S&' FOUR DAYS El Applicants for Licenses Hus tling lor Bonds. LETTEES TO JUDGE EWING. Chief Brown Kotified to Prepare to Give Information. TEMPERAKCE PEOPLE UKDECIDED In four more days all opportunity to file applications for liquor licenses will be over. The notes of preparation are waxing furious at the present time. Those who hare been a little dilatory in their work so far are now hustling to secure an honored place. The greatest difficulty that besets the ap plicant is that of procuring competent bonds men. The rigid laws in relation to this matter are very difficult to overcome by the majority. Many of the saloon keepers at present in the business are going bond ior each other. Of course, those already in the business are under the impression that they will have no difficulty this year. It is the one who was denied before and the new ones in the field who are in doubt TAINT BASIS FOB HOPE. Hope, however, has risen in some degree since it has been given out that Judge Ewing will preside. It is held by many that Judge Ewing is not likely to be much more lenient in the matter than his predecessor. One individual, whose business is within the Court House, goes so far as to say that Judge Ewing is likely not to increase the list. Some changes, he claims, may be made, but the total number will remain about the same. 'Squire Kennedy is of the same belief. He avers that some of those who are flying their hopes pretty high should supply themselves with something on which to drop softly. J. W. Houston was canea upon last even ing as to what course the Law and Order So ciety was likely to take in the coming hear ing. -He said: "I really do not know at present Tliere lias been no action taken in the matter so far. However. I wish you would correct the impression which has gone forth that the Law and Order people will not figure in the court since it was decided to place Judge Ewing on the bench, we would like to have it understood that we have not taken the slightest action as yet, and any one who takes upon themselves the presumption to inform the people of our business, with out first inquiring of us, may find how much they are mistaken." WHAT THE "WOMEN MAT DO. Ten ladies of the W. C. T. T7. Uo. 2 were asked last evening at the meeting in Moor head's Hall what stand the local and county unions were about to take in regard to granting licenses at the coming License Court Mrs. Grimm, Secretary of the local union, said that no arrangement had been made yet, but that she thought the system of remonstrances would De carried out xne Tear before last she said the local union had engaged its own attorney, W. M. Price, to look alter the interests of the cause in the court, but last year the county organ ization had done so, engaging B. C. Christy for the purpose, She did not think any at torney would be engaged by the local union, bu.t could not say what the county organiza tion would do until after the meeting a week from to-morrow, which would take the mat ter into consideration. Mrs. Foster, First Vice President of the local, gave a similar opinion, but added that it must not be thought the organization was retrograding. It would still fight against the liquor traffic on the pure con-partisan basis which it always did. Mrs. Poster, after the meeting, said that she was afraid the number of licenses would be increased this year. Judge Ewing has already received anony mous letters concer -.ing applicants, but will disregard them entirely. Chief Biown has been informed that he will be expected to furnish information. Mr. A. F. Bryce said last evening that his wife, who is secretary of the county union, has notices prepared to send to the .members, urging upon them to be at the 'meeting which will be held next week, and at which the License Court matter will be discussed. A committee will be appointed for the purpose of recommending a plan of procedure. AGAIh'ST AST REVISION. The Rev. Mr. Sands la Opposed to It on Gen eral Principles. Rev. James Sands held the usual services last night at the Forty-fourth street Re formed Presbyterian Church, his subject being revision. After a brief allusion to the general agitation of the question, of revision and the interest excited by it here and elsewhere Dr. Sands said: "This is a question fraught with great in terest to us, as it nearly affects our church. Ours is the same faith with the exception of a few slight changes, hence the importance to us of any change. The Westminster con fession of faith is no small affair. It has withstood the testof centuries. The greatest minds have, during ail these years, given it their adherence, and it has been bathed in the blood of its martyred supporters. "It is claimed that revision is important and necessary in order to adapt it to the present age by use of modern words. In other words it is antiquated, and needs modernizing. Again an objection is raised and revision insisted upon on the ground that God's love is not sufficiently empha sized, and that the confession does not present with sufficient fullness certain doctrines ot God, and that some statements are not founded on Scriptuial teaching. God's love finds emphasis most positively in that chapter which sets forth election by grace; in fact, every doctrinal chapter of the confession is replete with emphasis of God's love. Revision is again urged on account of the doctrine of eternal reproba tion. This doctrine seems harsh to our minds, but these are mysteries which we cannot solve. I would not object to elimi nating tbis doctrine, nor would there be any objection to the addition of a chapter, or a dozen chapters, if deemed necessary, to give lurtber emphasis to the inestimable love of God. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. BIls Etta L. Phillips, of This City, Dies at Bethany College. The following sad telegram was received irom Wellsburg last evening: Miss Etta L. Phillips,of Pittsburgh student of Bethany College, died this morning at 6 o'clock from the effect of a pistol shot On last Friday Miss Phillips, accompanied by another young ladyand two gentlemen, were at target practice with revolvers just back of the college, when, liv some accidental means, a ball strnck her, lodging in the fleshy part of the hip. The case from the first seemed a critical one, but last luclit the doctors thought they had located the lull, and her chances for recovery seemed iirolxible. At midnight a turn for the worse occurred, and her suffering up till the time of her death was intense. She was one of tho brightest of her class, and respected by all. lier death has cast a gloom over the entire community. Au effort was made to find out who the young lady is. A number of people by that Lame appear in the directory, and it was Difficult to locate her home. Four of r Kind in Hand. Yesterday afternoon Officers Miller and Moore, of the Sonthside, raided the mill of Pointer & Sons, in the West End, in search of a crowd of young men who make use of the place on Sundays for gaming purposes. Four men who gave the names of Joseph Lauth, 'William Doraian, Patrick Doyle and Michael Murray, were captured aud sent to the Thirtieth ward police station. POLITICAL CIRCLES QUIET. All the Ilendqnarters Closed Up Yesterday Some SO Delegates Fonnd to bo (or Kerr Plan for the Democratic Conven tion Other Gossip. "With a Sabbath calm which oozed through the keyhole of the closed doors at Republi can headquarters, and the fact that a Uni tarian congregation held the fort at the County Democracy rooms, and the Randall Club members were attending their Sunday devotions, the pursuit of political news yes terday was over a straight and narrow path. An investigation from sidewalk prophets of both parties showed, however, several points which rather change the unanimous char acteristic of the indorsement said to have been given to Judge Bailey on Saturday night. There seems to be a Kerr element among the delegates from his own ward, the Fourth, and there are certainly two elected from the school district of the First ward, Messrs. Foley and Daly, who will go into the con vention, if they can get In, pledged to Mr. Kerr. It is computed that there are alto gether some 20 similar delegates from the various wards. This is claimed by Demo cratic leaders to be, if not an invention, cer tainly a move of the enemy. The slate for the convention is of course Pat Foley for Chairman; William J. Brennen and John McCaffrey for Secretaries, and John Larkin for Chairman of the Executive Committee. T. O'Leary, Jr., it is thought, will act as he has before, as General Secretary on his own account, assisted probably by Jury Commis sioner Jiles. Councilman Nisbet, of the Thirty-first ward, feels naturally indignant at the action of the Saturday night suggestion meeting, claiming it to be rank injustice, and only gotten up in the interest of John Eichleay by some of his friends. Mr. Nisbet says that he stated in Council when the purchase of the engine house lot came up that he con sidered the price high, as the records will prove, and the matter was placed in the hands of Chief Brown, of the Department of Public Safety. If a better lot and a cheaper one could be obtained on a paved street, such as the one contemplated, he would be in favor of it Of course, when one lot was decided upon the owners of all the adjacent available property at once proceeded to op pose the purchase, and vented their griev ances on him. He did not think the opposi tion would affect his candidacy as much as its projectors thought or would wish. John Ji- Wymard, ot the JNinctceetn ward, states that he has withdrawn from the contest for Alderman. His reason for with drawal is that although he has been suffer ing from partial paralysis for some time he is recovering so rapidly that he soon expects to resume his occupation as engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad. As this leaves the ward without a candidate for the position, some lively hustling was done yesterday by people who were anxious to administer jus tice. CANDLEMAS DAT UBSEEYED. Nineteen Funerals From St. Agnes' Cbnrch During the Last Month. Candlemas Day, or the Feast of the Puri fication, was celebrated in the Catholic churches throughout the two cities yester day. The feast is in memory and honor both of the presentation of the Lord and of the purification of the blessed Virgin made in the temple of Jerusalem, the fortieth day after the birth ot the Savior. It is distinctly a Jewish feast, and was established accor ding to tho law of Moses. It is called puri fication irom the Latin word pnrifico, to purify. The Latin part of it is termed Candlemas Day, because the candles used during the year are blessed on the day of the feast Before the solemn high mass at St Panl's Cathedral, over 500 people had candles blessed for use in their homes, in cases of illness or death. At St Agnes' Church, Father Corcoran preached an eloquent ser mon to his people on the necessity of having the candles in their homes. He said that during January be officiated at the funeral exercises of 19 members of his congregation. This was an unusual large number, he said, in any one month, and was due to the pre vailing epidemic, xn view ot this, it was necessary to be preparad, and every family should have blessed candles in their homes when the priest was called to administer the last sacraments. The large number of funerals from the church last month caused considerable talk in Soho and Oakland. At St Paul's Cathe dral there were only29 funerals for the same length of time. There are three times as many people in St Paul's as are in St Agnes' parish. WILL IT OPEN ON SUNDAY? Allegbentnns Dlacnsslng nn Important Feature of the Library. The question of whether or not the Car negie Library in Allegheny will be open or not on Sunday, was discussed on the North side yesterday. An attempt teas made to interview several of the members of the building commission, but without success. James B. Scott, when called upon, stated that he had nu views to express on the mat ter. He said: "The question of the control of the library has not yet been settled, and until it is there is no use stirring up the matter of how it shall be controlled. That is one of the details left entirely to the discretion of the persons who will have charge of the library." A fact Mr. Scott wishes to impress on the minds of the public is that the building will be open for their inspection on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 11th and 12th. Everybody, with their wives, sisters, sweethearts and other relatives, is invited to be on hand. It makes no difference whether one is a resi dent of Allegheny or not. FATHER FLKCKINGEB'S BOMB. Trustees of St. Joseph's Church, Dlanifield, Offer a Reward for tho Criminal. At a meeting of the trustees of St Joseph's Catholic Church, at Mansfield, held Satur day evening, a reward of $250 was offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who placed and exploded a dynamite cartridge under the house of Rev. Father Fleckinger last week. Mr. Stauffer, one of the trustees, said yes terday: "We have no clew whatever to the perpetrators. At first we thought it was the work of Anarchists, as there are some in Mansfield. I do not think that they did it It was more likely the doing of some person who had a personal grudge against Father Fleckinger. The 'latter is himself wholly unable to account for the act There are a good many tough people in that vicinity, and somebody, prompted by the reward, may give some inlormation." A Dead Infant In the Rive. Yesterday afternoon several small boys, playing about the Allegheny river at the foot of Madison aveuue, Allegheny, found the body of a male child. The body was in a good state of preservation and had been lying on the bank apparently but a short time. It was minus a head. Officer Snyder took it to patrol stable No. 1. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOIKG. Some Who Travel, Some Who Do Not, and Others Who Talk. Mr. E. E. Bonneville, of the Hotel An derson, a month ago obtained leave of absence to go to Indiana. He visited Eransville. with a Tiew to locating there, as the manager of the Ht. George Hotel. Mr. Bonneville did not like Indiana, and as be is attached to the .English translation of his French name, be returned to Pittsburg. His smile again appears behind the counter at the Anderson. Mr. Charles M. Gearing has just re turned from a business trip to Louisiana and Texas. He reports trade good there, and says the people have gotten pretty well on their feet He also states that Speaker Reed, of the House of Representatives is not doing anything these days to split the Solid South. Andrew J. Smith, the President of the Nickel Plate Glass Company, of Foatorla, O., is at the Hotel Bchlosser. THE x WHY TBEY WENT OUT Mrs. Campbell, the Kew State President, Issues Her Manifesto, MORAL SUASION FOR DRUNKARDS. But a Dose of Lesal Suasion Proposed for the Drunkard Makers. THE FACTIONAL FIGHT INCREASES Mrs. H. C. Campbell, President of the new Woman's Christian Temperance Al liance of Pensylvania, has prepared a cir cular to be sent broadcast over the State, de claring the principles and policy of the new organization, and urging upon all who be lieve in non-partisan methods of temperance to co-operate in the work. The citizens, ir respective of party, color or creed, are asked for their moral and financial support; pas tors ot churches are requested to notify their congregations that there is now a non-partisan society worthy of their support Women throughout the State, whether now engaged in temperance work or not, who favor the non-partisan ideas, are earnestly appealed to to organise and become auxiliary to the new alliance. The document is ably written, very conservative, is concise and to the point. Before being sent out it will be signed by Mrs. Campbell, as State Presi dent; Mrs. A. L. White, as Vice President at Large, and Mrs. Ellen M. Watson, Corre sponding Secretary. The following is the circular in full: The preamble of the constitution adopted at PhiIadelpbia.Januaryl7.189U, for the govern ment of the State Non-Partisan Temperance Society, which had been organized the previous day. makes the following statement: "Believing that woman's influence in an or ganized force is Indispensable to success in temperance work, and that to make It available it must be divested of the spirit of partisan ship, we, women of Pennsylvania, unite our selves for non-partisan and non-sectarian Christian temperance work and establish the following constitution for our government: Nothing that we could write scold better ex plain the fundamental principles of our State Alliance. We believe that the traffic in intoxi cating liquors is the greatest evil existing in our nation. We believe that women are the greatest sufferers because of this eviL We be lieve tnat total promoition is tne oniywayio compass Its destruction. We believe that woman's influence in an organized force, 'is a tntgbty agent in the securing of prohibition and the abolition of the liquor traffic; hence thou sands of women all over our land have devoted theirlives to a struggle against the terrible foe, alcohol, knowing tbs.t If they faint not God will give them the victory. THE OPINIONS DIFFER. In this, as in every other reform, there are great differences of opinion as to the best way of securing the total abolition of the manufac turing and sale of intoxicants. Some believe the only way to be through a political party or ganized for that special object; others truly be lieve the cause to be impeded by the acts of that party. Women as well as men have their political influences and convictions, and who shall deny them that right or question their honesty of purpose in their expression of their convictions in favor ot the Prohibition, Repub lican or Democratic party, as the case may be, anymore than doubt their professions of alle giance to the Presbyterian, Methodist Baptist Episcopal, or any other branch of the Church of Christ! In a word, we believe that every in dividual has a right to their religious and political preferences; but as an organization, composed of women of different religious and political beliefs, we should know neither sec tarian or party lines, and hence should not ally ourselves to any party or church. From the organization of the Women's Chris tian Temperance Union until the St Louis Convention in 18S4, the above was the policy and practice of that powerful body of women. At that time it became by resolution an annex to a political party, thereby, as we believe, for saking the high ground they had taken as divinely commissioned of God to labor only for the extinction of drunkenness, and settling down nn the precarious grounds of party poli tics. To this action must be attributed all the divisions, heart-burnings, criminations and re criminations, breaking asunder of many ten der ties of association and friendship, and even the utter withdrawal of many from the work. Believing tbis. we have withaitawn from tbe Women's Christian Temperance Union in sorrow, not in anger, onr sole purpose being to tight intemperance in the way which we think Is most in accordance with the will of God, and not to antagonize any other body engaged in the same line of work; feeling that we are en gaged in a great necessary and holy movement that needs no defense or apology, and that is destined to a grand and beneficent career. We, therefore, ask the hearty co-operation of all who believe in non-partisan methods of tem perance work. We ask tbe moral and financial support of every citizen of Pennsylvania, irre spective of party, color or creed, who believes that tbe saloon "is an evil and that prohibition is the only remedy. CALLING ON PREACHERS. We urge upon pastors of churches that they unite with us in onr efforts to enlist the large number of Christian women who have hereto fore refrained from active participation in temperance work, because they could not in dorse all the complex phases of the work of the union or its partisan policy; by calling attention from their pulpits to the fact that there is nowa non-partisan society with total abstinence for the individual and prohibition for the nation as its sole objects, and advising the women of their congregations to organize and become auxiliary to it; by inviting our organizers to visit their congregations, hold meetings with the members and explain our work to them, by sermons preached to them at what seems to them to be proper intervals on tbe sin of drunk enness and the necessity of organized temper ance work; by public prayer in our behalf and by any other means which shall seem to onr brethren the ambassadors of Christ advis able. We urge upon all members of non-partisan temperance unions to become auxiliary to our alliance, and thereby unite our forces against .the common enemy. We urge upon women everywhere throughout our State who are mem bers of independent societies, and who believe that non-partisan methods are best tojinite with onr non-partisan alliance. We urge upon all women who are outside of these organizations, and who are in harmony with onr principles and methods, to organize in their several localities and to become auxiliary to' onr alliance. We tenderly urge all women who have already declared their allegiance to our new alliance, to refrain from any word or act which might seem to be uncharitable or un kind to those who differ from us. Let us ad here rigidly to our avowed pnrpose to keep aloof from partisan politics, and we will find easy access to the sympathy and snpport of the best citizenship of the nation. Let us hold high the standard of prohibition: inscribe on onr banners the only motto nnder which we hope to march to victory: "Moral suatlon for the drunkard and legal suation for the drunkard maker:" "Let us keep our Heavenly Father In the midst;" seek His counsels; lean on His strength; pray for His wisdom; plan, under take and execute in humble dependence on Him for success, and to His name shall be the glory. We earnestly request all alliances to report their organizations and thenamesandaddresses of their officers to our corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ellen M. Watson. 503 SmlthOeld street, Pittsburg, Pa., at as early a date as possible. Tbe general officers earnestly ask for tho contlnned prayers of the members that they may have the necessary wisdom and dircretlon given them for the carrying on successfully of such a great and important work, taking for our motto: "The Lure of Christ Constraineth Us." STARTING A COUNTY UNION. Mrs. Campbell exiects to call a meeting within a week or so for the purpose ot or ganizing a County Union. Several of the old unions have already considered the matter of adopting the non-partisan consti tution, and are ready to join the new society. Mrs. Campbell feels that no time should be lost in getting organized. The greatest advancement can be made in starting non partisan societies, by "striking while the iron is hot," or while the agitation is at its highest The report that the State W. C. T. TJ. has secured a charter, and will proceed by authority of its corporate power to sue all auxiliaries that go into the new alliance for the money they now hold in their treasuries, has created no little amusement among the non-partisans. It is stated by an ex-officer of the State that the State W. C. T. U. has secured their charter, if they have one, since last October, and that she feels certain it was procured for the express purpose of giving these local unions trouble. Some of tbem have a considerable amount of money on hand, and many of them have charitable institutions under their charge, such as Sterrett Union, of Allegheny, It is argued, PITTSBURG - DISPATCH. however, that the charter will not be of any benefit to the old organization, as it would be impossible for them to bring action against those unions which were organized before the charter was proenred. It will not be surprising if some interesting facts con cerning the management of theDay Nur sery in Allegheny are developed before the squabble about the contiol of it is settled. It is said there are some things back of the matter that the officers and members of Sterrett Union wouldjnot like to have made tmbliei THE FIGHT INCREASING. The fight between the two organizations continues to grow warmer every day, al though carried on to some extent in a secret manner. Mrs. J. S. Collins, who was given the sunerintendency of the Department of National Beform at the last Stale conven tion, received a scathing letter a lew days ago from Mrs. Foster, the State Secretary, in which that officer stated that she had learned, "with great surprise," that Mrs. Collins had attended the Cleveland con vention, and had given her name in as a member of the "so-called non-partisan al liance." Mrs. Foster suggested that the best thing Mrs. Collins could do would be to send in her resignation as Superintendent of National Reform work. Mrs. Collins had just finished writing her resignation when she received Mrs. Foster's letter, and it was immediately forwarded to the State Secretarv. It is understood that Mrs. Weeks and other women who have lelt the old W. C. T. U. have received similar letters from State and national officers. Sterrett Union, of Allegheny, meets again to-morrow, when the matter of deciding who shall have the money derived through the managers of the Day Nursery will be considered. At the meeting of the Day Nurserv Board, to be held on Monday, Feb ruary 17, Mrs. Campbell, and possibly one or two other members, will resign, and then the fight for control of the money will begin in earnest TO THE DYING BISHOP. Miss Drexel nt tbe Bedside of Her Spiritual Adviser He Wonted to Tell Her HI Plana Tbe Dlstingnlsbed Prelate's Hi, tory. Mother Sebastian, head of the Order of Sisters of Mercy, of this city, and Sister Kate (Miss Drexel), have gone to St Au gustine, Fla., to the bedside of the Kt Kev. James O'Conner, Bishop of the diocese of Omaha, Neb. The latter is lying at that place in a dying condition, and it is not ex pected that he will recover. Bishop O'Conner is suffering with quick consumption, and his death is daily ex pected. He has been the spiritual adviser of Miss Drexel and about a week ago sent for her to come to his bedside. It is sup posed that he had some important plans and ideas to communicate to her before he died. It is a well-known fact that Miss Drexel and the Bishop had a number of projects for the establishment of an order of nuns to work among the Indians. The former was to give the necessarv money to build several houses in the Far West For this work, she enlisted the sympathies and assistance of two of her lady friends in Philadelphia. They are now at the Mercy Convent on a probation. Bishop O'Conner's last visit to this city was about eight months ago, when he brought Miss Drexel to the convent build ing. He promised to be present at the re ception ceremonies when she was given the white veil, but his physical condition pre vented him from so doing. Bishop O'Conner is one of the best known nrelates in this country. He was in this city for a number of years, and is known to nearly every Catholic family in Pittsburg. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, and at a very tender age came to this country. He began to study for the priesthood, under his brother, who was then Bishop of this diocese. When but 1G years of age he went to Borne to con tinue his studies. Upon his return to this country he was appointed president of St Michael's Seminary, in Hazelwood. He was the first president of the institution, and re mained there until about 1865, when his brother resigned. He was ordained a priest in 1850. He lelt the seminary about the time Bishop Dome nee was consecrated. In company with Father McMahon, then Vicar General of the Diocese, he went to Philadelphia and remained there for about ten years. He was made President of the College of St Charles Borremeo, in which the Drexel family was interested. On August 20, 1876, he was made Coadjutor Bishop of Omaha, and suc ceeded Bight Bev. James O'Gorman as Bishop October 2, 1885. He has made a very successful Bishop, and was possessed of great executive ability. RAILROAD JIM COMBINE. Texas and Mexican Railroad Employes Hove Been Organized. The Representatives of the Federation of Bailway Employes met in Albany. N. Y., on January 17, and signed an agreement with the Steam Railroad Men's Protective Union of North America, whereby that body, with its 27,000 members, amalgamated with the Federation, thus forming an organ ization of all railroad employes, except the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, from - the two great Atlantic Bailwar termini to the far Pacific Efforts have been made forsorae time past to amalgamate the two organizations. The Federation of Bailway Employes em braces several brotherhoods df conductors, brakemen, switchmen, locomotive firemen, and all the members of K. of L. assemblies among railway employes on the Vanderbilt system. The Steam Eailroad Men's Protective Union is very strong in New England. Over 100,000 railroad employes are thus joined solidly together for protection over the iron highway Irom ocean to ocean. The Locomotive Firemen have organ! zed all the firemen on the Mexican and Texas railroads. The engineers are preparing to organize there also. MUST GO T0-DAI. Alderman Porter and His Constable Bound fjr the Penitentiary. Alderman Porter and Elijah Sheppard will probably be transferred from the county jail to the penitentiary this afternoon. Dep uty Sheriff Smith went to the jail Saturday afternoon to take them over, but Porter broke down and begged to be allowed to re main where he was until Monday, as he wanted to see his wife and arrange some business before lie was removed. The court finally granted his request, and unless word comes from the Supreme Court to-day granting the writ ot allocatur, the two men will be transferred. DID NOT SP HIS SHADOW. The Ground Hog Fall to See Anything of Interest to Him. The festive ground hog endeavored to do business yesterday, but with very little suc cess so far as could be learned at the Signal Service office. It appears the whole coun try was more or less under a cloud, with the exception of a patch of country down in the Southwest, including portions of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. It is also reported that another area of low barometer is moving down upon us from the North west, which will give this section a visit to day or to-night STR0KG ON BKANDY. Twenty Gallom Taken From tho Home of Hysterical Sirs. Collins. Last night Captain Untcrbnum and four policemen raided No. 1147 Penn avenue, kept Mrs. Aurelia Collins and Frank Mailer. The proprietors and 14 in mates were arrested and locked up in the Twelfth ward station. Mrs. Collins, when placed in the patrol wagon, went into hys terics. Twenty gallons of French brandy and a lot of whisky and beer were found in the house. MONDAY,'" FEBRUARY COLD AS CHARITY IS Are the Interested Eelatiyes of the Life-Insured Paupers. THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS SAVED Each lear by the Investigations of the Bureau of Charities. A TVEEPISG WIDOW'S USELESS WRATH The chaiity question is one which appeals not alone to the sympathies of the people, but also to the shrewdness of its public ad ministrators. When cases arise that a poor farm inmate, deceased, is suddenly found to have heirs to a claim for an insurance pol icy for several hundred or several thousand dollars, Captain K. C. Elliot generally takes measures to have the city reimbursed for tbe maintenance of the late lamented be fore a certificate of death will be issued to the insurance company which has collected regularly premiums to be sorry at his de cease. Suspicions of grave yard insurance made Captain Elliot rather suspicious ot the manner in which agents oi the sorrowing widow, or still more sorrowful insurance company, would plead, beg or bully to ub taiu the necessary proof of death. Yesterday he gave an instance in point of a certain man who died at the poor farm about a year ago. He was a German, and had been a successlnl business man some years ago, and going back to Germany got married. He returned to Pittsburg with his bride, and again started to work, making some more money, and in suring his life for $10,000, he deeded his property, now worth some 540,000, to her and worked along pleasantly. SHE WOULD NOT COME. Trouble arose, the Captain said, and after a stormy session of life the wile sued for and obtained a divorce! This commenced the downfall of the heretofore prosperous man, and he sank slowly but surely until he came to asking quarters and even dimes from former friends, and he finally landed in the poor farm. There he was taken ill, and, leeling at the point of death, asked to see his wile for the last time. Captain Elliot notified her by letter and special messenger of the fact, but she made no response. Next day the man felt sinking and again requested to see His wife, and again she was notified by letter and special messenger, but gave no sign. The third day the patient died, and, as is provided by law, the body was laid out in a plain coffin and held for the necessary time before being turned over to the Alle gheny Medical College as a subject for the dissecting table. Just before the transfer of the remains was made the tormer wife appeared, and was quite indignant that the style ot coffin was not more elegant She claimed the body, and took it away, expressing her opinion of the treatment of paugfer corpses very volubly. A week or so alter an agent appeared and wanted a certificate ot death for the deceased. Captain Elliot, who had in the meantime heard of the benefits to be divided from the death, politely handed a bill for $136 from the Bureau of Charities. This was indignantly repudiated, and threats were very freely made of recourse to the courts being had to compel a certifi cate of death to be issued. ANXIOUS FOR COURT. "Very well," responded Captain Elliot, "you cannot take the case into court any too soon for me, and I shall ask liberty from the judges to explain how a pauper whose heirs were entitled to $50,000 by hisdeath was allowed to die by his relatives in the poor farm, after having been duly notified in writing twice of his condition and of his desire to see them before he died. I shall ask the Judge if the cityjs to be cheated out of $136 by such proceedings, and I don't think, by the time I get through narrating all the circumstances of the case, that the aforesaid heirs will feel as comfort able as the deceased does now, especially when the manner in which he was buried will be compared with even a pauper burial, whe such a thing occurs, will be made." This settled the heirs and the heirs set tled the bill, and Captain Elliot quoted two or three similar but less flagrant in stances, concluding by stating that the bureau saves now about $3,000 per annum from such attempts to cheat the city. SILENCE IS GOLDEN. Aa tho Numerous Orators ot a Gold-Headed Cane Discovered. The Press Club on Saturday night was the scene of more speech making than is usually contemplated in the general Satur day bill of fare, although the victims looked upon the laugh at their expense unfair. It was one of those anniversaries which bring back to the people concerned more pleasure than one of a great victory won, Thirty three years ago that day a bright mind dawned upon Western Pennsylvania, and matured into one of the most popular, able and social newspaper men of the day in Pittsburg, George H. Welshons. True to his hospitable instincts he Invited the members of the Press Clubto a collation in which there would be no cold shoulders or cuts on the menu for Saturday night to celebrate both the event, and his apprecia tion of their warm friendship. The boys looked around for a little surprise to give George in return, and with a lack of origi nality forced by circumstances and tbe shortness of their notice hit upon a gold headed cane. W. H. Davis, who was selected as the orator of the night, took the cane wrapped in mystery and several rolls of newspaper to the club house and deposited the precious gift with the steward, saying: "This is the cane for Mr. Welshons." The steward, who is a German and unac quainted with the fact that ever since George Washington was the recipient of a cane presentation for his artistic cherry tree wood-cut, it has been the custom to bestow cane whenever they will do the most good, made a fatal mistake. Immediately on the entrance of George Welshons, tbe steward, with inimitable grace, remarked: "This is for you, Mr. Welshons," and handed the cane to the astonished recipient who, with the newspaper instinct of when getting a good thing to keep it to himself, started for the club reception rooms to the astonish ment of some 50 of his press colleagues, and the intense dismay of the orator of the evening, who left the room in a hurry mut tering some remarks in an undertone not to be found in any 'of the evangelists. As the boys nt once saw the fun of the situation they inveigled each fresh arrival at the Club House into making a new pre sentation speech, taking him mysteriously aside, producing the cane, and urging the necessity of his action on tbe ground that no other member could do justice to the sub ject. This was repeated some eight or ten times, ench thinking himself to be the first speaker in the field until undeceived by the roars of laughter at the conclusion of his address. It was great fun, and gave an appetite for tbe speech provided by tbe host of tbe even ing. ' CHINESE BEACHING 0DT. Oriental Merchant Preparing; to Open a ffttore lor American Trade. Quong Wo Sung & Co., the Chinese mer chants at No. 179 Second avenue, whose fireworks on the Chinese New Year, Jan uary 20, were put out by a hose in the hands of a lady living next door, at No. 181, are trying to secure the lease of the adjoining property. The rent now paid to Landlord McGarvv for that house is $35 a month. The Chinese are so anxious to secure it that they have offered $75, and in addition have ten dered a bonus to the present lessees to induce them to vacate. If the property is secured, it is the intention of the chinamen to es tablish therein a store, for American patrons. Tbe present establishment is designed for Chinamen only. 3, 1890. THE KENTUCKY IDEA. Colonel Blares Would Give Licenses to tbe Meanest People In Town Opposed to Bars In Hotels He Defends Ills Bine Grass Countrymen's Reputation. The general plan on which saloon licenses are granted in this county was severely crit icised "last evening by Colonel T. P. Maree, of Kentucky, in a temperance speech which he delivered in the lecture hall at Curry University. The meeting was presided over by A. M. Brown, and there were more peo ple present than the seats would accommo date. Colonel Maree looks like a Eentuck ian. His mustache hangs straight down at tbe ends, and his rather long hair hangs over his forehead. He is a ready and agree able talker. He began by extenuating the faults of Kentucky. He said the general notion was that Kentuckians did nothing except drink whisky and fight He acknowledged that Kentucky folks were rather hasty, and did not like to be called liars, but he denied the whisky drinking charge. He said that out of the 109 counties ot Kentucky, 72 had ab solute prohibition. He believed that en a popular vote the State could be carried against the saloons. In one thing he maintained that his people were decidedly better than the people of Pennsylvania. Except in a few of the larger cities the principle was not tol erated of running a hotel as an adjunct to a bar. "You call it," he said, "a bar in con nection with a hotel, but I call it a hotel in connection with a bar. The bar is the prin cipal feature, and your hotel proprietors say they cannot make their hotels pay unless they can sell liquor. They complain that without a bar the traveling public will be in commoded. The traveling public will mah age to take care of itself. The point is that the hotels are places of general resort Young men go there, and are therefore sub ject to temptation. Decent people must stop at hotels, and the saloon is thrust under their noses. To put a bar into a good hotel makes the bar respectable. "X do not believe in making the saloon re spectable. It is either a proper business or it is not If it be proper, every person who wishes shonld be permitted to engage in it; if improper, it should be forbidden. Your license system has closed your low dives,the doggeries. The respectable element of saloonkeepers are alone licensed. It is made tolerably decent to go into a saloon now. In your court a man, if he wishes a saloon license, must show that he has some thing of a character, ana must give a bond that he will keep an orderly house. If I were issuing the licenses, I would require a man first to prove that he was the meanest man in town. Then I would make him give a bond that he would make no effort to keep an orderly house. The result would be that the saloons would be so low, so disorderly and so overcrowded bv the disreputable element that decent people, who had not yet become drunkards, would not go there. Young men would be ashamed to be seen near there. We do not expect, by statutes, to reform drunkards, to keep the tipDler irom his dram. No law, however stringent or search ing, will keep the habitual drinker from the indulgence of his artificial appetite. We want to cut off the supply of recruits from that great army. We desire to close the school where men are educated to be drunk ards. If we can do that, tbe army will soon pass away, for 65,000 of them annually go down into the drunkard's grave." MAETIN J0ICE VEEI ILL. The WoII-Known Contractor Was In Great Dancer of Dying Martin Joyce, the well-known contractor, of this city, is lying at his home on Penn avenue, in a critical condition. He is suf fering with a bad attack of pneumonia of the lungs and dropsy of the heart Mr. Joyce has been in ill health for two months. About two weeks ago he took to his bed, and since then he has been hovering between life and death. Drs. Shaw and McKelvy have been attending him. Last night the physicians stated he was consider ably improved, but is not yet out of danger. AN ITALIAN SPEAK-EASY. The Police Raid a Place Well Stocked With Beer and Wine. An Italian speak-easy on Spring alley, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, was raided abont 7:30 p. M. yesterday, and Bafael Mattei, the proprietor, with nine others, arrested and taken to Central sta tion. The place was well stocked with bar rels of wine and kegs of beer, in anticipa tion of holding the fort far beyond the ex pected session of the License Court Communicated. PERTINENT QUESTIONS, On Which Judge Bailey May Enlighten Voters. Since ex-Jndge Bailey has rushed into print to answer certain insinuations regard ing himself and his business ability and ac tions, he might enlighten the public by an swering the following questions: Are you a candidate before the people for the office of Mayor of Pittsburg? Is it not a fact that Johns McCleave, at vour request, wrote a letter on the same sub ject as Messrs. Dickey and Lazear? If so why was the name not published? In your open letter as published, you stat ed, after naming Messrs. Dickey, Miller and Lazear, that Johns McCleave "was the only other attorney in the case." Now, is it not a fact that Hampton, Scott & Gordon, Thomas D. Chantler and others were at torneys in the matter of record, and filed ex ceptions to tne second ana nnai account, as did those whom you named? If so why did they not sign the "Dickey Lazear" letter? Do not tbe papers prepared and filed for record by Messrs. Lazear, Dickey, Miller and McCleave and other attorneys specific ally charge you with the unfaithful per formance of the trust accepted by you as as signee of Graff, Bennett & Co.? Were not the orders of Court which you say you were compelled to obey simply the permission of Court obtained bv you by virtue of your own application, petition and oatb, in order that you might accomplish the purpose which you did, namely, the dis position of the property of Graff, Bennett & Co., in the manner and for the price re ceived? Notwithstanding the said orders of Court are you not responsible for any mismanage ment of the estate and would not your bonds men (bad you given bond) be likewise re sponsible? Is it not a fact that other communications passed between yourself and Messrs. Dickey and Miller in relation to the Graff, Bennett & Co. arraugement? If so, why did you not publish the name? NOT ANSWERED YET. The above questions have been published continuously in every paper in Pittsburg since Friday last and Judge Bailey has not seen fit to answer the same. Why"? Does silence give assent? Fortunnte Western Pennsjlvnulaas. Higdon & Higdon, patent lawyers, 95 Fifth ave., Pittsburg, and opposite Patent Office, Washington, D. C, report the fol lowing patents granted this week: Pitts burg W. K. Cavett, submarine ram and torpedo exploder; J. L. Clark, refrigerating machine; Geo. H. Everson, machine for bor ing metallic hubs, machine for drilling holes in metallic wheels, etc.; G. W. Mor ris, door hanger; G. A. Macbeth & Co., trade mark. Johnstown -K. F. Stahl, cleaning wool. Monday, Taendar and Wednesday, Special opening of new spring goods in all departments. Knable & Shusteb. ENTIRE satisfaction can come only when the best is used. In making beer the Iron City Brewing Company employ the choicest ingredients and their patrons are always pleased. All dealers keep their celebrated Iron City, Pittsburg and Pilsner brands. New Mprlug Goods. Onr line now read v. Enable & Shusteb, 35 Fifth are. I WON'T PRIM WATEE. Sonthside Citizens Give Up All Hope of Getting a Pure Fluid. MINORITY EEP0RT FOR COUNCILS. Health Officer Baker Says the Schindery Will he Abated, BUT THE STATE BOARD HASN'T SAID 80 Southsiders are becoming more and more impatient every day over the manner in which the attempt to procure a better water supply for that side of the river proceeds. From the way the members of the Schindery Committee talked a week ago, it looked as though something definite would be done, and the citizens who had prepared a call for a public indignation meeting decided not to issue it The action of the committee last Friday in referring the matter for the second time to the State Board of Health, after having received a legal opinion from City Attorney Moreland to the effect that the city had jurisdiction over the schindery or any nuisance within five miles of the city, has again disheartened the citizens. They are beginning to feel that there is no remedy for them. Dr. W. F. Pollock said last night: "It was the wrong thing for that commit tee to do. Tbe matter is now just where it was a month ago, and there it is likely to stay. It does not require an expert medical or scientific man to detect the impurities in our water, and it will be getting worse every year. I am in favor of abolishing every un necessary source of impurity. I cannot think of any better plan than to bring water here from Lake Chautauqua." Aiminga blow at the schindery Dr.Pollock said : "It ought not to be expected of 80,000 or 90,000 people that they shall put up with such a nuisance perpetrated by one man alone. If our city authorities have juris diction they ought to proceed at once, and stop putting it off until it will notbe ot any benefit to have the schindery abolished. If extremes follow extremes, and they usually do, I look for a long, hot, dry summer, and if my expectations prove true, I am sorry for the people of the Sonthside next year. It is almost certain that we will have an epidemic of typhoid fever." BAKEB 13 SATISFIED. Health Officer Thomas B. Baker said in retard to his action at the Schindery Com mittee meeting on Friday that he considered he had done perfectly right, and that the matter was now in the proper hands, those of the State authorities. He was sorry to differ even from so eminent authority as the City Attorney, but all minds could not be brought to bear the same views. He thought that Dr. Lee, the Chairman of the State Board ot Health, as a practical man, would at once have the matter fully investigated, and if he found the schindery to be a nuisance, would at once have it removed. Dr. J. B.-Thompson, the local member of the State Board, would, he thought, make a full report on the case in a very short time without doubt, and the matter be settled finally. In the meantime the Sonthside residents continue to absorb animal matter of an un desirable kind into their systems through the taps of the Monongahela Water Com pany, and complaints are almost daily made to The Dispatch reporters of the continued unhealthfulness of the water. Another feature of the repugnance to this water is tbe fact that it results in a very large increase in the beer trade of the South side. This is shown by the immense num ber of wagon loads of beer which daily goes up the various inclines or the roads to the hill wards, although no saloons are sup posed to be running in these neighborhoods. With water unfit to drink and no saloons licensed, every man his own barkeeper be comes the order of the day, and the testi mony of some hundred of the hilltop citizens goes to show that the beer traffic has doubled within a year and is still increasing. NISBET -WILL FIGHT. W. W. Nisbet, Councilman from the Thirty-first ward, is still in the field as far as fighting the Sonthside schindery is con cerned. He still affirms that the City At torney's opinion clearly places the city under obligation to have the matter ad justed, and he intends to make the fight on that point when the matter comes up, as is expected, at the next meeting of Councils. It is his intention to offer a minority report, in which he will refer to Colonel Baker's interference in the business of the sub-committee on water. He will not enter any objection to the right of that body in adopting the resolution, but thinks that Mr. Baker's offering it exerted an undue influence oyer that committee's deliberations. TO TIIAKK CAKSEGIE. A Meeting of Sr. Paul's Congregation to Show Their Gratltadr. A meeting of the congregation of -St. Paul's Cathedral will be held this evening in the basement of the church for the pur pose of taking the necessary steps to show their appreciation of Andrew Carnegie's gift to the church, now on exhibition in Young's window on AVood street It is the intention to adopt a memorial thanking Mr. Carnegie for the uicture. It is not necessary to hold a congregational meeting for tbis pnrpose, but it is thought best that a general meeting would express the gratitude of the Catholics in this city. At the high mass in his church yesterday. Father Sheedy, of St. Mary of Mercy's, re ferred to Mr. Carnegie's munificent gift He preached on the feast ot the day or "the purification," and as the picture is a repre sentation of Madonna and the child, it was eminently proper to refer to the painting in connection with the feast Father Sheedy said the action of Mr. Car negie showed him to be a person of liberal spirit with a keen eye for art The libra ries he established is the greatest testi monial to the generous and" princely way he places the means in the way of educat ing the artistic sense aud improving the minds of the people. He said the picture was a return to Catholic art. The Catholics of this city would be pleased with the evi dence of what was really good and true in art He said the finest productions of to day are nearly all copies of the master pieces of several hundred years ago. Baker's Pure Cod Liver Oil. (Known over 40 years.) Also Baker's Emul sion lor throat and lung troubles. All drug gists. Now Ready. Onr line new soring goods. Ku able & Shusteb. -LAZINESS,- Weakness, Indisposition to Work, Headache, Dullness, Heaviness, Lack oI Appetite, Constlcatlon, all Indicate that you need a few doses of tbe genuine Dr. McLane's Celebrated LIYER PILLS. They strengthen the weak and purify tho BLOOD. They are prepared from the purest materials and put up with the great est care by FLEMING BROS., Pittsburg, Pa. Be sure you get the genuine. Count erfeits are made In St Louis. jyS-xwr HE. MAXWELIi SAID K0THING,. Neither Wonld Any of tbe Vestrymen, About Ibe Legal Proceedings Pending. The article in yesterday's Dispatch giv ing a history of the unfortunate estrange ment between the rector of Trinity Church and members of the vestry called forth gen eral comment, naturally as much at variance as are the views of the factions. A, Dis patch reporter called upon several vestry men with the hope of securing an expression of opinion as to the action of the rector in his legal proceedings, but failed in accom plishing any decided result in the way of satisfactory responses upon the subject, the invariable rejoinder being in substance the same. "It is a matter upon which I do not care to express myself," said Mr. A. E. D. Painter; "certainly not in the form of aa. interview." Messrs. Bakewell, Draro," Gormley and others expressed themselves in the same vein. There was no allusion to the matte; in Dr. Maxwell's sermon yesterday morning, and nothing at all unusual in his manner. The most profound attention was paid by the entire congregation, which was, from a numerical standpoint, about as usual. One of the hymns was peculiarly suggestive as teaching a moral at all times worthy of the Christian's thoughtful remembrance, and atr this critical juncture in Trinity might well have been emphasized: "Faith and Hope and Love we see, Joining band in hand agree. But the greatest of the three And the best is Love." Dr. Maxwell prefaced his sermon by re questing that cases of sickness among the members be made known to him, and stated that as they were so mnch scattered it was" impossible for him, by any other means, to be informed in such matters. He made this as a special request in order that he might call upon them. Agent for Carpenters' Council. A. M. Swartz, of L. 17. 211, Carpenters, ha3 been selected as special agent for the Carpenters' Council. M. . Swartz is also one of the vice presidents of the Carpenters Brotherhood. JOB. HDRNE I CQ.'B PENN AVE. STORES.' Pittsburg, February 3, 1890. ROUNDING THE TURN. The skirmish line of the new goods al ready on the field. New DRESS GOODS To-Day. lease 43-inch (exact measure) plaids and stripe Serges at 50c a yard. 1 case imported all-wool SO-lncb Serges at 50c, regular price 73c 1 lot English style Stripes and Plaids, GO inches wide, all-wool, at SI a yard, worth SI 50. French All-wool Crepons, double width, extra quality, regular price SI 25, on counters to-day at SI 10 a yard. 1 lot 50-inch Plaids, all-wool cloths, at SI. worth SI 25. 1 lot small Stripes and Checks, 50 Inches wide, at SI 25 a yard. 1 lot 48-Inch Colored Serges, all choice spring shades, all-wool goods, extra value, at Toe Light weight Broadcloths, in new spring shades, at SI 75c 1 lot double-width fancy Stripes and Plaids at 25c worth 35c Hot, many designs, all-wool, doable width fancy Stripes at 50c 1 lot 46-inch fancy Stripes, all colors, also black and whites, 50c a yard. New colorings in 45-inch Mixture Salt ings. And others. Harbingers cf spring, these new goods. They will start a trade here that shall be without precedent in these cities. Come, see and buy these new goods. There are still some choice bargains In winter goods. They will be kept to the front until all are gone. See the winding up of the Velvets. Extraordinary value in those 0c fancy Velvets. Ladies' Underwear. New goods arriving daily, adding point after point In favor of our "Perfect-flt-tlns Underwear." Perfect in fit, perfect in make and first quality in material are the helps to low prices. 1 lot Corset Covers, lace and embroid ery trimmed, at St fully worth SI 50 and SI 75. 1 lot Drawers, tucks and inserting, with embroidered ruffle, at 85c, worth SI 15. 1 lot band-embroidered Drawers at 75c, worth SI 25 to SI 50. 1 special lot of Ladies' Colored Batiste Night Gowns, so made and. trimmed as to be well salted for neglige wear, at very low prices: At SI 50, worth $2 00. At J2 1)0. worth S3 00. At S2 50, worth S3 SO. Bargains in a lot or. lace-trimmed Skirts. NEW LACES. An entirely new stock to-day. Never was the department so thoroughly de pleted. Bargain prices sold nearly every thread of Laces of the previous season's stock, so that this morning, when we open the new season, wo present to you a new, fresh, clean, unbroken, beautiful stock of Laces of every sort at the fair est of prices. Every new Idea In Dress Laces and Nets Is here shown. There are also new Torchon and Med lc!s Laces, new Fedora and Chantilly Laces, and new Point do Genes, in -cream, white, black and beige. Tbe special center table of bargain Laces will be discontinued. See the few very choice bargains to-day only in the Lace Department. A few buyers are wanted to finish the lot A special sale of napkins to-sat in the Linen Department Best bargains of the season. To-day inaugurates a special sale'of Ladies' tine Wraps and Cloaks. This means further mark-downs. Come to-, day. JDS. HDRNE i CD,, 609-621 PENN AVE. let &. 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