certainty that he would never make a successful
reporter.
THE DISCOVERER.
Every dsy's events are In the morning ai an un
known ocean, upon which the reporter sets sail
like a Columbus, hoping always to discover some
new continental truth that he can lead the paper
with satisfactorily. If he finds a lew Islands that
are worth a two-line head, he blesses the lack, if
he is not wrecked in mid-voyage on the reef of a
false minor.
People do tell that which Is not true to a re
porter, without stopplngto consider the enormity
of the offense. If a man tells a false story to a re
porter of a paper that has 100,000 readers, and the
reporter believes It and passes It on to them, the
lie Is told to 100,000 people. It Is as though that
man had told 100,000 distinct and several lies, and
1 have no doubt that the infallible and final re-
Sorter of us ail the recording angel will so set It
own against him.
I have not skid anything In apologetic language,
fori do not think that the reporter needs an
apology. Jot when on the other tide of the ocean
kings are waiting to welcome a reporter, the
lamplighter of civilization through the dark con
tinent, and to hold this honor In his country.
ot when another reporter, a Fittsburg repor
ter and a member of this lress Club, has Just
made a triumphal progsess around the world.
Accomplished, in fact, what was deemed Impossi
ble In fiction.
.Mot when I know that without the facts of the
reporter to give It edge and point the editorial
weapon, even of a Watlerson, would be buta
sword of lath.
.not wnue 1 recollect tnst a rresiaem-s message
Intrusted to the honor of a reporter is never be
trayed, and that the new utradltlon Treaty,
which was concealed from him. but last week laid
hands on and published. Trust to hts honor and
he will keep faith with you. Challenge his enter
prise and he will find your secret, though you
bury it lu the ground.
All men do not love the reporter, and I am glad
of It. The (ear and hatred of bad men Is as a chap
let above his brows. It is the assurance or his
honesty to his badge of honor as a servant of
truth. If the time ever comes when all men love
the reporters it will be time to bury him: he will
have forgotten his mission, betrayed his trust and
shamed the noble fellowship of men who have
made the white cross of the I'lttsburg reporter the
decoration of a legion of honor.
PITTSBTJBG.
City Solicitor W. C. Moreland, Esq., replied
to the toast, "The City of Pittsburg." He be
gan by giving a geographical description of the
city, and briefly traced the corporate creation
and lines. He said:
In IS04 the lines of the borough of Pittsburg
were established and the borough incorporated.
In March. 1816. the city of I'lttsburg wa created
and incorporated 74 years ago. It consisted of
four wards. In March. IS37, in entire keeping
with the spirit or the Nation, the first consolida
tion took place the borough of Northern Liber
ties being added, constituting the old Fifth ward.
In 1867 and 472 the final consolidation toot place,
forming our now corporation or city. Now we
have a population orwb,000. We haveexono build
ings, many square miles of territory, 1,700 streets
zaeasnrlng in length 300 miles.
In ISM the first general school law was enacted.
In 1615 nttsburg accepted its provisions, being
first in the btate to do so The first public sibooi
was opened in that Tear, in an old building at the
corner of Uuquesue wav and Irwin street Ine
average dally attendance -n as fire pupils, in 1853
there were seven public schools, having an aver
age dallv attendance of 6.742 pupils, requiring 103
teachers, with an annual expenditure lor maln
tennceorSI,OW In 18S9 there were Co public
schools, with an average dally attendance of 40,-
000 pupils. 611 teachers, with a total valuation of
school properlv amounting to 1 2,000,000 and an
annual expenditure or S73I,ZS.
We have over 109 firms and corporations en
gaged In the coal business with a capital invest
ment of $20,000,090: the value of the product f 13,
000,000. Coke over 60 firms, canltalt,00U,000.an
nual product i 000,000. Ulast furnaces, 10 estab
lishments, capital $5,000,000. value of annual
product 13.000.000. Thirty-three rolling mills
capital 521,000.000. annual product 131.000.000. Sev
ent'en steel mills, capital f 12, 000. C00, value ot pro
dnct '18.000,(100. Six establishments are engaged
In the business of making railroad supplies, cap
ital Invested (1.600,000, annual product
(3,500.000. Three bridge works, capital (700.
100. value or product ('.500.0UO. Thlrtv-five
machinery establishments, capital Invested S3, 000, -C00,
value of plant, (a.000,000. Hollers and tanks,
3 J establishments, capital (iOU 000, value of product,
(1.500,000. blx saw manufacturers, capital (L '-O0, 000,
value or product, (1.500. 000. Agrlcultual Imple
ments, five establishments, capital (300,000, value
of product, (300.000. Stoves, safes, etc 11 estab
lishments, capital (300.000. value ofproduct, (300.
000. blxty glasshouses, capital, (7,000,000, value
orproduct, (3,000,000.
The industries thus briefly noted represent a
capital or Investment of nearly (S3. 000. 000 and fur
nish employment to 63,000. other industries not
enumerated represent an investment Of (25,000,
000. emplo)lngatlcastSu,000. There are 45 banks,
witb an aggregate capital or (IS, 000, 000. There are
IS natural gas companies, whose capital stock will
reach (21,000,000. your incline planes, capital
slock, (330,000. There are also 115 miles of passen
ger railways, with a capital stock of (3,670,(00, and
carrying at least IS, 000, 000 people annually. We
have three electric light companies, whose capital
stock Is (5,550,000. The miscellaneous stock repre
sents an aggregate capital stock of (26,000. 000. The
insurance slocks will aggregate (3,000,000.
He then paid a beautiful compliment to the
i" ramers of the present city charter and spoke
of the safety of the city nndcr the new regime.
He said the system was a success and measured
it by the cost and expense compared with other
cities. I
He said the taxable valuation of the property of
the citv is estimated at (200,000,000. The tax rate
Is 1! mills on the dollar. The bonded indebted
ness is fixed at (15,000,000. Upon this there Is
Justly due a credit In the sinking fund and other
securities or (3,000,000, having a sum total of
bonded Indebtedness or (10,000,000. In addition
to, and as a proper credit upon this. Is the fact
that the city owns fully (12,000,000 or property in
fee simple.
JIB. WATTKESON.
The Hon. Henry Watterson. of Louisville,
Ky., who was elected an honorary member of
the dab, being the third upon whom this honor
was conferred since the organization of the
association, replied to the toast: "The Boys
Who Do the 'Work." The mention of Mr.
Watterson's name was the signal for another
outburst of applause, at which the well-known
editor was visibly affected. In bis speech,
which vt as a budget of witticisms and praise
for those who make up the details of a large
paper, he said:
i ou may not think It, but T have a claim upon
vou which you would hardly suspect. 1 am not a
I'ennsylvantan, but 1 was born on Pennsylvania
avenue. 1 begun to be one of the boys who do the
work In the good old city or Philadelphia. It was
under the shadow or Independence Hall that I ac
coutred the habits or virtue and freedom which,
since the days or Franklin, have always em
blazoned and adorned the well-regulated Penn
sylvania Journalist.
I have had a greatdeal of experience in my time.
It may be that 1 don't do quite as much work as I
oner did, but 1 have not lost my love or work, and
1 still sit up late with the bovs, for it recalls the
happy days when there was no music like the fire
alarm of to-day: the days when a dog fight was a
matter or importance, and when the first sheet or
the press, with the breath or midnight and the
dew or moraln g upon it. had a cnarm for me and
those who' worked with me.
As the shadows become dense the distance
shortens between the sanctum sanctorum in which
Jove used to sit clothed in thunder, and the city
editor's room of to-day. 1 confess unlike my
friend Mr. Welshons, my recollection does not
run back to the days of W ashlngton's administra
tion, but yet I can recall the day when the re
Sorter thought that In order to establish a repula
on for genius be must get drunk eight days in
the week In those days there was one great
editor, one great reporter and one great pair of
legs.
There is an incident which always comes to my
mind, when I glance back over the history of
newspaperdom, regarding the conduct or two or
my old lriends who were placed In a most peculiar
Jiosltlon. There were two great Journals, the edl
ors or which were continually carrying on a bat
tle with each other through the editorial columns
orthelr respective Journals. There were two fel
lows who were the river editors ot the two dallies,
who had a decided love for the editor over them,
and the fight found Its way into the river column
each morning One of the fellows lost his Job
some time afterward, but bis enemy ol the opposi
tion still continued to pour hot shot Into his rival
until after a week had passed, and the retired
river edltsr became desperate and wrote to his
antagonist as follows: "My dear Bays, I hope
you will desist your attacks upon me, aj I am now
without an organ. "
We don't do our work that way nowadays.
.Nothing has progressed more In the last SO years
than the art of newspaper reporting. 1 believe
we have better reasons to-night for believing the
prophesy which 1 made years ago, that the day of
fiction had passed away and that the Dickens, the
Tuackerays and McCauleys will be those who will
chronicle the events of the day In the morning
newspapers In the future.
I can safel) say that there is less of the spirit of
calumny among the active young fellows in the
city editor's room than there is among any other
profession lu the world. It is rare indeed when
we find the young man in the editor's room writ
ing an article for malice.
If the wish of that class of people who are but
chronic objectors to all that progresses was to be
realized, and the publication of the newspapers
was to be delayed for one week. It would be as
great a calamity as the shutting off of the gas or
the electric light themselves.
I 'I have always sympathized with the boys who do
the work since It became my duty to supervise
that work. I have always given them the benefit
of all doubts, because, as we all know, they are
the most willing of all young men to r'celve in
structions and carry them out. I have always en
couraged the boys. II they do not do right the
first time 1 vepeat the lesson, and they always sub
mit with a humility becoming the arrbltious, and
rarely If ever fall to succeed.
Our duty to-day Is to put cur profession as much
higher aa it is possible to make, and when I say
this I do not Intend to deliver a schoolmaster
lecture, but express the true sentiment or all who
desire to elevate the newspaper profession of the
present day.
We have great powers. Let us use them with
moderation. Let us respect ourselves and we will
be respected. iet us nooor our proiession and we
will be honored by It.
ruoGEESs iir jouenalism.
Me. Chahmiax o adequate response to this
toast can be made In 10 or 15 minutes. What can
be said, therefore, must be merely suggestive of
a few points rather than exhaustive of any.
In the first instance, then, the progress of the
press of Pittsburg has the dual character of being
In a great measure the reflection and In no small
rneasurV one of the causes of the magnificent
progress or the city Itself. Pittsburg newspapers
have never lagged behind the community. It Is
not due alone to those who are gathered hereto
night to recognize this fact, but any review, how
ever brief, would be unworthy If it failed in con
spicuous tribute to their predecessors the earlier
pressmen of Pittsburg, who labored amidst the
difficulties unknown to-day, and who, by their
intelligent enterprise and versatile industry,
marked out the lines upon which the later devel
opment of our local lournals has proceeded.
In estimating progress we must consider the en
vironment and conditions or the former times.
Twenty years ago there were as many newspapers
In Pittsburg as there are to-day; but their clrcn
tlon was not one-fifth what It now is. About 10,
rjo copies was the greatest number then printed by
any one paper; and an occasional affidavit was
even thus early needful to sustain the faith ortho
public in those modest figures. low the com
bined circulation or the Pittsburg papers, En
glish and Herman, exceeds 200,000 copies
every day-and the services of three ex
perienced affidavit-makers are constantly re
quired to get the public to believe It.
Whatever the exigencies of the occasion, it
is comforting to know that the newspapers are
equal to them, and that there Is not the slightest
danger or their claims to Increased circulation
ever dropping or stopping, so long as a single
unexpended cipher in the Arabic system of nota
tion remains. Hut more significant is the en
largement or the territory in which the Pittsburg
papers are read. In the old days the city was the
field, with a scattering supply to county seats.
ow the Pittsburg papers go every morn
ing and evening in packages ranging from
100 to 1,100 to every town and hamlet
within 100 miles. They have taken almost sol
possession of Western Pennsylvania, Eastern
Ohio, West Virginia and onhern Marylana.
Day in and day out they preach the common in
terests ot Pittsburg and or this whole vast, popu
lous and prosperous region. They make the people
in all lines or business familiar with the names
and indncements of our merchants and manu
facturers. They are a force whose eflectlveness
cannot be overestimated In bringing to our home
market that splendid trade which has already
raised Pittsburg to the sixth place In point of
business among the cities of the United States.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
But It is in the methods and machinery for the
making of the newspaper that the most astonish
ing changes have occurred. In the old days the
Associated Press was the sole source of news from
abroad and that a meager one. Now special
telegraph wires go into every Pittsburg news
paper office; and their special correspondents
glean tbe whole globe for whatever may interest.
Instruct or profitably entertain. In the old days
the local staffs or all the papers combined scarce
numbered ten writers; certainly not a score. Now
the Press Club has a membership ot nearly ICO.
In the old time the reporter, ir not expected, like
Puck, to girdle the earth In 40 minutes or. like
Nellie Bly. In 72 days was bound to
have a simultaneous prescience of every
thing that happened in the Old City, on
the bouthslde, in Allegheny. Lawrencevllle and
the East End: and this was only to be had by vig
orous pedestrlanlsm, compared with which the
modern walking match is a mere gentle constitu
tional. Now we have the telephone, the news
bureau and the era or special assignments. In a
word, the local man of 20 years ago was Court and
Police Keporter. Kellgious Reporter, Political
Reporter Proof Reader. Special W nter. Sporting
Editor. Banquet Editor. City Editor, Assistant
City Editor. Managing Editor, fighting Editor.
Poet and Paragrapblst, all rolled Into one har
monious, uncommonly active, and, from the busi
ness office point of view, highly economical whole.
That Ibis Is no fancy sketch can be attested by
some old-time reporters, who have miraculously
survived. Including a few who, like Bishop Mc
Laren, subsequently took orders and rose to high
dignities in the church, and several others who
went to law, and are at this day honored and suc
cessful piactitloners at the Allegheny County
Bar. It would be superfluous to say that the more
recent sub-divlslon of work Is an Immense im
provement: for. while the workers have multi
plied, intelligence. Industry and unremitting zeal
still continue the characteristic of the reporters of
the Pittsburg press to a degree which can truth
fully be said gives them pre-eminence over the
craft or anr other city in the United Mates or
elsewhere.
THE EKAL PROGRESS.
It would be Idle here to attempt to indicate,
even in the most cursory way, the development of
Pltubnrgjournallsm In the particulars of mere
material growth, the enlargement of Its mechani
cal facilities, the extension of Its business and
other related phases of the subject. Nor Is that
specially interesting. It is after all but a second
ary feature in true progress in Journalism. The
real progress the progress alone which is worth
commending or celebrating In any public way. Is
In the quality, purpose and influence upon the
public of the contents of the newspapers. It is
progress in what is printed, rather tban how or
by whom, which does or ever can afford any ten
able ground for felicitation. Pittsburg Journal
ism has improved in this respect, lust as the com
munity Itself has broadened In the scope or its
mentalacttvltles. As science, art, new industries,
the extension or local and national commerce and
questions or grave and absorbing Interest in leg
islation, political economy, religion, literature
and philosophy havoome to claim a large inter
est from the people, so the Journals of the dav have
found a vast quantity of newer and worthier ma
terial for their columns than was accessible In
formertlmes. Much might besaldonthissnbject,
but it is endless. One proposition, however, do
serves to be stated, and that Is that it
is idle ever to expect the newspaper to
surpass transcendently and contlnuousl the limi
tations of its day and or its constituency. It can
and it generally does keep well in advance, but it
cannot run wholly ont of the sight, sympathy and
understanding of its readers. Hence It Is. that
when the conditions of a commnnlty are such that
affairs ofcolarge Import occupy tha dally life
the press Is apt to fall back undnly on the ex
ploitation or the pettv and trivial, while the con
verse is no less true that when a commnnlty grows
as that or Pittsburg has grown in material and
mental range and resources the newspapers of
that community quickly exhibit a corresponding
and commensurate improvement The petty per
sonalities, the Inconsequential incidents, which
merely fill space in a paper and often but gratify
a vagrant and unprofitable curiosltv shrink into
smaller proportions dally while the affairs which
belong to the development of the locality, of the
State and of the nation obtain the greater promi
nence which their greater importance warrants.
it may not become us to say it. but others admU
the fact, that the Pittsburg papers are equaled by
Tew in general luterest and absolutely surpassed
by none In the land. And Indirectly this Is the
highest compliment that can be paid the town.
No matter how much noisier now the clang of the
presses, or how more imposing the affidavits ot
circulation, if there had been no progress in this
particular, this toast which we are now discuss
ing would be but a barren and unseasonable
mockery.
A PEOUD STANDABD.
Finally, it is not merely in the quality of the
task to be discharged or In the facilities for dis
charging it that Pittsburg lournallsm has ad
vanced, but also In the establishment with all
classes of the public of a better understanding or
the legitimate functions of the newspaper, and of
the spirit in which these functions are exercised.
In the nature or things an atmosphere or sweet
ness and light cannot always surround the rela
tions between the press and each Individual citi
zen: but it is at least now well understood that
though the utmost enterprise is exhibited in pre
senting all such news as Is of common utility and
concern, there is equal care to avoid wanton or
offensive intrusion upon affairs which may rightly
be considered private. It also Is known that the
newspapers are in no sense a medium for the ex
pression of the mere personal or peculiar prefer
ences or resentments or the men who make them:
but that their earnest and constant aim is to look
at matters from a public standpoint; to be impar
tial and truthrul in their reports; and In their
comments to olsplav such intelligence, candor
and honesty as will command the public respect.
The press, in short, is no ambush from which the
malignant or cowardly may shoot anonymous
darts at the objects of their personal Ill-will. It
Is, on the contrary, tne open forum which is al
ways accessible lor the decent and orderly and re
sponsible discussion of every question which occu
pies the public mind or affects the public Inter
ests. Such we are proud to think, is the standard of
the Pittsburg Press Club. May it be a club which
shill swing always for the right and ever in the
direction of the highest and best sort of 'Progress
In Journalism."
THE LADIES.
Percy F. Smith responded to the toast "The
Ladies." His address was a beautiful eulogy
ot the fair sex and he referred in a feeling
manner to the lady members of the dab. He
hoped that the next banquet would see them
present at the festive board where tbey bad
a right to be alongside their wothers. He said:
Woman was a sweeter radiance than the stars:
her sphere was boundless; the name of woman
thrilled the very soul of man with ecstasies of
pleasure, for It instantly connects the thoughts
with the endearing words mother, sister, wife,
daughter the brightest stars that glimmer and
shine, the most precious treasures men possess.
Woman made tne home beautiful, her presence
made love and good cheer the everyday guest at
the family table: she wrote her name In kindness,
lore and mercy on the hearts of thousands she
came In contact with. They will never be forgot
ten. Their name, their deeds will be as legible on
the hearts they leave behind as the stars In
heaven. A sweeter radiance because their lives
are as pnre as fresh snowfields, where there foot
steps leave marks but not a stain.
THE VETERANS.
Major E. A. Montooth spoke on "The Vet
erans." He recounted the many heroic deeds
of tbe brave men who fought, bled and died
for their country. He said they set an ex
ample to the youth of the country who, be
thought, would show themselves to be as
worthy as their fathers, should they have oc
casion to do so. He also paid a high tribute to
the Confederate veterans whose eyes, he said,
tilled with tears as they gazed upon tbe Amer
ican flag.
Hon. Thomas Ewlng, President of Common
Pleas Court, replied to tbe toast "The Bar."
He thought the press and bar should dwell in
unity on account of tbe close associations ex
isting between them. He said:
When a member of the bar feels that the press
has trenched upon his privileges, or by doing an
injustice to his client, he tries to get even Before
a Jury the lawyer accordingly goes Tor the press;
possibly in a libel suit. The.i his time has come,
and be makes the most of it. If the suit goes
againBt the press, the press gets back at tbe bar
by pu Dllshlng what they call "a condensed' 'report
of the case.
Tbe bar and the press have many things In com
mon. They have many common temptations,
many common Interests, and the mission or both
Is, to a great extent, common. The bar is as old
as civilization. Uibbons said that the laws or the
nation are the most Important part or it history.
As nations progress or retrograde, the outward
form ol the law must change Itself to circum
stances. Tbe lawyer, as an individual, has many
temptations, and must make a living ont of his
proiession. lhere be lawyers and shysters. I
know not of any corresponding distinction in the
press. No lawyer who Is an honest man must
adhere to the adage, '-Thecllent, right or wrong."
The reporter, as I heard this evening, is not able
to live without something to eat and drink. There
is a temptation to put something sensational and
not wholly true In tbe press, when It can be done
advantageously to tbe reporterand publisher. If a
paper gave It out that they had a good scandal to be
printed to-morrow, they would have to double
their edition to supply the readers with papers.
Tbe bar and the press are educators,
and as such they must be better than
the people they strive to educate. Let your
alms be high. You will soon be tbe men who are
now the proprietors. Y u will have to take charge
of the papers you now form a small part ot, and
youralmsnouldbe to promote patriotism, pre
serve the morals or the people and do what you
can to promote the prosperity of the country and
the good of mankind.
OUR MEMBERS ABROAD.
To the sentiment, "Oar Members Abroad,"
Mr. George N. McCain, of he Philadelphia
Press, responded as follows:
Mb. Pbbsidikt and Oistlemen: No mem
ber of this Press Club, no citizen ofPittsburgl
may add, can go abroad and rail to discover. If he
bean observant man, somewhere in his wander
ings in foreign lands, the Impress of Plttsbnrg
progress and prosperity. To appreciate the Im
portance ot this growing municipality In the In
dustrial economy orthe nineteenth century, spread
before your eyes a map orthe world and follow the
international lines of communication which
radiate from Pittsburg as a center to every land
beneath the sun. It Is but one index.
You will not acense me or dealing in oratorical
imagery when I say that a member abroad who
may turn his footsteps to the South will find to
day the soldiers of tbe old Confederacy turrowlng
the soil of Southern battlefields with Pittsburg
Elowshares: he will find Pittsburg steamboats
reastlng the currents ot South American rivers,
and Pittsburg axes ringing in the rorestsortne
Amazon blazing a pathway for the march or new
et him go eastward, and he will walk old Lon
don streets by night in th- glare of a Pittsburg
electric light system: he will be whirled through
monarchical Europe, across the white plains or
France and into the very shadows or the imperial
city itself, in railway ears equlnpcd with Pitts
burg airbrakes. If he enters the watch towers or
astronomy, the observatories of the great univer
sities, be will there find instruments of wonder
fully delicate construction from a modest ntts
burg workshop, by the aid of which science Is
enabled to reach through illimitable space and
touch the shining faces or the stars with her fin
gers. Let htm go westward, and as he speeds across
this continent toward the setting sun it will be
upon tracks or steel that were spun fromPittsburg
mills II' e ribbon from a conjurer's mouth: across
the Pacific, ir he follows the sun Into the dreamy
orient, he will there see a Pittsburg locomotive
sending rorth the Incense smoke ora new civiliza
tion beside the majestic shrines of old I heathen
gods, btlll to the westward he will find China
drinking san shoo out of Pittsburg classes, while
she Illumines her hovels. pagodas and palaces wim
Plttsbnrg petroleum. 1-et tbe member abroad go
northwarcf-bot I pause here, for he would search
in vkln for a I'lttsburg colonist among that scala
wag community beyond the Canadian line, the
guerdon or whose fellowship is the badge or dis
honor. If he wanders in the by-places of this
world, in any laud where language has been
Crrsiauizeu into mertimc, "- rr
rainac, whoso page. In fcrrW nPiV ??!?
.-,. i. h., .n, mT'nnftrtles or tnat
unlvsrsalpanacea, our own Incomparanie, au
sufflcient Hosteller's Bitters. .,..,
The member abroad comes home now, to wjatr
A city with an adjacent tributary territory of 3,000
square miles; a mere pencil point upon hemap
of our great national domain, but the most fav
ored spot in the variety of its "r.'aJl
upon this green earth. The wealth or its rugged
hflls is the burden of the black fleet, that go down
upon the tldeless waters to light and heat the
elites or the South : the blare or Its blast furnaces
ana coke ovens, the throb ?r its Ponderous mills
are but the torchlight and the drum beat to which
the nation Is keeping step In its march to its
mighty destiny. Pittsburg's grimy hands are
helping even now to f.shlon the navy of the
future: and it mavbo that some day Pittsburg
steel will be called upon , to w"nsUnd the shocE
or battle upon the sea. If it Is, It will ring defi
ance to a foreign foe. ....v . lltflo
The member abroad comes hack, to a little
patch of country that produces one-third or all
the rye whisky, -and headaches, on the North
American Continent, , m .
With the splendor or this success before him.
with the prodfgallty or nature here linked with
inventive genius and mechanical still In. a com
bination oflndustrlal wonders, the member wno.
returning from abroad to the scene or such tri
umphs, is not the Individual 1 have fancied, 11 he
cannot exclaim with Bishop Coxe that:
"We are living, we are dwelling
In a grand and awful time;
In an age on ages telling;
To be living Is sublime."
We are Plttsburgers. one and all, for the time
being, around this board to-night. I speak for
the members abroad to the members at home.
There arc those among you. doubtless, the span
or whose years may stretch but a little way be
yond the border of this closing century: the
measure or whose nserulness may reach its cul
mination in a noble life that will mark a standard
for other men in other years. To you who have
held the mirror ora Just and unfaltering crltlclm
before the distorted visage of political crime; who
have shivered the lance or righteous condemna
tion against the brazen breastplate or
social Infamy and official corruption:
von who have helped the helpless and promoted
the prosperity of your city with ever ready pen,
who have paused In your labors Just long enough
to catch the music of the last hymn sung above
the coffin-lid or more than one co-worker weary
or the strife: to you permit me to say that In ad
dition to your other duties there still remains the
duty of welcoming back the wanderers from your
fold. For it matters not how brightly the gas
wells may flame against the sky like beacon fires
to guide their returning feet, their hearts, ir they
are true men. can only be cheered by the light or
welcome in your eyes, the pressure of your
friendly hand.
You have heard them tell or far-off climes
And the treasures grand they hold-
ormlnster walls where the warm light falls
lu mosaics of richest gold.
And your heart grows faint with weary toll
For ah, you mav not roam.
But brother: a nobler task Is j urs
To light the fires of home.
But what greetlngwlll await the member abroad
who a century hence returns to the Pittsburg of
tne future. I picture him to yon as ho goes rorth.
a man clothed with vigorous youth, endowed with
talent, enriched with hope. Inspired with restless
energy. The yean drift by and at last, gwy
haired, perchance, and alone, he seeks the scenes
of other days, the homes of hi," forefathers, th J
graves of his people. Old ties or friendship have
been severed by absence, familiar faces have
faded away forever; for him therj remain hut
a memory and a tomb. But what does he see? A
city standing here with her face lifted up to God's
sunlight, and like a young giantess guarding the
old gateway to the mighty West: a city crowned
with two centuries or splendid progress: a city
known, not as the Birmingham oi America lor 1
detest that threadbare, cockney comparison but
the one Pittsburg or the universe: peerless in her
industrial supremacy: boundlessln her resources,
infinite In the multitude or her happy homes: a
city whosj workshops are filled with a ceaseless
anthem or honest toll, and whose highways echo
to the tread ortwlcc a million feet.
Mr President, I leave my subject hetc, for the
last member abroad has come home forever.
THET COULD NOT COME.
President Keenan read a number of letters
of regret among which were the following;
NEW YORK. January 17, 1890.
My Dear Mr. Keenan:
On arriving here I immediately looked at my
engagement list, and, to my great regret, 1 find
that my services are required on a platform in
Massachusetts on the 29th of this month. Noth
ing, 1 assure you, would have given me more
pleasure tban to revisit Pittsburg under such
pleasant circumstances. 1 hope 1 shall be able to
see more of Pittsburg before 1 return to Europe.
I have carried with me a most charming impres
sion of its glorious situation, of Its wonderful
activity and of the delightfnl people I met In It.
And I must again, my dear sir, thank you for
your kind attention. Very sincerely,
' MAX O'KILL.
SCX OFTICX, NEW YORK, January 13, 1890.
Deaii Sin: I have refrained as long as possible
from answering your kind invitation to be pres
ent at tne annual ainner oi uie xruisuurg jrrc
Club, on tbe 29th Inst.. In the hope that it might
be practicable for me to be with you at that time.
Hut I find that it Is quite out of my power, and I
pray you to believe that I say this with extreme
regret. Yours sincerely,
K A. XJJLNAt
New York. January 12, 1890.
Dear Sir-I am sincerely obliged by the invita
tion to the third annual dinner of the Press Club
on Wednesday, January 29, and I regret extremely
that I am unable to accept It. But I beg to salute
my brethren in the most fraternal spirit and to
wish that I might Join them in celebrating the
power ol the press and In considering its respon-
slbllltles. I was a little startled tbe other day
when a friend said to me that he should certainly
believe something which he mentioned if he had
not seen it in a newspaper, and he repeated Hor
ace Walpole's sneer. "P.ead me anything but his
tory, fori know that is a lie." What could be
havemeantr My only consolation was in reflect
ing that probably he was not familiar with the
pressor Pittsburg or of New York. Whatever
may be truly said of individual offenses, I am very
sure that the American press Is tbe most truly
popular conservative force in the country, and
that it has fully Justified Its right to tbelreedoux
which It won In this city in the nameot John
Peter Zenger, 150 years ago. W lth every good
wish for the prosperity of your club, 1 am, very
truly yours. georok Will iam Curtis.
Other letters were read from Andrew Carnegie,
William Henry Smith, fjongressman Amos J.
Cummlngs. Congressman John Dalzell, Chauncey
M.Depew, George W.Childs,PhiladelDhla -Ledger;
Senator D. J. Cameron. Colonel T.M. Bayne, J.
W. Scott, of the Chicago Herald; Bishon Phelan,
Rev. George T. Purves, Paul Hacke, U. B. Shea,
W. W. O'Nell, H. C. Frick, George Westing
house. E. Holbrook, of the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie Railroad: George A. Berry, Mrs. E. A.
Wade, JustlceSterrett. ot the Supreme Court: B.
F. Jones and James P. Anderson, of tbe Alle
gheny Valley Railroad.
As the gnests arose Mr. Eugene M. O'Neill
offered a motion thanking President Keenan
for tbe able manner in which he bad presided.
It was adopted, and the third annual dinner
was over.
Tbeir Sixteenth Anniversary
One of the most pleasant reunions ever
held in the city was the celebration of the
sixteenth anniversary of the wedding of
William G. to Mary J. Miller, held last
night at No. 28 Federal street. The Maj'or
Montooth Band serenaded the house on the
occasion and gave several very fine instru
mental selections, while after the band en
tered the house the solos and concerted
pieces played were both applauded and ap
preciated by the guests present, which in
cluded a large number of tbe representative
people of the city, both in business and
official circles. H. Grant Miller acted as
master of ceremonies.
Tbe Insurance Kan Out.
Alex Badcliffe's store on Forbes avenue,
in Oakland, was burned Tuesday night, and
with it the paraphernalia of several lodges
who used the upper floor. Insurance on the
building expired January 1, and was not
renewed! The total loss is estimated at
$3,500. It was supposed to be the work of
an incendiary.
The Snow Blockade Bailed.
A telegram received at the agency of the
Union Pacifio Eailroad yesterday states
that the inow blockade has been removed,
and that trains are running regularly for all
points on the Pacifio Coast.
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
EEADY TO BE OPENED.
Arrangements for the Dedication of
the Carnegie Library.
IT WILL BE A BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
President Harrison Will Deliver the Dedi
catory Address.
AN EXH1BITI0K OP HIGH-CLASS AET
James B. Scott returned from Washidgtou
yesterday- morning, where he had been mak
ing arrangements for the opening of the new
Carnegie Library in Allegheny. He stated
last night that President Harrison, Secretary
E. W. Halford, Governor Beaver, Hon.
Thomas M. Bayne -and Hon. John H. Dal
zell will be present on the evening of Feb
ruary 13, when the library is to be formally
opened and transferred to the city.
The buildings will be open for public in
spections on Tuesday and "Wednesday,
February 11 and 12, from 1 to 10 P. M. each
day. On those days the general public will
be given the liberty of the property, but on
Thursday evening, when the ceremonies
take place, tickets will be issued limited in
number to the capacity of the hall and only
those holding tickets will be admitted. Jnst
who will be iavored with these tickets has
not yet been decided, but it is more than
probable that they will be issued to city
officials, members oi Councils, tbe Board of
School Control, ministers and other repre
sentative citizens, together with their wives.
Of course, ii there was any attempt to give
out tickets indiscriminately there would be
such a rush for tickets that half of the ap
plicants could not be accommodated. An
effort will be made to adopt some plan by
which any rush will be avoided.
GIYHTQ TJP THE KEY.
The programme will be completed within
a day or two. Mr. Carnegie will himself
make the lormal delivery of the key oi the
building to a representative of the city.
President Harrison will make the dedicatory
remarks. The Mozart Club will open the
exercises with a chorus, likely "America,"
or some other patriotic air, in which the en
tire audience will be invited to join. Short
speeches will also be made by Governor
Beaver and Messrs. Halford, Bayne and
Dalzell.
The most noteworthy feature in connection
with the opening of the library will be the
art loan exhibit, under the care of a commit
tee of local artists, with Joseph K. Wood
well as chairman. The exhibit will include
the highest class work, loaned by wealthy
art patrons of Pittsburg and Allegheny. The
collection will include pictures worth $ 8,000
and $10,000 apiece, and the aggregate value
of the entire exhibit will be about 160,000.
Some of the best works of American and
European artists will be included in the ex
hibit,and it is said that it will be the largest
collection of high class pictures ever seen in
Pittsburg. Lovers of fine art will be given
a rare treat.
The high board fence which surrounded
the library during the course of erection was
torn away yesterday, leaving the great store
house of knowledge to stand out in bold re
lief. Preparations will be commenced at
once to put the building in readiness. The
entrances to the art gallery and the stage in
the music hall will be decorated with plants
and flowers from the Phipps greenhouse.
Boxes will be erected at either side of the
stage for President Harrison and the other
guests to occupy during the first part of the
'ceremonies which will be mostly music.
WILL K0T REMONSTRATE.
That Allegheny Meeting to Protest Agnlnst
Electric Motors.
The meeting to protest against the pro
posed electric motor on the P. A. & M.
Line, took place, as announced, at the
Fifth Ward school honse last evening. A
number of the most prominent citizens of
the jTorthside were present, and a spirited
discussion of the resolutions of remonstrance
as presented, took place. A number of the
railway officials and friends were present,
andforatimp the debate was rather warm.
Commodore Kountz, Colonel W. D. Moore
and John H. Dalzell took sides with the
company. The first named declared, that
sooner than accept the ordinance as first
f presented by Councils, he would run the
ine with horse power until doomsday.
Colonel W. D. Moore intimated that he
could quote the best authorities of England
in support of electric motors. Mr. William
Jarvis declared that Colonel Moore was
wrong, inasmuch as there was not a single
electric road in either England or Scotland.
After further discussion, the resolution of
Mr. Kountz, giving the company the right
to usp any power used by any other com
pany in this city, was almostlunanimonsly
adopted. The meeting then adjourned.
OPENING DP BUSINESS.
Candidate Gonrley Makes an Address to the
Execntlve Committee.
The Bepublican Executive City Commit
tee met last night in Select Conncil cham
ber, and was called to order by William
Fllnn. BobertE. Mercer was chosen Chair
man and Bobert E. Warren Vice President.
Judge John Gripp was chosen as Secretary,
and the following Finance Committee picked
out : W. Flinn, J. O. Brown, C. L. Magee,
Bobert Pitcairn, E. C. Elliott, Alexander
J& McCandless, James S. McKean, C. H.
Donnellv and Thomas A. Gillespie.
With the exception of next Saturday, the
committee will meet on every Saturday
afternoon until the close of the campaign.
After this it was observed that the Bepubli
can candidate for Mayor, H. I. Gourley, was
present, and he was asked to express a few
opinions, which he cheerfully agreed to do.
His ease of delivery was in contrast with his
restrained style when he spoke in the con
vention which nominated him. He ex
pressed himself in favor of an honest city
government and the best interests of Pitts
burg as a Bepublican city.
The Postofflce Transfer.
The formal transfer of Ihe postoffice to the
new postmaster, will be made to-morrow
night at midnight Inspectors Griggs and
Moore, who have been assigned the duty of
assisting at the transfer, arrived yesterday.,.
Preparations are now being made to turn
over the office.
Burglars on Spring; Hill.
Burglars entered the residence of H. W.
Hespenheide, on Spring Hill, Beserve
township, Nortbside, the other night, and
got away with silver plate and other valu
ables to the amount oi $2,000.
A Man Mysteriously Wonnded.
Thomas Manning was found in an uncon
scious condition in a sewer on Forty-eighth
street, yesterday. How he received his in
juries is not known. His recovery is con
sidered doubtful.
Scholastic
Eev. P. Mesny, Eector of Trinity Hall
Military Academy, will be at the Anderson
Hotel, Pittsburg, between the hours of 10 a.
m. and 4 P. M., on Friday, 31st inst., to meet
parents desirous of obtaining information
concerning the school, etc., for the ensuing
term.
Tbe Blasreat Bale of All Begins This Morning-.
Stock taking done. Bemnants, short
lengths and single patterns of every grade
and style, of silks and dress goods at the
most extraordinary prices. Must go this
week. Jos. House & Co.'a
Penn Avenue Stores.
Blatb's Pills Great English gout amt
rheumitio remedy. Sure, prompt and effect
ive. A druggists'. visa
THURSDAY, JANUARY
A PAIR VOTE TAKEN.
Bow Ihe Local Preabytery Passed Upon
- Revision Statement by Kev. Dr. Purvis
Another Authority Say the Laymen
Are the Changer.
It having been asserted within a dayflor
two that the vote in the Pittsburg Presby
tery against revision, at their meeting in
September last, was in some respects un
fair, and that "snap judgment was taken at
a time favorable to the anti-revisionists," a
Dispatch reporter called on the Eev. Dr.
George T. Pnrvis yesterday with a view of
getting at the true inwardness of the mat
ter. The reverend gentleman was found at
home, and gave the following statement:
"In the first place, there was no snap
judgment taken. The subject of revision
came up at the regular meeting of presby
tery in September, under the report of the
committee on minutes ot the assembly.
That report was presented in the alternoon
and presbytery, by special vote, made the
consideration of the overture in revision the
first order of the evening session. The meet
ing of presbytery was well attended; the
discussion was deliberate and lull oppor
tunity offered every one to take part. Some
one proposed to defer action till next day,
but it was concluded that a larger nnmher
were present than could be gotten together
at another time. If a few happened to be
absent who would have liked to have taken
part in the discussion, they have no ground
for complaint. That this is the true account
of the matter is proved by the fact that at
the next meeting, in December, a proposi
tion to consider the previous action was
voted down by a large majority.
"Secondly, the resolutions adopted were
not gotten up by myself in conference with
the principal theological pro'essors. They
were absolutely and entirely a product of
my own brain, and were written after con
lerence with no one.
"Thirdly, the object of bringing the over
ture up at the September meeting was not
to avoid discussion, but because it was felt
that the opposition to revision was so over
whelming in the presbytery that it would
be well to register our vote at once and so
do what we could to influence other pres
byteries." A Presbyterian elder, who was a delegate
to the recent assembly, said yesterday that
the feeling among the more progressive
Presbyterians in Pittsburg was strongly in
favor of revision. There was strong indig
nation at the actions ot those who brought
up the subject of revision at the evening
seision- He said that it was done so quietly
that many knew nothing about .such an
action, and came home to Pittsburg. There
was talk of attempting to have it reconsid
ered, but that was given up, as it was evi
dent that the revisionist delegates were a
minority in the assembly. However, they
propose to agitate the question until the re
vision is accomplished, whether this year or
in the future.
He further said that there were many in
the church who were for revision, but does
not speak out. Tbe revisionists are at a
disadvantage, as were it known that they
have such convictions, they have no chance
at all of being chosen delegates to an assem
bly meeting and cannot lend their in
fluence. He said that the feeling for re
vision was more particularly among the
laymen.
Opened a Boarder's Letter.
Maurice Galbarg, charged with opening
and retaining a letter addressed to another
man named Joseph Greenwalt, was given a
hearing yesterday before United States
Commissioner McCandless. Galbarg, who
is a Bussian, keeps a boarding house on
Fifth avenue. Greenwalt once boarded with
him, but left the house after quarrel. The
letter to him was sent in care of Galbarg,
who, it is claimed, destroyed it. The de
fendant was held in 300 bail for trial in the
United States Conrt.
Chinese Gordon's Classmate.
The celebrated Dr. Bernard Bigsby, of
Oxford, England, a former classmate of the
late General "Chinese" Gordon, lectured be
fore the students of the Curry University
yesterday afternoon. He said Gordon was
foully murdered by Gladstone and others of
the British Government Part of Dr.
Bigsby's address was of a humorous charac
ter. Allegheny Building Inspector.
The Allegheny Ordinance Committee
agreed to an ordinance creating the position
of building inspector, the salary not to ex
ceed 1,500, and the appointee to have had
an experience of ten years as a carpenter.
The clerk was instructed to draft a resolu
tion governing the character of buildings to
be hereafter erected.
Struck a Telegraph Polo.
C. JacEson, a fireman on a shiftingengine
on the Fort Wayne road, was seriously in
jured yesterday. While looking out of the
window of the cab his head struck a tele
graph pole. His nose was broken and his
head was severely bruised. Jackson was
taken to his home, No. 89 West Jefferson
street, Allegheny.
A Fatal Case or Grip.
Another fatal case of grip has occurred.
Mrs. Catherine Bucher, of tbe Southside, 57
years of age, died of that disease yesterday.
She has been a resident of the Southside for
30 years. The funeral will take place from
St. Michael's Church to-morrow morning.
Alderman Foley Accused.
S. B. Collins yesterday had a warrant
taken out for the arrest of Alderman John
Foley, of Allegheny. He is charged witn
embezzling $238 50, which he has collected.
Alderman McMasters issued the warrant.
Allegheny' Proclamation Ready.
Clerk Hunneshagen, of the Allegheny
Mayor's office, completed the proclamation
for the coming election yesterday. It will
be published on Saturday next.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Wbo Travel, Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
Charles O. Scull, the well-known gen
eral passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, arrived in tbe city yesterday morning
to attend tbe banquet of the Pittsburg Press
Club. He said the heavy travel still continues
on tbe Baltimore and Ohio and the outlook for
an unusually beavy season is promising. In re
gard to tbe recent purchase of tbe Valley road,
be said it would be of great benefit to Pitts
burg, especially on freizlit business. Mr. Scull
will leave for Baltimore this morning.
Frank S. Young, Contracting Agent of
tbe Lake Shore and Michlcin Southern road
has resigned his position to accept a better
place with tbe Chicago, Bt. Paul and Kansas
City, with headquarters in Pittsburg. He will
be succeeded by A. W. Bosd, ot tho Lake
Shore office. Both gentlemen are young men
in the business and are keeping up witb the
bead of tbe procession in railroad circles.
Mr. E. D. Dithridge, the glass manu
facturer of Sew Brighton, Pa., was in town
yesterday. In reference to the report that his
plant was to be removed, be said that noth
ing definite was done in tbe matter as yet.
Tbey have no special location in view, but it a
favorable chance presents itself they will ac
cept it
John H. Waugh, a ranchman of James
town, N. Dak., was at the Hotel Anderson yes
terday on his way to Washington on business.
He is a former native of Greenville, Pa., and
has been living on the plains for tbe past six
years.
John H. McAdoo, Commercial Agent
of the St Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba
road, in this city, returned yesterday from a
two weeks' pleasure trip through Colorado.
Auditor McCulloch, of the Westing
bouse Company, left tbe city last night on tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad for New York, on busi
ness of a private nature.
L, McCarren, of Washington, D. 0.,
attorney at law, passed through this city last
night on bis way borne from the 'West
John Thomas, Superintendent of the
Cleveland and Plttsbnrg road, at Cleveland,
was in tbe city yesterday.
J. A. B. Beed, General Traveling
Agent of the Union pacifio Railroad, is in the
city.
30, '1890.
THE ANNUAL MEETING
Woman's Christian Association Wind
Up Another Year's Work.
TflEIE NOBLE WOBK AMONG WOMEN
Hindered by a Falling Off in Receipts
and Increased Expenses.
AN EARNEST APPEAL HADE FOR FUNDS
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Christian Association will be held at 10
o'clock this morning, in theY. M. C. A.
Building. Eev. George Hodges, rector of
the Calvary Episcopal Church, in the East
End, will deliver an address, and the regu
lar election of officers will take place.
The meeting will be presided over by
Mrs. Felix Brunot, who, as President of the
association, has held the chair for 21 annual
meetings. Beports will be read from the
varions secretaries of all the branches, and
a beautifully written summaiy of all will
be read by Miss Sterling, the secretary of
the mother association, from which the fol
lowing extracts are taken:
"District and jail visiting being the first
work undertaken, brought to our notice
many cases needing shelter and protection
of a home, where weary and tempted women
might rest and be saved. The result was the
founding of a temporary home for destitute
women, now located at No. 929 Penn ave
nue, and whose object is to shelter aud pro
tect homeless, friendless and destitute
women until they can find employment
or gain assistance'in searching for friends.
WOBK OF THE TEAK.
"During the past year 361 persons, includ
ing 60 children, have been admitted and
cared for as their several cases demanded.
"In the Aeed Protestant Women's Home,
located at Wilkinsburg, there are 60 in
mates, 11 or them having been admitted
during the past year.
"The object of the Woman's Union Mis
sionary Society is stated to be to gather
funds from little bands in asylums and
neighborhoods to send over the sea to train
native girls to become Christian teachers.
The Torch Bearers' Bana in Lawrenceville
supports a young girl in Yokohama, Japan,
also the Bidge Avenue Orphan Asylum
one in the same place. The Calcutta Or
phanage receives support from the Katie
Ondry band. As a result of the total
labors of this year 5329 have
been forwarded to the above named places.
The Christian Home for Women, in Alle-
gheny, a home for repentant, fallen women,
ad its beginning 18 years ago. An annual
average ot 20 nnfortunate girls, with their
nameless babes, have been cared for, when
all other refuge has been denied them.
During the past year 30 girls and 26 chil
dren have been admitted, three have been
restored to their parents and the others have
secured employment in good homes."
Notes from'various letters received from
former inmates are included in the report
which testify to the phenomenal good ac
complished in this Home.
CALL FOB HELP.
The report says: "A slight falling off in
receipts and an increased expense in the re
formatory department this year have re
duced our bank account to a sum less than
$100. Our front wall is falling down, and
must be replaced by a new one. To our
friends of former days we say, please hand
in your cheques, and to any new contribu
tors we will say, thank you."
The Xoung Woman's Christian Associa
tion of East Liberty, now in its fifteenth
year, comprises a band of young women who
organized for the purpose of spiritual self
cnlture and missionary effort. They em
ploy a paid missionary, and have an indus
trial school averaging 157 pupils.
During the past year the managers of the
Home for Colored Children have decided
not to receive any who have father or
mother living, or any means of support
from friends, as in caring for such the ones
needing were necessarily excluded on ac
count of want of room.
Sixty-eight is the number of children who
have been received during the past year.
An earnest appeal is made in the report for
funds with which to make some needed im
provements in the Home for little colored
waifs.
Klcben' Music Honse Lends Them All.
It is conceded that the bulk of pianos aud
organs sold in this city and neighborhood
come from the old and ponular house of H.
KlebeY & Bro., 506 Wood street They have
"handled" all the best instruments made in
this country and Europe, but they sell only
the choicest of them all, leaving it to all the
other music dealers to "handle" away at the
inferior, worthless ones. What can compare
with the matchless Steinway, the superb
Conover or the popular Opera and Gabler
pianos? or the great Bnrdett organs, the dust
and mouse-proof EarhufF organs, or the
matchless new Vocalion church organ,
which, while only costing $800, is fully equal
in power and variety to a $2,500 pipe organ,
and will cost absolutely nothing for keeping
it in good tune for many years, while every
pipe organ must be tnned once every year at
least at an expense of upward of $100.
Messrs. Kleber & Bro. are the pioneer music
dealers of Pittsburg, and their good name
for strictlv honest and honorable dealings
attracts the big majority of buyers to their
store, 506 Wood street
Whoever Heard
Of good cassimere overcoats, with velvet col
lar and satine sleeve lining, selling for the
ridiculous low price of $5. We are offering
this big bargain, but only for a few days.
Heavy ulsters, with big collars and cloth
lining at the same price $5 for those who
prefer them. P. C C. C,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., oppthe new
Court House.
Final Sale of Silks and Dress Goods
From this morning to Saturday evening.
Come early for choice. Such prices never
before heard of. Jos. Hokne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Extba bargains in plnsh sacaues and
jackets; marked down to half price. All
cloth newmarkets and jackets below half of
December prices. Bosenbatjm & Co.
Stock-Taking Over Now In Dress Goods.
To-day we begin the greatest sale ot rem
nants, short-lengths and single patterns ever
heard of. Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Yotr will be well pleased if you make use
of the Iron City Brewing Co.'s ale and beer.
Competent judges prononnce them the lead
ing brews. All dealers keep them.
Final Sale of Silks and Dress Goods
From this morning to Saturday evening
Come early for choice. Such prices never
before heard of. Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Cabinet photos $1 per dozen, prompt de
livery. Crayons, etc., at low prices.
Lies' Gallebt,
tisu 10 and 12 Sixth st
B.&B.
Bead disnlay ad. this
ritirtar Hnmfc
promptly,
Prices that mean business.
Booos & Buhl.
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.
The use of Angostura Bitters excites the
appetite and keeps the digestive organs in
order.
Hendbicks & Co., Photographers, 68
Federal st, Allegheny, have reduced their
fine work for a short time only. Bring the
children. Don't mils this great reduction
la photographs.
IN HONOR OF TOM PAINE.
Secnlar Society's Enjoyable Programme,
Witb Mnslc and Dancing;.
The annual meeting or "Paine celebra
tion" of the Pittsburg Secnlar Society was
held last night at Lafayette Hall, and
though the absence of Hugh O. Pentecost,
of New York, who was to have delivered
the address of the evening, interfered with
the original programme, another was ar
ranged which proved most enjoyable. Mrs.
Helen Stuart Bichmgs was introduced, and
paid a handsome tribute to Tom Paine, in
which she said among other things, "When
compared with other great men Paine is as
the sun to the stars. He cleared away the
darkness of Buperstitionand replaced it with
the light of reason and truth. To his credit
must be placed the true manhood and wom
anhood of the free-thinkers of America."
The exercises were conducted by Mr. Henry
Hoover, President of the society. The
evening's entertainment wound up with a
dance.
ALLEGHENY POLITICS.
Complex State of Affairs In the Mayoralty
nnd Senatorial Contests.
The complications in Allegheny politics
are so nnmerous and involved that but few
conclusions can be reached. None of the
mayoralty candidates or their principal
supporters will declare themselves on the
legislative fight, as doing so might involve
their own defeat Ex-Mayor James G.
Wyman has been very ill for some two
weeks and closely confined to his room,
bnt expects to get out and to work to-morrow.
The friends of John Neeb predict that he
will carry 75 per cent of the delegates to the
senatorial convention, while the adherents
of James S. Bntan say that his delegates
were settled before his recent European
trip. Mr. Speer also remains sanguine as
to his prospects, while Mr. Harbison still
claims a strong support
PRAYER FOR COLLEGES.
Services nt Carry Voterdnv and at Western
University ThU Morning.
At Curry University, yesterday, services
appropriate to the "Day of Prayer for Col
leges" were held from 9 to 11:30 a. m. Eev.
Mr. Eoehne gave a vocal solo, and Mr.
Andrew S. Miller and President Williams
delivered an address. Bt. Bev. Bishop
Whitehead and Dr. Felton were unavoid
ably absent.
Similar services will be held to-day at
11 A. M. in the Western University.
Bishop Whitehead and Bev. Drs. M. B.
Biddle. W. J. Holland, B. F. Woodburn.
Charles A. Holmes, T. J. Leak and several
others will take part Many pleasing feat
ures are arranged for the'occasion. Cars
leave the postoffice and go direct to the
university. Only one fare will be charged.
Jnst a Cbnnee for Life.
Charles Berger, who was struck by a loco
motive and fonnd in the Sonth Twenty
sixth street tunnel on Tuesday is still in a
critical condition and little hope for his re
covery is entertained. The theory of as
sault has been disDroved by his own state
ment, in a brief interval of consciousness.
Fractured Ills Shall.
Lawrence Manning, of Forty-sixth street,
fell into an excavation yesterday morning
and fractured his skull. He was removed
in an unconscious state to tbe West Penn
Hospital, where his injury was pronounced
very serious.
LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED.
Incidents of a Day in Two Cities Condensed
for Ready Reading.
West View Council No. 38, Independent
Sovereigns of Industry, will bold a select re
ception at Cyclorama Hall, Allegheny, this
evening. The Royals will furnish the music
and a large attendance is expected. West
View is the council to which James H. Brown,
candidate for Grand President, belongs.
At tbe organization vt the Flinn Club last
night William Thompson was elected President.
On motion of Colonel Smothers, tbe organiza
tion indorsed William Fllnn for State Senator
and Hon. H. I. Gourley for Mayor.
A bill in equity was Hied yesterday by
Thomas Rogers against Samuel P. Savage, ask
ing for an injunction to restrain Savage from
taking possession of 47 acres ot land in South
Fayette township.
In the suit of John W. Friedman against
John F. Maeder, an action for damages for the
tearing down of a fence, a verdict was given
yesterday for $15 for the plaintiff.
In tbe suit of Josep-b A. Langfitt against
Thomas Coserave, an action on a contract, a
verdict was given yesterday tor flO for tbe
plaintiff.
THE inqae3t on tbe body of Benjamin Boyle,
found on the railroad track at Brushton Son
day night, was continued yesterday.
The suit of Bair & Gazzam against William
Hurbartl. an action on a contract, Is still on
trial before Judge Collier.
The suit of Boss Holland and wife against
J. C. DIcken, an action in ejectment, is on trial
before Judge Stowe.
Mns. Cathabine H. Muxes yesterday
sued for a divorce from Wendel Miller,aIIeging
desertion.
B. & E.
SOME JANUARY BARGAINS.
Extra grade genuine
SEAL COATS
Reduced from $125 to 5I0O.
A lot of very bandsome Jackets, large smoke
pearl buttons, Directoire Fronts, etc., marked
down from $12 to S7.
A lot of very elegant Long Garments, tailor
made, marked down from 520 to 812 50.
Eoecialgood value in
PLUSH JACKETS
Just reduced S8, ?10 and 512.
A large range and choice in plain, fancy and
vest front Jackets all reduced to H, 15 and 17.
Boys Flannel Waists just received, 4 to 13
years, at Jl.
3,650 yards extra grade and width
SCOTCH GINGHAMS
In choice new goods just received and on sale
AT 25c A YARD.
New Sateens, Seersuckers, Ginghams, and
other choice wash fabrics just received and on
saleat!2c.
KID GLOVES
Reduced to 25c per pair, only in sizes 6,
7.7&7X.8.
KID GLOVES
In Jl grade reduced to 50c. only in sizes 0,
At 75c, special value in 5-hooc and 4-button
Kid Gloves.
At tl 50, reduced from $2, entire line of sizes
in best grade Suede Mousquetaire Gloves, in
black and full line colors.
Special prices for January on Hutchinson,
Pierce dc Co. Star Waists. Lots marked from
tl 40 to II. .Lots marked from SI down to 75c
BIBER & EASTON,
505 and 507 MARKET STREET.
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THE OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Tbe President of tbe Irfike Erie Saya They
Have tbe Bellevernon.
A circular was issued from the office of
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Com
pany yesterday.andsigned by President New
ell, to the effect that the company will, from
and after January 28,operatetbeBelIevernoa
and McKleesport road in connection with
tbe Pittsburg', McKeesport and Youghio
gheny. It could not be learned yesterday what
would be done with the officers of the Mo
Keesport and Bellevernon. There is no
necessity for their services, as President
Newell's circular says: "Tbe duties of the
general officers of this company will be ex
tended over the McKeesport and Bellever
non Railroad, and their orders will be re
spected accordingly."
It Will be Electric Too.
It has now been decided that the sew
Southside railway is not to be a cable road.
The contract has been let to the Thomson
Houston Company to furnish electricity,
and the work of putting in the plant will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
PrrrSBuno, Thursday, January SO, 1SW,
SUCCESS ECLIPSED.
THE second day of January saw
the inauguration of the most won-
derful "January Clearance SUes" of
our experience. Ihey proved tbe
most successful. Dovetailed anil
sandwiched in were "Opening Sales"
of Ginghams of Ratines, of India
Silks, of Ladies' Musim Underwear,
"f Embroideries andor Dress Goods;......
all newgoods:biglotsalloftfaem;the
advance guard of spring; and all
rbese sales have made a January
.....business long to be remembered.
Now, eclipsing all for buyers' profit,
and for bringing ont the people in
masses are
THE STOCK-TAKING SALES. '.'."'.'.
ine anal, the wind-up. the goodby.
sale of the year. So much that can't
be announced in the papers: and ir
you wait until your neighbor brings
.the news you may miss a bargain in......
Just what you are needing. Come
.to the stores every day when possible.......
DRESS GOODS AND SILKS
Making their bow.
'Beginning this mora
ing and for 3 days
'there will be a
sale of Hemnanls
fshort lengths and tin.
gie pauerns, oi Bilks
and Dress Goods of
everv description, of
every grade their
crime is being rem
nants, short lengths or
only single patterns,in
cluding robes. They
ask no quarters, but.
thevwill eet vonr dol.
lars. Fewer dollars,
though, for such won
derful quantities and
such wonderful quali
ties than you ever paid
out before. These coods
are not shopworn stuff3.
Such sales as these pre
vent an accumulation
ot goods. Goods a sea
son old only can't be
undesirable in style.
The styles are good and tbe goods are per
fect. You can bay a Wool Dress, and a
good one at one-half less tban one-half and
even one-tbird of former prices. This is
far below cost, and onlv a most, liberal
patronage- enables us to close dut these
elegant goods at sucb prices. Sacb re
dactions cannot be expected in smaller
stocks. You can, buy ::: SILKS s: Black
or Colored, at prices equally low. and the
same arguments for excellence apply to
them. No buyer can afford to miss this
sale to-day, to-morrow and Saturday.
THERE seems to be little more to do in the
way of reducing prices in the Cloak De
partment. From former prices to cost
then cost foil far behind In the race of
prices toward the bottom. If tbe goods
didn't go out so fast the prices might
reach zero. They are comparatively close
to that now, and the goods are going. But
more reductions have been made, and
rednctiqns have been made greater. Two
to show the trend:
LIGHT, Medium and Heavy-weight Broad
cloth, lined and unlined
::: ::: At So reduced from S2S. rs rs
FUR Trimmed Satin-lined Long Garments
z T.t At 510 reduced from S35. ::: :
Gooas with less marked reductions ara
even better values. Tbe bargain prices
in Plushei:
::- ::: S10, S12. $15, 120 and J25. n: w
Von can't go astray here. Every garment
you put your bands on tells its worth and
is a bargain to you.
BARGAIN S in fine, stvlisb Jackets: :u :
?.: ::: At $15-from 30. $35 and $40.
::: ::: - At $10 from $20 and $25.
CHILDREN'S and Misses' Cloaks and Coats:
3 and $10 ones down to $3 now. :: :n
$17 and $15 ones down to $5 now. ::: :n
$18 and $20 ones down to $10 now. ::: si
$30 ones down to $15 now. z: n: s:
THE selling of Seal Garments Is now only of
fitting customers. The people know of
and realize tbe advantages we are offering
them for buyiDg now.
BARGAINS in Children's Cap Plush:
At $1 50 orieinally were $2 5ft :::
At $2 00 originally were $3 and $3 50.
At $2 50 originally were $4 50. n:
OUR 95c Suede "Biarritz" is only shown in this
country by direct importers of Gloves. Its
excellent quality and perfection of fit are
unequaled.
MILLINERY.
Corsage Violets at 12c a bunch. :s c:
New Ribbons and Beltings to-day. s:
To-day we show you the early shapes in
Black Milan Straw Hats and Turbans in
advance of all millinery departments.
JOB. HDRNE I CD.,
600-621 PENN AVE.
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Cresson Springs later Co,, IMefl
MAIN LINE PENNA. B.B.
This Company has purchased the exclusive---;
right to sell the water ot the famous springs at
Cresson. Pa, and are ready to take orders by
mail or telephone for tbe delivery of this water
to private residence, banks, offices, hotels and
restaurants. The delivery will be made in cases
containing 13 gallons (6 two gallon glass bottles
In each case) at $1.00 per case. Parties desir
ing to use this water will pleaso send in tbeir
orders at once, that we may arrange to servo
them promptly, and when ordering please glvs
correct names and address. CRESSON
HPBINGSWArEBCO., Limited. 10 and 13
Sixth Bt, Plttsbnrg.
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Telephones DaYID SHAW dTco 1805.
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