. MAY SOWS & CO., STEAM DYERS AND SCOURERS ' And general renovators of textile fabrics, la dies' and gentlemen's soiled or faded garments neatly cleaned or restored in color. Curtain of every description carefully attended to. M. MAY SONS & Co. . JeU.TT3 68 SIXTH AVFw. Pittsborg. PSCW, , TircKNIGHT 4 VICTORY, PLUMBERS, GAS AND STEAM, FITTERS,'.' Dealers in Gas Fixtures. . jlI LAMPS, PUMPS, LEAD PD?E, HOSE, ETfrM . Special attention given to Natural Gas Fitant 8 SMITHFIELD ST.. PITTSBURG. PA. Telephone 769. Ja7-6B-TTS CIQAR CABINETS FOR CHRISTMAS gifts, hermetically sealed, so as to preserra the cigars fresh and moist from heat of natural gas. For sale by JOHN A. RENSHAW A CO., Fancy Grocers, cor, liberty and Nintlx. Mvw . .- nw -, '
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