CANAL COMPETITION
A Powerful Factor in Per
suading the Railroads to
GIVE LOW PBEIGHT RATES.
Morgantcnvn Would Like the C. fc 0.
Extended to That City.
TOW TATHS TO BE ABOLISHED.
Practicability of Overhead Electric Wires
Suggested
TO SUPERSEDE TBE MULE AS A MOTOR.
The citizens of Morgantown -would be
glad to bare tbe Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal extended to that place. On the prac
ticability of the scheme there is, however, a
difference of opinion. The value of water
competition is forcibly illustrated by the
decreased railroad rates since steamboats
began running on the upper Monongahela.
rrjlOM X 6TAFF COUBESPOXDEXT.';
Morgantown, W. Va., March 14.
"And so your trans-Allegheny towpath
would end here?"
"Xo, sir."
"Where, then? Possibly in the glades of
Lanrel Hill over yonder on the Cheat
river?"
"Xo. sir."
"Why, sir, I certainly could not have
misunderstood what I read about this
scheme. It was to be a canal from Cumber
land to Morgantown to connect the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal with the Mononga
hela river. Is not that right?"
Te, sir, it is."
"Well, of course, then, the towpath
would end at Morgan "
"2fo, sir. That is where you make the
mistake. It is true the canal would end at
Morgantown, bnt the tow-path I think you
said the 'tow-path,' sir?"
"Certainly, I said the tow-path! How in
the name of common sense are you going to
brine the canal to Morgantown without lay
ing a tow-path beside it?"
CANALS OF THE FUTURE.
"Ah, I see now. I was afraid your
thoughts were clouded by the darkness of
the early canal days. 2To, the tow-path
will not end at Morgantown, neither will it
begin at Cumberland. In fact, there will
be no tow-path at all, bnt there will
be a canal all the same. Edward Bellamy
failed to look backward on the subject of
canals. He could get out a second edition of
bis famous book on this alone, telling about
how screw-propeller steam canal boats were
successfully used on the rock-walled canal
over the Alleghenies before all the mules
of the Erie Canal had yet died off. And
then he could sketch the decay of the steam
canal boat and describe the operation of
electric boats climbing the briery moun
tain from the Potomac valley, and sizzing
and whirring down the western slope to the
Monongahela.
"If overhead wires pnll ponderous street
cars up hills and around curves against nil
the friction of iron wheels and steel rails,
the people of the year 2000 may ask why
were we so long about erecting overhead
wires lor the softly-gliding canal boat. You
are quite sure you used the word towpath
in connection with the proposed trans
Allegheny canal, are you, my friend ?"
MOEGANTOWN'S UNIQUE rOSITION.
My traveling companion's imagination
might have taken higher flights, but the
supper bell of the Wallace House just at
that moment gave the cynical holder of
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stocks and
bonds a convenient means for escape.
Leaving the canal to the future (and the
Maryland Legislature) and the problems of
its construction to the engineers, I inter
viewed Morgantown business men as to
what they desired most, railroads or water
ways, and their answer "We want both"
brings us down to the things which exist
to-day.
Since last December Morgantown has
been a striking example of the influence
which water navigation has upon railroads.
In that month the dam highest up the Mo
nongahcla river was opened to navigators,
and ever since then steamboats have been
plying between Pittsburg and Morgantown.
The river voyage is 105 miles.
LOW FEElGni BATES.
The shortest rjossible railroad route from
Pittsburg to Morgantown is on the Balti
more and Ohio via the Wheeling division,
and that is 173 miles long. Xotwitbstand
iug this great difference between the two
routes, just as soon as the Mouongahela
packets began to discharge Pittsburg ireisht
at Morgautown the railroad company low
ered its freight rates one-third, meeting the
river tariff. Xow the business men of Mor
gantown have a healthy competition for
their freight, which they did not have prior
to December, and those who preler railroad
carriage have much lower rates.
I asked Captain Adam Jacobs, master of
tbe packet James G. Blaine, it the steadv
maintenance, year after year, of the line of
steamers on the Mouongahela river, in face
of the railroad development in that valley
as lar soutn as Brownsville, had not oper
ated to keep railroad rates down, and in this
way benefited the shippers of the valley.
A STBIKING ILLUSTRATION.
"Undoubtedly it has," replied Captain
Jacobs. Here is a forcible illustration of
that fact Some time ago the Secretary of
the United States Treasury notified the "offi
cers of this packet line that we would have
to stop carrying oil barrels to and from
Greensboro. It was purely a technical
voint he raised, these being passenger
steamers, and in a few months he modified
his order. But just as soon as we stopped
carrying the oil barrels, up went the rail
road freight rates on them. We had carried
them for 8 cents. The railroads instantly
raised from 8 to 18 cents. J have no doubt
that were the railroads to have a. similar
opportunity on other lines of freight which
we carry they would increase rates just as
quickly.
"As it is now, rates by either rail or river
are about the same, and yet we carrv the
bulk of the freicht between Pittsbure:" and
Brownsville, and all of it for points above
Brownsville where railroads do not exist.
A trans-Allegheny Canal would bring into
the Monongahela Valley enormous com
merce. THE. RIVER COULD STAND IT.
"These grand locks and dams, planting
the head of Western river navigation in the
heart of the mountains, are too perfect and
extensive for a merely local commerce. .The
whole United States should ue them.
Money can lift that proposed canal over the
mountain peaks from Cumberland. It is
thoroughly practicable."
When the Pittsburg, Virginia and
Charleston was completed to Monongahela
City it charged 25 cents per hundred for
dryeoods freicht Now it carries it lor 12
cents.
These recent examples of a water way
regulating the Jreight tariffs of railrods, have
broadened the viewspf business men in Mor
gantown. They will not object to being made
the terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal instead of Cumberland. "Give us
the canal," said Mr. T. Pickenpaugb, "and
also build us a railroad ironi here direct to
Pittsburg. Then increise our river facili
ties still more. We can stand them all.
Wc have been starved so long we are now
eager for everything movable, cither by
water or dry land. The Fairmont branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad our
only railroad outlet was only given us
three years ago. Before that we reached
Pittsburg by stage coaches to Fairchance.
FREIGHTING IK OLD TIMES.
We hauled our freight from the Pitts
burg steamboats at Greensboro by flatboats,
rafts and horses to Morgantown. We did
this until navigation was completed this
winter to this point, for the Baltimore and
Ohio route to Pittsburg was away round by
AVheeling and their freight rates were high
until the Monongahela packets made them
bring them down, ifow, if a railroad was
built from here to Pittsburg by way ol
Uniontown and a canal ironi the railroad to
Morcantownwe would secure both increased
railroad and river accommodations, and
Morsantown could measure arms with
Pittsburg as 'the head of Western naviga
tion.' "
Judce J. A. Dille hailed the canal
scheme with delight as a just recognition of
Morgautown's position on the maps as re
gards river navigation. "Why, do you
know," he said, "over 40 years ago we or
ganized a company up here to slackwater
the Monongahela in West Virginia. That
is a good while ago, but we kept at it with
the Government until they built the two
upper damson the Monongabela, and now
we h.ve the slackwater. It may take time
for a trans-Allegheny Canal to reach the
Monongahela, but it will come.
"Such a canal might find an entrance to
Morgantown by way of Coburn's creek,
which cuts its way through the Laurel Hill
mountain, or it might come down the valley
of the Cheat. One of George Washington's
early canoe schemes was along tbe Cheat."
A VEEY MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY.
Prof. I. C. White, of the University of
West Virginia, in Morgantown, has a per
fect knowledge of the mountains of West
Virginia, between here and Cumberland,
on account of his geological researches
among them. I asked him if lie thought
the trans-Allegheny project practicable. "It
is possible," he replied, "but hardly prac
ticable, I thiuk. Between here and Cum
berland it would have to cross the summit
of the mountains at an elevation of about
2,G00 feet. The Will's creek route I im
agine would be best for a canal, iT it is trnc
the summit-level there would be only a
little'Over 1.900 feet. And yet a tunnel of
the same size as there contempleted would
reduce the altitude of a Morgantown route
very materially also. And if the Will's
Creek Valley is practicable for a canal, cer
tainly the Cheat Valley would be.
"A canal from Cumberland to the vicin
ity of Morgantown would have to come
down the Potomac to the Cheat, and down
the Cheat to the Monongahela. The Cheat
is exceptionally wild and rocky, but it has
an advantage over the Youghiogheny and
Will's creefc route in that it is not yet occu
pied by railroads.
A NOVEL PROPOSITION.
"No." continued Prof. White, "I believe
the $25,000,000 necessary for such n canal
could be much better spent by the Govern
ment lor the development of this country.
The Monongahela river is finelv slack
watered and navigable all the year around.
But how much more useful would it be
if the Ohio river was navigable
all v the year around. Now, if the
.money proposed to be spent on a trans-Alle
gheny canal were put into the erection of
dams on the Ohio river between Davis
Island and Cincinnati there would be more
general benefits result I like Colonel Mer
rill's recommendation to Congress this
week.
"Another way money could be spent to
advantage would be in building storage
reservoirs along the Youghiogheny, Cheat
and Allegheny rivers. Dams for such pur
poses are built to an immense height in
France. Along the Cheat theyjwould be
very easily constructed, and that valley
being sparsely settled, there would be no
danger of a repetition of the Johnstown
disaster. The Tygart's and Buckbannon
rivers are two tributaries of th'e Cheat, and on
each of them dams 40 to 50 feet high might
be erected. These streams are really noth
ing more than mountain gorges. Out of
their native rock tbe dams could be cheaply
thrown across the narrow valleys. All our
floods come from the mountains. These
big dams would catch much of tbe surplus
water of a freshet, thus lessening the damage
along the big rivers. In dry seasons gates
in these storage dams could let out the
water to keep up navigation along the larger
rivers. The millions of dollars lost in one
flood alone along the three rivers joining at
Pittsburg would build these dams."
L. E. STOFIEL.
TEIUMPH OP BOODLE.
Br n Close Vote the Blnrjland S-nnto
Gobble the Cannl ior n CnllroiW-"
The Case Will Now Go to
ho Conns.
rsrrciAL telegram to tiie dispatch, i
Annapolis, Md., March 14. The bill
to lease the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to
the Cumberland and Washington Bailroad
Company was passed in tbe Senate to-night
by yeas 15, nays 11. The act now awaits
the Governor's signature to become a law.
He will undoubtedly sign it, as be pro
posed the lease to the Legislature.
The canal is now in the hands of the
courts, and there is a belief that the pro
posed act is futile.
A Rnttler for To-Day.
To-day we hold a genuine bargain sale of
men's fine suits and overcoats at $10 each.
The garments we will sell are far snperior
to anything ever before shown at that price,
being goods worth $16. $18 and even $20.
With one big sweep we place them all within
your reach at $10. There are fine cassimere,
cheviot and worsted suits, nnd beautiful
spring overcoats, made from costly meltons
and kerseys. Price $10. P. C. C. C,
Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. tbe new
Court House.
Remodeling Hnle.
On account of remodeling we will offer for
the next 20 days our complete line of decora
ted table and toilet ware, fancy odd pieces
for table use; also our immense stock of
handsome ornaments at greatly reduced
prices. A call will convince you that this
is a bona fide sale.
Chas. Reizenstein,
152, 154 and 156 Federal, Allegheny.
TTSSU
Ladles' Gloves.
Our line of aousquetaire suedes at$l 25
is superior value.
Jos. Hokne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Excursion to Washington City.
B. & O. B. B. will sell excursion tickets
to Washington, D. C, good to visit Balti
more, on Thursdav, March 20. at rate of 59
the round trip. Trains leave at 8 A. M. and
950 P. M.
Challis The finest and best qualities
nttOc a yd.; a beautiful assortment of both
light and dark colorings.
TTSSU HUGUS & HACKE.
Ladles' Suit Parlor.
Early snrine (menino ThnrndaT-. -Friday
and Saturday, Marrh 13, 14, 15, "of street,
carnage and traveling dresses.
Parcels & Jones, 29 Fifth ave.
New lace curtains from Jl a pair no to
the finest at Arthur, Schondelmver & Co.'s,
68 and 70 Ohio St., All'y. " xts
Theee's no other make of beer so popu
lar as the Iron City Brewing Co.'e. All
first-class dealers keep it.
BIECHALL TALKS.
He Claims to Be n Victim Instead of a
Victimize! Uli Bxperlerces as a
Fnpll Farmer Ills Defense
to Be an Alibi.
Woodstock, Ont., March 14. Birchall
was induced last evening to make a state
ment concerning the purpose of his coming
to Canada, but could not be persuaded to
say anything that would throw any light on
Benwell's murder or his own movements on
the fatal day. Birchall said he came to
Canada as a pupil farmer, and continued:
The Arm of Ford, Rathbun fc Co. took 70
from me and promised to securo me a first-class
place on a tine Canadian farm. I came here
with my wife. We came through to Wood
stock and I met Pupil Farming Agent McDon
ald. He said he would fix me all ricbt, ami in
a few days sent me oat to a farm near Spring
field. Icoaldnotsiandit and stopped there
only one dav and a half. We then took up our
residence at Woodstock. Picktballis also one
of the pnpil farmers and was sent out
by the sarao agency. I think tlio firm
has now changed, and is Ford fe Co.,
and their address is New Wall Brook. They
hold a big position In .England, and to
an applicant tbey will show a stack of original
recommendations from bishops, canons, peers
and others. They are making piles of money
out of tbe business. They have also agents in
Ohio and some other Western States. About
that bank book, I see it staled 'hat tbe author
ities suspect that I have no such amount as
4,000 in the Imperial Bank, and that I simply
used that book to decoy dupes. Now this is a
fact. I deposited the amount with the bank in
stocks and bonds, and when tbe time comes
the deed will bo made clear. I will bring a
number of witnesses from .England, but 1 am
not at liberty to say what I intend to prove by
them.
It was learned from Birchall 's counsel
that the principal line of defense will be
that the prisoner could not possibly have
walked tbe distance from Princeton station
to the place where Benwell's body was
found, committed the murder, looked over
the clothes, cut out the name from them and
returned to tbe station between the hours of
11 a. M. and 3 r. M., during which time it
appears that Benwell lost his life.
A GAMBLING DEBT LEGAL.
The Pool-Selling Law Slakes It a Valid
Contrnct la New York.
tSrZCUI. TELEOUAM TO THE DI8PATCH.1
New York, March 14. A decision of
importance to the sporting community, con
struing the Ives pool bill was rendered to
day by tbe general term of tbe Supreme
Court. The point at issue was whether a
person buying a pool ticket on the race
track upon a horse which turned out a win
ner can bring a legal action to recover the
amount won. The case was that of ex
Assemblyman Michael Brennan against
the Brighton Beach Racing Association to
recover 773 winnings on Elsie B. on August
10, 1887. Brennan with a party of friends
went to the race track and called for tickets
on Elsie B, for which he paid $100. Elsie
B won, but when Brennan went to cash his
tickets he was told they represented a horse
called Belvue, which had lost. Brennan
brought suit through Fromme Bros., to re
cover the amount won.
Judge O'Brien dismissed tbe complaint,
holding that the transaction was a gambling
one, and that at most Brennan could only
recover the amount he paid for the tickets,
inlbe same manner as if he bad lost at
card. The assemblyman appealed to the
General Term, claiming that the effect of
the Ives pool bill was to put gambling at
tbe race track on the same level with any
other (contract. This view is sustained by
tbe General Term, which holds the purchase
of pool tickets to be a contract, and en lore
able in law by either party.
FLEECING AMBITIOUS AMERICANS.
Lady MnndcvIIIc's Plans for Introducing
Them to London Society.
TBT DUXLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.3
London, March 14. The sensation cre
ated by the publication of an offer by a lady
of title to introduce Americans into the
highest London society has been revived
by the discovery of the identity
of 'the so-called "Countess." She
turns out to be no less personage
than the well-known Lady Mandeville,
formerly Miss Elorence Yznaga, and sister
to Fernando Yznaga, who recently married
Mabel Wright Lady Mandeville's plans
were for Americans to provide themselves
with letters of introduction from her Lady
ship's agent in the United States, which
were duly presented in London.
The Americans were then 'introduced to
her ladyship's bankers, modistes and circle
of acquaintances. The Mandeville balance
at the banks wa increased by gifts from the
visitors, and her bills at the milliners were
regularlv raid by her proteges. In addi
tion to these returns a system of presents was
established oi which the Americans were
auickly made aware, and were expected to
live up to.
A THOUSAND COMPLAINTS.
Arrest of a Porter lor Stealing Jewelry
From(lhe Malls.
rSPECIAL TELEO BAM TO THE DISPATtH.t
New York, March 14. John Hogan, a
porter employed on the mail cars running
between this city and Boston, was arrested
at the Grand Central station to-day by
Postoffice Inspectors, on a charge
of stealing jewelry from the mails.
For several months there have been
complaints of the loss of jewelry sent from
the manufactories of Attleboro and Provi
dence to Chicago houses. The inspectors
said that the packages were stolen at the
Grand Central station at the time that they
were to be transferred to the westbound cars.
They said they had traced some of the stolen
jewelry to Hogan's house, and thai he had
confessed the theit.
A dispatch from Chicago says that tbe
news of the arrest was telegraphed to In
spector Stuart, of that city, who said:
"For months I have been in receint of com
plaints from all the wholesale jewelry
houses of this city about the loss ot jewelry
from the mails. Here on my books are the
complaints, 1,000 in all, with the amount of
jewelry taken."
SUSPtNDING OCEAN TRAVEL.
A Stevedores' Strike Prevent Vessels From
LenTlnc Liverpool.
New Yoke, March 14. The agent of the
Guion Line of steamers in this city to-day
received a cable dispatch stating
that the Arizona would not sail from
Liverpool on account of the strike.
This strike is among the stevedore's, and it
affects all the steamers sailing from Liver
pool as far as is known. It is thought that
this strike will extend all'over the British
Isles if not thewhole of Europe. The strike
has caused excitement.
AH engagements for freight have been
declared off and passage tickets have been
called in and the money refunded or en
gagements made for the tickets to be used
at some future date. Ihe Guion Line haB
not had a ship in here for two weeks. The
Inman Liner City of Paris, which arrived
here on Wednesday, had a hard time to get
out of Liverpool.
la Mrmora of Chief Crow.
Last niebt the Allegheny Fire Committee,
accompanied by Clerk Dilworth and Chief
Jones, visited the house of Mrs. James E.
Crow, wife of the late chief, and presented
her with the handsome memorial volume
prepared by Councils. The presentation
was done in a quiet manner, no speeches be
ing made. The book contains a record of
Chief Crow's life and services.
Tbe School Principals' Meeting.
A meeting of school principals will be
held in the Central Board of Education
rooms this afternoon to discuss the question,
"Should Promotions be Based on Class
Records?"
Twenty Thousand Enclneers Strike.
London-, March 14. Twenty thousand
engineers in the northeastern part of En
gland have gone on strike. They demand
a reduction ot the hours of labor.
FIGHTING THE FLOOD.
Thousands of Men Kept at Work
Strensftheninj: the Levees.
ENTIRE COUNTIES UNDER WATER.
Farmers Compelled to Travel From House
to House in Skiffs.
THE ARKANSAS LEYEES CANNOT STAND
Is the Opinion of an Expert, Who Predicts Still Greater
Floods.
The situation in the flooded districts is
still one of great gravity, although the peo
ple are working bard and hopefully to keep
rivers within their banks. It is predicted
that the Arkansas levees will be unable to
withstand the pressure.
Memphis, Tenn., March 14. The river
rose one-tenth to-day, and is now 36.4 on
the gauge the highest point ever re
cordedand is still rising. The consensus
of opinion here is that the levees on the
Mississippi side will be able to withstand
the pressure of the great flood. The splendid
levee and equipment of the Mississippi
Valley Bailroad are contributing in a ma
terial degree to tbe preservation'of the levees
in the Yazoo Delta. Nothing is being left
undone by the railroad to maintain the
levees and prevent disaster.
The situation on the Arkansas side below
Arkansas City is far from reassuring, al
though the damage, should the levees give
way, would be slight if comparison were
made with the destruction which would
ensue should the. east bank break.
the country desolated.
Passengers on the Louisville, New Or
leans and Texas Bailroad, on trains leaving
New Orleans last night and arriving here
'this morning, were treated to novel scenes
along the road. The lowlands and lagoons
in the Mississippi delta are flooded until
the dry land visible is the ridge on which
the track runs and a few promontories,
whose black hulks protrude above the
water now and then. These places
afford shelter for hundreds of squirrels and
small game driven to them by the inunda
tion. Huts and cabins in lower lands are
submerged several feet in water. Tied at
their doors are skiffs and dugouts, which
afford the occupants their only means of
transit Irom one place to another. Every
thing presents an air of waste and desola
tion. The railroad embankment is still 12
or 15 feet above water and in no imminent
danger. The scene is picturesque in the ex
treme between Vicksburg and Lula, Miss.
In that district the water is highest, and
farmers who have not already moved are
making every preparation to do so.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
A special from Newport, Ark., says:
The river commenced running over the
levees at 10 o'clock last night, -'id the
whole town, except Fort street, is now from
4 inches to 2 feet uuder water. Bua.ess is
entirely suspended. The White and Black
rivers commenced falling this afternoon and
it is hoped the worst is over. The damage to
tbe adjacent country is immense. Oil
Trough county, containing 75,000 acres of
cultivated land, is now under water from 6
inches to 20 feet. The rise was sudden and
without warning. Fences and everything
movable are gone. The country south of
Newport, which embraces some of the finest
farms in the State, is also inundated. The
losses at Newport are very heavy regardless
of the loss of business.
A Helena special says: The river rose two
inches during the past 24 hours and is now
four feet below high water mark. Mr. J. B.
Miles, an authority on river matters, says:
AN EXPERT'S OPINION.
The present indications aro that the river
will go to or over tbe high water or 188648 feet
1 inch and will probably be at least one foot
above that at Friar's Point, Miss. Below Old
Town tbe water will be bnt little above 1880.
Above the Arkansas river the highest point
will be reached abont the 26th. Thn Arkansas
river is now moro thau two feet higher than
ever known and tbe levees oA tbe Arkansas
side will have to give way. When the fall
reaches new Orleans many will suppose the
danger is over, but tbe overflow ot tbo Tensas
swamp will return at the mouth of tbe Red
river in two or three weeks and with the addi
tional water here will raise the river below
Baton Rouge until tbero are one or more crev
asses. The east side of the river must be held
until tbe west side gives away.
Between Helena and the mouth of the St.
Francis river there are very few snots of
dry land and a rise of two feet will certainly
cover everything. Quite a number of houses
have been abandoned by their tenants who
have either removed to Helena or the high
lands. Iu some places the river is from five
to seven miles wide.
LOUISIANA WILL GO UNDER.
A special from Vicksburg says: The
steamer Helen Mead, under charter to
Louisiana Levee Board for tbe past few
days, returned here last night. Her master
reports weakest places on the Louisiana
side are Wilson's Point, Alsatia and Long
wood levees, but conditions critical every
where. At Willow Point, La., he found
water running over levee. He is an ex
perienced riverman and considers that
Louisiana will inevitably go uuder even if
the Mississippi levees were down.
President Maxwell, of the Louisiana
Levee Board, is in the city to buy material.
He takes a more hopeful view of the situa
tion and says his people are still hopeiul
and working, thougn owing to rains in the
past few days nave done little beyond
patching levees. He considers Alsatia
levee the most dangerous point on the
Louisiana line and the one where a crevasse
would do the most damage. Barges and
100 men are at work there. He regards the
situations very alarming on account of the
rise in the npper rivers. He says the peo
ple of Louisiana are determined to hold
their side.
H0PFFDL AT NEW ORLEANS.
Tbe Condition of Affairs Felt to bo More
Satisfactory.
New Orleans, La., March 14. The
condition of affairs on the river front this
evening is much more satisfactory than at
the same time yesterdav. The city authori
ties, aided by the railroads, have strength
ened the weak places in the levee, and have
constructed a temporary levee of bags filled
with earth, from St. Louis to Hospital
streets, and at other points, but from St.
Louis street to Canal, where so much water
onie in yesterday, nothing has yet been
done.
The city authorities will, however, con
tinue the work of constructing a temponry
levee along the river front until the city is
secure from overflow, even with a'still higher
tide of the river.
GLADSTONE WINS ANOTHER VICTORY.
Interest In a Bre-Elecllon Brines Oat a
Large Tote.
Londoit, March 14. An election was
held at Stoke-Upon-Trent to-day to fill the
Parliamentary seat made vacant by
the resignation of W. Leatham Bright.
The poll resulted in the return of
Mr. Gower, the Gladstonian candidate,
who received 4.157 votes against 2,928 cast
for Mr. Allen, the Unionist nominee. In
the election oi 1885 Mr. Bright, who stood
as a Home Buler, received 3.255 votes and
Mr. Corser, Conservative, 2,093.
Heimnn Sore's Birthday.
A pleasant birthday party was given at
the residence of J. H. Sorg, President of the
defunct F. & M. Bank, on the Southside,
last night, in honor ot Herman Sorg's 21st
birthday. There were 30 ot the young man's
friends present A supper was served and
tbe pastimes of the evening were numerous
and were entered Into with a Tim.
SATURDAY,
BUSHELS OF JEWELRY.
Enormous Stealings of a New York Postal
Employe One Tboasaad Complaints
Made by Chicago Jewelers
Lead to Ills Arrest.
Chicago, March 14. Postoffice In
spectors Harris and Stoddard arrested this
morning a man for whom all the postal in
spectors between Chicago and New York
have been searching for six months. The
man, John Hogan, was employed asjtransfer
agent at the New York Central Depot. It
was bjs duty to see that all mail consigned
to Chicago was properly loaded in the mail
cars. The news of the arrest was tele
graphed to Inspector Stuart this noon. Mr.
Stuart said in regard to the arrest:
It concerns Chicago business men alone. For
months I have been in receipt of complaints
lrom all the wholesale jowelry houses of this
city about the loss of jewelry from the malls.
Here on my books are the complaints, 1,000 in
all, with the amount of jewelry taken. Our in
spectors worked all along the line toward New
York until they were satisfied the thefts oc
curred at that end. After watching Hogan for
several days, the officials secured conclusive
evidence of his guilt. Hogan has confessed,
and will be held for trial.
The robber, he said, had been seizing and
unloading whole bagsof packages of jewelry
sent from the manufactories at Attleboro
and Providence and assigned to the jewelry
houses in Chicago. Nearly everv wholesale
jeweler in the city was made a victim of the
fellow's stealing. Mr. Stuart gave it as his
opinion that Hogan had stolen bushels of
jewelry, as many empty boxes that had
originally contained shipments ot goods had
been received here.
CREATED A SENSATION.
Important Testimony Elicited at tbe Bay
View Accident Inqarst.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 14. The Bay
View inquest was continued this afternoon.
Mr. Minnick testified that he was a saloon
keeper at No. 1700 Fairmount avenue,
Philadelphia. He had noticed tbe
j erking of tbe cars but paid no at
tention to it, and next observed the
breaking of the bell cord. He heard some
body say! "Stop the train." The bell was
pulled and the train went on for a minute or
two, and those in the rear of the car went
out. The train then rapidly stopped.
I put on my rubbers and overcoat and went
out justin time to get caught. I hung to the
rail oi the sleeper till it stopped, and then
dropped to the ground. I am positive that it
was a trainman who sat opposite me, a
seat or two to the rear who pulled
tbe bell cord. They told us not a
word of the danger. If tboy had everybody
could have got out. After we knew the train was
broken in two, there was from five to seven
minutes before the collision. Nobody said a
word of danger that I beard. I put on my coat
leisurely and might have got off easily.
Mr. Minnick's testimony created some
thing of a sensation and it was the general
verdict that tbe brakemen have not been
adhering strictly to the truth in their testi
mony. The inquest was adjourned to next
Tuesday for developments.
FIFTY PER CENT OFF.
The Deficit for Next Yeor Will Not bo Moro
thna Ilnlf the Last.
Yesterday the Board of Assessors con
cluded their work on the city taxes and
turned their books over to the City Treas
urer. The footing up of the books shows
the total taxes levied to be as follows: City
taxes, 52,724,114; special tax, 48,430; sub
school tax, $297,878.
Compared with last year the levy shows a
decrease of nearly SO per cent in the special
taxes and slight decrease in school tax.
Last year special taxes levied were 596,494
and school tax S289.348.
Last vcar's city tax levy was 52,138,978, of
which 51,912,699 13 was collected up to Jan
uary 31. The Controller's accounts show
that from 12 to 15 per cent of the taxes levied
are not collected within the year, but that
last year the proportion uncollected was a
little less than 12 per cent.
Estimating that the same percentage of
this year's levy will not be collected there
will be a deficit of about 5150,000, accord
ing to the levy, but the Controller thinks
that the revenues trom other sources of the
city will almost cause the accounts to bal
ance at the end of the year.
PREMIER TIKARD RESIGNS.
The French Cabinet Follow Their Leader
and Give Up Tlirir Portfolios.
PARIS. March 14. The adverse action of
the Senate yesterday, on Prime Minister
Tirard's demand for the adoption of the
order of the day, when the matter of the
commercial treaty with Turkey was brought
up, has caused the downfall of the entire
Ministry.
An interpellation was submitted during
yesterday's sitting regarding the treaty,
and in response to this M. Tirard moved
the adoption of the order of the day.
The Senate, by a majority of 78, refused
to adopt M. Tirard's motion, which was
tantamount to a refusal to vote confidence
iu the Government. M. Tirard then ten
dered his resignation to President Carnot,
but the latter persuaded him to remain in
office until after Easter.
A Cabinet meeting was held to-dav, to
discuss the matter, at which Premier Tirard
reconsidered his decision to remain. After
the meeting was over he went to the palace
of the Elysec, President Carnot's residence,
and tendered the resignations of all the
members of the Cabinet.
INVESTIGATING MAI0R GRANT.
A Senate Committee Wants to Know Aboat
His Conduct as -lirrifT.
ISrEClAl. TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISFATCIT.I
New York, March 14. Mayor Grant
has been subpoenaed before the Senate Com
mittee on Cities for to-morrow morning, and
ordered to bring with him all the books and
records of tbe Sheriff's office kept when he
was Sheriff. It was reported to-day
that the investigation was being directed
toward the conduct of affairs in the Sheriff's
office during Mavor Grant's term. It was
said that Sheriff Flack had bnsied himself
and some of his deputies in a search of the
records of the office during Mayor Grant's
term, and that be had supplied data to the
District Attorney's cpffice.
Assistant District Attorney Lindsay, who
has charge of the grand jury's investiga
tion, said to-day: "Whatever investigation
is going on before the grand jury is not com
pleted. As to the nature or scope ot tbe in
vestigation I cannot speak. All that I can
say is that the investigation is still going
on."
OPENING OF TUB LABOR CONFERENCE.
The First Diy to be Devoted to Addresses
nnd Examining Credentials.
Berlin, March 14. The time of the
Labor Conference to-morrow will be taken
up with opening addresses, the verifying of
delegates mandates, and the arranging of
business for the session.
The debates will not be published until
the conclusion of the conference.
A Farmer Assassiaated.
Atchison, Kan., March 14. Henry
Butter, while returning to his firm in
Phillipps countv yesterday from Kirwin,
was shot and killed by an unknown man.
There is no clew to the assassin.
TUnnkioB the Pnrooll Commission.
London, March 14. Lord Salisbury, in
the House of Lords to-day, gave notice of a
motion approving the report of the Parnell
Commission and thanking tbe Judges for
their just and impartial conduct.
Civilizing; the Savoees.
Paris, March 14. The French gunboat
Emeraude has bombarded Abomey-K.il-
avy, a village of Dahomey, near the coast.
The Dahomiani were nanio stricken bv the
V attack.
FIYE AGAINST HIM.
Two of the Jury in the Mansell Trial
Stand Up for the Doctor.
A DAT OP DRAMATIC EPISODES.
The Stenographer's Notes Attacked and
Vigorously Defended.
GEEAT CROWDS AROUND THE CHURCH.
An AII-NIght Secret Session of the Committee That
Bad a Jafc
The ministerial jury is out considering
the Mansell case at McKeesport. Five of
tbe members are reported against the doctor
and two for him. A vigorons attempt was
made to preserve the session's secrecy.
rmOK A STAFF COniHSFONDEVT.l
McKeesport, March 14. To-day was
the most exciting one in the now famous
Mansell trial. It opened with a fight
between the defense and the official
stenographer. Its ending was even more
dramatic. Policemen were guarding the
committee room and officers were hunting
for newspaper correspondents on a charge
of house breaking. In tbe excitement the
representative of one newspaper was ar
rested on suspicion, and a McKeesport
editor offered to put up his whole establish
ment todelend him.
The committee went into secret session at
7:30 o'clock, and will probably.coutinue
until daylight. The committee is divided.
Five of them favor a verdict of guilty, and
two are standing out for Dr. Mansell.
On the outside all was excitement, and
the members of the alleged ring waited
anxiously for a verdict. Beside this, an
immense crowd was congregated about the
church, and they declare they will stay there
until a verdict is given out.
A PIiEA IN REBUTTAL.
The morning session of the celebrated case
was opened to-day in the presence of the us
ual large crowd. After a prayer by the
Eev. J. C. Gourley, Dr. "Wright gave bis
rebuttal plea. He said: "This brother pub
lished certain rumors against persons who
are present at to-day's trial. It is in evi
dence that they were injnred both in char
acter and business "
"That's not in the testimony'interrupled
Dr. Wheeler.
"It is there," responded the counsel for
the prosecution. "By tbe testimony of your
own witnesses Mr. Coursin was defamed.
Beside this, it was proven that Dr. Mansell
said he had taken legal advice, and could
send certain preachers to the penitentiary.
How, then, in the face of these facts, can
the defense continue to claim the trial is a
persecution, and that a 'ring' is fighting
Mansell?"
He then referred to the fact that Dr.
Wheeler had classed certain preachers as
tricksters, ringsters and rogues. "There
may possibly be a ring in the conference,
for all I know," he added, laughingly.
For that matter the honorable Chairman
may be a member of the ring."
The laugh expected did not follow this
sally, but instead, a voice from the audience
rung out:
"Yes, and you are the tool of the ringl"
The doctor, however, paid no attention to
this, but coutinued. "Tbe defendant has
told a bare-faced lie.and no one wants a man
of that character in the conference. Should
Mansell be declared free.it will be a sad day.
The present time is too liberal. Under the
present way of explaining everything, even
adulterv becomes less sinfnll, and is classed
asa mistake of love. Gambling loses its vice
under the names of dealing in longs and
shorts, and a lie is only a mistake. I now
submit the case."
STILL AS THE GRAVE.
At the close of his argument the room was
wonderfully still, and although Dr. Wheeler
looked troubled the plucky little parson
looked as pleasant as if returning from an
opera.
Then came a speech from Dr. Wheeler,
followed by another storm. He suggested
that the witnesses should have their testi
mony read to tbem, as there was a great
chance for a possible change while in the
bands of the stenographer. It bronght tbe
stenographer, the Bev. J. F. Hill, to his
feet like a flash.
"That's an insinuation I won't standi" he
exclaimed. "I leave it to you, Dr. Wheeler,
as a man and a brother, that you made a
misleading statement."
Dr. Wheeler promptly apologized, but it
was decided to read the testimony. The
morning session then closed, and most of the
afternoon session was taken up in reading
the testimony. But few ot the witnesses
made any objections.
At 4:30 o clock the case was given to tbe
jury. They adjourned until after supper.
They reconvened at 7 o'clock in secret
session and then began a seance which
ended in having your staff coirespondent
chased by a gang of policemen and in the
arrest of another correspondent on sus
picion. As soon as it was decided to have a secret
session and shut out the reporters, some of
the reverend doctors, remembering what
dismal failures previous secret church
sessions had been, tbey became alarmed.
-PRECAUTIONS FOR SECRECY.
They then wanted to know whether the re
porter was in town who caught the Danks
trial through a register. As soon as it was
learned that he was they took every precau
tion to preserve secrecy. Henry DeLong
was delegated to look alter the newspaper
men, and he was ably seconded by Mr.
Janeway and a number of other members of
the church.
"When the reporters asked abont
the meeting in the evening the
gentlemen named emphatically denied that
the committee was in the church. In the
meantime, however, vour correspondent had
dropped into a dark corner, and, when the
other reporters retired, Mr. De Long and
the others congratulated themselves on bow
they had beaten the reporters. They laughed
over the fact that the committee was meet
ing in the next room. When they found
they had been overheard their faces were
long enoUL'h to eat oats out of a churn.
Then the reporters found a window, and
by hanging to the sill managed to catch
some of the proceedings. They discovered
a window in the back, opening into a kitchen
in the rear of the committee room. Your
correspondent crawled through this and un
locked a door leading into the alley. The
reporters were then admitted, and up to 958
beard all that was going on. At that time
only vour correspondent was in the room,
and' the outside door was locked.
Something aroused suspiaion, and the
members ol the jury burst open the door,
just in time to see the reporter take a leap
into the mud, and by the vigorous use of
his legs he etcaped. Then the officers and
the men on watch began the chase. They
did not get their game, but on their way
caught anotner correspondent, and arrested
him on suspicion. He was taken before the
committee.
AN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE.
Just then Jumes L. Deviqney, of the
McKeesport Keics, appeared and offered to
back the arrested correspondent for all be
was worth. As they had no evidence
against him, he was released, but not before
one of the brethren took occasion to tell him
to "go and sin no more."
The real work done by the committee was
quiet. In a general way they were going
ail over the testimony. Two of the com
mittce was much in favor of Mr. Mans ell's
side of the case. As soon as tbey would
quote some testimony on tbe side of the
plucky parson, Dr. Cox and the other mem
bers of the committee would at once pro
duce some testimony from the other side,and
they would talk over the relative
cbarcters of the witnesses. Though the
jiedium of a keyhole and a crack, it was
apparent that five favored conviction and
two stood up for Mr. Mansell.
At 11 o'clock the committee had become
much louder in their talk, and they bad not
taken a ballot. Tbe indications were that
they would be out all night, with all the
probabilities favoring a verdict against Dr.
Mansell.
A CALL FOE PUKE WHISKT.
Dr. Christy After a Law lo Prevent Adulter-
allon II Has Interested Senators
BIKcbell and Faalkner Fhjslclaas Will
Not Prescribe It for Invalid".
Br. S. S. Christy, of Penn avenue, has
received a letter from Senator John Mitchell,
of Oregon, in reply to a request made by the
doctor, in regard to the adulteration of
wines, liquors nnd other beverages. Several
weeks ago, tLe doctor who has always taken
an active part in the efforts to remedy this
abuse, wrote to Senator Mitchell, who is a
close personal friend, asking him to use his
influence with the Committee on Pure Foods
and Drugs, and secure the passage of a law
making it a misdemeanor to adulterate
liquors. Senator Mitchell says he turned
theletteroverto Senator Faulkner, who is
chairman of the committee. The last named
Senator replied that bewould do everything
he con Id to have such a law enacted.
A Dispatch reporter called on Dr.
Christy yesterday and questioned him in
regard to the matter. The doctor said:
"Before President Arthur died he -was
interested in this question and promised me
he would do all he could to have such a law
made and enforced. He had several talks
with the German Minister about the sub
ject, and from the latter had secured much
data as to the operations of the law in Ger
many. v hen the President died tbe matter,
of course, was dropped by us. I have now
taken it up again with Senator Mitchell.
"People do not understand the extent of
the adulteration business. You cannot buy
any pure liquors in this city, and everything
of an alcoholic nature put into medicines
nowadays is adulterated. I have lately re
ceived notice that Cognac brandy, which is
supposed to be pure, is now made from 'rot
gut' whisky. Pure whiiky cannot be pur
chased for less than 58 per gallon, and
tbe fact that the ordinary stuff sold
over a counter costs 15 cents per
drink, shows that it is not pure. When one
takes a drink ot the latter, he has a craving
taste for more. In less than five minntes
after taking the drink, the effect of the
liquor dies out. Tbe appetite craves
more and more until the system becomes
diseased. Then it is called delirium tre
mens, which is the cause of so much misery
and many deaths.
"I remember the time when pure whisky
was sold. Delirium tremens was unknown
in those days. The whisky did not stimu
late, the blood, as the stuff now being sold
does. I have seen men in the harvest field
on a hot day drink a tin cup full of whisky
without any evil effects afterward. It did
not make them reel and stagger, bnt was
beneficial in its effects. I have seen whisky
lately, sold at high prices, which I would
be afraid to prescribe to be taken in moder
ate quantities. The same can De said of
beer. There is no lager beer in this country,
and an analyses of the slop now being sold
for beer will show it to be heavily adulter
ated. If we bad pure beer and whisky
there wonld not be so much business done
in criminal courts."
Dr. Christy favors a law in this country
similar to the one in Germany. He wants
a chemist and inspector appointed in each
district to analyze al( liquors made and sold
in this country. It the stuff is bad it is con
demned. The doctor is one of the best
known men in the oil country. He left this
city in the spring of 1860, when the first well
was struck in the vicinity of Oil City. He
opened the first drug store and was the first
Mayor of that town.
SPENT HIS BROTHER'S ESTATE.
A Scrlons Clinree Preferred Against a
Prominent I.aacaster Citizen.
Lancaster, Pa., March 14. Frank A.
Diffenderfer, a former banker and ex-Alderman
and prominent in social and sporting
circles, was brought here to-night by
a Pinkerton detective. He was ar
rested in Brooklyn whither he fled
a few days ago, charged with the
embezzlement of 510,665 61 from the estate
of his brother, J. Leno Diffenderfer, for
whom, by reason of mental weakness, he had
acted as trustee, under deeds of trust exe
cuted by their father and grandmother.
They are children of the late
Dr. William Diffenderfer, of New Hol
land, who, prior to his death several
years ago, gave the greater part of 560,000 to
bis son Frank and the remainder to bis
mother, whom he required to execute a will
leaving it in trust to Leno.
After the doctor's death, Frank, it is al
leged, induced his grandmother, then 86
years of age, to destroy the will and make
him the sole trustee of his brother's
inheritance. He then entered up
on a career of extravagance.
When the court enforced an examination of
his accounts, the Auditor found hiin to be
short 510,665 61. When the court began to
investigate he removed to Philadelphia,
where he became connected with the Kennel
Club and recently returned to Lancaster,
when his brother's wife's relatives instituted
proceedings for embezzlement, for which be
will be held for trial.
THE HEW STAMPS TEAR.
Clerks In tbe Posiofflce Complain ot Poor
Paper In Them.
New York Sun.1
Tbe new stamps have not yet won tbe af
fections of the postoffice clerks, who have to
handle tbem. One of the clerks, instead of
handing out a stamp for 2 cents yesterday,
said to the customer: "Let me take your
letter, please."
When he got the letter he carefully pasted
upon it two fragments of a torn stamp, see
ing that the ragged edges joined so perfectly
that the stamp looked all right. Then he
handed the letter back saying: "That's the
seventeenth one of those darned rotten things
I've had to stick on this morning."
"What's tbe matter?"
"Oh, these new stamps' are no good; they
tear too easy; you've got to handle 'em like
tissue.
Inquiry showed that, either because the
clerks have not yet had practice enough to
enable them to rip off a row of the new
stamps with the same dexterous twist that
used to work safely with the larger stamps
formerly used, or because tbe paper of the
new stamp really is poor, the clerks are
having a deal of trouble. It is thought that
the ink used on the new'stamps may aflect
the paper.
THEI WILL SPEAK USIER.
Tbs 1.1st of the Illegal Liquor Dealers In
thr Hands of the License Judges.
The license question is now looming up
in a prominent position and becoming
especially interesting to the applicants.
To those who have been doing a free-for-all
speak-easy business it will be very interest
ing to learn that yesterday Jndges Bwing
and Magee were furnished with duplicate
typewritten copies of the names and ad
dresses of speak-easy proprietors up to tbe
Twenty-fi fth ward. The list will be finished
and furnished to-day.
The information was furnished bv the De
partment of Public Safety at tbe request of
the two judges wno win preside next week
in the License Court, and will be used by
them in determining what law-abiding
citizens will be permitted to purchase a
5500 chroino entitling them to quench the
thirst of Allegheny county. The police
officials say this information' will have tbe
effect of making a number ot applicants
whose petitions are already filed withdraw.
Insured While la Ireland.
Janes Duroey and wife, ot the Tenth
ward, yesterday sued Superintendent H. S.
Kay, of the Pittsbnrg office of the Metro
politan Insurance Company, to recover pre
miums on a policy illegally Issued on the
life ol Mrs. Durney's father, who lives in
Ireland. The suit "will be heard next Tues
day by Alderman Burns. Air. itay says
that the policy was written by an unscrupu- I
Ions agent, who bad not been retained long, j
its RiGHrDispTjam
The Pitlsburj: Traction Company
Takes Action Against a Eiral,-
ALLEGING PKI0RITT OF CHARTEB.
The Attorney General Asked for a DeeisIoA
That Will Prevent ?
THE JUMPING OF A GREAT CLAUd.
All
the Officials arc linn, bnt Lawyers Disclose Ut
Secret.
I
Application for a writ of quo warranto
against tbe Duquesne Traction Company
has been made to the Attorney General by
the Pittsburg Company. The purpose is to
contest the charter. A big fight may result.
There was considerable stir yesterday in
railroad circles over the report that the
Pittsburg Traction Company had filed docu
ments with the Attorney General against
the Larimer avenue, Duquesne and Craig
street railways, showing a priority of right
of way. This was given only as an indica
tion that a big fight would be commenced,
although it is recognized by tbe peopls
spoken to on the subject that there are many
stockholders interested in each organization,
and whether an effort to create a freezeout is
in prospect or not cannot be determined
from the statements made by those inter
ested.
EIGELOW 13 ST.3NT.
T. M. Bigelow, Vice President of the
Pittsburg Traction Company, was as elo
quent as the traditional oyster on the ques
tion. He thought that the proceedings be
fore tbe Attorney General would be beard
on Wednesday next. He thought that there
were some charters secured before those of
tbe Duquesne Traction Company, but be did
not wish to say anything at present,
Charles McKee, attorney for the Duquesne
Traction Company, sid that an application
for a writ had been made to the Attorney
General, but had been refused, and would
have a hearing through courtesy within a
few days.
Attorney Wilson professes the utmost ig
norance of tbe matter, although acting in a
legal capacity for tbe traction company, and
G. W. Elkln'gs, the President, professed to
know nothing about the matter while wait
ing for one of his company's cars at the cor
ner of Fifth and Smithfield.
A HEABING NEXT WEEK.
A telegram from Harrisburg says that a
hearing was fixed before tbe Attorney Gen
eral for to-morrow in th matter of the ap
plication for a writ of quo warranto against
the Duquesne Traction Company, contest
ing the charter recently granted to several
companies under its control, because the
streets proposed to be traversed by tbem are
the same outlined by charters issued to com
panies incorporated last summer, but owing
to the inability of some of tbe counsel to be
present the argument has been postponed
until next Wednesday at 11 A. M. D. T.
Watson and Walter Lyon represent the ap
plication for a writ and Attorney Wilson,
ol Pittsburg' and ex-Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Gilbert and John H. Weiss, of this
city, the other side.
This case will, it is said by several law
yers, come up before tbe local court on the
question of the priority of right of way.
This will have to be decided by the records
of Councils, and will require an overhaul
ing of tbe City Hall Library, which has
recently been placed in order to some extent
by H. H. Bengougb.
A WOXDLRFDL MARKSMAN.
He Cats OfTtbe Four Feet of n Sly Eejnard
at Loaff Ranee
Lewis ton Journal, l
Andrew Hutchins, of Gardiner, was on
deck last night with a fox story, which was
almost as marvelous as his memorable shot
at the partridge on Iron Mine Hill.
"Boys," he said, "you youngsters don't
remember Tom Burnbum "who owned the
land around there, but I do. He had the
greatest shooting gun you ever heard of.
Why, he could shoot a fox dead from the
grist mill to the New Mills.
"It wasn't the gun altogether, but be had
something to do with it, for no one else
could make such shots. Well, I was going
to tell you about his shooting a fox, wasn't
I? One morning he looked out of the win
dow aud away down on the flat, much as
half a mile away, was a fox. He was so far
off tbatyou could just tell what he was. Mr.
Burnham saw at once that it would be use
less to try to get nearer, forthe fox was look
ing right at him, so he up with tbe old gun
and let her go, aud down went the fox. It
was one of the prettiest shots I ever heard
tell off. That fox lay right there until Mr.
Burnham went up and stooped to pick him
up, when, wbisb I he was np an out o' sight
quicker'n ligbtnin'. But he didn't get off in
very good shape, for the shot had cut off all
four of his feet and they lay right there.
Thatgnn was a ripper an' you don't find 'em
now days, no, sir I"
M'GOTERN GIVEN A HEARING.
A Blrmlncbnm Conductor Tried for Eject
Ins; a Man From His Car.
The hearing in the case of Patrick Mc
Govern, the Birmingham street cars con.
d actor, charged with putting a passenger
off his car because the latter reiused to
"move up," to make room for passengers
who were standing, was held before Alder
man Flacb, of the Southside, last night.
The office was filled with spectators and
considerable interest was manifested in the
case. The testimony given by tbe various
witnesses tended to show that Lang, who
had been elected from the car. had monor-
olized space enough for two passengers and
that tbe conductor was justified in putting:
him off the car.
Alderman Flach said he desired time to
look up some legal points on the case and
reserved his decision uutil this evening.
TALMAGL'b TABaK-NACLE.
Tbe Site, WblcU Has Had a Novel History,
Bousbt for a Theater.
Xew York Star.:
A poDuIar-price theater manager has
purchased the site of the Bev. Dr. DeWitt
Talmage's Tabernacle, and will erect upon
it an immense house of amusement. The
property is almost as large as that covered
by the Metropolitan Opera House. It has
undergone any number of changes in the
past 40 years. During that period it has
been tbe site of a circus, a boxing ground
Tor pugnacious yontns, a coal yard, of a lot
of hovels, and of two" churches. Both the
latter were destroved bv lire.
THE RIVERS SIILL RISING.
Coal Operators Expect the Water to Reach)
17 Feet.
The river last evening registered 14 feet 0
inches. The coal operators expect that the
stage of water will reach 17 feet before it be
gins to tall. The Nellie Walton started
with a tow of barges. There is no coal to
go out
The coal men have loaded boats located at
various points along the river near Cincin
nati, but as the winter has been warmJrQie.
demand for coal is not good.
ainrpby Wins the FenlbervTelBbtFlght.
San Fbancisco, March 14. Billy Mur
phy, ot Australia, and Tommy Warren, of
California, fought here to-night fcr 51,800
and tbe featherweight championship. Three
good rounds were fought, Murphy having
the best of it. and the fourth rnnnd thn men
clinched, and the referee awarded the light
to Murpby. . '
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