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THE PITTSBURa DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12. 1S90.
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Irom Miles of Street Bail
ways, to l)e Collected by
APB0M1NENTPITTSBUEGER
H. Sellers McKee Becomes a Eeal
Rapid Transit Magnate.
THE SYSTEMS HE HAS GOBBLED
H. Sellers McKee has become a street
railway magnate on a tolerably large scale,
having become sole owner of the street rail
war systems of several Eastern cities. In
these large transactions, involving several
millions of dollars Murray Verner has been
Mr. McKee's confidential agent, and it is
upon the lornier's judgment that the large
investments have been made.
Mr. McKec's purchase of the Birmingham
system, in this city, was an experiment in a
new field. It was Mr. McKee's idea that
no property cf any nature responds more
readily to the touch of a new owner and
progressive management than street car
line. The road cost 81.000,000 and paid
tinder the old management very well. The
time was quickened, stoves were put in the
cars, and a general improvement made, and
the public came forward in a most gratify
ing manner. As an illustration of the in
crease in actual receipts, Sunday, March 2,
or this year showed a gain of $151 over tbe
corresponding day of 18S9. In improving
the road by the use of the Thomson-Houston
electric system, a now contemplated, a
further increase is confidently expected.
THE KOCHESTEK DEPARTMENT.
The svstem of Rochester, X. Y., has been
under Mr. McKee's control tor over six
months, and the receipts have increased one
third. Tne electric system for Rochester 14
now completed, and will be put into oper
ation on the first of next month. The
Ilochesterand Brighton Beach Hallway is a
part of the system. It is 15 miles long, and
runs to Lake Erie, where is located Roches
ter's summer resort. "With rapid transit it
is expected during the coming summer to
double the receipts of previous years. The
Thomson-Houston system is said to be
capable of railway speed, with minimum
dangers to be apprehended.
The system of Buffalo, X. Y., was next
purchased by Mr. McKee. The sale was
made nearly two weeks since, and included
every foot of street railway in Buffalo. The
property was essentially old-fashioned, there
being no semblance ot rapid transit under
the old regime. The Thomson-Houston
will also be applied to Buffalo.
Mr. Murray Verner will remove from
Pittsburg to Buffalo within the course of a
month, and will locate there permanently.
He will sssunie charge of the systems of
Buffalo, Rochester and one other city. His
permanent removal from Pittburg will create
great surprise and many regrets among his
thousands of friends.
WILL TAKE HIS WHOLE TIME.
Mr. Verner's handsome residesce on Pcnn
avenne will be given up within a month. The
duties he will assume in the management of
Mr. McKee's New York imprests will require
Mr. Verner's active superintendence, and he
Jields tn the demands of business in leaving
Pittsburg. The exact date is not yet fixed.
Mr. Verner had for vears been superintend
ent of the Citizens' or Peon avenue line, and he
was largelv instrumental in the adoption of
the cable svstem by that company, when Mr.
McKee purchased the Birmingham system Mr.
Verner resigned from the Citizens' Traction sn
penntendency to accept a similar position upon
the Birmingham railway. His vast experience
as appreciated by Mr. McKee. and he has
evinced such sagacity in the appraisement of
street railways and charters as to advance very
rapidly to a position of great responsibility.
His personal popularity is too well known to
require extended mention. He will be much
missed in Pittsburg by his business and per
sonal associates.
Newark. N. J , comes next in the list of Mr.
McKec's acquisitions. It was reported some
-Keeks since to have been sold totbeElkios
Eradicate, of Philadelphia. The report, though
widely credited, is onlv true in the fact that
the Llktns syndicate tried to buv Newark's
lines, bat Mr. McKee moved decisively, and
secured the entire system of the city. The
stock of the Newark roads was quoted at 400,
109 being par. Electricitv will be applied as a
motive po er without delay, and the property
Is expected to appreciate greatly in value.
ALL SETTLED YESTERDAY.
The negotiations for the system of Syracuse,
N. Y., were concluded in New York City yes
terday by Messrs. McKee and Verner. The
latter spent several days last week in Syracuse,
and representatives of the road met the Pitts
burgers in New York Ciry, 'where the deal was
completed yesterday. So that Mr. McKee is
sole owner of the Birmingham lines in this city,
and the systems of Buffalo, Rochester, Newark
and Syracuse. Columbus, O., was under con
sideration, but was not deemed as favorable an
opportunity as the others secured.
Prices are impossible to secure in connection
with the abo e transactions, but it is supposed
that Mr. McKee has invested $5,000,000 in street
railroads within the last J ear, those figures
being below, if anything, the actual amount.
Large investments are to be made in the pro
spective Improvements.
ALLEGUEM'S COMKOIiLEE.
Report of the Present Condition of the
Koriliside Sinking Fund.
Controller Brown, of Allegheny, last night
submitted his report for February to the Coun
cils Finance Committee. The receipts were
73,850 76, and the expenditures S51.541 81. The
Sinking Fund Commission reported S47.Z4S 45
cash on hand and 257,743 45 in securities;
debts, SSG.216 20; credits, 563,202 75; money in
possession of Treasurer, S2J.013 45. During the
year the commission lias redeemed and can
celled S21.000 worth of water mam extension
bonds. Since the creation of the commission,
in 1S80, they have redeemed and cancelled S358,
000 worth of city bonds, and have earned for
the citv $65,053 2a The earnings for last year
were $9,270. The report was received and or
dered printed in the annual report.
The resolution for the purchase of property
on Howard street, to be used for an addition
to its pumping station, at a cost of 2.500, was
returned to Councils with an affirmative recom
mendation. A LIBERTT ATEXUE MJISAXCE.
Lone Frclcht Train., Cable nnd Electric
Cnrs Impeding Traffic
Said a Liberty avenue merchant yesterday:
The need of some reform in the manner in
which trains are permitted to blockade this
street is becoming more and more apparent
every daj, especially since the advent of the
cable and electric cars. Tnis afternoon a long
train wended its way up the street at a pace
slower than that or the proverbial snail,
and when it had pased the Sixth and Market
street intersection more than a thousand per
sons, and goodness knows how many vehicles
of all descriptions, were jammed in a confused
mass at that corner, requiring quite a long time
to clear.
"In fact, some of the wagons were compelled
to stand at one place for nearly an hour before
they could get away."
COAL BOAT WATEC EXPECTED.
Civennen Gettlnc ttendy lo Take Advantage
of the Rise.
At 7 o'clock last evening both the Allegheny
and Monongahela rivers were rising rapidly.
At that time the marks registered 7 feet 8
inches of water, and a coal boat stage is ex
pected by nvermen. A number of boats will
leave during the week.
Captain O'Neil will send out to-day the Belle
McUowan with 12 barges; tomorrow the Dick
Fulton will start with 10 coal boats, and the
next day the Fred Wilson will take out 17
barges.
A Good New Mnrryavllle Well.
TbeSaltsbnrg Gas Company brought in a
new gas well in the Mnrrysville field at an esti
mated pressure of 500 pounds. The Treasurer
of the company telephoned The Dispatch
last evening that the eleventh monthly divi
dend of 1 per cent was paid at the Saltsbnrg,
Indiana and Wellsburg offices of the company.
AT GROSS PURPOSES.
One Propose to Show Good nnd flie Other
Bad Faith P. & Ml. O. I. r. Co. Vcrmi.
T. I. P. Co. Ke.umpllon of the near
ing In the Equity bail.
The hearing in the equity suit of the
Pittsburg and Mt. Oliver Inclined FJane
Company versus the Pittsburg Inclined
Plane Company was resumed beroro the
Master, D. F. Patterson, Esq., yesterday,
opening by the cross-examination of Civil
Engineer Von "Wagner by Mr. Lewis, at
torney for the defendant. After many ex
planations in addition, subtraction, multi
plication, division, differentiation, inclination,
variation and so on to distraction. Mr. Lewis
met with an obstruction, and bad Mr. Von
Wagner set aside until he could produce a
maD.
Mr. C. J. Schultz was next cross-examined.
He said be had emploj ed Von Wagner to make
the survey by the authority of the members of
the Pittsburg and Mt. Oliver Inclined Plane
Company, in the latter part of October. 18SS,
given verbally by a majority of the company.
The idea had been originated by witness while
standing on Washington avenue and looking
down. Plaintiffs appear to attach much im
portance to the particnlar conjunction of
events about this time. It was not an acci
dental meeting, as witness knew the members
wonld be there. Witness was not positive that
there had been a meeting of the corporators
previously.
At this point Mr. Lewis put in an objection
to the wholo of Mr. Schultz's testimony as in
competent and irrelevant, being secondary and
lie unauthorized to engage an engineer to make
tbe survey.
Mr. Hampton theu took Mr. Schultz in hand
and he said be had never heard of the defend
ant company or an other operating there up
to that time, and that the defendant company
did not get its charter until several months
after the Pittsburg and Mt. Oliver Incline
Plane Company had gotten the survey made.
Jacob Tlieis (h not sounded), the man who
drove the stakes for Von Wagner, was sworn.
Mr. Lewis also objected to his testimony as sec
ondary, holding that Schultz had not been au
thorized to have the survey made, or at least
that such authorization was not shown. The
master overruled the objection.
Joseph Keelinc Jr., deposed that application
for a charter had been made in March. 18SS,
and it was gotten in June, and witness put the
document into his safe and forgot it, and when
Schultz got home from Europe he called wit
ness' attention to the omis-ion, and took the
charter and had it recorded. Then at a meet
ing of a majority of the corporators in October
Schultz was authorized to get a survevinade.
Witness sww the pins, but did not see the sur
vey made. Witness and his father had made
plaintiffs a tender of right of way through
their property for 12.000.
On cross-examination witness said the option
had been pven in the latter part of February,
lSsO, given verbally. Witness knew Mr.
fechultz's authority was wide enough and deep
enough to contract.
Jacob II. .Miller, Esq , sits behind Mr.
Hampton, and uses a corkscrew occasionally
when something particular is wanted from a
witness, and each is armed with a legal ex
tinguisher to quench him if be go too far. Mr.
Lewis refreshes him&elf at intervals bv applica
tion to Secretar Grimes of the defendant
company. Ihe object of the plaintiffs appears
to be to show that their intentions and suney
were bona fide, while the opposition hold that
the preliminaries of the plaintiffs were merely
for the purpose of shutting out competition.
CITIL SEET1CE MILL GRIST.
Tbo Names of tho Aspirants Who Made the
Rffle ns V. . Appointees.
The local Civil Service Board concluded its
examination of the papers of the applicants
who were examined on February 1, and, as re
quired by law, the list was immediately made
public. 1 here were 123 applicants for exami
nation for clerks and carriers, of which num
ber 5S had 70 per cent, the amount ot average
required to become eligible for appointment.
Many of the subjoined list have been examined
several tunes, and the weariness of waiting has
been at length assuaged.
Per-
Per-
Clerks centaee.
Amanda I,. Goehrlnj:. M
Mrlla E. Ilurthart.... W
ClerVs centage.
William A. Morrison. 83
Ulara V. Brooks 82
Cora i McCallen 13
febecci Welsh 92
Kate McCune 'fl
George H. Viea-ver 92
A CU Hofmelster... 82
Alice Uonshire 82
George U. Allen 81
J. lvc revre emev. . 81
Dell J. imams -n
John II. Griffiths 81
J. It. Aultman 90
Lime M. Kuple . so
lobnM. Dunn 89
Jennie W. Perry 83
llernion U Hollo 77
l.oul.ol). EsteD 75
Joseph 11. Klce 75
It. B. lounjr 74
Joseph II. Uhomas... 74
Allen B. Lee 80
Chas. Kellermann.... S-i
Henry 1. Jahn v
Clias. I) rettermau.. S4
illlam II. l.chncr... 8.1
Samuel Brenner. 73
Eal. 'iolie 71
KIlaLayman ......... 71
George Jenkins .. 71
J-dward K. l.clcs S3 John W
Oeorge K. Shaw 83
iiarger u
I"cr-
l'er-
Carriers. centige.
Granville II. Gooclns. 8
Carrier". centare.
1-em E. Hover.
Jacob It. Burkle.....
John It. Hughes . ..
1 Infield T. W Ise..,
"H m. A. f.ngli&h. ..
Geo It. I ulirer... .
Geo. it. Blood
Clias. T. Daughertv.
Am. J. Wise.
..88
,.83
. 88
..87
..86
linos. Henderson 78
Win. M. Gllmore 77
W m. Moore 75
Harry C bboenbcrircr.74
Ihos. J. Kelley 74
. 86
..81
siaion leacer ii
uarry it. liryoen ,i
Albert Englchart 71
Henry IMttmar 70
SJ
lerrence nurnton 83
James Duffy
Itoger V, McCart
George l'fell 70
Those making less than 70 per cent are not on
the eligible list. Quite alartre proportion of
those on the above list are already at work for
Uncle Sam.
HELD F0K C0DKT.
A Lesson to the Micawber Class to Repress
Its Propencttles.
A hearing was held yesterday afternoon be
fore United States Commissioner McCandless
in the case of J. E. Brison, tbe Penn avenue
gripmanIor sending illegal matter through the
mails. Mrs. Sadie tfarr, the lady to whom the
letter was addressed, testified to its receipt on
January 11, and also to the receipt of other
notes of a similar character from the defend
ant, bat not through the mails.
Charles Barr, a 10-year-old Bon of tbo witness,
testified to having carried a couple of notes to
Brison for his mother. United States Attorney
Alcorn then offered the objectionable letter in
evidence. The details of the letter were not fit
for publication. W. C. Stillwagon, Esq , repre
senting the defendant, offered no defense, and
Brison was held in the sum of $500 for tnal at
court.
A $30,000 STRUCTURE.
The Sort of Building St. Vincent's Literary
Society Will Erect.
The St. Vincent Literary Society, of tho
Southside, met last nicht and discussed the
provisions of the new charter and constitution,
which will place tbo organization on a broader
basis and enable it to work out the scheme of
erecting the large gymnasium and library build
ing already noticed in The Dispatch, but
without settling the matter finally.
It is understood that the new constitution
will make eligible quite a number ot joung
men, who at present are unable to gain admis
sion to the society, and when this is done tbey
will erect a building that will cost $30,000 exclu
sive of furnishmcnts.
AX UNFORTUNATE MAN.
Four Times Injured In aa Mirny Months, nnd
Otherwise Unlucky.
Joseph Boston, a workman in Sligo Mill,
Southside, had his foot badly crushed last
night by a heavy iron plate falling on it. He
was conveyed to his home on McLam avenue,
Thirty-hrst ward. Mr. Boston is a peculiarly
unfortunate man. He has been Injured in one
way or another four times since November
last, and it is not a week since ho buried his
wife, who died after a long, painful illness.
Previous to that time he had been cnmnnllnrt
.on account of tho strike in Dilworth, Porter i
uo.'s mm to oc idle lor over a year.
Will Ascettaln Their Klehts.
There is a decidedly interesting question be
tween the Mayor of Allegheny and the jo-boat
owners. The time is np. according to ordi
nance, for tbe removal of the boats, and the
owners are to be arrested to day. Ihree or
four of them have united to contest the con
stitutionality of the ordinance. The United
States Supreme Court may be called upon to
decide the right of people to occupy tbe free
navigable waters of tbe country.
OfQccrs Elected and Dividend Declnrrd.
At a meeting of the Westmoreland ard --m-brla
Natural Gas Company yesten uitt--noon
a dividend of X per cent was declared,
and the following officers were elected fortbe
ensuing vear: H. Darlington. President; J. M.
Guffey, Vice Presiuent; A. W. Mellon. Treas
urer; R. Mackenzie, Secretary; Directors.
Joshua Rhodes, Cyrus Elder, James McMillen,
H. Darlington, J. M. Guffey and A. W. Mellon.
The Water Was Too Crlil.
Albert Michelmann, of Canal street. Alle
gheny, yesterday morning jumped off the Ft.
Wayne Bailroad bridge into the Allegheny
river, but feeling the water to be too cold for
drowning with comfort, swam for tbe shore
and was rescued. He said he had tired of life,
because, at tbe club on Sunday night, he had
lost all his savings betting on a fall agtinst four
deuces.
HE SAID HE LED.
Some Flat Statements Made in the
Mansell Trial at McKeespori.
THE IKTEEEST GROWS INTENSE.
Fears That the Millennium Will Overtake
the Present Agony.
PROGRESS MADE ON THE SECOND DAI
"With the second day's session of the trial
of the Eev. K. B. Mansell, at McKeesport,
interest is greatly increased. "When it
opened yesterday morning a large audience
was present, and many of the chairs were
occupied by ladies. At the afternoon ses
sion the crowd greatly increased, and in the
evening the large lecture room was comfort
ably filled.
A competent stenographer was present,
and progress was greatly expedited. So far
only witnesses for the prosecution were
heard, and stacks of damaging evidence were
piled up against the already troubled par
son. Although evidently much worried,
Mr. Mansell bears up wonderfully, and re
mained cool and collected throughout the
entire ordeal. One feature, however, that
seems strange is that Mr. Mansell always
sits with his side to the witness, and has not
yet looked a witness in the face while he was
giving testimony.
At times during the trial -witnesses be
came greatly excited, and, as one of the
ministers remarked, "characters were
blackened at half the usual price." The
defense also 6eized one of these exciting times
to score a point and brought out the history of
a In el v tilt between the Rev. Dr. Meacham
and the Bishop, in which the reverend doctor
was pulled back to his seat by the coat-tails, j.
A LONG TRIAL AHEAD.
There are still a number of witnesses to be
called, and the trial will probably extend over
the week. When Dr. Wheeler, who represents
the defense, was asked yesterday how long the
trial would last he laughed and remarked:
"Until the millennium. I guess. I only hope It
will quit before that time, as I would hato to
be caught then in such company."
At the morning session Dr. C. W. Smith was
again put on tho stand and testified thit Man
sell had made no objection to signing the paper
in the book room. He also said the paper had
not been returned to Mr. Mausell until eight or
ten weeks after it was signed. After Mr. Man
sell had gotten the paper the witness said Mr.
Mansell said to him: "I lied and I acknowl
edged it. Core lied, and he would not
acknowledge it."
Rev. J. F. Core was tho next witness. He
said: "Mr. Mansell told roc, shortly after my
appointment to tbe Blairsville district, that he
bad told Bishon Wiley what a hne preacher I
was, and pointed me out to him. The Bishop,
he said, then replied, 'that fixed the matter.'
He also told me lieacom, Meacham and Boyle
had bitterly opposed my appointment, and
that tbe fight had been heard all over thepar
sonace." The witness then detailed the meeting at the
bookroom. at which Dr. Mansell had signed a
paper retracting all he had said about the min
isters regarding the Beaver cabinet session.
He said Dr. Mansell was not forced to sicn the
Y,annr anrl in ffirt lirntft down and Cried dur
ing the meeting. He said w hen that meeting
closed all of the miuisteis were weeping.
MR. CORE CORROBORATED.
Dr. T. N. Boylo then corroborated Mr. Core's
testimony regarding the cabinet meeting, and
the meeting at the bookroom. He said he had
drawn up the paper which Mr. Mansell had
sicned. He was then shown a copy of the
paper. He thought it was a correct copy.
Dr. Eeacom was called, but his testimony
was the same as the others. Dr. N. G. Miller,
Presiding Elder of the McKeesport district,
followed and said be had attended the book
room meeting at the request of Dr. Mansell
and that Mr. Maniell had not been kidnaped.
In regard to the Elrod matter he said Mr. Man
sell had been given due notico concerning its
organization, and that It was put under the
charge of Dr. Davis, of the Second Church, be
cause Dr. Mansell had too much to do.
At the opening of the afternoon session Dr.
Meacham was recalled. He deuied there bad
been any fight at Beaver over the appointment
of J. F. Core. The attorney for the defense,
however, kept firing questions at him until the
witness got mad and admitted that there had
been a slight disturbance.
"What was that disturbance?" promptly
asked Dr. Wheeler. "Everything was not as
calm as a summer evening, was it?"
"Don't go hunting into pastures new,"
qnlcklv interposed Dr. Cox.
Dr. "Wheeler, however, explained that Dr.
Mansell bad been led to his assertions about
tbe cabinet from the fact that there had been
a fieht which had been overheard in his house.
He simplv wanted to know what that fight was
and was allowed to continue.
ONE Or THE DISPUTES.
Dr. Meacham then said: "There was a dis
pute oyer the appointment of a minister in tbe
Washington district. I bad offered his name
as a candidate for the position of presiding
elder in tbe Blairsville district. The Bishop
ruled that he should be a man from that dis
trict, and of course I lost. That was on Friday
and Mr. Core was appulnted that day. I then
recommended my man for another position,
but when we met tho next dav I found the
Bishop had disregarded mo in the matter and a
heated discussion followed. I was, however,
told to keep quiet by one of the brethren and
advised that a Bishop was too big a man for me
to tackle."
Didn't the brother pull you back to your
seat by the coat tail?" asked the attorney for
tbe defense, but the witness refused tn answer.
Dr. Beacon was then recalled and said Mr.
Mansell had told him often tbe paper had been
returned to him, that he had misrepresented
all of us except Core, and that he did not
want to go on record as making a confession to
him.
H. J. Hichman testified that Mansell had
told him that N. G.Miller had forced him to
sign the paper at tbe bookroom by declaring
that he would suspend lum from his charge and
make public accusations against him. He said
Mr. Mansell told him that without his asking
for it.
WHAT HE HAD SAID.
E. P. Murphy and J. W. Morgan said Mansell
had told them that he had been forced into
sidling the naper in the book room, but that be
had beaten tbo ministers at Latrobe, and was
vindicated. Ihey also said half the congrega
tion were against Mr. Mansell's return at last
conference, and that many of the members of
the congregation had refused to pay any money
to the church while Dr. Mansell was the
pastor.
Samuel Finley and Dr. Stuckslager, official
members of the church, testified as to how Dr.
Mansell had made arrangements to come to
McKeesport, and then bad said in the nulplt
that he bad left tho matter with the Bishop
and tbe Lord.
Here one of the Judges remarked that the
Bishon and the Lord wero responsible for a
number of the mysteries in ministerial ap
pointments. a hesc witnesses also testified that a great
portion of the congregation did not want his
return, iney aio toio, now mo jjustur uau
accused F. R. Conrsm. the class leader in his
church of casting a reflection on tho boy's
mother bv using a vile oath.
Next Postmaster Shale was put on
tbe stand and asked if Mr. Coursm's
character had been damaged by Mr.
Marsell's statement. His answer created
a sensition. He said: It did not hurt it at
all. His character at present w such that a
little accusation like that would not be a
marker."
C. D. Van Kirk and a number of others wero
called; tbey corroborated a large part of the
former testimony.
COULD KOT KEEP UP.
In the eicning there was no stenographer
present, and Dr. Watkins took the testimony
in long hand. He could not keeD up. and as
soon as be was ready for the witness to proceed
he wonld call out "time' in a manner that sug
gested a master of ceremonies in a prize fight,
F. H. Conrsin was tho only witness examined.
Be told all the insiue facts in connection with
Mr. Mansell's coming to McKeesport. He said
tint at Mr. Mansell's request a meeting of tho
official board bad been called and a request for
Mansell's apoomtment telegraphed to the
Bishop. Air. Mansell bad also told witness that
he had influence with tbe Bishop and thought
he would bring up power enough to secure tbe
appointment. Mr. Mansell said this would
knocjc out tbe combine Beacon, Boyle and
Smith bad formed against bim.
Mr. Coursin said they only asked Mr. Mansell
to come to keep Dr. Holmes from getting the
appointment.
'You couldn't stand Holmes," said Dr.
Wheeler, with a laugh.
The other testimony was corroborative. The
trial was adjourned until 8.30 this evening.
Colnmbns Clnb Election.
The Columbus Club held Its annual election
yesterday. The officers who were elected are:
President, A.V. D.Watterson;'First Vice Presi
dent, C. G. Dixon; Second Vice President, L.
Vilsack; Third Vico President, J. B. McCabe;
Secretary, P. J. McNulty: Corresponding Secre
tary, Jonn O'Brien; Treasurer, T. J. Fitzpat
rick; Managers, George A. Kim, P. J. Lough
nev, J. Dunlevy, Jr., James Phelan, J. A.MC
Nally, Rev. M. M. Sheedy, J. S. Flannery.
CARELESS BANK WORK.
Assets and Liabilities of tho Broken Glue
Company Still Unknown An Effort to
Learn How Matter. Stand Partner Kern
Still In Town.
Mr. Howard E. Kern, of the TV. K.
Baeder Glue Company, that has recently
assigned for no one knows how much, was
seen at the Duquesne last evening, and said
he didn't know where either he or the com
pany stood. He said Mr. Haughey had
issued notes, and that Haughey had become
sick, on tbe head of the recent developments,
and he (Kern) did not wonder at Haughey's
illness.
"We are now making, "said Mr. Kern, "an
effort to find out where we stand, by checking
off books and back checks and notes. This I
find is impossible without the aid of Haughey,
who will not be able to assist us for several
days perhaps. There are au indefinite number
of accomodation notes out, and altogether it
will take weeks to straighten out affairs.
Hearyjudgments have been entered against
the firm, and Mr. Haughey's property has
been attached, accommodation notes aggregat
ing f80,000 were unearthed to-day. I want to
Mud out bow mucb I owe, and then I may con
sult an attorney. I think Mr, Haughey is open
to prosecution.
"As a sample of how one little bank in Alle
gheny does business, tbe President and cashier
told me that during tho months of November
and December Mr. Haughey Leld $70,000 of its
funds on a simple check dated ahead, with the
firm's name attached. It suddenly occurred to
them that 1 aughey might die, and they
asked him to rectify the error, which ho
did by dating the check all right, and making it
payable in February. I am told tbe capital
stock of the bank in question is only $75,000, and
how one man could get $70,000 without any se
curity is beyond me. The bank got back some
of the money, but they are still out $34,000. This
is all I know now. The assets and liabilities
are still in doubt."
WILL. SMILE ON ERIE.
Nobles of the Mystic bhrtno to Mnke a
Pllsrlmnee To-Day.
Thi3 morning some of the most prominent
citizens of Pittsburg will go to Erie, on the
Erie division of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
leaving at 8-05 A. M., as members of the Pitts
burg body known as Syria Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine, tho object
of their pilgrimage being to smile their bless
ing noon the oasis of Erie, to confer the Arabic
degrees upon some 50 weary sons of the desert.
The Pittsburg caravan will include tbe follow
ing sheiks: Thomas J. Hudson, Potentate of
Syria Temple; A. B. Wiglev, F. B.
Kincslev, A. V. Holmes, Charles E.
Miller, Will S. Brown. Charles B. Holmes,
Charles Dalzcll, Louis Brown. Charles C. Baer,
James S. McKean, Harry P. Ford. H. D. W.
English. D. W. P. English, David F. Colling
wood, Chris Trautman, Jtank Bell. Harry Mc
Comb James Kerr, Jr.. Benjamin Darlington,
John Knable. Thomas E. Watt, James Keil, A.
M. Voicht Harrv K. Paul. Alexandei Mur
doch, M. V. Smith, Walter Lyon, Maj'or Hunt,
George Houghton and Joseph Eicbbaum, P. G.
M., of Pittsburg; Lou Davidson, of Beaver;
Senator George Huff, Messrs. Brunot. March
and and Neubauer. of Westmoreland.
Tbe conferring of tbe degrees will begin at 5
o'clock this afternoon. This evening there
will be a gorge, by courtesy called a banquet,
in tho Mmnnerchor Hall. Among the visitors
will be not only tbe distinguished Pittsburg
people mentioned, but members of different
shrines throughout the United States. The
shrines are made up of members of the higher
orders of Masons, including Knights Templar,
members of the Scottish Rite, Thirty-second
degree, etc It is considered the most ex
clusive Masonic order. .
THE MISHAPS OP IESTEEDAI.
A Few Minor Accidents to (Busy Workers
About the City.
John Gobsck, employed at tbe Pittsburg
Foundry, fell from a scaffold yesterday. He
bad his left leg broken.
George Wilson, a rougher employed in Sligo
mill had some of tbe toes of his right foot cut
off while at work last night, by a bar of iron
falling on his foot. Ho was removed to bis
home on South Twelfth street in the Thirty
sixth ward patrol wagon.
Thomas McNally, a brakeman on the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, had his right hand
crushed vesterday while coupfing cars at Moor
head & McClean's mill, Sobo.
Harry Lane. 19 years old, a brakeman on tho
West Penn Railroad, had his arm caught be
tween the bumpers while making a coupling,
on Monday last. The arm was so badly crushed
that amputation was necessary.
Central traction car No. 61 jabout 9 o'clock
last night struck an old lady at tho corner of
Wylie avenne and High, knocking her down.
She was but slightly injured.
LEADS THE WORLD.
Pittsburg's Electric Itnrcaa Bclne Still
Farther Perfected
Long before tho New Zealand artist will re
cline upon a lounge on London bridge to sketch
the ruins of St. Paul's Epistles to tho cockneys
the Bureau of Electricity will attract the at
tention of the whole civilized world. Chief
Morris Mead, of tbe bureau, has designed a
new addition to the resources of tho bureau
which will concentrate the applied work of the
room in a vertical case instead of being spread
over two or three counters. The case will stand
at right angles to the present case and will be
surmounted by tbe municipal court of arms.
Electric keys will comrrunicatc with every box
and station for direct communication. Tho
galvanometer will show whero any trouble
exists, and the ether new departures will give
immediate connection.
Between the two cases an electric clock will
be placed, giving the mean time from Wash
ington over the Western Union wires, and the
bureau will be within three months the most
complete In the country.
Found Dead In Bed.
Peter Scan was found dead in bis bed yester
day at his boarding house on Thirty-ninth
street. He is supposed to have heart disease.
Scan was unmarried, about 45 years old, and a
peddler by occupation.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
In Second-Eland Pianos and Orgnns.
Tour Chickering pianos, 550, ?75, 125;
baby grand $200; three Miller pianos, $123
and'$150. Eight pianos of various makes,
from S10 to $100; one fine Lighte & Ernst,
$200; one fine ITischer upright, $230; one
Hallet & Davis parlor grand, $300, a rare
bargain. Tavlor & Parley, Mason & Ham
lin, Wilcox & White, Storey & Clark or
gans trom $23 to $50, all in good condition.
Privilege given to exchange at any time.
Easy payments taken.
LECUNEB & SCHOENBKEGEIt,
60 Fifth ave.
Agents for the celebrated Kr.mick& Bach
pianos.
Dabbs, our well-known photographer,
, does not depend upon theatrical effects to
make bis pictures pleasing. He depends on
his judgment of what is natural in the per
son, and makes likenesses as their friends
truly see them.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
In Second-Hand Pianos nnd Orcans.
Four Chickering pianos, $50, $75, $125;
baby grand, $200; three Miller pianos, $125,
and $150. Eight pianos of various makes,
from $10 to $100; one fine Lighte & Ernst,
$200; one fine Fischer upright, $250; one
Hallet is Davis parlor grand, $300, a rare
bargain. Taylor & Farley, Mason & Ham
lin, Wilcox & White, Storey & Clark or
gans Irom $25 to $50, all in good condition.
Privilege given to exchange at any time.
Easy payments taken.
LECHNEE & SCHOENBERGER.
69 Filth ave.
Agents for the celebrated Kranick& Bach
pianos. wsu
Tho Everett Pinno Leads Ihe World.
Club certificate No. 166 was held by Mrs.
Jas. Prouse, 61 Charles St., Allegheny.
Mrs. Prouse gets an elegant upright grand
Everett piano, which retails for $125, by
being a member of the Everett Club. She
only pays $350 for it, in payments ot $1 per
week. S'avmg $75 in the price. As the club
contracts for 350 pianos the members get
the lowest wholesale price. The rules are
so arranged that members can take their
pianos at any time for cashor onpayrnentsas
slow as$25cash and $10monthly,and still get
the reduction obtained by the club contract
The pianos are the best that skill and money
can produce. An elegant stock in rosewood,
mahogany, walnut and oak cases, artistic
in design and rich finish can be seen at
the warerooms ot the manager, Alex. Ross,
137 Federal st., Allegheny, Pa. wg
Baker's Pore Cod Liver Oil.
(Known over 40 years.) Also Baker's Emul
lion for throat and lung troubles, Druggists-
THE FlfiST CONTRACT,
A Chicago Fir:n Makes the Break on.
an Order for American Tin.
SECRETARY LONG IS IN THE CITY.
Brick Men Say They Will Oppose the
Advance of 25 Cents.
LABOR ITEMS FE0M B0SI TV0KEEES.
Mr. F. H. Long, Secretary of the Glen
dale Tin Company, of Chicago, ana manager
of the works, is in the city, stopping at the
Seventh Avenue Hotel. His business here
is to hold a conference with the officers of
the American Tinned Plate Association
concerning the action of the Committee on
Ways and Means. Mr. Long said yester
day: "Tinned plate will be one of the chief in
dustries of this country. All iron manu
facturers ought to give their attention to
this industry. It will, in the future, give
the greatest opportunity for large profits.
Just before I left Chicago I made a contract
to furnish ten tons of tinned plate to a Chi
cago firm. That is the first order taken by
an American firm. The prospects for tbe busi
ness are very bright. I think in four or five
years enough American tin plate will be manu
factured to supply the borne market.
"Onr mines are located in the Black Hills in
Dakoti, and tho yield is very good. The mill
we have just finished, the first one in the
United States, is now in operation and we will
soon have American tin on the market. With
proper protection we claim we can compete with
the English, and make tin of excellent quality.
Tnere is no reason why all the money in this
business should be carried out of the country
by foreigners when we can produce at home
just as good an article. The free traders havo
.raised the hue and cry against us, and at
tempted to create a prejudice, but tho business
is bound to flourish."
TO BUILD A TOOL WORKS.
BInyor Filler Wants Pittsbnre Capital to
Tako Hold of It.
Philadelphia parties wish to establish in this
city an extensive tool works. The following
letter from Major C. H. Fitler, of Philadel
phia, Vice President of the National Lathe and
Tool Company, has been referred to the Manu
facture! s' Committee of the Chamber of
Commerco for their action in furthering the
establishment of a tool plant.
"Philadelphia, February 18, 1890.
"William McUallln, Lsq.
'Dear Sik Would you kindly hand this
letter to tho President and Secretary of your
Chamber of Commerce. We are desirous of
locating a large manufacturing plant in one
desirable city of your State for the production
ot all classes of wood work by patented
machinery, which is already represented by
establishments in London. Boston, San Fran
cisco and Tacoraa, with several others
contracted for.
"We contribute largely to the importance of
the places wherein we locate, because our
process is such a labor saying manner of
getting out work for buildings, fences,
porches, etc., of all designs and patterns.
We would be willing to locate permanently in
your city, if a sufflcent number of responsible
citizens would assume the direction and con
trol of our plant, contributing sufficient sub
scriptions only to handle the plant and opctvte
the same. We would accept stock in suc'i a
company in preference to any money con
sideration and we will sufficiently prove all
statements made to the satisfaction of those
becoming interested in the same.
"Yours very respectfully,
"C. H. FXTXEE."
THE MINERS' CONTENTION.
Checkwolghmon's Fund Will be the First
Money Deducted.
The convention of coal miners was held in
Knights of .Labor Hall yesterday. Twenty-seven
delegates, representing railroad and river,
organized and unorganized miners, were pres
ent. Hugh McLaughlin, of Courtney, was elect
ed Chairman, and John Craig, of Venetla, Sec
retary. The Committee on Credentials was
composed of JobnC. Weal, Hugh McLaughlin
and George Hochkins, Alexander Cherry rep
resenting the river miners; Abraham Winters,
the Wheeling division; Michael McQuade, tbe
Panhandle miners; Thomas Foran, tbe Balti
more and Ohio miners; George Hochkins, the
Beach Cliff miners, and Daniel Deal were ap
pointed the Committee on Resolutions.
Nothing of importance was transacted at the
meeting, which adjourned early to convene
again to-day. A resolution was adopted to the
effect that all moneys for maintaining the
rheckweighmen fund, andotherfunds that may
be deemed necessary for committee purposes,
shall be tbe first money deducted from tho
miners' wages, and all moneys to be collected
and deducted in the office.
Committees on Constitution, Scale, Dead
Work and Permanent Organization were ap
pointed to report to-dav. The new scale will be
in accordance to the Columbus convention on
the 17 cents advance basis.
SLAPPED THE COAL OPERATORS.
Railroad Companies Refuse to Change the
Forty-illllo Radiui.
Tbe railroad companies have refused to grant
tho request of the coal operators to change tho
rates governed by the 40-miio radius. A meet
ing of the "thin-vein" men was held yesterday.
A letter was read from C. S. Wight. Assistant
General Freight Agent of the Baltimore and
Ohio Bailroad and Secretary of the meeting
of Pittsburg coal-carrying roads, to the effect
that they could not arrive at any agreement
changing the present 40-mile radius district.
A resolution was passed that in the opinion
of the operators the majority of the railroad
representatives did not understand that final
action was taken on the question, and that tbe
letter did not purport to be issued as an in
struction from tbat meeting. A committee,
consisting of Alexander Dempster. F. L. Rob
bins. J. Morton Hall, M. F. Sanford, Drt D. M.
Anderson and William P. DeArmitt, was ap
pointed to go to Chicago and endeavor to se
cure a hnal and official answer.
A letter was received from Patrick McBrvde,
of the Executive Council of the United Mine
Workers, asking for a conference on next
year's wage scale. It was decided to do nothing
about it for tbe present.
WILL OPPOSE TAB ADYANCE.
Brickyard Men Say They Cannot Incrcnso
Wages 50 Cents in Two Tears.
Secretary Dillon, of the American Flint
Glars Workers' Union and Organizer of the
Federation of Labor, stated yesterday that had
he known tbe brickmakers were organized in
the East and West in the Knights of Labor, be
would not have gone to their meeting Monday
night. He says tbe Federation will not divide
a trade or take any branch union into the or
ganization that is controlled by the Kn'ghts.
It Is stated, however, tbat the brickmakers all
over the country are agitating tbe idea of leaving
tbe Knights of Labor, form a trades union
of their own, and then attach themselves to
the Federation.
Several brick manufacturers stated yester
day that they would oppose the increase of 25
cents per day to be asked by tbe employes.
Tbe wages of the latter, he said, had been ad
vanced 2o cents just two years ago, and tliev
would objeit to any further increase. They
stated that they would do nothing until the
scale was presented. This will not bo done for
a month yet.
ANOTHER GAS COMPANY
John W. Gates and Others to Apply for a
Charter in This State.
On April 3 an application will be made to tbe
Governor for a charter for the Southern Gas
Company to supply natural gas to consumers.
The Incorporators of the company are John W.
Gates, W. P. McCook, C. H. Rowe. W. H.
Rowe, E. R. Poole and W. G. Smith.
None of tho men are Plttsburgers. John W.
Gates is President of the Braddock Wire Com
pany at Rankin station, and his present home
is in St, Louis. Tbo others are not known in
the natural gas business.
Electricity for Blairsville.
Hughes & Gawthrop, of this city, agents of
the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, haa
closed a contract with a Blairsville, Pa., com
pany for an electric plant In that town. It will
be put np at once, and the toun lighted by
electricity.
Trnublo In Enst M. Lonls.
President Wclhe, of the Amalgamated Asso
elation Iron and Steel Workers, will arrive
home from St. Louis to-morrow morning.
While in tbat city be settled some trouble
among the members of the atsoclatlon in East
St. Louis.
ANOTHER BATCH OP DRUGGISTS.
A List of Young Men Who Will Wield the
Pestle In the Mortar of Fame.
The. annual examinations of tbe Pittsburg
College of Pharmacy were concluded yester
day. The examiners were Joseph F. Neely, F.
H. Eggers, P. M. Glein. C. H. Beach, Wili S.
Jones and Professors Hugo Blanc, S. H.
Stevens and Otto Koenig. The seniors who
passed the examinations and graduated are
D. C. Yellig, C. A. Kolb, E. E. Eggers, George
Kutscber, J. F. Long, T. S. Lindsay, A. W.
Ueerlein, H. A. Brown, L. J. Bischoffand
John J. Frey.
The juniors who passed and are recom
mended for the senior class of next year are L,
A. Krey, E. L. Plant. H. F. Craig, H. T. Col
wes,D.W. Saville. C. R, Baker, A. J.Weisinger,
J. W. Kinney, H. II. Bulger, Stephen G.
Porter. W. It Hankey. C. A. Spang, EL H. Mc
Kee, C. M. Brannan, Andrew Riefer. H. G.
Clark, Chas. F. Huber, H. G. Duff, Chas. P.
Lorch, E. F. Henry, C. R. Heeson, John F.
Hord, S. M. Albin, L. M. McMillin, C. J. New
comb, George G. Strott. H. G. Fuller, H. H.
Wotring H. G. Gueth and John C. Lohman.
The Shady Side gold medal was given to J.
F. Lone, and the silver medal to H. H. Bulger.
D. C. Yellig had the higbest general average
and was bigbest in chemistry and materia
medica; Howard H. Bulger had the higbest
general average and was inchest in chemistry
in the junior class; Stephen G. Porter was
highest in materia medica.
The commencemant will be held on March
25 in the First AI. P. Church, Fifth avenue.
Dr. J. S. Dunn, of the Western Pennsylvania
Medical College, will make the address.
BIGGEST IN BELLETERNON.
An SOO-Foand Pressure Gas Well In the
Daly No. 2.
About 200 Pittsburg capitalists interested
directly in tbe Belleveruon gas field were on
the qui vive yesterday to learn the earliest
news from the Daly well No. 2. which was ex
pected to demonstrate tbe strength of the
Bellevemon field, and also the location of the
ante-clinal. whether up or down tbe river, op
posite the new town of Cbarlerol. The Daly
No. 1 has been grinding away reliably ever
since it blew in, but there was much doubt as
to which way the ante-clinal ran.
There was a perfect deluge of telegrams
about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, apprizing
Carnegie, Pbipps & Co., Jones & Laughlins,
Oliver Bros. & Phillips, tbe Manufacturers' and
Philadelphia Natural Gas companies, James S.
McKean, tbe Cbarlerol Plate Glass Company,
and other holders of leases, tbat the Daly So. 2
had come in 800 pound strong. It is the
biggest yet struck in the field.
W. D. Hartupee. engineer of Charleroi.
stated that the Daly No. 2 strike was worth
8100,000 to tbe new town, as it showed tbat the
ante rlinal ran under the town site. The Char
leroi No. 1, now being drilled, is exactly in line
with the big roarer and Oliver Bros.' big well,
back on the lull above Charleroi. There was
considerable rejoicing over tbe strike, and gas
leases in that vicinity are at an enormous
premium.
BALKING A BRIDAL AFFAIR.
Whisky nnd the Patrol Wagon Prevented
a Wedding This Afternoon.
Mollle Farrell. Lydia Miller, alias Frew, and
Nellie Miller were last night arrested at 215
Second avenue. Three men who were in tbe
room at the time of the arrest escaped before
the polico arrived at tne request of Lydia
Miller's husband who dissapprsved of the pro
ceedings. He lives at 52 Hill street, and found
the party too convivial to bis taste.
When Nellie Miller arrived at tbe police
station, she aj well as the others, was en dis
habille, and bemoaned her fate saying she was
not only a widow of four months' standing, but
was to have been married at 2 P. St. to-day. All
three had been drinking freely.
Only a Wild-Eyed Rumor.
A wild-eyed rumor was afloat yesterday that
the work of a number of Ft. Wayne passenger
conductors was under fire, and some had al
ready been discharged. At Superintendent
Watt's office the report was emphatically de
nied. Cheap Rates to the West Via St. Louis and
the Missouri Pacific Ry.
The following rates are now in effect via
the Missouri Pacific By.: Between St.
Louis and Kansas City, $5; between St.
Louis and Atchison, Kan., and St. Joseph,
Mo., $6; between St. Louis and Omaha,
Neb., $8 25; between St Louis and Pneblo,
Colorado Springs and Denver, $15; between
Kansas City and Pueblo, Colorado Springs
and Denver, $10. For tickets and
further information apply to S. H. Thomp
son, Central Passenger Agent, Missouri
Pacific Ky., 1119 Liberty st., Pittsburg, Pa.
Impersonal Vs. Personal.
Why is it that so many persons in making
their wills or creating trusts name some per
son as their executor or trustee? We can
understand why it is so in some cases, bnt it
woHild seem as if the advantages of an im
personal administration are not fully under
stood or realized, or a much larger number
of persons would leave their estate to be ad
ministered by trust institutions. What are
some of the maniiest advantages of an im
personal administration? One is perma
nence. With a personal administration
there is always the contingency of death of
executor or trustee, but a trust company
such as The Safe Deposit Company OfPitts
burg, having a perpetual charter, does not
die. Then again, there is experience, and
this is a great consideration, as an inexperi
enced person, though qualified in other re
spects, is apt to make mistakes, and is very
likely to get the estate into legal difficulties
and losses. Again there is security. An
institution such as The Safe Deposit Com
pany Of Pittsburg, with a large capital full
paid, affords complete secnrity, and is a
guarantee iu itself that the trust funds will
be honestly and faithfully cared for. We
ask our readers to earnestly consider this
subject, and act accordingly. In this con
nection we ask you to careiully consider the
claims of The Safe Deposit Company Of
Pittsburg, established in our midst more
than 20 years ago, having a rich experience,
and a management free trom every feature
that would imperil trust funds.
Reduced From 25c to 13c,
20 dozen bovs and youths' scarf tecks and
four-in-hands; also 25 dozen men's scarfs in
puffs, tecks and ionr-in-hauds, 29c reduced
from COc.
A. G-. Campbell & Sons, 710 Penn are.
Excursion to Washington City.
B. & O. E. B. will sell excursion tickets
to Washington, D, C, good to visit Balti
more, on Thursday, March 20, at rate of 89
the round trip. Trains leave at 8 A. M.
and 9.20 p. ar.
No case of rheumatism can be so bad
tbat Chamberlain's Pain Balm will not
help it. The prompt relief from pain which
it affords is alone worth many times tbe
cost, which is 50 cents.
Keep dry! Men's umbrellas from 50c to
$15 each. Men's mackintoshes from 5 to
$25 (English goods).
Jos. HOItNE & Co. '3
Penn Avenue Stores.
Look nt This.
All styles in men's hats at $1 50.
All styles in mcu's hats at $1 50.
All styles in men's hats at 51 50.
P. C. C. C, cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,
opp. the new Court House.
There's no other make of beer so popu
lar as the Iron CityBrewingCo.'s. All first
class dealers keep it.
Jamfs H. Aiken & Co.'s neckwear dis
play, 100 Filth ave.
Bargains! ! 1
In ladies' English mackintoshes.
$18 ones at $6; $15 ones nt $5.
Jos. Hokne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Bronzes, Bronzes. Bronzes.
Largest stock, lowest prices, at Hauch's
Jewelry Store, Ko. 295 Filth ave. wpsu
James H. Aiken & Co.'s neckwear dis
play, 100 Filth ave.
Ladles' Salt Parlor.
Early spring opening Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, March 13, 14, 15, of street,
carriage and traveling dresses.
Parcels & Jones, 29 Sifta aye,
ME. M'GffiTS MULE,
And the Excitement it Created at
Eight on Mount Washington.
A WHITE GHOST, WITH WINGS,
That Made a Pretty Mesa of Inrnip Patches
and Flower Beds.
LAID OCT AT LAST BI THE LAW
Agent Berryman, of the Hnmane Society,
yesterday found McGinty. He not only
found McGinty, but he discovered Mc
Ginty's white mule.
For several weeks the Humane Society
has been receiving complaints concerning
the depredations of McGinty's mule on Mt.
Washington, It was alleged in numerous
communications that a white mule had been
creating much excitement on tbe hill. At
the dead hour of the night there was some
times pushed info a bedroom window a long,
white nose, with eerie wing-like attachments
in the shape of ears. Many women were
frightened into the center of next week, and
not a few men were persuaded that there
was some basis for tne investigations of the
Boston Psychological Society. In the morn
ing, cowslips, bachelor buttons and daisies
were often found tramped down, and when
tbe eood housewife looked over her garden she
usually found the tracks of a horseshoe.
STORIES of the ghost.
Many were the stories told in the Thirty
second and Thirty-fifth wards of the night ap
parition, which invaded gardens, ate turnip
patches, put its head into summer kitchens, de
voured mackerels put to soak, and in a general
and generous spirit kept all the cattle of the
hill from that nightmare of the horned tribe
known as "founder."
The "thing" became unbearable, and the re
sult was letters to the Humane Society. One
night Smith went home late. and. after walking
two blocks from the top of the hill, he met a
borrible wbite object in his pathway. He said
"shoo," but the thing did not "shoo." It stood
squarely in the center of the pathway, and
waved lis white wings. Smith climbed a paling
fence, tore half the clotbingfrom his limbs and
made bis way by onion beds and cabbage gar
dens to the rear end of his lot, where he gained
access to his own property and stumbled over a
stray pile of coal to his rear door. Hi wife
shot at him. but. of course, missed, and he got
iulu boo iiouse wicnouc acciueni.
After tbat complaints heaped themselves one
above the other on the table of the Humane
Society, calling for the suppression of McGin
ty's mule. Agent O'Brien and Assistant Agent
Berryman looked at the complaints askance.
They had heard of the McGinty joke, and felt
that the wicked Dean was ambling through the
rural rezions of Mt Washington fixing up the
joke. Neither of tbe Humane agents ventured
to investigate.
Nevertheless, the depredations continued,
and cabbages, dishcloths, old shoe', washtubs
and other handy household articles disap
peared, while tbe white specter sulked unhin
dered through tbe sylvan precincts of the hill.
There was held manv a consultation between
Age-its O'Brien and Berryman, but the general
vote was that the joke was a good one which
should not be disturbed.
FACE TO FACE WITH IT.
Finally, on Monday night, Agent O'Brien
went borne late at night. He reached the top
of the incline, and started to walk home under
the shade of the trees which obscure the side
walks, tortuous and narrow, up and down the
hills of Mt. Washington. He was half way
home when he saw a white figure floating be
fore him. There were wings to it. waving to
and fro, and tbe sturdy agent of tbe Humane
Society stood irre-olute. He had seen many
strange sights, but it had never been his ill
luck to meet a ghost face to face. Sam was
tired tbat night and very anxious to get home,
but he concluded not to go home. Ho tnrned
sharp about, and, as he heard the flapping of
the wings in tbe night wind, he fled toward the
incline.
Yesterday morning Mr. O'Brien gave Mr.
Berryman orders to SCuur the bill, here and
there, for McGinty's male. Mr. O'Brien went
to court and Mr. Berryman made the search.
He tramped through mud to his knees. He
exercised great care not to ask an adult who
knew the old joke, where McGinty lived, but
approached children on the street Thus ho
finally located the house, and came face to face
with Jobn McGintv. Ihe mule was not at
home, but the owner, protesting that ho
thought more of Jack than he did of his life,
begged that the white mule might be spared.
Mr. Berryman was at fli st obdurate, but at last
yielded to the pleadings of an admirer, and
prmised te spare the pet if McGinty would
promise to feed Jack on something else than
love and canary birds. Thus the case stands.
Bo you wish to attend a play while stopping
In New York? No more favorable location tor
amusement can be found than the Sturtevant
House, cor. Broadway and Iwenty-nmtb street,
ooposite Fifth Avenne Theater and near all
the other first-class places of amusement
To-Day
We offer 400 men's fine suits at S10 per suit.
ah sizes ana luny zd styles to choose from.
P. C. C. C, cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,
opp. the new Court House.
The severe pain incident to rheumatism
is promptly relieved by Chamberlain's Pain
Balm, and many very bad cases have been
cured by its continued use. 50 cents per
bottle. wibsu
Only One Week.
A handsome 8x10 photograph in -water
color of yourself or children for only ?1, at
ttenaricks es co.'s, JNo. b Federal st., Al
legheny. This is no advertising scheme,
but a handsome picture. 6
Several Lurse Group Photos
Of prominent families were taken at An
frecht's Elite Gallery, 516 Market st., Pitts
burg. EVIL AIR
i
Trom bad sewerage or undralned
swamps deranges the liver and un
dermines the system, creates blood
diseases and eruptions, preceded by
headache, biliousness and constipa
tion, which can most effectually be
cured by the use of the genuine
Dr.O.McLane's celebrated
Liver Pills.
Price, 25c. Sold by all druggists, and ore
pared only ty Fleming Brothers, Pitts
burg, Pa. Get the genuine; counterfeits
arc mado in St. Louis.
jyS-MTVT
COUGHS, SORE THROAT.
The higbest medical authorities of tbe world
prescribe and recommend tbe SODEN MIN
ERAL PASTILLES for diseases of the throat
chest and lungs, and also for consumption.
"The Soden Mineral Pastilles andWatezs
proved quite as useful as you claimed In the
case for which 1 employed them, one of gastric
catarrh." WM. F. WAUGH.
Professor of tbe Medico-Chlrurgical College
of Philadelphia.
"1 used tho Soden Mineral Pastilles with ex
cellent results. Cheerfully recommend them for
all throat troubles." I. K. CLAUSEN. M.D.,
Supervising Physician at Philadelphia.
At all druggists at 25c and 50c a box.
Pamphlets gratis on application.
Soden Mineral Springs Co., Lim'td
15 CEDAR ST., NEW YORK.
ja7--wa
ON OR ABOUT APRIL I
THE DISPATCH
BUSINESS OFFICE
Will be removed to corner Smithlleld and Dla
"mondsts. mh8-117
piOARS-
J. A. B. & CO.'S AMIGAS.
Clear Havana IT 00 per hundred.
JOHN A. REN SHAW A CO,
Fancy Grocer, cor. Liberty and Ninth sts.
jnhS-trs
EATIFIED THE aGEEEMEHT.
Tho Standard Car HeallBBT nnd VdntllatloK
Company Doe Bale.
The Standard Car Heating and Ventilating
Company held its annual meeting in the West
Inghouse building yesterday. The agreement
giving to the Consolidated Car Heating Com
pany, of Albany, N. Y.. certain rights and ap
paratus, from the Standard or Westinghouse
Company, at a good royalty, was ratified by the
local company. . .
Tbe following officers of tbe Standard Com
pany were elected for one year: President.
George Wesunghoue, Jr.: Secretary, A. T.
Rowand; director'. Robert Pitcalrn. JJ. H.
Westinghouse. C. H. Jackson, George West
inghouse, Jr., and John CoIwelL
USD $20 AND COST.
3111k Adulterated With Oai-Fonr!h Water
Comes Illsh.
D. S. Osgood. Isaac Lanson, R. Caplin and
John Kane, the milk dealers who were charged
by Milk Inspector McCutcheon with selling
adulterated milk, were given a bearing last
evening by Alderman Richards. Lanson's
milk, it was stated, was about one-fourth
water, and he was fined $20 and costs.
Tbe milk of tbe others, tboutrh watered, was
not as bad as Lanson's, and they were lt off
with the payment of the costs.
Weak stomaca.Beecham'sPilIsactIIke magic
Peaks' Soap secures a oeautlf ul complexion.
JDS. HDRNE I CD.'S
PENN AVE. STORES.
Pittsbttbg, Wednesday. March 12, ISM.
GINGHAMS.
WHEN
YOU
COMK
TO
OUR
WASH
GOODS
Department
FOR
FINE
GINGHAM SJ
ASK
' For the follow
ing :-: makes,
which we al
ways carry and
have now ia
stock in very large quantities and most
complete line ot styles, and all the styles
now the very newest and best.
THE
GENUINE
ANDERSON'S :
Made in Glasgow, the best Ginghams in
the world. The price is 40c here, lust
as it is in all large cities East or West.
Tbey are full 32 inches wide by the yard
stick always nearer 33 than 32. The
Genuine Anderson's Ginghams al
ways come in one yard and three-Inch
folds.
ANOTHER
SCOTCH
MANUFACTURE :
Also from Glasgow, very handsome
goods, good, full 30 Inches wide, good
quality of cloth, and handsome color
ings, but not the equal of Anderson's
Price 25c.
OUR
OWN AMERICA.
After seeing the Scotch turn and look
at the American goods yon look with
pride full 32 inches wide, like the An
dersons, the very best American prod
ucts, complete lines from 2 of tbe best
manufacturers in this country, and the
price is 25c a yard. These are very much
like the quarter-dollar Scotch Ging-,
hams in quality of cloth and In styles,
though perhaps not quite so clear in the
coloring.
This is a very brief statement In re
gard to our Ginghams. It will pay yon
well to bear them in mind. It will pay
yon well to buy our Ginghams.
New goods arriving daily In the Wrap,
Jacket and Suit Departments.
JDS. HDRNE I CD,
609-621 PENN AVE.
mhl3
CIGARS J. A. R. & CO.'S
CUBAN HANIJ MADE.
The best cigar for tbe money.
M 50 per hundred.
JOHN A. RENSHAW4CO.
Fancy Grocers, cor. Liberty and Ninth sts.
mhS-ivs
l I "CD L -
MMUFACTJJRIHG SITES.
Will be donated to responsible parties hartez
an established trade.
Situate on main line P. R. R In the very heart
ot the GrapeTille gas field.
Privileges of drilling gas wells free: abundant
supply ot pure water: best coal and Connelti
Tille coke at hand. I
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mh2-U9 F. ?. CLOPPER. Greeniburc Pi