'.' THE PETTSBUEG- DISPATCH, MONDAT. JANUARY 27, 1890. s ft COT IN CABLE FARES, The Citizens' Line Makes it a Sickel All the Way. NOT SEPARATED IN DEATH. TO BEGIN NEXT SATUBDAY. Colonel Rice Gives the Reasons for Halting the Reduction. FIFTH AVENUE PEOPLE TO MEET. The people who travel upon the Penu avenue cable cars were agreeably surprised yesterday to see posted up, in the end of every red car a large card, notifying patrons that on and after February 1, 1890, the fare for the entire line would be only five cents. The cards were put up yesterday morning, in each one of the red cars, before they kit the car house at the East End. No cards were displayed in the yellow cars, which run out Butler street The fare for the full trip over that line has always been only five tents. The talk among the stockholders and di rectors of the Citizens' Traction Company in favor oi this reduction for the East Lib erty trip has been going on for over six months. The reduction was agitated in .The Dispatch ior nearly a year, and met with the quick approval of the stockholders. The owners of the Citizens' line are nearly all residents of Pittsburg, and, beyond their natural desire to receive dividends, they have the interest of the city at heart. At a meeting of the stockholders held last Octo ber the qnestiou of reducing the long-trip tare was discussed. The prevailing senti ment favored the reduction, as it was shorn that the through or 10-cent business of that road was a very small part of the whole business done. The stockholders finally de cided to leave the matter to the judgment of the Board of Directors. In November last the directors decided to inaugurate the reduction on February 1. The matter was kept very quiet, except that it leaked out that a reduction was in con templation. The notice of yesterday morn ing came, therefore, as a genuine surprise, and a welcome one. DECIDED TWO JIOXTHS AGO. The Chief Engineer of the Citizens' Trac tion Line, Colonel George Itice, said yester day: "This reduction of the fare from one end of the town to the other, was decided upon some time ago. I was for it from the first, but, oi course, I had no vote. It was done because it was the right thing to do." "Was it done to enable the line to com pete, in better shape, with the Pennsylvania Bailroad?" "Oh, no. It simplifies our business. It will not affect the revenues any. Our 10 cent business was very small compared with our whole business. Yon see, our 5-cent fare went very close to East Liberty. Be yond Black Horse hill, where the Allegheny Cemetery ronts on Penn avenue, and to which point 5 cents will carry you from the down-town end of the road, there is very little travel as far as East Liberty. Between Pearl street and East Liberty the road is not built up much. The Fifth avenue line has a great deal more through travel than we have, as their nickel'fare carries a pas senger only to Oakland, about half-way to the East End. I know nothing about the intentions of the Pittsburg Traction Com pany, but we do not expect that they will cut Sown to five cents." A SEDUCTION POSSIBLE. The Pittsburg Traction Company, at least two months ago, made a cut of their through fare to 8 cents. A passenger who pays cash on the car is charged 5 cents between two points on opposite sides ot Oakland, but 8 cent tickets can be bought at the various offices of the companv. Colonel George "W. Elkins, President of the Pittsburg Traction Company, was seen at his residence last night by a Dispatch reporter, and questioned as to whether any action had been taken by the directors rela tive to a reduction ot rates. He said briefly: "Nothing has been determined on yet, nor can I give any definite information as to what will be done. There will be, however, a meeting of the directors held to-morrow or next day for the purpose of discussing the advisability of the change, and deciding the matter." Mr. Elkins declined to say anything as to what he thought his road would do. The people who live beyond the Porks ot the road on Penn avenue are jubilant over the reduction on the Citizens' line, MB. MAGEE'S OPIKIOK. Mr. C. L. Magee, who is a minoritystock holder in the Pittsburg Traction Company, was asked last night it it were likely that that company would reduce the through fare to a nickel. He replied that he was not in a position to speak positively, but he thought no reduction would be made. Some months ago, when the subject of re duction in fares was agitated in the press, Mr. Magee expressed himself in favor of the reduction. The owners of a major.ty of the stock, who live in Philadelphia, could not see the matter in the same light. At that time a gentleman connected with the Pittsburg Company said that a reduc tion on the Citizens' line would not affect the Pifth avenue line. The actual competi tion between the two roads is exceedingly small. Very few people, out of the jjrhole number of the patrons of the lines, ride trom the downtown end clear to East Liberty. Nearly all those who ascend a Fifth avenue car down town descend at points before Shady avenue is reached. Many of those who will get out of a car at East Liberty are people who got aboard at points east of the Court House. Toe Citizens' line people think, however, that the small amount of through travel which does go over the route, will come almost entirely to their road and compensate for the few nickels they would otherwise lose. Two Sinters Die About the Same Time of Pneumonia They Will Be Burled To. gctber To-day They Were Slurried to Two Brothers nod Devoted to Each Other. One of the saddest funerals that have taken place in this city for a long time will occur on the Southside to-day. On Thurs day evening Mrs. Frederick Pifer, of Baker street, died of acute pneumonia, which had developed from a severe attack of la grippe; and on Saturday her sister, Mrs. Jacob Pifer, who had taken the disease while at tending her, died also. The case is, no doubt, one of the most remarkable ones on record. The two women were sisters; they had been devoted to each other all their lives; went to school together, foined the same church at the same time, lived to gether, married tiro brothers, died together of the same disease, and will be buried side by side in similar caskets in the Southside Cemetery. . The deceased were daughters of "William1 Cooper, Williamsburg, adjoining the east end of the Southside. Emma, the eldest, was married to Frederick Pifer, of the Eighteenth ward, about eight years ago. Maggie, the youngest, went with her sister to live, and remained with her until Decem ber 17, 1S89, when she was married to Jacob Pifer. This separation was hard to bear. The sisters had been together for so long, and had developed such a devotion for each other that their lives seemed like one. Wherever one went the other followed. Whatever one got the other always had. Soon alter the wedding of the younger sister she went to live with her husband at the corner of South Eighteenth and Whar ton street. Four weeks ago, when Mrs. Frederick Pifer took sick, she sent for her sister to go and nurse her. The latter, with tne love and devotion that bad character ized both lives from childhood, left her new home, never to return. She watched her sister through her sickness until she herself became afflicted with the dread disease. On Thursday evening, when the death of the elder Mrs. Piter was announced to the younger, the shock was so great that she fell in a swoon. When she recovered she cave a prolonged sigh and said: "Weil, Emma dear, I'll soon follow." In less than 48 hours she, too, was cold in death. Arrangements had been made for the funeral of Mrs. Frederick Pifer, which was to have taken place yesterday, but when the sister died it was decided to have a double funeral. It will take place trom the South Eighteenth Street M. P. Church this after noon. The women had connected them selves with this church when quite young, and are spoken of is being ardent and de voted Christians. Their pastor, Rev. C. A. Strum, will be prevented by sickness from conducting the funeral services. Bev. B. F. Wilburn, of the Walton M. E. Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Sonthside Cemetery. Frederick and Jacob Pifer are brothers of Mrs. Dr. A. J. Barchfield of the Southside. The parents oi the deceased still live in Williamsburg. Two children resulted from the marriage of Frederick Pifer. One of these, a 4-year-old son, died on October 5, last, the other, a son, still lives. In this connection there is another family on the Southside, in which three deaths have occurred within almost as many months. Mrs. Clara Strodtman, of 601 Car son street, died yesterday. She was the daughter of George Rommel, ot the South- side. Her sister, Bose Bommel, died in the latter part of September and a brother John died in October. Selma Cecelia Bates, daughter of John P. and Mary A. Bates, of 1403 Saran street, died yesterday of membranous croup. This was the second death within a month in that family. TEMPERANCE EIYALS. Mrs. Campbell Repeats the Partisan Charge Against the W. C. T. U. THE PLANS OF THE NEW ALLIANCE. Work of Organizinz Counties Has Already Been Started. A BITTEE WAEPAEE FOE SDPEEMACI BETTEE THAN' UTOPIA. A Bright Picture of bocinllim Fainted by Mrs. Hashes. Mrs. Theresa Hughes, of the Southside, delivered an address before the Secular Society yesterday afternoon, on "A System of Socialism." The conditions of Mrs. Hughes' system were brightly pictured, and left no desirable thing unprovided for in the structure. All would be sweetness, and love and sunshine. There would be no ignorance, no drunkenness, no private busi ness, no squandering of money, because there would be no money to squander. There would be no workday for women; no toasting of feminine brains over hot stoves. There would be a public laundry, nublic kitchen, public darning and mend ing factory. Mrs. Hughes praised the Chicago An archists and said that the time is nearer than many suppose when those men will be honored as men who dared to do what they considered right. "The strangling of words that came from dying lips on that dull No vember day is a foul, dark blot on the civ ilization and justice of the nineteenth cen tury that can never be removed. They were not convicted of murder, of bomb throwing, but of being self-confessed Anarchists." 'You haven't gotten at the inside of more than half of this W. C. T. TJ. fignt," said a gentleman whose wife is an officer in the or ganization, to a Dispatch reporter yester day. "There is more back of this thing than anyone knows except those closely identified with the work. I mean by that the officers of the organizations. Now that the seceders have succeeded in organizing, there will be a continual fight between the two unions for supremacy. The two national officers, Miss Willard and Mrs. Phinney, will be made veritable targets for the opposing factions to aim unkind and perhaps, sometimes, false accusations at. This will result in continual strife." The force of this argument is beginning to be apparent already. Several circulars) have been issued by both sides. Those coming from the non-partisan faction have consisted chiefly of statements as to why they lelt the ranks of the parent organiza tion. The others endeavor to show why this "quibble of n6n-partisanship" should not lead the members into "the error of secession." All of these circulars are clothed in strong terms, and both causes are severely rubbed. The last one is an appeal from Mrs. Marv H. Jones, President of the Pennsylvania W. C. T. IT., asking the mem bers of her organization to stand by the old standard. MBS. CAMPBELL TALKS. Mrs. H. C. Campbell, the State President of the new Alliance, while probably the last woman in the cause who would invite a con troversy with those who differ with her, consented reluctantly to answer some of the statements made in Mrs. Jones' circular, wnen asked to do so by a Dispatch re porter. In reply to the statement that the policy of the W. C.T. TJ. was misrepresented by being called partisan, Mrs. Campbell said that not only the women who have joined the new Unions are saving that the old organization is partisan, but the most prominent people of the nation who take any interest in the matter, say so. She quoted part of Judge A. W. Tourgee's letter sent to the Cleveland convention, which read: "There is hardly anything in cotempo rary politics that has seemed to me more horrible than the assumption of the dele gates to the National W. C. T.TJ. Convention, to pledge their membership, not only to the dogma of female suffrage, but to that infam ous and degrading plank of the prohibition platform which pronounced in favor of ex cluding the colored man from suffrage, be cause of the enforced illiteracy which white American Christians had by law imposed upon the race for two and a half centuries. I trust your organization will ren der impossible the assumption by any dele gate body of a right to commit the subordi nate bodies and individuals to the support of any party, or of new methods and dogmas without the voice of the subordinate bodies first had and obtained." A LENGTHY MEETING. The Electric Strikers Notified of the Settle mentThe Company Said to Need More Than Eight Men No Talk of With drawing From the Federation. The regular meeting of Electrical TJn'on No. 1 was held yesterday afternoon in K. of L. Hall. There was considerable discus sion indulged in, and in consequence the meeting was somewhat protracted. It was expected that some important step would be taken in reference to the settlement of the recent strike. Yesterday the first official notification that the workers received was read, but fhey had been previously made acquainted with the terms of the agreement, and the receipt of the official notification brought out no new features. When seen after the meeting, Mr. C. C. Berrv. Recording Secretarv. said : "There has been no decided action taken to-day in reference to the trouble which has been go ing on, and there is very little information which we would care to have published. The state of affairs stands just as it has been; President Gompers has made an agree ment, and there the matter rests. The eight men whom the company has agreed to take DacK will certainly return to worn.. "In fact, it is not believed that the com pany is going to confine itself to just eight men, as we have learned that men are needed and that the company has already intimated its desire to secure at least three more. They will not even confine themselves to the particular men whom they have named, but will likely take those who can be convenientlv secured. "We have not taken any step in reference to withdrawing from the Federation, nd the report that we intended such action had no foundation in fact, and was merely a canard circulated on the streets by men not members of our union, many of whom would like to see the union injured. "There was, of course, considerable dis cussion carried on at our meeting and many things were suggested that will be far-reaching in their results. The strike has not in jured the organization a particle, as many of the strikers are now securing positions throughout the city, as there is a pretty ac tive demand for men. Yesterday the Edi son Company sent in application for five wire men, and the men are becoming em ployed all around." SCHINDERg MUST 60. Its Effects on the "Water Shown From a Practical Standpoint. WHAT THE MICROSCOPE EEVEALED Dr. . A. Mnndorf Saddles the Eesponsi bility on the Citizens. IHDIGNATI0N MEETING TO BE HELD TILER TDBE WORKS. Despite the weak statements to the con trary, the agitation in favor of abating the Beck's Bun schindery, and, in fact, all other avoidable sources of adulteration to the water supply, still goes one. Anyone who asserts that Soutbsiders do not demand the removal of the schindery does so without having first received the opinions of very many citizens, and whoever makes the claim that the schindery is not a source of pollution, certainly ventures that responsi bility without having seen the schindery. !No one can gainsay what science has long since established, that organic matter con tains disease germs, and that water polluted by organic matter is a menace to the health of any community to which that water is supplied. mm THE TOSTOFFICE CHAXGE. The Present Force Will bo Retained for Some Time. On Saturday morning, February 1, the well-known portly form and genial welcome of Postmaster John Larkin will no longer enhance the execution of the Government's service on the corner of Smithfield and Fifth avenue. At midnight on Friday, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the affairs of TJncle Sam will be turned over to the charge of James S. McKean. The curiosity being evinced at what changes will be made in the working force can be appeased by the fact that all the bonded employes have been supplied with blank bonds to have them renewed, which shows that no change is contemplated for the present, at least, which is good news for the incumbents, but sorry intelligence for the aspirants who wish to succeed them. TO BDI THE CENTRAL A Syndicate of Oil Men Said to Be Organ lung to Secure the House. It was reported yesterday that a company of oil men, who desire a solid investment for some of the superfluous wealth which they have made within the past few months, was being formed, and that it was contem plated to buy the Central Hotel property, greatly enlarge and remodel the house, and make it a big, first-class hotel with such ac commodations as are now given by the An derson or Seventh Avenue. Mr. P. M. Shannon is said to be one of the gentlemen actively interested in the movement Tne movers believe that the business of the city will grow more active around the new post office, when it is opened, and that the Cen tral will be one of the best properties in the city. It will be near the Petroleum Ex change, and a large dinner trade would be expected from that quarter. The present proprietors of the Central had heard noth ing of the scheme. A SOUTHERN PERIODICAL A Tennesaec Attorney Who Is Interested In the Uonnd To bio Magnzlnr. Mr. A. C. Floyd, a young attorney, of Columbia, Tenn., is at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. He is one of the gentlemen inter ested in the publication of a new monthly magazine, to be called The Hound Table, the first number of which will be issued within two weeks. It is to be published in Nashville, Tenn. The design of the pub lishers is to make the periodical an ex ponent of Southern literature, to develop and encourage Southern writers. HEBREW EELIEP SOCIETI-. A New Organization to Aid the Poor of All Classes. Last night a meeting of the Hebrew Aus-tro-Hungarian congregation was held in Moorhead's Hall for the purpose of organ izing a Belief Association. It was organized by the election of E. Edlis, President; M. Weisberger, Treasurer; M. Friedman, Secretary; Executive Committee, H. Schwartz, M. Scblanger and E. Galler. A fund of $100 was raised at once, and vigorous work will be done to increase both the resources and the membership. Tbe association is organized with tbe intention of aiding the poor and suffering of all classes, whether outside their faith and nationality or not. The next meeting will be held on Sunday, February 2, at 3 P. 21. WHAT PEOPLE AEE DOING. Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, and Others Who Talk. J. B. Mumford, of Jamestown, N. Y., President of the Tousley Harvester Company, and W. W. Clierry, of Bradford, gentlemen who are interested in the oil business, are in tbe city and will leave to-day for Cleveland. Thomas Gray, C. Leo Inees and C. S. Brown, members pf tbe f acnlty of tbe Rose Poly technic Institute, of Terre Haute, Ind., are at the Hotel Anderson. They were inspecting the Westingbouse Electric plant yesterday. Harry Sellers, the popular usher at the Union station, left yesterday for Lancaster, where be will be married to Miss Ehrisman, a charming young lady of that city. H. C. Kennedy, proprietor of the White Blave Company, and Mrs. Kennedy, are at the Hotel Schjosser. C. C. Lancaster, a prominent attornev of Washington, D. C, is at the Hotel Ander son. - John W. Norris ami John Johnston, Jr., of Chicago, are at the Hotel Buqnesne Captain George CHamilton, of Warren, is at the Hotel Schlossc John B. Thomasof Niles, O., is at the Hotel Anderson. -''' SHE QUOTES MISS -WTLLAKD. Mrs. Jones says tbe constitution of the W. C. T. TJ. has no reference to party, and there fore is not partisan, nor can it be so except by -amendment. Mrs. Campbell takes the view that it has already made itself partisan by resolution, and quotes Miss Willard to support her position. At the national con vention in New York in 1888, Miss Willard said: "To-day our National W. C.T. TJ.,whiIe recognizing the liberty of each State to be partisan, or not, as it elects, is practically partisan, with exceptions so small that they but prove the beauty of the rule. At 'Wash ington in 1881 1 first urged the advantage to our common cause of an alliance between the W. C. T. TJ. and the Prohibition party, which had but then polled 10,000 votes as its maximum after a struggle of ten years' duration. Steadily we have moved forward in these years, until, as Chief Justice Watte said of prohibition, so we can say of our oneness in purpose with the Prohibition party, 'that is no longer an open question in this court." " 3Irs. Campbell continued: "Mrs. Jones talks about consistency. Let us see how consistent she is herself. She starts out by saying that 'the W. C. T. TJ. is misrepre sented' when we say that it pledges its sup port to a political party, and on the heels of that she says, 'What harm is it to pledge their influence?' The harm is in pledging the personal influence of an individual to that which they do not consider right, without the consent of tbe individual. It is the same principle for which John Knox and Martin Luther contended, and for which our forefathers came over in the Mayflower the right to exercise one's per sonal and individual conviction. The al most absolute denunciation of two POLITIO&i PATCHES and au indorsement of a third, fully dem onstrates that the Union is partisan. Why, Miss Willard said on one occasion that she hoped she would live to see the day when 'the Democratic party would bite the dust,' and she condemned the Bepublican party at every opportunity. I do not mean to be an tagonistic to the old party." "What will be the next move in the new organization ?" was asked. "We are ready to work now, and we will commence at once to organize auxiliaries all over the country. Mrs. Foster has been instructed to prepare a leaflet, for general distribution, setting forth our reasons for leaving the W. C. T. TJ., in just as chari table way as possible. We had no quarrel with the old order as many may suppose; we only want to form a temperance organization, which will not take a multitude of issues 'in the same breath and fail in all of them. Our Na tional Executive Committee has already met and formulated some of the plans for organization. As soon as two counties be come organized in a State, that State can form a union, and each State union will be come auxiliary to the national. I suppose we have 15,000 to 20,000 women in the coun try who are ready to join with us nt the start By the time our National Union meets in November I count on having at least 12 States organized with a total mem bership of perhaps 50,000. "It is likely that about half a dozen non partisan unions will be organized in this county within the next week or two. Sev eral ot the old unions ave been ready to adopt the new policy for some time and were only waiting until "the State and national meetings were over." . The Deal to Locate the Boston Establish ment nt Washington Concluded. Mr. William P. Tyler, of tne Tyler Manu facturing Company, of Boston, Mass., is at the Hotel Duquesne. He has just returned from Washington, Pa., where he has finally concluded arrangements to locate his new steel tube plant. A stock company has been formed, Mr. Tyler and his Boston associates taking three-fourths of the stock, the re mainder bling subscribed for by citizens of Washington. The site was donated to the company by subscriptions among the people of Washington. Mr. Tyler says that he will make contracts for the building of the ncrksfet once. It is desired to have the work begin by April L At least 200 men will be employed at the outset. JOINED THE FEDERATION. The ninslcal Union Took the Obligation of the Order. A meeting of the directors of the M. M. P. U. was held yesterday afternoon at 136 Fifth avenue, with President Ruhe in the chair. The members voted unanimously to join the American federation ot Labor, and the obligations of that order were taken. A charter will be secured this week, and the M. M. P. U. formed into a union by them selves. This was the only business of im portance transacted. Certain members of the union have been suspected and accused of violating some of the laws, and it caused a great deal of talk at the meeting. A committee was appointed to investigate the matter, and Mr. Gus Kreil was made Chairman. A. mineral matter; b, putrefaction bacteria: c, organic matter. THE COLD PACTS. It may be stated that The Dispatch in augurated this agitation on its own author ity, but not, however, before a representa tive had visited the schindery and investi gated it thoroughly. The result of that in vestigation was plainly stated, without color or exaggeration. All of the opinions as to the condition of the Southside water and the possible effect the schindery can have on it have been secured from citi zens and professional men, who are capable of talking from a practical standpoint. None of those whose views have been published pose as alarmists, nor have they talked for political effect. They have simply taken an interest in the matter for the sake of the health of their own community, and it is singular that there should be any objection to an appeal for pure water. The claim has not been made that the schindery is tbe sole source of impure water, but that it is largelv responsible, and, being unavoidable, the citizens claim it ought to be removed. Nisbet are much commended by the South side people for their efforts to secure pure water for the Southside residents, and if a meeting of the committee on the schindery question does not take place this week, it is more than probable that the other members will hear from an indignation meeting before long. The continued indifference to a question of such vital importance is the subject of wide comment in the wards af fected, and the continued impurity of the water is universally condemned. So filthy has it been of late that in many honses the week's family washing had to be deferred to wait for less mud and more water to use in the cleansing process. councilman .Nisbet, who u Chairman of the committee, has promised to call another meeting this week, notice of which will be published in The Dispatch, and another effort made to make the remaining Council- men pay a -lime more attention to the in terests of their constituents, who may repay their neglect with a little of the same coin when their votes are needed. In a report presented to the Health Board the Pittsburg Testing Laboratory people, Messrs. Hunt and Clapp, say of the Monon gahela river water, as supplied to the citi zens to drink, that the amount of sulphuric acid in the samples is very abnormal, and is of itself a very poisonous element in the water. They continue : "It is difficult, in fact, it is impossible, in a water analysis to state upon anyone ingre dient that because of its percentage the water is necessarily good or bad. The results have to be judged together in order to form an intelligent opinion of the matter. The re sults of the analvsis of all the constituents ot each of the samples of water taken on the Southside, taken as a whole.prove the water to be in a very dangerous condition lor pal atable purposes." nence the Soutbsiders argue that to add the schindery drainage of animal refuse to the already polluted stream is rather like carrying coals to Newcastle than adding sweets to the sweet, and the people have soured on the idea. THE PICTURE IS HERE. Mr. Carnegie's Gift of the San Sisto Madonna to the Cathedral. IT WAS ADMIEEDBT LARGE CROWDS The Millionaire Paid the Custom Duties of Hearty $400. THE FAMOUS WORK OP A GREAT ARTIST THE AY0KK DELATED. AN OAKLAND FIRE. Two Honses Badly Damaged Early Yester day Morning. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning an alarm from box 325 called the engine companies to Ward street, Oakland, where a fire was in progress that for a time threatened very serious results. A two-story lrame dwelling, owned by George McMillan, had caught fire from some unknown source, and when the firemen reached the scene the building was pretty well consumed, and the flames threat ened to communicate with some adjoining dwellings. Assistant Chief Steele immediately turned in a second alarm, and the firemen suc ceeded in confining the flames to the frame dwelling and the house adjoining it, owned by Fredrick Zitzman, which was damaged to the extent of 5300. The frame house, which was unoccupied, wastotallvdcstroyed, entailing n loss of $1,800. The fire is sup posed to have been caused by some boys who were cleaning the house on Saturday leaving the natural gas burning. Both houses were insured. Dad Bonds Interfering With the Survey of the Lake Erie Canal. Colonel Thomas P. Roberts, one of the Canal Commission, has jnst returned from Harrisburg, where he attended the country road convention. He expressed himself in reference to the purpose of the convention, and he thought that the project to improve the roads was a very good thing, and said that such an eflort should have been made long ago. "The condition of the roads all through this State is dreadful, causing great loss and inconvenience to the people and the different business interests." In reference to the project to connect Lake Brie and the Ohio river by canal, he said: "The surveyors are at work and doing as well as they can under the circumstances. The state of the roads in Crawford county has been so soft for some time past that it has greatly delaved work. The country up there is very flat, and the water settles very rapidly and it takes some time for it to drain off. I received a letter from Commis sioner Goodwin saying that tbe water and mud is so deep all over that section that the roads are virtually impassable. The only thing we can do now is to wait until colder weather sets in, which we hope for, so that tbe surveyors can go ahead with their work." TWO 1I0RE BAIL TICTIMS. One on the Western and the Other on the Janction Road. Michael Hannegan, a brakeman on the Pittsburg and Western Bailroad, who was injured in an accident at Bakerstown on Friday night, died at his home, No. 3 Mary street, Allegheny, on Saturday. The de ceased was 30 years of age,and leaves a widow and two children. The Coroner will inves tigate the case this morning. The accident in which Hannegan was injured was caused by a freight car jumping the track on a trestle bridge and four other cars following it, fell over into a creek. Hannegan was on one of the cars. It is said by some that the fault of the accident was not so much with the cars as in the partial giving away of the trestle work, and the Coroner will make this a subject of investigation to-day. Michael Burns, a brakeman on the Junc tion Bailroad, fell between two freight cars at Thirty-fifth and Bailroad streets yester day afternoon and was instantly killed, the wheels passing over his body. The remains were taken to his home on Bates alley, near Forty-first street. Burns was 32 years of age and leaves a widow and one child. A and d, putrefaction bacteria: ganlc debris. b and c or- The accompanying cuts represent samples of water taken from Southside reservoirs. It only requires a glance to see how the or ganic matter shows up in a single drop of water, Bacteria also appear in large quanti ties. The citizens generally are very will ing to accept the theorv that the water is impure and that something ought to be done promptly to remedy tne evil. The universal criticism heaped on the heads of Chairman Nisbet's committee proves this assertion. Now, that he has learned that the city has jurisdiction in the matter, it is claimed the committee should not let the matter rest until relief is afforded. Dr. E. A. Mnndorf, who has maintained all along that if organic matter is allowed to find its way to Beck's run from the schindery, the latter is a source of disease to the Southside people, said last night: "Of course the owners will not allow enough organic matter to escape to pollute so large a body as the Monongahela river, and yet anv dilution permitted there establishes a rule of practice that may become universal. As a matter ot justice to the Monongahela Water Companv. which has repeatedly ex pressed its willingness to take any steps that would insure better water to the South side people, the citizens should co-operate with them and arrest all sources of impurity to the water so long as it is used. CATHOLIC FEDERATION. A Great Church Organization Initiated In Pittsburg Constitution Adopted and Officers Elected To be Extended Throughout All America. A large and enthusiastic meeting of Catho lics took place last night at St. George Hall, on Penu avenue, between Fifteenth and Six teenth streets. Nearly every Catholic so ciety in Allegheny county was represented, and nearly 400 delegates were present. The object of the meeting was to take steps toward the formation of a federation of Catholic societies, and to arrange for a general Catholic demonstration in this city. Among the delegates were three colored men. representing the St. Benedict Society. The meeting was called to order by Mr. S. H. Gilson, who offered a prayer. Mr. Gilson then said that the main objects of the American Federation of Catholic Societies are the more thorough cementing, maintenance and formation of cordial fellowship among the Catholic laity everywhere and the upholding and conserv ing of the public welfare of Catholic com munities, as regards either advancement of the general brotherhood or the vindication of common manhood against any and all ignoble encroachments. The following permanent officers, who will serve for two years, were elected: Pres ident, S. H. Gilson; First Vice President, Joseph Skelly; Second Vice President, Andrew Stock; Third Vice President, Jos eph Bosinski; Becording Secretary, Captain J. J. McGuire; Financial Secretary, D. J. McKelvv: Corresponding Secretarv. Will iam A. Golden, Esq. A constitution and by-laws were next adopted, which styles the organization "The American Federation of Catholic Societies, the Pioneer Diocesan Council of Pitts burg." A section of the constitution states: "This council being formed as one initial to a series of diocesan councils, projected and yet to be founded all over the Americas, and when once several of such other similar councils shall have been established, with such to be and constitute the nucleus of a grand alliance to be known as the American Federation of Catholic Societies." This constitution and by-laws were drawn up and offered by William A. Golden, Esq., who stated that the organization was the first of the kind in the United States and was of the kind that had received the in dorsement of the congress which met in Baltimore some time ago. Tne constitution and by-laws were unanimously adopted and the committee ordered to prepare a section, tne purport ot wnicn was to De that no person could become a member of any society who did not declare his intention to become a citizen of the United States. The meeting then unanimously agreed that there would be a general Catholic patri otic demonstration in this city on July 4, in which all Catholic? would be invited to participate. The meeting then adjourned to meet again on Sunday evening, February 23, in the same hall. The celebrated copy of the San Sisto Ma donna presented by Andrew Carnegie to St. Paul's Cathedral arrived here yesterday, and was placed on view in Young's Wood street showroom. A crowd collected on the sidewalk while the painting was being re moved from the wagon, and groups, admir ing or otherwise, formed before the window daring the whole afternoon. The picture was uncovered at about 4:15 P. 31., and will remain in Young's until a suitable place shall be found for it in the cathedral. Father "Wall visited Young's and altered his opinions on the gift as expressed in an evening paper some weeks since. He ad mitted that the copy was a very fine one and worthy to be the gift of Andrew Carnegie. A history of Baphael's "Madonna di San Sisto" has already been given in The Dispatch; and the means by which Mr. Carnegie secured a copy of the masterpiece, painted by the court artist of Saxony, have been enumerated. No injury has been sustained by the Madonna on its long voyage across the Atlantic. Any one who has ever been in Dresden, knows that the system of pack ing there is the most secure in the world, as indeed is necessitated by the immense num ber ot frail cbina ornaments and objects of vertu exported every year from the "city of the Muses." Thus Mr. Carnegie's present arrived withont a scratch. Mr. Carnegie defrayed the Custom House dues which amounted to close upon $400. The copy is a very large one, being over 13 feet in length, and about eight feet across. It represents the Virgin standing proudly upon abank of cloud, clasping the infant Christ in her arms. Heavy curtains fall on either side, and at the feet ot the mother and child, kneel two figures, those of St. Joseph and Saint Elizabeth, wrapt in ador ation of their creator. The comments of the crowds who saw the picture were very diverting. Some wise acres, in displaying their knowledge of the subject before the assembled people, made several ludicrous blunders. The statement, for instance, that Baphael was a New York man who went to Borne to study, and that tne picture was a bribe from tbe .rope to Andrew Carnegie, given in order to snare the millionaire into Catholicism were gravely advanced by two worthy citizens. It was said last night at St. Paul's episco pal residence that there would be a very serious difficulty in finding room for the Madonna in the Cathedral. But for Mr. Carnegie's expressed wish that it should go to Pittsburg Cathedral, Bishop Phelan would be inclined to hang it in St. Peter's, Allegheny. A BAD SUICIDE. W. C. T. TJ. MEETING. How n Tonne Touch's Interruptions Were Drowned In Melody. The ladies of W. C. T. U. No. 2 held a very fruitful meeting last evening in Moore head Hall, and a number of pledges were signed. Mrs. Allen presided and very spirited and elegant addresses were made by Mesdames Powell and Horner. There was no police officer in attendance and a drunken or foolish man in the middle of the audience caused some disturbance by interrupting Mrs. Horner several times with nonsensical remarks. She bore the in fliction good humoredly and suggested some music, which is said to sooth the savace breast, and was ot good service in this In stance, the well-trained choir drowning the objectionable talk with its sweet strains. Eight Workhouse Victims. Twenty-seven was the number of cases be fore Magistrate Gripp at Central station yes terday morning. Eight of the prisoners were given worKnouse sentences, among whom were John McCabe, 90 days; John Rogue, Catherine Keating and De'nnis Mc Cleary. each 30 days, persons concerned in the fight at the Yellow Bow Saturday night. WSAKstomacb.Beecham'sFUls act like magic Pxabs' Soap secures a beautiful complexion " ft fVJ'- f'- ' Aberration ot Mind Causes John Sntey's Self-Destrnction. Yesterday afternoon a man named John Sutey committed suicide by jumping into the Allegheny river at Bennett station, op posite Forty-third street. He was injured in the head by an accident some time ago, and his mind became affected- in conse quence. He separated from his wife and family, began to drink to excess, and it is supposed despondency and a diseased mind prompted the suicide. The body has not yet been recovered. Sutey leaves a wife and three grown up daughters, who are engaged in Kenyon's restaurant, on Third avenue. When in formed yesterday of their father's Bad end their grief became uncontrollable, and tbey were too much affected to give any particu lars of their father's misfortunes. IN THE FIRST WARD. Lively Time at n Democratic Sug-geatlon Meeting Pitcher Steve Toole Named for Conncil A Hat Discussion Followed They Objected to a Republican Propo sition. In this political whirl the fight for both Alderman and Councilman in the First ward is attracting a good deal of interest, which is more than the money staked by the friends of the respective candidates is doing. Last week Alder man Cassiday opened his headquarters at "Whitey" Beckstein's old place in the Diamond, and it is said that at a suggestion meeting on last Friday night there was con siderable Democratic indignation, which drowned the suggestioners of the gathering. The love feast was not a success, and clubs an naturel was the principal dish in de mand. There is but one vacancy in Common Council for the First ward, and the canvass of Thomas Dclaney, the Bepublican candi date, nas been progressing tor some time, the reports being of such a nature as made immediate action on the part of the Demo crats a necessity. The action apparently was taken at the Friday night meeting when Gus Datte,a Bepublican and formerly Captain of No. 1 Engine Companv. is said to have proposed the name of Stephen Toole, the late baseball pitcher, for the position. Upon this Mr. McGaffey himself, a candi date for councilmanic honors on the Demo cratic tioket, claimed a foul, and said it was hardly the thing for a Bepublican to make a Democratic nomination. The umpire, whose name is not given, reserved his de cision, and a hot discussion ensued, still leaving the matter undecided, so some more Hichmonds are expected to enter the field in the First ward fight. It is stated on good authority that Judge McKenna will not permit the use of his name in the Democratic Mavoraltv con vention, and it is said to be probable he will not even be present. He stated some time ago his unqualified adherence to Judge Bailey's support, and has not changed his mind since. , organic debris; b, chain of spores. DTJTT OF THE PEOPLE. "The minor question of the responsibility of the Monongahela Water Company sup plying us with pure water merges into a greater question of the responsibility of all classes of people co-operating with them and preventing an unnecessary adulteration of the river. The question is not. Shall adulteration be permitted to any extent whatever? but. How shall we reduce un avoidable pollution of drinking water to the lowest point? If it is admitted that the schindery as a privilege should be allowed to add a drop of impure fluid to the Monon gabela river, which might with proper pre caution be avoided, the same privilege may be granted to all classes of citizens and cor porations which have not the general health in view, but simply selfish and personal gain. So long as the enforcement of the rule against the adulteration of the river is not carried out tbe people will be the suf ferers. They pay for their water and ought to have pure water, just as they pay for their bread and expect pure bread"; and it is no greater crime to adulterate the bread than the water. "We cannot, as a city, ask anv individ ual to forbear Irom casting into the river that which will adulterate so lng as that request isnot made general; and when we Dear in mind that our populations along the river shore are increasing rapidir," that the nat ural process of nature canno't get rid of the organio matter which of necessity tends to accumulate, it is important that the matter be taken into enlightened consideration and the principles of wholesale sanitation taken as the only remedy." INDIGNATION- MEETING- THBEATENES. Councilmen Mark Donley and W. W GOT TI1E CHILD DRUNK. A Boisterous Party Taken Out ot a House on First Street, Allegheny. Yesterday morning about 1 o'clock, Lieu tenant Thornton, of Allegheny, was at tracted by a boisterous noise in a house at No. 21 First street, Allegheny. He found three men and three women in the place, drunk and drinking whisky. There was also a little girl, about 9 years old, in the house, also under the influence of liquor. The officer arrested all and sent them to the lockup. At the hearing before Mayor Pearson yesterday morning they gave their names as George Donnelly, George Mcln tyre and John Patterson, who were fined $5 and costs each, and Maggie Connor, Annie Phillips and Mollie Hartman, who were fined $10 and costs. In default of the fine the men were sent to the workhouse for 30 days, and two of tbe women went up for 60 days. Maggie Connor was held over, and, with the child, will be turned over to Agent O'Brien, of the Humane Society, to-day. After-Stock-Taking Sale This morning. Velvets and plashes, brocade velvets at 50 cents, and about 150 yards of extra handsome goods at half price. Center of store. Jos. Hobhe & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Closing out our remaining stock of jackets, all sizes, shapes and styles, at very mucn reaucea prices. mwf Huous & Hacke. PUTTING IN THE TANK3. It Looks Now as If That Engine Test May Yet Take Place. Work will be commenced to-day to put in place the two tanks that are to supply the water basins for the fire engine test at the Exposition grounds. The work has been delayed bv reason of high water, hut in the past few days it has receded sufficiently to anow tne wors to oe Degun. Tbe tanks to be used are quite large, each having a capacity of about 500 gallons, and quite a large excavation will have to be made to sink them properly. It will take a day or two to get them into position. The Jnll Services. Services were conducted at the county jail yesterday by Chaplain Milligan, of the penitentiary. Tbe musical portion of the service was conducted by the choir of the Welsh church on Preble avenue, Alle gheny. There has seldom been better sing, ing heard in the building than that rendered by the Cambrian Octet yesterday. You will be well pleased if you make use of the Iron City Brewing Co.'s ale and beer. Competent judges pronounce them the lead ing brews. All dealers keep them. A Handsome Crayon, Elegnntlr Framed. And 12 fine cabinet photos, all for $5, at Aufrecht's "Elite" Gallery, 616 Market st, Pittsburg. Come early. This Morning. Special after-stock-taking sale of odds and ends in linen goods, splashers, tray cloths, towels; fine goods, all at hurry-out prices. Jos. Horse & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Blankets, blankets, blankets, now the time to buy; large assortment and prices greatly reduced. Htrous & Hacke. jtwp EVIL AIR From bad 'sewerage or undralned swamps deranges the liver and un dermines the system, creates blood diseases and eruptions, preceded by headache, biliousness and constipa tion, which can most effectually be cured by the use of the genuine Dr.O.McLane's celebrated Liver Pills. Price, S5c Sold by an druggists, and pre pared only t7 Fleming Brothers, Pitts burg, Pa. Get the genuine; counterfeits are made In St, Louis. HEW ADTERTISE3EBSTS. JANUARY CLEARANCE SALES. Pittsbubo, Monday, January 27, ISO, ITS an old and well-used saw about "stocktaking clearance sales," etti, etc. And it does mean something where it la not used intentionally to mislead. Hera it means a closing oat of every line of goods that Is not to be renewed at just above nothing, selling off broken assort ments cheap. And also big reductions on even the best goods, that have been duplicated in orders for the coming season. It is no new thing. Occurs every season, so you will not get any goods over a season old. Everything must go, if prices will make them go. EAL DEPART. MENT When tho special clearance sale began, little over a week ago, we said -150 garments must go quick.' This did not repre sent the stock of tha season. The "sale" began with the last replenishing of the lines after the first of the year. We invited you to buy from a fall and un broken line ot the best garments in the. world, at tne lowest prices on entirely new and perfect goods we ever heard of in this country. To-day these prices ana these great advantages are yoftrs, and we present to you an unbroken Una to select from. SPECIAL SALE CENTER TABLE Small things from tbe Linen Depart ment: DOYLIES, red and blue bordered. At 13c were 20c At 15c were 25c. Extra large, all white. At 23c were 35c. At 23c were 45c Pure linen Momia Cloth Doylies, hand-drawn open work, At88c-weroJ125. Especially for center tables. Lot of Momia Cloth Scarfs, with hand drawn open work and hemstitching; for Washstands, Bnreaus, Side Boards or Table Banners, a big surplus stock, also on the center table at prices only a few removes from nothing. Lot of Marseilles Fringed Bureau Covers, pure white, unique figures, a renascence of centuries gone, the sama styles our grandparents delighted in, a little carrying back to times of old In thought. So desirable the price seems ridiculously low only 22c each, and they snrely cost three times that much to import. These are the surplus stock of an importer who went in too heavy, led by the popularity of these antique affairs. Lot of Stamped. Fringed and Hem stitched Scarfs. Also on the center bargain table. Small lot of Fancy Towels. Small lot of 5-o'clock Tea Covers,hen stitched, .very cheap at SI 25. BPECIAL SALE. FINE VELVETS, no trash, but good qualities, perfect, rich colors, good styles, plain, brocaded, striped and fig ured all-silk Velvets, all colors, Bednced to 50c a yard, Center of stores. Three special lots, also at Velvet Counter: Fancy Stripe Velvets at J2 were J10 a yard. Black Brocade Velvets at 3 were ta. Btripe Colored Velvets at II were ft andji SPECIAL SALE FINE FRENCH FLOWEKa The largest stock and handsomest col ors ever shown In this city, and way un der their usnal prices: Beautiful enough for tha handsomest costume or tha rich est parlor; cheap enough for the most ordinary purposes. Their chief quality Is their difference from the natural life. None of It in them to go oat, and they are all but everlasting. No small lots, as you see: 1,000 Bunches at 25c a bunch. 1,000 Bunches at 50c a bunch. 500 Bunches at fl a bunch. Ylolets. Popples, Grasses, Roses, Daises, Blossoms, Chrysanthemums, etc, etc All fresh, new goods, opened Satan, day and first shown to-day in our Mil linery Department: Stocktaking has nothing to do wltk this sale of Flowers. Special Sale of Ribbons. Special Sale of Ladies' Hosiery. Special Sale ot fine Dress Good Remnants, Science in Ladies' Underwear no longer cumbersome, ill-shapen things of tbe past, but perfect-fitting; daintily trimmed, comfortable and pretty and serviceable garments of the present. Best shown In our largest of all Under wear stocks most goods and lowest prices. JDS. KDRNE I CD.,- 609-621 PENN AVE. ;' P. 8. Orders by mail receive lmmedlA ate attention, " " J
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